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 Luke's Gospel, chapter 19, and we'll begin reading at verse number 11.

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 I've entitled the message, Investing the Gospel.

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 Investing the Gospel.

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 Let's look at this together from God's Word, Luke 19 and 11.

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 The Bible says,

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 He said,

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 The first came before him, saying,

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 The second came, saying,

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 And he said to him,

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 Then another came, saying,

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 Slaughter them before me.

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 I want to ask you a question this morning.

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 How's your gospel investments going?

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 How's your gospel investments going?

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 Your first core as a church, as we just rehearsed that together,

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 is gospel focused.

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 Lakeside Bible Church is gospel focused.

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 That's your desire, your aim, a core conviction of who you are.

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 Gospel focused.

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 So in light of that,

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 how's your gospel investments going?

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 This is the question for our consideration today.

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 In what ways are you investing the gospel right now with your life?

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 You might find in your Bible above this paragraph in Luke 19,

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 a header such as the parable of money usage.

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 Some translations say the parable of the 10 pounds,

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 or as it is in my Bible, the parable of 10 minas.

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 Now that header in and of itself,

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 which is not scripture, by the way,

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 might cause you to think that this is a simple lesson on financial stewardship.

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 But that's not it at all.

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 Jesus is using a parable involving financial investments

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 as a simile for a much more significant investment

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 than just dollars and cents or pounds and minus.

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 This is about your life actively investing the gospel

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 or as we look at it collectively and corporately as a church this morning.

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 This text is about Lakeside actively investing the gospel.

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 For five years now,

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 you have existed in this community

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 on the Lakeside of Charlotte,

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 assembling together as a church

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 to preach the Bible

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 and to invest the gospel

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 in every home in this area.

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 My challenge to you today

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 is to encourage you to continue investing the gospel.

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 That for the next few months

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 and the next year

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 and the next five years

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 and as the Lord continues to use this congregation,

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 I not only want you to look back

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 and celebrate what God has done in five years,

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 I want you to look forward and say,

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 let's increase our investments.

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 Let's be more active than ever investing the gospel.

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 Let's take a look at our strategies

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 and evaluate if our strategies

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 are effectively being used to invest the gospel

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 here where we are

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 and what God wants us to do in the community.

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 That's what this parable is ultimately about.

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 It's not about money per se.

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 It's not about financial investments and stewardship,

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 although those things are important

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 and certainly discussed in scripture.

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 This particular text is about investing the gospel.

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 So I want you to see a couple of things, all right?

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 Here's the first thing I want you to see.

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 If you'd like to take notes,

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 feel free to write down these outlines

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 in your handout there.

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 I'll tell you as we go along, all right?

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 Number one, the first thing we see

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 is that Jesus addresses their expectations.

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 Jesus addresses their expectations.

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 Verse 11, as they heard these things,

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 he proceeded to tell a parable

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 because he was near to Jerusalem

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 and because they supposed

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 that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately.

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 So in this context of Jesus' ministry,

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 crowds have been following and observing Jesus

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 for a long time now.

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 They believe that he is Israel's Messiah

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 who has come from God.

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 They also knew very well the Old Testament scriptures

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 which prophesied that the Messiah would reign as king

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 over all the earth from Jerusalem.

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 So the closer Jesus gets to Jerusalem

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 in his earthly ministry,

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 the more excited they are as they expect

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 in just a matter of days,

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 Jesus is going to overthrow all government entities

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 and bring God's perfect kingdom to this earth.

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 They supposed that to be the case

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 and they expected this to happen

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 as soon as Jesus gets to Jerusalem.

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 And one of the reasons why

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 that was at the forefront of their minds

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 is because of the many Old Testament prophecies

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 that spoke of the Messiah's work.

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 One particular text in Zechariah chapter 14 says this,

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 On that day his feet shall stand on the Mount of Olives

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 and the Mount of Olives shall be split into two

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 from east to west.

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 Then the Lord my God will come

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 and all the holy ones with him.

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 On that day there shall be no light, cold, or frost

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 and the Lord will be king over all the earth.

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 On that day the Lord will be one and his name one.

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 Well, it sounds like this may be coming to fulfillment,

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 at least in their ears it did.

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 Scriptures like this were on their minds.

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 They're expecting the restoration of David's throne

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 and the elimination of all kingdoms.

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 All kingdoms except God's kingdom.

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 But they can't seem to grasp

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 as Jesus taught them again and again

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 that before the full and perfect kingdom of God

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 is established on earth,

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 the Messiah must die.

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 He must rise again

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 so that his primary mission is accomplished.

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 The mission of God's gospel work

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 going throughout the world.

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 saving his people from their sins.

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 Yes, he will one day

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 establish the completed and full kingdom of God

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 upon this earth.

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 But that was not to be done yet.

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 So to address their expectations,

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 he tells them a parable.

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 A parable to prepare them

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 for what will soon be

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 his departure

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 and delayed return.

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 By the way,

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 it is in that interim period

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 that you and I live right now.

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 Between the already

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 and the not yet.

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 Between the king's departure

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 and the king's return.

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 Where are we

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 on God's timeline

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 of prophetic events?

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 Well,

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 the king has departed

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 into heaven

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 where he sits

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 on the right hand

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 of the throne of God

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 interceding on behalf

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 of his people.

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 And now we are waiting

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 for the king to return.

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 And when he returns,

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 he will establish

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 fully and finally

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 his perfect kingdom

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 on this earth.

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 But it was not happening

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 at that moment

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 that they supposed

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 it was going to happen.

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 Verse 12,

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 Jesus says,

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 therefore,

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 he tells this parable again

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 to address this issue,

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 that a nobleman

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 went into a far country

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 to receive for himself

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 a kingdom

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 and then return.

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 So again,

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 on the backdrop

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 of their expectation,

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 Jesus is saying,

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 look,

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 the king is going

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 to be leaving soon

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 to build and complete

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 his kingdom,

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 but he will return

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 and bring it fully

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 to this earth

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 just as you expect.

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 But it's not happening

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 when you think

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 it's going to happen.

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 It will, however,

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 happen.

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 Now, before I move on,

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 I think it's very important

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 that as we talk about

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 investing the gospel

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 and the gospel kingdom of God

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 that we be reminded

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 of the full message

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 of Christ's gospel.

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 What is the gospel?

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 The gospel is a word

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 that means good news,

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 the good news of God,

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 the gospel of God,

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 and here it is,

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 that God,

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 in the form of Jesus Christ,

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 came from heaven

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 for us.

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 He lived sinlessly

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 on this earth

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 for us.

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 He died sacrificially

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 as our substitute

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 on the cross

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 for us.

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 He rose again

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 from the dead

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 three days later

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 for us.

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 He ascended back

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 to heaven

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 and is interceding

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 for us

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 at this moment

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 for us.

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 And one day,

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 one day,

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 He will come

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 again

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 for us.

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 And when He comes

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 again,

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 all the kingdoms

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 of this world

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 will become His.

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 And He will rule

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 and reign on this earth,

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 a new earth,

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 forever and ever.

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 Friends,

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 this is the gospel.

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 And we must understand

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 the full message

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 of the gospel.

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 The gospel is not just

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 that He came

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 the first time.

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 It's not just

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 that He died.

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 It's not just

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 that He rose again.

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 It's also that

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 He is coming back.

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 He will return

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 and His kingdom

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 will be perfectly

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 established

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 on this earth

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 forever and ever.

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 So Jesus is addressing

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 their expectation here.

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 They think

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 the kingdom

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 is coming back

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 in just a matter

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 of days

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 as He,

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 the believed Messiah,

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 is making His way

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 to Jerusalem.

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 But Jesus says,

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 no, I need to tell you

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 a story to help

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 you understand.

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 It's not happening

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 when you think

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 it's going to happen.

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 In fact,

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 I'm going to leave

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 and I'm going to be

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 gone for a while.

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 And as I'm gone,

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 there's some important

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 things I need you to do

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 before I come back.

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 That leads me

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 to the second thing

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 I want you to write

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 down in your notes.

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 The first thing

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 is that Jesus

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 addresses their expectation.

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 The second thing

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 that Jesus does here

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 is He speaks

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 of their devotion

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 to the king's mission.

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 Jesus speaks

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 of their devotion

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 to the king's mission.

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 So again,

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 let's go back

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 to the parable.

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 Verse 13,

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 the king is leaving

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 for the far country

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 and as he does,

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 he calls ten

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 of his servants

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 and gave them

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 ten minas.

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 And he said to them,

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 engage in business

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 until I come.

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 But his citizens

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 hated him

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 and sent a delegation

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 after him saying,

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 we do not want

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 this man to reign

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 over us.

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 What Jesus does here

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 in this parable

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 at the very beginning

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 is He presents

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 two groups of people.

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 The first group

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 is the king's servants

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 and the second group

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 is the king's enemies.

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 There are two groups

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 of people that exist

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 in this world today.

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 And perhaps even

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 in this room.

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 There are the king's servants

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 and there are

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 the king's enemies.

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 And that's how

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 he outlines them

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 here in the text.

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 Let's start

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 with the king's servants.

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 They are given here

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 a responsibility

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 while they wait

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 for the king

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 to return.

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 And in the parable,

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 the responsibility

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 comes in the form

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 of, notice this,

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 one mina.

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 One mina.

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 Now this is how

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 we know Jesus

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 is not referring

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 to talents

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 or abilities

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 in this parable

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 as He does

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 in other parables.

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 Because the minas

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 here are equally

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 given to the ten

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 servants.

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 One mina

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 per servant.

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 Now when Jesus

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 uses talents

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 and abilities

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 in other parables

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 and other places

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 of the scripture,

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 He often

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 divvies those out

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 if you will

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 in different quantities.

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 Somebody

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 might get five,

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 another two,

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 and someone over here

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 eight,

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 and another person

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 one.

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 But this is different.

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 This is how we know

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 it has nothing to do

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 with skills

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 or talents

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 and abilities.

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 There's something

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 of equality

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 being spoken of here.

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 Ten servants

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 and every servant

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 gets the same amount.

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 One mina

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 per servant.

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 Now financially

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 speaking,

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 a mina back

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 in this day

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 was worth about

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 three months

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 of salary.

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 And the king

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 wanted his servants

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 to each take

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 the same amount

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 of money,

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 three months

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 of salary,

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 and use it

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 to invest

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 in the building

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 of his kingdom

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 until he returned.

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 So again,

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 look at the parables.

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 The characters

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 are clear.

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 Jesus is the king,

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 right?

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 The servants

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 are his people,

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 believers.

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 And let me ask you

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 this question.

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 Think for yourself

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 for a moment.

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 What is the one

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 same

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 and equal gift

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 that Jesus

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 has given

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 to all

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 his people?

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 the gospel?

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 The gospel.

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 The gospel.

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 That is the one

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 same

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 and equal

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 gift

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 that all

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 of his people

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 has received.

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 So this is not

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 abilities.

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 This is not skills.

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 This is not talents.

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 Like,

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 some can sing

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 and others

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 of us,

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 we just,

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 we're barely

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 hanging on

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 for the ride,

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 right?

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 Some people

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 have the gift

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 of teaching.

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 Others would be

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 deathly afraid

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 to stand up

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 in front of other people.

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 We can talk about

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 skills and talents

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 and gifts.

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 That's not what

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 we're talking about here.

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 We're talking about

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 the one

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 same and equal

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 gift that God

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 has given

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 every single

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 one of his people.

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 And that one

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 same and equal

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 gift is the

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 gift of the

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 gospel of Jesus

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 Christ.

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 Nobody in this

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 room has more

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 gospel than

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 someone else.

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 Nobody in this

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 room who follows

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 Christ has less

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 gospel than

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 someone else.

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 We all have the

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 same equal

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 amount of

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 gospel.

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 God has saved

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 us.

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 He has chosen

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 us.

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 He has called

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 us to

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 himself.

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 He has

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 redeemed us,

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 adopted us.

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 We are all

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 equally the

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 same his

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 people.

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 And that's

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 what Jesus is

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 emphasizing here.

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 You've all

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 received the

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 same gospel.

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 Now go and

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 individually,

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 each one of you,

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 invest the

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 gospel as my

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 servants until

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 I return.

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 You see,

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 the gospel work

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 of saving

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 lost sinners

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 and conforming

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 them into the

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 image of Jesus

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 Christ.

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 That is the

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 king's mission.

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 That's the

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 king's mission.

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 And he is

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 calling you and

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 I to devote our

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 lives, our

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 lives, not just

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 our Sundays.

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 Oh, get this.

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 Not just our

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 Sundays.

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 He is calling us

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 to devote our

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 lives as his

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 servants to

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 investing in that

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 gospel work.

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 So I'll go back

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 to the question

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 at the beginning

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 on your fifth

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 anniversary.

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 In what ways is

00:17:57.080 --> 00:17:58.580
 your life busy

00:17:58.580 --> 00:18:01.140
 investing your

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 mina?

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 In what ways is

00:18:05.160 --> 00:18:06.200
 your life busy

00:18:06.200 --> 00:18:07.019
 investing the

00:18:07.019 --> 00:18:07.460
 gospel?

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 Perhaps for some

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 of us it may even

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 begin today by

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 making a decision

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 to devote

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 yourself to

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 becoming a

00:18:16.059 --> 00:18:17.019
 gospel member of

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 this particular

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 fellowship.

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 To help this

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 church collectively

00:18:21.400 --> 00:18:22.980
 together invest

00:18:22.980 --> 00:18:23.720
 the gospel through

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 its various

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 ministries.

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 Oh, friends,

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 there is so much

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 work to do, so

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 much gospel work

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 to do.

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 But we need more

00:18:31.680 --> 00:18:33.279
 gospel investors

00:18:33.279 --> 00:18:35.680
 who will take what

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 Jesus has given

00:18:36.640 --> 00:18:37.759
 them in his free

00:18:37.759 --> 00:18:39.440
 gift of grace and

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 start working that

00:18:40.819 --> 00:18:42.179
 investment for the

00:18:42.179 --> 00:18:43.179
 kingdom of God.

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 So maybe it

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 begins for some

00:18:45.700 --> 00:18:46.379
 of us there,

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 joining the

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 fellowship, seeing

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 how I can serve in

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 the life and

00:18:50.759 --> 00:18:51.679
 ministry of

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 Lakeside.

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 What about at

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 home with your

00:18:53.279 --> 00:18:53.759
 family?

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 What gospel

00:18:54.939 --> 00:18:55.779
 investments are you

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 making with your

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 family?

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 In the life of

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 your children,

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 your grandchildren,

00:19:01.139 --> 00:19:01.720
 spouses?

00:19:02.919 --> 00:19:03.639
 What about bringing

00:19:03.639 --> 00:19:04.379
 the lost to hear

00:19:04.379 --> 00:19:04.899
 the gospel?

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 I am often

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 challenged with the

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 thought of whether

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 or not I work

00:19:08.880 --> 00:19:09.660
 really hard.

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 Do I work really

00:19:12.580 --> 00:19:14.020
 hard week after

00:19:14.020 --> 00:19:14.680
 week getting

00:19:14.680 --> 00:19:16.420
 unbelievers to

00:19:16.420 --> 00:19:17.500
 Laurel Baptist

00:19:17.500 --> 00:19:18.320
 Church so that

00:19:18.320 --> 00:19:19.480
 they might see the

00:19:19.480 --> 00:19:20.760
 gospel and hear

00:19:20.760 --> 00:19:21.420
 the gospel?

00:19:22.740 --> 00:19:23.820
 I have been working

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 really hard on one

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 particular couple.

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 I helped run the

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 baseball league in

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 the town of

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 Harrisburg.

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 So there's one

00:19:31.800 --> 00:19:32.660
 particular coach I've

00:19:32.660 --> 00:19:33.400
 been praying about

00:19:33.400 --> 00:19:34.340
 and working with for

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 about two years now.

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 When are you going

00:19:36.440 --> 00:19:36.960
 to come visit?

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 When are you going

00:19:37.320 --> 00:19:37.740
 to come visit?

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 When are you going

00:19:38.140 --> 00:19:38.620
 to come visit?

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 Guess when he

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 texted me and told

00:19:40.860 --> 00:19:41.320
 me he was going

00:19:41.320 --> 00:19:41.780
 to come visit?

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 Last night.

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 Last night.

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 Hey man, we're

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 coming tomorrow.

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 I'm like, oh.

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 I hope he's there

00:19:51.320 --> 00:19:51.740
 this morning.

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 I'm going to find

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 out soon.

00:19:53.280 --> 00:19:54.100
 My father's

00:19:54.100 --> 00:19:54.380
 preaching.

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 I hope he comes

00:19:55.060 --> 00:19:55.900
 back next week.

00:19:59.840 --> 00:20:00.900
 But no, honestly,

00:20:00.900 --> 00:20:04.020
 are we working hard

00:20:04.020 --> 00:20:05.060
 to invest the gospel

00:20:05.060 --> 00:20:06.160
 by inviting our

00:20:06.160 --> 00:20:06.960
 friends and family

00:20:06.960 --> 00:20:07.920
 to come and hear

00:20:07.920 --> 00:20:08.819
 the gospel message

00:20:08.819 --> 00:20:09.680
 of Jesus Christ?

00:20:12.360 --> 00:20:13.340
 Oh, listen to this

00:20:13.340 --> 00:20:14.840
 statement by Richard

00:20:14.840 --> 00:20:16.299
 Baxter, an old

00:20:16.299 --> 00:20:17.340
 Puritan pastor.

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 There's a book he's

00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:18.920
 written called

00:20:18.920 --> 00:20:19.740
 The Reformed Pastor.

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 It's a small little

00:20:20.559 --> 00:20:21.720
 encouraging book for

00:20:21.720 --> 00:20:22.440
 men of God like

00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:22.759
 myself.

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 I read it annually.

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 Listen to this

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 statement he made.

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 He said, we have

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 greater work here to

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 do than securing our

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 own salvation.

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 We are members of the

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 church and we must

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 labor to do good.

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 We are trusted with

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 our master's mission to

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 do our best to propagate

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 his truth and grace and

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 church and to bring home

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 souls and honor his

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 calls and edify his

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 flock and further the

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 salvation of as many as

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 we possibly can.

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 What's he talking about?

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 There's more to do than

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 just believe the gospel.

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 We as his servants are

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 called to invest the

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 gospel.

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 Can I just spend a few

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 moments being very

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 transparent and frank?

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 The work that the king has

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 given us to do, it's

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 challenging work.

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 It's not easy.

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 And let me be the first to

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 tell you that it often

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 requires a great deal of

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 sacrifice.

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 It's hard work to invest.

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 Requires much.

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 But it's also significant

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 work.

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 Because we're talking about

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 eternity here.

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 And until he returns, it

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 will be an ongoing work.

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 That is, it's an

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 unfinished task.

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 But the finish line is

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 not here on earth.

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 The finish line is when

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 the king comes.

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 Think about it in terms

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 of your anniversary as a

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 church family because I

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 think it's so important to

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 remind ourselves of this on

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 the day like today.

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 What God has given you to

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 do in this community.

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 Look right here.

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 It is not easy.

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 It's not easy.

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 Not this kind of church.

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 Not a church that preaches

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 the gospel.

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 Not a church that lives by

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 the Bible.

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 That's not easy to do.

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 It requires sacrifice.

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 And it requires sacrifice

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 from more than the pastor.

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 And more than the leaders.

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 It requires sacrifice from

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 all of us.

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 But listen to me.

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 Nothing is more important.

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 Nothing is more important

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 than this.

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 Because what God has given

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 you to do is eternally

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 significant.

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 That is already in five

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 years heaven has been

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 impacted by Lakeside Bible

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 Church.

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 Already.

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 It's easy to get caught up

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 about where we meet and

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 what side of town we may be

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 on and all these kind of

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 physical needs.

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 But really it's about

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 eternity.

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 It's investing in eternity.

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 And heaven is already

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 impacted by what you've

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 done in five years.

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 The baptisms.

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 The salvations.

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 What the Lord is doing.

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 It's eternally significant.

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 But I need you to know

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 that what you're doing here

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 will never be a completed

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 work.

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 Not until Jesus declares

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 it finished.

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 By his return.

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 I don't know about you

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 but I'm a task oriented

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 person.

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 I govern my life by

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 task list.

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 To do list.

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 And my OCD

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 personality gets a little

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 bent out of shape when I

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 can't check that box off

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 at the end of the day.

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 Sometimes even erroneously

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 so my mind gets so focused

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 on checking it off the list

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 completing the task.

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 Well that's a hard thing

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 to be fixated on

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 when you're involved

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 as the Lord's servant.

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 We have a task list

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 but only he

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 listen

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 only he gets to check

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 off the box.

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 Only he gets to determine

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 when it's finished.

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 When it's completed.

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 We have to keep working it.

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 We have to keep investing it.

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 We're servants.

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 And we need to be busy

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 serving.

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 Well that's the king's

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 servant.

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 Let me just mention

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 briefly the king's enemies

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 and I'll give you the last

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 point.

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 We'll wrap this up.

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 Again he mentions two

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 groups of people.

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 The king's servants.

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 The second group of people

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 is the king's enemies.

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 And I think what Jesus

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 is doing here is he's

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 trying to show us that

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 there is a group of people

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 who do not want them

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 to be their king.

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 Think about that.

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 The king's servants

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 are those who want

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 Jesus as their king.

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 But the king's enemies

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 are those who do not

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 want Jesus as their king.

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 They hate him.

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 And the rejection of him

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 is emphatically clear.

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 Look at verse 14.

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 We do not want this man

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 to reign over us.

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 Do you know that that

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 very statement right now

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 right there in verse 14

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 that is the ultimate reason

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 why lost sinners remain lost.

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 That's the reason.

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 It's not that they remain lost

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 on account of insufficient evidence

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 for the reality of Jesus.

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 Nor does it have anything to do

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 with the perceived injustices

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 of those who profess

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 to know and follow him.

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 No, no, no.

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 Lost sinners remain lost

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 because they do not want

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:52.800
 Jesus to rule their lives.

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 They don't want Jesus

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 as their lord and king.

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 And the king calls them rebels.

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 Oh, may you and I

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 not be numbered

00:26:06.100 --> 00:26:06.900
 among those rebels.

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 The king's enemies

00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:10.580
 who reject his lordship.

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 Instead, may we commit ourselves

00:26:13.320 --> 00:26:15.799
 as servants of the king,

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 a servant who has received

00:26:17.160 --> 00:26:18.759
 the gospel and is devoted

00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:20.440
 to the king's mission

00:26:20.440 --> 00:26:22.320
 of building his kingdom

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 by investing the gospel.

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 Here's the third thing

00:26:24.640 --> 00:26:25.380
 you can write down.

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 Let's follow him in sequence.

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 You ready?

00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:29.860
 The first thing in the text,

00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:31.740
 Jesus addresses their expectations.

00:26:32.080 --> 00:26:33.539
 Secondly, Jesus speaks

00:26:33.539 --> 00:26:34.420
 of their devotion

00:26:34.420 --> 00:26:35.539
 to the king's mission.

00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:36.940
 And then thirdly,

00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:38.700
 Jesus prepares them

00:26:38.700 --> 00:26:41.460
 for a coming day of reckoning.

00:26:42.460 --> 00:26:43.580
 Jesus prepares them

00:26:43.580 --> 00:26:44.799
 for a coming day of reckoning.

00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:46.080
 So the parable continues.

00:26:46.620 --> 00:26:47.140
 Okay, look at it.

00:26:47.160 --> 00:26:47.700
 Verse 15.

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 When he returned,

00:26:50.100 --> 00:26:51.180
 having received the kingdom,

00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:52.600
 he ordered these servants

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 to whom he had given the money

00:26:53.700 --> 00:26:54.539
 to be called to him

00:26:54.539 --> 00:26:55.539
 that he might know

00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:56.440
 what they had gained

00:26:56.440 --> 00:26:58.580
 gained by doing business.

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 In other words,

00:27:00.320 --> 00:27:01.460
 the king returns,

00:27:01.600 --> 00:27:02.700
 and when he returns,

00:27:02.820 --> 00:27:04.120
 he summons all of his servants

00:27:04.120 --> 00:27:05.120
 to stand before him

00:27:05.120 --> 00:27:06.180
 and give an account

00:27:06.180 --> 00:27:07.740
 for how they invested

00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:09.740
 what he had given them.

00:27:10.400 --> 00:27:11.160
 Spiritually speaking,

00:27:11.420 --> 00:27:12.779
 I gave you the gospel.

00:27:13.120 --> 00:27:14.420
 Now I want to see,

00:27:14.860 --> 00:27:15.960
 since I'm back,

00:27:16.820 --> 00:27:19.500
 how you invested the gospel

00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:20.640
 that I gave you.

00:27:20.640 --> 00:27:22.920
 That day's coming

00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:23.540
 for all of us,

00:27:23.580 --> 00:27:24.000
 by the way.

00:27:25.920 --> 00:27:26.540
 It's not a day

00:27:26.540 --> 00:27:27.800
 where sin is judged.

00:27:27.880 --> 00:27:28.480
 Don't misunderstand.

00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:29.860
 It's not a day

00:27:29.860 --> 00:27:30.780
 where sin is judged.

00:27:30.900 --> 00:27:32.300
 Sin is judged on the cross.

00:27:32.560 --> 00:27:33.860
 It has already been judged

00:27:33.860 --> 00:27:34.500
 in Jesus.

00:27:34.800 --> 00:27:35.600
 But it is a day

00:27:35.600 --> 00:27:36.980
 where our work for Christ,

00:27:37.100 --> 00:27:38.000
 our investments,

00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:38.920
 will be revealed.

00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:41.000
 1 Corinthians 3.

00:27:41.160 --> 00:27:42.000
 Each one's work

00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:42.980
 will be made known.

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:43.740
 In other words,

00:27:43.980 --> 00:27:45.120
 each one's investments

00:27:45.120 --> 00:27:46.220
 will be made known.

00:27:46.380 --> 00:27:47.740
 For the day will disclose it

00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.740
 because it will be revealed

00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:49.520
 by fire.

00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:50.539
 It will test

00:27:50.539 --> 00:27:52.160
 what sort of investments

00:27:52.160 --> 00:27:53.359
 he has made.

00:27:55.660 --> 00:27:56.980
 So verse 16 says,

00:27:57.079 --> 00:27:57.940
 the first came before him

00:27:57.940 --> 00:27:58.200
 and said,

00:27:58.299 --> 00:27:59.019
 Lord, your mina

00:27:59.019 --> 00:28:00.440
 has made 10 minas more.

00:28:01.500 --> 00:28:02.420
 And he said to him,

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:03.359
 well done, good servant.

00:28:03.859 --> 00:28:04.720
 You've been faithful

00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:05.339
 in a very little.

00:28:05.660 --> 00:28:06.440
 You'll have authority

00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:07.319
 over 10 cities.

00:28:07.900 --> 00:28:08.920
 The second came saying,

00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:09.579
 Lord, your mina

00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:10.539
 has made five minas.

00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:11.200
 And he said to them,

00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:12.519
 now you're going to be

00:28:12.519 --> 00:28:13.400
 over five cities.

00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:14.599
 You see what's happening here?

00:28:14.859 --> 00:28:15.819
 You follow in the sequence?

00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:17.579
 These two servants

00:28:17.579 --> 00:28:18.759
 took their one mina

00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:20.099
 invested it

00:28:20.099 --> 00:28:20.879
 and what happened?

00:28:21.559 --> 00:28:22.200
 It multiplied.

00:28:22.579 --> 00:28:23.299
 The point is,

00:28:23.359 --> 00:28:24.299
 they worked it.

00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:26.180
 They invested

00:28:26.180 --> 00:28:26.660
 what the king

00:28:26.660 --> 00:28:27.319
 had given them

00:28:27.319 --> 00:28:29.000
 and it pleased the king

00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:30.279
 that they had done so.

00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:31.940
 And he responded to them

00:28:31.940 --> 00:28:32.660
 by giving them

00:28:32.660 --> 00:28:34.160
 a generous reward.

00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:36.039
 Remember,

00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:37.359
 it's not about money,

00:28:37.480 --> 00:28:38.500
 it's about the gospel.

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:41.839
 I noted several things

00:28:41.839 --> 00:28:43.099
 about these particular servants

00:28:43.099 --> 00:28:44.240
 just by how the Lord

00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:45.240
 rewarded them.

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:47.920
 I noted here

00:28:47.920 --> 00:28:48.920
 that they were not lazy,

00:28:49.120 --> 00:28:49.599
 apathetic,

00:28:49.640 --> 00:28:50.160
 or casual

00:28:50.160 --> 00:28:50.900
 with their gift.

00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:53.799
 They intentionally,

00:28:54.420 --> 00:28:54.799
 urgently,

00:28:55.039 --> 00:28:55.859
 and faithfully

00:28:55.859 --> 00:28:56.920
 invested it.

00:28:58.660 --> 00:28:59.440
 I have a friend

00:28:59.440 --> 00:29:01.339
 who is deep into

00:29:01.339 --> 00:29:02.559
 financial investments.

00:29:02.920 --> 00:29:03.339
 Some of you

00:29:03.339 --> 00:29:04.160
 may be into that.

00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:06.079
 I went to visit him

00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:06.500
 in Nashville

00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:07.720
 a couple of weeks ago

00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:08.140
 and we're sitting

00:29:08.140 --> 00:29:08.640
 in his office.

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:08.920
 He said,

00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:09.380
 I want to show you

00:29:09.380 --> 00:29:09.940
 what I'm learning.

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:10.599
 And he's showing me

00:29:10.599 --> 00:29:11.460
 all the lines

00:29:11.460 --> 00:29:13.200
 and the pre-investments

00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:15.440
 and how to click on it

00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:16.140
 when you buy it

00:29:16.140 --> 00:29:16.720
 and what to click

00:29:16.720 --> 00:29:17.480
 when you sell it.

00:29:17.559 --> 00:29:17.860
 And he shows,

00:29:18.140 --> 00:29:18.640
 and all I,

00:29:18.700 --> 00:29:18.860
 I mean,

00:29:18.900 --> 00:29:20.160
 he sees dollar signs

00:29:20.160 --> 00:29:20.980
 on this graph.

00:29:21.079 --> 00:29:22.220
 All I see is lines

00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:23.059
 going everywhere.

00:29:23.900 --> 00:29:24.600
 I have no idea

00:29:24.600 --> 00:29:25.559
 what's going on,

00:29:25.640 --> 00:29:26.779
 but by the end of the day

00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:27.620
 he had pocketed

00:29:27.620 --> 00:29:28.380
 about $700

00:29:28.380 --> 00:29:29.559
 through his investments.

00:29:29.700 --> 00:29:29.960
 I'm like,

00:29:30.019 --> 00:29:30.180
 man,

00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:30.880
 I need you to start

00:29:30.880 --> 00:29:31.620
 handling my money.

00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:33.440
 Some of you get that.

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:34.640
 I don't get that.

00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:37.259
 But I think

00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:37.720
 one of,

00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:38.220
 all of us

00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:39.279
 at least understand

00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:40.079
 that to be

00:29:40.079 --> 00:29:41.240
 that glued into it,

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:42.220
 you can't be lazy,

00:29:42.399 --> 00:29:42.859
 apathetic,

00:29:42.899 --> 00:29:43.419
 or casual.

00:29:44.919 --> 00:29:46.199
 You gotta be intentional.

00:29:46.439 --> 00:29:47.220
 You gotta be faithful.

00:29:47.339 --> 00:29:48.220
 You gotta be urgent.

00:29:48.359 --> 00:29:49.139
 You gotta be ready.

00:29:49.139 --> 00:29:50.619
 Always investing it.

00:29:50.699 --> 00:29:51.839
 That's what these servants did.

00:29:52.179 --> 00:29:52.980
 Notice also

00:29:52.980 --> 00:29:54.240
 that they humbly

00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:55.539
 took no credit

00:29:55.539 --> 00:29:57.220
 for how their mina

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:58.039
 had multiplied.

00:30:00.059 --> 00:30:01.279
 Do you notice

00:30:01.279 --> 00:30:02.599
 what he said

00:30:02.599 --> 00:30:04.399
 in verse 19,

00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:05.000
 or actually

00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:05.839
 both of the servants,

00:30:05.960 --> 00:30:06.500
 one in 16,

00:30:06.599 --> 00:30:07.159
 one in 19.

00:30:07.699 --> 00:30:08.740
 The servants said,

00:30:09.179 --> 00:30:09.539
 your,

00:30:10.079 --> 00:30:10.699
 mina

00:30:10.699 --> 00:30:12.139
 has made

00:30:12.139 --> 00:30:13.740
 more minas.

00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:16.179
 That's the servant

00:30:16.179 --> 00:30:18.019
 talking to the king.

00:30:18.339 --> 00:30:19.480
 That's the believer

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:21.019
 who is serious

00:30:21.019 --> 00:30:21.579
 about investing

00:30:21.579 --> 00:30:22.119
 in the gospel

00:30:22.119 --> 00:30:23.419
 talking to Jesus.

00:30:23.939 --> 00:30:24.740
 He didn't say,

00:30:25.259 --> 00:30:25.779
 my mina

00:30:25.779 --> 00:30:26.859
 did this.

00:30:29.379 --> 00:30:30.919
 Your mina

00:30:30.919 --> 00:30:32.319
 did this.

00:30:32.399 --> 00:30:32.720
 Friends,

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:33.699
 the gospel

00:30:33.699 --> 00:30:34.579
 grows

00:30:34.579 --> 00:30:35.740
 by its own

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.579
 power.

00:30:36.579 --> 00:30:39.019
 Our responsibility

00:30:39.019 --> 00:30:39.539
 is simply

00:30:39.539 --> 00:30:40.399
 invest it

00:30:40.399 --> 00:30:41.299
 and the gospel

00:30:41.299 --> 00:30:42.259
 will grow the kingdom

00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:43.960
 and all the glory

00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:44.379
 and credit

00:30:44.379 --> 00:30:45.059
 is going to go

00:30:45.059 --> 00:30:45.679
 to the king

00:30:45.679 --> 00:30:47.279
 and his gift.

00:30:48.699 --> 00:30:49.559
 It's not us

00:30:49.559 --> 00:30:50.059
 looking around

00:30:50.059 --> 00:30:50.339
 saying,

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:51.500
 look what my church

00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:52.199
 in Lake Norman

00:30:52.199 --> 00:30:52.519
 did.

00:30:52.619 --> 00:30:52.759
 No,

00:30:52.839 --> 00:30:53.019
 Lord,

00:30:53.099 --> 00:30:54.199
 look what your church

00:30:54.199 --> 00:30:56.199
 is doing

00:30:56.199 --> 00:30:57.099
 as we invest

00:30:57.099 --> 00:30:57.619
 the gospel

00:30:57.619 --> 00:30:59.240
 in this community.

00:30:59.240 --> 00:31:00.839
 I wrote down

00:31:00.839 --> 00:31:01.440
 also that they

00:31:01.440 --> 00:31:02.000
 were commended

00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:02.720
 and rewarded

00:31:02.720 --> 00:31:03.240
 on account

00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:03.819
 of their faithful

00:31:03.819 --> 00:31:04.180
 work.

00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:05.220
 Jesus says to them,

00:31:05.640 --> 00:31:06.500
 well done,

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:09.259
 good servant.

00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:12.140
 Speculation is often

00:31:12.140 --> 00:31:12.980
 circled about these

00:31:12.980 --> 00:31:13.279
 cities.

00:31:13.379 --> 00:31:14.240
 What do the cities

00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:14.740
 mean?

00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:16.660
 It may very well

00:31:16.660 --> 00:31:17.200
 speak of the

00:31:17.200 --> 00:31:18.180
 generosity of

00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:19.460
 the various degrees

00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:20.160
 of reward

00:31:20.160 --> 00:31:21.019
 that God will give

00:31:21.019 --> 00:31:21.480
 his servants

00:31:21.480 --> 00:31:22.119
 in the new heaven

00:31:22.119 --> 00:31:22.599
 and new earth.

00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:23.259
 I don't intend

00:31:23.259 --> 00:31:25.000
 to spend much time

00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:25.740
 on that this week

00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:26.480
 other than God

00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:28.279
 rewards accordingly

00:31:28.279 --> 00:31:29.519
 as he sovereignly

00:31:29.519 --> 00:31:30.019
 determines.

00:31:31.640 --> 00:31:32.160
 But then notice

00:31:32.160 --> 00:31:33.000
 this in verse 20.

00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:35.720
 Another came and said,

00:31:35.900 --> 00:31:35.940
 Lord,

00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:36.720
 here is your mina

00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:37.619
 which I kept laid

00:31:37.619 --> 00:31:38.519
 away in a handkerchief.

00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:40.599
 For I was afraid

00:31:40.599 --> 00:31:41.140
 of you because

00:31:41.140 --> 00:31:42.240
 you were a severe man.

00:31:42.359 --> 00:31:43.039
 You take what you

00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:43.859
 did not deposit

00:31:43.859 --> 00:31:44.559
 and you reap

00:31:44.559 --> 00:31:45.660
 what you did not sow.

00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:46.379
 So for the young

00:31:46.379 --> 00:31:47.000
 people in here

00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:47.920
 who do not know

00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:49.259
 what handkerchiefs are,

00:31:50.879 --> 00:31:52.440
 they are very

00:31:52.440 --> 00:31:54.019
 elegant tissues.

00:31:56.299 --> 00:31:57.140
 And the imagery

00:31:57.140 --> 00:31:58.220
 is he had a little

00:31:58.220 --> 00:31:58.700
 cloth,

00:31:58.819 --> 00:31:59.400
 a handkerchief,

00:31:59.519 --> 00:32:00.019
 some tissues

00:32:00.019 --> 00:32:00.859
 in his pocket.

00:32:01.180 --> 00:32:02.539
 He took the mina,

00:32:02.879 --> 00:32:03.519
 put it in the

00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:04.099
 handkerchief,

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:05.160
 and maybe he kept it,

00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:06.240
 maybe he buried it.

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:07.839
 The point is

00:32:07.839 --> 00:32:08.619
 he did nothing

00:32:08.619 --> 00:32:09.299
 with it.

00:32:10.359 --> 00:32:10.979
 He had nothing

00:32:10.979 --> 00:32:11.939
 to show for

00:32:11.939 --> 00:32:12.459
 when the king

00:32:12.459 --> 00:32:13.199
 came back.

00:32:13.879 --> 00:32:14.639
 The only thing

00:32:14.639 --> 00:32:15.359
 he had to give

00:32:15.359 --> 00:32:15.779
 the king

00:32:15.779 --> 00:32:16.759
 was the mina

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:17.519
 that was already

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:18.159
 given to him

00:32:18.159 --> 00:32:18.979
 at the very beginning.

00:32:19.679 --> 00:32:20.339
 But that's not

00:32:20.339 --> 00:32:20.799
 what the king

00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:21.359
 requested.

00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:23.559
 He did not want

00:32:23.559 --> 00:32:24.079
 the servant

00:32:24.079 --> 00:32:25.359
 to inactively

00:32:25.359 --> 00:32:27.319
 sit in isolation

00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:28.519
 keeping the gift

00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:29.439
 to himself.

00:32:29.639 --> 00:32:30.399
 It was given

00:32:30.399 --> 00:32:30.919
 to him

00:32:30.919 --> 00:32:32.139
 to invest.

00:32:32.140 --> 00:32:35.500
 And of course

00:32:35.500 --> 00:32:36.060
 the excuse

00:32:36.060 --> 00:32:36.759
 is absolutely

00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:37.340
 bogus.

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:38.960
 He actually

00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:39.880
 blames the king

00:32:39.880 --> 00:32:40.700
 for his failure

00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:41.380
 to invest.

00:32:42.800 --> 00:32:43.720
 Accusing the king

00:32:43.720 --> 00:32:44.620
 of being a lord

00:32:44.620 --> 00:32:45.280
 who takes

00:32:45.280 --> 00:32:46.259
 but never gives.

00:32:46.360 --> 00:32:47.580
 A lord who is selfish

00:32:47.580 --> 00:32:48.860
 but never generous.

00:32:49.080 --> 00:32:49.600
 I mean how can

00:32:49.600 --> 00:32:50.580
 any of us this morning

00:32:50.580 --> 00:32:51.380
 say that the lord

00:32:51.380 --> 00:32:52.440
 is not good,

00:32:52.620 --> 00:32:53.759
 that he's not gracious,

00:32:53.960 --> 00:32:54.480
 that he is not

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:55.680
 generous toward us,

00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:56.280
 that he doesn't

00:32:56.280 --> 00:32:57.520
 deserve our

00:32:57.520 --> 00:32:58.259
 investments.

00:32:58.259 --> 00:33:00.579
 The servant

00:33:00.579 --> 00:33:01.200
 was the one

00:33:01.200 --> 00:33:02.200
 who was unfaithful

00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:03.579
 not the king.

00:33:05.940 --> 00:33:06.759
 So the king

00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:07.859
 says in verse 22

00:33:07.859 --> 00:33:08.799
 and verse 23

00:33:08.799 --> 00:33:09.920
 if what you're

00:33:09.920 --> 00:33:10.759
 saying is true

00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:11.400
 then why didn't

00:33:11.400 --> 00:33:11.940
 you just put

00:33:11.940 --> 00:33:12.319
 the mina

00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:13.059
 in the bank?

00:33:14.339 --> 00:33:14.839
 Well the reason

00:33:14.839 --> 00:33:15.240
 he didn't

00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:15.759
 is because he

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.319
 was too lazy

00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:17.319
 to do even that.

00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:20.019
 Or at the very

00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:20.879
 least he allowed

00:33:20.879 --> 00:33:21.400
 his emotions

00:33:21.400 --> 00:33:21.980
 and feelings

00:33:21.980 --> 00:33:23.220
 to immobilize him.

00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:23.980
 Either way

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:24.879
 Jesus called him

00:33:24.879 --> 00:33:25.799
 a wicked servant.

00:33:28.259 --> 00:33:29.680
 A wicked servant.

00:33:31.319 --> 00:33:32.420
 Because look right here.

00:33:33.180 --> 00:33:33.879
 He didn't

00:33:33.879 --> 00:33:35.559
 invest the gospel.

00:33:38.759 --> 00:33:40.019
 Now brothers and sisters

00:33:40.019 --> 00:33:41.279
 we should shudder

00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:42.460
 at the thought.

00:33:44.099 --> 00:33:45.660
 We should shudder

00:33:45.660 --> 00:33:46.500
 at the thought

00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:47.319
 that Jesus

00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:48.660
 might consider

00:33:48.660 --> 00:33:49.980
 any one of us

00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:52.259
 as wicked

00:33:52.259 --> 00:33:53.940
 servants.

00:33:56.559 --> 00:33:57.359
 So Jesus

00:33:57.359 --> 00:33:58.199
 takes the mina

00:33:58.199 --> 00:33:59.099
 from that wicked

00:33:59.099 --> 00:33:59.500
 servant

00:33:59.500 --> 00:34:00.000
 and he gives it

00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:00.419
 to the one

00:34:00.419 --> 00:34:01.240
 who has ten

00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:02.839
 minas.

00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:05.759
 The age old

00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:06.279
 question is

00:34:06.279 --> 00:34:06.679
 whether or not

00:34:06.679 --> 00:34:07.479
 this wicked servant

00:34:07.479 --> 00:34:08.179
 was truly a

00:34:08.179 --> 00:34:08.859
 Christian or not.

00:34:08.920 --> 00:34:09.719
 Was he truly

00:34:09.719 --> 00:34:11.079
 a saved man

00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:11.400
 or not?

00:34:11.480 --> 00:34:12.000
 That's the age

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:12.519
 old question.

00:34:14.739 --> 00:34:15.219
 And to provide

00:34:15.219 --> 00:34:15.699
 you an answer

00:34:15.699 --> 00:34:16.219
 in relation to

00:34:16.219 --> 00:34:17.079
 what I think

00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:17.679
 here it is

00:34:17.679 --> 00:34:18.019
 you ready?

00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:21.279
 I don't know.

00:34:22.420 --> 00:34:23.299
 That's my answer.

00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:25.039
 There does

00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:25.639
 seem to be

00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:25.980
 however

00:34:25.980 --> 00:34:27.360
 a clear distinction

00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:28.039
 in the parable

00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:28.740
 between those

00:34:28.740 --> 00:34:29.659
 who are his

00:34:29.659 --> 00:34:30.139
 and those

00:34:30.139 --> 00:34:30.940
 who are not

00:34:30.940 --> 00:34:31.480
 his.

00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:33.400
 And as we see

00:34:33.400 --> 00:34:34.240
 in verse 27

00:34:34.240 --> 00:34:35.059
 the wicked servant

00:34:35.059 --> 00:34:36.000
 is not among

00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:37.039
 those who are

00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:39.179
 not believers

00:34:39.179 --> 00:34:40.019
 in the parable.

00:34:41.300 --> 00:34:42.199
 I think

00:34:42.199 --> 00:34:42.740
 a hint

00:34:42.740 --> 00:34:43.740
 to where his

00:34:43.740 --> 00:34:45.320
 standing

00:34:45.320 --> 00:34:46.079
 with Christ

00:34:46.079 --> 00:34:46.679
 may be

00:34:46.679 --> 00:34:47.300
 could be

00:34:47.300 --> 00:34:47.880
 looked in

00:34:47.880 --> 00:34:48.579
 other scriptures

00:34:48.579 --> 00:34:49.900
 to inform us.

00:34:51.400 --> 00:34:52.400
 1 Corinthians 3

00:34:52.400 --> 00:34:52.980
 for example

00:34:52.980 --> 00:34:53.760
 says if the work

00:34:53.760 --> 00:34:54.199
 that anyone

00:34:54.199 --> 00:34:54.779
 has built

00:34:54.779 --> 00:34:55.439
 on the foundation

00:34:55.439 --> 00:34:56.039
 survives

00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:56.879
 he will receive

00:34:56.879 --> 00:34:57.379
 a reward

00:34:57.379 --> 00:34:57.879
 if anyone's

00:34:57.879 --> 00:34:58.419
 work is burned

00:34:58.419 --> 00:34:58.839
 up he will

00:34:58.839 --> 00:34:59.419
 suffer loss

00:34:59.419 --> 00:35:00.079
 though he

00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:00.939
 himself will

00:35:00.939 --> 00:35:01.719
 be saved

00:35:01.719 --> 00:35:03.000
 as only through

00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:03.359
 fire.

00:35:04.039 --> 00:35:04.819
 It's just a little

00:35:04.819 --> 00:35:05.480
 insight but it

00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:06.159
 does suggest that

00:35:06.159 --> 00:35:06.980
 there are those

00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:07.439
 and this is the

00:35:07.439 --> 00:35:07.719
 point

00:35:07.719 --> 00:35:09.519
 there are those

00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:11.859
 who barely

00:35:11.859 --> 00:35:12.519
 get in

00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:13.119
 so to speak.

00:35:15.279 --> 00:35:16.419
 There are those

00:35:16.419 --> 00:35:17.799
 believers who just

00:35:17.799 --> 00:35:20.319
 barely cross the line.

00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:21.960
 they will not

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:22.580
 have any

00:35:22.580 --> 00:35:23.680
 rewards to

00:35:23.680 --> 00:35:24.220
 enjoy in

00:35:24.220 --> 00:35:24.740
 eternity

00:35:24.740 --> 00:35:27.260
 and on the

00:35:27.260 --> 00:35:27.580
 day of the

00:35:27.580 --> 00:35:28.120
 king's return

00:35:28.120 --> 00:35:28.480
 they will

00:35:28.480 --> 00:35:29.260
 experience great

00:35:29.260 --> 00:35:30.039
 loss but they

00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:30.640
 themselves will

00:35:30.640 --> 00:35:31.200
 be saved.

00:35:33.080 --> 00:35:33.760
 But then

00:35:33.760 --> 00:35:35.200
 and this is

00:35:35.200 --> 00:35:35.960
 how we close

00:35:35.960 --> 00:35:38.360
 then there

00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:39.220
 there are those

00:35:39.220 --> 00:35:39.980
 believers whose

00:35:39.980 --> 00:35:40.559
 devotion to the

00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:41.220
 gospel is so

00:35:41.220 --> 00:35:41.980
 strong that when

00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:42.840
 the king returns

00:35:42.840 --> 00:35:43.840
 they will receive

00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:44.820
 a generous

00:35:44.820 --> 00:35:45.760
 reward from

00:35:45.760 --> 00:35:46.160
 God

00:35:46.160 --> 00:35:47.760
 making the

00:35:47.760 --> 00:35:48.380
 kingdom of God

00:35:48.380 --> 00:35:49.200
 for that Christian

00:35:49.200 --> 00:35:51.980
 so much

00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:54.260
 sweeter.

00:35:56.700 --> 00:35:57.640
 It reminds us

00:35:57.640 --> 00:35:58.280
 today that as we

00:35:58.280 --> 00:35:58.820
 wait for his

00:35:58.820 --> 00:35:59.440
 return there is

00:35:59.440 --> 00:36:00.180
 much more to do.

00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:03.200
 If we are

00:36:03.200 --> 00:36:04.220
 inactive sitting

00:36:04.220 --> 00:36:04.940
 on our hands

00:36:04.940 --> 00:36:05.619
 keeping to

00:36:05.619 --> 00:36:06.260
 ourselves the

00:36:06.260 --> 00:36:06.880
 gift God has

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 given us while

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 not investing it

00:36:08.740 --> 00:36:09.539
 in the church

00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:11.619
 investing it in

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 the community

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 investing it in

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 our families and

00:36:14.220 --> 00:36:14.660
 throughout the

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 context of our

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 lives I pray

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 today that we

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 will wake up

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 to the reality

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 that such

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 inactivity is

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 disobedient to

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 the king's

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 commands.

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 And on the

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 day of reckoning

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 he will

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 address it.

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 You've been

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 put here

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 not only in a

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 location but

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 you've been put

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 here in a

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 location with a

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 trust.

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 The gospel

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 will be

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 and again I

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 ask you the

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 question for

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 self-evaluation

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 in what ways

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 and with what

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 kind of urgency

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 and sacrifice

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 and strategy

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 are you

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 investing it?

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 All of those

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 are important.

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 Urgency.

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 Not casual

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 investments.

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 Urgent

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 investments.

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 Sacrificial

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 investments.

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 Not convenient

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 investments.

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 Strategic

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 investments.

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 Not just

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 we'll cross the

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 bridge when we

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 get there.

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 But no

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 organizing,

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 strategizing,

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 doing what we

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 can to invest

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 the gospel.

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 Lakeside there is

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 so much more

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 to do and I

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 want to encourage

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 you this morning

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 to keep investing

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 the gospel.

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 I want to

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 encourage you

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 who are not a

00:37:33.939 --> 00:37:34.379
 part of this

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 fellowship to

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 prayerfully join

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 this congregation

00:37:36.699 --> 00:37:37.879
 of believers and

00:37:37.879 --> 00:37:39.000
 help them invest

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 the gospel.

00:37:39.879 --> 00:37:40.439
 We don't always

00:37:40.439 --> 00:37:41.459
 know when returns

00:37:41.460 --> 00:37:42.199
 on investments

00:37:42.199 --> 00:37:42.900
 come in.

00:37:44.059 --> 00:37:44.900
 Financially or

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 spiritually.

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 We don't always

00:37:47.420 --> 00:37:47.980
 know that.

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 But here's what I

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 can guarantee you

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 and I want you to

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 think about this

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 verse.

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 Jesus when he

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 sent his disciples

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 out before his

00:37:58.220 --> 00:37:58.960
 ascension in Mark

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 16.

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 The Bible says

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 that the disciples

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 went everywhere

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 preaching the

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 gospel.

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 They went

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 everywhere investing

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 the gospel and

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 the Lord

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 worked with

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 them.

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 Lakeside

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 go today in

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 this community

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 wherever you

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 live Cornelius

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 Davidson Huntersville

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 Mooresville wherever

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 you reside as you

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 go go investing

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 the gospel knowing

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 that the Lord has

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 committed himself

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 to work with

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 you to go

00:38:42.240 --> 00:38:42.920
 before you

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 to work with

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 you to use

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 you until he

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 returns.

00:38:53.960 --> 00:38:55.079
 Well I don't

00:38:55.079 --> 00:38:55.900
 think we can

00:38:55.900 --> 00:38:57.260
 pray without

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 at least

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 drawing quick

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 attention to

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 verse 27.

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 because we've

00:39:05.940 --> 00:39:06.400
 talked a lot

00:39:06.400 --> 00:39:06.740
 about the

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 king's

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 servants

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 let's

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 close by

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 addressing the

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 fate of the

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 king's enemies.

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 Verse 27

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 it says

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 it's for those

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 enemies of

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 mine who did

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 not want me to

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 reign over them

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 bring them here

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 and slaughter

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 them before me.

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 It's quite a

00:39:20.300 --> 00:39:20.760
 picture isn't

00:39:20.760 --> 00:39:20.960
 it?

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 The point is

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 that day of

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 reckoning is not

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 only to address

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 the work of the

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 king's servants

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 but it will also

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 be a day when the

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 king's enemies

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 will be fully

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 and finally

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 condemned.

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 And here's the

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 message.

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 Reject the

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 king and you

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 will have no

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 place in his

00:39:40.039 --> 00:39:40.360
 kingdom.

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 Wherever your

00:39:44.900 --> 00:39:45.679
 heart may be

00:39:45.679 --> 00:39:46.179
 before the

00:39:46.179 --> 00:39:46.659
 Lord today

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 maybe you are

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 convinced and

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 assured that you

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 are a follower

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 of his but maybe

00:39:51.260 --> 00:39:52.079
 you're exploring

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 maybe you're

00:39:52.960 --> 00:39:53.980
 interested maybe

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 you're trying to

00:39:54.800 --> 00:39:55.519
 figure this whole

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 Jesus is Lord

00:39:56.619 --> 00:39:57.099
 thing.

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 I need you to

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 understand this as

00:39:59.139 --> 00:39:59.860
 you go home and

00:39:59.860 --> 00:40:00.539
 meditate on the

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 scripture today.

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 To reject

00:40:02.920 --> 00:40:04.300
 Jesus as king

00:40:04.300 --> 00:40:06.139
 is to have no

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 place at all

00:40:07.079 --> 00:40:08.599
 in his kingdom

00:40:08.599 --> 00:40:10.559
 today, tomorrow

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 and forever.

00:40:12.380 --> 00:40:13.500
 The first step

00:40:13.500 --> 00:40:14.079
 for gospel

00:40:14.079 --> 00:40:14.880
 investment is to

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 receive the gospel

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 and that is to

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 receive the gospel

00:40:18.539 --> 00:40:19.480
 by making Jesus

00:40:19.480 --> 00:40:20.000
 your king.

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 By trusting him

00:40:22.179 --> 00:40:23.000
 as your Lord and

00:40:23.000 --> 00:40:24.279
 Savior who took

00:40:24.279 --> 00:40:25.539
 your place, died

00:40:25.539 --> 00:40:26.500
 for your sins

00:40:26.500 --> 00:40:28.000
 and longs for

00:40:28.000 --> 00:40:29.320
 you to be

00:40:29.320 --> 00:40:30.300
 his.

00:40:30.539 --> 00:40:33.480
 You don't have

00:40:33.480 --> 00:40:34.300
 to become Jesus

00:40:34.300 --> 00:40:35.259
 by first becoming

00:40:35.259 --> 00:40:35.779
 a part of the

00:40:35.779 --> 00:40:37.500
 church, giving

00:40:37.500 --> 00:40:38.139
 money to the

00:40:38.139 --> 00:40:39.460
 church, all of

00:40:39.460 --> 00:40:39.940
 those things.

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 It's by faith and

00:40:40.840 --> 00:40:41.539
 trust in Christ.

00:40:41.840 --> 00:40:42.639
 Put your faith and

00:40:42.639 --> 00:40:44.099
 trust as Christ, as

00:40:44.099 --> 00:40:44.619
 the king.

00:40:45.179 --> 00:40:46.380
 The king who is

00:40:46.380 --> 00:40:48.300
 coming again and

00:40:48.300 --> 00:40:50.800
 become his and

00:40:50.800 --> 00:40:51.980
 allow him to show

00:40:51.980 --> 00:40:53.059
 you and teach you

00:40:53.059 --> 00:40:54.380
 through the wonderful

00:40:54.380 --> 00:40:55.400
 gift of his church

00:40:55.400 --> 00:40:57.119
 how to invest the

00:40:57.119 --> 00:40:58.179
 gospel in your life,

00:40:58.179 --> 00:41:01.259
 in your family and

00:41:01.259 --> 00:41:01.879
 in this world.

00:41:03.019 --> 00:41:03.919
 So my prayer for

00:41:03.919 --> 00:41:05.639
 all of us, from

00:41:05.639 --> 00:41:06.419
 those from Laurel,

00:41:06.500 --> 00:41:07.019
 from those from

00:41:07.019 --> 00:41:09.839
 Lakeside, my prayer

00:41:09.839 --> 00:41:11.519
 today is Lord make

00:41:11.519 --> 00:41:13.940
 us faithful servants

00:41:13.940 --> 00:41:16.899
 who invest the

00:41:16.900 --> 00:41:17.260
 gospel.

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 Thank you.