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 So today we're going to talk about, consider his omniscience.

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 Of course, last week we talked about the same passage and so forth.

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 Any time you Google everything, it's a top.

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 Yeah, AI is right at the top.

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 Google AI comes right to the top, and we can check that.

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 We can get information like that fast.

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 In fact, if I want to, I can go into Chat or Grok or Granola

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 or like 18 other names of weird AI systems,

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 and I could type in something and say,

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 hey, I have this idea.

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 Give me more information.

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 Now, I don't go search the web and give me all that information.

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 The sad thing is it's not always that accurate.

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 Like sometimes they get it back, and you check it and go,

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 hold on, that is not what the manual says over here.

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 Where did it get its source?

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 And you look and you find that it used Wikipedia

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 or the equivalency thereof too, right?

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 And so perhaps one of the most defining characteristics of our Lord

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 that sets them apart from mankind in AI and IT is his omniscience,

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 is that he actually does know everything.

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 I always appreciate one of my science teachers back when I was in high school

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 would talk about science, obviously, because everything's, you know,

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 you hear it on the web, we see the memes, it's science, man.

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 Okay, washing your hands is not science.

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 It's actually biblical.

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 We go back to the Old Testament.

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 It's biblical.

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 You wash your hands.

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 That's actually where that started at,

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 not when the lady at the Red Cross figured out she,

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 if you wash your hands, she could say babies.

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 If we just washed our hands like the Israelites did up to that point in time,

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 it was just good practice, right?

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 But he always talked about how if one man was to know 10% of everything

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 or 50% of everything in the vast volumes of the things that you could know,

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 how little would that really be?

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 I mean, an exciting kid out there.

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 They're learning something.

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 And I go back and think about how many of you guys had Encyclopedia Britannica

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 or all those, those huge volume sets.

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 And I don't know how many of you guys enjoyed reading through those.

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 No, okay.

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 There was a few topics in there I thought were great.

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 So when I go to do reports like on the Civil War and stuff like that,

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 I go grab these books, I pull them out, and I start to read.

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 And I would read my 10 pages out of this huge volume of information.

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 And I couldn't imagine somebody coming up to me saying,

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 I know, I memorized the entire Encyclopedia.

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 Okay, but now the next year comes and they have to replace that

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 because the same salesman came every year to replace it with the new information.

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 And how many of us have been around long enough to go around to the aspirin debate?

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 Aspirin's good for you.

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 Then aspirin's bad for you.

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 Now a little aspirin's good for you.

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 And now it's not.

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 And where are we actually on this information?

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 Well, we don't know.

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 But God does, and that's what we're going to talk about today.

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 So we're going to jump right into a passage of Scripture today.

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 It takes a time in the earlier days of Christ's ministry when he had been baptized

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 and he had begun teaching and preaching.

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 And our text records him calling out a man named Philip.

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 So John 1.43 says,

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 The day following, Jesus would go forth into Galilee,

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 and he findeth Philip, and he says unto him,

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 Follow me.

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 So to follow Christ means so much more than to go on a journey down a dirt trail.

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 So how many of us ever played Follow Leader as a kid?

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 Anybody?

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 All right.

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 Tim did.

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 Joe did.

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 I know that because we played it.

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 Pastor.

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 That game's been around for a long time.

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 And we'd play Follow Leader.

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 And Joe would go through the backyard,

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 Tim, Aurora, and the others like in tow.

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 They'd go up the swing set, down the swing set,

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 over the thing,

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 climb back over and through the loop,

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 down around the slide,

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 out the other side,

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 run, climb up the side of the deck,

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 and over the top of the deck.

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 And you'd follow the leader, right?

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 With no real understanding of the why.

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 Right?

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 Philip didn't ask why.

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 He just went and followed Christ.

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 Well, to follow Christ is more than...

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 Following Christ meant believing that he was who he claimed to be.

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 And those who followed Christ had to choose to turn from other avenues of belief,

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 but to trust in Christ alone.

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 And that's exactly what Philip did that day.

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 So since this first man began following Christ,

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 millions have joined saying,

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 I choose the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 One of the characteristics of a true follower of Jesus

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 is they wanted others to follow Christ too.

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 That is what Philip did when he decided to follow Jesus.

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 Philip went to his friend Nathaniel to tell him about Christ.

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 We'll look down there in verse 45 of John chapter 1.

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 Philip findeth Nathaniel and says unto him,

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 We found him!

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 Of whom Moses in the law and the prophets did write,

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 Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

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 Well, that's great.

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 Nathaniel did respond to Philip's gesture

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 and eventually became an intimate disciple of Christ.

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 So we consider Nathaniel's life.

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 Let's consider the story of how he turned to Jesus Christ

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 and became a follower of him.

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 So I apologize.

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 The intro takes you like halfway through some of the information

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 that we're going to cover next.

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 And I'm like trying not to jump ahead and go back and forth.

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 So we'll get there.

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 So number one, Nathaniel's outlook.

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 So in John 1, 45-46,

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 Philip findeth Nathaniel and saith unto him,

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 We have found him!

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 Of whom Moses in the law and the prophets did write,

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 Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

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 And Nathaniel said unto him,

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 Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth?

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 And Philip said unto him, Come and see.

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 So clearly, there was some bias towards Nazareth.

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 I assume it's like going to Iowa when you're a Nebraska fan.

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 Right?

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 Or Kansas.

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 I mean, for those people who spend a lot of time in Kansas.

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 I mean, you know.

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 We got past here.

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 I mean, I guess something good comes out of Iowa.

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 So it's an interesting note that Philip came to Thiel

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 to tell them about the Messiah.

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 Philip specifically mentioned the writings of Moses and the prophets.

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 And if you want to be an effective witness,

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 it's very important that you use Scripture

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 while talking to others about Jesus.

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 If all you give people is your opinion,

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 you're not giving them a good enough reason to trust Christ.

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 God's Word is what moves the hearts of men,

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 not our opinion.

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 Isaiah 55.11.

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 Let's see.

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 Somebody want to read that for me?

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 Joe does.

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 Excellent.

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 And then I'll read Hebrews 4.12.

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 Read.

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 You want to grab that one?

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 All right.

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 Hebrews 4.12.

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 Joe, you first.

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 Isaiah 55.11.

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 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth.

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 It shall not return unto me void,

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 but it shall accomplish that which I please,

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 and it shall prosper in the things wheretoom I think.

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 Read.

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 Read.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Even so, Nathaniel did not accept the word that Philip gave him.

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 He was cautious.

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 Cautious regarding the Scripture.

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 That's A if you're taking notes.

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 So as we consider the truths about God,

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 the most important question we can ask is,

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 what does the Bible say?

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 The Bible is the infallible, inherent Word of God.

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 Many people are quick to place their confidence in a vision or a dream or what somebody says,

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 but placing full confidence in God's Word is what a life of faith is all about.

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 When Philip shared Jesus' connection to the Old Testament prophecies,

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 Nathaniel was not immediately convinced that this man, Jesus, was the Messiah.

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 Jesus himself often had to remind people of writings in the Old Testament before they were convinced.

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 So John 5, 46-47 says,

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 For had you believed Moses, you would have believed me, for he wrote of me.

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 But if you believe not his writings, how shall you believe my words?

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 Luke 24-27 says,

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 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets,

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 he expounded unto them in all the Scripture the things concerning himself.

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 So in order for people to understand that Jesus was the fulfillment of the Old Testament prophecies,

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 it was important for Jesus to be linked with the writings of Moses and the prophets

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 concerning the prophecies of the coming King and Messiah,

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 the one that would come from the house in the lineage of David.

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 And perhaps the main reason Nathaniel was cautious at first

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 concerning the scriptural connection to Jesus, the Messiah,

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 was he didn't have a favorable impression of Nazareth,

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 I mean, where Jesus grew up.

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 So, I mean, I guess we too could have the same thing,

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 like, thank you very much, thank you.

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 And it's cold. I like cold water. That's a good thing.

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 So, B, callous regarding Nazareth.

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 So, what almost kept Nathaniel from Jesus?

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 A preconceived idea.

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 So, I mean, we might have that when we hear guest speakers come,

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 or maybe when we have people preach, like, maybe their background,

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 maybe whatever it might be, might actually have some preconceived thoughts there.

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 Now, verse 46, it says,

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 And Nathaniel said to him,

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 Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth?

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 And Philip said, Come and see.

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 So, why?

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 Why did he have a problem with Nazareth?

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 Well, Nazareth was a really busy hustle and city.

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 It was a trade route.

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 You had the military come through.

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 You had all sorts of people that go through.

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 You had traders from foreign countries coming through there.

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 Caravans passed.

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 Traveled from Gilead to the south to the west.

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 North of the city was the main road from Potomias to Decapolis,

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 and a road that Roman legions frequently traveled.

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 The reputation of the town for being military merchants added to the reputation of Nazareth

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 was a wicked, immoral place.

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 And Nazareth was not considered an important part of religious life,

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 not like Jerusalem, where the temple was.

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 So, what good thing comes from Nazareth?

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 I mean, who knows?

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 We do, because Jesus came from Nazareth.

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 So, there we go.

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 If you want to be rich, go to Nazareth.

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 But if you want wisdom, go to Jerusalem.

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 So, that was the preconceived motion there.

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 No prophet would come from Nazareth, in Nathaniel's mind.

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 The Messiah would have to come from somewhere else.

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 Those that came from Nazareth were not expected to be prophets

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 with great intuition or understanding.

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 There was a prejudice that held Nathaniel back from putting his faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 At that juncture, Philip could have tried to argue with Nathaniel

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 by reminding him of the prophets, that they may come from unlikely places.

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 Instead, Philip approached him and said,

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 Come and see.

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 Now, I find it interesting, because Philip,

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 when Jesus said,

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 Follow me,

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 Philip was like,

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 Okay, let's do this.

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 And he believed, and he followed him.

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 And he comes to his friend, Nathaniel.

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 And Nathaniel says,

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 You know, I don't think,

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 I don't think this doesn't sound right.

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 Okay.

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 So, instead of arguing with him,

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 he said,

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 Well, come and check him out.

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 So, when you,

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 when you weigh this to people,

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 who seem cynical at first,

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 rather than get in an argument,

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 because, man,

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 there are a lot of people

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 who just want to get in an argument.

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 I mean,

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 we've all been there.

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 I mean,

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 whether it's politics,

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 whether it's religion,

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 whether it's marriage,

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 whether it's correcting our children,

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 like we just talked about a little ago.

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 People are more than willing

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 to jump into an argument about something.

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 Sometimes,

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 the best thing you do

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 is tell of what Christ has done for you first,

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 so,

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 talk about your own testimony,

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 which is really important,

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 and then invite them to see

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 what Jesus has done in the lives of others.

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 Nowhere religion has the internal

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 or external evidence that Christianity does.

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 Nowhere religion can point

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 to the empty tomb

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 of the resurrected founder

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 when you invite people to come and see,

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 you've given them a chance

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 to see how Christianity

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 is different from anything else

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 they have ever seen before.

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 So,

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 instead of arguing with Philip,

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 I'm sorry,

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 instead of Philip arguing with Nathaniel,

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 and maybe Nathaniel

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 would have put up a wall of defense,

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 like,

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 hey,

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 you know what,

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 I'm just going to stay here

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 and keep doing my own study.

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 We'll figure it out.

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 Nathaniel became curious

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 and decided to go see for himself.

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 When he met Christ,

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 he saw the Savior's omniscience.

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 So,

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 I have a note in here

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 and I'll just read it here.

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 Prejudice is deciding

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 something is unworthy

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 before honestly examining the truth,

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 which we see in science,

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 we see in government,

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 we see in education,

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 we see every day,

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 wherever we go,

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 that people have preconceived notions

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 about how things ought to go

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 without looking at the evidence.

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 And,

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 Nathaniel,

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 he was willing to go look

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 at the evidence.

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 So,

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 the Savior's omniscience,

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 John 1,

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 47 through 48,

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 and he volunteers to read that.

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 Thank you, Darren.

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 I saw Nathaniel coming to him

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 and said unto him,

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 Behold,

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 Israelite indeed,

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 in whom is no guile.

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 Nathaniel said unto him,

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 Whence knowest thou me?

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 Jesus answered and said unto him,

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 Before that Philip called me,

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 when thou wast under the fig tree,

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 I saw thee.

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 Christ's omniscience is an attribute

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 of his deity.

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 Nobody but God knows everything.

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 Contrary to the teachings

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 of other groups,

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 Jesus was not just another man.

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 Jesus Christ was the God-man,

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 God in the flesh.

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 So,

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 in 2007,

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 social media,

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 this is an article

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 that was written in the New York Times,

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 published by Thomas Friedman.

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 He wrote an article called,

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 The Whole World is Watching.

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 Now,

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 the premise of this article

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 was really simple.

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 All of us,

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 almost everybody in this room,

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 has a cell phone.

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 In fact,

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 I would be really surprised

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 if somebody didn't have a cell phone.

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 And almost everybody's phone

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 has a camera of some sort.

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 All of these come because

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 the phone has a microphone

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 and a speaker on it.

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 And his argument was,

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 is that everybody,

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 everybody,

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 whether they choose it or not,

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 is part of the knowledge database

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 because you add

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 to online information,

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 whether it's Facebook,

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 MySpace,

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 if you're that old,

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 whatever the other ones are out there,

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 X,

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 Twitter,

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 whatever it is,

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 those comments go out there.

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 And all of us are reporters

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 of information.

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 So,

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 if we were out

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 and we saw an accident

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 on I-29,

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 I guess I-80 goes through Nebraska,

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 I don't want to think

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 I need a 29,

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 I drive that all the time.

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 See an accident,

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 you might stop,

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 snap a picture,

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 upload it to the internet.

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 You just became

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 a media consultant.

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 You just became

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 a news reporter.

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 You literally are reporting

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 on what you've seen

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 and shared it with the world.

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 Now you have added

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 to that knowledge

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 that others don't have

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 because you just testified of it

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 and you just shared it.

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 So,

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 everyone has a cell phone,

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 camera on it,

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 everyone now is a paparazzo,

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 and everyone can upload

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 a video on YouTube.

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 It's true,

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 because it's free.

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 I've done it.

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 I've got some ridiculous videos

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 up there,

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 if you want to go check them out later.

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 And that makes everyone

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 a filmmaker.

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 Well,

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 everyone is a publisher

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 or a filmmaker.

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 Everyone else

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 then becomes what?

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 Audience?

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 But if I take a picture

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 of you and I,

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 upload it,

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 that would make you a...

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 Yeah,

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 that's right!

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 A public figure.

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 You are now a celebrity.

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 So,

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 that's right.

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 So,

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 when Daryl has done Sunday scroll

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 and he has taught for pastor,

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 he's online,

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 he's on record,

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 he's now a public figure.

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 So,

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 the application

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 of this article

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 teaches us

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 that we need to be careful

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 about the way we act,

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 because anybody

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 could be recording

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 our actions.

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 We also need to be careful

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 about what we say,

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 because anybody

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 could post our words

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 on a social media site.

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 Nobody truly has

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 complete privacy,

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 because anyone

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 could be a publisher.

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 There's always

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 somebody watching.

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 As Christians,

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 we have known for years,

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 there's always

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 somebody watching.

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 We know the Lord

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 sees everything,

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 and we can never

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 hide anything from Him.

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 Proverbs 15,

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 3 says,

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 The eyes of the Lord

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 are in every place,

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 beholding the evil

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 and the good.

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 If you've been saved

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 for even a short time,

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 you probably have already

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 learned that God

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 is all-knowing,

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 and in the passage,

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 we see Nathanael

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 learning for the first time

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 that Jesus,

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 as God in the flesh,

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 possesses the same attributes

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 of omniscience

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 as God.

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 It's convenient,

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 because Jesus is God.

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 That would make sense.

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 So Jesus knew exactly

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 who Nathanael was,

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 and He understood

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 His heart,

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 and our Lord knows

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 the heart of every man.

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 That's letter A.

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 So He knows the heart

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 of man there.

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 John 1, 47,

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 Jesus saw Nathanael

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 coming to Him

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 and saith of Him,

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 Behold an Israelite indeed,

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 and whom is no guile?

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 Jesus Christ's ability

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 to receive the hearts

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 of all men,

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 when He met Nathanael,

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 He knew Nathanael

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 was sincere.

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 Nathanael was spiritually lost,

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 but He was sincerely

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 looking for the truth.

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 He was not deceitful

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 or seeking His own

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 personal gain.

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 He was a sinner,

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 just as we all are,

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 and He was looking

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 for answers.

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 And I would say

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 we could see that

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 pretty clearly

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 in verse 45.

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 It says,

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 When Philip findeth Nathanael

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 and saith unto him,

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 We have found him

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 of whom Moses

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 and the law

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 and the prophets

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 did right,

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 Jesus of Nazareth,

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 the son of Joseph.

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 Well, I mean,

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 okay,

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 where do I go with this?

00:17:59.120 --> 00:17:59.279
 Okay,

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 when I was in

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 seventh grade,

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 seventh grade?

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 Sixth grade.

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 Sixth grade, okay,

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 we'll go back to sixth grade.

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 I had to think about it

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 for a second.

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 My best friend,

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 one of my friends,

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 Bobby Blank

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 and Justin Fisher,

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 we were in the same grade together,

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 and we as friends,

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 we had our,

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 Bobby was a nerd,

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 Justin was a nerd,

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 I was a nerd,

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 we all played a band,

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 if you picture that.

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 I was playing the trumpet

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 at the time,

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 Justin was playing

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 the bass clarinet,

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 which by the way,

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 if you've never seen

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 the bass clarinet,

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 it is huge.

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 And Bobby,

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 he played a regular clarinet,

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 it was quite small.

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 And so,

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 we knew what we talked

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 about all the time,

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 like we would have

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 conversations,

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 we walk up,

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 like if I talked to the beams,

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 I know I could talk about trees

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 and cutting it down,

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 what's the weather been like,

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 how much damage

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 has people had,

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 because they're going to know,

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 so that's an easy conversation

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 to have with the beams.

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 With them,

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 I talked about music,

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 it was really easy.

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 Or Star Trek,

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 because Star Trek was big

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 when I was in the sixth grade,

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 and we'd talk about

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 the Ford nacelles,

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 and we'd talk about

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 warp engines,

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 and teleporters,

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 and all this really nerdy stuff.

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 We had a conversation

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 that we had,

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 and we knew that we could

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 walk into each other's

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 conversation at any point in time

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 and bring up

00:19:06.659 --> 00:19:07.519
 any one of these topics,

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 and we would just

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 talk about it, right?

00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:11.959
 So Nathaniel and Phillip

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 clearly had a relationship

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 where they talked about God

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 as Jewish men.

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 They were seeking the truth,

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 and pretty easy to see

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 that when he walked up

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 and he says,

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 hey, we found him,

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 of whom Moses and the law

00:19:26.400 --> 00:19:27.720
 and the prophets did right,

00:19:28.140 --> 00:19:29.759
 Jesus of Nazareth,

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 the son of Joseph,

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 which makes it really easy,

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 I mean, not easy,

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 I guess,

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 makes that correlation

00:19:35.740 --> 00:19:36.840
 easy to understand

00:19:36.840 --> 00:19:38.860
 that Nathaniel was looking,

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 but he doubted

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 because the guy

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 was from Nazareth.

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 But Jesus knows

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 the heart of men.

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 Isaiah 53, 6 says,

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 all we like sheep

00:19:48.219 --> 00:19:48.819
 have gone astray,

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 and we have turned

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 everyone to his own way.

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 Jesus always knows

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 who is sincerely

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 looking for truth,

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 and he longs for them

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 to come to him

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 for salvation.

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 Consider Nicodemus

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 in John 3,

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 who sincerely wanted

00:20:00.639 --> 00:20:01.299
 to understand

00:20:01.299 --> 00:20:03.279
 who exactly Jesus was.

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 So Nicodemus

00:20:04.179 --> 00:20:06.479
 in John chapter 3,

00:20:07.039 --> 00:20:07.839
 over here,

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 there was a man

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 of the Pharisees,

00:20:10.299 --> 00:20:10.879
 verse 1 there,

00:20:11.339 --> 00:20:12.000
 named Nicodemus,

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 a ruler of the Jews,

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 the same came to Jesus

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 by night,

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 and said unto him,

00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:16.519
 Rabbi,

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 we know

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 that thou art a teacher

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 come from God,

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 for no man

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 can do these miracles

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 that thou doest,

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 except God be with him.

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 So,

00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:30.159
 Nicodemus

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 already came,

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 and was already

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 searching the mount,

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 and already trying

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 to understand it.

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 We move down

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 to verse 9,

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 Nicodemus

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 answered and said unto him,

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 How can these things be?

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 And Jesus answered

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 and said unto him,

00:20:41.659 --> 00:20:42.359
 Art thou a master

00:20:42.359 --> 00:20:42.779
 of Israel,

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 and knowest not

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 these things?

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 Verily,

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 verily,

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 I say unto thee,

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 We speak that we do know,

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 and testify that we have seen,

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 and ye received not

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 our witness.

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 If I have told you

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 earthly things,

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 and ye believe not,

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 how shall ye believe

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 if I tell you

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 of heavenly things?

00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:09.779
 verse 14,

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 and as Moses

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 lifted up the serpent

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 in the wilderness,

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 even so must

00:21:13.659 --> 00:21:14.379
 the Son of Man

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 be lifted up,

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 that whosoever

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 believeth in him

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 should not perish,

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 but have eternal life.

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 For God

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 so loved the world

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 that he gave

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 his only begotten Son,

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 that whosoever

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 believed in him

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 should not perish,

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 but have everlasting life.

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 Just as Jesus

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 would eventually

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 meet Nicodemus,

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 and know he was

00:21:31.519 --> 00:21:32.079
 a genuine

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 in his search for truth,

00:21:34.140 --> 00:21:34.900
 Jesus knew the same

00:21:34.900 --> 00:21:35.720
 about Nathaniel.

00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:37.720
 Jesus knew his heart,

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 and knows your heart, too.

00:21:40.640 --> 00:21:41.319
 He knows whether you

00:21:41.319 --> 00:21:42.600
 have faith in him or not.

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 He is the all-knowing God.

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 I would also add here

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 that even as Christians,

00:21:49.279 --> 00:21:50.360
 obviously he knows our heart.

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 He knows our struggles.

00:21:53.340 --> 00:21:54.559
 He knows our desires.

00:21:55.460 --> 00:21:57.940
 He knows our cares.

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 He knows our concerns.

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 He knows what our worries are.

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 And my wife and I

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 were actually talking

00:22:03.299 --> 00:22:04.059
 about this the other day

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 about what's the opposite

00:22:06.059 --> 00:22:06.539
 of faith,

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 and I kind of went,

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 jokingly,

00:22:08.579 --> 00:22:09.100
 I kind of said,

00:22:09.200 --> 00:22:09.740
 well, worry.

00:22:09.880 --> 00:22:10.559
 Worry is the opposite

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 of faith,

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 because, I mean,

00:22:12.500 --> 00:22:13.000
 it's real easy

00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:14.100
 to worry about something

00:22:14.100 --> 00:22:15.140
 and say you have faith.

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 It's kind of like

00:22:15.840 --> 00:22:17.200
 they fight against each other.

00:22:17.360 --> 00:22:18.500
 They're just not balanced

00:22:18.500 --> 00:22:19.819
 in that conversation, right?

00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:22.360
 So here's a little

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 interaction thought process

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 for you.

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 So let's see how smart we are.

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 How many hairs are on your head?

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 No cheating.

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 Some of you have already cheated

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 and cut most of them off,

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 so I should make it

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 a little bit easier.

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 All right.

00:22:35.220 --> 00:22:36.199
 Another question there.

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 What were you doing

00:22:36.779 --> 00:22:40.079
 479 days ago at 413?

00:22:42.379 --> 00:22:43.259
 Okay, I'm super shocked.

00:22:43.399 --> 00:22:44.399
 I really expected Tim

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 to raise his hand

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 and have an answer for me,

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 because he has,

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 I mean,

00:22:48.319 --> 00:22:49.099
 I guarantee he has

00:22:49.099 --> 00:22:49.779
 a general idea.

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 So how about

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 479 days into the future

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 at 413 p.m.?

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 Well, that's a Sunday,

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 so probably taking,

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 I'm just kidding,

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 I don't know what day that is.

00:23:00.880 --> 00:23:01.539
 I didn't look it up.

00:23:03.360 --> 00:23:04.000
 When you were

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 in your mother's womb,

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 how did it,

00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:06.180
 what did it feel like

00:23:06.180 --> 00:23:07.600
 when your eyes began to form?

00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:08.519
 Fortunately,

00:23:08.600 --> 00:23:09.259
 the Lord has blocked

00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:09.660
 that one out.

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 I don't know.

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 The last time

00:23:11.980 --> 00:23:12.920
 somebody wronged you,

00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:14.560
 what was your immediate reaction?

00:23:17.720 --> 00:23:18.560
 Wow, that one hurts

00:23:18.560 --> 00:23:18.980
 a little bit more.

00:23:18.980 --> 00:23:19.980
 That one I could think of.

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 So, yeah,

00:23:22.440 --> 00:23:23.460
 I need some help there.

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 Number six,

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 the last time the Lord

00:23:26.019 --> 00:23:27.059
 spoke to your heart

00:23:27.059 --> 00:23:27.720
 in a sermon,

00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:30.700
 did you respond

00:23:30.700 --> 00:23:31.920
 to the Holy Spirit's leading?

00:23:32.360 --> 00:23:33.140
 We'll just leave that

00:23:33.140 --> 00:23:34.279
 for you guys

00:23:34.279 --> 00:23:35.059
 to think about there.

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 God knows more about us

00:23:36.819 --> 00:23:37.740
 than we know about ourselves.

00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:39.539
 His knowledge has no limits.

00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:41.120
 And that includes

00:23:41.120 --> 00:23:42.380
 His knowledge of you.

00:23:43.200 --> 00:23:43.860
 You cannot hide

00:23:43.860 --> 00:23:44.599
 anything from Him.

00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:45.940
 You may be carrying

00:23:45.940 --> 00:23:46.620
 that heavy burden

00:23:46.620 --> 00:23:47.120
 in your heart.

00:23:47.579 --> 00:23:48.160
 You may be facing

00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:48.900
 something today

00:23:48.900 --> 00:23:50.340
 while feeling

00:23:50.340 --> 00:23:51.560
 that nobody could understand

00:23:51.560 --> 00:23:52.680
 the deep pain you feel.

00:23:53.840 --> 00:23:54.840
 Your all-knowing Savior

00:23:54.840 --> 00:23:56.480
 not only loves you so much

00:23:56.480 --> 00:23:57.920
 that He would die

00:23:57.920 --> 00:23:58.600
 to save you,

00:23:59.060 --> 00:23:59.759
 but He also loves you enough

00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:00.980
 to carry those burdens

00:24:00.980 --> 00:24:01.500
 for you,

00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:02.220
 even the burdens

00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:02.960
 that nobody else

00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:03.680
 knows about.

00:24:04.860 --> 00:24:08.759
 Matthew 11, 28-30.

00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:10.540
 Tim, can you read that for us?

00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:12.660
 He says, no.

00:24:12.860 --> 00:24:14.019
 Okay, looking for

00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:14.759
 a second offer.

00:24:15.700 --> 00:24:18.200
 David, Matthew 11, 28-30.

00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:21.559
 Tim says yes now?

00:24:23.100 --> 00:24:23.960
 Are you going to split them?

00:24:25.019 --> 00:24:25.539
 He says no.

00:24:25.620 --> 00:24:26.559
 He says, David, go ahead.

00:24:26.640 --> 00:24:26.840
 Okay.

00:24:27.640 --> 00:24:28.380
 Come unto me,

00:24:28.420 --> 00:24:29.100
 only that labor

00:24:29.100 --> 00:24:29.940
 and are heavy laden

00:24:29.940 --> 00:24:30.920
 and I will give you rest.

00:24:31.220 --> 00:24:32.220
 Take my hope upon you

00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:32.960
 and learn of me.

00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:34.140
 Fry of me,

00:24:34.319 --> 00:24:35.120
 the lowly heart,

00:24:35.299 --> 00:24:36.240
 and you shall find rest

00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:36.960
 and your hope

00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:37.900
 and you'll give me

00:24:37.900 --> 00:24:38.620
 a human person.

00:24:40.620 --> 00:24:41.740
 Yeah, He knows

00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:42.519
 the heart of man.

00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:44.200
 No, secondly,

00:24:44.380 --> 00:24:45.420
 He knows the location

00:24:45.420 --> 00:24:45.840
 of man,

00:24:45.839 --> 00:24:47.639
 which I find interesting

00:24:47.639 --> 00:24:48.639
 that he immediately said,

00:24:49.159 --> 00:24:50.319
 dude, I knew where you were

00:24:50.319 --> 00:24:50.980
 when you were thinking

00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:51.799
 about what you were

00:24:51.799 --> 00:24:52.399
 thinking about

00:24:52.399 --> 00:24:53.319
 under that fig tree

00:24:53.319 --> 00:24:53.759
 over there.

00:24:54.599 --> 00:24:55.379
 So, B,

00:24:55.459 --> 00:24:56.359
 He knows the location

00:24:56.359 --> 00:24:56.659
 of man.

00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:57.379
 John 1, 48.

00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:58.319
 Nathaniel says unto him,

00:24:58.619 --> 00:24:59.500
 Once knowest thou me?

00:24:59.779 --> 00:25:00.480
 Jesus answered and said,

00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:01.799
 Before Philip called thee,

00:25:02.119 --> 00:25:02.679
 when thou wast

00:25:02.679 --> 00:25:03.419
 under the fig tree,

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.579
 I saw thee.

00:25:06.379 --> 00:25:06.799
 Well, I wonder

00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:07.119
 what he's doing

00:25:07.119 --> 00:25:07.679
 under the fig tree.

00:25:07.819 --> 00:25:08.459
 I assume he's sitting

00:25:08.459 --> 00:25:08.939
 in the shade.

00:25:09.579 --> 00:25:10.939
 But Nathaniel was surprised

00:25:10.939 --> 00:25:11.819
 because he had never

00:25:11.819 --> 00:25:12.359
 met Jesus,

00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:13.359
 yet Jesus knew his heart

00:25:13.359 --> 00:25:14.419
 and his location.

00:25:15.339 --> 00:25:16.619
 Jesus knew that he was

00:25:16.619 --> 00:25:18.039
 contemplating under a fig tree.

00:25:18.559 --> 00:25:19.599
 God always sees us

00:25:19.599 --> 00:25:20.719
 as we contemplate anything

00:25:20.719 --> 00:25:22.339
 under our fig tree.

00:25:22.899 --> 00:25:24.179
 So, just as Jesus

00:25:24.179 --> 00:25:25.139
 saw Nathaniel

00:25:25.139 --> 00:25:25.719
 under that tree

00:25:25.719 --> 00:25:27.179
 and knew his need,

00:25:27.839 --> 00:25:28.719
 he sees you

00:25:28.719 --> 00:25:29.299
 wherever you are

00:25:29.299 --> 00:25:29.899
 and he knows

00:25:29.899 --> 00:25:30.699
 all of your needs.

00:25:31.159 --> 00:25:32.179
 He knows where you are

00:25:32.179 --> 00:25:32.799
 spiritually

00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:33.459
 and he knows

00:25:33.459 --> 00:25:34.319
 what weighs

00:25:34.319 --> 00:25:35.219
 on your mind.

00:25:36.879 --> 00:25:38.119
 139, 1-4,

00:25:38.319 --> 00:25:39.019
 O Lord,

00:25:39.159 --> 00:25:40.059
 thou hast searched me

00:25:40.059 --> 00:25:40.919
 and known me.

00:25:41.719 --> 00:25:42.279
 Thou knowest

00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:42.899
 my down-sitting

00:25:42.899 --> 00:25:43.680
 and my uprising.

00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:44.980
 Thou understandest

00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:46.420
 my thought afar off.

00:25:46.799 --> 00:25:47.480
 Thou compassed

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:48.119
 my path

00:25:48.119 --> 00:25:49.059
 and my lying down

00:25:49.059 --> 00:25:50.119
 and art acquainted

00:25:50.119 --> 00:25:51.099
 with all my ways.

00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:52.160
 For there is not

00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:53.559
 a word in my tongue,

00:25:53.839 --> 00:25:54.359
 but lo,

00:25:54.619 --> 00:25:55.019
 O Lord,

00:25:55.119 --> 00:25:55.879
 thou knowest it

00:25:55.879 --> 00:25:56.660
 all together.

00:25:57.299 --> 00:25:57.859
 I really like

00:25:57.859 --> 00:25:58.559
 Psalms 139.

00:25:58.639 --> 00:25:59.099
 It's one of my favorites.

00:25:59.180 --> 00:25:59.700
 We actually sing

00:25:59.700 --> 00:26:00.299
 a song out of there.

00:26:00.379 --> 00:26:01.200
 Search me, O God,

00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:02.420
 and know my heart

00:26:02.420 --> 00:26:02.960
 and try me

00:26:02.960 --> 00:26:03.759
 to know my thoughts.

00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:05.299
 And he does.

00:26:06.339 --> 00:26:07.059
 But are we willing

00:26:07.059 --> 00:26:07.879
 to listen to him

00:26:07.879 --> 00:26:08.779
 and make the changes

00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:09.700
 that he calls for us

00:26:09.700 --> 00:26:10.079
 to do?

00:26:10.819 --> 00:26:12.059
 Jeremiah 16, 17 says,

00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:12.839
 For mine eyes

00:26:12.839 --> 00:26:14.119
 are upon all their ways.

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:17.480
 I see absolutely everything.

00:26:17.859 --> 00:26:18.599
 No, Trump, you don't.

00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.440
 But God does.

00:26:20.859 --> 00:26:21.220
 For there is,

00:26:22.639 --> 00:26:23.980
 they are not hid

00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:24.720
 from my faith,

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.960
 neither is their iniquity

00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:27.240
 hid from mine eyes.

00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:29.159
 Imagine the Lord

00:26:29.159 --> 00:26:29.899
 is meeting you,

00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:31.119
 just like he met Nathaniel.

00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:32.879
 I'm telling you,

00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:35.159
 and then he tells you

00:26:35.159 --> 00:26:35.919
 what you're thinking.

00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:38.639
 He's taller

00:26:38.639 --> 00:26:39.440
 than I thought he would be.

00:26:39.579 --> 00:26:40.139
 I don't know

00:26:40.140 --> 00:26:40.900
 that's what he would say.

00:26:41.259 --> 00:26:41.960
 Jesus' knowledge

00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:42.259
 of Nathaniel

00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:43.080
 got his attention

00:26:43.080 --> 00:26:44.259
 and led to a change

00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:44.840
 in his beliefs.

00:26:45.360 --> 00:26:46.160
 Jesus gave Nathaniel

00:26:46.160 --> 00:26:46.900
 every opportunity

00:26:46.900 --> 00:26:48.280
 to trust and follow him.

00:26:50.020 --> 00:26:51.500
 The sinner's opportunity,

00:26:51.600 --> 00:26:52.220
 number three.

00:26:54.100 --> 00:26:56.340
 John 1, 49-51 says,

00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:57.120
 Nathaniel answered

00:26:57.120 --> 00:26:57.780
 and saith unto him,

00:26:57.860 --> 00:26:58.060
 Rabbi,

00:26:58.640 --> 00:26:59.860
 thou art the Son of God,

00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:01.300
 thou art the King of Israel.

00:27:02.240 --> 00:27:02.880
 Jesus answered

00:27:02.880 --> 00:27:03.500
 and said unto him,

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.660
 Because I said unto thee,

00:27:04.780 --> 00:27:05.960
 I saw thee under the fig tree,

00:27:06.100 --> 00:27:06.700
 believest thou?

00:27:06.700 --> 00:27:08.000
 thou shalt see

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:09.200
 greater things than these.

00:27:10.360 --> 00:27:11.319
 And he saith unto him,

00:27:11.580 --> 00:27:12.180
 Verily, verily,

00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:13.000
 I say unto you,

00:27:13.360 --> 00:27:14.420
 Hereafter ye shall see

00:27:14.420 --> 00:27:15.000
 heaven open

00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:17.039
 and the angels of God

00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:17.779
 ascending and descending

00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:19.160
 upon the Son of Man.

00:27:20.620 --> 00:27:21.539
 Even though Nathaniel

00:27:21.539 --> 00:27:22.319
 was a good man

00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:23.519
 seeking the truth,

00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:25.059
 he was still a sinner,

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:26.400
 just like all of us.

00:27:28.100 --> 00:27:29.160
 Romans 3, 23 says,

00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:30.240
 For all have sinned

00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:31.039
 and come short

00:27:31.039 --> 00:27:32.120
 of the glory of God.

00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:34.059
 This world has one

00:27:34.059 --> 00:27:34.960
 rudimentary problem,

00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:35.819
 and that's sin.

00:27:36.700 --> 00:27:37.839
 At the root of many problems,

00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:38.599
 in some form,

00:27:38.659 --> 00:27:39.019
 is sin.

00:27:39.659 --> 00:27:40.339
 None of us are exempt

00:27:40.339 --> 00:27:40.859
 from sin,

00:27:42.399 --> 00:27:43.139
 because all of us

00:27:43.139 --> 00:27:43.779
 have inherited

00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:44.639
 a sin nature.

00:27:45.639 --> 00:27:46.779
 I'm sure my kids

00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:47.419
 could probably tell you

00:27:47.419 --> 00:27:47.859
 one of the things

00:27:47.859 --> 00:27:50.079
 that the pastor's

00:27:50.079 --> 00:27:50.980
 talking about at home

00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:52.659
 that we talk about a lot,

00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:53.259
 you know,

00:27:53.899 --> 00:27:56.740
 and there was always strife,

00:27:57.879 --> 00:27:59.439
 and you remember

00:27:59.439 --> 00:28:00.059
 what I used to always say

00:28:00.059 --> 00:28:01.700
 about strife?

00:28:03.859 --> 00:28:04.619
 About pride?

00:28:05.819 --> 00:28:08.019
 Well, maybe it didn't sink in.

00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:09.460
 There's still time!

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:10.919
 There's still time, right?

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:12.519
 So, yeah.

00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:15.240
 You know,

00:28:15.339 --> 00:28:16.279
 through pride comes strife.

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:16.980
 Anyways,

00:28:17.419 --> 00:28:17.859
 and so,

00:28:18.639 --> 00:28:20.980
 there are just those things,

00:28:21.099 --> 00:28:21.179
 Lord,

00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:22.659
 where there's sin,

00:28:23.139 --> 00:28:24.500
 and there's sin like every day,

00:28:24.579 --> 00:28:25.419
 and sometimes it's pride,

00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:28.139
 sometimes it's other things,

00:28:28.299 --> 00:28:29.559
 but it's really easy

00:28:29.559 --> 00:28:30.220
 to find it there.

00:28:31.119 --> 00:28:31.399
 Let's see,

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:32.740
 Romans 5, 12 says,

00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:33.240
 Wherefore,

00:28:33.400 --> 00:28:34.920
 as by one man's sin

00:28:34.920 --> 00:28:35.900
 entered into the world,

00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:37.279
 and death by sin,

00:28:37.420 --> 00:28:39.140
 and so death passed upon all men,

00:28:39.640 --> 00:28:40.740
 for that all have sinned.

00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:42.660
 As serious as he was,

00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:42.980
 Nathaniel,

00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:44.079
 like every other person,

00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:45.120
 had a sin problem

00:28:45.120 --> 00:28:47.980
 that only Christ could cure.

00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:48.640
 Thankfully,

00:28:48.839 --> 00:28:49.279
 there's an opportunity

00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:49.680
 for sinners

00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:50.440
 to find forgiveness

00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:51.200
 through Jesus.

00:28:52.579 --> 00:28:54.099
 To profess faith,

00:28:54.640 --> 00:28:56.000
 as soon as Nathaniel realized

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:57.180
 that Jesus knew his heart,

00:28:57.660 --> 00:28:58.480
 he realized that Jesus

00:28:58.480 --> 00:28:59.339
 was the Son of God,

00:28:59.339 --> 00:29:00.799
 and in all he confessed,

00:29:01.059 --> 00:29:01.319
 Rabbi,

00:29:01.939 --> 00:29:03.240
 thou art the Son of God.

00:29:03.619 --> 00:29:04.740
 No one is saved

00:29:04.740 --> 00:29:05.519
 until first believing

00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:07.059
 the deity of Jesus Christ.

00:29:08.399 --> 00:29:08.879
 Now,

00:29:09.399 --> 00:29:11.019
 the next illustration is,

00:29:11.339 --> 00:29:13.819
 there are over a billion Muslims

00:29:13.819 --> 00:29:14.519
 in the world today.

00:29:15.619 --> 00:29:16.519
 They all follow

00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:17.379
 the teachings of Koran,

00:29:18.519 --> 00:29:20.740
 and among those many teachings

00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:22.639
 is that Jesus Christ

00:29:22.639 --> 00:29:23.299
 was a person,

00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:25.819
 but he was just a person.

00:29:26.699 --> 00:29:27.720
 He wasn't the Son of God,

00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:29.100
 he wasn't a deity,

00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:31.160
 and he didn't have

00:29:31.160 --> 00:29:31.960
 any deity in him.

00:29:32.860 --> 00:29:33.940
 For a person who follows

00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:34.420
 these teachings

00:29:34.420 --> 00:29:35.000
 to have a relationship

00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:35.640
 with the Lord,

00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:36.700
 he needs to turn

00:29:36.700 --> 00:29:37.180
 that conviction

00:29:37.180 --> 00:29:38.279
 that God did indeed

00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:38.940
 have a Son,

00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:39.600
 and that his name

00:29:39.600 --> 00:29:40.620
 is Jesus Christ.

00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:42.839
 Nathaniel was a sinner

00:29:42.839 --> 00:29:43.539
 without a Savior,

00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:44.700
 but on this day,

00:29:44.860 --> 00:29:45.740
 he turned to Jesus

00:29:45.740 --> 00:29:46.420
 and believed him

00:29:46.420 --> 00:29:47.240
 as the Messiah,

00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:48.720
 God in the human flesh.

00:29:49.140 --> 00:29:49.860
 That is exactly

00:29:49.860 --> 00:29:50.420
 what Thomas said

00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:50.940
 about Jesus

00:29:50.940 --> 00:29:52.519
 in John chapter 20,

00:29:53.100 --> 00:29:54.980
 verses 28 and 29.

00:29:56.660 --> 00:29:57.700
 Anybody want to read that?

00:29:57.720 --> 00:29:59.539
 for volunteers.

00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:00.819
 There you go, Joe.

00:30:01.120 --> 00:30:01.539
 Fire away.

00:30:01.940 --> 00:30:02.900
 And Thomas answered

00:30:02.900 --> 00:30:03.779
 and said unto him,

00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:05.519
 My Lord and my God,

00:30:06.220 --> 00:30:07.420
 Jesus saith unto him,

00:30:07.660 --> 00:30:07.980
 Thomas,

00:30:08.319 --> 00:30:09.600
 because thou hast seen me,

00:30:09.960 --> 00:30:10.779
 thou hast believed.

00:30:11.579 --> 00:30:12.380
 Blessed are they

00:30:12.380 --> 00:30:13.259
 that have seen,

00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:15.240
 excuse me,

00:30:15.299 --> 00:30:15.860
 blessed are they

00:30:15.860 --> 00:30:16.940
 that have not seen,

00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:18.059
 yet have believed.

00:30:20.259 --> 00:30:21.279
 Notice that when

00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:23.059
 Thomas called Jesus God,

00:30:23.339 --> 00:30:24.360
 Jesus did not try

00:30:24.360 --> 00:30:25.000
 to correct him,

00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:27.720
 but rather Jesus blessed him.

00:30:28.160 --> 00:30:28.839
 It's a wonderful thing

00:30:28.839 --> 00:30:30.180
 to realize that God himself

00:30:30.180 --> 00:30:31.279
 did come to earth

00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:31.859
 and provide a way

00:30:31.859 --> 00:30:34.460
 to bridge the chasm of sin

00:30:34.460 --> 00:30:35.480
 between God and us.

00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:38.799
 In our sinful human state,

00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:39.920
 we could never earn

00:30:39.920 --> 00:30:40.599
 our way into heaven,

00:30:41.099 --> 00:30:42.039
 but because God came

00:30:42.039 --> 00:30:42.779
 down to earth

00:30:42.779 --> 00:30:43.480
 and became a man,

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:45.240
 we can have eternal life.

00:30:45.920 --> 00:30:47.480
 Now, I've seen the preview

00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:48.279
 for the skits

00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:49.099
 for this week

00:30:49.099 --> 00:30:50.200
 for Vacation Bible School,

00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:52.440
 and that's a skit

00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:53.160
 and it's coming.

00:30:53.620 --> 00:30:55.019
 It's absolutely hilarious.

00:30:56.180 --> 00:30:57.420
 And thank you, David.

00:30:58.420 --> 00:30:59.920
 And he wrote the skits

00:30:59.920 --> 00:31:00.360
 in case you guys

00:31:00.360 --> 00:31:00.819
 didn't know that.

00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:01.460
 So when you see them,

00:31:01.860 --> 00:31:02.519
 you did a great job.

00:31:05.059 --> 00:31:06.140
 But this is the direct

00:31:06.140 --> 00:31:07.019
 application of it.

00:31:07.100 --> 00:31:08.200
 There is that gulf

00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:10.360
 of sin between God and us

00:31:10.360 --> 00:31:12.319
 and something has to span

00:31:12.319 --> 00:31:13.660
 that thing,

00:31:14.900 --> 00:31:17.240
 that gulf between God and man.

00:31:17.840 --> 00:31:18.600
 And there's only one way

00:31:18.599 --> 00:31:19.359
 and that's Christ Jesus.

00:31:19.959 --> 00:31:20.619
 He's the only one

00:31:20.619 --> 00:31:21.199
 who could ever

00:31:21.199 --> 00:31:22.719
 have filled that gap.

00:31:23.539 --> 00:31:25.419
 So there's never been a time

00:31:25.419 --> 00:31:25.959
 that you've received

00:31:25.959 --> 00:31:27.179
 God's gift of eternal life

00:31:27.179 --> 00:31:27.919
 believing that Jesus

00:31:27.919 --> 00:31:28.959
 is the God-man

00:31:28.959 --> 00:31:30.139
 who came to save you

00:31:30.139 --> 00:31:30.719
 from your sins.

00:31:30.959 --> 00:31:32.099
 Don't delay another day.

00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:34.980
 So going back

00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:35.980
 to the World Trade Center

00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:36.859
 and the bombings

00:31:36.859 --> 00:31:38.599
 back on September 11th,

00:31:39.419 --> 00:31:42.099
 everything in hindsight

00:31:42.099 --> 00:31:43.019
 is very different

00:31:43.019 --> 00:31:43.799
 for everybody, right?

00:31:43.859 --> 00:31:44.299
 You go back

00:31:44.299 --> 00:31:45.059
 and you look at that day

00:31:45.059 --> 00:31:46.259
 and you hear about

00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:47.000
 the first plane

00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:47.959
 that hit the first tower

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:49.079
 and then you know

00:31:49.079 --> 00:31:49.960
 that another plane

00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:50.960
 hit the second tower.

00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:53.860
 But as you look back on it,

00:31:53.940 --> 00:31:55.059
 they did an evaluation

00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:55.680
 of those people

00:31:55.680 --> 00:31:56.480
 who survived

00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:57.740
 from that incident.

00:31:58.039 --> 00:31:58.559
 And there was

00:31:58.559 --> 00:32:00.640
 an interesting correlation.

00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:01.960
 When the first plane hit,

00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:03.700
 some people decided,

00:32:03.840 --> 00:32:04.460
 hey, it's time

00:32:04.460 --> 00:32:05.180
 to get out of here

00:32:05.180 --> 00:32:05.880
 and others were like,

00:32:05.940 --> 00:32:06.279
 you know,

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:08.900
 it's probably just a drill.

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:10.360
 It's probably just a fire

00:32:10.360 --> 00:32:11.160
 they got under control.

00:32:11.319 --> 00:32:12.960
 This tower is going to collapse.

00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:13.720
 It's, you know,

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:14.039
 it's just,

00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:15.500
 it'll be fine.

00:32:15.700 --> 00:32:16.120
 I'm just going to keep

00:32:16.119 --> 00:32:17.019
 doing my work, right?

00:32:19.399 --> 00:32:20.419
 Well, when they went back

00:32:20.419 --> 00:32:21.199
 and they looked

00:32:21.199 --> 00:32:22.079
 at the numbers,

00:32:22.239 --> 00:32:23.179
 the people who got out

00:32:23.179 --> 00:32:23.759
 versus the numbers

00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:24.519
 of people who died,

00:32:25.059 --> 00:32:26.119
 the people who responded

00:32:26.119 --> 00:32:28.339
 immediately and sought exit,

00:32:29.059 --> 00:32:30.179
 they're the ones who lived.

00:32:30.779 --> 00:32:31.819
 The ones who stayed

00:32:31.819 --> 00:32:32.419
 and remained

00:32:32.419 --> 00:32:33.379
 are the ones

00:32:33.379 --> 00:32:34.039
 who were part

00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:35.059
 of the casualty list

00:32:35.059 --> 00:32:35.919
 from that day.

00:32:37.459 --> 00:32:38.739
 The reason that's important

00:32:38.739 --> 00:32:39.119
 is,

00:32:39.919 --> 00:32:41.359
 or it's applicable here,

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:42.839
 salvation from sin

00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:43.559
 is the same.

00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:44.779
 those who put off

00:32:44.779 --> 00:32:45.619
 being saved

00:32:45.619 --> 00:32:47.399
 through Jesus Christ,

00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:49.119
 many people wait

00:32:49.119 --> 00:32:50.099
 until it's too late.

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:52.139
 I mean,

00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:53.240
 I've heard stories

00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:54.339
 of people on their deathbed,

00:32:55.399 --> 00:32:55.740
 you know,

00:32:56.139 --> 00:32:56.879
 that are,

00:32:57.460 --> 00:32:58.159
 you know,

00:32:58.299 --> 00:32:59.019
 witness to them

00:32:59.019 --> 00:32:59.500
 at the end

00:32:59.500 --> 00:33:00.720
 and they're like,

00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:01.019
 no,

00:33:01.679 --> 00:33:03.279
 and they still didn't

00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:04.240
 choose at the end

00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:05.500
 to choose Christ.

00:33:05.639 --> 00:33:07.000
 That's a sad moment

00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:08.299
 for all of us,

00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:09.980
 but shouldn't wait then

00:33:09.980 --> 00:33:10.700
 because we don't know

00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:11.720
 how long our lives are.

00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:12.779
 It is short.

00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:14.420
 Nathaniel didn't wait.

00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:15.119
 Once he saw

00:33:15.119 --> 00:33:16.039
 the omniscience of Christ,

00:33:16.119 --> 00:33:16.759
 he believed.

00:33:17.299 --> 00:33:18.099
 He believed that Jesus

00:33:18.099 --> 00:33:18.819
 was God

00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:19.539
 and that he was

00:33:19.539 --> 00:33:20.160
 Israel's Messiah.

00:33:20.299 --> 00:33:20.539
 He said,

00:33:20.660 --> 00:33:22.099
 thou art the king

00:33:22.099 --> 00:33:22.619
 of Israel.

00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:23.980
 Nathaniel would have

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:25.819
 known of the prophecies

00:33:25.819 --> 00:33:26.599
 of the coming Messiah.

00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:28.519
 As he considered Christ

00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:28.920
 and considered

00:33:28.920 --> 00:33:29.579
 what the prophets

00:33:29.579 --> 00:33:30.119
 had to say,

00:33:30.420 --> 00:33:31.440
 he knew that this was

00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:32.059
 the Messiah,

00:33:32.160 --> 00:33:32.759
 the king of Israel.

00:33:33.399 --> 00:33:34.019
 Jeremiah 25,

00:33:34.299 --> 00:33:35.059
 5-6 says,

00:33:35.559 --> 00:33:35.940
 Behold,

00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:36.759
 the days come,

00:33:37.059 --> 00:33:37.599
 saith the Lord,

00:33:37.680 --> 00:33:38.799
 that I will raise

00:33:38.799 --> 00:33:39.519
 unto David

00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:41.000
 a righteous branch

00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:42.200
 and a king

00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:43.200
 shall reign and prosper

00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:44.259
 and shall execute judgment

00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:45.599
 and justice in the earth.

00:33:46.660 --> 00:33:47.339
 In his days,

00:33:47.779 --> 00:33:48.720
 Judah shall be saved

00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:50.400
 and Israel

00:33:50.400 --> 00:33:51.799
 shall dwell safely

00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:53.400
 and this is his name

00:33:53.400 --> 00:33:54.559
 whereby he shall be called

00:33:54.559 --> 00:33:55.559
 the Lord,

00:33:55.640 --> 00:33:56.559
 our righteous.

00:33:57.700 --> 00:33:59.160
 Zephaniah 3-15 says,

00:33:59.160 --> 00:34:00.320
 The Lord hath taken away

00:34:00.320 --> 00:34:00.960
 thy judgments.

00:34:01.779 --> 00:34:02.900
 If cast out thine enemy,

00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:03.940
 the king of Israel,

00:34:04.140 --> 00:34:04.700
 even the Lord,

00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:06.380
 is in the midst of thee,

00:34:07.040 --> 00:34:08.280
 thou shalt not see evil

00:34:08.280 --> 00:34:08.920
 anymore.

00:34:10.659 --> 00:34:12.019
 By addressing Jesus

00:34:12.019 --> 00:34:12.760
 as the king of Israel,

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:14.300
 Nathaniel was also acknowledging

00:34:14.300 --> 00:34:15.900
 Jesus as his personal king.

00:34:16.320 --> 00:34:17.000
 Nathaniel was a man

00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:17.639
 who went from being

00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:18.300
 biased

00:34:18.300 --> 00:34:19.880
 to belief.

00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:21.460
 The moment everything

00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:22.599
 clicked in Nathaniel's mind,

00:34:22.760 --> 00:34:23.780
 he believed on Christ

00:34:23.780 --> 00:34:24.860
 and that is what

00:34:24.860 --> 00:34:25.800
 all of us must do.

00:34:26.599 --> 00:34:28.039
 1 John 5-10-12 says,

00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:29.159
 He that believeth

00:34:29.159 --> 00:34:30.320
 on the Son of God

00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:31.420
 hath the witness

00:34:31.420 --> 00:34:32.199
 in himself.

00:34:32.719 --> 00:34:33.900
 He that believeth not God

00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:34.900
 hath made him a liar

00:34:34.900 --> 00:34:36.119
 because he believeth

00:34:36.119 --> 00:34:36.860
 not the record

00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:37.759
 that God gave

00:34:37.759 --> 00:34:38.759
 of his Son.

00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:40.279
 And this is the record

00:34:40.279 --> 00:34:41.480
 that God hath given us,

00:34:41.880 --> 00:34:42.559
 given to us,

00:34:42.639 --> 00:34:43.300
 eternal life

00:34:43.300 --> 00:34:44.219
 and this life

00:34:44.219 --> 00:34:45.179
 is in his Son.

00:34:45.920 --> 00:34:46.679
 He that hath not

00:34:46.679 --> 00:34:47.420
 the Son hath,

00:34:47.860 --> 00:34:48.079
 sorry,

00:34:48.179 --> 00:34:49.119
 He that hath the Son

00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:49.679
 hath life

00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:51.400
 and the that hath not

00:34:51.400 --> 00:34:52.179
 the Son of God

00:34:52.179 --> 00:34:53.279
 hath not life.

00:34:53.719 --> 00:34:54.559
 A little larger print

00:34:54.559 --> 00:34:54.940
 that probably would

00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:55.279
 help there.

00:34:56.300 --> 00:34:57.239
 God's word tells us

00:34:57.239 --> 00:34:57.759
 that we can know

00:34:57.760 --> 00:34:58.220
 that we have

00:34:58.220 --> 00:34:58.840
 eternal life.

00:34:58.940 --> 00:34:59.500
 Do not leave today

00:34:59.500 --> 00:35:01.020
 without wondering about it

00:35:01.020 --> 00:35:02.040
 or wondering about it

00:35:02.040 --> 00:35:03.800
 but take care of it.

00:35:05.500 --> 00:35:05.900
 B,

00:35:06.040 --> 00:35:07.240
 to possess eternal life.

00:35:07.320 --> 00:35:09.540
 1 John 50-51 says,

00:35:09.880 --> 00:35:10.360
 Jesus answered

00:35:10.360 --> 00:35:10.980
 and said unto him,

00:35:11.320 --> 00:35:12.160
 because I said unto thee,

00:35:12.260 --> 00:35:12.740
 I saw thee

00:35:12.740 --> 00:35:13.460
 under the fig tree,

00:35:14.720 --> 00:35:15.440
 believest thou?

00:35:15.720 --> 00:35:16.500
 Thou shalt see

00:35:16.500 --> 00:35:17.620
 greater things than these.

00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:18.940
 And he saith unto him,

00:35:19.280 --> 00:35:19.780
 Verily, verily,

00:35:19.880 --> 00:35:20.300
 I say unto you,

00:35:20.380 --> 00:35:21.180
 hereafter ye shall

00:35:21.180 --> 00:35:22.060
 see heaven open

00:35:22.060 --> 00:35:23.000
 and the angels

00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:24.040
 of God ascending

00:35:24.040 --> 00:35:24.440
 and descending

00:35:24.440 --> 00:35:25.820
 upon the Son of Man.

00:35:25.820 --> 00:35:27.039
 Nathaniel's understanding

00:35:27.039 --> 00:35:27.900
 of Christ's deity

00:35:27.900 --> 00:35:30.500
 was before he had

00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:31.160
 done any miracles.

00:35:32.900 --> 00:35:33.039
 I mean,

00:35:33.100 --> 00:35:33.539
 arguably,

00:35:34.180 --> 00:35:34.800
 his first miracle

00:35:34.800 --> 00:35:35.559
 was to tell Nathaniel

00:35:35.559 --> 00:35:36.240
 what he was doing

00:35:36.240 --> 00:35:38.420
 before he had met Nathaniel.

00:35:38.940 --> 00:35:39.220
 I mean,

00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:40.760
 so that was enough

00:35:40.760 --> 00:35:42.059
 for Nathaniel to believe,

00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:42.940
 but yet there was

00:35:42.940 --> 00:35:44.000
 many more things

00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:44.500
 to come.

00:35:45.280 --> 00:35:45.980
 The passage

00:35:45.980 --> 00:35:46.539
 is the first time

00:35:46.539 --> 00:35:46.960
 in the New Testament

00:35:46.960 --> 00:35:47.960
 uses that phrase,

00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:48.700
 the Son of Man,

00:35:49.280 --> 00:35:50.080
 to describe the Lord.

00:35:50.079 --> 00:35:51.259
 The phrase refers

00:35:51.259 --> 00:35:51.759
 to the sufferings

00:35:51.759 --> 00:35:52.500
 of Jesus Christ

00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:53.619
 and that the suffering

00:35:53.619 --> 00:35:54.059
 was necessary

00:35:54.059 --> 00:35:56.199
 for a substitutionary

00:35:56.199 --> 00:35:56.980
 atonement.

00:35:57.599 --> 00:35:58.079
 Only he,

00:35:58.179 --> 00:35:58.840
 the perfect sinless

00:35:58.840 --> 00:35:59.400
 Son of God,

00:35:59.679 --> 00:36:00.019
 would be able

00:36:00.019 --> 00:36:01.380
 to take our punishment

00:36:01.380 --> 00:36:02.739
 as he made himself

00:36:02.739 --> 00:36:04.059
 a man to take our place.

00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:06.679
 He is the only way

00:36:06.679 --> 00:36:08.299
 to God and to heaven.

00:36:08.860 --> 00:36:09.739
 Jesus saith unto him,

00:36:09.799 --> 00:36:10.400
 I am the way,

00:36:10.500 --> 00:36:10.779
 the truth,

00:36:10.819 --> 00:36:11.360
 and the life.

00:36:11.840 --> 00:36:12.440
 No man cometh

00:36:12.440 --> 00:36:13.019
 unto the Father

00:36:13.019 --> 00:36:13.900
 but by me.

00:36:14.940 --> 00:36:16.099
 So in conclusion,

00:36:16.099 --> 00:36:16.239
 religion,

00:36:17.179 --> 00:36:19.219
 obviously,

00:36:19.679 --> 00:36:20.199
 we know this

00:36:20.199 --> 00:36:20.659
 because we're here,

00:36:20.759 --> 00:36:21.380
 the church does not

00:36:21.380 --> 00:36:22.400
 give you access to heaven,

00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:23.940
 neither does religion,

00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:25.420
 although when we're

00:36:25.420 --> 00:36:26.219
 out talking to people

00:36:26.219 --> 00:36:26.860
 we often hear,

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:28.279
 I go to XYZ church

00:36:28.279 --> 00:36:28.739
 and this is how

00:36:28.739 --> 00:36:29.380
 I'm going to get to heaven.

00:36:30.019 --> 00:36:31.480
 We also hear from people

00:36:31.480 --> 00:36:32.159
 and we talk to them,

00:36:32.460 --> 00:36:32.940
 so why do you think

00:36:32.940 --> 00:36:33.360
 you're going to go to heaven?

00:36:33.559 --> 00:36:34.339
 I'm a good guy.

00:36:34.579 --> 00:36:35.639
 I do good things.

00:36:35.900 --> 00:36:37.279
 I donate money

00:36:37.279 --> 00:36:37.880
 to charities.

00:36:38.299 --> 00:36:40.019
 I go work at the mission.

00:36:40.380 --> 00:36:41.159
 I help out

00:36:41.159 --> 00:36:41.779
 with whatever.

00:36:43.699 --> 00:36:44.559
 And we get

00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:45.920
 all sorts of reasoning

00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:46.840
 and reasonings

00:36:46.840 --> 00:36:47.760
 as to why

00:36:47.760 --> 00:36:49.500
 people think

00:36:49.500 --> 00:36:49.860
 that they're going

00:36:49.860 --> 00:36:50.400
 to go to heaven.

00:36:51.659 --> 00:36:52.639
 1 Timothy 2,

00:36:52.720 --> 00:36:53.619
 5-6 says,

00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:54.920
 For there is one God

00:36:54.920 --> 00:36:57.820
 and one meteor

00:36:57.820 --> 00:36:59.099
 between God and men,

00:36:59.820 --> 00:37:00.840
 the man Christ Jesus,

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:02.360
 who gave himself

00:37:02.360 --> 00:37:03.420
 a ransom from all

00:37:03.420 --> 00:37:04.680
 to be testified

00:37:04.680 --> 00:37:05.780
 in due time.

00:37:06.860 --> 00:37:07.240
 It meant you put

00:37:07.240 --> 00:37:07.940
 your faith in Christ,

00:37:08.280 --> 00:37:08.960
 you put your faith

00:37:08.960 --> 00:37:09.539
 in the one who has

00:37:09.539 --> 00:37:10.139
 conquered death

00:37:10.139 --> 00:37:10.900
 and the grave.

00:37:11.760 --> 00:37:12.360
 The Lord knows

00:37:12.360 --> 00:37:12.960
 what you're thinking

00:37:12.960 --> 00:37:13.519
 and he knows

00:37:13.519 --> 00:37:15.200
 the philosophies

00:37:15.200 --> 00:37:15.860
 that permeate

00:37:15.860 --> 00:37:16.519
 your mind.

00:37:17.120 --> 00:37:18.079
 He came to earth

00:37:18.079 --> 00:37:18.559
 that you might

00:37:18.559 --> 00:37:19.160
 hear of him

00:37:19.160 --> 00:37:19.720
 and put your faith

00:37:19.720 --> 00:37:20.240
 in him for the

00:37:20.240 --> 00:37:21.240
 salvation of your soul.

00:37:22.380 --> 00:37:22.780
 If you already know

00:37:22.780 --> 00:37:23.519
 Christ is your saver,

00:37:23.940 --> 00:37:24.940
 consider the omniscience

00:37:24.940 --> 00:37:25.500
 of Christ.

00:37:26.720 --> 00:37:27.579
 That he already knows

00:37:27.579 --> 00:37:28.200
 that problem

00:37:28.200 --> 00:37:28.760
 that you're thinking

00:37:28.760 --> 00:37:29.120
 about.

00:37:29.720 --> 00:37:30.500
 That thing that

00:37:30.500 --> 00:37:34.180
 touches your heart.

00:37:35.180 --> 00:37:38.360
 That worry,

00:37:39.260 --> 00:37:40.300
 that trial,

00:37:40.460 --> 00:37:40.860
 trouble,

00:37:42.340 --> 00:37:42.539
 I mean,

00:37:42.620 --> 00:37:42.900
 I guess,

00:37:43.019 --> 00:37:43.860
 let me put it this way,

00:37:43.860 --> 00:37:44.980
 personal testimony,

00:37:45.120 --> 00:37:45.260
 right?

00:37:45.400 --> 00:37:45.620
 So,

00:37:46.579 --> 00:37:47.880
 people lose jobs,

00:37:48.019 --> 00:37:48.420
 we don't know

00:37:48.420 --> 00:37:49.400
 why we lose jobs.

00:37:50.140 --> 00:37:51.079
 People get sick,

00:37:51.140 --> 00:37:51.519
 we don't know

00:37:51.519 --> 00:37:52.539
 why people get sick.

00:37:53.240 --> 00:37:53.820
 We don't know

00:37:53.820 --> 00:37:54.480
 what the solution

00:37:54.480 --> 00:37:55.099
 is going to be.

00:37:55.780 --> 00:37:56.440
 We don't know

00:37:56.440 --> 00:37:57.019
 what the outcome

00:37:57.019 --> 00:37:57.539
 is going to be.

00:37:57.660 --> 00:37:58.039
 We don't know

00:37:58.039 --> 00:37:58.579
 the why.

00:37:59.340 --> 00:38:00.240
 And we talk

00:38:00.240 --> 00:38:00.960
 about testimony

00:38:00.960 --> 00:38:01.599
 and I don't know

00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:02.400
 that I shared this

00:38:02.400 --> 00:38:02.920
 with the church,

00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:03.780
 but I shared it

00:38:03.780 --> 00:38:04.400
 with some people,

00:38:05.140 --> 00:38:05.380
 like,

00:38:06.320 --> 00:38:07.840
 back in September,

00:38:08.059 --> 00:38:08.700
 the end of September

00:38:08.700 --> 00:38:09.220
 last year,

00:38:09.240 --> 00:38:10.320
 I actually lost my job

00:38:10.320 --> 00:38:11.820
 at SecureToss Technology

00:38:11.820 --> 00:38:13.400
 and I didn't really

00:38:13.400 --> 00:38:14.320
 understand the why.

00:38:14.760 --> 00:38:15.460
 I was looking

00:38:15.460 --> 00:38:16.320
 for a new job

00:38:16.320 --> 00:38:19.460
 and I didn't understand

00:38:19.460 --> 00:38:20.260
 which way God

00:38:20.260 --> 00:38:21.140
 was going to take this

00:38:21.140 --> 00:38:22.480
 or which way work

00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:23.019
 was going to take this.

00:38:23.039 --> 00:38:23.680
 I got to pay bills

00:38:23.680 --> 00:38:24.140
 still, right?

00:38:24.200 --> 00:38:24.780
 My mom,

00:38:25.140 --> 00:38:26.300
 she had Alzheimer's,

00:38:26.340 --> 00:38:26.900
 she passed away

00:38:26.900 --> 00:38:27.340
 in December

00:38:27.340 --> 00:38:29.880
 and I just didn't know

00:38:29.880 --> 00:38:30.740
 what was going on.

00:38:30.900 --> 00:38:31.440
 I had applied

00:38:31.440 --> 00:38:32.059
 for jobs

00:38:32.059 --> 00:38:34.039
 at several manufacturers

00:38:34.039 --> 00:38:34.860
 that had interviews

00:38:34.860 --> 00:38:35.780
 and things going on

00:38:35.780 --> 00:38:37.680
 and I just,

00:38:37.760 --> 00:38:37.920
 like,

00:38:38.140 --> 00:38:38.920
 lost my job.

00:38:38.920 --> 00:38:40.119
 It was a Friday,

00:38:40.260 --> 00:38:41.119
 got on my conference call,

00:38:41.639 --> 00:38:42.559
 my boss jumps on

00:38:42.559 --> 00:38:44.380
 and then HR pops on

00:38:44.380 --> 00:38:44.840
 and I go,

00:38:45.940 --> 00:38:46.200
 oh,

00:38:46.780 --> 00:38:47.180
 oh,

00:38:47.539 --> 00:38:47.960
 ah,

00:38:48.220 --> 00:38:48.559
 oh,

00:38:48.860 --> 00:38:49.159
 ah.

00:38:50.099 --> 00:38:50.639
 Maybe what I said

00:38:50.639 --> 00:38:50.980
 in that meeting

00:38:50.980 --> 00:38:51.500
 didn't go over it

00:38:51.500 --> 00:38:51.840
 very well.

00:38:52.180 --> 00:38:52.440
 No,

00:38:52.619 --> 00:38:52.840
 no,

00:38:53.119 --> 00:38:54.300
 whenever HR jumps on

00:38:54.300 --> 00:38:54.380
 you,

00:38:54.460 --> 00:38:55.460
 it's a bad call.

00:38:57.119 --> 00:38:57.519
 And so,

00:38:57.619 --> 00:38:58.720
 that was my last day

00:38:58.720 --> 00:39:01.000
 at SecureToss Technology

00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:03.200
 and then the next week

00:39:03.200 --> 00:39:04.119
 I flew to Chicago

00:39:04.119 --> 00:39:05.139
 for my final interview

00:39:05.139 --> 00:39:05.740
 with Axis

00:39:05.740 --> 00:39:06.240
 and I'm thinking,

00:39:06.780 --> 00:39:07.079
 yes,

00:39:07.300 --> 00:39:07.460
 Lord,

00:39:07.519 --> 00:39:08.539
 this works out really well.

00:39:08.860 --> 00:39:09.920
 I got a severance package

00:39:09.920 --> 00:39:10.940
 for SecureToss Technology.

00:39:11.239 --> 00:39:11.679
 I'm going to jump

00:39:11.679 --> 00:39:12.360
 into my next job

00:39:12.360 --> 00:39:12.759
 and I'm going to get

00:39:12.759 --> 00:39:13.199
 to travel.

00:39:14.380 --> 00:39:15.400
 That's not what I actually

00:39:15.400 --> 00:39:16.139
 needed at the time.

00:39:16.920 --> 00:39:17.779
 I didn't get that job.

00:39:18.519 --> 00:39:19.440
 God said it was time

00:39:19.440 --> 00:39:20.300
 for me to stay home

00:39:20.300 --> 00:39:21.739
 because I didn't know

00:39:21.739 --> 00:39:22.300
 my mom was going to

00:39:22.300 --> 00:39:23.059
 fall and break her hip.

00:39:23.500 --> 00:39:23.880
 I didn't know

00:39:23.880 --> 00:39:24.639
 that she was going to

00:39:24.639 --> 00:39:26.380
 go to a care center

00:39:26.380 --> 00:39:27.360
 that doesn't take care

00:39:27.360 --> 00:39:27.759
 of people.

00:39:27.880 --> 00:39:28.079
 In fact,

00:39:28.179 --> 00:39:29.320
 their same care center

00:39:29.320 --> 00:39:29.980
 is being sued.

00:39:30.079 --> 00:39:30.500
 I'm not going to use

00:39:30.500 --> 00:39:31.019
 the name in case

00:39:31.019 --> 00:39:31.519
 it gets online.

00:39:32.199 --> 00:39:32.960
 It's already being sued

00:39:32.960 --> 00:39:33.639
 because they've had

00:39:33.639 --> 00:39:34.340
 several people die

00:39:34.340 --> 00:39:35.019
 in their care

00:39:35.019 --> 00:39:36.019
 due to negligence,

00:39:36.079 --> 00:39:36.340
 right?

00:39:36.860 --> 00:39:38.079
 So I suddenly

00:39:38.079 --> 00:39:38.880
 had the availability.

00:39:40.400 --> 00:39:41.440
 I was still getting paid

00:39:41.440 --> 00:39:42.780
 by SecureToss Technology

00:39:42.780 --> 00:39:43.660
 because I had

00:39:43.660 --> 00:39:44.460
 a severance package

00:39:44.460 --> 00:39:46.180
 and how many people

00:39:46.180 --> 00:39:46.960
 get severance packages

00:39:46.960 --> 00:39:47.320
 nowadays?

00:39:47.800 --> 00:39:48.960
 I didn't plan this

00:39:48.960 --> 00:39:50.440
 but God clearly did

00:39:50.440 --> 00:39:51.420
 so that I could take time

00:39:51.420 --> 00:39:52.240
 to take care of my mom

00:39:52.240 --> 00:39:53.280
 before she passed away.

00:39:53.280 --> 00:39:54.840
 And then,

00:39:55.220 --> 00:39:55.680
 when I ran out

00:39:55.680 --> 00:39:56.500
 of the severance package,

00:39:57.100 --> 00:39:57.880
 the first day I flipped

00:39:57.880 --> 00:39:58.660
 my thing over and said,

00:39:58.720 --> 00:39:59.320
 yeah, I guess I'm looking

00:39:59.320 --> 00:39:59.920
 for a job.

00:40:01.340 --> 00:40:01.920
 Somebody I'd worked

00:40:01.920 --> 00:40:02.820
 with before called me

00:40:02.820 --> 00:40:03.140
 and said,

00:40:03.460 --> 00:40:04.220
 you got a job!

00:40:04.540 --> 00:40:05.260
 Start on Monday!

00:40:06.180 --> 00:40:07.060
 Take care of your mom.

00:40:08.140 --> 00:40:09.240
 Super nice about it.

00:40:09.760 --> 00:40:10.280
 He paid me

00:40:10.280 --> 00:40:10.840
 and helped me get

00:40:10.840 --> 00:40:11.260
 through that

00:40:11.260 --> 00:40:12.980
 and now I've moved on.

00:40:13.900 --> 00:40:14.780
 But looking back,

00:40:14.940 --> 00:40:16.280
 in the moment,

00:40:16.400 --> 00:40:17.100
 I didn't understand

00:40:17.100 --> 00:40:17.600
 the why.

00:40:17.920 --> 00:40:18.380
 And I was kind of

00:40:18.380 --> 00:40:18.940
 hurt by it.

00:40:19.600 --> 00:40:20.360
 I thought I was doing

00:40:20.360 --> 00:40:21.019
 a good job.

00:40:21.120 --> 00:40:21.519
 I thought I was

00:40:21.519 --> 00:40:22.180
 representing the company.

00:40:22.179 --> 00:40:24.659
 Well, but God knows.

00:40:25.440 --> 00:40:27.799
 And the omniscience

00:40:27.799 --> 00:40:29.519
 of Christ doesn't end

00:40:29.519 --> 00:40:31.119
 with what we think

00:40:31.119 --> 00:40:31.559
 He knows.

00:40:31.699 --> 00:40:32.500
 He does know

00:40:32.500 --> 00:40:33.980
 and He does plan for us.

00:40:34.099 --> 00:40:35.019
 We don't always see it

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 in the moment.

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 But as you go

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 throughout your week,

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 no matter what all

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 goes on in your life,

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 you have a God

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 who understands it all.

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 I kind of circled that

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 and bolded it

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 because it's real to me

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 because I understand

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 from what I've seen

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 and like I said,

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 at the time,

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 it was hard

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 because I didn't know.

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 But looking back,

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 that is.

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 He knows your circumstances

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 in your heart

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 and He understands us more

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 than even we

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 can understand ourselves.

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 He knows when we're

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 carrying burdens.

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 He knows when we are

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 hiding sin.

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 No friend or family member

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 will ever know you

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 as well as the

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 omniscient Savior,

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 Lord Jesus Christ.

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 All right, let's pray.

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 Let's pray.

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 Let's pray.

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 Let's pray.