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 Enter into His gates of thanksgiving,

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 Enter into His courts with praise,

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 Enter into His gates of thanksgiving,

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 Enter into His courts with praise.

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 Be thankful unto Him, O bless the name of the Lord.

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 Bless His name.

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 Enter into His gates of thanksgiving,

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 Enter into His courts with praise.

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 Enter into His gates of thanksgiving,

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 Enter into His courts with praise.

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 For the Lord our God is good,

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 His mercy is everlasting,

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 And His truth is direct to all,

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 For generations.

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 Enter into His courts with praise.

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 Enter into His gates of thanksgiving,

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 Enter into His courts with praise.

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 Enter into His gates of thanksgiving,

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 Enter into His courts with praise.

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 Lord with praise.

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 Lord with praise.

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 Lord with praise.

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 Amen.

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 rather have jesus than silver or gold i'd rather be his than have riches untold

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 i'd rather have jesus than houses or lands i'd rather be led by his nail pierced hand

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 than to be the king of a vast domain and be held in sin's dread sway

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 i'd rather have jesus than anything this world affords today

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 i'd rather have jesus than man's applause

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 i'd rather be faithful to his dear cause i'd rather have jesus than worldwide fame

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 i'd rather be true to his holy name

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 than to be the king of a vast domain and be held in sin's dread sway

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 i'd rather have jesus than anything this world affords today

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 i'd rather have jesus than anything this world affords today

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 thank you nancy so privilege to have brother dave warm back with us

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 Professor Bible in Cedarville.

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 Hello, Dave.

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 Hooray!

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 All right, all right.

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 Oh, well.

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 Please open, David Warren.

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 I didn't realize it was Christmas yet.

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 Tell you what, I'd better put this on while I'm thinking about it.

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 Keep you in suspense a little longer here.

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 Hang on.

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 There we are.

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 Thank you for this. I appreciate it.

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 This on.

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 Yeah.

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 Nervous.

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 Somebody help me. Come here. Who's going to help me?

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 Come here, Larry.

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 Come on.

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 You bought it. You're going to put it on.

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 I don't know whether I can do it.

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 I don't know if I can.

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 My wife usually does this for me.

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 Get it straight now.

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 Oh, you got it.

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 Kidding.

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 Uh-oh.

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 Oh, no.

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 This is not the normal Sunday morning introduction to the sandwich.

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 That's good.

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 That'll do.

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 Okay.

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 Very good.

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 Now I'm ready.

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 I had wondered what I was going to do and say this morning.

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 As I reflected on the event of yesterday,

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 I thought how biblical, really, that is.

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 Very appropriate scripture here.

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 Let's see.

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 I had it all nailed down before this gift came my way.

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 I've got to find it.

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 Here we go.

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 And David lamented with this lamentation.

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 The beauty of Israel is slain upon the high places.

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 How are the mighty fallen?

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 Tell it not in gas.

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 Publish it not in the streets of Columbus.

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 Lest the daughters of the Buckeyes rejoice.

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 Lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

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 So it is an appropriate thing.

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 The scriptures do fit, whatever the particular situation.

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 That would be called taking it out of context and also the Warrenian perverse version.

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 But at any rate, it's good to be back with you in Columbus.

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 Thank you very much.

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 It's almost kind of funny.

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 I've been chasing Charles Reed around the state now for a number of Sundays.

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 I was in Marion last Sunday and took care of him up that way.

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 And he's kind of been chasing me.

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 We've been chasing each other around the state about the last month or so.

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 So I'm glad to be back with you for today.

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 Regardless of how you feel about Ohio State and the University of Michigan football game,

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 I think you will agree with me that most of us are concerned about the high cost of living.

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 That does seem to be a national concern and a very personal concern for each one of us.

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 As a matter of fact, just at the breakfast table this morning, we had a package of donuts,

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 just powdered sugar-covered donuts.

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 And I looked at the price on the package, and it was 69 cents for the dozen.

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 It was a special sale.

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 And I made a remark to my wife.

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 I said, hey, that is a good price.

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 You know, I'm thinking 99 cents or $1.29, or just a little old regular donut.

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 Probably has a bigger hole than normal, too.

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 And she reminded me that just a few years ago, we could get for 69 cents a dozen cream-filled donuts.

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 You know, and I said, don't remind me.

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 It's okay.

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 We'll just enjoy these that we do have.

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 The high cost of living is a very real thing, isn't it?

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 I will date myself when I tell you this, but that's okay.

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 I can remember the day in our country when we had gasoline wars.

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 We have them now.

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 They're just going the other direction.

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 That's all.

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 But I can remember one night driving home from work in Dallas, Texas,

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 going by the Shell gas station, and they had a gas war going on, Shell regular, for $21.9.

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 Not a dollar, $21.9.

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 $21.9.

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 And even a poor seminary student wheeled in there and whipped out his card and said,

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 we've got to have that gasoline for $21.9.

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 That's really something.

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 I can also remember the day when you could go into a grocery store

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 and get one of these old packages, you know, of Hostess cream-filled cupcakes.

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 Ooh, those are good.

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 For a dime.

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 And that day is long gone.

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 And I can also remember, even before that, as a child,

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 when Gene Autry and his horse, Champion,

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 used to chew healthful, refreshing, delicious, double mint chewing gum

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 for a nickel.

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 A nickel.

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 I think you'll agree with me that we'll never bring those days back

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 and that we are living in a very inflationary time.

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 But it's in a time like that that we remember that there are lots of good things in life

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 that money cannot buy.

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 It matters not how much money or how little money you have.

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 There are certain things that money cannot buy.

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 I was thinking of this Friday night.

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 I was laying in a tent.

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 We had taken our Awana pioneers on a camp out

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 in a borrowed tent,

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 perhaps better called

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 a borrowed sieve.

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 As we lay there,

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 just shortly after midnight,

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 perhaps one in the morning,

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 literally there was a hole in the roof of that tent

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 that big on one end of it.

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 And so being a wise professor,

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 I said, I'll go to the other end,

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 which I did.

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 Dutifully laid out my nylon

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 sleeping bag and went soundly asleep,

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 only to wake up in perhaps an hour

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 with the feel and the sound of rain hitting me in the chest.

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 Boom, boom, boom, boom.

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 I was wet,

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 cold,

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 and weary.

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 And I got myself up

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 with the sleeping bag still kind of wrapped around me,

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 picked up what I could,

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 and tried to find myself

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 my way through the dark of that tent.

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 I felt like Christopher Columbus

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 looking for dry ground

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 somewhere out there.

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 As I stepped on wet canvas

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 and warm bodies,

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 I finally found a spot

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 and laid down

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 convulsing in laughter.

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 What is a nice guy like me

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 doing in a mess like this?

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 And then I thought of you,

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 and I thought of this service,

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 and I thought,

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 now here is something

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 that money cannot buy.

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 A good night's sleep.

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 Sleep.

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 can hardly be bought

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 with money.

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 There are some other things

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 that money cannot buy.

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 You tell me.

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 What are some other things

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 that no amount of money

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 can buy for you?

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 Come on.

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 I heard salvation over here.

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 Health is another.

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 I heard love, I think.

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 The sharing of love.

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 Friendship.

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 Peace of mind.

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 The conception of children.

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 I guess that's why we have

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 this little motto,

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 and I'm preaching on that motto

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 this morning.

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 The best things in life

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 are free.

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 Now I'm tampering with the motto.

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 I'm going to change it

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 from plural to singular

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 and make it simply this.

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 The best thing in life

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 is free.

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 And I don't have to convince you

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 that the very best thing

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 in life

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 is

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 salvation.

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 To be saved.

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 To be born again.

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 To know that your sins

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 are gone.

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 That you are a child of God.

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 That your future is secure.

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 That is what salvation

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 is all about.

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 And that salvation

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 is a free

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 gift.

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 Now I want to be sure

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 that we all understand

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 what I'm talking about.

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 There is the tendency

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 to assume

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 too much

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 on the part of the preacher.

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 So that when I talk about

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 this matter of

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 salvation,

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 salvation,

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 I want you to know

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 that that term

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 means

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 deliverance.

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 To be delivered

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 is to be

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 saved.

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 To be delivered

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 from sin.

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 To be delivered

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 from the clutches

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 of Satan.

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 To be delivered

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 from the judgment

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 of hell

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 is to be saved.

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 That is salvation.

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 salvation.

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 Only, of course,

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 the Lord Jesus Christ

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 can provide

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 that deliverance,

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 that rescue,

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 that snatchiness

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 away

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 from those

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 spiritual realities.

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 And that salvation,

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 that deliverance

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 that we enjoy

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 in Christ

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 is a free

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 gift.

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 one of the deacons

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 in my former

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 congregation

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 mentioned to me

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 almost casually

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 one day

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 that one of the

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 hardest things

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 for people

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 to come to

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 understand

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 and to

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 accept

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 is the

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 freeness

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 of salvation.

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 people think

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 that's too

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 simple.

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 That's too

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 easy.

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 There certainly

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 has to be

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 something more

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 to it

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 than the fact

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 that it is a

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 gift to be

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 received.

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 And before we

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 are too hard

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 on people like

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 that or people

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 who have a

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 question like

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 that,

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 let me remind

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 you something.

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 As a general

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 principle,

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 we do teach

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 our kids

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 that if

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 something is

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 really worthwhile

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 in life,

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 you're going to

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 have to work

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 to get it.

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 It's going to

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 cost you some

00:17:56.840 --> 00:17:57.080
 money,

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 it's going to

00:17:57.519 --> 00:17:58.380
 cost you some

00:17:58.380 --> 00:17:58.680
 effort.

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 If it's really

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 worth it,

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 it's going to

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 take work.

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 Do you not

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 teach your

00:18:04.840 --> 00:18:05.620
 children that?

00:18:06.519 --> 00:18:07.420
 I'm sure you

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 do or will.

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 You drive down

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 the road,

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 I drive down

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 the road coming

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 here to Columbus

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 on Sunday

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 mornings,

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 and I see a

00:18:15.720 --> 00:18:16.540
 house here,

00:18:16.880 --> 00:18:17.700
 a yard over

00:18:17.700 --> 00:18:18.019
 there,

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 and you say,

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 boy, what a

00:18:19.060 --> 00:18:19.960
 beautiful house.

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 And the yard

00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:22.320
 is beautifully

00:18:22.320 --> 00:18:23.019
 manicured,

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 and the bushes

00:18:23.519 --> 00:18:23.960
 are cut,

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 and the trees

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 are just so.

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 And I think

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 in my mind,

00:18:27.380 --> 00:18:28.759
 how do you

00:18:28.759 --> 00:18:29.300
 get a house

00:18:29.300 --> 00:18:29.920
 like that?

00:18:30.519 --> 00:18:30.940
 How do you

00:18:30.940 --> 00:18:31.460
 have a yard

00:18:31.460 --> 00:18:32.120
 like that?

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 And to ask

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 the question

00:18:34.440 --> 00:18:34.880
 is almost

00:18:34.880 --> 00:18:35.500
 to answer it.

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 You get it

00:18:36.880 --> 00:18:37.400
 by working

00:18:37.400 --> 00:18:37.920
 for it.

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 A lot

00:18:39.220 --> 00:18:39.660
 of hard

00:18:39.660 --> 00:18:40.060
 work to

00:18:40.060 --> 00:18:40.360
 have a

00:18:40.360 --> 00:18:40.660
 beautiful

00:18:40.660 --> 00:18:41.140
 home and

00:18:41.140 --> 00:18:41.480
 keep it

00:18:41.480 --> 00:18:41.660
 up,

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 isn't it?

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 Or,

00:18:45.140 --> 00:18:45.660
 you see a

00:18:45.660 --> 00:18:46.140
 young person

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 go off to

00:18:46.880 --> 00:18:47.320
 college,

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 and you are

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 there at the

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 day of their

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 graduation after

00:18:50.920 --> 00:18:51.779
 four years,

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 and you see

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 them walk

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 across the

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 stage,

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 you know,

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 with that

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 black gown,

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 you know,

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 and the thing

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 hanging down

00:18:56.860 --> 00:18:57.279
 the back,

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 and they

00:18:57.519 --> 00:18:58.080
 flip that

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 tassel and

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 get that

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 sheepskin,

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 and you say

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 in your mind,

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 boy, I'd

00:19:01.720 --> 00:19:02.380
 like to have

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 something like

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 that, I

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 wonder what

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 they did

00:19:04.580 --> 00:19:05.140
 to get it.

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 Just ask

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 them.

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 Blood,

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 sweat,

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 and tears.

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 And we on

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 the faculty

00:19:15.940 --> 00:19:16.560
 make sure

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 it's that

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 way.

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 Work.

00:19:22.340 --> 00:19:23.120
 Or you see

00:19:23.120 --> 00:19:23.940
 a family come

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 in the door

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 of your church

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 and say,

00:19:25.320 --> 00:19:25.800
 boy, there

00:19:25.800 --> 00:19:26.540
 is a Christian

00:19:26.540 --> 00:19:27.060
 family.

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 There is a

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 family that's

00:19:28.520 --> 00:19:29.120
 got it all

00:19:29.120 --> 00:19:29.560
 together.

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 And incidentally,

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 we'll be

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 talking about

00:19:31.839 --> 00:19:32.299
 the family

00:19:32.299 --> 00:19:32.700
 the next

00:19:32.700 --> 00:19:33.360
 three Sundays,

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 the Lord

00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:34.140
 willing.

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 Might slip

00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:36.460
 that in

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 right there.

00:19:38.059 --> 00:19:38.380
 But you

00:19:38.380 --> 00:19:38.779
 see that

00:19:38.779 --> 00:19:39.420
 family come

00:19:39.420 --> 00:19:39.740
 in and you

00:19:39.740 --> 00:19:40.099
 say, boy,

00:19:40.160 --> 00:19:40.599
 I'd like to

00:19:40.599 --> 00:19:40.900
 have a

00:19:40.900 --> 00:19:41.620
 family like

00:19:41.620 --> 00:19:41.960
 that.

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 How do

00:19:43.480 --> 00:19:43.880
 you get a

00:19:43.880 --> 00:19:44.039
 good,

00:19:44.180 --> 00:19:44.819
 solid Christian

00:19:44.819 --> 00:19:45.279
 family?

00:19:47.140 --> 00:19:47.779
 You work

00:19:47.779 --> 00:19:48.259
 at it.

00:19:49.720 --> 00:19:50.480
 So that it

00:19:50.480 --> 00:19:51.460
 is true that

00:19:51.460 --> 00:19:52.480
 as a general

00:19:52.480 --> 00:19:53.180
 principle,

00:19:53.680 --> 00:19:54.960
 if you're

00:19:54.960 --> 00:19:55.339
 going to

00:19:55.339 --> 00:19:56.319
 receive anything

00:19:56.319 --> 00:19:56.880
 in this

00:19:56.880 --> 00:19:57.620
 life that

00:19:57.620 --> 00:19:58.120
 is of

00:19:58.120 --> 00:19:59.400
 worth or

00:19:59.400 --> 00:20:00.160
 value,

00:20:00.980 --> 00:20:01.680
 you're

00:20:01.680 --> 00:20:02.000
 going to

00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:02.339
 have to

00:20:02.339 --> 00:20:02.779
 work to

00:20:02.779 --> 00:20:03.319
 get it.

00:20:05.259 --> 00:20:06.079
 But I

00:20:06.079 --> 00:20:06.599
 preached to

00:20:06.599 --> 00:20:06.940
 you this

00:20:06.940 --> 00:20:08.440
 morning the

00:20:08.440 --> 00:20:10.160
 one happy

00:20:10.160 --> 00:20:13.039
 exception to

00:20:13.039 --> 00:20:13.579
 that general

00:20:13.579 --> 00:20:14.039
 principle,

00:20:15.940 --> 00:20:16.440
 salvation.

00:20:17.660 --> 00:20:18.680
 The best

00:20:18.680 --> 00:20:19.099
 thing in

00:20:19.099 --> 00:20:19.440
 life,

00:20:19.720 --> 00:20:20.640
 worth having,

00:20:22.039 --> 00:20:23.279
 and it

00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:23.539
 is a

00:20:23.539 --> 00:20:23.940
 freebie.

00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:27.180
 Now, I

00:20:27.180 --> 00:20:27.539
 really do

00:20:27.539 --> 00:20:28.039
 not want you

00:20:28.039 --> 00:20:28.640
 to take my

00:20:28.640 --> 00:20:29.299
 word for it

00:20:29.299 --> 00:20:29.839
 because my

00:20:29.839 --> 00:20:30.380
 word doesn't

00:20:30.380 --> 00:20:30.740
 count.

00:20:30.980 --> 00:20:33.440
 but I do

00:20:33.440 --> 00:20:34.120
 invite you to

00:20:34.120 --> 00:20:34.759
 take God's

00:20:34.759 --> 00:20:35.420
 word for it.

00:20:36.620 --> 00:20:37.339
 Let's go on a

00:20:37.339 --> 00:20:37.960
 little scripture

00:20:37.960 --> 00:20:39.620
 chase for a

00:20:39.620 --> 00:20:40.140
 few moments.

00:20:42.039 --> 00:20:42.799
 We're going to

00:20:42.799 --> 00:20:43.420
 run through some

00:20:43.420 --> 00:20:44.519
 very, I hope,

00:20:44.700 --> 00:20:45.860
 familiar verses.

00:20:46.440 --> 00:20:47.220
 Romans chapter

00:20:47.220 --> 00:20:48.819
 four and

00:20:48.819 --> 00:20:49.920
 verse five is

00:20:49.920 --> 00:20:50.799
 the first one.

00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:53.579
 As we run

00:20:53.579 --> 00:20:54.059
 through these

00:20:54.059 --> 00:20:54.740
 verses, I

00:20:54.740 --> 00:20:55.579
 assure you that

00:20:55.579 --> 00:20:56.339
 I have not

00:20:56.339 --> 00:20:57.640
 dragged them out

00:20:57.640 --> 00:20:58.120
 of their

00:20:58.120 --> 00:20:58.819
 context.

00:20:58.819 --> 00:20:59.319
 text, I have

00:20:59.319 --> 00:21:00.019
 not twisted

00:21:00.019 --> 00:21:00.539
 them to

00:21:00.539 --> 00:21:01.139
 mean something

00:21:01.139 --> 00:21:01.779
 they do not

00:21:01.779 --> 00:21:02.700
 actually say

00:21:02.700 --> 00:21:03.059
 in their

00:21:03.059 --> 00:21:03.480
 primary

00:21:03.480 --> 00:21:04.220
 interpretation,

00:21:05.220 --> 00:21:05.980
 but they

00:21:05.980 --> 00:21:06.299
 are very

00:21:06.299 --> 00:21:06.799
 clear,

00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:08.220
 straightforward

00:21:08.220 --> 00:21:09.279
 verses.

00:21:10.279 --> 00:21:11.220
 Romans chapter

00:21:11.220 --> 00:21:13.059
 four and

00:21:13.059 --> 00:21:13.779
 verse five.

00:21:13.960 --> 00:21:14.639
 Speaking of

00:21:14.639 --> 00:21:15.259
 salvation,

00:21:16.759 --> 00:21:17.599
 Paul says

00:21:17.599 --> 00:21:18.240
 to us

00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:18.939
 this,

00:21:18.940 --> 00:21:23.400
 verse five and

00:21:23.400 --> 00:21:23.400


00:21:23.400 --> 00:21:24.400
 verse five and

00:21:24.400 --> 00:21:24.400


00:21:24.400 --> 00:21:25.400
 to him that

00:21:25.400 --> 00:21:25.400


00:21:25.400 --> 00:21:26.559
 believeeth on him

00:21:26.559 --> 00:21:27.980
 that justifieth the

00:21:27.980 --> 00:21:29.500
 ungodly, his

00:21:29.500 --> 00:21:31.600
 faith is counted

00:21:31.600 --> 00:21:33.940
 for righteousness.

00:21:33.940 --> 00:21:34.000
 righteousness.

00:21:35.100 --> 00:21:36.019
 Please note the

00:21:36.019 --> 00:21:38.279
 words, it is to him

00:21:38.279 --> 00:21:40.299
 that worketh not

00:21:40.299 --> 00:21:43.220
 that righteousness

00:21:43.220 --> 00:21:45.620
 is accounted.

00:21:47.080 --> 00:21:48.039
 If you will link

00:21:48.039 --> 00:21:48.940
 that verse with

00:21:48.940 --> 00:21:50.480
 chapter six and

00:21:50.480 --> 00:21:51.039
 verse twenty

00:21:51.039 --> 00:21:53.600
 three, another

00:21:53.600 --> 00:21:55.500
 familiar passage,

00:21:55.600 --> 00:21:56.480
 I'm quite certain.

00:21:57.220 --> 00:21:57.860
 Romans six,

00:21:57.980 --> 00:21:58.759
 twenty three.

00:21:58.759 --> 00:22:01.799
 for the wages

00:22:01.799 --> 00:22:03.019
 of sin

00:22:03.019 --> 00:22:04.200
 is death,

00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:05.859
 but the

00:22:05.859 --> 00:22:07.000
 gift of God

00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:07.799
 is eternal

00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:08.640
 life through

00:22:08.640 --> 00:22:09.920
 Jesus Christ

00:22:09.920 --> 00:22:11.019
 our Lord.

00:22:11.660 --> 00:22:12.619
 Please notice

00:22:12.619 --> 00:22:13.279
 the sharp

00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:14.140
 contrast

00:22:14.140 --> 00:22:15.299
 between the

00:22:15.299 --> 00:22:16.579
 terms wages

00:22:16.579 --> 00:22:17.519
 on the one

00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:17.940
 hand

00:22:17.940 --> 00:22:19.680
 and gift

00:22:19.680 --> 00:22:20.539
 on the other.

00:22:21.359 --> 00:22:22.200
 The wages

00:22:22.200 --> 00:22:22.839
 of sin,

00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:23.900
 that which I

00:22:23.900 --> 00:22:24.579
 earn,

00:22:24.720 --> 00:22:25.599
 that for which

00:22:25.599 --> 00:22:26.640
 I work,

00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:27.880
 that in which

00:22:27.880 --> 00:22:28.520
 I expend

00:22:28.520 --> 00:22:29.320
 my effort,

00:22:29.680 --> 00:22:30.400
 the wages

00:22:30.400 --> 00:22:31.040
 that I get

00:22:31.040 --> 00:22:32.160
 back for sin

00:22:32.160 --> 00:22:34.520
 is death.

00:22:35.660 --> 00:22:36.380
 But the

00:22:36.380 --> 00:22:37.480
 gift of God,

00:22:37.580 --> 00:22:38.140
 a gift of

00:22:38.140 --> 00:22:38.860
 something for

00:22:38.860 --> 00:22:39.520
 which you do

00:22:39.520 --> 00:22:40.360
 not work.

00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:42.740
 I don't try

00:22:42.740 --> 00:22:43.440
 to be a good

00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:44.420
 boy all year

00:22:44.420 --> 00:22:45.180
 so my wife

00:22:45.180 --> 00:22:45.800
 will give me

00:22:45.800 --> 00:22:46.340
 a birthday

00:22:46.340 --> 00:22:46.880
 present.

00:22:48.220 --> 00:22:48.980
 And my

00:22:48.980 --> 00:22:49.640
 children don't

00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:50.160
 try to be

00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:51.040
 good children

00:22:51.040 --> 00:22:52.040
 so that all

00:22:52.040 --> 00:22:52.540
 year long,

00:22:52.600 --> 00:22:53.060
 so that on

00:22:53.060 --> 00:22:53.820
 Christmas we

00:22:53.820 --> 00:22:54.700
 will somehow

00:22:54.700 --> 00:22:55.360
 think they

00:22:55.360 --> 00:22:56.020
 have earned

00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:56.599
 the right

00:22:56.599 --> 00:22:57.339
 to receive

00:22:57.339 --> 00:22:57.940
 a Christmas

00:22:57.940 --> 00:22:58.599
 gift under

00:22:58.599 --> 00:22:59.279
 that tree.

00:23:00.579 --> 00:23:01.379
 A gift is

00:23:01.379 --> 00:23:01.900
 something you

00:23:01.900 --> 00:23:03.779
 receive undeservedly

00:23:03.779 --> 00:23:05.720
 because of the

00:23:05.720 --> 00:23:06.680
 graciousness and

00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:07.420
 the generosity

00:23:07.420 --> 00:23:08.400
 of the giver.

00:23:10.119 --> 00:23:11.259
 The gift of

00:23:11.259 --> 00:23:12.180
 God is

00:23:12.180 --> 00:23:13.359
 eternal life.

00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:14.119
 What a gift.

00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:16.319
 That will beat

00:23:16.319 --> 00:23:16.960
 any Christmas

00:23:16.960 --> 00:23:17.799
 present you get

00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:18.379
 in December.

00:23:20.379 --> 00:23:21.359
 Couple that

00:23:21.359 --> 00:23:22.059
 verse with

00:23:22.059 --> 00:23:23.119
 Ephesians 2,

00:23:23.180 --> 00:23:23.359
 8,

00:23:23.420 --> 00:23:23.859
 and 9.

00:23:23.859 --> 00:23:27.459
 Ephesians 2.

00:23:29.459 --> 00:23:30.359
 I have a

00:23:30.359 --> 00:23:30.959
 notion that

00:23:30.959 --> 00:23:32.399
 these verses

00:23:32.399 --> 00:23:33.399
 are so familiar

00:23:33.399 --> 00:23:34.019
 to you that

00:23:34.019 --> 00:23:34.619
 you can quote

00:23:34.619 --> 00:23:35.119
 this one.

00:23:36.199 --> 00:23:37.279
 So let's try

00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:37.500
 it.

00:23:37.979 --> 00:23:38.659
 I'll not check

00:23:38.659 --> 00:23:39.219
 up on you

00:23:39.219 --> 00:23:39.459
 now.

00:23:40.339 --> 00:23:41.039
 The first

00:23:41.039 --> 00:23:41.479
 word is

00:23:41.479 --> 00:23:41.899
 for.

00:23:42.599 --> 00:23:43.019
 Let's see

00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:43.419
 how far

00:23:43.419 --> 00:23:44.019
 we can get.

00:23:44.979 --> 00:23:45.639
 For by

00:23:45.639 --> 00:23:46.719
 grace are

00:23:46.719 --> 00:23:47.639
 ye saved

00:23:47.639 --> 00:23:48.639
 through faith,

00:23:48.640 --> 00:23:49.800
 and that

00:23:49.800 --> 00:23:50.560
 not of

00:23:50.560 --> 00:23:51.240
 yourselves.

00:23:51.880 --> 00:23:52.580
 It is

00:23:52.580 --> 00:23:53.280
 the gift

00:23:53.280 --> 00:23:54.220
 of God,

00:23:54.820 --> 00:23:55.540
 not of

00:23:55.540 --> 00:23:56.100
 works,

00:23:56.500 --> 00:23:57.360
 lest any

00:23:57.360 --> 00:23:58.340
 man should

00:23:58.340 --> 00:23:58.880
 boast.

00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:00.720
 Not of

00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:01.300
 works.

00:24:03.060 --> 00:24:03.740
 Grace,

00:24:05.240 --> 00:24:05.860
 faith,

00:24:06.680 --> 00:24:07.620
 both of

00:24:07.620 --> 00:24:08.140
 which are

00:24:08.140 --> 00:24:09.180
 given to

00:24:09.180 --> 00:24:09.800
 us,

00:24:10.820 --> 00:24:11.520
 not of

00:24:11.520 --> 00:24:12.060
 works,

00:24:13.300 --> 00:24:14.020
 lest any

00:24:14.020 --> 00:24:14.400
 of us

00:24:14.400 --> 00:24:15.100
 walk around

00:24:15.100 --> 00:24:15.860
 strutting,

00:24:16.040 --> 00:24:16.320
 thinking,

00:24:16.460 --> 00:24:16.900
 look at all

00:24:16.900 --> 00:24:17.500
 I've done,

00:24:18.040 --> 00:24:18.680
 I'm really

00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:19.600
 worthy of

00:24:19.600 --> 00:24:20.540
 this salvation.

00:24:22.200 --> 00:24:22.480
 No

00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:22.880
 boasting.

00:24:23.600 --> 00:24:24.100
 Let's take

00:24:24.100 --> 00:24:24.680
 my favorite,

00:24:24.860 --> 00:24:25.060
 okay?

00:24:25.360 --> 00:24:26.120
 Titus 3,

00:24:26.940 --> 00:24:27.759
 verse 5.

00:24:31.100 --> 00:24:31.660
 We're

00:24:31.660 --> 00:24:32.080
 working our

00:24:32.080 --> 00:24:32.460
 way toward

00:24:32.460 --> 00:24:32.880
 the back

00:24:32.880 --> 00:24:33.300
 of the New

00:24:33.300 --> 00:24:33.759
 Testament,

00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:34.420
 perhaps you

00:24:34.420 --> 00:24:34.780
 noticed.

00:24:35.300 --> 00:24:36.460
 Titus 3,

00:24:37.380 --> 00:24:38.060
 5.

00:24:43.820 --> 00:24:44.380
 Again,

00:24:44.540 --> 00:24:44.860
 Paul,

00:24:44.859 --> 00:24:46.659
 and he

00:24:46.659 --> 00:24:47.479
 says this,

00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:49.679
 not by

00:24:49.679 --> 00:24:50.799
 works of

00:24:50.799 --> 00:24:51.599
 righteousness,

00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:53.199
 which we

00:24:53.199 --> 00:24:53.719
 have done,

00:24:54.659 --> 00:24:55.679
 but according

00:24:55.679 --> 00:24:56.319
 to his

00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:57.039
 mercy,

00:24:57.639 --> 00:24:59.459
 he saved

00:24:59.459 --> 00:24:59.799
 us.

00:25:00.859 --> 00:25:01.859
 Not even

00:25:01.859 --> 00:25:02.839
 by righteous

00:25:02.839 --> 00:25:03.479
 deeds,

00:25:03.699 --> 00:25:04.259
 religious

00:25:04.259 --> 00:25:04.939
 deeds,

00:25:05.119 --> 00:25:05.799
 good things,

00:25:05.859 --> 00:25:06.039
 oh,

00:25:06.099 --> 00:25:06.500
 I paid

00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:07.119
 my taxes

00:25:07.119 --> 00:25:07.459
 and I

00:25:07.459 --> 00:25:07.859
 helped my

00:25:07.859 --> 00:25:08.119
 neighbor

00:25:08.119 --> 00:25:08.699
 change her

00:25:08.699 --> 00:25:09.319
 flat tire,

00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:10.319
 and I do

00:25:10.319 --> 00:25:10.779
 this other

00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:11.079
 thing,

00:25:11.139 --> 00:25:11.519
 and I was

00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:11.939
 baptized,

00:25:12.399 --> 00:25:12.899
 and I was

00:25:12.900 --> 00:25:14.120
 catechized,

00:25:14.200 --> 00:25:14.560
 and a few

00:25:14.560 --> 00:25:15.300
 other things,

00:25:16.120 --> 00:25:16.800
 all of those

00:25:16.800 --> 00:25:17.140
 are good

00:25:17.140 --> 00:25:17.620
 things,

00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:17.980
 they were

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:18.700
 nice things,

00:25:18.780 --> 00:25:19.080
 they were

00:25:19.080 --> 00:25:19.600
 socially

00:25:19.600 --> 00:25:20.220
 acceptable

00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:21.000
 things,

00:25:22.080 --> 00:25:23.460
 not by

00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:24.860
 works of

00:25:24.860 --> 00:25:25.580
 righteousness,

00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:27.540
 which we

00:25:27.540 --> 00:25:28.060
 have done,

00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:30.280
 but in

00:25:30.280 --> 00:25:31.060
 accord with

00:25:31.060 --> 00:25:31.880
 his mercy,

00:25:32.880 --> 00:25:34.320
 he saved

00:25:34.320 --> 00:25:34.640
 us.

00:25:35.640 --> 00:25:36.340
 I like

00:25:36.340 --> 00:25:36.740
 that little

00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:37.340
 song that

00:25:37.340 --> 00:25:37.720
 says,

00:25:37.720 --> 00:25:38.740
 I

00:25:38.740 --> 00:25:39.339
 goes to

00:25:39.339 --> 00:25:39.860
 church,

00:25:40.339 --> 00:25:40.779
 and I

00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:41.339
 gives my

00:25:41.339 --> 00:25:41.660
 money,

00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:42.900
 and I

00:25:42.900 --> 00:25:43.400
 does the

00:25:43.400 --> 00:25:43.940
 best I

00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:44.339
 can,

00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:45.700
 and then

00:25:45.700 --> 00:25:46.160
 somebody

00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:46.700
 comes up

00:25:46.700 --> 00:25:47.240
 and says,

00:25:47.860 --> 00:25:49.160
 you must

00:25:49.160 --> 00:25:49.600
 be born

00:25:49.600 --> 00:25:50.000
 again,

00:25:50.380 --> 00:25:52.480
 not by

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:52.960
 works of

00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:53.480
 righteousness.

00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:55.440
 Well,

00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:55.700
 you say,

00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:56.100
 that's the

00:25:56.100 --> 00:25:56.759
 New Testament.

00:25:58.299 --> 00:25:59.000
 Let's look

00:25:59.000 --> 00:25:59.600
 at one

00:25:59.600 --> 00:26:00.880
 in the

00:26:00.880 --> 00:26:01.220
 Old.

00:26:02.299 --> 00:26:02.900
 Isaiah

00:26:02.900 --> 00:26:04.539
 55,

00:26:04.920 --> 00:26:05.880
 verse

00:26:05.880 --> 00:26:06.240
 1.

00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:08.480
 Isaiah

00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:09.400
 55,

00:26:10.039 --> 00:26:11.100
 verse

00:26:11.100 --> 00:26:11.440
 1.

00:26:12.620 --> 00:26:13.279
 This is

00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:13.660
 the end

00:26:13.660 --> 00:26:13.960
 of our

00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:14.299
 scripture

00:26:14.299 --> 00:26:15.259
 chase,

00:26:15.420 --> 00:26:15.920
 and this

00:26:15.920 --> 00:26:16.480
 is our

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:18.079
 text for

00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:18.500
 the morning.

00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:20.440
 The Old

00:26:20.440 --> 00:26:20.880
 Testament

00:26:20.880 --> 00:26:22.299
 says precisely

00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:23.480
 the same

00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:25.700
 thing as

00:26:25.700 --> 00:26:26.259
 does the

00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:26.480
 New.

00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:28.259
 I read

00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:28.740
 for you

00:26:28.740 --> 00:26:29.299
 Isaiah

00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:30.579
 55,

00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:31.680
 1.

00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:34.420
 Whole

00:26:34.420 --> 00:26:35.720
 every one

00:26:35.720 --> 00:26:36.740
 that thirsteth

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:38.359
 come

00:26:38.359 --> 00:26:38.759
 ye to

00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:39.599
 the waters,

00:26:40.660 --> 00:26:41.420
 and he

00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:42.039
 that hath

00:26:42.039 --> 00:26:42.640
 no money,

00:26:43.839 --> 00:26:44.259
 come

00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:44.660
 ye

00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:45.400
 buy

00:26:45.400 --> 00:26:46.220
 and eat.

00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:47.559
 Yea,

00:26:47.680 --> 00:26:48.140
 come

00:26:48.140 --> 00:26:48.460
 buy

00:26:48.460 --> 00:26:48.980
 wine

00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:49.519
 and milk

00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:49.859
 without

00:26:49.859 --> 00:26:50.319
 money

00:26:50.319 --> 00:26:51.859
 and

00:26:51.859 --> 00:26:52.400
 without

00:26:52.400 --> 00:26:54.120
 price.

00:26:56.319 --> 00:26:56.960
 That

00:26:56.960 --> 00:26:57.200
 verse

00:26:57.200 --> 00:26:57.660
 does not

00:26:57.660 --> 00:26:58.079
 seem to

00:26:58.079 --> 00:26:58.559
 make any

00:26:58.559 --> 00:26:59.120
 sense at

00:26:59.120 --> 00:26:59.559
 first.

00:27:00.880 --> 00:27:01.779
 How can

00:27:01.779 --> 00:27:02.480
 you come

00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:03.240
 and buy

00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:03.720
 something

00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:04.140
 when you

00:27:04.140 --> 00:27:04.620
 have no

00:27:04.620 --> 00:27:04.960
 money?

00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:08.500
 But that

00:27:08.500 --> 00:27:09.220
 is precisely

00:27:09.220 --> 00:27:09.940
 what Isaiah

00:27:09.940 --> 00:27:10.539
 commands,

00:27:10.620 --> 00:27:10.880
 is it

00:27:10.880 --> 00:27:11.160
 not?

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:16.839
 The reason

00:27:16.839 --> 00:27:17.259
 you can

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:17.980
 come and

00:27:17.980 --> 00:27:18.500
 get it

00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:19.200
 without

00:27:19.200 --> 00:27:19.920
 cost

00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:22.259
 is because

00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:23.420
 it is

00:27:23.420 --> 00:27:23.700
 free.

00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:26.140
 And so I

00:27:26.140 --> 00:27:26.740
 have entitled

00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:27.420
 this verse

00:27:27.420 --> 00:27:27.860
 in my

00:27:27.860 --> 00:27:28.279
 Bible

00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:29.819
 free

00:27:29.819 --> 00:27:31.480
 food.

00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:33.539
 Free

00:27:33.539 --> 00:27:35.920
 food.

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:37.399
 Will you

00:27:37.399 --> 00:27:37.799
 look with

00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:38.079
 me a

00:27:38.079 --> 00:27:38.519
 little more

00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:39.160
 closely at

00:27:39.160 --> 00:27:39.579
 this verse?

00:27:39.660 --> 00:27:39.899
 I want to

00:27:39.899 --> 00:27:40.559
 just tear it

00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:41.379
 apart before

00:27:41.379 --> 00:27:41.799
 you and

00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:42.160
 kind of

00:27:42.160 --> 00:27:42.759
 dangle the

00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:43.660
 various parts

00:27:43.660 --> 00:27:44.960
 in front of

00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:45.839
 our attentions.

00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:46.940
 When I

00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:47.420
 look at this

00:27:47.420 --> 00:27:47.680
 verse,

00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:48.139
 frankly,

00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:48.799
 the first

00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:49.139
 thing I

00:27:49.139 --> 00:27:49.599
 notice are

00:27:49.599 --> 00:27:49.759
 the

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.059
 comes.

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:51.579
 Notice

00:27:51.579 --> 00:27:52.019
 this.

00:27:52.899 --> 00:27:53.099
 Ho,

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:53.519
 everyone

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:54.220
 that thirsteth,

00:27:54.399 --> 00:27:55.299
 come ye

00:27:55.299 --> 00:27:56.059
 to the

00:27:56.059 --> 00:27:56.379
 waters.

00:27:56.700 --> 00:27:57.039
 He that

00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:57.440
 has no

00:27:57.440 --> 00:27:57.700
 money,

00:27:58.019 --> 00:27:58.819
 come ye

00:27:58.819 --> 00:27:59.799
 buy and

00:27:59.799 --> 00:27:59.919
 eat.

00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:00.619
 Ye come

00:28:00.619 --> 00:28:01.220
 buy wine

00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:01.639
 and milk

00:28:01.639 --> 00:28:02.299
 without money

00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:02.659
 and without

00:28:02.659 --> 00:28:03.159
 price.

00:28:03.419 --> 00:28:03.599
 Somebody

00:28:03.599 --> 00:28:04.200
 comes.

00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:06.240
 Come,

00:28:06.659 --> 00:28:07.399
 come,

00:28:07.940 --> 00:28:08.339
 come.

00:28:09.659 --> 00:28:10.180
 That's a

00:28:10.180 --> 00:28:10.480
 word of

00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:11.000
 invitation,

00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:11.539
 isn't it?

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:12.619
 When you

00:28:12.619 --> 00:28:13.119
 come to my

00:28:13.119 --> 00:28:13.519
 house at

00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:14.119
 Cedarville and

00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:14.659
 you ring the

00:28:14.659 --> 00:28:15.240
 doorbell or

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:15.819
 you knock at

00:28:15.819 --> 00:28:16.220
 the door,

00:28:16.659 --> 00:28:17.119
 somebody's

00:28:17.119 --> 00:28:17.319
 going to

00:28:17.319 --> 00:28:17.599
 come to

00:28:17.599 --> 00:28:18.000
 that door

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:18.460
 sooner or

00:28:18.460 --> 00:28:18.639
 later,

00:28:18.740 --> 00:28:19.139
 open it

00:28:19.139 --> 00:28:19.579
 and say,

00:28:20.159 --> 00:28:20.559
 as you

00:28:20.559 --> 00:28:21.099
 would say,

00:28:21.779 --> 00:28:23.059
 come on

00:28:23.059 --> 00:28:23.220
 in.

00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:24.779
 That's a

00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:25.039
 word of

00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:25.599
 invitation.

00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:27.019
 Come on,

00:28:27.059 --> 00:28:27.240
 you're

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:28.000
 welcome here.

00:28:29.660 --> 00:28:30.299
 God through

00:28:30.299 --> 00:28:31.200
 Isaiah and

00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:31.539
 through the

00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:32.039
 pages of

00:28:32.039 --> 00:28:32.319
 the New

00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:32.779
 Testament,

00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:33.660
 as it

00:28:33.660 --> 00:28:33.879
 were,

00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:34.619
 opens his

00:28:34.619 --> 00:28:35.359
 loving arms

00:28:35.359 --> 00:28:36.000
 to lost

00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:36.819
 humanity and

00:28:36.819 --> 00:28:37.399
 he says to

00:28:37.399 --> 00:28:37.619
 us,

00:28:38.099 --> 00:28:38.460
 come on,

00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:40.440
 I'm

00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:40.859
 waiting,

00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:42.299
 I'm

00:28:42.299 --> 00:28:42.819
 anxious,

00:28:43.460 --> 00:28:43.960
 I've got

00:28:43.960 --> 00:28:44.399
 the table

00:28:44.399 --> 00:28:45.139
 all set,

00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:45.680
 as we'll

00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:46.160
 see in a

00:28:46.160 --> 00:28:46.740
 few moments.

00:28:48.079 --> 00:28:48.579
 A word

00:28:48.579 --> 00:28:49.299
 of invitation.

00:28:51.299 --> 00:28:51.700
 Come on.

00:28:52.899 --> 00:28:53.160
 Now,

00:28:53.200 --> 00:28:53.759
 sometimes at

00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:54.319
 our house,

00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:55.740
 when the

00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:56.220
 meal is

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:56.879
 all ready

00:28:56.879 --> 00:28:57.980
 and it's

00:28:57.980 --> 00:28:58.420
 on the

00:28:58.420 --> 00:28:58.779
 table,

00:28:59.279 --> 00:28:59.940
 my wife

00:28:59.940 --> 00:29:00.319
 will say

00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:00.720
 to me,

00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:01.519
 call the

00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:01.899
 children,

00:29:03.339 --> 00:29:03.899
 and I

00:29:03.899 --> 00:29:04.440
 will dutifully

00:29:04.440 --> 00:29:05.079
 go to the

00:29:05.079 --> 00:29:05.960
 hallway and

00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:07.220
 yell down

00:29:07.220 --> 00:29:07.899
 that hallway

00:29:07.899 --> 00:29:08.619
 something you're

00:29:08.619 --> 00:29:09.139
 never supposed

00:29:09.139 --> 00:29:09.740
 to do or

00:29:09.740 --> 00:29:10.119
 say,

00:29:10.799 --> 00:29:11.680
 come and

00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:12.180
 get it

00:29:12.180 --> 00:29:13.000
 before we

00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:13.420
 throw it

00:29:13.420 --> 00:29:13.720
 out.

00:29:15.599 --> 00:29:16.039
 Now,

00:29:16.079 --> 00:29:16.379
 that has

00:29:16.379 --> 00:29:16.899
 nothing to

00:29:16.899 --> 00:29:17.339
 do with the

00:29:17.339 --> 00:29:17.920
 quality of

00:29:17.920 --> 00:29:18.460
 my wife's

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:18.740
 cooking.

00:29:20.139 --> 00:29:20.980
 It's just a

00:29:20.980 --> 00:29:21.799
 way of saying,

00:29:22.339 --> 00:29:23.139
 dinner's ready,

00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:24.299
 let's eat.

00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:26.779
 God says

00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:27.299
 to you

00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:28.000
 and to

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:28.339
 me,

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:30.259
 come and

00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:30.660
 get it.

00:29:31.859 --> 00:29:32.519
 And he

00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:32.859
 says it

00:29:32.859 --> 00:29:33.720
 three times

00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:35.940
 for emphasis.

00:29:37.220 --> 00:29:37.759
 Come on.

00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:39.539
 Why wait?

00:29:39.639 --> 00:29:40.220
 Why delay?

00:29:40.579 --> 00:29:41.240
 Why straight

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:41.619
 arm the

00:29:41.619 --> 00:29:42.279
 Holy Spirit?

00:29:42.619 --> 00:29:43.259
 Why say

00:29:43.259 --> 00:29:43.779
 later?

00:29:45.139 --> 00:29:45.539
 Until I'm

00:29:45.539 --> 00:29:46.220
 hungry or

00:29:46.220 --> 00:29:46.720
 ready or

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.139
 some other

00:29:47.139 --> 00:29:47.879
 such foolish

00:29:47.879 --> 00:29:49.019
 excuse.

00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:50.259
 I do not

00:29:50.259 --> 00:29:51.200
 normally eat

00:29:51.200 --> 00:29:52.079
 until they

00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:52.879
 first begin

00:29:52.879 --> 00:29:53.400
 to sense,

00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:53.639
 hey,

00:29:53.700 --> 00:29:54.079
 I am

00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:54.539
 hungry.

00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:56.299
 I'm getting

00:29:56.299 --> 00:29:56.700
 weak,

00:29:56.799 --> 00:29:57.299
 my stomach

00:29:57.299 --> 00:29:57.859
 is starting

00:29:57.859 --> 00:29:58.599
 to growl,

00:29:58.720 --> 00:29:59.019
 etc.

00:29:59.259 --> 00:30:00.299
 I'm hungry.

00:30:01.579 --> 00:30:02.519
 In the same

00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:02.799
 way,

00:30:02.940 --> 00:30:03.519
 people will

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:04.220
 not come

00:30:04.220 --> 00:30:04.799
 to the

00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:05.700
 food of

00:30:05.700 --> 00:30:06.359
 salvation

00:30:06.359 --> 00:30:08.180
 until

00:30:08.180 --> 00:30:08.980
 first

00:30:08.980 --> 00:30:10.539
 they say,

00:30:10.639 --> 00:30:10.900
 you know,

00:30:11.900 --> 00:30:12.859
 I'm hungry.

00:30:12.859 --> 00:30:15.179
 as long

00:30:15.179 --> 00:30:15.539
 as you

00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:15.979
 think,

00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:16.639
 I can

00:30:16.639 --> 00:30:17.119
 make it

00:30:17.119 --> 00:30:17.639
 on my

00:30:17.639 --> 00:30:18.079
 own,

00:30:18.179 --> 00:30:18.679
 I really

00:30:18.679 --> 00:30:19.299
 don't need

00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:19.899
 any help,

00:30:20.119 --> 00:30:20.619
 I am

00:30:20.619 --> 00:30:21.500
 self-sufficient,

00:30:22.659 --> 00:30:23.459
 you will

00:30:23.459 --> 00:30:24.079
 never be

00:30:24.079 --> 00:30:24.439
 saved.

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:26.219
 You will

00:30:26.219 --> 00:30:26.939
 never

00:30:26.939 --> 00:30:28.459
 be saved.

00:30:29.659 --> 00:30:30.479
 It's not

00:30:30.479 --> 00:30:31.079
 until you

00:30:31.079 --> 00:30:31.500
 come to

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:32.059
 that point

00:30:32.059 --> 00:30:32.419
 of which

00:30:32.419 --> 00:30:33.000
 the Savior

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:33.619
 spoke,

00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:34.659
 blessed

00:30:34.659 --> 00:30:35.779
 are those

00:30:35.779 --> 00:30:36.859
 who hunger

00:30:36.859 --> 00:30:39.119
 and thirst

00:30:39.119 --> 00:30:41.240
 after

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:42.139
 righteousness.

00:30:42.859 --> 00:30:44.579
 they are

00:30:44.579 --> 00:30:45.279
 the ones

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:47.039
 who will

00:30:47.039 --> 00:30:47.639
 be filled.

00:30:48.719 --> 00:30:49.079
 My

00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:49.399
 beloved

00:30:49.399 --> 00:30:49.819
 friends,

00:30:49.939 --> 00:30:50.379
 the greatest

00:30:50.379 --> 00:30:50.879
 need in

00:30:50.879 --> 00:30:51.359
 America

00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:52.419
 is for

00:30:52.419 --> 00:30:52.959
 lost

00:30:52.959 --> 00:30:53.439
 people

00:30:53.439 --> 00:30:53.979
 to

00:30:53.979 --> 00:30:54.779
 recognize

00:30:54.779 --> 00:30:55.559
 I'm

00:30:55.559 --> 00:30:56.139
 lost.

00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:57.679
 I'm

00:30:57.679 --> 00:30:58.279
 a sinner.

00:30:58.959 --> 00:30:59.659
 I have

00:30:59.659 --> 00:31:00.399
 a terrible

00:31:00.399 --> 00:31:01.479
 need for

00:31:01.479 --> 00:31:02.179
 righteousness.

00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:05.019
 Or,

00:31:05.139 --> 00:31:05.479
 as Isaiah

00:31:05.479 --> 00:31:05.919
 puts it

00:31:05.919 --> 00:31:06.179
 here,

00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:07.799
 you've

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:08.139
 got to

00:31:08.139 --> 00:31:08.319
 be

00:31:08.319 --> 00:31:08.719
 thirsty.

00:31:09.979 --> 00:31:10.699
 You've

00:31:10.699 --> 00:31:11.039
 got to

00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:11.539
 have a

00:31:11.539 --> 00:31:12.279
 driving

00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:13.160
 desire

00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:15.299
 for this

00:31:15.299 --> 00:31:15.839
 salvation.

00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:19.079
 Would you

00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:19.500
 like to

00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:20.059
 be saved?

00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:22.680
 Can you

00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:23.059
 say in

00:31:23.059 --> 00:31:23.440
 your heart

00:31:23.440 --> 00:31:23.799
 of hearts,

00:31:23.920 --> 00:31:24.139
 boy,

00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:24.839
 I really

00:31:24.839 --> 00:31:25.319
 am a

00:31:25.319 --> 00:31:25.519
 sinner.

00:31:25.700 --> 00:31:26.139
 I've

00:31:26.139 --> 00:31:26.619
 done a

00:31:26.619 --> 00:31:27.039
 lot of

00:31:27.039 --> 00:31:27.420
 things,

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:27.740
 and I

00:31:27.740 --> 00:31:28.399
 really,

00:31:28.399 --> 00:31:29.759
 I have

00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:30.460
 a tremendous

00:31:30.460 --> 00:31:31.139
 need.

00:31:31.140 --> 00:31:31.180
 need.

00:31:32.980 --> 00:31:33.800
 If that's

00:31:33.800 --> 00:31:34.140
 how you

00:31:34.140 --> 00:31:34.520
 feel,

00:31:35.900 --> 00:31:36.400
 you are

00:31:36.400 --> 00:31:37.240
 a perfect

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:38.340
 candidate

00:31:38.340 --> 00:31:40.700
 for

00:31:40.700 --> 00:31:41.360
 salvation.

00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:43.820
 Everyone

00:31:43.820 --> 00:31:45.820
 who's

00:31:45.820 --> 00:31:46.240
 thirsty.

00:31:47.840 --> 00:31:48.259
 He

00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:48.620
 mentions

00:31:48.620 --> 00:31:49.000
 another

00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:49.600
 condition,

00:31:49.820 --> 00:31:50.540
 similar but

00:31:50.540 --> 00:31:51.080
 different,

00:31:52.080 --> 00:31:52.860
 later on

00:31:52.860 --> 00:31:53.100
 in the

00:31:53.100 --> 00:31:53.440
 verse.

00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:54.920
 ho,

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:55.400
 everyone

00:31:55.400 --> 00:31:55.680
 that

00:31:55.680 --> 00:31:56.240
 thirsteth,

00:31:56.440 --> 00:31:56.960
 come ye

00:31:56.960 --> 00:31:57.299
 to the

00:31:57.299 --> 00:31:57.600
 waters,

00:31:58.259 --> 00:31:59.019
 and he

00:31:59.019 --> 00:31:59.480
 that

00:31:59.480 --> 00:32:00.279
 hath

00:32:00.279 --> 00:32:01.240
 no

00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:02.940
 money.

00:32:05.360 --> 00:32:05.960
 He's a

00:32:05.960 --> 00:32:06.660
 person who

00:32:06.660 --> 00:32:07.519
 not only

00:32:07.519 --> 00:32:08.320
 senses a

00:32:08.320 --> 00:32:08.860
 tremendous

00:32:08.860 --> 00:32:09.860
 need,

00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:11.500
 but a

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:12.019
 person who

00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:12.299
 says,

00:32:12.299 --> 00:32:12.940
 I'm

00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:13.480
 broke.

00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:15.559
 I don't

00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:16.180
 have two

00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:16.860
 nickels to

00:32:16.860 --> 00:32:17.120
 rub

00:32:17.120 --> 00:32:17.680
 together.

00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:19.620
 I have

00:32:19.620 --> 00:32:20.320
 no way

00:32:20.320 --> 00:32:21.080
 of meeting

00:32:21.079 --> 00:32:22.619
 that

00:32:22.619 --> 00:32:23.139
 need.

00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:24.899
 In

00:32:24.899 --> 00:32:25.139
 other

00:32:25.139 --> 00:32:25.439
 words,

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:25.879
 here is

00:32:25.879 --> 00:32:26.419
 a person

00:32:26.419 --> 00:32:26.740
 who

00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:27.319
 feels

00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:28.379
 his or

00:32:28.379 --> 00:32:28.740
 her

00:32:28.740 --> 00:32:30.019
 hopelessness.

00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:31.419
 Not

00:32:31.419 --> 00:32:31.859
 only do

00:32:31.859 --> 00:32:32.179
 I have

00:32:32.179 --> 00:32:32.599
 a great

00:32:32.599 --> 00:32:33.220
 need,

00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:34.619
 but I

00:32:34.619 --> 00:32:34.779
 am

00:32:34.779 --> 00:32:35.439
 hopeless

00:32:35.439 --> 00:32:36.299
 to

00:32:36.299 --> 00:32:36.579
 meet

00:32:36.579 --> 00:32:36.779
 it.

00:32:37.819 --> 00:32:38.319
 I

00:32:38.319 --> 00:32:38.519
 am

00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:39.279
 totally

00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:40.559
 unworthy.

00:32:41.819 --> 00:32:42.220
 I'm

00:32:42.220 --> 00:32:42.819
 not good

00:32:42.819 --> 00:32:43.379
 enough for

00:32:43.379 --> 00:32:43.639
 this

00:32:43.639 --> 00:32:44.059
 thing.

00:32:45.819 --> 00:32:46.579
 Spiritually

00:32:46.579 --> 00:32:47.339
 bankrupt.

00:32:49.159 --> 00:32:49.919
 Like

00:32:49.919 --> 00:32:50.480
 our song

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:51.019
 says,

00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:53.740
 nothing

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:55.259
 in my

00:32:55.259 --> 00:32:56.659
 hand I

00:32:56.659 --> 00:32:57.460
 bring

00:32:57.460 --> 00:32:59.740
 simply

00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:00.419
 to thy

00:33:00.419 --> 00:33:01.139
 cross

00:33:01.139 --> 00:33:03.199
 I

00:33:03.199 --> 00:33:03.559
 cling.

00:33:04.919 --> 00:33:05.619
 That's

00:33:05.619 --> 00:33:06.059
 the kind

00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:06.460
 of people

00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:06.939
 who can

00:33:06.939 --> 00:33:07.439
 come,

00:33:08.460 --> 00:33:09.119
 the kind

00:33:09.119 --> 00:33:09.599
 of people

00:33:09.599 --> 00:33:10.139
 who say

00:33:10.139 --> 00:33:10.699
 I'm a

00:33:10.699 --> 00:33:11.039
 sinner,

00:33:12.039 --> 00:33:12.819
 and beyond

00:33:12.819 --> 00:33:13.339
 that,

00:33:14.039 --> 00:33:15.639
 I deserve

00:33:15.639 --> 00:33:16.639
 hell.

00:33:17.439 --> 00:33:18.299
 I have

00:33:18.299 --> 00:33:19.199
 nothing to

00:33:19.199 --> 00:33:19.559
 offer

00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:21.099
 to God

00:33:21.099 --> 00:33:23.259
 but my

00:33:23.259 --> 00:33:23.700
 need.

00:33:25.700 --> 00:33:26.299
 That's

00:33:26.299 --> 00:33:26.679
 quite a

00:33:26.679 --> 00:33:27.099
 condition.

00:33:27.879 --> 00:33:28.599
 I hope

00:33:28.599 --> 00:33:28.960
 I am

00:33:28.960 --> 00:33:29.579
 speaking to

00:33:29.579 --> 00:33:30.200
 someone here

00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:30.779
 this morning

00:33:30.779 --> 00:33:32.279
 who says

00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:32.619
 in the

00:33:32.619 --> 00:33:33.480
 honesty and

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:34.059
 the depth

00:33:34.059 --> 00:33:34.460
 of your

00:33:34.460 --> 00:33:34.779
 heart,

00:33:34.940 --> 00:33:35.240
 boy,

00:33:35.379 --> 00:33:36.059
 I need

00:33:36.059 --> 00:33:36.480
 to be

00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:36.919
 saved,

00:33:37.339 --> 00:33:37.839
 and I'm

00:33:37.839 --> 00:33:38.539
 not worthy

00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:38.980
 to be

00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:39.419
 saved.

00:33:39.420 --> 00:33:40.420
 God

00:33:40.420 --> 00:33:41.740
 if that's

00:33:41.740 --> 00:33:42.080
 how you

00:33:42.080 --> 00:33:42.480
 feel,

00:33:42.480 --> 00:33:43.940
 you're a

00:33:43.940 --> 00:33:44.460
 perfect

00:33:44.460 --> 00:33:45.440
 candidate

00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:48.160
 for salvation.

00:33:50.740 --> 00:33:51.560
 I also

00:33:51.560 --> 00:33:52.300
 notice in this

00:33:52.300 --> 00:33:53.580
 verse the

00:33:53.580 --> 00:33:54.140
 cost.

00:33:54.759 --> 00:33:55.519
 Isaiah is very

00:33:55.519 --> 00:33:55.800
 clear.

00:33:55.860 --> 00:33:56.720
 Notice the cost

00:33:56.720 --> 00:33:57.920
 that he lists

00:33:57.920 --> 00:33:58.620
 for us.

00:33:58.619 --> 00:33:59.479
 Ho,

00:33:59.559 --> 00:33:59.919
 everyone

00:33:59.919 --> 00:34:00.759
 that thirsteth,

00:34:01.439 --> 00:34:01.979
 come ye

00:34:01.979 --> 00:34:02.319
 to the

00:34:02.319 --> 00:34:02.759
 waters.

00:34:03.739 --> 00:34:04.239
 He that

00:34:04.239 --> 00:34:04.739
 hath no

00:34:04.739 --> 00:34:05.059
 money,

00:34:06.239 --> 00:34:06.879
 come ye

00:34:06.879 --> 00:34:07.439
 buy and

00:34:07.439 --> 00:34:07.679
 eat,

00:34:08.679 --> 00:34:08.859
 yea,

00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:09.639
 come buy

00:34:09.639 --> 00:34:10.500
 wine and

00:34:10.500 --> 00:34:11.380
 milk without

00:34:11.380 --> 00:34:13.119
 money and

00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:13.619
 without

00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:15.179
 price.

00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:17.039
 Without

00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:19.339
 money and

00:34:19.339 --> 00:34:19.839
 without

00:34:19.839 --> 00:34:20.839
 price.

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:21.799
 A

00:34:21.799 --> 00:34:22.719
 symbolic way

00:34:22.719 --> 00:34:23.400
 again of

00:34:23.400 --> 00:34:25.059
 saying it's

00:34:25.059 --> 00:34:25.400
 free.

00:34:25.400 --> 00:34:28.320
 free food.

00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:30.920
 He calls

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:32.519
 it wine,

00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:34.559
 he calls

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:35.139
 it water,

00:34:36.420 --> 00:34:36.940
 he calls

00:34:36.940 --> 00:34:37.480
 it milk,

00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:37.980
 we'll talk

00:34:37.980 --> 00:34:38.500
 about those

00:34:38.500 --> 00:34:38.980
 in a moment,

00:34:39.840 --> 00:34:40.700
 and he

00:34:40.700 --> 00:34:41.420
 says it's

00:34:41.420 --> 00:34:41.800
 free.

00:34:43.760 --> 00:34:44.260
 Now you

00:34:44.260 --> 00:34:44.700
 have some

00:34:44.700 --> 00:34:45.340
 imagination,

00:34:45.500 --> 00:34:45.940
 I know you

00:34:45.940 --> 00:34:46.200
 do.

00:34:47.840 --> 00:34:48.440
 Pretend

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:49.260
 with me for

00:34:49.260 --> 00:34:49.980
 a moment that

00:34:49.980 --> 00:34:51.079
 we were going

00:34:51.079 --> 00:34:52.019
 shopping here

00:34:52.019 --> 00:34:52.800
 in Columbus

00:34:52.800 --> 00:34:54.240
 to the

00:34:54.240 --> 00:34:54.660
 local

00:34:54.660 --> 00:34:55.380
 Kroger

00:34:55.380 --> 00:34:56.019
 store.

00:34:56.140 --> 00:34:56.480
 You have

00:34:56.480 --> 00:34:56.840
 Kroger

00:34:56.840 --> 00:34:57.380
 stores here,

00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:57.780
 I presume.

00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:01.340
 You go in

00:35:01.340 --> 00:35:02.420
 there with

00:35:02.420 --> 00:35:03.180
 that proverbial

00:35:03.180 --> 00:35:04.119
 envelope filled

00:35:04.119 --> 00:35:04.599
 with all the

00:35:04.599 --> 00:35:05.880
 coupons and

00:35:05.880 --> 00:35:06.260
 the list

00:35:06.260 --> 00:35:06.700
 written on

00:35:06.700 --> 00:35:07.099
 the back.

00:35:08.340 --> 00:35:09.119
 And you go

00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:09.840
 up and down

00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:10.400
 the various

00:35:10.400 --> 00:35:11.039
 aisles and

00:35:11.039 --> 00:35:11.559
 you got your

00:35:11.559 --> 00:35:12.380
 basket thinking

00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:12.860
 maybe I ought

00:35:12.860 --> 00:35:13.260
 to have two

00:35:13.260 --> 00:35:13.740
 baskets,

00:35:13.960 --> 00:35:14.260
 et cetera.

00:35:14.480 --> 00:35:15.119
 And you're

00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:15.660
 going like

00:35:15.660 --> 00:35:16.240
 crazy and

00:35:16.240 --> 00:35:16.599
 the thing

00:35:16.599 --> 00:35:17.039
 is going

00:35:17.039 --> 00:35:17.300
 up,

00:35:17.360 --> 00:35:17.640
 you know.

00:35:18.440 --> 00:35:19.019
 And you

00:35:19.019 --> 00:35:19.619
 finally come

00:35:19.619 --> 00:35:20.099
 to that

00:35:20.099 --> 00:35:22.340
 zero hour,

00:35:22.500 --> 00:35:23.200
 the checkout

00:35:23.200 --> 00:35:24.300
 place.

00:35:24.300 --> 00:35:25.680
 and you

00:35:25.680 --> 00:35:26.500
 whip in

00:35:26.500 --> 00:35:27.000
 that thing

00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:27.539
 and you're

00:35:27.539 --> 00:35:27.920
 kind of

00:35:27.920 --> 00:35:28.640
 calculating

00:35:28.640 --> 00:35:29.060
 in your

00:35:29.060 --> 00:35:29.560
 mind how

00:35:29.560 --> 00:35:30.039
 much all

00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:30.460
 of this is

00:35:30.460 --> 00:35:30.720
 going to

00:35:30.720 --> 00:35:31.400
 cost and

00:35:31.400 --> 00:35:31.860
 holding on

00:35:31.860 --> 00:35:32.080
 to your

00:35:32.080 --> 00:35:32.580
 wallet with

00:35:32.580 --> 00:35:33.060
 one hand.

00:35:34.720 --> 00:35:35.519
 And as you

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:36.200
 go through

00:35:36.200 --> 00:35:36.860
 and she says

00:35:36.860 --> 00:35:37.519
 hello and she

00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:38.300
 starts checking

00:35:38.300 --> 00:35:38.880
 it and ringing

00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:39.500
 the thing up and

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:40.220
 the ticket comes

00:35:40.220 --> 00:35:40.740
 out and then

00:35:40.740 --> 00:35:41.360
 goes down,

00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:41.620
 you know,

00:35:41.680 --> 00:35:42.180
 all of that.

00:35:43.340 --> 00:35:43.840
 Finally they

00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:44.320
 get it all

00:35:44.320 --> 00:35:45.019
 done and it's

00:35:45.019 --> 00:35:45.660
 in the bags

00:35:45.660 --> 00:35:46.400
 and so on and

00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:47.180
 she says to

00:35:47.180 --> 00:35:47.500
 you,

00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:49.460
 take it

00:35:49.460 --> 00:35:51.320
 and go.

00:35:53.099 --> 00:35:54.119
 It's free.

00:35:56.199 --> 00:35:56.960
 Now that

00:35:56.960 --> 00:35:57.400
 takes some

00:35:57.400 --> 00:35:58.000
 imagination.

00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:02.320
 And some

00:36:02.320 --> 00:36:02.679
 of you are

00:36:02.679 --> 00:36:03.380
 wondering where

00:36:03.380 --> 00:36:04.039
 that Kroger

00:36:04.039 --> 00:36:04.820
 store is.

00:36:05.539 --> 00:36:06.139
 I know you

00:36:06.139 --> 00:36:06.440
 are.

00:36:07.539 --> 00:36:08.119
 But my

00:36:08.119 --> 00:36:08.900
 beloved friends,

00:36:09.019 --> 00:36:09.420
 that is

00:36:09.420 --> 00:36:10.719
 precisely what

00:36:10.719 --> 00:36:12.099
 Isaiah is

00:36:12.099 --> 00:36:12.420
 saying.

00:36:13.360 --> 00:36:13.940
 He says,

00:36:14.039 --> 00:36:14.519
 come on,

00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:16.360
 and the

00:36:16.360 --> 00:36:16.840
 only thing

00:36:16.840 --> 00:36:17.400
 you have to

00:36:17.400 --> 00:36:17.900
 be in order

00:36:17.900 --> 00:36:18.599
 to come is

00:36:18.599 --> 00:36:19.219
 to sense that

00:36:19.219 --> 00:36:19.780
 you have a

00:36:19.780 --> 00:36:20.400
 need and you

00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:20.940
 can't meet

00:36:20.940 --> 00:36:21.619
 that need in

00:36:21.619 --> 00:36:22.199
 any way.

00:36:23.679 --> 00:36:24.380
 It's here.

00:36:25.679 --> 00:36:26.079
 It is

00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:26.559
 available.

00:36:28.440 --> 00:36:29.019
 Come and

00:36:29.019 --> 00:36:29.320
 get it.

00:36:31.440 --> 00:36:32.199
 The best

00:36:32.199 --> 00:36:32.699
 thing in

00:36:32.699 --> 00:36:33.199
 life,

00:36:34.619 --> 00:36:35.119
 salvation,

00:36:36.940 --> 00:36:37.559
 is free.

00:36:40.019 --> 00:36:40.619
 Now we

00:36:40.619 --> 00:36:41.300
 better explain

00:36:41.300 --> 00:36:41.900
 that symbolism

00:36:41.900 --> 00:36:42.739
 for just a few

00:36:42.739 --> 00:36:43.460
 moments because

00:36:43.460 --> 00:36:44.039
 it is in

00:36:44.039 --> 00:36:44.519
 the verse.

00:36:45.960 --> 00:36:46.900
 I referred to

00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:47.259
 it a moment

00:36:47.259 --> 00:36:47.579
 ago.

00:36:47.659 --> 00:36:47.820
 Ho,

00:36:47.880 --> 00:36:48.380
 everyone that

00:36:48.380 --> 00:36:48.960
 thirsteth,

00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:49.900
 come ye to

00:36:49.900 --> 00:36:50.679
 the waters,

00:36:51.259 --> 00:36:52.019
 and then wine,

00:36:52.079 --> 00:36:52.599
 and then milk.

00:36:52.699 --> 00:36:53.239
 Why does he

00:36:53.239 --> 00:36:54.059
 call it by

00:36:54.059 --> 00:36:54.920
 these various

00:36:54.920 --> 00:36:55.539
 terms?

00:36:58.880 --> 00:36:59.360
 Water.

00:37:01.759 --> 00:37:02.239
 Obviously,

00:37:02.519 --> 00:37:02.880
 water,

00:37:03.019 --> 00:37:03.940
 because water

00:37:03.940 --> 00:37:04.739
 is that which

00:37:04.739 --> 00:37:05.579
 quenches your

00:37:05.579 --> 00:37:06.019
 thirst,

00:37:06.099 --> 00:37:06.619
 does it not?

00:37:07.880 --> 00:37:08.440
 Water

00:37:08.440 --> 00:37:09.259
 totally

00:37:09.259 --> 00:37:10.159
 assuages

00:37:10.159 --> 00:37:11.179
 that burning

00:37:11.179 --> 00:37:12.139
 feeling and

00:37:12.139 --> 00:37:13.079
 that sense

00:37:13.079 --> 00:37:13.900
 the need for

00:37:13.900 --> 00:37:14.299
 liquid.

00:37:14.420 --> 00:37:15.039
 It is water.

00:37:15.159 --> 00:37:16.119
 Now, I know

00:37:16.119 --> 00:37:16.880
 that the real

00:37:16.880 --> 00:37:17.960
 thing is supposed

00:37:17.960 --> 00:37:18.880
 to do that.

00:37:19.659 --> 00:37:20.480
 And the one

00:37:20.480 --> 00:37:21.179
 that beats the

00:37:21.179 --> 00:37:22.019
 others cold,

00:37:22.099 --> 00:37:22.500
 and the one

00:37:22.500 --> 00:37:23.139
 you drink at

00:37:23.139 --> 00:37:23.840
 ten and two

00:37:23.840 --> 00:37:24.319
 and four,

00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:24.759
 those are

00:37:24.759 --> 00:37:25.500
 supposed to do

00:37:25.500 --> 00:37:25.779
 that.

00:37:26.840 --> 00:37:28.039
 But they know

00:37:28.039 --> 00:37:28.920
 that if you drink

00:37:28.920 --> 00:37:29.679
 one and you go to

00:37:29.679 --> 00:37:30.239
 one another,

00:37:30.420 --> 00:37:31.420
 etc., and it

00:37:31.420 --> 00:37:32.259
 really is not

00:37:32.259 --> 00:37:32.900
 going to quench

00:37:32.900 --> 00:37:33.500
 your thirst.

00:37:34.179 --> 00:37:35.000
 If you really

00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:35.599
 want to quench

00:37:35.599 --> 00:37:36.299
 thirst, what you

00:37:36.299 --> 00:37:36.759
 do is you do

00:37:36.759 --> 00:37:37.259
 what we did.

00:37:37.340 --> 00:37:37.779
 You want to go

00:37:37.779 --> 00:37:38.299
 on a honeymoon,

00:37:38.299 --> 00:37:39.759
 you take a little

00:37:39.759 --> 00:37:40.819
 collapsible cup,

00:37:40.820 --> 00:37:41.280
 and that's what

00:37:41.280 --> 00:37:41.840
 we did.

00:37:42.519 --> 00:37:43.220
 Got to those

00:37:43.220 --> 00:37:44.400
 smoky mountains

00:37:44.400 --> 00:37:45.240
 down there in

00:37:45.240 --> 00:37:45.620
 Tennessee.

00:37:46.260 --> 00:37:46.920
 We stopped

00:37:46.920 --> 00:37:47.760
 along the road

00:37:47.760 --> 00:37:48.380
 and here's this

00:37:48.380 --> 00:37:49.360
 beautiful mountain

00:37:49.360 --> 00:37:50.740
 stream, and we

00:37:50.740 --> 00:37:52.100
 just reached down

00:37:52.100 --> 00:37:53.340
 and drank that

00:37:53.340 --> 00:37:54.880
 beautiful, fresh,

00:37:55.120 --> 00:37:56.160
 pure mountain

00:37:56.160 --> 00:37:56.860
 water.

00:37:58.100 --> 00:37:58.960
 There's nothing

00:37:58.960 --> 00:38:00.019
 that quenches

00:38:00.019 --> 00:38:02.620
 thirst like

00:38:02.620 --> 00:38:03.019
 water.

00:38:03.019 --> 00:38:04.019
 water.

00:38:04.019 --> 00:38:07.659
 Similarly, when

00:38:07.659 --> 00:38:11.019
 you get saved, not

00:38:11.019 --> 00:38:11.940
 only are you

00:38:11.940 --> 00:38:13.659
 delivered from sin

00:38:13.659 --> 00:38:14.960
 and hell, as I

00:38:14.960 --> 00:38:16.079
 referred to earlier,

00:38:16.420 --> 00:38:18.300
 but along with that

00:38:18.300 --> 00:38:20.519
 deliverance comes a

00:38:20.519 --> 00:38:22.079
 deep satisfaction.

00:38:23.199 --> 00:38:24.699
 Your spiritual thirst

00:38:24.699 --> 00:38:27.759
 is quenched once and

00:38:27.759 --> 00:38:29.699
 for all by Christ.

00:38:29.699 --> 00:38:32.179
 as he said to the

00:38:32.179 --> 00:38:32.759
 woman at the

00:38:32.759 --> 00:38:35.739
 well, you come to

00:38:35.739 --> 00:38:37.659
 this well, you'll

00:38:37.659 --> 00:38:39.799
 thirst again, but

00:38:39.799 --> 00:38:41.079
 whoever drinks of

00:38:41.079 --> 00:38:42.480
 the water that I

00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:43.439
 shall give him

00:38:43.439 --> 00:38:45.259
 shall never thirst

00:38:45.259 --> 00:38:45.719
 again.

00:38:47.000 --> 00:38:48.159
 Very emphatically

00:38:48.159 --> 00:38:50.019
 stated, no way will

00:38:50.019 --> 00:38:50.919
 you thirst again.

00:38:51.179 --> 00:38:51.899
 And she says, hey,

00:38:52.039 --> 00:38:52.839
 I'll take some of

00:38:52.839 --> 00:38:53.319
 that water.

00:38:54.919 --> 00:38:55.899
 I offer to you a

00:38:55.899 --> 00:38:57.039
 salvation that brings

00:38:57.039 --> 00:38:58.539
 along with it a

00:38:58.539 --> 00:38:59.219
 deep,

00:38:59.699 --> 00:39:01.719
 inner satisfaction.

00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:05.819
 The quenching of

00:39:05.819 --> 00:39:07.179
 your spiritual needs.

00:39:08.500 --> 00:39:09.179
 The Lord Jesus

00:39:09.179 --> 00:39:10.579
 satisfies us.

00:39:12.000 --> 00:39:12.819
 I've never met a

00:39:12.819 --> 00:39:13.859
 Christian in his or

00:39:13.859 --> 00:39:16.199
 her right mind who

00:39:16.199 --> 00:39:18.399
 did not believe that

00:39:18.399 --> 00:39:20.599
 Jesus had met all

00:39:20.599 --> 00:39:21.239
 of their needs.

00:39:25.659 --> 00:39:26.299
 Wine?

00:39:26.300 --> 00:39:26.400
 wine?

00:39:28.200 --> 00:39:29.780
 Why would he call it

00:39:29.780 --> 00:39:30.640
 wine?

00:39:33.039 --> 00:39:34.060
 Wine in the

00:39:34.060 --> 00:39:34.960
 scriptures is a

00:39:34.960 --> 00:39:35.700
 symbol of many

00:39:35.700 --> 00:39:37.480
 things, but among

00:39:37.480 --> 00:39:38.240
 them it is a

00:39:38.240 --> 00:39:39.360
 symbol of joy.

00:39:40.700 --> 00:39:44.080
 A deep sense of

00:39:44.080 --> 00:39:44.580
 joy.

00:39:46.180 --> 00:39:47.580
 When a person gets

00:39:47.580 --> 00:39:48.700
 saved and is

00:39:48.700 --> 00:39:50.340
 delivered from sin

00:39:50.340 --> 00:39:51.900
 and delivered from

00:39:51.900 --> 00:39:52.960
 hell and they know

00:39:52.960 --> 00:39:53.920
 it in their heart,

00:39:54.960 --> 00:39:56.699
 I cannot describe to

00:39:56.699 --> 00:39:58.860
 you the tremendous

00:39:58.860 --> 00:40:02.599
 joy that comes into

00:40:02.599 --> 00:40:03.079
 our heart.

00:40:04.340 --> 00:40:05.639
 I'm reminded of my

00:40:05.639 --> 00:40:06.740
 second daughter who

00:40:06.740 --> 00:40:07.699
 when she was quite a

00:40:07.699 --> 00:40:09.280
 little bit younger and

00:40:09.280 --> 00:40:10.460
 got the news that we

00:40:10.460 --> 00:40:11.559
 were going somewhere

00:40:11.559 --> 00:40:12.860
 that she wanted to go

00:40:12.860 --> 00:40:14.179
 like to grandma's house

00:40:14.179 --> 00:40:15.820
 or something, she would

00:40:15.820 --> 00:40:17.900
 get so filled with joy

00:40:17.900 --> 00:40:18.760
 and excitement.

00:40:19.480 --> 00:40:21.460
 She just couldn't say

00:40:21.460 --> 00:40:22.559
 it and so she'd just

00:40:22.559 --> 00:40:23.320
 stand there and she'd

00:40:23.320 --> 00:40:25.440
 go, ooh, just

00:40:25.440 --> 00:40:27.059
 jumping joy we would

00:40:27.059 --> 00:40:27.480
 call it.

00:40:28.780 --> 00:40:29.720
 It's kind of like what

00:40:29.720 --> 00:40:32.380
 Peter said, though

00:40:32.380 --> 00:40:33.920
 we've never seen him,

00:40:35.079 --> 00:40:38.660
 yet we rejoice with a

00:40:38.660 --> 00:40:40.460
 joy that is

00:40:40.460 --> 00:40:41.700
 unspeakable.

00:40:43.059 --> 00:40:44.480
 You cannot express it,

00:40:44.480 --> 00:40:46.780
 but it's very real.

00:40:48.059 --> 00:40:48.539
 Milk?

00:40:49.940 --> 00:40:51.179
 Why in the world would

00:40:51.179 --> 00:40:52.380
 he refer to this as

00:40:52.380 --> 00:40:52.980
 milk?

00:40:54.039 --> 00:40:55.019
 Again, this is

00:40:55.019 --> 00:40:56.219
 symbolic language,

00:40:57.059 --> 00:40:57.940
 and milk in the

00:40:57.940 --> 00:40:59.679
 scriptures does speak

00:40:59.679 --> 00:41:01.420
 of wealth,

00:41:02.780 --> 00:41:04.280
 spiritual wealth.

00:41:05.000 --> 00:41:05.679
 Even the Sunday

00:41:05.679 --> 00:41:06.480
 school kids know

00:41:06.480 --> 00:41:07.860
 that because when the

00:41:07.860 --> 00:41:08.460
 children of Israel

00:41:08.460 --> 00:41:09.639
 were called to leave

00:41:09.639 --> 00:41:10.699
 Egypt and go out to

00:41:10.699 --> 00:41:12.240
 Canaan, that land of

00:41:12.240 --> 00:41:13.199
 Canaan was described

00:41:13.199 --> 00:41:14.539
 as a land that

00:41:14.539 --> 00:41:18.539
 flowed with milk and

00:41:18.539 --> 00:41:18.839
 honey.

00:41:19.719 --> 00:41:20.659
 In the literalness of

00:41:20.659 --> 00:41:21.819
 my mind as a kid, I

00:41:21.819 --> 00:41:22.719
 used to envision the

00:41:22.719 --> 00:41:24.139
 land of Canaan with

00:41:24.139 --> 00:41:26.699
 puddles of milk, here

00:41:26.699 --> 00:41:27.319
 and there, and I

00:41:27.319 --> 00:41:27.960
 think, who want to

00:41:27.960 --> 00:41:28.859
 step in puddles of

00:41:28.859 --> 00:41:29.039
 milk?

00:41:29.219 --> 00:41:29.379
 Who?

00:41:30.039 --> 00:41:31.139
 I didn't understand

00:41:31.139 --> 00:41:32.039
 that was symbolic.

00:41:32.519 --> 00:41:33.699
 The land flowed with

00:41:33.699 --> 00:41:34.799
 milk, that is, it was

00:41:34.799 --> 00:41:35.379
 rich.

00:41:36.960 --> 00:41:38.379
 There was wealth

00:41:38.379 --> 00:41:39.539
 there.

00:41:40.419 --> 00:41:41.599
 I'm not talking about

00:41:41.599 --> 00:41:43.619
 material wealth now, but

00:41:43.619 --> 00:41:44.599
 my beloved friend, when

00:41:44.599 --> 00:41:47.179
 you come to Christ, you

00:41:47.179 --> 00:41:51.279
 inherit the wealth of

00:41:51.279 --> 00:41:51.579
 heaven.

00:41:52.779 --> 00:41:55.599
 It is at your disposal.

00:41:56.480 --> 00:41:57.639
 The New Testament calls

00:41:57.639 --> 00:41:58.699
 it the riches of his

00:41:58.699 --> 00:42:00.179
 grace and the riches of

00:42:00.179 --> 00:42:00.739
 glory.

00:42:01.940 --> 00:42:02.960
 They're ours.

00:42:02.960 --> 00:42:06.460
 You see, I proclaim to

00:42:06.460 --> 00:42:07.199
 you in the name of

00:42:07.199 --> 00:42:08.400
 Christ this morning a

00:42:08.400 --> 00:42:10.760
 salvation that is a

00:42:10.760 --> 00:42:11.539
 free gift.

00:42:12.619 --> 00:42:14.619
 It not only delivers you

00:42:14.619 --> 00:42:16.099
 from sin and from

00:42:16.099 --> 00:42:18.440
 Satan and from hell, but

00:42:18.440 --> 00:42:20.659
 it brings along with it

00:42:20.659 --> 00:42:23.539
 a deep sense of

00:42:23.539 --> 00:42:28.639
 satisfaction and joy and

00:42:28.639 --> 00:42:29.879
 spiritual well-being.

00:42:31.879 --> 00:42:33.219
 It's the best thing in

00:42:33.219 --> 00:42:35.879
 life, and it's free.

00:42:37.879 --> 00:42:39.219
 I would not tell you the

00:42:39.219 --> 00:42:41.019
 whole story, though, if I

00:42:41.019 --> 00:42:43.299
 didn't remind you of one

00:42:43.299 --> 00:42:43.659
 thing.

00:42:45.400 --> 00:42:48.159
 Though salvation is a

00:42:48.159 --> 00:42:51.119
 free gift to you and to

00:42:51.119 --> 00:42:55.639
 me, it was not free to

00:42:55.639 --> 00:42:56.639
 God.

00:42:58.440 --> 00:43:00.719
 In order to provide this

00:43:00.719 --> 00:43:03.599
 salvation for us, God

00:43:03.599 --> 00:43:05.900
 the Father paid the price

00:43:05.900 --> 00:43:07.460
 by giving his Son.

00:43:08.480 --> 00:43:10.139
 And his Son, the Lord

00:43:10.139 --> 00:43:12.739
 Jesus Christ, paid the

00:43:12.739 --> 00:43:17.059
 price by giving his life.

00:43:18.059 --> 00:43:19.739
 And it's so easy for us to

00:43:19.739 --> 00:43:22.139
 sit here on a 1982 Sunday

00:43:22.139 --> 00:43:24.179
 morning and not feel

00:43:24.179 --> 00:43:26.399
 something of the price, of

00:43:26.399 --> 00:43:27.099
 the cost.

00:43:28.099 --> 00:43:29.759
 I realize I was here in

00:43:29.759 --> 00:43:31.099
 October and mentioned the

00:43:31.099 --> 00:43:33.319
 high cost of Calvary.

00:43:34.019 --> 00:43:34.839
 And I'll certainly not

00:43:34.839 --> 00:43:36.079
 repeat that sermon, I

00:43:36.079 --> 00:43:36.599
 promise.

00:43:37.859 --> 00:43:40.219
 But you will remember that

00:43:40.219 --> 00:43:41.079
 there was a tremendous

00:43:41.079 --> 00:43:43.259
 physical cost.

00:43:44.539 --> 00:43:46.139
 The battering and the

00:43:46.139 --> 00:43:49.599
 brutalities with which he

00:43:49.599 --> 00:43:50.219
 was treated.

00:43:50.219 --> 00:43:52.639
 There was indeed an

00:43:52.639 --> 00:43:54.859
 emotional cost to that

00:43:54.859 --> 00:43:56.980
 experience, being abandoned

00:43:56.980 --> 00:43:59.059
 by all, being hated.

00:43:59.679 --> 00:44:01.259
 As I was noting just in my

00:44:01.259 --> 00:44:03.239
 devotions this morning, the

00:44:03.239 --> 00:44:06.019
 one whom the builders set

00:44:06.019 --> 00:44:08.039
 aside, the builders rejected,

00:44:08.139 --> 00:44:09.019
 they said, oh, he isn't

00:44:09.019 --> 00:44:10.039
 worth anything.

00:44:11.619 --> 00:44:12.879
 He's the one that turned

00:44:12.879 --> 00:44:13.839
 around and became the head

00:44:13.839 --> 00:44:14.339
 of the corner.

00:44:14.340 --> 00:44:18.780
 What an emotional price tag of

00:44:18.780 --> 00:44:19.360
 Calvary.

00:44:20.200 --> 00:44:22.280
 The social cost I alluded to

00:44:22.280 --> 00:44:25.280
 before, dying in shame as a

00:44:25.280 --> 00:44:26.039
 common criminal.

00:44:26.039 --> 00:44:31.740
 And the spiritual cost of being

00:44:31.740 --> 00:44:34.940
 separated from his father.

00:44:35.820 --> 00:44:41.039
 My God, why hast thou forsaken

00:44:41.039 --> 00:44:41.360
 me?

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 And the whole matter of

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 becoming sin wrapped up in a

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 body?

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 I guess that's why I like that

00:44:51.759 --> 00:44:52.179
 song.

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 It reminds me in a vivid way the

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 high cost of Calvary.

00:44:58.139 --> 00:44:59.900
 Man of sorrows.

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 What a name.

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 For the Son of God who came

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 ruined sinners to reclaim.

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 Hallelujah.

00:45:10.119 --> 00:45:11.199
 What a Savior.

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 Bearing shame and scoffing rude,

00:45:17.259 --> 00:45:20.980
 in my place condemned he stood,

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 sealed my pardon with his blood.

00:45:25.399 --> 00:45:25.799
 Hallelujah.

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 What a Savior.

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 Jesus paid it all.

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 All to him I owe.

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 Sin had left a crimson stain.

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 He washed it.

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 White as snow.

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 Can you not see him hanging on

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 that cross before your eyes?

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 With a mocking crowd around him,

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 with his disciples removed at a

00:45:54.880 --> 00:45:56.719
 distance, fearful for their own

00:45:56.719 --> 00:46:00.199
 lives, the sun darkened.

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 And can you not hear him cry out in

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 triumph and in victory?

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 It is finished!

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 Beloved friends, when he shouted out

00:46:13.219 --> 00:46:16.079
 those words, he was saying,

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 the meal is ready.

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 The table is set.

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 Come and get it.

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 And that is the invitation to you

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 this morning.

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 Oh, everyone that thirsteth,

00:46:40.400 --> 00:46:42.239
 come ye

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 to the waters.

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 He that hath no money,

00:46:48.319 --> 00:46:49.259
 come ye

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 buy,

00:46:52.420 --> 00:46:53.100
 eat.

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 And it is of great interest to me

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 that the New Testament closes on the same note.

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 We'll not turn to it.

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 But it says something like this.

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 The Spirit and the Bride say,

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 come.

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 And let him that heareth say,

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 come.

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 And let him that is of thirst,

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 come.

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 And let him take

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 the water of life

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 freely.

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 Because it really is true.

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 The best thing in life

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 is freedom.

00:47:36.340 --> 00:47:36.900
 Father,

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 you have told us

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 that

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 your thoughts

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 are not our thoughts.

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 And that your ways

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 are far beyond

00:47:49.800 --> 00:47:52.019
 us.

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 Had it been up to us

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 to come up with a plan

00:47:55.380 --> 00:47:56.840
 and a way of salvation,

00:47:57.480 --> 00:47:59.000
 we would have made it

00:47:59.000 --> 00:47:59.800
 so difficult,

00:48:00.079 --> 00:48:00.700
 we would have had

00:48:00.700 --> 00:48:01.880
 so many steps

00:48:01.880 --> 00:48:02.960
 and requirements

00:48:02.960 --> 00:48:05.660
 that nobody would have made it.

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 that we're glad

00:48:08.259 --> 00:48:08.599
 that

00:48:08.599 --> 00:48:10.779
 Jesus paid it all.

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 And that as hopeless sinners,

00:48:14.779 --> 00:48:16.699
 we can but come

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 and receive

00:48:19.000 --> 00:48:21.500
 and be saved.

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 Move upon hearts today

00:48:24.679 --> 00:48:27.319
 that we might have the joy

00:48:27.319 --> 00:48:30.739
 of seeing some do that very thing

00:48:30.739 --> 00:48:32.639
 even right now.

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 We ask it in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

00:48:36.960 --> 00:48:37.099
 Amen.

00:48:38.159 --> 00:48:38.960
 Hymn number 562

00:48:40.019 --> 00:48:41.619
 will be our hymn of invitation.

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 562.

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 As you find this hymn,

00:48:49.119 --> 00:48:49.960
 you will say,

00:48:50.400 --> 00:48:51.099
 oh yes,

00:48:51.880 --> 00:48:53.039
 we know that.

00:48:53.500 --> 00:48:55.259
 It's a very familiar hymn.

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 And that is true.

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 But that's not the reason

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 I've selected it.

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 I've selected it

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 because it reminds us

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 that this is the only way

00:49:06.599 --> 00:49:08.579
 we can come

00:49:08.579 --> 00:49:11.400
 just as we are

00:49:11.400 --> 00:49:13.659
 in our sin,

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 with our need,

00:49:16.559 --> 00:49:18.440
 with our lostness.

00:49:19.619 --> 00:49:20.679
 And the only reason

00:49:20.679 --> 00:49:21.480
 we do come

00:49:21.480 --> 00:49:22.940
 is because

00:49:22.940 --> 00:49:24.440
 he bid us to come.

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 We sing this verse

00:49:27.380 --> 00:49:29.619
 just as I am

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 and we invite you

00:49:30.559 --> 00:49:31.980
 publicly to step out

00:49:31.980 --> 00:49:32.340
 and say,

00:49:32.460 --> 00:49:32.759
 yes,

00:49:33.079 --> 00:49:34.019
 I need it,

00:49:34.340 --> 00:49:35.400
 I want it,

00:49:35.400 --> 00:49:37.260
 and I'm coming to Christ

00:49:37.260 --> 00:49:39.220
 for that salvation

00:49:39.220 --> 00:49:40.880
 of which you spoke

00:49:40.880 --> 00:49:41.380
 this morning.

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 Let's stand, please,

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 as we sing.

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 Singing together

00:49:44.880 --> 00:49:45.760
 on the first verse,

00:49:45.840 --> 00:49:46.860
 I'll meet you right down,

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 friends.

00:49:47.280 --> 00:49:47.920
 We'll show you

00:49:47.920 --> 00:49:48.880
 from the word of God

00:49:48.880 --> 00:49:50.400
 how you can know

00:49:50.400 --> 00:49:52.059
 you are genuinely

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 a child of God.