WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.259 How many of y'all glad you came to church so far today? 00:00:09.300 --> 00:00:09.859 Amen. 00:00:11.040 --> 00:00:12.679 Well, let's go to Matthew. 00:00:21.019 --> 00:00:25.160 We're going to continue on in our series on salt and light. 00:00:25.160 --> 00:00:26.320 Matthew chapter 5. 00:00:26.320 --> 00:00:29.980 Matthew chapter 5. 00:00:30.060 --> 00:00:34.240 While you're turning there, I want to give you a little recap over the last couple of weeks. 00:00:34.340 --> 00:00:36.219 We talked all about salt. 00:00:37.640 --> 00:00:40.600 I don't think there's a whole lot about salt that we didn't cover. 00:00:40.899 --> 00:00:42.200 We had a lot of fun with it. 00:00:42.539 --> 00:00:49.740 And we talked about our preservative, how salt is used, and especially used in the ancient times as a preservative. 00:00:49.740 --> 00:00:56.359 So when Jesus commanded his followers and those sitting under his voice on the Sermon on the Mount, 00:00:56.700 --> 00:01:03.600 and he told them they were meant to be the salt of the earth, that was a powerful, powerful illustration. 00:01:04.659 --> 00:01:13.180 Salt was called white gold back then, and it was almost on par, sometimes even more practically useful than even money itself. 00:01:13.180 --> 00:01:17.740 And so the question we had was, are we worth our salt? 00:01:18.260 --> 00:01:23.500 Are we worth that moniker, that name that Jesus has given to us? 00:01:23.540 --> 00:01:26.540 Are we fulfilling our function as salt on the earth? 00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:33.120 And we got a little bit more specific with it last week, and we talked about, have we lost our flavor? 00:01:33.120 --> 00:01:41.460 Remember, Jesus said, if salt has lost its flavor, it's no longer good for the purpose for which it was created and intended. 00:01:42.240 --> 00:01:43.760 And that is certainly true of us. 00:01:43.840 --> 00:01:50.560 Have we lost our flavor as the people of God, as the children of God, as salt in this earth? 00:01:51.100 --> 00:01:52.980 Are we fulfilling our function? 00:01:53.080 --> 00:01:57.420 We're going to look at the other part of Jesus' charge here in Matthew chapter 5. 00:01:57.840 --> 00:02:00.320 Let's look at verse 13. 00:02:00.400 --> 00:02:01.780 I know you've been up and down a lot today. 00:02:01.780 --> 00:02:06.439 If you wouldn't mind standing one more time while we read this main text with me, if you're able to. 00:02:06.519 --> 00:02:07.939 If you need to remain seated, that's fine. 00:02:08.360 --> 00:02:10.420 Matthew 5, verse 13. 00:02:11.319 --> 00:02:13.139 I'm reading from the New Living Translation. 00:02:13.300 --> 00:02:18.759 You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt should lose its taste, how can it be made salty? 00:02:19.520 --> 00:02:25.699 It's no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet. 00:02:25.819 --> 00:02:26.780 Watch verse 14. 00:02:27.060 --> 00:02:29.300 You are the light of the world. 00:02:29.300 --> 00:02:32.540 A city situated on a hill cannot be hidden. 00:02:32.540 --> 00:02:37.820 No one lights a lamp and puts it under a basket, but rather on a lampstand. 00:02:38.580 --> 00:02:41.320 And it gives light for all who are in the house. 00:02:42.040 --> 00:02:52.920 In the same way, let your light shine before others so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven. 00:02:52.919 --> 00:02:57.839 God, we pray for understanding as we read your scriptures. 00:02:57.840 --> 00:03:06.640 We pray for direct application to our lives that we would not walk out of here, maybe for many, hearing a passage that they've read many times before. 00:03:06.900 --> 00:03:09.460 That they've heard preached or taught many times before. 00:03:09.460 --> 00:03:17.939 But that your word, which is living, relevant, and applicable for us in this moment as much as it ever has been. 00:03:18.939 --> 00:03:21.740 That that word would kindle a fire in us. 00:03:22.460 --> 00:03:24.600 A fire that shines brightly for you. 00:03:25.020 --> 00:03:25.879 In Jesus' name. 00:03:26.020 --> 00:03:26.219 Amen. 00:03:26.640 --> 00:03:27.300 You may be seated. 00:03:27.420 --> 00:03:28.100 Thank you for standing. 00:03:28.099 --> 00:03:36.459 I can only imagine the picture that these disciples had in their minds as they hear these words, 00:03:36.620 --> 00:03:38.979 You are the light of the world. 00:03:39.400 --> 00:03:43.219 A city situated on a hill cannot be hidden. 00:03:44.299 --> 00:03:47.939 And I'm thinking of what that must have looked like in ancient times. 00:03:48.699 --> 00:03:55.379 This was the best picture I could find on a Google search that might fit the picture that they had in their minds. 00:03:55.379 --> 00:04:00.240 I'm thinking of when we used to drive, when I lived in Southern California, 00:04:00.419 --> 00:04:05.180 And we used to drive out toward Las Vegas, and we were going other places, 00:04:05.479 --> 00:04:10.000 And, you know, I was going to make a little bit of extra money in Vegas. 00:04:10.120 --> 00:04:10.900 But I'm just kidding. 00:04:11.400 --> 00:04:12.439 I wasn't doing that. 00:04:13.280 --> 00:04:18.680 For one thing, if that's your goal in going to Las Vegas, you're probably going to end up sorely disappointed. 00:04:18.680 --> 00:04:24.659 But anyway, but no, I remember because you are just driving in desert, 00:04:24.660 --> 00:04:27.760 And especially if you're going there at night, it is pitch black. 00:04:28.540 --> 00:04:30.720 Might go through occasional towns. 00:04:31.040 --> 00:04:37.920 Get out through Barstow, California, and that's kind of the last little, tiny little town before you just hit the middle of nowhere. 00:04:38.400 --> 00:04:44.300 And you're driving and driving and driving, and it's just dark, and there's some mountains, shadows you can see. 00:04:44.700 --> 00:04:48.500 And then all of a sudden, it's like out of nowhere, you top this rise, 00:04:48.500 --> 00:04:53.220 And it's like the largest city in the world laid out. 00:04:53.779 --> 00:04:57.259 Obviously, Las Vegas is not that, but it looks like that in that moment. 00:04:57.620 --> 00:04:59.500 Just this huge glittering. 00:04:59.720 --> 00:05:01.079 You can't miss it. 00:05:01.720 --> 00:05:06.100 As soon as you top the rise from this black pitch darkness, 00:05:06.100 --> 00:05:10.519 You see this massive city of light. 00:05:10.519 --> 00:05:14.680 Now, I'm not anti-everything that goes on in Las Vegas, 00:05:14.680 --> 00:05:20.120 Because I used to live in Reno, Nevada, and ministered to all the different churches across Nevada, 00:05:20.120 --> 00:05:22.459 And we spent a lot of time in Las Vegas. 00:05:22.680 --> 00:05:26.259 There's, apart from the strip where all the crazy stuff is, 00:05:26.319 --> 00:05:29.699 There's a lot of just kind of normal life happening, you know? 00:05:29.759 --> 00:05:32.399 Just regular folks living and going about their lives. 00:05:32.439 --> 00:05:35.519 There's actually a lot of great Christians out there and great churches out there. 00:05:35.519 --> 00:05:40.959 But, certainly, we could look at Las Vegas and say, 00:05:41.599 --> 00:05:46.979 Maybe a lot that happens there is more in line with spiritual darkness rather than light. 00:05:47.259 --> 00:05:50.319 But, man, physically, it is such a city of light. 00:05:51.699 --> 00:05:53.240 And people are drawn to it. 00:05:57.079 --> 00:06:00.799 And you look at Christians today, 00:06:00.800 --> 00:06:09.340 You look at Christians representing what Christianity has become, 00:06:09.340 --> 00:06:11.379 And you wonder, 00:06:11.939 --> 00:06:14.040 Are we more a city of light? 00:06:15.240 --> 00:06:18.780 Or have we become more shrouded in darkness? 00:06:20.379 --> 00:06:21.879 How could that have happened? 00:06:22.879 --> 00:06:28.980 What could have gotten in the way and obscured, obscured the light? 00:06:30.800 --> 00:06:34.560 I want to share some really obvious points with you today. 00:06:35.720 --> 00:06:38.199 Number one, when Jesus called them a city of light, 00:06:38.939 --> 00:06:42.939 And in doing so, called us as his followers a city of light. 00:06:43.180 --> 00:06:44.960 We have to understand a few things. 00:06:45.420 --> 00:06:49.340 A city on a hill, as he was talking about that, 00:06:49.420 --> 00:06:52.420 A city on a hill that sheds its light all around, 00:06:52.540 --> 00:06:54.160 A city on a hill attracts attention. 00:06:55.500 --> 00:06:56.720 It attracts attention. 00:06:56.720 --> 00:07:01.960 Now, you may not love that part of being a Jesus follower, 00:07:02.480 --> 00:07:04.220 But I can promise you, 00:07:04.340 --> 00:07:07.160 If you call yourself a follower of Jesus, 00:07:07.320 --> 00:07:09.040 You will attract attention. 00:07:09.940 --> 00:07:11.580 Much of that may be negative. 00:07:12.140 --> 00:07:14.120 And there's all kinds of reasons for that. 00:07:15.080 --> 00:07:16.180 But the truth is, 00:07:16.460 --> 00:07:20.960 You can't hide when you call yourself a Christian. 00:07:20.959 --> 00:07:24.120 Because people hold you up, 00:07:24.379 --> 00:07:25.219 Ultimately, 00:07:25.680 --> 00:07:28.079 To the standard of Jesus himself. 00:07:28.539 --> 00:07:29.680 Now, none of us, 00:07:29.759 --> 00:07:32.599 Are ever going to quite live up to that standard, right? 00:07:33.259 --> 00:07:34.599 And we can own that. 00:07:36.199 --> 00:07:40.279 But there are certain aspects of who Jesus was, 00:07:40.339 --> 00:07:41.060 And is, 00:07:42.439 --> 00:07:46.159 That people would expect his followers, 00:07:46.759 --> 00:07:47.519 To mimic. 00:07:48.519 --> 00:07:49.079 To share. 00:07:49.079 --> 00:07:53.359 I think that's why Paul wrote, 00:07:54.000 --> 00:07:55.579 To the church in Philippi, 00:07:55.659 --> 00:07:56.859 In Philippians chapter 2, 00:07:57.620 --> 00:07:58.019 He said, 00:07:58.339 --> 00:07:58.779 Work hard, 00:07:59.419 --> 00:08:02.099 To show the results of your salvation. 00:08:03.620 --> 00:08:04.879 Obeying God, 00:08:05.439 --> 00:08:07.379 With deep reverence and fear. 00:08:08.599 --> 00:08:08.919 Why? 00:08:09.039 --> 00:08:10.979 Because God is working in you. 00:08:11.899 --> 00:08:14.060 Giving you the desire and the power, 00:08:14.060 --> 00:08:16.219 To do what pleases him. 00:08:16.779 --> 00:08:18.500 Apart from God working in us, 00:08:18.500 --> 00:08:20.920 We don't have the desire and the power, 00:08:21.019 --> 00:08:22.160 To do what pleases him. 00:08:23.000 --> 00:08:24.759 And so if it's been a while, 00:08:25.220 --> 00:08:27.480 Since God's been working in you, 00:08:28.120 --> 00:08:30.740 Then there's a great chance, 00:08:31.279 --> 00:08:33.000 That you've lost your desire, 00:08:34.139 --> 00:08:36.200 And you don't feel that power, 00:08:36.740 --> 00:08:38.059 To do what pleases him. 00:08:38.059 --> 00:08:40.839 What's the result of that? 00:08:41.979 --> 00:08:44.039 Your part of the city, 00:08:44.039 --> 00:08:46.539 Has plunged into darkness. 00:08:49.419 --> 00:08:51.939 Your light's not shining anymore. 00:08:53.939 --> 00:08:54.979 Thank God, 00:08:55.639 --> 00:08:57.000 That there are others, 00:08:57.399 --> 00:08:59.559 That are still available for his use. 00:09:00.199 --> 00:09:02.379 There are other imperfect vessels, 00:09:02.839 --> 00:09:04.479 That still have the desire, 00:09:04.639 --> 00:09:05.299 And the power, 00:09:05.639 --> 00:09:07.039 To do what pleases him. 00:09:07.039 --> 00:09:08.939 And so the light still shines. 00:09:09.599 --> 00:09:11.059 But how much more dimly, 00:09:11.379 --> 00:09:12.939 Is the light of the church, 00:09:13.139 --> 00:09:14.000 Shining today, 00:09:14.319 --> 00:09:15.819 Than it did when it first began. 00:09:16.319 --> 00:09:18.199 When Jesus first instituted it. 00:09:19.259 --> 00:09:20.259 A city on a hill, 00:09:20.379 --> 00:09:21.759 Will always attract attention. 00:09:22.219 --> 00:09:23.480 Look now at verse 14, 00:09:23.579 --> 00:09:24.480 In Philippians 2. 00:09:24.919 --> 00:09:27.019 Do everything without complaining, 00:09:27.159 --> 00:09:28.139 And without arguing. 00:09:28.839 --> 00:09:29.539 Did y'all catch that? 00:09:29.819 --> 00:09:31.740 Do everything without complaining, 00:09:31.939 --> 00:09:32.620 And arguing. 00:09:32.620 --> 00:09:35.419 How easy is that to do? 00:09:36.539 --> 00:09:37.019 Anybody? 00:09:38.700 --> 00:09:40.320 I'm prone to complain, 00:09:40.519 --> 00:09:41.179 And argue. 00:09:42.179 --> 00:09:44.039 If you've spent any time around me, 00:09:44.100 --> 00:09:45.779 Then you probably know that's true. 00:09:46.659 --> 00:09:48.120 Many of you are the same, 00:09:48.179 --> 00:09:49.659 Because I've spent time around you, 00:09:49.720 --> 00:09:50.840 And I know that's true. 00:09:52.200 --> 00:09:53.740 We like to complain, 00:09:53.940 --> 00:09:54.560 And argue, 00:09:54.720 --> 00:09:55.279 Don't we? 00:09:55.279 --> 00:09:58.139 Paul says, 00:09:58.319 --> 00:09:59.500 That's not Jesus. 00:09:59.899 --> 00:10:01.659 That's not shining your light. 00:10:01.799 --> 00:10:04.059 That's not being the city on the hill. 00:10:04.399 --> 00:10:04.620 Why? 00:10:04.759 --> 00:10:06.980 Because it opens you up for criticism. 00:10:07.919 --> 00:10:09.399 What did we say last week? 00:10:09.679 --> 00:10:11.480 We get criticized for everything, 00:10:11.600 --> 00:10:12.539 Except Jesus. 00:10:13.339 --> 00:10:15.319 If they criticize Jesus, 00:10:15.819 --> 00:10:16.319 Fine. 00:10:17.079 --> 00:10:17.939 Take him on, 00:10:18.120 --> 00:10:19.620 You're going to lose every time. 00:10:19.620 --> 00:10:20.960 But usually, 00:10:21.240 --> 00:10:22.980 That's not what pushes people away. 00:10:23.480 --> 00:10:24.139 It's us. 00:10:24.340 --> 00:10:25.740 It's our critical spirit. 00:10:25.860 --> 00:10:27.139 It's our complaining spirit. 00:10:27.379 --> 00:10:29.200 It's our argumentative way, 00:10:29.500 --> 00:10:32.379 That we carry ourselves around others. 00:10:32.779 --> 00:10:36.919 And that invites all this unnecessary criticism. 00:10:38.279 --> 00:10:38.960 So instead, 00:10:39.659 --> 00:10:40.340 Live clean, 00:10:40.539 --> 00:10:41.320 Innocent lives, 00:10:41.360 --> 00:10:42.279 As children of God, 00:10:42.700 --> 00:10:44.539 Shining like bright lights, 00:10:45.180 --> 00:10:47.240 In a world full of crooked, 00:10:47.240 --> 00:10:49.120 And perverse people. 00:10:49.620 --> 00:10:50.620 And that's not us, right? 00:10:50.700 --> 00:10:52.200 We're not the crooked and perverse people. 00:10:53.399 --> 00:10:54.639 Oh yes we are. 00:10:57.299 --> 00:10:58.940 I remember a passage that says, 00:10:59.299 --> 00:11:00.240 Such were some of you. 00:11:00.879 --> 00:11:02.679 But God stepped in, 00:11:02.899 --> 00:11:03.700 And God saved you. 00:11:03.799 --> 00:11:04.600 God rescued you. 00:11:04.899 --> 00:11:08.179 This is a church full of crooked and perverse people. 00:11:08.679 --> 00:11:10.220 And I'm number one on the list. 00:11:10.419 --> 00:11:11.000 Right here. 00:11:11.100 --> 00:11:11.740 I promise you. 00:11:13.019 --> 00:11:14.580 But you are not any different. 00:11:15.580 --> 00:11:19.560 So instead of being just another crooked and perverse, 00:11:19.620 --> 00:11:20.240 Person, 00:11:20.539 --> 00:11:21.840 Like we really are, 00:11:22.460 --> 00:11:23.519 Lean into, 00:11:24.299 --> 00:11:25.860 That Holy Spirit presence, 00:11:26.279 --> 00:11:27.039 That's in you, 00:11:27.139 --> 00:11:28.779 That allows you to live clean, 00:11:28.879 --> 00:11:29.639 Innocent lives. 00:11:30.200 --> 00:11:31.960 And then you shine like bright lights. 00:11:32.000 --> 00:11:32.820 You can't help it. 00:11:34.019 --> 00:11:34.980 It's not that I gotta, 00:11:35.259 --> 00:11:36.360 Wake up each morning, 00:11:36.500 --> 00:11:36.940 And I gotta, 00:11:37.340 --> 00:11:38.419 Hype myself up, 00:11:38.460 --> 00:11:38.879 And I gotta, 00:11:39.419 --> 00:11:41.419 Turn my light up to full power. 00:11:41.419 --> 00:11:41.539 Remember, 00:11:42.120 --> 00:11:45.459 When we live clean and innocent lives as children of God, 00:11:45.579 --> 00:11:46.740 We stand out. 00:11:47.419 --> 00:11:48.059 We're different. 00:11:48.759 --> 00:11:51.139 But why don't we usually stand out? 00:11:51.539 --> 00:11:53.240 Because we're not living clean, 00:11:53.339 --> 00:11:54.860 Innocent lives as children of God. 00:11:55.839 --> 00:11:56.459 So I don't know about you, 00:11:56.460 --> 00:11:57.600 I'm not engaged in any, 00:11:57.940 --> 00:11:58.660 Dark, 00:11:59.000 --> 00:11:59.240 Gross, 00:11:59.379 --> 00:12:00.139 Secret sin. 00:12:01.139 --> 00:12:01.900 What do you mean? 00:12:02.019 --> 00:12:03.200 Calling me crooked and perverse. 00:12:04.960 --> 00:12:06.320 The truth is, 00:12:06.660 --> 00:12:07.879 We are perverse, 00:12:08.180 --> 00:12:10.160 When we don't honor God, 00:12:10.240 --> 00:12:11.680 And give Him the place, 00:12:11.980 --> 00:12:12.960 That He deserves, 00:12:13.379 --> 00:12:14.540 In our minds, 00:12:14.660 --> 00:12:15.360 In our hearts. 00:12:18.440 --> 00:12:19.900 That's perverse. 00:12:20.560 --> 00:12:21.460 That's blaspheming, 00:12:21.460 --> 00:12:23.220 Blaspheming the Holy Spirit of God, 00:12:23.379 --> 00:12:26.040 When we don't acknowledge Him as God. 00:12:27.660 --> 00:12:28.740 That's hard, y'all. 00:12:29.160 --> 00:12:30.040 I know it is. 00:12:30.460 --> 00:12:31.580 You wake up every day, 00:12:31.720 --> 00:12:33.379 And you want to be God of your life. 00:12:35.379 --> 00:12:36.820 You encounter a problem, 00:12:36.900 --> 00:12:37.940 And you don't turn to God, 00:12:38.000 --> 00:12:38.960 You turn to yourself, 00:12:39.060 --> 00:12:41.460 Or you turn to depression. 00:12:41.860 --> 00:12:44.120 Or you turn to a friend, 00:12:44.440 --> 00:12:45.440 Someone else, 00:12:46.060 --> 00:12:47.040 Instead of God. 00:12:47.139 --> 00:12:48.800 God can certainly use other people. 00:12:49.280 --> 00:12:50.600 God can certainly use us, 00:12:50.600 --> 00:12:51.680 To encourage one another, 00:12:51.779 --> 00:12:52.879 But our first place, 00:12:53.120 --> 00:12:54.620 Has to be to acknowledge God. 00:12:54.700 --> 00:12:55.120 Say, God, 00:12:55.220 --> 00:12:56.360 You are in charge. 00:12:56.779 --> 00:12:57.779 You have this. 00:12:59.139 --> 00:13:00.399 I'm going to give you, 00:13:00.779 --> 00:13:01.440 The place, 00:13:02.180 --> 00:13:04.100 That you so deserve. 00:13:05.180 --> 00:13:05.639 And then, 00:13:06.800 --> 00:13:08.180 I'm going to not be perverse. 00:13:09.639 --> 00:13:11.240 Not going to be a blasphemer. 00:13:12.279 --> 00:13:14.060 I'm going to let this light shine, 00:13:14.060 --> 00:13:15.500 And not fall, 00:13:16.379 --> 00:13:17.860 Into that pull, 00:13:18.019 --> 00:13:19.080 Of my flesh, 00:13:19.080 --> 00:13:21.379 To be like everybody else, 00:13:21.379 --> 00:13:22.180 Out there in the darkness. 00:13:23.740 --> 00:13:25.259 Where do we find this instruction? 00:13:26.259 --> 00:13:27.360 Where do we find, 00:13:28.100 --> 00:13:30.920 The guidebook, 00:13:31.220 --> 00:13:32.100 How to do this, 00:13:32.220 --> 00:13:32.720 The recipe, 00:13:33.400 --> 00:13:34.379 It's the word of life. 00:13:35.180 --> 00:13:36.639 It's the book you're holding in your hands. 00:13:37.600 --> 00:13:39.320 Or it's the Bible app, 00:13:39.400 --> 00:13:41.540 That's plugged into your phone there. 00:13:42.300 --> 00:13:43.300 Whatever it is, 00:13:43.440 --> 00:13:45.400 It's that word of life. 00:13:45.399 --> 00:13:47.519 If we've got it in every conceivable way, 00:13:47.600 --> 00:13:48.699 You could want it today. 00:13:48.819 --> 00:13:50.120 It's available to everyone, 00:13:50.319 --> 00:13:50.620 Everywhere. 00:13:52.220 --> 00:13:53.299 But even though, 00:13:53.360 --> 00:13:54.539 It's more available now, 00:13:54.620 --> 00:13:56.100 Than it ever has been, 00:13:56.939 --> 00:13:58.000 Seems like, 00:13:58.159 --> 00:13:58.919 God's people, 00:13:59.699 --> 00:14:00.299 Follow it, 00:14:01.299 --> 00:14:04.059 Less devotedly, 00:14:04.059 --> 00:14:06.139 Than maybe ever before. 00:14:06.139 --> 00:14:10.659 We don't hold firmly, 00:14:10.659 --> 00:14:12.960 To that word of life. 00:14:19.019 --> 00:14:19.500 So, 00:14:20.439 --> 00:14:22.199 A city on a hill, 00:14:22.279 --> 00:14:22.960 Attracts attention, 00:14:23.080 --> 00:14:23.259 Right? 00:14:24.179 --> 00:14:25.519 My question to you is, 00:14:25.879 --> 00:14:26.840 How are you handling, 00:14:26.840 --> 00:14:27.659 The attention? 00:14:31.659 --> 00:14:33.220 How many of y'all love attention? 00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:34.460 Anybody in here? 00:14:34.460 --> 00:14:36.800 Look, 00:14:36.860 --> 00:14:37.660 I'm going to be honest with you, 00:14:37.759 --> 00:14:38.680 I have my hand raised. 00:14:38.800 --> 00:14:39.320 Me and Ray, 00:14:39.440 --> 00:14:40.700 Are the only ones in here. 00:14:41.700 --> 00:14:42.840 We share a bond, 00:14:43.060 --> 00:14:44.040 We both love attention. 00:14:44.840 --> 00:14:45.759 I don't know if it was, 00:14:45.900 --> 00:14:47.620 It was the life I lived growing up, 00:14:47.660 --> 00:14:48.620 I don't know what it was, 00:14:48.700 --> 00:14:49.860 But my comfort zone, 00:14:49.960 --> 00:14:51.139 Is being in front of a group of people, 00:14:51.220 --> 00:14:51.740 Talking to them. 00:14:52.120 --> 00:14:52.639 I love it. 00:14:53.160 --> 00:14:53.740 I eat it up. 00:14:55.180 --> 00:14:57.080 My least favorite part of the service, 00:14:57.160 --> 00:14:57.280 Now, 00:14:57.340 --> 00:14:58.100 I love the music, 00:14:58.300 --> 00:14:59.620 And I can get into that, 00:14:59.680 --> 00:15:00.080 And really, 00:15:00.420 --> 00:15:01.620 Worship with the Lord, 00:15:01.840 --> 00:15:02.860 Through that music. 00:15:04.460 --> 00:15:05.680 During that part, 00:15:05.759 --> 00:15:07.240 But my least favorite part of the service, 00:15:07.300 --> 00:15:08.160 Is when I'm sitting down there, 00:15:08.259 --> 00:15:09.139 Waiting to get up here. 00:15:09.639 --> 00:15:09.879 It's like, 00:15:09.900 --> 00:15:10.680 I just want to get up here, 00:15:10.740 --> 00:15:10.960 You know, 00:15:11.019 --> 00:15:11.320 Let's just, 00:15:11.440 --> 00:15:12.040 Let's get it going, 00:15:12.120 --> 00:15:12.259 Man. 00:15:13.480 --> 00:15:15.000 I write my sermons on Monday, 00:15:15.180 --> 00:15:15.460 Okay? 00:15:15.759 --> 00:15:16.060 So, 00:15:16.980 --> 00:15:17.400 Usually, 00:15:17.600 --> 00:15:17.780 Now, 00:15:17.879 --> 00:15:18.300 Sometimes, 00:15:18.379 --> 00:15:18.900 Joy knows, 00:15:19.340 --> 00:15:20.000 A couple weeks ago, 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:21.019 I'm not going to tell you which one, 00:15:21.220 --> 00:15:21.919 Because you're going to go back, 00:15:21.980 --> 00:15:23.240 And judge it in light of this, 00:15:23.340 --> 00:15:24.659 But I finished my sermon, 00:15:24.840 --> 00:15:26.080 At 9 30 Saturday night, 00:15:26.240 --> 00:15:27.940 I'm not going to tell you which one, 00:15:28.120 --> 00:15:30.799 But that's very rare, 00:15:30.919 --> 00:15:31.559 Very unusual, 00:15:31.759 --> 00:15:33.100 That week was just nuts, 00:15:33.360 --> 00:15:33.840 But, 00:15:34.399 --> 00:15:34.799 Usually, 00:15:34.919 --> 00:15:36.000 I write my sermons on Monday, 00:15:36.100 --> 00:15:37.299 So I've got the whole week, 00:15:37.399 --> 00:15:38.799 To think about it, 00:15:38.860 --> 00:15:39.559 Get ready for it, 00:15:39.580 --> 00:15:40.340 And by Sunday morning, 00:15:40.419 --> 00:15:40.779 It's like, 00:15:40.840 --> 00:15:41.980 Let's get this thing going, 00:15:42.120 --> 00:15:44.820 So I love attention, 00:15:44.820 --> 00:15:46.620 Now, 00:15:46.680 --> 00:15:47.420 There are times, 00:15:47.420 --> 00:15:49.620 When I just got to shut down, 00:15:49.760 --> 00:15:50.080 You know, 00:15:50.360 --> 00:15:52.400 And get away from the spotlight, 00:15:52.600 --> 00:15:53.720 And I don't want to be around anything, 00:15:53.780 --> 00:15:54.160 Or anybody, 00:15:55.020 --> 00:15:56.100 But those are rare, 00:15:57.379 --> 00:15:58.140 Truth is, 00:15:58.240 --> 00:15:59.800 Most people don't like attention, 00:15:59.920 --> 00:16:00.620 Like I do, 00:16:01.580 --> 00:16:02.420 Holly is like, 00:16:02.879 --> 00:16:03.300 Please, 00:16:03.460 --> 00:16:03.700 No, 00:16:04.160 --> 00:16:05.940 Do not look at me, 00:16:06.180 --> 00:16:06.740 Talk to me, 00:16:07.680 --> 00:16:09.420 I think a lot of you, 00:16:09.560 --> 00:16:11.040 Do not love the spotlight, 00:16:11.220 --> 00:16:12.060 You don't love attention, 00:16:12.160 --> 00:16:12.820 The truth is, 00:16:12.900 --> 00:16:13.920 That's an area of, 00:16:13.920 --> 00:16:14.420 Of, 00:16:14.419 --> 00:16:15.479 Weakness for me, 00:16:15.519 --> 00:16:15.959 That sometimes, 00:16:16.019 --> 00:16:16.839 I've got to watch out for, 00:16:17.599 --> 00:16:18.919 Sometimes I love the spotlight, 00:16:19.059 --> 00:16:19.579 Too much, 00:16:20.039 --> 00:16:21.079 Sometimes I want to be, 00:16:21.659 --> 00:16:22.559 The one out there, 00:16:22.659 --> 00:16:23.699 And God doesn't want me, 00:16:23.779 --> 00:16:24.699 To be the one out there, 00:16:24.719 --> 00:16:25.719 And I've got to be careful of that, 00:16:27.319 --> 00:16:29.019 But I'm sorry, 00:16:29.699 --> 00:16:31.039 Because the fact is, 00:16:31.839 --> 00:16:33.000 You're going to get attention, 00:16:34.079 --> 00:16:35.519 There's no way to avoid it, 00:16:36.879 --> 00:16:38.860 You know what the ironic thing is here, 00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:41.000 As much as, 00:16:41.319 --> 00:16:42.879 I don't mind being up in front of people, 00:16:42.879 --> 00:16:44.759 Sometimes, 00:16:44.759 --> 00:16:44.899 Sometimes, 00:16:45.259 --> 00:16:48.120 In my weakest moments, 00:16:48.220 --> 00:16:49.080 Of flesh, 00:16:49.379 --> 00:16:51.939 I don't want anybody, 00:16:51.939 --> 00:16:52.659 Looking at me, 00:16:53.179 --> 00:16:55.100 I want to get off the radar, 00:16:55.759 --> 00:16:58.480 Because I know, 00:16:58.919 --> 00:16:59.919 That I'm not filled, 00:16:59.980 --> 00:17:00.740 With God's spirit, 00:17:00.779 --> 00:17:01.259 In that moment, 00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:03.980 I know that I'm giving in, 00:17:04.140 --> 00:17:04.420 To, 00:17:05.140 --> 00:17:05.819 My weaknesses, 00:17:05.819 --> 00:17:08.659 And I don't want any attention, 00:17:08.659 --> 00:17:09.139 On that, 00:17:09.480 --> 00:17:11.480 And I think maybe, 00:17:11.480 --> 00:17:13.039 A lot of you are the same, 00:17:14.139 --> 00:17:15.519 You know you're not filled, 00:17:15.599 --> 00:17:16.720 With God's spirit sometimes, 00:17:16.720 --> 00:17:19.819 And maybe there's a pattern, 00:17:20.119 --> 00:17:21.519 Or there's a stretch of life, 00:17:21.599 --> 00:17:22.419 That you're going through, 00:17:22.500 --> 00:17:23.419 Or have gone through, 00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:24.659 Where you would say, 00:17:24.779 --> 00:17:26.619 Yeah I really wasn't very close to God, 00:17:26.659 --> 00:17:27.259 During that time, 00:17:28.000 --> 00:17:29.779 And I didn't want a lot of attention, 00:17:29.779 --> 00:17:30.339 On me, 00:17:31.279 --> 00:17:31.899 At that time, 00:17:31.900 --> 00:17:33.800 I didn't really want a lot of people, 00:17:34.000 --> 00:17:34.800 Knowing or thinking, 00:17:34.940 --> 00:17:35.640 That I'm a Christian, 00:17:35.920 --> 00:17:38.240 And Paul said, 00:17:38.340 --> 00:17:39.840 Follow me as I follow Jesus, 00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:40.300 You're like, 00:17:40.380 --> 00:17:40.980 No thank you, 00:17:41.100 --> 00:17:42.540 Don't be following me right now, 00:17:42.840 --> 00:17:44.259 I'm not following Jesus, 00:17:44.400 --> 00:17:45.140 All that closely, 00:17:45.980 --> 00:17:46.420 Truth is, 00:17:46.480 --> 00:17:48.180 We don't handle the attention very well, 00:17:49.060 --> 00:17:52.680 But we have to, 00:17:53.640 --> 00:17:55.120 That's what Jesus called us to, 00:17:55.840 --> 00:17:56.480 He said, 00:17:56.540 --> 00:17:56.720 Look, 00:17:57.120 --> 00:17:58.940 I'm not making you, 00:17:59.340 --> 00:18:00.420 A city on the hill, 00:18:00.420 --> 00:18:02.000 You are that, 00:18:02.840 --> 00:18:05.320 You've been changed, 00:18:06.220 --> 00:18:07.700 You've been reborn, 00:18:08.759 --> 00:18:10.900 Your life is no longer the same, 00:18:11.480 --> 00:18:14.360 So you are going to stand out, 00:18:14.700 --> 00:18:16.580 It can be for good, 00:18:17.080 --> 00:18:18.080 But unfortunately, 00:18:18.220 --> 00:18:19.900 It could also be for bad, 00:18:21.140 --> 00:18:22.240 So how are you handling, 00:18:22.900 --> 00:18:23.560 The attention, 00:18:24.560 --> 00:18:27.560 He called us a city on a hill, 00:18:27.559 --> 00:18:30.639 And then he likened us to a lamp, 00:18:31.500 --> 00:18:34.480 And a lamp has a specific purpose, 00:18:35.480 --> 00:18:37.940 See a city attracts attention, 00:18:38.460 --> 00:18:39.859 Luke 8 17 says, 00:18:40.139 --> 00:18:40.879 Nothing is secret, 00:18:41.039 --> 00:18:42.339 That will not be revealed, 00:18:42.700 --> 00:18:43.500 Nothing is hidden, 00:18:43.619 --> 00:18:44.740 That will not be known, 00:18:44.839 --> 00:18:45.859 Or come to light, 00:18:46.079 --> 00:18:48.859 How does that happen, 00:18:49.099 --> 00:18:49.980 It happens, 00:18:50.599 --> 00:18:51.019 Through, 00:18:51.539 --> 00:18:52.139 The light, 00:18:52.140 --> 00:18:55.220 When the light shines on darkness, 00:18:55.420 --> 00:18:56.700 It illuminates it, 00:18:56.860 --> 00:18:59.120 And nothing is secret anymore, 00:18:59.520 --> 00:19:00.780 And so a lamp, 00:19:01.060 --> 00:19:02.380 Has that purpose, 00:19:02.700 --> 00:19:03.759 Of illuminating, 00:19:04.320 --> 00:19:05.860 A lamp has that purpose, 00:19:05.920 --> 00:19:06.620 Of shining, 00:19:06.960 --> 00:19:08.720 And revealing the secrets, 00:19:08.780 --> 00:19:09.500 Of the darkness, 00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:11.800 When you walk into a room, 00:19:11.880 --> 00:19:12.680 From the light, 00:19:13.140 --> 00:19:14.680 Everything is pitch black, 00:19:15.220 --> 00:19:16.259 There might even be, 00:19:16.340 --> 00:19:17.780 A little bit of light in that room, 00:19:18.020 --> 00:19:19.220 But you don't realize it, 00:19:19.220 --> 00:19:20.600 Until your eyes adjust, 00:19:21.259 --> 00:19:21.880 To the darkness, 00:19:22.140 --> 00:19:24.120 You don't know, 00:19:24.180 --> 00:19:24.960 What's in that room, 00:19:25.620 --> 00:19:26.580 You don't know, 00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:27.600 Where the furniture is, 00:19:27.620 --> 00:19:28.759 That you might stumble over, 00:19:29.400 --> 00:19:30.259 You don't know, 00:19:30.320 --> 00:19:32.160 What secrets that room holds, 00:19:32.660 --> 00:19:34.320 Until the light comes on, 00:19:35.300 --> 00:19:36.900 Then the secrets are revealed, 00:19:38.340 --> 00:19:40.840 A lamp has a specific purpose, 00:19:41.200 --> 00:19:42.380 To shine light, 00:19:42.759 --> 00:19:43.580 On the darkness, 00:19:44.300 --> 00:19:45.940 But there's two ways, 00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:46.720 Of looking at this, 00:19:47.259 --> 00:19:48.840 You can look at it as though, 00:19:48.840 --> 00:19:50.259 Man I don't want the light, 00:19:50.400 --> 00:19:51.360 To reveal the secrets, 00:19:51.359 --> 00:19:52.279 In my life, 00:19:52.539 --> 00:19:54.959 I'm not the perfect person, 00:19:55.039 --> 00:19:56.219 That everybody thinks I am, 00:19:56.419 --> 00:19:57.019 Trust me, 00:19:57.039 --> 00:19:57.839 Nobody thinks you're perfect, 00:19:57.939 --> 00:19:58.099 Alright, 00:19:59.819 --> 00:20:00.139 But you say, 00:20:00.199 --> 00:20:01.279 I don't have it all together, 00:20:01.379 --> 00:20:02.579 I put on this front, 00:20:02.659 --> 00:20:04.019 I portray something, 00:20:04.679 --> 00:20:06.379 And the truth is, 00:20:06.899 --> 00:20:08.659 I don't have it all together inside, 00:20:09.339 --> 00:20:11.339 I'm more crooked, 00:20:11.459 --> 00:20:12.000 And perverse, 00:20:12.299 --> 00:20:13.519 Than I would like to admit, 00:20:14.299 --> 00:20:15.839 Maybe my family knows it, 00:20:16.399 --> 00:20:17.899 Maybe those closest to me know it, 00:20:17.900 --> 00:20:19.240 Maybe I'm the only one, 00:20:19.320 --> 00:20:19.860 That knows it, 00:20:20.440 --> 00:20:22.940 But I don't want the light, 00:20:22.940 --> 00:20:24.480 To eliminate all that, 00:20:25.800 --> 00:20:26.180 But you see, 00:20:26.259 --> 00:20:27.000 That's looking at it, 00:20:27.019 --> 00:20:28.040 From the negative perspective, 00:20:28.620 --> 00:20:30.240 Sometimes God has to do that, 00:20:30.820 --> 00:20:33.019 But there's another, 00:20:33.019 --> 00:20:34.740 Positive purpose to light, 00:20:34.740 --> 00:20:39.559 God does not judge us, 00:20:39.839 --> 00:20:42.420 Based on keeping up appearances, 00:20:43.299 --> 00:20:44.859 He doesn't look at us, 00:20:45.339 --> 00:20:46.759 As worthy of him, 00:20:46.799 --> 00:20:47.700 Or his grace, 00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:50.279 Based on how well, 00:20:50.279 --> 00:20:52.180 We can put on a show for everybody, 00:20:53.640 --> 00:20:55.059 He doesn't judge me, 00:20:55.200 --> 00:20:56.660 Based on how good of a job, 00:20:56.799 --> 00:20:57.920 I do on Sunday mornings, 00:20:58.519 --> 00:20:59.839 Some of you might, 00:21:00.519 --> 00:21:01.740 But he doesn't, 00:21:01.740 --> 00:21:05.819 He judges me, 00:21:06.700 --> 00:21:08.720 Based on his son, 00:21:09.339 --> 00:21:10.700 Washing my sin, 00:21:13.539 --> 00:21:14.099 Forgiveness, 00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:15.839 With no strings attached, 00:21:17.059 --> 00:21:18.620 And then he says, 00:21:19.200 --> 00:21:21.039 I brought you out of darkness, 00:21:21.180 --> 00:21:21.839 Into the light, 00:21:21.940 --> 00:21:23.019 I've opened your eyes, 00:21:23.359 --> 00:21:24.559 You now can see, 00:21:25.620 --> 00:21:25.960 Me, 00:21:26.660 --> 00:21:28.559 You now can see my grace, 00:21:28.960 --> 00:21:30.480 You now can see my love, 00:21:30.480 --> 00:21:31.400 And now, 00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:33.200 Let somebody else, 00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:34.860 See that in you, 00:21:35.240 --> 00:21:36.680 God used somebody, 00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:37.799 In your life, 00:21:37.860 --> 00:21:38.680 Maybe it was a parent, 00:21:38.819 --> 00:21:39.900 Maybe it was a brother or sister, 00:21:40.319 --> 00:21:41.200 Maybe it was a neighbor, 00:21:41.360 --> 00:21:42.259 Maybe it was a co-worker, 00:21:42.680 --> 00:21:44.180 Somebody in your life, 00:21:44.299 --> 00:21:45.200 Introduced you, 00:21:45.299 --> 00:21:47.000 To the light of Christ, 00:21:47.660 --> 00:21:49.559 Let God use you, 00:21:50.339 --> 00:21:51.480 To be that light, 00:21:51.980 --> 00:21:52.960 For somebody else, 00:21:53.220 --> 00:21:54.299 And introduce them, 00:21:54.640 --> 00:21:56.160 To the light of Jesus Christ, 00:21:56.539 --> 00:21:57.400 Daniel 12, 00:21:57.400 --> 00:21:58.519 Man, 00:21:58.600 --> 00:21:59.200 The book of Daniel, 00:21:59.200 --> 00:22:00.960 Has so much rich prophecy in it, 00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:02.519 That ties in with the book of Revelation, 00:22:02.680 --> 00:22:04.259 And talks a lot about the end times, 00:22:04.380 --> 00:22:05.340 But there are actually, 00:22:05.540 --> 00:22:06.340 Some really great, 00:22:06.660 --> 00:22:07.320 Right now, 00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:08.000 Here and now, 00:22:08.100 --> 00:22:09.900 Applications for us today as well, 00:22:10.040 --> 00:22:11.519 And this is an awesome, 00:22:11.640 --> 00:22:13.360 Awesome example of that, 00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:14.740 Those who are wise, 00:22:14.860 --> 00:22:17.240 Will shine as bright as the sky, 00:22:17.440 --> 00:22:19.240 And those who lead many, 00:22:19.360 --> 00:22:20.060 To righteousness, 00:22:20.580 --> 00:22:21.320 Did you catch that? 00:22:21.580 --> 00:22:22.560 That's being the light, 00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:23.400 For somebody else, 00:22:23.440 --> 00:22:24.440 To introduce them to Jesus, 00:22:24.440 --> 00:22:25.900 Those who lead many, 00:22:25.900 --> 00:22:26.500 To righteousness, 00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:27.880 Will shine, 00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:29.200 Like the stars, 00:22:29.820 --> 00:22:30.220 Forever, 00:22:30.360 --> 00:22:31.220 We're going to talk a little bit, 00:22:31.299 --> 00:22:32.740 More about that next week, 00:22:32.840 --> 00:22:34.200 About how to be a star, 00:22:34.360 --> 00:22:34.960 For God, 00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:35.960 But, 00:22:36.400 --> 00:22:38.059 This verse, 00:22:38.539 --> 00:22:39.960 Reminded me so much, 00:22:39.980 --> 00:22:40.500 Of something, 00:22:41.340 --> 00:22:44.299 If you are wise, 00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:46.299 You will shine, 00:22:47.140 --> 00:22:48.180 As bright, 00:22:48.580 --> 00:22:49.360 As the sky, 00:22:50.180 --> 00:22:51.700 If you lead many, 00:22:51.880 --> 00:22:52.539 To righteousness, 00:22:52.539 --> 00:22:54.319 You will shine, 00:22:54.680 --> 00:22:56.339 Like the bright stars, 00:22:57.119 --> 00:22:57.639 Forever, 00:22:59.359 --> 00:23:03.799 Would you turn to, 00:23:03.940 --> 00:23:04.879 Second Corinthians chapter four, 00:23:05.980 --> 00:23:07.639 Second Corinthians chapter four, 00:23:07.700 --> 00:23:08.200 In verse one, 00:23:09.379 --> 00:23:10.700 While you're turning there, 00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:12.680 I want to remind you of something, 00:23:13.339 --> 00:23:14.720 Don't turn there now, 00:23:14.819 --> 00:23:15.960 But judges chapter seven, 00:23:16.039 --> 00:23:17.299 Tells us the story of Gideon, 00:23:18.119 --> 00:23:19.399 Gideon and his men, 00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:20.799 It continues on, 00:23:20.859 --> 00:23:22.019 From how Gideon was called, 00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:23.559 And in verse one, 00:23:23.779 --> 00:23:24.299 I'm sorry, 00:23:24.379 --> 00:23:25.059 Verse 19, 00:23:25.160 --> 00:23:26.119 Down through verse 20, 00:23:26.519 --> 00:23:27.319 Gideon's men, 00:23:27.720 --> 00:23:29.579 Broke their clay jars, 00:23:30.460 --> 00:23:31.420 So their lights, 00:23:31.420 --> 00:23:32.299 Could shine, 00:23:32.900 --> 00:23:33.980 And God won, 00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:35.220 A great victory, 00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:36.539 Against the Midianites, 00:23:36.619 --> 00:23:37.059 That day, 00:23:37.740 --> 00:23:38.819 This mighty army, 00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:39.539 Was camped, 00:23:39.539 --> 00:23:40.879 Against God's people, 00:23:40.960 --> 00:23:41.819 The people of Israel, 00:23:42.180 --> 00:23:42.879 He called, 00:23:43.240 --> 00:23:44.180 The least likely, 00:23:44.940 --> 00:23:45.720 Of the men, 00:23:45.819 --> 00:23:46.859 In their tribe, 00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:48.200 To be his warrior, 00:23:48.379 --> 00:23:49.900 To be his commanding officer, 00:23:50.200 --> 00:23:51.480 To rally the troops, 00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:52.400 And lead, 00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:53.660 A battle, 00:23:53.819 --> 00:23:55.079 Against Midian, 00:23:55.200 --> 00:23:56.539 But God had a plan for it, 00:23:56.579 --> 00:23:56.779 Right? 00:23:57.319 --> 00:23:58.539 We talked about a little bit, 00:23:58.779 --> 00:24:00.099 A few weeks ago, 00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:01.759 About the men getting down, 00:24:01.880 --> 00:24:02.480 And looking, 00:24:02.660 --> 00:24:03.640 And which one was going to be, 00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:04.559 The best one to call, 00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:05.980 Looking in the water, 00:24:06.120 --> 00:24:07.460 Who's going to just drink like a dog, 00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:08.680 Who's going to keep their wits about them, 00:24:08.700 --> 00:24:09.940 And be aware of their surroundings, 00:24:10.940 --> 00:24:12.440 God's ultimate plan there, 00:24:13.440 --> 00:24:14.759 Was to use, 00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:17.160 This small, 00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:18.140 Tiny little army, 00:24:18.140 --> 00:24:20.040 To seem much larger, 00:24:20.560 --> 00:24:21.340 Than they were, 00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:23.800 And he woke up the Midianites, 00:24:23.860 --> 00:24:24.820 Out of a deep sleep, 00:24:24.940 --> 00:24:26.200 They were completely disoriented, 00:24:26.540 --> 00:24:27.100 They see, 00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:29.300 They hear all this crashing sound, 00:24:29.380 --> 00:24:30.600 Of these clay pots, 00:24:31.020 --> 00:24:32.200 These jars breaking, 00:24:32.420 --> 00:24:33.680 And then they see all this light, 00:24:33.740 --> 00:24:34.940 On the hillside around them, 00:24:35.240 --> 00:24:35.860 They think, 00:24:35.920 --> 00:24:36.660 It's all over, 00:24:36.780 --> 00:24:37.920 They're about to be destroyed, 00:24:38.380 --> 00:24:39.320 And they were, 00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:41.359 God won, 00:24:41.639 --> 00:24:42.399 An incredible, 00:24:42.639 --> 00:24:44.359 Victory that day, 00:24:44.359 --> 00:24:47.279 Because he had them, 00:24:48.059 --> 00:24:49.059 Break, 00:24:49.700 --> 00:24:50.599 Their jars, 00:24:51.319 --> 00:24:51.899 To reveal, 00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:53.399 The light inside, 00:24:54.159 --> 00:24:54.799 Now look, 00:24:54.919 --> 00:24:55.839 At 2nd Corinthians, 00:24:56.379 --> 00:24:57.399 Chapter 4, 00:24:58.139 --> 00:24:58.980 And verse 1, 00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:04.899 2nd Corinthians 4, 00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:06.099 Therefore, 00:25:06.939 --> 00:25:08.720 Since we have this ministry, 00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:11.120 Because we were shown mercy, 00:25:11.579 --> 00:25:13.140 We do not give up, 00:25:14.140 --> 00:25:14.579 Instead, 00:25:15.360 --> 00:25:16.180 We renounced, 00:25:16.600 --> 00:25:18.579 Secret and shameful things, 00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:20.600 Not acting deceitfully, 00:25:21.620 --> 00:25:23.319 Or distorting the word of God, 00:25:23.539 --> 00:25:24.839 But commending ourselves, 00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:25.620 Before God, 00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:26.819 To everyone's conscience, 00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:28.339 By an open display, 00:25:28.640 --> 00:25:29.279 Of the truth, 00:25:29.420 --> 00:25:31.079 You see how this is all about openness, 00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:32.319 The light shining, 00:25:32.579 --> 00:25:33.759 Not hiding things, 00:25:34.700 --> 00:25:35.420 Verse 3, 00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:36.600 But if our gospel, 00:25:37.380 --> 00:25:38.519 The good news of Jesus, 00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:40.700 If our gospel is veiled, 00:25:40.860 --> 00:25:41.940 It is veiled, 00:25:41.940 --> 00:25:43.259 To those who are perishing, 00:25:43.400 --> 00:25:44.460 To the people, 00:25:44.579 --> 00:25:45.519 Who need to hear it most, 00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:46.960 That's the ones, 00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:47.880 Who won't get to hear it, 00:25:47.880 --> 00:25:49.420 In their case, 00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:50.440 The God of this age, 00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:51.720 Has blinded the minds, 00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:52.579 Of the unbelievers, 00:25:52.579 --> 00:25:53.600 To keep them, 00:25:53.600 --> 00:25:54.779 From seeing the light, 00:25:55.400 --> 00:25:57.240 To keep them, 00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:59.000 From seeing the light, 00:25:59.140 --> 00:26:00.559 Of the gospel, 00:26:00.860 --> 00:26:02.100 Of the glory of Christ, 00:26:02.600 --> 00:26:04.380 Who is the image of God, 00:26:04.940 --> 00:26:05.620 For we are not, 00:26:05.619 --> 00:26:06.500 Proclaiming ourselves, 00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:07.819 But Jesus Christ, 00:26:07.879 --> 00:26:08.299 As Lord, 00:26:08.619 --> 00:26:09.119 And ourselves, 00:26:09.239 --> 00:26:09.919 As your servants, 00:26:10.039 --> 00:26:10.839 For Jesus' sake, 00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:11.939 Watch verse 6, 00:26:12.219 --> 00:26:12.919 For God, 00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:13.659 Who said, 00:26:14.439 --> 00:26:15.239 Let light, 00:26:15.719 --> 00:26:17.059 Shine out of darkness, 00:26:17.819 --> 00:26:20.000 Has shown in our hearts, 00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:21.879 To give the light, 00:26:22.219 --> 00:26:23.199 Of the knowledge, 00:26:23.339 --> 00:26:24.559 Of God's glory, 00:26:25.219 --> 00:26:26.119 In the face, 00:26:26.619 --> 00:26:27.879 Of Jesus Christ, 00:26:27.880 --> 00:26:30.720 God said, 00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:32.220 Let there be light, 00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:33.940 And there was light, 00:26:33.940 --> 00:26:36.840 God looks at you, 00:26:36.920 --> 00:26:38.240 And he looks at me, 00:26:38.360 --> 00:26:39.220 And he says, 00:26:39.360 --> 00:26:40.940 Let there be light, 00:26:41.260 --> 00:26:42.900 And my question is, 00:26:42.940 --> 00:26:44.080 Will there be light, 00:26:44.340 --> 00:26:45.400 Through us, 00:26:46.280 --> 00:26:48.000 He gave it to us, 00:26:48.180 --> 00:26:49.620 He shone the light, 00:26:49.760 --> 00:26:50.520 In our hearts, 00:26:51.920 --> 00:26:53.100 Verse 7, 00:26:53.660 --> 00:26:55.140 Now we have this treasure, 00:26:56.060 --> 00:26:57.220 In clay jars, 00:26:57.220 --> 00:27:01.559 So that this extraordinary power, 00:27:02.880 --> 00:27:03.900 May be from God, 00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:05.079 And not from us, 00:27:06.079 --> 00:27:09.880 My question to you is, 00:27:10.880 --> 00:27:15.539 You have this light, 00:27:16.440 --> 00:27:17.500 In your clay jar, 00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:22.360 Are you going to be a little bit, 00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:23.180 Like Gideon's men? 00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:25.759 Are you going to break the jar, 00:27:25.860 --> 00:27:26.660 And let the light shine? 00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:30.460 Nobody, 00:27:30.460 --> 00:27:30.500 Nobody, 00:27:31.360 --> 00:27:32.759 Hides a lamp, 00:27:33.160 --> 00:27:34.120 Under a basket, 00:27:34.819 --> 00:27:36.860 Because that hides the light, 00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:39.640 Light has a specific purpose, 00:27:39.960 --> 00:27:42.000 A lamp has a specific purpose, 00:27:42.299 --> 00:27:43.420 It's to shed light, 00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:45.079 If you obscure the light, 00:27:45.420 --> 00:27:47.079 Then the lamp is not fulfilling, 00:27:47.180 --> 00:27:47.860 Its purpose, 00:27:48.319 --> 00:27:50.259 Maybe we need to break, 00:27:50.680 --> 00:27:51.440 Our jars, 00:27:52.059 --> 00:27:53.180 But that's hard, 00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:53.600 Isn't it? 00:27:53.599 --> 00:27:56.939 So the question is, 00:27:56.939 --> 00:27:58.740 Does God want to break you, 00:27:58.740 --> 00:28:01.079 So your light can shine? 00:28:01.579 --> 00:28:03.459 What jar in your life, 00:28:03.559 --> 00:28:04.959 Does God want to break, 00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:07.939 So that light can shine brightly? 00:28:07.940 --> 00:28:11.820 It's not a direct application, 00:28:11.820 --> 00:28:14.580 Of the story of Gideon, 00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:16.920 But we can kind of take an example there, 00:28:17.640 --> 00:28:18.059 Say yeah, 00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:19.840 God had a plan for them back then, 00:28:20.400 --> 00:28:21.500 Break those jars, 00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:22.779 The noise would wake them up, 00:28:22.820 --> 00:28:23.600 And then boom, 00:28:23.700 --> 00:28:24.440 There's the light, 00:28:24.440 --> 00:28:26.840 Well if one guy said, 00:28:26.920 --> 00:28:28.220 I just don't like that plan, 00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:30.500 He convinced his buddies, 00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:30.860 Man, 00:28:31.600 --> 00:28:32.380 Let's not, 00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:34.279 Then all of a sudden, 00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:36.039 There's a gap in the light, 00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:38.600 And maybe that army, 00:28:38.820 --> 00:28:40.039 Rushes toward that gap, 00:28:40.100 --> 00:28:40.779 And overpowers, 00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:41.860 And escapes, 00:28:42.680 --> 00:28:44.039 Everybody had to follow, 00:28:44.160 --> 00:28:45.019 The command of the Lord, 00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:46.519 To break the jars, 00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:47.779 And let the light shine, 00:28:48.220 --> 00:28:49.980 Is there a jar in your life, 00:28:50.039 --> 00:28:51.240 That God wants to break, 00:28:51.340 --> 00:28:52.799 So your life can shine, 00:28:52.860 --> 00:28:54.259 So your light can shine, 00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:56.180 And are you holding it back, 00:28:56.799 --> 00:28:58.900 Are you just not willing, 00:28:59.019 --> 00:28:59.779 To surrender it, 00:29:00.820 --> 00:29:02.000 Look I get it, 00:29:02.420 --> 00:29:03.080 I've been there, 00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:05.100 And I trust him, 00:29:06.059 --> 00:29:06.900 But not completely, 00:29:07.660 --> 00:29:09.340 I don't know how to get to heaven, 00:29:09.840 --> 00:29:10.940 So I'll trust God, 00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:12.880 I'll believe what I read about that, 00:29:13.140 --> 00:29:14.700 But I know how to handle my retirement, 00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:18.080 I know how to handle this relationship, 00:29:18.880 --> 00:29:20.600 I know how to handle this, 00:29:21.120 --> 00:29:21.820 In my life, 00:29:22.320 --> 00:29:24.039 So I'm not surrendering the keys to that, 00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:25.440 I'm going to hold on to that jar, 00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:28.440 Light's not going to shine, 00:29:28.619 --> 00:29:30.819 In this area of my life, 00:29:30.859 --> 00:29:31.359 You know why, 00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:33.420 I can't afford to be a Christian over here, 00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:36.019 I can't afford to give God control, 00:29:36.059 --> 00:29:36.740 Of my finances, 00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:38.720 Who knows what he's going to do with it, 00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:40.740 I can't afford to give God, 00:29:40.839 --> 00:29:42.259 Control of this relationship, 00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:45.640 What if I end up with egg on my face, 00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:47.740 What if people see, 00:29:48.420 --> 00:29:49.140 Where I've failed, 00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:51.680 Is there a jar in your life, 00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:53.559 That God is waiting on you to break, 00:29:53.879 --> 00:29:56.339 So the light can shine through, 00:29:56.339 --> 00:30:01.859 Acts 13 and verse 47, 00:30:01.859 --> 00:30:05.159 Acts 13 and verse 47, 00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:06.459 The Lord gave us this command, 00:30:06.559 --> 00:30:07.119 When he said, 00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:10.220 I have made you a light to the Gentiles, 00:30:10.399 --> 00:30:12.019 To bring salvation, 00:30:12.559 --> 00:30:14.779 To the farthest corners of the earth, 00:30:15.179 --> 00:30:16.659 Why don't you start right here in your corner, 00:30:18.919 --> 00:30:21.119 It's so much easier sometimes, 00:30:21.220 --> 00:30:22.339 For churches to think about, 00:30:22.419 --> 00:30:24.199 Bringing salvation to the farthest corners, 00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:27.080 Not the ones closest to them, 00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:30.799 Salvation needs to go, 00:30:30.860 --> 00:30:31.840 To those people in Africa, 00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:33.819 That don't have churches like we do, 00:30:34.340 --> 00:30:36.019 It needs to go to those countries, 00:30:36.120 --> 00:30:37.000 That we can't pronounce, 00:30:37.660 --> 00:30:39.000 It needs to go to all those, 00:30:39.080 --> 00:30:40.299 Third world places, 00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:42.059 Or maybe Europe, 00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:42.720 You know where, 00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:44.779 The gospel used to be, 00:30:45.420 --> 00:30:46.819 Everywhere and now the churches, 00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:48.240 Just are poorly attended, 00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:52.559 Gospel needs to go to those places, 00:30:52.660 --> 00:30:52.819 Right? 00:30:52.819 --> 00:30:54.740 But not right here in Texas, 00:30:54.859 --> 00:30:55.519 Man, we got it, 00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:57.220 We got it figured out, 00:30:57.439 --> 00:30:58.159 We're the Bible Belt, 00:30:58.299 --> 00:30:59.019 Or hadn't you heard, 00:30:59.839 --> 00:31:02.339 God made us a light, 00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:04.519 To the Gentiles, 00:31:04.619 --> 00:31:06.019 Well we can look at that, 00:31:06.079 --> 00:31:06.759 Now today, 00:31:06.859 --> 00:31:08.119 As the people who don't know, 00:31:08.159 --> 00:31:09.000 About Jesus, 00:31:09.659 --> 00:31:11.519 Do you realize, 00:31:12.159 --> 00:31:14.179 That over 80% of the people, 00:31:14.359 --> 00:31:15.759 That live in Henrietta, 00:31:15.899 --> 00:31:16.179 Texas, 00:31:16.759 --> 00:31:18.439 Do not attend the church, 00:31:19.879 --> 00:31:21.039 Realize that? 00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:22.779 I didn't come up, 00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:23.339 With those numbers, 00:31:23.339 --> 00:31:23.420 There's darkness, 00:31:23.420 --> 00:31:28.740 There's darkness, 00:31:29.039 --> 00:31:29.639 All around us, 00:31:29.779 --> 00:31:30.980 And we are the light, 00:31:31.059 --> 00:31:32.000 To bring salvation, 00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:33.339 Right here, 00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:35.339 And all around the world, 00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:36.960 I want to share a quote, 00:31:37.119 --> 00:31:38.519 From one of the greatest, 00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:39.839 Preachers that we would, 00:31:40.379 --> 00:31:42.059 Read and look at today, 00:31:42.139 --> 00:31:42.700 From England, 00:31:42.899 --> 00:31:43.319 They called him, 00:31:43.359 --> 00:31:44.159 The prince of preachers, 00:31:44.299 --> 00:31:44.980 Charles Spurgeon, 00:31:45.059 --> 00:31:45.680 He said this, 00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:46.799 The Bible is not, 00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:47.940 The light of the world, 00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:49.759 Now if you just stop it, 00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:50.180 Right there, 00:31:50.220 --> 00:31:51.000 And you say the Bible, 00:31:51.059 --> 00:31:52.000 Is not the light of the world, 00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:53.240 What are you talking about man? 00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:54.940 But he puts it in perspective, 00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:56.100 He says the Bible, 00:31:56.220 --> 00:31:57.559 Is the light of the church, 00:31:58.320 --> 00:31:59.340 But the world, 00:31:59.400 --> 00:32:00.559 Doesn't read the Bible, 00:32:01.400 --> 00:32:02.400 Did you know, 00:32:02.580 --> 00:32:03.759 That if you go to sleep, 00:32:03.820 --> 00:32:05.360 With the Bible held over your heart, 00:32:05.420 --> 00:32:05.940 Every night, 00:32:06.160 --> 00:32:07.180 That's not going to make you, 00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:07.600 A Christian? 00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:09.820 Did you know, 00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:10.840 That if you sleep with it, 00:32:10.860 --> 00:32:11.820 Under your pillow at night, 00:32:11.920 --> 00:32:12.900 You're not going to memorize, 00:32:12.900 --> 00:32:13.920 What it says inside? 00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:16.440 There's no osmosis system there, 00:32:17.080 --> 00:32:17.380 Okay? 00:32:18.680 --> 00:32:20.860 The Bible has to be read, 00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:22.120 Understood, 00:32:22.620 --> 00:32:23.640 Meditated upon, 00:32:24.060 --> 00:32:24.740 Applied, 00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:26.580 To make a difference, 00:32:26.660 --> 00:32:27.320 In your life, 00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:29.019 Well the world without Jesus, 00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:30.480 Is rarely if ever, 00:32:30.539 --> 00:32:31.420 Going to do that, 00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:34.160 But Jesus' followers, 00:32:34.340 --> 00:32:34.900 His children, 00:32:35.120 --> 00:32:36.259 That is what we are supposed, 00:32:36.380 --> 00:32:36.820 To be doing, 00:32:37.700 --> 00:32:38.920 So that is where, 00:32:38.920 --> 00:32:40.460 We get our light from God, 00:32:40.460 --> 00:32:43.980 The understanding, 00:32:44.180 --> 00:32:45.360 That the Holy Spirit gives us, 00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:46.720 When we read his words, 00:32:47.559 --> 00:32:49.620 But the world doesn't read the Bible, 00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:52.100 They read Christians, 00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:53.860 They read us, 00:32:54.620 --> 00:32:56.700 So Jesus was right, 00:32:56.779 --> 00:32:57.400 When he said, 00:32:58.079 --> 00:32:59.660 You are the light, 00:32:59.799 --> 00:33:00.480 Of the world, 00:33:01.539 --> 00:33:03.059 My question for you today, 00:33:03.660 --> 00:33:04.100 Finally, 00:33:04.380 --> 00:33:04.900 Is this, 00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:06.220 How bright, 00:33:06.660 --> 00:33:07.319 Is your light? 00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:09.340 How bright, 00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:10.120 Is your light? 00:33:10.779 --> 00:33:11.640 Is there an area, 00:33:11.640 --> 00:33:12.660 That you are still hiding, 00:33:12.660 --> 00:33:13.200 In a jar? 00:33:13.799 --> 00:33:14.779 Is there an area, 00:33:14.900 --> 00:33:15.620 You are still hiding, 00:33:15.620 --> 00:33:16.380 Under a basket? 00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:17.420 Is it fear? 00:33:17.819 --> 00:33:18.480 Is it doubt? 00:33:18.600 --> 00:33:19.180 Is it bitterness? 00:33:19.420 --> 00:33:20.079 Is it apathy? 00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:21.819 Is it self absorption? 00:33:22.079 --> 00:33:23.079 Being self absorbed? 00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:24.340 Is it lust? 00:33:24.420 --> 00:33:24.960 Is it ego? 00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:26.000 Is it priorities? 00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:26.779 Is it tradition? 00:33:28.240 --> 00:33:29.700 What area of your life, 00:33:30.420 --> 00:33:31.620 Or maybe of this church, 00:33:31.620 --> 00:33:34.440 Are we still holding back, 00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:35.079 Under a jar? 00:33:36.079 --> 00:33:37.200 And we will not let, 00:33:37.319 --> 00:33:38.180 God's light, 00:33:38.600 --> 00:33:39.480 Shine through there, 00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:40.759 How bright, 00:33:40.860 --> 00:33:41.380 Is our light, 00:33:41.440 --> 00:33:42.079 Would you bow with me, 00:33:42.120 --> 00:33:42.400 In prayer? 00:33:45.920 --> 00:33:46.339 God, 00:33:46.380 --> 00:33:47.259 It's hard to, 00:33:48.220 --> 00:33:49.860 Live with the attention, 00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:50.660 That we get, 00:33:50.880 --> 00:33:51.599 As Christians, 00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:52.339 And that's why, 00:33:52.400 --> 00:33:53.460 Sometimes we fail, 00:33:54.099 --> 00:33:55.620 Sometimes we just give up, 00:33:55.680 --> 00:33:55.940 And say, 00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:56.559 Forget it man, 00:33:56.579 --> 00:33:57.579 I can't do this, 00:33:57.579 --> 00:34:00.039 People judge me, 00:34:00.099 --> 00:34:00.059 People judge me, 00:34:00.099 --> 00:34:00.659 Unfairly, 00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:02.399 People have unreasonable, 00:34:02.399 --> 00:34:03.599 Expectations of me, 00:34:04.539 --> 00:34:08.079 But we know, 00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:09.059 That your expectations, 00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:10.079 Are obeying you, 00:34:10.179 --> 00:34:10.679 From the heart, 00:34:11.139 --> 00:34:12.380 Doing everything, 00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:13.139 Without complaining, 00:34:13.259 --> 00:34:13.880 Without arguing, 00:34:14.299 --> 00:34:14.940 Living clean, 00:34:15.059 --> 00:34:15.880 Innocent lives, 00:34:16.119 --> 00:34:17.299 And you're going to, 00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:18.699 Empower us to do that, 00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:21.259 But so often, 00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:21.799 Your people, 00:34:22.539 --> 00:34:23.719 Have done the opposite, 00:34:23.719 --> 00:34:25.579 God, 00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:26.179 I want to repent, 00:34:26.179 --> 00:34:26.819 To you today, 00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:28.339 For the many times, 00:34:28.399 --> 00:34:29.379 That I've done the opposite, 00:34:29.899 --> 00:34:31.199 I pray that you would, 00:34:31.199 --> 00:34:31.879 Lead our church, 00:34:31.939 --> 00:34:32.619 Into repentance, 00:34:33.619 --> 00:34:36.639 For not, 00:34:36.719 --> 00:34:37.739 Brightly shining, 00:34:37.879 --> 00:34:38.359 Our light, 00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:42.219 We want to look good, 00:34:42.219 --> 00:34:43.739 We want people, 00:34:43.739 --> 00:34:44.759 To think highly of us, 00:34:45.059 --> 00:34:47.139 But so often times, 00:34:47.679 --> 00:34:49.759 We're not shining your light, 00:34:50.059 --> 00:34:51.639 We're trying to, 00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:53.059 Convince everybody, 00:34:53.159 --> 00:34:53.819 To look at us, 00:34:53.939 --> 00:34:55.379 Instead of looking at you, 00:34:56.199 --> 00:34:58.579 God I pray that you, 00:34:58.699 --> 00:34:59.679 Would convict hearts right now, 00:34:59.899 --> 00:35:00.659 Starting with mine, 00:35:01.619 --> 00:35:02.519 And if there's somebody, 00:35:02.659 --> 00:35:02.980 Here today, 00:35:03.079 --> 00:35:03.980 That doesn't know you, 00:35:04.059 --> 00:35:05.079 As their personal savior, 00:35:05.219 --> 00:35:05.819 Maybe it's somebody, 00:35:05.899 --> 00:35:06.919 Who started coming recently, 00:35:07.279 --> 00:35:08.059 Maybe it's a guest, 00:35:08.359 --> 00:35:09.019 Maybe it's somebody, 00:35:09.079 --> 00:35:10.179 Who's been here a long time, 00:35:10.839 --> 00:35:11.619 But they're going to, 00:35:11.619 --> 00:35:12.299 Admit today, 00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:13.839 I need Jesus, 00:35:13.960 --> 00:35:15.000 To change me, 00:35:15.759 --> 00:35:17.019 I'm finally putting, 00:35:17.019 --> 00:35:18.019 My faith in him, 00:35:18.239 --> 00:35:19.039 Not myself, 00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:20.799 Nothing else, 00:35:22.019 --> 00:35:23.299 Just the sacrifice, 00:35:24.079 --> 00:35:24.920 Grace and love, 00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:26.039 Of Jesus Christ, 00:35:27.179 --> 00:35:28.759 Church if that's you, 00:35:28.819 --> 00:35:29.699 If there's anybody here today, 00:35:29.759 --> 00:35:30.819 Who says I'd like to surrender, 00:35:30.940 --> 00:35:31.960 My life to Jesus today, 00:35:32.259 --> 00:35:33.199 Would you slip your hand up, 00:35:33.239 --> 00:35:33.920 And I'll pray for you, 00:35:35.079 --> 00:35:36.799 Thank you, 00:35:37.039 --> 00:35:38.079 Thank you, 00:35:38.539 --> 00:35:39.880 Thank you, 00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:40.599 Put your hand down, 00:35:41.619 --> 00:35:42.679 Thank you, 00:35:42.679 --> 00:35:42.699 Thank you, 00:35:42.699 --> 00:35:42.699 00:35:42.699 --> 00:35:42.699 00:35:42.699 --> 00:35:43.099 Thank you, 00:35:43.099 --> 00:35:43.960 How many of you would say, 00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:45.480 God's dealing with me, 00:35:45.519 --> 00:35:46.719 About something else right now, 00:35:47.079 --> 00:35:48.259 Maybe it's something, 00:35:48.259 --> 00:35:49.279 About shining my light, 00:35:49.359 --> 00:35:49.980 Maybe it's something, 00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:50.639 Totally different, 00:35:50.779 --> 00:35:52.259 But I need prayer right now, 00:35:52.319 --> 00:35:53.339 Would you pray for me as well, 00:35:53.400 --> 00:35:54.219 Would you slip your hand up, 00:35:54.239 --> 00:35:55.059 And I'll pray for you as well, 00:35:55.139 --> 00:35:55.500 Thank you, 00:35:55.739 --> 00:35:56.159 Thank you, 00:35:56.299 --> 00:35:57.519 Thank you, 00:35:57.599 --> 00:35:58.319 All over the room, 00:35:58.380 --> 00:35:59.319 God you see the hands, 00:35:59.420 --> 00:36:00.139 But more importantly, 00:36:00.239 --> 00:36:01.079 You know what's going on, 00:36:01.079 --> 00:36:01.559 In each heart, 00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:03.559 And I pray that you, 00:36:03.679 --> 00:36:04.319 Would win the day, 00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:05.719 That flesh, 00:36:05.799 --> 00:36:06.339 And that Satan, 00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:07.599 Would not overwhelm, 00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:08.279 Your voice, 00:36:08.280 --> 00:36:11.960 Your word was preached, 00:36:12.060 --> 00:36:12.380 And God, 00:36:12.460 --> 00:36:13.240 I didn't do the, 00:36:13.240 --> 00:36:14.780 Best job of it, 00:36:15.860 --> 00:36:16.960 But you, 00:36:17.840 --> 00:36:19.019 By your spirit, 00:36:19.920 --> 00:36:20.700 Can overcome, 00:36:20.960 --> 00:36:21.720 All of our weaknesses, 00:36:22.720 --> 00:36:26.120 You can change us, 00:36:27.260 --> 00:36:29.900 Change us by your power, 00:36:30.420 --> 00:36:31.820 Let your light shine, 00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:32.480 From your people, 00:36:33.460 --> 00:36:34.519 Draw them to you, 00:36:34.519 --> 00:36:36.820 Make an impact, 00:36:36.900 --> 00:36:37.500 In this area, 00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:38.980 For your kingdom, 00:36:39.099 --> 00:36:40.219 In Jesus name we ask it, 00:36:40.699 --> 00:36:40.920 Amen, 00:36:41.159 --> 00:36:42.320 Church would you stand to your feet, 00:36:42.719 --> 00:36:43.599 Jared's going to leave us, 00:36:43.659 --> 00:36:44.940 Very briefly in a song, 00:36:45.019 --> 00:36:46.119 This is a great time to pray, 00:36:46.119 --> 00:36:46.320 Amen, 00:36:46.320 --> 00:36:46.320 00:36:46.320 --> 00:36:46.320 00:36:46.320 --> 00:36:46.320 00:36:46.320 --> 00:36:46.320 00:36:46.320 --> 00:36:46.320 00:36:46.320 --> 00:36:46.320 00:36:46.320 --> 00:36:46.320 00:36:46.320 --> 00:36:46.320 00:36:46.320 --> 00:36:46.320