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 Welcome to Ontario Community Church, where we are encouraging, equipping, and engaging lives for Christ.

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! I'm Pastor Patrick Daly, and each week I share sermons that balance the grace and love of Jesus Christ with the truth of the Word of God.

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 Together, we'll explore Scripture using observation, interpretation, and application.

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 This helps us discover practical ways to live out our faith every single day.

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 Let's dive in together into God's Word.

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 Alright, well good morning everyone.

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 What a fun morning we've had so far with all the kiddos and all the energy.

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 You know, one of the great things I really appreciate just about our church family, our church community, us coming together,

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 is knowing that kids can run around and be kids.

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 You do not have to raise your hand when I say this, but I'm sure for a lot of us,

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 we've been in churches where if a kid runs around or screams a little too loud, they might want you out the door.

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 Let's be honest here.

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 But we have to be reminded of how important it is for children to come to know the Lord, even at a young age.

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 To learn the basic Bible stories, right?

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 Like the creation account, or Noah, and the flood.

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 Or even how, well, the Pharaoh, Moses, right?

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 The story of Joseph, and of course the story of Jesus Christ.

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 I'm reminded so much of how when Scripture says,

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 let the little children come to me, when Christ is saying that.

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 And even as we, as adults, we have our moments where we're like, ah, they're a little too loud.

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 But it's so important for us as a church community,

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 as the body of Christ, to let children be children,

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 but also to instruct them, to show them what it means to love Jesus.

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 Amen?

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 So I want us to go ahead and,

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 today's sermon is titled, There's Still Room.

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 And we had this activity here where we had the pitcher of water,

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 the bread basket, and all these different things that are going on.

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 And, you know, I got to tell you,

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 I was planning on doing this parable of the great banquet for a while.

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 Well, God's timing is better than my timing kind of thing.

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 So it wasn't, it was the hand of God that we were doing,

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 already planning the great banquet,

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 and tying this in with children is just a wonderful thing.

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 So go ahead and turn your Bibles to Luke, chapter 14, verses 12 through 24.

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 And as you're turning there,

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 you may turn to, it's on page 1038 in your ESVP Bible,

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 or you're welcome to use whatever Bible of choice,

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 the KJV, NIV, et cetera, et cetera.

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 We use the English Standard Version here.

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 And as you're turning there,

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 I'm going to go ahead and,

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 let's open in prayer,

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 and let's ask God to bless this time together,

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 that we will know Him, grow in Him,

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 and be moved to do good in His name.

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 Dear Lord and Heavenly Father,

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 we thank You for giving us this time

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 and this opportunity for us to gather together

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 to sing these wonderful songs,

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 lifting Your name on high,

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 for Your name is the name that is above all names.

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 We worship You, and we praise You,

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 and we thank You.

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 We are in awe and in wonder of who You are,

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 making the heavens and the earth,

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 knowing that the heavens declare Your glory,

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 and that You made each and every one of us

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 in Your image,

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 and You call each and every one of us

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 to this great feast,

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 to this great banquet,

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 is something that is extraordinary.

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 We thank You that we can open Your Word

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 and read it.

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 We can observe what's going on

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 within the pages of Scripture.

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 We can learn the lessons,

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 and also we can be moved

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 to live out this faith.

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 And Father, I pray,

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 if there is anyone that needs healing,

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 let there be healing.

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 If there's anyone that needs comfort

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 or understanding,

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 let it be done according to Your will.

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 Father, may we be reminded

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 that no matter where,

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 what our background is,

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 what our backstory is,

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 You call each and every one of us

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 to know You,

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 to believe in Your Son, Jesus Christ,

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 the way, the truth, and the life.

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 And upon that salvation,

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 receiving the free gift of salvation,

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 You call for us to grow in You,

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 to live it out every day

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 in our everyday world.

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 And so be with us this morning

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 as we go through this parable

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 of the great banquet.

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 It is in Jesus' name that we pray.

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 Can I get an amen?

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 Amen.

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 All right.

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 So are we all there?

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 All right.

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 The parable of the great banquet.

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 Kind of the thing to know is that

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 this is obviously right after

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 the parable of the wedding feast,

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 right?

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 Talking about humility.

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 And then we also look at

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 what's happening after,

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 which is also talking about

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 the cost of discipleship,

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 which is also going on about humility.

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 So that might have something to do

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 with what's going on here.

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 Right?

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 So the parable of the great banquet.

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 So starting at verse 12,

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 he also said to the man

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 who had invited him,

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 when you give a dinner

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 or a banquet,

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 do not invite your friends

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 or your brothers

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 or your relatives

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 or rich neighbors,

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 lest they also invite you in return

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 and you be repaid.

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 But when you give a feast,

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 invite who?

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 The poor.

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 Who else?

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 The crippled,

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 the lame,

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 and the blind.

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 And you will be blessed.

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 Why?

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 Because they cannot,

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 what?

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 Repay you.

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 For you will be repaid

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 at the resurrection of the just.

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 Then you go into verse 15 here.

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 When one of those

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 who reclined at table with him

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 heard these things,

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 he said to him,

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 Blessed is everyone

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 who will eat bread

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 in the kingdom of God.

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 It's kind of a random statement,

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 but it's a statement nonetheless.

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 Because Jesus is going to clarify this

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 in a second.

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 He said to him,

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 A man once gave a great banquet

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 and invited many.

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 And at the time for the banquet,

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 he sent his servant

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 to say to those

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 who had been invited,

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 Come,

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 for everything is now ready.

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 But they all alike

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 began to do what?

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 Make excuses.

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 They said to him,

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 one of them, right,

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 I've bought a field

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 and I must go out and see it.

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 Please have me excused.

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 And another said,

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 I bought what?

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 Five yokes of oxen, right?

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 And I go to examine them.

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 Please have me excused.

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 And another said,

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 What happened?

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 I married a wife

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 and therefore I cannot come.

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 So the servant came.

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 And I mean,

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 life happens, right?

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 So a little humor in there, right?

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 And the master of the house became,

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 or so the servant came

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 and reported these things

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 to his master.

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 And then the master of the house

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 became angry

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 and said to his servant,

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 Go out quickly

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 to the streets

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 and the lanes

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 of the city

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 and bring in who?

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 The poor,

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 the crippled,

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 the blind,

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 and the lame.

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 There's a pattern here.

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 We can see that.

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 And the servant said,

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 Sir,

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 what you commanded

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 has been done.

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 And there is what?

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 Still room.

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 And the master said

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 to the servant,

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 Go out to the highways

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 and hedges

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 and compel people

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 to come in

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 that my house

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 may be filled.

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 For I tell you,

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 none of those men

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 who were invited

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 shall taste my banquet.

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 Why?

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 Because they rejected

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 the invitation.

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 What a very interesting

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 parable.

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 Right?

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 When we're thinking about it,

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 we already had the parable

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 of the wedding feast,

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 right?

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 Where it's talking about

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 everyone who exalts himself

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 will be humble

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 and he who humbles himself

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 will be exalted.

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 We have what appears

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 to be a dinner scene

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 that's going on.

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 There's a man

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 that's inviting him

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 to this,

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 kind of this dinner party

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 that's going on.

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 There's a distinction here

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 between a dinner

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 and a great banquet

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 that we find later on

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 in the verses.

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 You see,

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 we live in this kind of world

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 where,

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 well,

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 how many of you

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 have taken someone out

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 for coffee before?

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 Or you had lunch together,

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 right?

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 We live in this culture

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 where it's very common,

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 you scratch my back,

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 I scratch your back,

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 right?

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 You buy me coffee,

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 eventually you're going to

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 buy me coffee,

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 kind of thing,

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 right?

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 That's the kind of world

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 that we live in.

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 But that's not what Christ

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 is talking about here

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 in this scene.

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 He's talking about something

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 that is far greater

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 than just buying coffee

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 or having lunch together.

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 I know some of us

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 may not have had breakfast,

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 so we might be hungry

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 when I'm mentioning food.

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 I apologize in advance here.

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 But it's so interesting

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 that one of the things

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 that we can see

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 when we are thinking

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 of parables,

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 when we're thinking

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 of how Jesus is talking

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 to the Jewish people

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 and their understanding

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 of the world,

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 it was very common

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 to talk about things

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 that were small

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 that gets magnified

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 into the larger,

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 from the lesser

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 to the larger.

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 That was very common.

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 And so what you see here

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 is a smaller dinner

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 compared to a great banquet.

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 And in here,

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 it's saying here,

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 Jesus attends the dinner party,

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 right?

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 He challenges the norm.

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 He's going from

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 that cultural meal,

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 having a meal together.

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 We all love

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 having meals together.

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 I sure hope that we do.

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 Or at least with people

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 that we like, right?

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 Especially our family.

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 We all love our families.

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 Amen?

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 Right?

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 Talking to a kingdom invitation, though.

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 So there's a difference

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 between the common dinner,

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 the common luncheon

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 in our own context,

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 or a common meeting up

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 for coffee

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 and a banquet.

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 So in this world,

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 we buy each other coffee.

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 But when it comes

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 to the kingdom of God,

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 there's still room

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 for everyone.

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 So when we think

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 of this table

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 that Amber had set up,

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 that's something that

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 we can initially see

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 right away within the text.

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 And this isn't the only time

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 that Jesus was using a banquet

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 to talk about the kingdom.

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 If you think of Matthew 22

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 and the wedding feast,

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 right?

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 Some rejected.

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 Then all was invited.

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 Right?

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 It's starting from something small

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 and it goes to something

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 much larger in scale.

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 When you think of Luke chapter 15,

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 the parable of the prodigal son,

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 where the father throws

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 a banquet for all,

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 even the unexpected.

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 You see a pattern

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 that happens within Scripture

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 because let us remember,

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 we look at the context

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 within what's going on

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 within the story,

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 within the pages of Scripture,

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 but we also look at

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 where else do we see

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 this in Scripture?

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 In Matthew 25,

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 when I did the message

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 on the parable

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 of the ten virgins,

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 there's the wedding feast

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 where the virgins

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 are waiting in anticipation

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 for the bridegroom

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 to come onto the scene

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 because there's a celebration

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 that's going to be happening.

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 And so,

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 what do we see here?

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 Jesus is saying,

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 don't invite people

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 who can repay you.

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 Instead,

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 invite the poor,

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 invite the crippled,

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 the lame,

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 and the blind.

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 Well,

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 we can think

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 even back then,

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 it doesn't take much

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 for us to think

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 that these are

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 the outcasts of society.

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 They weren't viewed upon

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 very favorably back then,

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 and sadly,

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 it still happens today.

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 Are there not people

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 in society

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 and in everyday living

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 that you just don't

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 want to deal with them?

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 You just don't.

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 They may not smell right.

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 They may not.

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 They may look funny.

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 They may be the outcasts

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 of society.

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 But yet here,

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 it's talking about

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 when it goes into

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 that parable,

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 when you give a feast,

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 invite everybody,

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 even the misfits,

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 even the outcasts

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 of society.

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 And perhaps you

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 have had moments

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 in your life

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 where you have felt

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 like you are an outcast.

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 Maybe there's something

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 that's unique about you

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 where you just don't fit

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 within the cultural norms

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 of society.

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 And so,

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 true hospitality

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 is when you're

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 giving to someone

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 without the expectation

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 of receiving

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 in return.

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 When we think about it,

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 we get in the habit of it.

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 I give you something,

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 you're going to give me

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 something back.

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 But the ability

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 to be able to give

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 without the expectation

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 of receiving

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 is something

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 that's far more powerful.

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 And that's what Jesus

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 is calling

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 here in the text.

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 And so,

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 we see in verses 14

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 and,

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 excuse me,

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 in 15 to 17,

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 a very interesting thing

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 that this guy is saying.

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 When one of them

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 reclined at the table,

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 he's saying,

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 blessed is everyone

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 who will eat bread

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 in the kingdom of God.

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 It's kind of like saying,

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 praise God.

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 Amen.

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 We're going to eat

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 at the feast in heaven.

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 So,

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 he's not saying something

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 that's wrong,

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 necessarily.

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 He's saying something

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 that needs to be

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 spoken to,

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 though.

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 So,

00:14:00.340 --> 00:14:01.700
 Christ wants to

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 elaborate a little bit

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 more on what exactly

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 is going on.

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 He's responding

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 with the story.

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 Yes,

00:14:08.920 --> 00:14:09.519
 that's true.

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 We praise God

00:14:11.259 --> 00:14:12.460
 for being able

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 to eat

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 in heaven,

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 so to speak.

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 But he's showing

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 the importance

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 of inviting people

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 to the banquet.

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 That there's something

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 that's much greater.

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 Is it possible

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 that this person

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 might have been,

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 well,

00:14:28.179 --> 00:14:28.659
 I'm in.

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 I'm already good to go.

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 I'm going to the banquet.

00:14:32.699 --> 00:14:33.099
 Well,

00:14:33.199 --> 00:14:34.039
 there is some debate

00:14:34.039 --> 00:14:34.479
 on that.

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 We can certainly

00:14:35.819 --> 00:14:36.939
 come to an easy

00:14:36.939 --> 00:14:38.139
 conclusion that Christ

00:14:38.139 --> 00:14:38.559
 is saying,

00:14:38.659 --> 00:14:38.819
 look,

00:14:39.120 --> 00:14:40.019
 that's great.

00:14:40.339 --> 00:14:40.919
 You're going to eat

00:14:40.919 --> 00:14:41.719
 bread in the kingdom,

00:14:42.639 --> 00:14:43.479
 but you've got to

00:14:43.479 --> 00:14:44.099
 invite people.

00:14:45.179 --> 00:14:46.339
 That's the lesson here.

00:14:47.879 --> 00:14:48.519
 And so,

00:14:48.639 --> 00:14:49.959
 we see in this parable

00:14:49.959 --> 00:14:52.659
 that many are invited.

00:14:53.399 --> 00:14:54.339
 We have three

00:14:54.339 --> 00:14:55.419
 rejections here.

00:14:56.299 --> 00:14:57.000
 Three of them.

00:14:57.000 --> 00:14:57.440
 Right?

00:14:58.159 --> 00:14:58.399
 Right?

00:14:58.480 --> 00:14:59.639
 We have the excuses

00:14:59.639 --> 00:15:00.279
 that are made.

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 One person bought

00:15:01.320 --> 00:15:01.799
 a field.

00:15:01.919 --> 00:15:02.740
 He's too busy.

00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:04.740
 Does this remind you

00:15:04.740 --> 00:15:05.519
 of the Good Samaritan?

00:15:06.720 --> 00:15:07.559
 Think about it,

00:15:07.600 --> 00:15:07.779
 right?

00:15:07.840 --> 00:15:08.600
 They're too busy

00:15:08.600 --> 00:15:09.340
 with their everyday

00:15:09.340 --> 00:15:10.519
 obligations that they

00:15:10.519 --> 00:15:11.539
 couldn't help someone

00:15:11.539 --> 00:15:12.039
 in need.

00:15:12.700 --> 00:15:13.419
 But here,

00:15:13.559 --> 00:15:13.740
 it's,

00:15:13.860 --> 00:15:14.440
 I'm too busy

00:15:14.440 --> 00:15:15.919
 to respond to an invitation.

00:15:16.100 --> 00:15:17.100
 I'm going to give you

00:15:17.100 --> 00:15:18.039
 an excuse because

00:15:18.039 --> 00:15:19.019
 I've got other things

00:15:19.019 --> 00:15:19.419
 to do.

00:15:20.519 --> 00:15:21.559
 One bought a field,

00:15:21.700 --> 00:15:22.639
 one bought an oxen,

00:15:22.639 --> 00:15:23.500
 and one got married.

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 The thing is,

00:15:26.120 --> 00:15:28.879
 it's not the reason,

00:15:29.179 --> 00:15:30.139
 it's the fact that

00:15:30.139 --> 00:15:31.600
 they're refusing to go.

00:15:31.899 --> 00:15:32.639
 Do you understand

00:15:32.639 --> 00:15:33.379
 the difference here?

00:15:33.860 --> 00:15:35.399
 There's a very big

00:15:35.399 --> 00:15:35.940
 difference,

00:15:36.779 --> 00:15:37.080
 right?

00:15:37.440 --> 00:15:38.679
 We all got reasons,

00:15:38.820 --> 00:15:39.240
 don't we?

00:15:39.840 --> 00:15:41.419
 But a refusal to

00:15:41.419 --> 00:15:44.139
 the banquet in this

00:15:44.139 --> 00:15:44.820
 context,

00:15:45.039 --> 00:15:47.000
 there's consequences

00:15:47.000 --> 00:15:47.539
 to that.

00:15:47.539 --> 00:15:49.639
 And so,

00:15:50.279 --> 00:15:53.039
 what Christ is saying

00:15:53.039 --> 00:15:53.360
 here,

00:15:54.639 --> 00:15:55.079
 yes,

00:15:55.939 --> 00:15:56.740
 praise God,

00:15:57.199 --> 00:15:57.980
 but are you going

00:15:57.980 --> 00:15:59.559
 to respond,

00:15:59.719 --> 00:16:00.240
 number one,

00:16:00.860 --> 00:16:01.779
 to the invitation?

00:16:02.419 --> 00:16:03.099
 And number two,

00:16:03.179 --> 00:16:03.899
 are you going to

00:16:03.899 --> 00:16:05.279
 extend that invitation

00:16:05.279 --> 00:16:06.099
 to other people?

00:16:06.439 --> 00:16:07.259
 Are you going to

00:16:07.259 --> 00:16:08.159
 make excuses?

00:16:09.159 --> 00:16:09.839
 Are you going to

00:16:09.839 --> 00:16:10.419
 show up?

00:16:11.919 --> 00:16:12.579
 And so,

00:16:12.659 --> 00:16:13.399
 when we think about

00:16:13.399 --> 00:16:13.599
 it,

00:16:14.240 --> 00:16:15.860
 the invitation

00:16:15.860 --> 00:16:16.759
 then widens,

00:16:16.759 --> 00:16:17.580
 and we see this

00:16:17.580 --> 00:16:18.600
 with many

00:16:18.600 --> 00:16:19.519
 different parables,

00:16:19.700 --> 00:16:20.240
 many different

00:16:20.240 --> 00:16:21.240
 things in Scripture.

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 I've mentioned,

00:16:22.919 --> 00:16:23.600
 what is it,

00:16:23.659 --> 00:16:24.639
 Daniel chapter 2,

00:16:24.700 --> 00:16:25.460
 verse 35,

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 the stone that

00:16:26.480 --> 00:16:27.879
 hits the big

00:16:27.879 --> 00:16:28.460
 statue,

00:16:28.639 --> 00:16:29.220
 and the statue

00:16:29.220 --> 00:16:29.700
 crumbles,

00:16:29.879 --> 00:16:30.360
 and the stone

00:16:30.360 --> 00:16:31.059
 goes into a

00:16:31.059 --> 00:16:31.600
 great mountain,

00:16:31.679 --> 00:16:31.860
 right?

00:16:31.919 --> 00:16:32.500
 That which is

00:16:32.500 --> 00:16:34.179
 small expands,

00:16:34.340 --> 00:16:34.559
 right?

00:16:34.860 --> 00:16:36.000
 Lesser going to

00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:36.319
 greater.

00:16:36.919 --> 00:16:38.100
 In this case,

00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:39.519
 we are seeing

00:16:39.519 --> 00:16:42.399
 salvation being

00:16:42.399 --> 00:16:43.159
 made available

00:16:43.159 --> 00:16:44.299
 to a select

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 few,

00:16:45.200 --> 00:16:45.879
 listen to me,

00:16:45.879 --> 00:16:47.539
 from a select

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 few to

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 everybody.

00:16:49.419 --> 00:16:49.960
 Does that

00:16:49.960 --> 00:16:50.519
 make sense,

00:16:50.659 --> 00:16:50.899
 church?

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 That's what

00:16:52.500 --> 00:16:52.939
 we're seeing

00:16:52.939 --> 00:16:53.200
 here.

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 The invitation

00:16:54.139 --> 00:16:54.559
 saying,

00:16:54.659 --> 00:16:54.860
 you know,

00:16:55.059 --> 00:16:55.779
 I'm going to

00:16:55.779 --> 00:16:56.720
 only invite

00:16:56.720 --> 00:16:58.120
 five people

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 here.

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 That's it.

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 They said,

00:17:01.679 --> 00:17:01.899
 no.

00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:03.840
 I'm still going

00:17:03.840 --> 00:17:04.420
 to have a party

00:17:04.420 --> 00:17:05.180
 going on here,

00:17:05.259 --> 00:17:05.880
 and I'm going

00:17:05.880 --> 00:17:06.740
 to invite everybody.

00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:07.440
 I'm going to

00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:07.940
 invite the

00:17:07.940 --> 00:17:08.420
 misfits.

00:17:08.599 --> 00:17:09.099
 I'm going to

00:17:09.099 --> 00:17:09.579
 invite the

00:17:09.579 --> 00:17:10.059
 lame and the

00:17:10.059 --> 00:17:10.460
 blind,

00:17:10.960 --> 00:17:12.359
 the crippled,

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 the poor.

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 So the

00:17:14.460 --> 00:17:14.980
 servant goes

00:17:14.980 --> 00:17:15.460
 out into the

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 highways,

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 into the

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 hedges,

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 and it's so

00:17:17.960 --> 00:17:19.380
 fascinating when

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 the master is

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 saying,

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 so that my

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 house will be

00:17:22.420 --> 00:17:22.880
 filled.

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 Well,

00:17:24.820 --> 00:17:25.360
 you got a lot

00:17:25.360 --> 00:17:26.000
 of room if

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 you're going to

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 invite everybody,

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 but it goes to

00:17:28.800 --> 00:17:29.300
 show the

00:17:29.300 --> 00:17:30.340
 abundance of

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 God's grace.

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 That's actually

00:17:33.060 --> 00:17:33.840
 what leads us

00:17:33.840 --> 00:17:36.000
 then into the

00:17:36.000 --> 00:17:36.660
 interpretation,

00:17:36.860 --> 00:17:37.040
 right?

00:17:37.080 --> 00:17:37.720
 We read the

00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:38.140
 text,

00:17:38.340 --> 00:17:39.400
 we look at

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 what's going

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 on initially,

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 we then go

00:17:42.220 --> 00:17:42.960
 on for our

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 own spiritual

00:17:43.660 --> 00:17:44.240
 walk and

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 our growth

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 in the

00:17:44.960 --> 00:17:45.180
 Lord.

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 What are

00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:46.040
 the lessons

00:17:46.040 --> 00:17:46.820
 that we

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 can learn?

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 Number one

00:17:48.180 --> 00:17:49.660
 is that God's

00:17:49.660 --> 00:17:50.880
 kingdom is

00:17:50.880 --> 00:17:52.220
 abundant grace.

00:17:53.080 --> 00:17:53.980
 Knowing that

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 Christ died

00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:55.420
 for the

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 ungodly,

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 as Romans

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 5,

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 6-8

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 mentions,

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 or even

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 Isaiah 55,

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 many of you

00:18:02.180 --> 00:18:02.600
 know that

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 verse,

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 come all

00:18:04.259 --> 00:18:04.740
 who are

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 thirsty,

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 right?

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 Without

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 money,

00:18:07.019 --> 00:18:07.340
 without

00:18:07.340 --> 00:18:07.980
 price.

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 The

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 invitation

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 is,

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 look,

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 you don't

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 have to

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 have money.

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 You don't

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 have to

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 be in

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 perfect

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 health.

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 You don't

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 have to

00:18:18.380 --> 00:18:18.839
 be married,

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 right?

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 The

00:18:20.960 --> 00:18:21.460
 invitation

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 is for

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 everyone

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 to respond

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 to the

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 call that

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 Christ has

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 for every

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 single one

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 of it.

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 And what

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 does that

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 response look

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 like?

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 Believing

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 in the

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 death,

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 burial,

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 and resurrection

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 of Jesus

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 Christ.

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 Making

00:18:35.059 --> 00:18:35.859
 that decision

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 to say

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 yes to

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 Christ,

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 that Christ

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 is what

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 you need,

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 is all

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 that you

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 need when

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 it comes

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 to eternal

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 salvation.

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 And consider

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 that when I

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 talk about

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 abundant

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 grace,

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 it's extended,

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 it doesn't

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 run out.

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 Now we know

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 there's time

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 that ends,

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 sure,

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 but we know

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 that,

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 well,

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 saying things

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 like,

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 well,

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 salvation's

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 only available

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 to an

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 exclusive group

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 of people,

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 a certain

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 demographic,

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 or a certain

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 culture,

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 or a certain

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 race.

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 No,

00:19:12.920 --> 00:19:13.580
 it is

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 available for

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 everyone.

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 The second

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 thing then

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 is,

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 well,

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 a little

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 more blunt

00:19:21.660 --> 00:19:21.920
 here,

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 don't make

00:19:22.460 --> 00:19:23.060
 excuses.

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 Respond.

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 Because Christ

00:19:26.660 --> 00:19:27.240
 is showing

00:19:27.240 --> 00:19:27.560
 the,

00:19:27.900 --> 00:19:28.400
 right at the

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 very end,

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 I tell you,

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 none of those

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 men who are

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 invited shall

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 taste my

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 banquet.

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 That's not

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 the easy

00:19:34.380 --> 00:19:34.720
 thing,

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 but it

00:19:35.059 --> 00:19:35.420
 is the

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 truth

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 nonetheless.

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 Maybe you

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 identify as

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 one of the

00:19:40.880 --> 00:19:41.539
 people who's

00:19:41.539 --> 00:19:42.339
 been making

00:19:42.339 --> 00:19:43.140
 excuses.

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 Knock it

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 off.

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 Respond.

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 Say yes

00:19:47.420 --> 00:19:47.720
 to the

00:19:47.720 --> 00:19:48.279
 invitation.

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 In Luke

00:19:50.079 --> 00:19:50.680
 chapter 8

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 verse 14

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 where there's

00:19:51.900 --> 00:19:52.779
 reference that's

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 talking about

00:19:53.319 --> 00:19:54.019
 being choked

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 up by

00:19:54.480 --> 00:19:55.600
 life's worries,

00:19:55.880 --> 00:19:56.079
 right?

00:19:56.620 --> 00:19:57.200
 Riches or

00:19:57.200 --> 00:19:57.740
 possessions.

00:19:58.740 --> 00:19:59.000
 Well,

00:19:59.019 --> 00:19:59.299
 there's a

00:19:59.299 --> 00:19:59.900
 famous saying,

00:19:59.980 --> 00:20:00.319
 you can't

00:20:00.319 --> 00:20:00.819
 take it with

00:20:00.819 --> 00:20:01.019
 you.

00:20:02.579 --> 00:20:03.400
 We have to

00:20:03.400 --> 00:20:03.779
 remember,

00:20:03.779 --> 00:20:06.500
 our soul

00:20:06.500 --> 00:20:07.460
 is what we

00:20:07.460 --> 00:20:07.839
 have to

00:20:07.839 --> 00:20:08.259
 consider.

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 That which

00:20:09.720 --> 00:20:10.700
 is eternal.

00:20:13.740 --> 00:20:14.259
 Philippians

00:20:14.259 --> 00:20:14.879
 chapter 3

00:20:14.879 --> 00:20:15.379
 verse 8

00:20:15.379 --> 00:20:17.720
 when the

00:20:17.720 --> 00:20:18.420
 apostle Paul

00:20:18.420 --> 00:20:18.819
 is saying,

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 I consider

00:20:19.339 --> 00:20:20.039
 everything a

00:20:20.039 --> 00:20:20.740
 loss compared

00:20:20.740 --> 00:20:21.319
 to knowing

00:20:21.319 --> 00:20:21.960
 Christ.

00:20:23.420 --> 00:20:23.980
 Knowing

00:20:23.980 --> 00:20:24.720
 Christ is

00:20:24.720 --> 00:20:25.379
 the greatest

00:20:25.379 --> 00:20:26.440
 treasure,

00:20:26.579 --> 00:20:26.720
 right?

00:20:26.779 --> 00:20:27.220
 Just like we

00:20:27.220 --> 00:20:27.779
 talked about

00:20:27.779 --> 00:20:29.019
 the pearl

00:20:29.019 --> 00:20:30.259
 of great

00:20:30.259 --> 00:20:31.559
 value or

00:20:31.559 --> 00:20:32.039
 the hidden

00:20:32.039 --> 00:20:32.799
 treasure that

00:20:32.799 --> 00:20:34.000
 we are to

00:20:34.000 --> 00:20:34.680
 seek Christ

00:20:34.680 --> 00:20:35.440
 with everything

00:20:35.440 --> 00:20:35.940
 that we

00:20:35.940 --> 00:20:37.079
 are in the

00:20:37.079 --> 00:20:37.859
 same way as

00:20:37.859 --> 00:20:38.720
 X marks the

00:20:38.720 --> 00:20:39.399
 spot and you

00:20:39.399 --> 00:20:40.139
 are to go

00:20:40.139 --> 00:20:40.680
 after that

00:20:40.680 --> 00:20:41.059
 treasure.

00:20:43.240 --> 00:20:44.139
 And so

00:20:44.139 --> 00:20:46.960
 in this,

00:20:47.680 --> 00:20:48.519
 ask yourself

00:20:48.519 --> 00:20:49.220
 that question,

00:20:49.359 --> 00:20:50.139
 are you making

00:20:50.139 --> 00:20:52.619
 excuses or are

00:20:52.619 --> 00:20:53.059
 you not?

00:20:53.899 --> 00:20:54.379
 Maybe you

00:20:54.379 --> 00:20:55.039
 identify and

00:20:55.039 --> 00:20:55.440
 say, you know

00:20:55.440 --> 00:20:56.059
 what, I have

00:20:56.059 --> 00:20:56.519
 been making

00:20:56.519 --> 00:20:57.099
 excuses.

00:20:57.099 --> 00:20:59.299
 I'm ready to

00:20:59.299 --> 00:21:00.159
 respond to

00:21:00.159 --> 00:21:01.359
 God's call in

00:21:01.359 --> 00:21:02.359
 receiving salvation

00:21:02.359 --> 00:21:03.139
 or even further,

00:21:03.319 --> 00:21:04.019
 I'm ready to

00:21:04.019 --> 00:21:05.119
 respond to God's

00:21:05.119 --> 00:21:05.879
 call for my

00:21:05.879 --> 00:21:06.439
 life.

00:21:07.980 --> 00:21:08.759
 Maybe you're

00:21:08.759 --> 00:21:09.419
 wrestling with

00:21:09.419 --> 00:21:11.059
 something that

00:21:11.059 --> 00:21:12.539
 you've been

00:21:12.539 --> 00:21:13.240
 wrestling with for

00:21:13.240 --> 00:21:13.679
 a while.

00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:15.759
 You know God's

00:21:15.759 --> 00:21:16.480
 calling you to do

00:21:16.480 --> 00:21:17.259
 something or to

00:21:17.259 --> 00:21:17.919
 stop doing

00:21:17.919 --> 00:21:18.459
 something.

00:21:19.779 --> 00:21:20.419
 And you say,

00:21:20.539 --> 00:21:23.139
 not yet, God.

00:21:24.740 --> 00:21:25.339
 Maybe you

00:21:25.339 --> 00:21:26.259
 identify with that.

00:21:26.259 --> 00:21:27.200
 Or if you

00:21:27.200 --> 00:21:27.660
 don't, maybe

00:21:27.660 --> 00:21:28.180
 you've had a

00:21:28.180 --> 00:21:28.720
 moment like

00:21:28.720 --> 00:21:28.960
 that.

00:21:29.019 --> 00:21:29.440
 I know I

00:21:29.440 --> 00:21:29.859
 have for

00:21:29.859 --> 00:21:30.119
 sure.

00:21:32.039 --> 00:21:32.319
 The third

00:21:32.319 --> 00:21:32.980
 thing then is

00:21:32.980 --> 00:21:33.579
 that God's

00:21:33.579 --> 00:21:34.519
 heart is for

00:21:34.519 --> 00:21:35.420
 all, even

00:21:35.420 --> 00:21:36.319
 what?

00:21:37.460 --> 00:21:38.259
 The misfits.

00:21:38.339 --> 00:21:38.619
 How many of

00:21:38.619 --> 00:21:39.180
 you watch that?

00:21:39.240 --> 00:21:39.599
 There's that

00:21:39.599 --> 00:21:40.339
 old Christmas

00:21:40.339 --> 00:21:40.819
 story.

00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:43.140
 You guys know

00:21:43.140 --> 00:21:43.480
 where I'm going

00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:43.819
 with this.

00:21:44.279 --> 00:21:45.019
 The island of

00:21:45.019 --> 00:21:45.259
 what?

00:21:45.740 --> 00:21:46.859
 The island of

00:21:46.859 --> 00:21:47.859
 misfits, right?

00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:49.420
 And the one

00:21:49.420 --> 00:21:50.400
 that always stuck

00:21:50.400 --> 00:21:51.339
 with my mind

00:21:51.339 --> 00:21:52.359
 all these years

00:21:52.359 --> 00:21:52.920
 ever since a

00:21:52.920 --> 00:21:53.519
 kid is the

00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:54.660
 train that had

00:21:54.660 --> 00:21:55.839
 the square

00:21:55.839 --> 00:21:58.099
 wheels, right?

00:21:59.480 --> 00:22:00.000
 And it's a

00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:00.839
 cute, if you

00:22:00.839 --> 00:22:01.379
 haven't watched

00:22:01.379 --> 00:22:02.039
 it, you should

00:22:02.039 --> 00:22:02.859
 watch it sometime,

00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:03.139
 right?

00:22:03.199 --> 00:22:04.059
 The island of

00:22:04.059 --> 00:22:04.759
 misfits where

00:22:04.759 --> 00:22:05.720
 they're the

00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:06.559
 cast outs of

00:22:06.559 --> 00:22:07.539
 society, right?

00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:08.959
 Nobody wants a

00:22:08.959 --> 00:22:10.159
 train that has

00:22:10.159 --> 00:22:11.119
 square wheels.

00:22:11.220 --> 00:22:11.819
 Are you kidding

00:22:11.819 --> 00:22:12.159
 me?

00:22:13.459 --> 00:22:14.179
 That's kind of

00:22:14.179 --> 00:22:14.919
 the attitude you

00:22:14.919 --> 00:22:15.599
 see in the

00:22:15.599 --> 00:22:15.939
 movie.

00:22:16.579 --> 00:22:17.279
 But in the

00:22:17.279 --> 00:22:19.579
 same way, for a

00:22:19.579 --> 00:22:20.220
 lot of us, we

00:22:20.220 --> 00:22:20.859
 may have felt

00:22:20.859 --> 00:22:22.639
 like we are on

00:22:22.639 --> 00:22:23.539
 the island of

00:22:23.539 --> 00:22:24.279
 misfits, as

00:22:24.279 --> 00:22:24.659
 it were.

00:22:25.440 --> 00:22:26.220
 Some of us

00:22:26.220 --> 00:22:27.480
 have had those

00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:28.139
 moments where,

00:22:28.379 --> 00:22:29.139
 you know, I

00:22:29.139 --> 00:22:30.639
 don't fit the

00:22:30.639 --> 00:22:33.079
 square hole.

00:22:34.539 --> 00:22:35.139
 Maybe I don't

00:22:35.139 --> 00:22:35.680
 fit that.

00:22:36.639 --> 00:22:37.279
 Maybe there's

00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:37.819
 something that's

00:22:37.819 --> 00:22:38.420
 different about

00:22:38.420 --> 00:22:39.019
 you or whatever.

00:22:39.180 --> 00:22:40.460
 We are all

00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:41.319
 different and

00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:43.220
 maybe you just

00:22:43.220 --> 00:22:44.079
 stick out.

00:22:44.740 --> 00:22:45.440
 And that's

00:22:45.440 --> 00:22:45.980
 okay.

00:22:46.920 --> 00:22:47.819
 Knowing the

00:22:47.819 --> 00:22:48.980
 fact that God's

00:22:48.980 --> 00:22:50.039
 invitation for

00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:51.299
 salvation is for

00:22:51.299 --> 00:22:53.220
 everyone, including

00:22:53.220 --> 00:22:54.799
 the misfits, is

00:22:54.799 --> 00:22:55.419
 remarkable.

00:22:57.379 --> 00:22:58.359
 Because I'm sure

00:22:58.359 --> 00:22:59.279
 that in our own

00:22:59.279 --> 00:23:00.299
 lives, many of us

00:23:00.299 --> 00:23:01.119
 have felt those

00:23:01.119 --> 00:23:01.819
 moments where we

00:23:01.819 --> 00:23:03.720
 felt isolated, where

00:23:03.720 --> 00:23:04.480
 we felt like we

00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:05.639
 just don't, we

00:23:05.639 --> 00:23:06.240
 don't know where

00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:06.960
 we fit in.

00:23:08.180 --> 00:23:09.399
 It's just like what

00:23:09.399 --> 00:23:10.299
 I've told you, and

00:23:10.299 --> 00:23:11.180
 I'll say it before,

00:23:11.299 --> 00:23:11.859
 and I'll say it

00:23:11.859 --> 00:23:12.139
 again.

00:23:13.180 --> 00:23:15.259
 Man will fail

00:23:15.259 --> 00:23:15.519
 you.

00:23:16.639 --> 00:23:18.339
 God will never

00:23:18.339 --> 00:23:19.099
 fail you, though.

00:23:19.099 --> 00:23:20.839
 And no matter

00:23:20.839 --> 00:23:23.039
 what hurt, or

00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:24.799
 what people say, or

00:23:24.799 --> 00:23:25.759
 what people do

00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:26.699
 against you that

00:23:26.699 --> 00:23:27.819
 has affected your

00:23:27.819 --> 00:23:29.379
 life, God

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 remains as the

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 constant, everlasting

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 to everlasting.

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 Our Lord remains

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 the same.

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 He does not

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 change.

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 We certainly

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 do.

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 And I'm

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 certainly glad I'm

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 not God.

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 Aren't you glad

00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:45.179
 you're not God?

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 I'm glad that God

00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:49.100
 forgives me of my

00:23:49.100 --> 00:23:49.400
 sins.

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 I'm glad that the

00:23:50.420 --> 00:23:51.299
 Lord loves me.

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 And he's still

00:23:53.840 --> 00:23:54.560
 offering that

00:23:54.560 --> 00:23:55.140
 invitation.

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 We think of how

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 often, how quickly

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 for us, we might

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 say, you know

00:24:02.019 --> 00:24:02.799
 what, I don't love

00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:03.420
 you anymore because

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 you did me dirty.

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 You did me wrong.

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 But to know that

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 God's love is much

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 greater, continuing

00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:15.079
 to extend that

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 invitation.

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 And even if you

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 are, well, living

00:24:19.819 --> 00:24:21.000
 in sin, as it

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 were, or you're

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 distant, or you're

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 in darkness, or

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 you're separated

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 from the presence

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 of God, you can

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 still come back

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 to him.

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 And that's what's

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 powerful.

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 No matter what you

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 have been through,

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 or what you are

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 going through, or

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 what people have

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 said, or what

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 people have done,

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 the invitation is

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 still there.

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 Let us remember, the

00:24:49.140 --> 00:24:50.279
 shepherd leaves the

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 ninety-nine for the

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 one.

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 Let us also

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 remember, it's a

00:24:58.200 --> 00:25:00.580
 Luke chapter five,

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 where Christ is

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 saying, I came not

00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:05.940
 for the healthy, but

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 for the sick.

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 And the idea of

00:25:08.220 --> 00:25:09.180
 that is, well, are

00:25:09.180 --> 00:25:09.920
 any of us actually

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 healthy?

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 But we think about

00:25:13.059 --> 00:25:13.379
 that.

00:25:14.599 --> 00:25:15.740
 That God is doing

00:25:15.740 --> 00:25:17.359
 so much for us to

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 respond.

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 This leads us, then,

00:25:22.220 --> 00:25:23.299
 into the application,

00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:23.680
 then.

00:25:24.940 --> 00:25:25.420
 Right?

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 We observe the text.

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 We look at what's

00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:29.139
 going on within the

00:25:29.139 --> 00:25:29.660
 context.

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 We look at the

00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:30.759
 connections.

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 We look at the

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:33.740
 lessons we can have in

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 our own spiritual

00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:34.940
 walk.

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 And what do we do

00:25:35.920 --> 00:25:36.539
 about this?

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 And number one is to

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 remove the what,

00:25:39.279 --> 00:25:39.559
 church?

00:25:40.519 --> 00:25:42.340
 The obstacles or

00:25:42.340 --> 00:25:43.700
 the excuses.

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 Doesn't this remind

00:25:46.120 --> 00:25:47.660
 you of the parable of

00:25:47.660 --> 00:25:48.460
 the soils?

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 The four soils?

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 Some of the soils

00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:53.860
 had weeds.

00:25:54.680 --> 00:25:55.840
 Some of the soils

00:25:55.840 --> 00:25:58.160
 had other things in

00:25:58.160 --> 00:25:59.039
 it, rocks and stuff

00:25:59.039 --> 00:25:59.860
 that needed to be

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 removed.

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 Do you see how it's

00:26:01.600 --> 00:26:02.299
 connected here?

00:26:03.400 --> 00:26:04.180
 Remove those

00:26:04.180 --> 00:26:04.620
 obstacles.

00:26:04.619 --> 00:26:05.639
 Remember, the weeds

00:26:05.639 --> 00:26:06.839
 representing sin.

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:08.239
 The obstacles, well,

00:26:08.319 --> 00:26:08.899
 in this case,

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:11.059
 representing excuses.

00:26:12.839 --> 00:26:13.979
 Think about that.

00:26:15.219 --> 00:26:16.419
 Remove the obstacles

00:26:16.419 --> 00:26:17.519
 and remove the

00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:18.099
 excuses.

00:26:18.419 --> 00:26:18.539
 Right?

00:26:18.659 --> 00:26:19.759
 Hebrews 12, 1,

00:26:20.059 --> 00:26:21.239
 throw off everything

00:26:21.239 --> 00:26:22.479
 that hinders you.

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 Or Matthew 10, 39,

00:26:24.459 --> 00:26:26.359
 whoever finds his

00:26:26.359 --> 00:26:27.859
 life will lose it.

00:26:28.079 --> 00:26:29.059
 Whoever loses his

00:26:29.059 --> 00:26:29.839
 life will find it.

00:26:29.859 --> 00:26:30.839
 We know about that.

00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:33.139
 It's about surrender.

00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:33.940
 Remember, when we're

00:26:33.940 --> 00:26:35.160
 considering those other,

00:26:35.160 --> 00:26:37.200
 the cost of discipleship

00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:38.580
 and the parable of the

00:26:38.580 --> 00:26:39.920
 wedding feast, it's about

00:26:39.920 --> 00:26:42.220
 humility and recognizing

00:26:42.220 --> 00:26:44.240
 that Jesus Christ is what

00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:44.580
 you need.

00:26:44.620 --> 00:26:45.500
 You can't do it on your

00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:45.700
 own.

00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:47.900
 It's about recognizing who

00:26:47.900 --> 00:26:48.600
 Christ is.

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:51.400
 So maybe you need to ask

00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:52.640
 yourself, what's keeping

00:26:52.640 --> 00:26:56.400
 you from the table that God

00:26:56.400 --> 00:26:57.500
 has set before you?

00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:59.940
 Only you can answer that.

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:01.740
 I wish I could answer on

00:27:01.740 --> 00:27:02.299
 your behalf.

00:27:02.700 --> 00:27:03.220
 Maybe not.

00:27:03.359 --> 00:27:05.500
 But in any case, only you

00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:06.259
 can answer that.

00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:09.000
 The second thing, then, is

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:10.500
 to accept the invitation

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:11.299
 and what?

00:27:12.660 --> 00:27:13.099
 Respond.

00:27:13.859 --> 00:27:14.180
 Right?

00:27:15.859 --> 00:27:17.019
 Many of you know the

00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:18.640
 Revelation 3, 20, right?

00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:19.839
 Where it's, I stand at the

00:27:19.839 --> 00:27:21.240
 door and knock, and we see

00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:22.700
 so many pictures of Jesus

00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:24.359
 patiently knocking at the

00:27:24.359 --> 00:27:25.779
 door when we're realizing

00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:26.900
 that it's referencing

00:27:26.900 --> 00:27:28.259
 judgment that's about to

00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:28.680
 happen.

00:27:29.100 --> 00:27:30.200
 But it's still a good

00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:31.280
 thought nonetheless.

00:27:32.820 --> 00:27:33.259
 Right?

00:27:33.360 --> 00:27:35.320
 The imagery of the Lord

00:27:35.320 --> 00:27:36.519
 knocking at the door.

00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:38.180
 Are you going to open it?

00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:38.820
 That's fine.

00:27:39.100 --> 00:27:40.620
 That's consistent with how

00:27:40.620 --> 00:27:41.960
 we understand the Lord.

00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:43.200
 How is that any different

00:27:43.200 --> 00:27:44.080
 than an invitation?

00:27:45.380 --> 00:27:46.960
 We think about that.

00:27:48.320 --> 00:27:50.540
 Or in 2 Corinthians 6,

00:27:50.620 --> 00:27:52.320
 verse 2, that now is the

00:27:52.320 --> 00:27:53.660
 time for salvation, just

00:27:53.660 --> 00:27:55.360
 like we talked about last

00:27:55.360 --> 00:27:55.700
 week.

00:27:56.900 --> 00:28:00.440
 God gives us time, but not

00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:00.860
 forever.

00:28:01.580 --> 00:28:02.940
 And it's up for us to

00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:06.200
 respond, well, you better

00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:06.759
 do it now.

00:28:08.320 --> 00:28:09.840
 Better do it now, because you

00:28:09.840 --> 00:28:11.180
 don't know what tomorrow will

00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:11.580
 hold.

00:28:15.580 --> 00:28:17.420
 So in other words, don't

00:28:17.420 --> 00:28:21.000
 RSVP later for something that

00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:22.340
 is ready for you now.

00:28:22.339 --> 00:28:26.579
 And third and final, be a

00:28:26.579 --> 00:28:27.959
 servant who extends the

00:28:27.959 --> 00:28:28.439
 invitation.

00:28:28.579 --> 00:28:29.899
 What's so remarkable about

00:28:29.899 --> 00:28:31.019
 this parable is when it

00:28:31.019 --> 00:28:32.779
 talks about the servant,

00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:33.240
 right?

00:28:33.599 --> 00:28:34.500
 The servant that's

00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:35.740
 extending the invitation.

00:28:36.619 --> 00:28:38.220
 Now, some will argue that

00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:39.720
 this is a representation of

00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:40.079
 Christ.

00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:40.980
 That's fine.

00:28:41.659 --> 00:28:43.319
 In the same way that Christ

00:28:43.319 --> 00:28:45.119
 has extended the invitation to

00:28:45.119 --> 00:28:47.839
 many and then to all, we

00:28:47.839 --> 00:28:49.659
 should think about how we can

00:28:49.660 --> 00:28:50.700
 do that in our lives.

00:28:51.620 --> 00:28:53.100
 Who can we extend the

00:28:53.100 --> 00:28:55.040
 invitation to in our own

00:28:55.040 --> 00:28:55.620
 lives?

00:28:56.620 --> 00:28:58.580
 Start small and go big.

00:28:59.400 --> 00:29:01.019
 Think of your friends, your

00:29:01.019 --> 00:29:02.300
 relatives, those that you are

00:29:02.300 --> 00:29:03.380
 very close with.

00:29:04.580 --> 00:29:07.120
 And think of how God calls for

00:29:07.120 --> 00:29:08.759
 us to go out and to make

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:11.440
 disciples, declaring the name of

00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:12.140
 Jesus Christ.

00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:14.000
 And let's not forget, we still

00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:15.660
 live in an everyday world where we

00:29:15.660 --> 00:29:18.279
 have to work, we have to go to

00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:18.680
 school.

00:29:19.420 --> 00:29:20.640
 Well, that's why it's important

00:29:20.640 --> 00:29:23.200
 for us when we consider being an

00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:24.540
 ambassador for Christ.

00:29:25.700 --> 00:29:27.480
 Thinking about what we say to

00:29:27.480 --> 00:29:29.000
 others and how we conduct

00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:30.840
 ourselves and what we do, all of

00:29:30.840 --> 00:29:32.200
 these things are important.

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:34.779
 And so maybe you need to ask

00:29:34.779 --> 00:29:37.100
 yourself, how can I extend the

00:29:37.100 --> 00:29:40.320
 invitation through words and even

00:29:40.320 --> 00:29:41.240
 through actions?

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:44.359
 Let us not forget Ephesians

00:29:44.359 --> 00:29:46.140
 chapter 2, verses 8.

00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:48.640
 Many of you know 8 through 9, for

00:29:48.640 --> 00:29:50.620
 by grace you are saved and not by

00:29:50.620 --> 00:29:52.640
 works, lest any man or lest anyone

00:29:52.640 --> 00:29:53.220
 boast.

00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:57.400
 Verse 10, don't forget that.

00:29:58.400 --> 00:30:01.460
 That we are created for good

00:30:01.460 --> 00:30:01.920
 works.

00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:05.759
 Not saved by what we do, we are

00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:07.819
 saved so that we can do.

00:30:08.180 --> 00:30:09.240
 Does that make sense?

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:11.319
 Do we understand the difference

00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:11.480
 here?

00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:14.539
 Because that's, little word can

00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:15.799
 make a huge difference in that,

00:30:15.960 --> 00:30:17.180
 especially when it comes to

00:30:17.180 --> 00:30:17.640
 salvation.

00:30:19.120 --> 00:30:23.140
 And so, let us remember this

00:30:23.140 --> 00:30:26.440
 specific parable.

00:30:28.519 --> 00:30:30.519
 Think about the activity we just

00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:30.779
 did.

00:30:32.180 --> 00:30:35.000
 How awesome it was for us to go

00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:40.339
 through these kind of, what is

00:30:40.339 --> 00:30:41.599
 like a puzzle kind of thing,

00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:41.880
 right?

00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:46.420
 The invitation is still going

00:30:46.420 --> 00:30:46.740
 out.

00:30:47.299 --> 00:30:49.140
 And the idea is that let us

00:30:49.140 --> 00:30:51.960
 remember, if there's anything to

00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:54.440
 take away from today, is there is

00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:55.140
 still room.

00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:56.980
 Respond.

00:30:58.180 --> 00:30:59.880
 There is still room for you.

00:31:00.680 --> 00:31:02.240
 There is still room for your

00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:04.039
 friends and your family and those

00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:04.680
 that you know.

00:31:05.640 --> 00:31:07.500
 Let this be a call for them to

00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:08.559
 respond as well.

00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:11.960
 And so, the question is, will we

00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:14.000
 respond accordingly?

00:31:14.700 --> 00:31:16.220
 The table has been set.

00:31:16.819 --> 00:31:18.700
 There is an invitation for all of

00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:18.960
 us.

00:31:19.620 --> 00:31:22.039
 Let us respond to God's call for

00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:24.819
 salvation and God's specific call

00:31:24.819 --> 00:31:25.880
 for our lives.

00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:26.620
 Let's pray together.

00:31:26.619 --> 00:31:30.919
 Father, we thank you for this time

00:31:30.919 --> 00:31:33.279
 for us to gather together as the

00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:34.239
 body of Christ.

00:31:36.079 --> 00:31:39.159
 Father, I pray that we may all take

00:31:39.159 --> 00:31:42.719
 to heart the importance not only of

00:31:42.719 --> 00:31:45.019
 the great banquet that you have set,

00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:48.739
 but also may we appreciate the

00:31:48.739 --> 00:31:51.639
 importance of the invitation that

00:31:51.639 --> 00:31:55.500
 your Son has given to all of us.

00:31:55.500 --> 00:32:00.299
 Father, I pray that if anyone is

00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:02.140
 making an excuse or there's an

00:32:02.140 --> 00:32:04.920
 obstacle or whatever it is, that

00:32:04.920 --> 00:32:08.200
 they may have the tools or someone

00:32:08.200 --> 00:32:10.839
 to talk to or whatever it is to be

00:32:10.839 --> 00:32:14.339
 able to no longer have obstacles or

00:32:14.339 --> 00:32:16.680
 rocks or weeds for their soil, but

00:32:16.680 --> 00:32:18.319
 they will respond to you.

00:32:18.960 --> 00:32:21.119
 They will respond to your salvation.

00:32:22.359 --> 00:32:25.359
 Father, I pray that we as a church,

00:32:25.359 --> 00:32:28.740
 will grow in a healthy manner, much

00:32:28.740 --> 00:32:30.559
 like I pray, Father, that each and

00:32:30.559 --> 00:32:32.439
 every one of us will grow as an

00:32:32.439 --> 00:32:32.939
 individual.

00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:36.519
 And through growth, may we bear

00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:39.519
 fruit, may we extend the invitation,

00:32:39.859 --> 00:32:44.559
 and may we live out this faith in

00:32:44.559 --> 00:32:46.199
 what we say and what we do,

00:32:47.199 --> 00:32:49.839
 especially when we consider the world

00:32:49.839 --> 00:32:50.719
 that we live in.

00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:53.460
 And Father, I especially would like to

00:32:53.460 --> 00:32:56.360
 pray for those who attack the

00:32:56.360 --> 00:32:58.000
 misfits of society.

00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:02.220
 We know that your heart is for

00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:02.960
 everyone.

00:33:04.220 --> 00:33:06.600
 And we know as a culture, we tend to,

00:33:07.259 --> 00:33:09.539
 well, we have our own biases towards

00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:09.980
 people.

00:33:11.180 --> 00:33:13.640
 And you love each and every one of us,

00:33:14.079 --> 00:33:15.200
 even the misfits.

00:33:15.200 --> 00:33:19.700
 May we have a heart that reflects you,

00:33:20.539 --> 00:33:22.940
 balancing the grace and love that you

00:33:22.940 --> 00:33:26.000
 give us and the truth of your word.

00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:29.340
 We say all of this in the name of Jesus

00:33:29.340 --> 00:33:29.840
 Christ.

00:33:29.940 --> 00:33:30.180
 Amen.

00:33:30.860 --> 00:33:31.420
 Amen.

00:33:32.900 --> 00:33:34.860
 Thank you for listening for this week's

00:33:34.860 --> 00:33:36.680
 message from Ontario Community Church.

00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:39.680
 I pray that you are encouraged and

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 strengthened in your walk with Christ.

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 visit OntarioCommunityChurch.org.

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 May God bless you as you live out his

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 grace and truth every single day.