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 And now, for one of those moments between a pastor and his congregation that will be forever immortalized.

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 Goat cheese makes me gag.

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 Goat cheese crumbles on a salad.

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 Gag.

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 Goat cheese melted on a pizza.

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 Gag.

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 I heard that.

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 I'm ignoring it.

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 Goat cheese smeared on a bagel.

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 Gag.

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 Goat cheese is revolting to me.

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 Now, I know some of you may be thinking right now, you're like, oh, the poor pastor.

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 Let's have him over and we'll try to sneak some goat cheese in on him.

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 I'll tell you what.

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 I have this finely tuned goat cheese radar.

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 I can pick it up 300 yards away.

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 There's no getting it by me.

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 Well, that's what makes me gag.

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 What makes you gag?

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 And is it possible to make our Lord and Savior Jesus gag?

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 And the answer to that question is yes.

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 This morning, we're going to see the gag reflex of our risen, radiant, and reigning Lord.

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 He is going to vomit this church out of his mouth.

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 He makes him want to gag.

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 This church of Laodicea.

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 Something triggers his gag reflex.

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 It's a lukewarm, complacent church.

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 A good-for-nothing church makes the risen, radiant, and reigning Jesus nauseous.

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 What is complacency?

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 Well, complacency is like Ebenezer Scrooge before he was transformed.

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 It's this smug self-satisfaction that thinks all is well when all is not well.

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 Let your eyes fall in the middle of verse 17 in which Jesus quotes someone in this church saying,

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 I need nothing.

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 Complacency.

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 Smug satisfaction.

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 For a Christian to say, I need nothing, is a contradiction.

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 And it's revolting to Jesus.

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 It makes him want to gag.

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 This letter isn't just a criticism of a complacent church.

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 It is that.

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 And it would do us well to have ears to hear.

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 But this letter, it also offers the cure to a complacent church.

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 And that cure is knocking on their door.

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 For the last several weeks, we've been making our way through the book of Revelation.

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 And the seven letters to the seven churches in Asia Minor.

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 Jesus, the risen one, had appeared to John on the island of Patmos, who was there because he was exiled for witnessing to Jesus.

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 And Jesus appears to him and has him dictate seven letters to these seven churches in what's now present-day Turkey.

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 And he tells them to write these words down and then distribute them all to the seven churches so that all these churches can hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches.

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 And what we know is that each of the compromise that's tempting them is lukewarmness, complacency.

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 So what is Jesus going to say to this complacent, lukewarm church?

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 This church that's indifferent to him, that's ignoring him, that's functionally put him out of the church.

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 What's he going to say to them?

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 I believe the chief threat to our church today is this threat, complacency.

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 That we've got it all together.

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 That all is well when not all is well.

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 That somehow we begin to blend in, shrink back, shut up, and become indistinguishable from the non-believing culture around us.

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 That's our biggest threat that we face.

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 And Jesus, we're going to see him not only gag, we're going to see him grace.

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 The way we keep Jesus from gagging is to throw open the door of complete surrender.

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 It's the only way to respond to his grace.

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 There are seven features to this particular letter to Laodicea.

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 We've seen them in the other letters.

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 It's a similar structure.

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 There's a little bit of difference here.

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 I want to bring us through each feature starts with C.

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 So let's start with feature number one, the church in Laodicea.

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 This church that's gagging the risen, radiant, and reigning Christ.

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 Let me give you a little history.

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 Maybe you don't know this.

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 In the book of Colossians, Paul wrote that in 62 AD.

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 In at least four places in that book, Paul references the church in Laodicea.

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 Chapter 2, verse 1.

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 Chapter 4, verse 13, 15, and 16.

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 In fact, the letter to the Colossians, they were to read, and then they were going to send

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 that letter 10 miles to Laodicea.

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 And the letter that Paul wrote to Laodicea, they were to send back 10 miles to Colossians

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 for them to read.

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 We don't have that letter to Laodicea, though.

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 Makes you wonder what Paul wrote to them, doesn't it?

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 All this to say, by the time that Jesus is dictating this letter to John to give to these Laodiceans,

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 it's 34 years later.

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 Roughly one generation.

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 One generation to become complacent.

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 To become lukewarm.

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 What happened?

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 Well, in large part, what happened has to do with the city that it's in.

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 Laodicea was in a river valley, but the water was awful.

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 It was terrible water for them to drink.

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 In fact, there is still this stone pipeline coming into Laodicea today, in which they pumped

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 water in.

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 But Laodicea was even in this fertile valley with lousy water, they were on this crossroads

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 of these trade routes.

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 And so this city was a banking juggernaut.

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 It was a banking center.

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 Very rich.

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 Very rich.

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 A lot of gold.

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 More gold here than any other city know what to do with.

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 In fact, just to give you a sample of it, in 60 AD, there was this earthquake in the

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 region, and it basically raised Laodicea, as well as some of the other cities around it.

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 But Rome comes in and says, Laodicea, how can we help?

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 We can fund it.

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 We can help you rebuild it.

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 And Laodicea said, nah, we can self-fund it.

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 We can self-build it.

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 This city was loaded.

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 People were coming from all around to do their banking in Laodicea.

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 It was a banking center.

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 And they were finding their security in the amount of gold that they had.

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 But this is just not a banking center.

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 This was a fashion center.

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 They were producing some pretty, lovely clothing.

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 And this fertile river valley that they were in, they raised sheep in.

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 And these sheep produced a fine, glossy, black wool that was world-renowned.

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 And so if you're living in Laodicea today, or you're, let's say, in Ephesus, and someone

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 walks up in this really nice kind of black, glossy wool outfit, and you're kind of like,

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 where's that from?

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 I mean, get the tag on it?

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 It says, made in Laodicea.

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 You're like, ooh.

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 It's like made in Paris.

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 Made in New York.

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 Not made in Kenosha.

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 It was status.

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 A lot of self-style going on here.

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 They were finding identity in this textile industry.

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 They were known for it.

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 It was a lovely wool.

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 It's just not a fashion center.

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 It was a medical center, too.

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 They had a medical college in Laodicea at the time.

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 And they specialized in ophthalmology.

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 They were helping people see better.

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 They were producing this eye salve, this eye gauze with phrygian powder that was used to

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 help people see better.

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 They were self-healers.

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 Man, this banking center, and so there was security of gold.

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 It was a fashion center, so they had this sense of identity and style and status.

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 And it was a medical center.

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 They could set their hope on what medicine could avail itself to.

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 Abundance.

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 Affluence.

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 It's ripe to be self-sufficient.

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 To think that we've done all this.

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 I don't know about you, but is this starting to sound a little familiar?

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 Of all the cities, Laodicea is most like American culture.

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 High values on wealth.

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 High values on clothing.

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 High values on health.

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 And a high value on self-sufficiency.

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 Pull yourself up by your own bootstraps.

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 Get her done.

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 Every city posed a unique compromise to the church living there.

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 And Laodicea was posing a temptation to compromise along the lines of complacency.

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 Finding your security in gold.

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 Finding your status in what you wear.

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 Finding your, putting your hope in what some kind of medicine offers.

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 Those are all good things in their own.

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 But when they become ultimate things, they're taking the place of someone else.

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 This is why throughout these letters, we see Jesus repeatedly calling these churches to overcome.

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 To conquer.

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 To overcome the temptations to compromise.

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 Because ultimately, compromising means putting Jesus on the outside.

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 And it makes him want to gag.

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 This is the church.

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 Now let's look at the Christ.

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 The second feature.

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 And Jesus has something specific he wants to say.

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 And he wants to make sure this church knows who's saying it.

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 So we read in 3.14.

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 To the angel of the church in Laodicea write the words of the amen.

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 Can I have an amen?

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 The words of the amen.

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 The faithful and true witness.

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 The beginning of God's creation.

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 He is the amen.

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 Now when you hear the words amen, you're probably thinking,

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 well I say that when I'm done praying.

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 Amen.

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 And you know what you're saying?

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 You're saying, make that true.

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 May it be.

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 So be it.

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 Jesus would use this word not at the end of a sentence,

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 so much as at the beginning of a sentence,

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 when he'd say something like this.

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 Truly, truly, I say to you.

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 Amen, amen, I say to you.

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 Verily, verily, I say unto you.

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 Truly, truly.

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 Amen, amen, I say to you.

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 What he's saying is, this is the truth.

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 And so when Jesus says, these are the words of the amen,

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 he's saying, these are the words of the final word.

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 The last word.

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 The true word.

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 And then he goes on to say that these are the words of the faithful and true witness.

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 He's used that in 1-5 and he will use it again in 1911.

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 But he's the ace witness.

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 The witness that you call in and you have complete trust in.

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 He is, words are faithful, reliable, they're true, they're accurate.

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 What he has to say is the definitive statement on it.

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 He is the ace witness.

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 That's why Jesus says in Matthew chapter 7,

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 when he teaches the Sermon on the Mount,

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 he says, as anybody hears my words,

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 and he builds his life upon my words,

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 it's like a guy who builds his house on the rock.

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 Reliable, accurate, true.

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 He is the amen.

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 He is the ace witness speaking to a situation.

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 And he's the beginning of God's creation.

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 The Greek word is the word arche.

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 A-R-C-H-E with a little thing over the E.

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 Arche.

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 We see this word shown up in Colossians chapter 1 verse 18

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 where Paul writing to the Colossians says that Jesus is the beginning.

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 And when you hear those words,

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 the beginning of God's creation,

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 you may be thinking, first in a sequence.

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 But that's not what it really means.

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 What this arche of God's creation is,

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 it's the fountainhead of creation.

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 The source of all that follows after it.

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 And so, understanding it that way,

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 do you know what Jesus is really saying here?

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 I am the creator of God's creation.

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 It's what Paul says in Colossians 1 verse 17,

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 all things were created through him, Jesus,

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 and for him, Jesus.

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 And the Laodiceans would have had that in print

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 in their place of worship.

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 They had gotten that letter.

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 Here's why this is so significant.

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 Jesus, as the arche of God's creation,

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 the source of it all,

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 he's the all-sufficient one.

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 He's got everything that they need.

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 And so, when they say,

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 I need nothing,

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 it makes Jesus gag.

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 I'm the arche of God's creation.

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 How can you say that?

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 So, this is the one speaking to this church.

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 The amen, the ace witness,

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 the arche of God's creation.

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 And he makes a claim,

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 the third feature,

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 claim.

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 It's in verse 15.

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 I know your works.

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 I know your works.

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 He's virtually said the same thing

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 to every one of the six churches

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 up until this point.

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 He's,

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 chapter 2 verse 2,

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 chapter 2 verse 9,

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 chapter 2 verse 13,

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 chapter 2 verse 19,

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 chapter 3 verse 1,

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 chapter 3 verse 8,

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 and here in 315,

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 I know your works.

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 I know what's going on.

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 I see everything.

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 My fire eyes see everything.

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 I know you.

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 I know your city.

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 I know the pressures to conform

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 and compromise

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 that you are facing right now.

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 He knows it all.

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 And he also knows

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 what it's like

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 to be tempted to compromise.

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 Matthew chapter 4,

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 Satan tempts Jesus

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 three times to compromise.

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 In Gethsemane,

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 Jesus prays

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 and is faithful

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 to God's call

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 to die for his people

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 on the cross

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 and not compromise.

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 Jesus knows.

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 He knows what they're facing

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 and he knows what it's like

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 to be tempted to compromise.

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 He knows that this church,

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 he knows it is compromising.

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 He knows that this church

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 has been making one compromise

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 after the next

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 for the last three decades

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 and drifting into a comfortable

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 complacency of cluelessness.

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 He knows.

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 it's a good thing that he knows.

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 He knows.

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 Our Lord, risen, radiant, and reigning

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 is on the lookout for his church.

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 He knows.

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 He's the amen.

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 He's the ace witness.

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 He's the archae of creation.

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 He knows the Laodiceans' works.

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 They make him want to gag.

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 And he knows our works.

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 That's the claim.

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 Now, let's turn to the critique.

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 I certainly don't want to make

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 Jesus gag, do you?

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 No.

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 Let's see what he has to say

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 in this critique,

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 this rebuke.

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 And this rebuke

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 takes up the most

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 of this passage,

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 verses 15, 16, and 17.

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 And in this,

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 I want you to see

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 his critique

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 covering three things.

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 He addresses

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 the nauseating condition

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 of this church.

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 And then he goes

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 from there

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 and he talks

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 about the notorious

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 cause

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 of that condition.

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 And then,

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 if that's not enough,

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 he addresses this

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 not-so-obvious

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 complication

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 to the condition.

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 Bear with me.

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 Let's start off with

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 the nauseating condition

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 of this church.

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 We read in verse 15,

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 I know your works,

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 you are neither cold

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 nor hot.

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 Would that you were

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 either cold or hot.

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 So because you are

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 lukewarm

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 and neither hot

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 nor cold,

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 I will spit you

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 out of my mouth.

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 Did you notice

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 three times

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 Jesus uses explicitly

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 hot, cold language?

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 Did you notice that?

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 He's making a point.

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 He's appealing

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 to something

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 that all of these

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 Christians in Laodicea

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 would have been able

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 to relate with.

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 Hierapolis was a city

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 six miles away.

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 They had these hot springs

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 and they were very helpful

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 medicinally.

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 And so here was a use

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 for hot water

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 that got something

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 good done.

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 And then in Colossians,

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 Colossi,

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 about ten miles away

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 the other direction,

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 there was this

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 cold mountain

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 river water

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 that would come out

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 cold and clean.

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 And that cold water

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 had a function

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 in that city.

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 It was good.

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 It was useful.

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 But in Laodicea,

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 they had

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 petrid,

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 putrid,

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 lukewarm water

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 that was of no use.

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 And so when Jesus says,

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 hey,

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 you're either,

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 neither hot nor cold,

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 what he's saying is,

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 I've got no use for you.

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 water.

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 You're useless.

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 This metaphor

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 of temperature

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 related to water

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 is a metaphor

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 of usefulness.

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 And so when he says,

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 with that you were

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 either cold or hot,

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 he's saying,

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 I wish I could do

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 something with you.

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 But you're good for nothing.

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 You're finding your security

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 in gold.

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 You are finding

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 your worth

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 in your style.

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 You're putting your hope

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 in this medicine

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 or things like that.

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 You're blending in.

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 You're shrinking back.

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 You're shutting up.

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 You're adrift.

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 Good for nothing.

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 These Christians

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 in Laodicea,

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 they were spiritually

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 indifferent to Jesus.

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 They were spiritually

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 complacent regarding Jesus.

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 They were lazy

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 about Jesus.

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 And Jesus

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 knows their works

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 and it makes him

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 want to gag.

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 Did you see that

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 in verse 16?

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 So because you are lukewarm,

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 good for nothing,

00:22:13.719 --> 00:22:14.599
 neither hot nor cold,

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 I will spit you

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 out of my mouth.

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 What a picture.

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 Literally,

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 to vomit you out.

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 Whatever is the cause

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 of this

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 is revolting to Jesus.

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 The lukewarmness

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 is symptomatic

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 of a deeper rooted issue.

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 And so we've looked

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 at the nauseating condition

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 of lukewarmness,

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 this complacency

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 that has come from

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 just blending

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 into the culture.

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 Now let's look

00:22:53.420 --> 00:22:54.779
 at the notorious cause

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 in verse 17.

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 This is all part

00:22:57.720 --> 00:22:58.380
 of his critique.

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 Jesus says,

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 for you say,

00:23:01.579 --> 00:23:02.319
 that word for

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 is important.

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 You're lukewarm

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 because of this.

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 for you say,

00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:08.319
 quote,

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 I am rich.

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 I have prospered.

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 I need nothing.

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 Now,

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 is being rich wrong?

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 No.

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 1 Timothy 6 says,

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 it's the love of money

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 that is the root

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 of all evil.

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 It looks like

00:23:29.139 --> 00:23:30.059
 they were loving money

00:23:30.059 --> 00:23:30.899
 a little too much.

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 They're trying to find

00:23:32.959 --> 00:23:33.719
 their security

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 in their bank account.

00:23:38.140 --> 00:23:38.880
 They were saying,

00:23:38.980 --> 00:23:40.079
 I have prospered.

00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:41.500
 The idea behind that is,

00:23:41.579 --> 00:23:41.660
 hey,

00:23:41.700 --> 00:23:42.579
 I've seen some measure

00:23:42.579 --> 00:23:43.339
 of success.

00:23:45.120 --> 00:23:46.620
 In the Laodiceans' eyes,

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 I've kind of arrived.

00:23:48.920 --> 00:23:50.019
 You should see my resume.

00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:52.740
 And did you notice

00:23:52.740 --> 00:23:53.720
 all the I's?

00:23:54.059 --> 00:23:55.000
 I am rich.

00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:56.400
 I have prospered.

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 I need nothing.

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 If there was a flag

00:24:01.799 --> 00:24:02.720
 to be flying

00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:04.119
 over the church

00:24:04.119 --> 00:24:05.400
 of Laodicea,

00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:07.059
 it wouldn't be,

00:24:07.460 --> 00:24:08.660
 Jesus is everything.

00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:10.140
 It would be,

00:24:10.920 --> 00:24:12.000
 I need nothing.

00:24:13.099 --> 00:24:13.700
 The motto

00:24:13.700 --> 00:24:14.759
 of the self-sufficient.

00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:21.740
 It is a manifestation

00:24:21.740 --> 00:24:22.640
 of pride.

00:24:24.140 --> 00:24:25.240
 I don't need anything.

00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:27.400
 I've got it all covered.

00:24:28.619 --> 00:24:29.940
 And Jesus finds it

00:24:29.940 --> 00:24:30.539
 nauseating.

00:24:31.960 --> 00:24:33.240
 Because the archa

00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:34.559
 of God's creation

00:24:34.559 --> 00:24:36.039
 has everything

00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:36.960
 they truly need.

00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:45.039
 We go on to read

00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:45.880
 in verse 17.

00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:49.120
 You say,

00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:51.559
 I'm rich,

00:24:51.660 --> 00:24:52.539
 I've prospered,

00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:53.400
 and I need nothing,

00:24:53.620 --> 00:24:54.900
 not realizing

00:24:54.900 --> 00:24:56.160
 that you are wretched,

00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:57.440
 pitiable,

00:24:58.039 --> 00:24:58.420
 poor,

00:24:58.680 --> 00:24:59.079
 blind,

00:24:59.160 --> 00:24:59.420
 and naked.

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 And here's the rebuke.

00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:02.559
 Here's where it comes

00:25:02.559 --> 00:25:03.180
 in strong.

00:25:03.920 --> 00:25:05.420
 You think you're this,

00:25:05.920 --> 00:25:06.940
 not realizing

00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:08.960
 you're really this.

00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:11.940
 And what he describes

00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:13.400
 is a contradiction.

00:25:15.100 --> 00:25:16.100
 They think

00:25:16.100 --> 00:25:16.820
 that they

00:25:16.820 --> 00:25:18.160
 have arrived.

00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:20.380
 But Jesus is saying,

00:25:21.059 --> 00:25:22.080
 you're not even close.

00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:27.380
 That word wretched,

00:25:28.680 --> 00:25:29.779
 it's better to paint

00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.500
 a picture of it.

00:25:31.500 --> 00:25:32.799
 Imagine downtown

00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:34.000
 Chicago,

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:35.460
 the magnificent mile,

00:25:35.460 --> 00:25:36.920
 and you see all

00:25:36.920 --> 00:25:37.620
 the wealth

00:25:37.620 --> 00:25:38.519
 and the lights

00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:40.240
 and the classy people

00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:41.700
 wearing really nice clothes

00:25:41.700 --> 00:25:43.079
 and people seem

00:25:43.079 --> 00:25:43.720
 to be pictures

00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:44.480
 of health.

00:25:45.920 --> 00:25:46.860
 That's who they

00:25:46.860 --> 00:25:47.759
 thought they were.

00:25:48.620 --> 00:25:49.259
 And what Jesus

00:25:49.259 --> 00:25:49.799
 is saying,

00:25:50.160 --> 00:25:51.019
 you're not downtown

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:51.640
 Chicago,

00:25:52.420 --> 00:25:53.400
 you're Aleppo,

00:25:53.640 --> 00:25:53.960
 Syria.

00:25:55.120 --> 00:25:55.600
 Have you seen

00:25:55.600 --> 00:25:56.319
 pictures of Aleppo,

00:25:56.420 --> 00:25:56.640
 Syria?

00:25:56.640 --> 00:26:01.560
 these tan,

00:26:01.780 --> 00:26:02.660
 sand-colored

00:26:02.660 --> 00:26:04.220
 apartment buildings,

00:26:04.920 --> 00:26:06.100
 multi-stories high,

00:26:06.759 --> 00:26:07.620
 bombed out,

00:26:08.100 --> 00:26:09.060
 windows burst,

00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:10.880
 rebar all over the place,

00:26:11.280 --> 00:26:12.060
 piles of rubber

00:26:12.060 --> 00:26:12.460
 stacked,

00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:14.060
 rubble stacked everywhere,

00:26:14.620 --> 00:26:15.180
 plundered,

00:26:15.580 --> 00:26:16.040
 desolate,

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:16.840
 ruined,

00:26:17.100 --> 00:26:17.820
 that's wretched.

00:26:20.280 --> 00:26:21.240
 Jesus is saying,

00:26:21.340 --> 00:26:22.220
 you're nowhere close.

00:26:23.420 --> 00:26:25.740
 You are in great need.

00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:25.799
 need.

00:26:27.099 --> 00:26:30.799
 And the Laodiceans

00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:31.559
 were thinking that,

00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:32.400
 hey, we've arrived,

00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:33.259
 we're impressive,

00:26:33.819 --> 00:26:34.599
 we need nothing.

00:26:35.259 --> 00:26:36.000
 And Jesus is like,

00:26:36.099 --> 00:26:36.380
 no,

00:26:37.120 --> 00:26:37.980
 you're wretched

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:38.779
 and pitiful.

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:41.539
 You need help.

00:26:42.880 --> 00:26:44.079
 You're in great need.

00:26:44.620 --> 00:26:45.039
 And then Jesus

00:26:45.039 --> 00:26:45.859
 goes on to say

00:26:45.859 --> 00:26:46.759
 three things.

00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:47.799
 You're poor,

00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:48.799
 you're blind,

00:26:49.019 --> 00:26:49.660
 you're naked.

00:26:49.940 --> 00:26:50.660
 You're not rich,

00:26:50.720 --> 00:26:51.240
 you're poor.

00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:52.319
 And he's not talking

00:26:52.319 --> 00:26:53.519
 about jingle money,

00:26:54.339 --> 00:26:55.120
 he's talking about

00:26:55.120 --> 00:26:56.400
 in God's economy,

00:26:57.079 --> 00:26:58.200
 they are spiritually,

00:26:58.740 --> 00:27:00.240
 seriously in deficit.

00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:03.259
 And they're not prospering,

00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:03.880
 they're blind,

00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:04.839
 they don't see.

00:27:05.579 --> 00:27:07.180
 They're not seeing the world

00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:08.400
 as God sees the world.

00:27:08.500 --> 00:27:09.200
 They don't have the

00:27:09.200 --> 00:27:10.759
 spiritual sight

00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:12.299
 with which they must be seeing.

00:27:12.480 --> 00:27:13.240
 They're blind.

00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:15.779
 They don't see

00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:16.839
 what's going on.

00:27:18.200 --> 00:27:19.259
 And they're naked.

00:27:20.380 --> 00:27:21.380
 Before God,

00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:22.120
 Coram Deo,

00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:23.339
 they are completely

00:27:23.339 --> 00:27:24.640
 exposed before Him.

00:27:26.819 --> 00:27:28.079
 Shameful nakedness.

00:27:29.720 --> 00:27:31.160
 They're not well dressed.

00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:33.880
 They're exposed.

00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:36.460
 The difference is

00:27:36.460 --> 00:27:38.120
 what the world thinks

00:27:38.120 --> 00:27:39.380
 versus what God thinks.

00:27:40.099 --> 00:27:40.960
 God's perspective.

00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:42.660
 And Jesus has given

00:27:42.660 --> 00:27:43.519
 both barrels.

00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:47.940
 What He's saying is,

00:27:48.700 --> 00:27:49.960
 you're a living contradiction.

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:52.559
 It's making me sick.

00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:56.400
 Remember John 15, 5?

00:27:57.860 --> 00:27:58.860
 Matt alluded to it

00:27:58.860 --> 00:27:59.480
 in his prayer.

00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:00.920
 Jesus says,

00:28:01.079 --> 00:28:01.840
 I am the vine,

00:28:01.980 --> 00:28:02.819
 you are the branches.

00:28:03.279 --> 00:28:04.440
 He who abides in me

00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:05.180
 and I in him,

00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:07.259
 he will bear much fruit.

00:28:07.640 --> 00:28:08.400
 But apart from me,

00:28:08.420 --> 00:28:09.059
 you can do nothing.

00:28:10.960 --> 00:28:13.100
 And these Christians

00:28:13.100 --> 00:28:14.140
 in Laodicea

00:28:14.140 --> 00:28:16.940
 had pulled up the flag,

00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:18.120
 I need nothing.

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:21.440
 They thought that apart from Him,

00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:22.440
 they could do everything.

00:28:25.019 --> 00:28:26.039
 It's not true.

00:28:26.880 --> 00:28:28.340
 So Jesus is pointing out

00:28:28.340 --> 00:28:29.240
 this contradiction

00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:31.500
 that He can see,

00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:34.299
 but they seemingly

00:28:34.299 --> 00:28:36.819
 cannot see.

00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:40.059
 The notorious cause

00:28:40.059 --> 00:28:41.619
 of their lukewarmness

00:28:41.619 --> 00:28:45.460
 is their self-sufficiency.

00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:48.039
 It's their pride.

00:28:49.500 --> 00:28:50.880
 It's thinking that there's something

00:28:50.880 --> 00:28:51.519
 when they're not.

00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:53.480
 And we know that God

00:28:53.480 --> 00:28:54.500
 opposes the proud.

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:57.119
 Nobody gives grace

00:28:57.119 --> 00:28:57.640
 to the humble.

00:28:57.640 --> 00:29:02.259
 There's a not so obvious

00:29:02.259 --> 00:29:03.700
 complication to this

00:29:03.700 --> 00:29:05.140
 condition.

00:29:07.020 --> 00:29:08.540
 Jesus points it out,

00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:09.380
 says it,

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:10.120
 for you say,

00:29:10.220 --> 00:29:10.640
 I am rich,

00:29:10.700 --> 00:29:11.640
 I have prospered,

00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:12.420
 I need nothing,

00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:14.259
 not realizing

00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:15.360
 that you are wretched,

00:29:15.580 --> 00:29:15.960
 pitiful,

00:29:16.400 --> 00:29:16.759
 pitiable,

00:29:16.920 --> 00:29:17.120
 poor,

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:17.480
 blind,

00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:17.880
 and naked.

00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:18.620
 You see,

00:29:19.020 --> 00:29:20.920
 this condition

00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:23.759
 of spiritual complacency

00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:24.300
 in a church,

00:29:24.440 --> 00:29:25.240
 do you know what it does?

00:29:26.120 --> 00:29:28.599
 It's like glaucoma.

00:29:30.339 --> 00:29:31.900
 You can't see it.

00:29:33.400 --> 00:29:34.620
 You can't see it

00:29:34.620 --> 00:29:35.839
 when you're in the midst of it.

00:29:38.079 --> 00:29:39.579
 You don't recognize

00:29:39.579 --> 00:29:40.400
 the condition

00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:41.200
 that you're in.

00:29:42.120 --> 00:29:43.460
 One of the greatest challenges

00:29:43.460 --> 00:29:44.599
 that I can face

00:29:44.599 --> 00:29:45.720
 pastorally

00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:47.220
 is trying to help people

00:29:47.220 --> 00:29:48.339
 see things

00:29:48.339 --> 00:29:49.640
 that they don't have

00:29:49.640 --> 00:29:50.599
 eyes to see.

00:29:50.599 --> 00:29:51.099
 See?

00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:58.120
 This is the critique.

00:29:59.220 --> 00:30:00.599
 It's a nauseating condition.

00:30:01.400 --> 00:30:02.859
 It's a notorious cause,

00:30:03.120 --> 00:30:03.920
 self-sufficiency,

00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:05.980
 and it's a not so obvious

00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:06.980
 complication.

00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:09.259
 They can't see it themselves.

00:30:09.880 --> 00:30:10.779
 That's why Jesus

00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:11.620
 is pointing it out.

00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:15.519
 So they've compromised.

00:30:16.880 --> 00:30:18.079
 They've blended in.

00:30:20.140 --> 00:30:21.200
 They've shut up.

00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:22.319
 They're not talking

00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:23.359
 anything about Jesus

00:30:23.359 --> 00:30:23.960
 to anybody.

00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:27.180
 They're indiscriminate

00:30:27.180 --> 00:30:28.940
 or indistinguishable

00:30:28.940 --> 00:30:30.400
 from the culture

00:30:30.400 --> 00:30:31.180
 that they were in.

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:36.340
 And Jesus

00:30:36.340 --> 00:30:37.620
 criticizes them for it.

00:30:37.700 --> 00:30:38.779
 He rebukes them.

00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:42.039
 But He doesn't stay there.

00:30:43.799 --> 00:30:45.920
 This criticism

00:30:45.920 --> 00:30:47.240
 moves to

00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:48.360
 correction

00:30:48.360 --> 00:30:49.799
 in verse 18.

00:30:50.120 --> 00:30:51.039
 This is the fifth C.

00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:53.539
 and it's a corrective

00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:53.960
 counsel.

00:30:55.159 --> 00:30:56.279
 He's so classy.

00:30:57.579 --> 00:30:58.559
 Jesus is so

00:30:58.559 --> 00:30:59.259
 classy.

00:31:01.420 --> 00:31:02.339
 He says to them,

00:31:02.420 --> 00:31:03.200
 I counsel you

00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:04.139
 to buy from me

00:31:04.139 --> 00:31:05.980
 gold refined by fire

00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:07.059
 so that you may be rich,

00:31:07.440 --> 00:31:08.159
 and white garments

00:31:08.159 --> 00:31:08.799
 so that you may

00:31:08.799 --> 00:31:09.599
 clothe yourselves

00:31:09.599 --> 00:31:10.480
 and the shame

00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:11.200
 of your nakedness

00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:11.899
 may not be seen,

00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:13.200
 and salve to anoint

00:31:13.200 --> 00:31:13.759
 your eyes

00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:14.899
 so that you may see.

00:31:14.900 --> 00:31:16.620
 The key words

00:31:16.620 --> 00:31:17.280
 that you need to see

00:31:17.280 --> 00:31:17.800
 out of the gate

00:31:17.800 --> 00:31:18.720
 in verse 18

00:31:18.720 --> 00:31:20.640
 is from me.

00:31:21.880 --> 00:31:23.500
 I counsel you

00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:26.700
 to buy from me.

00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:28.220
 It's diametrically

00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:29.620
 opposed to the three

00:31:29.620 --> 00:31:30.920
 eyes of verse 17.

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:32.120
 I am rich.

00:31:32.380 --> 00:31:33.420
 I have prospered.

00:31:33.540 --> 00:31:34.380
 I need nothing.

00:31:34.780 --> 00:31:35.480
 Jesus is saying,

00:31:35.780 --> 00:31:36.380
 no, no, no, no, no.

00:31:36.620 --> 00:31:37.440
 You need,

00:31:37.540 --> 00:31:38.740
 you need something,

00:31:39.080 --> 00:31:40.000
 and you need to get it

00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:40.519
 from me.

00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:44.879
 What he offers,

00:31:45.160 --> 00:31:46.599
 we can't produce ourselves.

00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:48.079
 Only he can.

00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:49.960
 And there's three items

00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:50.559
 that he says

00:31:50.559 --> 00:31:51.700
 we need to purchase for him.

00:31:51.960 --> 00:31:52.500
 And by the way,

00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:53.379
 the buy language,

00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:54.859
 he's just riffing off

00:31:54.859 --> 00:31:55.980
 the Laodicean culture.

00:31:56.299 --> 00:31:56.680
 He's like,

00:31:56.859 --> 00:31:57.519
 hey, you know what?

00:31:57.559 --> 00:31:58.660
 You've been buying over here.

00:31:58.940 --> 00:31:59.559
 Stop it.

00:31:59.920 --> 00:32:01.220
 Buy from me now.

00:32:01.359 --> 00:32:02.900
 I've got what you need.

00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:04.960
 The first one is

00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:06.819
 buy from me gold

00:32:06.819 --> 00:32:08.440
 refined by fire.

00:32:08.839 --> 00:32:09.660
 You're poor.

00:32:09.660 --> 00:32:11.120
 I've got the gold.

00:32:11.300 --> 00:32:12.320
 And he's not talking

00:32:12.320 --> 00:32:13.100
 about the gold

00:32:13.100 --> 00:32:14.980
 on the periodic table

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:15.980
 of the elements.

00:32:16.160 --> 00:32:16.840
 He's talking about

00:32:16.840 --> 00:32:17.880
 a different kind of gold

00:32:17.880 --> 00:32:20.759
 that is extremely valuable

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.860
 in God's economy.

00:32:22.080 --> 00:32:23.200
 If you flip over

00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:24.240
 to 1 Peter,

00:32:24.840 --> 00:32:25.960
 you'll see it.

00:32:27.040 --> 00:32:28.540
 1 Peter chapter 1,

00:32:29.600 --> 00:32:31.500
 verses 6 and 7,

00:32:32.340 --> 00:32:33.480
 we read this.

00:32:33.779 --> 00:32:35.620
 In this you rejoice,

00:32:35.840 --> 00:32:36.980
 though now for a little while,

00:32:37.100 --> 00:32:37.980
 if necessary,

00:32:37.980 --> 00:32:39.480
 you've been grieved

00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:40.759
 by various trials.

00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:41.539
 Verse 7,

00:32:42.120 --> 00:32:43.759
 so that the tested

00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:46.440
 genuineness of your faith,

00:32:47.299 --> 00:32:48.339
 more precious

00:32:48.339 --> 00:32:50.299
 than gold

00:32:50.299 --> 00:32:51.700
 that perishes,

00:32:52.220 --> 00:32:53.819
 though it's tested by fire,

00:32:54.099 --> 00:32:55.319
 may be found to result

00:32:55.319 --> 00:32:56.220
 in praise and glory

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:56.660
 and honor

00:32:56.660 --> 00:32:57.360
 at the revelation

00:32:57.360 --> 00:32:58.259
 of Jesus Christ.

00:32:58.779 --> 00:33:00.140
 What is this gold

00:33:00.140 --> 00:33:01.440
 that Jesus is offering

00:33:01.440 --> 00:33:02.640
 refined by fire?

00:33:02.640 --> 00:33:05.200
 It is a witness.

00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:08.600
 It is a faith.

00:33:09.860 --> 00:33:12.360
 It is a steadfast,

00:33:12.520 --> 00:33:13.460
 overcoming,

00:33:13.820 --> 00:33:16.080
 proven faith in Jesus

00:33:16.080 --> 00:33:18.160
 that gives you the guts

00:33:18.160 --> 00:33:19.259
 to speak of him

00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:22.520
 even if it makes you poor.

00:33:24.100 --> 00:33:28.480
 Flip over to Revelation chapter 2,

00:33:28.560 --> 00:33:29.520
 verse 9,

00:33:30.180 --> 00:33:31.380
 to the church in Smyrna.

00:33:31.380 --> 00:33:33.160
 I know your tribulation

00:33:33.160 --> 00:33:34.520
 and your poverty,

00:33:36.080 --> 00:33:40.680
 but you are rich.

00:33:42.300 --> 00:33:43.440
 Spiritually rich.

00:33:46.860 --> 00:33:48.980
 They had faith

00:33:48.980 --> 00:33:51.440
 that had been proven

00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:53.620
 through suffering,

00:33:54.320 --> 00:33:55.720
 and it's cost them.

00:33:56.580 --> 00:33:58.260
 It's cost them wealth,

00:33:58.460 --> 00:33:59.220
 and Jesus is saying,

00:33:59.220 --> 00:34:00.319
 oh, you're rich in my eyes

00:34:00.319 --> 00:34:02.380
 to those in Smyrna,

00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:03.420
 and ironically,

00:34:03.640 --> 00:34:04.279
 he's saying to those

00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:04.940
 in Laodicea,

00:34:05.460 --> 00:34:06.860
 you may be loaded

00:34:06.860 --> 00:34:08.460
 with gold,

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:10.039
 AU,

00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:11.400
 on the periodic table,

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:13.639
 but you are poor

00:34:13.639 --> 00:34:15.760
 in my economy.

00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:18.039
 You see,

00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:21.400
 the Laodicean banks

00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:22.840
 couldn't offer

00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:24.139
 these Christians

00:34:24.139 --> 00:34:25.599
 what only Jesus can.

00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:27.820
 He said,

00:34:28.199 --> 00:34:28.920
 buy it from me.

00:34:29.219 --> 00:34:31.879
 The second item

00:34:31.879 --> 00:34:33.980
 Jesus wants to sell us

00:34:33.980 --> 00:34:34.939
 to give us

00:34:34.939 --> 00:34:36.779
 is white garments.

00:34:37.899 --> 00:34:38.539
 In Revelation,

00:34:38.739 --> 00:34:39.299
 white garments

00:34:39.299 --> 00:34:39.899
 are connected

00:34:39.899 --> 00:34:41.639
 to holy living,

00:34:41.779 --> 00:34:42.799
 and they're given

00:34:42.799 --> 00:34:45.159
 to God's own.

00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:46.799
 And what makes them

00:34:46.799 --> 00:34:47.219
 white

00:34:47.219 --> 00:34:49.299
 is that in chapter 7,

00:34:49.359 --> 00:34:49.779
 verse 10,

00:34:49.879 --> 00:34:50.519
 is that they are

00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:52.019
 washed white

00:34:52.019 --> 00:34:53.799
 in the blood

00:34:53.799 --> 00:34:54.279
 of the Lamb.

00:34:54.280 --> 00:34:56.940
 these white garments,

00:34:57.620 --> 00:34:59.160
 these are what

00:34:59.160 --> 00:35:00.820
 cover a sinner

00:35:00.820 --> 00:35:02.580
 in the eyes of God.

00:35:03.500 --> 00:35:04.220
 It forgives

00:35:04.220 --> 00:35:05.360
 all of our sin.

00:35:05.420 --> 00:35:06.160
 These are the very

00:35:06.160 --> 00:35:06.980
 white,

00:35:07.620 --> 00:35:08.700
 righteous garments

00:35:08.700 --> 00:35:10.320
 of Jesus himself.

00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:13.540
 By the way,

00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:16.900
 this is the clothing

00:35:16.900 --> 00:35:17.680
 of the citizen

00:35:17.680 --> 00:35:18.760
 of the New Jerusalem.

00:35:18.760 --> 00:35:23.040
 Jesus has it.

00:35:23.520 --> 00:35:24.660
 It's not going to come

00:35:24.660 --> 00:35:25.820
 from the Laodicean

00:35:25.820 --> 00:35:26.680
 wool industry.

00:35:27.720 --> 00:35:28.760
 It's not about

00:35:28.760 --> 00:35:29.460
 being made

00:35:29.460 --> 00:35:30.340
 in Laodicea.

00:35:30.580 --> 00:35:31.860
 It's being washed

00:35:31.860 --> 00:35:33.200
 white by Jesus.

00:35:33.199 --> 00:35:36.480
 It's being given

00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:37.279
 His righteousness.

00:35:40.699 --> 00:35:41.659
 They were naked.

00:35:41.899 --> 00:35:42.739
 He's got clothing.

00:35:43.859 --> 00:35:44.799
 They were poor.

00:35:44.919 --> 00:35:45.799
 He's got the gold.

00:35:46.659 --> 00:35:47.859
 And they were blind.

00:35:48.179 --> 00:35:48.799
 And He's got

00:35:48.799 --> 00:35:49.739
 the eye salve,

00:35:49.899 --> 00:35:50.619
 the gauze,

00:35:50.859 --> 00:35:51.799
 to anoint their eyes

00:35:51.799 --> 00:35:52.939
 so that they could see.

00:35:55.159 --> 00:35:55.980
 See what?

00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:58.879
 Not the stock market.

00:35:59.000 --> 00:36:00.039
 Not the Dow Jones

00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:00.980
 in Laodicea.

00:36:03.199 --> 00:36:05.259
 To see the conflict

00:36:05.259 --> 00:36:06.699
 raging all around them.

00:36:07.659 --> 00:36:09.500
 To see as God sees.

00:36:09.879 --> 00:36:11.439
 To see as Revelation

00:36:11.439 --> 00:36:12.219
 shows us.

00:36:12.279 --> 00:36:12.859
 The whole book.

00:36:13.379 --> 00:36:15.039
 God pulling back

00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:15.699
 the curtain

00:36:15.699 --> 00:36:17.119
 and allowing us

00:36:17.119 --> 00:36:17.739
 to see

00:36:17.739 --> 00:36:19.619
 the spiritual conflict

00:36:19.619 --> 00:36:20.519
 that is raging

00:36:20.519 --> 00:36:22.139
 all around us.

00:36:25.039 --> 00:36:26.419
 Jesus has

00:36:26.419 --> 00:36:28.000
 the gauze

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:29.539
 to give us

00:36:29.539 --> 00:36:31.019
 eyes to behold

00:36:31.019 --> 00:36:32.139
 as things

00:36:32.139 --> 00:36:33.599
 are really,

00:36:34.159 --> 00:36:34.559
 truly.

00:36:37.079 --> 00:36:38.259
 It gives us eyes

00:36:38.259 --> 00:36:39.039
 to see through

00:36:39.039 --> 00:36:40.639
 the world's

00:36:40.639 --> 00:36:42.500
 false security

00:36:42.500 --> 00:36:43.360
 in its riches.

00:36:43.699 --> 00:36:44.639
 It gives us eyes

00:36:44.639 --> 00:36:45.460
 to see through

00:36:45.460 --> 00:36:46.400
 the world's

00:36:46.400 --> 00:36:47.699
 false sense

00:36:47.699 --> 00:36:48.800
 of status

00:36:48.800 --> 00:36:49.940
 in success

00:36:49.940 --> 00:36:50.659
 and style.

00:36:50.880 --> 00:36:51.559
 It helps us

00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:52.340
 to see through

00:36:52.340 --> 00:36:53.400
 the world's

00:36:53.400 --> 00:36:54.559
 false hopes

00:36:54.559 --> 00:36:55.360
 in things

00:36:55.360 --> 00:36:56.800
 that can never

00:36:56.800 --> 00:36:57.559
 truly

00:36:57.559 --> 00:36:59.119
 heal us

00:36:59.119 --> 00:36:59.860
 permanently.

00:36:59.860 --> 00:37:06.840
 Jesus says,

00:37:07.079 --> 00:37:08.559
 buy these things

00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:09.019
 for me.

00:37:10.960 --> 00:37:11.960
 He counsels us

00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:12.880
 to buy these things

00:37:12.880 --> 00:37:13.440
 from him.

00:37:13.980 --> 00:37:15.240
 It's like he's a salesman

00:37:15.240 --> 00:37:16.640
 in saying,

00:37:16.740 --> 00:37:17.099
 I've got

00:37:17.099 --> 00:37:18.599
 things for you

00:37:18.599 --> 00:37:20.320
 that will blow

00:37:20.320 --> 00:37:21.000
 your categories.

00:37:22.360 --> 00:37:23.420
 But here's the deal.

00:37:24.980 --> 00:37:26.120
 Who can buy them?

00:37:26.119 --> 00:37:29.119
 Who's got

00:37:29.119 --> 00:37:30.400
 what it takes

00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:31.440
 in their account

00:37:31.440 --> 00:37:32.440
 to buy

00:37:32.440 --> 00:37:33.179
 the gold

00:37:33.179 --> 00:37:33.659
 that Jesus

00:37:33.659 --> 00:37:34.400
 is offering,

00:37:34.619 --> 00:37:35.199
 the garments

00:37:35.199 --> 00:37:35.759
 that Jesus

00:37:35.759 --> 00:37:36.339
 is offering,

00:37:36.679 --> 00:37:37.279
 the gauze

00:37:37.279 --> 00:37:37.859
 that Jesus

00:37:37.859 --> 00:37:38.380
 is offering?

00:37:38.739 --> 00:37:39.759
 Who can buy

00:37:39.759 --> 00:37:40.480
 those things?

00:37:41.000 --> 00:37:41.619
 None of us

00:37:41.619 --> 00:37:41.880
 can.

00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:44.279
 And that's the point.

00:37:45.420 --> 00:37:46.739
 It's all by grace.

00:37:48.599 --> 00:37:49.559
 It's all by

00:37:49.559 --> 00:37:50.099
 his kindness.

00:37:51.900 --> 00:37:52.659
 He offers

00:37:52.659 --> 00:37:53.359
 to you

00:37:53.359 --> 00:37:54.179
 gold

00:37:54.179 --> 00:37:54.859
 refined

00:37:54.859 --> 00:37:55.480
 in the fire.

00:37:56.159 --> 00:37:56.739
 He offers

00:37:56.739 --> 00:37:57.159
 to you

00:37:57.159 --> 00:37:58.079
 white garments

00:37:58.079 --> 00:37:59.819
 and a healing

00:37:59.819 --> 00:38:00.319
 gauze

00:38:00.319 --> 00:38:00.639
 for you

00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:01.579
 to truly see

00:38:01.579 --> 00:38:02.279
 and it's

00:38:02.279 --> 00:38:03.359
 all by his grace.

00:38:03.719 --> 00:38:04.359
 He himself

00:38:04.359 --> 00:38:04.899
 has already

00:38:04.899 --> 00:38:05.339
 bought it

00:38:05.339 --> 00:38:06.399
 by his blood

00:38:06.399 --> 00:38:07.419
 and now offers

00:38:07.419 --> 00:38:08.199
 it to us all.

00:38:10.359 --> 00:38:10.779
 You see?

00:38:12.239 --> 00:38:13.099
 It's only

00:38:13.099 --> 00:38:13.679
 him

00:38:13.679 --> 00:38:14.639
 that can

00:38:14.639 --> 00:38:15.079
 offer

00:38:15.079 --> 00:38:15.839
 us

00:38:15.839 --> 00:38:17.179
 these things.

00:38:17.960 --> 00:38:18.480
 Laodicea

00:38:18.480 --> 00:38:19.279
 doesn't offer it

00:38:19.279 --> 00:38:20.219
 and America

00:38:20.219 --> 00:38:21.000
 doesn't offer it

00:38:21.000 --> 00:38:21.179
 either.

00:38:21.399 --> 00:38:21.440
 You see?

00:38:24.179 --> 00:38:28.339
 There's more

00:38:28.339 --> 00:38:28.679
 to this

00:38:28.679 --> 00:38:29.059
 counsel.

00:38:29.559 --> 00:38:30.359
 In verse 19

00:38:30.359 --> 00:38:31.339
 Jesus

00:38:31.339 --> 00:38:32.139
 wants to make

00:38:32.139 --> 00:38:32.819
 very clear

00:38:32.819 --> 00:38:33.559
 that we

00:38:33.559 --> 00:38:34.219
 understand

00:38:34.219 --> 00:38:34.759
 that that

00:38:34.759 --> 00:38:35.059
 church

00:38:35.059 --> 00:38:35.519
 and our

00:38:35.519 --> 00:38:35.699
 church

00:38:35.699 --> 00:38:36.199
 understand

00:38:36.199 --> 00:38:36.519
 his

00:38:36.519 --> 00:38:37.139
 motive

00:38:37.139 --> 00:38:37.819
 for

00:38:37.819 --> 00:38:38.440
 rebuking

00:38:38.440 --> 00:38:38.639
 them

00:38:38.639 --> 00:38:38.799
 and

00:38:38.799 --> 00:38:39.179
 correcting

00:38:39.179 --> 00:38:39.519
 them.

00:38:39.599 --> 00:38:39.799
 You see

00:38:39.799 --> 00:38:40.039
 that in

00:38:40.039 --> 00:38:40.579
 verse 19?

00:38:42.259 --> 00:38:43.099
 He says

00:38:43.099 --> 00:38:43.599
 this.

00:38:47.119 --> 00:38:47.839
 Those whom

00:38:47.839 --> 00:38:48.239
 I love

00:38:48.239 --> 00:38:48.919
 I reprove

00:38:48.919 --> 00:38:49.460
 and discipline

00:38:49.460 --> 00:38:50.219
 so be

00:38:50.219 --> 00:38:50.519
 zealous

00:38:50.519 --> 00:38:51.059
 and repent.

00:38:51.059 --> 00:38:53.639
 Those whom

00:38:53.639 --> 00:38:54.059
 I love

00:38:54.059 --> 00:38:54.639
 I reprove

00:38:54.639 --> 00:38:55.159
 and discipline

00:38:55.159 --> 00:38:55.619
 so be

00:38:55.619 --> 00:38:55.940
 zealous

00:38:55.940 --> 00:38:56.400
 and repent.

00:38:56.960 --> 00:38:57.279
 This

00:38:57.279 --> 00:38:58.679
 is all

00:38:58.679 --> 00:38:59.199
 love

00:38:59.199 --> 00:38:59.759
 for his

00:38:59.759 --> 00:39:00.139
 church.

00:39:01.199 --> 00:39:01.599
 This is

00:39:01.599 --> 00:39:01.880
 Jesus

00:39:01.880 --> 00:39:02.579
 loving

00:39:02.579 --> 00:39:02.820
 his

00:39:02.820 --> 00:39:03.219
 church.

00:39:04.119 --> 00:39:04.380
 He's

00:39:04.380 --> 00:39:04.500
 saying

00:39:04.500 --> 00:39:04.739
 you've

00:39:04.739 --> 00:39:04.900
 bought

00:39:04.900 --> 00:39:05.340
 a false

00:39:05.340 --> 00:39:05.559
 bill

00:39:05.559 --> 00:39:05.719
 of

00:39:05.719 --> 00:39:05.960
 goods

00:39:05.960 --> 00:39:06.340
 now

00:39:06.340 --> 00:39:06.539
 you

00:39:06.539 --> 00:39:06.920
 come

00:39:06.920 --> 00:39:07.099
 and

00:39:07.099 --> 00:39:07.279
 buy

00:39:07.279 --> 00:39:07.500
 these

00:39:07.500 --> 00:39:07.759
 things

00:39:07.759 --> 00:39:08.000
 from

00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:08.219
 me.

00:39:08.219 --> 00:39:08.719
 This

00:39:08.719 --> 00:39:08.840
 is

00:39:08.840 --> 00:39:09.000
 what

00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:09.139
 you

00:39:09.139 --> 00:39:09.519
 truly

00:39:09.519 --> 00:39:09.900
 need.

00:39:10.299 --> 00:39:10.639
 Repent

00:39:10.639 --> 00:39:11.119
 turn

00:39:11.119 --> 00:39:11.539
 from

00:39:11.539 --> 00:39:11.980
 your

00:39:11.980 --> 00:39:12.219
 self

00:39:12.219 --> 00:39:12.799
 sufficiency

00:39:12.799 --> 00:39:13.519
 turn

00:39:13.519 --> 00:39:13.860
 from

00:39:13.860 --> 00:39:14.119
 all

00:39:14.119 --> 00:39:14.360
 these

00:39:14.360 --> 00:39:14.779
 false

00:39:14.779 --> 00:39:15.360
 promises

00:39:15.360 --> 00:39:15.599
 and

00:39:15.599 --> 00:39:15.940
 shifting

00:39:15.940 --> 00:39:16.400
 sands

00:39:16.400 --> 00:39:16.539
 of

00:39:16.539 --> 00:39:17.000
 culture

00:39:17.000 --> 00:39:17.659
 and

00:39:17.659 --> 00:39:17.940
 come

00:39:17.940 --> 00:39:18.179
 be

00:39:18.179 --> 00:39:18.519
 zealous

00:39:18.519 --> 00:39:18.799
 for

00:39:18.799 --> 00:39:19.019
 me

00:39:19.019 --> 00:39:19.259
 be

00:39:19.259 --> 00:39:19.599
 passionate

00:39:19.599 --> 00:39:19.900
 for

00:39:19.900 --> 00:39:20.220
 me

00:39:20.220 --> 00:39:21.039
 receive

00:39:21.039 --> 00:39:21.380
 what

00:39:21.380 --> 00:39:21.680
 I

00:39:21.680 --> 00:39:21.920
 have

00:39:21.920 --> 00:39:22.099
 to

00:39:22.099 --> 00:39:22.519
 give.

00:39:23.639 --> 00:39:24.119
 He

00:39:24.119 --> 00:39:24.639
 hasn't

00:39:24.639 --> 00:39:24.880
 given

00:39:24.880 --> 00:39:25.079
 up

00:39:25.079 --> 00:39:25.200
 on

00:39:25.200 --> 00:39:25.380
 this

00:39:25.380 --> 00:39:25.760
 church.

00:39:27.340 --> 00:39:27.820
 He's

00:39:27.820 --> 00:39:28.019
 on the

00:39:28.019 --> 00:39:28.200
 verge

00:39:28.200 --> 00:39:28.340
 of

00:39:28.340 --> 00:39:28.660
 spitting

00:39:28.660 --> 00:39:28.840
 them

00:39:28.840 --> 00:39:29.059
 out

00:39:29.059 --> 00:39:29.240
 but

00:39:29.240 --> 00:39:29.400
 he

00:39:29.400 --> 00:39:29.660
 hasn't

00:39:29.660 --> 00:39:29.860
 given

00:39:29.860 --> 00:39:30.099
 up

00:39:30.099 --> 00:39:30.260
 on

00:39:30.260 --> 00:39:30.400
 them.

00:39:33.139 --> 00:39:33.500
 I

00:39:33.500 --> 00:39:33.800
 love

00:39:33.800 --> 00:39:34.019
 you.

00:39:34.820 --> 00:39:35.119
 The

00:39:35.119 --> 00:39:35.480
 tone

00:39:35.480 --> 00:39:35.660
 of

00:39:35.660 --> 00:39:35.880
 this

00:39:35.880 --> 00:39:36.059
 is

00:39:36.059 --> 00:39:36.519
 strong

00:39:36.519 --> 00:39:36.940
 but

00:39:36.940 --> 00:39:37.160
 it's

00:39:37.160 --> 00:39:37.900
 strong

00:39:37.900 --> 00:39:38.599
 love.

00:39:42.180 --> 00:39:42.579
 That's

00:39:42.579 --> 00:39:42.700
 the

00:39:42.700 --> 00:39:44.400
 corrective.

00:39:45.000 --> 00:39:45.360
 Buy

00:39:45.360 --> 00:39:45.639
 from

00:39:45.639 --> 00:39:45.860
 me.

00:39:46.099 --> 00:39:46.300
 I

00:39:46.300 --> 00:39:46.639
 love

00:39:46.639 --> 00:39:46.940
 you.

00:39:47.260 --> 00:39:47.519
 Which

00:39:47.519 --> 00:39:47.840
 brings

00:39:47.840 --> 00:39:48.059
 us

00:39:48.059 --> 00:39:48.360
 to

00:39:48.360 --> 00:39:48.860
 the

00:39:48.860 --> 00:39:49.400
 sixth

00:39:49.400 --> 00:39:49.880
 feature

00:39:49.880 --> 00:39:50.460
 the

00:39:50.460 --> 00:39:50.900
 cure.

00:39:53.800 --> 00:39:54.280
 Verse

00:39:54.280 --> 00:39:54.660
 20.

00:39:55.920 --> 00:39:56.059
 The

00:39:56.059 --> 00:39:56.320
 cure

00:39:56.320 --> 00:39:56.500
 is

00:39:56.500 --> 00:39:56.800
 knocking

00:39:56.800 --> 00:39:57.019
 on

00:39:57.019 --> 00:39:57.160
 their

00:39:57.160 --> 00:39:57.440
 door.

00:39:58.539 --> 00:39:58.820
 Behold

00:39:58.820 --> 00:39:58.940
 I

00:39:58.940 --> 00:39:59.200
 stand

00:39:59.200 --> 00:39:59.300
 at

00:39:59.300 --> 00:39:59.400
 the

00:39:59.400 --> 00:39:59.579
 door

00:39:59.579 --> 00:39:59.700
 and

00:39:59.700 --> 00:39:59.900
 knock.

00:39:59.960 --> 00:40:00.039
 If

00:40:00.039 --> 00:40:00.320
 anyone

00:40:00.320 --> 00:40:00.619
 hears

00:40:00.619 --> 00:40:00.860
 my

00:40:00.860 --> 00:40:01.180
 voice

00:40:01.180 --> 00:40:01.300
 and

00:40:01.300 --> 00:40:01.599
 opens

00:40:01.599 --> 00:40:01.760
 the

00:40:01.760 --> 00:40:01.940
 door

00:40:01.940 --> 00:40:02.460
 I

00:40:02.460 --> 00:40:02.599
 will

00:40:02.599 --> 00:40:02.820
 come

00:40:02.820 --> 00:40:03.039
 into

00:40:03.039 --> 00:40:03.280
 him

00:40:03.280 --> 00:40:03.480
 and

00:40:03.480 --> 00:40:03.700
 eat

00:40:03.700 --> 00:40:03.880
 with

00:40:03.880 --> 00:40:04.059
 him

00:40:04.059 --> 00:40:04.240
 and

00:40:04.240 --> 00:40:04.440
 he

00:40:04.440 --> 00:40:04.660
 with

00:40:04.660 --> 00:40:04.920
 me.

00:40:06.840 --> 00:40:07.360
 Jesus

00:40:07.360 --> 00:40:07.940
 is

00:40:07.940 --> 00:40:08.180
 their

00:40:08.180 --> 00:40:08.599
 cure.

00:40:08.960 --> 00:40:09.079
 That

00:40:09.079 --> 00:40:09.360
 word

00:40:09.360 --> 00:40:09.880
 behold

00:40:09.880 --> 00:40:10.200
 it

00:40:10.200 --> 00:40:10.559
 shows

00:40:10.559 --> 00:40:10.800
 up

00:40:10.800 --> 00:40:11.119
 all

00:40:11.119 --> 00:40:11.460
 throughout

00:40:11.460 --> 00:40:11.660
 the

00:40:11.660 --> 00:40:11.840
 book

00:40:11.840 --> 00:40:11.980
 of

00:40:11.980 --> 00:40:12.460
 Revelation.

00:40:13.000 --> 00:40:13.300
 See

00:40:13.300 --> 00:40:14.039
 look

00:40:14.039 --> 00:40:14.780
 behold

00:40:14.780 --> 00:40:16.900
 Jesus

00:40:16.900 --> 00:40:17.119
 is

00:40:17.119 --> 00:40:17.260
 saying

00:40:17.260 --> 00:40:17.599
 behold

00:40:17.599 --> 00:40:17.920
 I

00:40:17.920 --> 00:40:18.059
 am

00:40:18.059 --> 00:40:18.440
 right

00:40:18.440 --> 00:40:18.800
 there

00:40:18.800 --> 00:40:19.220
 knocking.

00:40:19.880 --> 00:40:20.920
 I

00:40:20.920 --> 00:40:21.220
 want to

00:40:21.220 --> 00:40:21.420
 come

00:40:21.420 --> 00:40:21.720
 in.

00:40:22.720 --> 00:40:23.260
 Notice

00:40:23.260 --> 00:40:23.980
 where

00:40:23.980 --> 00:40:24.440
 Jesus

00:40:24.440 --> 00:40:24.940
 is.

00:40:25.340 --> 00:40:25.500
 He

00:40:25.500 --> 00:40:25.860
 is

00:40:25.860 --> 00:40:26.579
 outside

00:40:26.579 --> 00:40:27.460
 of the

00:40:27.460 --> 00:40:27.900
 church.

00:40:28.900 --> 00:40:29.480
 He's

00:40:29.480 --> 00:40:29.700
 on the

00:40:29.700 --> 00:40:29.860
 other

00:40:29.860 --> 00:40:30.079
 side

00:40:30.079 --> 00:40:30.280
 of the

00:40:30.280 --> 00:40:30.539
 door

00:40:30.539 --> 00:40:30.880
 of this

00:40:30.880 --> 00:40:31.280
 church.

00:40:32.400 --> 00:40:32.640
 They

00:40:32.640 --> 00:40:33.059
 in

00:40:33.059 --> 00:40:33.200
 their

00:40:33.200 --> 00:40:33.440
 self

00:40:33.440 --> 00:40:34.019
 sufficiently

00:40:34.019 --> 00:40:34.539
 have

00:40:34.539 --> 00:40:35.619
 essentially

00:40:35.619 --> 00:40:36.099
 pushed

00:40:36.099 --> 00:40:36.280
 him

00:40:36.280 --> 00:40:36.559
 out.

00:40:38.240 --> 00:40:38.680
 And

00:40:38.680 --> 00:40:38.840
 what

00:40:38.840 --> 00:40:39.099
 Jesus

00:40:39.099 --> 00:40:39.340
 is

00:40:39.340 --> 00:40:39.599
 saying

00:40:39.599 --> 00:40:39.820
 is

00:40:39.820 --> 00:40:40.240
 no

00:40:40.239 --> 00:40:41.439
 I

00:40:41.439 --> 00:40:41.659
 want

00:40:41.659 --> 00:40:41.899
 in.

00:40:45.039 --> 00:40:45.579
 Despite

00:40:45.579 --> 00:40:47.119
 his

00:40:47.119 --> 00:40:47.639
 gag

00:40:47.639 --> 00:40:48.439
 reflex

00:40:48.439 --> 00:40:49.899
 Jesus

00:40:49.899 --> 00:40:50.359
 in

00:40:50.359 --> 00:40:50.839
 grace

00:40:50.839 --> 00:40:51.439
 knocks

00:40:51.439 --> 00:40:51.819
 on

00:40:51.819 --> 00:40:51.979
 their

00:40:51.979 --> 00:40:52.299
 door.

00:40:54.639 --> 00:40:54.819
 Did

00:40:54.819 --> 00:40:54.919
 you

00:40:54.919 --> 00:40:55.259
 notice

00:40:55.259 --> 00:40:56.599
 in

00:40:56.599 --> 00:40:57.059
 320

00:40:57.059 --> 00:40:57.459
 he

00:40:57.459 --> 00:40:57.659
 says

00:40:57.659 --> 00:40:58.619
 I

00:40:58.619 --> 00:40:58.799
 stand

00:40:58.799 --> 00:40:58.939
 at the

00:40:58.939 --> 00:40:59.079
 door

00:40:59.079 --> 00:40:59.359
 knock

00:40:59.359 --> 00:40:59.500
 if

00:40:59.500 --> 00:40:59.759
 anyone

00:40:59.759 --> 00:41:00.099
 hears

00:41:00.099 --> 00:41:00.359
 my

00:41:00.359 --> 00:41:00.739
 voice

00:41:00.739 --> 00:41:00.859
 and

00:41:00.859 --> 00:41:01.039
 opens

00:41:01.039 --> 00:41:01.139
 it.

00:41:01.279 --> 00:41:01.759
 Wait

00:41:01.759 --> 00:41:02.559
 hear

00:41:02.559 --> 00:41:02.699
 his

00:41:02.699 --> 00:41:03.119
 voice.

00:41:03.659 --> 00:41:03.919
 What's

00:41:03.919 --> 00:41:03.979
 he

00:41:03.979 --> 00:41:04.279
 saying?

00:41:05.899 --> 00:41:06.179
 Verse

00:41:06.179 --> 00:41:06.619
 15

00:41:06.619 --> 00:41:07.479
 I

00:41:07.479 --> 00:41:07.619
 know

00:41:07.619 --> 00:41:07.779
 your

00:41:07.779 --> 00:41:08.179
 works.

00:41:08.179 --> 00:41:08.739
 Verse

00:41:08.739 --> 00:41:09.759
 16

00:41:09.759 --> 00:41:10.459
 you're

00:41:10.459 --> 00:41:10.979
 lukewarm.

00:41:11.439 --> 00:41:11.639
 Verse

00:41:11.639 --> 00:41:12.259
 17

00:41:12.259 --> 00:41:12.819
 you're

00:41:12.819 --> 00:41:13.159
 wretched

00:41:13.159 --> 00:41:13.379
 and

00:41:13.379 --> 00:41:13.719
 pitiful

00:41:13.719 --> 00:41:14.199
 poor

00:41:14.199 --> 00:41:14.679
 blind

00:41:14.679 --> 00:41:15.099
 naked

00:41:15.099 --> 00:41:15.619
 you

00:41:15.619 --> 00:41:16.099
 don't

00:41:16.099 --> 00:41:16.419
 see

00:41:16.419 --> 00:41:16.619
 what

00:41:16.619 --> 00:41:16.799
 I

00:41:16.799 --> 00:41:17.079
 see.

00:41:17.219 --> 00:41:17.339
 Verse

00:41:17.339 --> 00:41:17.759
 18

00:41:17.759 --> 00:41:17.959
 I

00:41:17.959 --> 00:41:18.219
 have

00:41:18.219 --> 00:41:18.399
 what

00:41:18.399 --> 00:41:18.539
 you

00:41:18.539 --> 00:41:18.839
 need.

00:41:18.939 --> 00:41:19.079
 I've

00:41:19.079 --> 00:41:19.259
 got

00:41:19.259 --> 00:41:19.500
 the

00:41:19.500 --> 00:41:19.899
 gold

00:41:19.899 --> 00:41:20.459
 I've

00:41:20.459 --> 00:41:20.639
 got

00:41:20.639 --> 00:41:20.839
 the

00:41:20.839 --> 00:41:21.239
 garments

00:41:21.239 --> 00:41:21.539
 I've

00:41:21.539 --> 00:41:21.699
 got

00:41:21.699 --> 00:41:21.939
 the

00:41:21.939 --> 00:41:22.399
 gauze

00:41:22.399 --> 00:41:22.759
 I

00:41:22.759 --> 00:41:23.000
 got

00:41:23.000 --> 00:41:23.099
 it

00:41:23.099 --> 00:41:23.359
 all

00:41:23.359 --> 00:41:23.579
 for

00:41:23.579 --> 00:41:23.759
 you

00:41:23.759 --> 00:41:24.039
 it's

00:41:24.039 --> 00:41:24.979
 grace.

00:41:25.319 --> 00:41:25.459
 Verse

00:41:25.459 --> 00:41:25.979
 19

00:41:25.979 --> 00:41:26.239
 I

00:41:26.239 --> 00:41:26.699
 love

00:41:26.699 --> 00:41:27.039
 you.

00:41:28.479 --> 00:41:28.699
 I

00:41:28.699 --> 00:41:29.079
 love

00:41:29.079 --> 00:41:29.559
 you.

00:41:32.559 --> 00:41:32.979
 Did

00:41:32.979 --> 00:41:33.199
 you hear

00:41:33.199 --> 00:41:33.339
 his

00:41:33.339 --> 00:41:33.579
 voice

00:41:33.579 --> 00:41:33.819
 this

00:41:33.819 --> 00:41:34.079
 morning?

00:41:38.739 --> 00:41:40.159
 whoever

00:41:40.159 --> 00:41:40.500
 hears

00:41:40.500 --> 00:41:40.759
 my

00:41:40.759 --> 00:41:41.059
 voice

00:41:41.059 --> 00:41:41.479
 anyone

00:41:41.479 --> 00:41:42.299
 who

00:41:42.299 --> 00:41:42.519
 hears

00:41:42.519 --> 00:41:42.759
 my

00:41:42.759 --> 00:41:43.000
 voice

00:41:43.000 --> 00:41:43.159
 and

00:41:43.159 --> 00:41:43.500
 open

00:41:43.500 --> 00:41:43.659
 the

00:41:43.659 --> 00:41:43.939
 door

00:41:43.939 --> 00:41:45.099
 what

00:41:45.099 --> 00:41:45.339
 is

00:41:45.339 --> 00:41:45.599
 this

00:41:45.599 --> 00:41:46.139
 door?

00:41:48.359 --> 00:41:48.599
 Well

00:41:48.599 --> 00:41:49.000
 imagine

00:41:49.000 --> 00:41:49.399
 with me

00:41:49.399 --> 00:41:49.819
 that this

00:41:49.819 --> 00:41:50.299
 door

00:41:50.299 --> 00:41:50.699
 has

00:41:50.699 --> 00:41:51.479
 engraved

00:41:51.479 --> 00:41:51.959
 on it

00:41:51.959 --> 00:41:52.259
 two

00:41:52.259 --> 00:41:52.779
 words

00:41:52.779 --> 00:41:54.379
 complete

00:41:54.379 --> 00:41:55.439
 surrender

00:41:55.440 --> 00:41:57.700
 when

00:41:57.700 --> 00:41:57.960
 you

00:41:57.960 --> 00:41:58.559
 repent

00:41:58.559 --> 00:41:59.840
 you

00:41:59.840 --> 00:42:00.519
 open

00:42:00.519 --> 00:42:01.059
 this

00:42:01.059 --> 00:42:01.480
 door

00:42:01.480 --> 00:42:01.780
 of

00:42:01.780 --> 00:42:02.260
 complete

00:42:02.260 --> 00:42:02.880
 surrender

00:42:02.880 --> 00:42:03.500
 all

00:42:03.500 --> 00:42:03.720
 the

00:42:03.720 --> 00:42:04.099
 way

00:42:04.099 --> 00:42:04.860
 to

00:42:04.860 --> 00:42:05.260
 Jesus

00:42:05.260 --> 00:42:05.559
 the

00:42:05.559 --> 00:42:06.019
 amen

00:42:06.019 --> 00:42:06.639
 the

00:42:06.639 --> 00:42:07.000
 ace

00:42:07.000 --> 00:42:07.400
 witness

00:42:07.400 --> 00:42:07.860
 the

00:42:07.860 --> 00:42:08.200
 archa

00:42:08.200 --> 00:42:08.380
 of

00:42:08.380 --> 00:42:08.880
 creation

00:42:08.880 --> 00:42:09.519
 and

00:42:09.519 --> 00:42:09.760
 he

00:42:09.760 --> 00:42:10.440
 promises

00:42:10.440 --> 00:42:10.780
 to

00:42:10.780 --> 00:42:11.179
 come

00:42:11.179 --> 00:42:11.420
 in

00:42:11.420 --> 00:42:11.840
 and

00:42:11.840 --> 00:42:12.059
 when

00:42:12.059 --> 00:42:12.240
 he

00:42:12.240 --> 00:42:12.599
 comes

00:42:12.599 --> 00:42:12.780
 in

00:42:12.780 --> 00:42:12.940
 you

00:42:12.940 --> 00:42:13.059
 are

00:42:13.059 --> 00:42:13.480
 essentially

00:42:13.480 --> 00:42:13.980
 saying

00:42:13.980 --> 00:42:14.420
 oh

00:42:14.420 --> 00:42:14.619
 Lord

00:42:14.619 --> 00:42:14.920
 come

00:42:14.920 --> 00:42:15.159
 in

00:42:15.159 --> 00:42:15.840
 it's

00:42:15.840 --> 00:42:16.099
 all

00:42:16.099 --> 00:42:16.579
 yours

00:42:16.579 --> 00:42:18.800
 every

00:42:18.800 --> 00:42:19.260
 room

00:42:19.260 --> 00:42:19.960
 in

00:42:19.960 --> 00:42:20.200
 my

00:42:20.200 --> 00:42:20.579
 life

00:42:20.579 --> 00:42:21.000
 is

00:42:21.000 --> 00:42:21.360
 yours

00:42:21.360 --> 00:42:21.820
 you're

00:42:21.820 --> 00:42:21.960
 not

00:42:21.960 --> 00:42:22.059
 going

00:42:22.059 --> 00:42:22.139
 to

00:42:22.139 --> 00:42:22.300
 let

00:42:22.300 --> 00:42:22.380
 them

00:42:22.380 --> 00:42:22.559
 in

00:42:22.559 --> 00:42:22.780
 and

00:42:22.780 --> 00:42:23.099
 walk

00:42:23.099 --> 00:42:23.220
 them

00:42:23.220 --> 00:42:23.400
 by

00:42:23.400 --> 00:42:23.579
 your

00:42:23.579 --> 00:42:24.099
 entertainment

00:42:24.099 --> 00:42:24.480
 room

00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:24.900
 that's

00:42:24.900 --> 00:42:25.880
 yours

00:42:25.880 --> 00:42:27.539
 you're

00:42:27.539 --> 00:42:27.599
 not

00:42:27.599 --> 00:42:27.700
 going

00:42:27.700 --> 00:42:27.760
 to

00:42:27.760 --> 00:42:27.940
 walk

00:42:27.940 --> 00:42:28.019
 them

00:42:28.019 --> 00:42:28.160
 by

00:42:28.160 --> 00:42:28.320
 your

00:42:28.320 --> 00:42:28.740
 bedroom

00:42:28.740 --> 00:42:29.619
 Jesus

00:42:29.619 --> 00:42:29.960
 that's

00:42:29.960 --> 00:42:30.360
 yours

00:42:30.360 --> 00:42:31.700
 where

00:42:31.700 --> 00:42:31.820
 you

00:42:31.820 --> 00:42:31.960
 do

00:42:31.960 --> 00:42:32.099
 your

00:42:32.099 --> 00:42:32.579
 finances

00:42:32.579 --> 00:42:33.139
 it's

00:42:33.139 --> 00:42:33.400
 yours

00:42:33.400 --> 00:42:33.880
 Jesus

00:42:33.880 --> 00:42:38.460
 complete

00:42:38.460 --> 00:42:39.380
 surrender

00:42:39.380 --> 00:42:42.579
 if anyone

00:42:42.579 --> 00:42:43.039
 hears my

00:42:43.039 --> 00:42:43.500
 voice and

00:42:43.500 --> 00:42:43.980
 opens

00:42:43.980 --> 00:42:44.480
 that

00:42:44.480 --> 00:42:44.880
 door

00:42:44.880 --> 00:42:47.440
 and that

00:42:47.440 --> 00:42:47.840
 door needs

00:42:47.840 --> 00:42:48.119
 to get

00:42:48.119 --> 00:42:48.460
 opened

00:42:48.460 --> 00:42:48.820
 every

00:42:48.820 --> 00:42:49.180
 day

00:42:49.180 --> 00:42:50.960
 because

00:42:50.960 --> 00:42:51.539
 every

00:42:51.539 --> 00:42:51.980
 day

00:42:51.980 --> 00:42:52.400
 you're

00:42:52.400 --> 00:42:52.559
 in

00:42:52.559 --> 00:42:52.920
 need

00:42:52.920 --> 00:42:53.440
 of

00:42:53.440 --> 00:42:53.660
 the

00:42:53.660 --> 00:42:54.119
 gold

00:42:54.119 --> 00:42:54.559
 of

00:42:54.559 --> 00:42:54.759
 an

00:42:54.759 --> 00:42:55.619
 uncompromised

00:42:55.619 --> 00:42:56.099
 witness

00:42:56.099 --> 00:42:56.799
 every

00:42:56.799 --> 00:42:57.079
 day

00:42:57.079 --> 00:42:57.340
 you

00:42:57.340 --> 00:42:57.480
 are

00:42:57.480 --> 00:42:57.599
 in

00:42:57.599 --> 00:42:57.779
 need

00:42:57.779 --> 00:42:58.219
 of

00:42:58.219 --> 00:42:58.820
 garments

00:42:58.820 --> 00:42:59.139
 of

00:42:59.139 --> 00:43:00.039
 untarnished

00:43:00.039 --> 00:43:00.559
 holiness

00:43:00.559 --> 00:43:01.400
 every

00:43:01.400 --> 00:43:01.900
 day

00:43:01.900 --> 00:43:02.360
 you

00:43:02.360 --> 00:43:02.539
 are

00:43:02.539 --> 00:43:02.699
 in

00:43:02.699 --> 00:43:02.880
 need

00:43:02.880 --> 00:43:03.039
 of

00:43:03.039 --> 00:43:03.219
 the

00:43:03.219 --> 00:43:04.000
 gauze

00:43:04.000 --> 00:43:04.519
 of

00:43:04.519 --> 00:43:04.679
 an

00:43:04.679 --> 00:43:05.519
 unobstructed

00:43:05.519 --> 00:43:05.940
 vision

00:43:05.940 --> 00:43:06.420
 for how

00:43:06.420 --> 00:43:06.719
 things

00:43:06.719 --> 00:43:07.039
 really

00:43:07.039 --> 00:43:07.659
 are

00:43:07.659 --> 00:43:09.119
 we're

00:43:09.119 --> 00:43:09.279
 in

00:43:09.279 --> 00:43:09.759
 daily

00:43:09.759 --> 00:43:10.179
 need

00:43:10.179 --> 00:43:10.719
 to

00:43:10.719 --> 00:43:10.960
 open

00:43:10.960 --> 00:43:11.139
 up

00:43:11.139 --> 00:43:11.440
 this

00:43:11.440 --> 00:43:11.739
 door

00:43:11.739 --> 00:43:13.940
 complete

00:43:13.940 --> 00:43:14.400
 surrender

00:43:14.400 --> 00:43:16.659
 and he

00:43:16.659 --> 00:43:17.159
 promises

00:43:17.159 --> 00:43:17.699
 that if

00:43:17.699 --> 00:43:18.059
 anyone

00:43:18.059 --> 00:43:18.599
 opens

00:43:18.599 --> 00:43:18.860
 this

00:43:18.860 --> 00:43:19.239
 door

00:43:19.239 --> 00:43:20.440
 to me

00:43:20.440 --> 00:43:21.079
 I

00:43:21.079 --> 00:43:21.279
 will

00:43:21.279 --> 00:43:21.599
 come

00:43:21.599 --> 00:43:22.079
 in

00:43:22.079 --> 00:43:22.659
 I

00:43:22.659 --> 00:43:22.900
 will

00:43:22.900 --> 00:43:23.259
 come

00:43:23.259 --> 00:43:23.940
 in

00:43:23.940 --> 00:43:28.440
 and I

00:43:28.440 --> 00:43:28.559
 will

00:43:28.559 --> 00:43:28.759
 eat

00:43:28.759 --> 00:43:28.940
 with

00:43:28.940 --> 00:43:29.139
 him

00:43:29.139 --> 00:43:31.239
 and he

00:43:31.239 --> 00:43:31.400
 with

00:43:31.400 --> 00:43:31.699
 me

00:43:31.699 --> 00:43:33.980
 it's a

00:43:33.980 --> 00:43:34.179
 picture

00:43:34.179 --> 00:43:34.739
 of peace

00:43:34.739 --> 00:43:36.719
 it's a

00:43:36.719 --> 00:43:36.900
 picture

00:43:36.900 --> 00:43:37.059
 of

00:43:37.059 --> 00:43:37.480
 shalom

00:43:37.480 --> 00:43:39.279
 it's a

00:43:39.279 --> 00:43:39.460
 picture

00:43:39.460 --> 00:43:40.059
 of intimate

00:43:40.059 --> 00:43:40.659
 fellowship

00:43:40.659 --> 00:43:41.659
 of Jesus

00:43:41.659 --> 00:43:42.119
 on the

00:43:42.119 --> 00:43:42.659
 inside

00:43:42.659 --> 00:43:43.139
 not the

00:43:43.139 --> 00:43:43.599
 outside

00:43:43.599 --> 00:43:45.480
 of Jesus

00:43:45.480 --> 00:43:46.980
 with his

00:43:46.980 --> 00:43:47.480
 people

00:43:47.480 --> 00:43:48.940
 providing

00:43:48.940 --> 00:43:49.559
 for all

00:43:49.559 --> 00:43:49.820
 of their

00:43:49.820 --> 00:43:50.400
 needs

00:43:50.400 --> 00:43:52.260
 it's a

00:43:52.260 --> 00:43:52.400
 little

00:43:52.400 --> 00:43:53.059
 foretaste

00:43:53.059 --> 00:43:53.360
 of the

00:43:53.360 --> 00:43:53.639
 marriage

00:43:53.639 --> 00:43:53.920
 supper

00:43:53.920 --> 00:43:54.320
 of the

00:43:54.320 --> 00:43:54.599
 lamb

00:43:54.599 --> 00:43:54.920
 that is

00:43:54.920 --> 00:43:55.360
 to come

00:43:55.360 --> 00:43:57.320
 how's

00:43:57.320 --> 00:43:57.679
 that for

00:43:57.679 --> 00:43:58.059
 grace

00:43:58.059 --> 00:44:00.900
 how's

00:44:00.900 --> 00:44:01.340
 that for

00:44:01.340 --> 00:44:01.720
 grace

00:44:01.720 --> 00:44:02.400
 we

00:44:02.400 --> 00:44:04.139
 make him

00:44:04.139 --> 00:44:04.880
 want to

00:44:04.880 --> 00:44:05.400
 vomit

00:44:05.400 --> 00:44:07.320
 because we

00:44:07.320 --> 00:44:08.139
 reject him

00:44:08.139 --> 00:44:09.579
 he

00:44:09.579 --> 00:44:10.700
 wants to

00:44:10.700 --> 00:44:11.440
 come in

00:44:11.440 --> 00:44:12.539
 and give

00:44:12.539 --> 00:44:13.400
 us what

00:44:13.400 --> 00:44:14.159
 we need

00:44:14.159 --> 00:44:15.059
 most

00:44:15.059 --> 00:44:17.380
 himself

00:44:17.380 --> 00:44:19.820
 let me

00:44:19.820 --> 00:44:20.099
 in

00:44:20.099 --> 00:44:24.740
 we

00:44:24.740 --> 00:44:25.119
 make him

00:44:25.119 --> 00:44:25.500
 gag

00:44:25.500 --> 00:44:27.280
 he

00:44:27.280 --> 00:44:27.599
 offers

00:44:27.599 --> 00:44:27.780
 us

00:44:27.780 --> 00:44:28.200
 grace

00:44:28.200 --> 00:44:30.680
 isn't

00:44:30.680 --> 00:44:30.780
 it

00:44:30.780 --> 00:44:31.160
 beautiful

00:44:31.160 --> 00:44:33.320
 isn't

00:44:33.320 --> 00:44:33.420
 it

00:44:33.420 --> 00:44:33.800
 amazing

00:44:33.800 --> 00:44:35.900
 the

00:44:35.900 --> 00:44:36.200
 closing

00:44:36.200 --> 00:44:36.579
 call

00:44:36.579 --> 00:44:37.400
 I'll

00:44:37.400 --> 00:44:37.519
 just

00:44:37.519 --> 00:44:37.660
 sum

00:44:37.660 --> 00:44:37.760
 it

00:44:37.760 --> 00:44:37.940
 real

00:44:37.940 --> 00:44:38.300
 quick

00:44:38.300 --> 00:44:39.059
 it's

00:44:39.059 --> 00:44:39.240
 what

00:44:39.240 --> 00:44:39.440
 he's

00:44:39.440 --> 00:44:39.579
 been

00:44:39.579 --> 00:44:39.940
 closing

00:44:39.940 --> 00:44:40.180
 with

00:44:40.180 --> 00:44:40.539
 every

00:44:40.539 --> 00:44:40.720
 one

00:44:40.720 --> 00:44:40.820
 of

00:44:40.820 --> 00:44:41.000
 these

00:44:41.000 --> 00:44:41.300
 letters

00:44:41.300 --> 00:44:41.500
 the

00:44:41.500 --> 00:44:41.680
 one

00:44:41.680 --> 00:44:41.820
 who

00:44:41.820 --> 00:44:42.320
 overcomes

00:44:42.320 --> 00:44:42.519
 the

00:44:42.519 --> 00:44:42.700
 one

00:44:42.700 --> 00:44:42.840
 who

00:44:42.840 --> 00:44:43.380
 conquers

00:44:43.380 --> 00:44:43.880
 the

00:44:43.880 --> 00:44:44.039
 one

00:44:44.039 --> 00:44:44.160
 who

00:44:44.160 --> 00:44:44.559
 opens

00:44:44.559 --> 00:44:44.820
 the

00:44:44.820 --> 00:44:45.059
 door

00:44:45.059 --> 00:44:45.220
 of

00:44:45.220 --> 00:44:45.559
 complete

00:44:45.559 --> 00:44:45.980
 surrender

00:44:45.980 --> 00:44:46.220
 to

00:44:46.220 --> 00:44:46.579
 me

00:44:46.579 --> 00:44:47.059
 he

00:44:47.059 --> 00:44:47.279
 will

00:44:47.279 --> 00:44:47.599
 sit

00:44:47.599 --> 00:44:48.000
 with

00:44:48.000 --> 00:44:48.380
 me

00:44:48.380 --> 00:44:48.759
 on

00:44:48.759 --> 00:44:49.059
 my

00:44:49.059 --> 00:44:49.440
 throne

00:44:49.440 --> 00:44:50.079
 it's

00:44:50.079 --> 00:44:50.380
 a

00:44:50.380 --> 00:44:50.699
 position

00:44:50.699 --> 00:44:50.900
 of

00:44:50.900 --> 00:44:51.199
 honor

00:44:51.199 --> 00:44:51.400
 and

00:44:51.400 --> 00:44:51.719
 power

00:44:51.719 --> 00:44:53.440
 I

00:44:53.440 --> 00:44:53.599
 don't

00:44:53.599 --> 00:44:53.820
 really

00:44:53.820 --> 00:44:54.039
 get

00:44:54.039 --> 00:44:54.259
 what

00:44:54.259 --> 00:44:54.360
 it

00:44:54.360 --> 00:44:54.539
 all

00:44:54.539 --> 00:44:54.860
 means

00:44:54.860 --> 00:44:55.119
 other

00:44:55.119 --> 00:44:55.320
 than

00:44:55.320 --> 00:44:55.500
 we're

00:44:55.500 --> 00:44:55.599
 going

00:44:55.599 --> 00:44:55.619
 to

00:44:55.619 --> 00:44:55.759
 be

00:44:55.759 --> 00:44:56.079
 reigning

00:44:56.079 --> 00:44:56.320
 with

00:44:56.320 --> 00:44:56.599
 Jesus

00:44:56.599 --> 00:44:56.980
 which

00:44:56.980 --> 00:44:57.759
 seems

00:44:57.759 --> 00:44:58.019
 like

00:44:58.019 --> 00:44:58.219
 it's

00:44:58.219 --> 00:44:58.599
 awesome

00:44:58.599 --> 00:45:01.219
 but

00:45:01.219 --> 00:45:01.360
 if

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 this

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 is

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 the

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 reward

00:45:02.360 --> 00:45:04.000
 it

00:45:04.000 --> 00:45:04.440
 tells

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 you

00:45:04.619 --> 00:45:04.860
 how

00:45:04.860 --> 00:45:05.179
 much

00:45:05.179 --> 00:45:05.440
 our

00:45:05.440 --> 00:45:05.719
 Lord

00:45:05.719 --> 00:45:06.099
 Jesus

00:45:06.099 --> 00:45:07.139
 values

00:45:07.139 --> 00:45:09.320
 uncompromised

00:45:09.320 --> 00:45:09.920
 faith

00:45:09.920 --> 00:45:10.519
 that

00:45:10.519 --> 00:45:11.579
 overcomes

00:45:11.579 --> 00:45:11.860
 a

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 complacent

00:45:12.539 --> 00:45:13.119
 culture

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 what a

00:45:16.099 --> 00:45:16.519
 reward

00:45:16.519 --> 00:45:19.239
 over the

00:45:19.239 --> 00:45:19.420
 last

00:45:19.420 --> 00:45:19.699
 several

00:45:19.699 --> 00:45:20.039
 weeks

00:45:20.039 --> 00:45:20.460
 we have

00:45:20.460 --> 00:45:20.759
 been

00:45:20.759 --> 00:45:22.239
 looking at

00:45:22.239 --> 00:45:22.460
 these

00:45:22.460 --> 00:45:22.780
 letters

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 and we've

00:45:23.239 --> 00:45:23.699
 been seeing

00:45:23.699 --> 00:45:24.800
 week after

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 week

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 Jesus is

00:45:26.000 --> 00:45:26.440
 our risen

00:45:26.440 --> 00:45:26.900
 radiant

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 and reigning

00:45:27.780 --> 00:45:28.659
 Lord

00:45:28.659 --> 00:45:29.139
 who is

00:45:29.139 --> 00:45:29.539
 worthy

00:45:29.539 --> 00:45:30.159
 of our

00:45:30.159 --> 00:45:30.900
 lives

00:45:30.900 --> 00:45:33.099
 and then we

00:45:33.099 --> 00:45:33.519
 see week

00:45:33.519 --> 00:45:34.159
 after week

00:45:34.159 --> 00:45:35.119
 that there's

00:45:35.119 --> 00:45:35.719
 some kind

00:45:35.719 --> 00:45:36.679
 of challenge

00:45:36.679 --> 00:45:37.280
 some kind

00:45:37.280 --> 00:45:38.139
 of temptation

00:45:38.139 --> 00:45:39.420
 to compromise

00:45:39.420 --> 00:45:40.700
 and they

00:45:40.700 --> 00:45:41.159
 abound

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 today

00:45:41.880 --> 00:45:43.740
 and week

00:45:43.740 --> 00:45:44.480
 after week

00:45:44.480 --> 00:45:46.280
 we've heard

00:45:46.280 --> 00:45:46.659
 him call

00:45:46.659 --> 00:45:47.000
 us to

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 overcome

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 overcome

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 overcome

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 trust in

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 me

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 keep your

00:45:53.680 --> 00:45:54.099
 line of

00:45:54.099 --> 00:45:54.360
 sight

00:45:54.360 --> 00:45:54.960
 on me

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 keep your

00:45:55.639 --> 00:45:55.900
 heart

00:45:55.900 --> 00:45:56.360
 set

00:45:56.360 --> 00:45:57.119
 on me

00:45:57.119 --> 00:45:57.559
 I'm

00:45:57.559 --> 00:45:57.720
 your

00:45:57.720 --> 00:45:58.019
 risen

00:45:58.019 --> 00:45:58.500
 radiant

00:45:58.500 --> 00:45:59.039
 and reigning

00:45:59.039 --> 00:45:59.460
 Lord

00:45:59.460 --> 00:46:00.220
 because

00:46:00.220 --> 00:46:00.940
 he

00:46:00.940 --> 00:46:02.400
 has

00:46:02.400 --> 00:46:02.940
 overcome

00:46:02.940 --> 00:46:06.099
 and he

00:46:06.099 --> 00:46:07.559
 was seated

00:46:07.559 --> 00:46:07.900
 at the

00:46:07.900 --> 00:46:08.480
 right hand

00:46:08.480 --> 00:46:09.039
 of his

00:46:09.039 --> 00:46:09.420
 father

00:46:09.420 --> 00:46:10.240
 on high

00:46:10.240 --> 00:46:12.700
 and if

00:46:12.700 --> 00:46:13.179
 he has

00:46:13.179 --> 00:46:13.740
 overcome

00:46:13.740 --> 00:46:15.740
 he has

00:46:15.740 --> 00:46:16.360
 the grace

00:46:16.360 --> 00:46:17.880
 for us

00:46:17.880 --> 00:46:18.800
 to overcome

00:46:18.800 --> 00:46:21.700
 this morning

00:46:21.700 --> 00:46:22.119
 are you

00:46:22.119 --> 00:46:23.000
 feeling like

00:46:23.000 --> 00:46:24.119
 you may

00:46:24.119 --> 00:46:25.079
 be making

00:46:25.079 --> 00:46:26.059
 Jesus gag

00:46:26.059 --> 00:46:29.380
 well you

00:46:29.380 --> 00:46:30.000
 may be

00:46:30.000 --> 00:46:32.420
 repent

00:46:32.420 --> 00:46:34.619
 let him

00:46:34.619 --> 00:46:34.880
 in

00:46:34.880 --> 00:46:36.900
 because he's

00:46:36.900 --> 00:46:37.740
 standing at

00:46:37.740 --> 00:46:38.539
 your door

00:46:38.539 --> 00:46:40.220
 in grace

00:46:40.220 --> 00:46:41.740
 knocking

00:46:41.740 --> 00:46:43.340
 asking

00:46:43.340 --> 00:46:44.860
 to come

00:46:44.860 --> 00:46:45.300
 in

00:46:45.300 --> 00:46:46.280
 and to

00:46:46.280 --> 00:46:46.680
 give you

00:46:46.680 --> 00:46:47.180
 what you

00:46:47.180 --> 00:46:47.559
 need

00:46:47.559 --> 00:46:48.900
 to overcome

00:46:48.900 --> 00:46:50.840
 let's

00:46:50.840 --> 00:46:51.119
 pray

00:46:51.119 --> 00:46:53.780
 Lord

00:46:53.780 --> 00:46:54.099
 God

00:46:54.099 --> 00:46:56.320
 Jesus

00:46:56.320 --> 00:46:57.099
 we recognize

00:46:57.099 --> 00:46:57.619
 we're in a

00:46:57.619 --> 00:46:58.079
 culture

00:46:58.079 --> 00:46:59.400
 where

00:46:59.400 --> 00:47:00.039
 compromise

00:47:00.039 --> 00:47:00.639
 abounds

00:47:00.639 --> 00:47:01.200
 in a variety

00:47:01.200 --> 00:47:01.740
 of ways

00:47:01.739 --> 00:47:02.159
 and one

00:47:02.159 --> 00:47:02.459
 of them

00:47:02.459 --> 00:47:02.859
 is to

00:47:02.859 --> 00:47:04.099
 is to

00:47:04.099 --> 00:47:04.419
 drift

00:47:04.419 --> 00:47:04.659
 into

00:47:04.659 --> 00:47:05.519
 complacency

00:47:05.519 --> 00:47:07.479
 Lord

00:47:07.479 --> 00:47:08.319
 we confess

00:47:08.319 --> 00:47:08.539
 our

00:47:08.539 --> 00:47:09.359
 self-sufficiency

00:47:09.359 --> 00:47:10.179
 individually

00:47:10.179 --> 00:47:10.699
 and as a

00:47:10.699 --> 00:47:11.059
 church

00:47:11.059 --> 00:47:12.739
 and we

00:47:12.739 --> 00:47:13.099
 welcome

00:47:13.099 --> 00:47:13.479
 you in

00:47:13.479 --> 00:47:13.679
 Lord

00:47:13.679 --> 00:47:14.019
 Jesus

00:47:14.019 --> 00:47:15.839
 in your

00:47:15.839 --> 00:47:16.259
 rightful

00:47:16.259 --> 00:47:16.779
 place

00:47:16.779 --> 00:47:18.559
 at the

00:47:18.559 --> 00:47:18.939
 center of

00:47:18.939 --> 00:47:19.159
 this

00:47:19.159 --> 00:47:19.679
 church

00:47:19.679 --> 00:47:21.299
 you are

00:47:21.299 --> 00:47:21.699
 Christ

00:47:21.699 --> 00:47:21.919
 our

00:47:21.919 --> 00:47:22.219
 King

00:47:22.219 --> 00:47:23.379
 and it's

00:47:23.379 --> 00:47:23.599
 in your

00:47:23.599 --> 00:47:23.939
 name we

00:47:23.939 --> 00:47:24.239
 pray

00:47:24.239 --> 00:47:25.459
 Amen

00:47:25.460 --> 00:47:28.900
 you

00:47:28.900 --> 00:47:30.880
 one

00:47:30.880 --> 00:47:37.900
 trust