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 I would like you to turn in your Bibles this morning to John chapter 12, and I want to read verse

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! 20 through 26 and have you follow along. John chapter 12, verse 20 through 26.

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 Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. So these came to Philip,

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 who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, Sir, we wish to see Jesus. Philip went up and told

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 Andrew. Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus, and Jesus answered them, The hour has come for the Son

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 of Man to be glorified. Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and

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 dies, it remains alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit. Whoever loves his life loses it, and

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 whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. If anyone serves me,

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 he must follow me. And where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me,

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 the Father will honor him. Let's pray. Father, as we come to you this morning with the Word in hand,

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 thankful that you have given to us the Scriptures, clear and settled in the heavens,

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 that we come with dependence upon your Spirit, enabling us to have open hearts and understanding

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 hearts that we might hear and behold glorious truths out of your Word. Those who are here that

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 know the Lord Jesus, join in praying together that as we learn more about the Lord, that we would also

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 grow in our love for Him and our willingness to serve Him and our obedience and our submission to

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 His supremacy, that we would be satisfied together. And those who are here that have not come to faith yet,

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 my prayer has been, and I know that this fellowship joins together in praying for that same end,

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 that today, this day, would be the day of salvation for them, that your Spirit would bring them to see

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 the darkness and despair of their soul and understand that there is no help apart from the work of Christ

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 and from their calling upon His name as Lord and Savior. I pray that the teaching of your Word would be

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 marked by the enabling of the Spirit of God and that your people would task together with me,

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 praying for me, praying for me, and for the Word's impact in their own lives and also in the lives of

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 others. And we thank you for this in advance. In Jesus' name, amen. Earlier in the week, last week

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 actually, ended up in a very situation, very interesting situation, having a conversation with a man.

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 Started out by his saying to me, what day is it? What day is it? He was a little kind of discombobulated and

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 took me a second to figure out why he was asking, but as things played on, I said, it's Saturday. And

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 he said, oh, oh, good. I said, okay. And I said, would you like some oatmeal? He said, absolutely.

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 And the conversation played on, and I ended up actually having an opportunity to talk to him a

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 little bit about the Lord. And at the start of the conversation, he said to me, I start out an atheist,

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 and I moved to be an agnostic, and I've become a Christian. That sounded just tremendous. Yes,

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 I like that. Except he had already told me that he'd been drunk last night, and that's why he needed

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 to know what day it was. Now, I want you to know that Christians do all kinds of bad things.

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 How many of you have made mistakes and sinned before? Okay. Okay. Most of us probably haven't

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 been wasted all night, but we've done lots of things that are not an exact test of our faith.

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 But here was a guy who started out, you know, letting me know about his previous problem,

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 and then eventually ended up talking about the Lord, and that kind of led into his, oh, yeah,

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 I'm a Christian. So I asked him just a very practical question. So how's that going for you?

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 You follow what I'm saying? How's it working out? Well, I'm not really there, you know.

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 I said, well, would you like to talk about it? No, I'm good. Off he went.

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 I bring that up because what we are looking at this morning

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 is a passage of Scripture that is not written to the unbeliever.

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 And it is a passage that clearly indicates what following Christ actually means.

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 One of the sweet truths of the gospel is that salvation brings change to us.

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 From the moment of our broken heart that brings us to repentance and calling upon the name of the

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 Lord for salvation, we have a change of address.

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 We no longer are doomed to spend eternity in hell paying for our own sins,

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 but because of the finished work of Christ, we have the absolute certain prospect

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 of eternal joy and glory in Christ's presence.

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 We also are a different person.

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 Now, that doesn't mean that all the changes that will take place

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 have already come about in a practical sense,

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 but it does mean that we are not who we used to be.

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 And as we continue in growing in our faith,

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 we see more and more of the work of Christ in our lives and an affection for Him.

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 And without question, one of the things that should characterize the person

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 and does characterize the person who is a true believer

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 is that they can look in the rearview mirror

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 and see that things are different than they used to be.

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 This passage this morning is going to help us understand

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 and really, in practical terms, gauge, evaluate the authenticity of our own faith.

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 I will tell you as well that this passage is a convicting passage

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 and one that will make you uncomfortable

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 if you are yielded to the Spirit

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 and the Spirit enables me to preach with Bible authority and humility.

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 I've got to tell you that one of the things that characterizes

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 Tim Kenoyer's general study of the Scriptures

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 is that there's seldomly a week that goes by that I don't say,

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 this is the best passage.

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 I'll tell you that.

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 I have to say that this week I had to add something

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 that was very pertinent to my own heart.

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 I had to say, in addition, this is the best passage.

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 I had to say, this is a passage that makes Tim Kenoyer uncomfortable

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 and called me to repentance and to change.

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 We'll see how that plays out in your own life, okay?

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 Well, let's look at the passage and recognize, first of all,

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 that as we dive in here and look at verse 20

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 and play out a little bit,

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 we recognize that this passage tells us about Christ's global impact.

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 It's appropriate for us to recognize that what takes place in this passage

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 is a change of direction in Christ's ministry.

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 Earlier, Jesus had sent His disciples only to the 12 tribes of Israel.

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 The starting place of His ministry had been to the nation of Israel,

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 and over and over again, He made it clear that His presentation

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 and His offer and His ministry was directed towards the nation of Israel,

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 to the Jews.

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 You'll remember when the Syrophoenician woman came and asked that He heal her daughter.

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 He said, listen, it is unfitting that children's bread be given to the dogs.

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 And what was her response?

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 I love this one.

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 She said, hey, dogs get crumbs.

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 And Jesus healed that woman's daughter.

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 But His communication was that, hey,

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 the ministry that I'm engaged in here at this moment is particularly to the Jewish nation.

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 When the Samaritan woman came to Jesus,

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 He made the statement in that passage back in John chapter 4.

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 He said, salvation is of the Jews.

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 So here we have on this great time of feast and the Passover

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 where worshipers were gathering into the city of Jerusalem,

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 up come a group of Greek worshipers.

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 That's what we're told here.

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 And they ask if they can have an interview with Jesus.

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 Now look at the passage.

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 It says, they came and asked Philip.

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 And Philip, instead of going directly to Jesus, what does he do?

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 He goes and consults with someone else because he's just a little uncomfortable.

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 He has all that past instruction from Christ as, hey, listen, here's what you do.

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 Here's how you minister.

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 And I want you to be focused on the Jewish people and the Jewish nation

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 and be sure that they hear the message of repentance.

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 And so when these Greeks came and asked for the privilege of talking with Jesus,

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 Philip was a little uncomfortable.

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 And so he goes to Andrew and they probably had a little bit of a discourse together.

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 Well, I'm not sure.

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 What do you think?

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 Let's go ahead.

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 And they both come together to Jesus.

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 You get that?

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 Here they are.

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 They're in front of Jesus.

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 And they, oh, by the way, there's a couple Greeks.

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 You know, they're not Jews, but they like to talk with you a little bit.

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 It's very interesting here that these Greeks asked to talk to Jesus.

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 We have no further detail about their motive,

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 but it's fair to surmise that their thinking had been affected

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 by the dramatic sequence of events.

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 They had come to worship, but in that period of time, just prior to the cross,

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 let me kind of rattle off some of the very significant things that had happened.

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 For one, Jesus had healed Lazarus, raised Lazarus from the dead,

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 and that was a dramatic, powerful evidence of his deity and his power.

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 Secondly, he had entered into Jerusalem with all the fanfare and the regalia.

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 Remember that he had come with palm fronds being waved and people shouting out,

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 Hosanna, Hosanna.

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 They were lit up at the prospect of Jesus coming in as the regal authority

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 and ruler that was going to bring victory and blessing to them.

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 Remember they threw down their coats in front of Jesus,

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 and he came in on a donkey.

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 That had to be significantly striking to the Greeks.

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 Furthermore, Jesus had cleansed the temple.

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 I want you just to stop and think about this just for a moment.

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 How many of you know where Mecca is?

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 Anybody know where Mecca is?

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 Hello, we have some Mecca people here.

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 Okay, you know where Mecca is?

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 Can you imagine in your right mind someone going in?

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 Well, let's try the Dome of the Rock where the golden...

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 Do you follow what I'm saying?

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 Just imagine someone going in there and cleaning house

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 and getting rid of all the false worship that is going on

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 either at Mecca or in Jerusalem where the Golden Dome is.

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 Do you think that would cause a little bit of a stir?

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 What do you think?

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 I mean, it would light things up.

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 And the Greeks, no doubt, had heard about Lazarus,

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 about the wonderful entrance, and cleansing the temple.

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 And so here we have them coming and asking for an opportunity

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 to interview Jesus.

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 They want to learn something.

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 And here is Jesus who takes advantage of this.

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 And what He does is He points now to the gospel's global impact.

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 In including the Greeks and inviting this conversation

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 instead of repressing it, He makes it very, very clear

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 that the interest of the Greeks was indicative,

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 pointed to the fact that the day was coming

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 when the gospel's impact would not only be of value

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 in the nation of Israel but would be across the entire globe.

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 I love the fact that the gospel is not limited

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 to an ethnic group or to a physical location

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 like the land of Israel.

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 It has value to every single person

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 who comes into the world.

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 And it is supremely important,

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 not just to the nation of Israel,

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 but to all of us because what?

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 Salvation is the very heart

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 of what Jesus came to bring to mankind.

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 And I like the fact that here is Jesus

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 kind of making an early indication of the fact

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 that the gospel's flow and impact

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 was going to transcend the nation of Israel.

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 It was going to have global impact.

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 That was actually what was part of the Abrahamic covenant.

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 Isn't that right?

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 God made the commitment and promise to Abraham.

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 He said, through you,

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 all the nations of the world will be blessed.

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 How?

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 By virtue of Christ being the Savior of all mankind,

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 offering salvation through His finished work on the cross.

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 Now, as we push further into the text,

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 you're there in John chapter 12,

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 you'll find that after this little business

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 of the matter playing out of the question,

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 hey, listen, there are Greeks that want to meet you,

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 I want you to notice Christ's response.

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 And Jesus answered them.

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 Who is the them?

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 Answer that question in your own thinking.

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 Who was Jesus talking to?

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 He wasn't talking to the Greeks.

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 They were kind of standing back, you know,

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 a little bit.

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 There's Philip and Andrew.

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 Can these people talk?

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 Jesus says, hey.

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 I believe Jesus was talking primarily to His disciples

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 who had come with this question,

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 Philip and Andrew.

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 And He makes it clear

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 that something has come to fruition

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 and is at the point.

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 And here's what Jesus says.

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 My time is here.

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 My time is now.

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 Now, stop and think for a moment again,

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 and it helps to kind of keep a picture

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 of the larger context of Christ's ministry.

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 Over and over again prior to this,

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 Jesus had made statements like,

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 it's not my time.

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 My time is not now.

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 It's not the moment.

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 And here He is.

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 In verse 23, Jesus answered them,

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 the hour is come

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 for the Son of Man to be glorified.

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 I want you to think just for a moment

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 about how Philip and Andrew must have felt

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 when they heard Jesus say,

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 yep, it's time.

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 This is it.

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 I'm going to be glorified.

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 What kind of thinking do you think they had

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 about what Christ's glory was all about?

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 Oh, so that you remember,

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 when they had had the Last Supper together,

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 immediately after that tremendously spiritual moment,

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 what had they been bickering about as they left?

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 Does anybody know?

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 They were fussing with each other

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 about who was going to have the right hand

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 and the left hand

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 and who was really going to be important in the kingdom.

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 They were all lit up about the prospect

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 of being in charge.

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 That's what they were interested in.

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 And here is Jesus saying,

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 it's time.

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 I'm going to be glorified.

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 And here they are in the heady rush of thinking,

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 yeah, it's Hosanna time for real.

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 And yeah, we're going to set aside that donkey

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 and he's going to be doing the horse thing

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 and we're going to be part of it.

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 And then boom.

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 Look at it.

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 Look at it.

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 Truly, truly, I say to you,

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 unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth

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 and dies,

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 it remains alone.

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 But if it dies,

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 it bears much fruit.

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 Here in the moment of the Greeks coming

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 and asking for an opportunity

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 to get to know Jesus a little better

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 and Jesus making it clear

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 that all mankind

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 open to the call

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 and the significance of the gospel,

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 here he makes a stunning statement

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 and what he does is he announces

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 that his worth and glory

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 is going to be in his death.

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 Look at verse 24.

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 Let me read it again.

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 Truly, truly, I say to you,

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 unless a grain of wheat

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 falls into the earth and dies,

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 it remains alone.

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 But if it dies,

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 it bears much fruit.

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 I want you to think with me,

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 secondly, about the fruitfulness

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 of the cross.

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 Jesus was at the very pinnacle

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 of his popularity

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 and yet in the very same sentence

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 where he spoke about his glory,

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 he spoke about his death

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 and its fruitfulness.

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 The words truly, truly,

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 just so you get clued in on this,

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 are always a signal

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 of something that is really important

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 that is going to be said next.

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 Now I want to frame that.

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 There's not a word in the Bible

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 that does not have significance.

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 We would agree to that.

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 All scripture is given by inspiration

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 and is profitable.

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 But truly, truly

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 is one of those little signals

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 that the Spirit of God relies upon

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 and Jesus relied upon

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 to say,

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 hey, pay attention to this.

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 It's a little bit like

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 when you were in class

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 and the teacher would say,

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 this is going to be on the test.

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 What did all of you do?

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 Yeah, yeah,

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 I've heard that before.

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 No, that's not what you did.

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 What did you do?

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 You underlined,

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 you know,

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 test, arrow,

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 and when you were reviewing

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 for the exam,

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 what did you do?

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 You went back

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 and looked for what?

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 You looked for those parts

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 that you'd underlined.

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 So you can,

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 here's what you can do

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 if you,

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 and it's not adding to the Bible

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 when you make a marginal gloss.

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 You know what a marginal gloss is?

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 A little note in the margin says,

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 hey, this is important for me.

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 This is really something

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 to hold on to.

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 Jesus has some advice

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 you need to pay attention to.

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 Jesus used the very common illustration

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 of what happens to a seed

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 to make the point about his death

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 and what would follow.

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 You see,

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 a seed's fruitfulness

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 really is impossible

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 apart from its death.

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 It doesn't happen any other way.

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 I told my wife earlier

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 this morning, actually,

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 I said, hey,

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 over the Labor Day holiday,

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 I actually intend to plant kale

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 and turnip greens

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 or a couple other things.

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 You know,

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 fall is coming.

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 How many of you noticed that?

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 It's a weather change.

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 Yes.

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 And so,

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 in order for those seeds

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 to actually do anything

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 and be productive,

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 I have to put them in the ground.

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 They have to die.

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 And then,

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 something happens.

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 And here is Jesus

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 relying upon that

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 little common fact of farming

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 to make the point that

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 his glory

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 could not be separated

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 from his death.

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 He made it clear.

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 He made it clear.

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 Glory

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 and death

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 are linked together.

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 And his death

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 on the cross

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 would bring salvation

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 for an unnumbered host,

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 and it would be

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 the means of glory.

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 I want you to look with me

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 just for a moment.

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 You're there in John,

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 but I want you to turn back

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 to the book of Isaiah.

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 As I was studying

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 earlier in the week

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 and,

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 well,

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 last week,

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 and just pondering

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 the marvel of this text

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 and convicted deeply,

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 I was struck by

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 what the passage in Isaiah

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 opens up for us.

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 And just,

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 it had a

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 significant contact

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 with me.

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 Look at

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 Isaiah chapter 53

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 verse 10

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 and 11.

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 Yet,

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 Isaiah chapter 53

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 verse 10,

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 it was the will

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 of the Lord

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 to crush him.

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 I think in the King James

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 it says,

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 it pleased the Lord

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 to bruise him.

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 And you stop

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 and think about that.

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 I mean,

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 how many of you

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 as fathers

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 have had to spank

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 your sons?

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 Don't raise your hands.

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 I'm not looking for

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 who has done

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 and who has not.

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 But I,

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 a father that is

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 guided by the Spirit

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 of God

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 and recognizes

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 that there are times

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 when discipline

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 is necessary

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 would probably confess

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 that in the moment

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 there is no pleasure

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 in what you're doing.

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 You do it out of obligation,

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 out of necessity.

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 You do it because

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 of the burden

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 of what you know

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 is your responsibility

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 responsibility

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 as a father.

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 If there's any potential

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 of pleasure,

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 it is at the hope

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 that your obedience

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 to the Scriptures

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 are going to bring fruit

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 in that little child's life

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 that are going to be

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 a blessing to that child

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 and to the Lord Jesus.

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 So it's hard for me

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 to imagine

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 what this passage

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 actually says

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 about God the Father

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 in terms of

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 His pleasure

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 and His satisfaction

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 in causing

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 His own son

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 to die.

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 That's what's in view.

00:23:16.520 --> 00:23:17.420
 Isaiah 53,

00:23:17.840 --> 00:23:18.320
 verse 10,

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 it says,

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 Yet it was the will

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 of the Lord

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 to crush him.

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 He has put him

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 to grief

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 when his soul

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 makes an offering

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 for guilt.

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 He shall see

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 his offspring.

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 He shall prolong

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 his days.

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 The will of the Lord

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 shall prosper

00:23:32.160 --> 00:23:32.900
 in His hand.

00:23:33.860 --> 00:23:35.160
 Out of the anguish

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 of his soul.

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 He shall see

00:23:38.300 --> 00:23:39.320
 and be satisfied.

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 By his knowledge

00:23:40.940 --> 00:23:41.779
 shall the righteous

00:23:41.779 --> 00:23:42.120
 one,

00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:42.800
 my servant,

00:23:43.200 --> 00:23:43.860
 make many

00:23:43.860 --> 00:23:45.160
 to be accounted

00:23:45.160 --> 00:23:46.060
 righteous.

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 Do you get a thrill

00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:49.360
 when you think about that?

00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:50.620
 Here's what's being said.

00:23:51.060 --> 00:23:51.660
 Back in the book

00:23:51.660 --> 00:23:52.340
 of Isaiah,

00:23:53.120 --> 00:23:54.420
 it says this,

00:23:54.700 --> 00:23:55.400
 number one,

00:23:55.700 --> 00:23:56.759
 that Christ was

00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:57.860
 a sacrifice

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 and made

00:23:58.940 --> 00:23:59.740
 an offering

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 for guilt.

00:24:00.779 --> 00:24:02.000
 How was guilt

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:02.700
 satisfied

00:24:02.700 --> 00:24:03.580
 in the Old Testament?

00:24:03.700 --> 00:24:04.360
 Does anybody have an idea?

00:24:06.019 --> 00:24:06.860
 You had to make

00:24:06.860 --> 00:24:07.440
 a sacrifice.

00:24:08.940 --> 00:24:09.320
 You see,

00:24:09.519 --> 00:24:10.360
 here's the idea

00:24:10.360 --> 00:24:10.840
 that we need

00:24:10.840 --> 00:24:11.720
 to get our hands around.

00:24:12.460 --> 00:24:12.900
 Underneath

00:24:12.900 --> 00:24:13.560
 and behind

00:24:13.560 --> 00:24:14.680
 the reality

00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:15.860
 of our own sinfulness

00:24:15.860 --> 00:24:16.779
 is that something

00:24:16.779 --> 00:24:18.060
 has to be done

00:24:18.060 --> 00:24:19.180
 about that sin.

00:24:21.220 --> 00:24:21.900
 I've got to tell you,

00:24:21.980 --> 00:24:22.580
 throwing coins

00:24:22.580 --> 00:24:23.360
 in an offering plate

00:24:23.360 --> 00:24:23.960
 don't do it.

00:24:25.180 --> 00:24:25.960
 Saying that

00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:27.360
 you're a pretty good person

00:24:27.360 --> 00:24:28.060
 doesn't do it

00:24:28.060 --> 00:24:29.019
 because the heart

00:24:29.019 --> 00:24:29.660
 is deceitful

00:24:29.660 --> 00:24:30.360
 above all things

00:24:30.360 --> 00:24:31.300
 and desperately wicked

00:24:31.300 --> 00:24:32.740
 and there is no way

00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:33.259
 that a man

00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:34.460
 can redeem his heart

00:24:34.460 --> 00:24:35.720
 by his own activity

00:24:35.720 --> 00:24:36.519
 and his own effort.

00:24:39.120 --> 00:24:41.079
 The infinite offense

00:24:41.079 --> 00:24:42.000
 of sin

00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:43.000
 deserves

00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:44.600
 an infinite penalty.

00:24:44.819 --> 00:24:46.680
 That is a mathematical equation.

00:24:46.779 --> 00:24:47.360
 Does that make sense

00:24:47.360 --> 00:24:47.700
 to you?

00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:51.259
 And only

00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:54.319
 the infinite

00:24:54.319 --> 00:24:55.539
 endurance

00:24:55.539 --> 00:24:56.799
 of suffering

00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:57.700
 in hell

00:24:57.700 --> 00:24:59.700
 or the infinite

00:24:59.700 --> 00:25:01.240
 blood of Christ

00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:03.200
 will bring about

00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:05.059
 satisfaction

00:25:05.059 --> 00:25:06.059
 to the debt

00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:07.299
 that sin creates.

00:25:08.700 --> 00:25:09.440
 And here

00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:11.759
 is the Scripture

00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:12.819
 making it clear

00:25:12.819 --> 00:25:13.299
 to us

00:25:13.299 --> 00:25:14.099
 that Christ

00:25:14.099 --> 00:25:15.759
 by his offering

00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:16.920
 is going to satisfy

00:25:16.920 --> 00:25:17.579
 the debt

00:25:17.579 --> 00:25:18.839
 and look at verse 11

00:25:18.839 --> 00:25:19.200
 and it says,

00:25:19.660 --> 00:25:20.480
 and make many

00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:22.140
 to be accounted righteousness.

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 That word

00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:23.400
 accounted

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 means

00:25:24.400 --> 00:25:26.359
 that his righteousness

00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:27.279
 is put over

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 on my account.

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 why is it

00:25:33.299 --> 00:25:34.799
 that I can say

00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:36.339
 with absolute confidence

00:25:36.339 --> 00:25:38.339
 that there is thou

00:25:38.339 --> 00:25:38.819
 therefore

00:25:38.819 --> 00:25:39.960
 no condemnation

00:25:39.960 --> 00:25:40.420
 to them

00:25:40.420 --> 00:25:41.599
 who are in Christ Jesus?

00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:43.240
 It is because

00:25:43.240 --> 00:25:44.559
 the righteousness

00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:45.380
 of Christ

00:25:45.380 --> 00:25:46.160
 was placed

00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:47.380
 on the account

00:25:47.380 --> 00:25:49.200
 of the sinner

00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:50.240
 who is repentant

00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:51.180
 and calls upon

00:25:51.180 --> 00:25:52.019
 the name of the Lord.

00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:53.779
 And so you look

00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:54.359
 at this passage

00:25:54.359 --> 00:25:55.720
 and you recognize here

00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:57.359
 that Jesus

00:25:57.359 --> 00:25:58.399
 is making it clear

00:25:58.399 --> 00:25:59.219
 going back to

00:25:59.219 --> 00:25:59.899
 the passage

00:25:59.899 --> 00:26:01.500
 in John chapter 12.

00:26:02.099 --> 00:26:03.259
 He is making a statement

00:26:03.259 --> 00:26:03.919
 that listen

00:26:03.919 --> 00:26:05.500
 I am going to die.

00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:07.819
 They didn't expect that.

00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:08.519
 They'd heard him

00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:09.399
 say it many times

00:26:09.399 --> 00:26:10.919
 but he made it

00:26:10.919 --> 00:26:11.899
 very very clear

00:26:11.899 --> 00:26:13.219
 that he was going

00:26:13.219 --> 00:26:13.919
 to die

00:26:13.919 --> 00:26:15.459
 and that as a result

00:26:15.459 --> 00:26:16.199
 of his death

00:26:16.199 --> 00:26:18.439
 those who came

00:26:18.439 --> 00:26:18.959
 to faith

00:26:18.959 --> 00:26:20.000
 would be the fruit

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:21.919
 of his sacrifice

00:26:21.919 --> 00:26:24.000
 and be the fruit

00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:26.019
 the outcome

00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:27.339
 the product

00:26:27.339 --> 00:26:28.519
 the blessing

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:29.059
 that came

00:26:29.059 --> 00:26:30.160
 from his willing

00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:30.880
 sacrifice.

00:26:31.880 --> 00:26:32.799
 So let me ask you

00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:33.619
 a practical question

00:26:33.619 --> 00:26:34.380
 because the remainder

00:26:34.380 --> 00:26:34.940
 of the sermon

00:26:34.940 --> 00:26:35.940
 is not aimed

00:26:35.940 --> 00:26:36.619
 at unbelievers

00:26:36.619 --> 00:26:37.220
 but is aimed

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:38.220
 at you who are here

00:26:38.220 --> 00:26:39.180
 who know Christ

00:26:39.180 --> 00:26:39.900
 and I would say

00:26:39.900 --> 00:26:41.319
 that the vast majority

00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:41.700
 of you would say

00:26:41.700 --> 00:26:42.460
 I know Jesus

00:26:42.460 --> 00:26:43.220
 yeah

00:26:43.220 --> 00:26:44.619
 I'm one of them.

00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:49.819
 I want you to recognize

00:26:49.819 --> 00:26:50.660
 that what Jesus

00:26:50.660 --> 00:26:51.900
 is going to say next

00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:53.019
 really puts us

00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:53.600
 on the spot

00:26:53.600 --> 00:26:54.460
 of asking ourselves

00:26:54.460 --> 00:26:55.000
 the question

00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:56.360
 am I the fruit

00:26:56.360 --> 00:26:57.180
 of his sacrifice

00:26:57.180 --> 00:26:58.019
 for sin?

00:26:59.220 --> 00:26:59.960
 Ask yourself

00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:00.460
 that question

00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:01.240
 am I

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:02.660
 the fruit

00:27:02.660 --> 00:27:04.200
 of his sacrifice

00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:04.960
 for sin?

00:27:06.340 --> 00:27:06.780
 Jesus

00:27:06.780 --> 00:27:08.700
 had this statement

00:27:08.700 --> 00:27:10.180
 made by his disciples

00:27:10.180 --> 00:27:10.800
 these people want

00:27:10.800 --> 00:27:11.600
 to come and meet you

00:27:11.600 --> 00:27:12.280
 and talk with you

00:27:12.280 --> 00:27:13.100
 Jesus said

00:27:13.100 --> 00:27:13.500
 yep

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:14.660
 it's now time

00:27:14.660 --> 00:27:15.440
 that I'm going

00:27:15.440 --> 00:27:16.120
 to be glorified

00:27:16.120 --> 00:27:16.400
 how?

00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:17.200
 I'm going to die

00:27:17.200 --> 00:27:19.540
 my death

00:27:19.540 --> 00:27:21.200
 is going to produce fruit

00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:24.080
 are you the fruit

00:27:24.080 --> 00:27:26.160
 of his sacrifice

00:27:26.160 --> 00:27:27.500
 for sin?

00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:29.120
 That brings us

00:27:29.120 --> 00:27:29.860
 to the third thing

00:27:29.860 --> 00:27:30.400
 that I want you

00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:31.080
 to recognize

00:27:31.080 --> 00:27:32.220
 it starts out there

00:27:32.220 --> 00:27:33.900
 in verse 20

00:27:33.900 --> 00:27:34.480
 where the Greeks

00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:35.080
 came and said

00:27:35.080 --> 00:27:35.700
 alright we want

00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:36.580
 to see Jesus

00:27:36.580 --> 00:27:38.860
 now here we are

00:27:38.860 --> 00:27:39.900
 looking at verse 25

00:27:39.900 --> 00:27:40.500
 and 26

00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:41.600
 whoever loves his life

00:27:41.600 --> 00:27:42.279
 loses it

00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:46.180
 whoever hates his life

00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:46.740
 in this world

00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:47.200
 will keep it

00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:48.160
 for eternal life

00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:50.800
 if anyone serves me

00:27:50.800 --> 00:27:53.400
 are you in the anyone?

00:27:54.580 --> 00:27:55.200
 are you that?

00:27:56.080 --> 00:27:57.500
 if anyone serves me

00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:59.400
 he must follow me

00:27:59.400 --> 00:28:00.259
 and where I am

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:01.740
 there will my servant

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:02.480
 be also

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:04.259
 if anyone serves me

00:28:04.259 --> 00:28:04.880
 the father

00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:06.360
 will honor him

00:28:06.360 --> 00:28:10.019
 here's the question

00:28:10.019 --> 00:28:12.440
 am I one of the anyone?

00:28:13.320 --> 00:28:14.140
 is that fair?

00:28:15.140 --> 00:28:16.259
 am I an anyone?

00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:18.039
 am I a person

00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:18.900
 who really knows

00:28:18.900 --> 00:28:19.539
 Christ?

00:28:21.119 --> 00:28:22.140
 here were the Greeks

00:28:22.140 --> 00:28:22.759
 they wanted to know

00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:23.619
 more about Jesus

00:28:23.619 --> 00:28:24.640
 they were interested

00:28:24.640 --> 00:28:25.960
 in knowing

00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:27.779
 this spectacular

00:28:27.779 --> 00:28:29.259
 newsworthy

00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:30.119
 individual

00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:31.500
 and he says

00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:32.420
 listen it's time

00:28:32.420 --> 00:28:33.599
 I'm going to be glorified

00:28:33.599 --> 00:28:34.599
 and my glory

00:28:34.599 --> 00:28:35.039
 is going to be

00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:35.779
 directly linked

00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:36.960
 to my dying

00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:38.000
 for other people

00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:42.000
 what has taken

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:43.279
 place so far

00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:44.099
 in this passage

00:28:44.099 --> 00:28:44.960
 is Jesus

00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:47.519
 bringing attention

00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:48.599
 to the cross

00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:51.700
 but let's take it further

00:28:51.700 --> 00:28:54.440
 now what he says

00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:54.740
 is

00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:56.380
 the fruit

00:28:56.380 --> 00:28:58.440
 of faith

00:28:58.440 --> 00:29:00.539
 produces

00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:02.000
 people

00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:03.259
 who act

00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:04.380
 like me

00:29:04.380 --> 00:29:05.579
 do you get that?

00:29:05.579 --> 00:29:08.139
 the last

00:29:08.139 --> 00:29:08.899
 two verses

00:29:08.899 --> 00:29:09.819
 are really

00:29:09.819 --> 00:29:10.839
 for us

00:29:10.839 --> 00:29:11.659
 as believers

00:29:11.659 --> 00:29:13.899
 to kind of

00:29:13.899 --> 00:29:14.720
 double check

00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:15.519
 to see whether

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:16.059
 or not

00:29:16.059 --> 00:29:16.819
 we are

00:29:16.819 --> 00:29:17.819
 what we say

00:29:17.819 --> 00:29:18.500
 we are

00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:21.279
 the Greeks

00:29:21.279 --> 00:29:22.139
 wanted to understand

00:29:22.139 --> 00:29:22.839
 Jesus better

00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:23.419
 and he wanted

00:29:23.419 --> 00:29:24.379
 to be very clear

00:29:24.379 --> 00:29:25.299
 that his disciples

00:29:25.299 --> 00:29:26.000
 in particular

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:26.919
 understood

00:29:26.919 --> 00:29:28.919
 what following him

00:29:28.919 --> 00:29:29.500
 really meant

00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:30.460
 knowing Jesus

00:29:30.460 --> 00:29:31.599
 means following Jesus

00:29:31.599 --> 00:29:33.179
 and bringing fruit

00:29:33.179 --> 00:29:34.319
 to his glory

00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:36.399
 you want to see him

00:29:36.399 --> 00:29:38.399
 then follow his path

00:29:38.399 --> 00:29:40.159
 take his

00:29:40.159 --> 00:29:41.659
 life

00:29:41.659 --> 00:29:42.439
 and walk

00:29:42.439 --> 00:29:43.039
 with him

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:43.919
 be fruit

00:29:43.919 --> 00:29:44.939
 that brings glory

00:29:44.939 --> 00:29:45.839
 to him

00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:47.980
 and be one

00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:48.319
 who

00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:49.419
 by virtue

00:29:49.419 --> 00:29:50.099
 of the life

00:29:50.099 --> 00:29:50.779
 that you live

00:29:50.779 --> 00:29:51.740
 evidences

00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:52.939
 the transforming

00:29:52.939 --> 00:29:54.200
 power of the cross

00:29:54.200 --> 00:29:57.919
 so what does

00:29:57.919 --> 00:29:58.679
 true faith

00:29:58.679 --> 00:29:59.839
 produce?

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:00.819
 what does

00:30:00.819 --> 00:30:01.759
 true fruit

00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:02.799
 look like?

00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:04.899
 it would be wrong

00:30:04.899 --> 00:30:07.139
 to skip over

00:30:07.139 --> 00:30:08.200
 this passage

00:30:08.200 --> 00:30:09.159
 and not have it

00:30:09.159 --> 00:30:10.259
 brought to bear

00:30:10.259 --> 00:30:11.339
 on our lives

00:30:11.339 --> 00:30:11.859
 personally

00:30:11.859 --> 00:30:12.579
 and I got to tell you

00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:13.559
 I was listening

00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:14.579
 earlier last week

00:30:14.579 --> 00:30:15.559
 to John Piper

00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:16.399
 preaching on this

00:30:16.399 --> 00:30:16.759
 passage

00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:17.859
 and remember

00:30:17.859 --> 00:30:18.539
 I said that this

00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:19.579
 passage is a great

00:30:19.579 --> 00:30:20.759
 one but it's also

00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:21.480
 deeply

00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:22.579
 convicting

00:30:22.579 --> 00:30:27.639
 true faith

00:30:27.639 --> 00:30:29.200
 is hard

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:30.839
 let's get that

00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:31.659
 clear in our minds

00:30:31.659 --> 00:30:33.519
 it would be wrong

00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:34.159
 not to declare

00:30:34.159 --> 00:30:34.639
 the truth

00:30:34.639 --> 00:30:35.119
 that Jesus

00:30:35.119 --> 00:30:36.179
 had here for us

00:30:36.179 --> 00:30:37.059
 that following

00:30:37.059 --> 00:30:38.419
 him is costly

00:30:38.419 --> 00:30:39.199
 and hard

00:30:39.199 --> 00:30:40.819
 I

00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:42.740
 every now and then

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:43.839
 just to kind of

00:30:43.839 --> 00:30:44.679
 intrigue and

00:30:44.679 --> 00:30:46.019
 entertain my soul

00:30:46.019 --> 00:30:48.179
 I kind of

00:30:48.179 --> 00:30:49.919
 skip through

00:30:49.919 --> 00:30:50.980
 channels that have

00:30:50.980 --> 00:30:51.699
 a lot of

00:30:51.699 --> 00:30:53.099
 televangelists on them

00:30:53.099 --> 00:30:53.439
 you know

00:30:53.439 --> 00:30:54.959
 wonderful preaching

00:30:54.959 --> 00:30:55.699
 about how I can

00:30:55.699 --> 00:30:56.500
 have a better house

00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:57.379
 and fly in a jet

00:30:57.379 --> 00:30:57.799
 and you know

00:30:57.799 --> 00:30:58.500
 all that kind of stuff

00:30:58.500 --> 00:30:58.859
 you know it's a

00:30:58.859 --> 00:30:59.920
 really popular stuff

00:30:59.920 --> 00:31:01.259
 and do you realize

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:02.140
 that the health

00:31:02.140 --> 00:31:02.980
 and wealth gospel

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:04.740
 is thriving today

00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:06.359
 around the world

00:31:06.359 --> 00:31:08.579
 and you know what

00:31:08.579 --> 00:31:09.420
 when you listen to

00:31:09.420 --> 00:31:10.279
 these guys preach

00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:11.019
 you kind of wonder

00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:11.700
 what in the world

00:31:11.700 --> 00:31:12.720
 was Jesus talking

00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:13.079
 about

00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:14.099
 about sacrifice

00:31:14.099 --> 00:31:14.819
 where's the truly

00:31:14.819 --> 00:31:15.940
 truly in all of that

00:31:15.940 --> 00:31:19.619
 listen to what

00:31:19.619 --> 00:31:20.539
 Jesus had to say

00:31:20.539 --> 00:31:21.339
 about what it means

00:31:21.339 --> 00:31:22.039
 to follow him

00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:22.819
 for one we choose

00:31:22.819 --> 00:31:23.259
 death

00:31:23.259 --> 00:31:26.119
 look at the passage

00:31:26.119 --> 00:31:28.619
 whoever loves his

00:31:28.619 --> 00:31:29.719
 life loses it

00:31:29.719 --> 00:31:31.279
 what

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:34.459
 I'd like to

00:31:34.459 --> 00:31:35.059
 follow Jesus

00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:35.959
 if it means I get

00:31:35.959 --> 00:31:36.679
 something for

00:31:36.679 --> 00:31:38.000
 that in return

00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:38.419
 hey

00:31:38.419 --> 00:31:39.519
 that's not wrong

00:31:39.519 --> 00:31:39.959
 thinking

00:31:39.959 --> 00:31:41.579
 you're thinking

00:31:41.579 --> 00:31:41.899
 I'm

00:31:41.899 --> 00:31:43.039
 wrong

00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:44.179
 wait

00:31:44.179 --> 00:31:49.000
 God does not

00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:49.759
 call us

00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:51.159
 to sacrifice

00:31:51.159 --> 00:31:52.179
 without promise

00:31:52.179 --> 00:31:52.699
 of reward

00:31:52.700 --> 00:31:54.880
 the problem

00:31:54.880 --> 00:31:55.180
 is

00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:55.860
 is we end up

00:31:55.860 --> 00:31:56.860
 being far

00:31:56.860 --> 00:31:58.519
 too short

00:31:58.519 --> 00:31:59.519
 sighted

00:31:59.519 --> 00:32:03.380
 I'll never

00:32:03.380 --> 00:32:03.840
 forget

00:32:03.840 --> 00:32:06.460
 reading

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:09.140
 in Desiring God

00:32:09.140 --> 00:32:09.539
 about

00:32:09.539 --> 00:32:10.580
 a missionary

00:32:10.580 --> 00:32:11.080
 couple

00:32:11.080 --> 00:32:11.960
 that arrived

00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:13.640
 from years

00:32:13.640 --> 00:32:14.240
 on the field

00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:15.039
 broken and

00:32:15.039 --> 00:32:16.299
 spent by

00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:17.160
 their ministry

00:32:17.160 --> 00:32:17.580
 I think it was

00:32:17.580 --> 00:32:18.039
 in Africa

00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:19.759
 and they

00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:20.200
 happened to be

00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:20.660
 arrived

00:32:20.660 --> 00:32:21.519
 they happened

00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:22.060
 to be arriving

00:32:22.060 --> 00:32:22.600
 at the same

00:32:22.600 --> 00:32:23.080
 time that

00:32:23.080 --> 00:32:24.400
 some significant

00:32:24.400 --> 00:32:25.279
 dignitary was

00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:25.700
 arriving

00:32:25.700 --> 00:32:27.880
 and the band

00:32:27.880 --> 00:32:28.360
 was there

00:32:28.360 --> 00:32:29.340
 to welcome

00:32:29.340 --> 00:32:30.040
 this individual

00:32:30.040 --> 00:32:30.620
 as he got

00:32:30.620 --> 00:32:31.040
 off the

00:32:31.040 --> 00:32:31.720
 steamship

00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:33.380
 and as he

00:32:33.380 --> 00:32:34.160
 is walking

00:32:34.160 --> 00:32:34.920
 off the band

00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:35.740
 strikes up

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:36.080
 and they're

00:32:36.080 --> 00:32:36.600
 giving all

00:32:36.600 --> 00:32:37.340
 this fanfare

00:32:37.340 --> 00:32:40.320
 and the wife

00:32:40.320 --> 00:32:40.980
 commented to the

00:32:40.980 --> 00:32:41.240
 husband

00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:41.800
 there's nobody

00:32:41.800 --> 00:32:42.320
 here to greet

00:32:42.320 --> 00:32:42.779
 us

00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:45.380
 and he said

00:32:45.380 --> 00:32:46.080
 I'm not home

00:32:46.080 --> 00:32:46.360
 yet

00:32:46.360 --> 00:32:49.040
 we're not home

00:32:49.040 --> 00:32:49.340
 yet

00:32:49.339 --> 00:32:53.919
 let's be

00:32:53.919 --> 00:32:54.379
 honest

00:32:54.379 --> 00:32:56.699
 serving

00:32:56.699 --> 00:32:57.139
 Jesus

00:32:57.139 --> 00:32:57.759
 is hard

00:32:57.759 --> 00:33:00.299
 you choose

00:33:00.299 --> 00:33:00.740
 death

00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:03.319
 there is

00:33:03.319 --> 00:33:04.339
 truth in

00:33:04.339 --> 00:33:04.799
 the fact

00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:05.199
 that

00:33:05.199 --> 00:33:06.159
 salvation

00:33:06.159 --> 00:33:06.659
 is a

00:33:06.659 --> 00:33:06.879
 death

00:33:06.879 --> 00:33:07.159
 of our

00:33:07.159 --> 00:33:07.539
 past

00:33:07.539 --> 00:33:07.859
 and our

00:33:07.859 --> 00:33:08.319
 corruption

00:33:08.319 --> 00:33:09.319
 but it

00:33:09.319 --> 00:33:09.779
 is also

00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:10.439
 a conscious

00:33:10.439 --> 00:33:11.000
 choice

00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:11.480
 that we

00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:11.799
 make

00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:12.279
 from day

00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:12.720
 to day

00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:13.639
 of putting

00:33:13.639 --> 00:33:14.199
 our old

00:33:14.199 --> 00:33:14.679
 desires

00:33:14.679 --> 00:33:15.419
 and habits

00:33:15.419 --> 00:33:16.059
 to death

00:33:16.059 --> 00:33:18.000
 and can I

00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:18.259
 tell you

00:33:18.259 --> 00:33:18.700
 that keeps

00:33:18.700 --> 00:33:19.079
 on going

00:33:19.079 --> 00:33:19.379
 on

00:33:19.379 --> 00:33:21.899
 for the

00:33:21.899 --> 00:33:22.579
 rest of

00:33:22.579 --> 00:33:23.399
 my life

00:33:23.399 --> 00:33:24.299
 I continue

00:33:24.299 --> 00:33:25.039
 because of

00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:25.539
 what Jesus

00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:26.119
 has done

00:33:26.119 --> 00:33:26.859
 in my life

00:33:26.859 --> 00:33:27.879
 of choosing

00:33:27.879 --> 00:33:28.659
 to not

00:33:28.659 --> 00:33:29.440
 do things

00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:29.859
 and put

00:33:29.859 --> 00:33:30.419
 to death

00:33:30.419 --> 00:33:31.419
 the flesh

00:33:31.419 --> 00:33:31.799
 that is

00:33:31.799 --> 00:33:32.519
 at battle

00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:33.619
 and at war

00:33:33.619 --> 00:33:34.480
 with my

00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:35.379
 own heart

00:33:35.379 --> 00:33:36.679
 for things

00:33:36.679 --> 00:33:37.099
 that don't

00:33:37.099 --> 00:33:37.799
 last forever

00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:40.059
 as Judith

00:33:40.059 --> 00:33:40.359
 and I

00:33:40.359 --> 00:33:40.799
 were praying

00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:41.299
 this morning

00:33:41.299 --> 00:33:42.279
 and spending

00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:42.960
 time together

00:33:42.960 --> 00:33:43.440
 I talked

00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:43.819
 about the

00:33:43.819 --> 00:33:44.279
 fact that

00:33:44.279 --> 00:33:45.639
 that we

00:33:45.639 --> 00:33:46.899
 look forward

00:33:46.899 --> 00:33:47.740
 to a time

00:33:47.740 --> 00:33:48.339
 when we can

00:33:48.339 --> 00:33:49.399
 be invested

00:33:49.399 --> 00:33:50.220
 again with

00:33:50.220 --> 00:33:51.319
 ministering to

00:33:51.319 --> 00:33:52.299
 international students

00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:53.460
 I love going

00:33:53.460 --> 00:33:54.159
 out to the airport

00:33:54.159 --> 00:33:55.180
 and picking

00:33:55.180 --> 00:33:55.740
 them up

00:33:55.740 --> 00:33:56.559
 people who

00:33:56.559 --> 00:33:57.359
 hardly know

00:33:57.359 --> 00:33:58.299
 a thread

00:33:58.299 --> 00:33:58.839
 of English

00:33:58.839 --> 00:33:59.659
 and begin

00:33:59.659 --> 00:34:00.180
 to minister

00:34:00.180 --> 00:34:00.559
 to them

00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:00.960
 why

00:34:00.960 --> 00:34:03.980
 highly expensive

00:34:03.980 --> 00:34:04.779
 costly

00:34:04.779 --> 00:34:05.700
 proposition

00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:08.940
 but one

00:34:08.940 --> 00:34:09.420
 that has

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:10.519
 gospel import

00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:11.280
 and impact

00:34:11.280 --> 00:34:12.740
 and when

00:34:12.740 --> 00:34:13.400
 we choose

00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:13.900
 to follow

00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:14.360
 Christ

00:34:14.360 --> 00:34:15.420
 we choose

00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:17.599
 to die

00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:19.559
 there's another

00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:20.179
 statement that

00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:20.800
 Jesus makes

00:34:20.800 --> 00:34:21.159
 he says

00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:21.900
 we choose

00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:22.260
 to hate

00:34:22.260 --> 00:34:22.900
 this life

00:34:22.900 --> 00:34:25.019
 in this

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:25.820
 present age

00:34:25.820 --> 00:34:26.639
 there is a

00:34:26.639 --> 00:34:27.300
 seduction

00:34:27.300 --> 00:34:27.980
 in the world

00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:28.679
 around us

00:34:28.679 --> 00:34:29.699
 hey we all

00:34:29.699 --> 00:34:30.420
 entertain it

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:30.880
 don't we

00:34:30.880 --> 00:34:33.059
 it used

00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:33.579
 to be

00:34:33.579 --> 00:34:35.360
 it used

00:34:35.360 --> 00:34:35.820
 to be

00:34:35.820 --> 00:34:36.680
 when we

00:34:36.680 --> 00:34:37.240
 wanted to

00:34:37.240 --> 00:34:37.820
 indulge

00:34:37.820 --> 00:34:38.559
 our fancies

00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:38.940
 and we

00:34:38.940 --> 00:34:39.380
 wanted to

00:34:39.380 --> 00:34:39.760
 become

00:34:39.760 --> 00:34:40.380
 better

00:34:40.380 --> 00:34:41.059
 consumers

00:34:41.059 --> 00:34:41.880
 we had

00:34:41.880 --> 00:34:42.240
 to rely

00:34:42.240 --> 00:34:43.980
 on catalogs

00:34:43.980 --> 00:34:44.240
 remember

00:34:44.240 --> 00:34:44.480
 those

00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:45.780
 old days

00:34:45.780 --> 00:34:48.019
 I mean

00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:48.780
 Sears

00:34:48.780 --> 00:34:49.500
 and Robux

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:50.140
 catalogs

00:34:50.140 --> 00:34:50.420
 how many

00:34:50.420 --> 00:34:50.620
 of you

00:34:50.620 --> 00:34:51.099
 lived with

00:34:51.099 --> 00:34:51.640
 fantasies

00:34:51.640 --> 00:34:51.940
 of what

00:34:51.940 --> 00:34:52.200
 you could

00:34:52.200 --> 00:34:52.400
 buy

00:34:52.400 --> 00:34:52.579
 from

00:34:52.579 --> 00:34:53.519
 this is

00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:53.720
 a

00:34:53.720 --> 00:34:54.200
 previous

00:34:54.200 --> 00:34:54.880
 generation

00:34:54.880 --> 00:34:55.460
 most of

00:34:55.460 --> 00:34:55.620
 you

00:34:55.620 --> 00:34:56.460
 don't even

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:56.780
 remember

00:34:56.780 --> 00:34:57.380
 those days

00:34:57.380 --> 00:34:58.000
 now

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:58.820
 when you

00:34:58.820 --> 00:34:59.300
 go on

00:34:59.300 --> 00:34:59.760
 Facebook

00:34:59.760 --> 00:35:00.260
 when you

00:35:00.260 --> 00:35:00.700
 go on

00:35:00.700 --> 00:35:01.160
 the internet

00:35:01.160 --> 00:35:01.860
 when you

00:35:01.860 --> 00:35:02.220
 go to

00:35:02.220 --> 00:35:02.620
 CNN

00:35:02.620 --> 00:35:03.120
 when you

00:35:03.120 --> 00:35:03.380
 go to

00:35:03.380 --> 00:35:03.700
 Fox

00:35:03.700 --> 00:35:04.039
 News

00:35:04.039 --> 00:35:04.880
 over in

00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:05.320
 the margin

00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:05.860
 guess what

00:35:05.860 --> 00:35:06.440
 there is

00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:07.920
 there's

00:35:07.920 --> 00:35:08.460
 advertisement

00:35:08.460 --> 00:35:09.139
 and just

00:35:09.139 --> 00:35:09.739
 try this

00:35:09.739 --> 00:35:11.059
 just click

00:35:11.059 --> 00:35:11.659
 on one

00:35:11.659 --> 00:35:12.480
 single item

00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:13.139
 on Amazon

00:35:13.139 --> 00:35:14.179
 and express

00:35:14.179 --> 00:35:14.779
 an interest

00:35:14.779 --> 00:35:15.360
 and you

00:35:15.360 --> 00:35:15.960
 begin getting

00:35:15.960 --> 00:35:16.679
 emails out

00:35:16.679 --> 00:35:16.960
 of the

00:35:16.960 --> 00:35:17.219
 ether

00:35:17.219 --> 00:35:17.440
 and it's

00:35:17.440 --> 00:35:17.960
 like hey

00:35:17.960 --> 00:35:19.300
 we saw

00:35:19.300 --> 00:35:19.599
 that you

00:35:19.599 --> 00:35:20.219
 were interested

00:35:20.219 --> 00:35:20.659
 in that

00:35:20.659 --> 00:35:21.079
 sweeper

00:35:21.079 --> 00:35:22.699
 and we

00:35:22.699 --> 00:35:23.059
 want you

00:35:23.059 --> 00:35:23.380
 to know

00:35:23.380 --> 00:35:23.679
 that it

00:35:23.679 --> 00:35:23.920
 is the

00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:24.440
 very best

00:35:24.440 --> 00:35:24.840
 sweeper

00:35:24.840 --> 00:35:25.420
 that anyone

00:35:25.420 --> 00:35:25.779
 in the

00:35:25.779 --> 00:35:26.000
 world

00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:26.659
 can possibly

00:35:26.659 --> 00:35:27.039
 have

00:35:27.039 --> 00:35:27.659
 and if

00:35:27.659 --> 00:35:28.039
 you just

00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:28.699
 click here

00:35:28.699 --> 00:35:29.420
 you can

00:35:29.420 --> 00:35:30.119
 buy it

00:35:30.119 --> 00:35:31.259
 with

00:35:31.259 --> 00:35:31.559
 PayPal

00:35:31.559 --> 00:35:33.179
 you know

00:35:33.179 --> 00:35:33.400
 how it

00:35:33.400 --> 00:35:33.699
 is

00:35:33.699 --> 00:35:35.199
 here's

00:35:35.199 --> 00:35:35.460
 what you

00:35:35.460 --> 00:35:35.699
 do

00:35:35.699 --> 00:35:36.619
 you

00:35:36.619 --> 00:35:37.000
 choose

00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:37.379
 to put

00:35:37.379 --> 00:35:37.659
 that

00:35:37.659 --> 00:35:38.059
 life

00:35:38.059 --> 00:35:38.559
 to

00:35:38.559 --> 00:35:38.919
 death

00:35:38.919 --> 00:35:40.919
 you

00:35:40.919 --> 00:35:41.219
 choose

00:35:41.219 --> 00:35:41.399
 to

00:35:41.399 --> 00:35:41.679
 follow

00:35:41.679 --> 00:35:42.059
 Jesus

00:35:42.059 --> 00:35:42.299
 in

00:35:42.299 --> 00:35:42.439
 the

00:35:42.439 --> 00:35:42.939
 cross

00:35:42.939 --> 00:35:43.299
 look at

00:35:43.299 --> 00:35:43.559
 what he

00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:43.799
 says

00:35:43.799 --> 00:35:44.059
 here

00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:44.699
 in the

00:35:44.699 --> 00:35:45.079
 passage

00:35:45.079 --> 00:35:45.339
 he

00:35:45.339 --> 00:35:45.659
 says

00:35:45.659 --> 00:35:46.259
 if

00:35:46.259 --> 00:35:46.579
 anyone

00:35:46.579 --> 00:35:47.079
 serves

00:35:47.079 --> 00:35:47.279
 me

00:35:47.279 --> 00:35:47.439
 he

00:35:47.439 --> 00:35:47.679
 must

00:35:47.679 --> 00:35:48.079
 follow

00:35:48.079 --> 00:35:48.399
 me

00:35:48.399 --> 00:35:49.659
 he

00:35:49.659 --> 00:35:49.839
 must

00:35:49.839 --> 00:35:50.179
 follow

00:35:50.179 --> 00:35:50.500
 me

00:35:50.500 --> 00:35:52.339
 we

00:35:52.339 --> 00:35:52.960
 are

00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:53.539
 far

00:35:53.539 --> 00:35:53.859
 too

00:35:53.859 --> 00:35:54.339
 focused

00:35:54.339 --> 00:35:54.779
 in

00:35:54.779 --> 00:35:55.599
 indulging

00:35:55.599 --> 00:35:56.379
 ourselves

00:35:56.379 --> 00:35:56.639
 in

00:35:56.639 --> 00:35:56.819
 our

00:35:56.819 --> 00:35:57.079
 own

00:35:57.079 --> 00:35:57.759
 fantasies

00:35:57.759 --> 00:35:58.279
 to

00:35:58.279 --> 00:35:58.980
 the

00:35:58.980 --> 00:36:00.159
 pleasure

00:36:00.159 --> 00:36:00.679
 of our

00:36:00.679 --> 00:36:01.259
 private

00:36:01.259 --> 00:36:02.119
 individual

00:36:02.119 --> 00:36:02.659
 interests

00:36:02.659 --> 00:36:03.119
 and

00:36:03.119 --> 00:36:03.319
 we're

00:36:03.319 --> 00:36:03.759
 not

00:36:03.759 --> 00:36:04.179
 about

00:36:04.179 --> 00:36:04.400
 the

00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:04.960
 cross

00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:09.380
 there's

00:36:09.380 --> 00:36:09.739
 one more

00:36:09.739 --> 00:36:10.039
 thing

00:36:10.039 --> 00:36:11.559
 we choose

00:36:11.559 --> 00:36:12.119
 to serve

00:36:12.119 --> 00:36:12.920
 look at

00:36:12.920 --> 00:36:13.019
 the

00:36:13.019 --> 00:36:13.460
 passage

00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:16.039
 if

00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:16.559
 anyone

00:36:16.559 --> 00:36:17.880
 serves

00:36:17.880 --> 00:36:18.199
 me

00:36:18.199 --> 00:36:18.799
 and by

00:36:18.799 --> 00:36:19.039
 the way

00:36:19.039 --> 00:36:19.219
 I'll

00:36:19.219 --> 00:36:19.460
 take a

00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:19.659
 cheap

00:36:19.659 --> 00:36:19.920
 shot

00:36:19.920 --> 00:36:20.159
 here

00:36:20.159 --> 00:36:21.500
 next

00:36:21.500 --> 00:36:21.799
 week

00:36:21.799 --> 00:36:22.159
 pastor

00:36:22.159 --> 00:36:22.579
 shearer

00:36:22.579 --> 00:36:22.880
 begins

00:36:22.880 --> 00:36:23.079
 to

00:36:23.079 --> 00:36:23.299
 preach

00:36:23.299 --> 00:36:23.500
 for

00:36:23.500 --> 00:36:23.759
 four

00:36:23.759 --> 00:36:24.000
 weeks

00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:24.199
 there's

00:36:24.199 --> 00:36:24.359
 no

00:36:24.359 --> 00:36:24.579
 cheap

00:36:24.579 --> 00:36:24.819
 shot

00:36:24.819 --> 00:36:24.940
 in

00:36:24.940 --> 00:36:25.099
 that

00:36:25.099 --> 00:36:25.380
 part

00:36:25.380 --> 00:36:26.039
 but

00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:26.539
 I

00:36:26.539 --> 00:36:26.659
 am

00:36:26.659 --> 00:36:26.819
 going

00:36:26.819 --> 00:36:26.900
 to

00:36:26.900 --> 00:36:27.059
 be

00:36:27.059 --> 00:36:27.759
 responsible

00:36:27.760 --> 00:36:28.160
 for

00:36:28.160 --> 00:36:28.460
 taking

00:36:28.460 --> 00:36:28.720
 care

00:36:28.720 --> 00:36:28.840
 of

00:36:28.840 --> 00:36:28.960
 the

00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:29.300
 nursery

00:36:29.300 --> 00:36:31.500
 and

00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:33.040
 I

00:36:33.040 --> 00:36:33.260
 am

00:36:33.260 --> 00:36:33.980
 going

00:36:33.980 --> 00:36:34.360
 to

00:36:34.360 --> 00:36:35.060
 invite

00:36:35.060 --> 00:36:35.480
 all

00:36:35.480 --> 00:36:35.640
 of

00:36:35.640 --> 00:36:35.740
 you

00:36:35.740 --> 00:36:35.940
 to

00:36:35.940 --> 00:36:36.280
 serve

00:36:36.280 --> 00:36:36.400
 in

00:36:36.400 --> 00:36:36.540
 the

00:36:36.540 --> 00:36:36.920
 nursery

00:36:36.920 --> 00:36:37.920
 you

00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:38.040
 hear

00:36:38.040 --> 00:36:38.240
 me

00:36:38.240 --> 00:36:39.200
 there

00:36:39.200 --> 00:36:39.280
 will

00:36:39.280 --> 00:36:39.400
 be

00:36:39.400 --> 00:36:39.580
 some

00:36:39.580 --> 00:36:39.920
 personal

00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:40.400
 invitations

00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:40.720
 some

00:36:40.720 --> 00:36:40.840
 of

00:36:40.840 --> 00:36:40.900
 you

00:36:40.900 --> 00:36:41.040
 have

00:36:41.040 --> 00:36:41.360
 been

00:36:41.360 --> 00:36:41.500
 on

00:36:41.500 --> 00:36:41.640
 the

00:36:41.640 --> 00:36:42.080
 periphery

00:36:42.080 --> 00:36:42.180
 you

00:36:42.180 --> 00:36:42.280
 know

00:36:42.280 --> 00:36:42.380
 what

00:36:42.380 --> 00:36:42.740
 periphery

00:36:42.740 --> 00:36:43.000
 means

00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:43.120
 it

00:36:43.120 --> 00:36:43.280
 means

00:36:43.280 --> 00:36:43.560
 way

00:36:43.560 --> 00:36:43.980
 outside

00:36:43.980 --> 00:36:44.660
 I'm

00:36:44.660 --> 00:36:44.760
 going

00:36:44.760 --> 00:36:44.880
 to

00:36:44.880 --> 00:36:45.920
 put

00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:46.100
 my

00:36:46.100 --> 00:36:46.320
 arms

00:36:46.320 --> 00:36:46.600
 around

00:36:46.600 --> 00:36:46.780
 you

00:36:46.780 --> 00:36:47.220
 guys

00:36:47.220 --> 00:36:48.120
 I'm

00:36:48.120 --> 00:36:48.220
 going

00:36:48.220 --> 00:36:48.240
 to

00:36:48.240 --> 00:36:48.440
 speak

00:36:48.440 --> 00:36:48.820
 politely

00:36:48.820 --> 00:36:49.040
 to

00:36:49.040 --> 00:36:49.200
 you

00:36:49.200 --> 00:36:49.500
 women

00:36:49.500 --> 00:36:49.680
 and

00:36:49.680 --> 00:36:49.760
 I'm

00:36:49.760 --> 00:36:49.860
 going

00:36:49.860 --> 00:36:49.940
 to

00:36:49.940 --> 00:36:50.100
 say

00:36:50.100 --> 00:36:50.380
 hey

00:36:50.380 --> 00:36:50.800
 over

00:36:50.800 --> 00:36:51.180
 there

00:36:51.179 --> 00:36:51.719
 every

00:36:51.719 --> 00:36:51.960
 now

00:36:51.960 --> 00:36:52.059
 and

00:36:52.059 --> 00:36:52.219
 then

00:36:52.219 --> 00:36:52.879
 there

00:36:52.879 --> 00:36:53.000
 are

00:36:53.000 --> 00:36:53.179
 some

00:36:53.179 --> 00:36:53.279
 of

00:36:53.279 --> 00:36:53.359
 you

00:36:53.359 --> 00:36:53.639
 haven't

00:36:53.639 --> 00:36:53.779
 been

00:36:53.779 --> 00:36:53.940
 in

00:36:53.940 --> 00:36:54.059
 a

00:36:54.059 --> 00:36:54.299
 nursery

00:36:54.299 --> 00:36:54.960
 ever

00:36:54.960 --> 00:36:55.239
 since

00:36:55.239 --> 00:36:55.399
 your

00:36:55.399 --> 00:36:55.739
 kids

00:36:55.739 --> 00:36:56.299
 left

00:36:56.299 --> 00:36:56.440
 you

00:36:56.440 --> 00:36:56.539
 know

00:36:56.539 --> 00:36:56.679
 it's

00:36:56.679 --> 00:36:56.899
 like

00:36:56.899 --> 00:36:57.619
 I'm

00:36:57.619 --> 00:36:57.799
 not

00:36:57.799 --> 00:36:58.059
 doing

00:36:58.059 --> 00:36:58.359
 that

00:36:58.359 --> 00:36:59.199
 yes

00:36:59.199 --> 00:36:59.339
 you

00:36:59.339 --> 00:36:59.639
 are

00:36:59.639 --> 00:37:01.559
 at

00:37:01.559 --> 00:37:01.739
 least

00:37:01.739 --> 00:37:01.960
 I'll

00:37:01.960 --> 00:37:02.279
 invite

00:37:02.279 --> 00:37:02.619
 you

00:37:02.619 --> 00:37:03.879
 pastor

00:37:03.879 --> 00:37:04.219
 Saul

00:37:04.219 --> 00:37:04.419
 is

00:37:04.419 --> 00:37:04.799
 smiling

00:37:04.799 --> 00:37:05.039
 and

00:37:05.039 --> 00:37:05.319
 grinning

00:37:05.319 --> 00:37:05.639
 because

00:37:05.639 --> 00:37:06.199
 he

00:37:06.199 --> 00:37:06.719
 had

00:37:06.719 --> 00:37:06.980
 that

00:37:06.980 --> 00:37:07.819
 responsibility

00:37:07.819 --> 00:37:08.480
 previously

00:37:08.480 --> 00:37:08.759
 right

00:37:08.759 --> 00:37:09.480
 oh

00:37:09.480 --> 00:37:09.960
 okay

00:37:09.960 --> 00:37:11.759
 we're

00:37:11.759 --> 00:37:11.839
 going

00:37:11.839 --> 00:37:11.940
 to

00:37:11.940 --> 00:37:12.139
 choose

00:37:12.139 --> 00:37:12.299
 to

00:37:12.299 --> 00:37:12.599
 serve

00:37:12.599 --> 00:37:15.279
 I

00:37:15.279 --> 00:37:15.460
 want

00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:15.559
 you

00:37:15.559 --> 00:37:15.639
 to

00:37:15.639 --> 00:37:15.779
 see

00:37:15.779 --> 00:37:16.000
 some

00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:16.179
 other

00:37:16.179 --> 00:37:16.519
 thing

00:37:16.519 --> 00:37:18.099
 not

00:37:18.099 --> 00:37:18.359
 only

00:37:18.359 --> 00:37:18.639
 is

00:37:18.639 --> 00:37:19.279
 true

00:37:19.279 --> 00:37:19.659
 faith

00:37:19.659 --> 00:37:20.319
 hard

00:37:20.320 --> 00:37:21.440
 but

00:37:21.440 --> 00:37:21.700
 true

00:37:21.700 --> 00:37:22.100
 faith

00:37:22.100 --> 00:37:22.559
 is

00:37:22.559 --> 00:37:23.080
 glorious

00:37:23.080 --> 00:37:24.620
 we

00:37:24.620 --> 00:37:25.039
 live

00:37:25.039 --> 00:37:25.580
 fruitful

00:37:25.580 --> 00:37:26.400
 lives

00:37:26.400 --> 00:37:28.420
 whoever

00:37:28.420 --> 00:37:28.900
 hates

00:37:28.900 --> 00:37:29.080
 his

00:37:29.080 --> 00:37:29.340
 life

00:37:29.340 --> 00:37:29.500
 in

00:37:29.500 --> 00:37:29.720
 this

00:37:29.720 --> 00:37:30.059
 world

00:37:30.059 --> 00:37:30.320
 will

00:37:30.320 --> 00:37:30.600
 keep

00:37:30.600 --> 00:37:30.740
 it

00:37:30.740 --> 00:37:30.940
 for

00:37:30.940 --> 00:37:31.280
 eternal

00:37:31.280 --> 00:37:31.720
 life

00:37:31.720 --> 00:37:32.920
 we

00:37:32.920 --> 00:37:33.140
 live

00:37:33.140 --> 00:37:33.460
 fruitful

00:37:33.460 --> 00:37:34.000
 lives

00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:35.380
 can

00:37:35.380 --> 00:37:35.500
 I

00:37:35.500 --> 00:37:35.720
 tell

00:37:35.720 --> 00:37:35.840
 you

00:37:35.840 --> 00:37:36.039
 that

00:37:36.039 --> 00:37:36.220
 the

00:37:36.220 --> 00:37:36.559
 believer

00:37:36.559 --> 00:37:36.960
 lives

00:37:36.960 --> 00:37:37.140
 with

00:37:37.140 --> 00:37:37.280
 an

00:37:37.280 --> 00:37:37.680
 ambition

00:37:37.680 --> 00:37:37.940
 and

00:37:37.940 --> 00:37:38.519
 expectation

00:37:38.519 --> 00:37:38.900
 of

00:37:38.900 --> 00:37:39.080
 what

00:37:39.080 --> 00:37:39.240
 is

00:37:39.240 --> 00:37:39.500
 coming

00:37:39.500 --> 00:37:39.900
 ahead

00:37:39.900 --> 00:37:41.300
 is

00:37:41.300 --> 00:37:41.420
 that

00:37:41.420 --> 00:37:41.519
 the

00:37:41.519 --> 00:37:41.620
 way

00:37:41.620 --> 00:37:41.780
 you're

00:37:41.780 --> 00:37:42.019
 living

00:37:42.019 --> 00:37:43.340
 are

00:37:43.340 --> 00:37:43.519
 you

00:37:43.519 --> 00:37:43.780
 living

00:37:43.780 --> 00:37:43.980
 with

00:37:43.980 --> 00:37:44.200
 such

00:37:44.200 --> 00:37:44.340
 an

00:37:44.340 --> 00:37:44.980
 expectation

00:37:44.980 --> 00:37:45.320
 that

00:37:45.320 --> 00:37:45.500
 your

00:37:45.500 --> 00:37:45.980
 children

00:37:45.980 --> 00:37:46.460
 even

00:37:46.460 --> 00:37:46.880
 now

00:37:46.880 --> 00:37:47.360
 are

00:37:47.360 --> 00:37:48.100
 despairing

00:37:48.100 --> 00:37:48.240
 of

00:37:48.240 --> 00:37:48.460
 how

00:37:48.460 --> 00:37:48.740
 many

00:37:48.740 --> 00:37:49.340
 dumpsters

00:37:49.340 --> 00:37:49.340


00:37:50.320 --> 00:37:50.620
 get rid

00:37:50.620 --> 00:37:50.720
 of

00:37:50.720 --> 00:37:50.940
 the

00:37:50.940 --> 00:37:51.480
 trash

00:37:51.480 --> 00:37:51.840
 you

00:37:51.840 --> 00:37:52.380
 collected

00:37:52.380 --> 00:37:55.160
 no

00:37:55.160 --> 00:37:56.380
 we're

00:37:56.380 --> 00:37:56.580
 living

00:37:56.580 --> 00:37:56.760
 with

00:37:56.760 --> 00:37:56.880
 an

00:37:56.880 --> 00:37:57.280
 ambition

00:37:57.280 --> 00:37:57.559
 for

00:37:57.559 --> 00:37:58.059
 eternity

00:37:58.059 --> 00:38:00.460
 we

00:38:00.460 --> 00:38:00.680
 keep

00:38:00.680 --> 00:38:00.860
 our

00:38:00.860 --> 00:38:01.519
 lives

00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:02.220
 in

00:38:02.220 --> 00:38:02.720
 eternity

00:38:02.720 --> 00:38:04.039
 I

00:38:04.039 --> 00:38:04.220
 want

00:38:04.220 --> 00:38:04.320
 you

00:38:04.320 --> 00:38:04.440
 to

00:38:04.440 --> 00:38:04.640
 notice

00:38:04.640 --> 00:38:04.960
 something

00:38:04.960 --> 00:38:05.240
 else

00:38:05.240 --> 00:38:05.420
 there

00:38:05.420 --> 00:38:05.519
 in

00:38:05.519 --> 00:38:05.620
 the

00:38:05.620 --> 00:38:05.980
 passage

00:38:05.980 --> 00:38:06.220
 it

00:38:06.220 --> 00:38:06.440
 says

00:38:06.440 --> 00:38:06.860
 those

00:38:06.860 --> 00:38:07.160
 who

00:38:07.160 --> 00:38:07.660
 follow

00:38:07.660 --> 00:38:08.120
 Jesus

00:38:08.120 --> 00:38:08.700
 join

00:38:08.700 --> 00:38:09.180
 him

00:38:09.180 --> 00:38:09.700
 in

00:38:09.700 --> 00:38:10.320
 glory

00:38:10.320 --> 00:38:12.140
 where

00:38:12.140 --> 00:38:12.400
 I

00:38:12.400 --> 00:38:12.740
 am

00:38:12.740 --> 00:38:13.460
 there

00:38:13.460 --> 00:38:13.620
 will

00:38:13.620 --> 00:38:13.840
 my

00:38:13.840 --> 00:38:14.200
 servant

00:38:14.200 --> 00:38:14.440
 be

00:38:14.440 --> 00:38:14.760
 also

00:38:14.760 --> 00:38:15.019
 how

00:38:15.019 --> 00:38:15.300
 much

00:38:15.300 --> 00:38:15.480
 do

00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:15.640
 you

00:38:15.640 --> 00:38:15.960
 think

00:38:15.960 --> 00:38:16.200
 about

00:38:16.200 --> 00:38:16.400
 the

00:38:16.400 --> 00:38:16.620
 day

00:38:16.620 --> 00:38:16.820
 that

00:38:16.820 --> 00:38:16.940
 you

00:38:16.940 --> 00:38:17.080
 are

00:38:17.080 --> 00:38:17.280
 going

00:38:17.280 --> 00:38:17.400
 to

00:38:17.400 --> 00:38:17.519
 be

00:38:17.519 --> 00:38:17.700
 with

00:38:17.700 --> 00:38:17.720
!

00:38:17.720 --> 00:38:18.019
 Christ

00:38:18.019 --> 00:38:18.220
 in

00:38:18.220 --> 00:38:18.539
 glory

00:38:18.539 --> 00:38:20.860
 you

00:38:20.860 --> 00:38:21.079
 know

00:38:21.079 --> 00:38:22.840
 I

00:38:22.840 --> 00:38:23.000
 was

00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:23.320
 talking

00:38:23.320 --> 00:38:23.519
 with

00:38:23.519 --> 00:38:23.659
 a

00:38:23.659 --> 00:38:23.940
 believer

00:38:23.940 --> 00:38:24.480
 earlier

00:38:24.480 --> 00:38:26.039
 in

00:38:26.039 --> 00:38:26.159
 the

00:38:26.159 --> 00:38:26.380
 week

00:38:26.380 --> 00:38:26.699
 last

00:38:26.699 --> 00:38:26.960
 week

00:38:26.960 --> 00:38:28.340
 and

00:38:28.340 --> 00:38:28.519
 he

00:38:28.519 --> 00:38:28.699
 was

00:38:28.699 --> 00:38:29.019
 commenting

00:38:29.019 --> 00:38:29.259
 about

00:38:29.259 --> 00:38:29.539
 how

00:38:29.539 --> 00:38:30.159
 much

00:38:30.159 --> 00:38:30.320
 he

00:38:30.320 --> 00:38:30.539
 looked

00:38:30.539 --> 00:38:30.920
 forward

00:38:30.920 --> 00:38:31.139
 to

00:38:31.139 --> 00:38:31.400
 heaven

00:38:31.400 --> 00:38:32.039
 truth

00:38:32.039 --> 00:38:32.179
 of

00:38:32.179 --> 00:38:32.179


00:38:32.179 --> 00:38:32.360
 matter

00:38:32.360 --> 00:38:32.619
 is

00:38:32.619 --> 00:38:32.719
 he

00:38:32.719 --> 00:38:32.920
 had

00:38:32.920 --> 00:38:33.779
 17

00:38:33.779 --> 00:38:34.480
 surgeries

00:38:34.480 --> 00:38:36.139
 and

00:38:36.139 --> 00:38:36.320
 as

00:38:36.320 --> 00:38:36.460
 we

00:38:36.460 --> 00:38:36.599
 were

00:38:36.599 --> 00:38:36.840
 having

00:38:36.840 --> 00:38:37.539
 conversation

00:38:37.539 --> 00:38:37.840
 about

00:38:37.840 --> 00:38:38.739
 life

00:38:38.739 --> 00:38:39.259
 he

00:38:39.259 --> 00:38:39.559
 brought

00:38:39.559 --> 00:38:39.759
 up

00:38:39.759 --> 00:38:40.179
 how

00:38:40.179 --> 00:38:40.779
 much

00:38:40.779 --> 00:38:40.940
 he

00:38:40.940 --> 00:38:41.119
 was

00:38:41.119 --> 00:38:41.460
 looking

00:38:41.460 --> 00:38:41.960
 forward

00:38:41.960 --> 00:38:42.440
 to

00:38:42.440 --> 00:38:42.639
 his

00:38:42.639 --> 00:38:43.019
 new

00:38:43.019 --> 00:38:43.599
 body

00:38:43.599 --> 00:38:45.119
 I

00:38:45.119 --> 00:38:45.279
 think

00:38:45.279 --> 00:38:45.799
 17

00:38:45.799 --> 00:38:46.239
 surgeries

00:38:46.239 --> 00:38:46.480
 is

00:38:46.480 --> 00:38:47.279
 fairly

00:38:47.279 --> 00:38:47.980
 significant

00:38:47.980 --> 00:38:50.179
 and

00:38:50.179 --> 00:38:50.299
 I

00:38:50.299 --> 00:38:50.519
 said

00:38:50.519 --> 00:38:50.639
 to

00:38:50.639 --> 00:38:50.819
 him

00:38:50.819 --> 00:38:51.079
 you

00:38:51.079 --> 00:38:51.199
 know

00:38:51.199 --> 00:38:51.480
 what

00:38:51.480 --> 00:38:52.119
 it's

00:38:52.119 --> 00:38:52.239
 an

00:38:52.239 --> 00:38:52.839
 indication

00:38:52.839 --> 00:38:53.259
 of

00:38:53.259 --> 00:38:53.460
 our

00:38:53.460 --> 00:38:53.739
 own

00:38:53.739 --> 00:38:54.279
 frailty

00:38:54.279 --> 00:38:54.819
 that

00:38:54.819 --> 00:38:55.000
 the

00:38:55.000 --> 00:38:55.219
 thing

00:38:55.219 --> 00:38:55.440
 we

00:38:55.440 --> 00:38:55.920
 sometimes

00:38:55.920 --> 00:38:56.299
 think

00:38:56.299 --> 00:38:56.639
 about

00:38:56.639 --> 00:38:57.139
 is

00:38:57.139 --> 00:38:57.440
 so

00:38:57.440 --> 00:38:58.099
 superficial

00:38:58.099 --> 00:38:59.519
 the

00:38:59.519 --> 00:38:59.920
 pleasure

00:38:59.920 --> 00:39:00.179
 of

00:39:00.179 --> 00:39:00.500
 heaven

00:39:00.500 --> 00:39:01.019
 will

00:39:01.019 --> 00:39:01.460
 not

00:39:01.460 --> 00:39:02.219
 primarily

00:39:02.219 --> 00:39:02.799
 be

00:39:02.799 --> 00:39:03.119
 a

00:39:03.119 --> 00:39:03.559
 new

00:39:03.559 --> 00:39:04.239
 body

00:39:04.239 --> 00:39:05.599
 and

00:39:05.599 --> 00:39:05.759
 I

00:39:05.759 --> 00:39:05.920
 can

00:39:05.920 --> 00:39:06.199
 say

00:39:06.199 --> 00:39:06.420
 that

00:39:06.420 --> 00:39:06.579
 as

00:39:06.579 --> 00:39:06.719
 a

00:39:06.719 --> 00:39:07.199
 68

00:39:07.199 --> 00:39:07.480
 year

00:39:07.480 --> 00:39:07.900
 old

00:39:07.900 --> 00:39:09.440
 the

00:39:09.440 --> 00:39:09.819
 pleasure

00:39:09.819 --> 00:39:10.099
 of

00:39:10.099 --> 00:39:10.699
 heaven

00:39:10.699 --> 00:39:10.880
 will

00:39:10.880 --> 00:39:11.039
 be

00:39:11.039 --> 00:39:11.339
 seeing

00:39:11.339 --> 00:39:11.819
 Jesus

00:39:11.820 --> 00:39:13.600
 where

00:39:13.600 --> 00:39:13.860
 I

00:39:13.860 --> 00:39:14.220
 am

00:39:14.220 --> 00:39:15.000
 there

00:39:15.000 --> 00:39:15.500
 will

00:39:15.500 --> 00:39:15.920
 my

00:39:15.920 --> 00:39:16.820
 servant

00:39:16.820 --> 00:39:17.360
 be

00:39:17.360 --> 00:39:18.960
 finally

00:39:18.960 --> 00:39:21.240
 look

00:39:21.240 --> 00:39:21.460
 at what

00:39:21.460 --> 00:39:21.860
 it says

00:39:21.860 --> 00:39:22.100
 at the

00:39:22.100 --> 00:39:22.400
 last

00:39:22.400 --> 00:39:22.760
 part

00:39:22.760 --> 00:39:23.620
 the

00:39:23.620 --> 00:39:24.120
 father

00:39:24.120 --> 00:39:25.120
 will

00:39:25.120 --> 00:39:25.640
 honor

00:39:25.640 --> 00:39:26.580
 him

00:39:26.580 --> 00:39:31.140
 psychologists

00:39:31.140 --> 00:39:31.780
 came up

00:39:31.780 --> 00:39:31.980
 with a

00:39:31.980 --> 00:39:32.180
 very

00:39:32.180 --> 00:39:32.700
 interesting

00:39:32.700 --> 00:39:33.400
 test

00:39:33.400 --> 00:39:35.440
 to

00:39:35.440 --> 00:39:35.920
 determine

00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:37.440
 the

00:39:37.440 --> 00:39:37.940
 probability

00:39:37.940 --> 00:39:38.539
 of a

00:39:38.539 --> 00:39:39.080
 child

00:39:39.080 --> 00:39:39.920
 succeeding

00:39:39.920 --> 00:39:40.400
 in

00:39:40.400 --> 00:39:40.840
 life

00:39:40.840 --> 00:39:42.160
 do

00:39:42.160 --> 00:39:42.160


00:39:42.160 --> 00:39:42.220
 know

00:39:42.220 --> 00:39:42.320
 what

00:39:42.320 --> 00:39:42.440
 the

00:39:42.440 --> 00:39:42.680
 test

00:39:42.680 --> 00:39:42.960
 is

00:39:42.960 --> 00:39:44.280
 it's

00:39:44.280 --> 00:39:44.440
 a

00:39:44.440 --> 00:39:44.960
 marshmallow

00:39:44.960 --> 00:39:45.660
 test

00:39:45.660 --> 00:39:46.920
 simple

00:39:46.920 --> 00:39:48.420
 you

00:39:48.420 --> 00:39:48.780
 put a

00:39:48.780 --> 00:39:48.920
 kid

00:39:48.920 --> 00:39:49.120
 in a

00:39:49.120 --> 00:39:49.360
 room

00:39:49.360 --> 00:39:50.019
 set

00:39:50.019 --> 00:39:50.120
 him

00:39:50.120 --> 00:39:50.220
 at

00:39:50.220 --> 00:39:50.340
 a

00:39:50.340 --> 00:39:50.620
 table

00:39:50.620 --> 00:39:51.039
 and

00:39:51.039 --> 00:39:51.240
 put

00:39:51.240 --> 00:39:51.539
 one

00:39:51.539 --> 00:39:52.000
 marshmallow

00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:52.300
 on

00:39:52.300 --> 00:39:52.420
 the

00:39:52.420 --> 00:39:52.700
 table

00:39:52.700 --> 00:39:54.500
 and

00:39:54.500 --> 00:39:54.620
 you

00:39:54.620 --> 00:39:54.800
 say

00:39:54.800 --> 00:39:54.940
 to

00:39:54.940 --> 00:39:55.079
 the

00:39:55.079 --> 00:39:55.340
 kid

00:39:55.340 --> 00:39:55.880
 hey

00:39:55.880 --> 00:39:57.660
 you

00:39:57.660 --> 00:39:57.880
 can

00:39:57.880 --> 00:39:58.079
 eat

00:39:58.079 --> 00:39:58.280
 this

00:39:58.280 --> 00:39:58.660
 marshmallow

00:39:58.660 --> 00:39:59.120
 now

00:39:59.120 --> 00:40:00.300
 if

00:40:00.300 --> 00:40:00.480
 you

00:40:00.480 --> 00:40:00.920
 wait

00:40:00.920 --> 00:40:02.559
 I'll

00:40:02.559 --> 00:40:02.880
 reward

00:40:02.880 --> 00:40:03.180
 you

00:40:03.180 --> 00:40:06.120
 the

00:40:06.120 --> 00:40:06.500
 kid

00:40:06.500 --> 00:40:06.780
 who

00:40:06.780 --> 00:40:07.380
 has

00:40:07.380 --> 00:40:08.280
 an

00:40:08.280 --> 00:40:08.800
 inability

00:40:08.800 --> 00:40:09.480
 to

00:40:09.480 --> 00:40:09.940
 think

00:40:09.940 --> 00:40:10.660
 beyond

00:40:10.660 --> 00:40:11.019
 the

00:40:11.019 --> 00:40:11.420
 moment

00:40:11.420 --> 00:40:12.300
 grabs

00:40:12.300 --> 00:40:12.620
 and

00:40:12.620 --> 00:40:13.080
 gobbles

00:40:13.080 --> 00:40:13.340
 the

00:40:13.340 --> 00:40:13.880
 marshmallow

00:40:13.880 --> 00:40:14.220
 at

00:40:14.220 --> 00:40:14.420
 the

00:40:14.420 --> 00:40:14.800
 moment

00:40:14.800 --> 00:40:17.440
 the

00:40:17.440 --> 00:40:17.740
 kid

00:40:17.740 --> 00:40:17.940
 who

00:40:17.940 --> 00:40:18.460
 waits

00:40:18.460 --> 00:40:20.240
 indicates

00:40:20.240 --> 00:40:21.320
 by that

00:40:21.320 --> 00:40:22.120
 perspective

00:40:22.120 --> 00:40:23.460
 a level

00:40:23.460 --> 00:40:23.840
 of

00:40:23.840 --> 00:40:24.740
 understanding

00:40:24.740 --> 00:40:25.200
 about

00:40:25.200 --> 00:40:25.600
 what

00:40:25.600 --> 00:40:26.000
 may

00:40:26.000 --> 00:40:26.440
 lie

00:40:26.440 --> 00:40:27.000
 ahead

00:40:27.000 --> 00:40:30.100
 there

00:40:30.100 --> 00:40:30.240
 are

00:40:30.240 --> 00:40:30.440
 some

00:40:30.440 --> 00:40:30.660
 of you

00:40:30.660 --> 00:40:30.820
 here

00:40:30.820 --> 00:40:31.080
 this

00:40:31.080 --> 00:40:31.380
 morning

00:40:31.380 --> 00:40:31.720
 that

00:40:31.720 --> 00:40:32.260
 profess

00:40:32.260 --> 00:40:32.500
 to

00:40:32.500 --> 00:40:32.680
 know

00:40:32.680 --> 00:40:33.160
 Christ

00:40:33.160 --> 00:40:33.840
 but

00:40:33.840 --> 00:40:34.100
 you're

00:40:34.100 --> 00:40:34.600
 one

00:40:34.600 --> 00:40:35.560
 marshmallow

00:40:35.559 --> 00:40:36.279
 Christians

00:40:36.279 --> 00:40:38.380
 it's

00:40:38.380 --> 00:40:38.519
 all

00:40:38.519 --> 00:40:38.739
 about

00:40:38.739 --> 00:40:39.059
 now

00:40:39.059 --> 00:40:40.980
 it's

00:40:40.980 --> 00:40:41.139
 all

00:40:41.139 --> 00:40:41.360
 about

00:40:41.360 --> 00:40:41.559
 what

00:40:41.559 --> 00:40:41.679
 you

00:40:41.679 --> 00:40:42.059
 have

00:40:42.059 --> 00:40:43.639
 your

00:40:43.639 --> 00:40:44.299
 investments

00:40:44.299 --> 00:40:45.559
 will

00:40:45.559 --> 00:40:45.880
 not

00:40:45.880 --> 00:40:46.279
 travel

00:40:46.279 --> 00:40:46.579
 with

00:40:46.579 --> 00:40:46.799
 you

00:40:46.799 --> 00:40:48.320
 your

00:40:48.320 --> 00:40:48.779
 hobbies

00:40:48.779 --> 00:40:49.779
 will

00:40:49.779 --> 00:40:50.059
 not

00:40:50.059 --> 00:40:50.440
 travel

00:40:50.440 --> 00:40:50.719
 with

00:40:50.719 --> 00:40:50.940
 you

00:40:50.940 --> 00:40:51.799
 your

00:40:51.799 --> 00:40:52.539
 trophies

00:40:52.539 --> 00:40:53.079
 will

00:40:53.079 --> 00:40:53.500
 not

00:40:53.500 --> 00:40:54.000
 travel

00:40:54.000 --> 00:40:54.340
 with

00:40:54.340 --> 00:40:54.559
 you

00:40:54.559 --> 00:40:55.579
 I

00:40:55.579 --> 00:40:56.099
 remember

00:40:56.099 --> 00:40:56.820
 burying

00:40:56.820 --> 00:40:57.420
 being

00:40:57.420 --> 00:40:57.759
 at the

00:40:57.759 --> 00:40:58.079
 funeral

00:40:58.079 --> 00:40:58.340
 for

00:40:58.340 --> 00:40:58.599
 Bill

00:40:58.599 --> 00:40:58.940
 Brock

00:40:58.940 --> 00:40:59.079
 who

00:40:59.079 --> 00:40:59.199
 was

00:40:59.199 --> 00:40:59.340
 the

00:40:59.340 --> 00:40:59.559
 founder

00:40:59.559 --> 00:40:59.759
 of

00:40:59.759 --> 00:40:59.940
 this

00:40:59.940 --> 00:41:00.320
 church

00:41:00.320 --> 00:41:00.920
 and

00:41:00.920 --> 00:41:01.139
 as

00:41:01.139 --> 00:41:01.279
 I

00:41:01.279 --> 00:41:01.460
 was

00:41:01.460 --> 00:41:01.679
 there

00:41:01.679 --> 00:41:01.799
 at

00:41:01.799 --> 00:41:01.920
 the

00:41:01.920 --> 00:41:02.360
 graveside

00:41:02.360 --> 00:41:02.519
 with

00:41:02.519 --> 00:41:02.619
 the

00:41:02.619 --> 00:41:02.900
 family

00:41:02.900 --> 00:41:03.019
 I

00:41:03.019 --> 00:41:03.179
 just

00:41:03.179 --> 00:41:03.380
 looked

00:41:03.380 --> 00:41:03.579
 over

00:41:03.579 --> 00:41:03.779
 there

00:41:03.779 --> 00:41:03.920
 to

00:41:03.920 --> 00:41:04.059
 the

00:41:04.059 --> 00:41:04.299
 side

00:41:04.299 --> 00:41:04.420
 and

00:41:04.420 --> 00:41:04.579
 there

00:41:04.579 --> 00:41:04.799
 was

00:41:04.799 --> 00:41:05.420
 John

00:41:05.420 --> 00:41:06.320
 Kenneth

00:41:06.320 --> 00:41:07.260
 Galbraith

00:41:07.260 --> 00:41:08.720
 headstone

00:41:08.720 --> 00:41:10.220
 do

00:41:10.220 --> 00:41:10.400
 anybody

00:41:10.400 --> 00:41:10.579
 know

00:41:10.579 --> 00:41:10.760
 who

00:41:10.760 --> 00:41:11.760
 Galbraith

00:41:11.760 --> 00:41:12.059
 is

00:41:12.059 --> 00:41:13.740
 probably

00:41:13.740 --> 00:41:14.000
 this

00:41:14.000 --> 00:41:14.260
 current

00:41:14.260 --> 00:41:14.900
 generation

00:41:14.900 --> 00:41:15.079
 he

00:41:15.079 --> 00:41:18.240
 was

00:41:18.240 --> 00:41:18.460
 a

00:41:18.460 --> 00:41:18.860
 heavy

00:41:18.860 --> 00:41:19.460
 lifter

00:41:19.460 --> 00:41:20.019
 along

00:41:20.019 --> 00:41:20.280
 the

00:41:20.280 --> 00:41:20.780
 lines

00:41:20.780 --> 00:41:21.019
 of

00:41:21.019 --> 00:41:21.400
 Bill

00:41:21.400 --> 00:41:21.980
 Gates

00:41:21.980 --> 00:41:22.519
 etc

00:41:22.519 --> 00:41:23.139
 an

00:41:23.139 --> 00:41:23.720
 incredibly

00:41:23.720 --> 00:41:24.360
 rich

00:41:24.360 --> 00:41:24.880
 man

00:41:24.880 --> 00:41:27.159
 buried

00:41:27.159 --> 00:41:27.500
 in a

00:41:27.500 --> 00:41:27.800
 plot

00:41:27.800 --> 00:41:28.059
 no

00:41:28.059 --> 00:41:28.320
 bigger

00:41:28.320 --> 00:41:28.559
 than

00:41:28.559 --> 00:41:28.800
 Bill

00:41:28.800 --> 00:41:29.099
 had

00:41:29.099 --> 00:41:30.400
 and

00:41:30.400 --> 00:41:30.760
 has

00:41:30.760 --> 00:41:32.119
 I

00:41:32.119 --> 00:41:32.280
 know

00:41:32.280 --> 00:41:32.579
 Bill's

00:41:32.579 --> 00:41:32.700
 in

00:41:32.700 --> 00:41:32.960
 heaven

00:41:32.960 --> 00:41:35.860
 and

00:41:35.860 --> 00:41:36.159
 beloved

00:41:36.159 --> 00:41:36.380
 as

00:41:36.380 --> 00:41:36.480
 you

00:41:36.480 --> 00:41:36.659
 look

00:41:36.659 --> 00:41:36.760
 at

00:41:36.760 --> 00:41:36.920
 this

00:41:36.920 --> 00:41:37.340
 passage

00:41:37.340 --> 00:41:37.699
 here's

00:41:37.699 --> 00:41:37.820
 the

00:41:37.820 --> 00:41:38.019
 thing

00:41:38.019 --> 00:41:38.220
 that

00:41:38.220 --> 00:41:38.440
 should

00:41:38.440 --> 00:41:38.579
 be

00:41:38.579 --> 00:41:39.159
 undeniably

00:41:39.159 --> 00:41:39.500
 clear

00:41:39.500 --> 00:41:40.579
 to

00:41:40.579 --> 00:41:40.860
 us

00:41:40.860 --> 00:41:41.760
 those

00:41:41.760 --> 00:41:42.000
 who

00:41:42.000 --> 00:41:42.240
 know

00:41:42.240 --> 00:41:42.780
 Christ

00:41:42.780 --> 00:41:45.300
 are

00:41:45.300 --> 00:41:45.740
 invested

00:41:45.740 --> 00:41:45.940
 in

00:41:45.940 --> 00:41:46.059
 the

00:41:46.059 --> 00:41:46.360
 future

00:41:46.360 --> 00:41:48.280
 those

00:41:48.280 --> 00:41:48.480
 who

00:41:48.480 --> 00:41:48.659
 know

00:41:48.659 --> 00:41:49.199
 Christ

00:41:49.199 --> 00:41:50.780
 have

00:41:50.780 --> 00:41:51.220
 ambition

00:41:51.220 --> 00:41:51.500
 for

00:41:51.500 --> 00:41:51.720
 what

00:41:51.720 --> 00:41:52.019
 lies

00:41:52.019 --> 00:41:52.400
 ahead

00:41:52.400 --> 00:41:54.639
 do

00:41:54.639 --> 00:41:55.300
 you

00:41:55.300 --> 00:41:55.940
 see

00:41:55.940 --> 00:41:56.380
 in

00:41:56.380 --> 00:41:56.660
 your

00:41:56.660 --> 00:41:57.220
 life

00:41:57.220 --> 00:41:57.800
 the

00:41:57.800 --> 00:41:58.260
 clear

00:41:58.260 --> 00:41:58.980
 indicators

00:41:58.980 --> 00:42:00.940
 of

00:42:00.940 --> 00:42:01.139
 a

00:42:01.139 --> 00:42:01.539
 willingness

00:42:01.539 --> 00:42:03.240
 to

00:42:03.240 --> 00:42:03.519
 put

00:42:03.519 --> 00:42:03.920
 away

00:42:03.920 --> 00:42:05.059
 and

00:42:05.059 --> 00:42:05.280
 put

00:42:05.280 --> 00:42:05.480
 to

00:42:05.480 --> 00:42:05.800
 death

00:42:05.800 --> 00:42:06.380
 things

00:42:06.380 --> 00:42:06.660
 that

00:42:06.660 --> 00:42:07.200
 encumber

00:42:07.200 --> 00:42:07.460
 your

00:42:07.460 --> 00:42:07.940
 present

00:42:07.940 --> 00:42:08.619
 life

00:42:08.619 --> 00:42:08.920
 and

00:42:08.920 --> 00:42:09.460
 service

00:42:09.460 --> 00:42:10.900
 or

00:42:10.900 --> 00:42:11.039
 are

00:42:11.039 --> 00:42:11.160
 you

00:42:11.160 --> 00:42:11.460
 so

00:42:11.460 --> 00:42:11.960
 occupied

00:42:11.960 --> 00:42:12.380
 with

00:42:12.380 --> 00:42:12.539
 the

00:42:12.539 --> 00:42:12.980
 moment

00:42:12.980 --> 00:42:14.480
 that

00:42:14.480 --> 00:42:14.680
 it's

00:42:14.680 --> 00:42:14.860
 fair

00:42:14.860 --> 00:42:15.059
 to

00:42:15.059 --> 00:42:15.400
 say

00:42:15.400 --> 00:42:16.019
 you

00:42:16.019 --> 00:42:16.260
 should

00:42:16.260 --> 00:42:16.700
 probably

00:42:16.700 --> 00:42:16.920
 be

00:42:16.920 --> 00:42:17.240
 asking

00:42:17.240 --> 00:42:17.700
 yourself

00:42:17.700 --> 00:42:17.920
 the

00:42:17.920 --> 00:42:18.320
 question

00:42:18.320 --> 00:42:18.820
 do

00:42:18.820 --> 00:42:18.980
 I

00:42:18.980 --> 00:42:19.240
 really

00:42:19.240 --> 00:42:19.440
 know

00:42:19.440 --> 00:42:19.880
 Christ

00:42:19.880 --> 00:42:21.340
 because

00:42:21.340 --> 00:42:21.700
 here's

00:42:21.699 --> 00:42:21.839
 the

00:42:21.839 --> 00:42:22.460
 characteristic

00:42:22.460 --> 00:42:24.379
 Jesus

00:42:24.379 --> 00:42:24.960
 said it

00:42:24.960 --> 00:42:25.279
 very

00:42:25.279 --> 00:42:25.779
 clearly

00:42:25.779 --> 00:42:26.960
 whoever

00:42:26.960 --> 00:42:27.480
 loves

00:42:27.480 --> 00:42:27.679
 his

00:42:27.679 --> 00:42:28.039
 life

00:42:28.039 --> 00:42:28.419
 loses

00:42:28.419 --> 00:42:28.739
 it

00:42:28.739 --> 00:42:29.199
 if

00:42:29.199 --> 00:42:29.559
 anyone

00:42:29.559 --> 00:42:30.019
 serves

00:42:30.019 --> 00:42:30.199
 me

00:42:30.199 --> 00:42:30.399
 he

00:42:30.399 --> 00:42:30.679
 must

00:42:30.679 --> 00:42:31.139
 follow

00:42:31.139 --> 00:42:31.519
 me

00:42:31.519 --> 00:42:33.859
 let's

00:42:33.859 --> 00:42:34.119
 close

00:42:34.119 --> 00:42:34.279
 in

00:42:34.279 --> 00:42:34.500
 prayer

00:42:34.500 --> 00:42:37.419
 our

00:42:37.419 --> 00:42:37.619
 father

00:42:37.619 --> 00:42:37.879
 God

00:42:37.879 --> 00:42:38.099
 this

00:42:38.099 --> 00:42:38.339
 morning

00:42:38.339 --> 00:42:38.579
 as

00:42:38.579 --> 00:42:38.739
 we

00:42:38.739 --> 00:42:38.939
 have

00:42:38.939 --> 00:42:39.279
 attended

00:42:39.279 --> 00:42:39.480
 to

00:42:39.480 --> 00:42:39.639
 the

00:42:39.639 --> 00:42:39.980
 word

00:42:39.980 --> 00:42:42.059
 I

00:42:42.059 --> 00:42:42.500
 recognize

00:42:42.500 --> 00:42:42.939
 that

00:42:42.939 --> 00:42:43.079
 it

00:42:43.079 --> 00:42:43.379
 is

00:42:43.379 --> 00:42:44.799
 primarily

00:42:44.799 --> 00:42:45.299
 for

00:42:45.299 --> 00:42:45.480
 the

00:42:45.480 --> 00:42:45.819
 believer

00:42:45.819 --> 00:42:46.079
 that

00:42:46.079 --> 00:42:46.239
 is

00:42:46.239 --> 00:42:46.439
 here

00:42:46.439 --> 00:42:46.819
 today

00:42:46.819 --> 00:42:47.019
 to

00:42:47.019 --> 00:42:47.460
 challenge

00:42:47.460 --> 00:42:47.679
 them

00:42:47.679 --> 00:42:47.819
 to

00:42:47.819 --> 00:42:48.119
 think

00:42:48.119 --> 00:42:49.039
 consciously

00:42:49.039 --> 00:42:49.319
 and

00:42:49.319 --> 00:42:49.759
 deliberately

00:42:49.759 --> 00:42:50.579
 does

00:42:50.579 --> 00:42:50.859
 my

00:42:50.859 --> 00:42:51.659
 life

00:42:51.659 --> 00:42:52.339
 produce

00:42:52.339 --> 00:42:52.579
 the

00:42:52.579 --> 00:42:54.559
 fruit

00:42:54.559 --> 00:42:54.799
 of

00:42:54.799 --> 00:42:55.079
 faith

00:42:55.079 --> 00:42:55.299
 can

00:42:55.299 --> 00:42:55.440
 I

00:42:55.440 --> 00:42:55.940
 see

00:42:55.940 --> 00:42:57.599
 that

00:42:57.599 --> 00:42:57.980
 Christ

00:42:57.980 --> 00:42:58.199
 has

00:42:58.199 --> 00:42:58.399
 made

00:42:58.399 --> 00:42:58.579
 a

00:42:58.579 --> 00:42:59.000
 difference

00:42:59.000 --> 00:42:59.219
 in

00:42:59.219 --> 00:42:59.420
 my

00:42:59.420 --> 00:42:59.879
 ambitions

00:42:59.879 --> 00:43:00.159
 and

00:43:00.159 --> 00:43:00.339
 my

00:43:00.339 --> 00:43:01.000
 affections

00:43:01.000 --> 00:43:01.460
 in

00:43:01.460 --> 00:43:01.619
 the

00:43:01.619 --> 00:43:01.899
 things

00:43:01.899 --> 00:43:02.079
 that

00:43:02.079 --> 00:43:02.179
 I

00:43:02.179 --> 00:43:02.500
 talk

00:43:02.500 --> 00:43:02.759
 about

00:43:02.759 --> 00:43:03.139
 in

00:43:03.139 --> 00:43:03.299
 the

00:43:03.299 --> 00:43:03.719
 interest

00:43:03.719 --> 00:43:03.940
 that

00:43:03.940 --> 00:43:04.079
 I

00:43:04.079 --> 00:43:04.339
 have

00:43:04.339 --> 00:43:04.679
 in

00:43:04.679 --> 00:43:04.879
 my

00:43:04.879 --> 00:43:05.279
 willingness

00:43:05.279 --> 00:43:05.599
 to

00:43:05.599 --> 00:43:06.079
 serve

00:43:06.079 --> 00:43:09.399
 there

00:43:09.399 --> 00:43:09.579
 may

00:43:09.579 --> 00:43:09.699
 be

00:43:09.699 --> 00:43:09.920
 some

00:43:09.920 --> 00:43:10.259
 today

00:43:10.259 --> 00:43:10.579
 that

00:43:10.579 --> 00:43:10.699
 are

00:43:10.699 --> 00:43:10.960
 here

00:43:10.960 --> 00:43:11.179
 that

00:43:11.179 --> 00:43:11.859
 recognize

00:43:11.859 --> 00:43:13.199
 when

00:43:13.199 --> 00:43:13.500
 they

00:43:13.500 --> 00:43:14.179
 compare

00:43:14.179 --> 00:43:14.579
 their

00:43:14.579 --> 00:43:15.059
 heart

00:43:15.059 --> 00:43:15.739
 against

00:43:15.739 --> 00:43:16.000
 the

00:43:16.000 --> 00:43:16.279
 model

00:43:16.279 --> 00:43:16.500
 of

00:43:16.500 --> 00:43:16.859
 scripture

00:43:16.860 --> 00:43:19.660
 there

00:43:19.660 --> 00:43:19.840
 may

00:43:19.840 --> 00:43:19.940
 be

00:43:19.940 --> 00:43:20.160
 some

00:43:20.160 --> 00:43:20.340
 that

00:43:20.340 --> 00:43:20.519
 say

00:43:20.519 --> 00:43:20.620
 I

00:43:20.620 --> 00:43:20.720
 have

00:43:20.720 --> 00:43:21.099
 drifted

00:43:21.099 --> 00:43:21.300
 away

00:43:21.300 --> 00:43:21.500
 from

00:43:21.500 --> 00:43:21.660
 my

00:43:21.660 --> 00:43:21.980
 first

00:43:21.980 --> 00:43:22.400
 love

00:43:22.400 --> 00:43:22.579
 and

00:43:22.579 --> 00:43:23.260
 this

00:43:23.260 --> 00:43:23.539
 morning

00:43:23.539 --> 00:43:23.720
 the

00:43:23.720 --> 00:43:23.960
 spirit

00:43:23.960 --> 00:43:24.120
 of

00:43:24.120 --> 00:43:24.300
 God

00:43:24.300 --> 00:43:24.480
 is

00:43:24.480 --> 00:43:24.980
 convicting

00:43:24.980 --> 00:43:25.180
 me

00:43:25.180 --> 00:43:25.380
 that

00:43:25.380 --> 00:43:25.640
 needs

00:43:25.640 --> 00:43:25.760
 to

00:43:25.760 --> 00:43:25.860
 be

00:43:25.860 --> 00:43:26.340
 restored

00:43:26.340 --> 00:43:28.140
 there

00:43:28.140 --> 00:43:28.300
 may

00:43:28.300 --> 00:43:28.420
 be

00:43:28.420 --> 00:43:28.640
 some

00:43:28.640 --> 00:43:28.860
 here

00:43:28.860 --> 00:43:29.079
 that

00:43:29.079 --> 00:43:29.280
 do

00:43:29.280 --> 00:43:29.519
 not

00:43:29.519 --> 00:43:29.720
 know

00:43:29.720 --> 00:43:30.120
 Christ

00:43:30.120 --> 00:43:30.340
 that

00:43:30.340 --> 00:43:30.480
 they

00:43:30.480 --> 00:43:30.620
 have

00:43:30.620 --> 00:43:30.920
 not

00:43:30.920 --> 00:43:31.420
 yet

00:43:31.420 --> 00:43:32.579
 come

00:43:32.579 --> 00:43:32.760
 to

00:43:32.760 --> 00:43:33.120
 faith

00:43:33.120 --> 00:43:34.640
 and

00:43:34.640 --> 00:43:34.820
 this

00:43:34.820 --> 00:43:35.079
 morning

00:43:35.079 --> 00:43:35.260
 it

00:43:35.260 --> 00:43:35.380
 would

00:43:35.380 --> 00:43:35.500
 be

00:43:35.500 --> 00:43:35.720
 our

00:43:35.720 --> 00:43:36.019
 plea

00:43:36.019 --> 00:43:36.320
 that

00:43:36.320 --> 00:43:36.500
 your

00:43:36.500 --> 00:43:36.900
 spirit

00:43:36.900 --> 00:43:37.120
 would

00:43:37.120 --> 00:43:37.440
 draw

00:43:37.440 --> 00:43:37.620
 them

00:43:37.620 --> 00:43:37.760
 to

00:43:37.760 --> 00:43:37.900
 the

00:43:37.900 --> 00:43:38.280
 cross

00:43:38.280 --> 00:43:38.480
 and

00:43:38.480 --> 00:43:38.760
 see

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!

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 the

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 emptiness

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 and

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 darkness

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 of

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 their

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 soul

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 has

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 no

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 remedy

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 apart

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 from

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 Jesus

00:43:44.639 --> 00:43:48.259
 we

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 ask

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 this

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 in

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 Jesus

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 name

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 Amen