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 All right, we are talking about stories of the kingdom. As you just saw from the intro video, we are starting a brand new series this morning.

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! So if you weren't here last week, that's all right. You are in for the beginning of a brand new series. Would you take your Bibles with me?

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 If you don't have one with you, there should be one in the seat back in front of you. There's the Bible app that you can download on your phone.

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 But everybody looking at a copy of the Word of God this morning, let's go to Matthew chapter 13. We're starting this series on the parables of Jesus.

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 These parables were stories that Jesus would use to tell an illustration of a point, a greater point and truth that he was trying to teach.

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 So, we're starting out this morning with the very first parable that we'll be covering in this series, and that is the weeds and the wheat.

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 The weeds and the wheat. Matthew chapter 13, we'll read from verse 24 down through verse 30.

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 For sake of time, I'm going to go ahead and read while you are finding your place.

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 Matthew 24, I'm sorry, Matthew 13, verse 24.

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 Jesus presented another parable to them.

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 The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field.

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 Now, let me stop right there before we go any further and draw your attention to those words.

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 The kingdom of heaven may be compared.

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 Throughout the scriptures, throughout the gospels especially, you'll see Jesus telling these parables,

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 and oftentimes he'll say the kingdom of heaven is like this.

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 And then he gives us this parable, this story which would illustrate the truth or the point he was trying to make.

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 So, that's why we're calling this series Stories of the Kingdom.

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 If you asked somebody in this room to define the kingdom of God, we might struggle a little bit to do it.

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 I was in a room full of pastors, Texas Baptist pastors across our state, gathered in Waco,

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 and the speaker said, would you all be able to define the kingdom of God for me?

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 There was dead silence.

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 And then a couple of guys ventured an explanation of what the kingdom of God is,

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 and we all had a little bit different idea of what the kingdom of God is talking about.

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 Well, let's try to wrap our head around it because apparently Jesus thought it was pretty important.

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 So much so that he gave these parables to illustrate what the kingdom of God is.

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 So, let's pick it up back in verse 25 as he says,

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 The kingdom of God can be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field,

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 but while people were sleeping, his enemy came,

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 sowed weeds among the wheat, and left.

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 When the plant sprouted and produced grain, then the weeds also appeared.

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 The landowner's servants came to him and said,

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 Master, didn't you sow good seed in your field?

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 Where did the weeds come from?

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 An enemy did this, he told them.

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 So, do you want us to go and pull them up?

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 The servants asked him.

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 No, he said.

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 When you pull up the weeds, you might also uproot the wheat with them.

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 Let both grow together until the harvest.

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 At harvest time, I'll tell the reapers,

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 Gather the weeds first,

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 and tie them in bundles to burn them.

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 But collect the wheat in my barn.

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 So, the title of our sermon this morning,

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 our message from the scriptures is this,

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 The Weeds and the Wheat.

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 Did you know that this morning,

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 you could be either a weed or a wheat?

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 Hopefully, we'll understand what he's talking about

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 as we dive a little further into this passage.

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 Can we pray together and ask God to bless our time?

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 Lord, I pray that right now you would give illumination by your spirit

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 to the words that you've given us.

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 You taught this lesson to your followers so many, many, many years ago,

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 and yet still today, as your followers,

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 it's a lesson that we need to hear.

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 I pray that you would impact us and change us from the inside out

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 to better reflect you.

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 And it's in Jesus' name we ask it.

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 Amen.

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 All right, so let's look again at this passage.

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 Jesus says the kingdom of God is like this.

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 The kingdom of heaven is like this.

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 The man goes and sows good seed in the field.

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 So the first truth that we uncover here

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 is there's nothing wrong with the seed.

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 The seed is not the problem.

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 The seed is not the problem.

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 Would you look back up in that passage just a little bit earlier,

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 verse 3.

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 Matthew 13, but back up to verse 3.

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 Jesus tells them many things in parables, it says.

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 And the first one he shared here in this instance is,

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 consider the sower.

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 You know, we're talking about one who goes out and sows seed,

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 trying to get something to grow.

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 So the sower went out to sow.

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 As he sowed, some seed fell along the path.

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 The birds came and devoured it.

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 Other seed fell on rocky ground.

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 It didn't have much soil.

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 And it grew up quickly since the soil wasn't deep.

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 But when the sun came up, it was scorched.

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 It had no root.

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 And it withered away.

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 Other seed fell among thorns.

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 And the thorns came up and choked it.

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 Other seed fell on good ground and then produced fruit.

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 Some hundred, sixty, thirty times what was sown.

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 Do you understand the constant thing in that passage?

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 The problem with the results of the seed was never with the seed itself.

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 The seed was never the problem.

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 The problem was always what happened after.

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 So, the truth we must understand,

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 that I believe Jesus is trying to teach this morning,

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 is the gospel is the seed.

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 What do we mean by the gospel?

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 Well, that word literally means good news.

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 The good news about Jesus.

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 That is the seed.

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 And there's nothing wrong with the seed.

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 So, as we are going out into this world,

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 whether it be in our homes,

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 or our neighborhoods,

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 or our workplace,

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 or our friend group,

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 or even just strangers that we encounter throughout our day,

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 as we are in our circle of life,

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 we are meant to be like this sower and sow seed.

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 Go out and sow good seed.

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 Now, you might be sowing bad seed,

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 and then you'll get bad fruit.

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 But if you sow good seed,

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 then you have an opportunity then

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 to see the fruit of the good news of Jesus

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 pop up in your life.

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 So, there's nothing actually wrong with the seed itself.

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 There might be something wrong with the sower,

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 and where he's sowing the seed.

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 There might be something wrong with other weeds or thorns

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 that pop up alongside it,

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 and we're going to look more in detail at that part of it.

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 But the gospel, the good news of Jesus,

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 there's nothing wrong with that.

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 And so, don't let the message change.

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 Unfortunately, do you understand

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 that in churches across our world,

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 sometimes the message has changed.

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 There is a truth,

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 and then everything else is not truth.

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 Do you understand that?

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 There is truth,

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 and if it's not that,

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 then it's a lie.

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 The truth is,

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 you and I are sinners.

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 We each have our own sins,

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 but we are sinners,

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 every one of us.

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 We share that in common.

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 Goes all the way back to the Garden of Eden,

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 when Adam and Eve chose to disobey God,

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 and from then on,

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 the Bible teaches us,

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 sin passed upon everyone,

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 all of us.

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 We have all sinned.

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 We've all broken God's laws.

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 We've all broken God's commandments.

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 So, we were in need of someone to help us.

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 You can't go back and rewrite what you've done.

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 You can't even start from now and never mess up again.

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 None of us are capable.

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 We're all gonna mess up.

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 We're all going to willfully break God's laws.

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 That's who we are.

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 So, we need somebody to help us.

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 Well, there was only one,

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 both willing and able,

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 to do that,

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 and his name is

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 Jesus.

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 That's right.

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 And if you didn't know that,

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 then I hope that good news

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 just brightened your day today.

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 Because Jesus is the one,

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 the only one,

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 willing and able

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 to do something about this sin problem.

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 And he did.

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 That was God's plan from the beginning.

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 And so, Jesus

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 left his throne in heaven,

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 came down,

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 humbled himself,

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 took on human flesh,

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 became one of us,

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 lived this life,

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 suffered all the same struggles

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 that we suffer,

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 dealt with the temptations

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 that we deal with,

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 but he did it without ever sinning.

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 He became our example

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 of how to live this life.

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 And he walked among us.

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 He healed us.

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 He served us.

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 He met our needs.

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 He taught us.

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 He came to seek

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 and to save

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 the lost.

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 And he's still doing it today.

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 He's still seeking.

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 He's still saving.

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 Every time we see somebody

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 hop up in those baptism waters

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 and give that public expression

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 of their faith,

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 they're showing that Jesus

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 saved them.

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 He sought them.

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 He found them.

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 And he saved them.

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 So the seed is not the problem.

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 The seed is that message.

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 That still changes lives today.

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 That still is the good news.

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 A lot of news out there.

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 Y'all know what I'm talking about.

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 Whether you turn on Fox

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 or CNN

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 or something else,

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 you'll find news

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 and most of it

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 probably doesn't make

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 your day brighter.

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 But

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 there is good news.

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 And that's from Jesus

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 and that's what we promote.

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 That's what we

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 sow

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 and then let God

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 bring fruit.

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 So the seed is not the problem.

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 But then the second part

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 of this passage

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 that we see,

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 I'm going to get back to it

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 on the screen for you here.

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 Verse 24.

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 He sowed good seed

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 in his field

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 but while the people

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 were sleeping,

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 what happened?

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 The enemy came.

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 Well, if you're a follower

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 of Jesus,

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 who's the enemy?

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 That's right.

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 It's not your neighbor.

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 It's not that guy

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 who cuts you off in traffic.

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 Okay?

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 It's not the person

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 who's going at you

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 on social media.

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 That's not your enemy.

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 The enemy is Satan.

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 There is an enemy

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 and he is trying

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 to undermine and destroy

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 what God does

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 in this world.

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 Now, he's always going to fail

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 but he's going to give it

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 his best effort.

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 And so the enemy came

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 and he sowed weeds

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 among the wheat

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 and then he left.

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 Did his work

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 and took off.

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 And when the plants

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 sprouted and produced grain,

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 the weeds also appeared.

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 So the work of the enemy

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 was there.

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 And I can promise you,

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 the enemy

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 will always sabotage.

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 The enemy

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 will always sabotage

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 what God is trying to do

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 in this world

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 and in your life.

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 The enemy's not just

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 going to sit by quietly

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 and let God

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 turn your life around

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 and make everything

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 how it ought to be.

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 The enemy's going to fight back.

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 I'm sorry to tell you that.

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 That's how sweet heaven

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 is going to be someday.

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 When our race

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 on this earth is run

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 and our time is complete

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 and God brings us

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 home to heaven,

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 we get to live

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 this perfect,

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 wonderful,

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 forever,

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 eternity with Jesus.

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 And there's no enemy

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 to fight against.

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 But until that day comes,

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 the enemy is trying

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 to hold on

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 to the darkness.

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 He's trying to not let

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 any more

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 turn to the light.

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 So he's going to sabotage.

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 And what does he do?

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 He doesn't just go

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 pull up

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 the good seed

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 that was sown.

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 Number one,

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 I don't think God would,

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 God definitely would not

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 let him do that.

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 What he does

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 is he tries to make it

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 hard to tell

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 what came from good seed

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 and what came from bad seed.

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 So he goes

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 and sabotages.

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 He's sneaky.

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 He's a trickster.

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 So,

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 let's look back at the text.

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 Verse 25.

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 He sowed weeds

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 among the wheat

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 and left.

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 When the plants

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 sprouted

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 and appeared,

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 the weeds

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 also appeared.

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 Now,

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 understand a principle

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 about this.

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 In your copy

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 of the word of God,

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 it might say

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 tares

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 instead of wheat.

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 T-A-R-E-S.

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 Anybody have a Bible

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 that says tares?

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 I figured there'd be

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 a number of you.

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 And it basically

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 means the same thing.

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 Let me share

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 a little truth here.

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 The weeds

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 can look like wheat.

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 This was a common problem.

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 Honestly,

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 it still is a common problem.

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 We have any wheat farmers

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 in here?

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 I didn't think so.

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 We were,

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 if we were in the Midwest,

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 you know,

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 we might get some more of that.

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 But the weeds

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 can look like wheat.

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 I want to show you

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 a picture.

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 On the left,

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 the words are probably

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 hard to see,

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 but on the left,

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 you've got Darnell.

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 Or Darnal.

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 Anybody know how

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 to pronounce that?

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 We'll go with Darnell.

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 It works for me.

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 And then on the right,

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 you have wheat.

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 To the casual observer,

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 if you're walking

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 through a field,

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 would you easily

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 be able to identify

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 the weeds,

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 tares,

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 Darnell

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 from the wheat?

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 Yes?

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 That's good.

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 Most of us can't.

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 It's a very,

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 very common problem

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 in agriculture

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 when it comes to wheat

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 is it's hard

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 to identify.

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 Now,

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 as it grows

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 come harvest time,

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 it's easier

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 to identify.

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 The weeds

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 will get these,

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 the Darnell,

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 the tares

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 will get these

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 dark seeds,

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 and then the wheat

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 will have the nice

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 white seeds.

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 But early

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 in its stages,

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 it's very,

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 very hard

00:15:05.519 --> 00:15:06.220
 to distinguish

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 the tares

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 or the weeds

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 from the wheat.

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 Do you know

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 what's interesting?

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 Is that the enemy

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 was not just

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 trying to get rid

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 of the good man's crops.

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 He was trying

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 to make it hard

00:15:21.740 --> 00:15:22.379
 for him

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 to pull up

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 the good crops

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 and not pull up

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 the bad crops

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 with it.

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 Not be able

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 to identify

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 which is which.

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 Do you realize

00:15:35.439 --> 00:15:36.159
 that Darnell

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 over here,

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 these tares,

00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:38.720
 are poisonous

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 both to humans

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 and animals?

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 They can ruin

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 a field.

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 They can take over.

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 They can absolutely

00:15:49.279 --> 00:15:50.360
 ruin what he's

00:15:50.360 --> 00:15:51.200
 trying to do.

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 Do you understand

00:15:53.580 --> 00:15:54.220
 the point

00:15:54.220 --> 00:15:54.720
 that Jesus

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 is making here?

00:15:56.759 --> 00:15:57.700
 The enemy

00:15:57.700 --> 00:15:58.740
 is tricky

00:15:58.740 --> 00:15:59.740
 in how he

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 sabotages

00:16:00.620 --> 00:16:01.580
 God's work

00:16:01.580 --> 00:16:02.320
 on this world.

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 He doesn't

00:16:04.700 --> 00:16:05.420
 always just

00:16:05.420 --> 00:16:06.280
 try to

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 stop

00:16:07.420 --> 00:16:08.140
 the message

00:16:08.140 --> 00:16:08.780
 of God.

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 Sometimes

00:16:10.240 --> 00:16:11.440
 he tries

00:16:11.440 --> 00:16:12.360
 to sabotage

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 it

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 by putting

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 a different

00:16:14.520 --> 00:16:15.160
 message in

00:16:15.160 --> 00:16:15.640
 with it.

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 He tries

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 to put people

00:16:19.340 --> 00:16:20.000
 who are not

00:16:20.000 --> 00:16:21.000
 truly followers

00:16:21.000 --> 00:16:21.659
 of Jesus

00:16:21.659 --> 00:16:23.259
 and put them

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 into a church

00:16:24.360 --> 00:16:24.879
 of Jesus

00:16:24.879 --> 00:16:25.299
 followers.

00:16:26.820 --> 00:16:27.879
 He tries

00:16:27.879 --> 00:16:28.299
 to make

00:16:28.299 --> 00:16:28.960
 something that

00:16:28.960 --> 00:16:29.799
 kind of looks

00:16:29.799 --> 00:16:31.340
 like Jesus

00:16:31.340 --> 00:16:32.220
 and kind of

00:16:32.220 --> 00:16:32.799
 looks like

00:16:32.799 --> 00:16:33.440
 Christianity

00:16:33.440 --> 00:16:35.320
 but it's got

00:16:35.320 --> 00:16:36.080
 a very different

00:16:36.080 --> 00:16:36.559
 purpose

00:16:36.559 --> 00:16:37.759
 and it's

00:16:37.759 --> 00:16:38.259
 poisonous.

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 There's all

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 kinds of

00:16:41.899 --> 00:16:42.440
 illustrations

00:16:42.440 --> 00:16:43.000
 of that.

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 Sometimes

00:16:44.700 --> 00:16:45.460
 the tares

00:16:45.460 --> 00:16:45.980
 don't even

00:16:45.980 --> 00:16:46.460
 know

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 or realize

00:16:47.559 --> 00:16:48.399
 when it

00:16:48.399 --> 00:16:48.879
 comes to

00:16:48.879 --> 00:16:49.439
 spiritual

00:16:49.439 --> 00:16:49.879
 tares

00:16:49.879 --> 00:16:50.439
 and weeds

00:16:50.439 --> 00:16:51.019
 they don't

00:16:51.019 --> 00:16:51.480
 understand

00:16:51.480 --> 00:16:51.919
 that they're

00:16:51.919 --> 00:16:52.600
 being used

00:16:52.600 --> 00:16:53.059
 in this

00:16:53.059 --> 00:16:53.480
 way.

00:16:54.399 --> 00:16:54.799
 They're just

00:16:54.799 --> 00:16:55.159
 trying to

00:16:55.159 --> 00:16:55.519
 live their

00:16:55.519 --> 00:16:55.960
 life.

00:16:56.460 --> 00:16:56.899
 Just trying

00:16:56.899 --> 00:16:57.179
 to get

00:16:57.179 --> 00:16:57.700
 what's best

00:16:57.700 --> 00:16:58.159
 for them.

00:16:59.379 --> 00:16:59.820
 And sure

00:16:59.820 --> 00:17:00.379
 why wouldn't

00:17:00.379 --> 00:17:00.779
 I join

00:17:00.779 --> 00:17:01.439
 this church

00:17:01.439 --> 00:17:02.179
 bunch of

00:17:02.179 --> 00:17:02.939
 moral upstanding

00:17:02.939 --> 00:17:03.480
 citizens.

00:17:03.799 --> 00:17:04.180
 Yeah that's

00:17:04.180 --> 00:17:04.619
 me too.

00:17:05.339 --> 00:17:05.759
 But they

00:17:05.759 --> 00:17:06.240
 have their

00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:06.579
 agenda

00:17:06.579 --> 00:17:07.740
 and it

00:17:07.740 --> 00:17:08.319
 does not

00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:08.640
 mimic

00:17:08.640 --> 00:17:09.140
 God's

00:17:09.140 --> 00:17:09.420
 agenda.

00:17:10.140 --> 00:17:10.759
 They have

00:17:10.759 --> 00:17:11.579
 their priorities

00:17:11.579 --> 00:17:12.460
 that don't

00:17:12.460 --> 00:17:13.000
 align with

00:17:13.000 --> 00:17:13.400
 God's

00:17:13.400 --> 00:17:13.880
 priorities.

00:17:14.880 --> 00:17:15.400
 And all

00:17:15.400 --> 00:17:15.940
 of a sudden

00:17:15.940 --> 00:17:16.759
 when those

00:17:16.759 --> 00:17:17.720
 people have

00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:18.140
 been in a

00:17:18.140 --> 00:17:18.600
 church for

00:17:18.600 --> 00:17:18.960
 a while

00:17:18.960 --> 00:17:19.539
 and they

00:17:19.539 --> 00:17:20.039
 start raising

00:17:20.039 --> 00:17:20.600
 their family

00:17:20.600 --> 00:17:20.980
 in that

00:17:20.980 --> 00:17:21.400
 church

00:17:21.400 --> 00:17:22.340
 they are

00:17:22.340 --> 00:17:22.779
 promoting

00:17:22.779 --> 00:17:23.539
 a different

00:17:23.539 --> 00:17:24.240
 kind of

00:17:24.240 --> 00:17:24.799
 Christianity

00:17:24.799 --> 00:17:25.559
 than Jesus

00:17:25.559 --> 00:17:26.620
 left us

00:17:26.620 --> 00:17:26.940
 with.

00:17:28.360 --> 00:17:28.980
 And all

00:17:28.980 --> 00:17:29.400
 of a sudden

00:17:29.400 --> 00:17:30.080
 churches can

00:17:30.080 --> 00:17:30.519
 start to

00:17:30.519 --> 00:17:31.360
 get sidetracked

00:17:31.360 --> 00:17:32.500
 and they

00:17:32.500 --> 00:17:33.000
 can start

00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:33.340
 to get

00:17:33.340 --> 00:17:34.080
 overrun

00:17:34.080 --> 00:17:34.960
 with

00:17:34.960 --> 00:17:35.660
 tares

00:17:35.660 --> 00:17:36.640
 with

00:17:36.640 --> 00:17:37.240
 weeds.

00:17:38.240 --> 00:17:38.559
 This is

00:17:38.559 --> 00:17:39.180
 the principle

00:17:39.180 --> 00:17:40.200
 that Jesus

00:17:40.200 --> 00:17:40.860
 is teaching

00:17:40.860 --> 00:17:41.640
 his followers

00:17:41.640 --> 00:17:43.000
 saying be

00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:43.460
 careful

00:17:43.460 --> 00:17:44.340
 the enemy

00:17:44.340 --> 00:17:45.000
 is going

00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:45.480
 to bring

00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:46.099
 up those

00:17:46.099 --> 00:17:46.700
 among

00:17:46.700 --> 00:17:47.240
 you

00:17:47.240 --> 00:17:48.980
 who will

00:17:48.980 --> 00:17:49.359
 try to

00:17:49.359 --> 00:17:49.740
 get you

00:17:49.740 --> 00:17:50.319
 off track.

00:17:50.880 --> 00:17:51.319
 Try to

00:17:51.319 --> 00:17:51.859
 change

00:17:51.859 --> 00:17:52.559
 the priorities

00:17:52.559 --> 00:17:53.059
 that I

00:17:53.059 --> 00:17:53.559
 gave you.

00:17:54.460 --> 00:17:55.000
 The weeds

00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:55.640
 can look

00:17:55.640 --> 00:17:56.380
 like wheat

00:17:56.380 --> 00:17:57.099
 but when

00:17:57.099 --> 00:17:57.700
 it's harvest

00:17:57.700 --> 00:17:58.200
 time

00:17:58.200 --> 00:17:59.880
 God will

00:17:59.880 --> 00:18:00.180
 know the

00:18:00.180 --> 00:18:00.599
 difference.

00:18:01.420 --> 00:18:01.700
 He will

00:18:01.700 --> 00:18:02.519
 separate the

00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:03.240
 wheat from

00:18:03.240 --> 00:18:03.740
 the tares.

00:18:04.140 --> 00:18:04.559
 He will

00:18:04.559 --> 00:18:05.240
 separate the

00:18:05.240 --> 00:18:06.019
 wheat from

00:18:06.019 --> 00:18:06.579
 the weeds.

00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:07.660
 So

00:18:07.660 --> 00:18:09.180
 the enemy

00:18:09.180 --> 00:18:10.279
 will sabotage

00:18:10.279 --> 00:18:12.200
 and the

00:18:12.200 --> 00:18:12.619
 hard part

00:18:12.619 --> 00:18:12.960
 is

00:18:12.960 --> 00:18:14.400
 the tares

00:18:14.400 --> 00:18:14.759
 or the

00:18:14.759 --> 00:18:15.080
 weeds

00:18:15.080 --> 00:18:15.640
 can look

00:18:15.640 --> 00:18:16.140
 like

00:18:16.140 --> 00:18:16.700
 the wheat.

00:18:18.100 --> 00:18:18.660
 Another

00:18:18.660 --> 00:18:19.019
 thing

00:18:19.019 --> 00:18:20.500
 the weeds

00:18:20.500 --> 00:18:20.920
 roots

00:18:20.920 --> 00:18:21.660
 go deep.

00:18:22.600 --> 00:18:23.040
 They go

00:18:23.040 --> 00:18:23.360
 deep.

00:18:25.680 --> 00:18:26.759
 The weeds

00:18:26.759 --> 00:18:27.320
 roots

00:18:27.320 --> 00:18:28.420
 go much

00:18:28.420 --> 00:18:28.980
 deeper

00:18:28.980 --> 00:18:31.600
 than the

00:18:31.600 --> 00:18:32.019
 wheat's

00:18:32.019 --> 00:18:32.360
 roots

00:18:32.360 --> 00:18:32.900
 do.

00:18:33.980 --> 00:18:34.400
 I don't

00:18:34.400 --> 00:18:34.620
 know if I

00:18:34.620 --> 00:18:34.920
 said that

00:18:34.920 --> 00:18:35.360
 very well

00:18:35.360 --> 00:18:36.320
 but you

00:18:36.320 --> 00:18:36.540
 know what

00:18:36.540 --> 00:18:36.820
 I'm trying

00:18:36.820 --> 00:18:37.160
 to say.

00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:38.920
 The tares

00:18:38.920 --> 00:18:39.560
 have these

00:18:39.560 --> 00:18:40.840
 long roots

00:18:40.840 --> 00:18:41.500
 that go

00:18:41.500 --> 00:18:42.019
 in deep

00:18:42.019 --> 00:18:42.280
 and then

00:18:42.280 --> 00:18:43.019
 they spread

00:18:43.019 --> 00:18:44.639
 out and

00:18:44.639 --> 00:18:44.920
 they can

00:18:44.920 --> 00:18:45.440
 start to

00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:45.879
 choke

00:18:45.879 --> 00:18:48.599
 the roots

00:18:48.599 --> 00:18:49.039
 of the

00:18:49.039 --> 00:18:49.319
 wheat,

00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:49.819
 the good

00:18:49.819 --> 00:18:50.460
 crop that

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 the sower

00:18:50.900 --> 00:18:51.599
 was trying

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 to produce.

00:18:54.500 --> 00:18:55.619
 The weeds

00:18:55.619 --> 00:18:56.180
 roots

00:18:56.180 --> 00:18:57.420
 can go

00:18:57.420 --> 00:18:58.240
 so deep

00:18:58.240 --> 00:18:58.740
 in a

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 church

00:18:59.299 --> 00:19:00.460
 or in a

00:19:00.460 --> 00:19:00.859
 community

00:19:00.859 --> 00:19:01.400
 of Jesus

00:19:01.400 --> 00:19:01.940
 followers

00:19:01.940 --> 00:19:05.220
 that it

00:19:05.220 --> 00:19:05.799
 can start

00:19:05.799 --> 00:19:06.480
 to choke

00:19:06.480 --> 00:19:07.460
 out what

00:19:07.460 --> 00:19:07.940
 God is

00:19:07.940 --> 00:19:08.539
 actually trying

00:19:08.539 --> 00:19:08.839
 to do

00:19:08.839 --> 00:19:09.519
 through those

00:19:09.519 --> 00:19:10.079
 followers of

00:19:10.079 --> 00:19:10.639
 Jesus in

00:19:10.639 --> 00:19:11.139
 this world.

00:19:12.579 --> 00:19:13.059
 Unfortunately,

00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:13.639
 you see it

00:19:13.639 --> 00:19:13.859
 all the

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 time.

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 That's often

00:19:16.299 --> 00:19:16.839
 why churches

00:19:16.839 --> 00:19:17.240
 end up

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 dying.

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 That's why

00:19:18.399 --> 00:19:18.919
 churches end

00:19:18.919 --> 00:19:19.519
 up closing,

00:19:20.439 --> 00:19:21.179
 shutting down

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 because the

00:19:22.639 --> 00:19:23.519
 devil got

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 in there

00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:25.199
 and sabotaged

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 them.

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 His roots

00:19:27.679 --> 00:19:28.299
 went so

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 deep that

00:19:29.639 --> 00:19:30.099
 it choked

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 out everything

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 else.

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 We must

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 recognize

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 when there

00:19:36.379 --> 00:19:37.099
 are certain

00:19:37.099 --> 00:19:38.240
 values or

00:19:38.240 --> 00:19:38.939
 priorities

00:19:38.940 --> 00:19:39.820
 within

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 certain

00:19:40.400 --> 00:19:40.980
 people

00:19:40.980 --> 00:19:41.519
 that

00:19:41.519 --> 00:19:41.860
 don't

00:19:41.860 --> 00:19:42.380
 align

00:19:42.380 --> 00:19:42.779
 with

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 God's

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 values

00:19:43.860 --> 00:19:44.100
 and

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 priorities.

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 You know

00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:46.000
 what the

00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:46.519
 crazy thing

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 is?

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 We have

00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:47.420
 to check

00:19:47.420 --> 00:19:47.799
 our own

00:19:47.799 --> 00:19:48.100
 heart

00:19:48.100 --> 00:19:49.140
 and see

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 if our

00:19:49.559 --> 00:19:49.920
 own

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 values

00:19:50.539 --> 00:19:50.820
 and

00:19:50.820 --> 00:19:51.380
 priorities

00:19:51.380 --> 00:19:51.980
 align

00:19:51.980 --> 00:19:52.900
 with God's

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 with our

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 lives,

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 with our

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 families,

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 but especially

00:19:55.960 --> 00:19:56.340
 when it

00:19:56.340 --> 00:19:57.000
 comes to

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 our church.

00:19:58.880 --> 00:19:59.539
 There is

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 nothing that

00:20:00.240 --> 00:20:00.980
 Satan wants

00:20:00.980 --> 00:20:02.259
 more than

00:20:02.259 --> 00:20:02.740
 to just

00:20:02.740 --> 00:20:03.480
 make our

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 church

00:20:03.880 --> 00:20:04.660
 ineffective.

00:20:06.460 --> 00:20:07.140
 He doesn't

00:20:07.140 --> 00:20:08.000
 even necessarily

00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:09.200
 want to close

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 us down

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 if he can

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 just make

00:20:11.359 --> 00:20:12.500
 us ineffective

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 for God's

00:20:13.140 --> 00:20:13.359
 kingdom.

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 So when

00:20:15.819 --> 00:20:16.279
 you're looking

00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:17.019
 at God's

00:20:17.019 --> 00:20:17.519
 kingdom,

00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:19.579
 by the way,

00:20:19.660 --> 00:20:20.000
 God's

00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:21.160
 kingdom was,

00:20:21.359 --> 00:20:21.660
 is,

00:20:21.740 --> 00:20:22.319
 and always

00:20:22.319 --> 00:20:22.960
 will be,

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 but if you're

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 looking at

00:20:25.880 --> 00:20:27.099
 advancing God's

00:20:27.099 --> 00:20:27.660
 kingdom on

00:20:27.660 --> 00:20:28.339
 this earth

00:20:28.339 --> 00:20:29.039
 right now,

00:20:29.400 --> 00:20:29.779
 which is what

00:20:29.779 --> 00:20:30.519
 God told us

00:20:30.519 --> 00:20:31.000
 to do,

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 then how

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 would we go

00:20:34.980 --> 00:20:35.599
 about it?

00:20:36.099 --> 00:20:36.259
 Well,

00:20:36.259 --> 00:20:36.700
 we would go

00:20:36.700 --> 00:20:37.079
 about it

00:20:37.079 --> 00:20:37.619
 by sharing

00:20:37.619 --> 00:20:38.000
 the good

00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:38.339
 news of

00:20:38.339 --> 00:20:38.759
 Jesus with

00:20:38.759 --> 00:20:39.200
 other people.

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 What if

00:20:41.119 --> 00:20:41.619
 the devil

00:20:41.619 --> 00:20:42.160
 got in

00:20:42.160 --> 00:20:42.500
 and said,

00:20:42.579 --> 00:20:42.640
 no,

00:20:42.740 --> 00:20:42.779
 no,

00:20:42.779 --> 00:20:42.879
 no,

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 no,

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 no,

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 that's not

00:20:44.019 --> 00:20:44.400
 the most

00:20:44.400 --> 00:20:44.740
 important

00:20:44.740 --> 00:20:45.099
 thing.

00:20:45.559 --> 00:20:46.279
 The most

00:20:46.279 --> 00:20:46.619
 important

00:20:46.619 --> 00:20:47.059
 thing is

00:20:47.059 --> 00:20:47.640
 not sharing

00:20:47.640 --> 00:20:47.980
 the good

00:20:47.980 --> 00:20:48.299
 news of

00:20:48.299 --> 00:20:48.579
 Jesus,

00:20:48.839 --> 00:20:49.420
 the most

00:20:49.420 --> 00:20:49.799
 important

00:20:49.799 --> 00:20:51.519
 thing is

00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:52.099
 having a

00:20:52.099 --> 00:20:53.059
 nice group

00:20:53.059 --> 00:20:54.019
 of like-minded

00:20:54.019 --> 00:20:55.759
 people that

00:20:55.759 --> 00:20:56.440
 you can enjoy

00:20:56.440 --> 00:20:56.900
 your life

00:20:56.900 --> 00:20:57.220
 with.

00:20:58.799 --> 00:20:59.279
 Well,

00:20:59.319 --> 00:20:59.740
 that sounds

00:20:59.740 --> 00:21:00.079
 good,

00:21:00.119 --> 00:21:00.359
 right?

00:21:01.599 --> 00:21:02.539
 I want a

00:21:02.539 --> 00:21:03.099
 nice group

00:21:03.099 --> 00:21:03.700
 of like-minded

00:21:03.700 --> 00:21:04.259
 people that

00:21:04.259 --> 00:21:04.779
 I can enjoy

00:21:04.779 --> 00:21:05.220
 my life

00:21:05.220 --> 00:21:05.480
 with.

00:21:06.039 --> 00:21:06.559
 I think

00:21:06.559 --> 00:21:06.940
 we all

00:21:06.940 --> 00:21:07.160
 do.

00:21:07.980 --> 00:21:08.640
 Funny thing

00:21:08.640 --> 00:21:09.039
 is,

00:21:09.339 --> 00:21:10.140
 God told us

00:21:10.140 --> 00:21:10.500
 to do

00:21:10.500 --> 00:21:10.819
 that.

00:21:11.880 --> 00:21:12.360
 He said

00:21:12.360 --> 00:21:12.880
 you should,

00:21:13.140 --> 00:21:13.640
 one of the

00:21:13.640 --> 00:21:14.140
 functions of

00:21:14.140 --> 00:21:14.500
 the church

00:21:14.500 --> 00:21:15.220
 should be

00:21:15.220 --> 00:21:16.039
 to have a

00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:16.640
 nice group

00:21:16.640 --> 00:21:17.620
 of followers

00:21:17.620 --> 00:21:18.160
 of Jesus

00:21:18.160 --> 00:21:18.680
 that you

00:21:18.680 --> 00:21:19.620
 can do

00:21:19.620 --> 00:21:20.360
 life with

00:21:20.360 --> 00:21:20.819
 together.

00:21:21.880 --> 00:21:22.620
 But if

00:21:22.620 --> 00:21:23.559
 that becomes

00:21:23.559 --> 00:21:24.319
 the priority,

00:21:25.140 --> 00:21:25.600
 then what

00:21:25.600 --> 00:21:26.079
 happens?

00:21:26.600 --> 00:21:27.240
 We become

00:21:27.240 --> 00:21:27.880
 this us

00:21:27.880 --> 00:21:28.839
 for and no

00:21:28.839 --> 00:21:29.500
 more kind

00:21:29.500 --> 00:21:29.839
 of group

00:21:29.839 --> 00:21:30.200
 of people.

00:21:30.779 --> 00:21:31.660
 This click,

00:21:32.120 --> 00:21:32.799
 this private

00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:33.759
 club of people

00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:34.460
 that it's

00:21:34.460 --> 00:21:34.660
 like,

00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:34.879
 hey,

00:21:35.140 --> 00:21:35.579
 this is

00:21:35.579 --> 00:21:35.960
 who we

00:21:35.960 --> 00:21:36.259
 are,

00:21:36.640 --> 00:21:37.140
 this is

00:21:37.140 --> 00:21:37.500
 what we're

00:21:37.500 --> 00:21:37.839
 about,

00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:39.039
 and if you

00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:39.460
 don't fit

00:21:39.460 --> 00:21:39.759
 in,

00:21:39.900 --> 00:21:40.339
 you can't

00:21:40.339 --> 00:21:40.660
 sit with

00:21:40.660 --> 00:21:40.940
 us.

00:21:42.180 --> 00:21:42.879
 You can't

00:21:42.879 --> 00:21:43.140
 come in

00:21:43.140 --> 00:21:43.599
 these doors

00:21:43.599 --> 00:21:43.920
 and we'll

00:21:43.920 --> 00:21:44.759
 look at you

00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:45.579
 sideways and

00:21:45.579 --> 00:21:47.220
 somebody's wearing

00:21:47.220 --> 00:21:47.680
 their hat in

00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:48.119
 this building.

00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:49.420
 Unbelievable.

00:21:50.299 --> 00:21:50.680
 Weren't they

00:21:50.680 --> 00:21:51.200
 raised better

00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:51.539
 than that?

00:21:54.480 --> 00:21:55.200
 There's all

00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:55.680
 kinds of

00:21:55.680 --> 00:21:56.559
 examples of

00:21:56.559 --> 00:21:57.240
 how that could

00:21:57.240 --> 00:21:57.920
 play out.

00:21:57.920 --> 00:22:00.779
 it's not

00:22:00.779 --> 00:22:01.940
 about our

00:22:01.940 --> 00:22:02.759
 little group

00:22:02.759 --> 00:22:04.140
 all looking

00:22:04.140 --> 00:22:04.600
 alike,

00:22:05.640 --> 00:22:06.340
 thinking alike,

00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:07.100
 acting alike

00:22:07.100 --> 00:22:07.779
 all the time.

00:22:08.180 --> 00:22:08.820
 It's about

00:22:08.820 --> 00:22:09.519
 all of us

00:22:09.519 --> 00:22:10.860
 together trying

00:22:10.860 --> 00:22:11.720
 to be like

00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:12.240
 Jesus.

00:22:13.519 --> 00:22:14.000
 He's going

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.500
 to take us

00:22:14.500 --> 00:22:15.220
 different places

00:22:15.220 --> 00:22:15.779
 in different

00:22:15.779 --> 00:22:16.259
 ways,

00:22:16.660 --> 00:22:17.460
 but he's

00:22:17.460 --> 00:22:17.900
 going to do

00:22:17.900 --> 00:22:18.539
 it together.

00:22:19.779 --> 00:22:20.420
 And we

00:22:20.420 --> 00:22:21.640
 need to

00:22:21.640 --> 00:22:22.220
 take him

00:22:22.220 --> 00:22:23.140
 to the people

00:22:23.140 --> 00:22:23.759
 outside these

00:22:23.759 --> 00:22:24.060
 walls.

00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:25.519
 Truth is,

00:22:25.580 --> 00:22:26.100
 sometimes we

00:22:26.100 --> 00:22:26.500
 need to take

00:22:26.500 --> 00:22:26.820
 him to the

00:22:26.820 --> 00:22:27.360
 people inside

00:22:27.359 --> 00:22:27.779
 these walls

00:22:27.779 --> 00:22:28.000
 too.

00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:30.679
 But the

00:22:30.679 --> 00:22:31.479
 weeds roots

00:22:31.479 --> 00:22:32.299
 can go so

00:22:32.299 --> 00:22:33.179
 deep that

00:22:33.179 --> 00:22:33.919
 over time

00:22:33.919 --> 00:22:34.500
 a church

00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:35.119
 can begin

00:22:35.119 --> 00:22:35.979
 to prioritize

00:22:35.979 --> 00:22:37.199
 different things

00:22:37.199 --> 00:22:38.000
 other than

00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:38.740
 taking Jesus

00:22:38.740 --> 00:22:39.759
 to everyone

00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:40.199
 who needs

00:22:40.199 --> 00:22:40.559
 to hear.

00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:42.539
 And that's

00:22:42.539 --> 00:22:43.019
 when a church

00:22:43.019 --> 00:22:43.500
 can start

00:22:43.500 --> 00:22:44.259
 to get so

00:22:44.259 --> 00:22:45.039
 steeped,

00:22:45.159 --> 00:22:46.619
 so cemented

00:22:46.619 --> 00:22:47.319
 in their

00:22:47.319 --> 00:22:48.379
 own traditions,

00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:49.699
 their own

00:22:49.699 --> 00:22:50.240
 values,

00:22:50.339 --> 00:22:50.859
 what they

00:22:50.859 --> 00:22:51.539
 feel is

00:22:51.539 --> 00:22:52.359
 most important

00:22:52.359 --> 00:22:54.139
 that they

00:22:54.139 --> 00:22:54.719
 are resistant

00:22:54.719 --> 00:22:55.299
 to anything

00:22:55.299 --> 00:22:55.699
 else.

00:22:55.700 --> 00:22:57.240
 and if

00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:57.600
 Jesus

00:22:57.600 --> 00:22:58.279
 himself

00:22:58.279 --> 00:22:59.080
 walked in

00:22:59.080 --> 00:22:59.900
 and said,

00:23:00.100 --> 00:23:00.340
 I want

00:23:00.340 --> 00:23:00.600
 you to

00:23:00.600 --> 00:23:01.160
 stop doing

00:23:01.160 --> 00:23:01.580
 this and

00:23:01.580 --> 00:23:02.120
 start doing

00:23:02.120 --> 00:23:02.519
 this,

00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:03.180
 they'd say,

00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:03.500
 well,

00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:03.900
 we're not

00:23:03.900 --> 00:23:04.380
 sure about

00:23:04.380 --> 00:23:04.700
 that.

00:23:06.059 --> 00:23:06.460
 Committee's

00:23:06.460 --> 00:23:06.640
 going to

00:23:06.640 --> 00:23:06.920
 have to

00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:07.480
 recommend it,

00:23:07.539 --> 00:23:07.759
 we're going

00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:07.920
 to have to

00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:08.140
 put it

00:23:08.140 --> 00:23:08.380
 to a

00:23:08.380 --> 00:23:08.539
 vote,

00:23:08.620 --> 00:23:08.840
 Jesus.

00:23:10.580 --> 00:23:11.220
 We have

00:23:11.220 --> 00:23:11.559
 our way

00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:11.779
 of doing

00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:12.279
 things here.

00:23:13.100 --> 00:23:13.380
 Now look,

00:23:13.420 --> 00:23:13.700
 I'm not

00:23:13.700 --> 00:23:14.120
 attacking

00:23:14.120 --> 00:23:14.779
 committees

00:23:14.779 --> 00:23:15.580
 or votes,

00:23:16.140 --> 00:23:17.240
 but we

00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:17.680
 have to

00:23:17.680 --> 00:23:18.160
 ensure

00:23:18.160 --> 00:23:19.759
 that what

00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:20.200
 the committees

00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:20.740
 value,

00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:22.299
 what the votes

00:23:22.299 --> 00:23:22.819
 reflect,

00:23:22.819 --> 00:23:24.099
 is what

00:23:24.099 --> 00:23:24.399
 Jesus

00:23:24.399 --> 00:23:24.919
 values.

00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:27.319
 And if

00:23:27.319 --> 00:23:27.819
 we have

00:23:27.819 --> 00:23:28.319
 adopted

00:23:28.319 --> 00:23:29.339
 traditions

00:23:29.339 --> 00:23:30.000
 or practices

00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:30.599
 within our

00:23:30.599 --> 00:23:31.259
 own church

00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:34.059
 over nearly

00:23:34.059 --> 00:23:35.099
 150 years

00:23:35.099 --> 00:23:37.679
 that don't

00:23:37.679 --> 00:23:38.319
 reflect the

00:23:38.319 --> 00:23:38.960
 values of

00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:39.679
 Jesus Christ

00:23:39.679 --> 00:23:40.799
 himself and

00:23:40.799 --> 00:23:41.679
 what he left

00:23:41.679 --> 00:23:42.159
 for this

00:23:42.159 --> 00:23:42.639
 church to

00:23:42.639 --> 00:23:43.159
 accomplish,

00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:45.619
 then we've

00:23:45.619 --> 00:23:45.960
 got to look

00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:46.379
 at that and

00:23:46.379 --> 00:23:46.619
 say,

00:23:46.899 --> 00:23:47.759
 have we

00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:48.059
 let some

00:23:48.059 --> 00:23:48.460
 weeds in?

00:23:49.339 --> 00:23:49.839
 Have we

00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:50.220
 let some

00:23:50.220 --> 00:23:51.379
 tares go up?

00:23:51.419 --> 00:23:51.799
 Have those

00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:52.419
 roots started

00:23:52.420 --> 00:23:53.060
 to spread

00:23:53.060 --> 00:23:53.860
 and choke

00:23:53.860 --> 00:23:54.300
 out what

00:23:54.300 --> 00:23:54.860
 God wanted

00:23:54.860 --> 00:23:55.160
 to do

00:23:55.160 --> 00:23:55.420
 here?

00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:57.300
 There's a

00:23:57.300 --> 00:23:58.100
 very practical

00:23:58.100 --> 00:23:59.800
 application for

00:23:59.800 --> 00:24:00.400
 this lesson

00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:00.860
 that Jesus

00:24:00.860 --> 00:24:01.400
 was trying

00:24:01.400 --> 00:24:01.860
 to teach.

00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:02.779
 And so

00:24:02.779 --> 00:24:03.360
 what does

00:24:03.360 --> 00:24:03.700
 he say

00:24:03.700 --> 00:24:04.440
 happens to

00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:04.880
 the roots

00:24:04.880 --> 00:24:06.960
 of the

00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:07.300
 weeds,

00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:07.700
 of the

00:24:07.700 --> 00:24:08.039
 tares?

00:24:08.140 --> 00:24:08.420
 What does

00:24:08.420 --> 00:24:08.720
 he say

00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:09.019
 happen?

00:24:09.100 --> 00:24:09.519
 You pull

00:24:09.519 --> 00:24:09.900
 them up.

00:24:10.279 --> 00:24:10.720
 You pull

00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:11.620
 up the

00:24:11.620 --> 00:24:12.200
 weeds and

00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:12.519
 you pull

00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:12.860
 up the

00:24:12.860 --> 00:24:13.259
 roots,

00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:14.380
 you pull

00:24:14.380 --> 00:24:14.700
 up the

00:24:14.700 --> 00:24:15.000
 wheat,

00:24:15.060 --> 00:24:15.660
 all at the

00:24:15.660 --> 00:24:16.300
 same time

00:24:16.300 --> 00:24:16.840
 when harvest

00:24:16.840 --> 00:24:17.500
 time comes.

00:24:17.580 --> 00:24:17.840
 You don't

00:24:17.840 --> 00:24:18.360
 do it early.

00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:19.140
 Don't worry,

00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:19.400
 we're not

00:24:19.400 --> 00:24:19.720
 going to go

00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:20.100
 through this

00:24:20.100 --> 00:24:20.580
 church right

00:24:20.580 --> 00:24:21.920
 after the

00:24:21.920 --> 00:24:22.580
 service ends

00:24:22.580 --> 00:24:22.980
 and say,

00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:23.620
 you're a

00:24:23.620 --> 00:24:23.800
 wheat,

00:24:23.940 --> 00:24:24.220
 you're a

00:24:24.220 --> 00:24:24.420
 tare,

00:24:25.259 --> 00:24:26.360
 you get

00:24:26.360 --> 00:24:26.600
 out,

00:24:26.980 --> 00:24:27.279
 you can

00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:27.539
 stay.

00:24:29.060 --> 00:24:29.700
 Somebody might

00:24:29.700 --> 00:24:30.060
 do that to

00:24:30.060 --> 00:24:30.440
 me too,

00:24:30.560 --> 00:24:31.920
 so we'll

00:24:31.920 --> 00:24:32.460
 pass on that

00:24:32.460 --> 00:24:32.720
 idea.

00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:33.960
 He says,

00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:34.180
 no,

00:24:34.460 --> 00:24:35.840
 you don't

00:24:35.840 --> 00:24:36.200
 know,

00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:36.900
 you can't

00:24:36.900 --> 00:24:37.759
 know who's a

00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:38.200
 weed and

00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:38.820
 who's wheat.

00:24:39.920 --> 00:24:40.740
 God knows,

00:24:40.820 --> 00:24:41.440
 he keeps the

00:24:41.440 --> 00:24:41.840
 account.

00:24:42.560 --> 00:24:42.900
 When the

00:24:42.900 --> 00:24:43.779
 time comes,

00:24:45.080 --> 00:24:45.660
 they'll expose

00:24:45.660 --> 00:24:46.039
 themselves.

00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:47.120
 It'll be easy

00:24:47.119 --> 00:24:47.519
 to tell.

00:24:48.199 --> 00:24:48.399
 And then

00:24:48.399 --> 00:24:49.079
 we'll send

00:24:49.079 --> 00:24:50.139
 the tears

00:24:50.139 --> 00:24:51.179
 off to be

00:24:51.179 --> 00:24:51.759
 burned.

00:24:52.719 --> 00:24:53.079
 So,

00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:53.739
 the next

00:24:53.739 --> 00:24:54.319
 part on

00:24:54.319 --> 00:24:54.879
 your bulletin

00:24:54.879 --> 00:24:55.139
 here,

00:24:55.719 --> 00:24:56.939
 produce for

00:24:56.939 --> 00:24:57.539
 the barn

00:24:57.539 --> 00:24:58.759
 or poison

00:24:58.759 --> 00:24:59.779
 to be burned.

00:24:59.959 --> 00:25:00.319
 We've been

00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:00.859
 talking a lot

00:25:00.859 --> 00:25:01.399
 about fruit

00:25:01.399 --> 00:25:01.699
 lately.

00:25:02.979 --> 00:25:03.559
 We've been

00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:04.159
 talking a lot

00:25:04.159 --> 00:25:04.739
 about bearing

00:25:04.739 --> 00:25:05.479
 fruit for

00:25:05.479 --> 00:25:05.859
 Jesus.

00:25:07.119 --> 00:25:07.579
 We've talked

00:25:07.579 --> 00:25:08.059
 about this

00:25:08.059 --> 00:25:08.519
 Who's Your

00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:09.199
 One campaign.

00:25:09.379 --> 00:25:09.739
 If you haven't

00:25:09.739 --> 00:25:10.139
 been a part

00:25:10.139 --> 00:25:10.939
 of that and

00:25:10.939 --> 00:25:11.299
 you walked

00:25:11.299 --> 00:25:11.679
 in and you

00:25:11.679 --> 00:25:12.259
 saw signs

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:12.819
 everywhere that

00:25:12.819 --> 00:25:13.000
 said,

00:25:13.099 --> 00:25:13.399
 Who's Your

00:25:13.399 --> 00:25:13.579
 One,

00:25:13.659 --> 00:25:13.939
 you're probably

00:25:13.939 --> 00:25:14.459
 wondering what

00:25:14.459 --> 00:25:14.899
 that's all

00:25:14.899 --> 00:25:15.139
 about.

00:25:15.419 --> 00:25:15.579
 Well,

00:25:15.659 --> 00:25:16.199
 that means

00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:16.819
 that we

00:25:16.819 --> 00:25:17.279
 are supposed

00:25:17.279 --> 00:25:17.759
 to share

00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:18.080
 the good

00:25:18.080 --> 00:25:18.400
 news of

00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:18.860
 Jesus with

00:25:18.860 --> 00:25:19.220
 people.

00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:19.759
 So,

00:25:19.819 --> 00:25:20.279
 let's start

00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:20.740
 with one.

00:25:21.039 --> 00:25:21.559
 Let's start

00:25:21.559 --> 00:25:21.920
 with one

00:25:21.920 --> 00:25:22.440
 person in

00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:22.860
 each of

00:25:22.860 --> 00:25:23.440
 our lives

00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:24.039
 that you

00:25:24.039 --> 00:25:24.220
 say,

00:25:24.340 --> 00:25:24.759
 I need

00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:25.059
 to share

00:25:25.059 --> 00:25:25.680
 Jesus with

00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:26.259
 that person.

00:25:26.500 --> 00:25:26.680
 So,

00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:26.860
 I'm going

00:25:26.860 --> 00:25:27.200
 to pray

00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:27.660
 for them.

00:25:27.860 --> 00:25:28.120
 I'm going

00:25:28.120 --> 00:25:28.340
 to ask

00:25:28.340 --> 00:25:28.720
 God to

00:25:28.720 --> 00:25:29.000
 give me

00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:29.580
 opportunities

00:25:29.580 --> 00:25:30.180
 to share

00:25:30.180 --> 00:25:30.759
 Jesus with

00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:31.000
 them.

00:25:31.180 --> 00:25:31.480
 And then

00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:31.680
 I'm going

00:25:31.680 --> 00:25:31.940
 to pray

00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:32.759
 for boldness

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:33.500
 that when

00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:34.200
 those opportunities

00:25:34.200 --> 00:25:34.740
 come,

00:25:35.059 --> 00:25:36.500
 I won't

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:37.200
 be too

00:25:37.200 --> 00:25:37.680
 scared.

00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:38.279
 I won't

00:25:38.279 --> 00:25:38.759
 be too

00:25:38.759 --> 00:25:39.220
 nervous.

00:25:39.400 --> 00:25:39.600
 Or I

00:25:39.600 --> 00:25:39.920
 won't be

00:25:39.920 --> 00:25:40.480
 too shy.

00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:41.140
 I will

00:25:41.140 --> 00:25:41.640
 have the

00:25:41.640 --> 00:25:42.120
 words to

00:25:42.119 --> 00:25:43.000
 say to

00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:43.339
 share

00:25:43.339 --> 00:25:43.939
 Jesus with

00:25:43.939 --> 00:25:44.639
 somebody in

00:25:44.639 --> 00:25:45.139
 that moment.

00:25:45.439 --> 00:25:46.259
 This is my

00:25:46.259 --> 00:25:47.079
 one person

00:25:47.079 --> 00:25:47.479
 that I'm

00:25:47.479 --> 00:25:47.799
 going to

00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:48.279
 focus on.

00:25:48.439 --> 00:25:48.939
 Maybe God

00:25:48.939 --> 00:25:49.239
 will send

00:25:49.239 --> 00:25:49.619
 me somebody

00:25:49.619 --> 00:25:50.179
 else along

00:25:50.179 --> 00:25:50.539
 the way.

00:25:50.799 --> 00:25:51.119
 But I'm

00:25:51.119 --> 00:25:51.719
 praying for

00:25:51.719 --> 00:25:52.459
 this one

00:25:52.459 --> 00:25:52.819
 and I'm

00:25:52.819 --> 00:25:52.959
 going to

00:25:52.959 --> 00:25:53.519
 work toward

00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:54.619
 seeing this

00:25:54.619 --> 00:25:55.339
 one hear

00:25:55.339 --> 00:25:55.679
 the good

00:25:55.679 --> 00:25:56.019
 news of

00:25:56.019 --> 00:25:56.559
 Jesus and

00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:56.979
 become a

00:25:56.979 --> 00:25:57.459
 follower of

00:25:57.459 --> 00:25:57.739
 his.

00:25:58.539 --> 00:25:58.899
 So,

00:25:59.039 --> 00:25:59.399
 we've been

00:25:59.399 --> 00:25:59.959
 talking about

00:25:59.959 --> 00:26:00.379
 this and

00:26:00.379 --> 00:26:00.919
 that's called

00:26:00.919 --> 00:26:01.739
 bearing fruit.

00:26:03.579 --> 00:26:04.439
 Jesus gives

00:26:04.439 --> 00:26:05.099
 us this picture.

00:26:05.239 --> 00:26:05.459
 He says,

00:26:05.699 --> 00:26:06.079
 I am the

00:26:06.079 --> 00:26:06.459
 vine.

00:26:06.739 --> 00:26:07.419
 You are the

00:26:07.419 --> 00:26:07.839
 branches.

00:26:08.159 --> 00:26:08.559
 If you

00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:09.359
 abide in

00:26:09.359 --> 00:26:09.659
 me,

00:26:09.739 --> 00:26:10.079
 then you

00:26:10.079 --> 00:26:10.479
 will bear

00:26:10.479 --> 00:26:11.079
 the fruit

00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:11.819
 that comes

00:26:11.819 --> 00:26:12.399
 from me.

00:26:12.839 --> 00:26:13.000
 Now,

00:26:13.059 --> 00:26:13.359
 you might

00:26:13.359 --> 00:26:13.839
 be abiding

00:26:13.839 --> 00:26:14.539
 in yourself

00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:15.359
 and you

00:26:15.359 --> 00:26:15.819
 bear the

00:26:15.819 --> 00:26:16.200
 fruit that

00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:16.639
 comes from

00:26:16.639 --> 00:26:17.059
 yourself.

00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:17.700
 You might

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:18.220
 be abiding

00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:18.539
 on the

00:26:18.539 --> 00:26:19.339
 internet and

00:26:19.339 --> 00:26:19.639
 you bear

00:26:19.639 --> 00:26:20.299
 the fruit

00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:21.379
 that abides

00:26:21.379 --> 00:26:21.799
 from that.

00:26:21.899 --> 00:26:22.139
 You might

00:26:22.139 --> 00:26:22.720
 be abiding

00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:23.679
 and spending

00:26:23.679 --> 00:26:24.240
 your time

00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:24.839
 in focusing

00:26:24.839 --> 00:26:26.220
 on having

00:26:26.220 --> 00:26:27.119
 your heart

00:26:27.119 --> 00:26:28.000
 attached to

00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:28.879
 all kinds

00:26:28.879 --> 00:26:29.259
 of different

00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:29.839
 pursuits in

00:26:29.839 --> 00:26:30.639
 this world and

00:26:30.639 --> 00:26:31.500
 you will have

00:26:31.500 --> 00:26:32.439
 the fruit that

00:26:32.439 --> 00:26:33.019
 comes from

00:26:33.019 --> 00:26:33.480
 that.

00:26:33.819 --> 00:26:34.220
 But if you

00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:34.720
 abide in

00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:35.079
 Jesus,

00:26:35.319 --> 00:26:35.619
 then you'll

00:26:35.619 --> 00:26:36.099
 have the fruit

00:26:36.099 --> 00:26:36.439
 that comes

00:26:36.439 --> 00:26:36.939
 from Jesus.

00:26:38.259 --> 00:26:38.779
 That's what's

00:26:38.779 --> 00:26:39.740
 called produce

00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:40.359
 in the barn.

00:26:40.359 --> 00:26:42.059
 He wanted

00:26:42.059 --> 00:26:42.419
 to grow

00:26:42.419 --> 00:26:42.779
 wheat.

00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:43.359
 So when

00:26:43.359 --> 00:26:43.759
 it's time

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:44.399
 for harvest,

00:26:44.579 --> 00:26:45.179
 he collects

00:26:45.179 --> 00:26:45.740
 the wheat and

00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:46.159
 he puts it

00:26:46.159 --> 00:26:46.619
 in the barn.

00:26:47.679 --> 00:26:48.219
 The tares

00:26:48.219 --> 00:26:48.740
 don't go

00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:49.179
 in the barn.

00:26:49.919 --> 00:26:50.179
 They're

00:26:50.179 --> 00:26:50.539
 poisonous.

00:26:51.479 --> 00:26:51.819
 They get

00:26:51.819 --> 00:26:52.179
 burned.

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:53.319
 They get

00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:54.240
 bundled up

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:54.559
 and they

00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:54.979
 get burned.

00:26:55.419 --> 00:26:55.679
 And I think

00:26:55.679 --> 00:26:56.240
 it's interesting

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:57.500
 that he said

00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:57.759
 they get

00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:59.159
 burned because

00:26:59.159 --> 00:26:59.719
 there is a

00:26:59.719 --> 00:27:00.479
 real punishment

00:27:00.479 --> 00:27:01.639
 for those

00:27:01.639 --> 00:27:02.240
 without Jesus.

00:27:02.240 --> 00:27:04.359
 and I

00:27:04.359 --> 00:27:04.700
 wish it

00:27:04.700 --> 00:27:05.180
 wasn't this

00:27:05.180 --> 00:27:05.519
 way.

00:27:06.839 --> 00:27:07.660
 But unfortunately

00:27:07.660 --> 00:27:08.140
 the Bible

00:27:08.140 --> 00:27:08.539
 is pretty

00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:12.319
 clear that

00:27:12.319 --> 00:27:12.779
 those who

00:27:12.779 --> 00:27:13.359
 die without

00:27:13.359 --> 00:27:15.079
 Christ are

00:27:15.079 --> 00:27:15.859
 condemned to

00:27:15.859 --> 00:27:16.279
 an eternal

00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:17.400
 punishment in

00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:17.900
 a lake of

00:27:17.900 --> 00:27:18.500
 fire called

00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:18.759
 hell.

00:27:20.059 --> 00:27:20.660
 It's a

00:27:20.660 --> 00:27:21.279
 terrible place.

00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:23.000
 God didn't

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:23.460
 create it for

00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:23.620
 you.

00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:24.220
 He created

00:27:24.220 --> 00:27:24.880
 it for Satan

00:27:24.880 --> 00:27:25.319
 and all of

00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:25.859
 his angels.

00:27:26.839 --> 00:27:27.279
 But those

00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:29.359
 of us who

00:27:29.359 --> 00:27:30.059
 broke God's

00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:31.720
 laws and

00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:33.779
 rejected his

00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:34.360
 payment for

00:27:34.360 --> 00:27:34.779
 our sin.

00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:35.779
 Rejected his

00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:36.720
 son's sacrifice

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.900
 to redeem

00:27:37.900 --> 00:27:38.299
 us.

00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:38.819
 Remember that

00:27:38.819 --> 00:27:39.380
 song we all

00:27:39.380 --> 00:27:40.140
 messed up on

00:27:40.140 --> 00:27:40.480
 the words

00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:40.819
 earlier?

00:27:41.620 --> 00:27:42.079
 Redeemed.

00:27:42.620 --> 00:27:43.059
 What does that

00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:43.539
 word even mean?

00:27:43.579 --> 00:27:43.920
 Why are we

00:27:43.920 --> 00:27:44.259
 even singing

00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:44.720
 that song?

00:27:44.819 --> 00:27:45.220
 Redeemed

00:27:45.220 --> 00:27:45.799
 means you

00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:46.900
 bought something

00:27:46.900 --> 00:27:47.440
 back.

00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:50.339
 We were

00:27:50.339 --> 00:27:50.759
 God's.

00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:51.180
 We were his

00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:51.740
 creation.

00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:53.180
 As we said

00:27:53.180 --> 00:27:53.860
 earlier, Adam

00:27:53.860 --> 00:27:54.500
 and Eve's sin.

00:27:54.640 --> 00:27:55.259
 Sin passed

00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:55.940
 upon all of

00:27:55.940 --> 00:27:56.120
 us.

00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:56.960
 We were all

00:27:56.960 --> 00:27:57.640
 born now with

00:27:57.640 --> 00:27:58.079
 this sin

00:27:58.079 --> 00:27:58.420
 nature.

00:27:58.559 --> 00:27:58.920
 God could

00:27:58.920 --> 00:27:59.319
 have just made

00:27:59.319 --> 00:27:59.860
 us robots.

00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:00.579
 Right?

00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:01.120
 Could have just

00:28:01.120 --> 00:28:01.700
 made us

00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:02.440
 automatically do

00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:02.819
 whatever he

00:28:02.819 --> 00:28:03.299
 wanted us to

00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:03.440
 do.

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:03.860
 But he gave

00:28:03.860 --> 00:28:04.160
 us this

00:28:04.160 --> 00:28:04.480
 will.

00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:05.080
 He gave

00:28:05.080 --> 00:28:05.380
 us this

00:28:05.380 --> 00:28:05.700
 choice.

00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:06.019
 He gave

00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:06.279
 us the

00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:06.880
 ability to

00:28:06.880 --> 00:28:07.660
 choose to

00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:08.200
 obey him or

00:28:08.200 --> 00:28:08.600
 not to

00:28:08.600 --> 00:28:09.039
 obey him.

00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:09.559
 Well man,

00:28:09.600 --> 00:28:10.000
 that's certainly

00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:10.360
 a more

00:28:10.360 --> 00:28:10.799
 meaningful

00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:11.440
 relationship.

00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:12.420
 If I have

00:28:12.420 --> 00:28:13.799
 the choice to

00:28:13.799 --> 00:28:14.220
 love you or

00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:14.779
 not love you

00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:15.340
 and I choose

00:28:15.340 --> 00:28:15.920
 to love you,

00:28:16.660 --> 00:28:17.660
 that's meaningful,

00:28:17.779 --> 00:28:17.980
 right?

00:28:18.180 --> 00:28:18.759
 If I had no

00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:20.860
 choice, there's

00:28:20.860 --> 00:28:21.500
 nothing special

00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:22.080
 about that.

00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:23.920
 But when we

00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:25.019
 had the will,

00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:25.880
 the opportunity

00:28:25.880 --> 00:28:27.740
 to accept or

00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:28.920
 reject Christ and

00:28:28.920 --> 00:28:30.039
 we reject him,

00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:33.000
 then we end

00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:33.539
 up in the

00:28:33.539 --> 00:28:34.399
 same punishment

00:28:34.399 --> 00:28:35.180
 that was

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:36.399
 reserved for

00:28:36.399 --> 00:28:36.980
 Satan and

00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:37.460
 his demons.

00:28:39.359 --> 00:28:40.420
 Poison to

00:28:40.420 --> 00:28:40.839
 be burned.

00:28:41.659 --> 00:28:42.180
 There are

00:28:42.180 --> 00:28:42.899
 people who

00:28:42.899 --> 00:28:43.639
 sit in church

00:28:43.639 --> 00:28:44.899
 every Sunday,

00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:46.039
 year after year

00:28:46.039 --> 00:28:46.659
 after year,

00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:47.920
 and they're

00:28:47.920 --> 00:28:48.519
 going to be

00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:49.519
 bundled away as

00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:50.200
 poison to be

00:28:50.200 --> 00:28:50.440
 burned.

00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:51.779
 Why?

00:28:52.339 --> 00:28:52.819
 Because they're

00:28:52.819 --> 00:28:53.279
 not wheat.

00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:54.740
 They're weeds.

00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:56.200
 They're tares.

00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:58.980
 I cannot

00:28:58.980 --> 00:28:59.759
 imagine,

00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:01.120
 seriously, I

00:29:01.120 --> 00:29:01.980
 can't even begin

00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:02.860
 to guess who

00:29:02.860 --> 00:29:03.420
 it would be in

00:29:03.420 --> 00:29:03.960
 this church,

00:29:04.620 --> 00:29:05.299
 but statistics

00:29:05.299 --> 00:29:06.000
 would say

00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:08.340
 there are

00:29:08.340 --> 00:29:09.480
 people in

00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:10.059
 our church

00:29:10.059 --> 00:29:12.220
 who are

00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:12.539
 weeds,

00:29:12.840 --> 00:29:13.059
 who are

00:29:13.059 --> 00:29:13.420
 tares.

00:29:14.600 --> 00:29:14.980
 And my

00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:15.660
 prayer is that

00:29:15.660 --> 00:29:16.259
 they would not

00:29:16.259 --> 00:29:17.360
 suffer the

00:29:17.360 --> 00:29:17.779
 punishment

00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:21.580
 of poison to

00:29:21.580 --> 00:29:21.960
 be burned.

00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:26.299
 verses 47

00:29:26.299 --> 00:29:26.920
 through 50.

00:29:33.380 --> 00:29:33.980
 Back in

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:34.559
 Matthew 13,

00:29:34.660 --> 00:29:35.039
 we'll be done

00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:35.400
 in just a

00:29:35.400 --> 00:29:35.600
 moment.

00:29:36.079 --> 00:29:36.940
 Verses 47

00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:37.480
 through 50.

00:29:38.180 --> 00:29:38.819
 Again, the

00:29:38.819 --> 00:29:39.220
 kingdom of

00:29:39.220 --> 00:29:40.559
 heaven is

00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:40.920
 like a

00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:41.500
 large net

00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:42.039
 thrown into

00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:42.420
 the sea.

00:29:43.259 --> 00:29:44.019
 It collected

00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:44.559
 every kind

00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:44.960
 of fish,

00:29:45.900 --> 00:29:46.299
 and when it

00:29:46.299 --> 00:29:46.640
 was full,

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.120
 they dragged

00:29:47.120 --> 00:29:47.579
 it ashore,

00:29:48.100 --> 00:29:48.660
 sat down,

00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:49.660
 gathered the

00:29:49.660 --> 00:29:50.200
 good fish

00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:51.019
 into containers,

00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:52.240
 but threw

00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:52.920
 out the

00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:53.200
 worthless

00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:53.539
 ones.

00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:55.119
 So it

00:29:55.119 --> 00:29:55.900
 will be at

00:29:55.900 --> 00:29:56.279
 the end of

00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:56.740
 the age.

00:29:57.639 --> 00:29:58.079
 The angels

00:29:58.079 --> 00:29:58.700
 will go out,

00:29:58.859 --> 00:29:59.500
 separate the

00:29:59.500 --> 00:30:00.099
 evil people

00:30:00.099 --> 00:30:00.460
 from the

00:30:00.460 --> 00:30:00.740
 righteous,

00:30:01.139 --> 00:30:01.819
 and throw

00:30:01.819 --> 00:30:02.200
 them into

00:30:02.200 --> 00:30:02.680
 the blazing

00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:03.539
 furnace where

00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:03.960
 there will be

00:30:03.960 --> 00:30:04.539
 weeping and

00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:05.160
 gnashing of

00:30:05.160 --> 00:30:05.420
 teeth.

00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:06.700
 Now, if you

00:30:06.700 --> 00:30:07.480
 just read this

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:08.160
 passage in a

00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:09.200
 vacuum, you

00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:09.619
 would say,

00:30:09.879 --> 00:30:10.200
 well, I don't

00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:10.539
 want to be

00:30:10.539 --> 00:30:11.099
 evil, I want

00:30:11.099 --> 00:30:11.579
 to be righteous

00:30:11.579 --> 00:30:12.059
 so I don't

00:30:12.059 --> 00:30:12.460
 get thrown

00:30:12.460 --> 00:30:12.740
 out.

00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:14.099
 So I

00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:14.420
 better be

00:30:14.420 --> 00:30:15.980
 good, I

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.420
 better mind

00:30:16.420 --> 00:30:16.960
 my manners,

00:30:17.799 --> 00:30:19.539
 I better eat

00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:19.839
 all my

00:30:19.839 --> 00:30:20.259
 vegetables,

00:30:21.019 --> 00:30:22.400
 I better be

00:30:22.400 --> 00:30:22.900
 as good as

00:30:22.900 --> 00:30:23.519
 I can be,

00:30:23.639 --> 00:30:23.859
 right?

00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:25.960
 But if you

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:26.539
 read that

00:30:26.539 --> 00:30:27.319
 context, not

00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:28.180
 all by itself,

00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:28.799
 but in the

00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:30.599
 passage, that

00:30:30.599 --> 00:30:31.279
 passage in the

00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:32.139
 whole context of

00:30:32.139 --> 00:30:33.539
 scripture, then

00:30:33.539 --> 00:30:34.279
 you understand

00:30:34.279 --> 00:30:35.480
 what it means to

00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:36.299
 be righteous or

00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:36.599
 evil.

00:30:38.599 --> 00:30:39.779
 Evil means

00:30:39.779 --> 00:30:41.279
 God has not

00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:42.799
 imputed or

00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:43.839
 like stamped

00:30:43.839 --> 00:30:45.319
 his righteousness

00:30:45.319 --> 00:30:46.339
 onto you.

00:30:46.339 --> 00:30:49.759
 evil means you

00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:51.259
 are still just

00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:51.959
 like everybody

00:30:51.959 --> 00:30:52.659
 else without

00:30:52.659 --> 00:30:53.179
 Jesus.

00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:54.379
 Guess what?

00:30:54.439 --> 00:30:55.000
 Before you

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.879
 got saved,

00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:57.119
 before you

00:30:57.119 --> 00:30:58.039
 consciously made

00:30:58.039 --> 00:30:59.939
 the choice to

00:30:59.939 --> 00:31:00.579
 place all your

00:31:00.579 --> 00:31:01.339
 faith in Jesus

00:31:01.339 --> 00:31:02.019
 for the forgiveness

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:03.019
 of your sins,

00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:05.220
 you were evil

00:31:05.220 --> 00:31:05.500
 too.

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:07.099
 And then God

00:31:07.099 --> 00:31:08.220
 made you

00:31:08.220 --> 00:31:08.939
 righteous.

00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:09.160
 righteous.

00:31:10.320 --> 00:31:11.180
 Now if that

00:31:11.180 --> 00:31:11.900
 hasn't happened

00:31:11.900 --> 00:31:12.539
 for you,

00:31:13.059 --> 00:31:15.160
 then I pray that

00:31:15.160 --> 00:31:16.080
 you would become

00:31:16.080 --> 00:31:17.460
 righteous, not by

00:31:17.460 --> 00:31:18.279
 your righteousness,

00:31:18.880 --> 00:31:19.880
 but by his

00:31:19.880 --> 00:31:20.900
 righteousness today

00:31:20.900 --> 00:31:21.620
 before you leave

00:31:21.620 --> 00:31:22.160
 this place.

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:23.120
 You'll have an

00:31:23.120 --> 00:31:23.860
 opportunity to in

00:31:23.860 --> 00:31:24.320
 just a moment.

00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:27.720
 But he says he's

00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:28.360
 going to separate

00:31:28.360 --> 00:31:29.360
 the evil from the

00:31:29.360 --> 00:31:29.660
 righteous.

00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:31.000
 That doesn't mean

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:31.519
 he's going to

00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:32.420
 separate the people

00:31:32.420 --> 00:31:33.940
 that act the best

00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:35.640
 on the outward

00:31:35.640 --> 00:31:36.519
 appearance,

00:31:36.660 --> 00:31:37.500
 on the surface.

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:39.559
 It means he's

00:31:39.559 --> 00:31:40.460
 going to separate

00:31:40.460 --> 00:31:41.519
 those who have

00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:42.380
 been stamped by

00:31:42.380 --> 00:31:42.740
 Jesus'

00:31:42.940 --> 00:31:43.380
 righteousness,

00:31:44.200 --> 00:31:45.820
 by his blood,

00:31:46.400 --> 00:31:47.140
 been washed

00:31:47.140 --> 00:31:47.680
 clean.

00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:49.259
 That sacrifice

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:50.180
 that he made

00:31:50.180 --> 00:31:50.820
 on the cross.

00:31:51.420 --> 00:31:52.160
 Easter's coming

00:31:52.160 --> 00:31:52.380
 up.

00:31:52.460 --> 00:31:52.720
 We're going to

00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:52.940
 talk.

00:31:53.140 --> 00:31:53.700
 The whole world

00:31:53.700 --> 00:31:54.059
 is going to

00:31:54.059 --> 00:31:54.640
 pause for a

00:31:54.640 --> 00:31:55.400
 minute and think

00:31:55.400 --> 00:31:56.000
 about bunnies,

00:31:56.160 --> 00:31:56.759
 carrots, and

00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:57.059
 Jesus'

00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:57.600
 resurrection.

00:31:58.600 --> 00:31:58.980
 I don't know

00:31:58.980 --> 00:31:59.680
 how those things

00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:00.279
 came together.

00:32:00.279 --> 00:32:03.859
 And the bunnies

00:32:03.859 --> 00:32:04.440
 and carrots are

00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:04.740
 fine.

00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:07.460
 But Jesus'

00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:08.200
 resurrection,

00:32:09.039 --> 00:32:10.879
 after his death,

00:32:10.940 --> 00:32:11.700
 his sacrificial

00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:13.480
 death, is what

00:32:13.480 --> 00:32:14.059
 makes all the

00:32:14.059 --> 00:32:14.839
 difference for you

00:32:14.839 --> 00:32:15.420
 and for me.

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:18.559
 Then you are made

00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:19.920
 righteous in God's

00:32:19.920 --> 00:32:21.980
 eyes, not because

00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:22.619
 you're a good guy

00:32:22.619 --> 00:32:23.240
 or a good girl,

00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:25.599
 but because Jesus

00:32:25.599 --> 00:32:27.680
 made you righteous.

00:32:28.639 --> 00:32:29.279
 And then he can

00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:30.059
 help you be

00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:31.700
 righteous after

00:32:31.700 --> 00:32:32.019
 that.

00:32:33.619 --> 00:32:34.399
 So are you

00:32:34.399 --> 00:32:35.119
 produce for the

00:32:35.119 --> 00:32:36.700
 barn or are you

00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:37.319
 poison to be

00:32:37.319 --> 00:32:37.599
 burned?

00:32:37.919 --> 00:32:38.879
 Are you fish that

00:32:38.879 --> 00:32:39.559
 will be put into

00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:40.980
 containers and

00:32:40.980 --> 00:32:41.879
 used for a good

00:32:41.879 --> 00:32:43.319
 purpose or will

00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:43.839
 you be thrown

00:32:43.839 --> 00:32:44.139
 out?

00:32:45.379 --> 00:32:46.000
 Here's the

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:47.399
 difference between

00:32:47.399 --> 00:32:48.480
 ripened wheat and

00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:48.819
 tares.

00:32:50.460 --> 00:32:51.399
 See wheat over

00:32:51.399 --> 00:32:51.700
 here?

00:32:53.139 --> 00:32:54.359
 It bows over

00:32:54.359 --> 00:32:56.679
 when it's ready

00:32:56.679 --> 00:32:57.859
 to be harvested.

00:32:57.960 --> 00:32:58.419
 It's got these

00:32:58.419 --> 00:32:59.179
 white seeds.

00:33:00.059 --> 00:33:00.460
 The darn

00:33:00.460 --> 00:33:01.299
 ale, the tares

00:33:01.299 --> 00:33:02.539
 remains erect

00:33:02.539 --> 00:33:03.359
 and it has

00:33:03.359 --> 00:33:03.940
 these dark

00:33:03.940 --> 00:33:05.000
 poisonous seeds.

00:33:10.339 --> 00:33:10.919
 Are you

00:33:10.919 --> 00:33:11.960
 produce or are

00:33:11.960 --> 00:33:12.399
 you poison?

00:33:13.500 --> 00:33:14.379
 Are you used

00:33:14.379 --> 00:33:14.859
 for a good

00:33:14.859 --> 00:33:15.339
 purpose?

00:33:17.700 --> 00:33:18.240
 Or are you

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:18.480
 going to be

00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:18.839
 thrown out?

00:33:19.619 --> 00:33:20.319
 It's a hard

00:33:20.319 --> 00:33:20.980
 question we have

00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:21.639
 to ask ourselves.

00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:22.859
 We've got to

00:33:22.859 --> 00:33:23.579
 look back at our

00:33:23.579 --> 00:33:24.419
 own salvation

00:33:24.419 --> 00:33:25.059
 experience.

00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:26.440
 are we a

00:33:26.440 --> 00:33:27.319
 genuine follower

00:33:27.319 --> 00:33:28.740
 of Jesus or

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:29.339
 have we just

00:33:29.339 --> 00:33:29.960
 been trying to

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:30.299
 be a good

00:33:30.299 --> 00:33:30.679
 person?

00:33:32.019 --> 00:33:32.839
 Have we just

00:33:32.839 --> 00:33:33.419
 felt like oh

00:33:33.419 --> 00:33:34.059
 I've always been

00:33:34.059 --> 00:33:34.460
 a Christian.

00:33:34.619 --> 00:33:35.139
 No you

00:33:35.139 --> 00:33:35.559
 haven't.

00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:37.359
 You were born

00:33:37.359 --> 00:33:38.059
 without him.

00:33:38.859 --> 00:33:39.940
 You must receive

00:33:39.940 --> 00:33:40.179
 him.

00:33:41.539 --> 00:33:42.359
 You must receive

00:33:42.359 --> 00:33:42.619
 him.

00:33:44.619 --> 00:33:47.859
 Ezekiel 36 and

00:33:47.859 --> 00:33:48.359
 we'll be done.

00:33:48.359 --> 00:33:50.839
 I have good

00:33:50.839 --> 00:33:51.519
 news for you.

00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:52.319
 Would you turn

00:33:52.319 --> 00:33:52.879
 back in the Old

00:33:52.879 --> 00:33:53.500
 Testament to

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:56.279
 Ezekiel right

00:33:56.279 --> 00:33:56.719
 before the book

00:33:56.719 --> 00:33:57.139
 of Daniel?

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:00.819
 Kind of turn to

00:34:00.819 --> 00:34:01.359
 the middle of your

00:34:01.359 --> 00:34:02.579
 Bible and then look

00:34:02.579 --> 00:34:03.219
 around until you

00:34:03.219 --> 00:34:05.039
 find Ezekiel chapter

00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:05.479
 36.

00:34:05.740 --> 00:34:06.419
 I have good news

00:34:06.419 --> 00:34:06.859
 for you.

00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:09.139
 God can turn the

00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:11.139
 weeds into wheat.

00:34:11.139 --> 00:34:12.599
 God can change

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:14.000
 you from a

00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:14.799
 weed into

00:34:14.799 --> 00:34:15.239
 wheat.

00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:17.679
 Right now you

00:34:17.679 --> 00:34:18.420
 might be sitting

00:34:18.420 --> 00:34:19.460
 here and even

00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:20.159
 though you have

00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:20.900
 felt like you're a

00:34:20.900 --> 00:34:21.659
 good person you

00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:22.400
 belong here.

00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:23.279
 This has been your

00:34:23.279 --> 00:34:24.019
 church for many

00:34:24.019 --> 00:34:24.440
 years.

00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:25.960
 You might actually

00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:26.779
 be a weed.

00:34:28.279 --> 00:34:29.379
 And Satan is

00:34:29.379 --> 00:34:30.639
 hoping that you

00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:31.519
 stay that way

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:34.599
 and you keep

00:34:34.599 --> 00:34:35.299
 sowing your own

00:34:35.299 --> 00:34:37.739
 agenda and you

00:34:37.739 --> 00:34:39.159
 never become wheat

00:34:39.159 --> 00:34:40.440
 for God's purpose.

00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:42.179
 but God can

00:34:42.179 --> 00:34:43.240
 change you.

00:34:44.000 --> 00:34:44.800
 2 Corinthians 5

00:34:44.800 --> 00:34:46.159
 17 says if any

00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:46.760
 of us are in

00:34:46.760 --> 00:34:47.740
 Christ he is a

00:34:47.740 --> 00:34:48.760
 new creature.

00:34:49.320 --> 00:34:50.000
 Old things are

00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:50.700
 passed away.

00:34:51.059 --> 00:34:51.760
 All things are

00:34:51.760 --> 00:34:52.400
 become new.

00:34:52.500 --> 00:34:52.960
 Now look at

00:34:52.960 --> 00:34:53.519
 Ezekiel.

00:34:53.980 --> 00:34:55.039
 Ezekiel 36

00:34:55.039 --> 00:34:56.019
 verse 25.

00:34:56.659 --> 00:34:57.340
 I will also

00:34:57.340 --> 00:34:58.380
 sprinkle clean

00:34:58.380 --> 00:34:59.519
 water on you

00:34:59.519 --> 00:35:00.599
 and you will be

00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:01.019
 clean.

00:35:01.599 --> 00:35:02.400
 He will make you

00:35:02.400 --> 00:35:02.740
 clean.

00:35:03.360 --> 00:35:04.119
 I will cleanse

00:35:04.119 --> 00:35:05.139
 you from all your

00:35:05.139 --> 00:35:05.639
 impurities.

00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:06.860
 All your idols.

00:35:07.220 --> 00:35:07.880
 Verse 26.

00:35:08.099 --> 00:35:08.880
 I will give you

00:35:08.880 --> 00:35:10.420
 a new heart.

00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:10.720
 a new heart.

00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:12.679
 A new heart.

00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:13.500
 And put a new

00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:15.059
 spirit within you.

00:35:15.220 --> 00:35:16.220
 His Holy Spirit.

00:35:16.639 --> 00:35:17.480
 I will remove

00:35:17.480 --> 00:35:18.900
 your heart of stone

00:35:18.900 --> 00:35:20.200
 and give you a

00:35:20.200 --> 00:35:21.220
 heart of flesh.

00:35:21.800 --> 00:35:23.039
 I will place my

00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:24.480
 spirit within you

00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:25.780
 and cause you to

00:35:25.780 --> 00:35:26.860
 follow my statutes

00:35:26.860 --> 00:35:27.940
 and carefully observe

00:35:27.940 --> 00:35:29.220
 my ordinances.

00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:30.720
 God can change you

00:35:30.720 --> 00:35:31.700
 from a weed

00:35:31.700 --> 00:35:32.639
 into wheat.

00:35:33.099 --> 00:35:34.019
 But not if you

00:35:34.019 --> 00:35:34.559
 resist him.

00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:37.179
 only if you

00:35:37.179 --> 00:35:38.880
 embrace him.

00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:39.820
 Only if you

00:35:39.820 --> 00:35:40.519
 say yes.

00:35:41.019 --> 00:35:42.400
 God will not

00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:44.159
 change everyone.

00:35:45.779 --> 00:35:46.139
 Some,

00:35:46.719 --> 00:35:47.739
 I don't know why,

00:35:48.299 --> 00:35:49.179
 I can't understand

00:35:49.179 --> 00:35:49.420
 him,

00:35:49.519 --> 00:35:50.139
 I can't understand

00:35:50.139 --> 00:35:50.779
 his mindset,

00:35:51.279 --> 00:35:52.420
 his ways are much

00:35:52.420 --> 00:35:52.980
 higher than my

00:35:52.980 --> 00:35:53.340
 ways.

00:35:54.340 --> 00:35:55.079
 But some were

00:35:55.079 --> 00:35:56.139
 created with God

00:35:56.139 --> 00:35:57.219
 having the foreknowledge

00:35:57.219 --> 00:35:57.940
 that they will not

00:35:57.940 --> 00:35:58.340
 come to me.

00:35:59.400 --> 00:36:00.340
 They will not turn.

00:36:00.679 --> 00:36:01.239
 They will not

00:36:01.239 --> 00:36:01.859
 accept.

00:36:03.179 --> 00:36:04.279
 They will stay

00:36:04.279 --> 00:36:05.599
 evil and wicked.

00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:07.679
 I will never be

00:36:07.679 --> 00:36:08.799
 able to impute

00:36:08.799 --> 00:36:09.939
 or stamp my

00:36:09.939 --> 00:36:10.899
 righteousness onto

00:36:10.899 --> 00:36:11.279
 them.

00:36:12.139 --> 00:36:13.119
 But some of you

00:36:13.119 --> 00:36:13.299
 will.

00:36:14.639 --> 00:36:15.359
 Some of you will.

00:36:16.339 --> 00:36:17.219
 And I pray that

00:36:17.219 --> 00:36:19.139
 before my time

00:36:19.139 --> 00:36:19.859
 on this earth

00:36:19.859 --> 00:36:20.319
 is done,

00:36:20.859 --> 00:36:21.839
 God uses me

00:36:21.839 --> 00:36:23.019
 to turn many

00:36:23.019 --> 00:36:23.879
 to righteousness.

00:36:24.339 --> 00:36:24.919
 Many who he

00:36:24.919 --> 00:36:25.259
 calls,

00:36:25.639 --> 00:36:26.259
 many who he

00:36:26.259 --> 00:36:26.659
 draws,

00:36:27.179 --> 00:36:28.259
 can hear the good

00:36:28.259 --> 00:36:29.419
 news from my lips.

00:36:29.519 --> 00:36:30.139
 And I hope that's

00:36:30.139 --> 00:36:30.699
 your prayer too.

00:36:31.239 --> 00:36:32.439
 I hope that's

00:36:32.439 --> 00:36:33.000
 your prayer too.

00:36:34.159 --> 00:36:34.919
 Because it's going

00:36:34.919 --> 00:36:35.719
 to take all of us

00:36:35.719 --> 00:36:38.119
 to grow his

00:36:38.119 --> 00:36:38.419
 kingdom.

00:36:38.859 --> 00:36:39.519
 It's going to take

00:36:39.519 --> 00:36:40.599
 all of us for his

00:36:40.599 --> 00:36:41.899
 children to come in.

00:36:42.919 --> 00:36:43.099
 So,

00:36:43.659 --> 00:36:45.039
 our takeaway this

00:36:45.039 --> 00:36:45.719
 morning is simple.

00:36:48.579 --> 00:36:49.579
 Are you living

00:36:49.579 --> 00:36:50.279
 like weeds

00:36:50.279 --> 00:36:51.539
 or wheat?

00:36:53.099 --> 00:36:53.739
 What's your

00:36:53.739 --> 00:36:54.099
 function?

00:36:55.739 --> 00:36:56.719
 In your home,

00:36:57.679 --> 00:36:58.679
 in the community,

00:36:59.519 --> 00:37:00.679
 in this church,

00:37:01.239 --> 00:37:02.039
 what is your

00:37:02.039 --> 00:37:02.359
 function?

00:37:04.199 --> 00:37:05.179
 Are you living

00:37:05.179 --> 00:37:05.859
 like weeds

00:37:05.859 --> 00:37:06.879
 or wheat?

00:37:07.679 --> 00:37:08.619
 I know on the

00:37:08.619 --> 00:37:09.219
 surface you'd

00:37:09.219 --> 00:37:10.000
 probably say wheat.

00:37:10.739 --> 00:37:11.539
 But go below

00:37:11.539 --> 00:37:12.079
 the surface.

00:37:13.579 --> 00:37:14.000
 Look at what

00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:14.579
 your priorities

00:37:14.579 --> 00:37:14.879
 are.

00:37:15.679 --> 00:37:16.679
 Are your priorities

00:37:16.679 --> 00:37:17.500
 God's priorities?

00:37:18.879 --> 00:37:19.659
 Or are you

00:37:19.659 --> 00:37:20.439
 holding on to

00:37:20.439 --> 00:37:21.539
 different priorities,

00:37:22.079 --> 00:37:22.899
 different values

00:37:22.899 --> 00:37:25.000
 that lead us to

00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:25.859
 different places

00:37:25.859 --> 00:37:27.419
 than what God

00:37:27.419 --> 00:37:28.000
 called us for?

00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:29.119
 What did he come

00:37:29.119 --> 00:37:29.340
 for?

00:37:29.699 --> 00:37:30.840
 He came to seek

00:37:30.840 --> 00:37:31.739
 and save the

00:37:31.739 --> 00:37:32.179
 lost.

00:37:34.780 --> 00:37:35.559
 Is that our

00:37:35.559 --> 00:37:35.860
 purpose?

00:37:37.519 --> 00:37:39.119
 May God give us

00:37:39.119 --> 00:37:40.179
 the same purpose

00:37:40.179 --> 00:37:40.820
 that he did

00:37:40.820 --> 00:37:41.920
 and may he make

00:37:41.920 --> 00:37:42.559
 us wheat

00:37:42.559 --> 00:37:45.039
 for his good

00:37:45.039 --> 00:37:45.360
 pleasure,

00:37:45.880 --> 00:37:46.460
 for his good

00:37:46.460 --> 00:37:46.820
 purposes.

00:37:47.219 --> 00:37:47.840
 We'll give him

00:37:47.840 --> 00:37:48.599
 all the glory for it.

00:37:48.639 --> 00:37:49.099
 Would you bow your

00:37:49.099 --> 00:37:49.679
 heads with me right

00:37:49.679 --> 00:37:49.880
 now?

00:37:50.579 --> 00:37:50.900
 God,

00:37:50.980 --> 00:37:51.739
 I pray that in

00:37:51.739 --> 00:37:52.480
 this moment you

00:37:52.480 --> 00:37:53.880
 would reveal to us

00:37:53.880 --> 00:37:54.860
 by your spirit

00:37:54.860 --> 00:37:57.059
 whether we are

00:37:57.059 --> 00:37:58.280
 in you or not.

00:37:59.420 --> 00:38:00.619
 So many people

00:38:00.619 --> 00:38:01.920
 in this world

00:38:01.920 --> 00:38:05.220
 think they're

00:38:05.220 --> 00:38:05.660
 Christians.

00:38:07.079 --> 00:38:07.880
 They're convinced

00:38:07.880 --> 00:38:08.480
 they're Christians

00:38:08.480 --> 00:38:09.280
 because they grew

00:38:09.280 --> 00:38:09.760
 up going to

00:38:09.760 --> 00:38:10.099
 church.

00:38:13.500 --> 00:38:13.940
 Someday,

00:38:14.700 --> 00:38:16.680
 as you teach us

00:38:16.680 --> 00:38:17.320
 in your word,

00:38:17.519 --> 00:38:17.840
 they're going to

00:38:17.840 --> 00:38:18.579
 stand before you

00:38:18.579 --> 00:38:19.019
 and say,

00:38:19.559 --> 00:38:19.740
 Lord,

00:38:19.880 --> 00:38:20.780
 I did all these

00:38:20.780 --> 00:38:21.440
 things in your

00:38:21.440 --> 00:38:21.740
 name.

00:38:23.880 --> 00:38:24.519
 I was a good

00:38:24.519 --> 00:38:24.900
 person.

00:38:25.800 --> 00:38:26.640
 I did community

00:38:26.640 --> 00:38:27.119
 service.

00:38:28.200 --> 00:38:29.099
 I helped people

00:38:29.099 --> 00:38:29.599
 when I had the

00:38:29.599 --> 00:38:29.960
 chance.

00:38:31.980 --> 00:38:32.800
 Why are you now

00:38:32.800 --> 00:38:33.440
 rejecting me?

00:38:35.019 --> 00:38:35.720
 And you're going to

00:38:35.720 --> 00:38:36.320
 look at some of

00:38:36.320 --> 00:38:36.980
 those people and

00:38:36.980 --> 00:38:37.280
 say,

00:38:37.980 --> 00:38:38.920
 I never knew you.

00:38:39.980 --> 00:38:40.680
 Depart from me.

00:38:42.579 --> 00:38:43.680
 You can't be here.

00:38:44.260 --> 00:38:45.140
 I never knew you.

00:38:46.300 --> 00:38:46.599
 God,

00:38:46.660 --> 00:38:47.700
 those are sobering

00:38:47.700 --> 00:38:48.559
 words for me,

00:38:48.680 --> 00:38:49.480
 for every person

00:38:49.480 --> 00:38:50.140
 in this room.

00:38:52.280 --> 00:38:53.260
 Are we truly

00:38:53.260 --> 00:38:53.860
 your children?

00:38:53.880 --> 00:38:53.980
 children,

00:38:55.180 --> 00:38:57.039
 has there been

00:38:57.039 --> 00:38:57.660
 that moment

00:38:57.660 --> 00:38:59.380
 where we turned

00:38:59.380 --> 00:38:59.780
 to you and

00:38:59.780 --> 00:39:00.539
 placed our faith

00:39:00.539 --> 00:39:00.920
 in you?

00:39:01.920 --> 00:39:02.680
 Not just to help

00:39:02.680 --> 00:39:03.380
 us through a tough

00:39:03.380 --> 00:39:04.260
 time in our lives,

00:39:04.619 --> 00:39:05.460
 but for the

00:39:05.460 --> 00:39:06.280
 forgiveness of our

00:39:06.280 --> 00:39:06.660
 sins,

00:39:07.380 --> 00:39:07.980
 where we humbled

00:39:07.980 --> 00:39:08.920
 ourselves before you

00:39:08.920 --> 00:39:09.260
 and said,

00:39:09.340 --> 00:39:09.519
 God,

00:39:09.599 --> 00:39:10.320
 I know I'm a

00:39:10.320 --> 00:39:10.480
 sinner.

00:39:11.640 --> 00:39:12.280
 And I know

00:39:12.280 --> 00:39:12.920
 that's why you

00:39:12.920 --> 00:39:14.099
 sent Jesus to die

00:39:14.099 --> 00:39:14.820
 on that cross,

00:39:14.980 --> 00:39:15.860
 was to pay for

00:39:15.860 --> 00:39:16.519
 my sin and

00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:17.300
 everyone else's.

00:39:17.900 --> 00:39:18.700
 I know you're

00:39:18.700 --> 00:39:18.920
 God.

00:39:18.980 --> 00:39:19.559
 You rose from

00:39:19.559 --> 00:39:19.940
 the dead.

00:39:20.720 --> 00:39:21.780
 I believe in

00:39:21.780 --> 00:39:22.000
 you.

00:39:22.300 --> 00:39:23.059
 I place my

00:39:23.059 --> 00:39:23.660
 faith in you.

00:39:23.659 --> 00:39:24.659
 And with your

00:39:24.659 --> 00:39:24.960
 help,

00:39:25.059 --> 00:39:25.539
 I'm going to

00:39:25.539 --> 00:39:26.099
 follow you

00:39:26.099 --> 00:39:26.579
 the rest of

00:39:26.579 --> 00:39:27.019
 my life.

00:39:27.980 --> 00:39:28.519
 God,

00:39:28.599 --> 00:39:29.420
 if that moment

00:39:29.420 --> 00:39:30.019
 has come,

00:39:30.500 --> 00:39:31.179
 then we can

00:39:31.179 --> 00:39:32.399
 stand together

00:39:32.399 --> 00:39:33.099
 and we can say,

00:39:33.239 --> 00:39:33.480
 yes,

00:39:33.679 --> 00:39:34.679
 I am wheat.

00:39:35.179 --> 00:39:36.159
 I might not be

00:39:36.159 --> 00:39:36.480
 perfect,

00:39:36.579 --> 00:39:37.339
 I might mess up,

00:39:37.559 --> 00:39:38.420
 but I know

00:39:38.420 --> 00:39:39.699
 my standing

00:39:39.699 --> 00:39:40.699
 with God.

00:39:42.179 --> 00:39:42.899
 Give everyone

00:39:42.899 --> 00:39:43.359
 in that room

00:39:43.359 --> 00:39:43.960
 confidence

00:39:43.960 --> 00:39:46.099
 in that

00:39:46.099 --> 00:39:48.239
 truth,

00:39:48.559 --> 00:39:49.519
 personally,

00:39:49.819 --> 00:39:50.259
 individually,

00:39:50.260 --> 00:39:50.920
 for them.

00:39:52.920 --> 00:39:53.660
 It's in Jesus'

00:39:53.820 --> 00:39:54.200
 name we pray.

00:39:54.280 --> 00:39:54.820
 Right now,

00:39:55.580 --> 00:39:56.000
 as Jared's

00:39:56.000 --> 00:39:56.380
 playing,

00:39:57.260 --> 00:39:57.880
 let's keep our

00:39:57.880 --> 00:39:58.700
 seats just for a

00:39:58.700 --> 00:40:00.380
 moment before we

00:40:00.380 --> 00:40:00.700
 dismiss.

00:40:02.800 --> 00:40:03.680
 In my prayer

00:40:03.680 --> 00:40:04.260
 just a moment

00:40:04.260 --> 00:40:04.680
 ago,

00:40:05.260 --> 00:40:07.400
 I gave that

00:40:07.400 --> 00:40:08.240
 prayer of saying,

00:40:08.340 --> 00:40:08.540
 God,

00:40:08.640 --> 00:40:09.440
 I humble myself,

00:40:09.540 --> 00:40:10.340
 I place my faith

00:40:10.340 --> 00:40:10.640
 in you,

00:40:11.020 --> 00:40:11.600
 forgive me of my

00:40:11.600 --> 00:40:12.140
 sin and make me

00:40:12.140 --> 00:40:12.640
 your child.

00:40:13.260 --> 00:40:13.740
 Would you bow

00:40:13.740 --> 00:40:14.220
 your heads with

00:40:14.220 --> 00:40:14.740
 me just so we

00:40:14.740 --> 00:40:15.380
 have some privacy

00:40:15.380 --> 00:40:15.860
 right now?

00:40:16.160 --> 00:40:16.900
 If that's you,

00:40:17.000 --> 00:40:17.480
 if you've never

00:40:17.480 --> 00:40:18.180
 done that,

00:40:19.360 --> 00:40:20.039
 I'm not asking

00:40:20.039 --> 00:40:20.420
 if you've been

00:40:20.420 --> 00:40:20.760
 in church,

00:40:20.840 --> 00:40:21.160
 I'm not asking

00:40:21.160 --> 00:40:22.099
 if you call

00:40:22.099 --> 00:40:22.579
 yourself a

00:40:22.579 --> 00:40:23.059
 Christian or

00:40:23.059 --> 00:40:23.400
 if you're a

00:40:23.400 --> 00:40:23.880
 good person,

00:40:24.079 --> 00:40:24.500
 I'm saying,

00:40:24.680 --> 00:40:25.400
 have you ever

00:40:25.400 --> 00:40:27.360
 done that?

00:40:29.320 --> 00:40:29.860
 Placed your

00:40:29.860 --> 00:40:30.500
 faith in Jesus

00:40:30.500 --> 00:40:31.320
 to forgive your

00:40:31.320 --> 00:40:32.320
 sins and make

00:40:32.320 --> 00:40:32.980
 you his child?

00:40:34.640 --> 00:40:35.340
 In the privacy

00:40:35.340 --> 00:40:35.900
 of this moment,

00:40:35.980 --> 00:40:36.380
 would you slip

00:40:36.380 --> 00:40:36.920
 your hand up and

00:40:36.920 --> 00:40:37.480
 say, that's me,

00:40:37.539 --> 00:40:37.980
 I need to do

00:40:37.980 --> 00:40:38.200
 that.

00:40:38.539 --> 00:40:39.200
 I haven't done

00:40:39.200 --> 00:40:39.480
 that.

00:40:41.800 --> 00:40:42.420
 Just slip your

00:40:42.420 --> 00:40:42.860
 hand up right

00:40:42.860 --> 00:40:43.240
 now and I'll

00:40:43.240 --> 00:40:43.680
 pray for you.

00:40:45.860 --> 00:40:46.539
 Thank you.

00:40:47.280 --> 00:40:48.160
 For the rest of

00:40:48.160 --> 00:40:50.000
 you, would you

00:40:50.000 --> 00:40:51.079
 say, am I behaving

00:40:51.079 --> 00:40:53.079
 as a weed or as

00:40:53.079 --> 00:40:53.380
 wheat?

00:40:53.940 --> 00:40:55.019
 Am I serving my

00:40:55.019 --> 00:40:55.640
 own purposes,

00:40:55.900 --> 00:40:56.539
 which, man,

00:40:56.640 --> 00:40:57.240
 Satan might be

00:40:57.240 --> 00:40:58.000
 using to poison

00:40:58.000 --> 00:40:58.720
 the whole crop?

00:40:59.960 --> 00:41:01.220
 Or am I behaving

00:41:01.220 --> 00:41:02.099
 as the wheat that

00:41:02.099 --> 00:41:03.059
 God made me to be?

00:41:06.200 --> 00:41:07.180
 In this moment,

00:41:07.260 --> 00:41:07.780
 would you pray

00:41:07.780 --> 00:41:08.460
 and ask God,

00:41:09.440 --> 00:41:10.519
 make me serve my

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 purpose for you

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 in this world.

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 Behave as your

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 child, not as

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 weeds that need

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 to be pulled.

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 We'll give God

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 the glory for you.