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 There are some words that John Newton wrote a long time ago. He was a man who wrote the hymn Amazing Grace.

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! He said, I never want to cease to be amazed that a wretch such as myself was not only spared the wrath of God, but also reserved a place of honor in declaring the gospel that saved me.

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 And I really want you to know that I treasure that. I'm really thankful to be here with you today.

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 That God wouldn't only just save me and spare my soul, but He would give me the opportunity to declare the good news to other people.

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 And so as Nathan stated, we've been taking a break off of Romans 10 and discussing local and global mission.

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 And my task today is to discuss the global part.

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 And so what I want to begin with first is, as we've discussed in previous weeks, there's a lot of definitions and misconceptions about what missions actually can be.

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 Sometimes, usually in the church, you have images of people going overseas and going to different places in the world with people who speak different languages.

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 And that's what tends to come to mind when you hear the word missions.

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 And that certainly is a part of missions.

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 But, however, like mission is not a biblical word like covenant or justification or gospel.

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 And so we don't have necessarily like a clear definition in Scripture for what missions means.

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 And in the church, that could be broadly interpreted.

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 If you were to say, what is the mission of the church?

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 You could say, to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.

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 You could say a lot of different things about what is the mission of the church.

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 So it depends on what we actually mean by the word mission.

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 And it could be defined dozens of ways.

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 But a simple, I mean, if you just want to break it down to the most simple way to define mission in the Latin, where we get the word from, it just means to, like, being sent or to send.

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 And secondly, and they're not different definitions, being given a task, sent to do something.

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 Sent to do something, but not everything.

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 Going to do something specific in particular in where you go.

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 So, but we are very, very clear that God has given a mission to the church to go and declare the gospel to all nations.

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 So, I have three questions for us to look at today.

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 And underneath these, there's going to be a lot of other little bullets and asides.

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 But they're underneath these three questions.

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 But the first one is, what is the message we bring in our mission?

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 And what is the message we bring in our mission?

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 So, the gospel, the word evangelion means, in Greek, it means good news, glad tithings.

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 And it means a victory in a battle.

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 And those of you who know, I really like ancient history a lot.

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 And in ancient Greece, like when city-states, such as Corinth or Thebes or Sparta or Athens were at war with each other,

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 they would then really ride horses at that point.

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 So, they did everything by running.

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 They had runners that took news everywhere.

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 And the picture is like a city would be waiting to hear what happened at a battle.

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 And it would all just be like on their, you know, just on the walls, on the towers of the city,

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 just waiting for news to reach them as to what happened at the battle.

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 And then they would see a guy, you know, running over the hill, you know, and he would get there.

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 And they usually could tell by the expressions on his face, whether it was good news or bad news.

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 But if he had a joyful look and his face was smiling and he was just beaming with joy,

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 he would cry out, you know, evangelion, good news of victory.

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 We all know where to get the word, you know, Nike from the shoe that was from Pheidippides.

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 He ran, you know, from the Battle of Marathon.

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 And he cried out, victory, and then he died when he got to Athens.

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 And it's the same picture of what this has meant.

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 So if that's what gospel is, good news, glad tithings of victory, what is the Christian gospel?

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 And so throughout the ages, man has faced a greater foe than anything in the world has known.

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 It's something much greater, and that is our own sin.

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 And sin brings about suffering, agony of the soul, and eventually spiritual death.

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 Internal separation from God.

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 There's no greater enemy than our own sin.

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 And the power of sin and death among the nations is very, very great.

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 That only a sovereign God could conquer it.

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 And so we ask ourselves, where is the Christian gospel?

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 Turn through Isaiah 52.

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 Isaiah 52, verse 7.

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 So understand, over the centuries, people have waited in darkness and waited in bondage of sin.

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 And it's very cool that Nathan read, refer back to our text in Romans 10,

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 because Paul actually quotes from this passage in Isaiah.

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 Around roughly 722 or so B.C., the prophet Isaiah foretold of a greater victory that was to come.

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 And in verse 7 of chapter 52, he says,

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 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news,

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 who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness,

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 who publishes salvation, who says to Zion,

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 Your God reigns.

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 The voice of your watchmen, they lift up their voice.

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 Together they sing for joy.

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 Waste places of Jerusalem.

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 Together they will sing for joy.

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 For eye to eye they have seen, see the return of the Lord to Zion.

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 Break forth into singing, you waste places of Jerusalem.

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 For the Lord has commanded his people.

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 He has redeemed Jerusalem.

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 The Lord has barred his holy arm before the eyes of all the nations.

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 And all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.

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 And so in this, we see the good news of the gospel prophesied about 700 years or so

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 before Christ actually came on the scene.

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 If you see some of the languages there,

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 the feet upon the mountains that brings the good news,

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 and the watchmen and everybody else,

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 they're crying out for joy because news of victory has come.

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 And he's saying,

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 So what would be the response of the good news that was brought to those cities?

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 It would be singing, it would be laughter, it would be joy.

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 And he's saying that all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God

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 and that this is for the nations.

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 And so the apostle Paul actually was allowed to see this prophecy come to pass

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 in the person of Christ who won the victory over sin, death, and Satan.

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 And so we look at verse 10 in Isaiah 52,

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 and we see that this good news is not just for Americans or for the West or for the Bible Belt.

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 It's meant for the nations, all people groups,

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 all the people scattered throughout the ends of the earth.

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 Every language is meant for them.

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 And Paul has many ways of describing the gospel or the good news.

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 In Romans, he says,

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 It's the good news of his son.

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 Romans 15, the good news of God.

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 1 Corinthians 9, the good news of Christ.

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 2 Corinthians 4, the glorious good news.

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 Ephesians 6, the good news of peace.

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 Revelation 14, the everlasting gospel,

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 or the everlasting good news.

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 And we all know that before Jesus actually gave the Great Commission to his disciples,

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 it says that they worshipped him.

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 They fell down and they worshipped him.

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 And it's almost, I want you to keep your hand there in Isaiah,

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 but turn to Daniel 7 really fast.

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 We'll look at another picture of a prophecy that Christ brought to pass.

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 Daniel chapter 7, verse 13.

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 Daniel is seeing these visions,

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 and he has a picture of Christ,

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 the Christ who was to come.

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 Daniel 7, verse 13.

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 I saw in the night visions,

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 and behold, with the clouds of heaven,

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 there came one like the Son of Man.

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 And he came to the Ancient of Days,

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 and was presented before him.

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 And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom

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 that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him.

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 His dominion is an everlasting dominion,

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 which shall not pass away.

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 And his kingdom,

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 one that shall not be destroyed.

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 It's as if Jesus could actually say to his disciples,

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 rightly do you worship me.

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 I am the one that Daniel spoke about,

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 that came before the Ancient of Days,

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 and was told that the nations would worship me and serve me.

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 Awesome picture of who Christ is.

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 He rightly deserves the worship and praise of the nations,

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 because he is God.

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 And a long time ago,

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 David Livingston,

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 a missionary to Africa from Scotland,

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 he told his wife,

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 I know that you wish,

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 as ardently as I,

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 that the whole world will be filled with the glory of God.

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 And that's what,

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 exactly the heartbeat of what

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 Daniel actually saw here,

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 was that all the nations would give glory to this king,

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 who would have an everlasting dominion.

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 So this is,

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 that's the first question.

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 The gospel,

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 the good news of Christ,

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 and how God himself has sought man out to reconcile him,

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 in a way that,

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 if we come to Christ,

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 we may live a life that glorifies God once again,

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 and have relationship with God once again.

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 And so missions is about that.

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 It's about declaring the good news,

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 that God has come in Christ to save sinners,

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 and to bring them back to himself.

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 So this is,

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 that's the first question.

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 The second question,

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 we're looking at,

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 and it may sound a little bit strange,

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 but the second question,

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 am I being called to global mission?

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 Am I being called to global mission?

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 And,

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 with the most respect I can say,

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 I want to say that really,

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 this is a no brain question for any follower of Christ.

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 when people come to me,

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 and they say,

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 I have a heart for missions,

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 I want to say,

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 I certainly hope so.

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 That's kind of,

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 in my mind,

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 kind of,

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 duh,

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 you know.

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 And I think,

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 again,

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 that question comes,

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 because,

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 of misconceptions,

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 of how we've portrayed missions,

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 and missionaries.

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 But we just do it to everything too.

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 We do it to pastors,

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 we do it to,

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 awesome authors,

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 that we look up to,

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 we do it to everybody.

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 So,

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 it's not just,

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 that term,

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 missionaries.

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 But,

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 to be a follower of Christ,

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 is to understand,

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 that missions,

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 is a part of the heartbeat,

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 of God.

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 It's not,

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 it's not something,

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 just for a few people,

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 to take on.

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 Very,

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 one of my favorite,

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 and shortest quotes,

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 by John Piper,

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 is if John Piper,

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 has any short quotes.

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 He says,

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 in terms of missions,

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 go,

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 send,

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 or disobey.

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 So,

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 we are,

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 to be involved in the going,

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 the sending,

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 or both,

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 at times,

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 or,

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 we're in disobedience,

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 we're in utter sin.

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 So,

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 I've done my best,

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 to really think this through.

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 And,

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 this will probably be,

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 a little bit different,

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 of a sermon,

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 than you've heard,

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 on missions.

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 I want this a lot,

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 mostly to be practical,

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 help,

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 and wisdom,

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 for those who are evaluating,

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 in what capacity,

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 would God have me,

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 be a part of his global cause?

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 So,

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 it's not,

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 what,

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 but,

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 should I be a part of God's global cause,

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 but how should I,

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 be a part of God's global cause?

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 So,

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 underneath this same question,

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 I'm being called,

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 to global mission,

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 I have several things,

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 that,

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 that I've seen as,

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 in my own life,

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 in,

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 in the lives of others,

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 what are wrong,

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 motivations,

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 in seeking global missions?

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 What are wrong motivations,

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 in seeking global missions?

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 And,

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 the first one is,

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 seeking adventure.

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 Seeking adventure.

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 Many people,

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 are kind of wired this way,

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 I kind of am,

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 to some degree.

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 You're always looking for thrills,

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 you're looking to,

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 to do the difficult,

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 what you want to challenge,

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 in life,

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 and,

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 the thrill,

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 the unknown,

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 just excites you,

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 and,

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 you're attracted by,

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 mysterious places in the world,

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 and,

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 strange peoples in the world,

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 and you kind of want to go,

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 and,

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 and dive into that.

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 So,

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 you like to go on,

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 like an exotic,

00:14:09.000 --> 00:14:10.139
 adventurous vacation,

00:14:10.360 --> 00:14:10.740
 and attach,

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 attach the name,

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 mission trip,

00:14:12.899 --> 00:14:13.379
 to it,

00:14:13.539 --> 00:14:13.899
 often.

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 And,

00:14:14.960 --> 00:14:16.299
 you're there more for the place,

00:14:16.340 --> 00:14:16.939
 and for the thrill,

00:14:17.039 --> 00:14:18.080
 than for the broken people,

00:14:18.080 --> 00:14:18.679
 that are there.

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 And,

00:14:21.519 --> 00:14:22.320
 you're the kind of person,

00:14:22.379 --> 00:14:22.600
 to say,

00:14:22.659 --> 00:14:24.120
 I love trying new things,

00:14:24.679 --> 00:14:25.439
 dangerous things,

00:14:25.480 --> 00:14:26.279
 I want to be radical,

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 I want to be sold out,

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 I want people to,

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 the,

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 the,

00:14:29.179 --> 00:14:30.179
 the recognition,

00:14:30.360 --> 00:14:31.559
 comes from doing something,

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 totally different,

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 than what most people do.

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 And,

00:14:34.500 --> 00:14:34.899
 and often,

00:14:35.179 --> 00:14:35.799
 if you're not careful,

00:14:35.899 --> 00:14:36.740
 those people can think,

00:14:36.860 --> 00:14:37.580
 God needs me,

00:14:37.639 --> 00:14:37.879
 like,

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 I'm the person for this job,

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 I have this,

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 together.

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 And,

00:14:42.100 --> 00:14:42.559
 if that's,

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 in your heart at all,

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 I pray this,

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 I pray that you would,

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 you would ask God,

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 help me realize,

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 that you don't need me,

00:14:51.879 --> 00:14:52.720
 for anything,

00:14:53.740 --> 00:14:55.019
 and that carrying the cross,

00:14:55.100 --> 00:14:55.860
 leaves me nothing,

00:14:56.120 --> 00:14:56.820
 to both sin.

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 Help me to fall in love with you,

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 and break my heart,

00:15:00.120 --> 00:15:01.039
 for the lost people,

00:15:01.679 --> 00:15:02.980
 and direct me where I am,

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 to minister there.

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 So,

00:15:05.300 --> 00:15:05.539
 that is,

00:15:05.600 --> 00:15:06.340
 that is one,

00:15:06.980 --> 00:15:08.039
 false motivation,

00:15:08.200 --> 00:15:08.740
 for seeking,

00:15:09.300 --> 00:15:10.080
 global mission.

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 A second one,

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 following a movement,

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 following a movement.

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 And so,

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 there's always dangers,

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 of following a movement,

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 rather than,

00:15:20.720 --> 00:15:22.279
 the message of that movement.

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 In our case,

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 we're quick to dive,

00:15:25.320 --> 00:15:25.980
 into a movement,

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 and forget the man,

00:15:27.039 --> 00:15:27.639
 of that movement,

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 which is Christ.

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 And,

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 we,

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 when we go to conferences,

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 and we hear messages,

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 and we read books,

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 and,

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 we hear testimonies,

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 and there's all this excitement,

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 and,

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 and clamor,

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 and energy,

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 that's going on.

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 It's very easy,

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 just to kind of go,

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 right into it,

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 just dive,

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 right into that.

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 And,

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 everyone,

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 wants to belong,

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 to something.

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 They want to say,

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 I was a part,

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 of this thing,

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 that took place.

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 When I was growing up,

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 I always thought,

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 it would be awesome,

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 to say,

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 I took,

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 when I heard,

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 some of the men,

00:16:01.620 --> 00:16:02.179
 the older men,

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 in my shirt say,

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 you know,

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 I stormed,

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 the beaches of Normandy,

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 or I,

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 I landed in Market Garden,

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 in Holland,

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 in the second world war,

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 I thought,

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 man,

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 that must have been,

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 an awesome,

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 thing to be a part of.

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 You know,

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 I would,

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 I would think that way.

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 Everybody wants,

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 to belong to something.

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 And so,

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 we always want to be a part,

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 of something big,

00:16:21.500 --> 00:16:22.159
 and new,

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 and,

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 awesome,

00:16:24.099 --> 00:16:24.839
 that is out there.

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 And for example,

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 in the church,

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 there's a resurgence,

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 of,

00:16:30.559 --> 00:16:32.059
 of Reformation theology,

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 the way that,

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 the reformers,

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 looked at the scripture,

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 about,

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 how scripture is our only authority,

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 and how all things are,

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 by grace,

00:16:39.779 --> 00:16:40.279
 through faith,

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 in Christ alone,

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 and all to the glory,

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 of God alone.

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 Those are really,

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 really good things,

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 but I know people,

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 that are caught,

00:16:48.459 --> 00:16:49.099
 in that movement,

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 and they forget,

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 the heart of what,

00:16:51.179 --> 00:16:52.419
 is actually going on.

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 The heart of what,

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 scripture is trying to tell us,

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 and they,

00:16:55.959 --> 00:16:57.439
 begin to identify themselves,

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 as I'm a part of this camp,

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 or that camp,

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 rather than,

00:17:00.539 --> 00:17:01.679
 I just fully want to,

00:17:02.139 --> 00:17:03.259
 belong to Christ,

00:17:03.319 --> 00:17:04.159
 and Christ alone.

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 And so,

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 it's the same thing,

00:17:06.279 --> 00:17:06.599
 with,

00:17:07.119 --> 00:17:07.919
 with missions,

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 quite often.

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 And then,

00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:11.940
 in the church,

00:17:12.579 --> 00:17:12.960
 particularly,

00:17:13.119 --> 00:17:14.859
 among the younger generations,

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 it's becoming,

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 the cool,

00:17:17.079 --> 00:17:17.460
 popular,

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 trendy thing to do.

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 It's like,

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 let's go on missions together.

00:17:22.480 --> 00:17:22.900
 And,

00:17:22.980 --> 00:17:23.539
 they,

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 there's even,

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 kind of like,

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 to some degree,

00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:29.099
 a generational arrogance,

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 kind of like,

00:17:29.859 --> 00:17:30.579
 we're the generation.

00:17:31.099 --> 00:17:32.039
 We're the generation,

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 God's going to use,

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 to fix the problems,

00:17:34.559 --> 00:17:35.079
 of the world.

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 And we seek,

00:17:36.539 --> 00:17:36.859
 to kind of,

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 almost separate ourselves,

00:17:38.279 --> 00:17:38.500
 from,

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 the faithful people,

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 who have,

00:17:41.140 --> 00:17:41.680
 lived,

00:17:41.839 --> 00:17:42.319
 and died,

00:17:42.420 --> 00:17:43.099
 and served,

00:17:43.539 --> 00:17:44.700
 in God's global cause,

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 before us.

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 People like,

00:17:46.539 --> 00:17:47.079
 my grandmother,

00:17:47.259 --> 00:17:47.920
 who have taught,

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 ESOL,

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 for,

00:17:50.039 --> 00:17:50.759
 almost 30,

00:17:50.860 --> 00:17:51.560
 40 years.

00:17:52.580 --> 00:17:52.980
 And,

00:17:53.140 --> 00:17:53.980
 with the Georgia Baptist,

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 going around the world,

00:17:56.160 --> 00:17:57.039
 declaring the gospel,

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 in the form of,

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 teaching them English.

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 You know?

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 And,

00:18:00.620 --> 00:18:01.580
 so we spit on,

00:18:01.640 --> 00:18:02.380
 that generation,

00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:03.180
 and we think that,

00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:04.680
 we're the awesome generation,

00:18:04.800 --> 00:18:05.539
 that God's going to use,

00:18:05.580 --> 00:18:06.320
 to get this done.

00:18:07.380 --> 00:18:07.779
 And,

00:18:08.440 --> 00:18:09.519
 I was in that camp too,

00:18:09.580 --> 00:18:09.880
 I was like,

00:18:09.940 --> 00:18:10.519
 sign me up,

00:18:10.519 --> 00:18:11.400
 I want to be a part of this,

00:18:11.720 --> 00:18:12.519
 cool generation,

00:18:12.680 --> 00:18:13.220
 years ago.

00:18:14.019 --> 00:18:14.400
 But,

00:18:14.400 --> 00:18:15.019
 this is not,

00:18:15.720 --> 00:18:16.480
 the case.

00:18:17.019 --> 00:18:17.740
 A lot of times,

00:18:17.740 --> 00:18:18.700
 and you're a part of a movement,

00:18:18.839 --> 00:18:20.259
 or you're going to do something that way,

00:18:20.759 --> 00:18:21.279
 and you go,

00:18:21.400 --> 00:18:22.259
 and you actually get to,

00:18:22.779 --> 00:18:24.099
 some dark place in the world,

00:18:24.700 --> 00:18:25.299
 reality,

00:18:25.460 --> 00:18:26.099
 will set in.

00:18:26.180 --> 00:18:26.279
 And,

00:18:26.299 --> 00:18:27.079
 you'll be sitting there,

00:18:27.779 --> 00:18:28.859
 dealing with silence,

00:18:29.039 --> 00:18:29.779
 and depression,

00:18:30.819 --> 00:18:31.660
 and hardship.

00:18:32.579 --> 00:18:34.019
 When all the clamor is gone,

00:18:34.140 --> 00:18:34.859
 you're just sitting there,

00:18:34.940 --> 00:18:35.740
 dealing with actually,

00:18:35.799 --> 00:18:36.519
 what's going on.

00:18:36.579 --> 00:18:36.960
 All the,

00:18:37.480 --> 00:18:38.660
 romantic glamour,

00:18:38.740 --> 00:18:39.859
 will kind of fall off.

00:18:41.059 --> 00:18:41.380
 And,

00:18:41.980 --> 00:18:42.819
 so in a movement,

00:18:42.960 --> 00:18:43.920
 we can be very careful,

00:18:44.000 --> 00:18:45.259
 to forget the whole purpose,

00:18:45.339 --> 00:18:46.240
 behind what we're doing.

00:18:47.140 --> 00:18:47.500
 And,

00:18:47.579 --> 00:18:48.579
 some of you have heard of,

00:18:49.120 --> 00:18:49.660
 you know,

00:18:49.740 --> 00:18:50.579
 the Taj Mahal,

00:18:51.200 --> 00:18:52.099
 and India,

00:18:53.059 --> 00:18:53.940
 it's a,

00:18:53.940 --> 00:18:55.380
 a beautiful place,

00:18:55.460 --> 00:18:56.700
 but the king that built that,

00:18:57.279 --> 00:18:58.279
 a long time ago,

00:18:58.400 --> 00:18:58.900
 built it,

00:18:59.380 --> 00:19:01.140
 to honor his third wife,

00:19:01.200 --> 00:19:02.279
 which was his favorite wife,

00:19:02.339 --> 00:19:02.700
 who were born,

00:19:02.799 --> 00:19:03.059
 I think,

00:19:03.120 --> 00:19:03.880
 13 children.

00:19:04.839 --> 00:19:05.240
 And,

00:19:05.319 --> 00:19:06.180
 he built this,

00:19:06.880 --> 00:19:07.319
 awesome,

00:19:07.480 --> 00:19:07.920
 beautiful,

00:19:08.980 --> 00:19:10.240
 place for his wife,

00:19:10.299 --> 00:19:11.319
 in honor of his wife.

00:19:12.039 --> 00:19:12.319
 And,

00:19:12.359 --> 00:19:12.980
 it took him almost,

00:19:13.059 --> 00:19:13.879
 20 something years,

00:19:14.019 --> 00:19:15.200
 to build it.

00:19:15.279 --> 00:19:15.419
 But,

00:19:15.480 --> 00:19:16.480
 there was multiple times,

00:19:16.519 --> 00:19:17.279
 where they actually like,

00:19:17.359 --> 00:19:18.119
 lost her coffin.

00:19:18.240 --> 00:19:18.899
 They didn't know where,

00:19:19.399 --> 00:19:20.279
 her coffin went.

00:19:20.359 --> 00:19:20.579
 Like,

00:19:21.200 --> 00:19:22.399
 why are we doing this?

00:19:22.659 --> 00:19:22.980
 And,

00:19:23.419 --> 00:19:23.720
 so,

00:19:23.919 --> 00:19:24.879
 they got so caught up,

00:19:24.879 --> 00:19:25.599
 in what they were doing,

00:19:25.679 --> 00:19:26.500
 they lost her,

00:19:26.599 --> 00:19:27.299
 the whole point,

00:19:27.639 --> 00:19:28.240
 of the thing.

00:19:28.359 --> 00:19:28.439
 And,

00:19:28.539 --> 00:19:29.179
 I know that,

00:19:29.639 --> 00:19:31.059
 we can get caught up,

00:19:31.099 --> 00:19:31.599
 in movements,

00:19:31.659 --> 00:19:32.299
 when we do that.

00:19:32.379 --> 00:19:32.939
 We forget,

00:19:33.639 --> 00:19:34.619
 this is about Christ,

00:19:34.700 --> 00:19:35.419
 not about me,

00:19:35.579 --> 00:19:36.279
 not about other,

00:19:36.279 --> 00:19:37.539
 people necessarily.

00:19:37.539 --> 00:19:37.639
 Really,

00:19:37.720 --> 00:19:38.279
 this is about,

00:19:38.279 --> 00:19:39.759
 Christ and his glory,

00:19:40.539 --> 00:19:41.819
 and about declaring his name,

00:19:41.899 --> 00:19:43.279
 among the lost.

00:19:43.460 --> 00:19:43.720
 So,

00:19:44.680 --> 00:19:45.460
 I say that,

00:19:45.980 --> 00:19:47.019
 if you're in that camp,

00:19:47.099 --> 00:19:48.019
 I want you to pray,

00:19:48.159 --> 00:19:48.379
 God,

00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:48.980
 help me,

00:19:49.700 --> 00:19:50.899
 not to be enamored,

00:19:50.980 --> 00:19:51.859
 by the coolness,

00:19:52.460 --> 00:19:53.200
 and glamour,

00:19:53.259 --> 00:19:53.740
 of a movement.

00:19:53.899 --> 00:19:54.119
 Rather,

00:19:54.240 --> 00:19:55.299
 help me to fall in love,

00:19:55.359 --> 00:19:55.859
 with you,

00:19:56.879 --> 00:19:58.000
 and find who I am,

00:19:58.039 --> 00:19:58.659
 and you alone.

00:19:59.740 --> 00:20:00.720
 That's the focus,

00:20:00.819 --> 00:20:01.579
 you should have.

00:20:02.920 --> 00:20:03.759
 A third reason,

00:20:04.920 --> 00:20:06.399
 third wrong motivation,

00:20:06.400 --> 00:20:08.380
 is a distaste,

00:20:08.380 --> 00:20:09.840
 for American culture.

00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:11.560
 A distaste,

00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:12.700
 for American culture.

00:20:13.720 --> 00:20:14.620
 Many people,

00:20:14.780 --> 00:20:15.800
 seek foreign missions,

00:20:15.900 --> 00:20:16.800
 because they have,

00:20:16.860 --> 00:20:18.060
 developed a contempt,

00:20:18.280 --> 00:20:19.000
 almost a hatred,

00:20:19.180 --> 00:20:20.700
 for the people,

00:20:20.800 --> 00:20:21.160
 in America.

00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:21.740
 The culture,

00:20:21.880 --> 00:20:23.580
 the societal norms,

00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:24.360
 the prosperity,

00:20:25.040 --> 00:20:25.580
 and they make,

00:20:25.880 --> 00:20:26.720
 harsh generalizations,

00:20:27.540 --> 00:20:28.400
 like,

00:20:29.280 --> 00:20:30.300
 Americans are rich,

00:20:30.360 --> 00:20:31.000
 and stuck up,

00:20:31.019 --> 00:20:31.700
 as if there's not,

00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:32.300
 other people,

00:20:32.360 --> 00:20:32.920
 in other nations,

00:20:33.040 --> 00:20:33.259
 that are,

00:20:33.600 --> 00:20:34.519
 that struggle with pride.

00:20:34.620 --> 00:20:35.320
 Pride is at the heart,

00:20:35.360 --> 00:20:36.019
 of all sin.

00:20:36.400 --> 00:20:36.820
 No matter,

00:20:36.820 --> 00:20:37.500
 where you go.

00:20:39.940 --> 00:20:41.240
 Americans are so lazy,

00:20:41.420 --> 00:20:41.700
 as if,

00:20:41.820 --> 00:20:42.780
 there's not lazy people,

00:20:42.780 --> 00:20:43.340
 in the world.

00:20:43.880 --> 00:20:44.900
 And they characterize,

00:20:45.180 --> 00:20:46.160
 just everything American,

00:20:46.259 --> 00:20:46.680
 is sinful.

00:20:46.960 --> 00:20:47.120
 And,

00:20:47.600 --> 00:20:48.900
 if that's how Americans think,

00:20:48.940 --> 00:20:49.860
 they just must be wrong.

00:20:50.040 --> 00:20:50.320
 And,

00:20:50.860 --> 00:20:51.360
 they develop,

00:20:51.460 --> 00:20:52.300
 some sort of bitterness,

00:20:52.519 --> 00:20:53.180
 in their heart,

00:20:53.640 --> 00:20:54.660
 because of that.

00:20:55.140 --> 00:20:55.660
 And often,

00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:56.140
 those people,

00:20:56.140 --> 00:20:56.980
 are seeking to find,

00:20:57.100 --> 00:20:57.560
 their identity,

00:20:57.720 --> 00:20:58.660
 in some other culture,

00:20:59.360 --> 00:21:00.440
 some other nation.

00:21:00.600 --> 00:21:00.780
 They,

00:21:00.920 --> 00:21:02.000
 they like that,

00:21:02.040 --> 00:21:02.900
 and they want to go there.

00:21:02.900 --> 00:21:03.400
 And,

00:21:04.120 --> 00:21:04.420
 but,

00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:05.680
 a huge tragedy,

00:21:06.320 --> 00:21:07.100
 in this camp,

00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:07.820
 is that,

00:21:08.480 --> 00:21:08.960
 people who,

00:21:09.200 --> 00:21:10.220
 this is the kind of people,

00:21:10.320 --> 00:21:11.600
 who talk about foreign mission,

00:21:11.680 --> 00:21:12.500
 all the time,

00:21:13.160 --> 00:21:13.980
 but they won't,

00:21:13.980 --> 00:21:15.259
 go,

00:21:15.700 --> 00:21:17.099
 and share the same Christ,

00:21:17.740 --> 00:21:18.360
 with the people,

00:21:18.460 --> 00:21:19.299
 at their workplace,

00:21:19.599 --> 00:21:20.259
 in their neighborhood,

00:21:21.339 --> 00:21:22.400
 at their school,

00:21:22.900 --> 00:21:23.779
 they won't do it.

00:21:24.440 --> 00:21:24.779
 They have,

00:21:24.819 --> 00:21:25.559
 this is such a contempt,

00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:26.220
 for Americans,

00:21:26.400 --> 00:21:27.000
 but they're all about,

00:21:27.059 --> 00:21:28.019
 going to share the gospel,

00:21:28.339 --> 00:21:29.400
 with the lost,

00:21:29.460 --> 00:21:30.180
 around the world.

00:21:31.099 --> 00:21:31.319
 And,

00:21:31.400 --> 00:21:31.819
 I say that,

00:21:31.819 --> 00:21:32.200
 that's,

00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:33.599
 a twisted heart,

00:21:33.680 --> 00:21:34.640
 and a divided heart.

00:21:35.319 --> 00:21:36.259
 If God truly,

00:21:36.400 --> 00:21:37.079
 is burning in you,

00:21:37.140 --> 00:21:38.019
 a desire for the nations,

00:21:38.099 --> 00:21:38.940
 he will first burn,

00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:39.700
 a desire for you,

00:21:39.740 --> 00:21:40.160
 for the people,

00:21:40.220 --> 00:21:41.140
 that you're surrounded with,

00:21:41.140 --> 00:21:42.220
 right now.

00:21:42.980 --> 00:21:43.960
 And people that I see,

00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:45.259
 that I know,

00:21:45.340 --> 00:21:46.020
 that are genuinely,

00:21:46.820 --> 00:21:48.040
 supposed to be,

00:21:48.080 --> 00:21:49.400
 a part of God's global purpose,

00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:51.360
 they are pouring their lives,

00:21:51.400 --> 00:21:51.960
 out here,

00:21:52.060 --> 00:21:53.080
 like they're meeting with people,

00:21:53.160 --> 00:21:53.759
 all the time,

00:21:54.400 --> 00:21:55.780
 like praying for people,

00:21:56.280 --> 00:21:57.040
 sharing the gospel,

00:21:57.160 --> 00:21:57.680
 with the lost,

00:21:57.780 --> 00:21:58.400
 discipling.

00:21:59.160 --> 00:22:00.280
 I can say with confidence,

00:22:00.280 --> 00:22:01.340
 that if they say,

00:22:01.440 --> 00:22:01.800
 hey I'm,

00:22:02.500 --> 00:22:03.360
 I think I might be,

00:22:04.140 --> 00:22:05.020
 the Lord might be leading me,

00:22:05.040 --> 00:22:05.900
 to this area of the world,

00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:06.320
 I'm like,

00:22:06.940 --> 00:22:07.560
 man,

00:22:07.920 --> 00:22:08.140
 you know,

00:22:08.180 --> 00:22:08.480
 sweet.

00:22:09.280 --> 00:22:09.620
 But,

00:22:09.619 --> 00:22:11.799
 that's sin,

00:22:11.959 --> 00:22:13.259
 and there's bitterness in the heart,

00:22:13.299 --> 00:22:14.279
 if you think that way.

00:22:14.979 --> 00:22:16.199
 God loves the people,

00:22:16.739 --> 00:22:17.939
 the lost and dying,

00:22:18.019 --> 00:22:18.659
 in this world,

00:22:18.859 --> 00:22:19.919
 or in our nation,

00:22:20.000 --> 00:22:21.219
 just as much as anywhere else.

00:22:21.799 --> 00:22:23.019
 Don't start to rank people,

00:22:23.679 --> 00:22:24.159
 because,

00:22:24.659 --> 00:22:25.779
 there's fewer Christians here,

00:22:25.839 --> 00:22:27.059
 that God loves them more,

00:22:27.179 --> 00:22:28.199
 and not the people here.

00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:29.699
 So,

00:22:29.859 --> 00:22:30.939
 we can't do that.

00:22:31.559 --> 00:22:31.739
 So,

00:22:31.799 --> 00:22:32.299
 we need to pray,

00:22:32.479 --> 00:22:34.219
 God help me to love all people,

00:22:34.839 --> 00:22:35.699
 including those,

00:22:35.739 --> 00:22:36.599
 who are here in America,

00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:37.939
 and break my heart for them.

00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:39.479
 Help me be faithful,

00:22:39.619 --> 00:22:40.259
 where I am,

00:22:40.299 --> 00:22:41.139
 and glorify you,

00:22:41.179 --> 00:22:42.279
 where I am first.

00:22:42.899 --> 00:22:44.519
 That's what the focus should be.

00:22:46.099 --> 00:22:46.500
 And,

00:22:46.579 --> 00:22:47.919
 fourthly,

00:22:47.959 --> 00:22:48.879
 I just had two more,

00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:51.219
 fourth reason,

00:22:51.399 --> 00:22:52.539
 fourth wrong motivation,

00:22:53.599 --> 00:22:54.559
 for a global mission,

00:22:54.719 --> 00:22:55.719
 running from sin.

00:22:56.919 --> 00:22:57.939
 Running from sin,

00:22:58.039 --> 00:22:59.159
 and I've done this myself.

00:22:59.979 --> 00:23:00.219
 So,

00:23:01.439 --> 00:23:02.219
 many people,

00:23:02.219 --> 00:23:03.259
 who run to the nations,

00:23:03.439 --> 00:23:04.359
 they're seeking escape,

00:23:04.459 --> 00:23:05.079
 from some,

00:23:05.079 --> 00:23:06.479
 sinful habit,

00:23:06.579 --> 00:23:07.599
 that they struggle with.

00:23:07.599 --> 00:23:08.779
 Or,

00:23:08.859 --> 00:23:10.699
 some pain,

00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:11.839
 or some fear they have,

00:23:11.859 --> 00:23:13.319
 or some insecurity they have,

00:23:13.779 --> 00:23:14.579
 here in America.

00:23:15.619 --> 00:23:16.379
 I know,

00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:17.539
 guys that have gone,

00:23:18.179 --> 00:23:18.659
 and done,

00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:19.579
 global mission,

00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:20.619
 because they were struggling,

00:23:20.879 --> 00:23:21.079
 with,

00:23:21.639 --> 00:23:22.279
 with greed,

00:23:22.559 --> 00:23:22.859
 or,

00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:23.839
 materialism,

00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:24.299
 or,

00:23:24.659 --> 00:23:25.719
 sexual sin.

00:23:25.879 --> 00:23:26.759
 And they think that,

00:23:27.199 --> 00:23:28.139
 if they just go here,

00:23:28.199 --> 00:23:28.959
 it won't follow them.

00:23:29.819 --> 00:23:30.019
 And,

00:23:30.019 --> 00:23:31.100
 they fail to recognize,

00:23:31.220 --> 00:23:32.319
 that their enemy is within.

00:23:32.660 --> 00:23:33.079
 It's not,

00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:34.079
 something without,

00:23:34.299 --> 00:23:35.480
 it's something that will follow them,

00:23:35.920 --> 00:23:37.180
 no matter where they go.

00:23:38.400 --> 00:23:38.799
 And,

00:23:39.880 --> 00:23:40.700
 are the people,

00:23:40.819 --> 00:23:41.700
 who are running from,

00:23:42.120 --> 00:23:42.819
 from fear,

00:23:42.980 --> 00:23:43.539
 or insecurity,

00:23:43.819 --> 00:23:44.380
 or pain,

00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:46.100
 that they've experienced,

00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:48.600
 they've experienced,

00:23:49.140 --> 00:23:49.960
 a broken heart,

00:23:50.059 --> 00:23:50.360
 through,

00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:51.980
 a broken relationship,

00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:52.579
 with,

00:23:52.880 --> 00:23:53.360
 family,

00:23:53.600 --> 00:23:53.840
 or,

00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:55.039
 the opposite sex.

00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:56.900
 Are they seeking approval,

00:23:56.900 --> 00:23:57.800
 at work,

00:23:57.840 --> 00:23:58.800
 or a certain group of people,

00:23:58.860 --> 00:23:59.440
 they want to be,

00:23:59.440 --> 00:24:00.840
 accepted by.

00:24:01.820 --> 00:24:02.780
 And they find themselves,

00:24:02.860 --> 00:24:03.500
 going overseas,

00:24:03.700 --> 00:24:04.640
 hoping that that's not going,

00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:05.259
 to follow them,

00:24:05.300 --> 00:24:05.940
 and they can find,

00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:07.300
 somewhere else.

00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:07.560
 But,

00:24:08.380 --> 00:24:09.380
 all the time,

00:24:10.660 --> 00:24:11.180
 usually,

00:24:11.340 --> 00:24:12.080
 the vast majority,

00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:13.259
 of people who do this,

00:24:13.860 --> 00:24:14.560
 their sin,

00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:15.380
 or their fears,

00:24:15.460 --> 00:24:16.120
 their insecurities,

00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:17.040
 only escalate,

00:24:17.100 --> 00:24:17.640
 when they go,

00:24:18.120 --> 00:24:18.560
 to places.

00:24:18.640 --> 00:24:19.280
 It doesn't help.

00:24:19.380 --> 00:24:20.640
 It usually makes things worse.

00:24:21.220 --> 00:24:22.240
 Because they're not dealing,

00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:22.920
 with the problem,

00:24:23.240 --> 00:24:23.640
 first.

00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:25.080
 And their,

00:24:25.080 --> 00:24:26.120
 their enemy is within.

00:24:26.119 --> 00:24:27.279
 It's a sinful,

00:24:27.619 --> 00:24:27.979
 broken heart,

00:24:28.039 --> 00:24:28.819
 not the environment,

00:24:29.479 --> 00:24:30.179
 that they're in.

00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:31.419
 So,

00:24:32.319 --> 00:24:33.399
 I pray that you would see,

00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:35.299
 that there's no physical,

00:24:35.299 --> 00:24:35.939
 sanctuary,

00:24:36.599 --> 00:24:37.939
 away from your sin,

00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:38.559
 and your fear.

00:24:39.239 --> 00:24:40.519
 Only in God's presence,

00:24:40.619 --> 00:24:41.559
 alone is that found.

00:24:42.719 --> 00:24:43.199
 And so,

00:24:44.119 --> 00:24:44.939
 pray that,

00:24:45.219 --> 00:24:45.939
 God help me,

00:24:46.500 --> 00:24:47.479
 to see there's no,

00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:48.699
 sanctuary for my sin,

00:24:49.359 --> 00:24:50.459
 in place of healing,

00:24:50.599 --> 00:24:51.479
 for my broken heart,

00:24:51.539 --> 00:24:52.479
 other than in you.

00:24:53.179 --> 00:24:53.939
 Your presence,

00:24:54.079 --> 00:24:54.519
 alone,

00:24:54.519 --> 00:24:56.039
 in your presence,

00:24:56.099 --> 00:24:56.359
 alone,

00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:56.879
 there's fullness,

00:24:57.019 --> 00:24:57.440
 of joy,

00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:58.139
 and peace.

00:24:59.519 --> 00:24:59.920
 Steve,

00:24:59.920 --> 00:25:01.539
 Colbert,

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:03.059
 who wrote the book,

00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:03.400
 you know,

00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:04.299
 When Helping Hurts,

00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:05.059
 the book that I've,

00:25:05.379 --> 00:25:06.180
 I borrowed,

00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:06.859
 and read a lot,

00:25:06.900 --> 00:25:07.660
 but I had to give back.

00:25:08.940 --> 00:25:09.639
 He said,

00:25:09.680 --> 00:25:10.720
 until we recognize,

00:25:11.359 --> 00:25:12.859
 our mutual brokenness,

00:25:12.920 --> 00:25:14.059
 our work with others,

00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:15.700
 especially with those,

00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:17.379
 who are materially poor,

00:25:17.900 --> 00:25:18.740
 will do more harm,

00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.220
 than good.

00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:20.680
 We have to realize,

00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:21.680
 how broken we are,

00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:22.180
 first,

00:25:23.079 --> 00:25:23.420
 and,

00:25:23.559 --> 00:25:24.720
 and how much we need to save,

00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:25.319
 before we go,

00:25:25.400 --> 00:25:26.680
 and help others.

00:25:27.839 --> 00:25:28.220
 So,

00:25:29.100 --> 00:25:30.559
 so that's running from sin,

00:25:30.640 --> 00:25:31.140
 or fear,

00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:32.660
 wrong motivation.

00:25:32.880 --> 00:25:33.140
 Fifth,

00:25:34.120 --> 00:25:34.559
 this was,

00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:34.980
 again,

00:25:35.100 --> 00:25:36.140
 I've lived in this camp,

00:25:36.180 --> 00:25:37.100
 and this is the last one,

00:25:37.839 --> 00:25:39.240
 wrong motivation,

00:25:39.700 --> 00:25:39.980
 guilt,

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:41.839
 and penitence.

00:25:42.700 --> 00:25:43.039
 Guilt,

00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:43.819
 and penitence.

00:25:44.619 --> 00:25:45.559
 Those who feel,

00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:47.019
 the weight of their sin,

00:25:47.119 --> 00:25:47.819
 and their guilt,

00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:49.579
 often can seek,

00:25:50.039 --> 00:25:51.339
 to repay God,

00:25:51.439 --> 00:25:52.599
 for his kindness to them.

00:25:53.740 --> 00:25:54.619
 And I've done this,

00:25:54.679 --> 00:25:55.339
 it's often called,

00:25:55.439 --> 00:25:56.159
 the debtor's ethic.

00:25:56.700 --> 00:25:57.639
 God did this for me,

00:25:57.720 --> 00:25:58.919
 so I have to do this for him.

00:25:58.980 --> 00:26:00.299
 I have to pay him back somehow.

00:26:01.460 --> 00:26:02.299
 And I need to sell,

00:26:02.379 --> 00:26:03.139
 everything I have,

00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:04.460
 and I need to go to the hardest place,

00:26:04.500 --> 00:26:05.319
 to live on the earth,

00:26:05.879 --> 00:26:06.939
 and just give my life,

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:07.659
 just doing,

00:26:08.399 --> 00:26:08.839
 missions,

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:10.500
 so he'll see how serious I am,

00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:10.899
 and that he,

00:26:11.319 --> 00:26:12.439
 made a good investment,

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:13.339
 when he saved me.

00:26:13.819 --> 00:26:14.700
 You feel like,

00:26:15.599 --> 00:26:16.879
 so unworthy,

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.619
 so broken,

00:26:17.779 --> 00:26:19.220
 and you're motivated by guilt,

00:26:19.899 --> 00:26:20.859
 and unworthiness,

00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:21.899
 and not the love,

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:22.559
 and gratitude,

00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:23.579
 that should come,

00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:24.599
 from knowing Christ.

00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:27.859
 So we seek to repay God,

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:29.339
 and all that he's done,

00:26:29.419 --> 00:26:29.700
 in us.

00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:30.659
 And I've lived in that camp,

00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:31.480
 and so I pray that,

00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:33.220
 if that's where you are,

00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:33.819
 you pray God,

00:26:33.899 --> 00:26:34.779
 help me to see,

00:26:35.460 --> 00:26:36.559
 that you love me,

00:26:36.619 --> 00:26:37.299
 and save me,

00:26:37.419 --> 00:26:38.240
 not because,

00:26:38.339 --> 00:26:39.460
 of what I could do for you,

00:26:40.179 --> 00:26:41.179
 but simply because,

00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:41.980
 you chose to.

00:26:42.939 --> 00:26:43.740
 Help me to see,

00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:45.059
 that I'm completely loved,

00:26:45.099 --> 00:26:46.160
 and accepted by you,

00:26:46.700 --> 00:26:47.960
 and help me to do all,

00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:48.660
 out of love,

00:26:48.839 --> 00:26:49.460
 thankfulness,

00:26:49.940 --> 00:26:50.839
 and gratitude,

00:26:51.099 --> 00:26:52.200
 and for all you've done for me.

00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:52.779
 That's,

00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:54.579
 that should be our focus.

00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:56.240
 And so,

00:26:56.720 --> 00:26:58.519
 those are some wrong motivations,

00:26:58.519 --> 00:26:59.620
 that I've seen in myself,

00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:00.599
 and the lives of others,

00:27:00.680 --> 00:27:01.440
 for why they seek,

00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:03.640
 to go and do global mission.

00:27:03.640 --> 00:27:05.140
 So,

00:27:05.140 --> 00:27:06.740
 moving on,

00:27:06.800 --> 00:27:07.740
 I have a few reasons,

00:27:07.900 --> 00:27:08.640
 for what are pure,

00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:09.480
 and right motives,

00:27:10.120 --> 00:27:11.640
 behind global mission.

00:27:12.640 --> 00:27:13.060
 And,

00:27:13.180 --> 00:27:14.380
 kind of starting here,

00:27:14.520 --> 00:27:15.500
 like I said a second ago,

00:27:15.940 --> 00:27:16.820
 the first one,

00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:18.060
 is a deep love,

00:27:18.100 --> 00:27:19.280
 and gratitude for God.

00:27:20.040 --> 00:27:20.820
 You're aware,

00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:21.680
 of your own sin,

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:22.240
 and you're aware,

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:23.140
 of the depths,

00:27:23.220 --> 00:27:24.880
 that God has picked you out of,

00:27:25.860 --> 00:27:26.380
 and that,

00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:28.120
 it makes your heart joyful,

00:27:28.320 --> 00:27:28.900
 and so,

00:27:29.460 --> 00:27:29.920
 thankful,

00:27:30.080 --> 00:27:30.880
 for what he's done,

00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:32.259
 that you just want to know him,

00:27:32.840 --> 00:27:33.519
 walk with him,

00:27:33.820 --> 00:27:34.360
 live for him,

00:27:34.380 --> 00:27:35.140
 and die for him.

00:27:35.140 --> 00:27:36.140
 And you don't care how.

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.320
 You don't care,

00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:38.039
 what he does.

00:27:38.080 --> 00:27:38.500
 If he says,

00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:39.640
 stay here,

00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:40.460
 and do the most,

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:42.759
 back behind the scene task,

00:27:42.800 --> 00:27:43.380
 or if he's like,

00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:43.700
 go,

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:45.039
 and stand,

00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:45.840
 and preach before,

00:27:45.840 --> 00:27:46.820
 thousands of people,

00:27:46.980 --> 00:27:47.519
 or he's like,

00:27:47.580 --> 00:27:48.620
 go to this nation,

00:27:49.160 --> 00:27:50.140
 and preach the gospel,

00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:51.080
 you really don't care.

00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:52.500
 You just want to know Christ,

00:27:53.060 --> 00:27:53.940
 to walk with him,

00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:54.880
 and to make him known.

00:27:55.900 --> 00:27:56.300
 That's,

00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:57.200
 kind of where you are.

00:27:57.300 --> 00:27:57.400
 So,

00:27:57.580 --> 00:27:58.019
 all that you've,

00:27:58.539 --> 00:27:59.120
 are doing,

00:27:59.240 --> 00:27:59.840
 is motivated,

00:27:59.920 --> 00:28:01.180
 by the love,

00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:01.660
 and gratitude,

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:02.560
 you have for God.

00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:03.180
 You were,

00:28:03.580 --> 00:28:04.320
 you recognize,

00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:05.600
 that you were not with him,

00:28:05.640 --> 00:28:06.340
 at one point,

00:28:06.900 --> 00:28:07.820
 and he sought you,

00:28:07.880 --> 00:28:08.759
 and he wrapped you,

00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:10.320
 in his splendor,

00:28:10.380 --> 00:28:11.080
 and he called you,

00:28:11.160 --> 00:28:11.640
 his own.

00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:13.600
 And,

00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:14.759
 the result is,

00:28:14.800 --> 00:28:15.380
 you just hunger,

00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:16.360
 and thirst for God.

00:28:17.180 --> 00:28:18.720
 Turn to Jeremiah 20,

00:28:18.779 --> 00:28:19.400
 really fast.

00:28:23.080 --> 00:28:24.320
 Jeremiah 20,

00:28:24.400 --> 00:28:25.259
 verse 9.

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:28.119
 So,

00:28:28.119 --> 00:28:28.759
 our hearts,

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:30.079
 should be so filled,

00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:30.720
 with love,

00:28:30.799 --> 00:28:31.420
 and gratitude,

00:28:32.299 --> 00:28:32.940
 that,

00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:34.619
 we naturally,

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.359
 talk about,

00:28:35.480 --> 00:28:36.420
 what we love the most.

00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:38.079
 It comes out of us.

00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:39.039
 And,

00:28:39.140 --> 00:28:39.900
 I want to declare,

00:28:40.400 --> 00:28:41.460
 declare Christ.

00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:44.599
 And so,

00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:45.559
 our affections,

00:28:45.619 --> 00:28:46.220
 compel us,

00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:46.879
 to preach the gospel.

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.879
 Jeremiah 20,

00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:49.599
 verse 9.

00:28:49.599 --> 00:28:52.539
 If I say,

00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:53.919
 I will not mention him,

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:55.079
 or speak any more,

00:28:55.199 --> 00:28:55.839
 in his name,

00:28:56.399 --> 00:28:57.639
 there is in my heart,

00:28:57.740 --> 00:28:58.379
 as it were,

00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:59.399
 a burning fire,

00:28:59.559 --> 00:29:00.679
 shut up in my bones,

00:29:01.259 --> 00:29:02.059
 and I am weary,

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:03.339
 with holding it in,

00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:04.579
 and I cannot.

00:29:05.539 --> 00:29:06.359
 That is like,

00:29:06.399 --> 00:29:07.119
 how you feel,

00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:07.899
 if you truly,

00:29:08.059 --> 00:29:08.899
 have encountered Christ.

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.500
 You must,

00:29:09.679 --> 00:29:10.719
 talk about him.

00:29:10.799 --> 00:29:11.279
 You must,

00:29:11.719 --> 00:29:12.399
 declare him.

00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:14.740
 It must come out of you.

00:29:14.799 --> 00:29:15.799
 Like Peter and John,

00:29:16.879 --> 00:29:17.980
 who stood before,

00:29:17.980 --> 00:29:19.900
 the religious leaders,

00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:20.299
 and they say,

00:29:20.360 --> 00:29:21.059
 we cannot help,

00:29:21.180 --> 00:29:22.279
 but speak of what we have seen,

00:29:22.339 --> 00:29:22.720
 and heard.

00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:23.920
 Or like,

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:25.039
 the demon possessed man,

00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:25.640
 who was healed,

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.519
 and he told Jesus,

00:29:26.599 --> 00:29:27.319
 I will follow you,

00:29:27.700 --> 00:29:28.980
 and do whatever you want me to do.

00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:29.519
 And he said,

00:29:30.160 --> 00:29:30.519
 go,

00:29:30.660 --> 00:29:32.200
 and declare what God has done for you.

00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:33.160
 He joyfully went,

00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:33.920
 and declared like,

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:35.019
 what God had done for him.

00:29:35.839 --> 00:29:36.200
 And,

00:29:36.259 --> 00:29:36.860
 and deep down,

00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:37.299
 we say,

00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:38.720
 as Paul did in 1 Corinthians,

00:29:38.940 --> 00:29:39.759
 woe to me,

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:41.140
 if I do not,

00:29:41.140 --> 00:29:42.099
 preach the gospel.

00:29:42.759 --> 00:29:43.420
 It has to,

00:29:43.460 --> 00:29:44.779
 it has to come out of us.

00:29:45.360 --> 00:29:46.339
 So first of all,

00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:47.759
 get to start there.

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:48.779
 If you have just such a,

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:50.420
 a love and gratitude,

00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:52.980
 for what God has done in your own life.

00:29:53.099 --> 00:29:53.440
 Secondly,

00:29:54.559 --> 00:29:55.940
 a love for the lost world.

00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:57.220
 And again,

00:29:57.319 --> 00:29:58.619
 I've already kind of touched on this.

00:29:59.140 --> 00:30:00.640
 Our hearts should break for the lost,

00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:01.460
 all over the world,

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:02.099
 not just,

00:30:02.619 --> 00:30:03.160
 a particular,

00:30:03.619 --> 00:30:04.220
 certain people.

00:30:04.839 --> 00:30:06.400
 Not just lost people.

00:30:06.700 --> 00:30:07.720
 Not just in Asia,

00:30:07.879 --> 00:30:08.200
 Africa,

00:30:08.319 --> 00:30:08.740
 or Europe,

00:30:09.059 --> 00:30:09.960
 but our neighborhoods,

00:30:10.700 --> 00:30:11.400
 your schools,

00:30:11.680 --> 00:30:12.539
 the people you encounter,

00:30:12.660 --> 00:30:13.240
 your family,

00:30:13.779 --> 00:30:14.700
 places of work,

00:30:15.379 --> 00:30:16.119
 here in America.

00:30:16.119 --> 00:30:16.199
 America.

00:30:16.719 --> 00:30:18.359
 This is a very healthy indication

00:30:18.359 --> 00:30:19.759
 that God could be

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:21.399
 expanding your vision

00:30:21.399 --> 00:30:23.279
 to go and do something globally.

00:30:23.979 --> 00:30:24.899
 You have to be faithful

00:30:24.899 --> 00:30:25.759
 where you are first.

00:30:25.839 --> 00:30:27.219
 That's a biblical principle.

00:30:27.459 --> 00:30:27.819
 It's just,

00:30:27.899 --> 00:30:28.639
 it's just there.

00:30:28.719 --> 00:30:29.500
 You can't escape it.

00:30:30.159 --> 00:30:31.039
 God wants to be faithful

00:30:31.039 --> 00:30:31.699
 where you are.

00:30:32.239 --> 00:30:33.379
 Then he will lead you

00:30:33.379 --> 00:30:34.379
 further

00:30:34.379 --> 00:30:35.500
 to where you are to go.

00:30:36.459 --> 00:30:36.919
 And,

00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:38.719
 we should go

00:30:38.719 --> 00:30:40.099
 to whatever extreme necessary

00:30:40.099 --> 00:30:41.199
 to reach the lost.

00:30:42.080 --> 00:30:42.799
 And God has given us

00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:43.279
 the privilege

00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:44.400
 of being his messengers

00:30:44.400 --> 00:30:45.759
 to rescue those

00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:46.620
 who are being taken away

00:30:46.620 --> 00:30:47.000
 to death

00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:47.559
 and hold back

00:30:47.559 --> 00:30:48.920
 those who are stumbling

00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:49.480
 to slaughter.

00:30:50.819 --> 00:30:51.180
 And then,

00:30:51.380 --> 00:30:51.980
 thirdly,

00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:54.059
 a holy desire

00:30:54.059 --> 00:30:55.360
 for going to the nations.

00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:57.819
 Many of you will find God

00:30:57.819 --> 00:30:59.460
 as you're being faithful

00:30:59.460 --> 00:30:59.880
 where you are,

00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:00.559
 pulling you

00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:01.140
 and directing

00:31:01.140 --> 00:31:02.680
 your heart

00:31:02.680 --> 00:31:04.880
 to a specific nation,

00:31:05.059 --> 00:31:05.700
 people group,

00:31:05.840 --> 00:31:06.480
 or region

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:07.259
 of the world.

00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:09.160
 and you'll have

00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:10.240
 no romantic ideas

00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:10.619
 about it.

00:31:10.660 --> 00:31:11.180
 You'll be like,

00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:11.859
 I could go.

00:31:12.680 --> 00:31:14.140
 I could suffer a lot

00:31:14.140 --> 00:31:14.700
 while I'm there.

00:31:14.819 --> 00:31:16.359
 I could experience loneliness.

00:31:16.559 --> 00:31:17.379
 I could be persecuted.

00:31:18.400 --> 00:31:19.559
 Not a lot could happen

00:31:19.559 --> 00:31:20.319
 even if I go.

00:31:20.359 --> 00:31:21.359
 Even if I go and live there,

00:31:21.400 --> 00:31:22.079
 I might not even see

00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:23.019
 anyone converted.

00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:24.160
 You understand

00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:25.039
 the realities

00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:25.619
 of what's there.

00:31:25.700 --> 00:31:26.960
 You have no romantic ideas

00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:27.539
 about it.

00:31:28.099 --> 00:31:29.420
 But God is nonetheless

00:31:29.420 --> 00:31:30.379
 pulling you

00:31:30.379 --> 00:31:32.819
 and developing

00:31:32.819 --> 00:31:34.099
 a broken heart

00:31:34.099 --> 00:31:36.559
 for a particular group.

00:31:37.259 --> 00:31:39.099
 people in darkness,

00:31:39.379 --> 00:31:40.879
 a dark spiritual condition.

00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:42.019
 And you see God

00:31:42.019 --> 00:31:43.539
 opening and closing doors

00:31:43.539 --> 00:31:45.759
 as you begin to pray about

00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:46.720
 and seek this out

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:47.599
 to see if this is

00:31:47.599 --> 00:31:49.039
 something He would have you

00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:50.059
 actually go and do.

00:31:50.940 --> 00:31:51.200
 So,

00:31:51.940 --> 00:31:52.759
 all this,

00:31:52.859 --> 00:31:53.420
 I've just said,

00:31:53.660 --> 00:31:55.799
 are wrong motivations

00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:56.740
 and right motivations

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:58.500
 for global mission.

00:31:58.599 --> 00:31:59.140
 And you might have

00:31:59.140 --> 00:31:59.700
 just a mixture

00:31:59.700 --> 00:32:00.279
 of a lot of those.

00:32:00.319 --> 00:32:00.700
 I don't want you

00:32:00.700 --> 00:32:02.019
 to section them all off.

00:32:03.379 --> 00:32:04.180
 I've experienced

00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:05.059
 most of those.

00:32:05.059 --> 00:32:06.799
 And this is

00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:07.639
 the third part

00:32:07.639 --> 00:32:10.460
 and probably

00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:11.619
 one of the largest parts.

00:32:12.119 --> 00:32:12.919
 How can we

00:32:12.919 --> 00:32:14.500
 as a church

00:32:14.500 --> 00:32:15.079
 be active

00:32:15.079 --> 00:32:16.579
 in God's global purpose?

00:32:17.359 --> 00:32:18.019
 How can we

00:32:18.019 --> 00:32:19.379
 as a body here

00:32:19.379 --> 00:32:20.679
 be active

00:32:20.679 --> 00:32:21.980
 in God's global purpose?

00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:23.960
 And the first one

00:32:23.960 --> 00:32:24.619
 is

00:32:24.619 --> 00:32:26.700
 praying and counseling.

00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:27.379
 Okay?

00:32:28.419 --> 00:32:29.879
 We desire to help

00:32:29.879 --> 00:32:30.599
 direct people

00:32:30.599 --> 00:32:31.220
 to where God

00:32:31.220 --> 00:32:31.779
 is leading them

00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:32.440
 regardless of

00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:32.740
 wherever

00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:34.059
 that may be.

00:32:35.019 --> 00:32:36.579
 And we understand

00:32:36.579 --> 00:32:37.200
 that God

00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:38.140
 has uniquely

00:32:38.140 --> 00:32:39.740
 crafted you

00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:40.700
 and gifted you

00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:43.019
 for different things.

00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:44.500
 Those of you

00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:45.059
 who have children

00:32:45.059 --> 00:32:45.960
 know that your goal

00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:46.539
 is not to

00:32:46.539 --> 00:32:48.240
 force your child

00:32:48.240 --> 00:32:49.079
 into a mold

00:32:49.079 --> 00:32:50.259
 that you want

00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:51.259
 or just like yours,

00:32:51.779 --> 00:32:52.700
 but recognize

00:32:52.700 --> 00:32:53.319
 that God's going

00:32:53.319 --> 00:32:54.620
 to have them

00:32:54.620 --> 00:32:55.480
 as individuals.

00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:56.460
 He's going to have them

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:58.079
 grow up to be unique

00:32:58.079 --> 00:32:59.180
 in a lot of ways

00:32:59.180 --> 00:33:00.519
 and that that's

00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:01.140
 going to play

00:33:01.140 --> 00:33:01.600
 into who they're

00:33:01.600 --> 00:33:02.700
 going to be

00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:03.039
 and what they'll

00:33:03.039 --> 00:33:03.960
 be doing one day.

00:33:04.700 --> 00:33:05.700
 And so we do the same.

00:33:05.820 --> 00:33:06.480
 So our goal,

00:33:07.259 --> 00:33:08.279
 most radicals

00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:08.799
 in the church,

00:33:08.940 --> 00:33:09.820
 they will make you

00:33:09.820 --> 00:33:11.799
 feel weight

00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:12.680
 and guiltiness

00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:13.140
 that you need

00:33:13.140 --> 00:33:13.799
 to do exactly

00:33:13.799 --> 00:33:14.500
 what they're doing.

00:33:15.299 --> 00:33:15.920
 I've seen

00:33:15.920 --> 00:33:16.720
 pastors

00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:17.920
 and missionaries

00:33:17.920 --> 00:33:18.820
 over,

00:33:19.140 --> 00:33:20.000
 foreign missionaries

00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:21.080
 alike do this.

00:33:21.220 --> 00:33:22.340
 They will come

00:33:22.340 --> 00:33:22.820
 and they'll preach

00:33:22.820 --> 00:33:23.600
 a message on

00:33:23.600 --> 00:33:24.920
 local mission.

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:25.560
 They'll be like,

00:33:26.100 --> 00:33:26.880
 don't you dare

00:33:26.880 --> 00:33:27.720
 go anywhere else.

00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:28.700
 You need to stay here

00:33:28.700 --> 00:33:29.140
 and you need to

00:33:29.140 --> 00:33:29.819
 do local mission.

00:33:30.299 --> 00:33:31.120
 And then I've heard

00:33:31.120 --> 00:33:32.160
 the opposite of guys

00:33:32.160 --> 00:33:32.579
 say,

00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:33.539
 you know,

00:33:33.640 --> 00:33:34.019
 like,

00:33:34.600 --> 00:33:35.440
 how dare you not

00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:36.579
 go to the nations?

00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:37.900
 And there's a sign-up

00:33:37.900 --> 00:33:38.579
 sheet and everybody's

00:33:38.579 --> 00:33:39.360
 name's on the sign-up

00:33:39.360 --> 00:33:39.940
 sheet at the end,

00:33:40.019 --> 00:33:40.680
 like sign me up,

00:33:40.700 --> 00:33:41.079
 I'm going.

00:33:41.360 --> 00:33:42.140
 And it's almost

00:33:42.140 --> 00:33:42.779
 like they've been

00:33:42.779 --> 00:33:44.319
 burdened or guilted

00:33:44.319 --> 00:33:45.240
 into a certain

00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:45.819
 direction.

00:33:46.620 --> 00:33:47.759
 But we want to

00:33:47.759 --> 00:33:48.759
 sit down with you

00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:49.319
 and we want to

00:33:49.319 --> 00:33:49.759
 listen,

00:33:50.700 --> 00:33:51.279
 to pray,

00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:52.100
 to discuss,

00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:52.880
 to look at scripture

00:33:52.880 --> 00:33:54.660
 and help draw out

00:33:54.660 --> 00:33:55.440
 of you what God

00:33:55.440 --> 00:33:56.440
 is doing inside of you

00:33:56.440 --> 00:33:57.440
 and then direct you

00:33:57.440 --> 00:33:58.980
 where we think

00:33:58.980 --> 00:33:59.519
 that would be

00:33:59.519 --> 00:34:00.180
 or where you think

00:34:00.180 --> 00:34:00.779
 that would be.

00:34:02.000 --> 00:34:03.180
 We recognize that

00:34:03.180 --> 00:34:03.600
 about you.

00:34:03.660 --> 00:34:04.480
 We want to aid you

00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:05.920
 in encouraging you

00:34:05.920 --> 00:34:06.860
 in seeking that out,

00:34:06.940 --> 00:34:07.700
 whatever it is,

00:34:08.220 --> 00:34:08.940
 whatever it is.

00:34:09.019 --> 00:34:10.059
 And that includes

00:34:10.059 --> 00:34:12.579
 going to the nations

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:13.960
 and that's awesome.

00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:14.920
 We want to encourage

00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:15.320
 that,

00:34:15.780 --> 00:34:16.720
 not to convince you

00:34:16.720 --> 00:34:17.880
 to be a goer or a sender,

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:18.679
 but to figure out

00:34:18.679 --> 00:34:19.380
 where you should be

00:34:19.380 --> 00:34:21.079
 and to walk through

00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:21.900
 that journey with you.

00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:22.519
 It's our privilege

00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:23.039
 to do that.

00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:24.460
 I'm so thankful

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:25.599
 for men and women

00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:27.159
 who are in the nations

00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:28.800
 now that I've had

00:34:28.800 --> 00:34:29.519
 a chance to be

00:34:29.519 --> 00:34:30.900
 friends with

00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:31.779
 and to encourage

00:34:31.779 --> 00:34:33.000
 and train

00:34:33.000 --> 00:34:33.699
 and send out

00:34:33.699 --> 00:34:34.199
 and that leads us

00:34:34.199 --> 00:34:34.920
 to the next thing.

00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:36.420
 Our church can be

00:34:36.420 --> 00:34:37.400
 involved in training

00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:38.380
 and discipleship.

00:34:40.659 --> 00:34:41.619
 We desire,

00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:42.400
 in general,

00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:43.000
 to help people

00:34:43.000 --> 00:34:44.139
 grow in their walks

00:34:44.139 --> 00:34:44.759
 with Christ,

00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:46.139
 to teach them

00:34:46.139 --> 00:34:47.099
 to know God

00:34:47.099 --> 00:34:48.800
 and to love God,

00:34:48.900 --> 00:34:49.539
 to follow Him

00:34:49.539 --> 00:34:50.259
 and obey Him.

00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:51.739
 We want to give them

00:34:51.739 --> 00:34:52.840
 a firm biblical,

00:34:53.079 --> 00:34:54.279
 theological foundation

00:34:54.279 --> 00:34:55.500
 for their life

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:56.300
 and what they do.

00:34:57.019 --> 00:34:58.079
 Things that every believer

00:34:58.079 --> 00:34:58.659
 should know.

00:34:59.659 --> 00:35:00.480
 So you may think

00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:02.219
 theology,

00:35:02.679 --> 00:35:03.099
 scholarship,

00:35:03.420 --> 00:35:04.219
 intellectualism,

00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:05.559
 what does that have

00:35:05.559 --> 00:35:06.539
 to do with mission?

00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:08.480
 It has a lot

00:35:08.480 --> 00:35:09.480
 to do with mission.

00:35:10.360 --> 00:35:11.199
 Did you know that

00:35:11.199 --> 00:35:12.239
 John Calvin's

00:35:12.239 --> 00:35:13.279
 seminary in Geneva

00:35:13.279 --> 00:35:14.480
 was called

00:35:14.480 --> 00:35:15.460
 the School of Death?

00:35:16.900 --> 00:35:17.820
 And you no doubt,

00:35:17.940 --> 00:35:18.719
 I bet if you went there,

00:35:18.719 --> 00:35:19.219
 you would get some

00:35:19.219 --> 00:35:20.179
 hardcore theology

00:35:20.179 --> 00:35:20.879
 while you were there,

00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:21.699
 you would be learning

00:35:21.699 --> 00:35:22.699
 out the wazoo,

00:35:23.159 --> 00:35:24.119
 like information

00:35:24.119 --> 00:35:26.199
 about what the Scripture says.

00:35:26.959 --> 00:35:27.819
 But do you know

00:35:27.819 --> 00:35:29.559
 that a huge majority

00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:31.519
 of men that came there

00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:32.619
 from all over Europe,

00:35:33.199 --> 00:35:34.639
 they were so burdened

00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:35.419
 by what they heard,

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:35.879
 they're like,

00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:37.539
 we can't stay here.

00:35:37.619 --> 00:35:38.519
 We have to go back

00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:39.299
 to our people

00:35:39.299 --> 00:35:40.519
 and teach them

00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:41.139
 these things.

00:35:41.279 --> 00:35:41.679
 And like,

00:35:42.139 --> 00:35:43.559
 huge numbers of them

00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:44.159
 were martyred

00:35:44.159 --> 00:35:45.079
 as they went back

00:35:45.079 --> 00:35:47.279
 to their home countries

00:35:47.279 --> 00:35:48.199
 from this seminary

00:35:48.199 --> 00:35:49.539
 to declare

00:35:49.539 --> 00:35:51.339
 the truth of the Gospel

00:35:51.339 --> 00:35:52.000
 to the people

00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:52.500
 they heard

00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:53.639
 and to translate

00:35:53.639 --> 00:35:54.299
 the Scripture

00:35:54.299 --> 00:35:55.379
 into their own languages.

00:35:56.699 --> 00:35:57.539
 So we want that

00:35:57.539 --> 00:35:58.059
 to be that.

00:35:58.139 --> 00:35:59.480
 We want to be that.

00:35:59.539 --> 00:36:00.379
 We want to train you

00:36:00.379 --> 00:36:00.899
 in our knowledge

00:36:00.899 --> 00:36:01.379
 of the truth

00:36:01.379 --> 00:36:02.299
 so that you will go out

00:36:02.299 --> 00:36:04.299
 and have a firm foundation.

00:36:05.299 --> 00:36:06.079
 There was a girl

00:36:06.079 --> 00:36:06.679
 who was a part

00:36:06.679 --> 00:36:08.739
 of our congregation

00:36:08.739 --> 00:36:09.859
 several years ago

00:36:09.859 --> 00:36:12.019
 who's graduated

00:36:12.019 --> 00:36:13.279
 and moved on.

00:36:13.280 --> 00:36:15.260
 But while she was here,

00:36:15.340 --> 00:36:16.100
 she took place

00:36:16.100 --> 00:36:17.680
 in a short-term

00:36:17.680 --> 00:36:18.300
 mission trip

00:36:18.300 --> 00:36:18.980
 to Moldova.

00:36:19.860 --> 00:36:20.640
 And there,

00:36:20.740 --> 00:36:21.240
 she was actually

00:36:21.240 --> 00:36:22.140
 attacked by

00:36:22.140 --> 00:36:23.200
 some of the,

00:36:24.280 --> 00:36:25.340
 kind of like the mob

00:36:25.340 --> 00:36:25.980
 that's there

00:36:25.980 --> 00:36:27.040
 in Moldova.

00:36:27.220 --> 00:36:27.460
 Actually,

00:36:28.280 --> 00:36:28.900
 and she came back

00:36:28.900 --> 00:36:29.600
 and told us,

00:36:29.840 --> 00:36:30.080
 you know,

00:36:30.140 --> 00:36:31.519
 when she returned,

00:36:32.220 --> 00:36:33.340
 your teachings

00:36:33.340 --> 00:36:34.180
 that I've learned

00:36:34.180 --> 00:36:34.820
 from you guys

00:36:34.820 --> 00:36:36.180
 about how God

00:36:36.180 --> 00:36:36.860
 is in control

00:36:36.860 --> 00:36:37.560
 of all things

00:36:37.560 --> 00:36:38.340
 that He is sovereign

00:36:38.340 --> 00:36:40.000
 gave me such peace

00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:40.460
 and joy

00:36:40.460 --> 00:36:41.080
 while I was

00:36:41.080 --> 00:36:42.360
 being threatened

00:36:42.360 --> 00:36:43.079
 with death there.

00:36:43.900 --> 00:36:44.240
 And like,

00:36:44.300 --> 00:36:44.980
 that's what we want

00:36:44.980 --> 00:36:45.240
 to have.

00:36:45.280 --> 00:36:45.920
 We want to give you

00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:48.380
 a firm biblical training

00:36:48.380 --> 00:36:49.460
 and discipleship

00:36:49.460 --> 00:36:51.180
 before you go anywhere.

00:36:53.240 --> 00:36:54.280
 We want you

00:36:54.280 --> 00:36:55.240
 to feel this burden

00:36:55.240 --> 00:36:55.740
 and go.

00:36:56.700 --> 00:36:56.860
 So,

00:36:57.940 --> 00:36:59.460
 also,

00:37:00.180 --> 00:37:01.559
 we want to be able

00:37:01.559 --> 00:37:02.180
 to serve

00:37:02.180 --> 00:37:04.940
 long-term goers,

00:37:05.300 --> 00:37:06.460
 long-term people

00:37:06.460 --> 00:37:07.200
 who are being called

00:37:07.200 --> 00:37:08.880
 to foreign mission.

00:37:08.980 --> 00:37:09.860
 We want to aid them

00:37:09.860 --> 00:37:10.820
 in any way we can.

00:37:10.820 --> 00:37:12.180
 and we want

00:37:12.180 --> 00:37:12.680
 to have,

00:37:12.940 --> 00:37:13.700
 like even groups

00:37:13.700 --> 00:37:14.059
 of people

00:37:14.059 --> 00:37:14.880
 in our congregation

00:37:14.880 --> 00:37:17.039
 adopt certain people

00:37:17.039 --> 00:37:17.860
 that are out there

00:37:17.860 --> 00:37:19.820
 to pray for them

00:37:19.820 --> 00:37:20.539
 constantly,

00:37:21.039 --> 00:37:22.200
 to fund them

00:37:22.200 --> 00:37:23.400
 financially,

00:37:23.620 --> 00:37:24.380
 to stay in touch

00:37:24.380 --> 00:37:24.800
 with them

00:37:24.800 --> 00:37:25.960
 and to encourage them

00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:27.180
 and to report

00:37:27.180 --> 00:37:28.140
 on what they're doing

00:37:28.140 --> 00:37:28.519
 here.

00:37:29.220 --> 00:37:30.740
 We want to see

00:37:30.740 --> 00:37:31.440
 that happen.

00:37:32.539 --> 00:37:32.800
 And

00:37:32.800 --> 00:37:36.300
 we're in the works

00:37:36.300 --> 00:37:37.360
 of trying to do

00:37:37.360 --> 00:37:37.920
 a lot of stuff

00:37:37.920 --> 00:37:38.680
 like that now.

00:37:38.679 --> 00:37:40.519
 and we want

00:37:40.519 --> 00:37:41.739
 to be connected

00:37:41.739 --> 00:37:43.099
 to these long-term

00:37:43.099 --> 00:37:44.159
 people who are there

00:37:44.159 --> 00:37:46.019
 and to inform you

00:37:46.019 --> 00:37:47.500
 here what's going on

00:37:47.500 --> 00:37:48.619
 in their areas

00:37:48.619 --> 00:37:49.179
 of the world.

00:37:49.279 --> 00:37:49.859
 That's important.

00:37:50.299 --> 00:37:51.399
 We need to be doing that.

00:37:52.279 --> 00:37:52.679
 And then,

00:37:52.879 --> 00:37:53.359
 also,

00:37:54.239 --> 00:37:56.239
 I try to be very careful

00:37:56.239 --> 00:37:57.039
 when I'm thinking

00:37:57.039 --> 00:37:57.659
 through this.

00:37:58.179 --> 00:37:58.559
 Also,

00:37:58.679 --> 00:37:59.359
 be involved

00:37:59.359 --> 00:38:01.039
 as a church

00:38:01.039 --> 00:38:02.279
 in wise,

00:38:02.960 --> 00:38:03.579
 short-term

00:38:03.579 --> 00:38:03.679
 missions.

00:38:03.679 --> 00:38:04.279
 missions.

00:38:05.579 --> 00:38:06.059
 And

00:38:06.059 --> 00:38:07.500
 we do desire

00:38:07.500 --> 00:38:07.919
 to engage

00:38:07.919 --> 00:38:08.899
 in some

00:38:08.899 --> 00:38:10.259
 short-term missions

00:38:10.259 --> 00:38:11.019
 as a congregation,

00:38:11.519 --> 00:38:12.899
 but we don't want

00:38:12.899 --> 00:38:13.339
 to betray

00:38:13.339 --> 00:38:14.219
 a short,

00:38:14.359 --> 00:38:14.839
 exciting,

00:38:14.980 --> 00:38:15.879
 exotic vacation

00:38:15.879 --> 00:38:16.779
 that you can attach

00:38:16.779 --> 00:38:17.699
 mission trip onto.

00:38:18.460 --> 00:38:19.659
 We never want that

00:38:19.659 --> 00:38:20.500
 to be the focus.

00:38:22.359 --> 00:38:23.339
 Not so you can just go

00:38:23.339 --> 00:38:23.839
 and experience

00:38:23.839 --> 00:38:24.599
 different peoples

00:38:24.599 --> 00:38:25.299
 and cultures,

00:38:25.300 --> 00:38:26.760
 and we want

00:38:26.760 --> 00:38:28.060
 to carefully examine

00:38:28.060 --> 00:38:30.440
 like cultural values,

00:38:30.580 --> 00:38:31.700
 economic situations,

00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:33.120
 and the broken

00:38:33.120 --> 00:38:34.280
 relationships of people

00:38:34.280 --> 00:38:35.019
 in those places

00:38:35.019 --> 00:38:35.640
 that we're actually

00:38:35.640 --> 00:38:36.480
 thinking about.

00:38:37.340 --> 00:38:38.560
 And I want to be wise

00:38:38.560 --> 00:38:39.380
 in the planning,

00:38:40.160 --> 00:38:40.780
 the implementing,

00:38:40.960 --> 00:38:41.620
 and the evaluation

00:38:41.620 --> 00:38:42.620
 of what we do.

00:38:43.920 --> 00:38:45.480
 Scripture is very clear

00:38:45.480 --> 00:38:47.539
 that the only way

00:38:47.539 --> 00:38:48.400
 to wage war

00:38:48.400 --> 00:38:49.480
 is to do it wisely.

00:38:50.420 --> 00:38:52.300
 It says in Proverbs 15,

00:38:52.940 --> 00:38:53.920
 without counsel,

00:38:54.160 --> 00:38:54.980
 plans fail.

00:38:55.300 --> 00:38:56.820
 But with many advisors,

00:38:56.960 --> 00:38:57.620
 they succeed.

00:38:58.500 --> 00:38:59.260
 In Proverbs 20,

00:38:59.400 --> 00:39:00.500
 plans are established

00:39:00.500 --> 00:39:01.400
 by counsel.

00:39:02.039 --> 00:39:03.060
 By wise guidance,

00:39:03.260 --> 00:39:03.860
 wage war.

00:39:04.019 --> 00:39:04.800
 So we want to be

00:39:04.800 --> 00:39:06.100
 careful about

00:39:06.100 --> 00:39:07.300
 where we send money

00:39:07.300 --> 00:39:08.820
 and who we send

00:39:08.820 --> 00:39:09.560
 to go and do

00:39:09.560 --> 00:39:10.560
 specific things

00:39:10.560 --> 00:39:12.480
 in different places

00:39:12.480 --> 00:39:13.140
 of the world.

00:39:14.440 --> 00:39:15.260
 In the book,

00:39:15.340 --> 00:39:15.880
 Helping Hurts,

00:39:15.980 --> 00:39:17.300
 Steve Carbert said,

00:39:17.900 --> 00:39:18.700
 by definition,

00:39:18.960 --> 00:39:19.840
 short-term missions

00:39:19.840 --> 00:39:21.480
 have only a short time

00:39:21.480 --> 00:39:23.160
 in which to show

00:39:23.160 --> 00:39:23.760
 a profit,

00:39:24.380 --> 00:39:25.280
 to achieve,

00:39:25.280 --> 00:39:26.740
 predefined goals.

00:39:27.420 --> 00:39:28.100
 And this can

00:39:28.100 --> 00:39:30.100
 attack our American

00:39:30.100 --> 00:39:31.380
 idols of speed,

00:39:32.720 --> 00:39:32.780
 of

00:39:32.780 --> 00:39:35.880
 comparatualization,

00:39:36.000 --> 00:39:36.519
 that's a big word,

00:39:36.840 --> 00:39:37.240
 money,

00:39:37.460 --> 00:39:37.800
 achievement,

00:39:37.900 --> 00:39:38.580
 and success.

00:39:39.019 --> 00:39:39.760
 Projects become

00:39:39.760 --> 00:39:40.540
 more important

00:39:40.540 --> 00:39:41.200
 than people.

00:39:41.680 --> 00:39:42.260
 That's often how

00:39:42.260 --> 00:39:43.140
 we can be in America.

00:39:43.260 --> 00:39:44.019
 We don't want to

00:39:44.019 --> 00:39:45.600
 put in something

00:39:45.600 --> 00:39:46.180
 so we can get

00:39:46.180 --> 00:39:47.380
 a quick response

00:39:47.380 --> 00:39:48.420
 or a quick profit back.

00:39:48.420 --> 00:39:48.980
 We've got to be

00:39:48.980 --> 00:39:51.240
 prepared to deal

00:39:51.240 --> 00:39:52.139
 with the long

00:39:52.139 --> 00:39:53.039
 haul in certain

00:39:53.039 --> 00:39:53.559
 things.

00:39:55.300 --> 00:39:56.900
 So there's a few

00:39:56.900 --> 00:39:57.800
 principles here

00:39:57.800 --> 00:39:58.780
 as to how we can

00:39:58.780 --> 00:40:00.340
 help make the most

00:40:00.340 --> 00:40:01.200
 out of short-term

00:40:01.200 --> 00:40:01.680
 missions.

00:40:02.119 --> 00:40:03.900
 And one is

00:40:03.900 --> 00:40:05.940
 engage with

00:40:05.940 --> 00:40:06.720
 the locals

00:40:06.720 --> 00:40:07.460
 and long-term

00:40:07.460 --> 00:40:08.119
 people that are

00:40:08.119 --> 00:40:09.119
 in certain countries

00:40:09.119 --> 00:40:10.659
 and ask them

00:40:10.659 --> 00:40:11.840
 to be a part

00:40:11.840 --> 00:40:12.519
 of the planning

00:40:12.519 --> 00:40:14.000
 and the implementing

00:40:14.000 --> 00:40:14.920
 and the evaluation

00:40:14.920 --> 00:40:16.019
 of what's going on.

00:40:16.019 --> 00:40:17.800
 And we want to do

00:40:17.800 --> 00:40:18.460
 what they think

00:40:18.460 --> 00:40:19.320
 is best for

00:40:19.320 --> 00:40:20.380
 the communities

00:40:20.380 --> 00:40:21.179
 that they're ministering

00:40:21.179 --> 00:40:21.900
 in and not what

00:40:21.900 --> 00:40:22.699
 we want to do

00:40:22.699 --> 00:40:23.340
 or what we think

00:40:23.340 --> 00:40:23.960
 is best.

00:40:25.900 --> 00:40:26.300
 Because

00:40:26.300 --> 00:40:27.579
 at the end of the day

00:40:27.579 --> 00:40:28.539
 it's not about us,

00:40:28.619 --> 00:40:29.059
 it's about

00:40:29.059 --> 00:40:30.259
 the loss

00:40:30.259 --> 00:40:31.239
 and reaching the loss.

00:40:32.019 --> 00:40:33.039
 So if that means

00:40:33.039 --> 00:40:33.460
 like

00:40:33.460 --> 00:40:34.980
 the money

00:40:34.980 --> 00:40:35.860
 that we would use

00:40:35.860 --> 00:40:36.699
 to actually spend

00:40:36.699 --> 00:40:37.719
 to get to the location

00:40:37.719 --> 00:40:38.480
 would be more

00:40:38.480 --> 00:40:39.559
 beneficial

00:40:39.559 --> 00:40:40.340
 just to give

00:40:40.340 --> 00:40:40.960
 to the people

00:40:40.960 --> 00:40:42.079
 that are there

00:40:42.079 --> 00:40:42.719
 long-term

00:40:42.719 --> 00:40:43.579
 so they can use it

00:40:43.579 --> 00:40:44.099
 and spend it

00:40:44.099 --> 00:40:45.219
 which way they think

00:40:45.219 --> 00:40:45.539
 best,

00:40:45.539 --> 00:40:46.199
 we'll do that.

00:40:47.000 --> 00:40:47.559
 But if they say

00:40:47.559 --> 00:40:48.039
 hey we really

00:40:48.039 --> 00:40:48.880
 could use some help,

00:40:48.980 --> 00:40:49.519
 we could use

00:40:49.519 --> 00:40:51.820
 some faithful people

00:40:51.820 --> 00:40:52.779
 to come and help us

00:40:52.779 --> 00:40:54.420
 for this period of time

00:40:54.420 --> 00:40:56.239
 and doing this

00:40:56.239 --> 00:40:58.119
 and teaching English

00:40:58.119 --> 00:40:58.679
 or training

00:40:58.679 --> 00:41:00.019
 or there's multiple things,

00:41:00.099 --> 00:41:00.420
 serving,

00:41:00.579 --> 00:41:00.860
 building,

00:41:01.860 --> 00:41:02.739
 we want to be able

00:41:02.739 --> 00:41:04.000
 to be a part of that.

00:41:05.019 --> 00:41:06.079
 And we want to even

00:41:06.079 --> 00:41:06.779
 help train

00:41:06.779 --> 00:41:07.539
 and prepare people

00:41:07.539 --> 00:41:08.340
 before they go

00:41:08.340 --> 00:41:10.119
 on these trips.

00:41:11.619 --> 00:41:12.019
 And so

00:41:12.019 --> 00:41:13.320
 also

00:41:13.320 --> 00:41:14.259
 in this book

00:41:14.260 --> 00:41:15.120
 I recommend

00:41:15.120 --> 00:41:15.580
 this book

00:41:15.580 --> 00:41:16.100
 by the way

00:41:16.100 --> 00:41:16.960
 when helping hurts.

00:41:17.280 --> 00:41:17.880
 I haven't read

00:41:17.880 --> 00:41:18.520
 the whole thing

00:41:18.520 --> 00:41:19.780
 but it's been

00:41:19.780 --> 00:41:20.920
 very good

00:41:20.920 --> 00:41:21.440
 practically

00:41:21.440 --> 00:41:22.540
 in learning

00:41:22.540 --> 00:41:23.320
 how to apply

00:41:23.320 --> 00:41:23.840
 missions

00:41:23.840 --> 00:41:24.160
 but

00:41:24.160 --> 00:41:25.480
 he has

00:41:25.480 --> 00:41:27.420
 three things

00:41:27.420 --> 00:41:27.820
 I think

00:41:27.820 --> 00:41:28.760
 would be helpful

00:41:28.760 --> 00:41:29.640
 for you to write down.

00:41:29.780 --> 00:41:31.720
 General principles

00:41:31.720 --> 00:41:33.200
 for helping

00:41:33.200 --> 00:41:33.980
 without hurting

00:41:33.980 --> 00:41:35.600
 and

00:41:35.600 --> 00:41:37.360
 there's three kinds

00:41:37.360 --> 00:41:38.200
 of things out there.

00:41:38.280 --> 00:41:39.180
 One is relief.

00:41:39.960 --> 00:41:40.100
 Okay,

00:41:40.200 --> 00:41:40.460
 we want

00:41:40.460 --> 00:41:41.140
 there's

00:41:41.139 --> 00:41:41.900
 a crisis

00:41:41.900 --> 00:41:42.400
 in the world

00:41:42.400 --> 00:41:42.799
 and we go

00:41:42.799 --> 00:41:43.239
 and we provide

00:41:43.239 --> 00:41:43.819
 relief.

00:41:44.400 --> 00:41:44.960
 And that means

00:41:44.960 --> 00:41:46.239
 there's an urgent need

00:41:46.239 --> 00:41:47.099
 and we need to go

00:41:47.099 --> 00:41:47.920
 now

00:41:47.920 --> 00:41:48.619
 and stop

00:41:48.619 --> 00:41:49.239
 the bleeding

00:41:49.239 --> 00:41:49.659
 of whatever

00:41:49.659 --> 00:41:50.480
 is going on.

00:41:51.199 --> 00:41:52.299
 That's relief.

00:41:52.460 --> 00:41:53.119
 The second one

00:41:53.119 --> 00:41:54.460
 rehabilitation

00:41:54.460 --> 00:41:56.440
 and that starts

00:41:56.440 --> 00:41:57.319
 when the bleeding

00:41:57.319 --> 00:41:58.159
 stops

00:41:58.159 --> 00:41:59.359
 and you help

00:41:59.359 --> 00:42:00.259
 people get back

00:42:00.259 --> 00:42:01.379
 to a pre-crisis

00:42:01.379 --> 00:42:01.879
 condition.

00:42:03.199 --> 00:42:03.619
 And then

00:42:03.619 --> 00:42:04.039
 thirdly

00:42:04.039 --> 00:42:04.619
 development

00:42:04.619 --> 00:42:05.960
 which is

00:42:05.960 --> 00:42:06.579
 an ongoing

00:42:06.579 --> 00:42:07.039
 effort

00:42:07.039 --> 00:42:08.460
 to help

00:42:08.460 --> 00:42:09.179
 people

00:42:09.179 --> 00:42:10.900
 and come

00:42:10.900 --> 00:42:11.360
 into a right

00:42:11.360 --> 00:42:11.759
 relationship

00:42:11.759 --> 00:42:12.239
 with God

00:42:12.239 --> 00:42:12.460
 and help

00:42:12.460 --> 00:42:13.119
 establish them

00:42:13.119 --> 00:42:13.759
 where they are.

00:42:14.500 --> 00:42:15.079
 So that's the things

00:42:15.079 --> 00:42:15.759
 we wanted to see

00:42:15.759 --> 00:42:16.079
 but

00:42:16.079 --> 00:42:17.039
 in the book

00:42:17.039 --> 00:42:17.420
 he says

00:42:17.420 --> 00:42:18.019
 one of the biggest

00:42:18.019 --> 00:42:18.500
 mistakes

00:42:18.500 --> 00:42:18.840
 is that

00:42:18.840 --> 00:42:19.420
 North American

00:42:19.420 --> 00:42:20.259
 churches make

00:42:20.259 --> 00:42:21.519
 by far

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 is in applying

00:42:22.559 --> 00:42:23.199
 relief

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 in situations

00:42:24.460 --> 00:42:25.000
 in which

00:42:25.000 --> 00:42:25.559
 rehabilitation

00:42:25.559 --> 00:42:26.579
 or development

00:42:26.579 --> 00:42:27.420
 is appropriate.

00:42:28.199 --> 00:42:28.579
 So

00:42:28.579 --> 00:42:29.139
 we're quick

00:42:29.139 --> 00:42:29.599
 to kind of

00:42:29.599 --> 00:42:30.000
 go and

00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:30.639
 provide the

00:42:30.639 --> 00:42:31.159
 wrong kind

00:42:31.159 --> 00:42:31.559
 of help

00:42:31.559 --> 00:42:32.219
 when this

00:42:32.219 --> 00:42:32.679
 is more

00:42:32.679 --> 00:42:33.139
 needed

00:42:33.139 --> 00:42:33.460
 than

00:42:33.460 --> 00:42:34.400
 what we're

00:42:34.400 --> 00:42:34.820
 trying to

00:42:34.820 --> 00:42:35.259
 give them.

00:42:35.880 --> 00:42:36.440
 So we want

00:42:36.440 --> 00:42:37.039
 to be very

00:42:37.039 --> 00:42:37.840
 careful

00:42:37.840 --> 00:42:39.139
 thought out

00:42:39.139 --> 00:42:40.240
 prayerful

00:42:40.240 --> 00:42:41.440
 seek out

00:42:41.440 --> 00:42:41.800
 wisdom

00:42:41.800 --> 00:42:42.320
 from those

00:42:42.320 --> 00:42:42.480
 who are

00:42:42.480 --> 00:42:42.860
 in those

00:42:42.860 --> 00:42:43.320
 countries

00:42:43.320 --> 00:42:44.579
 and the

00:42:44.579 --> 00:42:45.039
 long term

00:42:45.039 --> 00:42:45.639
 missionaries

00:42:45.639 --> 00:42:46.200
 that are there

00:42:46.200 --> 00:42:47.700
 and ask

00:42:47.700 --> 00:42:48.099
 them how

00:42:48.099 --> 00:42:48.780
 best can

00:42:48.780 --> 00:42:49.340
 we help

00:42:49.340 --> 00:42:51.179
 and Nathan

00:42:51.179 --> 00:42:51.679
 and I

00:42:51.679 --> 00:42:52.679
 or Wes

00:42:52.679 --> 00:42:53.720
 and Chris

00:42:53.720 --> 00:42:54.059
 run the

00:42:54.059 --> 00:42:54.740
 process of

00:42:54.740 --> 00:42:55.480
 putting together

00:42:55.480 --> 00:42:56.500
 you know

00:42:56.500 --> 00:42:57.340
 people that are

00:42:57.340 --> 00:42:58.059
 in different

00:42:58.059 --> 00:42:58.980
 continents

00:42:58.980 --> 00:42:59.679
 different nations

00:42:59.679 --> 00:43:00.460
 that we know

00:43:00.460 --> 00:43:00.900
 and we have

00:43:00.900 --> 00:43:01.700
 connections with

00:43:01.700 --> 00:43:02.679
 we want to

00:43:02.679 --> 00:43:03.320
 be able to

00:43:03.320 --> 00:43:04.780
 love and support

00:43:04.780 --> 00:43:05.260
 them in any

00:43:05.260 --> 00:43:05.720
 way that we

00:43:05.720 --> 00:43:06.079
 can.

00:43:06.440 --> 00:43:07.340
 But at the

00:43:07.340 --> 00:43:07.579
 end of the

00:43:07.579 --> 00:43:07.980
 day this

00:43:07.980 --> 00:43:08.300
 is all

00:43:08.300 --> 00:43:08.500
 about

00:43:08.500 --> 00:43:08.820
 declaring

00:43:08.820 --> 00:43:09.320
 the gospel

00:43:09.320 --> 00:43:09.639
 and the

00:43:09.639 --> 00:43:10.019
 glory of

00:43:10.019 --> 00:43:10.599
 God to

00:43:10.599 --> 00:43:10.880
 the ends

00:43:10.880 --> 00:43:11.099
 of the

00:43:11.099 --> 00:43:11.360
 earth.

00:43:12.539 --> 00:43:13.860
 So in

00:43:13.860 --> 00:43:14.360
 closing turn

00:43:14.360 --> 00:43:14.820
 to Acts

00:43:14.820 --> 00:43:15.720
 chapter 26.

00:43:24.159 --> 00:43:25.260
 Acts 26

00:43:25.260 --> 00:43:26.119
 and go down

00:43:26.119 --> 00:43:26.519
 to verse

00:43:26.519 --> 00:43:28.039
 17.

00:43:31.619 --> 00:43:32.179
 Paul

00:43:32.179 --> 00:43:38.859
 he declares

00:43:38.859 --> 00:43:39.699
 that this

00:43:39.699 --> 00:43:40.139
 was the

00:43:40.139 --> 00:43:40.759
 mission that

00:43:40.759 --> 00:43:41.399
 God sent

00:43:41.399 --> 00:43:41.859
 him to

00:43:41.859 --> 00:43:42.119
 do

00:43:42.119 --> 00:43:44.719
 and

00:43:44.719 --> 00:43:47.559
 he says

00:43:47.559 --> 00:43:47.980
 go to

00:43:47.980 --> 00:43:48.119
 the

00:43:48.119 --> 00:43:48.899
 Gentiles

00:43:48.899 --> 00:43:49.819
 to who

00:43:49.819 --> 00:43:50.379
 I'm sending

00:43:50.379 --> 00:43:50.699
 you

00:43:50.699 --> 00:43:51.399
 verse 18

00:43:51.399 --> 00:43:51.919
 to open

00:43:51.919 --> 00:43:52.599
 their eyes

00:43:52.599 --> 00:43:54.199
 so that they

00:43:54.199 --> 00:43:54.859
 may turn

00:43:54.859 --> 00:43:55.559
 from darkness

00:43:55.559 --> 00:43:56.199
 to light

00:43:56.199 --> 00:43:56.639
 and from the

00:43:56.639 --> 00:43:57.399
 power of

00:43:57.399 --> 00:43:57.719
 Satan

00:43:57.719 --> 00:43:59.000
 to God

00:43:59.000 --> 00:43:59.460
 that they

00:43:59.460 --> 00:43:59.960
 may receive

00:43:59.960 --> 00:44:00.400
 forgiveness

00:44:00.400 --> 00:44:01.059
 of sins

00:44:01.059 --> 00:44:01.320
 and a

00:44:01.320 --> 00:44:01.699
 place

00:44:01.699 --> 00:44:03.139
 among those

00:44:03.139 --> 00:44:03.599
 who are being

00:44:03.599 --> 00:44:04.619
 sanctified by

00:44:04.619 --> 00:44:05.980
 faith in

00:44:05.980 --> 00:44:06.300
 me.

00:44:07.539 --> 00:44:08.380
 This is

00:44:08.380 --> 00:44:09.280
 our aim.

00:44:09.400 --> 00:44:09.860
 This is our

00:44:09.860 --> 00:44:10.340
 mission,

00:44:10.500 --> 00:44:10.980
 our goal.

00:44:11.199 --> 00:44:11.579
 We want

00:44:11.579 --> 00:44:12.639
 people to be

00:44:12.639 --> 00:44:13.500
 set free from

00:44:13.500 --> 00:44:14.900
 sin so they

00:44:14.900 --> 00:44:15.760
 can know the

00:44:15.760 --> 00:44:16.440
 God that

00:44:16.440 --> 00:44:17.099
 created them

00:44:17.099 --> 00:44:18.440
 and walk with

00:44:18.440 --> 00:44:19.159
 them in a way

00:44:19.159 --> 00:44:19.840
 that will honor

00:44:19.840 --> 00:44:20.820
 him and glorify

00:44:20.820 --> 00:44:21.099
 him.

00:44:21.179 --> 00:44:22.119
 And at the

00:44:22.119 --> 00:44:22.659
 end of all

00:44:22.659 --> 00:44:23.159
 things,

00:44:24.119 --> 00:44:24.860
 one day a lot

00:44:24.860 --> 00:44:25.500
 of us in here

00:44:25.500 --> 00:44:26.280
 who know Christ

00:44:26.280 --> 00:44:26.720
 and have him

00:44:26.720 --> 00:44:27.180
 in our lives

00:44:27.180 --> 00:44:27.380
 will be

00:44:27.380 --> 00:44:28.100
 standing before

00:44:28.100 --> 00:44:29.519
 the throne of

00:44:29.519 --> 00:44:30.120
 God in

00:44:30.120 --> 00:44:30.480
 eternity,

00:44:30.680 --> 00:44:31.300
 praising him,

00:44:33.060 --> 00:44:33.940
 giving him

00:44:33.940 --> 00:44:34.320
 glory,

00:44:34.740 --> 00:44:35.200
 worshiping the

00:44:35.200 --> 00:44:35.560
 lamb who

00:44:35.560 --> 00:44:36.100
 was slain.

00:44:38.220 --> 00:44:39.460
 I watched

00:44:39.460 --> 00:44:40.620
 the opening

00:44:40.620 --> 00:44:41.540
 ceremonies in

00:44:41.540 --> 00:44:42.040
 the Olympics,

00:44:42.180 --> 00:44:42.840
 like probably a

00:44:42.840 --> 00:44:43.180
 lot of us

00:44:43.180 --> 00:44:43.360
 did,

00:44:44.260 --> 00:44:45.720
 and such a

00:44:45.720 --> 00:44:46.880
 beautiful,

00:44:47.180 --> 00:44:48.960
 cool picture

00:44:48.960 --> 00:44:49.540
 of what

00:44:49.540 --> 00:44:50.000
 eternity

00:44:50.000 --> 00:44:50.860
 could be.

00:44:51.620 --> 00:44:52.180
 All the

00:44:52.180 --> 00:44:52.860
 nations coming

00:44:52.860 --> 00:44:53.700
 together for

00:44:53.700 --> 00:44:54.160
 a particular

00:44:54.160 --> 00:44:55.260
 purpose and

00:44:55.260 --> 00:44:56.320
 coming in

00:44:56.320 --> 00:44:56.620
 with their

00:44:56.620 --> 00:44:57.460
 flags and

00:44:57.460 --> 00:44:58.500
 their languages

00:44:58.500 --> 00:45:00.120
 and all of

00:45:00.120 --> 00:45:00.300
 that,

00:45:00.380 --> 00:45:00.820
 as beautiful

00:45:00.820 --> 00:45:01.680
 as that is,

00:45:02.040 --> 00:45:02.280
 you know,

00:45:02.900 --> 00:45:03.380
 there's one day

00:45:03.380 --> 00:45:03.820
 we're all going

00:45:03.820 --> 00:45:04.400
 to come together

00:45:04.400 --> 00:45:04.740
 and we're going

00:45:04.740 --> 00:45:05.180
 to lay down

00:45:05.180 --> 00:45:05.740
 those flags

00:45:05.740 --> 00:45:06.080
 and we're all

00:45:06.080 --> 00:45:06.420
 going to take

00:45:06.420 --> 00:45:07.000
 on a new

00:45:07.000 --> 00:45:07.480
 identity,

00:45:08.060 --> 00:45:08.520
 have a new

00:45:08.520 --> 00:45:08.920
 name.

00:45:09.580 --> 00:45:09.880
 There won't

00:45:09.880 --> 00:45:10.400
 be any

00:45:10.400 --> 00:45:11.340
 barrier of

00:45:11.340 --> 00:45:11.860
 race or

00:45:11.860 --> 00:45:12.880
 culture or

00:45:12.880 --> 00:45:14.200
 any kind of

00:45:14.200 --> 00:45:15.000
 hatred between

00:45:15.000 --> 00:45:15.880
 us at all.

00:45:16.400 --> 00:45:17.220
 Christ will be

00:45:17.220 --> 00:45:17.860
 our all in

00:45:17.860 --> 00:45:19.100
 all and we'll

00:45:19.100 --> 00:45:20.160
 worship him for

00:45:20.160 --> 00:45:21.520
 all eternity.

00:45:22.820 --> 00:45:23.540
 This is the

00:45:23.540 --> 00:45:24.140
 goal, this is

00:45:24.140 --> 00:45:24.920
 what we focus

00:45:24.920 --> 00:45:25.240
 on, this is

00:45:25.239 --> 00:45:26.619
 global mission

00:45:26.619 --> 00:45:28.219
 and I hope

00:45:28.219 --> 00:45:28.819
 that some of

00:45:28.819 --> 00:45:29.179
 this has been

00:45:29.179 --> 00:45:29.599
 helpful,

00:45:30.299 --> 00:45:30.719
 challenging,

00:45:30.959 --> 00:45:31.379
 convicting,

00:45:31.599 --> 00:45:32.000
 encouraging.

00:45:33.159 --> 00:45:34.079
 If you agree,

00:45:34.299 --> 00:45:35.079
 disagree, it's

00:45:35.079 --> 00:45:35.500
 alright, you

00:45:35.500 --> 00:45:36.639
 can come and

00:45:36.639 --> 00:45:37.579
 talk to me

00:45:37.579 --> 00:45:38.000
 about it.

00:45:38.519 --> 00:45:39.219
 We just want

00:45:39.219 --> 00:45:40.119
 to glorify

00:45:40.119 --> 00:45:41.859
 Christ and

00:45:41.859 --> 00:45:42.759
 that includes

00:45:42.759 --> 00:45:44.139
 local and

00:45:44.139 --> 00:45:45.239
 global mission.

00:45:46.719 --> 00:45:47.239
 So let's

00:45:47.239 --> 00:45:49.699
 just turn to

00:45:49.699 --> 00:45:50.219
 the Lord in

00:45:50.219 --> 00:45:52.139
 prayer and

00:45:52.139 --> 00:45:52.679
 ask him to

00:45:52.679 --> 00:45:53.139
 help us.

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