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 The scripture reading comes from the book of Matthew, chapter 13.

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 Please follow along on the bulletin or your own Bible.

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 Starting in verse 1, we read,

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 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea.

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 And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat down.

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 And the whole crowd stood on the beach.

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 And he told them many things in parables, saying,

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 A sower went out to sow, and as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path.

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 And the birds came and devoured them.

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 Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil.

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 And immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil.

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 But when the sun rose, they were scorched.

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 And since they had no root, they withered away.

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 Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.

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 Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain.

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 Some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

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 He who has ears, let him hear.

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 Then the disciples came and said to him,

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 Why do you speak to them in parables?

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 And he answered them,

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 To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven.

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 But to them it has not been given.

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 For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance.

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 But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

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 This is why I speak to them in parables.

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 Because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

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 Indeed, in their case, the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says,

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 You will indeed hear, but never understand.

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 And you will indeed see, but never perceive.

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 For the people's heart has grown dull.

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 And with their ears, they can barely hear.

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 And their eyes they have closed.

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 Lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears.

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 And understand with their heart, and turn, and I would heal them.

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 But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear.

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 For truly I say to you, many prophets and righteous people long to see what you see,

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 and did not see it.

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 And to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.

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 Hear then the parable of the sower.

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 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it,

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 the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart.

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 This is what was sown along the path.

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 As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word,

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 and immediately receives it with joy.

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 Yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while,

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 and then tribulation or persecution arises.

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 On account of the word, immediately he falls away.

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 As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word,

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 but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word,

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 and it proves unfruitful.

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 As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word,

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 and understands it.

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 He indeed bears fruit and yields,

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 in one case a hundredfold,

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 in another sixty,

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 and in another thirty.

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 This is the word of God.

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 Thank you so much, Betty.

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 Let me just again say,

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 what an exciting thing to be eleven years in.

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 You know, this is the first day where we've actually had ten, ten,

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 in the date,

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 and we started on ten, ten, ten.

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 So if you want to know how old watermark is,

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 just always remember it's ten, ten, ten.

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 So it's just a great thing,

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 and as great as we're going to be looking at the parable of the sower,

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 which is a lot about the faithfulness of God,

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 just to say God has been so faithful to us.

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 Actually, who was here,

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 was anyone here right like 2010?

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 Is it any?

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 Okay, let's have a round of applause.

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 Woo!

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 That's great.

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 Well, those of us who are newer,

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 you can go and actually chat to the old veterans

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 and find out what it was like back in the old days.

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 But let me just pray for us,

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 and as we get into God's word now.

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 Father, you are faithful.

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 Lord, I thank you even as we look back over 11 years of our time as watermark,

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 you've taken us through many seasons,

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 many journeys,

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 many ups,

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 many downs,

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 and yet you have been faithful.

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 You have been faithful.

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 Because you are always faithful.

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 And your word is true,

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 and your word is powerful.

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 Lord, I just thank you for the way that the gospel is at work in so many of our hearts

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 and so many of our lives,

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 and I just see the fruitfulness in people over this time.

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 Lord, we want to give you all the glory,

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 because that's nothing to do with us.

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 And so, Father, I pray even this morning,

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 as we come and speak your word,

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 and Lord, we pray that actually we would continue to be people who have hearts which are soft to you,

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 where we are a church of good soil,

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 where we're a church that really bears fruit,

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 because your word is going so deep into our lives,

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 Lord,

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 whatever season we're in.

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 And I pray for those of us here right now who are just in a tough season,

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 I pray, Lord,

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 that your word would come and comfort and strengthen them.

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 I pray for those of us who are in a wandering season,

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 I pray that your word would come and challenge us,

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 and would draw us back to yourself.

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 And I pray for those of us who are just in a good season,

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 Lord,

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 I pray that we would be filled with thankfulness

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 for your gracious goodness and kindness to us,

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 both individually and as a church.

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 So, Lord,

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 please speak to us this morning,

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 we pray,

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 in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Great.

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 So,

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 we've been looking at the book of Matthew,

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 and talking a lot about some of the responses to Jesus

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 that have been coming through this book.

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 And I was chatting to a cafe owner just this last week,

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 and she said to me,

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 I think Jesus just kind of appears to people in different ways.

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 She said,

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 I think in China,

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 it's like he appears in Ganyam.

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 I think in India,

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 it's maybe like Shiva.

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 She said,

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 as long as he makes you feel better,

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 and he makes you like a good person,

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 Jesus can be who you want him to be.

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 And I thought,

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 that's really interesting.

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 Because,

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 if you said that to your boss,

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 like,

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 hey,

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 I'll just take you how I want to take you,

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 and what you say how I want to take it,

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 I think you're going to get fired pretty quickly.

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 Because even though it's trying to sound very tolerant,

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 what she's actually saying is,

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 I don't want to take Jesus for who he says he is.

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 I don't want to live under his authority.

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 And so,

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 the book of Matthew is actually calling us to responses,

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 and not just to kind of go,

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 oh,

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 let me just kind of park you on one side.

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 But actually,

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 it's saying Jesus is the authoritative king,

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 who is bringing in his kingdom,

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 and he's calling people to follow him,

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 as the only way to God.

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 And he's saying,

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 through his miracles,

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 through his healings,

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 and even through the way that he loves people,

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 and cares for people,

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 he's saying,

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 listen,

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 come to me,

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 but you don't,

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 but take me for who I say I am.

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 Because you can reject the claims of who I am,

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 or you can accept them,

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 but you can't say,

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 I accept Jesus,

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 but I want to take you on my terms.

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 That's not an option.

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 And this is what Matthew has been bringing to us,

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 all over these number of weeks.

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 And we've come now to chapter 13,

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 which is actually a shift in the book of Matthew.

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 And it's,

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 Jesus tells seven parables,

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 in the chapter 13.

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 And we don't tend to use parables a lot these days,

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 but a parable is a story,

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 or illustration,

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 or illustration,

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 which is providing a mirror on reality.

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 Okay?

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 It's using everyday imagery to bring a window into your heart,

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 and what God and his purposes are like.

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 You know,

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 I had someone recently ask me,

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 why didn't all the first century Jews follow Jesus?

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 It's a good question,

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 if he was so great.

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 And in this chapter,

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 Jesus is using the parables,

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 and he's going to use this first parable,

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 the parable of the sower,

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 to begin to explain

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 why people are not all responding to him

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 and following him.

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 He's using this parable

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 to interpret every,

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 actually,

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 other parable that he's going to tell us.

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 Okay?

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 Coming up.

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 Because this parable both explains people's responses,

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 but it also predicts

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 how Jesus will continue to polarize people

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 between those who,

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 all the way to the cross,

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 to the early church,

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 and even today,

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 to what are you going to do with him?

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 Because you can't just park him on the side.

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 You can accept him or reject him,

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 but take him for who he is.

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 And so,

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 we're going to look today,

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 and if you've got your bulletin,

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 please kind of follow through with the parable.

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 This is a very famous one.

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 And we're going to look at three different things.

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 We're going to look at varieties of soil.

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 We're going to look at testing the soil.

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 And then we're going to look at

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 how are we responding to this.

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 Okay?

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 So that's where we're going.

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 And so,

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 the parable

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 is an agricultural one.

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 Okay?

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 Very fitting for Hong Kong.

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 You know,

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 it's about four soils.

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 The path,

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 the rocky soil,

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 the thorny soil,

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 the good soil,

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 where this farmer is going out,

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 scattering his seed.

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 And the fact that

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 only one of these soils,

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 the good soils,

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 in the end,

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 bears long-term fruit.

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 And because this parable,

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 I think actually,

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 many of us are familiar with it,

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 but in Hong Kong,

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 if Jesus was here,

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 I don't think he'd say

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 exactly the same today.

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 I think he might use something like this.

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 I think he might say,

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 there was an investor

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 who was putting seed capital

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 into a series of startups.

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 And the first set of companies

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 he invested in

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 went bankrupt

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 within a short time.

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 And then the second

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 started really well

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 until COVID hit.

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 And then they collapsed

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 as the owners

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 just kind of cut their losses

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 and ran.

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 And then the third

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 seemed a good investment

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 for a while,

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 but there were underlying

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 structural issues,

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 mismanagement,

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 poor investments,

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 which eventually surfaced

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 and the cash reserves

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 just drained away

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 until it collapsed.

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 But the final set of startups

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 had good management.

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 They persevered

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 through several economic crises

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 and eventually produced

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 a healthy profit.

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 Even the weakest performer

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 was far more profitable

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 than the market

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 could have predicted.

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 That's the parable

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 of the sower.

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 And what is Jesus

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 actually talking about?

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 Okay,

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 these companies,

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 these soils,

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 and I'll use soils

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 from now on,

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 but you get the picture.

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 He's talking about

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 the soils,

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 he's talking about

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 the hearts of people.

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 And into which

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 the seed of the gospel

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 is sown,

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 the message of Jesus

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 is put into our hearts

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 and he's talking about

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 what is the key issue?

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 When you see

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 friends and family

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 who are not responding

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 to the gospel,

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 the issue,

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 just like with Jesus,

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 the issue isn't

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 the sower

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 because he's generous,

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 generously scattering

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 his seed.

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 The issue isn't

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 the seed

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 because the seed,

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 the gospel message,

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 is powerful.

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 It's always powerful.

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 He's saying

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 the issue

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 is the soil

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 of people's hearts.

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 And you know,

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 this parable

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 actually shouldn't be called

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 the parable of the sower.

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 It should be called

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 the parable

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 of the soils

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 because that's what

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 Jesus is talking about.

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 And so Jesus'

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 explanation for this

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 in verses 18 to 23

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 actually in context

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 matches on

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 to the very people

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 he has been engaging with

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 over this time.

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 So let's kind of

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 walk through these

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 just a little bit.

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 You see,

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 the first soil

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 is like the Pharisees

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 who have grown hostile

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 to Jesus.

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 so hostile to him

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 that Jesus can't

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 any longer

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 preach in their

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 synagogues.

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 He's actually got to

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 go out to the seaside

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 in the open air

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 because the hostility

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 is so great.

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 These were the

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 religious people.

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 And the point is

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 that they,

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 like we,

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 can hear sermon

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 after sermon.

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 They can be engaging

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 in God's word.

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 You can even tell us

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 the main points back

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 verbatim

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 from what was said.

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 But actually in your mind

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 be thinking,

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 I hope my spouse

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 hears this.

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 Or this is for

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 somebody else.

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 And somewhere between

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 the benediction

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 and the car park,

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 Satan comes and

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 snatches the word

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 away from you.

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 And it's just kind of

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 bounced off your heart

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 like a hard path.

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 That's the first soil.

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 The second soil

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 really are like the crowds

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 who are around Jesus.

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 You know,

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 a couple of chapters

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 earlier in Matthew,

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 some of these,

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 the crowd have come up

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 to Jesus and says,

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 Jesus,

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 we really want to

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 follow you.

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 And it sounds amazing.

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 It looks great.

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 But Jesus says to them,

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 foxes have holes,

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 the birds of the air

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 have nests,

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 but the Son of Man

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 has nowhere to lay

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 his head.

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 In other words,

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 are you prepared

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 for the cost

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 of what's coming up?

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 Because in other words,

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 Jesus has thousands

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 of people coming to him,

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 crowds of people,

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 and we would get dazzled

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 by the numbers.

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 We'd think his ministry

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 was super successful,

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 but Jesus doesn't

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 get dazzled by them.

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 In fact,

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 in John 2,

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 he says this,

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 he says,

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 many believed in him,

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 but he didn't entrust

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 himself to them,

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 for he knew

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 what was in a man.

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 You see,

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 what he's saying

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 is actually,

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 the people who are

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 coming to him

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 in the crowds

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 are coming just

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 to get something

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 from him.

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 It's kind of

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 Santa Claus Jesus.

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 They want some

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 inspiration from him.

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 They want him

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 to fix a problem

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 in their lives.

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 They want a healing.

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 They want something

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 from him,

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 but they don't

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 actually want him.

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 And I hear many people

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 actually go,

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 you know,

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 we had this amazing

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 Alpha Course

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 Christianity Explored,

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 and a hundred people

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 came to faith,

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 and it was amazing,

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 or some others say,

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 hey,

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 this person,

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 they prayed the sinner's prayer,

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 and now they're a believer,

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 and it's amazing.

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 And I want to go,

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 when I hear that,

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 I want to go,

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 yes,

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 let's celebrate.

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 There's more joy

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 in heaven

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 over one sinner

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 who repents

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 than over a hundred

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 righteous.

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 That's true.

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 But I also want to go,

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 let's see.

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 Let's pray that actually

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 they get rooted

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 in deep soil,

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 not just superficial soil.

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 Let's pray they're not

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 users of Jesus,

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 but they're lovers

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 of Jesus.

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 Let's pray they love

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 Jesus in the long haul,

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 because that's what

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 Jesus is talking about

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 with the second soil.

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 That's the rocky soil.

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 Then the third soil,

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 the thorny soil,

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 actually,

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 by the way,

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 the rocky soil,

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 what happens is then

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 when things just,

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 the pressure starts hitting,

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 the things that they

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 really wanted

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 start getting on the line

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 because you're following

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 Jesus.

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 What they choose to do

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 is say,

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 hey,

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 I prefer my career

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 rather than actually

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 really the cost

00:16:28.179 --> 00:16:28.939
 of following Jesus.

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 I prefer actually

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 just to have a

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 comfortable life

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 rather than actually

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 really facing the

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 challenges of following

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 him.

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 And so they back down

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 because they've got

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 no roots.

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 That's the second soil.

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 The third soil,

00:16:42.000 --> 00:16:43.080
 the thorny soil,

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 are people like Judas,

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 who is actually

00:16:46.540 --> 00:16:47.320
 one of the disciples.

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 He's right there.

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 He's super involved

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 in church.

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 He's doing all the stuff.

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 He's doing mission trips

00:16:54.440 --> 00:16:55.040
 with Jesus.

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 He even gets personally

00:16:56.980 --> 00:16:57.940
 served communion

00:16:57.940 --> 00:16:58.600
 by Jesus.

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 That's so close

00:16:59.980 --> 00:17:00.560
 to Jesus.

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 But his heart

00:17:04.759 --> 00:17:05.440
 is thorny,

00:17:07.019 --> 00:17:07.559
 gripped

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 by money

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 and greed

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 or by worries

00:17:13.980 --> 00:17:15.620
 or by ambition

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 for his own self.

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 You know,

00:17:16.920 --> 00:17:17.759
 he steals from

00:17:17.759 --> 00:17:18.820
 the communal purse

00:17:18.820 --> 00:17:19.360
 of Jesus

00:17:19.360 --> 00:17:20.960
 and he betrays Jesus

00:17:20.960 --> 00:17:22.100
 because of greed.

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 And the point is

00:17:24.660 --> 00:17:25.019
 that actually

00:17:25.019 --> 00:17:25.680
 the idols

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 in our hearts

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 which in one sense

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 are always there

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 can take time

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 for them to come up

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 and the thorns

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 can just choke them

00:17:33.420 --> 00:17:34.180
 in time

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 and choke the seed.

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 They're a dangerous group.

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 But then the fourth,

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 the fourth ones

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 are the true disciples.

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 They're actually

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 not just the twelve.

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 There are a whole load

00:17:49.019 --> 00:17:49.480
 of followers

00:17:49.480 --> 00:17:50.460
 who are around Jesus

00:17:50.460 --> 00:17:50.920
 as well

00:17:50.920 --> 00:17:52.039
 that Mark 4 tells us.

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 And they are not

00:17:53.420 --> 00:17:55.659
 perfect superstar Christians.

00:17:56.740 --> 00:17:56.980
 Okay?

00:17:57.359 --> 00:17:58.440
 Jesus has to go to them.

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 How is it

00:17:59.740 --> 00:18:00.740
 that you don't understand

00:18:00.740 --> 00:18:01.700
 what I'm talking about?

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 He goes,

00:18:02.500 --> 00:18:03.339
 oh you guys

00:18:03.339 --> 00:18:04.000
 of little faith

00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:04.639
 at times.

00:18:05.639 --> 00:18:06.259
 Jesus does get

00:18:06.259 --> 00:18:06.940
 a little frustrated

00:18:06.940 --> 00:18:07.420
 with them.

00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:10.039
 But even though

00:18:10.039 --> 00:18:10.799
 they haven't got it

00:18:10.799 --> 00:18:11.339
 all together,

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 they are those

00:18:13.819 --> 00:18:14.240
 who actually

00:18:14.240 --> 00:18:15.440
 do respond to Jesus.

00:18:15.579 --> 00:18:16.700
 They do want Jesus.

00:18:17.379 --> 00:18:18.460
 They want to be with him.

00:18:18.619 --> 00:18:19.720
 They keep coming back

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 in repentance

00:18:20.500 --> 00:18:21.980
 to him again

00:18:21.980 --> 00:18:22.680
 and again

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 and again.

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 And he says,

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 in the long haul

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 what happens?

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 There is this harvest

00:18:28.799 --> 00:18:29.539
 that is born

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 in their lives.

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 There's a harvest

00:18:31.940 --> 00:18:32.599
 that's born

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 in their lives.

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 And so the point

00:18:34.880 --> 00:18:35.420
 of this

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 is quite simple.

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 Just as the skin

00:18:38.579 --> 00:18:39.160
 of an apple

00:18:39.160 --> 00:18:40.000
 may look beautiful

00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:40.680
 on the outside

00:18:40.680 --> 00:18:41.460
 but it be rotten

00:18:41.460 --> 00:18:42.240
 on the inside.

00:18:42.859 --> 00:18:43.759
 So a Christian

00:18:43.759 --> 00:18:44.799
 is not one

00:18:44.799 --> 00:18:46.180
 who simply professes

00:18:46.180 --> 00:18:47.059
 faith in Christ.

00:18:47.319 --> 00:18:48.019
 That's not someone

00:18:48.019 --> 00:18:49.039
 who's simply active

00:18:49.039 --> 00:18:49.720
 in church.

00:18:49.720 --> 00:18:50.519
 It's not someone

00:18:50.519 --> 00:18:51.539
 who simply accepts

00:18:51.539 --> 00:18:52.100
 the doctrine.

00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:53.180
 It's one who

00:18:53.180 --> 00:18:53.940
 in their hearts

00:18:53.940 --> 00:18:54.660
 wants Christ

00:18:54.660 --> 00:18:55.480
 above all

00:18:55.480 --> 00:18:57.140
 and who will

00:18:57.140 --> 00:18:58.120
 need to persevere

00:18:58.120 --> 00:18:58.620
 in faith

00:18:58.620 --> 00:18:59.360
 in the long haul.

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 That's what a Christian

00:19:01.200 --> 00:19:01.640
 is.

00:19:02.960 --> 00:19:04.079
 And that's the point.

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 That's the varieties

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 of soil

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 that Jesus says

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 every single one

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 of us

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 will fit into.

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 How are we doing?

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 Good.

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 Second point.

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 Testing of the soil.

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 Because right in between

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 this parable

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 and then the explanation

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 Matthew puts

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 this little bit

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 in between

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 where he kind of

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 steps back

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 and has the disciples

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 asking a question

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 to Jesus

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 of why do you

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 actually speak

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 in parables?

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 And what he's doing

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 is he's actually

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 coming to show us

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 and like

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 how do you know

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 given this parable

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 how do you know

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 what kind of soil

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 you are?

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 That's the point

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 of this.

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 And the disciples

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 are going

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 hey can't you

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 just kind of

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 speak to us

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 like really directly

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 we're a bit dumb

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 okay we're a bit stupid

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 but like

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 give it to us

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 clearly please

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 and we need

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 to kind of

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 figure this out

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 and come and ask you.

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 And some people

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 have argued

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 well Jesus tells parables

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 because he just likes

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 to kind of

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 illustrate things

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 just like

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 you know

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 like a stand up comedian

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 takes everyday life

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 to kind of

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 make it kind of

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 relevant

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 but that's not

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 why Jesus says

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 he's bringing

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 these parables

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 not making it

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 totally easy

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 spoon feeding them

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 in terms of

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 giving them

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 the main point.

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 Here's what he says

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 he says

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 to you

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 the disciples

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 has been given

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 to know the secrets

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 of the kingdom of heaven

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 that's God's

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 deepest heart

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 and God's ways

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 in the gospel

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 but to them

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 the Pharisees

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 the crowds

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 the others

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 it has not been

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 given to them

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 to the one

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 who has

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 like you disciples

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 who've understood

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 something about me

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 and my kingdom

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 more will be given

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 you're going to get

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 to know me even more

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 it's not just head knowledge

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 it's heart knowledge

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 and my ways

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 and you'll have

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 an abundance

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 of knowing me

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 but from he

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 who does not have

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 those who don't want me

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 those who are not

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 willing to

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 engage me

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 even what he has

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 will be taken away

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 that is why

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 I speak to them

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 in parables

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 what's he talking

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 about

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 here's a couple

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 of things

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 that Jesus is doing

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 in his teaching

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 technique here

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 the first thing

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 he's doing

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 is that parables

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 are ways

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 to reveal

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 your heart

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 okay

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 Michael Green

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 says this

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 parables

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 revealed

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 truth

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 to those

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 who are hungry

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 and concealed

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 it

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 from those

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 who are too

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 lazy to look

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 for it

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 or too

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 blinded

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 by hatred

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 and prejudice

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 to discern it

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 in other words

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 what he's saying

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 is they're a filter

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 system

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 giving you

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 enough

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 information

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 to draw you

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 to Jesus

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 if you're interested

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 but not

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 passively

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 spoon feeding

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 you

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 so you can

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 just sit

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 on your sofa

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 and go

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 oh that's

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 great

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 you see

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 it's a bit

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 like this

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 it's a bit

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 like if I go

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 listen

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 I know

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 the key

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 to your

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 entire future

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 so meet me

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 a cafe

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 at 8pm

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 and I'll tell you

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 if your heart

00:22:10.959 --> 00:22:11.579
 is hungry

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 and you're opening

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 yeah I want

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 that

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 what are you

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 going to do

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 you'll be there

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 you'll cancel

00:22:17.819 --> 00:22:18.639
 your appointments

00:22:18.639 --> 00:22:19.159
 you'll say

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 I've got to be there

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 tell me

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 like that

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 and as you go

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 there

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 and then

00:22:24.419 --> 00:22:25.559
 you hear

00:22:25.559 --> 00:22:26.240
 the message

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 so you'll be

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 satisfied

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 and you'll keep

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 coming back

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 for more

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 that's a good

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 soil

00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:34.140
 coming to

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 Jesus

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 but if you

00:22:36.300 --> 00:22:36.980
 just kind of

00:22:36.980 --> 00:22:37.820
 you want

00:22:37.820 --> 00:22:38.380
 Jesus on your

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 own terms

00:22:39.280 --> 00:22:39.720
 like the

00:22:39.720 --> 00:22:40.340
 rocky soil

00:22:40.340 --> 00:22:41.680
 you'll go

00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:42.700
 oh that

00:22:42.700 --> 00:22:43.880
 sounds great

00:22:43.880 --> 00:22:46.100
 I want to

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 go

00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:47.580
 I'll be there

00:22:47.580 --> 00:22:48.400
 but then it's

00:22:48.400 --> 00:22:49.500
 like raining

00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:50.220
 outside

00:22:50.220 --> 00:22:50.759
 and there's a lot

00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:51.180
 of traffic

00:22:51.180 --> 00:22:51.860
 on the roads

00:22:51.860 --> 00:22:52.280
 and you're like

00:22:52.280 --> 00:22:52.800
 oh

00:22:52.800 --> 00:22:53.540
 and you'll

00:22:53.540 --> 00:22:54.200
 kind of die

00:22:54.200 --> 00:22:54.680
 you'll just

00:22:54.680 --> 00:22:55.420
 back out

00:22:55.420 --> 00:22:56.920
 at the last

00:22:56.920 --> 00:22:57.200
 minute

00:22:57.200 --> 00:22:58.700
 that's the

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 rocky soil

00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:00.619
 but then

00:23:00.619 --> 00:23:01.460
 the thorny

00:23:01.460 --> 00:23:01.980
 soil

00:23:01.980 --> 00:23:02.619
 will go

00:23:02.619 --> 00:23:03.139
 okay

00:23:03.139 --> 00:23:03.559
 now just

00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:04.559
 tell me

00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:05.059
 right now

00:23:05.059 --> 00:23:05.700
 what it is

00:23:05.700 --> 00:23:06.240
 because I've

00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:06.879
 got a job

00:23:06.879 --> 00:23:07.639
 interview later

00:23:07.639 --> 00:23:08.740
 and I'm super

00:23:08.740 --> 00:23:09.399
 busy at the

00:23:09.399 --> 00:23:09.599
 moment

00:23:09.599 --> 00:23:10.159
 so could you

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 just kind of

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 fit me in

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 like right

00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:12.399
 now

00:23:12.399 --> 00:23:14.399
 and the

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 path will

00:23:14.940 --> 00:23:15.399
 say hey

00:23:15.399 --> 00:23:15.680
 I know

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 what I'm

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 doing with

00:23:16.220 --> 00:23:16.619
 my life

00:23:16.619 --> 00:23:17.079
 thanks

00:23:17.079 --> 00:23:18.099
 I actually

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 I don't

00:23:18.779 --> 00:23:19.180
 need

00:23:19.180 --> 00:23:20.200
 from you

00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:20.819
 right now

00:23:20.819 --> 00:23:22.000
 and so

00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:22.440
 just like

00:23:22.440 --> 00:23:22.940
 the airport

00:23:22.940 --> 00:23:23.700
 immigration

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 you know

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 filters you

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 into different

00:23:25.419 --> 00:23:25.879
 lanes

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 when you

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 hear the

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 word

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 your own

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 response

00:23:29.360 --> 00:23:29.700
 and your

00:23:29.700 --> 00:23:30.220
 heart

00:23:30.220 --> 00:23:31.260
 will filter

00:23:31.260 --> 00:23:31.800
 you into

00:23:31.800 --> 00:23:32.320
 where your

00:23:32.320 --> 00:23:33.060
 heart really

00:23:33.060 --> 00:23:33.660
 lies in

00:23:33.660 --> 00:23:34.220
 relation to

00:23:34.220 --> 00:23:34.680
 Jesus

00:23:34.680 --> 00:23:37.780
 they reveal

00:23:37.780 --> 00:23:38.440
 your heart

00:23:38.440 --> 00:23:39.380
 the second

00:23:39.380 --> 00:23:39.900
 thing they do

00:23:39.900 --> 00:23:40.460
 is they reveal

00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:41.200
 your destiny

00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:43.340
 because

00:23:43.340 --> 00:23:44.660
 here

00:23:44.660 --> 00:23:45.980
 Jesus quotes

00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:47.040
 Isaiah 6

00:23:47.040 --> 00:23:49.280
 this is

00:23:49.280 --> 00:23:50.220
 verse 14

00:23:50.220 --> 00:23:51.320
 and 15

00:23:51.319 --> 00:23:54.059
 and he

00:23:54.059 --> 00:23:54.619
 quotes

00:23:54.619 --> 00:23:55.919
 Isaiah 6

00:23:55.919 --> 00:23:56.399
 where God

00:23:56.399 --> 00:23:57.200
 commissions

00:23:57.200 --> 00:23:58.259
 Isaiah to

00:23:58.259 --> 00:23:59.000
 keep calling

00:23:59.000 --> 00:23:59.579
 the people

00:23:59.579 --> 00:24:00.319
 to repent

00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:01.179
 but he

00:24:01.179 --> 00:24:01.480
 says

00:24:01.480 --> 00:24:03.379
 every time

00:24:03.379 --> 00:24:03.879
 that you

00:24:03.879 --> 00:24:04.099
 hear

00:24:04.099 --> 00:24:04.759
 you'll hear

00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:05.179
 but you'll

00:24:05.179 --> 00:24:05.359
 never

00:24:05.359 --> 00:24:05.919
 understand

00:24:05.919 --> 00:24:06.579
 you'll see

00:24:06.579 --> 00:24:07.200
 but you'll

00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:07.399
 never

00:24:07.399 --> 00:24:07.919
 perceive

00:24:07.919 --> 00:24:08.639
 they're so

00:24:08.639 --> 00:24:09.139
 deaf

00:24:09.139 --> 00:24:09.639
 that actually

00:24:09.639 --> 00:24:10.240
 you'll say

00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:10.720
 stuff to

00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:11.019
 them but

00:24:11.019 --> 00:24:11.339
 it just

00:24:11.339 --> 00:24:11.659
 kind of

00:24:11.659 --> 00:24:12.019
 goes in

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 one ear

00:24:12.399 --> 00:24:12.740
 and out

00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:13.139
 the other

00:24:13.139 --> 00:24:14.359
 and actually

00:24:14.359 --> 00:24:14.779
 it says

00:24:14.779 --> 00:24:14.960
 here

00:24:14.960 --> 00:24:15.220
 this

00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:15.700
 people's

00:24:15.700 --> 00:24:15.899
 heart

00:24:15.899 --> 00:24:16.240
 has grown

00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:16.559
 dull

00:24:16.559 --> 00:24:17.339
 literally

00:24:17.339 --> 00:24:18.119
 the words

00:24:18.119 --> 00:24:18.419
 are in

00:24:18.419 --> 00:24:18.659
 Greek

00:24:18.659 --> 00:24:19.740
 their hearts

00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:20.179
 have grown

00:24:20.179 --> 00:24:20.740
 fat

00:24:20.740 --> 00:24:21.740
 and their

00:24:21.740 --> 00:24:22.120
 ears

00:24:22.120 --> 00:24:22.480
 listen

00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:22.980
 heavily

00:24:22.980 --> 00:24:23.740
 and their

00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:24.240
 eyes

00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:24.859
 are closing

00:24:24.859 --> 00:24:27.019
 like husbands

00:24:27.019 --> 00:24:27.500
 with their

00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:27.839
 wives

00:24:27.839 --> 00:24:28.460
 sometimes

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:30.000
 you know

00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:30.220
 actually

00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:31.980
 the image

00:24:31.980 --> 00:24:32.559
 is of a

00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:32.940
 doctor

00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:33.859
 who knows

00:24:33.859 --> 00:24:34.140
 that his

00:24:34.140 --> 00:24:34.720
 long term

00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:35.299
 patient

00:24:35.299 --> 00:24:35.759
 let's call

00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:36.180
 him Frank

00:24:36.180 --> 00:24:36.920
 doesn't

00:24:36.920 --> 00:24:37.440
 listen to

00:24:37.440 --> 00:24:37.680
 him

00:24:37.680 --> 00:24:38.759
 but for

00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:39.599
 the 20th

00:24:39.599 --> 00:24:39.960
 time

00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:40.519
 he tells

00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:40.700
 him

00:24:40.700 --> 00:24:41.319
 listen

00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:41.759
 Frank

00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:42.039
 your

00:24:42.039 --> 00:24:42.599
 cholesterol

00:24:42.599 --> 00:24:43.079
 level

00:24:43.079 --> 00:24:43.940
 is so

00:24:43.940 --> 00:24:44.519
 high

00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:45.359
 that unless

00:24:45.359 --> 00:24:45.900
 you stop

00:24:45.900 --> 00:24:46.180
 eating

00:24:46.180 --> 00:24:46.700
 three Big

00:24:46.700 --> 00:24:47.099
 Macs a

00:24:47.099 --> 00:24:47.359
 day

00:24:47.359 --> 00:24:48.200
 you're

00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:48.380
 going to

00:24:48.380 --> 00:24:48.599
 have a

00:24:48.599 --> 00:24:48.799
 heart

00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:49.259
 attack

00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:51.039
 listen

00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:51.619
 to me

00:24:51.619 --> 00:24:52.359
 and the

00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:52.720
 guy's

00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:53.000
 going

00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:53.400
 yeah

00:24:53.400 --> 00:24:53.799
 yeah

00:24:53.799 --> 00:24:54.400
 yeah

00:24:54.400 --> 00:24:55.559
 yeah

00:24:55.559 --> 00:24:55.900
 anything

00:24:55.900 --> 00:24:56.180
 else

00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:56.599
 doctor

00:24:56.599 --> 00:24:58.420
 and he

00:24:58.420 --> 00:24:58.779
 just kind

00:24:58.779 --> 00:24:59.200
 of carries

00:24:59.200 --> 00:24:59.559
 on

00:24:59.559 --> 00:25:01.420
 and the

00:25:01.420 --> 00:25:01.720
 doctor

00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:02.200
 knows

00:25:02.200 --> 00:25:02.779
 because he

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.900
 cares for

00:25:03.900 --> 00:25:04.059
 him

00:25:04.059 --> 00:25:04.339
 that he's

00:25:04.339 --> 00:25:04.539
 going to

00:25:04.539 --> 00:25:04.779
 keep

00:25:04.779 --> 00:25:05.079
 telling

00:25:05.079 --> 00:25:05.339
 him

00:25:05.339 --> 00:25:06.319
 but every

00:25:06.319 --> 00:25:06.819
 single

00:25:06.819 --> 00:25:07.420
 time that

00:25:07.420 --> 00:25:07.980
 he speaks

00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:08.539
 to him

00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:09.460
 Frank's

00:25:09.460 --> 00:25:09.720
 heart

00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:10.160
 is both

00:25:10.160 --> 00:25:10.720
 literally

00:25:10.720 --> 00:25:11.079
 and

00:25:11.079 --> 00:25:11.920
 metaphorically

00:25:11.920 --> 00:25:12.500
 hardening

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:15.359
 you see

00:25:15.359 --> 00:25:16.019
 and as

00:25:16.019 --> 00:25:16.480
 he does

00:25:16.480 --> 00:25:16.680
 it

00:25:16.680 --> 00:25:17.319
 his fate

00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:17.720
 is being

00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:18.220
 sealed

00:25:18.220 --> 00:25:18.640
 you see

00:25:18.640 --> 00:25:19.059
 the doctor

00:25:19.059 --> 00:25:19.400
 knows

00:25:19.400 --> 00:25:19.779
 one day

00:25:19.779 --> 00:25:19.920
 he's

00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:20.099
 going to

00:25:20.099 --> 00:25:20.339
 get a

00:25:20.339 --> 00:25:20.660
 call

00:25:20.660 --> 00:25:22.660
 Frank's

00:25:22.660 --> 00:25:22.779
 in

00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:23.140
 hospital

00:25:23.140 --> 00:25:24.099
 this time

00:25:24.099 --> 00:25:24.700
 I don't

00:25:24.700 --> 00:25:25.000
 think he's

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:25.180
 going to

00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:25.579
 make it

00:25:25.579 --> 00:25:27.279
 that's what

00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:27.980
 verse 15

00:25:27.980 --> 00:25:28.299
 is all

00:25:28.299 --> 00:25:28.660
 about

00:25:28.660 --> 00:25:29.380
 lest they

00:25:29.380 --> 00:25:29.920
 should see

00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:30.299
 with their

00:25:30.299 --> 00:25:30.740
 ears

00:25:30.740 --> 00:25:31.559
 eyes

00:25:31.559 --> 00:25:31.940
 hear

00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:32.259
 with their

00:25:32.259 --> 00:25:32.539
 ears

00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:33.039
 understand

00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:33.500
 with their

00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:33.740
 heart

00:25:33.740 --> 00:25:34.440
 and turn

00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:34.880
 and I

00:25:34.880 --> 00:25:35.380
 would heal

00:25:35.380 --> 00:25:35.660
 them

00:25:35.660 --> 00:25:36.319
 that is

00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:36.680
 God's

00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:37.279
 desire

00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:37.740
 because

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:38.160
 Jesus

00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:38.599
 is the

00:25:38.599 --> 00:25:38.920
 great

00:25:38.920 --> 00:25:39.480
 physician

00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:40.019
 of our

00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:40.480
 hearts

00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:41.160
 who

00:25:41.160 --> 00:25:41.840
 every

00:25:41.840 --> 00:25:42.240
 time

00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:42.460
 he

00:25:42.460 --> 00:25:42.960
 speaks

00:25:42.960 --> 00:25:43.180
 to

00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:43.480
 us

00:25:43.480 --> 00:25:43.960
 is

00:25:43.960 --> 00:25:44.480
 sowing

00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:45.060
 seed

00:25:45.060 --> 00:25:45.440
 into

00:25:45.440 --> 00:25:45.720
 our

00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:46.140
 lives

00:25:46.140 --> 00:25:46.580
 of

00:25:46.580 --> 00:25:46.740
 the

00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:47.120
 gospel

00:25:47.120 --> 00:25:47.460
 he's

00:25:47.460 --> 00:25:48.019
 offering

00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:48.279
 it

00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:48.519
 to

00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:48.860
 you

00:25:48.860 --> 00:25:49.279
 and

00:25:49.279 --> 00:25:49.480
 he's

00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:49.660
 saying

00:25:49.660 --> 00:25:50.180
 listen

00:25:50.180 --> 00:25:50.480
 I

00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:50.759
 want

00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:50.880
 you

00:25:50.880 --> 00:25:51.060
 to

00:25:51.060 --> 00:25:51.340
 turn

00:25:51.340 --> 00:25:51.759
 back

00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:51.980
 to

00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:52.160
 me

00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:52.560
 why

00:25:52.560 --> 00:25:52.860
 because

00:25:52.860 --> 00:25:53.000
 I

00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:53.120
 want

00:25:53.120 --> 00:25:53.240
 to

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:53.620
 heal

00:25:53.620 --> 00:25:53.960
 you

00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:54.519
 I

00:25:54.519 --> 00:25:54.700
 want

00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:54.820
 to

00:25:54.820 --> 00:25:55.000
 bring

00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:55.160
 you

00:25:55.160 --> 00:25:55.759
 life

00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:56.060
 this

00:25:56.060 --> 00:25:56.200
 is

00:25:56.200 --> 00:25:56.380
 what

00:25:56.380 --> 00:25:56.540
 I'm

00:25:56.540 --> 00:25:56.960
 about

00:25:56.960 --> 00:25:58.840
 and

00:25:58.840 --> 00:25:59.060
 Jesus

00:25:59.060 --> 00:25:59.360
 could

00:25:59.360 --> 00:25:59.540
 just

00:25:59.540 --> 00:25:59.700
 go

00:25:59.700 --> 00:25:59.880
 hey

00:25:59.880 --> 00:26:00.040
 you

00:26:00.040 --> 00:26:00.380
 guys

00:26:00.380 --> 00:26:00.980
 you

00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:01.160
 just

00:26:01.160 --> 00:26:01.480
 such

00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:01.660
 a

00:26:01.660 --> 00:26:01.900
 waste

00:26:01.900 --> 00:26:02.080
 of

00:26:02.080 --> 00:26:02.420
 time

00:26:02.420 --> 00:26:03.019
 let

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:03.120
 me

00:26:03.120 --> 00:26:04.120
 not

00:26:04.120 --> 00:26:04.340
 even

00:26:04.340 --> 00:26:04.580
 have

00:26:04.580 --> 00:26:04.700
 an

00:26:04.700 --> 00:26:05.080
 appointment

00:26:05.079 --> 00:26:05.419
 with

00:26:05.419 --> 00:26:05.579
 you

00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:05.859
 not

00:26:05.859 --> 00:26:06.079
 even

00:26:06.079 --> 00:26:06.500
 speak

00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:06.720
 to

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:06.879
 you

00:26:06.879 --> 00:26:07.240
 but

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:07.379
 he

00:26:07.379 --> 00:26:07.779
 doesn't

00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:08.039
 because

00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:08.379
 he's

00:26:08.379 --> 00:26:08.599
 so

00:26:08.599 --> 00:26:09.159
 gracious

00:26:09.159 --> 00:26:09.819
 he's

00:26:09.819 --> 00:26:09.980
 so

00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:10.639
 patient

00:26:10.639 --> 00:26:11.099
 that

00:26:11.099 --> 00:26:11.240
 he

00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:11.559
 keeps

00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:11.879
 coming

00:26:11.879 --> 00:26:12.500
 again

00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:12.740
 and

00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:13.059
 again

00:26:13.059 --> 00:26:13.259
 to

00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:13.519
 each

00:26:13.519 --> 00:26:13.799
 one

00:26:13.799 --> 00:26:13.939
 of

00:26:13.939 --> 00:26:14.099
 us

00:26:14.099 --> 00:26:14.299
 saying

00:26:14.299 --> 00:26:14.819
 will

00:26:14.819 --> 00:26:15.000
 you

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:15.279
 hear

00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:15.740
 me

00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:18.819
 you

00:26:18.819 --> 00:26:18.940
 know

00:26:18.940 --> 00:26:19.240
 Jesus

00:26:19.240 --> 00:26:19.519
 can

00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:19.980
 soften

00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:20.259
 the

00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:20.640
 hardest

00:26:20.640 --> 00:26:20.940
 of

00:26:20.940 --> 00:26:21.420
 hearts

00:26:21.420 --> 00:26:22.319
 he's

00:26:22.319 --> 00:26:22.779
 sovereign

00:26:22.779 --> 00:26:23.980
 in

00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:24.500
 salvation

00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:26.660
 but

00:26:26.660 --> 00:26:26.900
 we

00:26:26.900 --> 00:26:27.299
 also

00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:27.660
 have

00:26:27.660 --> 00:26:27.819
 to

00:26:27.819 --> 00:26:28.180
 choose

00:26:28.180 --> 00:26:28.460
 how

00:26:28.460 --> 00:26:28.620
 to

00:26:28.620 --> 00:26:29.059
 respond

00:26:29.059 --> 00:26:29.279
 to

00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:29.539
 him

00:26:29.539 --> 00:26:31.160
 and

00:26:31.160 --> 00:26:31.660
 God's

00:26:31.660 --> 00:26:32.160
 sovereignty

00:26:32.160 --> 00:26:32.920
 doesn't

00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:33.700
 override

00:26:33.700 --> 00:26:34.460
 our

00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:35.359
 responsibility

00:26:35.359 --> 00:26:36.099
 to

00:26:36.099 --> 00:26:36.740
 respond

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:38.620
 I

00:26:38.620 --> 00:26:38.759
 don't

00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:38.900
 get

00:26:38.900 --> 00:26:39.059
 how

00:26:39.059 --> 00:26:39.220
 it

00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:39.579
 works

00:26:39.579 --> 00:26:39.759
 but

00:26:39.759 --> 00:26:39.960
 that's

00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:40.099
 what

00:26:40.099 --> 00:26:40.559
 scripture

00:26:40.559 --> 00:26:41.099
 teaches

00:26:41.099 --> 00:26:41.859
 us

00:26:41.859 --> 00:26:46.000
 so

00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:46.339
 Jesus

00:26:46.339 --> 00:26:46.659
 is

00:26:46.659 --> 00:26:47.039
 not

00:26:47.039 --> 00:26:47.240
 just

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:47.519
 actually

00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:47.879
 speaking

00:26:47.879 --> 00:26:48.039
 a

00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:48.479
 parable

00:26:48.479 --> 00:26:48.779
 to

00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:49.000
 us

00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:49.259
 that's

00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:49.399
 what

00:26:49.399 --> 00:26:49.479
 he

00:26:49.479 --> 00:26:49.719
 spoke

00:26:49.719 --> 00:26:49.879
 to

00:26:49.879 --> 00:26:50.000
 them

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.139
 but

00:26:50.139 --> 00:26:50.399
 actually

00:26:50.399 --> 00:26:50.699
 he's

00:26:50.699 --> 00:26:51.000
 speaking

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:51.219
 his

00:26:51.219 --> 00:26:51.519
 word

00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:51.879
 to

00:26:51.879 --> 00:26:52.099
 us

00:26:52.099 --> 00:26:52.539
 today

00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:54.879
 and

00:26:54.879 --> 00:26:55.000
 you

00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:55.259
 know

00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:57.059
 his

00:26:57.059 --> 00:26:57.639
 word

00:26:57.639 --> 00:26:58.379
 always

00:26:58.379 --> 00:26:59.219
 requires

00:26:59.219 --> 00:27:01.119
 active

00:27:01.119 --> 00:27:01.899
 reflection

00:27:01.899 --> 00:27:03.279
 to

00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:03.539
 take

00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:03.659
 it

00:27:03.659 --> 00:27:03.839
 from

00:27:03.839 --> 00:27:04.399
 here

00:27:04.399 --> 00:27:05.099
 down

00:27:05.099 --> 00:27:05.240
 to

00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:05.559
 here

00:27:05.559 --> 00:27:06.119
 you

00:27:06.119 --> 00:27:06.519
 can't

00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:06.679
 just

00:27:06.679 --> 00:27:07.019
 actually

00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:07.500
 say

00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:07.839
 oh

00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:08.199
 I've

00:27:08.199 --> 00:27:08.359
 just

00:27:08.359 --> 00:27:08.579
 heard

00:27:08.579 --> 00:27:08.699
 it

00:27:08.699 --> 00:27:08.879
 now

00:27:08.879 --> 00:27:09.039
 I

00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:09.199
 can

00:27:09.199 --> 00:27:09.500
 just

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:10.319
 go

00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:10.479
 off

00:27:10.479 --> 00:27:10.599
 and

00:27:10.599 --> 00:27:10.819
 carry

00:27:10.819 --> 00:27:10.979
 on

00:27:10.979 --> 00:27:11.099
 with

00:27:11.099 --> 00:27:11.240
 my

00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:11.679
 life

00:27:11.680 --> 00:27:12.680
 it

00:27:12.680 --> 00:27:13.100
 always

00:27:13.100 --> 00:27:13.600
 requires

00:27:13.600 --> 00:27:14.060
 some

00:27:14.060 --> 00:27:14.279
 kind

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:14.400
 of

00:27:14.400 --> 00:27:14.820
 action

00:27:14.820 --> 00:27:15.080
 to

00:27:15.080 --> 00:27:15.600
 respond

00:27:15.600 --> 00:27:15.920
 to

00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:16.279
 it

00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:17.440
 you

00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:17.539
 see

00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:17.779
 every

00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:18.039
 time

00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:18.180
 you

00:27:18.180 --> 00:27:18.400
 hear

00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:18.580
 a

00:27:18.580 --> 00:27:18.860
 sermon

00:27:18.860 --> 00:27:19.160
 about

00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:19.440
 Jesus

00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:19.700
 every

00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:19.940
 time

00:27:19.940 --> 00:27:20.060
 you

00:27:20.060 --> 00:27:20.279
 read

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:20.440
 your

00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:20.759
 Bible

00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:21.200
 every

00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:21.519
 time

00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:21.900
 a

00:27:21.900 --> 00:27:22.140
 believer

00:27:22.140 --> 00:27:22.700
 speaks

00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:23.279
 God's

00:27:23.279 --> 00:27:23.519
 word

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:23.840
 into

00:27:23.840 --> 00:27:24.080
 your

00:27:24.080 --> 00:27:24.400
 life

00:27:24.400 --> 00:27:24.580
 in

00:27:24.580 --> 00:27:24.940
 some

00:27:24.940 --> 00:27:25.340
 way

00:27:25.340 --> 00:27:26.600
 it's

00:27:26.600 --> 00:27:26.980
 actually

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:27.299
 a

00:27:27.299 --> 00:27:27.700
 sorting

00:27:27.700 --> 00:27:28.000
 a

00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:28.500
 filtering

00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:29.019
 moment

00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:29.299
 like

00:27:29.299 --> 00:27:29.420
 in

00:27:29.420 --> 00:27:29.539
 the

00:27:29.539 --> 00:27:30.100
 immigration

00:27:30.100 --> 00:27:31.140
 lanes

00:27:31.140 --> 00:27:33.620
 because

00:27:33.620 --> 00:27:34.740
 here

00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:35.080
 Jesus

00:27:35.080 --> 00:27:35.380
 says

00:27:35.380 --> 00:27:36.060
 blessed

00:27:36.060 --> 00:27:36.680
 are

00:27:36.680 --> 00:27:36.880
 you

00:27:36.880 --> 00:27:37.100
 who

00:27:37.100 --> 00:27:37.600
 hear

00:27:37.600 --> 00:27:39.019
 if

00:27:39.019 --> 00:27:39.220
 you're

00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:39.380
 a

00:27:39.380 --> 00:27:39.880
 Christian

00:27:39.880 --> 00:27:40.720
 when you

00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:41.039
 hear

00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:41.579
 the gospel

00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:41.940
 message

00:27:41.940 --> 00:27:42.240
 when you

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:42.440
 hear

00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:42.759
 God's

00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:42.920
 word

00:27:42.920 --> 00:27:43.819
 I don't

00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:43.940
 know

00:27:43.940 --> 00:27:44.200
 do you

00:27:44.200 --> 00:27:44.639
 see that

00:27:44.639 --> 00:27:44.920
 as a

00:27:44.920 --> 00:27:45.559
 privilege

00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:47.539
 the longer

00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:47.920
 you're in

00:27:47.920 --> 00:27:48.220
 church

00:27:48.220 --> 00:27:48.519
 you can

00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:48.899
 just get

00:27:48.899 --> 00:27:49.619
 so familiar

00:27:49.619 --> 00:27:50.099
 with it

00:27:50.099 --> 00:27:50.759
 that you

00:27:50.759 --> 00:27:51.480
 miss the

00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:52.000
 privilege

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:52.779
 because he

00:27:52.779 --> 00:27:53.379
 says it's

00:27:53.379 --> 00:27:54.019
 this grace

00:27:54.019 --> 00:27:54.619
 because even

00:27:54.619 --> 00:27:55.200
 the greatest

00:27:55.200 --> 00:27:55.680
 prophets

00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:56.339
 like Moses

00:27:56.339 --> 00:27:57.299
 and Isaiah

00:27:57.299 --> 00:27:58.000
 and Jeremiah

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.859
 they didn't

00:27:58.859 --> 00:27:59.839
 hear what

00:27:59.839 --> 00:28:00.399
 you guys

00:28:00.399 --> 00:28:00.740
 hear

00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:02.259
 they didn't

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:02.779
 know the

00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:03.480
 full extent

00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:03.839
 of the

00:28:03.839 --> 00:28:04.399
 mercies of

00:28:04.399 --> 00:28:04.779
 God that

00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:05.159
 are found

00:28:05.159 --> 00:28:05.619
 in Christ

00:28:05.619 --> 00:28:06.000
 because they

00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:06.420
 didn't know

00:28:06.420 --> 00:28:07.000
 Jesus at

00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:07.680
 that point

00:28:07.680 --> 00:28:09.259
 but we

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:09.799
 do

00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:10.539
 and so

00:28:10.539 --> 00:28:10.960
 every

00:28:10.960 --> 00:28:11.419
 Sunday

00:28:11.419 --> 00:28:12.200
 during the

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:12.419
 week

00:28:12.419 --> 00:28:13.119
 we get a

00:28:13.119 --> 00:28:13.539
 chance to

00:28:13.539 --> 00:28:14.079
 hear of the

00:28:14.079 --> 00:28:14.639
 incredible

00:28:14.639 --> 00:28:15.399
 love of

00:28:15.399 --> 00:28:15.940
 God for

00:28:15.940 --> 00:28:16.279
 us who

00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:16.599
 takes

00:28:16.599 --> 00:28:17.059
 stubborn

00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:17.819
 deaf

00:28:17.819 --> 00:28:19.359
 unrepentant

00:28:19.359 --> 00:28:20.099
 unteachable

00:28:20.099 --> 00:28:20.539
 people

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:21.279
 and he

00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:22.240
 keeps chasing

00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:22.720
 you and

00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:23.259
 me down

00:28:23.259 --> 00:28:24.240
 every single

00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:24.759
 day

00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:27.000
 to the

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:27.339
 point that

00:28:27.339 --> 00:28:27.579
 he would

00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:28.299
 even bring

00:28:28.299 --> 00:28:29.419
 his ultimate

00:28:29.419 --> 00:28:30.039
 word which

00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:30.759
 is Jesus

00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:33.099
 to us

00:28:33.099 --> 00:28:34.740
 because that's

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.240
 how much he

00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:35.720
 wants us to

00:28:35.720 --> 00:28:36.019
 get the

00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:36.500
 message of

00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:36.819
 his love

00:28:36.819 --> 00:28:37.419
 for us

00:28:37.420 --> 00:28:40.500
 his death

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:41.259
 for us

00:28:41.259 --> 00:28:41.860
 speaks the

00:28:41.860 --> 00:28:42.279
 loudest

00:28:42.279 --> 00:28:42.880
 message of

00:28:42.880 --> 00:28:43.740
 his grace

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:44.360
 of his

00:28:44.360 --> 00:28:45.300
 good purposes

00:28:45.300 --> 00:28:45.980
 to draw

00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:46.420
 you to

00:28:46.420 --> 00:28:47.000
 himself

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.779
 he's not

00:28:47.779 --> 00:28:48.360
 a kill

00:28:48.360 --> 00:28:48.640
 joy

00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:49.060
 he's not

00:28:49.060 --> 00:28:49.360
 there to

00:28:49.360 --> 00:28:49.759
 ruin your

00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:50.080
 life

00:28:50.080 --> 00:28:50.660
 he's there

00:28:50.660 --> 00:28:51.080
 to heal

00:28:51.080 --> 00:28:51.519
 us and

00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:52.440
 restore us

00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:53.880
 and it's

00:28:53.880 --> 00:28:54.440
 grace

00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:57.900
 but you know

00:28:57.900 --> 00:28:58.640
 it's also

00:28:58.640 --> 00:28:59.519
 not just a

00:28:59.519 --> 00:29:00.100
 privilege and

00:29:00.100 --> 00:29:00.620
 grace to

00:29:00.620 --> 00:29:01.180
 hear God's

00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:01.500
 word

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:02.220
 it's also

00:29:02.220 --> 00:29:03.080
 dangerous

00:29:03.080 --> 00:29:04.340
 I don't

00:29:04.340 --> 00:29:04.440
 know if

00:29:04.440 --> 00:29:04.600
 you've

00:29:04.600 --> 00:29:04.900
 thought of

00:29:04.900 --> 00:29:05.279
 this

00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:08.119
 because if

00:29:08.119 --> 00:29:08.420
 you've been

00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:08.879
 in church

00:29:08.879 --> 00:29:09.220
 for a

00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:09.599
 while

00:29:09.599 --> 00:29:11.759
 and this

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:12.259
 is challenging

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:12.759
 I find this

00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:13.180
 challenging

00:29:13.180 --> 00:29:14.639
 you can

00:29:14.639 --> 00:29:15.200
 actually end

00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:15.740
 up going

00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:16.819
 yeah

00:29:16.819 --> 00:29:17.259
 yeah

00:29:17.259 --> 00:29:19.139
 I know

00:29:19.139 --> 00:29:19.559
 that Jesus

00:29:19.559 --> 00:29:20.079
 stuff

00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:21.019
 eyes glaze

00:29:21.019 --> 00:29:21.639
 over let

00:29:21.639 --> 00:29:21.920
 me just

00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:22.619
 check my

00:29:22.619 --> 00:29:23.059
 Instagram

00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:25.879
 or you

00:29:25.879 --> 00:29:26.359
 hear God

00:29:26.359 --> 00:29:26.839
 say hey

00:29:26.839 --> 00:29:27.299
 you need

00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:27.879
 to forgive

00:29:27.879 --> 00:29:29.220
 that person

00:29:29.220 --> 00:29:31.379
 or stop

00:29:31.379 --> 00:29:32.099
 sleeping with

00:29:32.099 --> 00:29:32.740
 your girlfriend

00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:34.240
 or apologize

00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:34.880
 to your

00:29:34.880 --> 00:29:35.559
 spouse

00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:36.559
 or cut

00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:36.859
 out all

00:29:36.859 --> 00:29:37.099
 of that

00:29:37.099 --> 00:29:37.559
 activity

00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:38.160
 and spend

00:29:38.160 --> 00:29:38.700
 time with

00:29:38.700 --> 00:29:39.120
 me

00:29:39.120 --> 00:29:41.160
 and we

00:29:41.160 --> 00:29:41.700
 do nothing

00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:43.579
 and we

00:29:43.579 --> 00:29:44.140
 just carry

00:29:44.140 --> 00:29:44.740
 on busily

00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:45.440
 chasing after

00:29:45.440 --> 00:29:45.859
 our own

00:29:45.859 --> 00:29:46.420
 desires

00:29:46.420 --> 00:29:47.599
 and we

00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:47.980
 go hey

00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:48.359
 it's just

00:29:48.359 --> 00:29:48.779
 a season

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:49.180
 I'm in

00:29:49.180 --> 00:29:49.640
 once I

00:29:49.640 --> 00:29:50.140
 get through

00:29:50.140 --> 00:29:50.480
 this

00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:50.920
 then you

00:29:50.920 --> 00:29:51.039
 know

00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:51.440
 then I'll

00:29:51.440 --> 00:29:51.779
 listen

00:29:51.779 --> 00:29:54.180
 but you

00:29:54.180 --> 00:29:54.279
 know

00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:55.099
 every day

00:29:55.099 --> 00:29:55.519
 that you

00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:56.319
 refuse to

00:29:56.319 --> 00:29:56.859
 turn to

00:29:56.859 --> 00:29:57.400
 Christ

00:29:57.400 --> 00:29:58.299
 and allow

00:29:58.299 --> 00:29:58.779
 him to

00:29:58.779 --> 00:29:59.319
 heal you

00:29:59.319 --> 00:29:59.819
 your

00:29:59.819 --> 00:30:00.180
 altar

00:30:00.180 --> 00:30:00.539
 is a

00:30:00.539 --> 00:30:01.059
 hardening

00:30:01.059 --> 00:30:03.379
 that's

00:30:03.379 --> 00:30:03.819
 challenging

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:04.119
 isn't

00:30:04.119 --> 00:30:04.339
 that

00:30:04.339 --> 00:30:06.539
 it's a

00:30:06.539 --> 00:30:07.200
 responsibility

00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:08.000
 to hear

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:08.339
 God's

00:30:08.339 --> 00:30:08.539
 word

00:30:08.539 --> 00:30:09.019
 well

00:30:09.019 --> 00:30:12.159
 and so

00:30:12.159 --> 00:30:12.480
 then with

00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:13.039
 the varieties

00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:13.700
 of soil

00:30:13.700 --> 00:30:14.000
 we've

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:14.519
 looked at

00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:15.220
 and the

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:15.899
 testing of

00:30:15.899 --> 00:30:16.319
 soil that

00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:16.859
 God brings

00:30:16.859 --> 00:30:17.379
 as he

00:30:17.379 --> 00:30:18.059
 speaks his

00:30:18.059 --> 00:30:18.639
 word to

00:30:18.639 --> 00:30:18.960
 you

00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:20.720
 the final

00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:21.079
 thing is

00:30:21.079 --> 00:30:21.480
 how do

00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:22.179
 we respond

00:30:22.179 --> 00:30:22.859
 to this

00:30:22.859 --> 00:30:24.579
 how should

00:30:24.579 --> 00:30:25.339
 we respond

00:30:25.339 --> 00:30:28.139
 and I've

00:30:28.139 --> 00:30:28.559
 got two

00:30:28.559 --> 00:30:29.599
 things that

00:30:29.599 --> 00:30:30.059
 I think

00:30:30.059 --> 00:30:31.419
 we should

00:30:31.419 --> 00:30:32.220
 respond with

00:30:32.220 --> 00:30:33.980
 the first

00:30:33.980 --> 00:30:35.679
 is we

00:30:35.679 --> 00:30:35.939
 need to

00:30:35.939 --> 00:30:36.259
 take a

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:37.079
 hearing test

00:30:37.079 --> 00:30:39.959
 Jesus

00:30:39.959 --> 00:30:40.679
 says he

00:30:40.679 --> 00:30:41.299
 who has

00:30:41.299 --> 00:30:42.019
 ears let

00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:42.559
 him hear

00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:44.679
 like what

00:30:44.679 --> 00:30:45.119
 is actually

00:30:45.119 --> 00:30:45.799
 God saying

00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:46.279
 to you at

00:30:46.279 --> 00:30:46.759
 the moment

00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:47.919
 in your

00:30:47.919 --> 00:30:49.379
 life and

00:30:49.379 --> 00:30:49.959
 how are you

00:30:49.959 --> 00:30:50.859
 responding to

00:30:50.859 --> 00:30:51.480
 him you

00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:51.740
 know when I

00:30:51.740 --> 00:30:52.639
 was young I

00:30:52.639 --> 00:30:53.159
 had to have

00:30:53.159 --> 00:30:53.759
 I had the

00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:54.319
 hearing test and

00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:54.939
 my ears were

00:30:54.940 --> 00:30:56.480
 blocked and

00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:56.840
 I had to

00:30:56.840 --> 00:30:57.400
 have like a

00:30:57.400 --> 00:30:57.940
 special like

00:30:57.940 --> 00:30:58.820
 operation to

00:30:58.820 --> 00:30:59.180
 help my

00:30:59.180 --> 00:30:59.740
 ears come

00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:00.420
 unblocked

00:31:00.420 --> 00:31:01.480
 some of us

00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:02.440
 are in that

00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:03.100
 situation

00:31:03.100 --> 00:31:04.980
 some of us

00:31:04.980 --> 00:31:05.660
 you don't

00:31:05.660 --> 00:31:06.279
 realize the

00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:06.940
 danger you're

00:31:06.940 --> 00:31:09.519
 in you know

00:31:09.519 --> 00:31:10.360
 God is calling

00:31:10.360 --> 00:31:11.140
 you to surrender

00:31:11.140 --> 00:31:11.860
 in an area of

00:31:11.860 --> 00:31:12.820
 your life but

00:31:12.820 --> 00:31:13.279
 you're going

00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:13.880
 yeah yeah just

00:31:13.880 --> 00:31:14.480
 another day

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:16.700
 you come to

00:31:16.700 --> 00:31:17.360
 church regularly

00:31:17.360 --> 00:31:17.880
 but you actually

00:31:17.880 --> 00:31:18.759
 don't want to

00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:20.860
 hear and God

00:31:20.860 --> 00:31:22.200
 says he appeals

00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:23.880
 to you today

00:31:23.880 --> 00:31:24.740
 if you hear my

00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:25.620
 voice don't

00:31:25.620 --> 00:31:26.319
 harden your

00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:27.920
 hearts don't

00:31:27.920 --> 00:31:28.620
 tune out of

00:31:28.620 --> 00:31:29.620
 my voice today

00:31:29.620 --> 00:31:30.539
 because do you

00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:30.940
 know what if

00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:31.559
 you tune out

00:31:31.559 --> 00:31:32.620
 today tomorrow

00:31:32.620 --> 00:31:33.140
 you will be so

00:31:33.140 --> 00:31:33.759
 deaf that you

00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:34.460
 won't even hear

00:31:34.460 --> 00:31:38.740
 me so repent

00:31:38.740 --> 00:31:39.339
 whatever I'm

00:31:39.339 --> 00:31:40.059
 calling you to

00:31:40.059 --> 00:31:42.299
 do like stop

00:31:42.299 --> 00:31:43.319
 right now and

00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:43.740
 you've got to

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:44.680
 take it seriously

00:31:44.680 --> 00:31:45.779
 because you don't

00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:46.279
 want to get a

00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:47.039
 heart attack

00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:50.779
 some of us you

00:31:50.779 --> 00:31:51.440
 may be seekers

00:31:51.440 --> 00:31:52.759
 maybe you

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:53.279
 wouldn't call

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:53.759
 yourself a

00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:56.059
 Christian and

00:31:56.059 --> 00:31:56.899
 the message

00:31:56.899 --> 00:31:57.359
 that Jesus

00:31:57.359 --> 00:31:58.160
 wants to speak

00:31:58.160 --> 00:31:59.160
 to you today

00:31:59.160 --> 00:32:00.539
 is not that

00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:01.220
 Jesus is here

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:01.759
 just to give

00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:02.139
 you a bit of

00:32:02.139 --> 00:32:03.059
 peace just to

00:32:03.059 --> 00:32:03.420
 give you a bit

00:32:03.420 --> 00:32:04.119
 of wisdom just

00:32:04.119 --> 00:32:04.599
 to give you a

00:32:04.599 --> 00:32:05.240
 few things to

00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:05.759
 kind of fix

00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:07.519
 your life he

00:32:07.519 --> 00:32:08.119
 can do all of

00:32:08.119 --> 00:32:08.539
 that

00:32:08.539 --> 00:32:12.500
 Jesus doesn't

00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:12.879
 want you to

00:32:12.879 --> 00:32:13.700
 take him on

00:32:13.700 --> 00:32:14.539
 your terms

00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:16.960
 because he's

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:17.279
 the one who

00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:17.819
 loves you the

00:32:17.819 --> 00:32:18.399
 most but he's

00:32:18.399 --> 00:32:18.859
 also the one

00:32:18.859 --> 00:32:19.619
 who demands the

00:32:19.619 --> 00:32:20.359
 highest allegiance

00:32:20.359 --> 00:32:21.339
 in your heart

00:32:21.339 --> 00:32:22.779
 and that's how

00:32:22.779 --> 00:32:23.339
 you'll enjoy

00:32:23.339 --> 00:32:25.500
 him so that my

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:26.379
 encouragement to

00:32:26.379 --> 00:32:27.259
 you is to look

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:28.399
 into the claims

00:32:28.399 --> 00:32:29.219
 of Christ

00:32:29.219 --> 00:32:31.959
 let him be the

00:32:31.959 --> 00:32:32.459
 God of your

00:32:32.459 --> 00:32:33.379
 life I encourage

00:32:33.379 --> 00:32:34.119
 you to join the

00:32:34.119 --> 00:32:35.119
 explore course on

00:32:35.119 --> 00:32:35.939
 the 25th of

00:32:35.939 --> 00:32:36.899
 October to

00:32:36.899 --> 00:32:37.479
 actually ask

00:32:37.479 --> 00:32:38.579
 questions and

00:32:38.579 --> 00:32:39.819
 actually take the

00:32:39.819 --> 00:32:41.919
 opportunity as

00:32:41.919 --> 00:32:42.459
 someone who's

00:32:42.459 --> 00:32:43.799
 hungry for more

00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:45.319
 to go and seek

00:32:45.319 --> 00:32:46.299
 to satisfy your

00:32:46.299 --> 00:32:47.599
 hunger with who

00:32:47.599 --> 00:32:48.639
 Jesus really is

00:32:48.639 --> 00:32:51.899
 but for some

00:32:51.899 --> 00:32:54.639
 of us the

00:32:54.639 --> 00:32:55.399
 danger isn't

00:32:55.399 --> 00:32:56.559
 just that we're

00:32:56.559 --> 00:32:57.319
 the first soil

00:32:57.319 --> 00:32:58.319
 or maybe even

00:32:58.319 --> 00:32:59.179
 the second soil

00:32:59.179 --> 00:33:01.419
 the danger is

00:33:01.419 --> 00:33:02.339
 the third soil

00:33:02.339 --> 00:33:04.539
 that many of us

00:33:04.539 --> 00:33:06.439
 get choked and

00:33:06.439 --> 00:33:07.039
 distracted

00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:08.619
 you know in

00:33:08.619 --> 00:33:09.519
 in in Mark

00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:10.500
 six it says

00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:12.139
 even Jesus

00:33:12.139 --> 00:33:13.099
 closest disciples

00:33:13.099 --> 00:33:13.719
 so people who

00:33:13.719 --> 00:33:14.199
 are actually the

00:33:14.199 --> 00:33:15.079
 fourth soil

00:33:15.079 --> 00:33:17.419
 at one point

00:33:17.419 --> 00:33:17.960
 they didn't

00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:18.740
 understand him

00:33:18.740 --> 00:33:19.279
 because their

00:33:19.279 --> 00:33:19.799
 hearts were

00:33:19.799 --> 00:33:20.240
 hardened

00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:22.579
 in other words

00:33:22.579 --> 00:33:23.319
 what it's saying

00:33:23.319 --> 00:33:24.439
 is it's possible

00:33:24.439 --> 00:33:25.099
 for someone to be

00:33:25.099 --> 00:33:25.740
 a true follower

00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:26.439
 of Jesus but

00:33:26.439 --> 00:33:27.419
 have seasons where

00:33:27.419 --> 00:33:28.240
 actually you may be

00:33:28.240 --> 00:33:28.720
 more like the

00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:29.859
 path or more like

00:33:29.859 --> 00:33:30.859
 the rocky soil or

00:33:30.859 --> 00:33:31.299
 more like the

00:33:31.299 --> 00:33:32.000
 thorny soil than

00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:32.659
 the good soil

00:33:32.659 --> 00:33:35.720
 and so you may

00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:36.779
 have worries about

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:38.399
 your work you

00:33:38.399 --> 00:33:38.980
 may have worries

00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:39.899
 about your kids

00:33:39.899 --> 00:33:40.720
 about whether

00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:40.980
 you're going to

00:33:40.980 --> 00:33:41.799
 be single all of

00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:42.659
 your life you

00:33:42.659 --> 00:33:43.740
 may have desires

00:33:43.740 --> 00:33:44.819
 in your heart

00:33:44.819 --> 00:33:45.620
 for promotion

00:33:45.620 --> 00:33:46.220
 for getting into

00:33:46.220 --> 00:33:46.640
 that school

00:33:46.640 --> 00:33:47.220
 for financial

00:33:47.220 --> 00:33:48.380
 security to be

00:33:48.380 --> 00:33:49.079
 light to be in

00:33:49.079 --> 00:33:49.880
 control to be

00:33:49.880 --> 00:33:50.620
 whatever it is

00:33:50.620 --> 00:33:51.160
 that you're

00:33:51.160 --> 00:33:51.920
 chasing after

00:33:51.920 --> 00:33:52.579
 they can be

00:33:52.579 --> 00:33:53.240
 really good

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:53.960
 things but if

00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:54.579
 they begin to

00:33:54.579 --> 00:33:55.299
 choke you

00:33:55.299 --> 00:33:57.380
 what you'll see

00:33:57.380 --> 00:33:57.839
 is when you

00:33:57.839 --> 00:33:58.440
 come to church

00:33:58.440 --> 00:33:59.039
 on Sunday

00:33:59.039 --> 00:34:00.339
 when you come

00:34:00.339 --> 00:34:01.079
 to your CG

00:34:01.079 --> 00:34:03.099
 when you spend

00:34:03.099 --> 00:34:03.680
 time with your

00:34:03.680 --> 00:34:04.279
 other believers

00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:07.059
 you should be

00:34:07.059 --> 00:34:07.680
 thinking what is

00:34:07.680 --> 00:34:08.340
 it that I really

00:34:08.340 --> 00:34:09.199
 want at this

00:34:09.199 --> 00:34:09.619
 moment

00:34:09.619 --> 00:34:11.800
 like this morning

00:34:11.800 --> 00:34:12.199
 what do you

00:34:12.199 --> 00:34:12.519
 want

00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:14.860
 do you

00:34:14.860 --> 00:34:15.980
 actually want

00:34:15.980 --> 00:34:17.059
 Jesus for who

00:34:17.059 --> 00:34:17.980
 Jesus says he

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:19.219
 is or do you

00:34:19.219 --> 00:34:19.739
 want to just go

00:34:19.739 --> 00:34:20.380
 through the motions

00:34:20.380 --> 00:34:21.059
 so you can get

00:34:21.059 --> 00:34:21.860
 back to doing the

00:34:21.860 --> 00:34:22.300
 things that you're

00:34:22.300 --> 00:34:22.920
 actually really

00:34:22.920 --> 00:34:24.079
 interested in

00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:26.920
 you know

00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:27.940
 his challenges

00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:28.400
 me

00:34:28.400 --> 00:34:30.219
 like do we

00:34:30.219 --> 00:34:31.039
 make space

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:32.500
 to hear Jesus

00:34:32.500 --> 00:34:35.099
 maybe coming a

00:34:35.099 --> 00:34:35.619
 few minutes early

00:34:35.619 --> 00:34:36.059
 on Sunday

00:34:36.059 --> 00:34:36.500
 I know Kevin

00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:37.079
 mentioned that

00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:37.480
 before

00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:38.539
 or even just

00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:39.280
 every day in

00:34:39.280 --> 00:34:39.840
 your week

00:34:39.840 --> 00:34:41.980
 or is your

00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:42.940
 heart so busy

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:44.039
 and so crowded

00:34:44.039 --> 00:34:45.480
 so rushing from

00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:46.240
 one thing to the

00:34:46.240 --> 00:34:47.039
 next thing to build

00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:47.800
 your own empire

00:34:47.800 --> 00:34:48.700
 that actually you

00:34:48.700 --> 00:34:49.559
 just love Jesus

00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:50.579
 just to tweet his

00:34:50.579 --> 00:34:51.260
 word to you

00:34:51.260 --> 00:34:52.420
 because that'd be so

00:34:52.420 --> 00:34:53.220
 much like amidst

00:34:53.220 --> 00:34:53.900
 your busy schedule

00:34:53.900 --> 00:34:54.480
 that's all you can

00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:55.019
 cope with

00:34:55.019 --> 00:34:57.140
 but actually he

00:34:57.140 --> 00:34:57.740
 comes to you and

00:34:57.740 --> 00:34:58.300
 says take a

00:34:58.300 --> 00:34:59.079
 hearing test

00:34:59.079 --> 00:34:59.620
 how are you

00:34:59.620 --> 00:35:00.300
 hearing me

00:35:00.300 --> 00:35:01.519
 do you want

00:35:01.519 --> 00:35:01.800
 me

00:35:01.800 --> 00:35:03.660
 that's the first

00:35:03.660 --> 00:35:03.940
 thing

00:35:03.940 --> 00:35:06.000
 this is challenging

00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:06.320
 right

00:35:06.320 --> 00:35:07.400
 it's challenging

00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:09.200
 but the second

00:35:09.200 --> 00:35:09.559
 thing

00:35:09.559 --> 00:35:11.280
 of actually

00:35:11.280 --> 00:35:11.820
 how should we

00:35:11.820 --> 00:35:12.300
 respond

00:35:12.300 --> 00:35:14.500
 is this

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:17.660
 don't just

00:35:17.660 --> 00:35:18.200
 take a hearing

00:35:18.200 --> 00:35:18.800
 test

00:35:18.800 --> 00:35:20.240
 also aim

00:35:20.240 --> 00:35:21.400
 and have a

00:35:21.400 --> 00:35:22.160
 vision for the

00:35:22.160 --> 00:35:22.840
 long haul

00:35:22.840 --> 00:35:24.980
 you know

00:35:24.980 --> 00:35:25.740
 grain

00:35:25.740 --> 00:35:27.039
 was sown

00:35:27.039 --> 00:35:27.700
 in the autumn

00:35:27.700 --> 00:35:29.639
 and then it

00:35:29.639 --> 00:35:30.400
 was harvested

00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:32.019
 in the early

00:35:32.019 --> 00:35:32.720
 summer of the

00:35:32.720 --> 00:35:33.260
 next year

00:35:33.260 --> 00:35:35.639
 in other words

00:35:35.639 --> 00:35:36.879
 in between

00:35:36.879 --> 00:35:37.299
 there would be

00:35:37.299 --> 00:35:37.819
 these seasons

00:35:37.819 --> 00:35:38.539
 of plowing

00:35:38.539 --> 00:35:39.159
 there would be

00:35:39.159 --> 00:35:39.719
 rains

00:35:39.719 --> 00:35:40.199
 there would be

00:35:40.199 --> 00:35:40.779
 storms

00:35:40.779 --> 00:35:41.359
 there would be

00:35:41.359 --> 00:35:41.779
 waiting

00:35:41.779 --> 00:35:42.480
 there would be

00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:43.299
 all kinds of

00:35:43.299 --> 00:35:44.139
 seasons that went

00:35:44.139 --> 00:35:44.639
 in between

00:35:44.639 --> 00:35:45.420
 before the harvest

00:35:45.420 --> 00:35:46.079
 arrived

00:35:46.079 --> 00:35:47.819
 you know

00:35:47.819 --> 00:35:49.219
 I listened to a

00:35:49.219 --> 00:35:50.179
 great podcast

00:35:50.179 --> 00:35:52.019
 which talked about

00:35:52.019 --> 00:35:52.859
 just the different

00:35:52.859 --> 00:35:53.900
 stages of life

00:35:53.900 --> 00:35:56.099
 and they talked

00:35:56.099 --> 00:35:56.980
 about how the

00:35:56.980 --> 00:35:57.659
 person in their

00:35:57.659 --> 00:35:59.519
 50s and 60s

00:35:59.519 --> 00:36:00.819
 is actually

00:36:00.819 --> 00:36:02.239
 bearing the fruit

00:36:02.239 --> 00:36:03.659
 of what they did

00:36:03.659 --> 00:36:04.500
 in their 20s

00:36:04.500 --> 00:36:05.219
 and 30s

00:36:05.219 --> 00:36:07.259
 that's scary

00:36:07.259 --> 00:36:09.599
 because

00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:10.619
 now if you're not

00:36:10.619 --> 00:36:11.739
 a believer in

00:36:11.739 --> 00:36:13.159
 your 20s or 30s

00:36:13.159 --> 00:36:13.859
 you know

00:36:13.859 --> 00:36:14.739
 God redeems

00:36:14.739 --> 00:36:15.379
 and he can yield

00:36:15.379 --> 00:36:15.859
 a harvest

00:36:15.859 --> 00:36:16.939
 at any stage

00:36:16.939 --> 00:36:17.539
 he's amazing

00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:18.139
 like that

00:36:18.139 --> 00:36:19.519
 but it's true

00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:20.199
 that if you're

00:36:20.199 --> 00:36:20.879
 in your 20s

00:36:20.879 --> 00:36:21.459
 now you're

00:36:21.459 --> 00:36:23.059
 discovering yourself

00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:24.339
 you're trying to

00:36:24.339 --> 00:36:25.619
 try out stuff

00:36:25.619 --> 00:36:26.199
 trying to find

00:36:26.199 --> 00:36:26.719
 what you're good

00:36:26.719 --> 00:36:27.179
 at what you're

00:36:27.179 --> 00:36:27.839
 not good at

00:36:27.839 --> 00:36:29.399
 but here's what

00:36:29.399 --> 00:36:30.119
 I've seen in

00:36:30.119 --> 00:36:30.779
 Watermark over

00:36:30.779 --> 00:36:31.459
 the last 10 or

00:36:31.459 --> 00:36:32.159
 11 years

00:36:32.159 --> 00:36:33.759
 I've seen

00:36:33.759 --> 00:36:34.839
 that those people

00:36:34.840 --> 00:36:35.280
 who in their

00:36:35.280 --> 00:36:35.940
 20s

00:36:35.940 --> 00:36:37.019
 and in their

00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:37.500
 30s

00:36:37.500 --> 00:36:37.800
 but their

00:36:37.800 --> 00:36:38.500
 20s

00:36:38.500 --> 00:36:39.340
 who actually

00:36:39.340 --> 00:36:40.019
 knew how to

00:36:40.019 --> 00:36:41.039
 put deep roots

00:36:41.039 --> 00:36:41.640
 into God

00:36:41.640 --> 00:36:42.740
 through regular

00:36:42.740 --> 00:36:43.620
 scripture reading

00:36:43.620 --> 00:36:44.620
 through prayer

00:36:44.620 --> 00:36:45.440
 through confession

00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:46.340
 through actually

00:36:46.340 --> 00:36:47.260
 bringing people

00:36:47.260 --> 00:36:47.860
 into their lives

00:36:47.860 --> 00:36:48.539
 to help them

00:36:48.539 --> 00:36:49.480
 walk with Christ

00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:51.600
 those are people

00:36:51.600 --> 00:36:52.380
 who I've seen

00:36:52.380 --> 00:36:53.380
 in general

00:36:53.380 --> 00:36:54.140
 be able to

00:36:54.140 --> 00:36:54.840
 weather and get

00:36:54.840 --> 00:36:55.640
 through the 30s

00:36:55.640 --> 00:36:56.539
 and the 40s

00:36:56.539 --> 00:36:57.240
 well

00:36:57.240 --> 00:36:58.960
 but those who

00:36:58.960 --> 00:36:59.740
 didn't do that

00:36:59.740 --> 00:37:00.340
 who didn't have

00:37:00.340 --> 00:37:00.640
 the roots

00:37:00.640 --> 00:37:01.340
 but were super

00:37:01.340 --> 00:37:01.760
 active

00:37:01.760 --> 00:37:02.460
 super busy

00:37:02.460 --> 00:37:03.119
 in church

00:37:03.119 --> 00:37:05.039
 they really

00:37:05.039 --> 00:37:05.519
 struggled

00:37:05.519 --> 00:37:06.000
 in getting

00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:06.360
 choked

00:37:06.360 --> 00:37:06.679
 in their

00:37:06.679 --> 00:37:07.240
 30s

00:37:07.240 --> 00:37:07.860
 and their

00:37:07.860 --> 00:37:08.519
 40s

00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:10.380
 because you

00:37:10.380 --> 00:37:10.619
 know when

00:37:10.619 --> 00:37:10.800
 you're in

00:37:10.800 --> 00:37:11.320
 your 30s

00:37:11.320 --> 00:37:11.699
 those of you

00:37:11.699 --> 00:37:11.920
 who are in

00:37:11.920 --> 00:37:12.400
 your 30s

00:37:12.400 --> 00:37:12.760
 and I think

00:37:12.760 --> 00:37:13.220
 it goes into

00:37:13.220 --> 00:37:13.679
 your 40s

00:37:13.679 --> 00:37:14.039
 I'm in my

00:37:14.039 --> 00:37:14.400
 40s

00:37:14.400 --> 00:37:14.760
 and I still

00:37:14.760 --> 00:37:15.280
 feel this

00:37:15.280 --> 00:37:16.280
 but there's

00:37:16.280 --> 00:37:16.740
 so many

00:37:16.740 --> 00:37:17.579
 responsibilities

00:37:17.579 --> 00:37:18.539
 there's

00:37:18.539 --> 00:37:19.139
 busyness

00:37:19.139 --> 00:37:19.539
 there's

00:37:19.539 --> 00:37:20.059
 screaming

00:37:20.059 --> 00:37:20.539
 kids

00:37:20.539 --> 00:37:20.940
 there's

00:37:20.940 --> 00:37:22.079
 promotions

00:37:22.079 --> 00:37:22.720
 and extra

00:37:22.720 --> 00:37:23.179
 meetings

00:37:23.179 --> 00:37:24.139
 and even

00:37:24.139 --> 00:37:24.539
 if you

00:37:24.539 --> 00:37:24.980
 were on

00:37:24.980 --> 00:37:25.380
 fire

00:37:25.380 --> 00:37:25.720
 in your

00:37:25.720 --> 00:37:26.460
 20s

00:37:26.460 --> 00:37:27.980
 just when

00:37:27.980 --> 00:37:28.199
 you get

00:37:28.199 --> 00:37:28.500
 to your

00:37:28.500 --> 00:37:28.920
 30s

00:37:28.920 --> 00:37:29.440
 you have

00:37:29.440 --> 00:37:29.699
 to have

00:37:29.699 --> 00:37:29.940
 new

00:37:29.940 --> 00:37:30.519
 creativity

00:37:30.519 --> 00:37:31.039
 because the

00:37:31.039 --> 00:37:31.440
 rhythms you

00:37:31.440 --> 00:37:31.820
 had back

00:37:31.820 --> 00:37:31.980
 then

00:37:31.980 --> 00:37:32.280
 you just

00:37:32.280 --> 00:37:32.699
 can't do

00:37:32.699 --> 00:37:33.259
 the same

00:37:33.259 --> 00:37:34.340
 and you

00:37:34.340 --> 00:37:34.619
 just got

00:37:34.619 --> 00:37:34.840
 to be

00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:35.599
 intentional

00:37:35.599 --> 00:37:36.440
 at getting

00:37:36.440 --> 00:37:37.059
 other people

00:37:37.059 --> 00:37:37.360
 in your

00:37:37.360 --> 00:37:37.639
 life

00:37:37.639 --> 00:37:37.920
 and getting

00:37:37.920 --> 00:37:38.280
 God's

00:37:38.280 --> 00:37:38.719
 word in

00:37:38.719 --> 00:37:39.239
 your life

00:37:39.239 --> 00:37:39.840
 so that

00:37:39.840 --> 00:37:40.139
 you're going

00:37:40.139 --> 00:37:40.340
 to be

00:37:40.340 --> 00:37:40.860
 someone who

00:37:40.860 --> 00:37:41.440
 walks through

00:37:41.440 --> 00:37:41.980
 this busy

00:37:41.980 --> 00:37:42.820
 crazy season

00:37:42.820 --> 00:37:43.320
 to get

00:37:43.320 --> 00:37:43.619
 to the

00:37:43.619 --> 00:37:44.039
 place

00:37:44.039 --> 00:37:45.019
 where you're

00:37:45.019 --> 00:37:45.259
 going to

00:37:45.259 --> 00:37:45.679
 have

00:37:45.679 --> 00:37:47.360
 a harvest

00:37:47.360 --> 00:37:47.780
 in your

00:37:47.780 --> 00:37:48.179
 life that

00:37:48.179 --> 00:37:48.579
 others

00:37:48.579 --> 00:37:49.920
 will experience

00:37:49.920 --> 00:37:50.440
 and bear

00:37:50.440 --> 00:37:50.920
 fruit

00:37:50.920 --> 00:37:51.619
 in their

00:37:51.619 --> 00:37:52.159
 lives

00:37:52.159 --> 00:37:53.940
 so how

00:37:53.940 --> 00:37:54.119
 are we

00:37:54.119 --> 00:37:54.340
 doing

00:37:54.340 --> 00:37:54.639
 with that

00:37:54.639 --> 00:37:54.900
 if you're

00:37:54.900 --> 00:37:55.059
 in your

00:37:55.059 --> 00:37:55.539
 30s

00:37:55.539 --> 00:37:56.539
 if you're

00:37:56.539 --> 00:37:56.719
 in your

00:37:56.719 --> 00:37:57.159
 20s

00:37:57.159 --> 00:37:57.559
 how are we

00:37:57.559 --> 00:37:57.840
 doing

00:37:57.840 --> 00:37:59.940
 if you're

00:37:59.940 --> 00:38:00.120
 in your

00:38:00.120 --> 00:38:00.620
 40s

00:38:00.620 --> 00:38:01.100
 or your

00:38:01.100 --> 00:38:01.720
 50s

00:38:01.720 --> 00:38:02.240
 or your

00:38:02.240 --> 00:38:02.880
 60s

00:38:02.880 --> 00:38:03.240
 or your

00:38:03.240 --> 00:38:03.600
 70s

00:38:03.600 --> 00:38:03.800
 I'm not

00:38:03.800 --> 00:38:04.059
 sure we've

00:38:04.059 --> 00:38:04.360
 got anyone

00:38:04.360 --> 00:38:04.539
 in your

00:38:04.539 --> 00:38:05.079
 80s

00:38:05.079 --> 00:38:06.079
 no one

00:38:06.079 --> 00:38:06.200
 in your

00:38:06.200 --> 00:38:06.519
 80s

00:38:06.519 --> 00:38:06.780
 yet

00:38:06.780 --> 00:38:07.840
 Leo

00:38:07.840 --> 00:38:08.680
 don't put

00:38:08.680 --> 00:38:08.920
 up your

00:38:08.920 --> 00:38:09.140
 hand

00:38:09.140 --> 00:38:09.300
 you're

00:38:09.300 --> 00:38:09.519
 not in

00:38:09.519 --> 00:38:09.640
 your

00:38:09.640 --> 00:38:09.960
 80s

00:38:09.960 --> 00:38:10.220
 yet

00:38:10.220 --> 00:38:13.780
 who have

00:38:13.780 --> 00:38:14.240
 you got

00:38:14.240 --> 00:38:14.900
 actively

00:38:14.900 --> 00:38:15.720
 alongside

00:38:15.720 --> 00:38:16.340
 you to

00:38:16.340 --> 00:38:16.740
 help you

00:38:16.740 --> 00:38:17.220
 to pursue

00:38:17.220 --> 00:38:17.800
 Jesus

00:38:17.800 --> 00:38:20.519
 to help

00:38:20.519 --> 00:38:20.920
 you get

00:38:20.920 --> 00:38:21.260
 God's

00:38:21.260 --> 00:38:21.700
 word into

00:38:21.700 --> 00:38:21.880
 your

00:38:21.880 --> 00:38:22.340
 marriage

00:38:22.340 --> 00:38:22.800
 into your

00:38:22.800 --> 00:38:23.240
 parenting

00:38:23.240 --> 00:38:23.780
 into your

00:38:23.780 --> 00:38:24.180
 work

00:38:24.179 --> 00:38:28.839
 because

00:38:28.839 --> 00:38:29.199
 sometimes

00:38:29.199 --> 00:38:29.539
 we can

00:38:29.539 --> 00:38:29.899
 just have

00:38:29.899 --> 00:38:30.279
 friends

00:38:30.279 --> 00:38:30.539
 who are

00:38:30.539 --> 00:38:30.819
 chasing

00:38:30.819 --> 00:38:31.199
 all kind

00:38:31.199 --> 00:38:31.500
 of other

00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:31.940
 ambitions

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:32.359
 and they

00:38:32.359 --> 00:38:32.819
 pull us

00:38:32.819 --> 00:38:33.239
 away

00:38:33.239 --> 00:38:35.799
 but Jesus

00:38:35.799 --> 00:38:36.460
 wants to

00:38:36.460 --> 00:38:36.879
 come to

00:38:36.879 --> 00:38:37.419
 us today

00:38:37.419 --> 00:38:39.940
 he's

00:38:39.940 --> 00:38:40.480
 speaking to

00:38:40.480 --> 00:38:40.879
 each one

00:38:40.879 --> 00:38:41.279
 of us

00:38:41.279 --> 00:38:43.039
 he's not

00:38:43.039 --> 00:38:43.619
 speaking to

00:38:43.619 --> 00:38:44.299
 condemn us

00:38:44.299 --> 00:38:45.559
 he's not

00:38:45.559 --> 00:38:46.059
 speaking to

00:38:46.059 --> 00:38:46.579
 shame us

00:38:46.579 --> 00:38:46.940
 and if you're

00:38:46.940 --> 00:38:47.379
 going oh

00:38:47.379 --> 00:38:47.679
 I've just

00:38:47.679 --> 00:38:48.259
 wasted a

00:38:48.259 --> 00:38:48.500
 whole lot

00:38:48.500 --> 00:38:48.799
 of time

00:38:48.799 --> 00:38:49.019
 in my

00:38:49.019 --> 00:38:49.359
 20s

00:38:49.359 --> 00:38:49.819
 and 30s

00:38:49.819 --> 00:38:50.139
 today

00:38:50.139 --> 00:38:50.759
 is the

00:38:50.759 --> 00:38:51.000
 start

00:38:51.000 --> 00:38:51.199
 of a

00:38:51.199 --> 00:38:51.299
 new

00:38:51.299 --> 00:38:51.679
 day

00:38:51.679 --> 00:38:53.039
 God's

00:38:53.039 --> 00:38:53.219
 word

00:38:53.219 --> 00:38:53.500
 always

00:38:53.500 --> 00:38:53.739
 bears

00:38:53.739 --> 00:38:54.159
 fruit

00:38:54.159 --> 00:38:55.420
 when we

00:38:55.420 --> 00:38:55.779
 respond

00:38:55.779 --> 00:38:56.319
 to it

00:38:56.319 --> 00:38:58.579
 he's not

00:38:58.579 --> 00:38:58.980
 coming to

00:38:58.980 --> 00:38:59.679
 disillusion

00:38:59.679 --> 00:39:00.000
 you

00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:00.420
 he's not

00:39:00.420 --> 00:39:01.079
 coming to

00:39:01.079 --> 00:39:01.579
 say like

00:39:01.579 --> 00:39:02.019
 beat you

00:39:02.019 --> 00:39:02.179
 up

00:39:02.179 --> 00:39:02.460
 but he's

00:39:02.460 --> 00:39:02.920
 coming to

00:39:02.920 --> 00:39:03.379
 say

00:39:03.379 --> 00:39:05.799
 will you

00:39:05.799 --> 00:39:06.879
 respond to

00:39:06.879 --> 00:39:07.699
 me today

00:39:07.699 --> 00:39:11.119
 because I

00:39:11.119 --> 00:39:11.839
 want and I

00:39:11.839 --> 00:39:12.239
 hope you

00:39:12.239 --> 00:39:12.579
 want as

00:39:12.579 --> 00:39:12.879
 well

00:39:12.879 --> 00:39:13.619
 if God

00:39:13.619 --> 00:39:14.039
 gets me

00:39:14.039 --> 00:39:14.579
 to 70

00:39:14.579 --> 00:39:15.859
 if God

00:39:15.859 --> 00:39:16.219
 gets me

00:39:16.219 --> 00:39:16.699
 to 80

00:39:16.699 --> 00:39:17.539
 I want

00:39:17.539 --> 00:39:17.779
 to be

00:39:17.779 --> 00:39:18.399
 like some

00:39:18.399 --> 00:39:18.940
 guys that

00:39:18.940 --> 00:39:19.460
 I know

00:39:19.460 --> 00:39:20.199
 who have

00:39:20.199 --> 00:39:21.019
 this legacy

00:39:21.019 --> 00:39:22.299
 of just

00:39:22.299 --> 00:39:23.719
 faithfulness

00:39:23.719 --> 00:39:25.039
 fruitfulness

00:39:25.039 --> 00:39:25.399
 they're not

00:39:25.399 --> 00:39:25.980
 spectacular

00:39:25.980 --> 00:39:27.159
 they've

00:39:27.159 --> 00:39:27.639
 made plenty

00:39:27.639 --> 00:39:28.319
 of mistakes

00:39:28.319 --> 00:39:29.279
 but you

00:39:29.279 --> 00:39:29.599
 know what

00:39:29.599 --> 00:39:30.019
 I've seen

00:39:30.019 --> 00:39:30.339
 in their

00:39:30.339 --> 00:39:30.759
 lives

00:39:30.759 --> 00:39:31.459
 I've seen

00:39:31.459 --> 00:39:31.859
 this

00:39:31.859 --> 00:39:32.939
 that they

00:39:32.939 --> 00:39:33.759
 have discovered

00:39:33.759 --> 00:39:34.899
 that they are

00:39:34.899 --> 00:39:35.679
 more sinful

00:39:35.679 --> 00:39:36.359
 than they thought

00:39:36.359 --> 00:39:36.739
 they were

00:39:36.739 --> 00:39:37.119
 when they were

00:39:37.119 --> 00:39:37.459
 20

00:39:37.459 --> 00:39:39.500
 but they've

00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:39.879
 discovered

00:39:39.879 --> 00:39:40.359
 that Jesus

00:39:40.359 --> 00:39:40.819
 is more

00:39:40.819 --> 00:39:41.239
 beautiful

00:39:41.239 --> 00:39:41.679
 and a more

00:39:41.679 --> 00:39:42.139
 gracious

00:39:42.139 --> 00:39:42.959
 saviour to

00:39:42.959 --> 00:39:43.339
 them

00:39:43.339 --> 00:39:44.719
 now in

00:39:44.719 --> 00:39:45.399
 their 70s

00:39:45.399 --> 00:39:45.819
 or 80s

00:39:45.819 --> 00:39:46.039
 than they

00:39:46.039 --> 00:39:46.539
 ever thought

00:39:46.539 --> 00:39:47.159
 was possible

00:39:47.159 --> 00:39:48.379
 and they've

00:39:48.379 --> 00:39:48.980
 seen that he's

00:39:48.980 --> 00:39:49.719
 so faithful

00:39:49.719 --> 00:39:50.480
 through every

00:39:50.480 --> 00:39:51.359
 single season

00:39:51.359 --> 00:39:53.919
 that there

00:39:53.919 --> 00:39:54.679
 is no regrets

00:39:54.679 --> 00:39:55.259
 with him

00:39:55.259 --> 00:39:58.839
 and he has

00:39:58.839 --> 00:39:59.219
 been

00:39:59.219 --> 00:40:00.219
 and is

00:40:00.219 --> 00:40:01.159
 and will

00:40:01.159 --> 00:40:01.599
 be

00:40:01.599 --> 00:40:02.539
 enough

00:40:02.539 --> 00:40:03.119
 for you

00:40:03.119 --> 00:40:05.059
 in every

00:40:05.059 --> 00:40:05.819
 single

00:40:05.819 --> 00:40:06.559
 season

00:40:06.559 --> 00:40:07.119
 of your

00:40:07.119 --> 00:40:07.579
 life

00:40:07.579 --> 00:40:08.079
 whatever

00:40:08.079 --> 00:40:08.480
 you're

00:40:08.480 --> 00:40:08.719
 going

00:40:08.719 --> 00:40:09.000
 through

00:40:09.000 --> 00:40:09.599
 right now

00:40:09.599 --> 00:40:11.659
 so what

00:40:11.659 --> 00:40:11.959
 is he

00:40:11.959 --> 00:40:12.259
 saying

00:40:12.259 --> 00:40:12.799
 to you

00:40:12.799 --> 00:40:14.639
 and how

00:40:14.639 --> 00:40:14.879
 are you

00:40:14.879 --> 00:40:15.399
 responding

00:40:15.399 --> 00:40:15.959
 to him

00:40:15.959 --> 00:40:17.599
 this is

00:40:17.599 --> 00:40:18.199
 the parable

00:40:18.199 --> 00:40:18.539
 of the

00:40:18.539 --> 00:40:19.059
 soils

00:40:19.059 --> 00:40:23.359
 I want

00:40:23.359 --> 00:40:23.519
 you to

00:40:23.519 --> 00:40:24.059
 take a

00:40:24.059 --> 00:40:24.279
 minute

00:40:24.279 --> 00:40:25.439
 and actually

00:40:25.439 --> 00:40:25.939
 if you've

00:40:25.939 --> 00:40:26.219
 got your

00:40:26.219 --> 00:40:26.659
 bulletin

00:40:26.659 --> 00:40:27.139
 with you

00:40:27.139 --> 00:40:28.079
 I want

00:40:28.079 --> 00:40:28.219
 to do

00:40:28.219 --> 00:40:28.379
 something

00:40:28.379 --> 00:40:28.719
 that maybe

00:40:28.719 --> 00:40:29.059
 we

00:40:29.059 --> 00:40:30.339
 I'm not

00:40:30.339 --> 00:40:30.439
 sure

00:40:30.439 --> 00:40:30.759
 whether we've

00:40:30.759 --> 00:40:30.980
 done it

00:40:30.980 --> 00:40:31.579
 much before

00:40:31.579 --> 00:40:33.539
 but I

00:40:33.539 --> 00:40:33.779
 want you

00:40:33.779 --> 00:40:33.960
 to actually

00:40:33.960 --> 00:40:34.379
 take a

00:40:34.379 --> 00:40:34.559
 minute

00:40:34.559 --> 00:40:35.000
 and if

00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:35.119
 you've

00:40:35.119 --> 00:40:35.379
 got a

00:40:35.379 --> 00:40:35.699
 pen

00:40:35.699 --> 00:40:36.819
 and if

00:40:36.819 --> 00:40:37.299
 you haven't

00:40:37.299 --> 00:40:37.579
 got a

00:40:37.579 --> 00:40:37.759
 pen

00:40:37.759 --> 00:40:38.039
 I'd like

00:40:38.039 --> 00:40:38.319
 you to

00:40:38.319 --> 00:40:38.980
 raise your

00:40:38.980 --> 00:40:39.159
 hand

00:40:39.159 --> 00:40:39.359
 I don't

00:40:39.359 --> 00:40:39.500
 know

00:40:39.500 --> 00:40:39.699
 Karen

00:40:39.699 --> 00:40:39.899
 have we

00:40:39.899 --> 00:40:40.199
 got some

00:40:40.199 --> 00:40:40.519
 pens

00:40:40.519 --> 00:40:40.839
 around

00:40:40.839 --> 00:40:41.879
 if you

00:40:41.879 --> 00:40:42.139
 haven't

00:40:42.139 --> 00:40:42.539
 I'd

00:40:42.539 --> 00:40:42.739
 actually

00:40:42.739 --> 00:40:43.019
 like you

00:40:43.019 --> 00:40:43.359
 to take

00:40:43.359 --> 00:40:43.679
 a minute

00:40:43.679 --> 00:40:44.159
 just you

00:40:44.159 --> 00:40:44.599
 and Jesus

00:40:44.599 --> 00:40:45.539
 to actually

00:40:45.539 --> 00:40:46.079
 write down

00:40:46.079 --> 00:40:46.519
 what is

00:40:46.519 --> 00:40:47.259
 God saying

00:40:47.259 --> 00:40:47.820
 to me

00:40:47.820 --> 00:40:48.539
 right now

00:40:48.539 --> 00:40:49.019
 in the

00:40:49.019 --> 00:40:49.360
 season

00:40:49.360 --> 00:40:49.739
 that I'm

00:40:49.739 --> 00:40:49.940
 in

00:40:49.940 --> 00:40:51.780
 do I

00:40:51.780 --> 00:40:52.019
 know

00:40:52.019 --> 00:40:52.360
 what he's

00:40:52.360 --> 00:40:52.539
 saying

00:40:52.539 --> 00:40:52.820
 to me

00:40:52.820 --> 00:40:53.119
 I want

00:40:53.119 --> 00:40:53.320
 you to

00:40:53.320 --> 00:40:53.759
 write it

00:40:53.759 --> 00:40:54.139
 down

00:40:54.139 --> 00:40:54.539
 because that

00:40:54.539 --> 00:40:55.300
 clarifies

00:40:55.300 --> 00:40:55.719
 it for

00:40:55.719 --> 00:40:56.019
 you

00:40:56.019 --> 00:40:57.199
 and then

00:40:57.199 --> 00:40:57.440
 I want

00:40:57.440 --> 00:40:57.679
 you to

00:40:57.679 --> 00:40:57.960
 think

00:40:57.960 --> 00:40:58.659
 how am

00:40:58.659 --> 00:40:58.780
 I

00:40:58.780 --> 00:40:59.500
 responding

00:40:59.500 --> 00:41:00.239
 to this

00:41:00.239 --> 00:41:02.619
 his word

00:41:02.619 --> 00:41:03.119
 is grace

00:41:03.119 --> 00:41:03.759
 to us

00:41:03.759 --> 00:41:04.599
 it's not

00:41:04.599 --> 00:41:05.400
 condemnation

00:41:05.400 --> 00:41:05.800
 it's to

00:41:05.800 --> 00:41:06.460
 heal us

00:41:06.460 --> 00:41:07.539
 how are

00:41:07.539 --> 00:41:08.139
 we responding

00:41:08.139 --> 00:41:08.800
 to it

00:41:08.800 --> 00:41:10.500
 and I want

00:41:10.500 --> 00:41:10.699
 you to

00:41:10.699 --> 00:41:11.039
 write that

00:41:11.039 --> 00:41:11.300
 down

00:41:11.300 --> 00:41:11.559
 and just

00:41:11.559 --> 00:41:11.940
 take some

00:41:11.940 --> 00:41:12.380
 time to

00:41:12.380 --> 00:41:12.840
 pray

00:41:12.840 --> 00:41:14.119
 I'm going

00:41:14.119 --> 00:41:14.320
 to ask

00:41:14.320 --> 00:41:14.699
 the band

00:41:14.699 --> 00:41:15.039
 just to

00:41:15.039 --> 00:41:15.239
 kind of

00:41:15.239 --> 00:41:15.599
 come up

00:41:15.599 --> 00:41:16.340
 and play

00:41:16.340 --> 00:41:16.680
 we're going

00:41:16.680 --> 00:41:16.920
 to take

00:41:16.920 --> 00:41:17.280
 communion

00:41:17.280 --> 00:41:17.620
 in a

00:41:17.620 --> 00:41:17.780
 minute

00:41:17.780 --> 00:41:18.100
 but

00:41:18.100 --> 00:41:19.120
 before we

00:41:19.120 --> 00:41:19.460
 do that

00:41:19.460 --> 00:41:19.800
 I want

00:41:19.800 --> 00:41:20.039
 us to

00:41:20.039 --> 00:41:20.200
 just

00:41:20.200 --> 00:41:20.460
 really

00:41:20.460 --> 00:41:20.720
 take

00:41:20.720 --> 00:41:20.900
 this

00:41:20.900 --> 00:41:21.280
 time

00:41:21.280 --> 00:41:22.800
 for you

00:41:22.800 --> 00:41:22.960
 to

00:41:22.960 --> 00:41:23.820
 pray

00:41:23.820 --> 00:41:24.180
 and you

00:41:24.180 --> 00:41:24.300
 to

00:41:24.300 --> 00:41:24.519
 just

00:41:24.519 --> 00:41:25.800
 reflect

00:41:25.800 --> 00:41:27.660
 Jesus

00:41:27.660 --> 00:41:28.000
 doesn't

00:41:28.000 --> 00:41:28.240
 want you

00:41:28.240 --> 00:41:28.640
 to go

00:41:28.640 --> 00:41:29.680
 away

00:41:29.680 --> 00:41:30.380
 from here

00:41:30.380 --> 00:41:33.160
 light the

00:41:33.160 --> 00:41:33.640
 path

00:41:33.640 --> 00:41:43.280
 so just

00:41:43.280 --> 00:41:43.740
 come before

00:41:43.740 --> 00:41:44.019
 God

00:41:44.019 --> 00:41:44.480
 what are you

00:41:44.480 --> 00:41:44.920
 saying to

00:41:44.920 --> 00:41:45.260
 me right

00:41:45.260 --> 00:41:45.579
 now

00:41:45.579 --> 00:41:47.059
 what are

00:41:47.059 --> 00:41:47.519
 you speaking

00:41:47.519 --> 00:41:47.880
 to me

00:41:47.880 --> 00:41:48.119
 in my

00:41:48.119 --> 00:41:48.579
 life

00:41:48.579 --> 00:41:50.940
 how am

00:41:50.940 --> 00:41:51.380
 I hearing

00:41:51.380 --> 00:41:51.759
 you

00:41:51.759 --> 00:41:54.699
 am I

00:41:54.699 --> 00:41:55.239
 setting my

00:41:55.239 --> 00:41:55.759
 stall for

00:41:55.759 --> 00:41:56.139
 the long

00:41:56.139 --> 00:41:56.739
 haul of

00:41:56.739 --> 00:41:57.099
 what you've

00:41:57.099 --> 00:41:57.480
 called me

00:41:57.480 --> 00:41:57.840
 to or

00:41:57.840 --> 00:41:58.059
 am I

00:41:58.059 --> 00:41:58.480
 chasing

00:41:58.480 --> 00:41:58.799
 after

00:41:58.799 --> 00:41:59.360
 temporary

00:41:59.360 --> 00:42:00.000
 things

00:42:00.000 --> 00:42:02.799
 and let

00:42:02.799 --> 00:42:03.239
 God just

00:42:03.239 --> 00:42:03.860
 minister to

00:42:03.860 --> 00:42:04.799
 you

00:42:04.800 --> 00:42:19.120
 yeah

00:42:23.180 --> 00:42:23.620
 drink

00:42:23.620 --> 00:42:27.900
 you

00:42:27.900 --> 00:42:57.880
 Thank you.

00:42:57.900 --> 00:43:03.680
 Maybe you want to think, what are the things that actually choke me or distract me?

00:43:06.420 --> 00:43:08.880
 What do I have to surrender to Jesus right now?

00:43:27.900 --> 00:43:35.280
 Amen.

00:43:35.280 --> 00:44:01.800
 Jesus says those who seek me will find me.

00:44:03.160 --> 00:44:04.660
 It's not hard to find.

00:44:05.280 --> 00:44:08.360
 But he wants your heart.

00:44:08.360 --> 00:44:38.340
 Jesus says those who seek me will find me.

00:44:38.340 --> 00:44:39.340
 Let's go.

00:44:39.340 --> 00:44:40.340
 Let's go.

00:44:40.340 --> 00:44:41.019
 Let's go.

00:44:41.019 --> 00:44:42.019
 Let's go.

00:44:42.019 --> 00:44:43.019
 Let's go.

00:44:43.019 --> 00:44:44.019
 Let's go.

00:44:44.019 --> 00:44:45.019
 Let's go.

00:44:45.019 --> 00:44:46.019
 Let's go.

00:44:46.019 --> 00:44:47.019
 Let's go.

00:44:47.019 --> 00:44:48.019
 Let's go.

00:44:48.019 --> 00:44:49.019
 Let's go.

00:44:49.019 --> 00:44:50.019
 Let's go.

00:44:50.019 --> 00:44:51.019
 Let's go.

00:44:51.019 --> 00:44:52.019
 Let's go.

00:44:52.019 --> 00:44:53.019
 Let's go.

00:44:53.019 --> 00:44:54.019
 Let's go.

00:44:54.019 --> 00:44:55.019
 Let's go.

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 but at communion we discover

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 that actually the one who speaks to us

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 is the one who is the great physician

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 the one who comes to people no matter where their hearts have been

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 and comes again with an offer of forgiveness

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 of grace

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 of healing

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 of life

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 of strength

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 of energy

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 of relationship with him

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 communion is a time for people who

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 who maybe you know that you're one of the first three soils

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 but your heart wants to be that fourth soil

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 your heart that's willing to say

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 God I yeah the things that have been choking me

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 Lord I want to lay them down

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 forgive me

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 I want you more than anything else

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 change my heart

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 that's a prayer

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 God loves to answer

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 communion is a place

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 for those

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 who know that only because of Jesus

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 can they stand

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 not because they've been great

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 but because he is great

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 so if you know that actually your heart is just not in a place with with God and you just need to take

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 longer to deal with him don't take communion now to just take more time

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 to really wrestle where you are with God

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 if you're not a believer again we ask you not to take it

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 because this is a meal table

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 which expresses

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 the welcome of the king

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 but also expresses our desire that we would be welcomed by him

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 that we would be his

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 and so when you're ready and you've just taken time to process

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 I encourage you to come up and take the elements

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 and then go back to your seats

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 and then we will take them all together

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 but do this as a sign of saying

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 Jesus yeah I want you

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 and Jesus

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 thank you

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 thank you that you never stop loving us

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 so

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 and

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 The amazing thing about communion is that actually this is a word that God speaks to us.

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 It's a visual word.

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 It's a word that says, because of what I've done, what you have done is not the determining factor of the fruitfulness of your life.

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 It's a word to you saying, I am enough for you.

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 The body of Christ broken for you.

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 And Jesus, even though at that meal table, he had Judas there.

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 He had a whole load of disciples who were messy.

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 And yet he looked at each one of them and he still said, this is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed for you.

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 I keep coming with my word of forgiveness, no matter where you've been.

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 The blood of Jesus shed for us.

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 Father, I thank you that when you speak a word, you speak a better word than the blood of Abel, which condemns.

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 You speak a better word than the word of everybody else around us, which always makes us feel like we're not enough or we've got to work harder or we've got to try harder.

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 But when your word comes to us, it is a word of grace that calls us to the one who is enough for us.

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 I pray, Father, for our hearts, that we would see that, not just in our heads, but in the very trenches of our lives this week.

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 That we would see and have ears that see that both you are who you say you are, and we are willing to surrender to you.

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 And you are good and gracious, so we joyfully obey you and live for you.

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 Give us the courage and the strength to do that this week, knowing that you never give up on us, and you are the one whose word in our lives will bear abundant fruit.

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 Thank you for your kindness to us.

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 Amen.