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 Sitro to come up here and my friends, he is one of my heroes.

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! As he's walked in faith, he has a powerful story.

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! I wish he, sometimes I'm almost tempted to just let him go ahead and speak and share about his testimony.

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 But they've asked me to share, so I've asked him to just greet you and share a little bit about his ministry.

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 Well, I bring greetings from Uganda.

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 My congregation back home and my wife sends greetings to you all.

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 And I'm grateful that I'm here this evening, together with the other missionaries.

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 I'm so grateful to meet them all.

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 He has told you my names are not easy for me to pronounce in your accent.

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 But I found a brother here, Bob, so I like calling myself Bob.

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 So that one is easier.

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 Well, I am married to one wife, Sarah.

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 And I'm also a pastor of a church in a Muslim community.

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 I started it some nine years back.

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 And God has been gracious to us that we have been able to start more as six churches.

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 So I oversee seven churches.

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 And I'm also the leader of the pastors in our district.

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 We have districts in Uganda.

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 And each district will have a lead of the pastors, like the pastor of those pastors.

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 And I look young and my age.

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 But I am among the few pastors in Uganda that have gone to the seminary.

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 So because of that, they elected me to be their leader.

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 And in our district, we have 350 churches.

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 So those are the pastors I lead.

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 I also teach in the Bible school.

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 We have a Bible school where Doug and Sheil teach also.

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 So I am very grateful to partner with them and to come here and see the people that support Doug and support Sheil to come and do a great work in Uganda.

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 And I really appreciate you so much.

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 And may God bless you.

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 Thank you.

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 I want to take us to running off of your theme, loving the lost to Christ.

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 What do you think?

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 Is that a good theme?

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 Well, of course, you're in church, right?

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 The answer is always yes and Jesus, right?

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 No matter what you ask.

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 But is that a good theme?

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 You think so?

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 Well, sometimes we look at that and we hear messages and we think, okay, it means I must suffer for the Lord, right?

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 You heard all these missionaries, Brother Tom and Brother Waleed, suffer for the Lord up here, right?

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 They got up here and said, oh, it's so hard ministering for Christ.

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 Is that what they said?

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 Maybe you're sleeping.

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 I don't know how you could sleep through them up here sharing about the joy of the Lord.

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 It isn't wonderful.

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 Look at what God is doing.

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 This is amazing.

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 And we're just part of his work in this way.

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 I mean, is that exciting or what?

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 Huh?

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 Seeing God work in Romania to reach out to the world.

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 It's amazing when people realize Acts chapter 1, right?

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 When you receive money like the U.S., then you can be missionaries, right?

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 When you receive a, you can build a building, then you can be missionaries, right?

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 Sometimes we've given that message of missions, haven't we?

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 Okay.

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 But they're over there just sharing the truth.

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 When you receive the Holy Spirit.

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 How many people here have the Holy Spirit?

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 Some amens.

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 A few people like this.

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 Are you afraid?

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 How many people have the Holy Spirit?

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 Yeah.

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 If you're born again, you have the Holy Spirit.

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 And you're excited about the Lord, I trust, because he's worked greatly in your life.

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 But now, if you get a message, though, there's joy in the song, Joy in Serving Jesus, right?

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 Sometimes we sing, there's joy in serving Jesus.

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 That's not the message you got today, tonight.

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 There is joy.

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 Loving the lost to Christ.

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 Do we really believe that?

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 It's a good theme.

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 Good message.

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 And I'll be the first one to confess that yesterday I didn't.

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 I felt convicted about that as I prepared the message.

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 Why?

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 Because I forgot.

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 I forgot something.

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 You know, if you open up 1 Corinthians chapter 9, we have it read there.

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 It's right in your bulletin as well.

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 You can open up that way.

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 But, you know, the Corinthian church, Paul is writing to them.

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 And he, right in the beginning in chapter 1, talks about all that they have and the amazing

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 truth of being born again in Christ.

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 What it means to be changed and to start eternal life at the new birth.

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 And he talks about in chapter 1, starting in verse 4,

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 I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given to you in Christ Jesus,

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 that in every way you were enriched in him, in all speech, in all knowledge,

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 even as the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you,

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 so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift as you wait for the revealing of the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 who will sustain you to the end.

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 What an amazing passage truth here as he rehearses what it means to be born again.

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 You are not only changed individually, but you become part of the family of God,

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 united and be part of God's work here on earth to be in fellowship with Jesus.

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 You know, what he has started, he's going to complete in your life.

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 It's such a wonderful truth.

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 And then the letter goes on, doesn't it?

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 About problems in this church.

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 In fact, I do rejoice in the Corinthians having trouble, having problems.

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 Now, today it might be more politically correct to say they had issues, right?

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 So that you don't have to say problems like troubles.

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 You have issues, and that's something you just deal with on the side there.

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 It may be quiet.

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 But you know what?

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 God is very honest about even his people have problems.

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 And this church had problems.

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 And I am thankful that they had problems when they did,

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 so Paul could write to them so I could know how to handle my problems.

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 Because life is full of problems.

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 Yes, it's wonderful to be born again, to trust in Jesus,

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 but we know that we still live in a sinful world with a lot of sinful habits,

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 even in our own life, that we still get tempted and pulled away

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 and forget about who we are in Christ Jesus.

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 But as we remember this,

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 you know, these problems do have a solution.

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 They do have a way of addressing these problems in Christ Jesus.

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 And Paul goes through, and I almost see this,

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 if we want to put it maybe in modern-day terms,

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 is really Paul is writing here under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit,

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 much like the Corinthians got a virus

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 that was affecting their operating system, my friends.

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 Now, it sounds like I'm a computer whiz, right?

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 No, when my computer gets a virus,

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 and Brother Tom, you talked about your computers,

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 I think you need to give up on Apple.

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 Now, some of you might hate me for saying that,

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 but all that Apple juice, you know?

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 I'm a PC man,

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 only because I've never learned how to operate an Apple.

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 Anyways, I understand a little bit, okay?

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 You know, for me, when my computer gets a virus,

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 I seem to help it crash.

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 I don't know why,

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 but they have this thing called an antivirus program, right?

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 Supposedly, the program knows

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 what the computer's supposed to do,

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 and it recognizes when it's listening

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 to the wrong thinking advice or program, right?

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 That's gone into it.

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 And it's supposed to take that wrong thinking.

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 Now you know I'm not a computer whiz, right?

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 But take that wrong thinking,

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 and it's supposed to quarantine it.

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 It keeps telling me that.

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 It quarantined something.

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 It got rid of it

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 so that the computer could operate right, correctly.

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 Well, you read through Corinthians.

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 I get that exact message

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 that they've got this virus.

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 They've become self-absorbed in themselves.

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 Like, my situation is so significant,

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 and what's going on in my life

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 is all that matters.

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 And my thinking is all that matters.

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 And what happened is,

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 is Paul's correcting their thinking

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 throughout this whole letter.

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 He's bringing them into right thinking.

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 He's trying to isolate the wrong thinking,

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 the wrong attitude

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 that has led them to the wrong actions,

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 to ignore certain things

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 that they were supposed to pay attention to,

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 and to bring into focus

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 the things that they needed to pay attention to,

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 to get rid of that virus

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 that is leading them astray,

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 that is upsetting the whole operating system,

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 so that the world itself

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 could not even see Christ in the church.

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 So the world itself was having a hard time

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 understanding what it meant

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 to be born again.

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 Paul is rehearsing through many, many problems.

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 By the time we get to chapter 9,

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 he's still addressing this thinking.

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 What are you thinking about?

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 How can I lead you into recognizing

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 what is the truth?

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 How can you really, truly function properly

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 to represent Christ to the world?

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 What is our whole purpose?

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 What will bring us satisfaction?

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 They were trying to satisfy themselves.

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 They were trying to bring about their own joy

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 and forgetting the whole purpose

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 of why God had saved them

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 and brought them together.

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 As he talks about this,

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 he talks about right in verse 1,

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 that certainly to be born again,

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 to be in Christ,

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 means that we are free.

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 We're freed from sin,

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 the power of sin in our lives.

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 We are able to walk now in the Spirit.

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 We have a freedom to enjoy life

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 because we are alive.

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 Unlike anything we've experienced before,

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 when we come to Christ,

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 we have been delivered

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 to be able to start thinking right,

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 start obeying Christ and following him.

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 And you know, many times Jesus says,

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 follow me.

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 Paul says, follow me.

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 A little bit later on,

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 follow me as I follow Christ.

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 Why?

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 It's because that's the best thing for us.

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 We've been made to be into the image of Christ

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 and to follow him.

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 I'm free to do that.

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 In fact, I'm an apostle.

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 He even has authority in churches.

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 I'm free,

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 but by the time we get down to verse 15,

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 he knows who he is.

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 He knows what he can do.

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 But he said,

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 but my purpose is not to satisfy myself.

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 If I focus upon that,

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 I will miss the whole point

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 of what Christ is doing in my life.

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 He starts, he says,

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 but I have made no use

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 of any of these things

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 or rights in my life.

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 Nor am I writing these things

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 to secure any provision.

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 I'm not trying to convince you

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 to do anything for me.

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 Instead, he wants to lead us

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 in our thinking.

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 How can you enjoy life?

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 What is the prize

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 of being a believer in Christ?

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 What is the joy and satisfaction

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 of being a believer in Christ?

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 It's fitting into God's purpose

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 and letting God show you

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 what true joy is all about.

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 The Corinthian church

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 needed to hear some of this,

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 all of this,

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 but you and I, I think,

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 need to reflect on this.

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 Verse 19,

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 I'm going to skip around here

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 just for time's sake.

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 For though I am free from all,

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 this is what it read for us,

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 though I have an opportunity

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 to do many, many things in Christ,

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 now I am a believer in Christ

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 and I can live under the law of Christ,

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 but I can do many, many things.

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 God has saved me.

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 He is guaranteed to work in my life,

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 which, by the way,

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 means he's guaranteeing

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 that he's going to convict us of sin.

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 He's going to make our life miserable,

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 so we repent if necessary.

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 He's going to convince us of truth

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 so that we can live in that truth

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 and enjoy him,

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 not only now, but forever,

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 preparing for us

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 to be able to be with him forever.

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 But he says, you know,

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 I am freed from all,

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 but I've made myself a servant of all.

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 Now, there's many things,

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 if we're honest,

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 in the scriptures

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 that if we really read it

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 for like it is,

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 does not seem to make sense at first.

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 I am free to be what?

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 To be a slave.

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 How does that work?

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 Especially in America.

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 Slave?

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 You know, Paul is writing

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 in a Jewish context.

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 If you go back to Exodus chapter 21,

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 Paul knew very much the Old Testament,

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 and I think he's drawing

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 a little bit off of this image here,

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 okay,

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 that if you got in debt,

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 ooh, that covers a lot of us, right?

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 But if you get in debt

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 in a way that you cannot pay,

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 okay,

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 where you have problems,

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 you could

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 basically

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 be brought into slavery

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 for six years

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 as a Jew

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 to another Jew,

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 where you had to work

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 and be a slave

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 to pay back that debt

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 that you could not pay

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 any other way.

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 But the law of God,

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 the Mosaic law,

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 limited just,

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 it could only be six years

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 maximum

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 until the debt was paid

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 in a maximum of six years

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 unless,

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 unless

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 you loved your master

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 after six years.

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 And there's also a passage there

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 talking about

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 if the master gives you a wife

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 and whatnot,

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 but

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 it definitely says

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 if you love your master,

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 you can choose

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 to become a permanent slave.

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 And that,

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 you might have heard about,

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 you could take your ear

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 and

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 pierce it,

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 okay,

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 puncture it.

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 A lot of people

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 would be interesting

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 telling them about that,

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 right?

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 Have a punctured ear

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 means you're a permanent slave.

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 But

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 for them,

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 if you got your ear pierced,

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 that means

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 you were dedicating yourself

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 voluntarily,

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 submitting

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 and

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 choosing

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 to be a slave

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 to this master

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 for the rest of your life.

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 You could do that,

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 but it was your choice,

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 not the master's choice.

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 And what was it based on?

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 What did I say

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 it was based on?

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 Class?

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 Love.

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 Love your master.

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 You chose

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 because you loved your master.

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 Do you see a little parallel here?

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 What Paul is saying?

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 I have chosen here

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 to be a permanent slave.

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 Okay?

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 Now,

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 later on,

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 he clarifies here

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 is

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 a slave of all men

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 does not mean

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 that he is

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 listening to all men

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 and obeying them,

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 but he is under the law of Christ.

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 Okay?

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 You see that?

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 We've already read that

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 in verse 21.

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 Okay?

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 It's not that he is

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 outside the law of God,

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 but under the law of Christ.

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 He wants to clarify this.

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 Whatever he's talking about,

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 he has,

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 he's under the law of Christ,

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 but because he has loved Christ,

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 he's voluntarily become

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 a slave of Christ.

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 He is now

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 a servant of all men.

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 Why?

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 He wants to serve Christ.

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 We're talking about,

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 yes,

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 we are called to

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 loving the loss to Christ,

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 but there's going to be

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 a cost involved

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 if you really get involved.

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 Brother Walid

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 referred to that,

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 the price that we have to pay.

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 Everything has a cost, right?

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 Even in Burger King,

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 they used to say,

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 have it your way.

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 Who paid the bill?

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 It wasn't Burger King.

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 Okay?

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 Everything has a cost.

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 Now the question is,

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 Paul,

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 the Holy Spirit is very honest.

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 There's a cost involved.

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 If you really want to be

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 loving the loss to Christ,

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 you're going to have to pay a price.

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 But that's not his focus

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 upon this passage.

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 He includes that information in,

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 as we're going to

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 just read a little bit later here.

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 He includes the information in,

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 but he is asking

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 not just the price

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 that needs to be paid,

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 what he's focused upon is,

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 what prize is in store for me?

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 If I serve Christ,

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 if I voluntarily love my master

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 to be a slave to him,

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 the law of Christ,

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 and serve all mankind,

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 because Christ loves mankind,

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 he gave himself for it,

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 he left heaven above,

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 he came down,

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 even while we were yet sinners,

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 to die in our place,

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 so that we could be offered

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 eternal life in him,

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 we could be made back

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 into the image of Christ,

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 which Adam lost in the garden,

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 as he sinned against God

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 and lost that pure image of God

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 that he's created in.

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 But Christ has offered

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 to restore that to us,

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 the image of Christ

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 to make us into his image,

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 and now we get to serve him.

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 What does he want from us?

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 It's to become a part of his plan.

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 To do what?

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 To reach the world.

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 Part of his plan

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 to reach,

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 as we heard,

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 Columbus, Ohio.

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 And who knows where,

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 if we reach Columbus, Ohio,

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 your ministry here,

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 you've already heard,

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 is going international,

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 is going all around the world,

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 because you're investing

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 in God's plan and purposes.

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 Notice what he's talking about here.

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 Yeah, there's a cost involved,

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 but I have made myself

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 a servant to all,

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 that,

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 with the purpose,

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 I might win

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 more of them.

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 I want to be part

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 of something greater here

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 than just myself,

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 than just my comfort.

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 I appreciate the music here

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 that's been chosen

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 for this conference.

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 Have you gotten some of the,

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 the words of the music here?

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 I even wrote some down,

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 if I could ever find my paper here.

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 Well, have you noticed

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 one of the,

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 the men singing about,

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 it's not for our comfort.

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 Have you noticed

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 how that,

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 that word comfort,

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 you're supposed to hold out

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 a little bit

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 to gain attention for?

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 Okay,

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 it's not about

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 our comfort level.

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 Christ is more interested

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 in our character

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 than our comfort.

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 He's more interested

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 in us being part

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 of his plan

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 than him serving us

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 and making us

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 comfortable in life.

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 Paul says,

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 I have a purpose

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 in mind here.

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 I have made myself

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 a servant to all

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 that I might win

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 more of them.

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 I want to be part

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 of God's plan.

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 How?

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 To the Jews,

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 I became as a Jew.

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 Paul knew

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 that he was free

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 from the law of Moses,

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 now being under

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 the law of Christ,

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 but he said,

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 you know,

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 to the Jew,

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 I want to gain

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 a hearing for the Jew.

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 That was his countrymen.

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 That was his family,

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 his extended family.

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 I don't know about you,

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 but sometimes

00:20:18.279 --> 00:20:19.099
 very hard

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 to reach into my family

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 with the gospel

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 My father and mother

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 still have not yet

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 trusted in Christ.

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 I'm praying for them.

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 They're in their 80s,

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 but they still have breath.

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 They still have hope.

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 Maybe they'll trust Christ.

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 Cheryl's parents as well.

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 I have some brothers

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 in their family

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 that need to trust

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 in Christ,

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 but man,

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 they know all about me,

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 right?

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 They saw me grow up.

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 They see my imperfections.

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 And when I share

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 the gospel of Jesus Christ

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 with them,

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 I know at times

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 they're thinking

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 about the past

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 when I wrestled

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 my brother to the ground

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 and beat him to a pulp

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 because he was smaller than me.

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 And he's talking

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 about the love of Christ.

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 You know,

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 and some of my,

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 and families,

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 sometimes it takes

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 a lot of work,

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 doesn't it?

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 Go back into the old life,

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 remembering of the old life,

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 visiting with them,

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 and you're tempted

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 to say the same kind of things,

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 to react the same ways.

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 Paul says, though,

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 to the Jew,

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 I want to go back

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 into that

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 to give up my rights

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 to what?

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 What does he want to do

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 for the Jew?

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 To win them.

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 To gain them for Christ.

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 And he says,

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 to those under the law.

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 Now that sounds to me

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 like Jews, right?

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 But it also sounds like,

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 and remember,

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 who were really

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 promoting the law?

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 The Pharisees,

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 the Judaizers.

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 They were a certain

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 group of Jews

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 that really caused

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 Paul a lot of problems.

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 If anybody was

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 his enemies,

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 that would be those

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 under the law,

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 promoting the law,

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 criticizing,

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 trying to tear Paul down.

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 Attacking his character.

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 What did he say?

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 To those under the law,

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 I'll become

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 as under the law.

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 I'm going to give up

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 my rights.

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 I am going to try

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 to do all I can

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 to become

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 a person

00:22:22.820 --> 00:22:24.039
 that they could listen to.

00:22:25.320 --> 00:22:27.080
 I'm going to love them

00:22:27.080 --> 00:22:28.759
 and try to get involved

00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:29.640
 in their life.

00:22:31.559 --> 00:22:31.960
 Why?

00:22:32.259 --> 00:22:33.580
 Not because he likes

00:22:33.580 --> 00:22:34.240
 to suffer.

00:22:35.860 --> 00:22:36.920
 Everywhere Paul went,

00:22:37.180 --> 00:22:38.019
 where did he go first?

00:22:38.440 --> 00:22:43.220
 He was a teacher of the law.

00:22:43.299 --> 00:22:44.059
 He could get a hearing.

00:22:44.660 --> 00:22:46.320
 It was something

00:22:46.320 --> 00:22:47.559
 that he was actually

00:22:47.559 --> 00:22:48.840
 invited to stand up

00:22:48.840 --> 00:22:49.539
 if they didn't know

00:22:49.539 --> 00:22:50.200
 he was Paul

00:22:50.200 --> 00:22:51.279
 or heard about Paul.

00:22:51.380 --> 00:22:51.960
 They would invite him

00:22:51.960 --> 00:22:52.660
 to stand up

00:22:52.660 --> 00:22:54.019
 and share a word,

00:22:54.180 --> 00:22:54.400
 brother.

00:22:54.880 --> 00:22:55.600
 Teach us.

00:22:55.700 --> 00:22:56.539
 Because he was a teacher

00:22:56.539 --> 00:22:57.240
 of the law

00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:59.759
 before he came to Christ.

00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:01.340
 But what happened

00:23:01.340 --> 00:23:02.380
 every time he went

00:23:02.380 --> 00:23:02.920
 to the synagogue

00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:05.279
 and shared

00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:06.160
 from the word of God

00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:06.820
 the Old Testament

00:23:06.820 --> 00:23:08.420
 how Jesus was Messiah,

00:23:09.240 --> 00:23:09.900
 you know what happened

00:23:09.900 --> 00:23:10.420
 to him, right?

00:23:12.980 --> 00:23:13.360
 Right?

00:23:13.519 --> 00:23:16.720
 They loved him, right?

00:23:17.080 --> 00:23:17.800
 They said,

00:23:17.880 --> 00:23:18.539
 oh, this is wonderful.

00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:19.380
 Please come back.

00:23:20.820 --> 00:23:21.019
 Yeah.

00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:22.599
 They served him

00:23:22.599 --> 00:23:24.440
 kosher food

00:23:24.440 --> 00:23:25.859
 and welcomed him

00:23:25.859 --> 00:23:26.500
 into their home,

00:23:26.639 --> 00:23:27.259
 right?

00:23:28.059 --> 00:23:28.599
 Because he was

00:23:28.599 --> 00:23:29.480
 a teacher of the law?

00:23:32.379 --> 00:23:32.940
 No.

00:23:33.900 --> 00:23:34.799
 They kept

00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:35.500
 throwing him

00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:36.220
 out of town.

00:23:37.180 --> 00:23:37.799
 He kept

00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:38.619
 getting in trouble.

00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:41.200
 You know,

00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:41.940
 you think the guy

00:23:41.940 --> 00:23:42.539
 would have learned?

00:23:43.599 --> 00:23:44.279
 You think, huh?

00:23:45.079 --> 00:23:45.740
 Don't go

00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:46.519
 into the synagogue

00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:47.339
 next time.

00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:48.039
 You're going

00:23:48.039 --> 00:23:48.460
 to get

00:23:48.460 --> 00:23:50.119
 run out of town.

00:23:52.819 --> 00:23:53.399
 But you know,

00:23:53.420 --> 00:23:53.980
 it didn't matter

00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:54.500
 to Paul

00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:55.200
 whether he got

00:23:55.200 --> 00:23:55.779
 run out of town

00:23:55.779 --> 00:23:56.079
 or not.

00:23:56.160 --> 00:23:56.619
 What he wanted

00:23:56.619 --> 00:23:56.899
 to do

00:23:56.899 --> 00:23:57.740
 was gain a hearing

00:23:57.740 --> 00:23:58.539
 for the gospel

00:23:58.539 --> 00:23:59.180
 of Christ.

00:24:00.019 --> 00:24:01.180
 And he trusted

00:24:01.180 --> 00:24:01.839
 the results

00:24:01.839 --> 00:24:02.500
 to God.

00:24:03.579 --> 00:24:04.200
 He went

00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:04.740
 to the Jews

00:24:04.740 --> 00:24:05.299
 because that

00:24:05.299 --> 00:24:06.299
 was his countrymen.

00:24:06.619 --> 00:24:07.460
 He was connected

00:24:07.460 --> 00:24:07.839
 with them.

00:24:07.920 --> 00:24:08.399
 He became

00:24:08.399 --> 00:24:09.039
 as a Jew.

00:24:11.899 --> 00:24:12.099
 I

00:24:12.099 --> 00:24:14.079
 tell you the truth,

00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:15.059
 I would rather

00:24:15.059 --> 00:24:16.279
 play a sport

00:24:16.279 --> 00:24:17.099
 than watch it

00:24:17.099 --> 00:24:17.599
 on TV.

00:24:18.059 --> 00:24:19.399
 I hate sitting

00:24:19.399 --> 00:24:20.220
 down kind of

00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:21.000
 watching something

00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:22.680
 but, you know,

00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:23.980
 for some reason

00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:24.799
 when my father

00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:25.399
 and mother,

00:24:25.579 --> 00:24:26.259
 when my father

00:24:26.259 --> 00:24:26.920
 retired,

00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:28.899
 they got involved

00:24:28.899 --> 00:24:30.519
 in watching sports.

00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:33.420
 So I had,

00:24:33.779 --> 00:24:34.879
 I still to this day

00:24:34.879 --> 00:24:35.519
 have to

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:37.759
 look to see

00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:38.519
 what the Red Sox

00:24:38.519 --> 00:24:39.000
 are doing.

00:24:39.460 --> 00:24:40.680
 I have no interest

00:24:40.680 --> 00:24:41.039
 in it.

00:24:41.460 --> 00:24:42.200
 You're not going

00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:42.579
 to tell them,

00:24:42.619 --> 00:24:42.839
 are you?

00:24:43.279 --> 00:24:44.200
 Well, they know

00:24:44.200 --> 00:24:44.960
 really I'm not

00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:45.720
 a big fan

00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:46.559
 in that way

00:24:46.559 --> 00:24:47.960
 but if I want

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:48.640
 to talk to my

00:24:48.640 --> 00:24:49.420
 dad and mom,

00:24:49.819 --> 00:24:50.600
 if it's baseball

00:24:50.600 --> 00:24:51.039
 season,

00:24:51.180 --> 00:24:51.720
 you find out

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:52.380
 what the Red Sox

00:24:52.380 --> 00:24:52.759
 are doing

00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:53.559
 because that's

00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:54.000
 what they want

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:54.319
 to start

00:24:54.319 --> 00:24:55.140
 talking about.

00:24:57.360 --> 00:24:58.059
 And I think

00:24:58.059 --> 00:24:58.720
 about this passage,

00:24:58.920 --> 00:24:59.380
 to the Jew,

00:24:59.460 --> 00:25:00.319
 I become as a Jew.

00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:01.519
 You know,

00:25:01.600 --> 00:25:02.220
 someone had asked

00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:02.380
 me,

00:25:02.640 --> 00:25:03.960
 what fan

00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:04.240
 are you?

00:25:05.360 --> 00:25:06.600
 What football?

00:25:07.539 --> 00:25:08.140
 You know I'm

00:25:08.140 --> 00:25:08.660
 talking about

00:25:08.660 --> 00:25:09.440
 American football,

00:25:09.580 --> 00:25:09.759
 brother.

00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:11.460
 What football team

00:25:11.460 --> 00:25:12.019
 do you root for?

00:25:12.019 --> 00:25:12.379
 And I say,

00:25:12.440 --> 00:25:13.259
 whatever living room

00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:13.680
 I'm in,

00:25:14.200 --> 00:25:15.180
 that's what fan

00:25:15.180 --> 00:25:15.599
 I'm about.

00:25:15.879 --> 00:25:16.940
 I love watching

00:25:16.940 --> 00:25:17.559
 the fans,

00:25:17.639 --> 00:25:18.160
 by the way.

00:25:18.420 --> 00:25:19.099
 I love going

00:25:19.099 --> 00:25:19.879
 to a house

00:25:19.879 --> 00:25:20.359
 where someone's

00:25:20.359 --> 00:25:21.039
 excited about

00:25:21.039 --> 00:25:21.519
 their team

00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:21.960
 and watching

00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:22.680
 them play.

00:25:23.680 --> 00:25:23.700
 But,

00:25:24.660 --> 00:25:26.200
 you know,

00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:28.740
 if I have

00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:29.519
 to learn about

00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:30.519
 what they're

00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:31.259
 interested in,

00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:31.519
 why?

00:25:31.639 --> 00:25:32.519
 So I can gain

00:25:32.519 --> 00:25:34.160
 a relationship

00:25:34.160 --> 00:25:34.759
 with them.

00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:36.440
 but the purpose

00:25:36.440 --> 00:25:37.099
 is not to

00:25:37.099 --> 00:25:37.900
 enjoy football.

00:25:38.319 --> 00:25:38.680
 The purpose

00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:39.160
 is not to

00:25:39.160 --> 00:25:40.119
 enjoy baseball.

00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:40.680
 The purpose

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:41.220
 is I want

00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:41.700
 to be interested

00:25:41.700 --> 00:25:41.960
 in what

00:25:41.960 --> 00:25:42.519
 they're interested

00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:43.579
 in so that

00:25:43.579 --> 00:25:44.839
 I might have

00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:45.519
 an opportunity

00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:46.440
 to have that

00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:47.019
 relationship

00:25:47.019 --> 00:25:48.019
 continue to

00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:48.579
 what?

00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:52.200
 I don't have

00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:52.740
 the cost

00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:54.059
 even really

00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:55.440
 in my vision.

00:25:55.779 --> 00:25:56.220
 The cost

00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:56.640
 is something

00:25:56.640 --> 00:25:57.220
 I pay

00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:57.660
 in order

00:25:57.660 --> 00:25:58.059
 to get

00:25:58.059 --> 00:25:59.579
 the prize,

00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:01.240
 gain a hearing

00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:01.940
 for the gospel

00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:02.619
 of Christ.

00:26:02.619 --> 00:26:06.359
 He says

00:26:06.359 --> 00:26:07.079
 to those

00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:07.619
 who are not

00:26:07.619 --> 00:26:08.139
 under the law,

00:26:08.239 --> 00:26:08.500
 you know,

00:26:08.639 --> 00:26:10.000
 those we have,

00:26:10.299 --> 00:26:10.819
 the Jews,

00:26:11.919 --> 00:26:13.119
 they are like

00:26:13.119 --> 00:26:13.979
 family to him.

00:26:14.079 --> 00:26:14.419
 They are his

00:26:14.419 --> 00:26:15.039
 countrymen.

00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:16.319
 That is who he,

00:26:16.319 --> 00:26:17.819
 he's been placed

00:26:17.819 --> 00:26:18.839
 there by God

00:26:18.839 --> 00:26:19.399
 so he's going

00:26:19.399 --> 00:26:19.939
 to accept that

00:26:19.939 --> 00:26:20.819
 he has an

00:26:20.819 --> 00:26:21.839
 opportunity here

00:26:21.839 --> 00:26:22.939
 to become like

00:26:22.939 --> 00:26:23.279
 them,

00:26:23.739 --> 00:26:24.699
 not to violate

00:26:24.699 --> 00:26:25.679
 the law of Christ,

00:26:26.059 --> 00:26:26.639
 not to do

00:26:26.639 --> 00:26:27.379
 whatever they're

00:26:27.379 --> 00:26:27.759
 doing.

00:26:28.619 --> 00:26:28.799
 You know,

00:26:28.839 --> 00:26:29.339
 this doesn't

00:26:29.339 --> 00:26:30.099
 mean if my,

00:26:31.239 --> 00:26:32.599
 if my family

00:26:32.599 --> 00:26:33.559
 members have

00:26:33.559 --> 00:26:34.980
 a gathering

00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:35.599
 and everybody

00:26:35.599 --> 00:26:36.179
 gets drunk,

00:26:36.259 --> 00:26:36.759
 I need to get

00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:37.419
 drunk so I can

00:26:37.419 --> 00:26:38.059
 witness to them

00:26:38.059 --> 00:26:39.059
 about Jesus Christ.

00:26:39.199 --> 00:26:39.679
 Some people

00:26:39.679 --> 00:26:40.339
 interpret this

00:26:40.339 --> 00:26:40.779
 this way.

00:26:40.859 --> 00:26:41.179
 He says,

00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:41.419
 no,

00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:41.839
 I'm under

00:26:41.839 --> 00:26:42.179
 the law

00:26:42.179 --> 00:26:42.819
 of Christ,

00:26:43.719 --> 00:26:44.939
 but I do

00:26:44.939 --> 00:26:46.859
 what I can

00:26:46.859 --> 00:26:48.079
 to have that

00:26:48.079 --> 00:26:48.639
 relationship,

00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:49.139
 build that

00:26:49.139 --> 00:26:49.679
 relationship.

00:26:49.859 --> 00:26:50.459
 There's a cost

00:26:50.459 --> 00:26:50.899
 involved.

00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:51.319
 I have to

00:26:51.319 --> 00:26:52.099
 give of myself.

00:26:52.719 --> 00:26:53.579
 I have to

00:26:53.579 --> 00:26:55.139
 put aside

00:26:55.139 --> 00:26:57.539
 my rights,

00:26:58.099 --> 00:26:58.579
 the things

00:26:58.579 --> 00:26:59.159
 that I want

00:26:59.159 --> 00:26:59.500
 to do,

00:26:59.599 --> 00:27:00.059
 so what?

00:27:00.059 --> 00:27:01.419
 Because there's

00:27:01.419 --> 00:27:01.899
 a prize

00:27:01.899 --> 00:27:02.559
 involved.

00:27:03.619 --> 00:27:04.440
 I might

00:27:04.440 --> 00:27:05.259
 win some

00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:05.720
 to the Lord.

00:27:05.779 --> 00:27:06.139
 He doesn't,

00:27:06.399 --> 00:27:06.940
 he knows it's

00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:07.539
 not guaranteed

00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:08.700
 that his

00:27:08.700 --> 00:27:09.460
 investment is

00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:10.419
 always going

00:27:10.419 --> 00:27:11.220
 to produce

00:27:11.220 --> 00:27:13.220
 my family

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:13.899
 members coming

00:27:13.899 --> 00:27:14.440
 to Christ,

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:15.779
 my enemies

00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:17.259
 stopping attacking

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:17.960
 me and coming

00:27:17.960 --> 00:27:18.399
 to Christ.

00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:18.799
 In fact,

00:27:18.859 --> 00:27:19.179
 actually,

00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:19.740
 if we love

00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:20.279
 our enemies,

00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:22.659
 there's just

00:27:22.659 --> 00:27:23.220
 as much chance

00:27:23.220 --> 00:27:23.980
 they take

00:27:23.980 --> 00:27:24.539
 advantage and

00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:25.179
 attack us all

00:27:25.179 --> 00:27:25.619
 the more.

00:27:28.399 --> 00:27:29.139
 But what

00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:29.580
 is that?

00:27:31.360 --> 00:27:31.780
 And what's

00:27:31.780 --> 00:27:32.180
 the worst thing

00:27:32.180 --> 00:27:32.420
 that can do

00:27:32.420 --> 00:27:32.940
 happen if your

00:27:32.940 --> 00:27:33.580
 enemies attack

00:27:33.580 --> 00:27:33.800
 you?

00:27:35.440 --> 00:27:35.880
 What's the

00:27:35.880 --> 00:27:36.280
 worst thing,

00:27:36.360 --> 00:27:36.700
 Waleed?

00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:37.280
 Not the worst

00:27:37.280 --> 00:27:37.560
 thing, he

00:27:37.560 --> 00:27:37.940
 wouldn't say

00:27:37.940 --> 00:27:38.280
 the worst

00:27:38.280 --> 00:27:38.520
 thing.

00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:39.640
 What we

00:27:39.640 --> 00:27:40.080
 would think

00:27:40.080 --> 00:27:40.600
 in the flesh,

00:27:40.620 --> 00:27:40.840
 what would

00:27:40.840 --> 00:27:41.200
 be the worst

00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:41.640
 thing to do?

00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:42.200
 They'd kill

00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:42.400
 him.

00:27:44.080 --> 00:27:44.600
 What would

00:27:44.600 --> 00:27:45.080
 that do?

00:27:47.140 --> 00:27:47.500
 Promote

00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:47.780
 him to

00:27:47.780 --> 00:27:48.080
 heaven?

00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:48.840
 Boy, you

00:27:48.840 --> 00:27:49.420
 poor thing.

00:27:50.300 --> 00:27:50.520
 Huh?

00:27:51.600 --> 00:27:51.940
 Do you

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:52.240
 think he's

00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:52.680
 worried about

00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:53.080
 going to the

00:27:53.080 --> 00:27:53.540
 presence of

00:27:53.540 --> 00:27:53.920
 Christ?

00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:56.400
 His wife's

00:27:56.400 --> 00:27:56.800
 going to miss

00:27:56.800 --> 00:27:56.960
 him.

00:27:56.960 --> 00:27:59.240
 But really,

00:27:59.340 --> 00:27:59.539
 are we

00:27:59.539 --> 00:27:59.960
 focused

00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:00.480
 properly?

00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:04.440
 I do

00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:04.759
 what I

00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:05.019
 can.

00:28:05.120 --> 00:28:05.319
 Why?

00:28:05.420 --> 00:28:05.920
 Because there's

00:28:05.920 --> 00:28:06.720
 a prize involved

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:09.079
 to serve

00:28:09.079 --> 00:28:09.900
 Christ and

00:28:09.900 --> 00:28:10.880
 the worst

00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:11.220
 thing they

00:28:11.220 --> 00:28:11.700
 can do

00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:14.100
 in their

00:28:14.100 --> 00:28:15.299
 minds is

00:28:15.299 --> 00:28:15.840
 bring me the

00:28:15.840 --> 00:28:16.620
 greatest prize

00:28:16.620 --> 00:28:17.079
 is to be

00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:17.740
 with Christ.

00:28:19.140 --> 00:28:20.000
 What costs

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:20.579
 are we really

00:28:20.579 --> 00:28:22.519
 involved here?

00:28:23.400 --> 00:28:24.160
 A minor

00:28:24.160 --> 00:28:25.539
 investment so

00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:26.579
 that God

00:28:26.579 --> 00:28:27.039
 might use

00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:27.180
 that.

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:27.599
 But now he

00:28:27.599 --> 00:28:28.039
 talks about

00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:28.680
 those outside

00:28:28.680 --> 00:28:29.720
 the law is

00:28:29.720 --> 00:28:30.799
 he must as

00:28:30.799 --> 00:28:31.839
 well extend

00:28:31.839 --> 00:28:32.440
 himself to

00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:32.899
 strangers.

00:28:33.420 --> 00:28:34.079
 Now Paul was

00:28:34.079 --> 00:28:34.519
 a trained

00:28:34.519 --> 00:28:36.440
 Jewish teacher.

00:28:36.680 --> 00:28:37.339
 He was a

00:28:37.339 --> 00:28:38.000
 Pharisee of the

00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:38.619
 Pharisees.

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:39.619
 This was a

00:28:39.619 --> 00:28:40.500
 big stretch for

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:40.759
 Paul.

00:28:40.859 --> 00:28:41.399
 Even though we

00:28:41.399 --> 00:28:41.899
 think of him

00:28:41.899 --> 00:28:42.500
 as the apostle

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:43.480
 to the Gentiles,

00:28:44.059 --> 00:28:45.339
 Paul had to

00:28:45.339 --> 00:28:46.019
 make a lot of

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:46.960
 adjustments here

00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:48.099
 to go and

00:28:48.099 --> 00:28:49.200
 to even talk

00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:50.119
 to the Gentiles.

00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:50.940
 He was trained

00:28:50.940 --> 00:28:51.659
 that that was

00:28:51.660 --> 00:28:53.880
 just not

00:28:53.880 --> 00:28:54.480
 something you

00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:56.360
 did to be

00:28:56.360 --> 00:28:56.800
 religious.

00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:01.460
 But he knew

00:29:01.460 --> 00:29:02.000
 there was a

00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:02.640
 cost if he

00:29:02.640 --> 00:29:03.180
 really wanted

00:29:03.180 --> 00:29:03.900
 to love the

00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:04.380
 lost of

00:29:04.380 --> 00:29:04.860
 Christ.

00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:06.400
 To those

00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:07.900
 that are

00:29:07.900 --> 00:29:08.560
 outside the

00:29:08.560 --> 00:29:11.720
 law, he

00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:12.440
 became as

00:29:12.440 --> 00:29:13.180
 one outside

00:29:13.180 --> 00:29:13.800
 the law.

00:29:16.600 --> 00:29:17.620
 He ate the

00:29:17.620 --> 00:29:18.279
 things he had

00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:19.700
 to eat in

00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:20.660
 order to

00:29:20.660 --> 00:29:21.140
 gain a

00:29:21.140 --> 00:29:21.880
 hearing for

00:29:21.880 --> 00:29:24.299
 opportunity to

00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:25.000
 share the

00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:25.680
 gospel of

00:29:25.680 --> 00:29:28.700
 Christ with

00:29:28.700 --> 00:29:29.100
 those that

00:29:29.100 --> 00:29:29.580
 were outside

00:29:29.580 --> 00:29:29.940
 the law,

00:29:30.019 --> 00:29:30.759
 the Gentiles.

00:29:31.500 --> 00:29:32.019
 He had to

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:32.380
 do what was

00:29:32.380 --> 00:29:32.940
 uncomfortable.

00:29:35.299 --> 00:29:36.039
 He had to

00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:36.519
 do what was

00:29:36.519 --> 00:29:37.340
 stretching him.

00:29:37.900 --> 00:29:38.259
 He had to

00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:38.819
 go into the

00:29:38.819 --> 00:29:39.240
 unknown.

00:29:41.620 --> 00:29:43.240
 And from

00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:43.799
 what I see,

00:29:43.860 --> 00:29:44.180
 this is a

00:29:44.180 --> 00:29:44.660
 very loving

00:29:44.660 --> 00:29:45.480
 church and I

00:29:45.480 --> 00:29:46.059
 praise God

00:29:46.059 --> 00:29:46.539
 for that.

00:29:47.039 --> 00:29:47.920
 It seems like

00:29:47.920 --> 00:29:48.420
 people that

00:29:48.420 --> 00:29:48.940
 come in here,

00:29:48.940 --> 00:29:49.480
 you greet

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:50.140
 them well.

00:29:51.880 --> 00:29:52.840
 But I

00:29:52.840 --> 00:29:53.220
 talked to

00:29:53.220 --> 00:29:53.680
 some people

00:29:53.680 --> 00:29:54.160
 even in our

00:29:54.160 --> 00:29:54.720
 home church

00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:55.820
 and they

00:29:55.820 --> 00:29:56.080
 watch,

00:29:56.180 --> 00:29:56.700
 especially my

00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:58.240
 wife, a new

00:29:58.240 --> 00:29:58.860
 person comes

00:29:58.860 --> 00:29:59.460
 in and I

00:29:59.460 --> 00:30:00.039
 have to watch

00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:00.160
 it.

00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:00.759
 She wants to

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:01.340
 be outside

00:30:01.340 --> 00:30:01.799
 the pew.

00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:02.500
 If I'm on

00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:03.039
 the outside

00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:03.580
 and she's on

00:30:03.580 --> 00:30:04.080
 the inside,

00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:05.100
 I just,

00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:05.640
 after the

00:30:05.640 --> 00:30:06.080
 service of

00:30:06.080 --> 00:30:06.400
 the amen,

00:30:06.600 --> 00:30:06.860
 I just

00:30:06.860 --> 00:30:07.200
 kind of

00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:07.740
 sometimes go

00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:08.140
 like this

00:30:08.140 --> 00:30:08.580
 so she can

00:30:08.580 --> 00:30:09.200
 shoot out

00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:09.559
 to meet

00:30:09.559 --> 00:30:09.880
 all the

00:30:09.880 --> 00:30:10.440
 people.

00:30:11.080 --> 00:30:11.660
 Or otherwise

00:30:11.660 --> 00:30:12.080
 she'd knock

00:30:12.080 --> 00:30:12.500
 me over.

00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:13.059
 She would.

00:30:13.799 --> 00:30:13.940
 Okay?

00:30:14.059 --> 00:30:14.360
 She just,

00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:15.259
 now,

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:16.900
 she didn't

00:30:16.900 --> 00:30:17.779
 necessarily

00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:19.660
 do that all

00:30:19.660 --> 00:30:19.940
 the time.

00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:20.279
 She had to

00:30:20.279 --> 00:30:20.720
 learn how to

00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:21.099
 do that,

00:30:21.160 --> 00:30:21.680
 to be friendly.

00:30:22.920 --> 00:30:23.359
 And I

00:30:23.359 --> 00:30:23.960
 had some

00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:25.099
 men and

00:30:25.099 --> 00:30:25.619
 ladies come

00:30:25.619 --> 00:30:26.000
 up to me

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:26.220
 and say,

00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:26.700
 how does

00:30:26.700 --> 00:30:27.339
 Cheryl do

00:30:27.339 --> 00:30:27.759
 that?

00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:30.099
 I wish they

00:30:30.099 --> 00:30:30.379
 had said,

00:30:30.420 --> 00:30:30.700
 how does

00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:31.220
 Doug do

00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:31.539
 that?

00:30:31.640 --> 00:30:32.119
 But they

00:30:32.119 --> 00:30:32.220
 said,

00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:32.559
 how does

00:30:32.559 --> 00:30:33.059
 Cheryl do

00:30:33.059 --> 00:30:33.519
 that?

00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:33.640
 How does

00:30:33.059 --> 00:30:33.539
 that?

00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:38.660
 She has a

00:30:38.660 --> 00:30:39.140
 prize in

00:30:39.140 --> 00:30:39.519
 mind.

00:30:40.420 --> 00:30:42.319
 Go see what

00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:42.980
 God will do

00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:43.339
 as she

00:30:43.339 --> 00:30:44.000
 reaches out

00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:44.980
 and welcomes

00:30:44.980 --> 00:30:45.680
 people in

00:30:45.680 --> 00:30:47.240
 and loves

00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:47.579
 them and

00:30:47.579 --> 00:30:48.059
 just shows

00:30:48.059 --> 00:30:48.380
 them that

00:30:48.380 --> 00:30:49.160
 they are

00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:50.200
 welcomed here

00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:50.440
 and they

00:30:50.440 --> 00:30:50.700
 want to

00:30:50.700 --> 00:30:51.559
 come back

00:30:51.559 --> 00:30:52.360
 and be

00:30:52.360 --> 00:30:52.799
 under the

00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:53.240
 preaching of

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:53.740
 the gospel

00:30:53.740 --> 00:30:54.180
 and to

00:30:54.180 --> 00:30:54.599
 find out

00:30:54.599 --> 00:30:54.980
 if they're

00:30:54.980 --> 00:30:55.319
 saved.

00:30:55.440 --> 00:30:55.779
 And she's

00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:56.299
 amazing how

00:30:56.299 --> 00:30:56.839
 to find out

00:30:56.839 --> 00:30:57.319
 from people

00:30:57.319 --> 00:30:58.039
 all this

00:30:58.039 --> 00:30:58.539
 information.

00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:00.480
 She's

00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:01.339
 wonderful at

00:31:01.339 --> 00:31:01.640
 that.

00:31:05.140 --> 00:31:05.620
 Those

00:31:05.620 --> 00:31:06.099
 outside the

00:31:06.099 --> 00:31:06.200
 law,

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:06.660
 strangers.

00:31:07.660 --> 00:31:08.240
 How do we

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:08.900
 treat strangers?

00:31:09.059 --> 00:31:09.579
 Are we really

00:31:09.579 --> 00:31:10.059
 willing to

00:31:10.059 --> 00:31:10.599
 learn about

00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:10.860
 them?

00:31:11.180 --> 00:31:11.660
 And it's

00:31:11.660 --> 00:31:12.339
 necessary to

00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:12.779
 learn about

00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:13.039
 them.

00:31:13.799 --> 00:31:14.059
 You know,

00:31:14.119 --> 00:31:14.480
 I was

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:15.039
 thinking about

00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:16.899
 we're coming

00:31:16.899 --> 00:31:17.339
 up to a

00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:18.079
 four-way stop

00:31:18.079 --> 00:31:19.059
 here and

00:31:19.059 --> 00:31:19.459
 for some

00:31:19.459 --> 00:31:19.799
 reason,

00:31:20.459 --> 00:31:21.459
 one person

00:31:21.459 --> 00:31:21.720
 in that

00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:22.980
 car went

00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:23.579
 like this

00:31:23.579 --> 00:31:26.799
 and I

00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:27.359
 knew where

00:31:27.359 --> 00:31:27.759
 I was.

00:31:27.839 --> 00:31:28.059
 I'm in

00:31:28.059 --> 00:31:28.379
 Columbus,

00:31:28.559 --> 00:31:28.859
 Ohio,

00:31:29.059 --> 00:31:29.379
 so I

00:31:29.379 --> 00:31:29.720
 knew that

00:31:29.720 --> 00:31:29.939
 meant,

00:31:30.099 --> 00:31:30.240
 okay,

00:31:30.299 --> 00:31:30.539
 we were

00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:30.799
 to go

00:31:30.799 --> 00:31:31.259
 first,

00:31:31.319 --> 00:31:31.559
 right?

00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:32.799
 When I

00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:34.079
 grew up

00:31:34.079 --> 00:31:34.579
 just outside

00:31:34.579 --> 00:31:35.000
 of Boston,

00:31:35.119 --> 00:31:35.619
 Massachusetts,

00:31:36.319 --> 00:31:37.019
 and you

00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:37.119
 know,

00:31:37.199 --> 00:31:37.379
 if you

00:31:37.379 --> 00:31:37.740
 drive in

00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:38.039
 a certain

00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.500
 part of

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:38.859
 town,

00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:39.359
 especially

00:31:39.359 --> 00:31:40.939
 Irish town

00:31:40.940 --> 00:31:41.799
 or even

00:31:41.799 --> 00:31:42.519
 Chinatown,

00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:42.940
 if you

00:31:42.940 --> 00:31:43.740
 come to a

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:44.480
 four-way stop

00:31:44.480 --> 00:31:44.920
 and someone

00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:45.400
 goes like

00:31:45.400 --> 00:31:45.840
 this to

00:31:45.840 --> 00:31:46.080
 you,

00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:47.519
 what that

00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:48.080
 really means

00:31:48.080 --> 00:31:48.580
 is step

00:31:48.580 --> 00:31:48.860
 on the

00:31:48.860 --> 00:31:49.340
 gas if you

00:31:49.340 --> 00:31:49.620
 want to

00:31:49.620 --> 00:31:50.000
 go because

00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:50.420
 I'm on

00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:50.920
 my way,

00:31:51.840 --> 00:31:52.160
 okay?

00:31:52.640 --> 00:31:53.279
 And if you

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:53.600
 don't go

00:31:53.600 --> 00:31:54.100
 fast,

00:31:54.900 --> 00:31:55.259
 they'll be

00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:55.779
 honking their

00:31:55.779 --> 00:31:56.299
 horn at you

00:31:56.299 --> 00:31:56.620
 and going

00:31:56.620 --> 00:31:57.220
 around you.

00:31:58.080 --> 00:31:58.799
 It means a

00:31:58.799 --> 00:31:59.039
 little bit

00:31:59.039 --> 00:31:59.340
 different,

00:31:59.400 --> 00:31:59.840
 doesn't it?

00:32:00.320 --> 00:32:00.720
 You've got to

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:01.200
 get to know

00:32:01.200 --> 00:32:02.059
 the rules in

00:32:02.059 --> 00:32:02.460
 Boston,

00:32:02.660 --> 00:32:02.779
 too.

00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:04.440
 You come to

00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:05.519
 a light,

00:32:06.380 --> 00:32:06.920
 if it's just

00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:07.580
 about to turn,

00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:08.339
 if you

00:32:08.339 --> 00:32:08.779
 look over

00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:09.199
 here and

00:32:09.199 --> 00:32:10.039
 you see

00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:10.659
 people coming

00:32:10.659 --> 00:32:11.199
 that way,

00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:12.859
 that means

00:32:12.859 --> 00:32:13.659
 you're responsible

00:32:13.659 --> 00:32:14.240
 to miss

00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:14.539
 them,

00:32:15.579 --> 00:32:15.839
 okay?

00:32:16.819 --> 00:32:17.299
 Literally,

00:32:17.639 --> 00:32:19.159
 it's the

00:32:19.159 --> 00:32:19.480
 rules of

00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:19.879
 the road,

00:32:19.960 --> 00:32:20.259
 okay?

00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:21.039
 There was

00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:21.460
 two men

00:32:21.460 --> 00:32:22.059
 that had

00:32:22.059 --> 00:32:22.639
 an accident

00:32:22.639 --> 00:32:23.839
 and a

00:32:23.839 --> 00:32:24.159
 policeman

00:32:24.159 --> 00:32:24.639
 came.

00:32:24.819 --> 00:32:25.639
 I was in

00:32:25.639 --> 00:32:25.899
 back,

00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:26.220
 so I had

00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:26.500
 to wait

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:26.740
 for him.

00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:26.839
 I'm

00:32:26.839 --> 00:32:27.299
 listening to

00:32:27.299 --> 00:32:27.439
 him.

00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:28.779
 And this

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:29.240
 one person

00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:29.539
 said,

00:32:29.839 --> 00:32:30.259
 he had

00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:30.659
 a red

00:32:30.659 --> 00:32:30.980
 light.

00:32:32.099 --> 00:32:32.699
 So that

00:32:32.699 --> 00:32:33.699
 means he's

00:32:33.699 --> 00:32:34.000
 guilty,

00:32:34.119 --> 00:32:34.319
 right?

00:32:35.139 --> 00:32:35.699
 He's the

00:32:35.699 --> 00:32:36.179
 one that ran

00:32:36.179 --> 00:32:36.500
 the red

00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:36.980
 light and he

00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:37.399
 caused the

00:32:37.400 --> 00:32:37.759
 accident,

00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:38.080
 right?

00:32:40.380 --> 00:32:40.780
 Oh,

00:32:40.800 --> 00:32:40.980
 you don't

00:32:40.980 --> 00:32:41.380
 think so?

00:32:42.040 --> 00:32:42.440
 No?

00:32:43.340 --> 00:32:43.700
 Well,

00:32:43.880 --> 00:32:44.220
 the other

00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:44.600
 man was

00:32:44.600 --> 00:32:44.860
 saying,

00:32:45.160 --> 00:32:45.660
 but he

00:32:45.660 --> 00:32:46.480
 saw me

00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:47.019
 coming.

00:32:47.700 --> 00:32:48.220
 And the

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:48.700
 police officer

00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:48.940
 said,

00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:49.240
 is that

00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:49.519
 true?

00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:50.240
 He said,

00:32:50.300 --> 00:32:50.420
 well,

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:50.600
 yeah,

00:32:50.620 --> 00:32:50.940
 I looked

00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:51.360
 over and

00:32:51.360 --> 00:32:51.620
 he said,

00:32:51.900 --> 00:32:52.100
 well,

00:32:52.140 --> 00:32:52.540
 why did

00:32:52.540 --> 00:32:52.960
 you go?

00:32:53.320 --> 00:32:53.700
 He said,

00:32:53.820 --> 00:32:54.340
 he had

00:32:54.340 --> 00:32:54.660
 a red

00:32:54.660 --> 00:32:55.019
 light.

00:32:55.400 --> 00:32:55.960
 I had

00:32:55.960 --> 00:32:56.280
 a green

00:32:56.280 --> 00:32:56.500
 light,

00:32:56.600 --> 00:32:57.040
 but you

00:32:57.040 --> 00:32:57.600
 saw him

00:32:57.600 --> 00:32:58.220
 coming.

00:32:58.580 --> 00:32:58.940
 This is

00:32:58.940 --> 00:32:59.300
 the police

00:32:59.300 --> 00:32:59.680
 officer.

00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:00.420
 You saw

00:33:00.420 --> 00:33:00.920
 him coming

00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:01.220
 and you

00:33:01.220 --> 00:33:01.780
 still went

00:33:01.780 --> 00:33:02.100
 to the

00:33:02.100 --> 00:33:02.640
 intersection?

00:33:04.840 --> 00:33:05.380
 You got

00:33:05.380 --> 00:33:05.620
 to learn

00:33:05.620 --> 00:33:05.940
 the rules

00:33:05.940 --> 00:33:06.380
 of the road,

00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:06.840
 by the way,

00:33:06.839 --> 00:33:07.339
 in Boston,

00:33:07.459 --> 00:33:07.740
 okay?

00:33:08.779 --> 00:33:09.399
 You got to

00:33:09.399 --> 00:33:10.339
 learn what is

00:33:10.339 --> 00:33:10.740
 accepted,

00:33:10.859 --> 00:33:11.720
 what isn't.

00:33:11.779 --> 00:33:12.139
 How do you

00:33:12.139 --> 00:33:12.959
 talk to people

00:33:12.959 --> 00:33:13.559
 there outside

00:33:13.559 --> 00:33:13.939
 the law?

00:33:14.039 --> 00:33:14.379
 Paul said,

00:33:14.519 --> 00:33:15.199
 I had to

00:33:15.199 --> 00:33:16.059
 invest in

00:33:16.059 --> 00:33:16.819
 learning how

00:33:16.819 --> 00:33:17.299
 to talk to

00:33:17.299 --> 00:33:17.939
 a Gentile.

00:33:18.099 --> 00:33:18.699
 It's different

00:33:18.699 --> 00:33:19.179
 than talking

00:33:19.179 --> 00:33:19.799
 to a Jew.

00:33:20.199 --> 00:33:20.599
 Why?

00:33:21.599 --> 00:33:22.500
 Not because he

00:33:22.500 --> 00:33:23.019
 wanted to,

00:33:23.099 --> 00:33:23.879
 not because he

00:33:23.879 --> 00:33:24.919
 was proud of

00:33:24.919 --> 00:33:25.859
 being cross-culturally

00:33:25.859 --> 00:33:26.379
 sensitive,

00:33:26.699 --> 00:33:27.779
 it's because he

00:33:27.779 --> 00:33:28.559
 had a purpose

00:33:28.559 --> 00:33:29.039
 in mind,

00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:29.659
 a goal in

00:33:29.659 --> 00:33:30.079
 mind.

00:33:30.079 --> 00:33:31.659
 I want to

00:33:31.659 --> 00:33:32.079
 pay the

00:33:32.079 --> 00:33:32.559
 price so

00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:32.839
 that I

00:33:32.839 --> 00:33:33.240
 might win

00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:33.839
 the prize

00:33:33.839 --> 00:33:34.339
 of being

00:33:34.339 --> 00:33:34.819
 part of

00:33:34.819 --> 00:33:35.179
 God's

00:33:35.179 --> 00:33:36.000
 plan to

00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:36.399
 build a

00:33:36.399 --> 00:33:37.039
 family of

00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:37.659
 God here

00:33:37.659 --> 00:33:38.480
 upon earth

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:39.460
 and eventually

00:33:39.460 --> 00:33:39.939
 we're going

00:33:39.939 --> 00:33:40.559
 to all be

00:33:40.559 --> 00:33:41.220
 together as

00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:41.879
 the bride of

00:33:41.879 --> 00:33:42.759
 Christ in

00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.980
 heaven rejoicing

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:44.799
 together and I

00:33:44.799 --> 00:33:45.579
 want brothers and

00:33:45.579 --> 00:33:46.319
 sisters there

00:33:46.319 --> 00:33:47.639
 that I've been

00:33:47.639 --> 00:33:48.319
 involved in their

00:33:48.319 --> 00:33:49.019
 life, that I've

00:33:49.019 --> 00:33:49.539
 had a part,

00:33:49.639 --> 00:33:50.279
 that I've shared

00:33:50.279 --> 00:33:50.980
 the gospel with

00:33:50.980 --> 00:33:51.659
 them, that I

00:33:51.659 --> 00:33:52.199
 could have the

00:33:52.199 --> 00:33:53.339
 joy of seeing

00:33:53.339 --> 00:33:54.779
 a new birth

00:33:54.779 --> 00:33:59.579
 in people, that I

00:33:59.579 --> 00:34:01.920
 might win, even

00:34:01.920 --> 00:34:02.399
 the weak.

00:34:02.980 --> 00:34:03.399
 Who are the

00:34:03.399 --> 00:34:03.639
 weak?

00:34:04.160 --> 00:34:04.740
 If you look in

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:05.359
 scripture, the

00:34:05.359 --> 00:34:06.099
 weak are always

00:34:06.099 --> 00:34:07.220
 the people who

00:34:07.220 --> 00:34:08.019
 have some kind

00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:08.699
 of limitations.

00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:09.699
 It doesn't mean

00:34:09.699 --> 00:34:11.079
 necessarily that

00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:12.519
 they're immature

00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:16.360
 or young believers

00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:17.940
 or even foolish

00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:18.460
 believers.

00:34:19.699 --> 00:34:20.719
 Think about even

00:34:20.719 --> 00:34:21.159
 Daniel.

00:34:21.639 --> 00:34:22.380
 He had to make

00:34:22.380 --> 00:34:23.179
 a choice to

00:34:23.179 --> 00:34:24.099
 limit himself not

00:34:24.099 --> 00:34:24.559
 to eat

00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:25.420
 certain foods

00:34:25.420 --> 00:34:26.639
 and it never

00:34:26.639 --> 00:34:27.719
 says because it

00:34:27.719 --> 00:34:28.299
 would lead him

00:34:28.299 --> 00:34:29.000
 into sin or

00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:29.259
 it would be

00:34:29.259 --> 00:34:30.059
 sinful, it's just

00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:30.639
 because he didn't

00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:32.079
 know if he had

00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:32.779
 sinned or not by

00:34:32.779 --> 00:34:33.380
 eating the king's

00:34:33.380 --> 00:34:34.039
 food, so he

00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:35.360
 limited himself.

00:34:36.579 --> 00:34:37.400
 Paul said, I am

00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:37.679
 weak.

00:34:37.759 --> 00:34:37.940
 Why?

00:34:38.239 --> 00:34:39.219
 In the flesh, he

00:34:39.219 --> 00:34:40.159
 was limited.

00:34:40.380 --> 00:34:41.099
 He had certain

00:34:41.099 --> 00:34:41.940
 illnesses that

00:34:41.940 --> 00:34:44.679
 limited him, okay,

00:34:44.759 --> 00:34:45.619
 in certain ways.

00:34:45.699 --> 00:34:46.239
 We don't know what

00:34:46.239 --> 00:34:46.759
 the thorn in the

00:34:46.759 --> 00:34:47.360
 flesh was.

00:34:47.460 --> 00:34:48.019
 We don't know,

00:34:48.779 --> 00:34:49.840
 did that mean he

00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:50.559
 couldn't preach for

00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:51.159
 three hours?

00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:53.099
 Like in, well, it

00:34:53.099 --> 00:34:53.820
 wasn't Sudan, it

00:34:53.820 --> 00:34:54.219
 was Egypt.

00:34:54.980 --> 00:34:56.199
 But we don't

00:34:56.199 --> 00:34:57.039
 know exactly what

00:34:57.039 --> 00:34:57.360
 it was.

00:34:57.420 --> 00:34:57.960
 He must have been

00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:58.579
 able to preach,

00:34:58.679 --> 00:34:58.820
 right?

00:34:58.880 --> 00:34:59.599
 They fell asleep

00:34:59.599 --> 00:35:00.259
 on him and fell

00:35:00.259 --> 00:35:00.799
 out the window.

00:35:01.199 --> 00:35:01.880
 He preached a

00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:02.619
 long time.

00:35:03.179 --> 00:35:03.820
 But there were

00:35:03.820 --> 00:35:04.619
 some limitations

00:35:04.619 --> 00:35:05.460
 that he said,

00:35:05.559 --> 00:35:06.019
 I'm weak.

00:35:07.159 --> 00:35:07.940
 So he said, but

00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:08.980
 to those that

00:35:08.980 --> 00:35:10.420
 have certain

00:35:10.420 --> 00:35:12.500
 limitations, I'll

00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:13.139
 abide by those

00:35:13.139 --> 00:35:13.619
 limitations.

00:35:13.719 --> 00:35:14.519
 I'll become weak.

00:35:16.039 --> 00:35:16.980
 He talks about

00:35:16.980 --> 00:35:17.860
 food offered to

00:35:17.860 --> 00:35:18.079
 idols.

00:35:18.199 --> 00:35:18.840
 I'd rather not

00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:19.699
 eat anything,

00:35:19.699 --> 00:35:20.460
 any meat,

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:22.519
 than has my

00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:23.159
 brother to

00:35:23.159 --> 00:35:23.659
 stumble.

00:35:26.480 --> 00:35:27.420
 There's a cost

00:35:27.420 --> 00:35:27.900
 if we really

00:35:27.900 --> 00:35:28.880
 want to love the

00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:29.840
 loss to Christ.

00:35:31.239 --> 00:35:31.960
 But you know,

00:35:32.039 --> 00:35:32.539
 Paul said,

00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:35.340
 what's the cost?

00:35:37.019 --> 00:35:38.179
 It's a minor thing

00:35:38.179 --> 00:35:39.320
 to pay because of

00:35:39.320 --> 00:35:40.559
 the goal in mind.

00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:43.360
 You know, he

00:35:43.360 --> 00:35:43.960
 didn't even, I

00:35:43.960 --> 00:35:45.099
 don't read anything

00:35:45.099 --> 00:35:45.940
 about sacrifice

00:35:45.940 --> 00:35:46.380
 here.

00:35:46.380 --> 00:35:48.340
 Instead, he

00:35:48.340 --> 00:35:48.900
 talks about

00:35:48.900 --> 00:35:49.519
 comparing to

00:35:49.519 --> 00:35:50.059
 running the

00:35:50.059 --> 00:35:50.400
 race.

00:35:51.780 --> 00:35:52.240
 Okay, he

00:35:52.240 --> 00:35:52.940
 talks about the

00:35:52.940 --> 00:35:53.380
 boxer.

00:35:54.280 --> 00:35:55.000
 You know, I've

00:35:55.000 --> 00:35:55.700
 never met a

00:35:55.700 --> 00:35:57.119
 runner that is

00:35:57.119 --> 00:35:58.460
 a good runner

00:35:58.460 --> 00:35:59.300
 that loves to

00:35:59.300 --> 00:36:00.059
 run, that

00:36:00.059 --> 00:36:00.780
 stays home

00:36:00.780 --> 00:36:01.619
 watching TV,

00:36:01.860 --> 00:36:02.900
 eating popcorn.

00:36:03.900 --> 00:36:04.360
 Huh?

00:36:05.200 --> 00:36:06.039
 What do they

00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:06.360
 do?

00:36:07.619 --> 00:36:08.500
 They run.

00:36:09.200 --> 00:36:09.539
 They get

00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:10.000
 involved.

00:36:10.840 --> 00:36:13.260
 Because, I

00:36:13.260 --> 00:36:13.579
 don't know,

00:36:13.780 --> 00:36:14.519
 for some reason,

00:36:14.660 --> 00:36:15.340
 sometimes they

00:36:15.340 --> 00:36:16.500
 say, practice

00:36:16.500 --> 00:36:17.220
 brings them

00:36:17.220 --> 00:36:17.559
 joy.

00:36:17.700 --> 00:36:18.140
 I don't know

00:36:18.140 --> 00:36:20.059
 how it brings

00:36:20.059 --> 00:36:20.880
 them joy, but

00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:21.780
 it does.

00:36:23.079 --> 00:36:23.460
 And I've

00:36:23.460 --> 00:36:24.039
 watched some

00:36:24.039 --> 00:36:25.019
 people go from

00:36:25.019 --> 00:36:28.660
 to all of a

00:36:28.660 --> 00:36:32.039
 sudden, a

00:36:32.039 --> 00:36:32.400
 little bit of

00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:33.200
 practice, a

00:36:33.200 --> 00:36:33.880
 little giving up

00:36:33.880 --> 00:36:34.380
 certain other

00:36:34.380 --> 00:36:35.300
 things, saying

00:36:35.300 --> 00:36:36.019
 no to certain

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:36.480
 things, what?

00:36:36.579 --> 00:36:37.000
 So they could

00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:37.780
 say yes to

00:36:37.780 --> 00:36:38.860
 getting in shape

00:36:38.860 --> 00:36:39.380
 so they could

00:36:39.380 --> 00:36:40.880
 run and feel

00:36:40.880 --> 00:36:42.079
 the exhilaration

00:36:42.079 --> 00:36:43.940
 of running, of

00:36:43.940 --> 00:36:44.380
 training.

00:36:44.820 --> 00:36:45.039
 Why?

00:36:45.039 --> 00:36:45.599
 To win a

00:36:45.599 --> 00:36:46.159
 prize.

00:36:46.420 --> 00:36:47.380
 He said, he's

00:36:47.380 --> 00:36:48.139
 talking here to

00:36:48.139 --> 00:36:49.239
 Corinth, the

00:36:49.239 --> 00:36:50.079
 Corinthians, and

00:36:50.079 --> 00:36:50.619
 they had the

00:36:50.619 --> 00:36:51.639
 Isthmus games, and

00:36:51.639 --> 00:36:53.019
 they knew what it

00:36:53.019 --> 00:36:53.759
 was to have

00:36:53.759 --> 00:36:54.719
 runners run and

00:36:54.719 --> 00:36:55.559
 get the prize.

00:36:55.699 --> 00:36:56.199
 And I don't know

00:36:56.199 --> 00:36:57.420
 what exactly, they

00:36:57.420 --> 00:36:58.340
 got this pine

00:36:58.340 --> 00:36:59.000
 wreath, and that

00:36:59.000 --> 00:36:59.900
 probably was not as

00:36:59.900 --> 00:37:00.340
 exciting.

00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:01.420
 Who knows, maybe

00:37:01.420 --> 00:37:02.500
 they got, you

00:37:02.500 --> 00:37:04.719
 know, the pay to

00:37:04.719 --> 00:37:05.579
 advertise for the

00:37:05.579 --> 00:37:06.659
 chariot builders, or

00:37:06.659 --> 00:37:08.279
 you know, maybe they

00:37:08.279 --> 00:37:09.239
 got free meat at the

00:37:09.239 --> 00:37:10.159
 market or something,

00:37:10.199 --> 00:37:10.779
 because they were the

00:37:10.779 --> 00:37:11.840
 fastest runner in

00:37:11.840 --> 00:37:12.480
 the world.

00:37:12.480 --> 00:37:13.440
 But as far as

00:37:13.440 --> 00:37:14.139
 they were concerned,

00:37:14.260 --> 00:37:15.280
 they won the race, and

00:37:15.280 --> 00:37:16.079
 only won one.

00:37:16.960 --> 00:37:17.699
 One person could

00:37:17.699 --> 00:37:17.860
 win.

00:37:17.920 --> 00:37:18.460
 They didn't even have

00:37:18.460 --> 00:37:20.340
 the silver and the

00:37:20.340 --> 00:37:20.840
 bronze medal.

00:37:20.920 --> 00:37:21.860
 They just had the

00:37:21.860 --> 00:37:22.900
 prize.

00:37:23.099 --> 00:37:24.340
 And these people would

00:37:24.340 --> 00:37:24.820
 compete.

00:37:26.240 --> 00:37:27.420
 But their prize was

00:37:27.420 --> 00:37:30.400
 just for six months

00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:31.280
 until the next games

00:37:31.280 --> 00:37:33.820
 came, or a year, and

00:37:33.820 --> 00:37:34.639
 then someone else would

00:37:34.639 --> 00:37:35.579
 be there to beat them,

00:37:35.579 --> 00:37:35.799
 right?

00:37:38.159 --> 00:37:40.480
 You know, he says, but

00:37:40.480 --> 00:37:41.900
 they are motivated, why?

00:37:41.980 --> 00:37:42.840
 To win a prize.

00:37:43.139 --> 00:37:43.960
 They don't worry about

00:37:43.960 --> 00:37:44.639
 the cost.

00:37:45.380 --> 00:37:46.000
 Do you hear anything

00:37:46.000 --> 00:37:47.420
 about sacrifice in this

00:37:47.420 --> 00:37:47.759
 passage?

00:37:50.579 --> 00:37:51.019
 No?

00:37:52.380 --> 00:37:54.199
 No, but they have a

00:37:54.199 --> 00:37:55.039
 cost involved.

00:37:55.400 --> 00:37:55.759
 What?

00:37:56.659 --> 00:37:58.099
 Because they think it's

00:37:58.099 --> 00:37:59.039
 going to be worth it.

00:37:59.460 --> 00:38:00.679
 They have a focus in

00:38:00.679 --> 00:38:00.980
 mind.

00:38:01.639 --> 00:38:02.639
 And Paul says, you

00:38:02.639 --> 00:38:03.579
 know, he had talked

00:38:03.579 --> 00:38:04.559
 about all these problems

00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:06.519
 the Corinthian church

00:38:06.519 --> 00:38:07.119
 was having.

00:38:07.239 --> 00:38:07.420
 Why?

00:38:07.519 --> 00:38:08.559
 Because they became so

00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:09.460
 self-absorbed in

00:38:09.460 --> 00:38:09.820
 themselves.

00:38:10.179 --> 00:38:10.799
 They were worrying

00:38:10.799 --> 00:38:13.320
 about what mattered

00:38:13.320 --> 00:38:13.940
 to them.

00:38:14.219 --> 00:38:15.019
 What could make

00:38:15.019 --> 00:38:15.779
 themselves more

00:38:15.779 --> 00:38:16.179
 comfortable.

00:38:16.699 --> 00:38:17.860
 They got content.

00:38:18.059 --> 00:38:19.880
 They got, no, they

00:38:19.880 --> 00:38:20.639
 really weren't content.

00:38:20.799 --> 00:38:21.340
 They were just

00:38:21.340 --> 00:38:23.659
 satisfied with where

00:38:23.659 --> 00:38:24.119
 they were.

00:38:24.340 --> 00:38:25.380
 Okay, we're saved.

00:38:26.059 --> 00:38:26.239
 Ah.

00:38:27.900 --> 00:38:29.779
 Without realizing, hey,

00:38:30.320 --> 00:38:31.440
 we're saved.

00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:32.920
 Now we have an

00:38:32.920 --> 00:38:34.519
 opportunity to become

00:38:34.519 --> 00:38:35.480
 a part of a greater

00:38:35.480 --> 00:38:36.679
 plan than just us.

00:38:37.239 --> 00:38:38.119
 Collectively together

00:38:38.119 --> 00:38:39.099
 we can come and we

00:38:39.099 --> 00:38:42.759
 can see God use us

00:38:42.759 --> 00:38:45.019
 and become part of

00:38:45.019 --> 00:38:46.079
 something greater than

00:38:46.079 --> 00:38:46.699
 just me.

00:38:48.119 --> 00:38:49.519
 God's plan to win the

00:38:49.519 --> 00:38:50.420
 world to Christ.

00:38:51.239 --> 00:38:54.019
 To get to know

00:38:54.019 --> 00:38:54.440
 people.

00:38:55.000 --> 00:38:55.980
 To be involved in

00:38:55.980 --> 00:38:56.440
 their life.

00:38:56.500 --> 00:38:57.119
 It's going to take

00:38:57.119 --> 00:38:57.519
 work.

00:38:57.759 --> 00:38:58.659
 It's going to take a

00:38:58.659 --> 00:38:59.139
 cost.

00:39:00.219 --> 00:39:01.380
 Become as a Jew.

00:39:01.579 --> 00:39:02.519
 To become as a

00:39:02.519 --> 00:39:04.480
 Gentile.

00:39:04.699 --> 00:39:05.780
 It took work for

00:39:05.780 --> 00:39:06.119
 Paul.

00:39:07.400 --> 00:39:08.300
 It didn't just

00:39:08.300 --> 00:39:08.759
 happen.

00:39:09.259 --> 00:39:09.840
 He had to be

00:39:09.840 --> 00:39:10.500
 purposeful.

00:39:11.199 --> 00:39:11.920
 But as he did,

00:39:13.119 --> 00:39:15.559
 that some might

00:39:15.559 --> 00:39:16.099
 come.

00:39:16.579 --> 00:39:17.599
 I become all

00:39:17.599 --> 00:39:19.980
 things to all

00:39:19.980 --> 00:39:22.679
 people that by all

00:39:22.679 --> 00:39:25.079
 means I might see

00:39:25.079 --> 00:39:26.179
 some saved.

00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:28.940
 God work in and

00:39:28.940 --> 00:39:29.460
 through me.

00:39:31.780 --> 00:39:32.460
 Do you remember

00:39:32.460 --> 00:39:33.300
 the last time God

00:39:33.300 --> 00:39:33.780
 did that?

00:39:34.579 --> 00:39:35.200
 Worked in your

00:39:35.200 --> 00:39:35.519
 life?

00:39:38.059 --> 00:39:39.119
 There is nothing

00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:40.240
 like, you know,

00:39:40.300 --> 00:39:41.119
 just this week,

00:39:42.320 --> 00:39:42.980
 Cheryl had the

00:39:42.980 --> 00:39:45.280
 privilege to lead

00:39:45.280 --> 00:39:46.440
 a new gal to

00:39:46.440 --> 00:39:46.940
 Christ.

00:39:48.240 --> 00:39:49.300
 Cheryl said

00:39:49.300 --> 00:39:49.760
 actually it was

00:39:49.760 --> 00:39:50.659
 like she was

00:39:50.659 --> 00:39:51.280
 holding the basket

00:39:51.280 --> 00:39:51.780
 waiting for the

00:39:51.780 --> 00:39:52.380
 apple to drop.

00:39:52.760 --> 00:39:53.320
 God had already

00:39:53.320 --> 00:39:54.220
 prepared this gal

00:39:54.219 --> 00:39:55.699
 and she was

00:39:55.699 --> 00:39:56.299
 just there to

00:39:56.299 --> 00:39:56.759
 deliver the

00:39:56.759 --> 00:39:57.159
 message.

00:39:57.959 --> 00:39:58.439
 That's what we're

00:39:58.439 --> 00:39:59.399
 always doing.

00:39:59.539 --> 00:39:59.959
 We're just there

00:39:59.959 --> 00:40:00.419
 to deliver the

00:40:00.419 --> 00:40:00.659
 message.

00:40:00.799 --> 00:40:01.399
 God opens the

00:40:01.399 --> 00:40:01.579
 eyes.

00:40:01.659 --> 00:40:02.500
 He saves people

00:40:02.500 --> 00:40:04.000
 but he uses us

00:40:04.000 --> 00:40:04.739
 for some reason.

00:40:04.879 --> 00:40:05.779
 He's decided he

00:40:05.779 --> 00:40:06.819
 wants to use us.

00:40:07.879 --> 00:40:09.779
 Sometimes I, in my

00:40:09.779 --> 00:40:11.379
 limited thinking, I

00:40:11.379 --> 00:40:11.899
 think, God, why

00:40:11.899 --> 00:40:12.679
 didn't you just, as

00:40:12.679 --> 00:40:13.319
 soon as you saved

00:40:13.319 --> 00:40:14.059
 me, you take me up

00:40:14.059 --> 00:40:14.359
 to heaven.

00:40:14.459 --> 00:40:15.099
 I was perfect,

00:40:15.199 --> 00:40:15.819
 right, in Christ.

00:40:16.079 --> 00:40:16.919
 I confessed my

00:40:16.919 --> 00:40:17.239
 sin.

00:40:17.659 --> 00:40:18.799
 I confessed myself a

00:40:18.799 --> 00:40:18.959
 sinner.

00:40:19.079 --> 00:40:19.759
 Christ made me

00:40:19.759 --> 00:40:20.599
 perfect in him.

00:40:22.179 --> 00:40:22.579
 Nope.

00:40:22.579 --> 00:40:24.460
 He had other

00:40:24.460 --> 00:40:25.159
 plans in mind.

00:40:25.279 --> 00:40:26.239
 He wanted to let

00:40:26.239 --> 00:40:27.279
 me become involved

00:40:27.279 --> 00:40:28.199
 in his plan of

00:40:28.199 --> 00:40:29.079
 winning others to

00:40:29.079 --> 00:40:30.860
 the Lord, of

00:40:30.860 --> 00:40:32.099
 serving others, of

00:40:32.099 --> 00:40:33.099
 teaching others, of

00:40:33.099 --> 00:40:33.759
 showing them the

00:40:33.759 --> 00:40:34.759
 truth that God

00:40:34.759 --> 00:40:36.420
 has had, that God

00:40:36.420 --> 00:40:37.440
 has shared with us.

00:40:37.539 --> 00:40:38.139
 Excuse me.

00:40:40.400 --> 00:40:41.139
 I become all

00:40:41.139 --> 00:40:42.319
 things to all men,

00:40:42.900 --> 00:40:44.179
 all people, that by

00:40:44.179 --> 00:40:46.460
 all means, I might

00:40:46.460 --> 00:40:47.119
 save some.

00:40:47.900 --> 00:40:48.679
 Now, Paul knew it

00:40:48.679 --> 00:40:51.940
 was God's work, but

00:40:51.940 --> 00:40:52.700
 he also knew that

00:40:52.700 --> 00:40:53.320
 God wanted to

00:40:53.320 --> 00:40:54.300
 involve him in his

00:40:54.300 --> 00:40:54.659
 work.

00:40:55.220 --> 00:40:55.619
 Wow.

00:40:57.900 --> 00:40:59.400
 God wants to use

00:40:59.400 --> 00:41:01.380
 you in his work.

00:41:02.400 --> 00:41:06.519
 As we love God, we

00:41:06.519 --> 00:41:07.380
 will love our

00:41:07.380 --> 00:41:07.679
 neighbor.

00:41:07.780 --> 00:41:08.340
 Is that not the

00:41:08.340 --> 00:41:08.820
 two greatest

00:41:08.820 --> 00:41:09.240
 commandments?

00:41:10.559 --> 00:41:11.500
 Love God, Matthew

00:41:11.500 --> 00:41:12.659
 22, Jesus answered.

00:41:13.240 --> 00:41:13.900
 What's the greatest

00:41:13.900 --> 00:41:14.300
 commandment?

00:41:14.380 --> 00:41:14.960
 Love God.

00:41:16.820 --> 00:41:18.380
 And in like manner,

00:41:19.059 --> 00:41:19.960
 love our neighbor as

00:41:19.960 --> 00:41:20.539
 ourself.

00:41:20.539 --> 00:41:21.840
 Why?

00:41:21.960 --> 00:41:23.259
 Because God loves

00:41:23.259 --> 00:41:23.840
 your neighbor.

00:41:25.599 --> 00:41:27.199
 Are we willing to

00:41:27.199 --> 00:41:29.079
 pay a small price,

00:41:29.599 --> 00:41:30.619
 give up our rights,

00:41:31.460 --> 00:41:32.380
 say, okay, Jesus,

00:41:32.539 --> 00:41:33.960
 you already, you gave

00:41:33.960 --> 00:41:34.779
 up yours, you came

00:41:34.779 --> 00:41:36.059
 down from heaven, you

00:41:36.059 --> 00:41:37.739
 died in my place, you

00:41:37.739 --> 00:41:39.039
 became sin for me,

00:41:39.179 --> 00:41:40.440
 that I might receive

00:41:40.440 --> 00:41:41.880
 your righteousness, you

00:41:41.880 --> 00:41:42.880
 have made me a new

00:41:42.880 --> 00:41:43.860
 creature in Christ.

00:41:44.259 --> 00:41:47.000
 Now, why would we not

00:41:47.000 --> 00:41:48.760
 invest in eternity?

00:41:50.539 --> 00:41:51.780
 Now, think about that.

00:41:53.139 --> 00:41:54.579
 If I offered you an

00:41:54.579 --> 00:41:55.739
 investment that I

00:41:55.739 --> 00:41:58.880
 guaranteed you, okay,

00:41:59.000 --> 00:42:00.699
 if you invest some

00:42:00.699 --> 00:42:03.420
 money right now, okay,

00:42:03.579 --> 00:42:05.000
 and you have to leave

00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:06.159
 that in for 10 years,

00:42:06.239 --> 00:42:06.780
 now, I'm not a

00:42:06.780 --> 00:42:07.800
 financial wizard, so

00:42:07.800 --> 00:42:08.940
 forgive me if I use

00:42:08.940 --> 00:42:09.880
 the wrong terms, but

00:42:09.880 --> 00:42:11.860
 you're going to give me

00:42:11.860 --> 00:42:14.460
 investment, I guarantee

00:42:14.460 --> 00:42:15.980
 you in one or two years,

00:42:15.980 --> 00:42:17.800
 it's going to gain lots

00:42:17.800 --> 00:42:18.360
 of money, you're going

00:42:18.360 --> 00:42:19.219
 to feel really great,

00:42:19.300 --> 00:42:20.159
 but you can't touch it

00:42:20.159 --> 00:42:22.099
 for 10 years because I

00:42:22.099 --> 00:42:24.360
 know at 10 years, it's

00:42:24.360 --> 00:42:25.000
 going to disappear.

00:42:25.460 --> 00:42:26.280
 All the money is going

00:42:26.280 --> 00:42:26.880
 to be gone, it's going

00:42:26.880 --> 00:42:27.260
 to fail.

00:42:29.699 --> 00:42:31.440
 Now, how many people

00:42:31.440 --> 00:42:32.840
 would give me money for

00:42:32.840 --> 00:42:33.699
 that kind of investment?

00:42:34.360 --> 00:42:34.460
 Huh?

00:42:35.679 --> 00:42:36.599
 But how about if I

00:42:36.599 --> 00:42:38.380
 offered you instead an

00:42:38.380 --> 00:42:39.940
 investment for 10 years

00:42:39.940 --> 00:42:41.639
 that you won't see

00:42:41.639 --> 00:42:42.740
 results maybe right

00:42:42.740 --> 00:42:45.380
 away, but I guarantee

00:42:45.380 --> 00:42:49.559
 you, and I will show

00:42:49.559 --> 00:42:50.360
 you that I have the

00:42:50.360 --> 00:42:51.420
 money in the bank, I

00:42:51.420 --> 00:42:53.360
 guarantee you that in

00:42:53.360 --> 00:42:54.900
 10 years, it will

00:42:54.900 --> 00:42:58.119
 multiply 10 times over.

00:42:58.800 --> 00:42:59.800
 Now, you may not see it

00:42:59.800 --> 00:43:01.099
 right away, but in 10

00:43:01.099 --> 00:43:03.019
 years, if it doesn't do

00:43:03.019 --> 00:43:04.460
 that, I will give you the

00:43:04.460 --> 00:43:05.140
 money personally.

00:43:05.440 --> 00:43:06.640
 In 10 years, it will be

00:43:06.640 --> 00:43:09.039
 10 times as much or more.

00:43:10.039 --> 00:43:11.059
 Which would you choose?

00:43:11.059 --> 00:43:11.699
 A?

00:43:16.039 --> 00:43:17.860
 Well, if you are willing

00:43:17.860 --> 00:43:18.920
 for A, I'll take it right

00:43:18.920 --> 00:43:19.539
 now, okay?

00:43:20.340 --> 00:43:21.759
 I'll sign any paper you

00:43:21.759 --> 00:43:22.920
 want, all right?

00:43:24.059 --> 00:43:24.799
 How about B?

00:43:27.179 --> 00:43:28.519
 And you know, that's what

00:43:28.519 --> 00:43:29.920
 Paul's talking about is

00:43:29.920 --> 00:43:30.980
 an investment in B.

00:43:32.039 --> 00:43:34.320
 He said, I'm willing to

00:43:34.320 --> 00:43:35.420
 invest in eternity.

00:43:36.159 --> 00:43:37.559
 To give up my rights for

00:43:37.559 --> 00:43:39.000
 right now because I know

00:43:39.000 --> 00:43:40.179
 there's an eternity waiting

00:43:40.179 --> 00:43:40.659
 for me.

00:43:41.340 --> 00:43:43.340
 That if I give up certain

00:43:43.340 --> 00:43:47.000
 rights right now, God's

00:43:47.000 --> 00:43:48.000
 going to use me in his

00:43:48.000 --> 00:43:48.380
 plan.

00:43:49.579 --> 00:43:53.920
 So I get joy right now of

00:43:53.920 --> 00:43:54.940
 seeing someone come to

00:43:54.940 --> 00:43:55.420
 Christ.

00:43:55.780 --> 00:43:56.679
 I started talking about

00:43:56.679 --> 00:43:58.500
 Cheryl this week leading

00:43:58.500 --> 00:43:59.179
 a gal to Christ.

00:43:59.260 --> 00:44:01.340
 She came home and, you

00:44:01.340 --> 00:44:02.039
 know, she's a beautiful

00:44:02.039 --> 00:44:03.500
 woman, but boy, the joy in

00:44:03.500 --> 00:44:04.559
 her face just made her

00:44:04.559 --> 00:44:05.179
 even prettier.

00:44:06.059 --> 00:44:06.960
 She was just glowing.

00:44:06.960 --> 00:44:08.980
 We have a new sister in

00:44:08.980 --> 00:44:09.440
 Christ.

00:44:11.440 --> 00:44:14.500
 I hope we never lose that

00:44:14.500 --> 00:44:17.019
 awe of the new birth.

00:44:18.240 --> 00:44:18.539
 Okay?

00:44:18.800 --> 00:44:19.800
 A new sister in Christ.

00:44:20.280 --> 00:44:23.300
 A prize for Christ.

00:44:24.179 --> 00:44:25.619
 We get to be part of

00:44:25.619 --> 00:44:26.400
 enjoying it.

00:44:28.099 --> 00:44:29.480
 Paul says, I become all

00:44:29.480 --> 00:44:29.940
 things.

00:44:29.940 --> 00:44:33.300
 all people.

00:44:34.260 --> 00:44:35.099
 Still under the law of

00:44:35.099 --> 00:44:38.559
 Christ, but that by all

00:44:38.559 --> 00:44:40.159
 means, I might win some.

00:44:41.920 --> 00:44:42.880
 Guaranteed, God's going to

00:44:42.880 --> 00:44:44.400
 work if we use his word,

00:44:44.880 --> 00:44:45.460
 his way.

00:44:46.519 --> 00:44:49.079
 Now, the runner invests in

00:44:49.079 --> 00:44:50.820
 running and ends up learning

00:44:50.820 --> 00:44:52.179
 to enjoy running.

00:44:52.980 --> 00:44:54.659
 Somehow, the boxer learns to

00:44:54.659 --> 00:44:55.880
 enjoy being beat up by

00:44:55.880 --> 00:44:57.099
 somebody else and beating up

00:44:57.099 --> 00:44:57.500
 on him.

00:44:57.500 --> 00:44:59.460
 They do that.

00:45:00.880 --> 00:45:01.559
 He says, isn't that a

00:45:01.559 --> 00:45:02.840
 wonderful illustration of

00:45:02.840 --> 00:45:04.340
 disciplining yourself to

00:45:04.340 --> 00:45:06.480
 say, it's worth it, what I'm

00:45:06.480 --> 00:45:08.059
 going to do, and so I'm

00:45:08.059 --> 00:45:09.159
 going to continue on for

00:45:09.159 --> 00:45:09.880
 Christ's sake.

00:45:11.420 --> 00:45:13.260
 There's a cost to loving the

00:45:13.260 --> 00:45:14.159
 lost to Christ.

00:45:15.840 --> 00:45:18.139
 What Paul emphasizes is, don't

00:45:18.139 --> 00:45:19.219
 focus on the cost.

00:45:19.420 --> 00:45:20.539
 Think about the prize.

00:45:23.159 --> 00:45:24.599
 Think about the prize.

00:45:24.599 --> 00:45:25.980
 Even your enemies.

00:45:26.299 --> 00:45:27.519
 And what can they really do

00:45:27.519 --> 00:45:28.199
 to you?

00:45:29.559 --> 00:45:30.659
 Even the stranger.

00:45:32.860 --> 00:45:33.559
 Will you go up?

00:45:33.920 --> 00:45:36.339
 Will you get to know them?

00:45:37.179 --> 00:45:38.619
 With the opportunity to share

00:45:38.619 --> 00:45:39.079
 Christ?

00:45:39.159 --> 00:45:41.799
 Even the weak, who you might

00:45:41.799 --> 00:45:44.699
 first say, I just don't

00:45:44.699 --> 00:45:45.579
 understand them.

00:45:47.039 --> 00:45:48.319
 Well, it'll take some work.

00:45:48.619 --> 00:45:49.960
 Start to understand them so

00:45:49.960 --> 00:45:51.300
 that you might come alongside

00:45:51.300 --> 00:45:56.380
 them and share Christ, that

00:45:56.380 --> 00:45:57.559
 they too might know the

00:45:57.559 --> 00:45:58.760
 freedom that you have in

00:45:58.760 --> 00:46:01.059
 Christ Jesus to walk in the

00:46:01.059 --> 00:46:01.420
 spirit.

00:46:04.420 --> 00:46:06.300
 Just for myself, that I too

00:46:06.300 --> 00:46:09.960
 might, at the end, hear, well

00:46:09.960 --> 00:46:12.179
 done, thou good and faithful

00:46:12.179 --> 00:46:12.699
 servant.

00:46:12.699 --> 00:46:16.019
 There's a cost to serve

00:46:16.019 --> 00:46:16.559
 Christ.

00:46:17.859 --> 00:46:19.500
 But you know, some people have

00:46:19.500 --> 00:46:20.899
 actually said to Cheryl and I,

00:46:21.419 --> 00:46:22.859
 thank you for sacrificing for

00:46:22.859 --> 00:46:24.039
 Christ to go to Africa.

00:46:25.339 --> 00:46:27.039
 I really don't understand that.

00:46:30.119 --> 00:46:31.279
 It's no sacrifice.

00:46:31.539 --> 00:46:32.759
 God has called me to this

00:46:32.759 --> 00:46:33.099
 ministry.

00:46:33.939 --> 00:46:36.359
 And I'll tell you, I struggle

00:46:36.359 --> 00:46:37.919
 with, do I pray for an empty

00:46:37.919 --> 00:46:39.439
 seat next to me in the plane or

00:46:39.439 --> 00:46:40.939
 someone to talk to about the

00:46:40.939 --> 00:46:41.159
 Lord?

00:46:41.159 --> 00:46:42.759
 I really struggle about that.

00:46:42.980 --> 00:46:45.539
 I confess, sometimes I play for

00:46:45.539 --> 00:46:47.619
 an empty role so I can lay down

00:46:47.619 --> 00:46:49.420
 and sleep on those 13-hour

00:46:49.420 --> 00:46:49.839
 flights.

00:46:50.139 --> 00:46:53.179
 But then I trust God.

00:46:53.299 --> 00:46:54.420
 If he wants me to sleep, he'll

00:46:54.420 --> 00:46:55.519
 give me an empty role, okay?

00:46:57.440 --> 00:46:57.839
 Why?

00:46:58.000 --> 00:47:00.859
 Because who knows if I'll make

00:47:00.859 --> 00:47:01.879
 the end of that flight.

00:47:02.539 --> 00:47:03.259
 That's what he said.

00:47:04.179 --> 00:47:05.599
 Even so, come Lord Jesus!

00:47:05.599 --> 00:47:05.900
 Jesus!

00:47:09.400 --> 00:47:11.219
 Well, are we focused upon the

00:47:11.219 --> 00:47:11.639
 prize?

00:47:13.860 --> 00:47:15.500
 Then the cost really doesn't

00:47:15.500 --> 00:47:15.819
 matter.

00:47:16.880 --> 00:47:18.819
 We will be loving the lost to

00:47:18.819 --> 00:47:22.139
 Christ as we love God above all.

00:47:22.880 --> 00:47:23.440
 Let's pray.

00:47:23.579 --> 00:47:23.900
 Father,

00:47:23.900 --> 00:47:29.860
 I know it's your word that's

00:47:29.860 --> 00:47:30.280
 powerful.

00:47:30.900 --> 00:47:32.280
 I know your word is to change

00:47:32.280 --> 00:47:32.740
 lives.

00:47:34.420 --> 00:47:39.400
 And I just am loving these

00:47:39.400 --> 00:47:40.079
 people here.

00:47:40.200 --> 00:47:41.300
 I'm learning to love the new

00:47:41.300 --> 00:47:41.619
 ones.

00:47:41.760 --> 00:47:43.240
 They just have a heart for you.

00:47:44.039 --> 00:47:46.160
 Even choosing this theme, this

00:47:46.160 --> 00:47:48.660
 conference, supporting these

00:47:48.660 --> 00:47:51.420
 brothers that have shared about

00:47:51.420 --> 00:47:52.039
 their ministry.

00:47:52.039 --> 00:47:53.940
 They obviously want you to be

00:47:53.940 --> 00:47:54.779
 part of your work.

00:47:54.900 --> 00:47:56.079
 But I pray that this will be

00:47:56.079 --> 00:47:58.980
 just a reminder to us, a

00:47:58.980 --> 00:48:01.739
 stimulus not to give up, not

00:48:01.739 --> 00:48:04.500
 to just focus upon the

00:48:04.500 --> 00:48:06.279
 circumstances, focus upon

00:48:06.279 --> 00:48:08.900
 ourselves and the discomfort,

00:48:10.099 --> 00:48:12.159
 but to keep our focus upon you,

00:48:13.079 --> 00:48:18.019
 to be that living sacrifice, not

00:48:18.019 --> 00:48:19.380
 just as a one-time giving

00:48:19.380 --> 00:48:20.920
 ourselves over to you, but a

00:48:20.920 --> 00:48:24.059
 constant living with an attitude

00:48:24.059 --> 00:48:27.260
 of serving you, and a focus

00:48:27.260 --> 00:48:30.260
 upon the prize of being a

00:48:30.260 --> 00:48:33.280
 servant of the Most High God, of

00:48:33.280 --> 00:48:35.099
 seeing you work even through us

00:48:35.099 --> 00:48:37.559
 with all our limitations and all

00:48:37.559 --> 00:48:41.500
 our problems, but to use us to

00:48:41.500 --> 00:48:44.619
 bring others to you, that one

00:48:44.619 --> 00:48:48.220
 day as we stand together, unified as

00:48:48.219 --> 00:48:49.559
 we are.

00:48:49.559 --> 00:48:53.559
 We will all the more have joy to

00:48:53.559 --> 00:48:56.259
 say we are part of your plan and

00:48:56.259 --> 00:48:57.619
 purpose for all ages.

00:48:58.480 --> 00:49:01.559
 We have been a part and have taken

00:49:01.559 --> 00:49:03.599
 the opportunity to see you work even

00:49:03.599 --> 00:49:07.679
 through us, and that that joy will be

00:49:07.679 --> 00:49:08.379
 never-ending.

00:49:08.380 --> 00:49:11.940
 Thank you for the opportunity to be

00:49:11.940 --> 00:49:12.260
 here.

00:49:12.480 --> 00:49:13.460
 Thank you for your word.

00:49:13.820 --> 00:49:17.360
 I pray that you will use it and that

00:49:17.360 --> 00:49:19.180
 you'll dismiss any of my words that

00:49:19.180 --> 00:49:21.119
 got in your way from these dear

00:49:21.119 --> 00:49:23.619
 people, but that they would hear from

00:49:23.619 --> 00:49:26.680
 you and follow holy after, for Jesus'

00:49:26.679 --> 00:49:27.179
 sake.

00:49:27.859 --> 00:49:28.159
 Amen.