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 Well, nice to see everybody again.

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 And Paul, I don't think, explained that I'm actually retired.

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! I'm not a minister at the moment.

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 Probably will never be again.

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 I'm retired.

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 I retired back in 2013.

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 And I'm still an elder at the church there in Kendall.

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 But we've got a slightly, well, a very younger, faster than I am,

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 which is a great thing.

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 So I want to carry on from where we left off this morning.

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 Let's just pray before we do that.

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 Heavenly Father, we thank you for this parable, this parable of the sower.

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 We thank you for what we learned this morning about the different kinds of responses to your word,

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 the hard response, the shallow response, and the overcrowded response,

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 none of which bear fruit.

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 And we pray now that as we come to the good soil, the good ground,

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 the ground that bears fruit, the fertile soil,

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 we pray, Lord, that you'd help us to understand your word.

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 Speak to us by your spirit, we pray.

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 In Jesus' name. Amen.

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 So I want to speak tonight about two very important words.

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 These two words should always go together.

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 They're like hinges on the door, two hinges on the door.

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 They're like the wings of a bird or an airplane.

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 You need both.

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 And you should never think of the one without thinking of the other.

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 And they're very important words because Jesus used them at the very outset of his ministry.

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 He began to preach in Galilee after the imprisonment of John the Baptist.

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 And Matthew summarizes his message and Mark summarizes his message and so does Luke.

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 And they all agree that the message of Jesus right at the beginning of his ministry,

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 the words that sum up in some ways his ministry were these.

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 Repent and believe the good news.

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 Repent and believe.

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 The time has come, he said.

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 That means the decisive, long-promised moment

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 that God has been preparing his people for throughout the Old Testament period for centuries.

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 People had been, the Jewish people had been looking forward to the coming of God's kingdom.

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 And Jesus arrived in Galilee and he said, it's here.

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 It's come.

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 The king has come.

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 And the time that God's people have been waiting for has come.

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 The kingdom of God has come near.

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 And therefore, repent and believe the good news.

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 In those days, kings were really important.

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 And they had a lot of power.

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 Royalty in those days wasn't like royalty today.

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 Kings and queens these days don't have much power.

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 They're just tourist attractions.

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 And they don't have much power.

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 But a king in New Testament times had the power of life and death.

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 His word was law.

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 And Jesus said, the king has come.

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 I'm here.

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 The Messiah, the Christ.

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 God's anointed one.

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 The king has come.

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 The kingdom is here.

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 And you prepare for the arrival of a king.

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 My wife was telling me how when she was a little girl in Salford, which is, well, it was quite a grimy northwestern Lancashire town.

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 I'm sure you'll forgive me for saying that, Jim.

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 But it was.

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 And she was telling me that when the queen visited Salford, they were actually cleaning the pavements on which she was going to walk.

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 You prepare.

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 And you prepare well for the coming of royalty.

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 And Jesus is saying here, royalty is here.

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 God's king has come.

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 The kingdom is here.

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 You'd better get ready.

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 You'd better prepare.

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 And how do you prepare for the coming of the king?

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 You prepare for the arrival of the king by repenting and believing.

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 You don't just shrug your shoulders when you hear these words and say, well, that's nothing to do with me.

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 We're talking about a king with the power of life and death.

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 And this king says to you tonight and says to me, repent and believe the good news.

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 There are a wide range of phrases which Christians use nowadays to describe how to respond to Jesus.

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 We talk sometimes about becoming a Christian.

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 The New Testament, as far as I know, doesn't use that language.

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 The New Testament never tells us to become a Christian.

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 In fact, the word Christian only occurs three times in the New Testament.

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 And in each case, it's clear that it was used as a nickname for believers in Jesus by pagans, by non-Christians.

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 There's nothing wrong with talking about becoming a Christian, but that is not how the New Testament describes it.

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 We talk sometimes, I remember I was taught as a little child in a Christian home, to ask Jesus into my heart.

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 Well, the Apostle Paul writes to the Ephesians and prays that the Spirit would cause the Lord Jesus Christ to dwell in their hearts,

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 as the owner-occupier of their heart, and to fill them with the knowledge of God's love.

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 But that was written to a church.

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 I don't think there's anything terribly wrong with telling people to ask Jesus into their hearts,

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 but it's not the language that the New Testament uses it.

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 We talk about making a commitment.

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 We talk about making a decision for Christ.

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 The New Testament doesn't use these expressions.

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 What does the New Testament say we should do in response to Jesus?

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 It says we should repent and we should believe.

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 So that's what we should do.

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 We should repent and we should believe.

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 That's how we become a Christian.

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 I've just used that expression myself.

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 That's how we respond to Jesus initially.

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 And that's how we go on responding to Jesus.

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 We go on repenting and we go on believing.

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 That is the response to Jesus Christ.

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 Repent and believe.

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 Those are the two words I want to talk about tonight.

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 I want to talk first of all about repenting.

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 John the Baptist prepared for the arrival of Jesus by preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sin.

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 Jesus said unless you repent, you will perish.

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 After his resurrection, Jesus sent out the church to the world.

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 And he said repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached to all nations.

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 On the day of Pentecost, Simon Peter, after the very first ever Christian sermon, was asked by the hearers what they should do.

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 And his response was to say repent and be baptized every one of you for the forgiveness of sins.

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 And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

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 The apostle Paul preaching to the philosophers at Athens.

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 He said God now commands all people everywhere to repent.

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 So it's pretty clear, isn't it?

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 The response to Jesus, first of all, is to repent.

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 So what does it mean to repent?

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 Well, the Old Testament word means just to turn.

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 To turn, that's it.

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 To turn.

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 To turn around.

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 The New Testament word means to have a different mind altogether.

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 A complete reorientation of your thinking.

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 Let's just focus on that word to turn.

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 You've got to realize that you're going in completely the wrong direction.

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 And if you carry on going in that direction, it will end in disaster.

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 And therefore, you turn around.

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 I remember some years ago now, preaching at Ingleton Evangelical Church, which is 18 miles east of Kendall.

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 I live in a lovely place.

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 We've got the Lake District to the west and north of us.

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 And to the east of us, we've got the Yorkshire Dales.

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 And we're right there in the middle between the two.

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 And I was preaching one Sunday at Ingleton Evangelical Church.

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 So I needed to travel 18 miles east.

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 And there's Kendall.

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 There's Ingleton, okay?

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 On a map of England, which I'm asking you to imagine.

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 And between the two is the M6 motorway.

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 And if you go north, you go to Carlisle.

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 If you go south, you go to Lancaster and Preston and places like that.

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 And I was worrying about a children's talk I had to give at Ingleton Evangelical Church.

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 If only people realized the stress that they caused preachers when they asked for children's talks in their meetings.

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 And I was stressing about this children's talk.

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 I was going through it in my mind.

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 And I sort of woke up and found myself driving south down the M6 towards Lancaster and Preston and eventually London and places like that.

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 And I thought, why am I doing this?

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 I'd just done it without thinking.

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 It was just automatic.

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 That's normally what I did at that particular roundabout.

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 And I hadn't been concentrating properly.

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 And, well, what did I do?

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 Well, you're not actually allowed to do a U-turn on a motorway, as you probably know.

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 And you're not allowed to reverse down the motorway either, just in case you thought that was a possible way out of the problem.

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 I had to go, oh, maybe 10 miles further north.

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 And then turn around at the next roundabout.

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 Go all the way 10 miles further back.

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 And then get on the right way to Ingleton.

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 And I arrived during the first hymn.

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 And the lady on the door looked extremely pleased to see me.

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 A bit like the father in the parable of the prodigal son.

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 She ran and fell on my neck.

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 Well, no, she didn't, actually.

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 I was going to say she kissed me.

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 She didn't do that.

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 But we had a real handshake.

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 And she was very pleased to see me.

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 I turned around.

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 That's what you do when you repent.

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 You turn around.

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 So repentance means turning from everything that displeases Jesus.

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 He's the king.

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 So you turn from everything that isn't his will.

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 Everything that he doesn't want.

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 You stop distancing yourself from Jesus.

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 Instead of running away from him, you run to him.

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 You stop ignoring him.

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 You stop disobeying him.

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 You're sorry and ashamed at the way you behave and the way you think and the way you speak.

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 You come to see that you're disobeying God in thought and word and deed.

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 We're doing those things that we ought not to do.

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 And we're not doing those things that we ought to do.

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 And we come to see this and it burdens us.

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 It deeply concerns us.

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 We've not loved God with all our heart and soul and mind and strength.

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 We've not loved our neighbor as ourself.

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 We don't love our neighbors as we love ourselves, as God tells us to.

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 We love ourselves.

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 Everything we do is tainted by self-love, by pride, even the good things we do.

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 We feel proud when we do them.

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 We love ourselves when we do them.

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 We even self-righteously condemn others for the sins we know we commit ourselves.

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 And it makes us feel better about our own sins when we condemn them in other people.

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 We're sinner.

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 King Jesus has given his manifesto.

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 We call it the Sermon on the Mount.

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 It's the manifesto for the kingdom of God.

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 I'll just take you briefly through the Sermon on the Mount.

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 Very, very briefly through the Sermon on the Mount.

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 I think you should read the Sermon on the Mount two or three times this week.

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 Read it carefully.

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 Read it prayerfully.

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 And ask yourself what you should be repenting of.

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 We're not poor in spirit.

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 We're not meek and humble.

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 We do not hunger and thirst after righteousness.

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 We're not starving.

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 We're not ravenous for righteousness.

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 We're not merciful.

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 We're much harder on other sinners than we are on ourselves.

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 We're not forgiving.

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 We're not pure in heart.

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 We're not peacemakers.

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 We don't go around trying to reconcile ourselves to people who we may have wronged or who we think have wronged us.

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 We don't try and reconcile other people to each other.

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 We don't seek peace and pursue it like a hound pursues a fox.

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 We're not persecuted for Jesus' sake.

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 I'm just going through the Beatitudes here.

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 We're not persecuted for Jesus' sake.

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 We're afraid to openly confess our Savior.

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 We harbor anger and resentment in our hearts.

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 We belittle other people with our words.

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 We refuse to seriously seek reconciliation.

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 Jesus told us if we go to church,

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 He actually said if you were about to offer a sacrifice,

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 but in New Testament times it would be if you're going to church

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 and you realize your brother has got something against you,

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 there's something not right between you and somebody else there,

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 you should go.

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 You don't wait until they come to you.

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 You should go and be reconciled to them

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 and then come and worship God.

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 We don't do that.

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 We play around with lust.

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 We don't even behave rightly towards our spouses.

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 We're not totally honest and truthful,

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 so that our yes means yes and our no means no.

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 We repay evil with evil in all kinds of different ways.

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 We don't love our enemies.

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 We don't pray for them.

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 We don't pray as we should have done,

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 and when we do pray,

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 it's mainly about ourselves and our families

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 and our physical needs.

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 We don't pray with God at the center.

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 We don't give generously to the poor.

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 We pretend to be more godly than we really are.

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 We're friendly to those who are friendly to us,

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 but not particularly friendly to those who aren't friendly to us.

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 We set our hearts on earthly success.

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 We lay up treasure on earth instead of laying it up in heaven.

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 Earthly success, earthly treasure occupies our thoughts all the time.

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 It's what we get anxious about.

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 It's what we get worried about.

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 We condemn others.

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 We're far more concerned about the faults and the sins of other people

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 rather than our own sins

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 as a way of feeling good about ourselves or better about ourselves.

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 We're always judging others and criticizing others

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 and gossiping about others.

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 We don't gossip about ourselves.

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 No, we gossip about others.

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 We imagine that we're more righteous than they are.

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 We do not do to others what they would like them to do to us.

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 I've just taken you quickly through the Sermon on the Mount.

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 Read it two or three times this week

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 and honestly examine yourself in the light of it

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 and repent and grieve that you are not like this.

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 You haven't even started.

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 And more than anything else,

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 you want to be forgiven

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 of all the rottenness in your heart.

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 So you see, repentance isn't just praying the prayer

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 or making some kind of superficial decision.

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 it is a deep, life-changing realization

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 that you are going completely in the wrong direction.

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 You're not as Jesus wants you to be

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 and you're appalled at your state of heart

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 and you're far more concerned about the sins of others

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 than about your own sins.

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 Sorry, you're far more concerned about your own sins

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 than you are about the sins of others

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 when you've repented.

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 What you want more than anything else

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 is God's mercy,

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 God's forgiveness.

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 The best picture, of course,

00:19:20.839 --> 00:19:21.659
 that I know of,

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 of repentance in the New Testament

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 is that lost son,

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 so-called,

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 that lost son

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 who forsook his father and his father's house,

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 left home,

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 spent his father's inheritance,

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 wished his father was dead,

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 and actually told his father so.

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 He actually said,

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 give me my inheritance now.

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 I can't wait for you to die.

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 And he then took that inheritance off

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 into a far country,

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 spent it all in no time,

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 according to his brother on prostitutes,

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 amongst other things,

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 ending up in a time of famine,

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 longing to feed himself

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 with the pig's food.

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 And then he came to his senses

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 and he turned around

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 and he went all the way home.

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 Father, I have sinned.

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 His elder brother

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 thought he didn't have much to repent of.

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 And he resented

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 his brother coming home

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 and he resented even more

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 his father throwing this party for him.

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 And he refused to go in.

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 And it was him

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 who was outside the father's house,

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 not the so-called lost son.

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 It was the elder brother

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 who thought he had nothing

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 to repent of very much,

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 who turned out to be

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 the lost son

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 in that parable.

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 So that's what it means to repent.

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 It means to turn around.

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 But Jesus

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 comes to this other word,

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 believe.

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 Believe the good news.

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 Or it says in the version

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 that you have,

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 believe the gospel,

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 which means great news,

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 fantastic news.

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 So he summons us

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 to repent

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 and then he tells us

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 to believe the good news.

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 Well, what's the good news?

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 Not good news so far.

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 So far,

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 all we've heard is

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 that we're just

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 sinners who need mercy.

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 What's the good news?

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 Well,

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 the good news

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 is that God's kingdom

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 is for the repentant.

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 It is for

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 repentant

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 rebels.

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 It is for people

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 who repent.

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 That's the good news.

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 This king,

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 and he is a king,

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 never forget that.

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 He is also called

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 the friend of sinners.

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 He is the friend

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 of sinners.

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 He is on the side

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 of sinners.

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 He came into this world

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 to save,

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 rescue

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 sinners.

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 He calls sinners

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 to repentance.

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 He didn't come

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 to call the righteous.

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 That's good news,

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 isn't it?

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 Because I'm not righteous.

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 He didn't come

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 to call the righteous.

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 He came

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 to call

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 the sinners.

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 He's like a doctor.

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 Doctors aren't here

00:22:22.580 --> 00:22:23.420
 for the healthy.

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 Doctors are here

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 for the sick.

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 And Jesus says,

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 it's the sick

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 who need a doctor.

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 And I'm a doctor

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 and I've come

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 for the sick.

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 I've come for the sinners.

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 sinners.

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 That's the good news.

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 He came

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 to save

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 his people

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 from their sins.

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 He died the death

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 that sinners

00:22:44.660 --> 00:22:45.879
 deserve to die.

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 He rose again

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 on their behalf

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 as their

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 in union

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 with them.

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 And therefore,

00:22:55.759 --> 00:22:56.599
 all those who believe

00:22:56.599 --> 00:22:57.139
 in Jesus,

00:22:57.680 --> 00:22:58.240
 his death

00:22:58.240 --> 00:22:59.139
 is their death.

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 and his resurrection

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 is and will be

00:23:04.120 --> 00:23:05.040
 their resurrection.

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 Jesus is the friend

00:23:08.400 --> 00:23:09.020
 of sinners.

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 And he calls sinners

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 to himself

00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:14.600
 for salvation.

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 So you've got to

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 believe that.

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 You've got to believe

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 the good news.

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 The New Testament

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 is absolutely

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 packed with this.

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 Believe on the

00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:27.880
 Lord Jesus Christ,

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 said the Apostle Paul

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 to the Philippian jailer.

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 Believe on the

00:23:32.300 --> 00:23:33.120
 Lord Jesus Christ

00:23:33.120 --> 00:23:33.720
 and you

00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:34.920
 will be

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 saved.

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 John is full of it.

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 John's gospel.

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 God so loved

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 the world

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 that he gave

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 his only son

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 that whoever

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 believes in him

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 should not perish

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 but have everlasting life.

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 And at the end

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 of his gospel

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 he says,

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 I've written all this

00:23:53.840 --> 00:23:55.440
 so that you might

00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:56.120
 believe

00:23:56.120 --> 00:23:56.760
 that Jesus

00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:58.180
 is the Christ

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 and by believing

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 you might have

00:24:00.379 --> 00:24:00.940
 life

00:24:00.940 --> 00:24:02.279
 in his name.

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 And Thomas,

00:24:06.859 --> 00:24:07.720
 he says to Thomas,

00:24:07.900 --> 00:24:08.579
 Thomas you've only

00:24:08.579 --> 00:24:09.299
 believed because

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 you've seen me.

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 Blessed are those

00:24:10.980 --> 00:24:11.960
 who have not seen

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 and yet have believed.

00:24:13.740 --> 00:24:14.359
 The New Testament

00:24:14.359 --> 00:24:15.200
 is full of it.

00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:16.019
 The Apostle Paul

00:24:16.019 --> 00:24:16.900
 is full of it.

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 We are justified.

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 We are freed

00:24:19.079 --> 00:24:20.160
 from condemnation

00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:21.000
 in God's sight

00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:22.220
 by faith,

00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:23.519
 by believing

00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:25.319
 in the Lord Jesus Christ.

00:24:25.319 --> 00:24:27.259
 So what does it mean

00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:28.200
 to believe in Jesus?

00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:30.539
 Well,

00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:32.419
 yes,

00:24:32.460 --> 00:24:33.039
 it includes

00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:34.139
 believing the facts

00:24:34.139 --> 00:24:34.879
 about Jesus.

00:24:35.179 --> 00:24:35.799
 It means,

00:24:35.960 --> 00:24:36.599
 it includes

00:24:36.599 --> 00:24:37.159
 believing

00:24:37.159 --> 00:24:38.139
 that the New Testament

00:24:38.139 --> 00:24:39.439
 is

00:24:39.439 --> 00:24:41.819
 an historical

00:24:41.819 --> 00:24:42.460
 record

00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:43.359
 of his life

00:24:43.359 --> 00:24:44.319
 and death

00:24:44.319 --> 00:24:45.599
 and resurrection.

00:24:45.919 --> 00:24:46.899
 Believing the facts

00:24:46.899 --> 00:24:47.519
 about Jesus.

00:24:47.619 --> 00:24:48.439
 You've got to do that

00:24:48.439 --> 00:24:49.279
 obviously

00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:50.619
 in order to believe

00:24:50.619 --> 00:24:51.720
 in Jesus.

00:24:52.579 --> 00:24:53.119
 And sometimes

00:24:53.119 --> 00:24:53.859
 we use the word

00:24:53.859 --> 00:24:54.639
 just like that.

00:24:56.719 --> 00:24:57.799
 We use it

00:24:57.799 --> 00:24:58.539
 in the same sense

00:24:58.539 --> 00:24:59.179
 as we might say

00:24:59.179 --> 00:24:59.619
 I believe

00:24:59.619 --> 00:25:00.679
 in the Loch Ness Monster

00:25:00.679 --> 00:25:01.979
 or I don't believe

00:25:01.979 --> 00:25:02.839
 in the Loch Ness Monster.

00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:03.719
 Some people do,

00:25:04.059 --> 00:25:04.799
 some people don't.

00:25:05.079 --> 00:25:05.619
 I don't.

00:25:08.259 --> 00:25:09.259
 My wife and I

00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:10.099
 went for our honeymoon

00:25:10.099 --> 00:25:11.079
 to Durham

00:25:11.079 --> 00:25:15.000
 where the Loch Ness Monster

00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:15.899
 is supposed

00:25:15.899 --> 00:25:16.979
 to appear regularly

00:25:16.979 --> 00:25:18.000
 and we didn't see a thing.

00:25:18.839 --> 00:25:20.079
 So we are not believers

00:25:20.079 --> 00:25:21.259
 in the Loch Ness Monster.

00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:26.400
 It includes

00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:27.000
 believing

00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:28.200
 that the story

00:25:28.200 --> 00:25:28.680
 of Jesus

00:25:28.680 --> 00:25:29.220
 is true

00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:30.240
 and may I

00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:30.839
 assure you

00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:31.279
 if there's any

00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:32.039
 doubters here

00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:32.920
 that there's loads

00:25:32.920 --> 00:25:33.559
 of evidence

00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:34.480
 for this one.

00:25:34.579 --> 00:25:35.879
 Far more evidence

00:25:35.879 --> 00:25:36.359
 than there is

00:25:36.359 --> 00:25:37.379
 for the Loch Ness Monster.

00:25:37.900 --> 00:25:38.680
 There's loads

00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:39.240
 of evidence

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:40.759
 for the death,

00:25:41.460 --> 00:25:42.000
 for the life

00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:42.579
 and the death

00:25:42.579 --> 00:25:44.079
 and the resurrection

00:25:44.079 --> 00:25:46.000
 of the Lord Jesus Christ.

00:25:46.379 --> 00:25:47.140
 There's absolutely

00:25:47.140 --> 00:25:48.099
 no shortage

00:25:48.099 --> 00:25:48.900
 of evidence

00:25:48.900 --> 00:25:49.540
 and if anyone

00:25:49.540 --> 00:25:50.040
 tells you

00:25:50.040 --> 00:25:50.680
 there's no evidence

00:25:50.680 --> 00:25:52.340
 they just haven't

00:25:52.340 --> 00:25:52.920
 looked at it,

00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:53.420
 that's all.

00:25:53.500 --> 00:25:54.040
 They haven't really

00:25:54.040 --> 00:25:54.940
 looked at the evidence.

00:25:57.120 --> 00:25:57.980
 So if there's

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:58.740
 anybody here

00:25:58.740 --> 00:25:59.340
 who's got a problem

00:25:59.340 --> 00:25:59.740
 about that

00:25:59.740 --> 00:26:00.540
 talk to me afterwards

00:26:00.540 --> 00:26:01.860
 and I'll take you

00:26:01.860 --> 00:26:02.640
 through some

00:26:02.640 --> 00:26:03.120
 of the evidence.

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:04.880
 So yeah,

00:26:05.120 --> 00:26:06.180
 it means believing

00:26:06.180 --> 00:26:07.380
 the facts

00:26:07.380 --> 00:26:08.180
 about Jesus

00:26:08.180 --> 00:26:09.060
 but it means

00:26:09.060 --> 00:26:09.900
 much more than that.

00:26:11.060 --> 00:26:11.960
 The word believe

00:26:11.960 --> 00:26:12.780
 in the New Testament

00:26:12.780 --> 00:26:13.900
 means

00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:15.940
 to trust,

00:26:15.940 --> 00:26:18.620
 to rely on

00:26:18.620 --> 00:26:19.259
 personally,

00:26:19.920 --> 00:26:21.059
 to depend on

00:26:21.059 --> 00:26:22.299
 personally,

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:24.640
 to trust

00:26:24.640 --> 00:26:25.700
 the person,

00:26:26.320 --> 00:26:27.019
 the words,

00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:28.080
 the death,

00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:29.380
 the resurrection

00:26:29.380 --> 00:26:31.360
 of the Lord Jesus Christ.

00:26:31.660 --> 00:26:32.960
 To trust ourselves

00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:34.519
 completely to Him

00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:36.160
 and just to say to Him,

00:26:36.220 --> 00:26:37.100
 I can't do it.

00:26:37.340 --> 00:26:38.320
 You know what I'm like.

00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:39.820
 I can't do it

00:26:39.820 --> 00:26:41.460
 but you can do it

00:26:41.460 --> 00:26:41.920
 for me

00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:43.539
 and I trust you

00:26:43.539 --> 00:26:44.100
 to do it.

00:26:44.099 --> 00:26:45.579
 trusting

00:26:45.579 --> 00:26:47.639
 the Lord Jesus Christ,

00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:48.980
 relying on

00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:49.480
 His death

00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:50.399
 for our sins,

00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:51.939
 believing

00:26:51.939 --> 00:26:53.339
 that His sacrifice

00:26:53.339 --> 00:26:54.139
 on the cross

00:26:54.139 --> 00:26:54.779
 is sufficient

00:26:54.779 --> 00:26:56.199
 to cover all our sins

00:26:56.199 --> 00:26:57.319
 no matter how wicked

00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:58.899
 we may have been,

00:26:59.179 --> 00:27:00.139
 no matter how long

00:27:00.139 --> 00:27:01.079
 we may have rebelled

00:27:01.079 --> 00:27:01.799
 against Him

00:27:01.799 --> 00:27:03.319
 and closed our hearts

00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:03.759
 to Him.

00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:05.699
 He calls us now

00:27:05.699 --> 00:27:06.759
 to believe in Him

00:27:06.759 --> 00:27:09.139
 and

00:27:09.139 --> 00:27:10.839
 He will

00:27:10.839 --> 00:27:11.799
 save us

00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:13.199
 if we do.

00:27:14.099 --> 00:27:15.399
 It is to rely

00:27:15.399 --> 00:27:16.579
 and trust,

00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:18.559
 rely upon

00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:19.259
 and to trust

00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:20.319
 in His grace

00:27:20.319 --> 00:27:21.199
 and His love

00:27:21.199 --> 00:27:23.019
 and His mercy

00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:24.139
 which is greater

00:27:24.139 --> 00:27:24.899
 than all

00:27:24.899 --> 00:27:26.359
 our sins.

00:27:27.459 --> 00:27:28.359
 It is to rely

00:27:28.359 --> 00:27:29.579
 on His resurrection

00:27:29.579 --> 00:27:30.419
 from the dead

00:27:30.419 --> 00:27:31.539
 as our hope

00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:32.539
 for the future

00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:34.859
 and it's to stop

00:27:34.859 --> 00:27:36.079
 relying on anything else.

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:36.859
 That's what it means

00:27:36.859 --> 00:27:37.819
 to believe in Jesus.

00:27:37.819 --> 00:27:40.179
 There are some

00:27:40.179 --> 00:27:40.839
 other words

00:27:40.839 --> 00:27:41.519
 that the New Testament

00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:42.639
 sometimes uses

00:27:42.639 --> 00:27:44.759
 instead of faith,

00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:46.679
 coming

00:27:46.679 --> 00:27:48.079
 to Jesus.

00:27:48.659 --> 00:27:49.279
 Remember what I said

00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:50.220
 about turning round?

00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:51.779
 Coming,

00:27:51.899 --> 00:27:52.439
 instead of

00:27:52.439 --> 00:27:53.559
 distancing ourselves

00:27:53.559 --> 00:27:54.299
 from Him,

00:27:55.379 --> 00:27:55.879
 coming

00:27:55.879 --> 00:27:57.720
 to Jesus.

00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:59.139
 Come

00:27:59.139 --> 00:28:00.740
 to Jesus.

00:28:02.179 --> 00:28:02.519
 Lepers

00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:03.379
 came to Jesus.

00:28:04.539 --> 00:28:05.319
 They couldn't do anything

00:28:05.319 --> 00:28:06.159
 at all themselves

00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:07.160
 about their leprosy

00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:09.140
 but they came

00:28:09.140 --> 00:28:09.700
 to Jesus

00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:11.440
 for cleansing.

00:28:12.440 --> 00:28:13.140
 All sorts

00:28:13.140 --> 00:28:13.580
 of people

00:28:13.580 --> 00:28:14.380
 came to Jesus

00:28:14.380 --> 00:28:15.540
 and He never

00:28:15.540 --> 00:28:16.240
 turned

00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:18.460
 any of them

00:28:18.460 --> 00:28:19.560
 away

00:28:19.560 --> 00:28:20.600
 ever

00:28:20.600 --> 00:28:22.500
 and if you

00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:22.980
 come to Him

00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:23.720
 He won't turn you

00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:24.340
 away either.

00:28:26.300 --> 00:28:27.000
 He invites

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:27.860
 people to come

00:28:27.860 --> 00:28:28.180
 to Him.

00:28:28.320 --> 00:28:29.300
 Come unto Me

00:28:29.300 --> 00:28:30.320
 all you

00:28:30.320 --> 00:28:32.000
 who are weary

00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:33.500
 and burdened

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:34.420
 and I will give you

00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:34.800
 rest.

00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:36.539
 He invites

00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:36.919
 you

00:28:36.919 --> 00:28:37.980
 to come

00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:38.480
 to Him

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:39.759
 this evening.

00:28:41.359 --> 00:28:42.240
 The New Testament

00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:43.000
 also talks about

00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:44.359
 receiving Jesus.

00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:45.940
 Receiving

00:28:45.940 --> 00:28:46.399
 Jesus.

00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:47.899
 It actually

00:28:47.899 --> 00:28:48.339
 says

00:28:48.339 --> 00:28:49.659
 that we've got

00:28:49.659 --> 00:28:50.299
 to receive

00:28:50.299 --> 00:28:50.899
 Jesus

00:28:50.899 --> 00:28:52.159
 like little

00:28:52.159 --> 00:28:52.779
 children.

00:28:53.220 --> 00:28:53.680
 Little

00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:54.240
 children

00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:55.200
 love

00:28:55.200 --> 00:28:56.779
 receiving

00:28:56.779 --> 00:28:57.259
 things.

00:28:58.079 --> 00:28:58.399
 Have you

00:28:58.399 --> 00:28:58.960
 noticed that?

00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:00.940
 I've got

00:29:00.940 --> 00:29:01.619
 some grandchildren

00:29:01.619 --> 00:29:02.240
 and I've had

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:02.879
 two children

00:29:02.880 --> 00:29:04.300
 of my own

00:29:04.300 --> 00:29:05.660
 and

00:29:05.660 --> 00:29:07.560
 every Christmas

00:29:07.560 --> 00:29:08.940
 we used to

00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:09.240
 give them

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:09.840
 gifts like

00:29:09.840 --> 00:29:10.620
 parents do

00:29:10.620 --> 00:29:12.680
 and not

00:29:12.680 --> 00:29:13.380
 once did

00:29:13.380 --> 00:29:14.840
 either of my

00:29:14.840 --> 00:29:15.460
 two children

00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:16.140
 come to me

00:29:16.140 --> 00:29:16.620
 and say

00:29:16.620 --> 00:29:17.480
 Dad

00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:18.800
 you've just

00:29:18.800 --> 00:29:19.180
 been too

00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:19.760
 generous this

00:29:19.760 --> 00:29:20.000
 year

00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:21.460
 can't accept

00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:21.960
 all this

00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:23.520
 and if I do

00:29:23.520 --> 00:29:24.460
 accept all

00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:24.700
 of it

00:29:24.700 --> 00:29:25.640
 I'll at least

00:29:25.640 --> 00:29:26.220
 have to pay

00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:26.640
 for some

00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:26.980
 of it.

00:29:27.900 --> 00:29:28.880
 No chance

00:29:28.880 --> 00:29:29.540
 absolutely

00:29:29.540 --> 00:29:30.340
 no chance

00:29:30.339 --> 00:29:30.759
 at all.

00:29:31.439 --> 00:29:32.079
 They never

00:29:32.079 --> 00:29:32.779
 ever spoke

00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:33.079
 to me

00:29:33.079 --> 00:29:33.439
 in those

00:29:33.439 --> 00:29:33.819
 terms.

00:29:34.819 --> 00:29:35.139
 They just

00:29:35.139 --> 00:29:35.439
 said

00:29:35.439 --> 00:29:37.500
 they didn't

00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:38.819
 even say

00:29:38.819 --> 00:29:39.679
 thank you

00:29:39.679 --> 00:29:40.619
 they just

00:29:40.619 --> 00:29:41.539
 said let's

00:29:41.539 --> 00:29:42.019
 bring it

00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:42.799
 on more

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:43.379
 and more.

00:29:45.059 --> 00:29:45.519
 They love

00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:46.139
 receiving

00:29:46.139 --> 00:29:46.480
 things.

00:29:46.859 --> 00:29:47.159
 Children

00:29:47.159 --> 00:29:47.779
 love

00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:48.519
 receiving

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:48.959
 things.

00:29:50.639 --> 00:29:51.039
 That's how

00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:51.399
 you've got to

00:29:51.399 --> 00:29:51.720
 come to

00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:52.000
 Jesus.

00:29:53.159 --> 00:29:53.559
 You've come

00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:54.199
 to receive

00:29:54.199 --> 00:29:54.799
 what he's

00:29:54.799 --> 00:29:55.159
 done.

00:29:56.919 --> 00:29:57.299
 New Testament

00:29:57.299 --> 00:29:57.819
 talks about

00:29:57.819 --> 00:29:58.799
 following him

00:29:58.799 --> 00:30:00.680
 following him

00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:01.680
 and that's

00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:02.180
 important.

00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:02.919
 If you

00:30:02.919 --> 00:30:03.879
 really come

00:30:03.879 --> 00:30:04.379
 to Jesus

00:30:04.379 --> 00:30:04.799
 if you

00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:05.639
 really turn

00:30:05.639 --> 00:30:06.819
 from yourself

00:30:06.819 --> 00:30:07.879
 to Jesus

00:30:07.879 --> 00:30:08.359
 you will

00:30:08.359 --> 00:30:09.059
 follow him

00:30:09.059 --> 00:30:09.639
 you want

00:30:09.639 --> 00:30:10.200
 to please

00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:10.399
 him

00:30:10.399 --> 00:30:10.919
 you want

00:30:10.919 --> 00:30:11.859
 to be

00:30:11.859 --> 00:30:12.579
 led by

00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:12.819
 him

00:30:12.819 --> 00:30:13.680
 your whole

00:30:13.680 --> 00:30:14.119
 life.

00:30:16.879 --> 00:30:17.500
 Near where

00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:17.859
 I live

00:30:17.859 --> 00:30:18.500
 is Morecambe

00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:18.779
 Bay

00:30:18.779 --> 00:30:21.139
 and Morecambe

00:30:21.139 --> 00:30:21.500
 Bay

00:30:21.500 --> 00:30:23.359
 is

00:30:23.359 --> 00:30:24.539
 quite a

00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:24.899
 dangerous

00:30:24.899 --> 00:30:25.279
 area

00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:25.500
 there are

00:30:25.500 --> 00:30:25.819
 lots of

00:30:25.819 --> 00:30:26.339
 quicksand

00:30:26.339 --> 00:30:28.299
 but there

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:28.740
 is a way

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:29.119
 across

00:30:29.119 --> 00:30:29.559
 Morecambe

00:30:29.559 --> 00:30:29.819
 Bay

00:30:29.819 --> 00:30:31.220
 and there's

00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:31.459
 a man

00:30:31.459 --> 00:30:31.839
 who's just

00:30:31.839 --> 00:30:32.279
 retired

00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:32.619
 he was

00:30:32.619 --> 00:30:32.879
 called

00:30:32.879 --> 00:30:33.359
 Cedric

00:30:33.359 --> 00:30:34.859
 and he

00:30:34.859 --> 00:30:35.319
 used to

00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:36.259
 lead walks

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:36.619
 across

00:30:36.619 --> 00:30:37.099
 Morecambe

00:30:37.099 --> 00:30:37.439
 Bay

00:30:37.439 --> 00:30:38.480
 he used

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:38.679
 to go

00:30:38.679 --> 00:30:38.859
 in a

00:30:38.859 --> 00:30:39.159
 tractor

00:30:39.159 --> 00:30:39.559
 actually

00:30:39.559 --> 00:30:40.899
 and

00:30:40.899 --> 00:30:41.939
 maybe

00:30:41.939 --> 00:30:42.419
 200

00:30:42.419 --> 00:30:42.919
 people

00:30:42.919 --> 00:30:43.199
 would

00:30:43.199 --> 00:30:43.519
 follow

00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:43.740
 the

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:44.079
 tractor

00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:45.819
 and he

00:30:45.819 --> 00:30:46.000
 would

00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:46.459
 take

00:30:46.459 --> 00:30:46.720
 them

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:47.079
 from

00:30:47.079 --> 00:30:48.159
 Arnside

00:30:48.159 --> 00:30:49.339
 to the

00:30:49.339 --> 00:30:49.519
 other

00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:49.839
 side

00:30:49.839 --> 00:30:50.099
 of the

00:30:50.099 --> 00:30:50.379
 bay

00:30:50.379 --> 00:30:50.740
 to

00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:51.379
 Grange

00:30:51.379 --> 00:30:51.879
 over

00:30:51.879 --> 00:30:52.220
 Sand

00:30:52.220 --> 00:30:53.519
 but the

00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:53.939
 point is

00:30:53.939 --> 00:30:54.399
 you had

00:30:54.399 --> 00:30:55.099
 to follow

00:30:55.099 --> 00:30:55.279
 him

00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:55.579
 if you

00:30:55.579 --> 00:30:56.099
 trusted

00:30:56.099 --> 00:30:56.839
 Cedric

00:30:56.839 --> 00:30:57.559
 you

00:30:57.559 --> 00:30:58.059
 followed

00:30:58.059 --> 00:30:58.399
 him

00:30:58.399 --> 00:30:58.920
 you

00:30:58.920 --> 00:30:59.399
 didn't

00:30:59.399 --> 00:30:59.599
 say

00:30:59.599 --> 00:30:59.899
 oh I

00:30:59.899 --> 00:31:00.059
 know

00:31:00.059 --> 00:31:00.299
 better

00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:00.519
 than

00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:00.879
 Cedric

00:31:00.879 --> 00:31:01.960
 you

00:31:01.960 --> 00:31:02.240
 didn't

00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:02.579
 wander

00:31:02.579 --> 00:31:02.980
 off

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:03.420
 if you

00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:03.680
 did

00:31:03.680 --> 00:31:04.160
 you'd

00:31:04.160 --> 00:31:04.599
 end up

00:31:04.599 --> 00:31:05.039
 being

00:31:05.039 --> 00:31:05.379
 swallowed

00:31:05.379 --> 00:31:05.639
 up

00:31:05.639 --> 00:31:05.839
 by

00:31:05.839 --> 00:31:06.440
 quicksand

00:31:06.440 --> 00:31:07.019
 honestly

00:31:07.019 --> 00:31:08.160
 you

00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:08.740
 followed

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:09.559
 Cedric

00:31:09.559 --> 00:31:10.460
 he was

00:31:10.460 --> 00:31:10.639
 the

00:31:10.639 --> 00:31:11.039
 guide

00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:11.879
 and he

00:31:11.879 --> 00:31:12.180
 knew

00:31:12.180 --> 00:31:12.720
 the way

00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:13.500
 and because

00:31:13.500 --> 00:31:13.720
 you

00:31:13.720 --> 00:31:14.220
 believed

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:14.639
 in him

00:31:14.639 --> 00:31:15.099
 because

00:31:15.099 --> 00:31:15.359
 you

00:31:15.359 --> 00:31:15.819
 trusted

00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:16.099
 him

00:31:16.099 --> 00:31:16.480
 you

00:31:16.480 --> 00:31:17.000
 followed

00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:17.379
 him

00:31:17.379 --> 00:31:17.720
 and

00:31:17.720 --> 00:31:17.899
 that's

00:31:17.899 --> 00:31:18.059
 what

00:31:18.059 --> 00:31:18.220
 you

00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:18.339
 will

00:31:18.339 --> 00:31:18.579
 do

00:31:18.579 --> 00:31:19.440
 if

00:31:19.440 --> 00:31:19.799
 you

00:31:19.799 --> 00:31:20.359
 trusted

00:31:20.359 --> 00:31:21.539
 Jesus

00:31:21.539 --> 00:31:23.019
 New

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:23.319
 Testament

00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:23.619
 also

00:31:23.619 --> 00:31:24.039
 talks

00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:24.279
 about

00:31:24.279 --> 00:31:24.819
 feeding

00:31:24.819 --> 00:31:26.159
 on

00:31:26.159 --> 00:31:26.539
 Jesus

00:31:26.539 --> 00:31:27.200
 and

00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:27.759
 drinking

00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:28.759
 of

00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:29.119
 Jesus

00:31:29.119 --> 00:31:29.779
 and that's

00:31:29.779 --> 00:31:30.539
 a lovely

00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:31.339
 picture

00:31:31.339 --> 00:31:34.799
 particularly in the light of the Lord's Supper which is coming up

00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:35.819
 soon

00:31:35.819 --> 00:31:38.019
 it is a lovely picture

00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:39.439
 of

00:31:39.439 --> 00:31:40.679
 trusting

00:31:40.679 --> 00:31:41.659
 in Jesus

00:31:41.660 --> 00:31:44.380
 my wife makes lovely apple pie

00:31:44.380 --> 00:31:46.560
 so does

00:31:46.560 --> 00:31:48.060
 Paul's wife

00:31:48.060 --> 00:31:48.380
 actually

00:31:48.380 --> 00:31:49.100
 because we had a bit

00:31:49.100 --> 00:31:49.920
 at lunchtime

00:31:49.920 --> 00:31:52.040
 they both make lovely apple pie

00:31:52.040 --> 00:31:54.500
 I'm telling you that

00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:56.740
 you can believe that

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:57.380
 with your head

00:31:57.380 --> 00:31:59.380
 ask my wife

00:31:59.380 --> 00:32:00.779
 and she might even give you a recipe

00:32:00.779 --> 00:32:02.980
 you can believe the recipe

00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:05.060
 you can understand the recipe

00:32:05.060 --> 00:32:07.279
 you can even

00:32:07.279 --> 00:32:09.279
 make an apple pie

00:32:09.279 --> 00:32:12.299
 but if you don't eat it

00:32:12.299 --> 00:32:14.440
 you'll never taste

00:32:14.440 --> 00:32:16.119
 how good it is

00:32:16.119 --> 00:32:18.619
 you've got to

00:32:18.619 --> 00:32:20.180
 take

00:32:20.180 --> 00:32:21.220
 the Lord Jesus

00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:22.299
 as it were

00:32:22.299 --> 00:32:23.339
 to yourself

00:32:23.339 --> 00:32:24.379
 by faith

00:32:24.379 --> 00:32:25.579
 eat

00:32:25.579 --> 00:32:26.859
 and drink

00:32:26.859 --> 00:32:27.859
 anyone

00:32:27.859 --> 00:32:29.519
 who

00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:31.259
 comes to me

00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:32.500
 will never

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:33.599
 thirst

00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:34.899
 again

00:32:34.900 --> 00:32:37.420
 there's a man called Alfred Wainwright

00:32:37.420 --> 00:32:37.820
 who

00:32:37.820 --> 00:32:39.460
 before he died

00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:41.240
 lived in Kendall

00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:41.840
 he was the

00:32:41.840 --> 00:32:43.420
 treasurer of the council

00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:44.960
 and

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:46.280
 he was absolutely mad

00:32:46.280 --> 00:32:47.019
 on the Lake District

00:32:47.019 --> 00:32:48.360
 and he went up every

00:32:48.360 --> 00:32:49.680
 Lake District peak

00:32:49.680 --> 00:32:50.040
 and he

00:32:50.040 --> 00:32:51.180
 wrote a guidebook

00:32:51.180 --> 00:32:52.320
 both with pen and ink

00:32:52.320 --> 00:32:53.840
 on every

00:32:53.840 --> 00:32:55.019
 Lake District mountain

00:32:55.019 --> 00:32:56.560
 and his books sell like

00:32:56.560 --> 00:32:58.060
 hot potatoes

00:32:58.060 --> 00:32:59.060
 now

00:32:59.060 --> 00:33:00.820
 and you

00:33:00.820 --> 00:33:02.100
 could become an expert

00:33:02.100 --> 00:33:03.040
 on the Lake District

00:33:03.039 --> 00:33:04.819
 just by reading Wainwright's

00:33:04.819 --> 00:33:05.279
 guidebook

00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:06.539
 you could spend your

00:33:06.539 --> 00:33:07.879
 winter evenings

00:33:07.879 --> 00:33:09.000
 by the fire

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:10.619
 reading up about

00:33:10.619 --> 00:33:11.879
 the different paths

00:33:11.879 --> 00:33:12.500
 of Skidda

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:13.579
 and Scorfell

00:33:13.579 --> 00:33:14.599
 and Helvellyn

00:33:14.599 --> 00:33:15.279
 and so on

00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:17.519
 you could know all about it

00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:19.319
 by reading Wainwright's

00:33:19.319 --> 00:33:20.099
 guidebook

00:33:20.099 --> 00:33:22.000
 but unless you get up

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:23.579
 and get out

00:33:23.579 --> 00:33:24.619
 onto those fowls

00:33:24.619 --> 00:33:26.000
 you'll never

00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:27.440
 experience

00:33:27.440 --> 00:33:28.539
 what it

00:33:28.539 --> 00:33:29.339
 like

00:33:29.339 --> 00:33:30.619
 to look out

00:33:30.619 --> 00:33:31.159
 from the top

00:33:31.159 --> 00:33:31.879
 of Helvellyn

00:33:31.880 --> 00:33:33.080
 and see

00:33:33.080 --> 00:33:34.180
 all those peaks

00:33:34.180 --> 00:33:35.300
 and all those lakes

00:33:35.300 --> 00:33:37.100
 below you

00:33:37.100 --> 00:33:39.340
 that's what it means

00:33:39.340 --> 00:33:39.860
 to believe

00:33:39.860 --> 00:33:40.940
 not just

00:33:40.940 --> 00:33:41.440
 head knowledge

00:33:41.440 --> 00:33:42.900
 but

00:33:42.900 --> 00:33:43.920
 acting

00:33:43.920 --> 00:33:45.520
 on what

00:33:45.520 --> 00:33:46.720
 you know

00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:48.380
 so

00:33:48.380 --> 00:33:50.280
 repent

00:33:50.280 --> 00:33:52.320
 and believe

00:33:52.320 --> 00:33:55.200
 I want to say

00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:55.940
 just two things

00:33:55.940 --> 00:33:56.420
 before I

00:33:56.420 --> 00:33:57.300
 I'm really finished

00:33:57.300 --> 00:33:57.720
 but I want

00:33:57.720 --> 00:33:58.520
 before I sit down

00:33:58.520 --> 00:33:58.940
 I want to say

00:33:58.940 --> 00:34:00.260
 two very important things

00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:02.859
 the first of these

00:34:02.859 --> 00:34:04.079
 two very important things

00:34:04.079 --> 00:34:06.079
 is that repenting

00:34:06.079 --> 00:34:06.680
 and believing

00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:07.980
 in Jesus

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:09.960
 are ongoing

00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:12.179
 those who

00:34:12.179 --> 00:34:12.820
 repent

00:34:12.820 --> 00:34:13.619
 and believe

00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:14.280
 in Jesus

00:34:14.280 --> 00:34:15.420
 continue

00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:17.239
 to repent

00:34:17.239 --> 00:34:18.559
 and believe

00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:19.719
 in Jesus

00:34:19.719 --> 00:34:21.099
 in fact

00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:21.820
 their repentance

00:34:21.820 --> 00:34:22.960
 and their faith

00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:23.860
 deepens

00:34:23.860 --> 00:34:27.000
 as the longer

00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:27.980
 they are following

00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:28.460
 Jesus

00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:29.880
 the longer

00:34:29.880 --> 00:34:30.599
 they're Christians

00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:32.380
 the more

00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:33.200
 their repentance

00:34:33.200 --> 00:34:34.160
 and their faith

00:34:34.160 --> 00:34:35.460
 deepens

00:34:35.460 --> 00:34:37.599
 and

00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:40.480
 Hebrews chapter 11

00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:42.079
 is quite clear

00:34:42.079 --> 00:34:42.680
 about this

00:34:42.680 --> 00:34:44.460
 believers

00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:45.960
 continue

00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:46.920
 to believe

00:34:46.920 --> 00:34:48.440
 they believe

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:49.559
 until they die

00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:51.620
 they die

00:34:51.620 --> 00:34:52.400
 in faith

00:34:52.400 --> 00:34:54.920
 Hebrews chapter 11

00:34:54.920 --> 00:34:56.920
 and

00:34:56.920 --> 00:34:57.860
 that is the mark

00:34:57.860 --> 00:34:58.539
 of true faith

00:34:58.539 --> 00:35:00.400
 and true repentance

00:35:00.400 --> 00:35:01.700
 that it continue

00:35:01.700 --> 00:35:03.360
 as we were thinking

00:35:03.360 --> 00:35:03.840
 this morning

00:35:03.840 --> 00:35:04.940
 it doesn't fizzle out

00:35:04.940 --> 00:35:07.180
 it doesn't get choked

00:35:07.180 --> 00:35:08.300
 by thorns and thistles

00:35:08.300 --> 00:35:09.460
 if it's true faith

00:35:09.460 --> 00:35:12.079
 those who repent

00:35:12.079 --> 00:35:12.619
 and believe

00:35:12.619 --> 00:35:13.260
 continue

00:35:13.260 --> 00:35:13.980
 to repent

00:35:13.980 --> 00:35:14.539
 and believe

00:35:14.539 --> 00:35:15.340
 and I come now

00:35:15.340 --> 00:35:15.940
 to the second

00:35:15.940 --> 00:35:16.519
 of the two

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:17.780
 final

00:35:17.780 --> 00:35:19.940
 important points

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:22.539
 and it

00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:23.099
 follows really

00:35:23.099 --> 00:35:23.579
 from what I've

00:35:23.579 --> 00:35:24.119
 just said

00:35:24.119 --> 00:35:26.360
 that repentance

00:35:26.360 --> 00:35:27.280
 and faith

00:35:27.280 --> 00:35:28.780
 are not just

00:35:28.780 --> 00:35:29.400
 the way we

00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:30.139
 start the

00:35:30.139 --> 00:35:30.880
 Christian life

00:35:30.880 --> 00:35:32.940
 they are

00:35:32.940 --> 00:35:33.780
 how we

00:35:33.780 --> 00:35:34.500
 continue

00:35:34.500 --> 00:35:35.440
 the Christian

00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:35.780
 life

00:35:35.780 --> 00:35:37.059
 when I was

00:35:37.059 --> 00:35:37.500
 a young

00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:38.300
 Christian

00:35:38.300 --> 00:35:38.720
 when I was

00:35:38.720 --> 00:35:39.599
 a teenager

00:35:39.599 --> 00:35:40.940
 and

00:35:40.940 --> 00:35:42.119
 maybe in my

00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:43.940
 early 20s

00:35:43.940 --> 00:35:45.159
 there used

00:35:45.159 --> 00:35:45.659
 to be all

00:35:45.659 --> 00:35:46.200
 kinds of

00:35:46.200 --> 00:35:46.679
 theories

00:35:46.679 --> 00:35:47.940
 and formula

00:35:47.940 --> 00:35:49.780
 how to live

00:35:49.780 --> 00:35:50.360
 what was called

00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:51.139
 a victorious

00:35:51.139 --> 00:35:52.139
 Christian life

00:35:52.139 --> 00:35:54.440
 and

00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:54.940
 there were

00:35:54.940 --> 00:35:55.780
 different groups

00:35:55.780 --> 00:35:56.240
 and different

00:35:56.240 --> 00:35:56.740
 speakers

00:35:56.740 --> 00:35:57.260
 and different

00:35:57.260 --> 00:35:57.920
 conventions

00:35:57.920 --> 00:35:58.559
 and different

00:35:58.559 --> 00:35:58.980
 books

00:35:58.980 --> 00:35:59.840
 and they all

00:35:59.840 --> 00:36:00.240
 had their

00:36:00.240 --> 00:36:00.720
 particular

00:36:00.720 --> 00:36:01.700
 catchphrases

00:36:01.700 --> 00:36:02.960
 or even

00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:03.440
 the word

00:36:03.440 --> 00:36:04.079
 secret

00:36:04.079 --> 00:36:04.679
 was used

00:36:04.679 --> 00:36:05.480
 the secret

00:36:05.480 --> 00:36:06.200
 of living

00:36:06.200 --> 00:36:07.240
 a victorious

00:36:07.240 --> 00:36:08.179
 Christian life

00:36:08.179 --> 00:36:09.920
 and I used

00:36:09.920 --> 00:36:10.340
 to go from

00:36:10.340 --> 00:36:10.840
 one to the

00:36:10.840 --> 00:36:11.079
 other

00:36:11.079 --> 00:36:13.019
 because I was

00:36:13.019 --> 00:36:13.579
 aware that I

00:36:13.579 --> 00:36:13.940
 wasn't doing

00:36:13.940 --> 00:36:14.820
 particularly well

00:36:14.820 --> 00:36:16.099
 living the

00:36:16.099 --> 00:36:16.740
 Christian life

00:36:16.739 --> 00:36:18.179
 I used to

00:36:18.179 --> 00:36:18.459
 go from

00:36:18.459 --> 00:36:19.019
 one to the

00:36:19.019 --> 00:36:19.259
 other

00:36:19.259 --> 00:36:20.799
 seeking this

00:36:20.799 --> 00:36:22.279
 secret

00:36:22.279 --> 00:36:23.579
 of how to

00:36:23.579 --> 00:36:23.879
 live a

00:36:23.879 --> 00:36:24.559
 victorious

00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:25.859
 Christian life

00:36:25.859 --> 00:36:26.839
 which is

00:36:26.839 --> 00:36:28.059
 not an

00:36:28.059 --> 00:36:28.699
 expression I

00:36:28.699 --> 00:36:29.319
 really approve

00:36:29.319 --> 00:36:29.559
 of

00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:30.599
 because a

00:36:30.599 --> 00:36:31.000
 victorious

00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:31.659
 Christian life

00:36:31.659 --> 00:36:32.099
 would be a

00:36:32.099 --> 00:36:32.759
 sinless life

00:36:32.759 --> 00:36:33.519
 if you sin

00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:34.359
 and you do

00:36:34.359 --> 00:36:34.939
 every day

00:36:34.939 --> 00:36:36.599
 you would

00:36:36.599 --> 00:36:37.019
 fail

00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:37.779
 you of not

00:36:37.779 --> 00:36:38.659
 being victorious

00:36:38.659 --> 00:36:40.739
 so this

00:36:40.739 --> 00:36:41.359
 victorious

00:36:41.359 --> 00:36:43.279
 Christian life

00:36:43.279 --> 00:36:44.859
 that I was

00:36:44.859 --> 00:36:45.239
 seeking

00:36:45.239 --> 00:36:45.699
 and this

00:36:45.699 --> 00:36:46.319
 secret

00:36:46.319 --> 00:36:46.779
 that I

00:36:46.779 --> 00:36:46.899
 was

00:36:46.899 --> 00:36:47.099
 seeking

00:36:47.099 --> 00:36:47.679
 I wish

00:36:47.679 --> 00:36:48.379
 I hadn't

00:36:48.379 --> 00:36:48.819
 bothered

00:36:48.819 --> 00:36:49.299
 to be

00:36:49.299 --> 00:36:49.539
 honest

00:36:49.539 --> 00:36:49.919
 with you

00:36:49.919 --> 00:36:52.319
 I wish

00:36:52.319 --> 00:36:53.559
 that I

00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:53.979
 hadn't gone

00:36:53.979 --> 00:36:54.479
 through that

00:36:54.479 --> 00:36:54.919
 stage

00:36:54.919 --> 00:36:56.339
 in my life

00:36:56.339 --> 00:36:57.719
 because

00:36:57.719 --> 00:36:59.379
 there is no

00:36:59.379 --> 00:37:00.179
 quick fix

00:37:00.179 --> 00:37:01.739
 there is

00:37:01.739 --> 00:37:03.039
 no secret

00:37:03.039 --> 00:37:04.219
 it's not a

00:37:04.219 --> 00:37:05.139
 secret at all

00:37:05.139 --> 00:37:06.839
 the way you

00:37:06.839 --> 00:37:07.799
 respond to

00:37:07.799 --> 00:37:08.399
 Jesus and

00:37:08.399 --> 00:37:08.859
 the way you

00:37:08.859 --> 00:37:09.839
 continue to

00:37:09.839 --> 00:37:10.479
 respond to

00:37:10.479 --> 00:37:10.819
 Jesus

00:37:10.819 --> 00:37:12.619
 is repentance

00:37:12.619 --> 00:37:14.480
 and faith

00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:15.380
 you carry

00:37:15.380 --> 00:37:16.859
 on as

00:37:16.859 --> 00:37:17.940
 you began

00:37:17.940 --> 00:37:18.799
 repentance

00:37:18.799 --> 00:37:20.159
 and faith

00:37:20.159 --> 00:37:20.940
 that's all

00:37:20.940 --> 00:37:21.579
 go on

00:37:21.579 --> 00:37:22.319
 repenting

00:37:22.319 --> 00:37:24.039
 go on

00:37:24.039 --> 00:37:24.599
 believing

00:37:24.599 --> 00:37:25.980
 go on

00:37:25.980 --> 00:37:26.619
 preaching the

00:37:26.619 --> 00:37:27.299
 same gospel

00:37:27.299 --> 00:37:27.900
 to yourself

00:37:27.900 --> 00:37:28.799
 every day

00:37:28.799 --> 00:37:30.440
 you need it

00:37:30.440 --> 00:37:31.239
 every day

00:37:31.239 --> 00:37:32.099
 because you'll

00:37:32.099 --> 00:37:32.480
 sin

00:37:32.480 --> 00:37:33.500
 sadly

00:37:33.500 --> 00:37:35.139
 every day

00:37:35.139 --> 00:37:35.659
 in thought

00:37:35.659 --> 00:37:36.159
 or word

00:37:36.159 --> 00:37:36.559
 or deed

00:37:36.559 --> 00:37:37.819
 go on

00:37:37.819 --> 00:37:38.699
 repenting

00:37:38.699 --> 00:37:40.039
 go on

00:37:40.039 --> 00:37:41.259
 trusting in

00:37:41.259 --> 00:37:41.839
 the promises

00:37:41.839 --> 00:37:42.779
 of Jesus

00:37:42.779 --> 00:37:43.379
 examine

00:37:43.379 --> 00:37:43.980
 yourself

00:37:43.980 --> 00:37:44.799
 search your

00:37:44.799 --> 00:37:45.099
 heart

00:37:45.099 --> 00:37:45.699
 every day

00:37:45.699 --> 00:37:46.539
 ask God

00:37:46.539 --> 00:37:47.159
 to show you

00:37:47.159 --> 00:37:47.779
 what you need

00:37:47.779 --> 00:37:48.219
 to repent

00:37:48.219 --> 00:37:48.379
 of

00:37:48.379 --> 00:37:48.799
 read the

00:37:48.799 --> 00:37:49.159
 sermon on

00:37:49.159 --> 00:37:49.399
 the mount

00:37:49.399 --> 00:37:49.699
 two or

00:37:49.699 --> 00:37:50.219
 three times

00:37:50.219 --> 00:37:50.639
 this week

00:37:50.639 --> 00:37:52.179
 ask him

00:37:52.179 --> 00:37:52.599
 to show

00:37:52.599 --> 00:37:52.819
 you

00:37:52.819 --> 00:37:54.579
 and keep

00:37:54.579 --> 00:37:55.259
 repenting

00:37:55.259 --> 00:37:56.699
 and keep

00:37:56.699 --> 00:37:57.359
 trusting

00:37:57.359 --> 00:37:57.939
 Jesus

00:37:57.939 --> 00:37:59.019
 the friend

00:37:59.019 --> 00:38:00.139
 of sinners

00:38:00.139 --> 00:38:01.379
 as we've just

00:38:01.379 --> 00:38:01.859
 heard from

00:38:01.859 --> 00:38:02.219
 Paul

00:38:02.219 --> 00:38:03.739
 he doesn't

00:38:03.739 --> 00:38:04.339
 write you

00:38:04.339 --> 00:38:04.739
 off every

00:38:04.739 --> 00:38:05.199
 time you

00:38:05.199 --> 00:38:05.559
 fail

00:38:05.559 --> 00:38:06.699
 he is the

00:38:06.699 --> 00:38:07.259
 friend

00:38:07.259 --> 00:38:08.339
 of sinners

00:38:08.340 --> 00:38:09.039
 keep looking

00:38:09.039 --> 00:38:09.480
 to him

00:38:09.480 --> 00:38:10.620
 keep relying

00:38:10.620 --> 00:38:11.220
 on him

00:38:11.220 --> 00:38:12.680
 relying on

00:38:12.680 --> 00:38:14.260
 his grace

00:38:14.260 --> 00:38:15.079
 trusting in

00:38:15.079 --> 00:38:15.380
 him

00:38:15.380 --> 00:38:17.720
 asking him

00:38:17.720 --> 00:38:18.240
 to go on

00:38:18.240 --> 00:38:19.000
 cleansing you

00:38:19.000 --> 00:38:20.160
 from all

00:38:20.160 --> 00:38:21.559
 unrighteousness

00:38:21.559 --> 00:38:22.500
 preach the

00:38:22.500 --> 00:38:23.019
 gospel to

00:38:23.019 --> 00:38:23.400
 yourself

00:38:23.400 --> 00:38:24.079
 every day

00:38:24.079 --> 00:38:24.780
 there's nothing

00:38:24.780 --> 00:38:25.220
 else

00:38:25.220 --> 00:38:26.620
 it's not

00:38:26.620 --> 00:38:27.440
 a secret

00:38:27.440 --> 00:38:28.559
 it is not

00:38:28.559 --> 00:38:29.440
 a secret

00:38:29.440 --> 00:38:30.600
 this is all

00:38:30.600 --> 00:38:31.180
 you need

00:38:31.180 --> 00:38:32.079
 until you get

00:38:32.079 --> 00:38:32.600
 to glory

00:38:32.600 --> 00:38:33.840
 turn from

00:38:33.840 --> 00:38:34.220
 sin

00:38:34.220 --> 00:38:35.519
 every day

00:38:35.519 --> 00:38:36.700
 and turn

00:38:36.700 --> 00:38:37.620
 to

00:38:37.619 --> 00:38:38.599
 Jesus

00:38:38.599 --> 00:38:39.480
 repent

00:38:39.480 --> 00:38:40.639
 and believe

00:38:40.639 --> 00:38:42.079
 and go on

00:38:42.079 --> 00:38:42.900
 repenting

00:38:42.900 --> 00:38:44.039
 and go on

00:38:44.039 --> 00:38:44.940
 believing

00:38:44.940 --> 00:38:46.319
 amen

00:38:46.320 --> 00:38:48.320
 to

00:38:48.320 --> 00:38:49.320
 to

00:38:49.320 --> 00:38:49.320


00:38:49.320 --> 00:38:49.320


00:38:49.320 --> 00:38:50.220
 to

00:38:50.220 --> 00:38:51.220
 to

00:38:51.220 --> 00:38:51.320
!

00:38:51.320 --> 00:38:51.660
 to

00:38:51.660 --> 00:38:51.660