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 Okay, alright.

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 Today's scripture reading today comes from the Gospel of Luke, chapter 12.

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 Please follow along in your bulletin.

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 Be dressed in readiness, and keep your lamps lit.

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 Be like men who are waiting for their masters when he returns from the wedding feast,

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 so that they may immediately open the door to him when he comes and knocks.

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 Blessed are those slaves whom their master will find on the alert when he comes.

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 Truly I say to you, that he will gird himself to serve,

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 and have them recline at the table, and will come up and wait on them.

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 Whether he comes in the second watch, or even the third, and finds them so,

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 blessed are those slaves.

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 But, be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming,

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 he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

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 You too, be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not expect.

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 Peter said,

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 Lord, are you addressing this parable to us, or to everyone else as well?

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 And the Lord said,

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 Who then is the faithful and sensible steward,

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 whom his master will put in charge of his servants,

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 to give them their rations at the proper time?

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 Blessed is the slave from whom his master finds so doing when he comes.

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 Truly I say to you, that he will put him in charge of all his possessions.

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 But if that slave says in his heart,

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 My master will be a long time in coming,

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 and begins to beat the slaves, both men and women,

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 and to eat and drink and get drunk,

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 the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him,

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 and at an hour he does not know,

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 and will cut him in pieces,

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 and assign him a place with the unbelievers.

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 And that slave, who knew his master's will,

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 and did not get ready,

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 or act in accord with his will,

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 will receive many lashes.

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 But the few who did not know it,

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 and committed deeds worthy of a flogging,

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 will receive but few.

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 From everyone who has been given much,

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 much will be required.

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 And to whom they entrusted much,

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 of him they will ask all the more.

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 This is the reading of God's Word.

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 Wow, it has been at least five weeks

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 since I've been able to get up here and say,

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 how you guys doing?

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 How you guys doing?

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 Come on, five weeks.

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 I was expecting something much greater than that.

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 That was just not good enough.

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 How you guys doing?

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 Great, that's good, that's good.

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 We talk a lot.

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 About being on a journey here.

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 This summer I went on a journey.

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 I got back last Saturday

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 and ended up with strep throat.

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 A great gift from my kiddos

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 who are back home

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 and they are trying to heal up

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 and Christina will bring them back this Saturday.

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 So I'm praying for her and her jet lag state

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 and bringing them back.

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 The journey this summer was crazy.

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 We left here, we went to London,

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 we went to Oxford,

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 we took a group of people from here to Oxford,

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 we studied,

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 we went back to London,

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 we flew to Bologna,

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 we got in a car,

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 we traveled with some friends for their birthday

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 and the best part was

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 it was just a gift to us

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 and so we didn't have to pay for a lot of it.

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 That was amazing, right?

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 That's the best kind of journeys, right?

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 That it's a free journey.

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 You know, it's a grace journey.

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 We went to Bologna

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 and we went to a little town

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 where there was nothing happening there,

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 not even a telephone

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 and people like Dave Sutherland

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 were very frustrated

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 as they held their Blackberries up

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 and walked around

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 trying to find a signal

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 and you could not find a signal for 25 miles

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 and they just realized,

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 or they thought,

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 that a place like this

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 could not exist in the world anywhere.

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 So we found a new place like that

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 and then we drove to Rome

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 and spent a couple days there

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 and then we got in this airplane

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 that was held together by bandages,

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 I think,

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 how most European airlines are

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 and we prayed a lot.

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 You know, it's like one of those airlines,

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 you read the article

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 where the guy got on

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 and he looks out at the wing

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 and the wing is torn up

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 but there's a little note

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 and it says,

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 don't worry, we know about this.

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 So it's like one of those airlines.

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 You get in and you go,

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 I don't know if this is going to work

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 but people know about this

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 and then we fly to Atlanta

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 and we get into Atlanta

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 and we drive up to North Carolina

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 to see my dad

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 and we have this experience

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 in North Carolina

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 where my dad wants to do something

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 on his bucket list

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 and so he takes all the grandkids

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 to whitewater rafting

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 which he thinks is going to be very peaceful

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 because it's called Zen tubing.

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 Ooh, Zen.

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 Don't ever go Zen tubing

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 unless you want an unpeaceful time

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 and about halfway down the journey

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 as Kip was running through all the trees

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 and just being miserable,

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 he yells out,

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 this is the worst day of my life!

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 And I'm sitting there listening to him

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 and I'm like,

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 I wish I could say that.

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 But I'm an adult.

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 I can't say things like that.

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 I just have to say,

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 don't worry, it's going to get better.

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 And we see my dad

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 and then we fly to Dallas

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 and we see Christina's dad

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 and then I fly back on Thursday

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 and I get back here on Saturday

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 going through London and Hong Kong

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 and if you want to go to the States,

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 never go through London

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 because it's just, it's not good.

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 And I come back in

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 and well, London's okay

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 and the weather's terrible.

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 And I have this massive sore throat

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 and the staff wouldn't let me talk last Sunday

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 because they realized that I was doped up

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 just as I'm doped up now

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 and they were worried about

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 what I was going to ramble on

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 just as I'm rambling on now.

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 But I realized in the journey

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 that there are certain questions

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 that get asked a lot.

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 When you have four kids,

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 they ask questions like,

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 when are we going to eat next?

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 And how long till the next place?

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 And in this time,

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 I realized how bad of a husband

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 and a dad I was.

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 I really struggle as a dad,

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 especially answering questions

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 because the one that gets me

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 is when they ask the same question

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 over and over and over

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 and over and over again,

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 like in a span of like two nanoseconds, right?

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 And it's almost as if

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 they don't hear your response,

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 but they keep asking that question

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 and my kids kept asking that question

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 and the question was always,

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 when is this going to end?

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 When is this going to end?

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 When is this going to end?

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 Which I started asking myself also,

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 when is this going to end?

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 And as I traveled,

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 I listened and talked to my kids

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 and friends on this journey

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 and I realized

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 kind of what I shared last week,

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 that people talk about

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 a lot of different things

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 depends on what country they're in.

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 But for the most part,

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 the questions we ask on the journey

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 are pretty much the same.

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 As a pastor,

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 I get asked the questions

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 and not necessarily in order,

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 but the questions normally are this,

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 should I date him or her?

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 They're really cute.

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 What do you think?

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 The question is,

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 should I tithe?

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 Does God really need my money?

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 And should I tithe on my net

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 or my gross?

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 The question is,

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 is this the end times?

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 Is this what was foretold in Scripture?

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 Is Jesus going to come back soon?

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 Is Obama the Antichrist?

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 And I'm so confused,

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 I thought Bill Clinton was Antichrist.

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 Antichrist.

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 And before that,

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 people were assuring me

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 that Ronald Reagan was the Antichrist

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 because his whole name

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 has six letters,

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 six middle letters,

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 six middle,

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 six, six, six.

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 And so I just thought

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 Ronald Reagan was the Antichrist.

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 But in the midst

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 of the conversations with people,

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 people are asking these questions

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 because they look at the world around them,

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 they look at their world,

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 and they see things that aren't good.

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 They see darkness,

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 they see confusion,

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 they see lack of clarity.

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 They not only see the darkness,

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 but they feel the darkness.

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 Do you feel the darkness?

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 darkness?

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 When you look around

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 and you see what's going on

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 in the world,

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 when you listen to stories

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 about what's going on

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 in movie theaters,

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 when you listen to stories

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 about people being abandoned

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 or maybe you're being abandoned,

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 or even when you look at your heart,

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 and you wonder why you think

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 certain thoughts,

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 is there darkness there?

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 It's interesting in the end times

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 as I was talking to people,

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 there's usually two camps,

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 at least in the people I run into.

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 There's the one camp

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 that they're spending all their time

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 thinking and wanting to know

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 when.

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 When is this going to happen?

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 When is Jesus coming back again?

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 I need to know when.

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 I actually had someone present to me

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 about three weeks ago

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 this whole chart,

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 and it was amazing.

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 They had this three-by,

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 I mean,

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 it was like a bulletin board,

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 and they basically took history

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 and peoples and names,

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 and in this whole history,

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 they went up to the point of

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 this is when the world

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 is going to end,

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 and this is how it's going to happen,

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 and this is who the Antichrist is.

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 And I just looked at that

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 and I go,

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 wow,

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 that's an amazing piece of energy

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 towards that.

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 I don't know,

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 I'm pretty sure

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 that that's not correct,

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 but whoever put that together,

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 that's amazing.

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 And so you have one side of people

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 who are like that.

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 They're struggling with

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 trying to figure out

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 when is this going to happen?

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 When is the end times?

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 When should I sell my Apple shares

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 and enjoy whatever I can

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 until that end time comes?

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 And then what I saw,

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 you should,

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 no one laughed,

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 but that is a joke.

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 Never sell your Apple shares,

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 they're good forever.

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 Never.

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 And then you have some people

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 who kind of basically say,

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 I don't really care.

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 In fact,

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 I hope that there's never

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 the end time

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 because I'm having

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 too much fun here

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 in life,

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 it's just too good.

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 Jesus is on a journey.

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 He's on a journey to Jerusalem,

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 and when you hear that,

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 you always think

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 the end,

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 his crucifixion.

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 And in this journey

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 in chapter 12,

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 he's talking to his disciples

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 and he's giving them a lesson

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 and we're told in the scripture

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 in Luke 12

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 that there are over 10,000 people

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 following Jesus.

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 It's like a rock concert.

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 And they're all gathered towards him

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 because they know

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 that he's going to Jerusalem

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 and they know that something big

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 is going to happen.

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 And in Luke 12,

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 he pulls his disciples aside

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 and he talks to them

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 about things they need

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 to be careful of,

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 things they need to worry about,

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 things they need

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 to keep their eyes out for.

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 He talks to them

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 about hypocrisy.

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 He talks to them

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 about wearing masks

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 and being different

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 in one place or another

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 and not allowing people

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 to see your true heart

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 or who you are.

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 To depend on

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 what your appearance is

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 as opposed to

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 depending on truth.

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 He talks to them

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 about coveting

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 and how that's,

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 Paul says,

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 that that's his greatest

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 downfall,

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 that coveting

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 and wanting things

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 that other people have,

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 when you see what they have,

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 you want it

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 and so you desire it

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 and you make it an idol,

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 you make it a God

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 and Jesus realizes

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 that us,

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 his children,

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 are going to have

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 a problem with that

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 and so he talks about that

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 over and over

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 and over again

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 because we're walking

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 in the darkness

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 and in the darkness

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 sometimes we cling

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 for things

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 and they look really good

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 but when we hold them

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 up to our face

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 because our lamp

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 has blown out,

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 we can't see them

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 clearly

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 and so that we cling

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 to those things

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 and eventually we realize

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 that those things,

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 those idols,

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 cannot sustain

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 the weight of our soul.

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 They're empty,

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 they're hollow.

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 Jesus goes on

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 in his journey

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 and he talks to them

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 about fear

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 and worry

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 and in verses 22

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 and 34

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 he tells them

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 not to worry

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 and to be careful

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 because he's in control

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 and there's nothing

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 you need to fear

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 because God

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 is in control

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 and everything

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 is in his hands.

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 Your job,

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 your cancer,

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 your family,

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 your children,

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 as you walk

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 with the Lord

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 he is big enough

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 to hold all those things

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 and the scripture says

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 he holds all of those things

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 tightly

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 and he takes care of them

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 and Jesus

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 reminds his disciples

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 and he reminds you

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 and me

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 that we don't

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 need to be fearful

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 of those things

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 and then we get

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 to this amazing

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 chapter

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 in verses 35

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 through 48

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 and Jesus begins

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 to talk about

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 the end time.

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 It's the question

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 that everybody

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 is talking about

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 because they know

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 they're going to Jerusalem,

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 they know something

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 that massive

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 is going to happen

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 and they want to know

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 when his kingdom

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 is going to come again.

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 This is the first

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 major teaching

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 of Christ

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 on this.

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 Now there are

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 280 chapters

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 in the New Testament

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 but 318 times

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 they talk about

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 Jesus' second coming.

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 So that means

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 one out of every

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 25 verses

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 in your New Testament

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 talk about

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 Christ's return.

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 Talk about him

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 coming to earth.

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 Talk about him

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 penetrating the darkness

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 and grabbing you

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 and I

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 as his children

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 and taking us home.

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 And so it's really important.

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 And he wants his disciples

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 to be aware of that

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 and not to lose focus

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 because he realizes

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 that as you and I

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 and they

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 go on this journey

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 we're going to be tempted

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 to lose focus.

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 He realizes

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 that as we go

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 on this journey

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 we're entering

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 into these dark areas

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 these dark times.

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 we have darkness

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 sometimes in ourselves

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 and in the darkness

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 we lose focus

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 of God.

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 And he writes

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 this scripture

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 to his disciples

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 and you and I

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 and over and over

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 and over again

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 and he says

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 be careful.

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 You're going to walk

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 in darkness

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 be careful.

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 There's distractions

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 be careful.

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 There are going to be

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 things that look

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 so good to you

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 in the darkness

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 but when you hold

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 them up to the light

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 they're not real.

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 Be careful.

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 You're going to walk

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 through life

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 and you're going to hear

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 these voices

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 talk about you.

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 Man you really screwed up.

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 I cannot believe

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 you did that.

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 How can you be

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 a child of God

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 and make those mistakes?

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 Man you might as well

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 just give it up.

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 It's not worth it.

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 You've tried everything

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 you can

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 but you're not getting anywhere.

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 Your boss is a jerk.

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 You're never going to succeed.

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 You're doing all

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 the righteous things

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 but you might as well

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 just give up

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 because it's not worth it.

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 It's too hard.

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 It's too difficult.

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 Give up.

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 And Jesus says

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 be careful of those voices

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 because those voices

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 that speak to you

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 in the darkness

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 are not real.

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 They're not truthful.

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 They're not of me.

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 Be careful.

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 And so he goes

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 in this passage

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 and he lays out

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 a story

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 of a party

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 and a master

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 and slaves

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 and he gives

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 two to three parables

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 of what happens

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 as they go

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 on their journey

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 and as they serve

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 the master

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 and what happens

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 in the middle

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 of that journey

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 and he tries

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 to teach us

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 what it means.

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 And when I look

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 at this passage

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 there are two things

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 that stick out to me.

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 The first thing

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 is how.

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 How am I supposed

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 to act?

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 What am I supposed

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 to do?

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 How am I supposed

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 to live in this

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 in-between time

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 that we keep talking about?

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 How am I supposed

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 to live in the darkness

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 when I can't see clearly

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 when my light

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 has gone out?

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 How am I supposed

00:16:47.659 --> 00:16:48.279
 to do that?

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 And why?

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 Why am I supposed

00:16:52.799 --> 00:16:53.299
 to do that?

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 I mean what's really

00:16:55.079 --> 00:16:55.719
 the big deal?

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 Because God is

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 he's good.

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 He's gracious.

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 He's like Santa Claus.

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 Everything's always

00:17:06.539 --> 00:17:07.319
 going to be turned around.

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 In the end

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 everybody wins

00:17:09.059 --> 00:17:09.880
 with God, right?

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 And so Jesus

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 lays out this argument

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 in Luke.

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 How and why?

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 And I want to really

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 look at it

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 and as I've been

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 on cough syrup

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 and all these things

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 I've got to this point

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 where I'm trying

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 to figure out

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 how do I do this?

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 What does this look like?

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 Because we've talked

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 about this over again.

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 So I want to talk

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 about the ending first.

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 The why.

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 Now you might remind me

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 later and say

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 you should have started

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 with the how

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 but I want to talk

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 about the why

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 and the why

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 is found in verses

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 45 through 49

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 verses 37

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 and I'm just going

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 to read them

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 really quickly

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 and we're going

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 to talk about them.

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 Why do we care?

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 Why do we worry?

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 Why should we do

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 these things?

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 Well let me just read it.

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 Be dressed in readiness

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 and keep your lamps lit.

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 Be like a man

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 who are waiting

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 for their master

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 when he returns

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 from the wedding feast

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 so they may immediately

00:18:01.519 --> 00:18:02.319
 open the door

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 to him

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 and when he comes

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 and knocks.

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 Blessed are those slaves

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 when the master

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 finds alert

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 when he comes.

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 Truly I say to you

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 that he will gird himself.

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 The master will gird himself

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 as a slave

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 have the slaves

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 recline at the table

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 and he'll come up

00:18:14.419 --> 00:18:14.939
 and wait on them.

00:18:15.359 --> 00:18:16.000
 Whoever he comes

00:18:16.000 --> 00:18:16.720
 in the second watch

00:18:16.720 --> 00:18:17.460
 or the third watch

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 and he finds them

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 though blessed

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 are these slaves.

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 But be sure of this.

00:18:21.859 --> 00:18:22.659
 If the head of the house

00:18:22.659 --> 00:18:23.379
 had known what hour

00:18:23.379 --> 00:18:24.200
 the thief was coming

00:18:24.200 --> 00:18:25.039
 he would not have allowed

00:18:25.039 --> 00:18:26.079
 the house to be broken in.

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 You too be ready

00:18:27.599 --> 00:18:28.399
 for the son of man

00:18:28.399 --> 00:18:29.319
 is coming at an hour

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 that you do not expect.

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 Verse 45

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 But if the slave says

00:18:36.099 --> 00:18:36.919
 in his heart

00:18:36.919 --> 00:18:39.240
 his inner self

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 in Greek

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 my master

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 will be a long time

00:18:42.799 --> 00:18:43.259
 in coming

00:18:43.259 --> 00:18:44.039
 and he begins

00:18:44.039 --> 00:18:45.759
 to beat the slaves

00:18:45.759 --> 00:18:46.579
 both men

00:18:46.579 --> 00:18:47.439
 and women

00:18:47.439 --> 00:18:48.199
 and to eat

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 and to drink

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 and to get drunk.

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 When you look at the why

00:18:53.299 --> 00:18:53.819
 there's actually

00:18:53.819 --> 00:18:54.659
 two whys.

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 There's a negative why

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 and there's a positive why.

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 And what this passage

00:19:02.939 --> 00:19:04.559
 says to you and I

00:19:04.559 --> 00:19:05.639
 as children of God

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 and I've shared it before

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 that God is a venture capitalist

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 and he's given

00:19:15.419 --> 00:19:16.319
 a lot of money

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 and resources

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 and talents

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 and giftings

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 in relationships

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 to you.

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 And one day

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 the venture capitalist

00:19:28.960 --> 00:19:29.940
 is going to come back

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 and he's going to look

00:19:32.180 --> 00:19:32.880
 at the return

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 on your life.

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 And this passage

00:19:37.400 --> 00:19:38.220
 says

00:19:38.220 --> 00:19:39.940
 that there either

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 is going to be

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 a positive response

00:19:41.980 --> 00:19:42.800
 to that return

00:19:42.800 --> 00:19:45.640
 or a negative response

00:19:45.640 --> 00:19:46.360
 to that return.

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 The negative response

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 says

00:19:50.100 --> 00:19:51.120
 the slave says

00:19:51.120 --> 00:19:51.720
 in his heart

00:19:51.720 --> 00:19:52.900
 my master

00:19:52.900 --> 00:19:53.839
 will be a long time

00:19:53.839 --> 00:19:54.319
 in coming

00:19:54.319 --> 00:19:55.559
 and he begins

00:19:55.559 --> 00:19:55.900
 to eat

00:19:55.900 --> 00:19:56.660
 beat the slaves

00:19:56.660 --> 00:19:57.460
 both men and women

00:19:57.460 --> 00:19:57.960
 and to eat

00:19:57.960 --> 00:19:58.339
 and drink

00:19:58.339 --> 00:19:58.940
 and get drunk.

00:20:00.079 --> 00:20:00.620
 The master

00:20:00.620 --> 00:20:01.140
 of that slave

00:20:01.140 --> 00:20:01.779
 will come

00:20:01.779 --> 00:20:02.380
 on a day

00:20:02.380 --> 00:20:03.120
 when he does not

00:20:03.120 --> 00:20:03.839
 expect him.

00:20:05.559 --> 00:20:06.079
 It's basically

00:20:06.079 --> 00:20:06.799
 saying in Greek

00:20:06.799 --> 00:20:07.940
 that the slave

00:20:07.940 --> 00:20:09.360
 took the resources

00:20:09.360 --> 00:20:11.420
 that the master

00:20:11.420 --> 00:20:12.059
 gave him

00:20:12.059 --> 00:20:14.660
 and the slave

00:20:14.660 --> 00:20:16.019
 used the resources

00:20:16.019 --> 00:20:18.700
 on himself.

00:20:18.700 --> 00:20:21.120
 the master

00:20:21.120 --> 00:20:21.420
 gave him

00:20:21.420 --> 00:20:22.240
 all these talents

00:20:22.240 --> 00:20:23.200
 this time

00:20:23.200 --> 00:20:24.200
 this money

00:20:24.200 --> 00:20:25.920
 all these things

00:20:25.920 --> 00:20:26.299
 that he could have

00:20:26.299 --> 00:20:27.319
 done amazing things

00:20:27.319 --> 00:20:28.100
 in God's kingdom.

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 And the slave goes

00:20:30.360 --> 00:20:30.600
 yeah

00:20:30.600 --> 00:20:32.059
 I know that this

00:20:32.059 --> 00:20:33.000
 isn't really mine

00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:34.559
 but

00:20:34.559 --> 00:20:36.080
 by the time

00:20:36.080 --> 00:20:36.420
 the master

00:20:36.420 --> 00:20:36.860
 comes back

00:20:36.860 --> 00:20:37.200
 I'm going to be

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 long dead.

00:20:38.920 --> 00:20:39.279
 Or by the time

00:20:39.279 --> 00:20:39.600
 the master

00:20:39.600 --> 00:20:40.240
 comes back

00:20:40.240 --> 00:20:41.360
 he's going to

00:20:41.360 --> 00:20:41.819
 forget about

00:20:41.819 --> 00:20:42.559
 all these things.

00:20:43.860 --> 00:20:44.240
 Or you know

00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:44.700
 the master

00:20:44.700 --> 00:20:45.160
 might not

00:20:45.160 --> 00:20:45.600
 ever

00:20:45.600 --> 00:20:47.799
 come back.

00:20:49.680 --> 00:20:50.360
 So maybe

00:20:50.360 --> 00:20:50.900
 I should just

00:20:50.900 --> 00:20:51.600
 do what

00:20:51.600 --> 00:20:52.460
 I want

00:20:52.460 --> 00:20:52.920
 with

00:20:52.920 --> 00:20:54.539
 my stuff

00:20:54.539 --> 00:20:57.259
 and take

00:20:57.259 --> 00:20:57.680
 care of

00:20:57.680 --> 00:20:58.299
 myself.

00:21:00.080 --> 00:21:00.900
 So the slave

00:21:00.900 --> 00:21:01.500
 begins to get

00:21:01.500 --> 00:21:01.860
 drunk

00:21:01.860 --> 00:21:02.400
 and he beats

00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:03.340
 the men

00:21:03.340 --> 00:21:03.660
 and women

00:21:03.660 --> 00:21:04.120
 in Greek

00:21:04.120 --> 00:21:04.519
 he's basically

00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:04.960
 saying he's

00:21:04.960 --> 00:21:06.140
 misusing resources.

00:21:07.420 --> 00:21:07.819
 The master

00:21:07.819 --> 00:21:08.299
 of that slave

00:21:08.299 --> 00:21:09.019
 comes on a day

00:21:09.019 --> 00:21:09.580
 when he does not

00:21:09.580 --> 00:21:10.080
 expect him

00:21:10.080 --> 00:21:10.440
 in an hour

00:21:10.440 --> 00:21:10.819
 he does not

00:21:10.819 --> 00:21:11.100
 know

00:21:11.100 --> 00:21:12.400
 and he will

00:21:12.400 --> 00:21:13.440
 cut him

00:21:13.440 --> 00:21:15.340
 in pieces.

00:21:17.340 --> 00:21:18.080
 Very very

00:21:18.080 --> 00:21:18.820
 strong language.

00:21:19.540 --> 00:21:19.700
 I mean

00:21:19.700 --> 00:21:20.180
 some of the

00:21:20.180 --> 00:21:20.980
 strongest languages

00:21:20.980 --> 00:21:21.440
 you could say

00:21:21.440 --> 00:21:22.200
 it basically

00:21:22.200 --> 00:21:23.019
 means he

00:21:23.019 --> 00:21:23.960
 hews him

00:21:23.960 --> 00:21:24.500
 in two.

00:21:26.700 --> 00:21:27.180
 Everyone

00:21:27.180 --> 00:21:27.660
 that heard

00:21:27.660 --> 00:21:28.000
 this would

00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:28.280
 have gone

00:21:28.280 --> 00:21:28.740
 back to

00:21:28.740 --> 00:21:29.380
 Abraham's

00:21:29.380 --> 00:21:29.640
 covenant

00:21:29.640 --> 00:21:30.500
 with God

00:21:30.500 --> 00:21:31.920
 and in

00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:32.480
 that covenant

00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:33.880
 God placed

00:21:33.880 --> 00:21:34.640
 these animals

00:21:34.640 --> 00:21:35.420
 and separated

00:21:35.420 --> 00:21:36.240
 them in two

00:21:36.240 --> 00:21:36.620
 pieces

00:21:36.620 --> 00:21:37.560
 and Abraham

00:21:37.560 --> 00:21:38.380
 walked through

00:21:38.380 --> 00:21:39.019
 those pieces

00:21:39.019 --> 00:21:39.500
 and God

00:21:39.500 --> 00:21:40.380
 said whoever

00:21:40.380 --> 00:21:41.540
 breaks this

00:21:41.540 --> 00:21:41.920
 covenant

00:21:41.920 --> 00:21:43.940
 this is what

00:21:43.940 --> 00:21:44.400
 will happen

00:21:44.400 --> 00:21:44.860
 to them.

00:21:46.759 --> 00:21:47.120
 And so the

00:21:47.120 --> 00:21:47.519
 minute the

00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:48.400
 listeners heard

00:21:48.400 --> 00:21:49.259
 Jesus speaking

00:21:49.259 --> 00:21:50.320
 his disciples

00:21:50.320 --> 00:21:50.900
 they would have

00:21:50.900 --> 00:21:52.140
 known wow

00:21:52.140 --> 00:21:53.080
 this is not

00:21:53.080 --> 00:21:53.920
 good.

00:21:56.120 --> 00:21:56.820
 So the

00:21:56.820 --> 00:21:57.500
 master comes

00:21:57.500 --> 00:21:57.880
 and he

00:21:57.880 --> 00:21:58.860
 separates the

00:21:58.860 --> 00:21:59.440
 slave into

00:21:59.440 --> 00:22:00.160
 two places

00:22:00.160 --> 00:22:02.320
 and he puts

00:22:02.320 --> 00:22:03.140
 them into the

00:22:03.140 --> 00:22:03.880
 place of the

00:22:03.880 --> 00:22:04.519
 unbelievers.

00:22:06.560 --> 00:22:06.880
 And that

00:22:06.880 --> 00:22:07.660
 slave who knew

00:22:07.660 --> 00:22:08.460
 his master's

00:22:08.460 --> 00:22:08.900
 will and did

00:22:08.900 --> 00:22:09.539
 not get ready

00:22:09.539 --> 00:22:10.240
 or act in

00:22:10.240 --> 00:22:10.759
 accord with

00:22:10.759 --> 00:22:11.200
 his will

00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:12.299
 he will

00:22:12.299 --> 00:22:12.920
 receive

00:22:12.920 --> 00:22:14.259
 many

00:22:14.259 --> 00:22:15.299
 lashes.

00:22:17.440 --> 00:22:18.160
 He goes

00:22:18.160 --> 00:22:18.660
 on and he

00:22:18.660 --> 00:22:19.220
 says if

00:22:19.220 --> 00:22:19.880
 the slave

00:22:19.880 --> 00:22:20.200
 or the

00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:20.559
 owner of

00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:20.980
 the house

00:22:20.980 --> 00:22:21.539
 knew what

00:22:21.539 --> 00:22:22.840
 time the

00:22:22.840 --> 00:22:23.259
 thief were

00:22:23.259 --> 00:22:23.640
 going to

00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:24.180
 break in

00:22:24.180 --> 00:22:24.580
 he would

00:22:24.580 --> 00:22:24.880
 not have

00:22:24.880 --> 00:22:25.259
 allowed it

00:22:25.259 --> 00:22:25.740
 to happen.

00:22:27.420 --> 00:22:28.180
 The negative

00:22:28.180 --> 00:22:28.880
 is that we

00:22:28.880 --> 00:22:29.559
 all have a

00:22:29.559 --> 00:22:30.180
 responsibility

00:22:30.180 --> 00:22:31.000
 as God's

00:22:31.000 --> 00:22:31.200
 children.

00:22:31.319 --> 00:22:31.680
 We've all

00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:32.160
 been giving

00:22:32.160 --> 00:22:32.940
 resources.

00:22:33.120 --> 00:22:33.400
 We've all

00:22:33.400 --> 00:22:33.740
 been giving

00:22:33.740 --> 00:22:34.799
 time and

00:22:34.799 --> 00:22:35.200
 talent.

00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:36.140
 And one

00:22:36.140 --> 00:22:37.059
 day the

00:22:37.059 --> 00:22:37.680
 master is

00:22:37.680 --> 00:22:37.960
 going to

00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:38.840
 return again.

00:22:38.839 --> 00:22:41.139
 Do you

00:22:41.139 --> 00:22:41.619
 believe that?

00:22:44.199 --> 00:22:45.019
 If I

00:22:45.019 --> 00:22:45.199
 were to

00:22:45.199 --> 00:22:45.740
 ask you

00:22:45.740 --> 00:22:46.439
 or say

00:22:46.439 --> 00:22:47.500
 Jesus

00:22:47.500 --> 00:22:48.359
 could come

00:22:48.359 --> 00:22:49.399
 this week

00:22:49.399 --> 00:22:52.740
 or Jesus

00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:53.740
 could come

00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:54.720
 today

00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:57.759
 what would

00:22:57.759 --> 00:22:58.279
 you think?

00:23:00.559 --> 00:23:01.399
 How would

00:23:01.399 --> 00:23:02.000
 you react?

00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:04.959
 Let's say

00:23:04.959 --> 00:23:05.539
 you go home

00:23:05.539 --> 00:23:06.059
 tonight and

00:23:06.059 --> 00:23:06.480
 you're watching

00:23:06.480 --> 00:23:07.139
 TV and all

00:23:07.139 --> 00:23:07.299
 of a sudden

00:23:07.299 --> 00:23:07.579
 there's a

00:23:07.579 --> 00:23:07.899
 knock at

00:23:07.900 --> 00:23:08.259
 your door.

00:23:09.340 --> 00:23:09.640
 And your

00:23:09.640 --> 00:23:10.120
 wife or

00:23:10.120 --> 00:23:10.620
 your friends

00:23:10.620 --> 00:23:10.900
 or your

00:23:10.900 --> 00:23:11.440
 kid opens

00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:11.780
 the door

00:23:11.780 --> 00:23:11.980
 and they

00:23:11.980 --> 00:23:12.420
 come back

00:23:12.420 --> 00:23:12.560
 and you

00:23:12.560 --> 00:23:12.700
 go who

00:23:12.700 --> 00:23:13.000
 was it?

00:23:13.060 --> 00:23:13.140
 And he

00:23:13.140 --> 00:23:13.600
 goes Jesus.

00:23:14.700 --> 00:23:15.000
 What?

00:23:15.560 --> 00:23:15.840
 Yeah he

00:23:15.840 --> 00:23:16.100
 wants to

00:23:16.100 --> 00:23:16.340
 come into

00:23:16.340 --> 00:23:16.740
 the house.

00:23:19.620 --> 00:23:20.060
 What would

00:23:20.060 --> 00:23:20.440
 you do?

00:23:22.380 --> 00:23:22.740
 I mean

00:23:22.740 --> 00:23:23.080
 how would

00:23:23.080 --> 00:23:23.700
 you react

00:23:23.700 --> 00:23:24.880
 if God

00:23:24.880 --> 00:23:25.380
 wants to

00:23:25.380 --> 00:23:25.860
 come into

00:23:25.860 --> 00:23:26.400
 your house

00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:26.680
 and to

00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:27.120
 visit with

00:23:27.120 --> 00:23:27.320
 you?

00:23:28.560 --> 00:23:28.840
 Would

00:23:28.840 --> 00:23:29.080
 there be

00:23:29.080 --> 00:23:29.519
 things you

00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:29.780
 would say

00:23:29.780 --> 00:23:30.060
 okay wait

00:23:30.060 --> 00:23:30.280
 wait

00:23:30.280 --> 00:23:30.400
 wait

00:23:30.400 --> 00:23:30.680
 I got

00:23:30.680 --> 00:23:31.120
 this cleaned

00:23:31.120 --> 00:23:31.420
 up for a

00:23:31.420 --> 00:23:31.500
 minute.

00:23:31.560 --> 00:23:31.759
 Wait one

00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:31.960
 second.

00:23:33.060 --> 00:23:33.480
 There's

00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:33.860
 some areas

00:23:33.860 --> 00:23:34.100
 here I

00:23:34.100 --> 00:23:34.300
 need to

00:23:34.300 --> 00:23:34.580
 clean up

00:23:34.580 --> 00:23:35.080
 really quickly

00:23:35.080 --> 00:23:35.560
 before this

00:23:35.560 --> 00:23:36.080
 happens because

00:23:36.080 --> 00:23:36.360
 I don't

00:23:36.360 --> 00:23:36.720
 want him to

00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:37.839
 see these

00:23:37.839 --> 00:23:38.440
 things.

00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:41.059
 Or would

00:23:41.059 --> 00:23:41.259
 you say

00:23:41.259 --> 00:23:41.460
 that's

00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:41.799
 great.

00:23:43.539 --> 00:23:44.180
 Come on

00:23:44.180 --> 00:23:44.420
 in.

00:23:46.600 --> 00:23:47.079
 Jesus

00:23:47.079 --> 00:23:47.920
 tells his

00:23:47.920 --> 00:23:48.759
 disciples he

00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:49.420
 tells us

00:23:49.420 --> 00:23:49.819
 that in

00:23:49.819 --> 00:23:50.380
 the end

00:23:50.380 --> 00:23:52.240
 the master

00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:52.900
 returns

00:23:52.900 --> 00:23:55.900
 and each

00:23:55.900 --> 00:23:56.299
 one of us

00:23:56.299 --> 00:23:56.640
 are held

00:23:56.640 --> 00:23:57.140
 accountable

00:23:57.140 --> 00:23:58.180
 for what

00:23:58.180 --> 00:23:58.600
 we have.

00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:01.860
 The negative

00:24:01.860 --> 00:24:02.660
 the hard

00:24:02.660 --> 00:24:03.200
 one the

00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:03.480
 one you

00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:03.799
 won't want

00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:04.120
 to talk

00:24:04.120 --> 00:24:04.660
 about as a

00:24:04.660 --> 00:24:05.319
 pastor because

00:24:05.319 --> 00:24:05.660
 you want

00:24:05.660 --> 00:24:06.259
 people walking

00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:06.720
 away going

00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:07.359
 oh man.

00:24:09.180 --> 00:24:09.700
 But we

00:24:09.700 --> 00:24:09.940
 need to

00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:10.440
 talk about

00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:10.759
 that.

00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:14.379
 Then there's

00:24:14.379 --> 00:24:15.019
 a positive

00:24:15.019 --> 00:24:15.740
 why.

00:24:16.900 --> 00:24:17.220
 And it's

00:24:17.220 --> 00:24:17.640
 found at the

00:24:17.640 --> 00:24:18.200
 very beginning.

00:24:19.460 --> 00:24:19.779
 He says

00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:20.480
 be dressed in

00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:21.059
 readiness and

00:24:21.059 --> 00:24:21.440
 keep your

00:24:21.440 --> 00:24:22.119
 lamps lit.

00:24:23.299 --> 00:24:23.879
 Be like the

00:24:23.879 --> 00:24:24.319
 men who are

00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:24.799
 waiting for

00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:25.279
 their master

00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:25.579
 when he

00:24:25.579 --> 00:24:26.079
 returns to

00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:26.400
 the wedding

00:24:26.400 --> 00:24:26.819
 feast so

00:24:26.819 --> 00:24:27.019
 that he

00:24:27.019 --> 00:24:27.720
 may immediately

00:24:27.720 --> 00:24:28.180
 open the

00:24:28.180 --> 00:24:28.500
 door to

00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:28.799
 him when

00:24:28.799 --> 00:24:29.119
 he comes

00:24:29.119 --> 00:24:29.640
 and knocks.

00:24:31.160 --> 00:24:31.559
 Blessed.

00:24:33.099 --> 00:24:33.720
 It means

00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:34.379
 this incredible

00:24:34.380 --> 00:24:35.680
 feeling and

00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:36.620
 position of

00:24:36.620 --> 00:24:37.980
 honor and

00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:38.700
 blessing put

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:39.180
 upon them.

00:24:39.360 --> 00:24:39.760
 It doesn't

00:24:39.760 --> 00:24:40.260
 just mean it

00:24:40.260 --> 00:24:41.500
 happens right

00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:41.800
 when the

00:24:41.800 --> 00:24:42.300
 master comes

00:24:42.300 --> 00:24:42.720
 home but it

00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:43.220
 means they

00:24:43.220 --> 00:24:43.960
 are blessed.

00:24:44.660 --> 00:24:45.160
 They have

00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:45.700
 been watching.

00:24:45.860 --> 00:24:46.100
 They have

00:24:46.100 --> 00:24:46.540
 been waiting.

00:24:46.700 --> 00:24:47.000
 They know

00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:47.240
 that he

00:24:47.240 --> 00:24:47.580
 could come

00:24:47.580 --> 00:24:48.040
 home anytime

00:24:48.040 --> 00:24:48.860
 and they

00:24:48.860 --> 00:24:49.200
 have been

00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:49.560
 there.

00:24:50.560 --> 00:24:50.860
 Blessed are

00:24:50.860 --> 00:24:51.320
 those slaves

00:24:51.320 --> 00:24:51.740
 whom the

00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:52.120
 master will

00:24:52.120 --> 00:24:52.820
 find on the

00:24:52.820 --> 00:24:54.200
 alert when he

00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:54.640
 comes.

00:24:55.680 --> 00:24:56.340
 Truly I say

00:24:56.340 --> 00:24:56.860
 to you that he

00:24:56.860 --> 00:24:57.340
 will gird

00:24:57.340 --> 00:24:58.020
 himself to

00:24:58.020 --> 00:24:58.600
 serve them and

00:24:58.600 --> 00:24:58.900
 have them

00:24:58.900 --> 00:24:59.440
 recline at the

00:24:59.440 --> 00:24:59.840
 table and

00:24:59.840 --> 00:25:00.260
 will come home

00:25:00.260 --> 00:25:00.680
 and wait on

00:25:00.680 --> 00:25:00.920
 them.

00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:02.240
 whether he

00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:02.640
 comes in

00:25:02.640 --> 00:25:03.000
 the second

00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:04.080
 hour or

00:25:04.080 --> 00:25:04.600
 the third

00:25:04.600 --> 00:25:05.840
 and finds

00:25:05.840 --> 00:25:06.360
 him so

00:25:06.360 --> 00:25:08.180
 blessed are

00:25:08.180 --> 00:25:09.140
 those slaves.

00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:11.080
 The story

00:25:11.080 --> 00:25:11.620
 is this.

00:25:12.640 --> 00:25:13.279
 There's this

00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:15.380
 banquet and

00:25:15.380 --> 00:25:15.800
 the master

00:25:15.800 --> 00:25:16.500
 has gone off

00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:16.800
 to this

00:25:16.800 --> 00:25:18.060
 banquet and

00:25:18.060 --> 00:25:18.860
 Jewish banquets

00:25:18.860 --> 00:25:19.680
 last anywhere

00:25:19.680 --> 00:25:20.620
 from one day

00:25:20.620 --> 00:25:21.440
 to one week.

00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:23.680
 And so the

00:25:23.680 --> 00:25:24.500
 slaves know

00:25:24.500 --> 00:25:25.800
 they have no

00:25:25.800 --> 00:25:26.320
 idea when the

00:25:26.320 --> 00:25:26.720
 master is going

00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:26.980
 to come.

00:25:27.980 --> 00:25:28.600
 They have no

00:25:28.600 --> 00:25:28.860
 idea.

00:25:29.800 --> 00:25:30.019
 I mean he

00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:30.640
 could come in

00:25:30.640 --> 00:25:32.300
 one day or

00:25:32.300 --> 00:25:32.800
 he could come

00:25:32.800 --> 00:25:33.600
 a week later.

00:25:34.980 --> 00:25:35.400
 And the

00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:36.080
 passage says

00:25:36.080 --> 00:25:36.980
 the faithful

00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:40.220
 slaves, the

00:25:40.220 --> 00:25:41.460
 faithful servants

00:25:41.460 --> 00:25:43.580
 are always

00:25:43.580 --> 00:25:43.940
 ready.

00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:45.720
 They're always

00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:46.240
 watching.

00:25:47.180 --> 00:25:47.880
 They're always

00:25:47.880 --> 00:25:48.800
 thinking and

00:25:48.800 --> 00:25:49.180
 doing.

00:25:50.860 --> 00:25:51.340
 And then one

00:25:51.340 --> 00:25:52.240
 day, and this

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:52.759
 is a very

00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:53.560
 interesting passage

00:25:53.560 --> 00:25:55.500
 because if you

00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:56.420
 read this to a

00:25:56.420 --> 00:25:57.000
 Jewish person

00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:57.920
 today, they

00:25:57.920 --> 00:25:58.400
 would have a

00:25:58.400 --> 00:25:59.020
 lot of questions

00:25:59.020 --> 00:25:59.500
 about this.

00:25:59.780 --> 00:26:00.300
 One of these

00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:01.039
 is basically

00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:01.379
 the word

00:26:01.379 --> 00:26:01.980
 waiting doesn't

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:02.419
 really mean

00:26:02.419 --> 00:26:02.839
 waiting.

00:26:04.539 --> 00:26:05.099
 It means

00:26:05.099 --> 00:26:05.599
 expecting.

00:26:07.399 --> 00:26:08.019
 I mean waiting

00:26:08.019 --> 00:26:08.619
 means I'm just

00:26:08.619 --> 00:26:09.059
 going to wait.

00:26:09.240 --> 00:26:10.059
 Okay, when is

00:26:10.059 --> 00:26:10.359
 this going to

00:26:10.359 --> 00:26:10.579
 happen?

00:26:10.639 --> 00:26:11.059
 It's like you're

00:26:11.059 --> 00:26:11.639
 waiting for your

00:26:11.639 --> 00:26:12.460
 wife to finish

00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:13.700
 shopping or you're

00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:14.159
 waiting for your

00:26:14.159 --> 00:26:14.779
 husband to turn

00:26:14.779 --> 00:26:15.639
 off the TV or

00:26:15.639 --> 00:26:16.359
 find the remote.

00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:17.639
 It's like I just

00:26:17.639 --> 00:26:18.180
 don't know if this

00:26:18.180 --> 00:26:18.759
 is ever going to

00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:19.059
 happen.

00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:20.119
 Maybe it will

00:26:20.119 --> 00:26:20.779
 happen, maybe it

00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:21.279
 won't happen.

00:26:21.559 --> 00:26:23.039
 But expecting is

00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:23.700
 like being in the

00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:25.919
 movie theater and

00:26:25.919 --> 00:26:26.279
 you see the

00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:26.759
 beginning of the

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:27.319
 movie start.

00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:29.019
 you're really

00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:29.899
 excited about this

00:26:29.899 --> 00:26:30.339
 movie and you

00:26:30.339 --> 00:26:30.919
 know that what's

00:26:30.919 --> 00:26:31.519
 going to happen is

00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:31.839
 going to be

00:26:31.839 --> 00:26:32.259
 amazing.

00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:34.119
 And he's saying

00:26:34.119 --> 00:26:34.859
 that the faithful

00:26:34.859 --> 00:26:35.960
 slaves, the faithful

00:26:35.960 --> 00:26:36.779
 servants are those

00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:38.139
 who are expecting

00:26:38.139 --> 00:26:40.139
 the master to

00:26:40.139 --> 00:26:40.599
 return.

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:42.480
 Because they know

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:42.919
 that when he

00:26:42.919 --> 00:26:43.700
 returns something

00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:44.359
 amazing is going

00:26:44.359 --> 00:26:44.639
 to happen.

00:26:44.899 --> 00:26:45.259
 And something

00:26:45.259 --> 00:26:46.179
 amazing happens

00:26:46.179 --> 00:26:47.259
 because when Jesus'

00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:48.220
 followers heard this

00:26:48.220 --> 00:26:48.720
 they couldn't

00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:49.500
 understand it.

00:26:49.500 --> 00:26:51.559
 because it says

00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:53.220
 the party is

00:26:53.220 --> 00:26:54.059
 happening, they're

00:26:54.059 --> 00:26:54.759
 in the house

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:56.259
 waiting, and the

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:57.980
 master slips out of

00:26:57.980 --> 00:27:00.019
 the party and he

00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:01.180
 goes to his home.

00:27:02.019 --> 00:27:02.720
 And it's very

00:27:02.720 --> 00:27:03.440
 unusual because

00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:04.259
 usually you never

00:27:04.259 --> 00:27:04.720
 knock.

00:27:05.019 --> 00:27:05.740
 If you knock on a

00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:06.359
 door it means you're

00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:06.880
 a stranger.

00:27:07.859 --> 00:27:08.619
 Usually the master

00:27:08.619 --> 00:27:09.400
 would just speak and

00:27:09.400 --> 00:27:10.059
 the door would open.

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:11.740
 But here he knocks,

00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:12.640
 he's testing them, he's

00:27:12.640 --> 00:27:13.619
 trying to see are

00:27:13.619 --> 00:27:14.279
 they ready, what's

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:15.200
 going on, are they

00:27:15.200 --> 00:27:16.000
 ready for me to

00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:16.140
 come?

00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:17.619
 He knocks, he sees

00:27:17.619 --> 00:27:18.400
 them all ready.

00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:19.900
 And the passage

00:27:19.900 --> 00:27:20.800
 says that when he

00:27:20.800 --> 00:27:22.019
 does that he brings

00:27:22.019 --> 00:27:22.640
 them into the

00:27:22.640 --> 00:27:23.780
 dining room, he

00:27:23.780 --> 00:27:25.340
 sits all the slaves

00:27:25.340 --> 00:27:28.660
 down, he takes his

00:27:28.660 --> 00:27:30.860
 clothes off, and he

00:27:30.860 --> 00:27:32.040
 girds himself with a

00:27:32.040 --> 00:27:34.500
 loincloth, and he

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:36.720
 kneels down and he

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:38.580
 serves every person

00:27:38.580 --> 00:27:39.800
 at that table.

00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:42.460
 Now when Jesus'

00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:43.440
 followers heard this

00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:43.780
 they couldn't

00:27:43.780 --> 00:27:44.460
 understand it.

00:27:45.100 --> 00:27:46.160
 Because a master

00:27:46.160 --> 00:27:48.380
 would never serve a

00:27:48.380 --> 00:27:48.840
 slave.

00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:52.060
 But what Jesus is

00:27:52.060 --> 00:27:53.000
 telling you and I

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:56.020
 is that one day

00:27:56.020 --> 00:27:58.380
 when he comes back

00:27:58.380 --> 00:28:00.980
 and he sees how you

00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:01.620
 have faithfully

00:28:01.620 --> 00:28:03.820
 served, how you

00:28:03.820 --> 00:28:05.020
 were expecting him,

00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:07.240
 how you're ready, how

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:08.000
 you're using your

00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:08.660
 gifts and your

00:28:08.660 --> 00:28:10.280
 talents, that one day

00:28:10.280 --> 00:28:10.820
 there's going to be

00:28:10.820 --> 00:28:12.380
 this huge banquet.

00:28:13.760 --> 00:28:14.660
 And Jesus is going to

00:28:14.660 --> 00:28:15.540
 sit you down.

00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:17.039
 And he's going to say,

00:28:17.119 --> 00:28:18.599
 you know, I knew that

00:28:18.599 --> 00:28:19.279
 you struggled with

00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:19.539
 this.

00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:21.579
 I knew that you

00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:22.819
 found it so hard to be

00:28:22.819 --> 00:28:23.859
 salt and white in the

00:28:23.859 --> 00:28:24.220
 office.

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:26.759
 I knew that it was so

00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:27.659
 difficult for you to

00:28:27.659 --> 00:28:29.000
 walk with the ward as

00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:29.819
 your husband or your

00:28:29.819 --> 00:28:30.819
 wife didn't do it.

00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:32.579
 I knew that you

00:28:32.579 --> 00:28:33.960
 struggled with keeping

00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:34.940
 the accounting books

00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:36.220
 right and correct

00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:37.680
 because you had so much

00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:38.599
 pressure with you.

00:28:38.599 --> 00:28:41.519
 I knew that things

00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:43.000
 were always piled up

00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:43.740
 against you at your

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:44.099
 school.

00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:44.919
 You were the only

00:28:44.919 --> 00:28:46.419
 teacher who professed

00:28:46.419 --> 00:28:47.519
 faith and you tried to

00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:48.899
 be salt and light and

00:28:48.899 --> 00:28:50.059
 you always faced a

00:28:50.059 --> 00:28:50.419
 struggle.

00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:52.819
 I knew that in your

00:28:52.819 --> 00:28:53.959
 bank that there were

00:28:53.959 --> 00:28:54.939
 very few people who

00:28:54.939 --> 00:28:56.059
 thought similar to you

00:28:56.059 --> 00:28:56.919
 and when you talked

00:28:56.919 --> 00:28:57.819
 about starting a prayer

00:28:57.819 --> 00:28:59.039
 meeting or reading the

00:28:59.039 --> 00:29:00.419
 word, people laughed at

00:29:00.419 --> 00:29:01.079
 you and pushed you

00:29:01.079 --> 00:29:01.539
 aside.

00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:05.599
 But you persevered.

00:29:05.599 --> 00:29:09.699
 You expected me.

00:29:11.419 --> 00:29:12.659
 You trusted me.

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:15.539
 And now because of

00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:17.339
 that I want to pour out

00:29:17.339 --> 00:29:18.859
 my blessings upon you.

00:29:20.359 --> 00:29:21.000
 Do you know that each

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:21.799
 one of us right now

00:29:21.799 --> 00:29:23.240
 we're living for

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:23.779
 rewards?

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:27.219
 Do you know that?

00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:29.099
 I mean sometimes we

00:29:29.099 --> 00:29:29.679
 feel uncomfortable

00:29:29.679 --> 00:29:30.679
 talking about it because

00:29:30.679 --> 00:29:31.659
 we feel like all pride

00:29:31.659 --> 00:29:33.079
 and arrogance but we

00:29:33.079 --> 00:29:34.639
 all are living towards

00:29:34.639 --> 00:29:35.299
 a reward and that

00:29:35.299 --> 00:29:37.720
 reward is salvation in

00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:38.480
 Jesus Christ.

00:29:39.339 --> 00:29:40.700
 But he says also as we

00:29:40.700 --> 00:29:42.379
 live out our life we're

00:29:42.379 --> 00:29:43.519
 living towards rewards

00:29:43.519 --> 00:29:44.519
 of faithfulness.

00:29:46.339 --> 00:29:47.899
 And one day the

00:29:47.899 --> 00:29:48.879
 master is going to come

00:29:48.879 --> 00:29:50.879
 back and he's going to

00:29:50.879 --> 00:29:52.299
 look at all the hard and

00:29:52.299 --> 00:29:53.460
 difficult things you've

00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:54.039
 done in your life.

00:29:54.200 --> 00:29:55.139
 All the things that

00:29:55.139 --> 00:29:55.960
 made no sense.

00:29:56.319 --> 00:29:57.220
 All the unreasonable

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:57.599
 things.

00:29:57.960 --> 00:29:58.759
 All the things that you

00:29:58.759 --> 00:29:59.960
 were the only one and

00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:01.019
 you stood in there and

00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:02.279
 you honored him and you

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:03.579
 walked with him and he's

00:30:03.579 --> 00:30:05.279
 going to go well done.

00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:07.700
 Well done my good and

00:30:07.700 --> 00:30:08.440
 faithful servant.

00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:11.339
 I'm so proud of you.

00:30:11.420 --> 00:30:12.879
 I'm so amazed by what

00:30:12.879 --> 00:30:13.559
 you've done here.

00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:15.599
 Here let me give you some

00:30:15.599 --> 00:30:16.660
 more things.

00:30:17.799 --> 00:30:18.859
 Let me give you some more

00:30:18.859 --> 00:30:19.579
 responsibilities.

00:30:19.940 --> 00:30:20.899
 Let me give you some more

00:30:20.899 --> 00:30:21.619
 blessings.

00:30:22.299 --> 00:30:23.759
 I knew that it was so hard

00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:25.519
 when you do that but here

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:27.539
 is why you did it.

00:30:28.359 --> 00:30:29.899
 And here is what makes it

00:30:29.900 --> 00:30:30.900
 all worthwhile.

00:30:30.900 --> 00:30:31.900
 All worthwhile.

00:30:36.640 --> 00:30:37.740
 Do you believe that?

00:30:41.920 --> 00:30:43.040
 Sometimes it's hard.

00:30:45.040 --> 00:30:46.340
 Sometimes it's hard as we

00:30:46.340 --> 00:30:47.360
 walk in the darkness.

00:30:49.100 --> 00:30:50.259
 Sometimes it's hard when

00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:51.140
 people laugh at us.

00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:52.500
 Sometimes it's hard because

00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:55.500
 even in my own mind it makes

00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:56.859
 no sense whatsoever

00:30:56.859 --> 00:30:57.720
 sometimes.

00:31:01.059 --> 00:31:02.619
 But Jesus said that's why.

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:06.519
 That's why I want you to be

00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:06.799
 faithful.

00:31:08.680 --> 00:31:09.740
 So we know the why.

00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:11.640
 The why is we're going to be

00:31:11.640 --> 00:31:12.039
 judged.

00:31:12.740 --> 00:31:13.920
 The question is Jesus is

00:31:13.920 --> 00:31:15.539
 going to come back and

00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:16.480
 either he's going to be your

00:31:16.480 --> 00:31:18.940
 savior or he's going to be

00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:19.460
 your judge.

00:31:20.980 --> 00:31:22.000
 There's only two options.

00:31:22.119 --> 00:31:22.819
 He's not a good dude.

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:24.759
 He's not a fun guy.

00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:26.799
 When he comes back he's

00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:27.339
 either going to be your

00:31:27.339 --> 00:31:29.220
 savior or he's going to be

00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:29.700
 your judge.

00:31:31.319 --> 00:31:32.419
 And he's coming back.

00:31:33.819 --> 00:31:35.119
 Now again I struggle with

00:31:35.119 --> 00:31:35.379
 that.

00:31:35.639 --> 00:31:37.419
 Sometimes I just wonder how

00:31:37.419 --> 00:31:38.379
 long, how long.

00:31:38.480 --> 00:31:39.220
 Everybody's been talking

00:31:39.220 --> 00:31:40.419
 about that for 2,000 years.

00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:41.599
 His disciples were talking

00:31:41.599 --> 00:31:42.500
 about that for 2,000 years.

00:31:42.899 --> 00:31:43.299
 When is it?

00:31:43.339 --> 00:31:44.039
 I don't know.

00:31:45.319 --> 00:31:46.559
 But I know that it's sooner

00:31:46.559 --> 00:31:47.500
 than it was yesterday.

00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:51.480
 And some of us might not see

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:52.339
 him return.

00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:55.200
 But some of us are going to

00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:56.439
 see him face to face when

00:31:56.439 --> 00:31:57.819
 we meet him when we die.

00:31:59.779 --> 00:32:01.639
 We all meet eternity.

00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:05.200
 We all meet Christ.

00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:08.200
 We all are going to be held

00:32:08.200 --> 00:32:11.059
 accountable for all the

00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:12.220
 resources he's given us and

00:32:12.220 --> 00:32:13.200
 what we do with those things.

00:32:15.939 --> 00:32:17.579
 On the Wednesday that I left,

00:32:18.299 --> 00:32:19.619
 I was leaving on Thursday,

00:32:19.619 --> 00:32:22.179
 one of my closest friends came

00:32:22.179 --> 00:32:23.239
 with his family to the lake

00:32:23.239 --> 00:32:23.599
 house.

00:32:23.739 --> 00:32:24.679
 My Christian's parents have a

00:32:24.679 --> 00:32:25.019
 house.

00:32:25.979 --> 00:32:27.199
 And we were hanging out there

00:32:27.199 --> 00:32:28.500
 and in the middle of our time

00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:29.559
 he got this phone call.

00:32:31.919 --> 00:32:33.699
 And his kids are four of them

00:32:33.699 --> 00:32:34.859
 playing with my four kids.

00:32:35.659 --> 00:32:36.799
 And he said, I got to leave.

00:32:38.379 --> 00:32:39.019
 I go, why?

00:32:39.019 --> 00:32:39.099
 Why?

00:32:40.639 --> 00:32:41.839
 Because my dad just died.

00:32:44.079 --> 00:32:46.019
 I said, did you expect that?

00:32:46.139 --> 00:32:46.460
 No.

00:32:48.319 --> 00:32:49.839
 Came out of a total surprise.

00:32:50.700 --> 00:32:51.379
 Had no idea.

00:32:51.460 --> 00:32:52.220
 His health was perfect.

00:32:52.339 --> 00:32:53.279
 He was in great shape.

00:32:53.980 --> 00:32:56.039
 He just, we just got the call.

00:32:56.139 --> 00:32:57.700
 He just passed away.

00:32:57.779 --> 00:32:58.259
 He died.

00:32:58.259 --> 00:33:01.680
 And so we packed them up in

00:33:01.680 --> 00:33:02.799
 their car and we sent them

00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:04.900
 back to Austin, Texas.

00:33:05.059 --> 00:33:06.000
 And I was praying for them.

00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:06.960
 The funeral was going to be on

00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:07.759
 the following Monday.

00:33:07.839 --> 00:33:08.519
 And I was trying to decide,

00:33:08.599 --> 00:33:09.559
 should I stay and do the

00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:09.879
 funeral?

00:33:10.220 --> 00:33:11.039
 Or what should I do?

00:33:11.119 --> 00:33:12.160
 My kids are getting, what do

00:33:12.160 --> 00:33:13.099
 I do with all these things?

00:33:13.940 --> 00:33:15.500
 Saturday, Paul calls me up.

00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:18.740
 He said, I mean, how do you,

00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:19.779
 I usually say, how you doing?

00:33:19.859 --> 00:33:21.079
 But how do you, you don't want

00:33:21.079 --> 00:33:21.799
 to say how you doing after

00:33:21.799 --> 00:33:22.740
 your dad's died, right?

00:33:22.819 --> 00:33:23.700
 I mean, you're like, you're

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:26.140
 like, what's happening?

00:33:26.420 --> 00:33:27.240
 What's going on?

00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:28.599
 I mean, that's clearly what

00:33:28.599 --> 00:33:29.200
 I sounded like.

00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:31.160
 And he goes, I got really bad

00:33:31.160 --> 00:33:31.620
 news.

00:33:31.880 --> 00:33:33.900
 I'm like, okay, what's worse?

00:33:34.079 --> 00:33:35.880
 Your dad just died.

00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:38.079
 He goes, well, Friday night,

00:33:38.140 --> 00:33:39.299
 we took my mom out to eat.

00:33:41.740 --> 00:33:43.039
 Saturday morning, she woke up.

00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:45.200
 She died.

00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:49.180
 So on Wednesday, his dad dies.

00:33:51.299 --> 00:33:53.120
 And on Saturday, his mom dies.

00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:56.079
 And he calls the church up

00:33:56.079 --> 00:33:56.980
 really quickly and says,

00:33:56.980 --> 00:33:58.259
 can we change the funeral

00:33:58.259 --> 00:33:59.299
 from a single funeral

00:33:59.299 --> 00:34:00.319
 to a double funeral?

00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:04.120
 And I looked at Paul

00:34:04.120 --> 00:34:05.360
 and I cried with him.

00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:09.719
 And I said, you never know

00:34:09.719 --> 00:34:12.820
 when we're going to meet Christ.

00:34:16.679 --> 00:34:17.980
 The passage says that we'll

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:19.199
 either meet him when he comes

00:34:19.199 --> 00:34:21.800
 again, or we'll meet him

00:34:21.800 --> 00:34:23.120
 when he opens our eyes.

00:34:25.760 --> 00:34:26.519
 The why.

00:34:28.340 --> 00:34:29.120
 Because he's coming.

00:34:30.080 --> 00:34:31.280
 And he wants us to be faithful.

00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:33.340
 The how.

00:34:34.100 --> 00:34:35.360
 How are we supposed to act?

00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:36.560
 Because if you hear a talk like this,

00:34:36.600 --> 00:34:37.120
 I'm a doer.

00:34:37.360 --> 00:34:38.440
 I want to know what do I do?

00:34:38.500 --> 00:34:39.180
 How do I do these things?

00:34:39.260 --> 00:34:39.820
 What should I do?

00:34:40.100 --> 00:34:40.940
 Tell me everything you need to do.

00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:41.740
 Give me a list here.

00:34:42.620 --> 00:34:44.860
 But scripture never talks about list.

00:34:44.860 --> 00:34:47.820
 It talks about relationships.

00:34:50.180 --> 00:34:51.700
 It talks about walking with God.

00:34:52.740 --> 00:34:53.700
 In verse 35,

00:34:54.539 --> 00:34:55.980
 I think it's the answer to the

00:34:55.980 --> 00:34:56.860
 how.

00:34:57.720 --> 00:34:58.519
 How are we to live?

00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:01.880
 Jesus talks to his disciples

00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:02.380
 and he said,

00:35:02.539 --> 00:35:03.900
 but be dressed in readiness

00:35:03.900 --> 00:35:06.920
 and keep your lamps lit.

00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:09.320
 This idea dressed

00:35:09.320 --> 00:35:11.300
 is a word that actually means girded.

00:35:12.420 --> 00:35:14.039
 So in Jewish time,

00:35:14.139 --> 00:35:15.059
 in Jesus' time,

00:35:15.200 --> 00:35:16.960
 they wore these long robes.

00:35:17.760 --> 00:35:18.920
 And often they would wear them

00:35:18.920 --> 00:35:19.539
 without a belt

00:35:19.539 --> 00:35:20.639
 because it was just so hot

00:35:20.639 --> 00:35:21.320
 and you wanted it to be

00:35:21.320 --> 00:35:22.220
 as loose as possible.

00:35:23.320 --> 00:35:25.400
 But when you had to do work,

00:35:25.500 --> 00:35:26.380
 when you had to do

00:35:26.380 --> 00:35:27.360
 some kind of movement,

00:35:27.500 --> 00:35:28.380
 when you had to run,

00:35:28.460 --> 00:35:29.420
 when you had to fight and battle,

00:35:29.720 --> 00:35:30.700
 you put a belt on.

00:35:32.639 --> 00:35:34.059
 And after you put your belt on,

00:35:34.139 --> 00:35:34.960
 you reach down

00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:37.480
 and you grab the end of your robes

00:35:37.480 --> 00:35:38.720
 and you pull them up

00:35:38.720 --> 00:35:39.880
 and you stuck them

00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:41.179
 in your belt.

00:35:43.039 --> 00:35:44.380
 And if you ever saw somebody

00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:45.179
 walking around

00:35:45.179 --> 00:35:46.220
 with the end of their robes

00:35:46.220 --> 00:35:46.780
 pulled up

00:35:46.780 --> 00:35:47.760
 and stuck in their belt,

00:35:48.099 --> 00:35:49.539
 you knew that they had been working

00:35:49.539 --> 00:35:51.519
 or running

00:35:51.519 --> 00:35:53.240
 or doing some kind

00:35:53.240 --> 00:35:54.320
 of strenuous exercise.

00:35:55.720 --> 00:35:57.639
 And Jesus says to his disciples,

00:35:58.000 --> 00:35:59.760
 as you walk on the journey,

00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:02.380
 as you prepare for eternity,

00:36:02.619 --> 00:36:04.380
 as you prepare for my return,

00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:06.699
 dress yourself

00:36:06.699 --> 00:36:09.139
 in readiness.

00:36:11.079 --> 00:36:12.699
 The Greek there actually means

00:36:12.699 --> 00:36:13.480
 to be girded,

00:36:13.579 --> 00:36:15.139
 to arm yourself for action,

00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:17.699
 to be continually active,

00:36:18.000 --> 00:36:20.000
 to be continually doing.

00:36:21.900 --> 00:36:23.579
 And so what he's telling us here

00:36:23.579 --> 00:36:25.440
 as we are on the journey,

00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:28.599
 that it's not a journey

00:36:28.599 --> 00:36:29.480
 about waiting.

00:36:30.679 --> 00:36:31.699
 That it's not a journey about,

00:36:31.840 --> 00:36:32.559
 well, I want to figure out

00:36:32.559 --> 00:36:33.179
 when he comes

00:36:33.179 --> 00:36:34.639
 so I can know the exact time

00:36:34.639 --> 00:36:35.500
 and so everything

00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:36.359
 will be in place.

00:36:37.179 --> 00:36:38.460
 Every time I think of that story,

00:36:38.500 --> 00:36:39.539
 I think of Joe Littlepage.

00:36:39.919 --> 00:36:41.759
 Joe Littlepage was a junior

00:36:41.759 --> 00:36:42.839
 above me in high school.

00:36:44.199 --> 00:36:45.419
 And when we started school,

00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.879
 Joe,

00:36:46.179 --> 00:36:47.159
 so he's one year above me,

00:36:47.559 --> 00:36:48.639
 he had this vision

00:36:48.639 --> 00:36:49.579
 that this year,

00:36:49.679 --> 00:36:50.799
 Jesus is going to come back.

00:36:52.460 --> 00:36:53.699
 And so for the whole year,

00:36:53.960 --> 00:36:55.259
 he didn't do any work.

00:36:56.659 --> 00:36:57.539
 Didn't do his homework.

00:36:57.539 --> 00:36:59.800
 I mean, he came to class.

00:37:00.759 --> 00:37:01.239
 The teacher says,

00:37:01.320 --> 00:37:02.039
 where's your homework, Joe?

00:37:02.079 --> 00:37:02.519
 He goes, well,

00:37:02.579 --> 00:37:03.519
 Jesus is going to come back.

00:37:03.539 --> 00:37:04.420
 It doesn't make any difference.

00:37:06.679 --> 00:37:08.159
 And at the end of the semester,

00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:10.360
 you know what happened to Joe?

00:37:12.599 --> 00:37:13.340
 He failed.

00:37:14.599 --> 00:37:15.539
 He failed school

00:37:15.539 --> 00:37:18.519
 because he didn't do any work

00:37:18.519 --> 00:37:19.440
 because he felt like

00:37:19.440 --> 00:37:20.599
 when Jesus comes,

00:37:20.699 --> 00:37:21.900
 all we do is we wait.

00:37:22.719 --> 00:37:23.820
 And when he waits,

00:37:23.920 --> 00:37:25.139
 then everything's going to be okay.

00:37:25.139 --> 00:37:27.819
 But the passage here says

00:37:27.819 --> 00:37:29.079
 just the opposite.

00:37:30.019 --> 00:37:31.839
 What Jesus is telling his disciples

00:37:31.839 --> 00:37:32.460
 is he says,

00:37:33.339 --> 00:37:35.000
 blessed is he who girds himself.

00:37:35.900 --> 00:37:37.420
 Blessed is he who works.

00:37:37.759 --> 00:37:38.879
 It's not passive.

00:37:39.839 --> 00:37:41.500
 Blessed is he who is ready.

00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:44.879
 Are you ready?

00:37:49.359 --> 00:37:50.699
 Are you ready today?

00:37:50.699 --> 00:37:55.619
 If Jesus were to come back,

00:37:55.719 --> 00:37:57.179
 are you ready for him to come back?

00:37:59.739 --> 00:38:00.919
 What would it look like?

00:38:01.699 --> 00:38:03.079
 For me, again,

00:38:03.179 --> 00:38:04.399
 I struggle with that sometimes.

00:38:05.419 --> 00:38:06.819
 Sometimes I go through life

00:38:06.819 --> 00:38:08.859
 and I just forget certain things.

00:38:09.299 --> 00:38:11.859
 I forget that Jesus is God

00:38:11.859 --> 00:38:15.719
 and I'm not.

00:38:15.719 --> 00:38:19.839
 I forget that he's in control

00:38:19.839 --> 00:38:20.679
 of all things.

00:38:22.079 --> 00:38:22.959
 Sometimes I forget

00:38:22.959 --> 00:38:24.079
 that I'm a servant.

00:38:27.119 --> 00:38:28.299
 I want to be a master.

00:38:29.739 --> 00:38:31.000
 I want to be in control.

00:38:32.419 --> 00:38:33.819
 I want people to listen to me.

00:38:33.859 --> 00:38:34.759
 I want people to obey me.

00:38:34.799 --> 00:38:35.719
 I want to do things.

00:38:38.519 --> 00:38:39.459
 Sometimes I forget

00:38:39.459 --> 00:38:40.579
 that he's actually

00:38:40.579 --> 00:38:42.379
 coming back again.

00:38:42.380 --> 00:38:46.160
 But the passage here,

00:38:46.260 --> 00:38:46.820
 Jesus says,

00:38:47.300 --> 00:38:48.980
 be dressed in readiness.

00:38:49.920 --> 00:38:51.039
 If you're a banker,

00:38:51.460 --> 00:38:52.480
 don't quit your banking.

00:38:53.300 --> 00:38:54.720
 Be the best banker you can.

00:38:55.500 --> 00:38:56.360
 Serve the Lord.

00:38:56.559 --> 00:38:57.440
 Walk with God.

00:38:57.940 --> 00:38:58.720
 Be righteous

00:38:58.720 --> 00:38:59.400
 and humble

00:38:59.400 --> 00:39:00.119
 and gentle

00:39:00.119 --> 00:39:01.960
 in your dressing yourself

00:39:01.960 --> 00:39:02.420
 in readiness.

00:39:03.539 --> 00:39:04.480
 If you're a teacher

00:39:04.480 --> 00:39:05.420
 and you know that Jesus

00:39:05.420 --> 00:39:06.460
 is coming next week,

00:39:06.960 --> 00:39:07.940
 don't quit teaching.

00:39:09.700 --> 00:39:10.460
 You're going to have

00:39:10.460 --> 00:39:11.539
 a reach and output

00:39:11.539 --> 00:39:12.920
 to people and students

00:39:12.920 --> 00:39:13.759
 that no one's ever

00:39:13.759 --> 00:39:14.719
 going to have a talk to.

00:39:15.739 --> 00:39:16.739
 Be faithful.

00:39:17.679 --> 00:39:18.400
 Be gentle.

00:39:19.759 --> 00:39:21.079
 Love your students well.

00:39:22.119 --> 00:39:22.920
 Care for them.

00:39:24.860 --> 00:39:25.559
 I don't know

00:39:25.559 --> 00:39:26.659
 what other professions are,

00:39:26.779 --> 00:39:27.759
 but what this passage

00:39:27.759 --> 00:39:28.519
 is saying is

00:39:28.519 --> 00:39:29.659
 don't stop

00:39:29.659 --> 00:39:30.880
 doing

00:39:30.880 --> 00:39:32.579
 what you're doing

00:39:32.579 --> 00:39:34.860
 because God has you

00:39:34.860 --> 00:39:35.380
 where you are

00:39:35.380 --> 00:39:36.300
 for a very specific

00:39:36.300 --> 00:39:37.279
 purpose and reason.

00:39:38.639 --> 00:39:39.639
 And what he wants you to do

00:39:39.639 --> 00:39:40.619
 is just be faithful.

00:39:40.619 --> 00:39:42.759
 Trust him.

00:39:44.199 --> 00:39:45.099
 Walk with him.

00:39:46.500 --> 00:39:47.539
 Allow him to work

00:39:47.539 --> 00:39:48.299
 in your life.

00:39:49.380 --> 00:39:50.279
 Does that make sense?

00:39:51.420 --> 00:39:52.179
 He's not saying

00:39:52.179 --> 00:39:53.000
 when I read this

00:39:53.000 --> 00:39:53.299
 and I go,

00:39:53.380 --> 00:39:53.880
 I gotta do this,

00:39:53.920 --> 00:39:54.380
 I gotta do this,

00:39:54.400 --> 00:39:54.819
 I gotta do this,

00:39:55.000 --> 00:39:55.759
 and if I don't do this,

00:39:55.799 --> 00:39:56.559
 God's not gonna be happy.

00:39:56.980 --> 00:39:57.199
 You know,

00:39:58.239 --> 00:39:59.259
 whatever you do,

00:39:59.739 --> 00:40:00.920
 if you're a child of God,

00:40:01.099 --> 00:40:02.099
 you're not gonna make God

00:40:02.099 --> 00:40:03.359
 any more or less happier

00:40:03.359 --> 00:40:04.960
 than he is right now

00:40:04.960 --> 00:40:06.840
 because this talk

00:40:06.840 --> 00:40:08.119
 isn't about salvation.

00:40:09.559 --> 00:40:10.920
 This passage is about

00:40:10.920 --> 00:40:12.179
 after you've become

00:40:12.179 --> 00:40:12.659
 a Christian,

00:40:13.420 --> 00:40:15.440
 this is what your life

00:40:15.440 --> 00:40:16.059
 looks like.

00:40:17.539 --> 00:40:18.840
 This is who you are.

00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:21.179
 This is what you do.

00:40:22.199 --> 00:40:22.940
 The Christian life

00:40:22.940 --> 00:40:23.720
 is actually a lot

00:40:23.720 --> 00:40:24.440
 about doing,

00:40:25.019 --> 00:40:26.599
 about being ready

00:40:26.599 --> 00:40:27.119
 and walking

00:40:27.119 --> 00:40:28.019
 in faithfulness.

00:40:28.019 --> 00:40:30.099
 And finally,

00:40:30.519 --> 00:40:31.860
 how or what

00:40:31.860 --> 00:40:32.739
 are we to look like?

00:40:33.079 --> 00:40:34.079
 He says these words

00:40:34.079 --> 00:40:34.860
 and I think these,

00:40:35.059 --> 00:40:35.780
 I've been thinking

00:40:35.780 --> 00:40:36.300
 about these a lot

00:40:36.300 --> 00:40:36.960
 these last couple weeks

00:40:36.960 --> 00:40:37.420
 and he says,

00:40:37.980 --> 00:40:39.059
 keep your lamps lit.

00:40:40.219 --> 00:40:40.699
 In Greek,

00:40:40.820 --> 00:40:41.340
 the word is

00:40:41.340 --> 00:40:42.340
 continually keep.

00:40:42.940 --> 00:40:43.639
 It actually means

00:40:43.639 --> 00:40:44.320
 to be faithful,

00:40:45.360 --> 00:40:46.360
 to keep a promise,

00:40:47.440 --> 00:40:48.519
 to act fittingly,

00:40:49.300 --> 00:40:51.920
 to keep your lamps lit.

00:40:54.920 --> 00:40:55.500
 Last night,

00:40:55.579 --> 00:40:56.559
 I took some codeine

00:40:56.559 --> 00:40:58.420
 before I went to bed

00:40:58.420 --> 00:40:59.159
 for my cold

00:40:59.159 --> 00:41:02.059
 and then when I woke up,

00:41:02.259 --> 00:41:03.440
 I looked into the darkness

00:41:03.440 --> 00:41:06.799
 and I saw figures

00:41:06.799 --> 00:41:09.320
 dancing around my room.

00:41:11.119 --> 00:41:11.679
 Just, you know,

00:41:11.799 --> 00:41:12.799
 it was just the drugs

00:41:12.799 --> 00:41:13.579
 on me, right?

00:41:14.639 --> 00:41:15.599
 And I realized

00:41:15.599 --> 00:41:16.179
 that sometimes

00:41:16.179 --> 00:41:17.440
 in the darkness,

00:41:18.299 --> 00:41:19.759
 our imagination

00:41:19.759 --> 00:41:21.719
 can get the best of us.

00:41:23.340 --> 00:41:24.619
 Sometimes when we walk

00:41:24.619 --> 00:41:25.259
 in darkness

00:41:25.259 --> 00:41:26.019
 and our lamp

00:41:26.019 --> 00:41:26.820
 isn't lit

00:41:26.820 --> 00:41:27.860
 with God's truth

00:41:27.860 --> 00:41:28.719
 and who we are,

00:41:30.079 --> 00:41:31.559
 we grab at things

00:41:31.559 --> 00:41:32.780
 that seem real

00:41:32.780 --> 00:41:34.699
 and true

00:41:34.699 --> 00:41:36.800
 in life,

00:41:37.340 --> 00:41:39.400
 but they're not.

00:41:40.440 --> 00:41:41.059
 Now the lamp,

00:41:41.119 --> 00:41:42.079
 I almost brought my lamp.

00:41:42.159 --> 00:41:43.000
 Someone gave me a lamp

00:41:43.000 --> 00:41:43.599
 from Jesus' day.

00:41:43.659 --> 00:41:44.500
 It's about that big.

00:41:46.000 --> 00:41:46.619
 And the lamps

00:41:46.619 --> 00:41:47.480
 weren't really meant

00:41:47.480 --> 00:41:48.320
 for you to walk

00:41:48.320 --> 00:41:49.719
 so you could see your feet

00:41:49.719 --> 00:41:50.199
 because it wasn't

00:41:50.199 --> 00:41:51.599
 that powerful really.

00:41:52.239 --> 00:41:53.019
 And you really knew

00:41:53.019 --> 00:41:53.719
 where you were going

00:41:53.719 --> 00:41:54.419
 in your house

00:41:54.419 --> 00:41:55.439
 and in your city

00:41:55.439 --> 00:41:56.039
 and in your village.

00:41:56.279 --> 00:41:56.719
 You knew where

00:41:56.719 --> 00:41:57.519
 all the steps were.

00:41:58.759 --> 00:41:59.559
 But the Hebrew historian

00:41:59.559 --> 00:42:00.119
 said the lamp

00:42:00.119 --> 00:42:01.399
 was held like this

00:42:01.399 --> 00:42:03.579
 so that as you walked,

00:42:03.699 --> 00:42:05.259
 people could see your face

00:42:05.259 --> 00:42:07.000
 and they would know

00:42:07.000 --> 00:42:07.639
 who's coming.

00:42:08.799 --> 00:42:09.819
 It's more of identification

00:42:09.819 --> 00:42:11.659
 so you could know

00:42:11.659 --> 00:42:12.379
 who was coming

00:42:12.380 --> 00:42:13.940
 and you could be aware

00:42:13.940 --> 00:42:14.680
 of what's going to happen.

00:42:16.160 --> 00:42:17.380
 And he's saying here

00:42:17.380 --> 00:42:18.360
 for you and I

00:42:18.360 --> 00:42:19.500
 that we need to keep

00:42:19.500 --> 00:42:20.599
 our lamps lit.

00:42:21.440 --> 00:42:22.619
 We need to understand

00:42:22.619 --> 00:42:23.680
 who we are.

00:42:24.680 --> 00:42:25.400
 We need to understand

00:42:25.400 --> 00:42:26.820
 what God's word says

00:42:26.820 --> 00:42:28.420
 about us.

00:42:29.760 --> 00:42:30.400
 And sometimes

00:42:30.400 --> 00:42:32.180
 if we start to believe

00:42:32.180 --> 00:42:35.000
 lies and falsehood,

00:42:36.340 --> 00:42:38.059
 we walk in darkness

00:42:38.059 --> 00:42:40.299
 and we stumble

00:42:40.299 --> 00:42:42.799
 and we grab onto things

00:42:42.799 --> 00:42:43.460
 that we think

00:42:43.460 --> 00:42:44.579
 are going to give us life,

00:42:45.380 --> 00:42:47.820
 but they end up

00:42:47.820 --> 00:42:48.980
 destroying our world.

00:42:51.279 --> 00:42:52.320
 And so Jesus warns

00:42:52.320 --> 00:42:53.519
 his disciples and us,

00:42:54.400 --> 00:42:55.059
 you know how to please

00:42:55.059 --> 00:42:55.500
 the Lord?

00:42:56.579 --> 00:42:57.739
 Just walk with him.

00:42:59.699 --> 00:43:00.480
 Trust him.

00:43:02.360 --> 00:43:03.380
 Be faithful.

00:43:05.340 --> 00:43:05.779
 Repent

00:43:05.779 --> 00:43:06.799
 because you're going to sin

00:43:06.800 --> 00:43:08.340
 if you're like me,

00:43:08.380 --> 00:43:09.320
 you're going to sin a lot.

00:43:10.220 --> 00:43:11.260
 So repent a lot.

00:43:12.280 --> 00:43:13.080
 Ask for forgiveness.

00:43:14.440 --> 00:43:15.300
 And remember

00:43:15.300 --> 00:43:16.340
 who you are

00:43:16.340 --> 00:43:19.120
 and who is in control

00:43:19.120 --> 00:43:19.860
 of your life.

00:43:21.380 --> 00:43:23.100
 And walk with that lamp

00:43:23.100 --> 00:43:24.100
 in your face,

00:43:24.360 --> 00:43:25.620
 the lamp of God's word

00:43:25.620 --> 00:43:26.400
 and his truth.

00:43:28.260 --> 00:43:29.300
 And don't allow

00:43:29.300 --> 00:43:29.800
 the darkness

00:43:29.800 --> 00:43:31.039
 to come in.

00:43:32.880 --> 00:43:33.880
 How do we walk?

00:43:33.980 --> 00:43:35.260
 We walk in faithfulness

00:43:35.260 --> 00:43:35.660
 and truth

00:43:35.660 --> 00:43:36.780
 by girding ourselves

00:43:36.780 --> 00:43:38.360
 up and being faithful

00:43:38.360 --> 00:43:39.100
 with the truth

00:43:39.100 --> 00:43:39.860
 that's been given us

00:43:39.860 --> 00:43:40.700
 as we walk ahead.

00:43:41.580 --> 00:43:42.500
 Why do we walk?

00:43:42.580 --> 00:43:43.340
 Because one day

00:43:43.340 --> 00:43:43.700
 Jesus,

00:43:43.940 --> 00:43:44.500
 our master,

00:43:45.040 --> 00:43:45.960
 our incredible Lord

00:43:45.960 --> 00:43:46.820
 is going to come back

00:43:46.820 --> 00:43:48.500
 and he's going to judge us

00:43:48.500 --> 00:43:50.460
 and reward us.

00:43:51.460 --> 00:43:51.840
 To me,

00:43:51.880 --> 00:43:53.000
 this passage is amazing

00:43:53.000 --> 00:43:53.580
 because I know

00:43:53.580 --> 00:43:54.240
 if you're like me,

00:43:54.300 --> 00:43:55.320
 sometimes you're doing things

00:43:55.320 --> 00:43:55.780
 and it's just,

00:43:55.960 --> 00:43:56.580
 you wonder,

00:43:56.780 --> 00:43:57.720
 why am I doing this?

00:43:59.320 --> 00:43:59.880
 And God says,

00:43:59.980 --> 00:44:00.400
 you're doing this

00:44:00.400 --> 00:44:01.160
 because one day

00:44:01.160 --> 00:44:02.400
 I'm going to come before you

00:44:02.400 --> 00:44:04.200
 and I'm going to bless you

00:44:04.200 --> 00:44:06.920
 and you're going to honor me

00:44:06.920 --> 00:44:07.840
 as you be faithful.

00:44:09.960 --> 00:44:10.960
 Now I realize

00:44:10.960 --> 00:44:12.079
 even as I share this,

00:44:12.180 --> 00:44:12.920
 there are some people

00:44:12.920 --> 00:44:13.920
 in here right now

00:44:13.920 --> 00:44:15.720
 who don't have a relationship

00:44:15.720 --> 00:44:16.660
 with Jesus Christ.

00:44:18.840 --> 00:44:20.039
 I don't know what master

00:44:20.039 --> 00:44:20.660
 you're serving.

00:44:22.440 --> 00:44:24.019
 I don't know what you expect

00:44:24.019 --> 00:44:24.760
 when the master

00:44:24.760 --> 00:44:26.019
 comes home.

00:44:26.019 --> 00:44:32.519
 My hope is,

00:44:32.659 --> 00:44:33.420
 my prayer is,

00:44:33.460 --> 00:44:34.360
 if you're here,

00:44:35.539 --> 00:44:36.900
 someone brought you here,

00:44:38.360 --> 00:44:38.980
 that you would start

00:44:38.980 --> 00:44:39.679
 to talk to them

00:44:39.679 --> 00:44:40.880
 and ask them about their faith

00:44:40.880 --> 00:44:41.940
 with Jesus Christ.

00:44:43.039 --> 00:44:44.340
 You would start to talk to them

00:44:44.340 --> 00:44:44.980
 and ask them about

00:44:44.980 --> 00:44:46.340
 what it means to walk with God.

00:44:46.639 --> 00:44:47.739
 You would start to talk to them

00:44:47.739 --> 00:44:48.619
 and engage with them

00:44:48.619 --> 00:44:49.360
 about what it means

00:44:49.360 --> 00:44:51.699
 to walk in faith

00:44:51.699 --> 00:44:55.179
 and why Jesus is the good master.

00:44:56.820 --> 00:44:57.860
 And my prayer for you

00:44:57.860 --> 00:44:58.900
 is that you would not

00:44:58.900 --> 00:45:01.440
 finish this week

00:45:01.440 --> 00:45:04.039
 without a realization

00:45:04.039 --> 00:45:04.940
 that there's a God

00:45:04.940 --> 00:45:05.759
 who loves you,

00:45:07.079 --> 00:45:08.639
 He cares for you,

00:45:09.639 --> 00:45:12.099
 He's given everything for you,

00:45:13.000 --> 00:45:14.280
 He's wooing you

00:45:14.280 --> 00:45:15.519
 and inviting you back

00:45:15.519 --> 00:45:16.559
 on the journey with Him,

00:45:17.759 --> 00:45:18.840
 and He's waiting for you

00:45:18.840 --> 00:45:19.780
 to open the door

00:45:19.780 --> 00:45:21.500
 in your life

00:45:21.500 --> 00:45:22.460
 and allow that to happen.

00:45:22.460 --> 00:45:28.039
 I realize even as I share this,

00:45:28.159 --> 00:45:29.119
 there's some of us here

00:45:29.119 --> 00:45:29.840
 right now

00:45:29.840 --> 00:45:30.500
 who said,

00:45:30.599 --> 00:45:31.360
 I've become a Christian.

00:45:32.599 --> 00:45:34.220
 I put my faith in Jesus Christ

00:45:34.220 --> 00:45:35.240
 when I was 10 years old,

00:45:35.320 --> 00:45:35.940
 I got baptized,

00:45:36.340 --> 00:45:37.519
 I did all these things,

00:45:37.579 --> 00:45:38.639
 I got it all going on.

00:45:40.179 --> 00:45:41.500
 But when we look at the passage,

00:45:41.659 --> 00:45:42.539
 we realize that there are

00:45:42.539 --> 00:45:44.420
 certain things that are true

00:45:44.420 --> 00:45:46.639
 of God's people

00:45:46.639 --> 00:45:47.619
 as we walk with Him.

00:45:47.619 --> 00:45:51.079
 The Bible says

00:45:51.079 --> 00:45:51.599
 that it's true

00:45:51.599 --> 00:45:53.119
 that as we walk with Christ

00:45:53.119 --> 00:45:54.179
 and we become more like Him

00:45:54.179 --> 00:45:55.440
 that we serve other people.

00:45:57.299 --> 00:45:58.599
 We think of others more

00:45:58.599 --> 00:45:59.980
 and we think of ourselves less.

00:45:59.980 --> 00:46:03.099
 The Bible says

00:46:03.099 --> 00:46:04.440
 that as we walk with Christ

00:46:04.440 --> 00:46:05.840
 that we walk in readiness.

00:46:07.400 --> 00:46:08.780
 We have an expectation

00:46:08.780 --> 00:46:10.240
 that Christ is going to return

00:46:10.240 --> 00:46:11.940
 and that when He returns

00:46:11.940 --> 00:46:13.079
 it's going to be amazing

00:46:13.079 --> 00:46:14.679
 and glorious.

00:46:17.260 --> 00:46:18.119
 The Bible says

00:46:18.119 --> 00:46:18.960
 as God's children

00:46:18.960 --> 00:46:19.960
 that we use

00:46:19.960 --> 00:46:21.800
 our money

00:46:21.800 --> 00:46:24.659
 in our resources

00:46:24.659 --> 00:46:25.960
 for His kingdom.

00:46:25.960 --> 00:46:31.139
 and not for our kingdom.

00:46:32.860 --> 00:46:33.740
 The Bible says

00:46:33.740 --> 00:46:34.800
 as we walk with God

00:46:34.800 --> 00:46:36.159
 and we become more like Christ

00:46:36.159 --> 00:46:37.059
 that we share

00:46:37.059 --> 00:46:38.159
 this journey

00:46:38.159 --> 00:46:39.099
 with other people

00:46:39.099 --> 00:46:41.260
 because we want them

00:46:41.260 --> 00:46:42.260
 to have the good master

00:46:42.260 --> 00:46:43.059
 that we have

00:46:43.059 --> 00:46:44.960
 and we don't want them

00:46:44.960 --> 00:46:46.099
 to end up getting beaten.

00:46:47.980 --> 00:46:49.019
 And the Scripture says

00:46:49.019 --> 00:46:50.519
 that as we walk with Christ

00:46:50.519 --> 00:46:51.720
 and we are His children

00:46:51.720 --> 00:46:54.760
 that we become more humble

00:46:54.760 --> 00:46:59.960
 that we walk in humility

00:46:59.960 --> 00:47:03.680
 that we walk in love

00:47:03.680 --> 00:47:07.260
 that we walk in gentleness

00:47:07.260 --> 00:47:09.540
 because we realize

00:47:09.540 --> 00:47:10.720
 that we're not the master

00:47:10.720 --> 00:47:13.740
 and that the master is good

00:47:13.740 --> 00:47:16.820
 and He's coming back for us.

00:47:18.560 --> 00:47:19.440
 And I realize

00:47:19.440 --> 00:47:20.720
 that there are some of us here

00:47:20.720 --> 00:47:22.720
 like this story

00:47:22.719 --> 00:47:24.919
 that if Christ were to come back today

00:47:24.919 --> 00:47:26.779
 and He were to examine our lives

00:47:26.779 --> 00:47:29.419
 we'd be in trouble.

00:47:33.879 --> 00:47:35.119
 My prayer is

00:47:35.119 --> 00:47:37.179
 that we would take this time

00:47:37.179 --> 00:47:38.199
 to come before Him

00:47:38.199 --> 00:47:41.279
 to ask for His forgiveness

00:47:41.279 --> 00:47:44.579
 and allow His Spirit

00:47:44.579 --> 00:47:45.599
 to change us

00:47:45.599 --> 00:47:46.379
 and to make us

00:47:46.379 --> 00:47:47.000
 into the people

00:47:47.000 --> 00:47:48.159
 that He wants us to be.

00:47:48.159 --> 00:47:50.579
 The amazing thing

00:47:50.579 --> 00:47:51.299
 about the Bible

00:47:51.299 --> 00:47:53.099
 is that it says

00:47:53.099 --> 00:47:54.239
 that wrath

00:47:54.239 --> 00:47:55.940
 and punishment

00:47:55.940 --> 00:47:58.480
 is not God's

00:47:58.480 --> 00:48:00.019
 primary response

00:48:00.019 --> 00:48:00.920
 to His children.

00:48:02.819 --> 00:48:04.199
 What the Bible says

00:48:04.199 --> 00:48:05.599
 is God's primary response

00:48:05.599 --> 00:48:06.279
 to His children

00:48:06.279 --> 00:48:07.799
 is love,

00:48:09.940 --> 00:48:10.359
 grace,

00:48:12.359 --> 00:48:13.000
 compassion,

00:48:13.000 --> 00:48:15.619
 and gentleness.

00:48:17.480 --> 00:48:18.599
 My prayer for us

00:48:18.599 --> 00:48:19.239
 as a church

00:48:19.239 --> 00:48:20.599
 is that we would realize that

00:48:20.599 --> 00:48:22.780
 as we go on this journey

00:48:22.780 --> 00:48:23.260
 with Him.

00:48:24.860 --> 00:48:25.219
 Father,

00:48:25.300 --> 00:48:25.820
 we just thank You

00:48:25.820 --> 00:48:26.400
 for this day.

00:48:26.519 --> 00:48:26.880
 We thank You

00:48:26.880 --> 00:48:27.460
 for Your goodness.

00:48:27.659 --> 00:48:28.059
 We thank You

00:48:28.059 --> 00:48:28.800
 for Your Word.

00:48:29.360 --> 00:48:29.880
 We thank You

00:48:29.880 --> 00:48:31.440
 for Your message

00:48:31.440 --> 00:48:32.940
 that changes us.

00:48:33.760 --> 00:48:34.920
 I pray for each one

00:48:34.920 --> 00:48:35.500
 of us in here.

00:48:35.599 --> 00:48:36.619
 I pray for our hearts

00:48:36.619 --> 00:48:37.579
 and our minds.

00:48:38.960 --> 00:48:39.719
 I realize

00:48:39.719 --> 00:48:40.579
 that some of us

00:48:40.579 --> 00:48:41.599
 haven't even begun

00:48:41.599 --> 00:48:42.400
 the journey with You.

00:48:43.659 --> 00:48:44.519
 And I pray, Lord,

00:48:44.579 --> 00:48:45.400
 that You would open

00:48:45.400 --> 00:48:46.420
 our eyes,

00:48:46.579 --> 00:48:47.539
 their eyes and ears

00:48:47.539 --> 00:48:48.039
 to Your Son,

00:48:48.119 --> 00:48:48.860
 Jesus Christ,

00:48:49.760 --> 00:48:51.380
 and that we would

00:48:51.380 --> 00:48:51.960
 fall more in love

00:48:51.960 --> 00:48:52.400
 with Him.

00:48:54.239 --> 00:48:55.119
 Lord, I realize,

00:48:55.579 --> 00:48:57.199
 especially in my own life,

00:48:58.179 --> 00:48:59.360
 that there are times

00:48:59.360 --> 00:49:00.800
 I let the candle go out.

00:49:02.059 --> 00:49:03.179
 I stumble around

00:49:03.179 --> 00:49:03.800
 in the darkness

00:49:03.800 --> 00:49:04.539
 of thoughts

00:49:04.539 --> 00:49:05.420
 and words

00:49:05.420 --> 00:49:06.059
 and imagination

00:49:06.059 --> 00:49:06.980
 in my mind,

00:49:07.039 --> 00:49:07.380
 and I think,

00:49:07.460 --> 00:49:08.320
 well, this will make me happy.

00:49:08.400 --> 00:49:09.199
 This will be truth.

00:49:09.780 --> 00:49:10.780
 This is good.

00:49:10.780 --> 00:49:13.040
 And Your Word

00:49:13.040 --> 00:49:13.400
 just says,

00:49:13.500 --> 00:49:14.000
 I'm stumbling

00:49:14.000 --> 00:49:15.240
 in the darkness.

00:49:16.300 --> 00:49:17.120
 I'm clinging

00:49:17.120 --> 00:49:17.740
 to idols

00:49:17.740 --> 00:49:18.460
 and things

00:49:18.460 --> 00:49:19.420
 that will leave me

00:49:19.420 --> 00:49:19.880
 empty

00:49:19.880 --> 00:49:21.760
 and hurt

00:49:21.760 --> 00:49:23.620
 and beaten.

00:49:25.300 --> 00:49:25.760
 So, Lord,

00:49:25.760 --> 00:49:26.380
 I come before You

00:49:26.380 --> 00:49:27.740
 and I just confess that.

00:49:27.840 --> 00:49:28.320
 I repent

00:49:28.320 --> 00:49:29.040
 of that sin

00:49:29.040 --> 00:49:29.540
 of arrogance

00:49:29.540 --> 00:49:30.480
 and pride,

00:49:32.260 --> 00:49:32.600
 the sin

00:49:32.600 --> 00:49:33.080
 of wanting

00:49:33.080 --> 00:49:33.940
 to be God

00:49:33.940 --> 00:49:36.440
 instead of following God.

00:49:36.440 --> 00:49:38.380
 and I pray

00:49:38.380 --> 00:49:39.139
 for each one of us

00:49:39.139 --> 00:49:39.880
 in this church,

00:49:40.000 --> 00:49:40.740
 Your church,

00:49:41.900 --> 00:49:43.200
 that You would show us

00:49:43.200 --> 00:49:43.800
 more and more

00:49:43.800 --> 00:49:44.440
 what it looks like

00:49:44.440 --> 00:49:45.119
 to follow You

00:49:45.119 --> 00:49:45.920
 and be called

00:49:45.920 --> 00:49:46.639
 faithful

00:49:46.639 --> 00:49:48.420
 and good

00:49:48.420 --> 00:49:50.200
 and ready

00:49:50.200 --> 00:49:52.940
 and gentle.

00:49:54.920 --> 00:49:55.300
 And, Lord,

00:49:55.360 --> 00:49:56.360
 in between time,

00:49:56.440 --> 00:49:57.720
 we walk in this darkness

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 all around us

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 when it seems like

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 things are totally

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 out of control

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 and we're in despair

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 in our homes

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 and in our work.

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 and on the streets

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 and fear

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 seems to rule

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 everything.

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 We cling to Your Son

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 who gives the message,

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 hold on,

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 hold on

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 because I'm there

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 and I'm coming again.

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 When the time is right,

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 I'll be there.

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 May we be found

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 faithful, Lord,

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 when You do that.

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 Lord, we love You.

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 We pray all these things

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 in Your Son,

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 Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.