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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace.

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 Join us.

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 Amen.

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 Good morning, everybody.

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 For those of you who may not remember, our senior pastor, Will, is in India, and he is

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 doing very well in India.

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 He actually is preaching this morning, and tomorrow he starts teaching in one of the

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 conference-type seminary places that we partner with, and then Wednesday he will be a youth

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 retreat speaker.

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 That should be interesting.

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 And he said he appreciates your prayers, and he's very thankful for this place, so I was

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 texting with him a little bit.

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 So just an update there.

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 He is there safely and doing really well.

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 And I'm privileged to get to lead us this morning.

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 I'm also privileged to have Skeets lead with me this morning.

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 Thank you, Skeets.

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 I love having our elders be a part of leading up here.

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 It's not easy to do, and I'm just really thankful to have y'all's voices in our lives,

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 and so we'll get to do that again next week as well.

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 But let me pray for us this morning before we jump into looking at God's Word together.

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 Father in heaven, thank you for this time.

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 Thank you for these wonderful people.

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 Every face in here is a life and a soul.

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 And this morning they're going through something, and you've brought them here for something.

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 May that be your spirit that ministers to me and to us together as we look at your Word

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 and consider the things that you say.

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 Thank you, Father.

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 It's in Jesus' name that I pray these things.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 So, some of y'all know this.

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 I play music, and I used to play a lot more than I do now.

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 And, like, there's this particular place in Birmingham called Work Play Theater,

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 and there was this guy there who ran the sound.

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 And his name is Davey, okay?

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 And Davey is one of the men who you meet and you are like, am I a man?

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 Okay?

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 Because he is so very manly man.

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 And when he talks, he talks like this!

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 And Davey is one of the scariest men that I ran into for quite some time.

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 And so I would show up to play these concerts, and I got to know Davey, and I would get sometimes

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 a little intimidated by him, but I kept, he was on my heart, like I wanted to talk to Davey.

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 I wanted to interact with Davey.

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 But he was cold.

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 He didn't really want to talk to me.

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 And most of the time he could be misinterpreted as kind of mean.

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 So it became the backdrop to every concert there that I would play at Work Play.

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 How am I going to talk to Davey?

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 And so I found myself, though, praying for Davey a lot.

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 I found myself wanting to encourage him and to listen to his story.

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 But I didn't really know what to do to get over that hump.

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 But what I found was I was longing for this doorway to bear witness.

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 I think that's what was really going on inside my heart.

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 If you think about that word witness.

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 Witness is a person who sees an event and they give evidence or proof of that event or that person or that thing.

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 Bearing witness, then, would be showing that something exists or is true.

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 It's giving a truthful testimony about what you've seen.

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 It's speaking honestly about something that is important to you for the purpose of showing that it does exist or that thing is true.

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 Now, there's a very popular TV show on right now that's about to enter into its fifth season.

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 And it follows the life of a lucrative estate businessman.

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 And he's purchased a large ranch in Utah.

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 It's a 500-acre site previously owned by the government and the site of purported paranormal and UFO-related activities.

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 Now, the series follows a team of scientists, investigators, and skeptics who have been brought to the ranch to investigate the reports by testing them scientifically.

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 And the latest investigation led them to a location on the ranch where they've witnessed time being manipulated and gravity not operating normally.

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 And they speculate that it could be a naturally occurring wormhole.

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 Okay?

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 They speculate.

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 But as they witness and they film these amazing phenomenon, they bear witness about them, providing evidence in an attempt to show that these things indeed exist and are true.

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 Now, I recently met some friends who worship at a different church in a completely different denomination than we are in.

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 And when we had them over for dinner, it was fun to hear how they were talking about what their church services are like.

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 And one of the really wonderful things that they mentioned that they do in each service is that they have a time where people are given opportunities to stand up and bear witness about what God has done and is doing in their lives.

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 Kind of what we do at the Thanksgiving service that Kelly mentioned.

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 And at our meal, when they were over at our house, they were doing that very thing as they told us about how God had delivered them from some really, really tough circumstances in their lives and how he's still at work in their family.

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 They were giving truthful testimony about what they've seen and experienced.

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 And so, as I was walking and praying about these scriptures today and thinking through this and praying through it, I started to notice these things around me that I had never noticed when I was walking before.

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 In a different way.

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 It's just interesting as I was praying about it.

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 So, at first, I looked up and I was like, wow, that's really heavenly.

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 That's really, really beautiful.

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 And these things, to me, as I looked, I started to notice them crying out, God, God, God.

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 There was this little anthill that was made from all of the leftovers from the, all these leftovers from the clippings from the grass that was cut.

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 And these little creatures that God created, they make a home.

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 Then I looked out and I saw this.

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 I didn't know what that was.

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 I got closer and it was that.

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 And if you get closer, it's that.

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 It's amazing.

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 And I'm like, God did that.

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 God created the thing that created that thing.

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 And it bears witness to God.

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 And then there was this beautiful bird.

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 I mean, that looks like something out of Jurassic Park.

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 But it's amazing.

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 And it was just this blue that even, that doesn't even capture it.

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 It's like a beautiful piece of art that I was looking at.

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 And then there's ducks.

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 Have you just thought about ducks?

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 They're like paddle boat animals.

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 Like if a paddle boat could have fur on, that's all they do.

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 And they sit there and they talk to each other.

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 But if you know what's going on underneath the surface there, it's amazing what ducks are.

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 And if you look today in our passage that we're going to look at briefly together, what we're really learning about is bearing witness.

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 Okay?

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 A witness that proclaims that Christ really is God.

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 Okay?

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 They're providing evidence, this passage today, to show that God exists and that God is true.

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 And so Jesus is going to tell us what he thinks about all that.

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 And in the verses just before these verses, we learn, remember last week, why the Jews are seeking to kill Jesus.

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 Because not only had he just healed a man at the pool at Bethesda on the Sabbath, which they said was sin, because it was work.

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 But he was also now calling God his own father.

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 And he was making himself equal with God.

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 And he was pointing to the authority that he himself has to give eternal life.

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 And then he also had just spoken about right before these verses, the day of judgment.

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 Okay?

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 Where all those who have died, everyone who died, he says, will be raised.

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 Okay?

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 But not all will be raised to eternal life.

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 There'll be a resurrection to death and eternal judgment.

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 And there'll be a resurrection to life.

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 So all of these precede this verse here.

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 So now he's going to continue and he's going to shift the focus to witness.

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 So let's start just by looking at the first five verses.

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 I can do nothing on my own.

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 As I hear, I judge.

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 And my judgment is just.

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 Because I seek not my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

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 If I alone bear witness about myself, my testimony is not true.

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 There is another who bears witness about me.

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 And I know that the testimony that he bears about me is true.

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 You sent to John and he is born witness to the truth.

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 Not that the testimony that I receive is from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved.

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 He was a burning and shining lamp and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

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 The first thing that Jesus does here, notice, is he refers to the Jewish law.

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 Okay.

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 Not only in the Hebrew culture, but in most every ancient culture, for something to be verified as true in court, there has to be more than one testament.

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 Okay.

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 Today you're going to see it in the court system.

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 What do we have in courts?

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 Witnesses, right?

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 Well, in the Jewish courts, if you claim that something was true and you don't have evidence to support it outside of your own testimony or other eyewitnesses, then it fails.

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 You had to have at least two eyewitnesses.

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 Okay.

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 So Jesus knew this and he's speaking their language to them.

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 Okay.

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 About himself though.

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 And he's using the standard of their law.

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 And he's saying, God has given you evidence, all the evidence that you need to back up the claim that I am God.

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 That I am who I say that I am.

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 That I am equal with God, the Father.

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 And what's the first evidence that he mentions in here?

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 Who's the first witness that he calls to the stand?

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 It's John the Baptist.

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 So witness number one there is John the Baptist.

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 And he tells us this, that John is a lamp.

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 So Jesus here is talking about himself.

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 If you're wondering who Jesus says he is, he's going to tell us in these next verses here.

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 He describes John first as a burning and a shining lamp.

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 And he even points to the fact that they believed the things that John said.

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 And they rejoiced in them for a while.

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 So Jesus is saying, hey, John was a lamp.

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 And that's the witness of John.

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 He was a human who devoted his life to shining a light.

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 Saying, repent and prepare the way for who?

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 Jesus.

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 Now, the handheld lamps of this time, they would have been an oil lamp.

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 And they only produced a very small amount of light.

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 Usually about as much as a candle or a big candle.

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 And though he was a lamp, he's saying he was not the light.

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 So think about that.

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 John is a lamp.

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 He's providing a small amount of light.

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 Jesus is going to come in and just, right?

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 Blow the whole thing up.

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 Turn all the lights on.

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 So though he was a lamp, he was not the light.

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 So Jesus then moves on to call another witness to the stand.

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 And do you know who he calls to the stand next?

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 It's in your bulletin.

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 God.

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 His works, miracles first.

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 And God the Father.

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 He's going to put these two together here, okay?

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 So saying this, and let's read these verses together.

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 The testimony that I have is greater than that of John.

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 For the works that the Father has given me to accomplish, the very works that I am doing,

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 bear witness about me, Jesus, that the Father has sent me.

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 And the Father who sent me has himself borne witness about me.

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 His voice you've never heard.

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 His form you've never seen.

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 And you do not have his word abiding in you.

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 For you do not believe the one whom he has sent.

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 Okay.

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 If John is a lamp, which he just told us, then Jesus now is the light, the real light.

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 And God is here.

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 And so Jesus here is pointing to his miracles first.

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 Okay.

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 If you need proof, look at what I'm doing.

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 And he's been performing them saying they give proof to the realities of the things that he's seen

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 and who he says he is.

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 They witness.

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 And the fact that he and the Father are one.

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 Remember right before this, the Jews tried to kill him.

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 And that's because he's bearing witness to these things.

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 And some people will say to you today, it does not say in the Bible anywhere that Jesus is God.

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 That is not true.

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 Okay.

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 That Jesus never claimed to be God.

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 That is not true.

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 You're seeing it right here.

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 But there's lots of accounts elsewhere where it's right in your face.

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 But how is Jesus the light?

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 There's two verses here to look at.

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 It's really a lot of verses in two slides.

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 Again, Jesus spoke to them saying,

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 I am the light of the world.

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 Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.

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 So the Pharisees said to him,

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 You are bearing witness about yourself.

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 Your testimony is not true.

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 Now remember, this is the same thing Jesus has just been doing.

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 He knows the whole system there.

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 And Jesus answered,

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 Even if I do bear witness about myself,

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 my testimony is true.

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 For I know where I came from and where I'm going.

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 But you do not know where I come from or where I'm going.

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 You judge according to the flesh.

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 I judge no one.

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 Yet even if I do judge, my judgment is true.

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 For it's not I alone who judge, but I and the Father who sent me.

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 In your law, it's written that the testimony of two people is true.

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 I am the one who bears witness about myself.

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 And the Father who sent me bears witness about me.

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 Okay, this would have blown their minds, right?

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 He right now is saying, you do not get it.

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 I am God.

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 Okay, he's pointing to Yahweh as bearing witness about him as God.

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 This would be an astounding claim.

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 So the Father, you know, in the Trinity,

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 the Father God sends the Son.

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 The Son will accomplish the work of salvation,

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 who then goes back to heaven and sends us who?

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 God the Holy Spirit.

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 This is the Trinity.

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 They are all co-equal in power and glory, though.

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 Okay, we don't understand this great mystery,

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 but you see community from the very beginning of existence

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 in the Godhead.

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 And if you ever long for community, that's why.

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 God made you that way.

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 Community is a good thing, but because of sin,

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 it's also a very broken thing.

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 So it's hard.

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 It's not easy.

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 But that's why the church is so important.

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 That's why the church is so worthwhile.

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 And I don't just mean these walls.

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 I mean the people of God.

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 We're supposed to be restoring that brokenness in the world

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 and those relationships.

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 One single smile and hug and conversation at a time.

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 So he's going to send us, though.

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 He's going to talk about later in John sending us the Holy Spirit.

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 But we'll probably get to that in the year 3000 at the rate we're going.

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 So hang on.

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 So he tells us that nobody has ever heard the Father's voice.

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 No one has seen his form.

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 Okay?

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 Except for who?

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 What's assumed there?

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 Jesus.

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 Right?

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 He was there in the beginning when the earth had not been fully formed

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 and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

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 This is also what I saw when I was walking.

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 That just, right?

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 Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

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 And he says that they've never seen the Father except in Jesus.

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 Now, why not?

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 He says it's because they don't have his word abiding in them.

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 Skeets mentioned that earlier.

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 What does it mean to have the word abiding in us?

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 And Jesus is saying, if you don't believe me,

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 you don't believe the one who God has sent.

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 Then you don't know God.

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 I am God.

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 Okay?

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 Okay, John told you to look out for me.

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 And here I am doing the miracles, teaching you the truth,

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 about to die for you, and you don't believe me.

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 What does that mean to abide in Jesus?

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 Because we don't want to make that mistake.

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 I had this friend in high school, and I couldn't drive,

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 but he would always drive us around.

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 His name was John Mark Adrian.

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 And he always had the phrase, abide or don't ride.

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 And if you did anything outside of his rules in the car,

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 he would kick you out.

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 He was known to just drop you off on the side of the road and make you walk.

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 And most of it had to do with passing gas.

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 You could not do that in his car.

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 Okay?

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 And he would look at people, he would go,

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 abide or don't ride.

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 And he was serious.

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 Well, to abide in Jesus is to believe and to do exactly what he says,

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 and then to bear witness about that, to shine light, just like John did,

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 with our lives, to show him to be true,

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 to provide evidences to those around us in the relationships,

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 to bear witness about what he's doing in our lives,

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 to show God to be true.

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 John is a lamp.

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 Jesus is a light.

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 And as we learned earlier in the book,

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 the light shines in the darkness,

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 and the darkness has not overcome it.

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 And now, as Jesus is continuing,

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 he's going to call another witness to the stand.

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 And this is a big one.

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 Scripture.

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 You search the scriptures

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 because you think that in them you have eternal life.

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 And it's they that bear witness about me.

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 Yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life.

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 I do not receive glory from people,

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 but I know that you do not have the love of God within you.

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 I've come in my Father's name,

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 and you don't receive me.

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 If another comes in his own name,

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 you will receive him.

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 How can you believe when you receive glory from one another

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 and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?

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 Okay, again, equating himself with God.

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 Don't miss that.

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 But this is really important.

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 Okay, and here's why.

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 Because Jesus is telling us that scripture is so very, very important

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 to bear witness about him that he's calling it to the witness stand.

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 Now, why is that different than the other two witnesses?

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 They're both meaningful and huge, right?

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 God himself, miracles, John the Baptist.

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 But we hold what he's talking about now.

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 You can look at it.

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 I can't look at John the Baptist right now.

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 I can't necessarily see all of Jesus' miracles that he talked about,

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 but I can read the word, and you can read the word.

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 That's something that's still with us right here and right now

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 that he's talking about right then and there.

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 It means that in this world of chaos, okay,

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 confusion, fake news, whatever you want to call it,

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 you have truth to guide you.

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 The things that it bears witness about and hear are true.

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 The life, the death, the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

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 and not only that, the fact that Jesus is coming back, it's all real.

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 And Jesus is saying all of this to the most educated Bible scholars of the day.

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 It would be the smartest people that you could talk to about scriptures

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 out of that time.

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 And I want you to think about this.

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 If the most educated Bible scholars of the day could spend so much time

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 studying and teaching the scriptures that talk about Jesus,

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 yet completely miss the point and the purpose,

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 what does that say for us today?

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 We can make the same mistake, okay?

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 It's very possible for you to worship Christianity and miss Jesus,

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 to worship the Bible and miss God himself.

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 I don't want you or me to make that mistake.

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 And we have an opportunity to look at our hearts today.

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 Here God himself is looking in the face of his creation,

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 and he's saying,

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 you care more about the glory of man than you do about me.

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 You use the scriptures that testify about me to your advantage.

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 You use God as a means to your end.

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 You twist them to make them say what you want,

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 and all the while, it's killing you.

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 Life is standing in front of your face,

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 and you want to kill it.

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 Scripture is more than just information, okay?

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 Scripture is about transformation.

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 It's how we hear the voice of God.

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 And if it doesn't transform you,

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 you should probably stop and ask yourself,

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 why?

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 Why does it not transform you?

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 There's something behind that.

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 There's something underneath it.

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 And it might be different for each of you.

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 Because it's God's inspired word.

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 It's the sword of the spirit.

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 And it's the only weapon that Jesus ever used,

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 if you think about it.

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 Remember when he was tempted by Satan?

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 What did Satan use to try to tempt Jesus?

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 He used the word of God, didn't he?

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 Mm-hmm.

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 And what did Jesus do?

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 He slayed him like a Jedi, right?

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 He just vanquished him with this.

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 Well, yeah, you're right.

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 Scripture says that.

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 But here's what else it says.

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 Slam, drop the mic.

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 Satan runs away, right?

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 The word made flesh wields those scriptures.

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 And as we learn in Ephesians,

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 it's the sword of the spirit.

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 So don't make the mistake of just getting so busy

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 that this is another thing you got to do,

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 that this is just information.

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 Satan knows this information better than you and I.

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 Okay?

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 But we've got to let these scriptures transform us.

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 This is back to what it means to abide in Jesus.

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 Right?

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 It means to abide in his word.

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 Abide or don't ride.

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 If we're not in the word

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 and we're wondering why God isn't at work in our lives

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 or we don't experience him,

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 that's where it starts, right there.

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 Okay?

00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:01.620
 Start there.

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 Are you abiding in his word?

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 It means that in everything,

00:24:06.539 --> 00:24:07.559
 everything we do,

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 everything we think about,

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 every problem we have,

00:24:09.860 --> 00:24:11.799
 we go back and we search the scriptures.

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 And then we let the scriptures search us.

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 And then we let the scriptures lead us.

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 And in faith,

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 we take steps to do the things that it says

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 in every facet of our lives.

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 And when we're done doing that,

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 then we do it again.

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 And the more we do that,

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 the more we start to conform to Christ

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 and his word and his principles

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 and the things that he commands us to do.

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 And we grow and we become transformed.

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 And that's all the work of the spirit inside us.

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 But apart from his word,

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 what are we listening to for his voice?

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 Okay?

00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:49.980
 And I just want to encourage you in that.

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 If you don't know where to start,

00:24:51.299 --> 00:24:52.700
 we've got a two-year Bible plan

00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:54.180
 where you can just read on an app every day.

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 But I'm going to tell you,

00:24:54.819 --> 00:24:56.419
 it's easy to get legalists about it

00:24:56.419 --> 00:24:58.279
 and still see it as information

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 and forget God.

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 But it's scripture transforming you.

00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:02.680
 Okay?

00:25:03.980 --> 00:25:06.259
 Disciples sit under the authority of their teacher.

00:25:08.119 --> 00:25:09.200
 In verse 44,

00:25:09.359 --> 00:25:12.539
 Jesus points out that they cared more about each other

00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:14.440
 than they did about God.

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 And when we care more about each other

00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:18.919
 and our lives and our busyness and everything,

00:25:19.359 --> 00:25:20.579
 the same thing happens to us.

00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:22.059
 Okay?

00:25:22.299 --> 00:25:23.259
 We miss Jesus.

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 So disciples sit under the authority of their teacher.

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 And we know our teacher's voice

00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:31.579
 through this book of his special revelation.

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 You ever thought about whether or not

00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:35.259
 you sit under the authority of scripture?

00:25:35.419 --> 00:25:36.519
 At least this morning you can.

00:25:38.079 --> 00:25:39.919
 You know who else sits under the authority of scripture?

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 Angels.

00:25:42.220 --> 00:25:42.519
 Okay?

00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:42.579
 Okay?

00:25:46.579 --> 00:25:48.079
 Consider this verse from Galatians.

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 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him

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 who called you in the grace of Christ

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 and are turning to a different gospel.

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 Not that there's another one,

00:25:57.679 --> 00:25:59.419
 but there are some who trouble you

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 and want to distort the gospel of Christ.

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 But even if we or an angel from heaven

00:26:04.879 --> 00:26:07.319
 should preach to you a gospel contrary

00:26:07.319 --> 00:26:08.579
 to the one we preached to you,

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 let him be accursed.

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 As we have said before,

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 so now I say again,

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:14.899
 if anyone is preaching to you a gospel

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 contrary to the one you received,

00:26:16.579 --> 00:26:17.419
 let him be accursed.

00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:20.559
 For am I now seeking the approval of man

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 or of God?

00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:24.359
 Or am I trying to please man?

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 If I were still trying to please man,

00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:28.740
 I would not be a servant of Christ.

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 Angels sit in submission to scripture.

00:26:35.559 --> 00:26:39.299
 Can you think of any religion

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 that bases its context

00:26:41.859 --> 00:26:45.179
 and its principles upon what an angel said?

00:26:46.539 --> 00:26:47.500
 Anybody think of one?

00:26:49.700 --> 00:26:50.139
 Mormonism.

00:26:51.579 --> 00:26:52.679
 I think Jehovah's Witnesses,

00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:53.539
 can we throw that in there?

00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:54.980
 It's been a while.

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 And it preaches something contrary

00:26:57.980 --> 00:26:59.000
 to what the scriptures say.

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 This stuff is very real.

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:02.220
 And then there's other things.

00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:03.240
 It could be,

00:27:03.940 --> 00:27:05.039
 you can worship TikTok.

00:27:06.299 --> 00:27:06.519
 Okay?

00:27:07.399 --> 00:27:09.200
 You can worship anything.

00:27:09.279 --> 00:27:11.099
 You can put anything in the central core

00:27:11.099 --> 00:27:12.599
 and receive that information

00:27:12.599 --> 00:27:14.220
 as the guiding principles of your life

00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:15.139
 more so than Christ.

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 But what sits in authority over you?

00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:20.519
 What is your foundation?

00:27:20.859 --> 00:27:21.899
 I just want you to consider that.

00:27:22.339 --> 00:27:23.579
 May our religious lives

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 not blind us from the God

00:27:25.899 --> 00:27:26.960
 that is in front of us

00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:27.859
 every day

00:27:27.859 --> 00:27:28.579
 and the opportunities

00:27:28.579 --> 00:27:30.299
 that he gives us to bear witness.

00:27:31.179 --> 00:27:33.200
 So we can listen to voices each day

00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:34.339
 as we read his word,

00:27:34.639 --> 00:27:35.240
 his voice,

00:27:35.559 --> 00:27:36.299
 and then ask,

00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:37.579
 would you search me?

00:27:38.419 --> 00:27:39.240
 Would you lead me?

00:27:40.139 --> 00:27:41.500
 Will you show me where I'm off?

00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:42.940
 Will you restore me?

00:27:43.379 --> 00:27:44.240
 So John is a lamp.

00:27:44.359 --> 00:27:45.240
 Jesus is the light.

00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:47.579
 Scripture teaches that Jesus is God.

00:27:48.539 --> 00:27:50.859
 And now Jesus calls his last witness

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 to the stand,

00:27:52.700 --> 00:27:52.980
 Moses.

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 Do not think that I will accuse you

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 to the Father.

00:28:00.600 --> 00:28:03.300
 There is one who accuses you,

00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:04.240
 Moses,

00:28:04.860 --> 00:28:06.440
 on whom you set your hope.

00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:07.920
 Again, man.

00:28:09.100 --> 00:28:10.539
 For if you believed Moses,

00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:12.060
 you would believe me,

00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:13.120
 for he wrote of me.

00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:15.800
 But if you do not believe his writings,

00:28:16.420 --> 00:28:18.279
 how will you believe my words?

00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:18.399
 Moses.

00:28:20.160 --> 00:28:20.599
 So,

00:28:20.799 --> 00:28:22.019
 he's telling us here

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 that Moses is a messenger.

00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:27.639
 Jesus ends this passage

00:28:27.639 --> 00:28:29.039
 by appealing to those words

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 that someone,

00:28:30.339 --> 00:28:31.639
 that the Jews claim to believe.

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:32.619
 So he's using something

00:28:32.619 --> 00:28:33.519
 that they understand.

00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:34.460
 But again,

00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:35.579
 he's pointing out the blindness.

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.019
 He says,

00:28:36.139 --> 00:28:37.819
 even Moses was writing about me.

00:28:37.879 --> 00:28:39.279
 And if you say you believe him

00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:40.759
 and you don't believe me,

00:28:40.819 --> 00:28:42.319
 you even really don't believe Moses.

00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:43.519
 You don't understand

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:44.299
 what he was doing.

00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:46.599
 And he's pointing then later

00:28:46.599 --> 00:28:47.539
 to the day of judgment

00:28:47.539 --> 00:28:48.859
 where Moses' words

00:28:48.859 --> 00:28:50.200
 will be the ones

00:28:50.200 --> 00:28:50.919
 that condemn them.

00:28:51.059 --> 00:28:51.099
 Now,

00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:51.960
 what does that mean?

00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:53.680
 It means that

00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:54.539
 because they believe

00:28:54.539 --> 00:28:55.399
 Moses' words,

00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:56.359
 yet they chose to

00:28:56.359 --> 00:28:57.579
 not believe

00:28:57.579 --> 00:28:58.460
 that they were about Jesus,

00:28:59.659 --> 00:29:00.500
 that that will be

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:01.059
 the very thing

00:29:01.059 --> 00:29:01.819
 that condemns them.

00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:05.059
 And it's the law,

00:29:05.220 --> 00:29:05.519
 remember,

00:29:05.659 --> 00:29:06.980
 that shows us our sin.

00:29:08.299 --> 00:29:08.579
 Okay?

00:29:09.059 --> 00:29:10.559
 But only through Jesus

00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:11.839
 can we be forgiven

00:29:11.839 --> 00:29:13.480
 of that sin.

00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:14.880
 So they're missing

00:29:14.880 --> 00:29:15.599
 that whole piece.

00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:16.220
 And this echoes

00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:18.019
 earlier verse in John 1.

00:29:19.099 --> 00:29:20.620
 John 1.17 says,

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:21.640
 the law was given

00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:22.319
 through Moses,

00:29:23.120 --> 00:29:25.559
 but grace and truth

00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:27.400
 came through Jesus Christ.

00:29:28.599 --> 00:29:30.440
 So both are necessary,

00:29:30.620 --> 00:29:31.660
 but one is pointing

00:29:31.660 --> 00:29:33.120
 necessarily to the other.

00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:34.960
 So what is grace there?

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:35.599
 What is grace?

00:29:36.279 --> 00:29:37.039
 What does it mean?

00:29:37.120 --> 00:29:37.680
 Think about this.

00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:39.319
 To be a people of grace

00:29:39.319 --> 00:29:41.279
 who experience

00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:42.160
 sin express it,

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:42.839
 which you hear

00:29:42.839 --> 00:29:43.899
 a lot here.

00:29:45.639 --> 00:29:46.960
 I think it means this

00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:49.359
 in a nutshell,

00:29:49.720 --> 00:29:50.619
 in a very small

00:29:50.619 --> 00:29:52.399
 secular version

00:29:52.399 --> 00:29:53.000
 of saying this,

00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:53.720
 I guess I should say,

00:29:54.399 --> 00:29:56.039
 not a lot of God language

00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:56.440
 in this.

00:29:57.819 --> 00:29:59.119
 I can make mistakes

00:29:59.119 --> 00:30:00.039
 in front of you,

00:30:00.619 --> 00:30:02.279
 and you can make mistakes

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:03.160
 in front of me,

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:05.059
 and it's okay.

00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:06.359
 Why?

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:08.559
 We'll get to the God language now.

00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:11.000
 Because while we are sinners,

00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:12.519
 Christ died for us.

00:30:12.679 --> 00:30:13.500
 He doesn't hold

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:14.379
 our sin against us.

00:30:14.419 --> 00:30:15.399
 So why would I hold

00:30:15.399 --> 00:30:16.299
 any of your mistakes

00:30:16.299 --> 00:30:16.919
 against you?

00:30:17.839 --> 00:30:18.659
 That doesn't mean

00:30:18.659 --> 00:30:20.399
 we ignore them

00:30:20.399 --> 00:30:21.079
 or that we say

00:30:21.079 --> 00:30:21.799
 that they're healthy,

00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:23.839
 but if you've experienced

00:30:23.839 --> 00:30:24.659
 the grace of God

00:30:24.659 --> 00:30:25.179
 in your life

00:30:25.179 --> 00:30:25.700
 and you've really

00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:26.259
 been forgiven,

00:30:27.059 --> 00:30:28.059
 and you're holding

00:30:28.059 --> 00:30:28.919
 someone else

00:30:28.919 --> 00:30:30.639
 under your thumb

00:30:30.639 --> 00:30:31.559
 of condemnation,

00:30:32.079 --> 00:30:33.139
 you're not getting it.

00:30:33.839 --> 00:30:34.899
 You're missing the gospel,

00:30:35.399 --> 00:30:36.440
 and I'm missing the gospel.

00:30:36.440 --> 00:30:37.940
 Because we're supposed

00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:38.860
 to be people

00:30:38.860 --> 00:30:41.080
 of no condemnation.

00:30:42.120 --> 00:30:44.299
 To live a no condemnation life

00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:45.940
 means that that worst conversation

00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:46.799
 you're in right now,

00:30:46.840 --> 00:30:48.380
 even if it's an unhealthy relationship,

00:30:49.059 --> 00:30:50.160
 you don't have the right

00:30:50.160 --> 00:30:51.100
 to condemn them.

00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:53.820
 Because you don't have the right

00:30:53.820 --> 00:30:55.400
 to be uncondemned by God

00:30:55.400 --> 00:30:56.779
 except by His grace.

00:30:57.700 --> 00:30:58.779
 And we are to share

00:30:58.779 --> 00:31:00.039
 that grace with the world.

00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:01.059
 That doesn't mean

00:31:01.059 --> 00:31:02.220
 don't set boundaries.

00:31:03.080 --> 00:31:04.039
 I'm not saying

00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:04.960
 that every relationship

00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:05.580
 that you're in

00:31:05.579 --> 00:31:07.000
 that's toxic is a good one,

00:31:07.359 --> 00:31:08.559
 but if you can't forgive,

00:31:09.720 --> 00:31:12.179
 then we're missing something.

00:31:12.659 --> 00:31:13.500
 Because we're supposed

00:31:13.500 --> 00:31:14.819
 to be able to get to a place

00:31:14.819 --> 00:31:15.799
 where we can forgive.

00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:16.759
 Okay?

00:31:16.799 --> 00:31:17.559
 And we need help

00:31:17.559 --> 00:31:18.439
 to do it sometimes.

00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:19.819
 Perhaps what you're missing

00:31:19.819 --> 00:31:20.859
 is the help to get there

00:31:20.859 --> 00:31:21.759
 and the work

00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:22.500
 and the heart work.

00:31:23.279 --> 00:31:24.399
 But we're supposed

00:31:24.399 --> 00:31:26.279
 to live no condemnation lives,

00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:27.939
 and God's sending us now

00:31:27.939 --> 00:31:29.339
 on this redemption mission

00:31:29.339 --> 00:31:31.899
 in this great story of grace.

00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:32.960
 So to experience it

00:31:32.960 --> 00:31:33.899
 means we go live it.

00:31:33.900 --> 00:31:34.700
 Okay?

00:31:34.820 --> 00:31:35.540
 But the best part

00:31:35.540 --> 00:31:36.160
 of the story

00:31:36.160 --> 00:31:38.040
 is what's ahead.

00:31:39.080 --> 00:31:39.720
 Do you know

00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:40.540
 where you fit

00:31:40.540 --> 00:31:41.340
 in that story?

00:31:41.640 --> 00:31:42.820
 Because you today,

00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:43.660
 if you're here,

00:31:44.680 --> 00:31:45.440
 you're a part

00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:46.700
 of God's story of grace

00:31:46.700 --> 00:31:47.680
 that He's still writing.

00:31:48.460 --> 00:31:49.220
 And it doesn't have

00:31:49.220 --> 00:31:50.660
 to be flashy and big.

00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:51.000
 You don't have

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.960
 to write the books.

00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:53.000
 You don't have

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:54.400
 to have the big accolades.

00:31:54.880 --> 00:31:55.759
 God will use you

00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:56.920
 in the grocery store

00:31:56.920 --> 00:31:57.840
 if you let Him.

00:31:58.600 --> 00:31:59.660
 God will use you

00:31:59.660 --> 00:32:00.700
 at your house

00:32:00.700 --> 00:32:01.540
 or with your neighbor.

00:32:01.539 --> 00:32:04.059
 How is He calling you

00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:05.079
 to express grace

00:32:05.079 --> 00:32:05.859
 where you are

00:32:05.859 --> 00:32:08.500
 in the ordinary things of life?

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:09.619
 Because that's where

00:32:09.619 --> 00:32:11.139
 He calls the most of us.

00:32:11.940 --> 00:32:13.180
 So John is a lamp.

00:32:13.879 --> 00:32:14.859
 Jesus is the light.

00:32:15.019 --> 00:32:15.899
 Scripture teaches us

00:32:15.899 --> 00:32:16.859
 that Jesus is God,

00:32:16.940 --> 00:32:18.059
 and Moses is a messenger

00:32:18.059 --> 00:32:18.799
 of that truth,

00:32:18.859 --> 00:32:19.700
 and we're supposed

00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:21.579
 to be messengers of it too.

00:32:22.119 --> 00:32:22.859
 Now here's why

00:32:22.859 --> 00:32:23.500
 it all matters.

00:32:25.899 --> 00:32:27.379
 Worship without witness

00:32:27.380 --> 00:32:29.960
 is not worship.

00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:33.220
 Worship,

00:32:34.080 --> 00:32:34.960
 when I say worship,

00:32:35.280 --> 00:32:36.180
 I don't mean singing

00:32:36.180 --> 00:32:36.880
 praise songs.

00:32:38.100 --> 00:32:38.300
 Okay?

00:32:39.700 --> 00:32:42.200
 I mean Romans 12.1.

00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:43.840
 Offer your bodies

00:32:43.840 --> 00:32:45.060
 as living sacrifices,

00:32:45.260 --> 00:32:46.420
 holy and pleasing to God.

00:32:46.500 --> 00:32:47.320
 This is your spiritual

00:32:47.320 --> 00:32:48.040
 act of worship.

00:32:49.060 --> 00:32:50.200
 Have you done that?

00:32:50.700 --> 00:32:51.900
 Many of you have,

00:32:51.960 --> 00:32:52.340
 I'm sure.

00:32:53.280 --> 00:32:54.180
 Have you asked Him

00:32:54.180 --> 00:32:54.720
 to save you?

00:32:54.800 --> 00:32:55.340
 Have you asked Him

00:32:55.339 --> 00:32:56.779
 to forgive you of your sins

00:32:56.779 --> 00:32:58.199
 that He offered on the cross

00:32:58.199 --> 00:32:59.619
 when His blood was given

00:32:59.619 --> 00:33:01.319
 as a propitiation for you?

00:33:01.379 --> 00:33:02.779
 Have you accepted that gift?

00:33:03.459 --> 00:33:04.299
 If you have,

00:33:04.359 --> 00:33:04.879
 then you say,

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:05.859
 I have been crucified

00:33:05.859 --> 00:33:06.579
 with Christ,

00:33:06.619 --> 00:33:08.359
 and it's no longer I who live,

00:33:08.419 --> 00:33:09.799
 but Christ who lives in me.

00:33:10.559 --> 00:33:11.279
 Holy Spirit,

00:33:11.419 --> 00:33:11.740
 through me,

00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:12.859
 going into this world

00:33:12.859 --> 00:33:14.259
 and bearing witness now.

00:33:14.919 --> 00:33:16.000
 And you are set apart

00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:16.459
 as holy

00:33:16.459 --> 00:33:17.539
 if you are saved.

00:33:17.839 --> 00:33:19.259
 You're looking to His provision

00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:20.859
 instead of yours.

00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:21.599
 Okay?

00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:23.119
 His life

00:33:23.119 --> 00:33:24.119
 instead of yours.

00:33:24.119 --> 00:33:25.459
 No condemnation

00:33:25.459 --> 00:33:26.099
 in that sense

00:33:26.099 --> 00:33:27.079
 when you face judgment

00:33:27.079 --> 00:33:27.500
 one day.

00:33:27.719 --> 00:33:28.619
 Eternal judgment

00:33:28.619 --> 00:33:30.339
 will not fall upon you,

00:33:30.419 --> 00:33:31.299
 but eternal life.

00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:32.719
 Well,

00:33:32.719 --> 00:33:33.519
 then you're called

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:35.839
 to go talk about the witnesses

00:33:35.839 --> 00:33:37.959
 and help other people

00:33:37.959 --> 00:33:39.279
 meet the King,

00:33:40.139 --> 00:33:41.619
 meet the great mediator.

00:33:42.699 --> 00:33:42.919
 Okay?

00:33:42.979 --> 00:33:44.779
 This is where we will find life.

00:33:44.839 --> 00:33:45.479
 And I'm not meaning

00:33:45.479 --> 00:33:46.000
 that all of you

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:46.739
 have to become

00:33:46.739 --> 00:33:48.439
 street evangelists,

00:33:49.019 --> 00:33:50.079
 but do you stop

00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:50.879
 and look at people?

00:33:51.879 --> 00:33:52.599
 Do you listen?

00:33:52.599 --> 00:33:52.679
 Listen,

00:33:53.399 --> 00:33:54.759
 it's never too late

00:33:54.759 --> 00:33:56.659
 to turn your life around

00:33:56.659 --> 00:33:57.759
 from what you're worshiping.

00:33:58.059 --> 00:33:58.759
 A lot of times

00:33:58.759 --> 00:33:59.299
 as Christians,

00:33:59.439 --> 00:33:59.699
 y'all,

00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:02.240
 we worship God

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:03.879
 in our words

00:34:03.879 --> 00:34:05.559
 and we miss

00:34:05.559 --> 00:34:06.419
 all of the people

00:34:06.419 --> 00:34:07.199
 walking around us

00:34:07.199 --> 00:34:07.779
 every day

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:09.279
 who are these opportunities

00:34:09.279 --> 00:34:10.239
 to just love.

00:34:11.139 --> 00:34:11.960
 You can bear witness

00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:12.539
 about God

00:34:12.539 --> 00:34:13.000
 by saying,

00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:13.819
 how was your day?

00:34:14.759 --> 00:34:15.940
 And listening to Him.

00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:17.860
 Watch where that leads.

00:34:18.779 --> 00:34:18.940
 Okay?

00:34:18.940 --> 00:34:20.159
 Is bearing witness

00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:21.319
 about Jesus

00:34:21.319 --> 00:34:22.399
 a part of your life.

00:34:24.500 --> 00:34:25.399
 Worshiping God

00:34:25.399 --> 00:34:26.399
 without witness

00:34:26.399 --> 00:34:28.000
 equals consumer Christianity.

00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:29.980
 Okay?

00:34:31.399 --> 00:34:33.259
 If you are only coming

00:34:33.259 --> 00:34:33.920
 and consuming

00:34:33.920 --> 00:34:34.759
 of God's word

00:34:34.759 --> 00:34:35.659
 every single week

00:34:35.659 --> 00:34:37.440
 and doing nothing with it,

00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:38.819
 it's going to make you miserable.

00:34:39.699 --> 00:34:40.879
 It's going to make you irritable

00:34:40.879 --> 00:34:42.359
 and you're going to wonder

00:34:42.359 --> 00:34:43.279
 where God is.

00:34:44.379 --> 00:34:46.079
 I don't want you to be there

00:34:46.079 --> 00:34:47.199
 because we're designed

00:34:47.199 --> 00:34:48.099
 to be these lamps

00:34:48.099 --> 00:34:49.059
 shining in the darkness

00:34:49.059 --> 00:34:50.960
 transformed by the word of God.

00:34:51.599 --> 00:34:52.679
 Remember Jesus said,

00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:54.239
 you are salt and light.

00:34:54.820 --> 00:34:56.599
 You put a lamp on a stand.

00:34:57.079 --> 00:34:59.480
 We're like cities on a hill.

00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:01.719
 But if the salt has lost its taste,

00:35:01.820 --> 00:35:02.559
 what's it good for?

00:35:02.860 --> 00:35:03.299
 Nothing.

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:04.960
 Except to be trampled underfoot

00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:05.719
 and thrown out.

00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:07.139
 So every day

00:35:07.139 --> 00:35:08.980
 God has a purpose for you

00:35:08.980 --> 00:35:10.619
 and you're going to find it.

00:35:10.659 --> 00:35:11.779
 I'm going to just encourage you.

00:35:11.860 --> 00:35:13.619
 When you start to bear witness,

00:35:15.199 --> 00:35:16.279
 provide evidence

00:35:16.280 --> 00:35:18.460
 of the things that he's done

00:35:18.460 --> 00:35:19.180
 in your life

00:35:19.180 --> 00:35:20.980
 to others,

00:35:21.180 --> 00:35:22.440
 you will see

00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:23.920
 a new side of God

00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:24.760
 and you will see

00:35:24.760 --> 00:35:26.180
 a new depth in your soul

00:35:26.180 --> 00:35:27.700
 that makes church itself

00:35:27.700 --> 00:35:28.360
 even different.

00:35:30.280 --> 00:35:31.440
 Let me ask you this.

00:35:31.540 --> 00:35:32.000
 Consider this.

00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:33.640
 How many sermons

00:35:33.640 --> 00:35:34.260
 have you heard

00:35:34.260 --> 00:35:34.960
 in your life

00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:36.280
 if you totaled it up

00:35:36.280 --> 00:35:36.940
 in hours?

00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:40.540
 What are you doing

00:35:40.540 --> 00:35:41.480
 with that information?

00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:45.019
 Because

00:35:45.019 --> 00:35:46.980
 you're supposed

00:35:46.980 --> 00:35:47.840
 to be doing something

00:35:47.840 --> 00:35:48.300
 with it.

00:35:49.519 --> 00:35:50.639
 We get a lot

00:35:50.639 --> 00:35:51.579
 of great food

00:35:51.579 --> 00:35:52.880
 at the church

00:35:52.880 --> 00:35:53.559
 every week.

00:35:54.240 --> 00:35:54.940
 Are you going

00:35:54.940 --> 00:35:55.679
 and sharing it

00:35:55.679 --> 00:35:56.320
 with anybody?

00:35:57.219 --> 00:35:58.519
 Because when you do,

00:35:59.119 --> 00:36:00.059
 you will find

00:36:00.059 --> 00:36:01.400
 something happens.

00:36:02.260 --> 00:36:03.579
 God becomes bigger.

00:36:04.300 --> 00:36:05.260
 But it starts

00:36:05.260 --> 00:36:06.199
 where you are.

00:36:06.679 --> 00:36:06.840
 Okay?

00:36:07.780 --> 00:36:08.480
 And what are we

00:36:08.480 --> 00:36:09.619
 bearing witness about?

00:36:09.619 --> 00:36:11.039
 that Jesus

00:36:11.039 --> 00:36:12.319
 is who he says he is.

00:36:12.739 --> 00:36:13.480
 That he offers

00:36:13.480 --> 00:36:14.299
 the true meaning

00:36:14.299 --> 00:36:15.339
 of life and existence

00:36:15.339 --> 00:36:16.420
 that we're searching for

00:36:16.420 --> 00:36:17.539
 and so many other things

00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:19.039
 and that he is the God

00:36:19.039 --> 00:36:19.900
 that we're all seeking.

00:36:20.019 --> 00:36:20.779
 The God who created

00:36:20.779 --> 00:36:21.559
 the universe.

00:36:22.460 --> 00:36:23.420
 We disobeyed him

00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:24.980
 and then brokenness

00:36:24.980 --> 00:36:25.579
 of sin

00:36:25.579 --> 00:36:26.179
 and death

00:36:26.179 --> 00:36:26.920
 and condemnation

00:36:26.920 --> 00:36:27.559
 entered the world

00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:28.339
 and that's the reason

00:36:28.339 --> 00:36:29.259
 why things are so

00:36:29.259 --> 00:36:30.039
 messed up today.

00:36:31.279 --> 00:36:31.819
 And death

00:36:31.819 --> 00:36:32.920
 holds us in fear.

00:36:33.759 --> 00:36:34.900
 And that's the reason

00:36:34.900 --> 00:36:36.759
 why we are so scared

00:36:36.759 --> 00:36:37.519
 to talk.

00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:39.039
 And we become

00:36:39.039 --> 00:36:40.280
 worshipers of self

00:36:40.280 --> 00:36:41.340
 and life

00:36:41.340 --> 00:36:42.259
 and pleasure

00:36:42.259 --> 00:36:43.699
 but God

00:36:43.699 --> 00:36:45.259
 sent his son

00:36:45.259 --> 00:36:46.199
 to undo the mess

00:36:46.199 --> 00:36:47.300
 and set things straight

00:36:47.300 --> 00:36:49.179
 to fix it all.

00:36:50.199 --> 00:36:50.780
 And Jesus

00:36:50.780 --> 00:36:52.059
 being crucified

00:36:52.059 --> 00:36:53.000
 for your sins

00:36:53.000 --> 00:36:53.579
 and having then

00:36:53.579 --> 00:36:54.519
 paid that penalty

00:36:54.519 --> 00:36:55.039
 of death

00:36:55.039 --> 00:36:56.480
 on our behalf

00:36:56.480 --> 00:36:57.699
 on the cross

00:36:57.699 --> 00:36:58.920
 as he said he would.

00:36:58.980 --> 00:36:59.719
 If we look to him

00:36:59.719 --> 00:37:00.980
 and we put all things

00:37:00.980 --> 00:37:02.139
 in submission to him

00:37:02.139 --> 00:37:03.119
 and we ask him

00:37:03.119 --> 00:37:03.639
 for forgiveness

00:37:03.639 --> 00:37:04.480
 from our sins

00:37:04.480 --> 00:37:05.980
 he promises

00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:06.800
 that we'll be raised

00:37:06.800 --> 00:37:07.639
 to eternal life.

00:37:08.139 --> 00:37:09.420
 You have that truth

00:37:09.420 --> 00:37:09.960
 to take

00:37:09.960 --> 00:37:11.400
 to the world

00:37:11.400 --> 00:37:12.460
 to bear light

00:37:12.460 --> 00:37:13.019
 in everything

00:37:13.019 --> 00:37:13.699
 that you do

00:37:13.699 --> 00:37:15.199
 because he took

00:37:15.199 --> 00:37:16.280
 that judgment already

00:37:16.280 --> 00:37:17.500
 you can go out

00:37:17.500 --> 00:37:17.920
 into the world

00:37:17.920 --> 00:37:18.440
 and you don't have

00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:19.280
 to create judgment.

00:37:20.380 --> 00:37:21.219
 And not only that

00:37:21.219 --> 00:37:23.280
 there's four chapters

00:37:23.280 --> 00:37:23.920
 of the gospel

00:37:23.920 --> 00:37:24.699
 it's not just

00:37:24.699 --> 00:37:26.699
 sin and redemption

00:37:26.699 --> 00:37:28.260
 there's creation

00:37:28.260 --> 00:37:29.019
 and restoration.

00:37:30.159 --> 00:37:30.639
 Creation,

00:37:30.860 --> 00:37:31.079
 fall,

00:37:31.219 --> 00:37:31.480
 redemption,

00:37:31.699 --> 00:37:32.019
 restoration.

00:37:32.019 --> 00:37:34.179
 Because he created

00:37:34.179 --> 00:37:34.639
 the world

00:37:34.639 --> 00:37:35.599
 he's going to

00:37:35.599 --> 00:37:36.320
 recreate it

00:37:36.320 --> 00:37:37.460
 but he's doing it

00:37:37.460 --> 00:37:37.860
 right now

00:37:37.860 --> 00:37:38.380
 through you.

00:37:38.500 --> 00:37:38.980
 So now that you

00:37:38.980 --> 00:37:40.300
 got your fire insurance

00:37:40.300 --> 00:37:41.739
 from hell

00:37:41.739 --> 00:37:43.800
 that's just

00:37:43.800 --> 00:37:44.639
 the two chapter gospel.

00:37:44.759 --> 00:37:45.259
 If you forget

00:37:45.259 --> 00:37:45.900
 the whole purpose

00:37:45.900 --> 00:37:46.500
 of what you do

00:37:46.500 --> 00:37:46.900
 with it

00:37:46.900 --> 00:37:48.519
 you miss it.

00:37:49.280 --> 00:37:49.679
 And Jesus

00:37:49.679 --> 00:37:50.559
 standing right there

00:37:50.559 --> 00:37:51.119
 in front of us

00:37:51.119 --> 00:37:52.460
 saying don't miss me.

00:37:53.300 --> 00:37:53.480
 Okay?

00:37:54.039 --> 00:37:55.119
 Don't read the scriptures

00:37:55.119 --> 00:37:56.380
 get your salvation

00:37:56.380 --> 00:37:57.219
 go home

00:37:57.219 --> 00:37:57.699
 and miss me

00:37:57.699 --> 00:37:58.360
 in the process.

00:37:58.780 --> 00:37:58.920
 Alright.

00:38:00.079 --> 00:38:01.000
 Now I've learned

00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:01.599
 a lot about

00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:02.000
 witness.

00:38:02.159 --> 00:38:02.360
 If you want

00:38:02.360 --> 00:38:02.940
 a practical

00:38:02.940 --> 00:38:03.659
 example of witness

00:38:03.659 --> 00:38:04.380
 has anyone met

00:38:04.380 --> 00:38:05.119
 Adriana Clark?

00:38:06.679 --> 00:38:08.159
 She loves peacocks

00:38:08.159 --> 00:38:09.759
 and if you are

00:38:09.759 --> 00:38:10.179
 around her

00:38:10.179 --> 00:38:10.860
 you know it.

00:38:11.559 --> 00:38:12.000
 Why?

00:38:12.900 --> 00:38:13.799
 Because they're

00:38:13.799 --> 00:38:14.599
 the most incredible

00:38:14.599 --> 00:38:15.360
 bird ever.

00:38:16.440 --> 00:38:18.299
 And if to be

00:38:18.299 --> 00:38:19.480
 a friend of Adriana

00:38:19.480 --> 00:38:20.360
 is to know

00:38:20.360 --> 00:38:21.000
 that she loves

00:38:21.000 --> 00:38:21.579
 peacocks

00:38:21.579 --> 00:38:22.699
 and I didn't

00:38:22.699 --> 00:38:23.619
 care about peacocks

00:38:23.619 --> 00:38:24.440
 until I met Adriana

00:38:24.440 --> 00:38:25.239
 now I love them

00:38:25.239 --> 00:38:27.380
 because she told me

00:38:27.380 --> 00:38:28.019
 how much she

00:38:28.019 --> 00:38:28.880
 loves peacocks.

00:38:30.059 --> 00:38:30.759
 Witness is

00:38:30.760 --> 00:38:31.540
 simply that.

00:38:32.020 --> 00:38:32.760
 People see

00:38:32.760 --> 00:38:33.700
 God at work

00:38:33.700 --> 00:38:34.240
 in our lives

00:38:34.240 --> 00:38:35.120
 we talk about it

00:38:35.120 --> 00:38:35.720
 and they eventually

00:38:35.720 --> 00:38:36.360
 start to ask

00:38:36.360 --> 00:38:36.940
 questions.

00:38:38.300 --> 00:38:39.200
 Are you doing

00:38:39.200 --> 00:38:39.500
 that?

00:38:39.940 --> 00:38:40.460
 Where do you

00:38:40.460 --> 00:38:40.860
 start?

00:38:41.560 --> 00:38:41.680
 Right?

00:38:41.800 --> 00:38:42.320
 How might

00:38:42.320 --> 00:38:44.380
 what you love

00:38:44.380 --> 00:38:45.360
 be a doorway

00:38:45.360 --> 00:38:46.900
 for that witness?

00:38:47.020 --> 00:38:47.500
 So think about

00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:48.020
 this metaphor.

00:38:48.900 --> 00:38:50.100
 If I wanted

00:38:50.100 --> 00:38:50.900
 to lose weight

00:38:50.900 --> 00:38:52.280
 and I never

00:38:52.280 --> 00:38:53.100
 exercised

00:38:53.100 --> 00:38:54.480
 it wouldn't be

00:38:54.480 --> 00:38:55.280
 a very effective

00:38:55.280 --> 00:38:55.740
 weight loss

00:38:55.740 --> 00:38:56.160
 program.

00:38:56.159 --> 00:38:58.019
 but weight

00:38:58.019 --> 00:38:58.599
 loss without

00:38:58.599 --> 00:38:59.259
 exercise

00:38:59.259 --> 00:38:59.819
 is not

00:38:59.819 --> 00:39:00.359
 weight loss.

00:39:01.179 --> 00:39:02.159
 In the same

00:39:02.159 --> 00:39:02.480
 way

00:39:02.480 --> 00:39:03.379
 if

00:39:03.379 --> 00:39:04.579
 you wanted

00:39:04.579 --> 00:39:05.019
 to lose

00:39:05.019 --> 00:39:05.519
 weight

00:39:05.519 --> 00:39:07.119
 I wouldn't

00:39:07.119 --> 00:39:07.579
 encourage you

00:39:07.579 --> 00:39:07.980
 to start

00:39:07.980 --> 00:39:08.420
 by running

00:39:08.420 --> 00:39:08.859
 a marathon

00:39:08.859 --> 00:39:10.460
 but rather

00:39:10.460 --> 00:39:10.920
 to start

00:39:10.920 --> 00:39:11.339
 small

00:39:11.339 --> 00:39:11.960
 with a walk

00:39:11.960 --> 00:39:12.679
 or a run

00:39:12.679 --> 00:39:13.399
 or just

00:39:13.399 --> 00:39:13.799
 to change

00:39:13.799 --> 00:39:14.279
 one little

00:39:14.279 --> 00:39:14.819
 habit each

00:39:14.819 --> 00:39:15.099
 day.

00:39:15.980 --> 00:39:16.759
 Over time

00:39:16.759 --> 00:39:17.119
 you would

00:39:17.119 --> 00:39:17.440
 see a

00:39:17.440 --> 00:39:17.839
 difference.

00:39:18.779 --> 00:39:19.259
 The same

00:39:19.259 --> 00:39:19.579
 is true

00:39:19.579 --> 00:39:20.059
 about bearing

00:39:20.059 --> 00:39:20.460
 witness.

00:39:21.219 --> 00:39:21.759
 It takes

00:39:21.759 --> 00:39:22.199
 time

00:39:22.199 --> 00:39:22.739
 it takes

00:39:22.739 --> 00:39:23.539
 intentionality

00:39:23.539 --> 00:39:24.380
 and you

00:39:24.380 --> 00:39:24.579
 got to

00:39:24.579 --> 00:39:24.800
 start

00:39:24.800 --> 00:39:25.159
 small.

00:39:25.840 --> 00:39:25.980
 Okay?

00:39:26.119 --> 00:39:26.619
 So here's

00:39:26.619 --> 00:39:27.099
 my encouragement

00:39:27.099 --> 00:39:27.360
 to you.

00:39:27.420 --> 00:39:27.599
 If you're

00:39:27.599 --> 00:39:28.179
 like I want

00:39:28.179 --> 00:39:28.699
 this to be

00:39:28.699 --> 00:39:29.079
 a part of

00:39:29.079 --> 00:39:29.460
 my life

00:39:29.460 --> 00:39:29.699
 and it's

00:39:29.699 --> 00:39:29.940
 not,

00:39:31.000 --> 00:39:31.340
 great.

00:39:31.480 --> 00:39:31.880
 Step one

00:39:31.880 --> 00:39:32.519
 is identifying.

00:39:32.639 --> 00:39:33.119
 This is not

00:39:33.119 --> 00:39:33.739
 a guilt trip.

00:39:34.239 --> 00:39:34.480
 I mean

00:39:34.480 --> 00:39:35.840
 this is me

00:39:35.840 --> 00:39:36.320
 with you

00:39:36.320 --> 00:39:36.779
 in this

00:39:36.779 --> 00:39:37.340
 learning this

00:39:37.340 --> 00:39:37.699
 together.

00:39:38.579 --> 00:39:39.519
 But Jesus

00:39:39.519 --> 00:39:39.940
 is bearing

00:39:39.940 --> 00:39:40.539
 witness about

00:39:40.539 --> 00:39:41.239
 himself not

00:39:41.239 --> 00:39:41.820
 just to say

00:39:41.820 --> 00:39:42.519
 oh now you

00:39:42.519 --> 00:39:42.960
 know who I

00:39:42.960 --> 00:39:43.139
 am.

00:39:43.219 --> 00:39:43.719
 It's to go

00:39:43.719 --> 00:39:44.279
 do something

00:39:44.279 --> 00:39:44.719
 with that.

00:39:45.639 --> 00:39:45.880
 Okay?

00:39:46.259 --> 00:39:46.739
 So start

00:39:46.739 --> 00:39:46.920
 here.

00:39:47.019 --> 00:39:47.320
 Pray.

00:39:48.800 --> 00:39:49.719
 Slow down.

00:39:50.279 --> 00:39:50.699
 Listen to

00:39:50.699 --> 00:39:51.340
 your breath

00:39:51.340 --> 00:39:53.440
 as you're

00:39:53.440 --> 00:39:53.720
 walking.

00:39:54.039 --> 00:39:54.340
 Remember

00:39:54.340 --> 00:39:54.820
 the breath

00:39:54.820 --> 00:39:55.320
 of Jesus

00:39:55.320 --> 00:39:56.000
 that he

00:39:56.000 --> 00:39:56.280
 breathed

00:39:56.280 --> 00:39:56.660
 upon his

00:39:56.660 --> 00:39:57.039
 disciples

00:39:57.039 --> 00:39:57.380
 when they

00:39:57.380 --> 00:39:57.880
 were scared

00:39:57.880 --> 00:39:58.420
 and afraid.

00:39:59.100 --> 00:39:59.380
 Imagine

00:39:59.380 --> 00:39:59.940
 he's standing

00:39:59.940 --> 00:40:00.320
 there with

00:40:00.320 --> 00:40:00.680
 his hand

00:40:00.680 --> 00:40:00.960
 on your

00:40:00.960 --> 00:40:01.320
 shoulder

00:40:01.320 --> 00:40:02.400
 and ask

00:40:02.400 --> 00:40:02.780
 God to

00:40:02.780 --> 00:40:03.140
 help you.

00:40:04.320 --> 00:40:04.600
 What do

00:40:04.600 --> 00:40:04.800
 you want

00:40:04.800 --> 00:40:05.200
 me to do

00:40:05.200 --> 00:40:05.420
 God?

00:40:06.039 --> 00:40:06.260
 Two,

00:40:06.420 --> 00:40:06.760
 listen.

00:40:07.760 --> 00:40:08.340
 Read his

00:40:08.340 --> 00:40:08.640
 word.

00:40:09.660 --> 00:40:10.100
 Listen to

00:40:10.100 --> 00:40:10.380
 what it

00:40:10.380 --> 00:40:10.740
 says.

00:40:11.180 --> 00:40:11.700
 While you're

00:40:11.700 --> 00:40:12.120
 doing that

00:40:12.120 --> 00:40:12.559
 throughout the

00:40:12.559 --> 00:40:12.800
 day,

00:40:13.160 --> 00:40:13.700
 start listening

00:40:13.700 --> 00:40:13.900
 to the

00:40:13.900 --> 00:40:14.440
 conversations

00:40:14.440 --> 00:40:14.840
 in your

00:40:14.840 --> 00:40:15.220
 own head

00:40:15.220 --> 00:40:15.780
 with yourself.

00:40:16.559 --> 00:40:16.720
 Okay?

00:40:17.200 --> 00:40:17.640
 What's he

00:40:17.640 --> 00:40:18.180
 letting you

00:40:18.180 --> 00:40:18.440
 hear?

00:40:18.740 --> 00:40:19.240
 And then

00:40:19.240 --> 00:40:20.000
 what are the

00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:20.519
 conversations

00:40:20.519 --> 00:40:21.000
 you're hearing

00:40:21.000 --> 00:40:21.619
 around you?

00:40:22.559 --> 00:40:23.340
 The voices

00:40:23.340 --> 00:40:23.980
 around you.

00:40:24.400 --> 00:40:24.960
 So pray

00:40:24.960 --> 00:40:25.579
 and listen.

00:40:26.579 --> 00:40:27.440
 Then look.

00:40:28.219 --> 00:40:28.840
 In the same

00:40:28.840 --> 00:40:29.360
 way that that

00:40:29.360 --> 00:40:30.099
 spider web

00:40:30.099 --> 00:40:30.380
 and that

00:40:30.380 --> 00:40:30.880
 anthill

00:40:30.880 --> 00:40:31.500
 and that

00:40:31.500 --> 00:40:33.179
 fog are

00:40:33.179 --> 00:40:33.800
 open doors

00:40:33.800 --> 00:40:34.219
 to see

00:40:34.219 --> 00:40:34.860
 God's glory

00:40:34.860 --> 00:40:35.440
 and nature,

00:40:36.719 --> 00:40:37.440
 what people

00:40:37.440 --> 00:40:37.739
 has he

00:40:37.739 --> 00:40:38.239
 placed in

00:40:38.239 --> 00:40:38.760
 your path

00:40:38.760 --> 00:40:39.139
 as open

00:40:39.139 --> 00:40:39.619
 doors to

00:40:39.619 --> 00:40:40.199
 bear witness

00:40:40.199 --> 00:40:42.360
 for you,

00:40:42.719 --> 00:40:43.199
 just where

00:40:43.199 --> 00:40:43.699
 you are?

00:40:44.760 --> 00:40:45.280
 Ask him

00:40:45.280 --> 00:40:45.659
 to show

00:40:45.659 --> 00:40:46.000
 you three

00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:46.380
 people.

00:40:47.539 --> 00:40:47.960
 That's just

00:40:47.960 --> 00:40:48.300
 a number

00:40:48.300 --> 00:40:48.679
 I'm picking.

00:40:48.760 --> 00:40:49.059
 It sounds

00:40:49.059 --> 00:40:49.320
 great.

00:40:49.380 --> 00:40:49.480
 It's

00:40:49.480 --> 00:40:50.019
 Trinitarian.

00:40:50.599 --> 00:40:50.800
 Three

00:40:50.800 --> 00:40:51.960
 people to

00:40:51.960 --> 00:40:52.300
 start

00:40:52.300 --> 00:40:53.119
 praying for

00:40:53.119 --> 00:40:53.980
 with the

00:40:53.980 --> 00:40:54.699
 intention to

00:40:54.699 --> 00:40:55.440
 shine the

00:40:55.440 --> 00:40:55.900
 love of God

00:40:55.900 --> 00:40:56.179
 to them.

00:40:56.259 --> 00:40:56.619
 Not the

00:40:56.619 --> 00:40:57.159
 intention that

00:40:57.159 --> 00:40:57.619
 they end up

00:40:57.619 --> 00:40:58.059
 in church.

00:40:58.380 --> 00:40:58.920
 We get

00:40:58.920 --> 00:40:59.460
 sideways.

00:40:59.579 --> 00:40:59.900
 Let's not

00:40:59.900 --> 00:41:00.400
 go there.

00:41:01.079 --> 00:41:01.619
 The intention

00:41:01.619 --> 00:41:02.099
 to do

00:41:02.099 --> 00:41:02.559
 nothing,

00:41:02.860 --> 00:41:03.440
 ask nothing

00:41:03.440 --> 00:41:03.900
 in return,

00:41:04.019 --> 00:41:04.340
 but bear

00:41:04.340 --> 00:41:05.019
 witness about

00:41:05.019 --> 00:41:05.519
 what God's

00:41:05.519 --> 00:41:05.820
 done in

00:41:05.820 --> 00:41:06.179
 your life.

00:41:06.300 --> 00:41:06.480
 Three

00:41:06.480 --> 00:41:06.820
 people.

00:41:08.199 --> 00:41:08.440
 If

00:41:08.440 --> 00:41:09.599
 everyone in

00:41:09.599 --> 00:41:10.119
 here just

00:41:10.119 --> 00:41:10.519
 had three

00:41:10.519 --> 00:41:11.019
 people that

00:41:11.019 --> 00:41:11.259
 they were

00:41:11.259 --> 00:41:11.460
 bearing

00:41:11.460 --> 00:41:12.199
 witness about

00:41:12.199 --> 00:41:13.039
 God in,

00:41:13.900 --> 00:41:14.320
 wow!

00:41:14.960 --> 00:41:15.360
 You know how many

00:41:15.360 --> 00:41:15.740
 people are

00:41:15.740 --> 00:41:16.780
 impacted in

00:41:16.780 --> 00:41:17.140
 Huntsville?

00:41:19.079 --> 00:41:20.660
 So pray,

00:41:20.920 --> 00:41:21.280
 listen,

00:41:21.780 --> 00:41:22.079
 look,

00:41:22.680 --> 00:41:23.780
 and then

00:41:23.780 --> 00:41:25.320
 speak last.

00:41:26.220 --> 00:41:26.840
 After you've

00:41:26.840 --> 00:41:27.380
 done all of

00:41:27.380 --> 00:41:27.660
 that,

00:41:28.599 --> 00:41:30.340
 repeat steps

00:41:30.340 --> 00:41:30.800
 one through

00:41:30.800 --> 00:41:31.320
 three a hundred

00:41:31.320 --> 00:41:31.900
 more times.

00:41:33.079 --> 00:41:33.440
 Listen,

00:41:33.559 --> 00:41:33.840
 look,

00:41:34.400 --> 00:41:34.559
 pray,

00:41:34.640 --> 00:41:34.800
 listen,

00:41:34.900 --> 00:41:35.059
 look,

00:41:35.160 --> 00:41:35.280
 pray,

00:41:35.340 --> 00:41:35.500
 listen,

00:41:35.579 --> 00:41:35.700
 look,

00:41:35.760 --> 00:41:35.860
 pray,

00:41:35.920 --> 00:41:36.059
 listen,

00:41:36.140 --> 00:41:36.300
 look.

00:41:36.960 --> 00:41:38.360
 Then consider

00:41:38.360 --> 00:41:38.960
 speaking and

00:41:38.960 --> 00:41:39.400
 opening your

00:41:39.400 --> 00:41:39.660
 mouth.

00:41:40.280 --> 00:41:40.900
 You don't have

00:41:40.900 --> 00:41:41.660
 to have all

00:41:41.660 --> 00:41:42.220
 the answers

00:41:42.220 --> 00:41:43.599
 to everything

00:41:43.599 --> 00:41:44.780
 to ask

00:41:44.780 --> 00:41:45.320
 somebody how

00:41:45.320 --> 00:41:45.700
 they're doing

00:41:45.700 --> 00:41:47.039
 and believe

00:41:47.039 --> 00:41:47.440
 it or not,

00:41:47.539 --> 00:41:48.160
 somebody is

00:41:48.160 --> 00:41:48.660
 tuned into

00:41:48.660 --> 00:41:49.320
 your frequency.

00:41:50.099 --> 00:41:50.700
 They just

00:41:50.700 --> 00:41:51.079
 need you to

00:41:51.079 --> 00:41:51.800
 start broadcasting.

00:41:53.240 --> 00:41:53.440
 Okay?

00:41:54.420 --> 00:41:55.119
 So every

00:41:55.119 --> 00:41:55.660
 time I tried

00:41:55.660 --> 00:41:56.160
 to interact

00:41:56.160 --> 00:41:57.680
 with Davey,

00:41:58.639 --> 00:41:59.639
 he was cold

00:41:59.639 --> 00:41:59.960
 and he didn't

00:41:59.960 --> 00:42:00.559
 want to talk

00:42:00.559 --> 00:42:01.360
 and he was

00:42:01.360 --> 00:42:02.039
 basically mean.

00:42:02.800 --> 00:42:03.519
 So it became

00:42:03.519 --> 00:42:03.960
 the backdrop

00:42:03.960 --> 00:42:04.460
 of all the

00:42:04.460 --> 00:42:05.039
 concerts that

00:42:05.039 --> 00:42:05.380
 I would play

00:42:05.380 --> 00:42:05.760
 in Birmingham

00:42:05.760 --> 00:42:07.200
 and I found

00:42:07.200 --> 00:42:07.920
 myself continuing

00:42:07.920 --> 00:42:08.539
 to pray for

00:42:08.539 --> 00:42:08.960
 him and wanting

00:42:08.960 --> 00:42:09.460
 to encourage

00:42:09.460 --> 00:42:09.639
 him,

00:42:09.780 --> 00:42:10.800
 but I

00:42:10.800 --> 00:42:11.140
 didn't know

00:42:11.140 --> 00:42:11.700
 what to do

00:42:11.700 --> 00:42:13.460
 until one

00:42:13.460 --> 00:42:13.880
 day I heard

00:42:13.880 --> 00:42:14.200
 him say

00:42:14.200 --> 00:42:14.440
 that he

00:42:14.440 --> 00:42:15.160
 liked cookies

00:42:15.160 --> 00:42:17.580
 and from

00:42:17.580 --> 00:42:18.080
 that day

00:42:18.080 --> 00:42:18.600
 forward for

00:42:18.600 --> 00:42:19.240
 about two

00:42:19.240 --> 00:42:20.120
 solid years,

00:42:20.700 --> 00:42:21.180
 every time

00:42:21.180 --> 00:42:21.519
 I played

00:42:21.519 --> 00:42:21.980
 a concert,

00:42:22.240 --> 00:42:22.500
 I would

00:42:22.500 --> 00:42:22.860
 take him

00:42:22.860 --> 00:42:23.620
 a cookie

00:42:23.620 --> 00:42:24.140
 and I

00:42:24.140 --> 00:42:24.519
 didn't say

00:42:24.519 --> 00:42:24.760
 anything.

00:42:25.039 --> 00:42:25.180
 I would

00:42:25.180 --> 00:42:25.580
 just walk

00:42:25.580 --> 00:42:26.019
 up to him

00:42:26.019 --> 00:42:26.220
 and give

00:42:26.220 --> 00:42:26.440
 him a

00:42:26.440 --> 00:42:26.660
 cookie

00:42:26.660 --> 00:42:27.240
 and then

00:42:27.240 --> 00:42:27.720
 walk away

00:42:27.720 --> 00:42:29.019
 and he'd

00:42:29.019 --> 00:42:29.200
 be like,

00:42:29.600 --> 00:42:29.800
 what did

00:42:29.800 --> 00:42:29.980
 you give

00:42:29.980 --> 00:42:30.140
 me this

00:42:30.140 --> 00:42:30.340
 cookie?

00:42:30.460 --> 00:42:30.539
 I said,

00:42:30.580 --> 00:42:30.800
 this is

00:42:30.800 --> 00:42:31.120
 a cookie

00:42:31.120 --> 00:42:32.019
 and I'd

00:42:32.019 --> 00:42:32.380
 just walk

00:42:32.380 --> 00:42:32.620
 off,

00:42:32.680 --> 00:42:32.960
 go play

00:42:32.960 --> 00:42:33.380
 the show.

00:42:35.160 --> 00:42:35.519
 Well,

00:42:35.620 --> 00:42:36.120
 at first he

00:42:36.120 --> 00:42:36.360
 thought it

00:42:36.360 --> 00:42:36.780
 was weird

00:42:36.780 --> 00:42:38.060
 and then he

00:42:38.060 --> 00:42:38.500
 started to

00:42:38.500 --> 00:42:39.060
 talk to me

00:42:39.060 --> 00:42:40.460
 and the

00:42:40.460 --> 00:42:40.860
 next thing

00:42:40.860 --> 00:42:41.139
 I knew

00:42:41.139 --> 00:42:41.440
 he would

00:42:41.440 --> 00:42:41.860
 invite me

00:42:41.860 --> 00:42:42.260
 to sit

00:42:42.260 --> 00:42:42.579
 with him

00:42:42.579 --> 00:42:44.320
 and I

00:42:44.320 --> 00:42:44.599
 would just

00:42:44.599 --> 00:42:45.619
 listen and

00:42:45.619 --> 00:42:45.800
 I would

00:42:45.800 --> 00:42:46.220
 usually just

00:42:46.220 --> 00:42:46.579
 talk about

00:42:46.579 --> 00:42:46.860
 a cookie

00:42:46.860 --> 00:42:48.119
 and then

00:42:48.119 --> 00:42:49.380
 he started

00:42:49.380 --> 00:42:49.760
 to talk

00:42:49.760 --> 00:42:50.119
 about his

00:42:50.119 --> 00:42:51.740
 life and

00:42:51.740 --> 00:42:52.220
 then I was

00:42:52.220 --> 00:42:52.539
 able to

00:42:52.539 --> 00:42:53.000
 talk about

00:42:53.000 --> 00:42:53.440
 Jesus.

00:42:54.539 --> 00:42:55.220
 Fast forward

00:42:55.220 --> 00:42:55.960
 to two years

00:42:55.960 --> 00:42:56.280
 ago,

00:42:57.079 --> 00:42:57.539
 I mean this

00:42:57.539 --> 00:42:58.740
 is like 15

00:42:58.740 --> 00:42:59.139
 or something

00:42:59.139 --> 00:42:59.579
 years,

00:43:00.659 --> 00:43:01.000
 I hadn't

00:43:01.000 --> 00:43:01.320
 seen the

00:43:01.320 --> 00:43:01.460
 guy,

00:43:01.559 --> 00:43:01.880
 I ran

00:43:01.880 --> 00:43:02.440
 into somebody

00:43:02.440 --> 00:43:03.119
 here that

00:43:03.119 --> 00:43:03.800
 knew him

00:43:03.800 --> 00:43:05.260
 and I

00:43:05.260 --> 00:43:05.480
 said,

00:43:05.579 --> 00:43:05.720
 hey,

00:43:06.460 --> 00:43:06.800
 would you

00:43:06.800 --> 00:43:07.320
 tell him,

00:43:07.519 --> 00:43:07.740
 would you

00:43:07.740 --> 00:43:08.240
 tell Davey,

00:43:08.239 --> 00:43:08.539
 I said,

00:43:08.599 --> 00:43:08.759
 hey,

00:43:09.439 --> 00:43:10.099
 and the

00:43:10.099 --> 00:43:10.539
 next time

00:43:10.539 --> 00:43:11.000
 they saw

00:43:11.000 --> 00:43:11.139
 him,

00:43:11.219 --> 00:43:11.679
 they said,

00:43:12.939 --> 00:43:13.579
 Davey wanted

00:43:13.579 --> 00:43:14.079
 me to tell

00:43:14.079 --> 00:43:14.359
 you,

00:43:14.759 --> 00:43:15.159
 when are you

00:43:15.159 --> 00:43:15.339
 going to

00:43:15.339 --> 00:43:15.759
 come back

00:43:15.759 --> 00:43:16.019
 here and

00:43:16.019 --> 00:43:16.319
 bring him

00:43:16.319 --> 00:43:16.599
 another

00:43:16.599 --> 00:43:16.899
 cookie?

00:43:19.979 --> 00:43:20.639
 We've got

00:43:20.639 --> 00:43:21.859
 more than

00:43:21.859 --> 00:43:22.379
 a cookie,

00:43:23.139 --> 00:43:23.619
 okay,

00:43:23.779 --> 00:43:24.719
 to give to

00:43:24.719 --> 00:43:25.019
 people.

00:43:26.159 --> 00:43:26.419
 So,

00:43:27.659 --> 00:43:28.279
 bear witness

00:43:28.279 --> 00:43:28.899
 about Jesus

00:43:28.899 --> 00:43:29.759
 and just watch

00:43:29.759 --> 00:43:30.159
 how it will

00:43:30.159 --> 00:43:30.539
 change it.

00:43:30.559 --> 00:43:30.939
 Let me pray

00:43:30.939 --> 00:43:31.399
 for us.

00:43:31.619 --> 00:43:32.259
 We've got a

00:43:32.259 --> 00:43:32.619
 Savior.

00:43:33.899 --> 00:43:34.539
 Lord Jesus,

00:43:34.699 --> 00:43:35.939
 thank you that

00:43:35.939 --> 00:43:36.519
 we can call

00:43:36.519 --> 00:43:37.139
 upon you

00:43:37.139 --> 00:43:37.980
 and that you

00:43:37.980 --> 00:43:38.500
 give us the

00:43:38.500 --> 00:43:38.920
 good news of

00:43:38.920 --> 00:43:39.360
 the gospel.

00:43:39.500 --> 00:43:40.000
 We're merely

00:43:40.000 --> 00:43:40.639
 beggars showing

00:43:40.639 --> 00:43:41.199
 other beggars

00:43:41.199 --> 00:43:41.699
 we're to find

00:43:41.699 --> 00:43:41.980
 bread.

00:43:42.079 --> 00:43:42.860
 I pray that

00:43:42.860 --> 00:43:43.719
 you would show

00:43:43.719 --> 00:43:44.539
 this congregation

00:43:44.539 --> 00:43:45.980
 where you're

00:43:45.980 --> 00:43:46.619
 calling them to

00:43:46.619 --> 00:43:47.179
 bear witness in

00:43:47.179 --> 00:43:47.619
 their lives,

00:43:47.699 --> 00:43:48.199
 not out of

00:43:48.199 --> 00:43:48.980
 shame or guilt,

00:43:49.519 --> 00:43:50.039
 but out of

00:43:50.039 --> 00:43:50.420
 joy,

00:43:51.199 --> 00:43:51.960
 and that your

00:43:51.960 --> 00:43:52.599
 spirit would

00:43:52.599 --> 00:43:53.440
 drive them to

00:43:53.440 --> 00:43:53.920
 see these

00:43:53.920 --> 00:43:54.460
 opportunities,

00:43:54.599 --> 00:43:55.259
 to bring these

00:43:55.259 --> 00:43:56.019
 to conversations

00:43:56.019 --> 00:43:56.519
 into their

00:43:56.519 --> 00:43:57.219
 grace groups

00:43:57.219 --> 00:43:58.159
 and into their

00:43:58.159 --> 00:43:58.940
 communities,

00:43:59.440 --> 00:44:00.320
 to bear witness

00:44:00.320 --> 00:44:00.960
 about where

00:44:00.960 --> 00:44:01.420
 they're hurting,

00:44:01.559 --> 00:44:02.179
 but also where

00:44:02.179 --> 00:44:02.759
 you're working.

00:44:03.400 --> 00:44:03.759
 Lord,

00:44:04.199 --> 00:44:05.000
 as you repair

00:44:05.000 --> 00:44:05.699
 this world,

00:44:05.699 --> 00:44:06.879
 one relationship

00:44:06.879 --> 00:44:07.539
 at a time,

00:44:07.619 --> 00:44:08.239
 we pray for

00:44:08.239 --> 00:44:09.000
 salvation for

00:44:09.000 --> 00:44:09.679
 so many that

00:44:09.679 --> 00:44:10.339
 don't know you

00:44:10.339 --> 00:44:11.319
 and restore

00:44:11.319 --> 00:44:12.019
 unto us the

00:44:12.019 --> 00:44:12.879
 joy of salvation

00:44:12.879 --> 00:44:13.460
 that we may

00:44:13.460 --> 00:44:14.159
 overflow.

00:44:14.899 --> 00:44:15.339
 And I can't

00:44:15.339 --> 00:44:15.719
 wait until we

00:44:15.719 --> 00:44:16.099
 get to come

00:44:16.099 --> 00:44:16.839
 back next week

00:44:16.839 --> 00:44:17.419
 and hear about

00:44:17.419 --> 00:44:18.859
 you then

00:44:18.859 --> 00:44:19.739
 feeding the

00:44:19.739 --> 00:44:20.919
 5,000 and

00:44:20.919 --> 00:44:21.899
 how you overflow

00:44:21.899 --> 00:44:22.419
 as well.

00:44:22.519 --> 00:44:22.980
 So thank you,

00:44:23.039 --> 00:44:23.439
 Lord Jesus.

00:44:23.759 --> 00:44:24.579
 We give all this

00:44:24.579 --> 00:44:25.319
 to you in worship

00:44:25.319 --> 00:44:25.899
 and we thank you

00:44:25.899 --> 00:44:26.539
 in Christ's name.

00:44:26.839 --> 00:44:27.039
 Amen.

00:44:29.239 --> 00:44:29.899
 For more

00:44:29.899 --> 00:44:30.419
 information,

00:44:30.739 --> 00:44:31.679
 visit us online

00:44:31.679 --> 00:44:31.960
 at

00:44:31.960 --> 00:44:32.739
 southwood.org.

00:44:35.699 --> 00:44:37.299
 O deferral,

00:44:37.419 --> 00:44:38.019
 visit us online

00:44:38.019 --> 00:44:38.739
 in worship

00:44:38.739 --> 00:44:38.939
 meals,

00:44:38.939 --> 00:44:41.199
 visit us online

00:44:41.199 --> 00:44:42.099
 in worship

00:44:42.099 --> 00:44:42.960
 on meals,

00:44:43.099 --> 00:44:43.699
 from your

00:44:43.699 --> 00:44:44.500
 zorك Effective

00:44:44.500 --> 00:44:45.500
 my life

00:44:45.500 --> 00:44:46.139
 and

00:44:46.259 --> 00:44:47.099
 that's

00:44:47.099 --> 00:44:47.539
 timeless,

00:44:47.779 --> 00:44:48.960
 a place

00:44:48.960 --> 00:44:49.839
 in worship

00:44:49.839 --> 00:44:51.480
 and that

00:44:51.480 --> 00:44:53.699
 few gardens

00:44:53.779 --> 00:44:53.919
 underneath

00:44:53.919 --> 00:44:56.039
 or

00:44:56.039 --> 00:44:57.000
 a place

00:44:57.000 --> 00:44:57.079
 in worship

00:44:57.079 --> 00:44:57.219
 and with

00:44:57.219 --> 00:44:58.019
 your

00:44:58.019 --> 00:44:58.859
bas

00:44:58.980 --> 00:44:59.099
 is

00:44:59.099 --> 00:44:59.639
 up again

00:44:59.639 --> 00:45:00.500
 of a

00:45:00.500 --> 00:45:01.779
 death