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 I'm a mechanic by trade.

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 I love fixing things.

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 I love getting my hands dirty.

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! There's just something about actually accomplishing something sometimes

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 that just makes a difference.

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 But you know what?

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 God set for me an ability to be a mechanic,

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 just as he did Peter and Simon to be fishermen.

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 But then he called me to a different purpose.

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 And the question is,

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 will you be obedient to it?

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 Will you do?

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 Because what you do in life is important,

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 but how you follow Christ and what he has for you is more important.

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 Because Christ ought to be your identity.

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 Your work ought not to be your identity.

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 You know, sadly today, many people find work as their identity.

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 And when Peter is confronted by Jesus,

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 we see Jesus making a personal call on Peter.

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 And Peter's response to that call sets a course for the rest of his life.

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 Because I want you to understand,

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 this was not the call to be an apostle.

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 It was a call to be a follower.

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 Now, I believe God calls every believer to follow him.

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 You'll find that theme throughout the scripture.

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 That you ought to be a follower.

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 That God has called you to follow.

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 Just like you and I,

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 if we accept what God asks and we see he comes and says,

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 follow me,

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 we'll experience some of the greater things than we could even imagine.

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 You know,

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 what higher calling could you have than to follow the Savior?

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 Now,

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 I want you to understand the calling God has on your life and what you are to do

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 may not be a pastor or a missionary.

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 It very well could be.

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 But I want you to understand,

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 he builds Peter to that point.

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 He doesn't call him to be apostle from the beginning.

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 He says,

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 Peter,

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 are you willing to follow me?

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 To step away from those things.

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 For my purpose.

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 You know,

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 when we understand what Christ's calling is and what his purpose is,

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 because I want you to understand,

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 we're not called by God for our glory and our honor.

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 To understand that it's not for us.

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 It's for him.

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 You know,

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 look over to Revelation chapter four for a moment.

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 Revelation chapter four.

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 We'll get somebody to get that one for me.

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 How about first Corinthians 10 31?

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 You got that one,

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 Lou?

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 Yeah,

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 do Revelation four 11,

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 first Corinthians 10 31.

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 Who's got that one,

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 Matt?

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 You got that one.

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 Now I need a Romans 11 29.

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 Who's got that one,

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 Joe?

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 We'll get over to you,

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 James.

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 I got a few more coming.

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 All right.

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 What's Revelation four 11.

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 Tell us.

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 You know,

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 I want you to understand the picture is,

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 is for his pleasure.

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 We're all things that are and were created.

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 How about first Corinthians 10 31?

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 Whether they're for you,

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 eat or drink.

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 For whatsoever you do,

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 do all the glory of God.

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 Okay.

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 You know,

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 what thing about that overall purpose in our lives,

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 all the way from the beginning,

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 God has set forth a purpose in those that follow him.

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 You know,

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 think about Romans 11 29.

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 What's that tell us?

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 Okay.

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 In other words,

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 the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

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 In other words,

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 when what God has gifted you and called you to do,

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 God hasn't changed his mind.

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 Our job is to follow because I want you to understand that the dynamic,

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 the calling on Peter's life,

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 because Peter wasn't saved.

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 He didn't recognize Jesus as the Messiah to sit around or even just to fish.

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 Now I want you to understand if Peter was going to fish the rest of his life,

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 he ought to do it all for the glory of God.

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 Because sometimes God gives us a vocation that we ought to do,

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 but we ought to do that vocation,

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 not for the glory of men,

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 but because we're doing it to honor the Lord by doing what we ought to do.

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 To look at what you do,

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 not for yourself,

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 but for what God can use it for.

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 Because you're saved not to sit,

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 you're saved to serve.

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 Christ is continually calling his followers to do certain thing.

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 And Jesus calls us to love,

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 to give,

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 to be a witness.

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 Each of us has a responsibility of what we're going to do with that call,

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 whether we're going to hear and heed what Christ has said.

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 Just as Peter and Simon this day had a choice.

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 But you know,

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 oftentimes we miss what God is saying.

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 Because think about Jesus came to Simon and Andrew and said,

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 follow me and I will make you fishers of men.

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 He didn't look at Peter and Andrew and say,

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 guys,

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 get over here.

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 He said,

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 you know,

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 I'm the Messiah.

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 I'm the one that's going to provide salvation.

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 What are you going to do in response to what I ask you to do?

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 Follow me.

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 You know,

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 Jesus tells us this in John 10,

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 27,

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 he says this,

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 my sheep hear my will,

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 and I know them and they follow me.

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 You know,

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 if you're one of Christ's sheep,

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 you'll listen and follow the shepherd.

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 You know,

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 part of the problem is,

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 is that oftentimes believers we hear,

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 but don't follow.

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 We hear,

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 but say,

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 not now.

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 We need to understand the importance of following him.

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 You know,

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 Christ's call is there.

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 You know,

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 he tells us what we ought to do,

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 hearing the word and not responding.

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 Look over to James chapter one.

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 We'll let James look this one up.

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 James one.

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 Can you read 22 through 25 for me?

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 Yep.

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 Nope.

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 James one.

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 22.

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 Okay.

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 Yep.

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 Sorry.

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 But be doers of the word and not hearers only,

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 deceiving your own selves.

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 Okay.

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 Okay.

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 Okay.

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 James is the practical application of faith and following.

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 He says, you can't say you follow or you trust Christ if you're not willing to do.

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 If you're not willing to accomplish what he wants.

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 You know, let's take a look at that call on Peter's life.

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 You know, I want you to understand that this was first personal.

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 Look at verse 18.

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 He saw two brethren.

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 Simon called Peter and Andrew, his brother, casting in it.

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 And they were fishers.

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 And he saith unto them.

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 It was a person, personal call by the person that was specific.

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 It was from Jesus, the person of the call.

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 You know, everywhere we turn, there are calls upon our life.

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 You know?

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 Well, I want you to understand, the Bible tells us that there's a lot of things competing

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 for our attention.

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 Can we all agree there's a lot of things in life competing for your attention?

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 Paul in Corinthians says this, they are, it may be also, many kinds of voices in the world.

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 You know, the world has a lot of things saying, hey, this, this, this, this, this is important.

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 You know, we live in a generation of advertising.

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 What's an advertisement?

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 This ought to be your priority.

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 You know, that's the purpose of advertising, to say you ought to move this up your priority

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 scale.

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 This is something you have to have.

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 It's a voice.

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 But we have to discern, is it the right voice?

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 Is it the voice we ought to be hearing and listening to?

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 Because sometimes we allow the world to drown out the things of God.

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 But the call of the Lord Jesus on our life is one of the preeminence importance because

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 he's God.

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 He's the one who specifically called Peter that day.

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 He says, follow me and I will make you fishers of men.

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 He said, follow me and I have a task for you.

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 I want you to understand, look what it tells us here.

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 Verse 20, and they straightway left their nets and followed him.

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 You know what?

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 We'll talk about that in a little bit.

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 They had a decision to make of the voice that they heard to say, what am I going to do with it?

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 When we understand that what Jesus did there for Peter, and Peter had to call or to trust

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 God's call because it'll lead us to what's best in our lives.

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 You know, when we consider that call that God gives to us.

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 Oftentimes we think, well, God, I can't do that.

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 You know what we're saying?

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 We're saying the thing as Moses did when God called him to go back to Israel.

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 But God, don't you know about this in my life?

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 Don't you know about this or that?

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 Don't you know I stutter and I'm thinking, well, think about God's response to Moses.

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 What did he say?

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 Who made man's mouth?

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 You know what he's really telling Moses?

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 Tell me something I don't know.

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 You know, you're throwing things up that he already knew before he even asked you.

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 But how often are we like Moses and make excuses?

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 Lord, don't you know?

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 Because oftentimes I think we hinder what God wants for us because we don't think it's in our best interest.

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 Who can look up Jeremiah 29 11 for me?

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 Jeremiah 29 11.

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 Got that, Lou?

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 And then 2 Corinthians 5 15, if you would, Jared.

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 Yep.

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 Jeremiah 29 11 for me.

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 I know the cost of nothing.

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 You're saying the Lord.

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 You know, let me ask you a question.

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 As a believer, what's our expected end?

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 Everlasting life with him.

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 Heaven's going to be a place of beauty, a place of peace.

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 You know why?

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 It's not because it's heaven.

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 It's because it's with him.

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 You'll be in the one that's perfect.

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 You'll be in his presence.

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 What's 2 Corinthians 5 15 say?

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 And that he died for all, and that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves,

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 but unto him which died for them and rose.

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 Okay.

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 Think about that for a moment.

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 When we understand the dynamic of the person of the call, it's the one who saved you,

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 because God extends that because you've accepted him by faith.

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 We see that picture.

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 That's the priority first is faith in Christ for salvation,

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 and then God gives you and gifts you to be able to do what he would have for you to do.

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 You know, we think about also the purpose of the call.

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 You know, to the Lord Jesus, the purpose of his own life had a specific purpose to it.

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 You know, Luke 19 tells us,

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 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.

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 That was Jesus' purpose when he came.

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 To seek and to save that which was lost.

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 To provide a way and means of salvation for us.

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 You know, when Jesus called Peter, he gave him a new purpose to become fishers of men.

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 You know, the purpose for the call on Peter's life was simply for him to bring people to the Savior.

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 As Peter had sought fish, he now sought to seek souls, to seek God's purpose, God's will for his life.

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 You know, I want you to understand that God has a purpose for you.

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 The problem with many believers today, I think, is we're not willing to step out by faith to trust him.

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 Because there's areas of obedience that here's,

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 Lord, you're tasking me to step outside my comfort zone.

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 Hey, preacher, you're making me uncomfortable.

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 Well, yeah, I'll take you outside your comfort zone because God takes us outside our comfort zone.

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 If God calls you to do something, if God gives that, he gives what's needed.

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 But you know what?

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 God will never give what's needed if you're not willing to trust him.

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 You know, we can make a lot of excuses.

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 I remember when I finally surrendered to God's call for ministry,

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 and one of the things in my mind, Lord, we were struggling financially.

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 And I'm like, Lord, where in the world are we going to get that covered?

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 You know, right after I committed to go,

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 we had a man in our church with a trucking company

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 that came up to me and says, don't worry about moving.

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 I got a truck.

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 We'll be there.

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 When do you want to move?

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 Where do you want it dropped?

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 You know what?

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 God didn't need to supply until there was a need for the supply.

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 Sometimes we want to wait.

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 Lord, you supply this, then I'll do.

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 And God says, do, and I'll supply.

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 When we understand that dynamic, you know,

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 just like we talked about this morning when Jesus was talking to the apostles,

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 ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you in our danger

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 that you should go and bring forth fruit and that your fruit should remain.

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 You know, you think about it.

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 Even before Jesus left that last time,

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 ascended up into heaven after the resurrection,

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 he gives them instruction of their purpose.

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 He tells them in Matthew 28,

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 it tells him this,

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 all power is given unto me in heaven and earth.

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 Go ye therefore and teach all nations,

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 baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost,

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 teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you.

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 And lo, I'm with you always, even unto the end of the world.

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 Do you know what he's saying?

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 Hey, here's the purpose.

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 Here's the direction.

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 I've set you to be an example as a foundation of the churches that I'm going to build

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 and to keep that doctrine pure, to teach people, not just win them,

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 but to teach them the truth.

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 You know, one of the problems I think we've had in America,

00:16:43.639 --> 00:16:44.519
 this is my opinion,

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 is that we've had a lot of churches that are focused a lot on just outreach,

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 but you know, outreach is step one and they miss the other steps.

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 Because you're to win souls and disciple them.

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 Teach them.

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 What part of discipling is teaching sound doctrine?

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 You know, I did this years ago.

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 Maybe I need to do that again.

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 Hand out a little survey, a doctrinal survey,

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 to see what people understand.

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 Because if you're sitting in the pew

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 under sound teaching,

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 if you're paying attention,

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 there's a lot of doctrinal questions you ought to be able to answer.

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 The problem is,

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 we've had people that have been saved for 30 years

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 and can't answer simple doctrinal questions

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 about who Jesus is.

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 Or how those things fit together in Scripture.

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 They have no clue because,

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 well, God loves me and I love Him,

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 so we're good.

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 Then they go about and listen to all the voices

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 and everything else going on.

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 You know, Jesus called Peter

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 to bring people to the table,

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 to be fishers of men.

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 He gave them a practical example

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 so he could understand.

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 Peter understood fishing.

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 Peter understood what God was calling him to do.

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 Peter was a commercial fisherman.

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 He needed that to provide both the sustenance,

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 the food,

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 but the income,

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 which were both temporary.

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 But he understood

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 the fruit of a fisherman

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 would be truly lasting

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 for eternity,

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 for fishing for men.

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 You know,

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 to understand the importance

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 that God placed upon it.

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 You know,

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 when we understand

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 that,

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 think about Jonah.

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 You know,

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 the book of Jonah,

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 when I read the book of Jonah,

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 I think of Jonah

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 as the grumpy prophet.

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 He really was.

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 He's the guy who says,

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 Lord,

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 I love you.

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 And now that you've beat me around

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 and got my attention,

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 I'll do what you asked me to do,

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 but I'm not going to do it willingly.

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 You know,

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 Jonah's kind of like the little kid,

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 you know,

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 that you discipline

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 and they finally do

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 what they're supposed to do.

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 It's kind of like the little boy.

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 I might be sitting on the outside,

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 but I'm standing on the inside.

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 But you know,

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 at the end of the book of Jonah,

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 Jonah,

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 even though he saw

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 a great revival in Nineveh,

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 he gets upset

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 because God withers the gourd up.

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 Jonah missed the fact

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 of how many souls

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 were spared.

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 God used him.

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 I want you to understand,

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 God can use grumpy people.

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 Why?

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 Because Jonah still obeyed.

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 But you know what?

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 Jonah could have had

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 a lot better experience

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 of following

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 if his spirit and attitude

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 would have been right about it.

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 Oftentimes,

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 we're more like Jonah.

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 Well,

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 if I have to.

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 But we ought to be more like

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 Peter and Simon

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 Lord,

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 you called,

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 I want to.

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 To do those things,

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 to understand the importance

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 because a decision

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 to answer God's call

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 also involves leaving.

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 To truly follow Christ,

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 we're going to have to leave

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 certain things behind.

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 You know,

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 there's things in life

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 that anchor you.

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 And the devil's going to put

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 things that are going to

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 anchor you.

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 The question is,

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 what are you going to

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 allow that anchor to be?

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 Is it going to be

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 the things of this world

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 or is it going to be

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 the anchor of Jesus Christ

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 in whom our hope is?

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 But something's going to hold you.

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 There's going to be offers

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 and opportunities.

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 But if it's not what God

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 wants you to do,

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 you're going to miss

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 the greatest things

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 God has.

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 To truly follow

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 Christ's call,

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 we're going to have to

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 leave things.

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 You think about even

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 in marriage,

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 you know,

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 one of the problems

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 we have in marriage

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 is people don't understand

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 the leave and cleave thing.

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 You know,

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 the leaving is important.

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 Genesis chapter 2 says,

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 therefore shall a man

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 leave his father and mother

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 and cleave unto his wife

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 and they shall be

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 one flesh.

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 You know,

00:22:02.460 --> 00:22:03.400
 before a husband

00:22:03.400 --> 00:22:04.320
 can truly become

00:22:04.320 --> 00:22:05.580
 one with his bride,

00:22:05.800 --> 00:22:07.180
 he has to emotionally

00:22:07.180 --> 00:22:08.860
 leave his father and mother.

00:22:14.259 --> 00:22:15.680
 Let me put that also,

00:22:15.780 --> 00:22:16.600
 the wife needs to

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 emotionally leave

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 mom and dad also

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 to a point.

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 You know,

00:22:23.799 --> 00:22:24.500
 mom and dad's

00:22:24.500 --> 00:22:25.419
 caused a lot of problems

00:22:25.419 --> 00:22:25.960
 in marriages.

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 But when you're married,

00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:32.039
 you have to leave,

00:22:32.119 --> 00:22:32.740
 make a choice,

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 I'm going to leave something

00:22:33.879 --> 00:22:36.859
 because this is more important

00:22:36.859 --> 00:22:37.440
 than the other.

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 Leaving and cleaving,

00:22:41.039 --> 00:22:42.139
 that concept

00:22:42.139 --> 00:22:43.700
 is important

00:22:43.700 --> 00:22:45.099
 before we can serve

00:22:45.099 --> 00:22:46.740
 our master,

00:22:46.879 --> 00:22:48.220
 the Lord Jesus Christ,

00:22:48.220 --> 00:22:48.839
 there are things

00:22:48.839 --> 00:22:49.920
 we need to leave

00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:50.660
 behind.

00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:52.460
 You know,

00:22:52.839 --> 00:22:55.620
 when you understand

00:22:55.620 --> 00:22:56.680
 that principle,

00:22:57.620 --> 00:22:57.860
 you know,

00:22:57.920 --> 00:22:58.440
 you think about

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 1 Kings chapter 19.

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 You know,

00:23:01.620 --> 00:23:02.640
 we find here

00:23:02.640 --> 00:23:07.100
 Elijah and Elisha.

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 Elijah sets forth

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 a call to Elisha

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 and it says this,

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 and he left the oxen

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 and ran after Elijah

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 and said,

00:23:15.819 --> 00:23:16.919
 let me,

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 I pray thee,

00:23:17.700 --> 00:23:18.659
 kiss my father

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 and my mother

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 and then I will

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 follow thee.

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 And he said unto him,

00:23:21.939 --> 00:23:22.839
 go back again

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 for what have I done

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 to thee?

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 And he returned

00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:26.079
 back from him

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 and took a yoke

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 of oxen

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 and slew them

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 and boiled their flesh

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 and the instrument

00:23:30.220 --> 00:23:30.799
 of the oxen

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 and gave it unto

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 the people

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 and they did eat.

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 Then he arose

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 and he went after

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 Elijah

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 and ministered

00:23:35.899 --> 00:23:36.500
 unto him.

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 I want you to understand

00:23:41.880 --> 00:23:43.619
 Elisha gave up

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 something

00:23:47.099 --> 00:23:49.200
 to follow.

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 He's another individual.

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 He had servants.

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 His father was prosperous

00:23:57.339 --> 00:23:57.839
 but he said,

00:23:57.920 --> 00:23:58.180
 Lord,

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 he even slew the oxen

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 that he was plowing with.

00:24:04.099 --> 00:24:04.859
 In other words,

00:24:04.900 --> 00:24:05.220
 he says,

00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:05.460
 Lord,

00:24:05.460 --> 00:24:06.340
 I've made a choice.

00:24:06.440 --> 00:24:07.380
 I'm going to follow.

00:24:08.579 --> 00:24:09.500
 I'm going to leave

00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:10.680
 certain things behind

00:24:10.680 --> 00:24:11.500
 to go forth.

00:24:12.940 --> 00:24:13.779
 To understand

00:24:13.779 --> 00:24:14.579
 that dynamic.

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 Think about Abraham.

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 You ever thought

00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:18.340
 that God's call

00:24:18.340 --> 00:24:19.319
 on Abraham's life,

00:24:19.400 --> 00:24:19.740
 there was some

00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:20.460
 important leaving?

00:24:23.640 --> 00:24:24.259
 It says,

00:24:24.360 --> 00:24:25.259
 the Lord said unto Abraham,

00:24:25.400 --> 00:24:26.799
 get thee out of thy country

00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:27.920
 and from thy kindred

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 and from thy father's house

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 unto a land

00:24:31.200 --> 00:24:31.980
 I will show thee.

00:24:35.460 --> 00:24:36.740
 Let me put it to you

00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:37.180
 another way.

00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:37.960
 He told Abraham,

00:24:38.160 --> 00:24:38.779
 get out from where

00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:39.420
 you're comfortable

00:24:39.420 --> 00:24:42.519
 and trust me.

00:24:46.700 --> 00:24:48.279
 Abraham obeyed

00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:49.779
 and God blessed him

00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:50.680
 greatly.

00:24:51.620 --> 00:24:51.860
 You know,

00:24:51.900 --> 00:24:52.480
 a little later

00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:53.460
 in Luke 18,

00:24:53.620 --> 00:24:54.039
 Jesus,

00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:55.559
 it says,

00:24:55.680 --> 00:24:56.299
 now when Jesus

00:24:56.299 --> 00:24:57.240
 heard these things,

00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:58.140
 he said unto him,

00:24:58.519 --> 00:24:59.440
 yet lackest thou

00:24:59.440 --> 00:25:00.319
 one thing.

00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:01.120
 You know,

00:25:01.120 --> 00:25:02.180
 he's talking to the rich man,

00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:02.380
 he says,

00:25:02.380 --> 00:25:03.600
 sell all that thou hast

00:25:03.600 --> 00:25:04.700
 and distribute unto the poor

00:25:04.700 --> 00:25:06.060
 and thou shalt have treasure

00:25:06.060 --> 00:25:06.560
 to heaven.

00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:07.020
 Come,

00:25:07.400 --> 00:25:08.040
 follow me.

00:25:08.360 --> 00:25:09.300
 Now the principle

00:25:09.300 --> 00:25:11.060
 that Jesus is bringing forth here

00:25:11.060 --> 00:25:12.440
 has nothing to do

00:25:12.440 --> 00:25:13.220
 with the money

00:25:13.220 --> 00:25:14.740
 but has everything to do

00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:15.780
 with the heart attachment.

00:25:17.380 --> 00:25:18.380
 Because the man said,

00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:19.920
 I have too much responsibility

00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:21.020
 to follow you.

00:25:22.900 --> 00:25:24.220
 And you know what Jesus said?

00:25:25.520 --> 00:25:27.000
 If you're going to follow me,

00:25:27.120 --> 00:25:28.180
 there's going to be some leaving.

00:25:28.900 --> 00:25:29.740
 There's going to have to be

00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:30.660
 some letting loose.

00:25:32.380 --> 00:25:34.400
 You know,

00:25:34.420 --> 00:25:35.420
 sometimes one of the things

00:25:35.420 --> 00:25:36.820
 that keeps us from following Christ

00:25:36.820 --> 00:25:37.560
 is our pride.

00:25:41.260 --> 00:25:42.920
 To let loose of our pride

00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:45.780
 is sometimes the hardest thing to do.

00:25:50.320 --> 00:25:52.060
 But pride keeps us

00:25:52.060 --> 00:25:53.940
 from following him.

00:25:54.020 --> 00:25:56.280
 It talks about leaving earthly pursuits.

00:25:57.020 --> 00:25:57.200
 You know,

00:25:57.520 --> 00:25:58.420
 Peter was called

00:25:58.420 --> 00:25:59.960
 to leave his comfort zone.

00:26:00.360 --> 00:26:01.600
 It was his occupation.

00:26:01.599 --> 00:26:03.119
 It was a family tradition.

00:26:03.579 --> 00:26:04.740
 He had his own boat,

00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:05.599
 his own nets,

00:26:05.899 --> 00:26:06.759
 his own people.

00:26:06.859 --> 00:26:08.619
 It was his professional occupation.

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:10.939
 Yet he received a higher call

00:26:10.939 --> 00:26:11.899
 and he was willing

00:26:11.899 --> 00:26:13.359
 to leave these behind.

00:26:17.359 --> 00:26:17.859
 You know,

00:26:17.879 --> 00:26:19.099
 sometimes we get caught up

00:26:19.099 --> 00:26:20.659
 in laying up the wrong places.

00:26:21.699 --> 00:26:23.319
 The reason Jesus tells us

00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:24.179
 in Matthew 6

00:26:24.179 --> 00:26:25.439
 is lay not up for yourselves

00:26:25.439 --> 00:26:26.559
 treasures upon earth

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:28.099
 where moth and wrath

00:26:28.099 --> 00:26:28.679
 does corrupt

00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:29.440
 and where thieves

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:30.539
 break through and steal.

00:26:30.940 --> 00:26:32.100
 But lay up for yourselves

00:26:32.100 --> 00:26:33.200
 treasures in heaven

00:26:33.200 --> 00:26:34.460
 where neither moth

00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:35.560
 nor wrath does corrupt

00:26:35.560 --> 00:26:36.200
 and where thieves

00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:37.140
 do not break through

00:26:37.140 --> 00:26:37.720
 nor steal.

00:26:38.120 --> 00:26:39.799
 For where your treasure is

00:26:39.799 --> 00:26:41.259
 there will your heart be also.

00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:43.660
 Now,

00:26:43.720 --> 00:26:44.440
 I want you to understand,

00:26:44.600 --> 00:26:45.820
 Jesus isn't talking about

00:26:45.820 --> 00:26:47.720
 that you can't have resources

00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:48.380
 in this life.

00:26:48.420 --> 00:26:49.720
 I believe God blesses people

00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:50.340
 with resources

00:26:50.340 --> 00:26:52.420
 for his purpose.

00:26:52.420 --> 00:26:54.700
 The difference is,

00:26:54.800 --> 00:26:56.259
 do you own the resources

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:57.380
 for God's glory

00:26:57.380 --> 00:26:58.340
 or do the resources

00:26:58.340 --> 00:26:58.960
 own you?

00:27:01.740 --> 00:27:03.140
 You know what the problem is today?

00:27:03.220 --> 00:27:03.779
 We live in such

00:27:03.779 --> 00:27:04.960
 a materialistic society.

00:27:05.100 --> 00:27:06.220
 Oftentimes the resources

00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:07.580
 you have own you

00:27:07.580 --> 00:27:10.120
 instead of you owning them

00:27:10.120 --> 00:27:10.380
 and say,

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:11.400
 how can I use these

00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:12.140
 for God's glory?

00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:15.920
 How can I do those things?

00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:16.800
 Because it involves

00:27:16.800 --> 00:27:18.279
 leaving those things.

00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:19.080
 It involves leaving

00:27:19.080 --> 00:27:20.200
 personal ties.

00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:21.180
 You know?

00:27:23.080 --> 00:27:24.019
 Sometimes this is

00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:24.680
 the hardest thing.

00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:25.640
 Look at verse 20.

00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:26.299
 It says,

00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:27.360
 and they straightway

00:27:27.360 --> 00:27:28.299
 left their nets

00:27:28.299 --> 00:27:30.180
 and followed him.

00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:32.700
 You know what?

00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:34.100
 Sometimes your personal

00:27:34.100 --> 00:27:34.960
 connection is harder

00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:35.580
 to leave

00:27:35.580 --> 00:27:36.680
 than the financial

00:27:36.680 --> 00:27:37.299
 connections.

00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:40.720
 To say,

00:27:40.819 --> 00:27:41.980
 who do I trust?

00:27:43.920 --> 00:27:45.039
 God's asking me

00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:45.740
 to get outside

00:27:45.740 --> 00:27:47.380
 of myself

00:27:47.380 --> 00:27:48.519
 and what I want

00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:50.080
 and what I hang on to.

00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:50.880
 You know?

00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:51.559
 Sometimes it's

00:27:51.559 --> 00:27:52.960
 leaving people we love.

00:27:53.420 --> 00:27:53.600
 You know,

00:27:53.660 --> 00:27:54.779
 Peter and Andrew

00:27:54.779 --> 00:27:55.680
 were not only asked

00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:56.799
 to leave their profession,

00:27:57.340 --> 00:27:58.140
 they also had

00:27:58.140 --> 00:27:59.539
 also to leave

00:27:59.539 --> 00:28:00.799
 their lifetime friends

00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:01.940
 and co-laborers

00:28:01.940 --> 00:28:03.400
 in that to serve

00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:04.539
 what God would have.

00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:05.840
 And it says straightway

00:28:05.840 --> 00:28:06.600
 or immediately

00:28:06.600 --> 00:28:07.620
 they did.

00:28:10.960 --> 00:28:11.539
 You know,

00:28:11.600 --> 00:28:12.220
 every missionary

00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:13.180
 we have through,

00:28:13.259 --> 00:28:14.059
 have you ever considered

00:28:14.059 --> 00:28:14.720
 they gave up

00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:15.500
 a lot of personal

00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:16.519
 family ties

00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:19.819
 to go serve the Lord?

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:25.000
 You know,

00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:25.559
 missionaries

00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:26.019
 when they go

00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:26.519
 to the field

00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:27.259
 surrender a lot

00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:27.700
 of things.

00:28:33.059 --> 00:28:33.880
 But you know what?

00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:34.900
 That same dynamic

00:28:34.900 --> 00:28:35.539
 doesn't apply

00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:36.319
 just for a missionary.

00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:37.279
 Sometimes it applies

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:38.140
 exactly to us.

00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:40.980
 Because sometimes

00:28:40.980 --> 00:28:41.960
 we let tradition

00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:44.080
 and family dynamic

00:28:44.080 --> 00:28:45.840
 hold us

00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:47.639
 instead of letting

00:28:47.639 --> 00:28:48.240
 go of it

00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:48.480
 and say,

00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:48.679
 Lord,

00:28:48.740 --> 00:28:49.019
 I'm going to

00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:51.019
 obey you first.

00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:53.599
 I'm going to

00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:54.759
 hold on to you.

00:28:57.179 --> 00:28:58.039
 When we think

00:28:58.039 --> 00:28:58.379
 of that,

00:28:58.500 --> 00:28:59.000
 it doesn't,

00:28:59.299 --> 00:29:00.259
 it sometimes

00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:01.019
 makes us

00:29:01.019 --> 00:29:01.659
 uncomfortable.

00:29:02.259 --> 00:29:03.019
 But I want you

00:29:03.019 --> 00:29:03.579
 to understand

00:29:03.579 --> 00:29:04.119
 the moment

00:29:04.119 --> 00:29:05.199
 you're saved,

00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:06.639
 you're different,

00:29:06.779 --> 00:29:07.699
 you're transformed.

00:29:07.899 --> 00:29:08.519
 2 Corinthians

00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:09.220
 tells us,

00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:09.700
 Therefore,

00:29:09.900 --> 00:29:10.380
 if any man

00:29:10.380 --> 00:29:11.339
 be in Christ,

00:29:11.460 --> 00:29:12.600
 he is a new creature.

00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:13.420
 Old things

00:29:13.420 --> 00:29:14.120
 are passed away.

00:29:14.180 --> 00:29:14.440
 Behold,

00:29:14.500 --> 00:29:15.140
 all things

00:29:15.140 --> 00:29:15.960
 are become new.

00:29:16.880 --> 00:29:17.120
 You know,

00:29:17.380 --> 00:29:18.600
 leaving loved ones

00:29:18.600 --> 00:29:19.460
 whether to travel

00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:20.519
 thousands of miles

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:21.519
 across the sea

00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:22.539
 or to suffer

00:29:22.539 --> 00:29:24.019
 spiritual separation

00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:24.860
 here at home

00:29:24.860 --> 00:29:26.019
 won't be easy.

00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:26.839
 You know what I find

00:29:26.839 --> 00:29:27.420
 a lot of times?

00:29:27.500 --> 00:29:28.539
 I've talked to a lot

00:29:28.539 --> 00:29:28.940
 of people

00:29:28.940 --> 00:29:30.339
 who I really believe

00:29:30.339 --> 00:29:30.900
 are saved

00:29:30.900 --> 00:29:31.299
 but you know

00:29:31.299 --> 00:29:32.519
 because of family ties

00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:33.200
 they won't follow

00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:33.600
 the Lord.

00:29:33.600 --> 00:29:34.000
 Yeah.

00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:34.000


00:29:39.220 --> 00:29:43.000
 Because of tradition

00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:43.700
 they won't follow

00:29:43.700 --> 00:29:44.160
 the Lord.

00:29:46.660 --> 00:29:47.700
 Everybody in our

00:29:47.700 --> 00:29:48.539
 family is this.

00:29:50.620 --> 00:29:51.579
 It'll make my family

00:29:51.579 --> 00:29:52.019
 uncomfortable

00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:52.980
 if we do this.

00:29:56.860 --> 00:29:57.940
 But you know what?

00:29:59.660 --> 00:30:01.000
 Who ought to please

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:01.740
 more should you

00:30:01.740 --> 00:30:02.600
 please your Savior

00:30:02.600 --> 00:30:05.640
 or what makes

00:30:05.640 --> 00:30:06.160
 other people

00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:06.839
 feel comfortable?

00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:10.120
 You know,

00:30:10.160 --> 00:30:11.140
 there's often times

00:30:11.140 --> 00:30:12.180
 that people allow

00:30:12.180 --> 00:30:12.720
 history,

00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:13.299
 tradition,

00:30:13.440 --> 00:30:14.039
 and family

00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:14.880
 to hinder them

00:30:14.880 --> 00:30:15.420
 from doing

00:30:15.420 --> 00:30:16.059
 what God's

00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:16.839
 called them to do.

00:30:17.579 --> 00:30:18.559
 What God says,

00:30:18.680 --> 00:30:19.440
 take this step

00:30:19.440 --> 00:30:20.160
 of obedience

00:30:20.160 --> 00:30:21.819
 and I think

00:30:21.819 --> 00:30:22.539
 it just stops

00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:23.259
 a lot of people.

00:30:25.400 --> 00:30:26.240
 And the devil

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:27.140
 uses for them

00:30:27.140 --> 00:30:27.740
 to put down

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:28.920
 roots of resistance

00:30:28.920 --> 00:30:29.819
 against the things

00:30:29.819 --> 00:30:30.299
 of God

00:30:30.299 --> 00:30:30.839
 because they're

00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:31.220
 unwilling

00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:32.440
 to be obedient

00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:33.319
 in one area

00:30:33.319 --> 00:30:33.940
 of their life.

00:30:36.579 --> 00:30:37.220
 To say,

00:30:37.319 --> 00:30:37.500
 Lord,

00:30:37.600 --> 00:30:38.120
 I surrender

00:30:38.120 --> 00:30:38.980
 my pride

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:39.539
 and my

00:30:39.539 --> 00:30:40.799
 thinking about

00:30:40.799 --> 00:30:41.299
 I surrender

00:30:41.299 --> 00:30:41.799
 what everybody

00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:42.620
 else thinks about

00:30:42.620 --> 00:30:42.960
 to say,

00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:43.160
 Lord,

00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:43.660
 I want to

00:30:43.660 --> 00:30:44.380
 follow you

00:30:44.380 --> 00:30:45.079
 and to be

00:30:45.079 --> 00:30:45.480
 faithful

00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:45.860
 no matter

00:30:45.860 --> 00:30:46.519
 what area

00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:47.240
 that is.

00:30:48.980 --> 00:30:50.079
 To be obedient

00:30:50.079 --> 00:30:50.920
 unto the Lord

00:30:50.920 --> 00:30:51.200
 to say,

00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:51.460
 I'm going to

00:30:51.460 --> 00:30:52.500
 step out by faith

00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:53.200
 and I'm going to

00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:53.759
 be a member

00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:54.360
 of a church

00:30:54.360 --> 00:30:55.120
 that obeys

00:30:55.120 --> 00:30:55.599
 the truth

00:30:55.599 --> 00:30:55.980
 of the word

00:30:55.980 --> 00:30:56.360
 of God.

00:30:56.640 --> 00:30:56.860
 You know,

00:30:56.880 --> 00:30:57.220
 there's a lot

00:30:57.220 --> 00:30:57.519
 of things

00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:57.900
 that hinder

00:30:57.900 --> 00:30:58.360
 people

00:30:58.360 --> 00:31:01.059
 and they sit

00:31:01.059 --> 00:31:01.900
 on the sideline

00:31:01.900 --> 00:31:02.839
 because of pride.

00:31:02.839 --> 00:31:03.459
 God

00:31:03.459 --> 00:31:08.059
 but Jesus

00:31:08.059 --> 00:31:08.659
 says to

00:31:08.659 --> 00:31:09.399
 follow him

00:31:09.399 --> 00:31:10.720
 to leave

00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:11.699
 those things.

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:14.639
 You know,

00:31:14.679 --> 00:31:15.579
 Jesus in Mark

00:31:15.579 --> 00:31:16.579
 10 says this,

00:31:16.659 --> 00:31:16.980
 he says,

00:31:17.099 --> 00:31:17.899
 and Jesus answered,

00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:18.959
 verily I say unto you,

00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:20.659
 there is no man

00:31:20.659 --> 00:31:21.259
 that hath left

00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:22.279
 house or brethren

00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:22.819
 or sister

00:31:22.819 --> 00:31:23.379
 or father

00:31:23.379 --> 00:31:23.799
 or mother

00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:24.319
 or wife

00:31:24.319 --> 00:31:24.740
 or children

00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:25.319
 or land

00:31:25.319 --> 00:31:26.579
 for my sake

00:31:26.579 --> 00:31:27.279
 in the gospel

00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:27.899
 but he shall

00:31:27.899 --> 00:31:29.240
 receive a hundredfold

00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:32.139
 now in this time

00:31:32.139 --> 00:31:33.059
 houses and brethren

00:31:33.059 --> 00:31:33.539
 and sisters

00:31:33.539 --> 00:31:34.779
 and children

00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:35.420
 and lands

00:31:35.420 --> 00:31:36.519
 with persecutions

00:31:36.519 --> 00:31:37.299
 and in this world

00:31:37.299 --> 00:31:37.779
 to come

00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:39.379
 eternal life.

00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:45.519
 You know,

00:31:45.539 --> 00:31:46.339
 there's a missionary

00:31:46.339 --> 00:31:47.180
 by the name

00:31:47.180 --> 00:31:48.099
 of David Livingstone.

00:31:48.180 --> 00:31:48.539
 If you've never

00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:49.519
 read his biography,

00:31:50.819 --> 00:31:52.359
 I'd encourage you to,

00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:54.259
 but he was an avid reader

00:31:54.259 --> 00:31:55.139
 and he loved books.

00:31:55.140 --> 00:31:58.360
 When he went to Africa,

00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:59.280
 he went into the heart

00:31:59.280 --> 00:31:59.800
 of Africa

00:31:59.800 --> 00:32:00.900
 to preach the gospel.

00:32:02.840 --> 00:32:03.780
 There was a point

00:32:03.780 --> 00:32:04.520
 in his journey,

00:32:04.620 --> 00:32:05.200
 all the books

00:32:05.200 --> 00:32:05.940
 that he was bringing

00:32:05.940 --> 00:32:06.380
 with him

00:32:06.380 --> 00:32:07.140
 because he wanted

00:32:07.140 --> 00:32:07.600
 to have them,

00:32:07.640 --> 00:32:08.360
 he had to leave them.

00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:13.700
 But you know,

00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:14.400
 that's the way it is.

00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:15.140
 Sometimes God

00:32:15.140 --> 00:32:16.259
 allows us,

00:32:17.220 --> 00:32:18.259
 we're stepping out

00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:18.780
 but we're still

00:32:18.780 --> 00:32:19.700
 dragging things

00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:20.160
 with us.

00:32:20.160 --> 00:32:20.380
 You know,

00:32:20.420 --> 00:32:21.500
 just like Abraham

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:25.640
 brought his uncle

00:32:25.640 --> 00:32:26.420
 and his nephew

00:32:26.420 --> 00:32:26.900
 with him

00:32:26.900 --> 00:32:28.039
 when God said

00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:28.559
 to leave him.

00:32:31.380 --> 00:32:32.440
 But God brought him

00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:32.920
 to a point

00:32:32.920 --> 00:32:33.380
 where it's okay,

00:32:33.460 --> 00:32:34.019
 you're leaving him?

00:32:34.460 --> 00:32:34.759
 Okay,

00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:35.559
 you still got that,

00:32:35.619 --> 00:32:36.440
 we'll deal with that.

00:32:36.880 --> 00:32:38.380
 And Abraham eventually

00:32:38.380 --> 00:32:40.640
 parted ways

00:32:40.640 --> 00:32:41.180
 with Lot.

00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:41.619
 You know what,

00:32:41.660 --> 00:32:42.400
 that's when he fully

00:32:42.400 --> 00:32:43.220
 obeyed God

00:32:43.220 --> 00:32:48.019
 to leave behind

00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:48.579
 his family

00:32:48.579 --> 00:32:49.460
 and to trust God.

00:32:49.460 --> 00:32:53.220
 to trust him.

00:32:57.920 --> 00:32:59.039
 He understood

00:32:59.039 --> 00:33:01.400
 that his most

00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:02.360
 treasured books

00:33:02.360 --> 00:33:03.940
 weren't worth

00:33:03.940 --> 00:33:04.759
 what God

00:33:04.759 --> 00:33:05.620
 called him to do.

00:33:09.900 --> 00:33:10.539
 You know,

00:33:10.579 --> 00:33:11.600
 Christ is working

00:33:11.600 --> 00:33:12.920
 in our life

00:33:12.920 --> 00:33:13.799
 but look here quickly,

00:33:13.880 --> 00:33:14.660
 look at the following.

00:33:15.559 --> 00:33:15.759
 You know,

00:33:16.079 --> 00:33:17.680
 and they followed him

00:33:17.680 --> 00:33:18.620
 to recognize

00:33:18.619 --> 00:33:20.259
 how we ought

00:33:20.259 --> 00:33:21.039
 to serve.

00:33:21.439 --> 00:33:22.259
 That's a challenge

00:33:22.259 --> 00:33:22.639
 to us.

00:33:22.719 --> 00:33:23.919
 If we have recognized

00:33:23.919 --> 00:33:25.159
 the calling of God

00:33:25.159 --> 00:33:25.599
 and determined

00:33:25.599 --> 00:33:26.299
 to step out

00:33:26.299 --> 00:33:27.039
 and follow him,

00:33:27.159 --> 00:33:28.659
 we need to go forth

00:33:28.659 --> 00:33:29.699
 in faith.

00:33:29.799 --> 00:33:30.079
 It says,

00:33:30.199 --> 00:33:30.899
 and they straightway

00:33:30.899 --> 00:33:31.719
 left their nets

00:33:31.719 --> 00:33:32.819
 and followed him.

00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:34.139
 I want you to understand

00:33:34.139 --> 00:33:36.039
 following requires faith.

00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:39.599
 Moses forsook

00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:40.779
 Pharaoh's palace

00:33:40.779 --> 00:33:42.059
 to go into

00:33:42.059 --> 00:33:42.599
 the wilderness.

00:33:42.599 --> 00:33:42.779
 witness.

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:44.919
 It took faith

00:33:44.919 --> 00:33:45.599
 for Gideon

00:33:45.599 --> 00:33:46.139
 to take

00:33:46.139 --> 00:33:48.039
 on the mighty

00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:49.099
 Midianite army

00:33:49.099 --> 00:33:50.459
 with just 300 men

00:33:50.459 --> 00:33:51.319
 carrying trumpets

00:33:51.319 --> 00:33:51.859
 and lamps.

00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:56.279
 It took faith

00:33:56.279 --> 00:33:56.899
 for Daniel

00:33:56.899 --> 00:33:57.559
 to reject

00:33:57.559 --> 00:33:58.480
 the king's law

00:33:58.480 --> 00:33:59.559
 and follow God's.

00:33:59.859 --> 00:34:00.759
 It took faith

00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:01.379
 for Joseph

00:34:01.379 --> 00:34:02.439
 to believe God

00:34:02.439 --> 00:34:03.240
 and not separate

00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:03.819
 himself

00:34:03.819 --> 00:34:05.619
 from Mary

00:34:05.619 --> 00:34:06.379
 after finding

00:34:06.379 --> 00:34:07.259
 she was expecting

00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:07.859
 a child.

00:34:07.859 --> 00:34:08.980
 It took faith

00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:09.500
 for Philip

00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:10.819
 to leave a revival

00:34:10.820 --> 00:34:11.620
 to go witness

00:34:11.620 --> 00:34:13.100
 to an Ethiopian eunuch.

00:34:15.340 --> 00:34:16.680
 It took faith

00:34:16.680 --> 00:34:17.240
 for Paul

00:34:17.240 --> 00:34:17.800
 to forsake

00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:18.760
 his plans

00:34:18.760 --> 00:34:19.940
 to heed

00:34:19.940 --> 00:34:20.880
 the Macedonian

00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:21.340
 call

00:34:21.340 --> 00:34:21.900
 when God

00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:23.240
 sent him

00:34:23.240 --> 00:34:24.420
 a different direction

00:34:24.420 --> 00:34:25.340
 from what he wanted.

00:34:27.700 --> 00:34:28.539
 That's reason

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:29.460
 Hebrews tells us

00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:30.220
 that without faith

00:34:30.220 --> 00:34:31.100
 it's impossible

00:34:31.100 --> 00:34:32.100
 to please him.

00:34:33.240 --> 00:34:33.480
 You know?

00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:36.340
 Peter chose

00:34:36.340 --> 00:34:37.100
 faith.

00:34:38.100 --> 00:34:38.900
 But I want you

00:34:38.900 --> 00:34:39.559
 to understand

00:34:39.559 --> 00:34:40.360
 the picture here

00:34:40.360 --> 00:34:40.980
 we find

00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:41.760
 is faith

00:34:41.760 --> 00:34:42.840
 replaces

00:34:42.840 --> 00:34:43.800
 fear.

00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:47.079
 You know

00:34:47.079 --> 00:34:47.920
 fear keeps us

00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:48.280
 from a lot

00:34:48.280 --> 00:34:48.700
 of things.

00:34:52.860 --> 00:34:53.340
 Pride

00:34:53.340 --> 00:34:54.140
 and fear

00:34:54.140 --> 00:34:54.820
 are two

00:34:54.820 --> 00:34:55.680
 big stumbling

00:34:55.680 --> 00:34:56.120
 blocks.

00:34:58.940 --> 00:34:59.720
 And sometimes

00:34:59.720 --> 00:35:00.500
 they're interconnected.

00:35:05.380 --> 00:35:06.280
 We see here

00:35:06.280 --> 00:35:06.640
 the day

00:35:06.640 --> 00:35:07.240
 of Peter's

00:35:07.240 --> 00:35:07.620
 calling

00:35:07.620 --> 00:35:08.200
 and all the

00:35:08.200 --> 00:35:08.559
 thoughts

00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:09.120
 that were surely

00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:09.739
 running through

00:35:09.739 --> 00:35:10.400
 his mind

00:35:10.400 --> 00:35:11.759
 as he stood

00:35:11.759 --> 00:35:12.159
 up and

00:35:12.159 --> 00:35:12.759
 accepted

00:35:12.759 --> 00:35:13.539
 what God

00:35:13.539 --> 00:35:14.559
 had offered.

00:35:15.179 --> 00:35:15.759
 There was

00:35:15.759 --> 00:35:16.559
 no guarantee

00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:17.400
 of comfort

00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:18.239
 or safety.

00:35:19.839 --> 00:35:20.420
 Matter of fact

00:35:20.420 --> 00:35:21.599
 Jesus tells him

00:35:21.599 --> 00:35:22.420
 this in Matthew

00:35:22.420 --> 00:35:23.099
 16.

00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:23.920
 He says

00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:24.539
 then Jesus

00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:24.960
 said unto

00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:25.719
 his disciples

00:35:25.719 --> 00:35:26.339
 if any man

00:35:26.339 --> 00:35:26.960
 come after me

00:35:26.960 --> 00:35:27.659
 let him deny

00:35:27.659 --> 00:35:28.159
 himself

00:35:28.159 --> 00:35:29.219
 and take up

00:35:29.219 --> 00:35:29.880
 his cross

00:35:29.880 --> 00:35:30.940
 and follow me.

00:35:30.940 --> 00:35:35.920
 to deny

00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:36.679
 yourself

00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:36.980
 you know

00:35:36.980 --> 00:35:37.440
 what that is

00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:37.860
 that's saying

00:35:37.860 --> 00:35:38.700
 my pride

00:35:38.700 --> 00:35:39.659
 is less

00:35:39.659 --> 00:35:40.159
 important

00:35:40.159 --> 00:35:40.559
 than what

00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:40.940
 the Savior

00:35:40.940 --> 00:35:41.300
 has.

00:35:42.880 --> 00:35:43.920
 To understand

00:35:43.920 --> 00:35:44.760
 that important

00:35:44.760 --> 00:35:46.659
 you know

00:35:46.659 --> 00:35:48.079
 Jesus challenges

00:35:48.079 --> 00:35:48.700
 in Mark

00:35:48.700 --> 00:35:49.780
 4 40

00:35:49.780 --> 00:35:50.360
 and he says

00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:50.900
 why are you

00:35:50.900 --> 00:35:51.579
 so fearful

00:35:51.579 --> 00:35:52.079
 how do you

00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:52.699
 have no

00:35:52.699 --> 00:35:53.639
 faith?

00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:57.920
 Peter

00:35:57.920 --> 00:35:58.239
 later

00:35:58.239 --> 00:35:59.019
 or excuse me

00:35:59.019 --> 00:35:59.579
 Paul later

00:35:59.579 --> 00:36:00.500
 tells Timothy

00:36:00.500 --> 00:36:01.460
 in 2nd

00:36:01.460 --> 00:36:01.799
 Timothy

00:36:01.799 --> 00:36:02.099
 he says

00:36:02.099 --> 00:36:02.539
 for God

00:36:02.539 --> 00:36:02.920
 hath not

00:36:02.920 --> 00:36:03.319
 given us

00:36:03.319 --> 00:36:03.819
 the spirit

00:36:03.819 --> 00:36:04.279
 of fear

00:36:04.279 --> 00:36:05.420
 but of power

00:36:05.420 --> 00:36:06.059
 and love

00:36:06.059 --> 00:36:06.739
 and of a sound

00:36:06.739 --> 00:36:07.259
 mind.

00:36:09.840 --> 00:36:10.440
 If we're

00:36:10.440 --> 00:36:10.659
 going to

00:36:10.659 --> 00:36:11.819
 follow him

00:36:11.819 --> 00:36:12.380
 we have to

00:36:12.380 --> 00:36:12.779
 understand

00:36:12.779 --> 00:36:13.159
 there's going

00:36:13.159 --> 00:36:13.840
 to be times

00:36:13.840 --> 00:36:14.219
 that things

00:36:14.219 --> 00:36:14.440
 are going

00:36:14.440 --> 00:36:14.819
 to shake

00:36:14.819 --> 00:36:15.139
 us.

00:36:16.139 --> 00:36:16.599
 Think about

00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:17.559
 Psalms 56

00:36:17.559 --> 00:36:18.079
 matter of fact

00:36:18.079 --> 00:36:18.500
 turn over

00:36:18.500 --> 00:36:18.799
 there

00:36:18.799 --> 00:36:19.739
 quick

00:36:19.739 --> 00:36:21.079
 Psalm 56

00:36:21.079 --> 00:36:30.639
 We'll close

00:36:30.639 --> 00:36:31.139
 out here

00:36:31.139 --> 00:36:31.579
 think about

00:36:31.579 --> 00:36:32.059
 this verse

00:36:32.059 --> 00:36:32.599
 for a moment

00:36:32.599 --> 00:36:34.399
 if you're

00:36:34.399 --> 00:36:34.719
 going to

00:36:34.719 --> 00:36:35.899
 answer the

00:36:35.899 --> 00:36:36.279
 call

00:36:36.279 --> 00:36:36.679
 there's going

00:36:36.679 --> 00:36:36.919
 to be

00:36:36.919 --> 00:36:37.419
 things

00:36:37.419 --> 00:36:37.659
 that are

00:36:37.659 --> 00:36:37.899
 going to

00:36:37.899 --> 00:36:38.239
 challenge

00:36:38.239 --> 00:36:38.579
 you

00:36:38.579 --> 00:36:39.019
 and sometimes

00:36:39.019 --> 00:36:39.459
 put you

00:36:39.459 --> 00:36:39.659
 in

00:36:39.659 --> 00:36:40.739
 situations

00:36:40.739 --> 00:36:41.199
 where you're

00:36:41.199 --> 00:36:41.399
 not

00:36:41.399 --> 00:36:41.839
 comfortable

00:36:41.839 --> 00:36:44.279
 look at

00:36:44.279 --> 00:36:44.799
 verse 3

00:36:44.799 --> 00:36:46.739
 it says

00:36:46.739 --> 00:36:47.539
 what time

00:36:47.539 --> 00:36:48.119
 I am

00:36:48.119 --> 00:36:48.619
 afraid

00:36:48.619 --> 00:36:52.019
 you know

00:36:52.019 --> 00:36:52.199
 what

00:36:52.199 --> 00:36:52.779
 I'm not

00:36:52.779 --> 00:36:52.980
 going to

00:36:52.980 --> 00:36:53.239
 tell you

00:36:53.239 --> 00:36:53.739
 that following

00:36:53.739 --> 00:36:54.159
 Christ

00:36:54.159 --> 00:36:54.599
 is always

00:36:54.599 --> 00:36:54.839
 going to

00:36:54.839 --> 00:36:55.380
 be easy

00:36:55.380 --> 00:36:58.619
 there's

00:36:58.619 --> 00:36:58.779
 going to

00:36:58.779 --> 00:36:59.380
 be times

00:36:59.380 --> 00:36:59.679
 it's going

00:36:59.679 --> 00:36:59.940
 to feel

00:36:59.940 --> 00:37:00.480
 unsure

00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:00.940
 you're

00:37:00.940 --> 00:37:01.119
 going to

00:37:01.119 --> 00:37:01.299
 feel

00:37:01.299 --> 00:37:01.819
 nervous

00:37:01.819 --> 00:37:02.539
 there's

00:37:02.539 --> 00:37:02.679
 going to

00:37:02.679 --> 00:37:02.819
 be

00:37:02.819 --> 00:37:03.079
 things

00:37:03.079 --> 00:37:03.460
 happen

00:37:03.460 --> 00:37:03.659
 that

00:37:03.659 --> 00:37:03.759
 you

00:37:03.759 --> 00:37:03.960
 don't

00:37:03.960 --> 00:37:04.619
 understand

00:37:04.619 --> 00:37:07.940
 but

00:37:07.940 --> 00:37:08.239
 notice

00:37:08.239 --> 00:37:08.500
 what it

00:37:08.500 --> 00:37:08.599
 says

00:37:08.599 --> 00:37:09.119
 what time

00:37:09.119 --> 00:37:09.440
 I am

00:37:09.440 --> 00:37:09.839
 afraid

00:37:09.839 --> 00:37:10.460
 when I

00:37:10.460 --> 00:37:10.659
 have

00:37:10.659 --> 00:37:10.940
 those

00:37:10.940 --> 00:37:11.599
 feelings

00:37:11.599 --> 00:37:11.960
 of the

00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:12.519
 unknown

00:37:12.519 --> 00:37:14.839
 it says

00:37:14.839 --> 00:37:15.179
 I will

00:37:15.179 --> 00:37:15.579
 trust

00:37:15.579 --> 00:37:15.799
 in

00:37:15.799 --> 00:37:16.779
 thee

00:37:16.780 --> 00:37:19.040
 in

00:37:19.040 --> 00:37:19.519
 God

00:37:19.519 --> 00:37:20.019
 I will

00:37:20.019 --> 00:37:20.540
 praise

00:37:20.540 --> 00:37:20.780
 his

00:37:20.780 --> 00:37:21.220
 word

00:37:21.220 --> 00:37:21.500
 in

00:37:21.500 --> 00:37:21.920
 God

00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:22.100
 I

00:37:22.100 --> 00:37:22.360
 put

00:37:22.360 --> 00:37:22.600
 my

00:37:22.600 --> 00:37:23.080
 trust

00:37:23.080 --> 00:37:23.620
 I

00:37:23.620 --> 00:37:23.820
 will

00:37:23.820 --> 00:37:24.140
 not

00:37:24.140 --> 00:37:24.600
 fear

00:37:24.600 --> 00:37:24.860
 what

00:37:24.860 --> 00:37:25.360
 flesh

00:37:25.360 --> 00:37:25.600
 can

00:37:25.600 --> 00:37:25.760
 do

00:37:25.760 --> 00:37:25.980
 unto

00:37:25.980 --> 00:37:26.260
 me

00:37:26.260 --> 00:37:31.960
 you

00:37:31.960 --> 00:37:32.019
 know

00:37:32.019 --> 00:37:32.260
 I want

00:37:32.260 --> 00:37:32.400
 you to

00:37:32.400 --> 00:37:32.860
 understand

00:37:32.860 --> 00:37:33.620
 Peter's

00:37:33.620 --> 00:37:35.500
 willingness

00:37:35.500 --> 00:37:36.200
 to follow

00:37:36.200 --> 00:37:36.700
 Christ

00:37:36.700 --> 00:37:37.360
 wasn't a

00:37:37.360 --> 00:37:37.760
 promise

00:37:37.760 --> 00:37:38.320
 of everything

00:37:38.320 --> 00:37:38.860
 being on

00:37:38.860 --> 00:37:39.300
 the mountain

00:37:39.300 --> 00:37:39.700
 top

00:37:39.700 --> 00:37:40.800
 he said

00:37:40.800 --> 00:37:40.960
 there's

00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:41.080
 going to

00:37:41.080 --> 00:37:41.300
 be a

00:37:41.300 --> 00:37:41.400
 lot

00:37:41.400 --> 00:37:41.519
 of

00:37:41.519 --> 00:37:41.860
 valleys

00:37:41.860 --> 00:37:42.120
 and

00:37:42.120 --> 00:37:42.600
 challenges

00:37:42.600 --> 00:37:42.980
 too

00:37:42.980 --> 00:37:45.440
 and as

00:37:45.440 --> 00:37:45.960
 we study

00:37:45.960 --> 00:37:46.460
 Peter's

00:37:46.460 --> 00:37:46.760
 life

00:37:46.760 --> 00:37:46.960
 you're

00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:47.039
 going

00:37:47.039 --> 00:37:47.420
 to see

00:37:47.420 --> 00:37:47.699
 all

00:37:47.699 --> 00:37:48.079
 those

00:37:48.079 --> 00:37:51.920
 from

00:37:51.920 --> 00:37:52.099
 the

00:37:52.099 --> 00:37:52.380
 mount

00:37:52.380 --> 00:37:52.539
 of

00:37:52.539 --> 00:37:53.500
 transfiguration

00:37:53.500 --> 00:37:58.480
 to

00:37:58.480 --> 00:37:58.820
 standing

00:37:58.820 --> 00:37:59.220
 by a

00:37:59.220 --> 00:37:59.519
 fire

00:37:59.519 --> 00:37:59.720
 and

00:37:59.720 --> 00:38:00.139
 denying

00:38:00.139 --> 00:38:00.559
 the

00:38:00.559 --> 00:38:00.880
 Savior

00:38:00.880 --> 00:38:05.159
 Peter's

00:38:05.159 --> 00:38:05.500
 life

00:38:05.500 --> 00:38:06.019
 entails

00:38:06.019 --> 00:38:07.039
 a lot

00:38:07.039 --> 00:38:07.159
 of

00:38:07.159 --> 00:38:07.539
 things

00:38:07.539 --> 00:38:08.740
 but

00:38:08.740 --> 00:38:08.920
 the

00:38:08.920 --> 00:38:09.320
 choice

00:38:09.320 --> 00:38:09.500
 in

00:38:09.500 --> 00:38:10.079
 response

00:38:10.079 --> 00:38:10.300
 to

00:38:10.300 --> 00:38:10.519
 this

00:38:10.519 --> 00:38:10.860
 call

00:38:10.860 --> 00:38:11.000
 will

00:38:11.000 --> 00:38:11.699
 determine

00:38:11.699 --> 00:38:12.159
 your

00:38:12.159 --> 00:38:12.559
 future

00:38:12.559 --> 00:38:13.199
 will

00:38:13.199 --> 00:38:13.340
 you

00:38:13.340 --> 00:38:13.760
 listen

00:38:13.760 --> 00:38:13.960
 to

00:38:13.960 --> 00:38:14.119
 the

00:38:14.119 --> 00:38:14.340
 right

00:38:14.340 --> 00:38:14.820
 person

00:38:14.820 --> 00:38:15.380
 will

00:38:15.380 --> 00:38:15.539
 you

00:38:15.539 --> 00:38:15.920
 purpose

00:38:15.920 --> 00:38:16.200
 to

00:38:16.200 --> 00:38:16.480
 leave

00:38:16.480 --> 00:38:16.900
 things

00:38:16.900 --> 00:38:17.119
 that

00:38:17.119 --> 00:38:17.380
 weigh

00:38:17.380 --> 00:38:17.579
 us

00:38:17.579 --> 00:38:17.920
 down

00:38:17.920 --> 00:38:18.380
 and

00:38:18.380 --> 00:38:18.539
 will

00:38:18.539 --> 00:38:18.720
 you

00:38:18.720 --> 00:38:19.119
 choose

00:38:19.119 --> 00:38:19.340
 to

00:38:19.340 --> 00:38:19.720
 conquer

00:38:19.720 --> 00:38:20.019
 our

00:38:20.019 --> 00:38:20.579
 fears

00:38:20.579 --> 00:38:21.200
 and

00:38:21.200 --> 00:38:21.539
 step

00:38:21.539 --> 00:38:21.820
 out

00:38:21.820 --> 00:38:22.039
 in

00:38:22.039 --> 00:38:22.420
 faith

00:38:22.420 --> 00:38:24.760
 that's

00:38:24.760 --> 00:38:24.880
 the

00:38:24.880 --> 00:38:25.079
 first

00:38:25.079 --> 00:38:25.720
 education

00:38:25.720 --> 00:38:26.000
 that

00:38:26.000 --> 00:38:26.240
 Peter

00:38:26.240 --> 00:38:26.780
 received

00:38:26.780 --> 00:38:27.019
 was

00:38:27.019 --> 00:38:27.180
 who

00:38:27.180 --> 00:38:27.300
 are

00:38:27.300 --> 00:38:27.340
 you

00:38:27.340 --> 00:38:27.480
 going

00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:27.539
 to

00:38:27.539 --> 00:38:27.940
 trust

00:38:27.940 --> 00:38:31.079
 faith

00:38:31.079 --> 00:38:32.740
 or

00:38:32.740 --> 00:38:33.079
 fear

00:38:33.079 --> 00:38:34.420
 let's

00:38:34.420 --> 00:38:34.599
 pray

00:38:34.599 --> 00:38:34.839
 heavenly

00:38:34.839 --> 00:38:34.839


00:38:34.839 --> 00:38:34.839