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 1 Thessalonians, 1 Thessalonians chapter 1 this morning.

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! 1 Thessalonians chapter 1 as we get ready here for missions month.

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 Do you recognize some of them?

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 We're going to talk about you and me.

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 Because ultimately, we ought to be a missionary where we are.

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 And the importance of it, we're going to talk about a bold gospel this morning.

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 And so we're going to be, your featured missionary today is you and I.

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 To be talking about, be encouraged about what God would have for us

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 in sharing the gospel with others.

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 You know, have you stopped to consider,

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 when was the last time that you spoke to somebody about spiritual things?

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 When was the last time you spoke any portion of the gospel?

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 Because we're going to talk this morning,

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 giving the gospel doesn't necessarily mean you give everything completely all at one time.

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 Sometimes, you know, the Bible talks about planting seeds

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 or allowing the Holy Spirit to work.

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 You know, the one thing to always keep in mind

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 is it's not our responsibility to convert somebody to Christ.

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 That's the Holy Spirit's job.

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 You cannot convert somebody.

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 You cannot change somebody.

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 But God's Word and the Spirit of God definitely can.

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 It's what makes a difference, you know.

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 And when was the last time you spoke directly to somebody about the gospel?

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 The good news, if you're saved, it's the good news of your salvation.

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 It's not just something that you come and on Sunday and think about.

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 It ought to be something that impacts us throughout the week.

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 Impacts us day by day as we think about what Christ has done for us.

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 Because this same good news that you have been heard

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 and that hopefully you've applied the reality of the gospel to your life

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 is something others need to know also.

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 Your co-worker at work or the neighbor across the street

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 or just somebody that you come in contact with.

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 And we see here this morning, we're going to be looking here at the church at Thessalonica.

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 It's a great reminder of a church that sounded out the Word of the Lord

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 declaring their faith to those around them.

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 And so if you found 1 Thessalonians chapter 1 this morning,

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 let's stand together in honor of reading of the Word of God here today.

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 And we'll pick up in verse 3 here this morning.

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 We'll pick up here.

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 It says,

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 We are bound to thank God always for you, brother,

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 as it is meet because that your faith grows exceedingly,

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 and that the charity of every one of you,

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 every one of you all toward each other aboundeth,

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 so that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God

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 for your patience and faith and all your...

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 No wonder I'm on the wrong one.

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 I'm on 2 Thessalonians.

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 I'm in trouble.

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 I'm like, that did not sound right.

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 That's what happens when you get a new Bible and the pages stick together.

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 Trying to get this one all sorted out.

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 There we go.

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 Man, that looks even better.

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 I wonder where you all give me a strange look.

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 At least I know you're following along.

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 Amen?

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 Let's go over to 1 Thessalonians.

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 1 Thessalonians.

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 And it says,

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 We give thanks to God always for you, making mention of you in our prayers,

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 remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love

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 and patience of hope of our Lord Jesus in the sight of God and our Father.

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 Knowing, brethren, beloved, your election of God,

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 for our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power and the Holy Ghost,

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 and in much assurance, as you know what manner of men we were among you for your sakes.

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 And you became followers of us and of the Lord, and having received the word in much affliction,

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 with the joy of the Holy Ghost, so that ye were as samples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia.

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 For from you sounded out the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia and Achaia,

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 but also in every place your faith to God were to spread abroad,

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 so that we need not to speak anything.

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 For they themselves show you what manner of entering in we had unto you,

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 and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,

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 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus,

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 which delivered us from the wrath to come.

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 For yourselves, brethren, know your entrance into you, that it was not in vain,

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 but even after that you have suffered before, that you were shamefully entreated.

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 As ye know at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel,

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 which with much contention.

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 Let's pray.

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 Heavenly Fathers, we come before you today.

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 Lord, we just thank you for the encouragement, the reality of who you are and what you've done.

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 Lord, we pray just have your hand upon each heart, each life here today, Lord,

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 as we look at the reality and the necessity of being one that will share the truth of your word with others.

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 Lord, it should happen organically, even in our lives, Lord.

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 And we look at these individuals at Thessalonica, this church here that had a membership,

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 that touched lives around them.

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 And Lord, we pray just would work in a mighty way, even here today, Lord,

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 and we just ask it all in your precious name.

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 Amen.

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 You may be seated.

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 You know, we see here that they did, they impacted the world around them.

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 That's what Paul's commending them for.

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 We're going to look at these elements here about a bold gospel and what is entailed in it,

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 because there's some things and there's some effects of a bold gospel,

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 a gospel that impacts lives, a gospel that changes people, not just outwardly, but inwardly.

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 That changes how they think, how they process, how they view life, how they view others.

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 You know, the gospel impacts everything in our life.

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 And this was not just something special.

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 These people weren't something special.

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 They didn't have extraordinary talents or resources, but the Bible says that they shared what they had.

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 They shared what God had given to them, what had been delivered unto them,

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 and the news that God had made a way for them there, those that had rebelled and rejected.

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 You know, the Bible talks about they turned from idols unto the living God.

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 They made a difference, the gospel made a difference in their life.

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 And their rebellion and their rejection of God turned to favor with him through the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 You know, I want you to understand, it didn't arrive from an angel from heaven.

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 You know, it didn't arrive from special revelation.

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 You know, it didn't get written in the sky.

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 It didn't show up.

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 It showed up because somebody took time to share.

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 That somebody took time to do.

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 And it's the one that shared it with them was Paul.

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 And those that were working alongside him came to tell them what had taken place.

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 And sometimes we forget the reality of missions because sometimes we make missions in the gospel a lot more complicated than it is.

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 You know, we can complicate.

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 As people, we can make things very complicated sometimes.

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 You know, we try to make more out of it or worry about details sometimes that are not our details to worry about.

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 You know, because there are certain things in life that are just going to happen.

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 You know, you deal with it as it comes.

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 When we understand that these here, sometimes we get caught up in the function instead of focusing on the substance.

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 You know, we can get busy doing and forget why we're doing.

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 We don't want either one.

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 You need to make sure we're paying attention because those here at Thessalonica were first introduced to the work that had been accomplished in them when they accepted Christ.

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 And this work was the work of God that in Jesus Christ came to take on himself the sin that separated his creation from him.

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 You know, consider what Jesus said in John 17 and verse 4.

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 He says, I have glorified thee on the earth.

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 He's speaking to the Father.

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 And he says, I have finished the work thou gavest to me to do.

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 What was the work that Jesus came to do?

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 Very simply, 2 Corinthians 5.21 tells us this.

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 For he hath made him to be sin for us who knew no sin that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

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 That was the work of God.

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 Now, I want you to understand, for in order for you to be saved, there is a work happen, but it's not yours.

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 The work was already accomplished in Christ.

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 Everything that was done, Christ accomplished.

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 It was his work to do.

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 We cannot do enough to get to heaven.

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 You cannot do enough to be right with God.

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 You cannot do anything to earn your salvation.

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 Because Christ has already paid it all.

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 When you understand the reality, why can't you work for salvation?

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 Very simply, Christ said, I already covered it.

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 It's taken care of.

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 I did everything.

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 I did all the work that was required for somebody to be saved.

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 Our responsibility is to react or respond or to grab a hold of,

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 to be changed by the truth of the gospel,

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 to realize that we have to believe the work that Jesus did.

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 That he is the one that accomplished it.

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 The work of salvation, redemption, and justification has already been accomplished.

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 You cannot work or perform anything to be saved or to remain secure in Christ.

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 All those things are already done.

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 Those things have already been accomplished.

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 It's already been accomplished for everyone

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 and is being accomplished completely in anyone who has called upon the name of the Lord

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 that is believed that Jesus is the Savior for them.

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 You know, when we understand that what was accomplished in us

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 does require a few things from us

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 because one, we have to recognize that we're a sinner.

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 Let me give you a little clue.

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 If somebody doesn't realize they're a sinner, they'll never be saved.

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 Because you know what?

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 Salvation makes no sense

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 if you don't understand what sin is.

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 It'd be like throwing somebody a life jacket in the auditorium today.

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 They will look at you,

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 why are you throwing me a life jacket?

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 I have absolutely no need of it.

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 You throw a life jacket to somebody struggling in the water

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 or one of them big pool circles or whatever you want to toss out there,

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 you know what?

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 They don't look at you strange.

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 Why do they not look at you strange?

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 Because they realize they need it.

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 They realize they have a need for it.

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 They didn't do anything to get it.

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 But they know they need it.

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 They realize it's the same way with sin.

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 And we find here that the Bible tells us

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 that every person has broken his commands.

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 We have gone our own way.

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 We stand guilty before him,

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 trusting in his gift of salvation by faith.

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 When you believe this bold gospel,

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 there's some things that are involved for you to be a witness to others

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 about what God has done for you.

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 You know, that's really what we're talking about this morning.

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 It's just telling others,

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 sharing with others what God's already done for you.

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 That's as simple as it gets.

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 It's not complex.

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 Because the reality is,

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 if you're saved,

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 you ought to be able to explain salvation to somebody else.

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 Especially as an adult,

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 you should be able to explain.

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 If you're saved,

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 you should be able to explain

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 the basics of salvation to somebody else.

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 Because how can you explain to somebody

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 something that you don't have?

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 If you don't have it,

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 you're going to have a hard time explaining it to somebody else.

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 It needs to be yours.

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 You need to understand the importance of salvation.

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 You know,

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 I want you to understand that

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 if we're going to be a witness,

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 it's not gaining favor with God.

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 It's just doing what God has asked.

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 It's what ought to naturally come out.

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 When somebody's done something for you,

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 you have a natural tendency to tell others.

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 It's a natural outflow

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 because I want you to understand

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 that no place in the Bible

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 does it say you can come to God by works.

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 But you come by faith.

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 A faith that's living,

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 that will make itself manifest

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 in the life that is lived.

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 Because we're going to look here

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 at the examples here today.

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 You know, the reality of that.

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 The example that we have.

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 Look at verse 7 here in our text.

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 It says,

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 So that ye were examples

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 to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia.

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 You were examples.

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 That's just an example.

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 You're a picture of what should have happened.

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 You're on display of what should have happened there.

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 But I want you to see some things

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 about a bold gospel that takes place.

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 Look here in verse 3.

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 He says this,

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 Remembering without ceasing your work of faith.

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 Now, that's the reason I want you to understand.

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 You don't get saved by works.

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 But after you're saved,

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 there is some motion,

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 there's some action involved.

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 It ought to stir us to action.

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 Because notice,

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 what did Paul make note of

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 of those that had been saved

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 as he's writing back to them years later

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 and he's talking about this?

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 He says,

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 Remembering without ceasing your work of faith.

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 Your work of faith.

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 The first motion is a work of faith.

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 You know, those actions that are there.

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 You know,

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 they had continued in the lives of those

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 who had trusted in the gospel

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 of their salvation.

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 It's based upon their faith

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 in the Lord Jesus Christ

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 and in the sight of God.

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 I want you to understand

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 that God expects something to impact us.

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 If something impacts you,

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 you have a response.

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 Your work of faith.

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 This first motion,

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 you might say,

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 is a work of faith.

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 These individuals believed

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 what God had done for them

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 and it moved them to action.

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 Not to get saved,

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 but because of.

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 A because of reality.

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 It's not actions or works

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 to be accepted,

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 but as a result of

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 what has already been done

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 for us.

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 The work of salvation

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 has already been accomplished.

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 You know,

00:15:20.940 --> 00:15:22.700
 Titus chapter 3 and verse 5

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 says,

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 Not by works of righteousness

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 which we have done,

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 but according to His mercy

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 He saved us

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 by the washing of regeneration

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 and renewing of the Holy Ghost

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 which He shed on us abundantly

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 through Jesus Christ,

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 our Savior.

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 I want you to understand

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 salvation cannot be earned.

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 You cannot merit it.

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 Now notice here in verse 7

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 it says,

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 That being justified

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 by His grace

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 we should be made heirs

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 according to the hope

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 of eternal life.

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 That this faith,

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 this is a faithful saying,

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 and these things

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 which I will thou affirm

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 constantly,

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 that they which have

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 believed in God

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 might be careful

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 to,

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 notice this,

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 to maintain good works.

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 These things are good

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 and profitable unto men.

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 You know,

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 I want you to understand

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 the action that takes place

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 after we have the gospel

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 impacts other people.

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 There's an action,

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 there's some things

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 that ought to be stirred

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 in us

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 because true faith

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 stirs a response.

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 It moves us to action.

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 True faith is not static.

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 It's not just a matter

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 of sitting.

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 It results in motion.

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 I want you to see here,

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 turn to the book of James

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 because James lines up here

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 as he's talking here,

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 the context of James,

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 he's talking to believers,

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 he's telling them

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 this very simple thing.

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 He says this in chapter 2

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 in verse 17,

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 he says,

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 Even so faith,

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 if it hath not works,

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 is dead being alone.

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 What's he talking about?

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 He's not talking about

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 saving faith here.

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 He's talking about

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 the results of faith.

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 If you say you believe Jesus

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 that Christ has saved you,

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 he says there ought to be

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 some results from it.

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 It ought to be something

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 that's visible.

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 James isn't talking here.

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 He's already in the context

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 of James.

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 He's talking to believers.

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 He's not talking

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 to lost people.

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 He's saying this.

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 He says,

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 Yea,

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 a man may say,

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 Thou hast faith

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 and I have works.

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 Show me thy faith

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 without thy works

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 and I will show thee

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 my faith by my works.

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 In other words,

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 what James is saying,

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 he says,

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 I want you to know

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 it's going to be evident

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 in my life.

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 If you don't have

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 any evidence,

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 there's a problem.

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 Your faith in Christ

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 ought to have some evidences

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 that show forth.

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 What kind of evidences?

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 Well,

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 one,

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 in the things that you do.

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 It ought to change priorities.

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 It ought to change

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 what you desire to do.

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 You know,

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 look over to Acts 26

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 in verse 20.

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 You know,

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 here Paul

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 is describing his ministry.

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 At the end of his ministry,

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 we find here,

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 it says in verse 20

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 in chapter 26,

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 he says,

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 it showed first unto them

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 of Damascus

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 and Jerusalem

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 throughout the coast

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 of all Judea

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 and then to the Gentiles

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 that they should,

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 what,

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 repent and turn to God

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 and do works

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 meet for repentance.

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 What's Paul talking about?

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 He says,

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 hey,

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 it ought to be a response.

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 True faith

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 ought to reveal itself

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 in what you do.

00:18:08.799 --> 00:18:09.559
 True faith,

00:18:10.019 --> 00:18:10.659
 our works

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 do not save us,

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 but if you're saved,

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 there ought to be a result.

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 There ought to be

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 something displayed.

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 You know,

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 the Bible talks about this too,

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 also about fruit.

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 You know,

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 how do you identify a tree?

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 You identify it

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 by what it produces.

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 A tree that doesn't

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 produce anything

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 is what?

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 Dead.

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 You know,

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 when you walk through

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 a bunch of trees

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 and you see one

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 with no leaves

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 or nothing on it

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 and all the rest of them

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 are all green,

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 what's your assumption

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 about that tree?

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 It's dead.

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 Why?

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 It's not producing anything.

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 That's what they're

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 talking about.

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 here.

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 If faith has taken root

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 in your life

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 and you've accepted

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 Christ as your Savior,

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 there ought to be

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 some things

00:18:53.980 --> 00:18:54.980
 that spring forth.

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 If not,

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 there's a problem.

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 That's what James

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 is saying.

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 That's what Peter

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 tells us.

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 That's what Paul

00:19:01.040 --> 00:19:01.700
 tells us.

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 That's what John

00:19:02.960 --> 00:19:03.620
 tells us.

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 It's what the

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 Gospels proclaim.

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 Jesus takes us

00:19:06.840 --> 00:19:07.220
 through.

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 And we see here

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 that we find here

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 faith, belief,

00:19:11.100 --> 00:19:11.880
 and trust in the

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 Gospel will stir us

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 to a course of action,

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 to a course of work

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 and action,

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 a motion forward.

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 But notice what he

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 says next here.

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 He says,

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 your work of faith

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 and your labor of love.

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 You know,

00:19:28.079 --> 00:19:29.039
 this work can be

00:19:29.039 --> 00:19:29.640
 tiresome.

00:19:30.900 --> 00:19:31.160
 You know,

00:19:31.799 --> 00:19:33.279
 it takes effort,

00:19:33.400 --> 00:19:34.340
 it takes intention.

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 When you're going to

00:19:35.299 --> 00:19:36.100
 serve the Lord,

00:19:36.299 --> 00:19:36.799
 it takes,

00:19:37.059 --> 00:19:38.100
 it requires some

00:19:38.100 --> 00:19:39.500
 motivation that's not

00:19:39.500 --> 00:19:40.340
 just so out of

00:19:40.340 --> 00:19:40.920
 obligation.

00:19:42.680 --> 00:19:43.180
 You know,

00:19:43.220 --> 00:19:43.819
 sometimes we do

00:19:43.819 --> 00:19:44.340
 things out of

00:19:44.340 --> 00:19:44.900
 obligation.

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 It's what's required.

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 Or out of duty.

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 We'll do things for

00:19:50.319 --> 00:19:51.420
 all sorts of reasons,

00:19:51.420 --> 00:19:52.220
 sometimes out of

00:19:52.220 --> 00:19:52.840
 necessity.

00:19:54.680 --> 00:19:55.460
 Sometimes we'll make

00:19:55.460 --> 00:19:56.620
 a choice of necessity.

00:19:56.820 --> 00:19:56.940
 Well,

00:19:56.980 --> 00:19:58.080
 I have to do this

00:19:58.080 --> 00:19:59.080
 or I'm going to

00:19:59.080 --> 00:19:59.580
 go hungry.

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 Some of you might

00:20:00.460 --> 00:20:01.019
 show up for work

00:20:01.019 --> 00:20:01.700
 because of that.

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 You know,

00:20:03.539 --> 00:20:04.519
 I want a roof over

00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:04.880
 my head,

00:20:04.940 --> 00:20:05.660
 I want food on the

00:20:05.660 --> 00:20:05.940
 table,

00:20:06.080 --> 00:20:06.800
 I go to work

00:20:06.800 --> 00:20:07.640
 because of

00:20:07.640 --> 00:20:08.320
 necessity.

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 Some people go

00:20:09.660 --> 00:20:10.500
 because of duty.

00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:12.039
 Some try to get

00:20:12.039 --> 00:20:12.560
 gain.

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 But the love

00:20:13.660 --> 00:20:14.560
 that's stirred by

00:20:14.560 --> 00:20:15.019
 faith,

00:20:15.160 --> 00:20:16.080
 or the work and

00:20:16.080 --> 00:20:17.120
 actions by faith

00:20:17.120 --> 00:20:17.840
 is a little different.

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 He says the labor

00:20:18.839 --> 00:20:19.759
 of love.

00:20:20.039 --> 00:20:21.559
 A labor of love

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 implies by its

00:20:24.740 --> 00:20:25.799
 very nature

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 that it's tiresome.

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 You want an example

00:20:29.199 --> 00:20:30.359
 of a labor of love?

00:20:31.500 --> 00:20:32.399
 Watch a mom

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 with a little baby.

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 They can be

00:20:34.039 --> 00:20:34.879
 exhausted

00:20:34.879 --> 00:20:36.319
 and the baby cries

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 and they'll get

00:20:37.059 --> 00:20:38.000
 themselves out of bed.

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 What is that?

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 That's a labor of what?

00:20:41.679 --> 00:20:42.119
 Love.

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 It's not motivated

00:20:44.659 --> 00:20:45.679
 by any gain

00:20:45.679 --> 00:20:46.359
 for themselves.

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 It's not

00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:48.960
 motivated

00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:49.980
 just out of necessity.

00:20:50.259 --> 00:20:50.379
 Well,

00:20:50.460 --> 00:20:50.899
 I guess for the,

00:20:51.019 --> 00:20:51.879
 sometimes guys

00:20:51.879 --> 00:20:52.200
 will get up

00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:52.460
 and do it

00:20:52.460 --> 00:20:53.259
 out of necessity.

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 Comfort that kid

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 so they're quiet.

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 All right,

00:20:56.500 --> 00:20:57.119
 get some sleep.

00:20:57.399 --> 00:20:57.619
 Okay,

00:20:57.720 --> 00:20:58.460
 now I'm meddling,

00:20:58.579 --> 00:20:58.740
 right?

00:20:59.259 --> 00:21:00.059
 But I want you

00:21:00.059 --> 00:21:00.680
 to understand

00:21:00.680 --> 00:21:01.599
 that's the difference.

00:21:03.279 --> 00:21:04.420
 When he's talking

00:21:04.420 --> 00:21:05.480
 about their labor

00:21:05.480 --> 00:21:06.480
 of love,

00:21:06.480 --> 00:21:07.680
 that word labor

00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:09.579
 involves intense toil.

00:21:11.399 --> 00:21:12.259
 In other words,

00:21:12.339 --> 00:21:13.559
 it will get wearisome.

00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:16.720
 You're going to get tired.

00:21:17.039 --> 00:21:17.859
 You're going to get exhausted.

00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:20.059
 Sometimes frustrated.

00:21:20.500 --> 00:21:21.940
 But a labor of love

00:21:21.940 --> 00:21:23.639
 changes things.

00:21:24.440 --> 00:21:26.139
 When you call upon Christ

00:21:26.139 --> 00:21:27.099
 as your Savior,

00:21:27.500 --> 00:21:28.460
 it's there because

00:21:28.460 --> 00:21:30.039
 he first loved you.

00:21:31.799 --> 00:21:33.539
 Think for a moment.

00:21:33.599 --> 00:21:34.539
 Go back over to the book

00:21:34.539 --> 00:21:36.259
 of 1 John.

00:21:37.099 --> 00:21:38.940
 Chapter 4 and verse 19.

00:21:40.220 --> 00:21:41.579
 John reveals this.

00:21:41.639 --> 00:21:41.960
 He says,

00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:43.000
 we love him

00:21:43.000 --> 00:21:45.500
 because he's a good guy.

00:21:45.500 --> 00:21:47.539
 Is that what it says?

00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:48.319
 I love him

00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:49.460
 because of his benefits.

00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:50.079
 That's what,

00:21:50.140 --> 00:21:50.619
 I love him

00:21:50.619 --> 00:21:51.339
 because he what?

00:21:52.539 --> 00:21:53.779
 First loved us.

00:21:55.079 --> 00:21:56.319
 The reality

00:21:56.319 --> 00:21:57.460
 of the gospel

00:21:57.460 --> 00:21:59.779
 is that he loved

00:21:59.779 --> 00:22:00.960
 you.

00:22:01.220 --> 00:22:02.079
 Christ came

00:22:02.079 --> 00:22:03.119
 because he loved you

00:22:03.119 --> 00:22:04.460
 and our labor of love

00:22:04.460 --> 00:22:06.000
 is because we love him.

00:22:06.259 --> 00:22:06.920
 To stir

00:22:06.920 --> 00:22:08.180
 that reality.

00:22:08.819 --> 00:22:08.940
 You know,

00:22:09.000 --> 00:22:10.640
 2 Corinthians chapter 5

00:22:10.640 --> 00:22:11.519
 and verse 14

00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:12.079
 says this,

00:22:12.079 --> 00:22:13.299
 for the love of Christ

00:22:13.299 --> 00:22:13.839
 does what?

00:22:14.699 --> 00:22:15.439
 Constraineth us

00:22:15.439 --> 00:22:16.799
 because we thus judge

00:22:16.799 --> 00:22:18.059
 that one died for all

00:22:18.059 --> 00:22:19.319
 then were all dead

00:22:19.319 --> 00:22:20.220
 and that he died

00:22:20.220 --> 00:22:21.059
 for all

00:22:21.059 --> 00:22:21.939
 and they which live

00:22:21.939 --> 00:22:22.919
 should not henceforth

00:22:22.919 --> 00:22:22.939
!

00:22:22.939 --> 00:22:23.839
 live unto themselves

00:22:23.839 --> 00:22:24.799
 but unto him

00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:26.259
 which died for them

00:22:26.259 --> 00:22:27.000
 and rose

00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:28.179
 again.

00:22:28.180 --> 00:22:30.320
 It's a love

00:22:30.320 --> 00:22:30.960
 for the Lord

00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:32.039
 a sincere love

00:22:32.039 --> 00:22:32.740
 for others

00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:34.180
 that must motivate

00:22:34.180 --> 00:22:36.000
 the effort behind it.

00:22:36.660 --> 00:22:36.860
 You know?

00:22:37.340 --> 00:22:38.360
 But why don't you see here

00:22:38.360 --> 00:22:39.560
 also there's a patience

00:22:39.560 --> 00:22:40.259
 of hope.

00:22:40.880 --> 00:22:42.320
 A patience of hope

00:22:42.320 --> 00:22:45.299
 in our Lord Jesus Christ.

00:22:46.120 --> 00:22:46.700
 Why don't you see here

00:22:46.700 --> 00:22:47.580
 this patience of hope

00:22:47.580 --> 00:22:49.560
 is an enduring hope.

00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:50.220
 You know,

00:22:50.279 --> 00:22:50.900
 we talked about

00:22:50.900 --> 00:22:52.240
 a bold hope last week.

00:22:53.220 --> 00:22:54.480
 The hope we have

00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:55.060
 because of what

00:22:55.060 --> 00:22:56.160
 Jesus Christ did.

00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:57.140
 We have a hope

00:22:57.140 --> 00:22:58.600
 an enduring hope.

00:22:58.960 --> 00:23:00.880
 Hope is what we look forward to

00:23:00.880 --> 00:23:02.980
 like as we saw last week.

00:23:03.340 --> 00:23:04.700
 The necessity of hope.

00:23:04.780 --> 00:23:05.780
 A hope based upon

00:23:05.780 --> 00:23:06.520
 the promises

00:23:06.520 --> 00:23:08.200
 and God's fulfillment

00:23:08.200 --> 00:23:09.259
 of those promises.

00:23:09.860 --> 00:23:11.140
 Just as your salvation

00:23:11.140 --> 00:23:11.960
 is built upon

00:23:11.960 --> 00:23:12.640
 his promise

00:23:12.640 --> 00:23:13.240
 to fulfill

00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:14.860
 what he has said.

00:23:15.360 --> 00:23:16.140
 When we live

00:23:16.140 --> 00:23:17.360
 in a patient hope

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 it's revealed

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 in our lives

00:23:18.920 --> 00:23:20.220
 because it's shown

00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:21.220
 in the spirit

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 in which we continue.

00:23:22.940 --> 00:23:24.780
 This is a cheerful endurance.

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 The word here

00:23:25.560 --> 00:23:26.660
 patience here

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 is a little different.

00:23:27.980 --> 00:23:28.500
 In English

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 it kind of gets

00:23:29.220 --> 00:23:30.080
 tied up here

00:23:30.080 --> 00:23:30.580
 a little bit

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 but the context here

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 pushes it

00:23:32.820 --> 00:23:34.400
 to have an attitude

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 attached to it

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 because you can be

00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:40.420
 patient many ways.

00:23:40.779 --> 00:23:40.880
 You know,

00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:41.600
 sometimes you can

00:23:41.600 --> 00:23:42.519
 patiently wait

00:23:42.519 --> 00:23:43.060
 and be talking

00:23:43.060 --> 00:23:43.759
 under your breath

00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:44.300
 grumpingly.

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 That's not what

00:23:45.120 --> 00:23:45.900
 it's talking about.

00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:48.400
 It's being patient

00:23:48.400 --> 00:23:49.120
 and waiting

00:23:49.120 --> 00:23:51.060
 and understanding

00:23:51.060 --> 00:23:51.720
 to wait

00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:52.700
 is for a purpose

00:23:52.700 --> 00:23:55.539
 and that the waiting

00:23:55.539 --> 00:23:56.519
 time is not

00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:57.240
 in your control.

00:23:57.620 --> 00:23:58.420
 And in that waiting

00:23:58.420 --> 00:23:59.240
 time you keep

00:23:59.240 --> 00:23:59.980
 your eyes

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 on the Lord.

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 Look over to

00:24:01.660 --> 00:24:02.779
 Hebrews chapter 12.

00:24:03.460 --> 00:24:04.740
 Hebrews chapter 12

00:24:04.740 --> 00:24:05.420
 in verse 2

00:24:05.420 --> 00:24:05.660
 says,

00:24:05.660 --> 00:24:06.620
 Looking unto Jesus

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 the author

00:24:07.180 --> 00:24:07.700
 and finisher

00:24:07.700 --> 00:24:08.400
 of our faith

00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:09.600
 for who the joy

00:24:09.600 --> 00:24:10.120
 that was set

00:24:10.120 --> 00:24:10.759
 before him

00:24:10.759 --> 00:24:11.800
 endured the cross

00:24:11.800 --> 00:24:13.259
 despising the shame

00:24:13.259 --> 00:24:13.980
 and it sat down

00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:14.720
 at the right hand

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 of the throne of God.

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 For consider him

00:24:16.980 --> 00:24:17.660
 that endureth

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 since contradiction

00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:19.060
 of sinners

00:24:19.060 --> 00:24:20.000
 against himself

00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:21.560
 lest he be wearied

00:24:21.560 --> 00:24:22.100
 and faint

00:24:22.100 --> 00:24:23.040
 in your minds.

00:24:23.380 --> 00:24:23.880
 Think about what

00:24:23.880 --> 00:24:24.880
 he's talking about there.

00:24:25.840 --> 00:24:26.620
 He's talking about

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 the very reality

00:24:27.800 --> 00:24:28.540
 that if we don't

00:24:28.540 --> 00:24:29.400
 keep our eyes

00:24:29.400 --> 00:24:30.500
 on the right things

00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:31.720
 your patience

00:24:31.720 --> 00:24:32.380
 is not going to

00:24:32.380 --> 00:24:33.120
 be operating

00:24:33.119 --> 00:24:33.759
 in the right way.

00:24:36.839 --> 00:24:37.759
 Our patience

00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:38.500
 is there

00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:39.539
 because of our love.

00:24:39.679 --> 00:24:40.319
 It's an attitude.

00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:41.339
 It's a direction.

00:24:41.839 --> 00:24:42.819
 It's focused upon

00:24:42.819 --> 00:24:43.379
 the Savior

00:24:43.379 --> 00:24:44.299
 to keep our eyes

00:24:44.299 --> 00:24:45.219
 on the right things.

00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:46.099
 Because you know what?

00:24:46.119 --> 00:24:46.879
 If you keep your eyes

00:24:46.879 --> 00:24:47.419
 on people

00:24:47.419 --> 00:24:48.259
 I'll give you a little clue

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:49.079
 you'll be disappointed.

00:24:49.399 --> 00:24:50.179
 No matter how much

00:24:50.179 --> 00:24:51.279
 you look up to somebody

00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:52.579
 or somebody gets built up

00:24:52.579 --> 00:24:53.139
 sooner or later

00:24:53.139 --> 00:24:53.500
 they're going to

00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:54.079
 let you down.

00:24:54.239 --> 00:24:55.259
 That's just the reality.

00:24:57.079 --> 00:24:57.819
 When we look

00:24:57.819 --> 00:24:58.439
 at one another

00:24:58.439 --> 00:24:58.839
 we're going to

00:24:58.839 --> 00:24:59.579
 let each other down

00:24:59.579 --> 00:25:00.119
 sometimes.

00:25:00.379 --> 00:25:00.699
 But you know

00:25:00.699 --> 00:25:01.500
 we have a Savior

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:03.180
 that will never

00:25:03.180 --> 00:25:03.680
 let you down.

00:25:03.900 --> 00:25:04.700
 He's always there.

00:25:06.400 --> 00:25:07.279
 He is the author

00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:08.259
 and finisher

00:25:08.259 --> 00:25:09.039
 of our faith.

00:25:10.400 --> 00:25:11.539
 That word finisher

00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:12.299
 is important

00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:15.240
 because it's the hope.

00:25:16.680 --> 00:25:17.400
 He didn't just

00:25:17.400 --> 00:25:18.019
 author it

00:25:18.019 --> 00:25:18.619
 he says

00:25:18.619 --> 00:25:19.200
 I'm going to

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 finish it.

00:25:20.079 --> 00:25:20.740
 I'm going to

00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:21.900
 complete everything

00:25:21.900 --> 00:25:22.640
 I promised.

00:25:23.059 --> 00:25:23.220
 You know

00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:23.859
 we talked about

00:25:23.859 --> 00:25:24.700
 this last week

00:25:24.700 --> 00:25:25.440
 we don't have

00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:26.660
 all the promise

00:25:26.660 --> 00:25:28.140
 to us yet.

00:25:29.640 --> 00:25:30.579
 We're sealed.

00:25:30.579 --> 00:25:31.639
 if you've called

00:25:31.639 --> 00:25:32.220
 upon the Lord

00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:32.679
 as Savior

00:25:32.679 --> 00:25:33.559
 the Bible says

00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:34.439
 that you are

00:25:34.439 --> 00:25:35.419
 sealed with the

00:25:35.419 --> 00:25:35.939
 Holy Spirit

00:25:35.939 --> 00:25:36.500
 of promise.

00:25:38.079 --> 00:25:39.039
 The power

00:25:39.039 --> 00:25:41.099
 and the penalty

00:25:41.099 --> 00:25:41.859
 of sin

00:25:41.859 --> 00:25:43.079
 has been overcome.

00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:45.139
 But you know

00:25:45.139 --> 00:25:45.740
 we still live

00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:46.539
 in a fallen world.

00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:49.039
 Part of the promise

00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:49.720
 of salvation

00:25:49.720 --> 00:25:50.240
 is one day

00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:50.619
 we're going to

00:25:50.619 --> 00:25:51.220
 live in a world

00:25:51.220 --> 00:25:51.879
 without sin.

00:25:52.079 --> 00:25:52.359
 We're going to

00:25:52.359 --> 00:25:52.779
 be removed

00:25:52.779 --> 00:25:53.240
 from the very

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:54.220
 presence of sin.

00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:56.599
 That's yet to come.

00:25:57.480 --> 00:25:58.179
 That's important

00:25:58.179 --> 00:25:58.960
 to keep in mind

00:25:58.960 --> 00:25:59.519
 because you know

00:25:59.519 --> 00:26:00.019
 when the world

00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:00.500
 and people

00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:00.879
 don't do

00:26:00.879 --> 00:26:01.339
 what you think

00:26:01.339 --> 00:26:02.339
 what do they

00:26:02.339 --> 00:26:02.940
 do that for?

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:03.599
 Well we're still

00:26:03.599 --> 00:26:04.519
 in a sinful world.

00:26:04.900 --> 00:26:05.440
 We're in a fallen

00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:05.879
 world.

00:26:06.160 --> 00:26:06.960
 But Christ says

00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:08.259
 keep your eyes

00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:08.759
 on the right

00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:09.259
 things.

00:26:09.579 --> 00:26:10.160
 Have the right

00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:11.379
 to continue on.

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:11.980
 Do what you

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:12.700
 ought to do.

00:26:13.059 --> 00:26:14.000
 Because the bold

00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:14.839
 gospel here

00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:15.480
 I want you to see

00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:15.779
 here as we

00:26:15.779 --> 00:26:16.519
 continue looking

00:26:16.519 --> 00:26:16.900
 here

00:26:16.900 --> 00:26:18.119
 this gospel

00:26:18.119 --> 00:26:19.400
 involves a means

00:26:19.400 --> 00:26:20.379
 that it's going

00:26:20.379 --> 00:26:21.099
 to be accomplished.

00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:22.500
 Notice in verse

00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:23.440
 five it says

00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:24.559
 for our gospel

00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:25.100
 came not

00:26:25.100 --> 00:26:26.259
 in word only

00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:27.400
 but also in power

00:26:27.400 --> 00:26:28.000
 and in the Holy

00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:28.400
 Ghost

00:26:28.400 --> 00:26:29.519
 and with much

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:30.019
 assurance

00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:30.580
 as you have

00:26:30.580 --> 00:26:30.940
 known what

00:26:30.940 --> 00:26:31.539
 manner of men

00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:32.140
 we were among

00:26:32.140 --> 00:26:32.759
 you for your

00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:33.140
 sake.

00:26:34.580 --> 00:26:36.019
 A bold gospel

00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:37.539
 a bold witness

00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:39.340
 has the means

00:26:39.340 --> 00:26:40.279
 to accomplish it.

00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:42.279
 You know

00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:43.820
 the means of the

00:26:43.820 --> 00:26:44.779
 gospel is very

00:26:44.779 --> 00:26:45.620
 simply this

00:26:45.620 --> 00:26:46.160
 it's the word

00:26:46.160 --> 00:26:46.600
 of God

00:26:46.600 --> 00:26:47.299
 and God

00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:48.320
 adds the power

00:26:48.320 --> 00:26:48.880
 of him

00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:49.860
 self

00:26:49.859 --> 00:26:50.779
 the Holy Spirit

00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:53.719
 to his word.

00:26:53.959 --> 00:26:54.899
 God is the one

00:26:54.899 --> 00:26:55.699
 it's the power

00:26:55.699 --> 00:26:56.199
 of God

00:26:56.199 --> 00:26:57.059
 unto salvation.

00:26:57.819 --> 00:26:57.939
 You know

00:26:57.939 --> 00:26:58.879
 the word of God

00:26:58.879 --> 00:26:59.579
 is used

00:26:59.579 --> 00:27:00.619
 by the Holy Spirit

00:27:00.619 --> 00:27:01.279
 to empower

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:02.139
 God's work

00:27:02.139 --> 00:27:03.279
 in the life

00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:04.019
 of an individual.

00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:05.319
 The means

00:27:05.319 --> 00:27:05.979
 of the gospel

00:27:05.979 --> 00:27:06.619
 that was given

00:27:06.619 --> 00:27:07.139
 unto you

00:27:07.139 --> 00:27:07.919
 had to involve

00:27:07.919 --> 00:27:08.979
 the word of God

00:27:08.979 --> 00:27:10.059
 a work of the

00:27:10.059 --> 00:27:10.659
 Holy Spirit

00:27:10.659 --> 00:27:11.159
 of God

00:27:11.159 --> 00:27:12.119
 and a belief

00:27:12.119 --> 00:27:12.699
 and trust

00:27:12.699 --> 00:27:13.240
 in the truth

00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:13.779
 of God.

00:27:13.899 --> 00:27:14.579
 It means

00:27:14.579 --> 00:27:15.139
 that if we have

00:27:15.139 --> 00:27:16.000
 the word of God

00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:16.659
 your message

00:27:16.659 --> 00:27:17.919
 is the word of God

00:27:17.919 --> 00:27:18.879
 and what

00:27:18.879 --> 00:27:19.819
 and how

00:27:19.819 --> 00:27:21.000
 it changed

00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:21.779
 you.

00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:22.720
 Because to be

00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:23.359
 saved

00:27:23.359 --> 00:27:24.079
 the Bible

00:27:24.079 --> 00:27:24.539
 tells us

00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:24.899
 that faith

00:27:24.899 --> 00:27:25.779
 cometh by hearing

00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:28.000
 and hearing

00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:28.599
 by what?

00:27:29.419 --> 00:27:30.659
 The word of God.

00:27:30.879 --> 00:27:31.460
 People cannot

00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:32.379
 be saved

00:27:32.379 --> 00:27:33.000
 without the word

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:33.460
 of God.

00:27:35.259 --> 00:27:35.779
 Why?

00:27:35.899 --> 00:27:36.519
 Because the word

00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:37.039
 of God

00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:38.139
 explains why

00:27:38.139 --> 00:27:38.839
 we need

00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:39.899
 a Savior.

00:27:40.679 --> 00:27:41.720
 It explains

00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:42.259
 the work

00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:42.740
 that God

00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:43.559
 did in order

00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:44.220
 to save us.

00:27:44.839 --> 00:27:45.819
 It explains

00:27:45.819 --> 00:27:46.220
 how we're

00:27:46.220 --> 00:27:46.659
 supposed to

00:27:46.659 --> 00:27:47.299
 move forward

00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:47.720
 with that

00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:48.179
 the hope

00:27:48.179 --> 00:27:48.799
 that we have.

00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:49.680
 He tells

00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:50.659
 us the reality

00:27:50.659 --> 00:27:51.200
 of what is

00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:51.740
 to come.

00:27:52.119 --> 00:27:53.019
 It's the means

00:27:53.019 --> 00:27:53.859
 of the word

00:27:53.859 --> 00:27:54.460
 of God.

00:27:54.799 --> 00:27:55.079
 It's that

00:27:55.079 --> 00:27:55.700
 which is words

00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:56.759
 that are the means

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:57.799
 by which the gospel

00:27:57.799 --> 00:27:58.359
 is given.

00:27:58.919 --> 00:27:59.119
 You know,

00:27:59.359 --> 00:27:59.839
 when we think

00:27:59.839 --> 00:28:00.480
 about words

00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:00.819
 we think

00:28:00.819 --> 00:28:01.879
 about communication.

00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:02.980
 Communication

00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:04.180
 is essential

00:28:04.180 --> 00:28:05.000
 for the message

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:05.859
 to go forth.

00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:06.839
 It must be

00:28:06.839 --> 00:28:07.500
 mixed though

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:08.319
 with the power

00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:09.319
 of the Holy Spirit.

00:28:09.720 --> 00:28:10.279
 Our job

00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:10.700
 is to give

00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:11.119
 the word

00:28:11.119 --> 00:28:11.500
 of God.

00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:11.899
 You cannot

00:28:11.899 --> 00:28:12.279
 control

00:28:12.279 --> 00:28:12.700
 the Spirit

00:28:12.700 --> 00:28:13.119
 of God.

00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:15.180
 God promises

00:28:15.180 --> 00:28:16.079
 to do His part.

00:28:16.399 --> 00:28:16.919
 The Spirit

00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:17.340
 of God

00:28:17.340 --> 00:28:17.720
 is there.

00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:18.180
 You know,

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:18.440
 look over

00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:19.300
 to John 16

00:28:19.300 --> 00:28:19.980
 for a moment.

00:28:20.660 --> 00:28:21.460
 John 16

00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:22.160
 in verse 8

00:28:22.160 --> 00:28:23.120
 tells us this.

00:28:23.580 --> 00:28:23.940
 Jesus,

00:28:24.080 --> 00:28:24.480
 when He's talking

00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:25.400
 about the Holy Spirit

00:28:25.400 --> 00:28:25.720
 He says,

00:28:25.800 --> 00:28:26.700
 when He has come

00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:27.860
 He will reprove

00:28:27.860 --> 00:28:28.340
 the world

00:28:28.340 --> 00:28:28.940
 of sin

00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:29.680
 and of righteousness

00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:30.440
 and of judgment

00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:30.960
 of sin

00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:32.300
 because they believe

00:28:32.300 --> 00:28:32.960
 not on me

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:33.660
 and of righteousness

00:28:33.660 --> 00:28:34.460
 because I go

00:28:34.460 --> 00:28:35.140
 to my Father

00:28:35.140 --> 00:28:36.360
 and ye see me

00:28:36.360 --> 00:28:36.900
 no more

00:28:36.900 --> 00:28:37.940
 of judgment

00:28:37.940 --> 00:28:38.960
 because the prince

00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:39.560
 of this world

00:28:39.560 --> 00:28:40.259
 is judged.

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:41.340
 Then look down

00:28:41.340 --> 00:28:42.100
 in verse 13

00:28:42.099 --> 00:28:42.359
 and says,

00:28:42.439 --> 00:28:42.819
 howbeit

00:28:42.819 --> 00:28:43.759
 when He

00:28:43.759 --> 00:28:44.419
 the Spirit

00:28:44.419 --> 00:28:44.919
 of truth

00:28:44.919 --> 00:28:45.500
 has come

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:46.559
 He will guide

00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:47.259
 you into all

00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:47.619
 truth

00:28:47.619 --> 00:28:48.139
 for He shall

00:28:48.139 --> 00:28:48.659
 not speak

00:28:48.659 --> 00:28:49.240
 of Himself

00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:50.139
 but whatsoever

00:28:50.139 --> 00:28:52.039
 He shall hear

00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:53.559
 that shall He speak

00:28:53.559 --> 00:28:54.539
 and He will show

00:28:54.539 --> 00:28:55.459
 you things to come

00:28:55.459 --> 00:28:56.480
 and He shall glorify

00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:56.919
 me

00:28:56.919 --> 00:28:58.159
 for He shall

00:28:58.159 --> 00:28:59.419
 receive of mine

00:28:59.419 --> 00:29:00.459
 and shall show

00:29:00.459 --> 00:29:01.319
 it unto you.

00:29:01.740 --> 00:29:02.299
 I want you to

00:29:02.299 --> 00:29:02.719
 understand

00:29:02.719 --> 00:29:03.259
 when you give

00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:03.759
 the gospel

00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:04.379
 to somebody

00:29:04.379 --> 00:29:05.099
 by the word

00:29:05.099 --> 00:29:05.559
 of God

00:29:05.559 --> 00:29:06.779
 you're just

00:29:06.779 --> 00:29:07.119
 giving them

00:29:07.119 --> 00:29:07.459
 the word

00:29:07.459 --> 00:29:07.839
 of God.

00:29:07.939 --> 00:29:08.079
 You know

00:29:08.079 --> 00:29:08.719
 what reveals

00:29:08.719 --> 00:29:09.299
 in their heart

00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:10.019
 the Holy Spirit

00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:10.539
 comes

00:29:10.539 --> 00:29:11.799
 and convicts

00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:12.339
 the conscience

00:29:12.339 --> 00:29:13.079
 of an individual

00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:13.519
 saying,

00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:14.639
 this is true.

00:29:14.940 --> 00:29:15.579
 This is where

00:29:15.579 --> 00:29:16.480
 truth is.

00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:17.480
 This is what

00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:18.059
 is true.

00:29:19.579 --> 00:29:20.200
 Because you know

00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:21.099
 you cannot convince

00:29:21.099 --> 00:29:21.839
 somebody what's

00:29:21.839 --> 00:29:22.399
 true and false.

00:29:22.659 --> 00:29:23.039
 We have a lot

00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:23.639
 of people running

00:29:23.639 --> 00:29:24.139
 around today

00:29:24.139 --> 00:29:24.779
 we have a phrase

00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:25.399
 that people have

00:29:25.399 --> 00:29:26.319
 well that's my

00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:26.799
 truth.

00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:28.920
 Well we can say

00:29:28.920 --> 00:29:29.500
 well that doesn't

00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:30.059
 matter what you

00:29:30.059 --> 00:29:30.779
 think about it

00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:31.700
 this is true

00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:32.139
 but you know

00:29:32.139 --> 00:29:32.899
 what there has

00:29:32.899 --> 00:29:33.500
 to be something

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:34.000
 in order for

00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:34.579
 that to change

00:29:34.579 --> 00:29:34.839
 there has to

00:29:34.839 --> 00:29:35.259
 be something

00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:36.240
 happen inside.

00:29:36.639 --> 00:29:37.119
 When it comes

00:29:37.119 --> 00:29:37.859
 to salvation

00:29:37.859 --> 00:29:38.480
 what happens

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:39.379
 inside the Spirit

00:29:39.379 --> 00:29:39.839
 of God

00:29:39.839 --> 00:29:40.460
 convicts

00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:41.019
 an individual.

00:29:42.340 --> 00:29:42.720
 Where does

00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:43.299
 they convict

00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:43.420
 them?

00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:44.140
 They convict

00:29:44.140 --> 00:29:45.100
 them in the

00:29:45.100 --> 00:29:45.799
 reality

00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:48.160
 of their

00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:48.680
 conscience.

00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:49.759
 So as we

00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:50.360
 spread the

00:29:50.360 --> 00:29:51.000
 gospel as this

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:51.840
 bold gospel

00:29:51.840 --> 00:29:52.539
 went forth

00:29:52.539 --> 00:29:53.059
 just as it

00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:53.460
 did in

00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:54.180
 Thessalonica

00:29:54.180 --> 00:29:55.200
 I want you

00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:55.640
 to understand

00:29:55.640 --> 00:29:55.980
 they were

00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:56.680
 not relying

00:29:56.680 --> 00:29:57.100
 on their

00:29:57.100 --> 00:29:57.900
 own power

00:29:57.900 --> 00:29:58.600
 they were

00:29:58.600 --> 00:29:59.079
 doing what

00:29:59.079 --> 00:29:59.420
 they were

00:29:59.420 --> 00:29:59.900
 supposed to

00:29:59.900 --> 00:30:00.660
 do and

00:30:00.660 --> 00:30:01.460
 relying upon

00:30:01.460 --> 00:30:02.140
 the conviction

00:30:02.140 --> 00:30:02.720
 of the Holy

00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:03.200
 Spirit

00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:06.100
 which results

00:30:06.100 --> 00:30:06.539
 in having

00:30:06.539 --> 00:30:07.180
 confidence

00:30:07.180 --> 00:30:08.559
 in God's

00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:08.860
 truth

00:30:08.860 --> 00:30:09.340
 God's

00:30:09.340 --> 00:30:09.840
 promise.

00:30:09.839 --> 00:30:11.539
 Psalm 138

00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:12.759
 says

00:30:12.759 --> 00:30:13.179
 the Lord

00:30:13.179 --> 00:30:13.779
 will perfect

00:30:13.779 --> 00:30:14.199
 that which

00:30:14.199 --> 00:30:14.799
 concerneth

00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:14.980
 me

00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:15.619
 thy mercy

00:30:15.619 --> 00:30:16.059
 O Lord

00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:16.519
 endureth

00:30:16.519 --> 00:30:16.799
 forever

00:30:16.799 --> 00:30:17.579
 forsake

00:30:17.579 --> 00:30:17.959
 not the

00:30:17.959 --> 00:30:18.259
 works

00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:18.639
 of thine

00:30:18.639 --> 00:30:18.899
 own

00:30:18.899 --> 00:30:19.399
 hands

00:30:19.399 --> 00:30:20.299
 I want

00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:20.500
 you to

00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:20.939
 understand

00:30:20.939 --> 00:30:21.339
 God

00:30:21.339 --> 00:30:21.699
 says

00:30:21.699 --> 00:30:22.059
 I'm going

00:30:22.059 --> 00:30:22.539
 to do

00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:23.199
 those

00:30:23.199 --> 00:30:23.579
 things

00:30:23.579 --> 00:30:23.839
 that I

00:30:23.839 --> 00:30:24.199
 promised

00:30:24.199 --> 00:30:24.500
 you to

00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:24.779
 do

00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:25.460
 and when

00:30:25.460 --> 00:30:25.740
 somebody

00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:25.460
 and when

00:30:25.460 --> 00:30:25.740
 somebody

00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:26.019
 gets

00:30:26.019 --> 00:30:26.420
 saved

00:30:26.420 --> 00:30:26.680
 that's

00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:26.779
 what

00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:26.940
 they're

00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:27.359
 trusting

00:30:27.359 --> 00:30:27.680
 in

00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:28.119
 that

00:30:28.119 --> 00:30:28.480
 God

00:30:28.480 --> 00:30:28.639
 is

00:30:28.639 --> 00:30:28.779
 going

00:30:28.779 --> 00:30:28.899
 to

00:30:28.899 --> 00:30:29.359
 accomplish

00:30:29.359 --> 00:30:29.680
 what

00:30:29.680 --> 00:30:29.940
 he said

00:30:29.940 --> 00:30:30.099
 he's

00:30:30.099 --> 00:30:30.200
 going

00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:30.539
 to do

00:30:30.539 --> 00:30:32.799
 their faith

00:30:32.799 --> 00:30:33.139
 is in

00:30:33.139 --> 00:30:33.660
 the work

00:30:33.660 --> 00:30:34.019
 of what

00:30:34.019 --> 00:30:34.299
 God

00:30:34.299 --> 00:30:34.799
 has done

00:30:34.799 --> 00:30:35.700
 the gospel

00:30:35.700 --> 00:30:36.420
 will move

00:30:36.420 --> 00:30:36.700
 you to

00:30:36.700 --> 00:30:37.079
 motion

00:30:37.079 --> 00:30:38.079
 rely upon

00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:38.759
 the means

00:30:38.759 --> 00:30:39.680
 the word

00:30:39.680 --> 00:30:40.279
 of God

00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:40.920
 and the

00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:41.259
 power

00:30:41.259 --> 00:30:41.759
 of God

00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:42.079
 but it

00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:42.440
 also

00:30:42.440 --> 00:30:43.259
 is to

00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:43.539
 know

00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:44.200
 a bold

00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:44.740
 message

00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:45.680
 is going

00:30:45.680 --> 00:30:45.899
 to be

00:30:45.899 --> 00:30:46.399
 declared

00:30:46.399 --> 00:30:47.480
 the message

00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:48.279
 of the gospel

00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:48.740
 is a

00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:49.240
 Christ

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:49.879
 centered

00:30:49.879 --> 00:30:50.819
 message

00:30:50.819 --> 00:30:52.679
 I want

00:30:52.679 --> 00:30:52.919
 you to

00:30:52.919 --> 00:30:53.599
 understand

00:30:53.599 --> 00:30:54.299
 as we

00:30:54.299 --> 00:30:54.539
 look

00:30:54.539 --> 00:30:54.759
 through

00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:55.119
 this

00:30:55.119 --> 00:30:56.099
 passage

00:30:56.099 --> 00:30:56.399
 notice

00:30:56.399 --> 00:30:56.659
 what it

00:30:56.659 --> 00:30:56.839
 says

00:30:56.839 --> 00:30:57.819
 in verse

00:30:57.819 --> 00:30:58.039
 8

00:30:58.039 --> 00:30:58.359
 for you

00:30:58.359 --> 00:30:58.700
 sounded

00:30:58.700 --> 00:30:58.939
 out

00:30:58.939 --> 00:30:59.319
 the word

00:30:59.319 --> 00:30:59.539
 of the

00:30:59.539 --> 00:30:59.720
 Lord

00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:00.179
 not only

00:31:00.179 --> 00:31:00.339
 in

00:31:00.339 --> 00:31:01.000
 Macedonia

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:01.179
 and

00:31:01.179 --> 00:31:01.720
 Achaia

00:31:01.720 --> 00:31:02.599
 but also

00:31:02.599 --> 00:31:03.079
 in every

00:31:03.079 --> 00:31:03.439
 place

00:31:03.439 --> 00:31:04.039
 your faith

00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:04.480
 to God

00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:04.799
 were to

00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:05.079
 spread

00:31:05.079 --> 00:31:05.480
 abroad

00:31:05.480 --> 00:31:06.139
 so they

00:31:06.139 --> 00:31:06.439
 did not

00:31:06.439 --> 00:31:06.799
 speak

00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:07.519
 anything

00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:08.839
 I want

00:31:08.839 --> 00:31:09.059
 you to

00:31:09.059 --> 00:31:09.399
 see here

00:31:09.399 --> 00:31:09.679
 there was

00:31:09.679 --> 00:31:10.399
 a message

00:31:10.399 --> 00:31:11.179
 they proclaimed

00:31:11.179 --> 00:31:11.879
 the word

00:31:11.879 --> 00:31:12.939
 of God

00:31:12.939 --> 00:31:13.519
 the message

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:13.919
 today

00:31:13.919 --> 00:31:14.279
 is the

00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:14.519
 same

00:31:14.519 --> 00:31:14.939
 message

00:31:14.939 --> 00:31:15.299
 that was

00:31:15.299 --> 00:31:15.700
 herald

00:31:15.700 --> 00:31:16.419
 by the

00:31:16.419 --> 00:31:16.659
 church

00:31:16.659 --> 00:31:16.819
 at

00:31:16.819 --> 00:31:17.500
 Thessalonica

00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:18.019
 it's

00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:18.200
 very

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:18.559
 simply

00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:19.019
 believe

00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:19.500
 the Lord

00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:19.819
 Jesus

00:31:19.819 --> 00:31:20.379
 Christ

00:31:20.379 --> 00:31:21.919
 it's

00:31:21.919 --> 00:31:22.059
 the

00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:22.299
 same

00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:22.779
 message

00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:23.119
 that they

00:31:23.119 --> 00:31:23.299
 had

00:31:23.299 --> 00:31:23.539
 we have

00:31:23.539 --> 00:31:23.779
 nothing

00:31:23.779 --> 00:31:24.179
 new

00:31:24.179 --> 00:31:25.439
 you know

00:31:25.439 --> 00:31:25.939
 people like

00:31:25.939 --> 00:31:26.299
 to try

00:31:26.299 --> 00:31:26.599
 to say

00:31:26.599 --> 00:31:26.879
 I have

00:31:26.879 --> 00:31:27.159
 something

00:31:27.159 --> 00:31:27.480
 new

00:31:27.480 --> 00:31:28.759
 as a

00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:29.039
 believer

00:31:29.039 --> 00:31:29.500
 we have

00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:29.859
 nothing

00:31:29.859 --> 00:31:30.419
 new

00:31:30.419 --> 00:31:31.700
 to give

00:31:31.700 --> 00:31:34.240
 God's

00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:34.439
 already

00:31:34.439 --> 00:31:34.859
 said it

00:31:34.859 --> 00:31:35.299
 you don't

00:31:35.299 --> 00:31:35.779
 discover

00:31:35.779 --> 00:31:36.220
 something

00:31:36.220 --> 00:31:36.500
 new

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:36.839
 you might

00:31:36.839 --> 00:31:37.220
 discover

00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:37.579
 something

00:31:37.579 --> 00:31:37.960
 God's

00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:38.200
 already

00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:38.799
 revealed

00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:39.659
 it may

00:31:39.659 --> 00:31:40.000
 be new

00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:40.339
 to you

00:31:40.339 --> 00:31:40.619
 but it's

00:31:40.619 --> 00:31:41.119
 not new

00:31:41.119 --> 00:31:41.659
 it's

00:31:41.659 --> 00:31:42.099
 what he

00:31:42.099 --> 00:31:42.319
 has

00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:42.619
 done

00:31:42.619 --> 00:31:42.799
 the

00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:43.299
 gospel

00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:43.779
 is only

00:31:43.779 --> 00:31:44.119
 tied

00:31:44.119 --> 00:31:44.419
 to the

00:31:44.419 --> 00:31:44.819
 person

00:31:44.819 --> 00:31:45.139
 of the

00:31:45.139 --> 00:31:45.359
 Lord

00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:45.700
 Jesus

00:31:45.700 --> 00:31:46.240
 Christ

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:47.039
 there's

00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:47.299
 only

00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:47.779
 one

00:31:47.779 --> 00:31:48.399
 way

00:31:48.399 --> 00:31:48.720
 to

00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:48.980
 God

00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:49.220
 that's

00:31:49.220 --> 00:31:49.460
 reason

00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:49.960
 Jesus

00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:50.900
 said in

00:31:50.900 --> 00:31:51.319
 John

00:31:51.319 --> 00:31:52.100
 14

00:31:52.100 --> 00:31:52.680
 6

00:31:52.680 --> 00:31:53.019
 he says

00:31:53.019 --> 00:31:53.500
 I am

00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:54.079
 the way

00:31:54.079 --> 00:31:54.980
 the truth

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.299
 and the

00:31:55.299 --> 00:31:55.680
 life

00:31:55.680 --> 00:31:56.500
 and no

00:31:56.500 --> 00:31:56.799
 man

00:31:56.799 --> 00:31:57.299
 cometh unto

00:31:57.299 --> 00:31:57.740
 the father

00:31:57.740 --> 00:31:58.120
 but by

00:31:58.120 --> 00:31:58.420
 me

00:31:58.420 --> 00:32:01.079
 what are we

00:32:01.079 --> 00:32:01.640
 to believe

00:32:01.640 --> 00:32:02.319
 that Jesus

00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:02.960
 came

00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:03.960
 because he

00:32:03.960 --> 00:32:04.600
 loved you

00:32:04.600 --> 00:32:05.259
 to take upon

00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:05.880
 himself the

00:32:05.880 --> 00:32:06.420
 penalty of

00:32:06.420 --> 00:32:06.980
 our sin

00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:07.720
 that we

00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:08.259
 might be

00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:08.819
 justified

00:32:08.819 --> 00:32:09.759
 before God

00:32:09.759 --> 00:32:10.360
 no longer

00:32:10.360 --> 00:32:10.779
 under the

00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:11.259
 wrath of

00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:11.480
 God

00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:11.860
 declared

00:32:11.860 --> 00:32:12.339
 righteous

00:32:12.339 --> 00:32:12.960
 because of

00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:13.420
 Christ's

00:32:13.420 --> 00:32:13.819
 righteousness

00:32:13.819 --> 00:32:14.960
 and secure

00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:15.440
 until the

00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:15.860
 day of

00:32:15.860 --> 00:32:16.660
 Jesus Christ

00:32:16.660 --> 00:32:17.759
 that message

00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:18.440
 changes a

00:32:18.440 --> 00:32:18.820
 person

00:32:18.820 --> 00:32:20.360
 it turns

00:32:20.360 --> 00:32:20.980
 a person

00:32:20.980 --> 00:32:23.060
 notice what

00:32:23.060 --> 00:32:23.700
 it tells us

00:32:23.700 --> 00:32:24.100
 here as you

00:32:24.100 --> 00:32:25.259
 read on down

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:25.840
 here in verse

00:32:25.840 --> 00:32:26.480
 9 it says

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:26.800
 for they

00:32:26.800 --> 00:32:27.400
 themselves

00:32:27.400 --> 00:32:28.420
 show unto

00:32:28.420 --> 00:32:29.040
 us what

00:32:29.040 --> 00:32:29.519
 manner of

00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:30.019
 entering in

00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:30.400
 we had

00:32:30.400 --> 00:32:30.840
 unto you

00:32:30.840 --> 00:32:31.220
 and how

00:32:31.220 --> 00:32:31.880
 ye turned

00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:33.100
 to God

00:32:33.100 --> 00:32:34.180
 from idols

00:32:34.180 --> 00:32:34.720
 to serve

00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:35.200
 the living

00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:35.540
 and true

00:32:35.540 --> 00:32:36.000
 God

00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:37.000
 salvation

00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:39.240
 is all

00:32:39.240 --> 00:32:39.840
 centered

00:32:39.840 --> 00:32:40.340
 around

00:32:40.340 --> 00:32:40.900
 Christ

00:32:40.900 --> 00:32:42.860
 it declares

00:32:42.860 --> 00:32:43.620
 the reality

00:32:43.620 --> 00:32:43.980
 of who

00:32:43.980 --> 00:32:44.800
 Christ is

00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:45.879
 it changes

00:32:45.879 --> 00:32:46.960
 who and

00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:47.639
 what you

00:32:47.639 --> 00:32:48.279
 serve

00:32:48.279 --> 00:32:49.039
 you no

00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:49.799
 longer serve

00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:50.319
 sin and

00:32:50.319 --> 00:32:50.700
 self

00:32:50.700 --> 00:32:51.399
 or the

00:32:51.399 --> 00:32:51.779
 false

00:32:51.779 --> 00:32:52.279
 gods

00:32:52.279 --> 00:32:52.579
 that we

00:32:52.579 --> 00:32:53.039
 make up

00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:53.599
 to benefit

00:32:53.599 --> 00:32:54.299
 ourselves

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:54.740
 you know

00:32:54.740 --> 00:32:55.319
 people today

00:32:55.319 --> 00:32:56.000
 still worship

00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:56.399
 idols

00:32:56.399 --> 00:32:59.720
 they just

00:32:59.720 --> 00:33:00.159
 look a little

00:33:00.159 --> 00:33:00.579
 different

00:33:00.579 --> 00:33:01.259
 because we

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:01.839
 get creative

00:33:01.839 --> 00:33:02.299
 on how we

00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:02.799
 mask them

00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:03.379
 if you don't

00:33:03.379 --> 00:33:03.839
 think people

00:33:03.839 --> 00:33:04.460
 worship an

00:33:04.460 --> 00:33:04.899
 idol just

00:33:04.899 --> 00:33:05.460
 go back and

00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:05.819
 look at the

00:33:05.819 --> 00:33:06.299
 news for the

00:33:06.299 --> 00:33:06.799
 last 30

00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:07.200
 days when

00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:07.559
 the stock

00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:08.079
 market goes

00:33:08.079 --> 00:33:08.359
 up and

00:33:08.359 --> 00:33:08.579
 down

00:33:08.579 --> 00:33:09.819
 money's

00:33:09.819 --> 00:33:10.000
 going to

00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:10.319
 come and

00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:10.559
 go

00:33:10.559 --> 00:33:12.639
 God says

00:33:12.639 --> 00:33:12.899
 we should

00:33:12.899 --> 00:33:13.619
 be responsible

00:33:13.619 --> 00:33:14.099
 there's the

00:33:14.099 --> 00:33:14.659
 things attached

00:33:14.660 --> 00:33:14.980
 to it we

00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:15.360
 understand

00:33:15.360 --> 00:33:15.920
 financially

00:33:15.920 --> 00:33:16.360
 that God

00:33:16.360 --> 00:33:16.880
 tells us

00:33:16.880 --> 00:33:17.160
 how we

00:33:17.160 --> 00:33:17.440
 ought to

00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:17.800
 do some

00:33:17.800 --> 00:33:18.160
 things

00:33:18.160 --> 00:33:19.080
 but I want

00:33:19.080 --> 00:33:19.240
 you to

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:19.640
 understand

00:33:19.640 --> 00:33:19.960
 if your

00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:20.440
 whole life

00:33:20.440 --> 00:33:21.140
 revolves about

00:33:21.140 --> 00:33:21.620
 whether that

00:33:21.620 --> 00:33:22.180
 market goes

00:33:22.180 --> 00:33:22.480
 up or

00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:22.779
 down

00:33:22.779 --> 00:33:23.440
 you know

00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:23.740
 what you're

00:33:23.740 --> 00:33:24.220
 worshiping

00:33:24.220 --> 00:33:24.440
 you're

00:33:24.440 --> 00:33:24.860
 worshiping

00:33:24.860 --> 00:33:25.279
 the money

00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:27.940
 because your

00:33:27.940 --> 00:33:28.460
 trust is

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:28.779
 what am I

00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:29.000
 going to

00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:29.779
 do if

00:33:29.779 --> 00:33:30.120
 that goes

00:33:30.120 --> 00:33:30.300
 down

00:33:30.300 --> 00:33:30.519
 well

00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:32.440
 that goes

00:33:32.440 --> 00:33:32.759
 down

00:33:32.759 --> 00:33:33.120
 God's

00:33:33.120 --> 00:33:33.420
 still the

00:33:33.420 --> 00:33:33.680
 same

00:33:33.680 --> 00:33:36.160
 that goes

00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:36.360
 up

00:33:36.360 --> 00:33:36.779
 guess what

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:37.140
 God's

00:33:37.140 --> 00:33:37.400
 still the

00:33:37.400 --> 00:33:37.600
 same

00:33:37.600 --> 00:33:41.000
 God hasn't

00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:41.480
 lost

00:33:41.480 --> 00:33:42.019
 anything

00:33:42.019 --> 00:33:43.019
 and God

00:33:43.019 --> 00:33:43.519
 doesn't need

00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:43.880
 to gain

00:33:43.880 --> 00:33:44.340
 anything

00:33:44.339 --> 00:33:46.139
 he already

00:33:46.139 --> 00:33:46.519
 has

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:47.059
 everything

00:33:47.059 --> 00:33:49.399
 but we

00:33:49.399 --> 00:33:50.099
 make idols

00:33:50.099 --> 00:33:50.579
 out of all

00:33:50.579 --> 00:33:50.939
 sorts of

00:33:50.939 --> 00:33:51.279
 things

00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:53.179
 you know

00:33:53.179 --> 00:33:53.639
 there's people

00:33:53.639 --> 00:33:54.119
 who worship

00:33:54.119 --> 00:33:54.519
 the little

00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:55.459
 electronic piece

00:33:55.459 --> 00:33:55.679
 in their

00:33:55.679 --> 00:33:55.980
 pocket

00:33:55.980 --> 00:33:56.559
 you know

00:33:56.559 --> 00:33:57.799
 if you

00:33:57.799 --> 00:33:58.259
 don't think

00:33:58.259 --> 00:33:58.639
 that you're

00:33:58.639 --> 00:33:59.240
 attached to

00:33:59.240 --> 00:33:59.879
 over attached

00:33:59.879 --> 00:34:00.220
 to that

00:34:00.220 --> 00:34:00.720
 put it down

00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:01.159
 for a day

00:34:01.159 --> 00:34:01.879
 just walk

00:34:01.879 --> 00:34:02.319
 away from

00:34:02.319 --> 00:34:02.480
 it

00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:03.039
 if you find

00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:03.359
 yourself

00:34:03.359 --> 00:34:04.119
 being fidgety

00:34:04.119 --> 00:34:04.639
 and anxious

00:34:04.639 --> 00:34:05.199
 something you

00:34:05.199 --> 00:34:05.459
 might want

00:34:05.459 --> 00:34:05.879
 to consider

00:34:05.879 --> 00:34:06.699
 sometimes it's

00:34:06.699 --> 00:34:07.059
 good to

00:34:07.059 --> 00:34:07.459
 just sit

00:34:07.459 --> 00:34:08.000
 still and

00:34:08.000 --> 00:34:08.340
 know

00:34:08.340 --> 00:34:09.880
 and to

00:34:09.880 --> 00:34:10.320
 think on

00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:10.640
 God

00:34:10.640 --> 00:34:11.600
 no music

00:34:11.600 --> 00:34:13.900
 there's people

00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:14.260
 who worship

00:34:14.260 --> 00:34:14.720
 music

00:34:14.720 --> 00:34:15.280
 they have

00:34:15.280 --> 00:34:15.920
 something on

00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:17.240
 all the

00:34:17.240 --> 00:34:17.660
 time

00:34:17.660 --> 00:34:18.220
 that's a

00:34:18.220 --> 00:34:18.500
 modern

00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:18.980
 phenomenon

00:34:18.980 --> 00:34:19.300
 you know

00:34:19.300 --> 00:34:19.519
 that

00:34:19.519 --> 00:34:20.340
 music

00:34:20.340 --> 00:34:21.140
 constant

00:34:21.140 --> 00:34:21.800
 noise

00:34:21.800 --> 00:34:22.900
 is a

00:34:22.900 --> 00:34:23.320
 modern

00:34:23.320 --> 00:34:23.860
 phenomenon

00:34:23.860 --> 00:34:24.680
 used to be

00:34:24.680 --> 00:34:25.019
 the biggest

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:25.340
 thing you

00:34:25.340 --> 00:34:25.820
 had noise

00:34:25.820 --> 00:34:26.320
 was chickens

00:34:26.320 --> 00:34:26.820
 and pigs

00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:27.320
 and cattle

00:34:27.320 --> 00:34:29.740
 and horse

00:34:29.740 --> 00:34:30.220
 you know

00:34:30.219 --> 00:34:30.519
 or

00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:33.839
 some banging

00:34:33.839 --> 00:34:34.699
 from building

00:34:34.699 --> 00:34:35.159
 something

00:34:35.159 --> 00:34:35.819
 or modifying

00:34:35.819 --> 00:34:36.379
 something

00:34:36.379 --> 00:34:37.059
 or a saw

00:34:37.059 --> 00:34:37.419
 I mean

00:34:37.419 --> 00:34:38.379
 those were

00:34:38.379 --> 00:34:38.919
 the noises

00:34:38.919 --> 00:34:39.559
 of history

00:34:39.559 --> 00:34:40.159
 but turn

00:34:40.159 --> 00:34:40.599
 people's

00:34:40.599 --> 00:34:41.199
 music off

00:34:41.199 --> 00:34:41.480
 and what

00:34:41.480 --> 00:34:41.859
 happens

00:34:41.859 --> 00:34:42.819
 we're relying

00:34:42.819 --> 00:34:43.599
 upon those

00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:44.139
 things

00:34:44.139 --> 00:34:45.799
 you know

00:34:45.799 --> 00:34:46.059
 what an

00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:46.579
 idol is

00:34:46.579 --> 00:34:46.980
 is when we

00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:47.559
 turn our

00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:47.939
 attention

00:34:47.939 --> 00:34:48.439
 away from

00:34:48.439 --> 00:34:48.779
 God

00:34:48.779 --> 00:34:49.039
 onto

00:34:49.039 --> 00:34:49.319
 something

00:34:49.319 --> 00:34:49.659
 else

00:34:49.659 --> 00:34:52.599
 that has

00:34:52.599 --> 00:34:53.339
 more merit

00:34:53.339 --> 00:34:53.699
 than what

00:34:53.699 --> 00:34:54.339
 God has

00:34:54.339 --> 00:34:55.319
 it changed

00:34:55.319 --> 00:34:55.899
 them

00:34:55.899 --> 00:34:57.539
 they turned

00:34:57.539 --> 00:34:58.599
 they repented

00:34:58.599 --> 00:34:59.000
 that's the

00:34:59.000 --> 00:34:59.379
 meaning of

00:34:59.379 --> 00:34:59.779
 repent

00:34:59.780 --> 00:35:00.420
 is to turn

00:35:00.420 --> 00:35:00.920
 to change

00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:01.380
 your mind

00:35:01.380 --> 00:35:01.720
 change

00:35:01.720 --> 00:35:02.280
 direction

00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:03.040
 change

00:35:03.040 --> 00:35:03.519
 what you're

00:35:03.519 --> 00:35:03.980
 doing

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:04.600
 because

00:35:04.600 --> 00:35:05.400
 of what

00:35:05.400 --> 00:35:05.820
 Christ

00:35:05.820 --> 00:35:06.500
 has done

00:35:06.500 --> 00:35:07.060
 you have

00:35:07.060 --> 00:35:07.260
 to have

00:35:07.260 --> 00:35:07.660
 a different

00:35:07.660 --> 00:35:08.140
 attitude

00:35:08.140 --> 00:35:08.920
 about sin

00:35:08.920 --> 00:35:09.220
 in order

00:35:09.220 --> 00:35:09.460
 to be

00:35:09.460 --> 00:35:09.860
 saved

00:35:09.860 --> 00:35:12.060
 do you know

00:35:12.060 --> 00:35:12.500
 what some

00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:13.040
 people

00:35:13.040 --> 00:35:14.780
 when you

00:35:14.780 --> 00:35:15.280
 talk to

00:35:15.280 --> 00:35:15.660
 them

00:35:15.660 --> 00:35:16.660
 they really

00:35:16.660 --> 00:35:17.120
 see no

00:35:17.120 --> 00:35:17.580
 problem

00:35:17.580 --> 00:35:17.980
 with what

00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:18.120
 they're

00:35:18.120 --> 00:35:18.440
 doing

00:35:18.440 --> 00:35:19.460
 their sin

00:35:19.460 --> 00:35:19.840
 doesn't

00:35:19.840 --> 00:35:20.120
 bother

00:35:20.120 --> 00:35:20.480
 them

00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:21.000
 but when

00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:21.440
 somebody

00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:22.160
 understands

00:35:22.160 --> 00:35:22.620
 the truth

00:35:22.620 --> 00:35:22.880
 of the

00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:23.240
 gospel

00:35:23.240 --> 00:35:23.580
 you know

00:35:23.580 --> 00:35:23.980
 what your

00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:24.480
 sin

00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:24.860
 has a

00:35:24.860 --> 00:35:25.140
 changed

00:35:25.140 --> 00:35:25.740
 perspective

00:35:25.740 --> 00:35:26.460
 because in

00:35:26.460 --> 00:35:26.640
 order to

00:35:26.640 --> 00:35:27.120
 be saved

00:35:27.120 --> 00:35:27.400
 you need

00:35:27.400 --> 00:35:28.000
 to realize

00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:28.480
 that what

00:35:28.480 --> 00:35:29.000
 you're doing

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:29.719
 has violated

00:35:29.719 --> 00:35:30.480
 God's law

00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:32.559
 you have to

00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:33.039
 have a different

00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:33.699
 perspective

00:35:33.699 --> 00:35:34.599
 about it

00:35:34.599 --> 00:35:35.880
 it says

00:35:35.880 --> 00:35:36.559
 they turn

00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:37.619
 from idols

00:35:37.619 --> 00:35:39.559
 unto the

00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:40.099
 living and

00:35:40.099 --> 00:35:40.760
 true God

00:35:40.760 --> 00:35:41.300
 and they

00:35:41.300 --> 00:35:41.820
 didn't just

00:35:41.820 --> 00:35:42.900
 turn to sit

00:35:42.900 --> 00:35:43.659
 they turn

00:35:43.659 --> 00:35:44.500
 to serve

00:35:44.500 --> 00:35:44.960
 the living

00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:45.300
 and true

00:35:45.300 --> 00:35:45.739
 God

00:35:45.739 --> 00:35:48.280
 because an

00:35:48.280 --> 00:35:48.840
 idol is

00:35:48.840 --> 00:35:49.400
 something that

00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:50.260
 we serve

00:35:50.260 --> 00:35:52.500
 we find

00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:52.720
 here

00:35:52.720 --> 00:35:52.500
 we find

00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:52.720
 here

00:35:52.720 --> 00:35:53.080
 that the

00:35:53.080 --> 00:35:53.660
 fact is

00:35:53.660 --> 00:35:53.960
 that a

00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:54.420
 life

00:35:54.420 --> 00:35:55.080
 that we

00:35:55.080 --> 00:35:55.540
 serve

00:35:55.540 --> 00:35:55.840
 needs to

00:35:55.840 --> 00:35:56.360
 be focused

00:35:56.360 --> 00:35:56.800
 on the

00:35:56.800 --> 00:35:57.240
 one that

00:35:57.240 --> 00:35:57.660
 saved

00:35:57.660 --> 00:35:58.120
 us

00:35:58.120 --> 00:35:59.000
 you know

00:35:59.000 --> 00:35:59.700
 Acts 4

00:35:59.700 --> 00:36:00.440
 verse 12

00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:01.140
 says this

00:36:01.140 --> 00:36:01.460
 it says

00:36:01.460 --> 00:36:02.000
 neither is

00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:02.700
 there salvation

00:36:02.700 --> 00:36:03.180
 in any

00:36:03.180 --> 00:36:03.940
 other for

00:36:03.940 --> 00:36:04.300
 there is

00:36:04.300 --> 00:36:04.640
 no other

00:36:04.640 --> 00:36:04.940
 name

00:36:04.940 --> 00:36:05.240
 under

00:36:05.240 --> 00:36:06.220
 heaven

00:36:06.220 --> 00:36:06.520
 given

00:36:06.520 --> 00:36:06.760
 among

00:36:06.760 --> 00:36:07.000
 men

00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:07.620
 where we

00:36:07.620 --> 00:36:08.220
 must

00:36:08.220 --> 00:36:09.000
 be

00:36:09.000 --> 00:36:10.300
 saved

00:36:10.300 --> 00:36:12.080
 now notice

00:36:12.080 --> 00:36:12.300
 this

00:36:12.300 --> 00:36:12.700
 now when

00:36:12.700 --> 00:36:13.160
 they saw

00:36:13.160 --> 00:36:13.840
 the boldness

00:36:13.840 --> 00:36:14.240
 of Peter

00:36:14.240 --> 00:36:14.760
 and John

00:36:14.760 --> 00:36:15.240
 and perceived

00:36:15.240 --> 00:36:15.560
 that they

00:36:15.560 --> 00:36:16.180
 were unlearned

00:36:16.180 --> 00:36:16.540
 and ignorant

00:36:16.540 --> 00:36:16.800
 in him

00:36:16.800 --> 00:36:17.980
 they marveled

00:36:17.980 --> 00:36:18.240
 and they

00:36:18.240 --> 00:36:18.900
 took knowledge

00:36:18.900 --> 00:36:19.200
 of them

00:36:19.200 --> 00:36:19.660
 because they

00:36:19.660 --> 00:36:20.160
 had been

00:36:20.160 --> 00:36:20.680
 with

00:36:20.680 --> 00:36:21.539
 Jesus

00:36:21.539 --> 00:36:22.860
 you know

00:36:22.860 --> 00:36:24.900
 even for

00:36:24.900 --> 00:36:25.460
 you and I

00:36:25.460 --> 00:36:25.880
 today

00:36:25.880 --> 00:36:26.680
 the difference

00:36:26.680 --> 00:36:27.200
 in our

00:36:27.200 --> 00:36:27.760
 testimony

00:36:27.760 --> 00:36:28.360
 is the

00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:29.000
 fact of

00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:29.420
 what we've

00:36:29.420 --> 00:36:29.840
 done with

00:36:29.840 --> 00:36:30.180
 Jesus

00:36:30.180 --> 00:36:32.700
 what Christ

00:36:32.700 --> 00:36:33.120
 has done

00:36:33.120 --> 00:36:33.600
 for you

00:36:33.600 --> 00:36:36.080
 because Christ

00:36:36.080 --> 00:36:36.420
 ought to

00:36:36.420 --> 00:36:37.080
 change an

00:36:37.080 --> 00:36:37.519
 individual

00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:38.660
 if there's

00:36:38.660 --> 00:36:39.580
 no change

00:36:39.580 --> 00:36:40.100
 I guarantee

00:36:40.100 --> 00:36:40.560
 you there's

00:36:40.560 --> 00:36:41.060
 a problem

00:36:41.060 --> 00:36:41.460
 with what

00:36:41.460 --> 00:36:42.019
 they believe

00:36:42.019 --> 00:36:44.140
 they're not

00:36:44.140 --> 00:36:44.800
 believing the

00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:45.360
 right thing

00:36:45.360 --> 00:36:45.920
 they're not

00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:46.560
 looking under

00:36:46.559 --> 00:36:47.139
 the author

00:36:47.139 --> 00:36:47.860
 and finisher

00:36:47.860 --> 00:36:49.340
 of our

00:36:49.340 --> 00:36:49.799
 faith

00:36:49.799 --> 00:36:50.759
 they're looking

00:36:50.759 --> 00:36:51.199
 under the

00:36:51.199 --> 00:36:51.659
 things that

00:36:51.659 --> 00:36:52.079
 they want

00:36:52.079 --> 00:36:52.440
 to make

00:36:52.440 --> 00:36:52.920
 out of it

00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:53.739
 but I want

00:36:53.739 --> 00:36:54.219
 you to see

00:36:54.219 --> 00:36:54.659
 here a

00:36:54.659 --> 00:36:55.500
 bold gospel

00:36:55.500 --> 00:36:56.139
 here also

00:36:56.139 --> 00:36:56.779
 involves a

00:36:56.779 --> 00:36:57.119
 method

00:36:57.119 --> 00:36:58.599
 you know

00:36:58.599 --> 00:36:59.719
 a method

00:36:59.719 --> 00:37:00.279
 involved

00:37:00.279 --> 00:37:00.880
 the message

00:37:00.880 --> 00:37:01.599
 must be

00:37:01.599 --> 00:37:02.559
 sounded out

00:37:02.559 --> 00:37:03.659
 just as you

00:37:03.659 --> 00:37:04.099
 heard the

00:37:04.099 --> 00:37:04.679
 gospels

00:37:04.679 --> 00:37:05.360
 others must

00:37:05.360 --> 00:37:05.679
 hear it

00:37:05.679 --> 00:37:06.000
 also

00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:07.460
 you know

00:37:07.460 --> 00:37:07.719
 when we

00:37:07.719 --> 00:37:08.239
 talk about

00:37:08.239 --> 00:37:08.739
 missions

00:37:08.739 --> 00:37:09.139
 that's what

00:37:09.139 --> 00:37:09.460
 we're talking

00:37:09.460 --> 00:37:09.799
 about is

00:37:09.799 --> 00:37:10.320
 those that

00:37:10.320 --> 00:37:11.299
 go and

00:37:11.299 --> 00:37:11.940
 declare it

00:37:11.940 --> 00:37:12.719
 someplace that

00:37:12.719 --> 00:37:13.199
 we're not

00:37:13.199 --> 00:37:14.279
 they're there

00:37:14.279 --> 00:37:14.960
 and just as

00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:15.759
 the Thessalonians

00:37:15.760 --> 00:37:17.500
 Thessalonians

00:37:17.500 --> 00:37:18.220
 or whatever word

00:37:18.220 --> 00:37:18.640
 you need to put

00:37:18.640 --> 00:37:18.900
 there

00:37:18.900 --> 00:37:19.740
 they witnessed

00:37:19.740 --> 00:37:20.100
 where they

00:37:20.100 --> 00:37:20.380
 were

00:37:20.380 --> 00:37:20.960
 they were

00:37:20.960 --> 00:37:21.660
 involved

00:37:21.660 --> 00:37:23.640
 in just

00:37:23.640 --> 00:37:24.400
 speaking to

00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:24.800
 others

00:37:24.800 --> 00:37:26.260
 they need to

00:37:26.260 --> 00:37:26.620
 hear it

00:37:26.620 --> 00:37:27.000
 they must

00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:27.440
 hear it

00:37:27.440 --> 00:37:28.000
 spoken

00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:29.680
 also by a

00:37:29.680 --> 00:37:30.620
 changed life

00:37:30.620 --> 00:37:31.400
 you know I

00:37:31.400 --> 00:37:31.700
 want you to

00:37:31.700 --> 00:37:32.180
 understand

00:37:32.180 --> 00:37:32.720
 we'll look in

00:37:32.720 --> 00:37:33.120
 Sunday school

00:37:33.120 --> 00:37:33.340
 we're going to

00:37:33.340 --> 00:37:33.720
 talk about

00:37:33.720 --> 00:37:34.660
 communication a

00:37:34.660 --> 00:37:35.080
 little bit

00:37:35.080 --> 00:37:36.800
 and the importance

00:37:36.800 --> 00:37:37.760
 of communication

00:37:37.760 --> 00:37:38.140
 we're going to

00:37:38.140 --> 00:37:38.800
 look at Jesus'

00:37:38.800 --> 00:37:39.720
 communication

00:37:39.719 --> 00:37:39.779
 communication

00:37:39.779 --> 00:37:41.819
 in things

00:37:41.819 --> 00:37:42.379
 here when it

00:37:42.379 --> 00:37:42.839
 comes to

00:37:42.839 --> 00:37:43.139
 this

00:37:43.139 --> 00:37:44.239
 but when

00:37:44.239 --> 00:37:44.980
 these things

00:37:44.980 --> 00:37:45.699
 and these

00:37:45.699 --> 00:37:46.439
 in Thessalonica

00:37:46.439 --> 00:37:47.179
 heard the truth

00:37:47.179 --> 00:37:47.679
 about their

00:37:47.679 --> 00:37:48.139
 sin the

00:37:48.139 --> 00:37:48.779
 consequences

00:37:48.779 --> 00:37:49.299
 for sin

00:37:49.299 --> 00:37:50.239
 it turned

00:37:50.239 --> 00:37:50.859
 to Christ

00:37:50.859 --> 00:37:51.779
 it changed

00:37:51.779 --> 00:37:52.739
 them and

00:37:52.739 --> 00:37:53.399
 they sounded

00:37:53.399 --> 00:37:54.219
 out that

00:37:54.219 --> 00:37:54.639
 there was

00:37:54.639 --> 00:37:55.099
 something

00:37:55.099 --> 00:37:55.639
 different

00:37:55.639 --> 00:37:56.319
 it was

00:37:56.319 --> 00:37:56.899
 followed up

00:37:56.899 --> 00:37:57.219
 with their

00:37:57.219 --> 00:37:57.819
 testimony

00:37:57.819 --> 00:37:59.459
 because you

00:37:59.459 --> 00:37:59.919
 know what

00:37:59.919 --> 00:38:01.419
 what you do

00:38:01.419 --> 00:38:02.079
 and what you

00:38:02.079 --> 00:38:02.719
 say tie

00:38:02.719 --> 00:38:03.079
 together

00:38:03.079 --> 00:38:03.719
 you know we

00:38:03.719 --> 00:38:04.239
 talk about

00:38:04.239 --> 00:38:05.019
 this reality

00:38:05.019 --> 00:38:06.139
 of communication

00:38:06.139 --> 00:38:07.199
 your body

00:38:07.199 --> 00:38:08.079
 language and

00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:08.659
 the things you

00:38:08.659 --> 00:38:09.539
 choose to do

00:38:09.539 --> 00:38:11.659
 speak and

00:38:11.659 --> 00:38:12.519
 put emphasis

00:38:12.519 --> 00:38:13.440
 on the words

00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:14.019
 that you say

00:38:14.019 --> 00:38:14.940
 because how

00:38:14.940 --> 00:38:15.699
 you say it

00:38:15.699 --> 00:38:16.179
 is just as

00:38:16.179 --> 00:38:16.739
 important as

00:38:16.739 --> 00:38:17.440
 what you say

00:38:17.440 --> 00:38:19.559
 because you

00:38:19.559 --> 00:38:20.179
 can say the

00:38:20.179 --> 00:38:20.779
 right thing

00:38:20.779 --> 00:38:21.259
 without a

00:38:21.259 --> 00:38:22.000
 loving spirit

00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:22.539
 and have a

00:38:22.539 --> 00:38:22.880
 problem

00:38:22.880 --> 00:38:25.659
 and it lands

00:38:25.659 --> 00:38:26.519
 on deaf ears

00:38:26.519 --> 00:38:27.239
 because they

00:38:27.239 --> 00:38:27.759
 look at it

00:38:27.759 --> 00:38:28.279
 and say there's

00:38:28.279 --> 00:38:28.679
 a problem

00:38:28.679 --> 00:38:29.139
 with that

00:38:29.139 --> 00:38:29.800
 that's hard

00:38:29.800 --> 00:38:30.360
 sometimes

00:38:30.360 --> 00:38:31.159
 you know their

00:38:31.159 --> 00:38:32.059
 life sounded

00:38:32.059 --> 00:38:32.619
 out though

00:38:32.619 --> 00:38:32.920
 they were

00:38:32.920 --> 00:38:33.500
 eyewitness

00:38:33.500 --> 00:38:34.420
 testimony of

00:38:34.420 --> 00:38:35.059
 what Christ

00:38:35.059 --> 00:38:35.480
 had done

00:38:35.480 --> 00:38:35.980
 for them

00:38:35.980 --> 00:38:36.679
 when it

00:38:36.679 --> 00:38:37.099
 talks the

00:38:37.099 --> 00:38:37.639
 Bible talks

00:38:37.639 --> 00:38:38.039
 about us

00:38:38.039 --> 00:38:38.679
 sharing our

00:38:38.679 --> 00:38:39.119
 faith

00:38:39.119 --> 00:38:39.920
 really it

00:38:39.920 --> 00:38:40.659
 boils down

00:38:40.659 --> 00:38:41.119
 to this

00:38:41.119 --> 00:38:41.940
 it's telling

00:38:41.940 --> 00:38:42.679
 others about

00:38:42.679 --> 00:38:43.299
 what Christ

00:38:43.299 --> 00:38:43.960
 did for you

00:38:43.960 --> 00:38:44.559
 that's the

00:38:44.559 --> 00:38:45.259
 simple reality

00:38:45.259 --> 00:38:45.659
 of it

00:38:45.659 --> 00:38:45.940
 you don't

00:38:45.940 --> 00:38:46.900
 have to have

00:38:46.900 --> 00:38:47.339
 a theology

00:38:47.339 --> 00:38:47.960
 degree for

00:38:47.960 --> 00:38:48.239
 that

00:38:48.239 --> 00:38:49.519
 if you

00:38:49.519 --> 00:38:49.960
 understand

00:38:49.960 --> 00:38:50.639
 salvation

00:38:50.639 --> 00:38:51.619
 it's just

00:38:51.619 --> 00:38:52.279
 telling somebody

00:38:52.279 --> 00:38:52.719
 else what's

00:38:52.719 --> 00:38:53.219
 already happened

00:38:53.219 --> 00:38:53.619
 to you

00:38:53.619 --> 00:38:54.639
 what Christ

00:38:54.639 --> 00:38:55.339
 did for you

00:38:55.339 --> 00:38:56.960
 and how he

00:38:56.960 --> 00:38:57.480
 did it

00:38:57.480 --> 00:38:59.219
 what was

00:38:59.219 --> 00:38:59.920
 accomplished

00:38:59.920 --> 00:39:01.119
 you know

00:39:01.119 --> 00:39:01.339
 that's the

00:39:01.339 --> 00:39:02.019
 reason Jesus

00:39:02.019 --> 00:39:02.539
 said let

00:39:02.539 --> 00:39:02.960
 your light

00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:03.539
 so shine

00:39:03.539 --> 00:39:04.319
 before men

00:39:04.319 --> 00:39:04.960
 that they

00:39:04.960 --> 00:39:05.559
 may see

00:39:05.559 --> 00:39:06.019
 your good

00:39:06.019 --> 00:39:06.480
 works and

00:39:06.480 --> 00:39:07.139
 glorify your

00:39:07.139 --> 00:39:07.679
 father which

00:39:07.679 --> 00:39:07.960
 is in

00:39:07.960 --> 00:39:08.179
 heaven

00:39:08.179 --> 00:39:08.779
 we need

00:39:08.779 --> 00:39:09.139
 to have

00:39:09.139 --> 00:39:09.859
 action

00:39:09.859 --> 00:39:11.319
 attached to

00:39:11.319 --> 00:39:11.539
 it

00:39:11.539 --> 00:39:12.960
 there has

00:39:12.960 --> 00:39:13.219
 to be

00:39:13.219 --> 00:39:13.859
 action that

00:39:13.859 --> 00:39:14.379
 people can

00:39:14.379 --> 00:39:14.799
 see

00:39:14.799 --> 00:39:15.699
 how can

00:39:15.699 --> 00:39:16.279
 you sound

00:39:16.279 --> 00:39:16.699
 out the

00:39:16.699 --> 00:39:17.159
 gospel

00:39:17.159 --> 00:39:18.460
 how can

00:39:18.460 --> 00:39:18.719
 we get

00:39:18.719 --> 00:39:19.299
 the gospel

00:39:19.299 --> 00:39:19.639
 out

00:39:19.639 --> 00:39:19.960
 well it

00:39:19.960 --> 00:39:20.539
 starts with

00:39:20.539 --> 00:39:20.879
 you

00:39:20.879 --> 00:39:23.179
 starts with

00:39:23.179 --> 00:39:23.460
 me

00:39:23.460 --> 00:39:26.000
 that interaction

00:39:26.000 --> 00:39:26.799
 that we have

00:39:26.799 --> 00:39:27.839
 because but I

00:39:27.839 --> 00:39:28.239
 want you to

00:39:28.239 --> 00:39:28.839
 understand you

00:39:28.839 --> 00:39:29.480
 cannot share

00:39:29.480 --> 00:39:30.019
 something that

00:39:30.019 --> 00:39:30.420
 you first

00:39:30.420 --> 00:39:32.359
 don't possess

00:39:32.359 --> 00:39:33.159
 that's the way

00:39:33.159 --> 00:39:33.599
 the government

00:39:33.599 --> 00:39:34.319
 works that's not

00:39:34.319 --> 00:39:34.900
 the way reality

00:39:34.900 --> 00:39:35.780
 works government

00:39:35.780 --> 00:39:36.340
 says I can

00:39:36.340 --> 00:39:36.760
 keep giving

00:39:36.760 --> 00:39:37.079
 you giving

00:39:37.079 --> 00:39:37.420
 you giving

00:39:37.420 --> 00:39:37.740
 you and I

00:39:37.740 --> 00:39:38.059
 don't own

00:39:38.059 --> 00:39:38.599
 it you know

00:39:38.599 --> 00:39:38.840
 what that

00:39:38.840 --> 00:39:39.360
 leads to

00:39:39.360 --> 00:39:40.820
 devastation

00:39:40.820 --> 00:39:41.800
 you can give

00:39:41.800 --> 00:39:42.300
 the gospel

00:39:42.300 --> 00:39:42.860
 because you

00:39:42.860 --> 00:39:43.300
 have the

00:39:43.300 --> 00:39:44.200
 gospel you

00:39:44.200 --> 00:39:44.820
 can give

00:39:44.820 --> 00:39:45.139
 what you

00:39:45.139 --> 00:39:46.039
 have you

00:39:46.039 --> 00:39:46.780
 cannot give

00:39:46.780 --> 00:39:47.079
 what you

00:39:47.079 --> 00:39:47.720
 don't have

00:39:47.720 --> 00:39:49.720
 it starts

00:39:49.720 --> 00:39:50.579
 at the reality

00:39:50.579 --> 00:39:52.059
 of asking do

00:39:52.059 --> 00:39:52.720
 you have

00:39:52.720 --> 00:39:53.880
 the gospel do

00:39:53.880 --> 00:39:54.340
 you believe

00:39:54.340 --> 00:39:55.139
 the good news

00:39:55.139 --> 00:39:55.680
 that Jesus

00:39:55.680 --> 00:39:56.579
 died for your

00:39:56.579 --> 00:39:57.180
 sin according

00:39:57.180 --> 00:39:57.840
 to the scripture

00:39:57.840 --> 00:39:58.980
 was buried

00:39:58.980 --> 00:40:00.079
 and rose again

00:40:00.079 --> 00:40:01.019
 and accomplished

00:40:01.019 --> 00:40:01.960
 all that is

00:40:01.960 --> 00:40:02.700
 needed for your

00:40:02.700 --> 00:40:03.280
 salvation

00:40:03.280 --> 00:40:04.100
 you know this

00:40:04.100 --> 00:40:04.720
 week I was

00:40:04.720 --> 00:40:06.620
 if you've been

00:40:06.620 --> 00:40:07.620
 paying any

00:40:07.620 --> 00:40:08.360
 attention at all

00:40:08.360 --> 00:40:08.900
 to the news

00:40:08.900 --> 00:40:09.480
 you had a guy

00:40:09.480 --> 00:40:10.140
 in a funny hat

00:40:10.140 --> 00:40:10.900
 die you can

00:40:10.900 --> 00:40:11.620
 connect the dots

00:40:11.620 --> 00:40:15.400
 I was thumbing

00:40:15.400 --> 00:40:16.100
 through the radio

00:40:16.100 --> 00:40:17.440
 this week and

00:40:17.440 --> 00:40:18.620
 came across

00:40:18.620 --> 00:40:20.100
 one of our

00:40:20.100 --> 00:40:20.720
 local radio

00:40:20.720 --> 00:40:21.680
 stations and

00:40:21.680 --> 00:40:22.120
 the question

00:40:22.120 --> 00:40:22.840
 came up so I

00:40:22.840 --> 00:40:23.680
 stopped because

00:40:23.680 --> 00:40:24.260
 the question that

00:40:24.260 --> 00:40:24.960
 was asked of

00:40:24.960 --> 00:40:26.019
 the person was

00:40:26.019 --> 00:40:26.540
 is the Pope

00:40:26.540 --> 00:40:26.940
 in heaven

00:40:26.940 --> 00:40:28.260
 now this was

00:40:28.260 --> 00:40:29.600
 their Pope's

00:40:29.600 --> 00:40:30.320
 radio station

00:40:30.320 --> 00:40:31.040
 you might say

00:40:31.040 --> 00:40:32.760
 you know what

00:40:32.760 --> 00:40:33.180
 their comment

00:40:33.180 --> 00:40:34.140
 was we can't

00:40:34.140 --> 00:40:34.600
 be sure of

00:40:34.600 --> 00:40:34.840
 that

00:40:34.840 --> 00:40:37.740
 that's what

00:40:37.740 --> 00:40:38.500
 the response

00:40:38.500 --> 00:40:40.240
 was we

00:40:40.240 --> 00:40:41.040
 cannot be sure

00:40:41.040 --> 00:40:41.520
 of that

00:40:41.520 --> 00:40:42.060
 you know what

00:40:42.060 --> 00:40:42.540
 that's a pretty

00:40:42.540 --> 00:40:43.380
 sad place to

00:40:43.380 --> 00:40:43.980
 be that there's

00:40:43.980 --> 00:40:44.520
 millions of

00:40:44.520 --> 00:40:45.000
 people who

00:40:45.000 --> 00:40:47.260
 believe in a

00:40:47.260 --> 00:40:48.060
 belief system

00:40:48.060 --> 00:40:49.080
 that they can't

00:40:49.080 --> 00:40:49.720
 have confidence

00:40:49.720 --> 00:40:52.760
 in the gospel

00:40:52.760 --> 00:40:54.520
 has assurance

00:40:54.520 --> 00:40:56.100
 the reality

00:40:56.100 --> 00:40:56.920
 that we know

00:40:56.920 --> 00:40:58.720
 the scripture

00:40:58.720 --> 00:40:59.600
 tells us that

00:40:59.600 --> 00:41:00.620
 we are sealed

00:41:00.619 --> 00:41:01.859
 that we will

00:41:01.859 --> 00:41:03.099
 one day be

00:41:03.099 --> 00:41:03.759
 with him

00:41:03.759 --> 00:41:05.299
 matter of fact

00:41:05.299 --> 00:41:05.659
 the Bible

00:41:05.659 --> 00:41:06.139
 says to be

00:41:06.139 --> 00:41:06.819
 absent from the

00:41:06.819 --> 00:41:07.380
 body is to

00:41:07.380 --> 00:41:07.880
 be present

00:41:07.880 --> 00:41:08.239
 with the

00:41:08.239 --> 00:41:08.559
 Lord

00:41:08.559 --> 00:41:11.259
 it's a you

00:41:11.259 --> 00:41:11.960
 either have it

00:41:11.960 --> 00:41:12.599
 or you don't

00:41:12.599 --> 00:41:13.099
 you don't get

00:41:13.099 --> 00:41:13.739
 it in between

00:41:13.739 --> 00:41:14.539
 now I want you

00:41:14.539 --> 00:41:15.119
 to understand

00:41:15.119 --> 00:41:15.799
 I'd use that

00:41:15.799 --> 00:41:16.400
 as an illustration

00:41:16.400 --> 00:41:17.279
 for a reason

00:41:17.279 --> 00:41:18.359
 because we

00:41:18.359 --> 00:41:18.839
 have something

00:41:18.839 --> 00:41:19.259
 that gives

00:41:19.259 --> 00:41:19.659
 hope

00:41:19.659 --> 00:41:21.699
 that gives

00:41:21.699 --> 00:41:22.319
 assurance

00:41:22.319 --> 00:41:23.940
 that gets

00:41:23.940 --> 00:41:24.519
 confidence

00:41:24.519 --> 00:41:25.440
 because our

00:41:25.440 --> 00:41:26.359
 confidence isn't

00:41:26.359 --> 00:41:26.940
 what we can

00:41:26.940 --> 00:41:27.319
 do

00:41:27.320 --> 00:41:28.440
 how many

00:41:28.440 --> 00:41:29.019
 prayers we

00:41:29.019 --> 00:41:29.519
 can pray

00:41:29.519 --> 00:41:30.080
 or how much

00:41:30.080 --> 00:41:30.519
 money we

00:41:30.519 --> 00:41:31.140
 can give

00:41:31.140 --> 00:41:32.539
 our confidence

00:41:32.539 --> 00:41:32.940
 in what's

00:41:32.940 --> 00:41:33.320
 already been

00:41:33.320 --> 00:41:33.880
 accomplished

00:41:33.880 --> 00:41:36.440
 what's been

00:41:36.440 --> 00:41:37.160
 accomplished is

00:41:37.160 --> 00:41:37.680
 what Jesus

00:41:37.680 --> 00:41:38.320
 Christ

00:41:38.320 --> 00:41:40.059
 did

00:41:40.059 --> 00:41:42.039
 for us

00:41:42.039 --> 00:41:42.940
 our confidence

00:41:42.940 --> 00:41:43.640
 is in him

00:41:43.640 --> 00:41:44.400
 you need to

00:41:44.400 --> 00:41:44.980
 know that

00:41:44.980 --> 00:41:46.059
 if you're not

00:41:46.059 --> 00:41:46.960
 for sure where

00:41:46.960 --> 00:41:47.600
 you are with

00:41:47.600 --> 00:41:48.000
 God I

00:41:48.000 --> 00:41:48.620
 encourage you

00:41:48.620 --> 00:41:49.700
 to come this

00:41:49.700 --> 00:41:50.300
 morning here

00:41:50.300 --> 00:41:50.720
 just a little

00:41:50.720 --> 00:41:51.300
 bit and you

00:41:51.300 --> 00:41:51.840
 I'll have

00:41:51.840 --> 00:41:52.440
 somebody show

00:41:52.440 --> 00:41:52.780
 you from

00:41:52.780 --> 00:41:53.500
 God's word

00:41:53.500 --> 00:41:54.400
 how you can

00:41:54.400 --> 00:41:55.059
 know what

00:41:55.059 --> 00:41:55.460
 God has

00:41:55.460 --> 00:41:55.780
 said

00:41:55.780 --> 00:41:57.980
 how you

00:41:57.980 --> 00:41:58.260
 can be

00:41:58.260 --> 00:41:58.560
 sure

00:41:58.560 --> 00:41:59.860
 not trusting

00:41:59.860 --> 00:42:00.260
 what the

00:42:00.260 --> 00:42:00.840
 preacher said

00:42:00.840 --> 00:42:01.200
 I tell you

00:42:01.200 --> 00:42:01.580
 what don't

00:42:01.580 --> 00:42:02.180
 don't take

00:42:02.180 --> 00:42:02.640
 my word

00:42:02.640 --> 00:42:03.080
 for it

00:42:03.080 --> 00:42:03.580
 take this

00:42:03.580 --> 00:42:04.000
 word for

00:42:04.000 --> 00:42:04.440
 it

00:42:04.440 --> 00:42:07.860
 this is

00:42:07.860 --> 00:42:08.140
 the only

00:42:08.140 --> 00:42:08.580
 word that

00:42:08.580 --> 00:42:08.960
 matters

00:42:08.960 --> 00:42:09.420
 you know

00:42:09.420 --> 00:42:09.660
 sometimes

00:42:09.660 --> 00:42:09.940
 we put

00:42:09.940 --> 00:42:10.500
 more trust

00:42:10.500 --> 00:42:10.800
 in what

00:42:10.800 --> 00:42:11.080
 somebody

00:42:11.080 --> 00:42:11.340
 on the

00:42:11.340 --> 00:42:11.580
 internet

00:42:11.580 --> 00:42:11.940
 said

00:42:11.940 --> 00:42:12.340
 or somebody

00:42:12.340 --> 00:42:12.700
 else said

00:42:12.700 --> 00:42:13.440
 someplace else

00:42:13.440 --> 00:42:13.760
 or wrote

00:42:13.760 --> 00:42:14.180
 in a book

00:42:14.180 --> 00:42:14.860
 this is

00:42:14.860 --> 00:42:15.140
 the only

00:42:15.140 --> 00:42:15.420
 book

00:42:15.420 --> 00:42:15.600
 that

00:42:15.600 --> 00:42:15.980
 matters

00:42:15.980 --> 00:42:17.280
 everything

00:42:17.280 --> 00:42:17.600
 else

00:42:17.600 --> 00:42:17.940
 filters

00:42:17.940 --> 00:42:18.160
 through

00:42:18.160 --> 00:42:18.500
 here

00:42:18.500 --> 00:42:19.100
 secondly

00:42:19.100 --> 00:42:19.400
 this

00:42:19.400 --> 00:42:19.680
 morning

00:42:19.680 --> 00:42:20.080
 can you

00:42:20.080 --> 00:42:20.360
 allow

00:42:20.360 --> 00:42:20.740
 God

00:42:20.740 --> 00:42:21.240
 to work

00:42:21.240 --> 00:42:21.640
 through

00:42:21.640 --> 00:42:22.140
 you

00:42:22.140 --> 00:42:23.040
 to

00:42:23.040 --> 00:42:23.400
 others

00:42:23.400 --> 00:42:25.200
 you can

00:42:25.200 --> 00:42:25.560
 share

00:42:25.559 --> 00:42:25.940
 with them

00:42:25.940 --> 00:42:26.139
 what

00:42:26.139 --> 00:42:26.619
 Christ

00:42:26.619 --> 00:42:27.099
 has done

00:42:27.099 --> 00:42:27.759
 for you

00:42:27.759 --> 00:42:28.659
 you can

00:42:28.659 --> 00:42:29.199
 match it

00:42:29.199 --> 00:42:29.519
 with a

00:42:29.519 --> 00:42:30.000
 life

00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:31.000
 that

00:42:31.000 --> 00:42:31.619
 displays

00:42:31.619 --> 00:42:32.039
 the

00:42:32.039 --> 00:42:32.699
 reality

00:42:32.699 --> 00:42:34.380
 of your

00:42:34.380 --> 00:42:34.699
 love

00:42:34.699 --> 00:42:35.259
 for God

00:42:35.259 --> 00:42:35.699
 you know

00:42:35.699 --> 00:42:36.340
 this morning

00:42:36.340 --> 00:42:36.719
 can

00:42:36.719 --> 00:42:37.659
 others

00:42:37.659 --> 00:42:38.219
 see and

00:42:38.219 --> 00:42:38.480
 hear

00:42:38.480 --> 00:42:38.739
 what

00:42:38.739 --> 00:42:39.299
 Christ

00:42:39.299 --> 00:42:41.779
 has done

00:42:41.779 --> 00:42:42.259
 for you

00:42:42.259 --> 00:42:42.820
 heads are

00:42:42.820 --> 00:42:43.159
 bowed and

00:42:43.159 --> 00:42:43.480
 eyes are

00:42:43.480 --> 00:42:43.759
 closed

00:42:43.759 --> 00:42:44.179
 this morning

00:42:44.179 --> 00:42:44.739
 I want

00:42:44.739 --> 00:42:44.940
 you to

00:42:44.940 --> 00:42:45.279
 think on

00:42:45.279 --> 00:42:45.420
 that

00:42:45.420 --> 00:42:45.799
 reality

00:42:45.799 --> 00:42:46.179
 for a

00:42:46.179 --> 00:42:46.380
 moment

00:42:46.380 --> 00:42:46.779
 where

00:42:46.779 --> 00:42:46.940
 are

00:42:46.940 --> 00:42:47.059
 you

00:42:47.059 --> 00:42:47.239
 with

00:42:47.239 --> 00:42:47.380
 the

00:42:47.380 --> 00:42:47.599
 Lord

00:42:47.599 --> 00:42:48.380
 what

00:42:48.380 --> 00:42:48.619
 I want

00:42:48.619 --> 00:42:48.779
 you to

00:42:48.779 --> 00:42:48.960
 think

00:42:48.960 --> 00:42:49.099
 on

00:42:49.099 --> 00:42:49.199
 is

00:42:49.199 --> 00:42:49.360
 two

00:42:49.360 --> 00:42:49.619
 things

00:42:49.619 --> 00:42:50.039
 one

00:42:50.039 --> 00:42:52.139
 is

00:42:52.139 --> 00:42:52.279
 your

00:42:52.279 --> 00:42:52.619
 faith

00:42:52.619 --> 00:42:52.779
 and

00:42:52.779 --> 00:42:53.039
 trust

00:42:53.039 --> 00:42:53.480
 solely

00:42:53.480 --> 00:42:53.699
 in

00:42:53.699 --> 00:42:53.960
 Jesus

00:42:53.960 --> 00:42:54.500
 Christ

00:42:54.500 --> 00:42:54.900
 and

00:42:54.900 --> 00:42:55.099
 his

00:42:55.099 --> 00:42:55.440
 finished

00:42:55.440 --> 00:42:55.759
 work

00:42:55.759 --> 00:42:56.159
 if

00:42:56.159 --> 00:42:56.579
 not

00:42:56.579 --> 00:42:58.579
 why

00:42:58.579 --> 00:42:58.739
 not

00:42:58.739 --> 00:42:59.039
 trust

00:42:59.039 --> 00:42:59.199
 him

00:42:59.199 --> 00:42:59.559
 today

00:42:59.559 --> 00:42:59.920
 but

00:42:59.920 --> 00:43:00.019
 if

00:43:00.019 --> 00:43:00.099
 you

00:43:00.099 --> 00:43:00.239
 know

00:43:00.239 --> 00:43:00.619
 Christ

00:43:00.619 --> 00:43:00.800
 is

00:43:00.800 --> 00:43:00.980
 your

00:43:00.980 --> 00:43:01.360
 savior

00:43:01.360 --> 00:43:02.000
 what

00:43:02.000 --> 00:43:02.119
 have

00:43:02.119 --> 00:43:02.239
 you

00:43:02.239 --> 00:43:02.539
 sounded

00:43:02.539 --> 00:43:02.820
 out

00:43:02.820 --> 00:43:03.079
 about

00:43:03.079 --> 00:43:03.259
 it

00:43:03.259 --> 00:43:03.679
 between

00:43:03.679 --> 00:43:04.000
 you

00:43:04.000 --> 00:43:04.139
 and

00:43:04.139 --> 00:43:04.259
 the

00:43:04.259 --> 00:43:04.500
 Lord

00:43:04.500 --> 00:43:04.699
 you

00:43:04.699 --> 00:43:04.880
 need

00:43:04.880 --> 00:43:05.000
 to

00:43:05.000 --> 00:43:05.420
 answer

00:43:05.420 --> 00:43:07.559
 that

00:43:07.559 --> 00:43:08.019
 question

00:43:08.019 --> 00:43:08.519
 heavenly

00:43:08.519 --> 00:43:08.880
 fathers

00:43:08.880 --> 00:43:09.259
 we come

00:43:09.259 --> 00:43:09.539
 before

00:43:09.539 --> 00:43:09.659
 you

00:43:09.659 --> 00:43:09.840
 this

00:43:09.840 --> 00:43:10.119
 morning

00:43:10.119 --> 00:43:10.340
 Lord

00:43:10.340 --> 00:43:10.480
 we

00:43:10.480 --> 00:43:10.679
 just

00:43:10.679 --> 00:43:10.940
 love

00:43:10.940 --> 00:43:11.039
 you

00:43:11.039 --> 00:43:11.159
 and

00:43:11.159 --> 00:43:11.420
 thank

00:43:11.420 --> 00:43:11.539
 you

00:43:11.539 --> 00:43:11.699
 for

00:43:11.699 --> 00:43:11.860
 your

00:43:11.860 --> 00:43:12.219
 word

00:43:12.219 --> 00:43:12.460
 and

00:43:12.460 --> 00:43:13.099
 Lord

00:43:13.099 --> 00:43:13.259
 we're

00:43:13.259 --> 00:43:13.619
 thankful

00:43:13.619 --> 00:43:13.920
 for

00:43:13.920 --> 00:43:14.519
 the

00:43:14.519 --> 00:43:15.119
 reality

00:43:15.119 --> 00:43:15.420
 the

00:43:15.420 --> 00:43:15.900
 confidence

00:43:15.900 --> 00:43:16.139
 we

00:43:16.139 --> 00:43:16.539
 have

00:43:16.539 --> 00:43:16.700
 and

00:43:16.700 --> 00:43:16.880
 what

00:43:16.880 --> 00:43:17.079
 you've

00:43:17.079 --> 00:43:17.240
 done

00:43:17.240 --> 00:43:17.539
 for

00:43:17.539 --> 00:43:17.800
 us

00:43:17.800 --> 00:43:18.539
 Lord

00:43:18.539 --> 00:43:18.680
 I

00:43:18.680 --> 00:43:18.820
 pray

00:43:18.820 --> 00:43:19.019
 just

00:43:19.019 --> 00:43:19.160
 have

00:43:19.160 --> 00:43:19.280
 your

00:43:19.280 --> 00:43:19.460
 hand

00:43:19.460 --> 00:43:19.660
 upon

00:43:19.660 --> 00:43:19.880
 each

00:43:19.880 --> 00:43:20.160
 heart

00:43:20.160 --> 00:43:20.380
 each

00:43:20.380 --> 00:43:20.680
 life

00:43:20.680 --> 00:43:20.840
 here

00:43:20.840 --> 00:43:21.200
 today

00:43:21.200 --> 00:43:22.019
 Lord

00:43:22.019 --> 00:43:22.180
 you

00:43:22.180 --> 00:43:22.400
 know

00:43:22.400 --> 00:43:22.639
 each

00:43:22.639 --> 00:43:22.920
 one

00:43:22.920 --> 00:43:23.099
 we

00:43:23.099 --> 00:43:23.320
 cannot

00:43:23.320 --> 00:43:23.700
 hide

00:43:23.700 --> 00:43:23.960
 from

00:43:23.960 --> 00:43:24.300
 you

00:43:24.300 --> 00:43:25.880
 Lord

00:43:25.880 --> 00:43:26.079
 your

00:43:26.079 --> 00:43:26.559
 spirit

00:43:26.559 --> 00:43:26.800
 is

00:43:26.800 --> 00:43:27.160
 working

00:43:27.160 --> 00:43:27.500
 upon

00:43:27.500 --> 00:43:27.900
 hearts

00:43:27.900 --> 00:43:28.099
 and

00:43:28.099 --> 00:43:28.420
 lives

00:43:28.420 --> 00:43:28.840
 today

00:43:28.840 --> 00:43:30.000
 Lord

00:43:30.000 --> 00:43:30.139
 I

00:43:30.139 --> 00:43:30.320
 pray

00:43:30.320 --> 00:43:30.500
 you

00:43:30.500 --> 00:43:30.680
 just

00:43:30.680 --> 00:43:30.880
 would

00:43:30.880 --> 00:43:31.500
 work

00:43:31.500 --> 00:43:31.599
 in

00:43:31.599 --> 00:43:31.740
 a

00:43:31.740 --> 00:43:31.960
 mighty

00:43:31.960 --> 00:43:32.280
 way

00:43:32.280 --> 00:43:32.460
 to

00:43:32.460 --> 00:43:33.019
 consider

00:43:33.019 --> 00:43:34.220
 that

00:43:34.220 --> 00:43:34.720
 reality

00:43:34.720 --> 00:43:35.240
 because

00:43:35.240 --> 00:43:35.800
 those

00:43:35.800 --> 00:43:36.039
 here

00:43:36.039 --> 00:43:36.340
 either

00:43:36.340 --> 00:43:36.639
 need

00:43:36.639 --> 00:43:36.840
 it

00:43:36.840 --> 00:43:38.780
 or

00:43:38.780 --> 00:43:38.980
 need

00:43:38.980 --> 00:43:39.119
 to

00:43:39.119 --> 00:43:39.340
 share

00:43:39.340 --> 00:43:39.519
 what

00:43:39.519 --> 00:43:39.680
 they

00:43:39.680 --> 00:43:40.059
 have

00:43:40.059 --> 00:43:41.840
 that

00:43:41.840 --> 00:43:42.119
 others

00:43:42.119 --> 00:43:42.380
 might

00:43:42.380 --> 00:43:42.640
 have

00:43:42.640 --> 00:43:43.099
 it

00:43:43.099 --> 00:43:45.019
 Lord

00:43:45.019 --> 00:43:45.160
 we

00:43:45.160 --> 00:43:45.360
 just

00:43:45.360 --> 00:43:45.680
 ask

00:43:45.680 --> 00:43:45.800
 you

00:43:45.800 --> 00:43:45.940
 to

00:43:45.940 --> 00:43:46.180
 work

00:43:46.180 --> 00:43:46.300
 in

00:43:46.300 --> 00:43:46.420
 a

00:43:46.420 --> 00:43:46.619
 mighty

00:43:46.619 --> 00:43:46.900
 way

00:43:46.900 --> 00:43:47.039
 in

00:43:47.039 --> 00:43:47.280
 hearts

00:43:47.280 --> 00:43:47.440
 and

00:43:47.440 --> 00:43:47.740
 lives

00:43:47.740 --> 00:43:48.180
 today

00:43:48.180 --> 00:43:49.119
 we

00:43:49.119 --> 00:43:49.200
 just

00:43:49.200 --> 00:43:49.420
 ask

00:43:49.420 --> 00:43:49.559
 it

00:43:49.559 --> 00:43:49.720
 all

00:43:49.720 --> 00:43:49.860
 in

00:43:49.860 --> 00:43:50.019
 your

00:43:50.019 --> 00:43:50.380
 precious

00:43:50.380 --> 00:43:50.860
 name

00:43:50.860 --> 00:43:52.220
 amen

00:43:52.220 --> 00:43:52.460
 as

00:43:52.460 --> 00:43:52.740
 piano

00:43:52.740 --> 00:43:53.099
 plays

00:43:53.099 --> 00:43:53.260
 what

00:43:53.260 --> 00:43:53.519
 about

00:43:53.519 --> 00:43:53.860
 you

00:43:53.860 --> 00:43:54.960
 today