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 Luke chapter 20. I hope you had a blessed Thanksgiving. I know me and my family did and my oldest daughter is on the road right now and so I checked her location right before I stepped up here. We're still doing good so I got that on my mind.

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 If you look at the life of Christ and the ministry of Christ it is somewhat mysterious at times and it sure is interesting. So much of the message especially after his resurrection commands us to tell others about his saving and his healing power.

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 However, earlier in his ministry he told folks to be quiet about what he did. In Matthew chapter 8 he heals a leper and he says see that you say nothing to anyone about this healing.

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 In Matthew chapter 9 he heals two blind men and Jesus sternly warned them see that no one knows about this. In Matthew chapter 16 he told his disciples tell no one that he was the Christ.

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 In Matthew chapter 17 at that mount of transfiguration when those three apostles noticed this amazing sight that they saw, this vision that they saw of Christ transfiguring on that mount.

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 He said tell no one of this vision until the son of man has been risen from the dead.

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 Strange at first but a simple explanation is that it was all a matter of timing.

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 Christ was in the midst of his ministry of training his disciples to establish the groundwork for the church before he should as Luke 9 verse 51 which I mentioned last week is a tremendous chapter here that of setting his face toward Jerusalem.

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 However, then he arrives in Jerusalem and he's different.

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 What he's asked to be quiet about what he's asked to somewhat stay dormant at times so that he could further the ministry before the church leaders of all people would come after him.

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 Now he's very open about it.

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 He's made his way to Jerusalem and he's different.

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 He is open.

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 He is boldly proclaiming.

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 He is clear completely about his message and what he'd have for us to share.

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 He makes his triumphal entry.

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 He cleanses the temple by turning the tables in the marketplace.

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 He stirs up the chief priest and the scribes by teaching daily to the massive crowds that they could do nothing about.

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 And then they ask him.

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 In Luke chapter 20 verse 2 they said tell us by what authority you do these things.

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 Or who is it that gave you this authority?

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 And he follows that with a parable.

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 One of his last parables, some scholars believe it was the last one chronologically that he shared.

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 And it's a parable that is clear.

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 Some parables take interpretation.

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 This one's quite clear.

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 No one's asking questions about what this means.

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 At least not in this setting.

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 He was certain.

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 He was clear.

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 Folks, I want to be certain.

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 And I want to be clear this morning.

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 Luke chapter 20 beginning in verse 9.

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 And he began to tell the people this parable.

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 A man planted a vineyard and let it out to tenants and went into another country for a long while.

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 When the time came he sent a servant to the tenants so that they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard.

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 But the tenants beat him and they sent him away empty handed.

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 And he sent another servant.

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 But they also beat and treated him shamefully and sent him away empty handed.

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 And he sent yet a third.

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 This one also they wounded and cast out.

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 Then the owner of the vineyard said, what shall I do?

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 I'll send my beloved son.

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 Perhaps they'll respect him.

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 But when the tenants saw him, they said to themselves, this is the heir.

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 Let us kill him so that the inheritance may be ours.

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 And they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

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 What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

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 He'll come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others.

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 Now in this story, the man is God.

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 And the vineyard is Israel.

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 And the tenants are the Israelites.

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 Particularly the church establishment there.

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 The scribes and the Pharisees that are questioning him and who he's calling out.

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 And the sent servants are the prophets.

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 The son of the owner in this story is Jesus.

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 And when they throw him out of the vineyard in the story, he is saying, you will throw me out of Jerusalem.

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 And he was thrown out of Jerusalem.

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 As a matter of fact, he carried a cross out of Jerusalem.

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 And they killed him outside the city.

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 Hebrews chapter 13 verse 12 says, so Jesus also suffered outside the gate.

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 That means outside the city.

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 In order to sanctify the people through his own blood.

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 And then lastly, this parable says that those who do not welcome the son, those who do not welcome Christ will be destroyed.

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 It is that simple.

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 And after he told this, he didn't back off.

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 He warned of the dangers of the religious leaders.

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 They tried to question him with tough topics and tried to silence them.

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 And instead he silences them.

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 In verse 40, it says of that same chapter, it says they dare not ask him anything else.

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 They began to try to eliminate him.

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 He speaks of the destruction of Jerusalem.

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 That would happen 40 years, almost to the day in which he spoke it.

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 And he speaks of his return and when he's coming.

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 He is now very open about all of that.

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 So I want to be just as open this morning about what that means to us today.

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 Let's get this straight.

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 Look at this last parable together.

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 And then we'll look toward Christmas together.

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 But let's get this down.

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 One is this.

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 Everyone is not pleased to hear of Jesus.

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 It was true in that day.

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 It's true today.

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 If you look at the history of the welcomes that the prophets of God,

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 these servants that the owner of the vineyard keeps sending in,

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 that's what that represents.

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 Look at the prophets.

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 They were not received very warmly.

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 At times they were ignored.

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 Amos was told to hush.

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 Jonah was a part of our,

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 he was the most reluctant evangelist you'll ever find.

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 He was a part of a revival that he didn't want to happen.

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 But the sad thing was two generations later,

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 Nahum lets us know that Nineveh was just as bad as it was before that

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 spiritual awakening had happened.

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 They went right back to the way in which they lived before.

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 At times prophets were attacked.

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 Elijah was threatened and chased by Jezebel.

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 Micaiah was slapped and imprisoned for telling the truth.

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 When others wouldn't tell the truth in 1 Kings 22,

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 Zechariah was stoned to death between the temple and the altar.

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 Yet God continued graciously to bring his messengers to the tenants.

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 Now remember, he brought him to the tenants, not the owners.

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 They didn't own the vineyard.

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 They were just maintaining the vineyard.

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 And of course the one that stands out the most was Jesus speaks,

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 and he speaks directly to them, was John the Baptist.

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 Who when John the Baptist came speaking,

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 they were reluctant to hear what he had to say, resisted that.

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 And of course, because he spoke so boldly against the sin in Herod's life,

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 and because he was so influenced by evil people,

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 John the Baptist died

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 for standing up for his faith.

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 He spoke all this to the tenants.

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 Not the owner of the vineyard.

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 God's the owner, just the tenants.

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 And I want you to understand

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 that whatever you have and whatever you are,

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 we are tenants.

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 We are maintaining what God has given us.

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 We're not in charge.

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 We have a responsibility to that that's invested in us.

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 But this vineyard is not ours.

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 This vineyard is his.

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 We're to make the most of this life that he has given us

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 because we're sinners.

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 And our only hope is to do that,

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 what God has given us to do in our lives.

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 To make the most of the life that God has given us.

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 And he is gracious, and he is patient,

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 but I want you to understand, he is not indifferent.

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 He's very involved and cares a lot.

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 Don't ever get confused that the patience of God

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 is the thought that he's not deeply involved

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 with our response to him.

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 Because he is.

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 And notice that when they did not welcome the first ones,

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 the owner graciously did not remove the tenants.

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 He kept giving them new opportunities.

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 Now it's interesting

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 that he comes back to these sharecroppers

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 sharecroppers to get the profits

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 from what they had raised.

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 And as the harvest comes in,

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 you would send people in in stages.

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 When the first part of it came in,

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 you'd send somebody to collect it,

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 a messenger to collect it.

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 And when the second part came in,

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 you'd send them again.

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 Well, the owner noticed that on the first time,

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 when they didn't respond to him,

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 he didn't give up on them.

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 He sent another.

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 He sent another.

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 And the response was the same.

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 I want you to know

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 that everyone is not pleased to hear of Jesus.

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 Second thing is this.

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 Everyone does not welcome Jesus.

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 Obviously here, the landowner then sends his son.

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 And the tenants threw him out and killed him.

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 And Jesus is obviously,

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 prophetically speaking,

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 of the mistreatment and his impending death.

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 And notice in this story,

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 before they kill him,

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 they see him coming

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 and they say in the story

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 that Jesus told,

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 if we kill him,

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 it could all be ours.

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 You want to know why people don't come to Christ?

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 Because they don't want to come to his way.

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 And in his way,

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 they want it their way.

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 We want it for ours.

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 They believe that coming to Christ

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 has given up too much.

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 They're afraid that they'll miss out

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 on what could be theirs.

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 And in reality,

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 they walk away

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 from the greatest opportunity

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 that they could ever have,

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 not realizing the ramifications.

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 I want you to understand something, Christian.

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 God is sending us out.

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 It's not time to be silent anymore.

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 It's not time to be quiet anymore.

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 Christ, his great commission,

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 sends us out

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 to share the love

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 of the Lord Jesus Christ with folks.

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 His last words before the ascension

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 is to make disciples.

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 As you go,

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 that don't mean,

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 hey, I'm all for

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 going somewhere,

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 doing a great work.

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 I'll lead one of these trips this summer.

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 We'll have a great time

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 serving the Lord together.

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 But before we get to the summer,

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 or before we get to a foreign land,

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 or before we get to another state,

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 we'll walk out of here today,

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 and somebody

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 will need to know

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 the truths of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 they'll need to know the love of Christ.

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 And God will plant them

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 in our path.

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 And if we pray for God

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 to open our eyes

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 and see that

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 and have an opportunity

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 to share that,

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 he will.

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 He's faithful to do that.

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 He's sending us out.

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 His last words were

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 to make disciples as you go,

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 to lead them to publicly

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 confess their faith

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 through baptism.

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 Don't stop

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 until the word

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 is throughout the world.

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 He's sending us out.

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 He's not sending out

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 the guy beside you

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 on the pew.

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 He's not sending out

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 just the preacher.

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 It's not just for the staff.

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 No.

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 He's sending us out.

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 Now,

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 does that mean

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 they're going to be happy

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 to see us?

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 No,

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 but I want you

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 to understand something.

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 They are not rejecting us.

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 Years ago,

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 people used to come

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 to your doors

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 selling stuff

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 a lot more than they do now.

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 Praise God.

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 They don't do it much anymore,

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 but they used to.

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 And I remember one time

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 this sweet little girl

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 came to my door,

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 knocked on her,

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 rang our doorbell.

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 I opened the door.

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 She had Krispy Kreme donuts,

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 a dozen of them there.

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 She said,

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 were you willing to buy

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 my donuts

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 to help whatever cause

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 she made up?

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 But I said,

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 honey,

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 if you only knew

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 what one of them donuts

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 would do to me,

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 it would change my life.

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 I can't do that.

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 I gave her some money.

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 I didn't buy her donuts

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 and let her go.

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 I wasn't turning down her.

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 I was turning down them donuts

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 because I knew

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 if I bought them donuts

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 and I was home alone,

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 nobody ever know

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 I bought donuts.

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 I didn't want her donuts.

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 And when telemarketers

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 call me,

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 yeah,

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 I might be rejecting them.

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 I don't know about that,

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 but let me tell you something.

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 When you go in the Lord's name

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 and you share Christ

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 with somebody,

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 they're not rejecting you,

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 they're rejecting God.

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 When you give the gospel,

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 you present them

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 with an opportunity

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 that they have to do

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 something with.

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 And if they reject it,

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 it's not you.

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 I want you to get this

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 because I think

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 this holds people back

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 from sharing their faith openly.

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 Success in sharing

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 your faith with somebody,

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 sharing your faith

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 in Christ with somebody

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 is not salvation.

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 Success is when you share

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 and when you trust

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 the Lord of the harvest

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 to do with that seed

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 that you've sown,

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 whatever he chooses to do

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 and work in their life.

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 Our responsibility

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 is to share.

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 Their responsibility

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 is to respond in obedience.

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 We don't speak to people

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 about Christ for our fruition.

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 God has sent us

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 and he may already be working

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 in the hearts and the lives

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 of those that he's sending us to.

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 We have no idea

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 how God has worked

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 and moved in others' lives.

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 I had a guy walk in

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 the other day.

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 We had a door open

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 because there's renovation going on.

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 And a secretary was out.

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 And so this fellow

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 walked straight in,

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 walked straight in the office,

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 walked straight in my office,

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 which is fine.

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 Walked in my office.

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 And he told me,

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 he said,

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 I need to pray.

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 He said,

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 I'm Catholic,

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 but I need to pray.

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 And he told me

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 the burden that he had.

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 And I shared that with you

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 if you got reminded.

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 And I knew

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 because I had seen people

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 in the building

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 that I knew

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 that there would be

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 other people in the building.

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 I think some of our ladies

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 might have been up here.

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 And I knew that,

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 I knew what he probably wanted,

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 but I knew it may not be safe

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 for others

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 because I didn't know him.

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 And so I told him,

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 I said,

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 well, can I pray with you?

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 He said, yeah,

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 I'd appreciate that.

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 So we prayed over his need

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 and his burden.

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 When we got done praying,

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 I'm thinking,

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 why does a Catholic

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 walk into a Baptist church,

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 walk straight in this office

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 for somebody to pray for him?

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 I don't even think

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 he knows why he's here.

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 And I told him that.

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 I said,

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 I don't think you're here

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 because of the reason

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 you think you're here.

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 He's looked at me.

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 I said,

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 has there ever been

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 a time in your life

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 when you've asked

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 the Lord Jesus personally

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 to come into your heart

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 and life,

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 to save you

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 and to change you,

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 to forgive you

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 of your sins?

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 Has that ever happened to you?

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 He said, yeah.

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 I said, tell me about it.

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 So he told me about it.

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 I said, would you stake

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 eternity on that?

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 Excuse me?

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 I said,

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 if you were to die today

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 and God were to ask you,

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 why should I let you

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 into my heaven?

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 What do you think

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 you'd say?

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 He said, well,

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 I don't know what I could say.

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 I failed him so often.

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 I said, well,

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 I want you to know

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 what you can say.

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 And so in a kind of

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 discombobulated way

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 because of the way

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 the conversation was going,

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 I shared with him

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 what Romans says.

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 I started with Romans 10, 9,

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 that if you confess

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 with your mouth

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 Jesus is Lord

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 and believe in your heart

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 that God raised him

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 from the dead,

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 you shall be saved.

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 Now explain what that meant.

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 I explained that everyone

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 who calls upon the name

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 of the Lord,

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 verse 13,

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 shall be saved

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 and how the wages

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 of his sin

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 would cause death,

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 separation forever,

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 but the gift of God

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 is eternal life

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 through Jesus Christ,

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 our Lord.

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 God demonstrated

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 his own love for us

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 while we were yet

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 sinners Christ died for us

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 and I went through

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 all of that

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 and shared all that

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 with him

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 and then I said,

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 has anything like that

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 ever happened to you?

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 He said,

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 I think so.

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 I said,

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 if you were to die today,

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 again,

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 if you were to die today

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 and stand before God

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 and he would ask you

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 why should I let you

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 in his hand,

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 what do you think

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 he'd say?

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 He said,

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 because I committed

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 my life to Christ.

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 I said,

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 that's what I needed

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 to hear.

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 Have you ever

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 made that public?

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 He said,

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 no.

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 I said,

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 you've never told anybody?

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 He said,

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 no.

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 I said,

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 well,

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 it's time for you

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 to do that

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 and I explained

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 how scripture said

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 from Paul's example

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 in Romans 10,

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 9,

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 when he speaks

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 of openly confessing

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 Jesus as Lord,

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 that's not a quiet thing.

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 that's not something

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 that you do

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 in the pastor's study.

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 That's something

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 that you do

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 in the open

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 to boldly proclaim

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 your faith in Christ.

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 Paul is drawing

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 a comparison

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 to standing up

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 to the Roman Empire

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 and saying,

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 curious Christos,

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 Christ is Lord,

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 not Caesar is Lord,

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 Christ is Lord.

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 That's what he's doing there.

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 It's very bold

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 in what he said

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 and I said,

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 have you ever been baptized?

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 He said,

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 I've been baptized as a child.

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 I said,

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 well,

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 that was a baptism

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 into a church.

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 If you've never been baptized

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 as a believer

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 since you gave your heart

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 and life to the Lord,

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 since your beach experience,

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 if you've never given your heart,

00:21:01.759 --> 00:21:02.980
 if you've never been baptized,

00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:05.100
 you've got your baptism

00:21:05.100 --> 00:21:05.700
 out of order.

00:21:06.120 --> 00:21:07.160
 You've never been baptized

00:21:07.160 --> 00:21:07.960
 as a believer

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 and that is a first step

00:21:10.700 --> 00:21:11.320
 of obedience

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 when you give your heart

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 and life to the Lord

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 and I promise you,

00:21:15.140 --> 00:21:15.779
 listen to me,

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 I'm not just talking to him,

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 I'm talking to you.

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 If you've never done that

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 as a believer,

00:21:20.920 --> 00:21:22.019
 it'll be a hindrance

00:21:22.019 --> 00:21:22.740
 to you and your world.

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 I promise you,

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 the devil will cause

00:21:25.600 --> 00:21:26.660
 a lot of snares

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 in your path

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 because the first step

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 of obedience,

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 I mean,

00:21:32.120 --> 00:21:33.039
 if I was in a race,

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 it'd be a joke anyway

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 but if I were to stumble

00:21:35.420 --> 00:21:36.180
 out of the gate,

00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:37.519
 it'd be mighty hard

00:21:37.519 --> 00:21:39.039
 to even finish that race

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 and if you stumble

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 straight out of the gate

00:21:41.400 --> 00:21:43.519
 by never making that public,

00:21:44.380 --> 00:21:45.580
 how that's such a detriment

00:21:45.580 --> 00:21:46.460
 to your faith.

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 And so I challenged him

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 and I said,

00:21:51.120 --> 00:21:51.660
 I know this ain't

00:21:51.660 --> 00:21:53.059
 your church background

00:21:53.059 --> 00:21:54.539
 but I want you to know

00:21:54.539 --> 00:21:56.320
 you're welcome here

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 and if you come

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 and publicly acknowledge that,

00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:01.340
 we'll baptize you,

00:22:01.519 --> 00:22:02.160
 allow you to be a member

00:22:02.160 --> 00:22:02.799
 of this church.

00:22:04.460 --> 00:22:04.960
 I said,

00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:05.840
 what do you think about that?

00:22:07.320 --> 00:22:07.960
 He said,

00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:08.820
 God drew me here

00:22:08.820 --> 00:22:09.799
 for a reason today.

00:22:10.660 --> 00:22:11.660
 I don't have an issue

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 with that

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 and I said,

00:22:13.900 --> 00:22:14.480
 amen, brother

00:22:14.480 --> 00:22:16.180
 and I said,

00:22:16.240 --> 00:22:16.839
 we'll be praying

00:22:16.839 --> 00:22:17.539
 for your need

00:22:17.539 --> 00:22:18.539
 and I've shared that

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 with you.

00:22:19.400 --> 00:22:19.940
 I didn't intend

00:22:19.940 --> 00:22:20.860
 to share all that

00:22:20.860 --> 00:22:22.740
 but I'm telling you,

00:22:23.900 --> 00:22:24.579
 I texted that old boy

00:22:24.579 --> 00:22:24.940
 yesterday

00:22:24.940 --> 00:22:25.420
 and I'm praying

00:22:25.420 --> 00:22:26.059
 for him now

00:22:26.059 --> 00:22:27.620
 that God will do

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 a work in his life

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 and his salvation

00:22:30.920 --> 00:22:31.860
 will be secure

00:22:31.860 --> 00:22:33.039
 and he'll know that

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 beyond a shadow of a doubt

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 and that he'll publicly

00:22:36.660 --> 00:22:37.599
 profess that

00:22:37.599 --> 00:22:38.640
 and live for

00:22:38.640 --> 00:22:40.559
 the Lord Jesus.

00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:43.519
 but that's not

00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:44.279
 my responsibility.

00:22:47.539 --> 00:22:48.619
 My responsibility

00:22:48.619 --> 00:22:50.879
 was to share.

00:22:52.980 --> 00:22:54.099
 My responsibility

00:22:54.099 --> 00:22:56.099
 was to be sensitive

00:22:56.099 --> 00:22:57.220
 to the spirit of God

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 to pick up on the fact

00:22:58.200 --> 00:22:58.859
 that I'm in the midst

00:22:58.859 --> 00:22:59.539
 of a conversation

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 that I didn't intend

00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:01.480
 to be in.

00:23:01.779 --> 00:23:03.139
 Why am I in the middle of it

00:23:03.139 --> 00:23:04.460
 and I can't do a whole lot

00:23:04.460 --> 00:23:05.399
 for this fellow's needs

00:23:05.399 --> 00:23:05.859
 right now

00:23:05.859 --> 00:23:07.559
 so why am I doing it

00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:08.399
 and God said,

00:23:08.519 --> 00:23:08.799
 hey,

00:23:09.279 --> 00:23:10.159
 you're on to something.

00:23:10.559 --> 00:23:13.179
 And it don't have to happen

00:23:13.179 --> 00:23:14.139
 in a pastor study.

00:23:15.399 --> 00:23:16.179
 It can happen

00:23:16.179 --> 00:23:16.799
 in a restaurant.

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 It can happen

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 in a grocery store.

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 It can happen

00:23:19.379 --> 00:23:20.139
 in your neighborhood.

00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:24.059
 Our responsibility

00:23:24.059 --> 00:23:27.059
 is to not try

00:23:27.059 --> 00:23:27.899
 to figure out

00:23:27.899 --> 00:23:29.240
 who needs the gospel

00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:31.079
 but to assume

00:23:31.079 --> 00:23:32.599
 all need the gospel.

00:23:33.419 --> 00:23:34.000
 Share it

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 and allow them

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 to respond

00:23:35.639 --> 00:23:37.039
 and it's God's

00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:37.859
 responsibility

00:23:37.859 --> 00:23:39.480
 to save.

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 But I want you

00:23:41.019 --> 00:23:41.259
 to know

00:23:41.259 --> 00:23:42.200
 fresh out the gate

00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:43.539
 everyone does

00:23:43.539 --> 00:23:44.759
 not welcome Jesus.

00:23:46.039 --> 00:23:46.940
 They do not.

00:23:47.679 --> 00:23:48.559
 Third thing is this.

00:23:50.119 --> 00:23:51.179
 Anyone who does

00:23:51.179 --> 00:23:52.299
 not accept Jesus

00:23:52.299 --> 00:23:53.519
 is ruined.

00:23:55.519 --> 00:23:56.299
 They're ruined.

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 I'd love to be able

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 to tell you

00:23:58.759 --> 00:23:59.359
 about God

00:23:59.359 --> 00:24:00.339
 who looks past

00:24:00.339 --> 00:24:01.159
 all your sins

00:24:01.159 --> 00:24:01.819
 and wrongs

00:24:01.819 --> 00:24:02.259
 and mistakes

00:24:02.259 --> 00:24:03.279
 and will save you

00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:03.879
 from the doom

00:24:03.879 --> 00:24:04.859
 that a sinful humanity

00:24:04.859 --> 00:24:05.480
 must face.

00:24:05.480 --> 00:24:08.259
 but I can't tell you

00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:08.900
 that because

00:24:08.900 --> 00:24:10.240
 there's a mistake

00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:10.980
 that too many make

00:24:10.980 --> 00:24:12.019
 that God does not

00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:14.980
 that people make

00:24:14.980 --> 00:24:16.039
 about God's forgiveness.

00:24:17.380 --> 00:24:18.680
 When you refuse

00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:20.620
 to accept Christ

00:24:20.620 --> 00:24:22.200
 into your life

00:24:22.200 --> 00:24:23.319
 you refuse

00:24:23.319 --> 00:24:24.440
 to acknowledge

00:24:24.440 --> 00:24:25.200
 the weight

00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:26.539
 of all of your sin

00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:27.660
 and you refuse

00:24:27.660 --> 00:24:29.140
 the greatest gift

00:24:29.140 --> 00:24:30.319
 that could ever

00:24:30.319 --> 00:24:31.200
 be given

00:24:31.200 --> 00:24:32.039
 to you.

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 And when you refuse

00:24:33.920 --> 00:24:34.819
 the Lord Jesus

00:24:34.819 --> 00:24:36.519
 and do not respond

00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:37.000
 to him

00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:37.759
 in obedience

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 you will face

00:24:39.359 --> 00:24:40.500
 an eternal hell.

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 That ain't nice

00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:42.359
 to say right here

00:24:42.359 --> 00:24:43.200
 before Christmas.

00:24:44.940 --> 00:24:45.680
 We're supposed

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 to be coming off

00:24:46.359 --> 00:24:46.920
 of Thanksgiving

00:24:46.920 --> 00:24:47.819
 and being cheery

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 and nice.

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 But I want

00:24:52.619 --> 00:24:53.339
 to be certain

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 and I want

00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:55.960
 to be clear

00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:56.559
 this morning

00:24:56.559 --> 00:24:58.859
 Christ didn't

00:24:58.859 --> 00:24:59.539
 hold back.

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 it's just

00:25:02.579 --> 00:25:03.440
 as true today

00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:04.159
 as it was

00:25:04.159 --> 00:25:04.960
 when he said it.

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 I want you

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 to listen

00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:07.339
 to how Christ

00:25:07.339 --> 00:25:08.039
 describes it

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 in verses 17

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 and 18

00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:11.299
 of that same passage.

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 He says this

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 but he looked

00:25:13.599 --> 00:25:14.379
 I love this

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 he looked

00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:16.500
 directly at them

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 he wanted them

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 to get it

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 and said

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 what then

00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:21.740
 is this

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 that is written

00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:24.119
 the stone

00:25:24.119 --> 00:25:24.859
 that the builders

00:25:24.859 --> 00:25:25.399
 rejected

00:25:25.399 --> 00:25:26.079
 has become

00:25:26.079 --> 00:25:26.980
 the cornerstone

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 everyone who

00:25:28.200 --> 00:25:29.039
 falls on that

00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:29.359
 stone

00:25:29.359 --> 00:25:30.019
 will be broken

00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:30.539
 to pieces

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 and when it

00:25:31.139 --> 00:25:31.919
 falls on anyone

00:25:31.919 --> 00:25:32.859
 it will crush him.

00:25:34.339 --> 00:25:34.939
 Now that's a quote

00:25:34.939 --> 00:25:36.059
 from Isaiah 5

00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:37.879
 followed by

00:25:37.879 --> 00:25:38.539
 a reference

00:25:38.539 --> 00:25:39.919
 to Daniel chapter 2

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 and those

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:42.139
 listening

00:25:42.139 --> 00:25:43.359
 would be a lot

00:25:43.359 --> 00:25:44.099
 more familiar

00:25:44.099 --> 00:25:45.259
 with those two passages

00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:46.419
 than most of us

00:25:46.419 --> 00:25:46.719
 are

00:25:46.719 --> 00:25:48.299
 because they knew

00:25:48.299 --> 00:25:49.079
 those very well.

00:25:50.099 --> 00:25:50.599
 They would be

00:25:50.599 --> 00:25:51.259
 familiar with both

00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:51.559
 of them.

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 The cornerstone

00:25:53.839 --> 00:25:55.359
 is the first stone

00:25:55.359 --> 00:25:56.819
 that was laid

00:25:56.819 --> 00:25:58.799
 and when that

00:25:58.799 --> 00:25:59.480
 cornerstone

00:25:59.480 --> 00:26:00.579
 was laid

00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:04.859
 everything else

00:26:04.859 --> 00:26:05.339
 came off

00:26:05.339 --> 00:26:05.839
 the edge

00:26:05.839 --> 00:26:06.740
 the angles

00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:08.619
 as well as

00:26:08.619 --> 00:26:09.399
 the rest of the

00:26:09.399 --> 00:26:09.919
 foundation

00:26:09.919 --> 00:26:10.639
 came off

00:26:10.639 --> 00:26:11.319
 of that

00:26:11.319 --> 00:26:12.559
 cornerstone.

00:26:12.700 --> 00:26:13.419
 You had to

00:26:13.419 --> 00:26:14.220
 get that right.

00:26:14.439 --> 00:26:15.039
 I was in a

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:15.559
 building program

00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:15.939
 one time

00:26:15.939 --> 00:26:16.700
 and they built

00:26:16.700 --> 00:26:18.259
 the trenches

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:19.159
 for the foundation

00:26:19.159 --> 00:26:21.839
 and I went

00:26:21.839 --> 00:26:22.519
 and looked at it

00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:22.779
 it was a

00:26:22.779 --> 00:26:23.639
 rectangular building

00:26:23.640 --> 00:26:24.259
 I went and looked

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:25.640
 at it

00:26:25.640 --> 00:26:30.820
 I said

00:26:30.820 --> 00:26:31.480
 something's wrong

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:34.460
 I said

00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:35.259
 where's this door

00:26:35.259 --> 00:26:36.540
 and they showed

00:26:36.540 --> 00:26:36.940
 me

00:26:36.940 --> 00:26:39.460
 they had dug

00:26:39.460 --> 00:26:40.660
 the foundations

00:26:40.660 --> 00:26:45.120
 in a wrong way

00:26:45.120 --> 00:26:46.220
 was that 90 degrees

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:47.180
 it was wrong

00:26:47.180 --> 00:26:47.940
 I said

00:26:47.940 --> 00:26:48.520
 you gotta turn

00:26:48.520 --> 00:26:48.980
 this building

00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:49.920
 before you build it

00:26:49.920 --> 00:26:51.360
 you gotta turn

00:26:51.360 --> 00:26:51.680
 the building

00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:53.340
 they hadn't

00:26:53.340 --> 00:26:53.620
 got the

00:26:53.620 --> 00:26:54.039
 foundation

00:26:54.039 --> 00:26:54.380
 right

00:26:54.380 --> 00:26:56.100
 the whole

00:26:56.100 --> 00:26:56.420
 thing would

00:26:56.420 --> 00:26:56.600
 have been

00:26:56.600 --> 00:26:56.840
 off

00:26:56.840 --> 00:27:00.340
 my friend

00:27:00.340 --> 00:27:00.580
 you gotta

00:27:00.580 --> 00:27:00.820
 get the

00:27:00.820 --> 00:27:01.220
 cornerstone

00:27:01.220 --> 00:27:01.539
 right

00:27:01.539 --> 00:27:02.539
 that's what

00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:02.860
 he's talking

00:27:02.860 --> 00:27:03.140
 about

00:27:03.140 --> 00:27:04.299
 you gotta

00:27:04.299 --> 00:27:04.660
 get that

00:27:04.660 --> 00:27:05.000
 angle

00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:05.720
 correct

00:27:05.720 --> 00:27:06.740
 to start

00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:07.120
 with

00:27:07.120 --> 00:27:08.980
 Christ

00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:09.440
 is the

00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:10.120
 cornerstone

00:27:10.120 --> 00:27:11.600
 in which

00:27:11.600 --> 00:27:11.940
 we build

00:27:11.940 --> 00:27:12.320
 our life

00:27:12.320 --> 00:27:12.500
 on

00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:12.940
 he's the

00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:13.519
 cornerstone

00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:14.539
 that the

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:14.980
 church is

00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:15.460
 built on

00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:16.240
 and the

00:27:16.240 --> 00:27:16.880
 word also

00:27:16.880 --> 00:27:17.700
 can be

00:27:17.700 --> 00:27:18.259
 translated

00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:19.340
 capstone

00:27:19.340 --> 00:27:20.519
 which is

00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:20.960
 the last

00:27:20.960 --> 00:27:21.720
 one that

00:27:21.720 --> 00:27:22.100
 goes in

00:27:22.100 --> 00:27:22.460
 place

00:27:22.460 --> 00:27:25.019
 this word

00:27:25.019 --> 00:27:26.140
 is so

00:27:26.140 --> 00:27:26.500
 appropriate

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:26.840
 here

00:27:26.840 --> 00:27:27.880
 scripture

00:27:27.880 --> 00:27:29.079
 tells us

00:27:29.079 --> 00:27:30.019
 that

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.799
 Solomon's

00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:31.259
 temple

00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:32.620
 had

00:27:32.620 --> 00:27:34.120
 80,000

00:27:34.120 --> 00:27:35.140
 stonemasons

00:27:35.140 --> 00:27:36.180
 working on

00:27:36.180 --> 00:27:36.420
 it

00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:38.160
 and that

00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:39.000
 the stones

00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:41.059
 were pre-cut

00:27:41.059 --> 00:27:42.180
 at a quarry

00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:43.019
 and delivered

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:44.620
 to the site

00:27:44.620 --> 00:27:45.960
 first kings

00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:46.779
 tells us

00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:47.680
 that there

00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:48.319
 was not a

00:27:48.319 --> 00:27:49.180
 sound of

00:27:49.180 --> 00:27:49.740
 an iron

00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:50.559
 tool to

00:27:50.559 --> 00:27:51.220
 be made

00:27:51.220 --> 00:27:51.599
 on the

00:27:51.599 --> 00:27:52.099
 holy place

00:27:52.099 --> 00:27:52.460
 at all

00:27:52.460 --> 00:27:54.000
 they did

00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:54.299
 not want

00:27:54.299 --> 00:27:54.619
 to hear

00:27:54.619 --> 00:27:54.960
 them

00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:55.799
 working

00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:57.619
 so quietly

00:27:57.619 --> 00:27:58.879
 they constructed

00:27:58.879 --> 00:27:59.500
 that temple

00:27:59.500 --> 00:28:00.019
 get this

00:28:00.019 --> 00:28:01.319
 for seven

00:28:01.319 --> 00:28:02.419
 years

00:28:02.419 --> 00:28:03.279
 they worked

00:28:03.279 --> 00:28:03.779
 like that

00:28:03.779 --> 00:28:05.720
 and there's

00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:06.399
 a rabbinical

00:28:06.399 --> 00:28:06.960
 story

00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:08.179
 that goes

00:28:08.179 --> 00:28:08.940
 back to

00:28:08.940 --> 00:28:09.539
 the building

00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:09.960
 of the

00:28:09.960 --> 00:28:10.339
 temple

00:28:10.339 --> 00:28:11.740
 that one

00:28:11.740 --> 00:28:12.220
 day a

00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:12.919
 large

00:28:12.919 --> 00:28:13.539
 odd

00:28:13.539 --> 00:28:14.059
 shaped

00:28:14.059 --> 00:28:14.740
 stone

00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:15.679
 arrived

00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:17.860
 and they

00:28:17.860 --> 00:28:18.240
 thought it

00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:18.500
 was a

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:18.840
 botched

00:28:18.840 --> 00:28:19.240
 stone

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:21.380
 so they

00:28:21.380 --> 00:28:22.000
 laid that

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.460
 stone

00:28:22.460 --> 00:28:23.140
 aside

00:28:23.140 --> 00:28:25.519
 and they

00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:26.060
 continued to

00:28:26.060 --> 00:28:26.340
 build

00:28:26.340 --> 00:28:28.400
 and as the

00:28:28.400 --> 00:28:29.299
 building progressed

00:28:29.299 --> 00:28:29.980
 that stone

00:28:29.980 --> 00:28:30.880
 got in the way

00:28:30.880 --> 00:28:31.779
 and so they

00:28:31.779 --> 00:28:33.000
 moved that

00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:33.380
 stone

00:28:33.380 --> 00:28:36.320
 and as they

00:28:36.320 --> 00:28:36.880
 continued to

00:28:36.880 --> 00:28:37.200
 build

00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:38.640
 that odd

00:28:38.640 --> 00:28:39.360
 shaped stone

00:28:39.360 --> 00:28:40.060
 was still in the

00:28:40.060 --> 00:28:40.779
 way and so

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:41.480
 people were

00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:42.299
 stumbling over it

00:28:42.299 --> 00:28:42.659
 and so they

00:28:42.659 --> 00:28:43.579
 moved that

00:28:43.579 --> 00:28:43.980
 stone

00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:44.659
 again

00:28:44.659 --> 00:28:47.139
 and set it

00:28:47.139 --> 00:28:47.899
 over by itself

00:28:47.899 --> 00:28:48.359
 and let it

00:28:48.359 --> 00:28:49.139
 sit there

00:28:49.139 --> 00:28:51.019
 and toward

00:28:51.019 --> 00:28:51.440
 the end

00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:51.619
 of the

00:28:51.619 --> 00:28:52.039
 work

00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:54.980
 the

00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:55.559
 scaffolding

00:28:55.559 --> 00:28:56.279
 was set up

00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:56.759
 and they

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:57.339
 were waiting

00:28:57.339 --> 00:28:57.799
 for the

00:28:57.799 --> 00:28:58.480
 capstone

00:28:58.480 --> 00:28:59.319
 to be placed

00:28:59.319 --> 00:29:00.099
 in the main

00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:00.680
 arch of the

00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:00.960
 temple

00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:02.960
 they began

00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:03.440
 to look

00:29:03.440 --> 00:29:03.960
 and to look

00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:04.339
 for that

00:29:04.339 --> 00:29:04.839
 piece

00:29:04.839 --> 00:29:05.519
 and noticed

00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:05.839
 that the

00:29:05.839 --> 00:29:06.339
 quarry had

00:29:06.339 --> 00:29:06.919
 not brought

00:29:06.919 --> 00:29:07.379
 the piece

00:29:07.379 --> 00:29:07.700
 that they

00:29:07.700 --> 00:29:08.079
 needed

00:29:08.079 --> 00:29:09.539
 for that

00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:10.440
 so they

00:29:10.440 --> 00:29:10.940
 told them

00:29:10.940 --> 00:29:12.340
 they asked

00:29:12.340 --> 00:29:12.799
 the quarry

00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:13.160
 the quarry

00:29:13.160 --> 00:29:13.500
 said we

00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:13.940
 sent it

00:29:13.940 --> 00:29:14.620
 a long

00:29:14.620 --> 00:29:15.240
 time ago

00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:16.580
 they looked

00:29:16.580 --> 00:29:16.980
 harder

00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:17.440
 and they

00:29:17.440 --> 00:29:17.820
 hid

00:29:17.820 --> 00:29:18.660
 and hid

00:29:18.660 --> 00:29:19.160
 in the

00:29:19.160 --> 00:29:19.920
 overgrowth

00:29:19.920 --> 00:29:20.519
 of the

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:20.940
 brush

00:29:20.940 --> 00:29:21.380
 and the

00:29:21.380 --> 00:29:21.820
 trees

00:29:21.820 --> 00:29:22.380
 because they

00:29:22.380 --> 00:29:22.600
 had been

00:29:22.600 --> 00:29:23.039
 building for

00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:23.539
 seven years

00:29:23.539 --> 00:29:24.340
 they found

00:29:24.340 --> 00:29:25.660
 the stone

00:29:25.660 --> 00:29:26.059
 that had

00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:26.779
 been rejected

00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:27.380
 so long

00:29:27.380 --> 00:29:27.720
 ago

00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:28.259
 and it

00:29:28.259 --> 00:29:28.980
 perfectly

00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:29.680
 fit

00:29:29.680 --> 00:29:30.180
 in that

00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:31.180
 keystone

00:29:31.180 --> 00:29:32.420
 capstone

00:29:32.420 --> 00:29:33.580
 arched

00:29:33.580 --> 00:29:34.000
 way

00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:35.000
 and held

00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:35.539
 up the

00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:36.019
 weight

00:29:36.019 --> 00:29:36.480
 of the

00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:36.900
 building

00:29:36.900 --> 00:29:37.580
 because it

00:29:37.580 --> 00:29:38.160
 perfectly

00:29:38.160 --> 00:29:38.840
 fit

00:29:38.840 --> 00:29:40.200
 just like

00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:41.059
 the capstone

00:29:41.059 --> 00:29:41.600
 is the

00:29:41.600 --> 00:29:42.039
 last

00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:42.840
 and climactic

00:29:42.840 --> 00:29:43.279
 piece

00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:44.019
 that holds

00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:44.319
 it all

00:29:44.319 --> 00:29:44.620
 together

00:29:44.620 --> 00:29:45.519
 so the

00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:46.160
 Lord is

00:29:46.160 --> 00:29:47.160
 the cornerstone

00:29:47.160 --> 00:29:47.900
 our sure

00:29:47.900 --> 00:29:48.460
 foundation

00:29:48.460 --> 00:29:49.420
 is to build

00:29:49.420 --> 00:29:49.900
 our lives

00:29:49.900 --> 00:29:50.400
 on nothing

00:29:50.400 --> 00:29:50.880
 else but

00:29:50.880 --> 00:29:51.319
 Christ

00:29:51.319 --> 00:29:51.920
 and he's

00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:52.440
 also the

00:29:52.440 --> 00:29:53.120
 capstone

00:29:53.120 --> 00:29:53.759
 that is

00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:54.480
 the finale

00:29:54.480 --> 00:29:55.120
 that is

00:29:55.120 --> 00:29:55.620
 the final

00:29:55.620 --> 00:29:56.080
 piece of

00:29:56.080 --> 00:29:56.460
 the puzzle

00:29:56.460 --> 00:29:57.440
 the keystone

00:29:57.440 --> 00:29:58.519
 which all

00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:59.920
 else relies

00:29:59.920 --> 00:30:00.340
 on

00:30:00.340 --> 00:30:01.799
 Jesus Christ

00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:02.220
 is the

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:02.860
 cornerstone

00:30:02.860 --> 00:30:03.360
 the starting

00:30:03.360 --> 00:30:03.819
 place

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:04.500
 he's the

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:05.180
 capstone

00:30:05.180 --> 00:30:05.880
 the end

00:30:05.880 --> 00:30:06.580
 scripture

00:30:06.580 --> 00:30:07.259
 calls him

00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:07.819
 the alpha

00:30:07.819 --> 00:30:08.279
 and the

00:30:08.279 --> 00:30:08.720
 omega

00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:09.400
 that means

00:30:09.400 --> 00:30:09.900
 the A

00:30:09.900 --> 00:30:10.460
 and the Z

00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:11.060
 he's the

00:30:11.060 --> 00:30:11.460
 author

00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:12.019
 of our

00:30:12.019 --> 00:30:12.400
 faith

00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:13.060
 he's the

00:30:13.060 --> 00:30:13.500
 finisher

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:14.060
 of our

00:30:14.060 --> 00:30:14.400
 faith

00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:15.019
 he's what

00:30:15.019 --> 00:30:15.660
 we're made

00:30:15.660 --> 00:30:15.960
 of

00:30:15.960 --> 00:30:16.580
 the rest

00:30:16.580 --> 00:30:16.800
 of the

00:30:16.800 --> 00:30:16.960
 new

00:30:16.960 --> 00:30:17.300
 testament

00:30:17.300 --> 00:30:17.860
 assures

00:30:17.860 --> 00:30:18.300
 us

00:30:18.300 --> 00:30:18.820
 that he's

00:30:18.820 --> 00:30:19.259
 also the

00:30:19.259 --> 00:30:19.720
 foundation

00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:20.180
 of the

00:30:20.180 --> 00:30:20.600
 church

00:30:20.600 --> 00:30:21.120
 that is

00:30:21.120 --> 00:30:21.420
 to be

00:30:21.420 --> 00:30:21.740
 based

00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:22.140
 upon

00:30:22.140 --> 00:30:22.759
 the

00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:23.280
 church

00:30:23.280 --> 00:30:24.320
 is built

00:30:24.320 --> 00:30:24.780
 upon

00:30:24.780 --> 00:30:25.480
 Christ

00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:26.860
 it comes

00:30:26.860 --> 00:30:27.259
 and it

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:27.759
 goes

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:28.220
 with

00:30:28.220 --> 00:30:28.759
 Christ

00:30:28.759 --> 00:30:29.480
 if he's

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:29.840
 not the

00:30:29.840 --> 00:30:30.240
 head

00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:31.400
 and before

00:30:31.400 --> 00:30:31.680
 it

00:30:31.680 --> 00:30:32.440
 I don't

00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:32.620
 want to

00:30:32.620 --> 00:30:32.840
 be a

00:30:32.840 --> 00:30:33.040
 part

00:30:33.040 --> 00:30:33.400
 of it

00:30:33.400 --> 00:30:34.240
 and the

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:34.780
 potential

00:30:34.780 --> 00:30:36.320
 of this

00:30:36.320 --> 00:30:36.920
 church

00:30:36.920 --> 00:30:37.680
 or any

00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:38.160
 church

00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:38.840
 is not

00:30:38.840 --> 00:30:39.259
 limited

00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:40.180
 by our

00:30:40.180 --> 00:30:40.700
 inability

00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:41.720
 but instead

00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:42.400
 is enabled

00:30:42.400 --> 00:30:43.279
 by his

00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:44.319
 limitless

00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:45.200
 ability

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:46.960
 if you were

00:30:46.960 --> 00:30:47.640
 to ask me

00:30:47.640 --> 00:30:48.879
 where First

00:30:48.879 --> 00:30:49.460
 Baptist Church

00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:49.759
 started

00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:50.660
 I could tell

00:30:50.660 --> 00:30:51.220
 you how a

00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:51.539
 group of

00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:52.160
 Baptists had a

00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:52.779
 burden for a

00:30:52.779 --> 00:30:53.619
 church in

00:30:53.619 --> 00:30:54.339
 this town

00:30:54.339 --> 00:30:56.079
 and how after

00:30:56.079 --> 00:30:56.599
 looking at

00:30:56.599 --> 00:30:57.379
 several plots

00:30:57.379 --> 00:30:57.839
 of land

00:30:57.839 --> 00:30:59.140
 they accepted

00:30:59.140 --> 00:30:59.920
 the lot that

00:30:59.920 --> 00:31:00.579
 was offered to

00:31:00.579 --> 00:31:01.339
 him by

00:31:01.339 --> 00:31:02.140
 J.M.

00:31:02.379 --> 00:31:02.660
 Stewart

00:31:02.660 --> 00:31:04.440
 I could tell

00:31:04.440 --> 00:31:04.660
 you how

00:31:04.660 --> 00:31:05.940
 29 people

00:31:05.940 --> 00:31:06.759
 left their

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:07.420
 churches to

00:31:07.420 --> 00:31:08.200
 become charter

00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:09.220
 members of

00:31:09.220 --> 00:31:09.820
 this church

00:31:09.820 --> 00:31:10.660
 and how on

00:31:10.660 --> 00:31:12.120
 May 16th

00:31:12.120 --> 00:31:13.519
 1891

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:14.600
 the Pickens

00:31:14.600 --> 00:31:15.759
 Baptist Church

00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:16.860
 was formed

00:31:16.860 --> 00:31:17.400
 with an

00:31:17.400 --> 00:31:18.279
 initial offering

00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:20.540
 of $7.42

00:31:20.540 --> 00:31:21.540
 and when I

00:31:21.540 --> 00:31:22.060
 read that I

00:31:22.060 --> 00:31:22.540
 thought Lord

00:31:22.540 --> 00:31:23.480
 let us have a

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:24.120
 better offering

00:31:24.120 --> 00:31:24.600
 on Sunday

00:31:24.600 --> 00:31:25.019
 than that

00:31:25.019 --> 00:31:25.380
 please

00:31:25.380 --> 00:31:28.540
 $7.42

00:31:28.540 --> 00:31:29.019
 you know

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:29.380
 what they did

00:31:29.380 --> 00:31:29.680
 with it

00:31:29.680 --> 00:31:31.080
 they sent it

00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:31.559
 to missions

00:31:31.559 --> 00:31:33.199
 I'll get to

00:31:33.199 --> 00:31:33.679
 that next

00:31:33.679 --> 00:31:34.059
 week

00:31:34.059 --> 00:31:37.779
 however if

00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:38.679
 you ask me

00:31:38.679 --> 00:31:40.000
 where the

00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:40.699
 church started

00:31:40.699 --> 00:31:42.599
 I'll point

00:31:42.599 --> 00:31:42.919
 you to

00:31:42.919 --> 00:31:43.359
 Jesus

00:31:43.359 --> 00:31:46.259
 the stone

00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:46.859
 the builders

00:31:46.859 --> 00:31:47.460
 rejected

00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:49.460
 the leader

00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:50.000
 of the

00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:50.480
 church

00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:51.299
 churches

00:31:51.299 --> 00:31:52.099
 the leaders

00:31:52.099 --> 00:31:52.679
 of the church

00:31:52.679 --> 00:31:53.319
 rejected

00:31:53.319 --> 00:31:54.539
 even killed

00:31:54.539 --> 00:31:54.859
 him

00:31:54.859 --> 00:31:56.339
 is in fact

00:31:56.339 --> 00:31:56.819
 who this

00:31:56.819 --> 00:31:57.359
 church

00:31:57.359 --> 00:31:58.460
 is built

00:31:58.460 --> 00:31:58.839
 upon

00:31:58.839 --> 00:32:00.639
 he's the

00:32:00.640 --> 00:32:01.220
 foundation

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:02.860
 he's the

00:32:02.860 --> 00:32:03.300
 pinnacle

00:32:03.300 --> 00:32:04.720
 he's where

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:05.520
 we begin

00:32:05.520 --> 00:32:06.620
 he's where

00:32:06.620 --> 00:32:07.440
 we end

00:32:07.440 --> 00:32:08.580
 and Colossians

00:32:08.580 --> 00:32:09.140
 tells us

00:32:09.140 --> 00:32:09.600
 he's the one

00:32:09.600 --> 00:32:10.060
 that holds

00:32:10.060 --> 00:32:10.800
 every other

00:32:10.800 --> 00:32:11.580
 part of us

00:32:11.580 --> 00:32:12.360
 together

00:32:12.360 --> 00:32:14.320
 if you ask

00:32:14.320 --> 00:32:15.040
 me what to

00:32:15.040 --> 00:32:15.520
 build your

00:32:15.520 --> 00:32:16.240
 life on

00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:17.240
 I'll tell

00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:17.800
 you Jesus

00:32:17.800 --> 00:32:19.520
 and if you

00:32:19.520 --> 00:32:20.180
 have to do

00:32:20.180 --> 00:32:22.020
 and you need

00:32:22.020 --> 00:32:22.500
 to respond

00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:22.800
 to it

00:32:22.800 --> 00:32:23.300
 because you

00:32:23.300 --> 00:32:24.600
 have to do

00:32:24.600 --> 00:32:25.560
 something

00:32:25.560 --> 00:32:27.560
 with Jesus

00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:29.799
 Jesus

00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:30.299
 said

00:32:30.299 --> 00:32:31.740
 you either

00:32:31.740 --> 00:32:32.259
 build your

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:32.879
 life on

00:32:32.879 --> 00:32:33.039
 him

00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:34.339
 or you

00:32:34.339 --> 00:32:34.759
 stumble

00:32:34.759 --> 00:32:35.539
 over him

00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:36.579
 or you

00:32:36.579 --> 00:32:37.720
 get crushed

00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:39.179
 because of

00:32:39.179 --> 00:32:40.039
 your response

00:32:40.039 --> 00:32:42.099
 you either

00:32:42.099 --> 00:32:42.519
 build your

00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:43.019
 life upon

00:32:43.019 --> 00:32:43.339
 him or

00:32:43.339 --> 00:32:43.819
 he'll mess

00:32:43.819 --> 00:32:44.200
 you up

00:32:44.200 --> 00:32:44.940
 for all

00:32:44.940 --> 00:32:45.519
 of eternity

00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:46.399
 by rejecting

00:32:46.399 --> 00:32:46.839
 him

00:32:46.839 --> 00:32:49.399
 Jesus

00:32:49.399 --> 00:32:50.980
 is what

00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:51.339
 we build

00:32:51.339 --> 00:32:51.779
 our lives

00:32:51.779 --> 00:32:52.039
 on

00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:54.200
 and he

00:32:54.200 --> 00:32:54.659
 said that

00:32:54.659 --> 00:32:55.319
 some fall

00:32:55.319 --> 00:32:55.779
 on this

00:32:55.779 --> 00:32:56.159
 stone

00:32:56.160 --> 00:32:56.680
 and get

00:32:56.680 --> 00:32:57.080
 broken

00:32:57.080 --> 00:32:57.600
 and others

00:32:57.600 --> 00:32:58.080
 are crushed

00:32:58.080 --> 00:32:58.620
 by it

00:32:58.620 --> 00:33:00.220
 and I

00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:00.580
 will tell

00:33:00.580 --> 00:33:00.940
 you that

00:33:00.940 --> 00:33:01.320
 day the

00:33:01.320 --> 00:33:01.720
 Pharisees

00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:02.080
 didn't get

00:33:02.080 --> 00:33:02.279
 what he

00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.680
 was saying

00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:06.700
 they didn't

00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:07.200
 like it

00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:09.180
 it made

00:33:09.180 --> 00:33:09.640
 them mad

00:33:09.640 --> 00:33:09.900
 and they

00:33:09.900 --> 00:33:10.500
 left mad

00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:14.720
 what I'm

00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:15.100
 telling you

00:33:15.100 --> 00:33:15.500
 today

00:33:15.500 --> 00:33:18.440
 can upset

00:33:18.440 --> 00:33:18.840
 you

00:33:18.840 --> 00:33:23.000
 on my

00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:23.380
 prayer by

00:33:23.380 --> 00:33:23.700
 the Holy

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:24.120
 Spirit of

00:33:24.120 --> 00:33:24.320
 God

00:33:24.320 --> 00:33:24.560
 that it

00:33:24.560 --> 00:33:25.019
 will convict

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:25.240
 you

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:27.640
 to make

00:33:27.640 --> 00:33:27.980
 sure that

00:33:27.980 --> 00:33:28.240
 we do

00:33:28.240 --> 00:33:28.599
 everything

00:33:28.599 --> 00:33:28.940
 that we

00:33:28.940 --> 00:33:29.240
 need to

00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:29.559
 do

00:33:29.559 --> 00:33:30.579
 to be

00:33:30.579 --> 00:33:30.960
 right

00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:31.200
 where

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:31.579
 God

00:33:31.579 --> 00:33:31.980
 wants

00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:32.160
 us

00:33:32.160 --> 00:33:32.599
 to be

00:33:32.599 --> 00:33:34.180
 we

00:33:34.180 --> 00:33:34.440
 can

00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:35.819
 can

00:33:35.819 --> 00:33:36.180
 and

00:33:36.180 --> 00:33:36.779
 should

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:37.359
 build

00:33:37.359 --> 00:33:37.579
 our

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:38.099
 lives

00:33:38.099 --> 00:33:38.700
 on him

00:33:38.700 --> 00:33:39.200
 today

00:33:39.200 --> 00:33:40.460
 but I

00:33:40.460 --> 00:33:40.799
 want you

00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:41.059
 to be

00:33:41.059 --> 00:33:41.579
 clear

00:33:41.579 --> 00:33:42.359
 because

00:33:42.359 --> 00:33:42.720
 Christ

00:33:42.720 --> 00:33:42.900
 is

00:33:42.900 --> 00:33:43.240
 clear

00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:44.559
 and

00:33:44.559 --> 00:33:45.039
 Christ

00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:45.359
 is

00:33:45.359 --> 00:33:46.059
 certain

00:33:46.059 --> 00:33:47.500
 accept

00:33:47.500 --> 00:33:47.839
 it or

00:33:47.839 --> 00:33:48.220
 not

00:33:48.220 --> 00:33:49.620
 believe

00:33:49.620 --> 00:33:49.960
 it or

00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:50.380
 not

00:33:50.380 --> 00:33:51.799
 just

00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:52.140
 like he

00:33:52.140 --> 00:33:52.519
 looked at

00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:52.779
 them in

00:33:52.779 --> 00:33:53.140
 the eye

00:33:53.140 --> 00:33:53.559
 I look

00:33:53.559 --> 00:33:53.799
 at you

00:33:53.799 --> 00:33:54.200
 in the eye

00:33:54.200 --> 00:33:54.539
 today

00:33:54.539 --> 00:33:55.200
 with certainty

00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:55.659
 to tell

00:33:55.659 --> 00:33:55.980
 you

00:33:55.980 --> 00:33:57.379
 your hope

00:33:57.379 --> 00:33:58.319
 is found

00:33:58.319 --> 00:33:58.819
 in the

00:33:58.819 --> 00:33:59.339
 Lord Jesus

00:33:59.339 --> 00:34:01.059
 he has

00:34:01.059 --> 00:34:01.599
 planted

00:34:01.599 --> 00:34:02.639
 opportunities

00:34:02.639 --> 00:34:03.539
 in your

00:34:03.539 --> 00:34:04.099
 life

00:34:04.099 --> 00:34:04.839
 for you

00:34:04.839 --> 00:34:05.679
 to respond

00:34:05.679 --> 00:34:07.960
 including

00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:08.559
 this one

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:09.880
 today

00:34:09.880 --> 00:34:12.659
 as he

00:34:12.659 --> 00:34:12.940
 sends

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:13.360
 workers

00:34:13.360 --> 00:34:14.019
 to you

00:34:14.019 --> 00:34:15.779
 let him

00:34:15.779 --> 00:34:16.159
 see his

00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:16.639
 harvest

00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:19.340
 respond in

00:34:19.340 --> 00:34:19.960
 obedience

00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:22.099
 don't

00:34:22.099 --> 00:34:22.260
 be

00:34:22.260 --> 00:34:22.920
 obstinate

00:34:22.920 --> 00:34:24.240
 don't

00:34:24.240 --> 00:34:24.440
 be

00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:25.320
 possessive

00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:27.159
 understand

00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:27.500
 that

00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:27.800
 everything

00:34:27.800 --> 00:34:28.159
 you

00:34:28.159 --> 00:34:28.480
 have

00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:28.599
 and

00:34:28.599 --> 00:34:28.860
 everything

00:34:28.860 --> 00:34:29.139
 you

00:34:29.139 --> 00:34:29.380
 are

00:34:29.380 --> 00:34:29.579
 was

00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:29.840
 given

00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:30.019
 to

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:30.240
 you

00:34:30.240 --> 00:34:31.039
 by

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:31.440
 God

00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:32.980
 and

00:34:32.980 --> 00:34:33.260
 because

00:34:33.260 --> 00:34:33.519
 we

00:34:33.519 --> 00:34:33.679
 are

00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:33.820
 a

00:34:33.820 --> 00:34:34.079
 fallen

00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:34.679
 humanity

00:34:34.679 --> 00:34:35.039
 and

00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:35.300
 because

00:34:35.300 --> 00:34:35.539
 each

00:34:35.539 --> 00:34:35.720
 one

00:34:35.720 --> 00:34:35.820
 of

00:34:35.820 --> 00:34:35.980
 us

00:34:35.980 --> 00:34:36.179
 has

00:34:36.179 --> 00:34:36.740
 sinned

00:34:36.740 --> 00:34:37.440
 individually

00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:38.139
 we

00:34:38.139 --> 00:34:38.300
 are

00:34:38.300 --> 00:34:38.760
 separated

00:34:38.760 --> 00:34:38.980
 from

00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:39.240
 God

00:34:39.240 --> 00:34:39.420
 for

00:34:39.420 --> 00:34:39.619
 all

00:34:39.619 --> 00:34:40.039
 eternity

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:41.599
 unless

00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:41.880
 we

00:34:41.880 --> 00:34:42.360
 repent

00:34:42.360 --> 00:34:43.240
 and

00:34:43.240 --> 00:34:43.420
 turn

00:34:43.420 --> 00:34:43.579
 our

00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:43.860
 lives

00:34:43.860 --> 00:34:44.059
 over

00:34:44.059 --> 00:34:44.199
 to

00:34:44.199 --> 00:34:44.460
 Christ

00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:44.880
 Jesus

00:34:44.880 --> 00:34:46.480
 he's

00:34:46.480 --> 00:34:46.639
 where

00:34:46.639 --> 00:34:46.860
 we

00:34:46.860 --> 00:34:47.340
 start

00:34:47.340 --> 00:34:48.220
 thank

00:34:48.220 --> 00:34:48.460
 God

00:34:48.460 --> 00:34:48.679
 he's

00:34:48.679 --> 00:34:48.880
 where

00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:49.099
 I'll

00:34:49.099 --> 00:34:49.460
 finish

00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:50.740
 and

00:34:50.740 --> 00:34:50.820
 he

00:34:50.820 --> 00:34:50.960
 ought

00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:51.019
 to

00:34:51.019 --> 00:34:51.139
 be

00:34:51.139 --> 00:34:51.500
 everything

00:34:51.500 --> 00:34:51.760
 in

00:34:51.760 --> 00:34:52.159
 between

00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:53.440
 Christ

00:34:53.440 --> 00:34:53.880
 said

00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:54.720
 excuse

00:34:54.720 --> 00:34:54.920
 me

00:34:54.920 --> 00:34:55.240
 Paul

00:34:55.240 --> 00:34:55.699
 said

00:34:55.699 --> 00:34:56.079
 for

00:34:56.079 --> 00:34:56.199
 me

00:34:56.199 --> 00:34:56.340
 to

00:34:56.340 --> 00:34:56.699
 live

00:34:56.699 --> 00:34:57.079
 is

00:34:57.079 --> 00:34:57.740
 Christ

00:34:57.740 --> 00:34:58.679
 and

00:34:58.679 --> 00:34:58.900
 to

00:34:58.900 --> 00:34:59.380
 die

00:34:59.380 --> 00:34:59.920
 is

00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:00.519
 gain

00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:02.019
 friend

00:35:02.019 --> 00:35:02.440
 today

00:35:02.440 --> 00:35:03.460
 if

00:35:03.460 --> 00:35:03.579
 you

00:35:03.579 --> 00:35:03.720
 don't

00:35:03.720 --> 00:35:03.880
 know

00:35:03.880 --> 00:35:04.059
 him

00:35:04.059 --> 00:35:05.000
 give

00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:05.139
 your

00:35:05.139 --> 00:35:05.320
 heart

00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:05.440
 and

00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:05.619
 life

00:35:05.619 --> 00:35:05.740
 to

00:35:05.740 --> 00:35:05.820
 the

00:35:05.820 --> 00:35:05.980
 Lord

00:35:05.980 --> 00:35:06.260
 Jesus

00:35:06.260 --> 00:35:06.740
 Christ

00:35:06.740 --> 00:35:07.800
 with

00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:07.940
 every

00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:08.059
 head

00:35:08.059 --> 00:35:08.320
 bowed

00:35:08.320 --> 00:35:08.340
 and

00:35:08.340 --> 00:35:08.440
 every

00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:08.559
 eye

00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:08.820
 closed

00:35:08.820 --> 00:35:08.960
 I

00:35:08.960 --> 00:35:09.099
 want

00:35:09.099 --> 00:35:09.179
 to

00:35:09.179 --> 00:35:09.380
 ask

00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:09.480
 you

00:35:09.480 --> 00:35:09.639
 this

00:35:09.639 --> 00:35:09.920
 morning

00:35:09.920 --> 00:35:11.659
 if

00:35:11.659 --> 00:35:11.820
 there's

00:35:11.820 --> 00:35:11.980
 ever

00:35:11.980 --> 00:35:12.059
 been

00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:12.179
 a

00:35:12.179 --> 00:35:12.380
 time

00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:12.500
 in

00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:12.599
 your

00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:12.900
 life

00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:13.079
 when

00:35:13.079 --> 00:35:13.300
 you've

00:35:13.300 --> 00:35:13.639
 accepted

00:35:13.639 --> 00:35:13.800
 the

00:35:13.800 --> 00:35:13.960
 Lord

00:35:13.960 --> 00:35:14.199
 Jesus

00:35:14.199 --> 00:35:14.419
 as

00:35:14.419 --> 00:35:14.559
 your

00:35:14.559 --> 00:35:14.819
 personal

00:35:14.819 --> 00:35:15.039
 Lord

00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:15.159
 and

00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:15.439
 Savior

00:35:15.439 --> 00:35:18.539
 if

00:35:18.539 --> 00:35:18.659
 there

00:35:18.659 --> 00:35:18.960
 hadn't

00:35:18.960 --> 00:35:19.059
 I

00:35:19.059 --> 00:35:19.239
 want

00:35:19.239 --> 00:35:19.339
 you

00:35:19.339 --> 00:35:19.439
 to

00:35:19.439 --> 00:35:19.619
 know

00:35:19.619 --> 00:35:19.739
 you

00:35:19.739 --> 00:35:19.859
 can

00:35:19.859 --> 00:35:20.039
 come

00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:20.279
 today

00:35:20.279 --> 00:35:20.500
 we'd

00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:20.599
 be

00:35:20.599 --> 00:35:20.899
 happy

00:35:20.899 --> 00:35:21.079
 to

00:35:21.079 --> 00:35:21.419
 guide

00:35:21.419 --> 00:35:21.619
 you

00:35:21.619 --> 00:35:21.739
 in

00:35:21.739 --> 00:35:21.899
 what

00:35:21.899 --> 00:35:22.059
 that

00:35:22.059 --> 00:35:22.539
 means

00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:24.559
 allow

00:35:24.559 --> 00:35:24.859
 God

00:35:24.859 --> 00:35:25.000
 to

00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:25.279
 work

00:35:25.279 --> 00:35:25.379
 and

00:35:25.379 --> 00:35:25.679
 move

00:35:25.679 --> 00:35:25.819
 in

00:35:25.819 --> 00:35:25.980
 your

00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:26.439
 life

00:35:26.439 --> 00:35:26.779
 as

00:35:26.779 --> 00:35:27.119
 only

00:35:27.119 --> 00:35:27.359
 he

00:35:27.359 --> 00:35:27.819
 can

00:35:27.820 --> 00:35:30.200
 maybe

00:35:30.200 --> 00:35:30.220
 maybe

00:35:30.220 --> 00:35:30.340
 you're

00:35:30.340 --> 00:35:30.480
 here

00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:30.660
 this

00:35:30.660 --> 00:35:30.860
 morning

00:35:30.860 --> 00:35:31.019
 and

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:31.140
 you

00:35:31.140 --> 00:35:31.380
 know

00:35:31.380 --> 00:35:31.559
 that

00:35:31.559 --> 00:35:31.760
 that

00:35:31.760 --> 00:35:32.039
 has

00:35:32.039 --> 00:35:32.360
 happened

00:35:32.360 --> 00:35:32.519
 to

00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:32.660
 you

00:35:32.660 --> 00:35:32.860
 but

00:35:32.860 --> 00:35:33.559
 in

00:35:33.559 --> 00:35:34.000
 reality

00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:34.400
 you've

00:35:34.400 --> 00:35:34.740
 never

00:35:34.740 --> 00:35:35.260
 acknowledged

00:35:35.260 --> 00:35:35.519
 that

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:36.019
 publicly

00:35:36.019 --> 00:35:37.340
 never

00:35:37.340 --> 00:35:37.640
 told

00:35:37.640 --> 00:35:37.920
 anybody

00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:38.300
 about

00:35:38.300 --> 00:35:38.680
 that

00:35:38.680 --> 00:35:40.220
 Jesus

00:35:40.220 --> 00:35:40.580
 by

00:35:40.580 --> 00:35:40.840
 his

00:35:40.840 --> 00:35:41.320
 example

00:35:41.320 --> 00:35:41.620
 and

00:35:41.620 --> 00:35:41.840
 by

00:35:41.840 --> 00:35:42.080
 his

00:35:42.080 --> 00:35:42.620
 command

00:35:42.620 --> 00:35:43.300
 has

00:35:43.300 --> 00:35:43.620
 told

00:35:43.620 --> 00:35:43.980
 us

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:44.380
 to

00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:44.559
 make

00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:44.740
 that

00:35:44.740 --> 00:35:45.059
 public

00:35:45.059 --> 00:35:45.300
 through

00:35:45.300 --> 00:35:45.800
 baptism

00:35:45.800 --> 00:35:46.980
 and

00:35:46.980 --> 00:35:47.120
 I

00:35:47.120 --> 00:35:47.500
 encourage

00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:47.620
 you

00:35:47.620 --> 00:35:47.740
 to

00:35:47.740 --> 00:35:47.980
 simply

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:48.180
 be

00:35:48.180 --> 00:35:48.519
 obedient

00:35:48.519 --> 00:35:48.740
 to

00:35:48.740 --> 00:35:48.960
 God

00:35:48.960 --> 00:35:49.360
 today

00:35:49.360 --> 00:35:50.400
 respond

00:35:50.400 --> 00:35:50.640
 to

00:35:50.640 --> 00:35:50.880
 him

00:35:50.880 --> 00:35:52.100
 if

00:35:52.100 --> 00:35:52.280
 you've

00:35:52.280 --> 00:35:52.539
 never

00:35:52.539 --> 00:35:52.980
 publicly

00:35:52.980 --> 00:35:53.519
 acknowledged

00:35:53.519 --> 00:35:53.760
 a

00:35:53.760 --> 00:35:55.059
 personal

00:35:55.059 --> 00:35:55.480
 faith

00:35:55.480 --> 00:35:55.680
 that

00:35:55.680 --> 00:35:55.860
 you

00:35:55.860 --> 00:35:56.120
 have

00:35:56.120 --> 00:35:57.140
 already

00:35:57.140 --> 00:35:57.559
 committed

00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:57.920
 to

00:35:57.920 --> 00:35:58.980
 we'd

00:35:58.980 --> 00:35:59.139
 love

00:35:59.139 --> 00:35:59.320
 to

00:35:59.320 --> 00:35:59.639
 guide

00:35:59.639 --> 00:35:59.820
 you

00:35:59.820 --> 00:35:59.960
 in

00:35:59.960 --> 00:36:00.099
 the

00:36:00.099 --> 00:36:00.519
 process

00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:00.860
 of

00:36:00.860 --> 00:36:01.119
 making

00:36:01.119 --> 00:36:01.380
 that

00:36:01.380 --> 00:36:01.779
 publicly

00:36:01.779 --> 00:36:02.179
 known

00:36:02.179 --> 00:36:02.719
 as

00:36:02.719 --> 00:36:02.860
 the

00:36:02.860 --> 00:36:03.099
 Bible

00:36:03.099 --> 00:36:03.679
 proclaims

00:36:03.679 --> 00:36:03.820
 for

00:36:03.820 --> 00:36:03.960
 us

00:36:03.960 --> 00:36:04.119
 to

00:36:04.119 --> 00:36:04.340
 do

00:36:04.340 --> 00:36:05.900
 maybe

00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:06.099
 you're

00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:06.420
 visiting

00:36:06.420 --> 00:36:06.779
 with us

00:36:06.779 --> 00:36:07.019
 today

00:36:07.019 --> 00:36:07.239
 and

00:36:07.239 --> 00:36:07.860
 God's

00:36:07.860 --> 00:36:08.139
 leading

00:36:08.139 --> 00:36:08.320
 you

00:36:08.320 --> 00:36:08.500
 to be

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:08.759
 a part

00:36:08.759 --> 00:36:08.840
 of

00:36:08.840 --> 00:36:09.019
 this

00:36:09.019 --> 00:36:09.539
 church

00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:10.679
 I

00:36:10.679 --> 00:36:10.880
 just

00:36:10.880 --> 00:36:11.179
 ask

00:36:11.179 --> 00:36:11.299
 you

00:36:11.299 --> 00:36:11.460
 to

00:36:11.460 --> 00:36:11.779
 do

00:36:11.779 --> 00:36:11.980
 what

00:36:11.980 --> 00:36:12.179
 God

00:36:12.179 --> 00:36:12.440
 tells

00:36:12.440 --> 00:36:12.539
 you

00:36:12.539 --> 00:36:12.659
 to

00:36:12.659 --> 00:36:12.920
 do

00:36:12.920 --> 00:36:13.759
 we'd

00:36:13.759 --> 00:36:14.079
 happily

00:36:14.079 --> 00:36:15.380
 guide

00:36:15.380 --> 00:36:15.699
 you

00:36:15.699 --> 00:36:15.960
 in

00:36:15.960 --> 00:36:16.139
 that

00:36:16.139 --> 00:36:16.900
 process

00:36:16.900 --> 00:36:18.619
 or

00:36:18.619 --> 00:36:18.840
 maybe

00:36:18.840 --> 00:36:19.079
 you

00:36:19.079 --> 00:36:19.299
 just

00:36:19.299 --> 00:36:19.500
 need

00:36:19.500 --> 00:36:19.599
 to

00:36:19.599 --> 00:36:19.759
 get

00:36:19.759 --> 00:36:19.880
 your

00:36:19.880 --> 00:36:20.079
 heart

00:36:20.079 --> 00:36:20.380
 right

00:36:20.380 --> 00:36:22.739
 maybe

00:36:22.739 --> 00:36:22.960
 you

00:36:22.960 --> 00:36:23.119
 just

00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:23.279
 need

00:36:23.279 --> 00:36:23.400
 to

00:36:23.400 --> 00:36:23.619
 share

00:36:23.619 --> 00:36:23.779
 with

00:36:23.779 --> 00:36:24.099
 somebody

00:36:24.099 --> 00:36:24.279
 that

00:36:24.279 --> 00:36:24.420
 God

00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:24.519
 has

00:36:24.519 --> 00:36:24.639
 put

00:36:24.639 --> 00:36:24.719
 in

00:36:24.719 --> 00:36:24.819
 your

00:36:24.819 --> 00:36:25.279
 path

00:36:25.279 --> 00:36:26.519
 it's

00:36:26.519 --> 00:36:26.679
 been

00:36:26.679 --> 00:36:26.880
 my

00:36:26.880 --> 00:36:27.099
 prayer

00:36:27.099 --> 00:36:27.259
 that

00:36:27.259 --> 00:36:27.400
 the

00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:27.559
 Holy

00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:27.900
 Spirit

00:36:27.900 --> 00:36:28.079
 may

00:36:28.079 --> 00:36:28.339
 point

00:36:28.339 --> 00:36:28.519
 out

00:36:28.519 --> 00:36:28.659
 to

00:36:28.659 --> 00:36:28.819
 you

00:36:28.819 --> 00:36:29.000
 this

00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:29.239
 morning

00:36:29.239 --> 00:36:29.579
 somebody

00:36:29.579 --> 00:36:29.859
 that

00:36:29.859 --> 00:36:30.460
 he's

00:36:30.460 --> 00:36:30.619
 put

00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:30.819
 right

00:36:30.819 --> 00:36:31.099
 before

00:36:31.099 --> 00:36:31.359
 you

00:36:31.359 --> 00:36:31.519
 that

00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:31.639
 you

00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:31.859
 haven't

00:36:31.859 --> 00:36:32.099
 bothered

00:36:32.099 --> 00:36:32.279
 to

00:36:32.279 --> 00:36:32.480
 share

00:36:32.480 --> 00:36:32.859
 with

00:36:32.859 --> 00:36:34.339
 or

00:36:34.339 --> 00:36:34.440
 it

00:36:34.440 --> 00:36:34.579
 may

00:36:34.579 --> 00:36:34.739
 be

00:36:34.739 --> 00:36:35.099
 somebody

00:36:35.099 --> 00:36:35.599
 unbeknownst

00:36:35.599 --> 00:36:35.739
 to

00:36:35.739 --> 00:36:35.960
 you

00:36:35.960 --> 00:36:36.239
 like

00:36:36.239 --> 00:36:37.000
 I

00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:37.460
 experienced

00:36:37.460 --> 00:36:37.779
 last

00:36:37.779 --> 00:36:37.920
 week

00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:38.119
 just

00:36:38.119 --> 00:36:38.799
 walk

00:36:38.799 --> 00:36:39.179
 in

00:36:39.179 --> 00:36:39.900
 from

00:36:39.900 --> 00:36:40.420
 nowhere

00:36:40.420 --> 00:36:41.159
 and

00:36:41.159 --> 00:36:41.400
 begin

00:36:41.400 --> 00:36:41.539
 a

00:36:41.539 --> 00:36:42.179
 conversation

00:36:42.179 --> 00:36:42.440
 that

00:36:42.440 --> 00:36:42.579
 can

00:36:42.579 --> 00:36:42.759
 lead

00:36:42.759 --> 00:36:42.880
 to

00:36:42.880 --> 00:36:43.000
 a

00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:43.299
 gospel

00:36:43.299 --> 00:36:44.039
 conversation

00:36:44.039 --> 00:36:46.239
 I

00:36:46.239 --> 00:36:46.339
 don't

00:36:46.339 --> 00:36:46.460
 know

00:36:46.460 --> 00:36:46.579
 how

00:36:46.579 --> 00:36:46.799
 God

00:36:46.799 --> 00:36:46.900
 is

00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:47.119
 speaking

00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:47.279
 to

00:36:47.279 --> 00:36:47.360
 you

00:36:47.360 --> 00:36:47.519
 this

00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:47.739
 morning

00:36:47.739 --> 00:36:47.880
 but

00:36:47.880 --> 00:36:47.980
 I

00:36:47.980 --> 00:36:48.079
 know

00:36:48.079 --> 00:36:48.299
 you'll

00:36:48.299 --> 00:36:48.519
 never

00:36:48.519 --> 00:36:48.759
 be

00:36:48.759 --> 00:36:49.440
 satisfied

00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:51.840
 until

00:36:51.840 --> 00:36:52.019
 you

00:36:52.019 --> 00:36:52.299
 follow

00:36:52.299 --> 00:36:52.539
 him

00:36:52.539 --> 00:36:54.719
 and

00:36:54.719 --> 00:36:54.840
 I

00:36:54.840 --> 00:36:54.980
 know

00:36:54.980 --> 00:36:55.159
 he

00:36:55.159 --> 00:36:55.380
 has

00:36:55.380 --> 00:36:55.500
 a

00:36:55.500 --> 00:36:55.860
 way

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 based

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 on

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 the

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 story

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 that

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 Jesus

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 shares

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 to

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 bring

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 workers

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 in

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 our

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 path

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 to

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 give

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 us

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 opportunities

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 to

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 respond

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 in

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 obedience

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 it's

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 been

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 my

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 prayer

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 this

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 week

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 this

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 morning

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 and

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 even

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 this

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 moment

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 that

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 you'll

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 do

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 just

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 that

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 Lord

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 Jesus

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 I

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 love

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 you

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 and

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 I

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 thank

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 you

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 for

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 being

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 obedient

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 right

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 now

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 to

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 trust

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 you

00:37:18.239 --> 00:37:18.519
 Father

00:37:18.519 --> 00:37:19.519
 in

00:37:19.519 --> 00:37:19.819
 Jesus

00:37:19.819 --> 00:37:20.239
 name

00:37:20.239 --> 00:37:20.960
 Amen

00:37:20.960 --> 00:37:21.319
 stand