WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.339 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama. 00:00:06.839 --> 00:00:09.359 Our passion is to experience and express grace. 00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:10.500 Join us. 00:00:12.419 --> 00:00:13.060 Amen. 00:00:13.620 --> 00:00:15.500 Thank you, Nina and Newt. 00:00:16.879 --> 00:00:22.640 Those have got to be up there in my top ten most beautiful hymn lyrics. 00:00:22.640 --> 00:00:30.260 My sinful self, my only shame, my glory, all the cross. 00:00:31.280 --> 00:00:40.000 Two wonders I confess, the wonders of redeeming love and my unworthiness. 00:00:41.079 --> 00:00:43.480 I hope those words ring in your ears. 00:00:43.480 --> 00:00:50.260 I do hope that you'll celebrate the glory of the cross, the empty tomb, 00:00:50.259 --> 00:00:55.820 how Jesus covers our sinful shame and he gives us life. 00:00:55.859 --> 00:01:00.420 Especially celebrate that with us this week with our special services. 00:01:01.119 --> 00:01:04.840 But we celebrate that Savior all the time, don't we? 00:01:05.140 --> 00:01:09.579 We don't wait for Easter to celebrate the cross or the empty tomb. 00:01:10.259 --> 00:01:12.739 I need to see him afresh today. 00:01:12.739 --> 00:01:15.400 Anybody else need to see Jesus? 00:01:15.400 --> 00:01:21.719 Just need right where you are, in the hard places, in the uncertainties, in the struggles. 00:01:22.280 --> 00:01:24.480 And Jesus is going to meet us again. 00:01:24.600 --> 00:01:30.980 So we're going to open his word to John's gospel where we are encountering Jesus. 00:01:32.740 --> 00:01:37.160 And recently, what we've seen Jesus doing is healing a blind man 00:01:37.159 --> 00:01:41.280 and then seeking him out again to give him spiritual sight. 00:01:42.679 --> 00:01:50.340 While the Pharisees, the religious experts, are exposed as blind guides. 00:01:52.060 --> 00:01:58.759 Chapter 10 of John actually continues Jesus' conversation with some of these Pharisees 00:01:58.759 --> 00:02:01.019 and others are listening in. 00:02:01.799 --> 00:02:05.780 Let's read the first 10 verses of John chapter 10. 00:02:07.159 --> 00:02:12.659 Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, 00:02:12.759 --> 00:02:16.859 but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. 00:02:17.699 --> 00:02:20.840 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 00:02:21.519 --> 00:02:23.419 To him the gatekeeper opens. 00:02:23.800 --> 00:02:28.199 The sheep hear his voice and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 00:02:29.039 --> 00:02:32.560 When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them and the sheep follow him, 00:02:32.639 --> 00:02:33.900 for they know his voice. 00:02:33.900 --> 00:02:38.180 A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, 00:02:38.360 --> 00:02:40.500 for they do not know the voice of strangers. 00:02:42.180 --> 00:02:44.540 This figure of speech Jesus used with them, 00:02:45.040 --> 00:02:47.920 but they did not understand what he was saying to them. 00:02:48.680 --> 00:02:50.879 So Jesus again said to them, 00:02:51.280 --> 00:02:55.860 Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. 00:02:56.480 --> 00:02:59.060 All who came before me are thieves and robbers, 00:02:59.159 --> 00:03:01.020 but the sheep did not listen to them. 00:03:01.020 --> 00:03:02.800 I am the door. 00:03:03.240 --> 00:03:06.280 If anyone enters by me, he will be saved 00:03:06.280 --> 00:03:09.939 and will go in and out and find pasture. 00:03:11.100 --> 00:03:15.160 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. 00:03:16.160 --> 00:03:20.660 I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. 00:03:21.620 --> 00:03:25.520 Thus far, God's holy, inerrant, infallible word. 00:03:26.400 --> 00:03:27.439 Let's ask for his help. 00:03:27.439 --> 00:03:35.939 Father, we do ask for you to speak to us this morning by your spirit. 00:03:37.000 --> 00:03:39.020 Jesus, might we hear your voice 00:03:39.020 --> 00:03:43.199 and know you and follow you 00:03:43.199 --> 00:03:47.060 and worship you, delight in you. 00:03:47.939 --> 00:03:51.500 Do that work in our hearts, we ask in your name. 00:03:51.500 --> 00:03:52.000 Amen. 00:03:52.780 --> 00:03:53.139 Amen. 00:03:55.219 --> 00:04:00.240 Jesus gives us here a wonderful picture of our relationship with God. 00:04:00.419 --> 00:04:04.740 Sheep in a sheepfold and a shepherd. 00:04:06.340 --> 00:04:09.340 And then he uses multiple metaphors through the rest of the chapter 00:04:09.340 --> 00:04:11.599 to teach us about our relationship. 00:04:12.219 --> 00:04:18.959 Probably the most familiar of those being that Jesus is the good shepherd. 00:04:18.959 --> 00:04:24.060 What a deeply personal image for our relationship with him. 00:04:24.379 --> 00:04:28.419 Hearing his voice, recognizing who he is, 00:04:28.779 --> 00:04:32.299 following where he leads, trusting his provision. 00:04:32.719 --> 00:04:34.659 There's so many good things in there, 00:04:34.680 --> 00:04:36.359 but we're going to save most of them for next week. 00:04:37.060 --> 00:04:38.139 It's going to be Easter. 00:04:38.240 --> 00:04:39.079 It's going to be great. 00:04:39.079 --> 00:04:45.479 But first, as he explains the picture that he has given here, 00:04:46.180 --> 00:04:50.519 we get the third of his I am statements in John. 00:04:51.279 --> 00:04:55.019 Jesus says, I am the door. 00:04:56.319 --> 00:04:58.779 Or the gate, sometimes you've heard it translated. 00:04:59.839 --> 00:05:02.560 The picture Jesus is using here would have been much more familiar 00:05:02.560 --> 00:05:05.379 to his original audience than it probably is to you. 00:05:05.379 --> 00:05:10.680 So I want to give you a little bit of a picture of what they might have had in mind. 00:05:11.079 --> 00:05:17.199 These sheepfolds would have been all over the place near where Jesus is talking to them. 00:05:17.839 --> 00:05:24.800 Probably six foot tall stone walls with a single door where the shepherd would stand 00:05:24.800 --> 00:05:26.480 to keep the sheep in. 00:05:26.519 --> 00:05:30.439 Or perhaps even at night lie down in front of the door to sleep 00:05:30.439 --> 00:05:33.680 so that no sheep escape overnight. 00:05:34.759 --> 00:05:38.379 Often sheep were owned by multiple families in the same village 00:05:38.379 --> 00:05:40.699 and they would get together and share a sheepfold 00:05:40.699 --> 00:05:44.300 so that one shepherd could watch over all of them. 00:05:45.620 --> 00:05:52.959 So Jesus is giving us a picture like this of a sheepfold of God's family, right? 00:05:53.379 --> 00:05:54.579 That's what he's talking about. 00:05:55.079 --> 00:05:57.540 He will speak of himself as the shepherd. 00:05:57.540 --> 00:06:04.879 But in these verses, his point is first that he is the door, 00:06:05.200 --> 00:06:09.420 the way into relationship with God and with his people. 00:06:10.439 --> 00:06:15.020 It is really important to Jesus here to answer the question, 00:06:15.860 --> 00:06:18.720 how do I get in with God? 00:06:19.340 --> 00:06:21.040 Maybe you've wondered that. 00:06:21.300 --> 00:06:23.220 How do I get in with God? 00:06:23.220 --> 00:06:31.980 Notice from the first verse, Jesus is talking about the possibility of other ways in. 00:06:33.240 --> 00:06:34.700 Climbing in. 00:06:35.320 --> 00:06:36.960 Pretty dangerous perhaps. 00:06:37.140 --> 00:06:42.720 That would be done only by thieves and robbers. 00:06:43.000 --> 00:06:45.240 People out to harm the sheep. 00:06:45.240 --> 00:06:52.540 So the contrast here in this passage is most pointedly the unfaithful shepherds 00:06:52.540 --> 00:06:56.100 like the Pharisees Jesus is just speaking to 00:06:56.100 --> 00:06:58.980 who don't enter through Jesus at all, do they? 00:06:59.019 --> 00:07:00.280 They're chasing him off. 00:07:00.699 --> 00:07:03.720 They don't point others to Jesus either. 00:07:04.319 --> 00:07:07.519 The contrast with them and the faithful shepherds, 00:07:07.900 --> 00:07:10.900 which eventually includes Jesus himself. 00:07:10.899 --> 00:07:15.099 But initially here it means those who enter through Jesus 00:07:15.099 --> 00:07:19.739 and who point people to the true door, to him. 00:07:20.859 --> 00:07:23.519 See, if Jesus is the true door, 00:07:23.899 --> 00:07:29.039 he wants us to know the dangers of trying to climb in another way. 00:07:30.659 --> 00:07:36.959 The thieves and robbers come to steal and kill and destroy. 00:07:37.299 --> 00:07:38.259 Verse 10. 00:07:38.259 --> 00:07:40.699 That's serious language. 00:07:41.719 --> 00:07:43.579 That's a serious danger. 00:07:44.039 --> 00:07:45.639 When they get in among God's people, 00:07:45.800 --> 00:07:48.539 it causes harm to the sheep 00:07:48.539 --> 00:07:52.360 because they continue to miss Jesus. 00:07:52.879 --> 00:07:55.300 Often, even when they do interact with people, 00:07:55.379 --> 00:07:57.439 their ministry is focused on themselves. 00:07:57.980 --> 00:07:58.920 It's all about them. 00:08:00.519 --> 00:08:03.579 Maybe such false shepherds say you get in with God 00:08:03.579 --> 00:08:05.819 by being born into the family. 00:08:05.819 --> 00:08:08.360 Remember they've said that recently? 00:08:08.500 --> 00:08:09.879 Children of Abraham, 00:08:10.300 --> 00:08:13.099 we have the right associations, Jesus. 00:08:13.360 --> 00:08:14.000 We're in. 00:08:15.819 --> 00:08:17.800 Or perhaps it's religious ritual. 00:08:18.000 --> 00:08:19.639 You know, go through the right ceremonies. 00:08:19.800 --> 00:08:21.180 Make sure you're baptized. 00:08:21.560 --> 00:08:22.980 Check the right outward boxes 00:08:22.980 --> 00:08:26.039 so you look the part of clean sheep. 00:08:27.120 --> 00:08:28.399 That's how you get in with God. 00:08:28.719 --> 00:08:29.539 He's looking for somebody. 00:08:29.639 --> 00:08:31.539 He looks like he might want them in his family, 00:08:31.680 --> 00:08:32.659 they might say. 00:08:32.659 --> 00:08:35.519 I bet many of us have heard 00:08:35.519 --> 00:08:38.639 that you can climb into relationship with God 00:08:38.639 --> 00:08:39.740 through your morality, 00:08:40.399 --> 00:08:42.219 your performance. 00:08:43.539 --> 00:08:45.279 That's what makes you a Christian, right? 00:08:45.480 --> 00:08:46.480 You've heard that. 00:08:46.699 --> 00:08:47.639 It's how you talk. 00:08:48.360 --> 00:08:49.559 It's how you vote. 00:08:50.679 --> 00:08:52.639 It's how you teach your kids, 00:08:52.719 --> 00:08:54.039 how you spend your money, 00:08:54.279 --> 00:08:55.539 how you keep the rules, 00:08:55.699 --> 00:08:56.919 how you love your neighbor. 00:08:56.919 --> 00:09:00.439 A lot of that sounds good, doesn't it? 00:09:02.019 --> 00:09:03.059 But Jesus says, 00:09:03.299 --> 00:09:06.279 if it is pointing you anywhere but him, 00:09:06.539 --> 00:09:07.379 watch out! 00:09:07.839 --> 00:09:08.339 Danger! 00:09:08.819 --> 00:09:10.839 Not just not as good, dangerous! 00:09:11.860 --> 00:09:14.419 See, if Jesus is the door, 00:09:15.879 --> 00:09:18.639 then it's not Muhammad or Buddha. 00:09:18.639 --> 00:09:21.259 But equally, 00:09:21.699 --> 00:09:23.559 you probably knew he meant that. 00:09:23.899 --> 00:09:24.980 Equally, he's saying, 00:09:25.120 --> 00:09:27.019 it's not you or me 00:09:27.019 --> 00:09:29.360 or anything we do. 00:09:29.679 --> 00:09:31.139 And that includes walking an aisle 00:09:31.139 --> 00:09:32.960 or praying a prayer 00:09:32.960 --> 00:09:35.059 or being a pretty good person, 00:09:35.179 --> 00:09:36.319 being nice to other people. 00:09:36.879 --> 00:09:39.620 It's really important for us to hear this 00:09:39.620 --> 00:09:42.600 because so many people have lists for us 00:09:42.600 --> 00:09:44.740 of how we get in with God, 00:09:45.039 --> 00:09:45.500 don't they? 00:09:45.500 --> 00:09:49.759 And if those lists don't point us to Jesus alone, 00:09:49.840 --> 00:09:51.919 we might find ourselves trying to climb in 00:09:51.919 --> 00:09:53.820 the wrong way. 00:09:54.259 --> 00:09:54.860 And further, 00:09:55.039 --> 00:09:57.059 Jesus is especially warning us here 00:09:57.059 --> 00:09:58.940 that if we listen to people 00:09:58.940 --> 00:10:01.159 who urge us to rely on anyone 00:10:01.159 --> 00:10:03.559 or anything other than him, 00:10:03.919 --> 00:10:07.399 we will find that we lose our lives, 00:10:07.779 --> 00:10:09.100 not that we save them. 00:10:10.759 --> 00:10:12.679 What voices do you listen to? 00:10:12.679 --> 00:10:16.819 Sometimes you can even come to church 00:10:16.819 --> 00:10:18.699 and leave thinking that 00:10:18.699 --> 00:10:21.319 you need to carry a lot of things with you 00:10:21.319 --> 00:10:22.079 to come to God. 00:10:22.879 --> 00:10:24.279 Boy, I just walked to church 00:10:24.279 --> 00:10:24.979 and I leave thinking 00:10:24.979 --> 00:10:27.079 there's more things I've got to do or not do. 00:10:27.199 --> 00:10:28.959 It's all the things I'm supposed to avoid. 00:10:29.139 --> 00:10:31.099 It's all the ways I need to be better than others. 00:10:31.219 --> 00:10:33.339 It's all the people that I need to love. 00:10:33.739 --> 00:10:35.559 And you load up your arms 00:10:35.559 --> 00:10:36.699 with all of these things 00:10:36.699 --> 00:10:38.399 and then try to walk in through the door. 00:10:38.799 --> 00:10:40.019 And what you should have in mind, 00:10:40.079 --> 00:10:41.019 the picture I want you to have 00:10:41.019 --> 00:10:42.639 is of that special piece of furniture 00:10:42.639 --> 00:10:43.399 that was, 00:10:43.699 --> 00:10:45.539 it seems like the house was built around it 00:10:45.539 --> 00:10:46.799 and you're trying to pick it up 00:10:46.799 --> 00:10:48.360 and no matter what angle you carry it at, 00:10:48.419 --> 00:10:49.659 it is not going through that doorway. 00:10:49.799 --> 00:10:50.840 It's staying in that house. 00:10:51.419 --> 00:10:51.960 You can leave, 00:10:52.019 --> 00:10:52.939 but the furniture's not coming. 00:10:53.120 --> 00:10:54.620 You can't carry that furniture 00:10:54.620 --> 00:10:55.559 and walk through the door. 00:10:56.159 --> 00:10:57.319 You're gonna have to put it down. 00:10:59.679 --> 00:11:01.579 Coming into the sheepfold of God 00:11:01.579 --> 00:11:03.019 requires us 00:11:03.019 --> 00:11:05.500 to lay down our pride, 00:11:06.980 --> 00:11:10.199 whatever it might be in, 00:11:11.019 --> 00:11:13.939 nothing in my hand I bring, 00:11:14.139 --> 00:11:17.179 simply to thy cross I cling. 00:11:17.659 --> 00:11:19.059 My sinful self, 00:11:19.399 --> 00:11:20.480 my only shame, 00:11:20.840 --> 00:11:21.759 my glory, 00:11:22.179 --> 00:11:23.919 all the cross. 00:11:24.639 --> 00:11:26.639 If you try to get in another way, 00:11:26.799 --> 00:11:28.480 you will wreck yourself 00:11:28.480 --> 00:11:29.919 trying to climb in. 00:11:30.019 --> 00:11:30.439 You will. 00:11:32.059 --> 00:11:33.720 But if you humble yourself 00:11:33.720 --> 00:11:35.340 to crawl, 00:11:35.840 --> 00:11:38.220 to crawl through the door, 00:11:38.220 --> 00:11:39.680 through Jesus, 00:11:39.820 --> 00:11:41.840 you can crawl safely in. 00:11:41.920 --> 00:11:42.920 Verse nine, 00:11:43.519 --> 00:11:44.759 I am the door. 00:11:45.279 --> 00:11:47.680 If anyone enters by me, 00:11:47.840 --> 00:11:50.720 he will be saved. 00:11:51.000 --> 00:11:51.899 Listen, did you hear it? 00:11:52.980 --> 00:11:53.600 Anyone. 00:11:54.460 --> 00:11:57.500 If anyone enters by me, 00:11:57.560 --> 00:12:00.680 it is the beautiful inclusivity 00:12:00.680 --> 00:12:01.800 of Jesus. 00:12:01.799 --> 00:12:04.000 His broad welcome 00:12:04.000 --> 00:12:05.500 that matches up 00:12:05.500 --> 00:12:07.120 with the clear exclusivity. 00:12:07.519 --> 00:12:08.339 Yes, for sure. 00:12:08.399 --> 00:12:09.519 He is the door. 00:12:09.979 --> 00:12:10.899 He is the only way. 00:12:11.099 --> 00:12:14.740 But anyone can come through him. 00:12:14.859 --> 00:12:15.919 No matter your record. 00:12:16.879 --> 00:12:18.959 No matter your pedigree, 00:12:19.139 --> 00:12:20.379 your appearance, 00:12:20.719 --> 00:12:21.899 your associations. 00:12:22.459 --> 00:12:23.599 None of it matters. 00:12:23.799 --> 00:12:25.019 It matters which door 00:12:25.019 --> 00:12:26.039 you're coming through. 00:12:26.759 --> 00:12:28.120 Through him. 00:12:28.319 --> 00:12:30.939 He is the only way into God. 00:12:30.940 --> 00:12:31.960 And if you come through him, 00:12:32.020 --> 00:12:33.740 you will be saved. 00:12:33.880 --> 00:12:34.880 That is the safety 00:12:34.880 --> 00:12:36.860 of coming through Jesus. 00:12:37.420 --> 00:12:38.020 Friend, listen. 00:12:38.340 --> 00:12:39.260 He has done 00:12:39.260 --> 00:12:40.440 all that you need. 00:12:40.540 --> 00:12:41.680 All of that performing 00:12:41.680 --> 00:12:42.860 you feel like you need to do. 00:12:43.000 --> 00:12:44.000 All the things you think 00:12:44.000 --> 00:12:44.820 you need to gather up 00:12:44.820 --> 00:12:45.460 to come to God. 00:12:45.840 --> 00:12:46.680 Think of Jesus' 00:12:46.940 --> 00:12:47.700 beautiful, 00:12:48.120 --> 00:12:48.740 obedient, 00:12:49.400 --> 00:12:50.120 passionate, 00:12:50.720 --> 00:12:51.320 zealous, 00:12:51.800 --> 00:12:52.760 perfect life. 00:12:52.820 --> 00:12:53.860 He's done it for you. 00:12:54.960 --> 00:12:55.900 All of those, 00:12:56.000 --> 00:12:57.880 all of those failures, 00:12:58.300 --> 00:12:59.720 the debt you've accrued 00:12:59.720 --> 00:13:00.700 because you didn't, 00:13:00.700 --> 00:13:01.660 you didn't avoid 00:13:01.660 --> 00:13:02.240 all the things 00:13:02.240 --> 00:13:03.000 you were supposed to. 00:13:03.379 --> 00:13:04.399 Jesus has done it 00:13:04.399 --> 00:13:05.600 and then has paid 00:13:05.600 --> 00:13:06.540 for your debt 00:13:06.540 --> 00:13:07.500 on the cross 00:13:07.500 --> 00:13:08.600 once and for all 00:13:08.600 --> 00:13:09.519 as he suffered 00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:10.820 the agonizing death 00:13:10.820 --> 00:13:11.540 you deserved. 00:13:12.080 --> 00:13:12.820 And then, 00:13:12.940 --> 00:13:13.820 it didn't stop there, 00:13:14.060 --> 00:13:14.360 did it? 00:13:14.580 --> 00:13:15.399 Because Easter's coming 00:13:15.399 --> 00:13:16.480 and Jesus rises 00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:17.139 from the dead 00:13:17.139 --> 00:13:19.080 to give you new life, 00:13:19.160 --> 00:13:21.420 the life that you long for. 00:13:21.740 --> 00:13:22.960 Jesus has secured 00:13:22.960 --> 00:13:23.840 for you forever. 00:13:24.060 --> 00:13:24.620 And he says, 00:13:24.759 --> 00:13:26.620 no one can snatch you 00:13:26.620 --> 00:13:28.040 out of my hand. 00:13:28.240 --> 00:13:28.580 Did you know 00:13:28.580 --> 00:13:29.300 that's why he came? 00:13:29.800 --> 00:13:30.660 That's why he lived 00:13:30.660 --> 00:13:31.780 so that today he could say, 00:13:32.020 --> 00:13:33.160 no one can snatch you 00:13:33.160 --> 00:13:33.680 out of my hand. 00:13:33.700 --> 00:13:34.900 He's holding you tight. 00:13:35.500 --> 00:13:36.879 Not because of what you've done, 00:13:37.000 --> 00:13:37.840 not because you've got 00:13:37.840 --> 00:13:38.700 enough stuff in your arms, 00:13:38.720 --> 00:13:39.620 but because he has done 00:13:39.620 --> 00:13:40.320 that for you, 00:13:40.340 --> 00:13:40.520 amen? 00:13:41.259 --> 00:13:42.340 And he loves you 00:13:42.340 --> 00:13:43.200 and he holds you 00:13:43.200 --> 00:13:44.680 and he brings you in 00:13:44.680 --> 00:13:46.120 to God's family. 00:13:46.540 --> 00:13:47.420 That's our hope. 00:13:48.879 --> 00:13:49.759 Whatever you think 00:13:49.759 --> 00:13:50.960 might get you in with God. 00:13:52.040 --> 00:13:53.900 Whoever is directing you 00:13:53.900 --> 00:13:54.680 another way 00:13:54.680 --> 00:13:56.180 to make sure you're in, 00:13:56.620 --> 00:13:58.080 put it down. 00:13:58.580 --> 00:14:00.139 Come weak 00:14:00.139 --> 00:14:01.300 and wounded, 00:14:01.560 --> 00:14:02.120 anxious, 00:14:02.900 --> 00:14:03.500 tired, 00:14:03.920 --> 00:14:04.639 crawl 00:14:04.639 --> 00:14:06.000 to Jesus 00:14:06.000 --> 00:14:08.200 and live. 00:14:08.780 --> 00:14:09.060 That's, 00:14:09.220 --> 00:14:10.259 that's what happens. 00:14:10.379 --> 00:14:11.460 Take your stand 00:14:11.460 --> 00:14:12.940 beneath the cross 00:14:12.940 --> 00:14:13.700 of Jesus 00:14:13.700 --> 00:14:14.940 right now. 00:14:15.120 --> 00:14:16.280 You don't need anyone 00:14:16.280 --> 00:14:17.520 to do it for you. 00:14:17.700 --> 00:14:18.780 You don't have to wait 00:14:18.780 --> 00:14:19.980 until you can balance out 00:14:19.980 --> 00:14:20.980 your record a little bit. 00:14:21.259 --> 00:14:21.600 No, 00:14:21.660 --> 00:14:22.620 you can come straight 00:14:22.620 --> 00:14:23.140 to Jesus 00:14:23.140 --> 00:14:24.180 right now. 00:14:24.580 --> 00:14:24.860 Just, 00:14:25.060 --> 00:14:25.960 just ask him. 00:14:26.060 --> 00:14:26.560 You can pray 00:14:26.559 --> 00:14:27.279 just like this. 00:14:27.979 --> 00:14:28.299 Jesus, 00:14:28.979 --> 00:14:30.459 you say you're the door. 00:14:31.619 --> 00:14:32.579 I am laying 00:14:32.579 --> 00:14:34.219 everything else down 00:14:34.219 --> 00:14:36.379 to come through you. 00:14:37.739 --> 00:14:38.579 Save me. 00:14:39.519 --> 00:14:40.279 Bring me into 00:14:40.279 --> 00:14:41.239 the family of God. 00:14:41.339 --> 00:14:42.459 I don't deserve it. 00:14:42.500 --> 00:14:43.599 I have nothing to offer, 00:14:43.939 --> 00:14:44.579 but you tell me 00:14:44.579 --> 00:14:45.659 I just need you. 00:14:45.659 --> 00:14:52.519 that's the good news 00:14:52.519 --> 00:14:52.899 of Jesus. 00:14:54.120 --> 00:14:55.139 You can come to God 00:14:55.139 --> 00:14:55.799 just like that. 00:14:56.259 --> 00:14:58.019 It's the glorious message 00:14:58.019 --> 00:14:59.360 of grace. 00:15:00.279 --> 00:15:01.039 Amazing grace. 00:15:01.339 --> 00:15:01.860 Something you could 00:15:01.860 --> 00:15:02.620 never earn. 00:15:02.980 --> 00:15:03.459 And many of you 00:15:03.459 --> 00:15:04.199 have heard it before. 00:15:05.120 --> 00:15:05.620 Many of you 00:15:05.620 --> 00:15:06.600 have come in 00:15:06.600 --> 00:15:07.299 with God 00:15:07.299 --> 00:15:08.399 through Jesus 00:15:08.399 --> 00:15:09.679 and that delights you 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:09.980 and you, 00:15:10.120 --> 00:15:11.139 you light up 00:15:11.139 --> 00:15:12.600 when I talk about it 00:15:12.600 --> 00:15:13.259 and you can't 00:15:13.259 --> 00:15:15.399 forget how beautiful 00:15:15.399 --> 00:15:15.899 it is 00:15:15.899 --> 00:15:17.259 to come to Jesus 00:15:17.259 --> 00:15:18.759 with nothing to offer. 00:15:20.899 --> 00:15:21.639 And now I want to tell you 00:15:21.639 --> 00:15:22.500 Jesus has yet 00:15:22.500 --> 00:15:24.120 one more glorious message 00:15:24.120 --> 00:15:24.740 for you 00:15:24.740 --> 00:15:25.600 today. 00:15:27.860 --> 00:15:29.080 Jesus is telling us 00:15:29.080 --> 00:15:30.319 that his being the door 00:15:30.319 --> 00:15:32.379 means that grace, 00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:33.019 that, 00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:34.740 that kind of amazing grace 00:15:34.740 --> 00:15:36.379 is not a one-time thing. 00:15:37.120 --> 00:15:37.399 It's, 00:15:37.460 --> 00:15:38.059 it's not. 00:15:38.960 --> 00:15:39.399 Imagine, 00:15:39.399 --> 00:15:40.139 just imagine 00:15:40.139 --> 00:15:40.899 if the shepherd 00:15:40.899 --> 00:15:42.720 got all of the sheep 00:15:42.720 --> 00:15:44.179 in through the door 00:15:44.179 --> 00:15:46.819 and then disappeared. 00:15:48.699 --> 00:15:49.620 What would happen? 00:15:50.279 --> 00:15:51.220 What would happen 00:15:51.220 --> 00:15:52.399 if he was gone 00:15:52.399 --> 00:15:53.220 from that doorway 00:15:53.220 --> 00:15:53.699 and the sheep? 00:15:53.819 --> 00:15:54.840 How long do you have, 00:15:55.000 --> 00:15:56.220 think he'd have to be gone 00:15:56.220 --> 00:15:57.379 for those sheep 00:15:57.379 --> 00:15:59.740 to wander off? 00:16:00.860 --> 00:16:01.500 What do you think 00:16:01.500 --> 00:16:02.600 would happen to them 00:16:02.600 --> 00:16:04.240 wandering off 00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:05.399 on their own? 00:16:05.639 --> 00:16:06.299 I bet some would 00:16:06.299 --> 00:16:07.279 wander sooner than others. 00:16:09.399 --> 00:16:10.659 But all of them eventually. 00:16:12.559 --> 00:16:13.100 Thankfully, 00:16:13.720 --> 00:16:15.600 that's not the picture 00:16:15.600 --> 00:16:17.819 that Jesus gives us. 00:16:17.919 --> 00:16:18.659 Jesus says, 00:16:19.100 --> 00:16:20.159 I am 00:16:20.159 --> 00:16:21.439 the door 00:16:21.439 --> 00:16:22.799 of the sheep. 00:16:23.159 --> 00:16:24.179 Keep hearing 00:16:24.179 --> 00:16:25.000 my voice. 00:16:25.319 --> 00:16:26.279 Keep entering 00:16:26.279 --> 00:16:26.919 through me. 00:16:27.240 --> 00:16:28.620 And anyone who does 00:16:28.620 --> 00:16:30.299 will not only be saved, 00:16:30.419 --> 00:16:30.899 but what else? 00:16:31.179 --> 00:16:32.720 Also will go in 00:16:32.720 --> 00:16:35.059 and will go out 00:16:35.059 --> 00:16:37.679 and will find pasture. 00:16:38.219 --> 00:16:38.839 The secret 00:16:38.839 --> 00:16:40.179 of God's grace 00:16:40.179 --> 00:16:40.979 is that it 00:16:40.979 --> 00:16:42.699 keeps drawing you 00:16:42.699 --> 00:16:43.699 toward Jesus 00:16:43.699 --> 00:16:44.239 in love, 00:16:44.299 --> 00:16:44.679 doesn't it? 00:16:44.679 --> 00:16:45.599 So many of you know that. 00:16:45.799 --> 00:16:47.159 It keeps drawing you 00:16:47.159 --> 00:16:47.839 toward Jesus 00:16:47.839 --> 00:16:48.799 in love 00:16:48.799 --> 00:16:50.199 rather than sending you 00:16:50.199 --> 00:16:51.299 out from Jesus 00:16:51.299 --> 00:16:52.819 in licentious living. 00:16:53.019 --> 00:16:54.159 Rather than leaving you 00:16:54.159 --> 00:16:55.239 on your own, 00:16:55.479 --> 00:16:56.319 you are not 00:16:56.319 --> 00:16:57.219 on your own, 00:16:57.319 --> 00:16:58.239 brothers and sisters. 00:16:58.240 --> 00:16:58.440 brothers, 00:16:59.480 --> 00:17:00.220 what Jesus 00:17:00.220 --> 00:17:01.000 wants you to know 00:17:01.000 --> 00:17:02.560 is that he may be 00:17:02.560 --> 00:17:03.060 the door 00:17:03.060 --> 00:17:03.899 that you walked 00:17:03.899 --> 00:17:05.660 through five years ago 00:17:05.660 --> 00:17:08.640 or 75 years ago, 00:17:09.240 --> 00:17:11.680 but he is the door 00:17:11.680 --> 00:17:13.599 for you today. 00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:15.700 Today he wants you 00:17:15.700 --> 00:17:16.380 to know that 00:17:16.380 --> 00:17:18.099 the same door 00:17:18.099 --> 00:17:19.480 into relationship 00:17:19.480 --> 00:17:20.539 with God 00:17:20.539 --> 00:17:21.539 is Jesus. 00:17:22.420 --> 00:17:23.980 How do I live 00:17:23.980 --> 00:17:25.120 with God? 00:17:25.240 --> 00:17:25.400 Okay, 00:17:25.500 --> 00:17:26.660 so that's how to get in. 00:17:26.660 --> 00:17:27.800 How do I live 00:17:27.800 --> 00:17:28.779 with God? 00:17:29.040 --> 00:17:29.180 Y'all, 00:17:29.300 --> 00:17:30.220 so many Christians 00:17:30.220 --> 00:17:31.140 today are like 00:17:31.140 --> 00:17:32.180 the Christians 00:17:32.180 --> 00:17:33.000 in Galatia 00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:34.400 that Paul writes to. 00:17:35.740 --> 00:17:36.340 They heard 00:17:36.340 --> 00:17:37.040 the good news 00:17:37.040 --> 00:17:37.660 of grace 00:17:37.660 --> 00:17:38.880 that you get in 00:17:38.880 --> 00:17:39.360 with God 00:17:39.360 --> 00:17:40.160 through Jesus 00:17:40.160 --> 00:17:41.060 alone 00:17:41.060 --> 00:17:43.960 and then they figured 00:17:43.960 --> 00:17:44.720 they better start 00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:45.680 looking the part 00:17:45.680 --> 00:17:47.720 or they would get 00:17:47.720 --> 00:17:48.420 left behind. 00:17:49.680 --> 00:17:50.540 Teachers were 00:17:50.540 --> 00:17:51.259 telling them 00:17:51.259 --> 00:17:52.220 that. 00:17:53.560 --> 00:17:54.160 You ever felt 00:17:54.160 --> 00:17:54.680 like that? 00:17:55.080 --> 00:17:56.080 Get it together 00:17:56.079 --> 00:17:58.839 where God's 00:17:58.839 --> 00:17:59.159 going to leave 00:17:59.159 --> 00:17:59.639 you behind. 00:18:02.199 --> 00:18:03.000 You ever feel 00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:03.500 like God's 00:18:03.500 --> 00:18:04.379 probably ready 00:18:04.379 --> 00:18:05.059 to drop you? 00:18:06.339 --> 00:18:06.960 It's been one 00:18:06.960 --> 00:18:07.779 too many times. 00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:08.819 If I skip 00:18:08.819 --> 00:18:09.720 another Sunday, 00:18:10.720 --> 00:18:12.599 if I lose 00:18:12.599 --> 00:18:13.539 my temper again, 00:18:14.539 --> 00:18:16.679 if I don't love 00:18:16.679 --> 00:18:17.439 my neighbor better, 00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:19.599 something bad 00:18:19.599 --> 00:18:20.359 might happen. 00:18:20.359 --> 00:18:23.740 that's what the 00:18:23.740 --> 00:18:24.519 Pharisees made 00:18:24.519 --> 00:18:25.500 many feel like, 00:18:25.779 --> 00:18:26.419 including the 00:18:26.419 --> 00:18:27.119 blind man 00:18:27.119 --> 00:18:27.719 whom Jesus 00:18:27.719 --> 00:18:28.859 had just healed 00:18:28.859 --> 00:18:29.759 that they ran 00:18:29.759 --> 00:18:30.379 off and Jesus 00:18:30.379 --> 00:18:31.199 had to run 00:18:31.199 --> 00:18:31.899 after again 00:18:31.899 --> 00:18:32.379 to bring him 00:18:32.379 --> 00:18:32.939 back, right? 00:18:34.719 --> 00:18:35.319 Thieves, 00:18:35.939 --> 00:18:36.479 robbers, 00:18:37.119 --> 00:18:37.599 strangers 00:18:37.599 --> 00:18:38.459 pointing the 00:18:38.459 --> 00:18:39.319 sheep away 00:18:39.319 --> 00:18:39.939 from Jesus, 00:18:40.199 --> 00:18:40.639 leaving them 00:18:40.639 --> 00:18:41.459 alone in their 00:18:41.459 --> 00:18:42.259 own strength 00:18:42.259 --> 00:18:43.159 to fend for 00:18:43.159 --> 00:18:43.740 themselves. 00:18:43.740 --> 00:18:44.839 What a disaster! 00:18:46.099 --> 00:18:46.859 Never so 00:18:46.859 --> 00:18:47.500 with Jesus. 00:18:47.639 --> 00:18:48.159 That's not what 00:18:48.159 --> 00:18:48.619 he's like. 00:18:48.619 --> 00:18:49.319 That's not the 00:18:49.319 --> 00:18:49.939 kind of shepherd 00:18:49.939 --> 00:18:50.399 he is. 00:18:50.799 --> 00:18:51.059 Friends, 00:18:51.159 --> 00:18:51.859 Jesus is not 00:18:51.859 --> 00:18:52.379 merely the 00:18:52.379 --> 00:18:53.379 way in once, 00:18:53.459 --> 00:18:53.839 the way to 00:18:53.839 --> 00:18:54.379 get in with 00:18:54.379 --> 00:18:55.019 God and then 00:18:55.019 --> 00:18:55.319 poof, 00:18:55.339 --> 00:18:55.959 he's gone. 00:18:57.599 --> 00:18:58.459 He is the 00:18:58.459 --> 00:18:59.359 way to live 00:18:59.359 --> 00:19:01.159 with God. 00:19:01.559 --> 00:19:02.159 Let's try to 00:19:02.159 --> 00:19:02.519 see this 00:19:02.519 --> 00:19:03.439 practically through 00:19:03.439 --> 00:19:04.299 the three verbs 00:19:04.299 --> 00:19:05.119 in verse 9. 00:19:07.319 --> 00:19:08.219 I am the 00:19:08.219 --> 00:19:08.539 door. 00:19:09.679 --> 00:19:10.500 If anyone 00:19:10.500 --> 00:19:11.319 enters by me, 00:19:11.399 --> 00:19:12.000 he will be 00:19:12.000 --> 00:19:13.159 saved and 00:19:13.159 --> 00:19:14.719 will go in, 00:19:15.699 --> 00:19:17.359 will go out, 00:19:17.359 --> 00:19:18.819 and will 00:19:18.819 --> 00:19:20.659 find pasture. 00:19:21.659 --> 00:19:22.139 First, 00:19:23.079 --> 00:19:23.839 going in 00:19:23.839 --> 00:19:25.599 through Jesus, 00:19:25.740 --> 00:19:26.359 going into the 00:19:26.359 --> 00:19:26.799 sheepfold, 00:19:26.919 --> 00:19:27.839 the company of 00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:28.359 God's people, 00:19:28.479 --> 00:19:29.799 relationship with 00:19:29.799 --> 00:19:31.179 God over and 00:19:31.179 --> 00:19:31.519 over, 00:19:31.899 --> 00:19:32.500 deeper and 00:19:32.500 --> 00:19:32.799 deeper, 00:19:33.139 --> 00:19:33.979 not looking for 00:19:33.979 --> 00:19:34.819 another way to 00:19:34.819 --> 00:19:35.059 life, 00:19:35.279 --> 00:19:35.859 not looking for 00:19:35.859 --> 00:19:36.459 a better way 00:19:36.459 --> 00:19:37.359 back in tonight 00:19:37.359 --> 00:19:37.959 at the end of 00:19:37.959 --> 00:19:38.319 the day. 00:19:39.679 --> 00:19:40.379 British preacher 00:19:40.379 --> 00:19:41.219 Charles Spurgeon 00:19:41.219 --> 00:19:42.599 said it beautifully 00:19:42.599 --> 00:19:43.319 of this phrase, 00:19:43.419 --> 00:19:44.219 so I'm going to 00:19:44.219 --> 00:19:45.139 quote his sermon 00:19:45.139 --> 00:19:45.859 for a longer 00:19:45.859 --> 00:19:46.479 stretch than I 00:19:46.480 --> 00:19:47.140 usually do because 00:19:47.140 --> 00:19:47.720 it's too pretty 00:19:47.720 --> 00:19:48.240 to cut out. 00:19:48.880 --> 00:19:49.519 If you know 00:19:49.519 --> 00:19:50.259 what this means, 00:19:50.339 --> 00:19:50.759 he says, 00:19:50.920 --> 00:19:51.579 go in. 00:19:52.079 --> 00:19:53.079 Go in farther. 00:19:53.420 --> 00:19:53.920 Go in more 00:19:53.920 --> 00:19:54.640 constantly. 00:19:55.059 --> 00:19:55.799 Do not stop 00:19:55.799 --> 00:19:56.380 where you are, 00:19:56.519 --> 00:19:57.339 but go in until 00:19:57.339 --> 00:19:57.839 you have a little 00:19:57.839 --> 00:19:58.279 more. 00:19:58.779 --> 00:19:59.299 If you love 00:19:59.299 --> 00:19:59.640 Christ, 00:19:59.740 --> 00:20:00.519 come nearer to 00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:01.599 him and nearer 00:20:01.599 --> 00:20:02.740 and nearer still. 00:20:03.120 --> 00:20:03.720 But if you want 00:20:03.720 --> 00:20:04.079 to get into 00:20:04.079 --> 00:20:05.000 anything that is 00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:05.579 divine, 00:20:05.799 --> 00:20:06.740 you must get 00:20:06.740 --> 00:20:07.380 it through 00:20:07.380 --> 00:20:08.599 Christ. 00:20:09.079 --> 00:20:09.680 Oh, you who 00:20:09.680 --> 00:20:10.519 open your Bibles 00:20:10.519 --> 00:20:11.039 and want to 00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:12.140 understand a text, 00:20:12.360 --> 00:20:12.940 the way to get 00:20:12.940 --> 00:20:13.420 into the meaning 00:20:13.420 --> 00:20:14.120 of the text is 00:20:14.120 --> 00:20:14.740 through the door, 00:20:15.400 --> 00:20:15.880 Christ. 00:20:16.480 --> 00:20:17.120 Oh, you who 00:20:17.120 --> 00:20:17.480 want to get 00:20:17.480 --> 00:20:18.120 more holiness, 00:20:18.460 --> 00:20:18.819 come through 00:20:18.819 --> 00:20:19.420 the door. 00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:20.360 The way to 00:20:20.360 --> 00:20:21.140 holiness is not 00:20:21.140 --> 00:20:21.740 through Moses, 00:20:22.059 --> 00:20:22.660 but through 00:20:22.660 --> 00:20:23.319 Christ. 00:20:24.099 --> 00:20:24.620 Oh, you who 00:20:24.620 --> 00:20:24.880 would have 00:20:24.880 --> 00:20:25.700 closer communion 00:20:25.700 --> 00:20:26.120 with your 00:20:26.120 --> 00:20:26.900 heavenly Father, 00:20:27.140 --> 00:20:27.640 the way to 00:20:27.640 --> 00:20:28.259 come in is not 00:20:28.259 --> 00:20:28.759 through your own 00:20:28.759 --> 00:20:29.599 efforts, but 00:20:29.599 --> 00:20:30.360 through Christ. 00:20:30.519 --> 00:20:31.160 You came to 00:20:31.160 --> 00:20:31.839 Christ at first 00:20:31.839 --> 00:20:32.700 to get salvation, 00:20:33.019 --> 00:20:33.839 you must come 00:20:33.839 --> 00:20:34.839 to Christ still 00:20:34.839 --> 00:20:35.480 to get 00:20:35.480 --> 00:20:36.339 sanctification, 00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:37.140 to grow, 00:20:37.460 --> 00:20:38.120 to know him 00:20:38.120 --> 00:20:38.680 more. 00:20:39.360 --> 00:20:40.539 Never look 00:20:40.539 --> 00:20:41.480 for another 00:20:41.480 --> 00:20:41.980 door, 00:20:42.880 --> 00:20:43.940 for there is 00:20:43.940 --> 00:20:44.600 but one. 00:20:45.500 --> 00:20:45.799 And that 00:20:45.799 --> 00:20:46.200 one door 00:20:46.200 --> 00:20:46.559 will let 00:20:46.559 --> 00:20:46.840 you into 00:20:46.840 --> 00:20:47.259 life, 00:20:47.360 --> 00:20:47.600 love, 00:20:47.860 --> 00:20:48.140 peace, 00:20:48.400 --> 00:20:48.720 knowledge, 00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:49.720 sanctification. 00:20:50.559 --> 00:20:51.519 Christ is 00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:52.080 the master 00:20:52.080 --> 00:20:53.100 key of all 00:20:53.100 --> 00:20:53.620 the rooms 00:20:53.620 --> 00:20:53.960 in the 00:20:53.960 --> 00:20:54.539 palace of 00:20:54.539 --> 00:20:54.880 mercy. 00:20:55.519 --> 00:20:55.779 And if 00:20:55.779 --> 00:20:56.160 you get 00:20:56.160 --> 00:20:56.759 Christ, 00:20:56.960 --> 00:20:57.460 you shall 00:20:57.460 --> 00:20:58.080 go in. 00:20:58.460 --> 00:20:58.700 Nothing 00:20:58.700 --> 00:20:59.200 shall keep 00:20:59.200 --> 00:20:59.500 you out 00:20:59.500 --> 00:20:59.740 of the 00:20:59.740 --> 00:21:00.019 secret 00:21:00.019 --> 00:21:00.460 chambers. 00:21:00.759 --> 00:21:01.059 You shall 00:21:01.059 --> 00:21:01.580 go in 00:21:01.580 --> 00:21:02.360 in God's 00:21:02.360 --> 00:21:02.680 name 00:21:02.680 --> 00:21:03.100 through 00:21:03.100 --> 00:21:03.759 Christ 00:21:03.759 --> 00:21:04.640 the door. 00:21:04.880 --> 00:21:05.000 Isn't 00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:05.120 that 00:21:05.120 --> 00:21:05.660 beautiful? 00:21:05.660 --> 00:21:09.380 every 00:21:09.380 --> 00:21:10.500 spiritual 00:21:10.500 --> 00:21:11.580 blessing 00:21:11.580 --> 00:21:12.259 where? 00:21:13.140 --> 00:21:13.740 In 00:21:13.740 --> 00:21:14.640 Christ, 00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:15.240 right? 00:21:15.380 --> 00:21:15.840 Ephesians 00:21:15.840 --> 00:21:16.120 1. 00:21:16.320 --> 00:21:17.200 All the 00:21:17.200 --> 00:21:17.820 treasures 00:21:17.820 --> 00:21:18.980 of wisdom 00:21:18.980 --> 00:21:20.160 and knowledge 00:21:20.160 --> 00:21:20.580 where? 00:21:22.580 --> 00:21:23.420 In 00:21:23.420 --> 00:21:24.180 Christ, 00:21:24.400 --> 00:21:24.880 Colossians 00:21:24.880 --> 00:21:25.180 2. 00:21:25.620 --> 00:21:26.400 Are you 00:21:26.400 --> 00:21:27.080 daily 00:21:27.080 --> 00:21:27.840 coming 00:21:27.840 --> 00:21:28.940 to God 00:21:28.940 --> 00:21:29.160 through 00:21:29.160 --> 00:21:29.700 Jesus? 00:21:30.740 --> 00:21:31.019 Are you? 00:21:31.100 --> 00:21:31.700 Time with 00:21:31.700 --> 00:21:32.680 him must 00:21:32.680 --> 00:21:33.519 be a 00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:34.000 priority 00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:34.600 for us. 00:21:34.820 --> 00:21:34.980 True 00:21:34.980 --> 00:21:35.500 life is 00:21:35.500 --> 00:21:35.779 found 00:21:35.779 --> 00:21:36.360 nowhere 00:21:36.360 --> 00:21:36.740 else. 00:21:37.019 --> 00:21:37.519 Peace, 00:21:37.960 --> 00:21:38.420 hope, 00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:39.160 purpose, 00:21:39.559 --> 00:21:39.960 wisdom, 00:21:40.440 --> 00:21:41.019 growth, 00:21:41.360 --> 00:21:41.880 love. 00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:42.500 Friends, 00:21:42.680 --> 00:21:43.339 in case 00:21:43.339 --> 00:21:43.799 you're not 00:21:43.799 --> 00:21:44.279 familiar, 00:21:44.420 --> 00:21:44.779 that's why 00:21:44.779 --> 00:21:45.460 many Christians 00:21:45.460 --> 00:21:46.079 read the 00:21:46.079 --> 00:21:47.160 Bible every 00:21:47.160 --> 00:21:47.880 day. 00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:49.360 It's not 00:21:49.360 --> 00:21:50.079 to compete 00:21:50.079 --> 00:21:50.799 for points 00:21:50.799 --> 00:21:51.440 with God. 00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:51.880 He doesn't 00:21:51.880 --> 00:21:52.400 have a 00:21:52.400 --> 00:21:53.440 top 25. 00:21:54.720 --> 00:21:55.660 But because 00:21:55.660 --> 00:21:56.380 we know 00:21:56.380 --> 00:21:57.160 that it 00:21:57.160 --> 00:21:57.700 will point 00:21:57.700 --> 00:21:58.339 us to 00:21:58.339 --> 00:21:59.220 Jesus and 00:21:59.220 --> 00:21:59.660 that we 00:21:59.660 --> 00:22:00.599 can't make 00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:01.180 it without 00:22:01.180 --> 00:22:01.559 him. 00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:02.559 Not one 00:22:02.559 --> 00:22:02.880 day. 00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:03.839 We know 00:22:03.839 --> 00:22:04.059 he will 00:22:04.059 --> 00:22:04.680 fill us 00:22:04.680 --> 00:22:05.039 again, 00:22:05.400 --> 00:22:05.960 bless us 00:22:05.960 --> 00:22:06.220 again, 00:22:06.560 --> 00:22:07.080 guide us 00:22:07.080 --> 00:22:07.340 again. 00:22:07.620 --> 00:22:08.240 So every 00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:09.420 day read 00:22:09.420 --> 00:22:10.660 and then 00:22:10.660 --> 00:22:11.700 reflect. 00:22:12.720 --> 00:22:13.519 How should 00:22:13.519 --> 00:22:14.620 I treasure 00:22:14.620 --> 00:22:15.259 Jesus? 00:22:16.420 --> 00:22:17.100 How does 00:22:17.100 --> 00:22:17.799 this show 00:22:17.799 --> 00:22:18.580 me his 00:22:18.580 --> 00:22:18.960 beauty, 00:22:19.080 --> 00:22:19.660 my need 00:22:19.660 --> 00:22:20.279 for him? 00:22:21.720 --> 00:22:22.320 If you 00:22:22.320 --> 00:22:22.820 need help 00:22:22.820 --> 00:22:23.860 with when 00:22:23.860 --> 00:22:24.580 and how 00:22:24.580 --> 00:22:25.080 and how 00:22:25.080 --> 00:22:25.420 to see 00:22:25.420 --> 00:22:25.759 Jesus, 00:22:25.900 --> 00:22:26.500 please ask. 00:22:26.600 --> 00:22:26.920 Love to 00:22:26.920 --> 00:22:27.180 help. 00:22:29.799 --> 00:22:30.440 Next, 00:22:30.560 --> 00:22:31.200 going out. 00:22:31.200 --> 00:22:33.340 we'll 00:22:33.340 --> 00:22:33.740 go in, 00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:34.240 we'll 00:22:34.240 --> 00:22:34.880 go out. 00:22:34.880 --> 00:22:35.500 Best 00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:36.019 understood 00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:36.519 in this 00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:37.680 picture as 00:22:37.680 --> 00:22:38.440 leaving the 00:22:38.440 --> 00:22:38.799 church, 00:22:38.940 --> 00:22:39.519 going out 00:22:39.519 --> 00:22:40.440 into the 00:22:40.440 --> 00:22:41.059 world each 00:22:41.059 --> 00:22:42.580 day through 00:22:42.580 --> 00:22:44.059 Jesus. 00:22:45.880 --> 00:22:46.319 Isn't that 00:22:46.319 --> 00:22:46.759 wonderful? 00:22:46.940 --> 00:22:47.200 I don't know 00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:47.819 if you think 00:22:47.819 --> 00:22:48.900 about every 00:22:48.900 --> 00:22:49.420 day going 00:22:49.420 --> 00:22:49.860 out into the 00:22:49.860 --> 00:22:50.220 world that 00:22:50.220 --> 00:22:50.440 way, 00:22:50.960 --> 00:22:51.559 but in 00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:52.420 this picture 00:22:52.420 --> 00:22:53.360 there is no 00:22:53.360 --> 00:22:54.440 separate part 00:22:54.440 --> 00:22:54.720 of your 00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:55.240 life. 00:22:55.240 --> 00:22:57.000 the sheep 00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:58.099 cannot leave 00:22:58.099 --> 00:22:58.819 the fold 00:22:58.819 --> 00:23:00.019 without going 00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:00.700 through the 00:23:00.700 --> 00:23:01.440 same doorway 00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:02.000 they came 00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:02.220 in, 00:23:02.259 --> 00:23:02.400 right? 00:23:02.440 --> 00:23:02.700 They're not 00:23:02.700 --> 00:23:03.039 getting over 00:23:03.039 --> 00:23:03.440 the wall. 00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:05.539 They will 00:23:05.539 --> 00:23:06.019 go out 00:23:06.019 --> 00:23:06.740 through 00:23:06.740 --> 00:23:07.680 Jesus, 00:23:07.900 --> 00:23:08.140 and this 00:23:08.140 --> 00:23:08.640 is really 00:23:08.640 --> 00:23:09.140 important 00:23:09.140 --> 00:23:10.500 because I 00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:11.019 just told 00:23:11.019 --> 00:23:11.359 you why 00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:11.839 so many 00:23:11.839 --> 00:23:12.220 Christians 00:23:12.220 --> 00:23:12.880 spend time 00:23:12.880 --> 00:23:13.539 talking with 00:23:13.539 --> 00:23:14.640 Jesus every 00:23:14.640 --> 00:23:15.319 day, 00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:15.859 and you 00:23:15.859 --> 00:23:16.120 need to 00:23:16.120 --> 00:23:16.920 know Jesus 00:23:16.920 --> 00:23:17.839 is with 00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:19.059 you not 00:23:19.059 --> 00:23:19.759 only in 00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:20.420 your quiet 00:23:20.420 --> 00:23:21.099 time. 00:23:21.480 --> 00:23:21.640 Did you 00:23:21.640 --> 00:23:21.960 know that? 00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:24.500 Jesus cares 00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:25.279 about you 00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:26.220 more than 00:23:26.220 --> 00:23:27.019 your regular 00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:27.779 devotional 00:23:27.779 --> 00:23:28.420 life. 00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:30.460 He is a 00:23:30.460 --> 00:23:31.039 personal 00:23:31.039 --> 00:23:31.559 shepherd 00:23:31.559 --> 00:23:32.859 helping you 00:23:32.859 --> 00:23:33.279 to live 00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:34.079 with God 00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:35.680 everywhere, 00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:37.900 everywhere, 00:23:38.119 --> 00:23:38.960 in every 00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:39.700 situation. 00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:40.740 What that 00:23:40.740 --> 00:23:41.220 means is 00:23:41.220 --> 00:23:41.500 that the 00:23:41.500 --> 00:23:42.319 only safe 00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:42.640 way to 00:23:42.640 --> 00:23:42.940 make it 00:23:42.940 --> 00:23:43.279 through a 00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:43.599 day in 00:23:43.599 --> 00:23:44.180 this world 00:23:44.180 --> 00:23:44.980 is with 00:23:44.980 --> 00:23:45.380 Jesus. 00:23:46.220 --> 00:23:47.000 The only 00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:47.960 safe way 00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:48.460 to make 00:23:48.460 --> 00:23:48.720 it through 00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:49.579 a day in 00:23:49.579 --> 00:23:50.059 this world 00:23:50.059 --> 00:23:50.720 is with 00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:51.220 Jesus. 00:23:51.599 --> 00:23:52.000 Do you 00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:52.700 live like 00:23:52.700 --> 00:23:52.960 that? 00:23:53.079 --> 00:23:53.359 I didn't 00:23:53.359 --> 00:23:53.720 say, 00:23:53.720 --> 00:23:54.579 did you 00:23:54.579 --> 00:23:54.980 nod your 00:23:54.980 --> 00:23:55.420 head when 00:23:55.420 --> 00:23:55.740 I said 00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:55.819 it? 00:23:55.860 --> 00:23:56.120 Do you 00:23:56.120 --> 00:23:57.299 live like 00:23:57.299 --> 00:23:58.039 that? 00:23:58.339 --> 00:23:58.620 How do 00:23:58.620 --> 00:23:59.559 you practice 00:23:59.559 --> 00:24:00.620 the presence 00:24:00.620 --> 00:24:01.360 of God 00:24:01.360 --> 00:24:01.640 that he 00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:02.140 is with 00:24:02.140 --> 00:24:03.319 you at 00:24:03.319 --> 00:24:03.740 work? 00:24:05.380 --> 00:24:05.880 When you 00:24:05.880 --> 00:24:06.400 want to 00:24:06.400 --> 00:24:06.900 share of 00:24:06.900 --> 00:24:07.279 him with 00:24:07.279 --> 00:24:08.259 your neighbor, 00:24:08.700 --> 00:24:09.180 when you 00:24:09.180 --> 00:24:09.839 go to 00:24:09.839 --> 00:24:10.559 school, 00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:12.120 Jesus, 00:24:12.360 --> 00:24:12.640 give me 00:24:12.640 --> 00:24:13.100 strength, 00:24:13.160 --> 00:24:13.440 I'm about 00:24:13.440 --> 00:24:14.079 to slap 00:24:14.079 --> 00:24:14.880 my co-worker. 00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:18.240 Jesus, 00:24:18.380 --> 00:24:18.539 help, 00:24:18.600 --> 00:24:18.839 I need 00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:19.319 words to 00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:19.960 speak about 00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:20.160 you. 00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:20.500 Those are 00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:20.799 equally 00:24:20.799 --> 00:24:21.220 legitimate 00:24:21.220 --> 00:24:21.600 prayers. 00:24:21.599 --> 00:24:23.980 Jesus, 00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:25.799 I feel 00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:26.000 it. 00:24:26.339 --> 00:24:26.699 I'm 00:24:26.699 --> 00:24:27.379 treasuring 00:24:27.379 --> 00:24:28.339 the things 00:24:28.339 --> 00:24:28.719 of this 00:24:28.719 --> 00:24:29.119 world. 00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:30.299 It's 00:24:30.299 --> 00:24:30.740 happening 00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:31.059 again. 00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:31.980 I see 00:24:31.980 --> 00:24:32.159 it in 00:24:32.159 --> 00:24:32.399 what I'm 00:24:32.399 --> 00:24:32.659 doing 00:24:32.659 --> 00:24:33.179 right now. 00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:34.019 Show me 00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:34.379 again, 00:24:34.500 --> 00:24:34.719 Jesus, 00:24:34.879 --> 00:24:35.339 you are 00:24:35.339 --> 00:24:36.359 the true 00:24:36.359 --> 00:24:36.959 treasure. 00:24:37.199 --> 00:24:37.480 Right 00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:37.719 now, 00:24:37.859 --> 00:24:38.419 right here, 00:24:38.579 --> 00:24:39.240 not tomorrow 00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:39.779 morning when I 00:24:39.779 --> 00:24:40.099 have another 00:24:40.099 --> 00:24:40.740 quiet time. 00:24:41.079 --> 00:24:41.399 Show me 00:24:41.399 --> 00:24:41.699 now, 00:24:41.799 --> 00:24:42.000 Jesus, 00:24:42.099 --> 00:24:42.379 I need 00:24:42.379 --> 00:24:43.000 your help. 00:24:45.339 --> 00:24:45.819 He's 00:24:45.819 --> 00:24:46.439 with you, 00:24:47.079 --> 00:24:47.679 giving you 00:24:47.679 --> 00:24:48.459 all that you 00:24:48.459 --> 00:24:49.079 need to 00:24:49.079 --> 00:24:49.419 live in 00:24:49.420 --> 00:24:50.140 his world 00:24:50.140 --> 00:24:51.060 on his 00:24:51.060 --> 00:24:51.759 mission. 00:24:52.100 --> 00:24:52.460 He gives 00:24:52.460 --> 00:24:53.240 you forgiveness 00:24:53.240 --> 00:24:54.220 that enables 00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:54.880 you to 00:24:54.880 --> 00:24:55.400 repent, 00:24:56.039 --> 00:24:56.960 even to 00:24:56.960 --> 00:24:57.160 that 00:24:57.160 --> 00:24:57.940 co-worker. 00:25:00.580 --> 00:25:00.940 He gives 00:25:00.940 --> 00:25:01.420 you eternal 00:25:01.420 --> 00:25:02.279 security that 00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:03.340 frees you to 00:25:03.340 --> 00:25:04.180 risk temporal 00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:05.320 discomfort in 00:25:05.320 --> 00:25:06.340 relationships to 00:25:06.340 --> 00:25:06.759 share his 00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:07.140 love. 00:25:07.500 --> 00:25:07.759 He gives 00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:08.300 you peace 00:25:08.300 --> 00:25:08.759 that allows 00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:09.080 you to 00:25:09.080 --> 00:25:10.259 enter chaos 00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:11.400 and hurt 00:25:11.400 --> 00:25:12.360 and busyness 00:25:12.360 --> 00:25:13.220 around you 00:25:13.220 --> 00:25:14.420 as a calm 00:25:14.420 --> 00:25:15.100 presence. 00:25:16.920 --> 00:25:17.240 Do you 00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:17.700 live like 00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:18.019 that? 00:25:18.019 --> 00:25:19.099 Are you 00:25:19.099 --> 00:25:19.519 going out 00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:19.779 on your 00:25:19.779 --> 00:25:20.180 own, 00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:21.599 in your 00:25:21.599 --> 00:25:22.639 own strength, 00:25:23.059 --> 00:25:23.599 for your 00:25:23.599 --> 00:25:24.259 own goals, 00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:24.940 thinking you'll 00:25:24.940 --> 00:25:25.740 be just 00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:26.559 fine? 00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:27.680 Friends, 00:25:27.740 --> 00:25:28.319 you won't. 00:25:28.799 --> 00:25:29.279 You're a 00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:29.660 sheep. 00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:30.839 He's the 00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:31.259 door. 00:25:31.960 --> 00:25:32.339 Don't leave 00:25:32.339 --> 00:25:32.759 home without 00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:33.200 him, 00:25:33.779 --> 00:25:34.240 ever. 00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:35.980 Talk with 00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:36.379 your grace 00:25:36.379 --> 00:25:36.920 group about 00:25:36.920 --> 00:25:37.700 how you 00:25:37.700 --> 00:25:38.519 can go out 00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:39.339 every day 00:25:39.339 --> 00:25:40.000 wherever you 00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:41.599 go with 00:25:41.599 --> 00:25:41.960 Jesus. 00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:42.920 Where you 00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:43.279 go, 00:25:43.579 --> 00:25:43.980 you need to 00:25:43.980 --> 00:25:44.440 talk about 00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:45.259 your life. 00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:48.019 you'll go 00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:49.539 in and 00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:49.799 you'll go 00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:51.599 out and 00:25:51.599 --> 00:25:52.619 every single 00:25:52.619 --> 00:25:53.379 time you'll 00:25:53.379 --> 00:25:55.099 find pasture 00:25:55.099 --> 00:25:56.519 through Jesus. 00:25:57.640 --> 00:25:58.460 Find pasture 00:25:58.460 --> 00:25:59.079 sounds like 00:25:59.079 --> 00:25:59.879 Psalm 23, 00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:00.500 doesn't it? 00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:02.559 The Lord is 00:26:02.559 --> 00:26:03.400 my shepherd, 00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:04.940 I shall 00:26:04.940 --> 00:26:05.720 not 00:26:05.720 --> 00:26:07.119 want. 00:26:07.799 --> 00:26:08.440 Perfectly 00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:09.420 provided for 00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:10.099 at all times. 00:26:10.400 --> 00:26:11.299 The cherished 00:26:11.299 --> 00:26:12.539 object of 00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:13.319 divine 00:26:13.319 --> 00:26:14.079 diligence, 00:26:14.939 --> 00:26:15.419 green 00:26:15.419 --> 00:26:16.240 pastures 00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:16.799 to lie 00:26:16.799 --> 00:26:17.619 down in, 00:26:17.679 --> 00:26:18.519 his provision 00:26:18.519 --> 00:26:19.919 rest, 00:26:20.939 --> 00:26:21.519 still 00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:22.259 waters, 00:26:22.679 --> 00:26:23.559 a restored 00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:24.679 soul, 00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:25.819 peace, 00:26:26.579 --> 00:26:27.179 hope. 00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:29.980 You'll 00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:30.899 have life 00:26:30.899 --> 00:26:32.319 and in 00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:33.000 fact have 00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:34.220 it abundantly, 00:26:34.779 --> 00:26:35.359 he says. 00:26:35.679 --> 00:26:36.059 We're going 00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:36.460 to talk more 00:26:36.460 --> 00:26:36.740 about that 00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:37.419 abundant life 00:26:37.419 --> 00:26:37.899 next week. 00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:38.559 It is so 00:26:38.559 --> 00:26:39.419 good and 00:26:39.419 --> 00:26:40.200 it's Easter 00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:40.859 and so 00:26:40.859 --> 00:26:42.059 don't miss 00:26:42.059 --> 00:26:43.419 that but 00:26:43.419 --> 00:26:43.960 it's not 00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:44.319 all the 00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:44.960 comfort and 00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:45.379 ease that 00:26:45.379 --> 00:26:45.679 we could 00:26:45.679 --> 00:26:46.159 ever hope 00:26:46.159 --> 00:26:46.379 for. 00:26:46.460 --> 00:26:46.759 That's not 00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:47.200 what abundant 00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:47.940 life means. 00:26:48.079 --> 00:26:48.359 No. 00:26:49.059 --> 00:26:49.720 Jesus is 00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:50.460 saying that 00:26:50.460 --> 00:26:51.359 living through 00:26:51.359 --> 00:26:52.000 him we 00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:52.919 have true 00:26:52.919 --> 00:26:54.200 life no 00:26:54.200 --> 00:26:54.799 matter what 00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:56.500 discomfort or 00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:57.839 dis-ease 00:26:57.839 --> 00:26:59.299 we face. 00:26:59.480 --> 00:27:00.379 Pasture is a 00:27:00.379 --> 00:27:01.559 place of 00:27:01.559 --> 00:27:02.259 rest, 00:27:02.679 --> 00:27:04.139 not rush. 00:27:04.140 --> 00:27:04.200 church. 00:27:07.580 --> 00:27:08.340 I've sat 00:27:08.340 --> 00:27:08.820 with several 00:27:08.820 --> 00:27:09.240 of you 00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:11.800 in a lot 00:27:11.800 --> 00:27:12.300 of pain 00:27:12.300 --> 00:27:12.860 this week. 00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:15.880 Deep 00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:16.500 loss 00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:18.060 and grief, 00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:20.600 painful 00:27:20.600 --> 00:27:21.500 injustice, 00:27:23.140 --> 00:27:24.320 hurt 00:27:24.320 --> 00:27:25.500 from other 00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:26.040 people's 00:27:26.040 --> 00:27:26.360 sin. 00:27:26.359 --> 00:27:30.579 and in 00:27:30.579 --> 00:27:30.979 every one 00:27:30.979 --> 00:27:31.219 of those 00:27:31.219 --> 00:27:31.679 painful 00:27:31.679 --> 00:27:32.319 situations 00:27:32.319 --> 00:27:32.819 if you 00:27:32.819 --> 00:27:33.419 are trying 00:27:33.419 --> 00:27:33.959 to live 00:27:33.959 --> 00:27:34.459 with God 00:27:34.459 --> 00:27:34.799 on your 00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:35.139 own, 00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:36.199 come to 00:27:36.199 --> 00:27:37.039 him on 00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:37.559 your own, 00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:39.319 you'll be 00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:39.659 in those 00:27:39.659 --> 00:27:40.359 situations 00:27:40.359 --> 00:27:41.599 merely angry 00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:42.219 with him 00:27:42.219 --> 00:27:44.699 and hopeless 00:27:44.699 --> 00:27:46.959 and bitter 00:27:46.959 --> 00:27:48.740 because you 00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:49.219 can't fix 00:27:49.219 --> 00:27:49.419 him. 00:27:51.439 --> 00:27:52.000 Nothing 00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:52.719 seems good. 00:27:53.959 --> 00:27:54.779 That's the 00:27:54.779 --> 00:27:55.579 reality of 00:27:55.579 --> 00:27:56.799 where many 00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:57.079 of us 00:27:57.079 --> 00:27:57.740 will go 00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:58.240 this week. 00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:01.700 But if 00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:03.220 Jesus is 00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:03.879 the door 00:28:03.879 --> 00:28:05.319 in your 00:28:05.319 --> 00:28:05.940 relationship 00:28:05.940 --> 00:28:06.680 with God, 00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:08.039 if he is 00:28:08.039 --> 00:28:09.000 there with 00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:09.399 you in 00:28:09.399 --> 00:28:09.960 those moments, 00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:10.680 the one who 00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:11.420 stays with 00:28:11.420 --> 00:28:11.899 you, the 00:28:11.899 --> 00:28:12.160 one who 00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:12.899 makes sure 00:28:12.899 --> 00:28:13.319 that no 00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:13.779 matter what 00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:14.160 happens, 00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:14.660 you're going 00:28:14.660 --> 00:28:15.299 to find 00:28:15.299 --> 00:28:16.200 pasture, 00:28:16.579 --> 00:28:17.039 then you 00:28:17.039 --> 00:28:18.639 can grieve 00:28:18.639 --> 00:28:19.579 the loss 00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:20.259 of someone 00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:21.539 young or 00:28:21.539 --> 00:28:21.879 old. 00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:23.420 You can 00:28:23.420 --> 00:28:24.180 even yell 00:28:24.180 --> 00:28:25.100 it God 00:28:25.100 --> 00:28:26.560 and have 00:28:26.560 --> 00:28:28.039 hope in 00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:28.519 the God 00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:29.240 who gave 00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:29.940 up his 00:28:29.940 --> 00:28:31.140 only son 00:28:31.140 --> 00:28:32.340 for you. 00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:34.779 If Jesus 00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:35.660 is actively 00:28:35.660 --> 00:28:36.380 with you, 00:28:36.580 --> 00:28:37.299 you can be 00:28:37.299 --> 00:28:38.660 confident that 00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:39.240 the wrong 00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:39.480 you've 00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:40.200 experienced 00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:41.000 will one 00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:41.440 day be 00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:42.200 made right 00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:42.860 and that 00:28:42.860 --> 00:28:43.519 it's not 00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:44.220 without purpose 00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:44.660 right now 00:28:44.660 --> 00:28:45.180 because he's 00:28:45.180 --> 00:28:45.720 here at work 00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:46.400 with you. 00:28:46.840 --> 00:28:47.420 If you are 00:28:47.420 --> 00:28:48.480 finding pasture 00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:49.500 through Jesus, 00:28:49.700 --> 00:28:50.440 you can call 00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:50.960 sin, 00:28:51.259 --> 00:28:51.640 sin. 00:28:51.880 --> 00:28:52.279 You can 00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:53.220 forgive without 00:28:53.220 --> 00:28:54.140 limit and 00:28:54.140 --> 00:28:54.420 you can 00:28:54.420 --> 00:28:54.920 love others 00:28:54.920 --> 00:28:55.740 because someone 00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:56.480 loves and 00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:57.019 is caring 00:28:57.019 --> 00:28:58.059 for you. 00:28:58.339 --> 00:28:59.019 Is your 00:28:59.019 --> 00:28:59.980 life too 00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:00.960 full for 00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:01.180 that? 00:29:01.440 --> 00:29:02.180 You're always 00:29:02.180 --> 00:29:02.779 searching, 00:29:03.100 --> 00:29:03.940 you're frantically 00:29:03.940 --> 00:29:04.480 busy, 00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:06.600 slow down. 00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:09.700 You can 00:29:09.700 --> 00:29:11.579 because he's 00:29:11.579 --> 00:29:12.140 got it 00:29:12.140 --> 00:29:14.100 and he's 00:29:14.100 --> 00:29:14.779 got you. 00:29:15.660 --> 00:29:16.220 Pasture 00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:17.380 is a place 00:29:17.380 --> 00:29:18.380 of rest, 00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:19.819 not rush 00:29:19.819 --> 00:29:21.659 because 00:29:21.659 --> 00:29:22.419 Jesus is 00:29:22.419 --> 00:29:22.679 there. 00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:24.579 Do you 00:29:24.579 --> 00:29:25.019 see why we 00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:25.500 can't go a 00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:26.000 day without 00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:26.339 Jesus? 00:29:26.879 --> 00:29:27.339 Without 00:29:27.339 --> 00:29:28.339 contemplating 00:29:28.339 --> 00:29:29.599 his glory 00:29:29.599 --> 00:29:30.259 and his 00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:30.679 grace, 00:29:30.839 --> 00:29:31.000 without 00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:32.079 depending on 00:29:32.079 --> 00:29:32.559 him for 00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:33.079 life, 00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:33.659 for life 00:29:33.659 --> 00:29:34.259 eternal, 00:29:34.639 --> 00:29:35.019 for life 00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:35.720 abundant, 00:29:36.139 --> 00:29:36.579 for life 00:29:36.579 --> 00:29:37.559 today we 00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:38.099 need him. 00:29:42.099 --> 00:29:42.839 The story 00:29:42.839 --> 00:29:43.419 is told of a 00:29:43.419 --> 00:29:44.339 wealthy old 00:29:44.339 --> 00:29:45.879 widower and 00:29:45.879 --> 00:29:46.819 his only son 00:29:46.819 --> 00:29:47.539 who got 00:29:47.539 --> 00:29:48.119 together and 00:29:48.119 --> 00:29:48.639 began to 00:29:48.640 --> 00:29:49.160 collect an 00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:50.620 amazing art 00:29:50.620 --> 00:29:51.500 portfolio. 00:29:53.140 --> 00:29:53.620 Rembrandts, 00:29:54.180 --> 00:29:55.100 Van Gogh's, 00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:56.180 Monet's, 00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:57.640 they had a 00:29:57.640 --> 00:29:58.540 collection anyone 00:29:58.540 --> 00:29:59.520 would envy but 00:29:59.520 --> 00:30:00.140 the joy of the 00:30:00.140 --> 00:30:00.980 father really was 00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:01.620 that he shared 00:30:01.620 --> 00:30:03.040 this activity with 00:30:03.040 --> 00:30:03.700 the son that he 00:30:03.700 --> 00:30:04.080 loved. 00:30:05.820 --> 00:30:06.560 One day, 00:30:06.680 --> 00:30:06.900 however, 00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:07.680 the son went 00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:08.420 off to war 00:30:08.420 --> 00:30:10.720 and never 00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:11.500 returned home. 00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:14.100 Months after 00:30:14.100 --> 00:30:14.600 the father 00:30:14.600 --> 00:30:15.380 learned of his 00:30:15.380 --> 00:30:16.140 son's death, 00:30:17.080 --> 00:30:17.540 a soldier 00:30:17.540 --> 00:30:18.040 knocked 00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:19.099 on his 00:30:19.099 --> 00:30:20.879 door and 00:30:20.879 --> 00:30:21.339 gave him a 00:30:21.339 --> 00:30:21.799 package, 00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:22.720 was a 00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:24.279 portrait of 00:30:24.279 --> 00:30:24.899 the father's 00:30:24.899 --> 00:30:26.639 son painted 00:30:26.639 --> 00:30:27.299 just a few 00:30:27.299 --> 00:30:28.440 days before 00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:29.039 he died. 00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:31.099 It wasn't 00:30:31.099 --> 00:30:31.539 beautifully 00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:32.039 painted, 00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:33.980 but the 00:30:33.980 --> 00:30:34.539 father hung 00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:35.039 it over his 00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:35.960 fireplace as 00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:36.980 the centerpiece 00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:38.279 of his 00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:38.799 collection. 00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:41.159 When the 00:30:41.159 --> 00:30:41.740 man died, 00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:43.139 art collectors 00:30:43.139 --> 00:30:43.879 from around 00:30:43.879 --> 00:30:44.599 the world 00:30:44.599 --> 00:30:46.159 came to an 00:30:46.160 --> 00:30:47.200 auction for 00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:48.600 this fantastic, 00:30:48.820 --> 00:30:50.040 famous collection. 00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:51.340 Here they are 00:30:51.340 --> 00:30:51.980 gathered and as 00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:52.920 the room fills, 00:30:53.259 --> 00:30:53.960 the auctioneer 00:30:53.960 --> 00:30:54.300 says, 00:30:54.540 --> 00:30:54.800 we're going to 00:30:54.800 --> 00:30:56.000 begin with the 00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:57.200 portrait of the 00:30:57.200 --> 00:30:57.560 son. 00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:58.240 Will anyone 00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:59.940 give $100 for 00:30:59.940 --> 00:31:01.000 the portrait of 00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:01.540 the son? 00:31:02.340 --> 00:31:02.940 And he hears 00:31:02.940 --> 00:31:03.240 nothing. 00:31:03.320 --> 00:31:03.500 He said, 00:31:03.540 --> 00:31:04.300 how about $50? 00:31:04.620 --> 00:31:05.019 Anyone? 00:31:05.160 --> 00:31:05.400 Come on, 00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:06.880 $50 for the 00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:07.580 portrait of the 00:31:07.580 --> 00:31:07.800 son. 00:31:07.860 --> 00:31:08.400 And finally, 00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:08.880 one of their 00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:09.600 neighbors says, 00:31:09.660 --> 00:31:09.880 you know, 00:31:09.940 --> 00:31:10.759 I knew them. 00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:12.060 He really loved 00:31:12.060 --> 00:31:12.519 his son. 00:31:12.600 --> 00:31:13.080 I'll give you 00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:14.339 $50 for it. 00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:16.460 Now, 00:31:16.679 --> 00:31:17.359 now we can get 00:31:17.359 --> 00:31:17.619 started. 00:31:17.720 --> 00:31:18.199 Everyone's getting 00:31:18.199 --> 00:31:19.079 keyed up for the 00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:19.659 masterpieces. 00:31:19.799 --> 00:31:20.299 Here they come, 00:31:20.619 --> 00:31:21.399 but the auctioneer 00:31:21.399 --> 00:31:21.759 says, 00:31:21.839 --> 00:31:22.519 the auction is 00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:22.839 over. 00:31:23.619 --> 00:31:23.919 What? 00:31:24.819 --> 00:31:25.279 Why? 00:31:25.399 --> 00:31:26.299 How can that 00:31:26.299 --> 00:31:26.679 be? 00:31:26.919 --> 00:31:27.419 This is what we 00:31:27.419 --> 00:31:28.000 came for. 00:31:29.179 --> 00:31:30.259 It's very simple, 00:31:30.339 --> 00:31:30.740 he says. 00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:32.839 According to the 00:31:32.839 --> 00:31:33.599 father's will, 00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:35.699 whoever takes 00:31:35.699 --> 00:31:37.519 the son gets 00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:37.859 it all. 00:31:40.039 --> 00:31:40.980 Whoever takes 00:31:40.980 --> 00:31:41.500 the son, 00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:43.819 gets it all. 00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:47.259 When you enter 00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:48.140 into relationship 00:31:48.140 --> 00:31:49.119 with God the 00:31:49.119 --> 00:31:49.539 father, 00:31:50.180 --> 00:31:51.240 through Jesus 00:31:51.240 --> 00:31:52.359 his son, 00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:54.140 you don't 00:31:54.140 --> 00:31:54.859 merely get 00:31:54.859 --> 00:31:56.099 life one day, 00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:56.640 someday, 00:31:56.839 --> 00:31:57.400 although that's 00:31:57.400 --> 00:31:57.880 wonderful. 00:31:58.900 --> 00:31:59.680 You get 00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:01.240 life every 00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:01.960 day with 00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:02.299 all the 00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:02.980 glorious 00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:04.180 riches of 00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:04.819 the goodness 00:32:04.819 --> 00:32:05.960 and grace 00:32:05.960 --> 00:32:06.880 of God 00:32:06.880 --> 00:32:07.519 himself. 00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:08.720 It's 00:32:08.720 --> 00:32:09.400 yours 00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:10.500 now, 00:32:10.980 --> 00:32:11.480 today. 00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:12.339 and 00:32:12.339 --> 00:32:12.920 every 00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:13.339 day. 00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:14.720 And that's 00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.420 not a secret. 00:32:15.859 --> 00:32:16.240 It's not 00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:16.759 meant to be a 00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:17.259 surprise. 00:32:17.599 --> 00:32:17.880 Jesus, 00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:18.380 the son, 00:32:18.619 --> 00:32:19.059 tells us 00:32:19.059 --> 00:32:19.380 that he 00:32:19.380 --> 00:32:19.680 is the 00:32:19.680 --> 00:32:20.259 good shepherd 00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:21.160 who lays 00:32:21.160 --> 00:32:21.940 down his 00:32:21.940 --> 00:32:22.759 life for 00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:23.339 the sheep. 00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:24.519 The father 00:32:24.519 --> 00:32:25.400 tells us 00:32:25.400 --> 00:32:26.579 if God 00:32:26.579 --> 00:32:26.920 did not 00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:27.440 spare his 00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:27.980 own son, 00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:29.599 but gave 00:32:29.599 --> 00:32:30.119 him up for 00:32:30.119 --> 00:32:30.500 us all, 00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:31.180 how will 00:32:31.180 --> 00:32:31.680 he not 00:32:31.680 --> 00:32:32.680 also along 00:32:32.680 --> 00:32:33.220 with him 00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:34.299 graciously 00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:35.299 give us 00:32:35.299 --> 00:32:36.599 all things, 00:32:36.859 --> 00:32:37.859 all things 00:32:37.859 --> 00:32:38.440 in Jesus? 00:32:38.440 --> 00:32:38.680 Jesus. 00:32:39.880 --> 00:32:40.519 So on 00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:40.759 the night 00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:40.980 he was 00:32:40.980 --> 00:32:41.420 betrayed, 00:32:42.920 --> 00:32:43.640 Jesus 00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:44.259 took bread 00:32:44.259 --> 00:32:46.360 and he 00:32:46.360 --> 00:32:46.860 broke it 00:32:46.860 --> 00:32:48.120 as I 00:32:48.120 --> 00:32:48.559 gave it 00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:48.840 to his 00:32:48.840 --> 00:32:49.320 disciples. 00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:51.620 Just in 00:32:51.620 --> 00:32:51.940 the same 00:32:51.940 --> 00:32:52.600 way that I, 00:32:52.840 --> 00:32:53.320 ministering in 00:32:53.320 --> 00:32:53.720 his name, 00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:54.140 give this 00:32:54.140 --> 00:32:54.559 bread to 00:32:54.559 --> 00:32:54.779 you, 00:32:54.860 --> 00:32:55.220 he said, 00:32:55.299 --> 00:32:55.700 take and 00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:55.960 eat. 00:32:56.700 --> 00:32:57.180 This is 00:32:57.180 --> 00:32:57.900 my body 00:32:57.900 --> 00:32:58.880 broken for 00:32:58.880 --> 00:32:59.160 you. 00:32:59.920 --> 00:33:00.360 Do this 00:33:00.360 --> 00:33:00.860 in remembrance 00:33:00.860 --> 00:33:01.400 of me. 00:33:02.360 --> 00:33:02.759 And in the 00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:03.160 same way, 00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:03.820 after supper, 00:33:03.900 --> 00:33:04.420 he took the 00:33:04.420 --> 00:33:04.960 cup and 00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:05.180 said, 00:33:05.180 --> 00:33:05.799 this cup 00:33:05.799 --> 00:33:06.120 is the 00:33:06.120 --> 00:33:06.340 new 00:33:06.340 --> 00:33:06.740 covenant 00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:07.720 in my 00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:08.200 blood. 00:33:08.600 --> 00:33:09.000 Shed for 00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:09.400 many for 00:33:09.400 --> 00:33:09.860 the forgiveness 00:33:09.860 --> 00:33:10.519 of sins, 00:33:10.860 --> 00:33:11.519 drink from 00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:11.700 it, 00:33:11.820 --> 00:33:12.560 all of you. 00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:13.060 For as 00:33:13.060 --> 00:33:13.539 often as 00:33:13.539 --> 00:33:13.860 you eat 00:33:13.860 --> 00:33:14.400 this bread 00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:15.060 and drink 00:33:15.060 --> 00:33:15.560 this cup, 00:33:15.620 --> 00:33:16.220 you proclaim 00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:16.920 the Lord's 00:33:16.920 --> 00:33:17.400 death 00:33:17.400 --> 00:33:18.640 until he 00:33:18.640 --> 00:33:19.259 comes. 00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:21.140 This is 00:33:21.140 --> 00:33:21.840 the Lord's 00:33:21.840 --> 00:33:22.180 table. 00:33:23.140 --> 00:33:23.420 It's 00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:23.860 another 00:33:23.860 --> 00:33:24.480 picture 00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:25.560 of our 00:33:25.560 --> 00:33:26.279 relationship 00:33:26.279 --> 00:33:27.100 with him, 00:33:27.180 --> 00:33:27.600 just like 00:33:27.600 --> 00:33:28.100 the sheep 00:33:28.100 --> 00:33:28.759 fold is. 00:33:29.920 --> 00:33:30.539 You don't 00:33:30.539 --> 00:33:30.900 get the 00:33:30.900 --> 00:33:31.460 invite to 00:33:31.460 --> 00:33:32.000 this table 00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:32.480 by being 00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:33.320 Presbyterian, 00:33:33.319 --> 00:33:35.379 by being 00:33:35.379 --> 00:33:35.779 moral, 00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:37.960 by being 00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:38.720 pretty good. 00:33:40.539 --> 00:33:41.439 You come 00:33:41.439 --> 00:33:41.679 to the 00:33:41.679 --> 00:33:43.379 table and 00:33:43.379 --> 00:33:43.700 the God 00:33:43.700 --> 00:33:44.159 who sets 00:33:44.159 --> 00:33:45.059 it through 00:33:45.059 --> 00:33:45.500 the door, 00:33:46.399 --> 00:33:47.099 through his 00:33:47.099 --> 00:33:47.819 son, 00:33:48.659 --> 00:33:49.159 and if that 00:33:49.159 --> 00:33:49.439 is your 00:33:49.439 --> 00:33:49.859 hope, 00:33:50.579 --> 00:33:50.980 then you 00:33:50.980 --> 00:33:51.879 come and 00:33:51.879 --> 00:33:52.399 you eat 00:33:52.399 --> 00:33:53.019 with these 00:33:53.019 --> 00:33:53.779 other sheep 00:33:53.779 --> 00:33:54.500 who would 00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:55.519 be hopelessly 00:33:55.519 --> 00:33:56.200 lost without 00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:56.480 him. 00:33:56.539 --> 00:33:56.960 That's all 00:33:56.960 --> 00:33:57.259 of our 00:33:57.259 --> 00:33:57.679 story. 00:33:58.299 --> 00:33:58.839 And who 00:33:58.839 --> 00:33:59.179 have come 00:33:59.179 --> 00:33:59.559 in only 00:33:59.559 --> 00:33:59.799 through 00:33:59.799 --> 00:34:00.119 Jesus. 00:34:01.659 --> 00:34:02.500 If that's 00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:03.059 not your 00:34:03.059 --> 00:34:03.420 hope, 00:34:03.880 --> 00:34:04.420 if you 00:34:04.420 --> 00:34:05.220 don't place 00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:05.900 your trust 00:34:05.900 --> 00:34:06.440 in Jesus 00:34:06.440 --> 00:34:07.180 alone for 00:34:07.180 --> 00:34:07.759 coming into 00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:08.340 relationship 00:34:08.340 --> 00:34:09.039 with God, 00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:09.739 then I 00:34:09.739 --> 00:34:10.199 invite you 00:34:10.199 --> 00:34:10.619 not to 00:34:10.619 --> 00:34:11.119 come and 00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:11.900 partake of 00:34:11.900 --> 00:34:12.480 this table. 00:34:13.340 --> 00:34:14.280 Don't take 00:34:14.280 --> 00:34:14.760 the elements 00:34:14.760 --> 00:34:15.239 this morning. 00:34:15.360 --> 00:34:15.960 It pictures 00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:16.780 that relationship 00:34:16.780 --> 00:34:17.460 with God 00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:18.199 is through 00:34:18.199 --> 00:34:19.159 Jesus alone. 00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:19.980 And if that's 00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:20.599 not something 00:34:20.599 --> 00:34:21.099 that you 00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:22.159 believe personally, 00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:23.199 I would warn 00:34:23.199 --> 00:34:23.800 you not to 00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:24.739 come and 00:34:24.739 --> 00:34:25.800 say something 00:34:25.800 --> 00:34:26.159 that you 00:34:26.159 --> 00:34:26.579 don't really 00:34:26.579 --> 00:34:27.099 believe. 00:34:27.300 --> 00:34:27.639 Plus, 00:34:27.780 --> 00:34:28.719 God warns 00:34:28.719 --> 00:34:29.440 against it 00:34:29.440 --> 00:34:29.800 also. 00:34:31.360 --> 00:34:32.000 God also 00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:33.719 warns not 00:34:33.719 --> 00:34:34.340 having 00:34:34.340 --> 00:34:34.960 relationship 00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:35.579 with him 00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:36.739 any other 00:34:36.739 --> 00:34:37.400 way than 00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:37.739 Jesus. 00:34:39.019 --> 00:34:39.500 So, 00:34:40.579 --> 00:34:41.360 he has 00:34:41.360 --> 00:34:41.940 given you 00:34:41.940 --> 00:34:42.239 Jesus. 00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:44.119 He has 00:34:44.119 --> 00:34:45.079 sent his 00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:46.179 son for 00:34:46.179 --> 00:34:46.500 you that 00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:46.840 you might 00:34:46.840 --> 00:34:47.579 know life, 00:34:48.059 --> 00:34:48.840 life eternal 00:34:48.840 --> 00:34:49.659 and life 00:34:49.659 --> 00:34:50.400 abundant. 00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:51.260 He has 00:34:51.260 --> 00:34:52.000 given you 00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:53.039 the only 00:34:53.039 --> 00:34:54.099 door that 00:34:54.099 --> 00:34:54.880 works, 00:34:55.320 --> 00:34:55.900 the only 00:34:55.900 --> 00:34:56.420 door you 00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:56.699 need. 00:34:56.760 --> 00:34:57.119 You need 00:34:57.119 --> 00:34:57.440 to do 00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:58.659 nothing else. 00:34:58.920 --> 00:34:59.380 Won't you 00:34:59.380 --> 00:35:00.019 come in 00:35:00.019 --> 00:35:00.699 through 00:35:00.699 --> 00:35:01.179 Jesus? 00:35:01.719 --> 00:35:02.000 Let's 00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:02.239 pray. 00:35:04.940 --> 00:35:05.380 Father, 00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:05.860 thank you 00:35:05.860 --> 00:35:07.199 for giving 00:35:07.199 --> 00:35:07.739 the son. 00:35:09.739 --> 00:35:10.420 We come 00:35:10.420 --> 00:35:10.920 to say we 00:35:10.920 --> 00:35:11.400 don't need 00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:12.300 anything else. 00:35:13.719 --> 00:35:14.179 You've 00:35:14.179 --> 00:35:14.619 given us 00:35:14.619 --> 00:35:14.920 in him 00:35:14.920 --> 00:35:15.539 all that 00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:16.019 we need, 00:35:16.139 --> 00:35:16.599 all we 00:35:16.599 --> 00:35:17.239 could imagine, 00:35:17.559 --> 00:35:18.239 the riches 00:35:18.239 --> 00:35:18.739 of your 00:35:18.739 --> 00:35:19.420 glory, 00:35:20.780 --> 00:35:21.199 through his 00:35:21.199 --> 00:35:21.719 body and 00:35:21.719 --> 00:35:22.259 blood given 00:35:22.259 --> 00:35:23.259 for us. 00:35:24.920 --> 00:35:25.139 Would you 00:35:25.139 --> 00:35:25.679 now strengthen 00:35:25.679 --> 00:35:26.179 us through 00:35:26.179 --> 00:35:26.440 that, 00:35:26.820 --> 00:35:27.099 that we 00:35:27.099 --> 00:35:27.619 might live 00:35:27.619 --> 00:35:28.019 with him 00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:28.679 even today. 00:35:28.940 --> 00:35:29.340 We ask 00:35:29.340 --> 00:35:29.719 in his 00:35:29.719 --> 00:35:30.000 name. 00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:31.079 Amen. 00:35:32.880 --> 00:35:33.579 For more 00:35:33.579 --> 00:35:34.099 information, 00:35:34.420 --> 00:35:34.940 visit us 00:35:34.940 --> 00:35:35.639 online at 00:35:35.639 --> 00:35:36.420 southwood.org.