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 Father, may your Holy Spirit bring us to your word, and may your Holy Spirit bring your word to us.

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 And as we have prayed earlier, Father, may your Holy Spirit write your word in the very command centers of our lives.

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 And this we ask in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 Amen. So, not this past week, but the week before, I was at a conference for pastors.

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 Jonathan Kamiri and Daniel Avitan were at it as well.

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 And, you know, part of what the conference, one of the things that happened at the conference,

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 there were two people in particular who spoke about some of the different sociological and senses type of data

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 as what's going on in Canada in terms of religion.

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 And it was all bad news, just in case you were wondering.

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 In Canada, actually, I was thinking about this.

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 If I was a business person and the church was a business,

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 you wouldn't want to invest in the Christian church because the trend lines are all terrible.

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 For quite a few years now, the percentage of people in Canada who would self-identify as Christian

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 has been going down and down and down.

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 And over the last 10 years in particular, there is a dramatic rise in the percentage of Canadians

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 who would claim on the census that they have no religion whatsoever.

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 And at the same time, so the Christian, those who identify as Christian is going like this.

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 Those who say they have no religion is going like this.

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 And those who are immigrating into Canada and come from a Muslim or Confucius or like a non-Christian nation,

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 that's going up as well.

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 So you could see that if you're in the business world and you're investing in churches,

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 this is a bad investment because things are going down, they're going down.

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 And that's not a good thing.

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 In fact, two other things, just to even cheer you up more.

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 In Ottawa, the trends are even worse, actually.

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 I think it's about eight percentage points higher now in Ottawa,

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 those who identify as no religion compared to those who identify as Protestants,

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 which is a really big basket.

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 And the no religion is just going up and up and up.

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 The second thing is we identify, we're not part of the Anglican Church of Canada,

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 but we identify as Anglicans.

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 And the trend lines for Anglicans are absolutely horrendous.

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 Their precipitous drop, quite a remarkable precipitous drop

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 that's accelerating in the Anglican Church of Canada.

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 So whether we, I mean, on one level,

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 I'm not saying anything that's a big surprise to any of you.

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 I mean, for some of you who are young,

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 you don't really know any world other than the world we now are in.

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 For some of you who are older,

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 maybe it would be an interesting thing for some of the younger ones

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 to talk to some of the older ones

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 and ask them about what the world was like

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 way back in ancient history of the 60s or the 70s

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 or the 50s or something like that.

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 And albeit even maybe the 40s or the 30s,

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 in some of our cases we could talk a little bit about.

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 But the trend lines aren't very good.

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 And, you know, it has to affect a little bit things like morale

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 and whether we find meaning in what we do.

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 At 8 o'clock service, I was going to say

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 that I'd never worked for a company that was going downhill.

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 But then I was part of the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa,

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 which is in fact going downhill in many of the congregations.

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 But, you know, if you've been in a company

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 and every day, every month,

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 there's maybe one or two extra empty seats in the office

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 and there's rumors in the paper

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 that the business is going to go out of business,

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 it would be very hard to have good morale.

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 Like I can't imagine how it would be easy to have good morale

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 if there are fewer and fewer employees

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 and there's talk, in fact, of the whole business shutting down.

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 So that's the context.

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 That's the world that we live in.

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 And believe it or not,

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 the scripture text that we look at today

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 has actually some very important and significant things

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 to say to that.

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 And so it would be a great help to me

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 if you would get out your Bibles

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 and turn in them to John chapter 4.

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 John chapter 4.

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 And what we're going to do is we're going to go back.

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 Last week we looked at this story of Jesus being led by God

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 to go to a place where there's this 800 years

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 of argument and confrontation

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 and even conflict and violence between Jews and Samaritans.

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 And so Jesus is led by God to go to this place

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 in a minority situation amongst the Samaritans

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 and now the majority.

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 He initiates a conversation

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 and we looked at that conversation,

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 most of that,

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 especially the first half of that conversation last week,

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 and we're going to go back

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 and look at the second half of that conversation.

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 So Jesus begins the conversation.

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 He reveals to the woman that

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 if she asks,

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 a spring of living water

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 that will well up into eternal life

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 can come into her life.

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 If she asks him,

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 she asks for it.

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 He asks a question which reveals,

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 gives her an opportunity to reveal her sin.

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 And after she has revealed her sin to him,

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 she says,

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 I don't know what to do now with my sin.

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 Should I do some type of a sacrifice?

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 If I have to do a sacrifice,

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 like where should I go?

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 Do I go to Samaria?

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 Do I go to Jerusalem?

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 Like what on earth is going on?

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 And that's where the conversation picks up

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 in verse 21.

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 John chapter 4, verse 21.

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 And here's how he responds to her.

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 He says,

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 woman,

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 and this is just a term of respect,

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 by the way.

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 It's not a bad,

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 it's a term of respect.

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 Woman,

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 believe me.

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 Actually,

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 before we go any further,

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 it's the only place in the Gospels

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 where Jesus says,

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 believe me,

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 in this particular form.

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 So this is important,

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 what he says.

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 Woman,

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 believe me,

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 the hour is coming

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 when neither on this mountain

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 nor in Jerusalem

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 will you worship the Father.

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 You worship what you do not know.

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 We worship what we know,

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 for salvation is from the Jews.

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 And just pause.

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 I'm not going to say much about it,

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 but one of the things

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 which is really interesting here

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 is you notice the verse,

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 you worship what you do not know,

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 we worship what we know.

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 What Jesus is doing here

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 is he's rejecting

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 the study of comparative religion

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 as a way to know God.

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 He's not saying,

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 of course,

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 that it's wrong

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 to know things about other religions,

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 but in terms of as a way

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 to move forward to know God,

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 he rejects the path

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 of the study of comparative religions,

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 which in a sense

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 would be one of the Canadian ways

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 of going.

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 He rejects,

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 in a sense,

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 to use,

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 like,

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 he rejects

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 sort of a typical

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 Canadian response

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 as a dead end.

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 And then just notice as well,

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 it's a very,

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 very interesting sentence.

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 You could preach

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 a whole series of sermons

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 just on verse 22.

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 You worship what you do not know.

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 We worship what we know.

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 And notice he says,

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 we worship what we know.

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 He's identifying himself

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 as a Jewish man.

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 This is very,

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 very significant.

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 We,

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 one of the problems

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 we have

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 with talking

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 with our Jewish

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 neighbors and friends

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 is, of course,

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 there is a long history

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 of anti-Semitism.

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 And as I've said before,

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 and as you know,

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 if you just sort of look,

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 anti-Semitism

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 is on the rise

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 in Canada.

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 And,

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 and it makes it

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 obviously a little bit

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 complicated

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 when we talk to,

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 to Jewish friends

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 and neighbors.

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 Christians,

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 but no Christian

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 should ever be

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 anti-Semitic.

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 Not when we worship

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 one who says,

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 we worship what we know

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 for salvation

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 is from the Jews.

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 It doesn't mean

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 that salvation

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 is continuing

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 to be from the Jews,

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 but Jesus self-identifies

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 as Jewish.

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 We know

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 what we're worshiping.

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 And in fact,

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 it's true,

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 salvation did come,

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 not from comparative religions,

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 but from the Jews.

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 Jesus was Jewish.

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 All of,

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 we don't know

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 who wrote the book

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 of Hebrews

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 because it's

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 an anonymously

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 written book.

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 But,

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 apart from that,

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 all of the rest

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 of the New Testament

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 was written

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 by Jewish people.

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 All of the Old Testament

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 were written

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 by Jewish people.

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 And Jesus,

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 the Savior,

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 comes through

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 the Jewish people.

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 Salvation does not

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 come from a study

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 of comparative religions.

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 It does not come

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 from poetry

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 or science

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 or technology

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 or any ways

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 by which we human beings

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 attempt to master God

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 or reach the heavens.

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 God comes down.

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 He prepared a people

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 who could understand

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 the significance

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 of what Jesus

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 was saying and claiming.

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 But it is to the Jewish people

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 that the Savior came

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 and salvation

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 is from the Jews.

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 Anyway,

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 let's keep going on.

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 That's a separate sermon.

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 Verse 23,

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 but the hour is coming

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 and is now here

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 when the true worshipers

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 will worship the Father

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 in spirit and truth.

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 Notice it's in spirit and truth,

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 not in spirit and in truth.

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 It's in spirit and truth.

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 It's like one sort of

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 linked idea.

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 For the Father

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 is seeking

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 such people

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 to worship him.

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 God is spirit

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 and those who worship him

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 must worship in spirit

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 and in truth.

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 And just go back here

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 for a second.

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 Notice that's a

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 very, very, very

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 revelatory thing here

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 where it says

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 in verse 23,

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 the Father is seeking

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 such people

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 to worship him.

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 Actually,

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 if you could wrap

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 the first point,

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 Andrew,

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 that would be

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 very helpful.

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 The first point is

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 that in truth,

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 you do not seek God.

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 He seeks you.

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 In truth,

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 you do not seek God.

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 He seeks you.

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 And this has a very,

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 very big consequence

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 for us.

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 Many of us,

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 maybe some of you

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 are here today,

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 are wrestling with the fact

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 that God seems

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 very distant.

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 your life

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 seems very dry

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 and empty

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 and shriveled.

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 And you wonder

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 why God doesn't

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 do something about it.

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 Why doesn't God

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 show up?

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 Why doesn't God

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 show up

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 and deal with

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 my loneliness,

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 to deal with

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 my sadness,

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 to deal with

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 my tiredness,

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 to deal with

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 the dryness

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 that I feel inside?

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 Why doesn't God

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 show up

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 and do something

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 about that?

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 And it's a very,

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 very common question

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 amongst Christians.

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 It's a very common

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 question for non-Christians.

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 Why is God

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 allowing me to,

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 why does God

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 seem so distant to me?

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 Why doesn't he

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 make himself

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 more real?

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 But if we listen

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 to Jesus here,

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 and look again

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 at verse 23,

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 what it says,

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 is now here,

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 when the true

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 worshipers will

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 worship the Father

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 in spirit and in truth,

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 for the Father

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 is seeking

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 such people

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 to worship him.

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 The fact of the matter

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 is that

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 in truth,

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 you do not

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 seek God,

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 he seeks you.

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 So the real question

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 shouldn't be,

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 God,

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 why are you so distant?

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 Why aren't you

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 doing something

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 to deal with

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 my emptiness?

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 Why aren't you

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 doing something,

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 Lord,

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 to deal with

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 the shriveled up

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 deadness

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 that I feel inside?

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 The real question

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 should be for me

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 to say,

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 God,

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 how am I

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 hiding from you?

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 How am I

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 running from you?

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 how am I

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 hiding

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 amidst my

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 idols

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 so that I

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 feel so dead

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 within?

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 How am I

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 spending my

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 time in the

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 worship of

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 idols

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 so that you

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 feel so distant?

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 It's a radically

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 different set of

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 questions from God,

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 why don't you

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 show up?

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 Why don't you

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 do something?

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 Why aren't you

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 doing something

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 to saying,

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 Father,

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 show me how

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 I am hiding

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 from you

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 and running

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 from you

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 and have my

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 back to you.

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 Father,

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 show me how

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 I am

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 delighting

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 in idols

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 in such a

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 way that

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 you seem

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 distant.

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 It's a

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 completely

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 different set

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 of questions

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 in terms of

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 a spiritual

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 examination

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 of what's

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 going on

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 in our

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 lives,

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 but it's

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 what Jesus

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 is telling

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 us that we

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 should really

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 be doing.

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 we do

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 hide

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 amongst

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 our

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 idols

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 and

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 don't

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 recognize

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 that we

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 are hiding

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 amongst

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 our

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 idols

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 while we

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 complain to

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 the living

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 God that

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 he is

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 not

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 real.

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 But

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 look at

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 this text

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 again.

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 But the

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 hour,

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 verse 23,

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 but the

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 hour is

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 coming

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 and is

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 now here

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 when the

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 true

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 worshipers

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 will

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 worship

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 the

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 Father

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 in

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 spirit

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 and

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 truth

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 for the

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 Father

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 is

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 seeking

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 such

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 people

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 to

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 worship

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 him,

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 God

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 is

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 spirit

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 and

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 those

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 who

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 worship

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 him

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 must

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 worship

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 in

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 spirit

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 and

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 truth.

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 Just one

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 more thing,

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 sort of a bit of an aside.

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 I don't know.

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 Sometimes I just,

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 I feel like I need to give some asides to this.

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 And I know probably in classic sermon,

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 classic information about how to preach sermons,

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 you shouldn't have asides because people might spend the whole rest of the sermon just

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 listening to the sides.

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 But

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 you'll notice that God,

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 that it says the Father

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 is seeking such to worship

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 him.

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 It doesn't say the mother.

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 This is a,

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 this is a whole other sermon.

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 It's a,

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 you know,

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 it's a very,

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 very difficult passage in Canada for us that think that

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 our natural inclination is it should be democratic.

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 It should mention father and mother equally.

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 And it just seems,

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 and in a,

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 in a culture like ours,

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 which is confused about gender,

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 and I'm sorry,

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 if you're here as a guest,

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 I might have just insulted you.

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 You'd,

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 you'd say,

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 I'm not confused about gender,

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 George.

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 I'm,

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 I'm very conscious of gender being merely a,

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 a purely a social construct.

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 You're the one who's confused.

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 And,

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 um,

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 I guess what I'm just signaling here is there's something very powerful here,

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 which Jesus is saying.

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 And it's a,

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 it's a,

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 it's a whole point of conversation that we have to have with our non-Christian

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 friends and neighbors who have a hard time understanding why Jesus would

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 even use language like that because it's so off putting.

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 But what I want to just say for those of us who are here as Christians,

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 it's a very precious thing that he said.

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 Um,

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 we,

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 we can't say that we trust Jesus as savior and Lord and say,

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 Oh,

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 by the way,

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 Jesus,

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 you're way behind the times and wrong on this.

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 Um,

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 and if,

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 if you're in a church that calls itself Christian and they refer to God as

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 mother or the Holy spirit as she or her,

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 it definitely means it's not a congregation of the worshipers that the father is

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 seeking.

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 And that's not me being judgmental.

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 That's just what Jesus is saying.

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 Like that's just what the Bible is saying.

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 So what does it mean?

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 Like on one level,

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 to be honest,

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 doesn't this sound a bit boring,

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 but the hour is coming and is now here when the true worshipers will worship the

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 father and spirit and truth for the father is seeking such people to worship.

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 God is spirit.

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 And those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.

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 I mean,

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 on one level,

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 it sounds a little bit boring if we don't understand what worship is.

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 So here,

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 if you could put up the next slide,

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 that would be great.

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 Oh,

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 sorry,

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 not the picture slide.

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 The,

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 um,

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 that the point,

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 um,

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 worship is not mere singing or church services.

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 It's a very common thing nowadays to say,

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 uh,

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 we're going to,

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 uh,

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 now we're going to stand in worship when what we really are saying is we're going to

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 stand and sing.

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 Now,

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 hopefully singing is worship,

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 but it's actually,

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 uh,

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 it's not helpful to equate worship with singing as if when you sing,

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 you worship.

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 And when you're not singing,

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 it's not worship.

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 It's as if like in some services,

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 okay,

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 you have the singing,

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 which is the worship.

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 Now we're going to sit down and we're going to stop worshiping,

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 but we're still stuck in church.

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 And when we sing again,

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 we're going to stand and,

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 and,

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 and worship.

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 No,

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 that's not actually very helpful.

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 Uh,

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 worship isn't mere singing and worship isn't being in a church service.

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 If worship is just singing or church services,

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 then what Jesus is saying would be really pretty boring.

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 And it would sort of imply that we have to go around singing all day,

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 or maybe just spend all of our time in church.

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 But what worship is,

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 it is living life in God's presence,

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 acknowledging him,

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 acclaiming him,

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 assenting to his will,

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 acting for his glory.

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 You could add in there,

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 loving him,

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 fearing him,

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 adoring him,

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 being available to him,

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 living life of gratitude.

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 You could add to that.

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 I,

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 I tried to stay with four things that all began with the letter A.

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 Uh,

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 worship is not mere singing or church services.

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 It is living life in God's presence,

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 acknowledging him,

00:17:47.279 --> 00:17:48.500
 acclaiming him,

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 assenting to his will,

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 acting for his glory.

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 In other words,

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 it's 24 seven,

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 365 days a year.

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 That what the father is seeking is,

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 you see,

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 when Jesus say,

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 we put our faith and trust in Jesus and he saves us,

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 he redeems us,

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 we're reconciled to God.

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 Then he doesn't invite us to say,

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 okay,

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 when you get together for your Bible study midweek,

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 or when you do your devotions,

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 or when you come to church,

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 now you're in my time.

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 And once you finish the church service,

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 well,

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 now you're in the world's time.

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 It's inviting us to understand that when we're in our cubicles at work,

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 those of us who are retired,

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 as we do the different things we do as retired people,

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 maybe,

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 you know,

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 working in the garden,

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 helping with our neighbors,

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 volunteering with different things.

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 For the stay-at-home moms and dads,

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 the caring of the children.

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 Like,

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 all of the time we are in God's presence,

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 at all of the time,

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 God is inviting us to live in such a way that we acknowledge that God exists,

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 that he is real,

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 that he is God.

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 God,

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 in all that we do,

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 whether we're doing some type of complicated statistic at our job,

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 it's not that we stop doing it,

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 but we do it knowing that we're trying to figure out how the world really is.

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 It's God's world.

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 It can be figured,

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 certain things can be figured out.

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 There are certain limits that we live in a world created by God.

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 We live for God.

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 We are created for God.

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 He is present with us.

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 We are present with him.

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 And he is to get the glory.

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 And there is a whole series of attitudes and habits that Jesus is inviting us to enter into,

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 to understand that we're always worshiping.

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 I'll give you just one other example.

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 This week,

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 I had one of my friends come up to me.

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 He wanted to ask me a question about a particular thing.

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 And he said to me,

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 George,

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 I want to ask you a particular thing because you're a man of faith.

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 And I said,

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 actually,

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 I almost said his name,

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 actually,

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 Bob,

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 we're both men of faith.

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 Every human being is a person of faith.

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 I said,

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 you know,

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 one of the things I tease him about is that he buys lottery tickets.

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 I tell him that three or four times a week,

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 he bows his knee and worships the goddess Fortuna,

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 serving her with his money.

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 And he has lots of different things he says to me.

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 But anyway,

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 I say to him,

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 you're a man of faith as well.

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 I mean,

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 you,

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 you,

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 you,

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 you trust in,

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 you trust in something,

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 you,

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 you give something,

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 you give value to things.

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 Like,

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 it's not just that I have faith and you don't.

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 Every human being is a person of faith.

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 We all worship.

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 We all motivate our lives by things that give us meaning and significance and,

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 and give us direction and orient our lives.

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 That's how every human being,

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 every human being lives.

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 And what Jesus is saying here is that when we come to know that he is the Messiah,

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 when we come to know that he is the savior of the world,

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 then in light of his revelation and who he is and what the gospel teaches us,

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 that's to be how we start to understand and view the world and how we work and,

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 and how we parent and how we're in our marriages and how we are in our neighborhoods.

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 And,

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 and what does it mean by saying that it's in spirit and truth?

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 Does it mean it's the Holy Spirit?

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 Does it mean that it has to be spirited?

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 Or even worse,

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 is it just talking about something internal and private?

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 Just this week,

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 I had somebody ask me,

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 uh,

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 if we were going to be applying for a summer student through the,

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 the government grant.

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 And I said,

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 um,

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 no,

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 we weren't going to apply.

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 I,

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 I said,

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 it's a very interesting thing,

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 isn't it?

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 That cabinet ministers would say,

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 go ahead and tick off the box,

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 even though it's not true.

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 Like cabinet minister says,

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 go ahead and tick off the box,

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 even though you're a sense lying,

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 like they're telling us to lie on the form.

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 It's like,

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 just,

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 that's a bit of a side.

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 Like it's a weird,

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 it's a very weird thing for a cabinet minister to say,

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 I think anyway.

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 But then again,

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 I,

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 I want to worship the father and spirit and the truth.

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 I don't know.

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 But,

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 um,

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 I said,

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 no,

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 we weren't going to,

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 you know,

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 because it's,

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 we can't tick off that box.

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 One of the things that was very puzzling,

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 at least as it's reported in the press,

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 and maybe it isn't accurate and fair,

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 but was very puzzling is they'd say,

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 well,

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 like,

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 I mean,

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 basically the,

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 the understanding is,

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 is that what we worship in spirit and in truth,

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 it just means it's true for us.

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 It's not true.

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 It's just true for us.

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 And spirit means private and personal.

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 So it's all right to ask for all of this for money,

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 but as long as you understand that it's not to actually affect social policy,

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 it's not to challenge what the government wants,

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 but as long as your religion is private and personal,

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 and it's just true for you,

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 that's fine.

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 But that's not what Jesus means when he says in spirit and in truth.

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 If you could put up the next slide,

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 that would be great.

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 Worship in spirit and truth means that what I say to God and do for God

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 comes honestly from my depths,

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 the command center of my mind,

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 will,

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 emotions,

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 and desires.

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 Worship in spirit and truth means that what I say to God and do for God

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 comes honestly from my depths,

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 the command center of my mind,

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 my will,

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 my emotions,

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 my desires.

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 You put in there your memory,

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 your imagination,

00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:33.320
 your fears,

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 longings,

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 yearnings.

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 You can,

00:23:35.240 --> 00:23:37.680
 you can add a variety of words in there.

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 Spirit doesn't mean private.

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 And the Old Testament context,

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 those of you who know the Old Testament,

00:23:45.400 --> 00:23:50.319
 what's one of the regular themes in the Old Testament is God says to the

00:23:50.319 --> 00:23:50.720
 people,

00:23:51.299 --> 00:23:53.420
 they worship me with my,

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 their lips,

00:23:54.380 --> 00:23:57.440
 but their heart is far from me.

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 They go through the motions.

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 They offer sacrifices,

00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:03.700
 but while they're offering sacrifices,

00:24:03.700 --> 00:24:07.039
 they're not doing it because they think they really need a sacrifice.

00:24:07.180 --> 00:24:08.539
 Their heart is far from God.

00:24:08.539 --> 00:24:11.980
 But spirit here is talking about the fact that,

00:24:12.339 --> 00:24:12.480
 you know,

00:24:12.539 --> 00:24:14.539
 where my mind comes from,

00:24:14.599 --> 00:24:16.399
 where my will comes from,

00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:18.379
 where my emotions come from,

00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:20.139
 where my memory comes from,

00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:22.500
 where my imagination comes from,

00:24:22.619 --> 00:24:25.920
 where my desires and where my fears come from.

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 That all comes from something which is fundamentally interior.

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 And it's talking directly about the command center of our life.

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 The other key text for this is it's in Psalm 51,

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 where it says,

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 a broken and a contrite spirit,

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 O God.

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 It says,

00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:44.580
 sacrifices and offerings you do not desire,

00:24:45.100 --> 00:24:47.180
 but a broken and contrite spirit,

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 O Lord.

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 That's what you desire.

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 In other words,

00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:53.860
 from the very command center of where emotions and mind and memory and,

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 and will comes from,

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 the gospel,

00:24:57.680 --> 00:24:59.260
 when we receive the gospel,

00:24:59.259 --> 00:25:03.619
 when we recognize that there's nothing that we can do to make ourselves right with God,

00:25:04.160 --> 00:25:11.140
 that we are completely and utterly dependent upon God to do what only God can do to make us right with him.

00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:20.180
 And that when we recognize that Jesus is God's provision for our great need to be restored to a proper relationship with God,

00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:26.560
 that he comes and walked amongst us and took upon himself that which would have caused our doom,

00:25:26.920 --> 00:25:27.539
 our doom,

00:25:27.680 --> 00:25:28.360
 my doom,

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 he takes upon himself when he dies upon the cross.

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 And his righteous life,

00:25:33.620 --> 00:25:37.200
 his perfect life is given to me when I put my,

00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:38.340
 my faith and trust in him.

00:25:38.380 --> 00:25:38.920
 When I put my,

00:25:39.060 --> 00:25:40.660
 when I put my hand in his,

00:25:41.100 --> 00:25:45.320
 my doom goes on him and his righteousness comes to me.

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 And I am born again,

00:25:47.600 --> 00:25:48.360
 born from above.

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 I am,

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 I am granted a title,

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 the passport,

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 a ticket to the new heaven and the new earth.

00:25:56.259 --> 00:25:59.259
 God begins to put his eternal life in me.

00:25:59.459 --> 00:25:59.639
 I,

00:25:59.719 --> 00:25:59.939
 I,

00:26:00.039 --> 00:26:01.740
 I am sealed by the Holy Spirit.

00:26:01.839 --> 00:26:03.299
 I am adopted by God.

00:26:03.399 --> 00:26:04.619
 I have made his child.

00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:06.059
 He becomes my father.

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 All of these great things come to us when we put our faith and trust in Jesus.

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 And as,

00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:15.839
 as the story of what God has done and,

00:26:15.839 --> 00:26:22.279
 and his word explaining who Jesus is and Jesus's own explaining of who he is and what he did for us on the cross,

00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:23.480
 as that grips us,

00:26:23.579 --> 00:26:24.839
 it begins to shape us.

00:26:24.899 --> 00:26:27.720
 It should begin to shape us at the very center of who we are.

00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:33.700
 And part of that shaping should be an increasing desire that we worship in spirit and in truth,

00:26:34.160 --> 00:26:39.940
 an honest congruence between what we say and what's really going on in our depths,

00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:42.420
 what we do and what's really going on in our depths,

00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:46.059
 to be in his presence and acknowledging him.

00:26:46.059 --> 00:26:46.679
 And,

00:26:46.679 --> 00:26:50.099
 and just one more thing in terms of this truth thing.

00:26:50.819 --> 00:26:51.019
 Uh,

00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:51.519
 next point,

00:26:51.599 --> 00:26:51.839
 Andrew,

00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:52.619
 in the Bible,

00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:56.139
 to know the truth is to know what is real,

00:26:57.079 --> 00:27:00.579
 independent of my desires and my imagination.

00:27:01.399 --> 00:27:02.319
 In the Bible,

00:27:02.460 --> 00:27:05.659
 to know the truth is to know what is real,

00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:11.220
 independent of my desires and my imagination.

00:27:11.220 --> 00:27:13.539
 Um,

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:17.279
 it's not just that I have a truth and you have a truth.

00:27:17.880 --> 00:27:19.100
 It's not that,

00:27:19.100 --> 00:27:20.180
 uh,

00:27:20.180 --> 00:27:22.100
 truth is what I make the truth,

00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:22.519
 uh,

00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:25.420
 what I can convince you all of as the truth.

00:27:26.700 --> 00:27:28.940
 That part of the,

00:27:28.940 --> 00:27:30.860
 the purpose of the,

00:27:30.860 --> 00:27:38.480
 of the God's word coming and being written on our hearts and of the Holy Spirit coming into our lives and of following Jesus,

00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:46.319
 is that we begin to be freed up to actually know what is real.

00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:52.240
 To know what is real.

00:27:56.319 --> 00:27:57.319
 And by the way,

00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:58.839
 you see,

00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:06.299
 all of this is extremely important in terms of how we live our lives.

00:28:06.299 --> 00:28:07.539
 you know,

00:28:07.579 --> 00:28:10.740
 one of the greatest gifts you can give an employer,

00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:14.039
 knowing what's real.

00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:22.680
 One of the great gifts you can give an employer is acting with honesty and integrity.

00:28:24.339 --> 00:28:25.579
 One of the greatest gifts,

00:28:25.779 --> 00:28:25.960
 I mean,

00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:26.240
 what,

00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:29.440
 what this text is saying us is those that some of you here,

00:28:29.539 --> 00:28:30.639
 you work in the civil service,

00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:32.019
 some of you work in private industry,

00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:32.759
 some of you,

00:28:32.759 --> 00:28:33.559
 uh,

00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:36.220
 are students or you don't have jobs right now,

00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:38.620
 or you're on disability or you're retired,

00:28:38.819 --> 00:28:39.779
 you're looking for work.

00:28:39.980 --> 00:28:41.240
 But if you're in the workforce,

00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:42.960
 you have a boss,

00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:44.900
 but you ultimately have a greater boss.

00:28:46.900 --> 00:28:50.120
 And you want to worship that greater boss and spirit and in truth.

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:55.220
 And part of that worshiping that greater boss and spirit and in truth is you want to know what's real.

00:28:56.559 --> 00:28:56.960
 And,

00:28:57.039 --> 00:29:00.120
 and you want to have a congruence and an honesty and integrity.

00:29:00.119 --> 00:29:05.839
 And that should mean that you are a great employee or a great employer or boss.

00:29:07.079 --> 00:29:13.779
 Because every employee hates it when they have a boss who's living in a fantasy world.

00:29:13.779 --> 00:29:21.079
 Or is just pursuing foolishness and vanity.

00:29:21.319 --> 00:29:28.519
 It is a hard thing to serve a boss who doesn't give a hoot about what the business is for,

00:29:28.599 --> 00:29:30.240
 but is only seeking their own advancement.

00:29:30.399 --> 00:29:32.259
 That's a very hard person to work for.

00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:36.759
 We all complain about it.

00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:48.379
 This text is not just then about how we sing and how we do church and how we do Bible studies.

00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:50.819
 It's how we live.

00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:54.680
 And it's something that the world always needs.

00:29:54.799 --> 00:30:00.140
 It's one of the reasons I think while the Bible describes Christians as being salt and light in the world.

00:30:00.140 --> 00:30:07.620
 There's all sorts of chaos enveloping our country.

00:30:08.660 --> 00:30:11.840
 And as chaos overwhelms our country,

00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:13.259
 some of us might feel very,

00:30:13.380 --> 00:30:17.040
 very hard done by and maybe even lament and wonder where we're going.

00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:18.580
 So to have people say,

00:30:18.660 --> 00:30:18.740
 no,

00:30:18.780 --> 00:30:18.860
 no,

00:30:18.900 --> 00:30:19.640
 this is real.

00:30:19.920 --> 00:30:20.680
 That's not real.

00:30:22.160 --> 00:30:22.780
 This is,

00:30:22.920 --> 00:30:23.600
 this is true.

00:30:23.700 --> 00:30:24.460
 That's not true.

00:30:25.140 --> 00:30:26.040
 Say it humbly,

00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:26.860
 graciously,

00:30:27.280 --> 00:30:27.740
 kindly,

00:30:28.080 --> 00:30:28.420
 gently,

00:30:28.680 --> 00:30:29.520
 compassionately.

00:30:30.140 --> 00:30:38.040
 Maybe not know how to say it to a person who's completely and utterly enveloped in idols and lies and delusions and vanity.

00:30:40.660 --> 00:30:43.880
 And all you can do is wonder what to say,

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:44.720
 maybe just pray.

00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:50.320
 Because I go to a lot of coffee shops,

00:30:50.320 --> 00:30:56.860
 I have a lot of contact with people who suffer from gender dysphoria.

00:30:56.859 --> 00:30:59.500
 They think they're in,

00:31:00.059 --> 00:31:03.079
 they're a man in a woman's body or a woman in a man's body,

00:31:03.079 --> 00:31:09.259
 or they think there's some other thing that's not even man or woman that can be characterized as they.

00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:13.920
 And I'm not going to try to document all of those things.

00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:16.039
 And one of the coffee shops,

00:31:16.119 --> 00:31:16.379
 I go in,

00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:17.680
 they see me open my Bible.

00:31:18.140 --> 00:31:19.160
 I try to be friendly.

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:20.279
 I always tip them.

00:31:21.379 --> 00:31:22.240
 And in the cases,

00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:22.779
 especially,

00:31:23.059 --> 00:31:24.859
 and if you're here and you're suffering from that,

00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:25.400
 I have great,

00:31:25.920 --> 00:31:26.759
 it must be a very,

00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:27.000
 very,

00:31:27.059 --> 00:31:27.259
 very,

00:31:27.339 --> 00:31:32.299
 very hard thing to feel so completely and utterly out of home in your body.

00:31:32.299 --> 00:31:34.639
 It must be a very,

00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:35.559
 very hard thing.

00:31:36.579 --> 00:31:39.539
 I have to confess I haven't experienced that hard thing.

00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:43.119
 But I can just imagine it must be a very,

00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:49.779
 very hard thing to be biologically one thing and think that you are actually really something else.

00:31:49.779 --> 00:31:56.720
 But what I want to tell you is that what you need in your pain and confusion is to come to Jesus.

00:31:58.279 --> 00:32:03.879
 And one of the things that Jesus will do is start to bring some type of healing and clarity to that.

00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:08.700
 Help you know what's real and what's true.

00:32:09.460 --> 00:32:12.500
 And comfort you in your afflictions and your sadness.

00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:20.619
 And I'm very careful when I talk to people,

00:32:20.980 --> 00:32:22.940
 like at the coffee shop,

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:24.579
 who suffer from gender dysphoria.

00:32:25.119 --> 00:32:26.160
 This one particular one,

00:32:26.200 --> 00:32:29.339
 they put right on their name tags that they want to be referred to as him,

00:32:29.960 --> 00:32:30.720
 she or he,

00:32:30.839 --> 00:32:31.720
 but they or them,

00:32:31.859 --> 00:32:32.400
 for instance.

00:32:33.460 --> 00:32:35.359
 And all I can do is love them.

00:32:35.500 --> 00:32:35.839
 I just,

00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:36.140
 you know,

00:32:36.160 --> 00:32:38.019
 I pray that when the time finally comes,

00:32:38.079 --> 00:32:39.140
 if the time ever comes,

00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:40.980
 I know two things about being there.

00:32:40.980 --> 00:32:42.200
 This is a bit of a long aside on it,

00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:43.900
 but I sort of feel I need to say it.

00:32:44.840 --> 00:32:47.140
 One of the things it's really conscious of is it might be,

00:32:47.220 --> 00:32:49.860
 I might be the only person in the world praying for them.

00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:56.200
 Like I want to really encourage you that if you're in your workplace,

00:32:56.200 --> 00:32:58.980
 you have an obligation to pray for your coworkers.

00:32:59.279 --> 00:33:01.680
 You might be the only person praying for them.

00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:04.759
 And the same thing with your neighbors,

00:33:04.900 --> 00:33:06.279
 even if you don't know them very well,

00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:08.960
 you might be the only person in the world praying for them.

00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:09.880
 So anyway,

00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:10.720
 with these baristas,

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:12.940
 because I go into this coffee shop on a regular basis,

00:33:12.940 --> 00:33:13.900
 I pray for them.

00:33:15.079 --> 00:33:16.079
 And I have to confess,

00:33:16.160 --> 00:33:18.539
 I don't know how I would witness to Jesus to them.

00:33:20.319 --> 00:33:22.600
 I just trust that when that time comes,

00:33:23.299 --> 00:33:24.779
 I'll be able to speak truth,

00:33:25.360 --> 00:33:25.660
 listen,

00:33:26.400 --> 00:33:29.740
 and speak truth in a way which is compassionate and gentle,

00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:30.819
 but also clear.

00:33:34.819 --> 00:33:35.099
 And,

00:33:35.180 --> 00:33:36.440
 but that,

00:33:36.519 --> 00:33:41.819
 that time hasn't happened yet specifically about those in this particular case.

00:33:41.900 --> 00:33:42.140
 And I,

00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:43.059
 I just pray,

00:33:43.140 --> 00:33:43.519
 you know what,

00:33:43.819 --> 00:33:44.240
 by the way,

00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:45.900
 if it ends up coming and I mess it up,

00:33:46.099 --> 00:33:46.759
 it's no big deal.

00:33:46.839 --> 00:33:47.259
 Why is it no,

00:33:47.339 --> 00:33:47.500
 I mean,

00:33:47.500 --> 00:33:47.880
 on one level,

00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:48.500
 it's a big deal.

00:33:48.559 --> 00:33:49.180
 You don't want to just say,

00:33:49.220 --> 00:33:51.180
 I'm just going to mess up as much as I can in my life.

00:33:51.180 --> 00:33:51.700
 That's fine.

00:33:52.400 --> 00:33:53.200
 What I mean is,

00:33:53.640 --> 00:33:54.039
 you know what,

00:33:54.160 --> 00:33:55.019
 God is sovereign.

00:33:56.400 --> 00:33:57.700
 And if all of us,

00:33:57.819 --> 00:33:59.340
 any one of us have to wait until we,

00:33:59.380 --> 00:34:01.519
 we won't say anything until we can speak perfectly,

00:34:01.620 --> 00:34:02.519
 we'll never speak.

00:34:03.400 --> 00:34:04.559
 But God is sovereign.

00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:05.100
 It's a very,

00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:08.220
 very comforting idea to know that it's God's world,

00:34:08.780 --> 00:34:09.699
 that he's sovereign.

00:34:11.659 --> 00:34:13.159
 And you just show up,

00:34:13.199 --> 00:34:13.900
 you don't back down,

00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:14.559
 you just show up,

00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:15.199
 you show love,

00:34:15.360 --> 00:34:16.539
 and God is sovereign.

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:17.019
 So,

00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:27.019
 let's sort of wrap this up a little bit.

00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:27.659
 One of the things,

00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:30.179
 this all connects to whether,

00:34:30.300 --> 00:34:30.480
 remember,

00:34:30.679 --> 00:34:33.679
 the whole thing began with how our Canada is going,

00:34:34.119 --> 00:34:35.099
 in terms of Christianity,

00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:36.340
 is going down like this.

00:34:37.219 --> 00:34:37.420
 Now,

00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:38.639
 why is that a good thing to know?

00:34:38.759 --> 00:34:38.880
 Why?

00:34:39.019 --> 00:34:39.119
 Well,

00:34:39.119 --> 00:34:40.779
 because Christians want to know what's real.

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:43.599
 As a Christian,

00:34:43.679 --> 00:34:44.440
 I want to know what's real.

00:34:44.519 --> 00:34:45.619
 It might not make me happy,

00:34:45.619 --> 00:34:47.119
 but I want to know what's real.

00:34:48.759 --> 00:34:50.319
 But the other thing is,

00:34:50.539 --> 00:34:53.299
 that it's so easy to try to get meaning and significance,

00:34:53.299 --> 00:34:56.539
 from things like numbers and statistics and trend lines.

00:34:57.299 --> 00:34:59.779
 But this text is calling me to understand,

00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:02.059
 that Jesus really is the Savior.

00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:05.159
 He really is the Savior of the world.

00:35:06.119 --> 00:35:08.179
 He really is God's Messiah,

00:35:08.380 --> 00:35:09.239
 the Anointed One.

00:35:09.420 --> 00:35:10.679
 He really is this.

00:35:12.759 --> 00:35:14.960
 And that God is calling me,

00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:17.400
 even if it's in a sense in a declining world,

00:35:17.480 --> 00:35:19.639
 even if it's in a context of diminishment,

00:35:20.740 --> 00:35:22.139
 that my worth,

00:35:22.760 --> 00:35:23.820
 my significance,

00:35:24.460 --> 00:35:25.699
 and the meaning of my life

00:35:25.699 --> 00:35:26.920
 comes in worship,

00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:28.240
 in spirit,

00:35:28.380 --> 00:35:29.119
 and in truth.

00:35:29.119 --> 00:35:33.460
 And it,

00:35:34.019 --> 00:35:35.519
 and it,

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:38.019
 and that's,

00:35:38.019 --> 00:35:40.079
 that's what's being communicated here by Jesus,

00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:41.579
 which is so important for us.

00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:43.719
 And he's going to say a couple of other things here,

00:35:43.779 --> 00:35:44.259
 just as it,

00:35:44.259 --> 00:35:45.519
 it comes to a close.

00:35:45.980 --> 00:35:47.480
 So if you just keep reading,

00:35:48.980 --> 00:35:50.619
 look at verse 27,

00:35:51.779 --> 00:35:52.000
 oh,

00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:52.119
 sorry,

00:35:52.199 --> 00:35:52.920
 verse 25.

00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:54.240
 The woman said to him,

00:35:54.240 --> 00:35:55.159
 I know the Messiah,

00:35:55.280 --> 00:35:56.159
 the Messiah is coming,

00:35:56.480 --> 00:35:57.740
 he who is called Christ.

00:35:58.079 --> 00:35:58.659
 When he comes,

00:35:58.720 --> 00:35:59.860
 he will tell us all things.

00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:01.200
 Jesus said to her,

00:36:01.720 --> 00:36:03.059
 I who speak to you am he.

00:36:03.159 --> 00:36:04.980
 He's acknowledging he's the Messiah.

00:36:05.639 --> 00:36:06.320
 Verse 27,

00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:08.320
 just then his disciples came back,

00:36:08.420 --> 00:36:09.559
 they marveled

00:36:09.559 --> 00:36:11.539
 that he was talking with a woman.

00:36:12.940 --> 00:36:13.880
 But no one said,

00:36:13.960 --> 00:36:14.599
 what do you seek?

00:36:14.639 --> 00:36:15.059
 In other words,

00:36:15.099 --> 00:36:15.420
 to her,

00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:15.659
 like,

00:36:15.700 --> 00:36:16.220
 what are you seeking?

00:36:16.460 --> 00:36:16.599
 Like,

00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:17.200
 why are you here?

00:36:17.700 --> 00:36:18.320
 What are you doing here?

00:36:18.900 --> 00:36:20.059
 That's what they wanted to say.

00:36:20.740 --> 00:36:22.099
 What they wanted to say to Jesus was,

00:36:22.099 --> 00:36:23.259
 why are you talking with her?

00:36:24.779 --> 00:36:25.440
 Just pause.

00:36:25.880 --> 00:36:27.299
 Everybody who has Down syndrome

00:36:27.299 --> 00:36:28.360
 should do a little dance

00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:29.619
 when they see this passage.

00:36:31.380 --> 00:36:32.679
 Everyone who's poor,

00:36:34.259 --> 00:36:35.900
 everyone who's so,

00:36:36.159 --> 00:36:38.179
 who feels very old and forgotten

00:36:38.179 --> 00:36:39.500
 or young and forgotten,

00:36:40.279 --> 00:36:41.920
 because here's a person

00:36:41.920 --> 00:36:43.139
 who socially speaking

00:36:43.139 --> 00:36:44.599
 is powerless and insignificant,

00:36:45.500 --> 00:36:47.659
 and Jesus is talking with her.

00:36:48.719 --> 00:36:49.420
 You see,

00:36:49.539 --> 00:36:50.039
 for Jesus,

00:36:50.259 --> 00:36:51.559
 there are no little people.

00:36:52.099 --> 00:36:53.480
 For Jesus,

00:36:53.699 --> 00:36:54.539
 there is no little,

00:36:54.739 --> 00:36:56.079
 there are no little people

00:36:56.079 --> 00:36:57.239
 who are insignificant.

00:36:59.380 --> 00:37:00.440
 In the world,

00:37:00.699 --> 00:37:02.559
 the world has all sorts

00:37:02.559 --> 00:37:03.319
 of little people,

00:37:03.759 --> 00:37:05.639
 and different philosophies

00:37:05.639 --> 00:37:06.420
 and ideologies

00:37:06.420 --> 00:37:07.480
 create little people,

00:37:07.579 --> 00:37:08.219
 but for Jesus,

00:37:08.380 --> 00:37:09.480
 there are no little people.

00:37:11.659 --> 00:37:12.719
 Verse 28,

00:37:13.440 --> 00:37:15.319
 so the woman left her water jar.

00:37:16.599 --> 00:37:17.179
 She was sort of,

00:37:17.239 --> 00:37:18.779
 I guess she felt the abuse

00:37:18.779 --> 00:37:19.920
 from the disciples,

00:37:19.920 --> 00:37:21.180
 and she was so overcome

00:37:21.180 --> 00:37:22.159
 with Jesus,

00:37:22.960 --> 00:37:24.700
 she forgets about her water jar

00:37:24.700 --> 00:37:26.320
 and went away into town

00:37:26.320 --> 00:37:27.220
 and said to the people,

00:37:27.380 --> 00:37:28.260
 come and see a man

00:37:28.260 --> 00:37:29.740
 who told me all that I ever did.

00:37:30.639 --> 00:37:31.099
 In other words,

00:37:31.159 --> 00:37:31.700
 he knew,

00:37:31.840 --> 00:37:33.539
 he saw the very secrets

00:37:33.539 --> 00:37:34.300
 of her heart.

00:37:34.720 --> 00:37:36.039
 Can this be the Christ?

00:37:37.039 --> 00:37:37.559
 And they,

00:37:37.639 --> 00:37:38.720
 that is the Samaritans,

00:37:38.780 --> 00:37:39.820
 went out of the town

00:37:39.820 --> 00:37:40.880
 and were coming to him.

00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:41.380
 Meanwhile,

00:37:41.960 --> 00:37:42.880
 verse 31,

00:37:42.880 --> 00:37:44.380
 the disciples were urging him,

00:37:44.440 --> 00:37:44.599
 saying,

00:37:44.700 --> 00:37:44.940
 Rabbi,

00:37:45.180 --> 00:37:45.539
 eat.

00:37:47.019 --> 00:37:48.360
 But Jesus said to them,

00:37:48.440 --> 00:37:49.559
 I have food to eat

00:37:49.559 --> 00:37:50.780
 that you do not know about.

00:37:51.579 --> 00:37:52.800
 So the disciples said

00:37:52.800 --> 00:37:53.340
 to one another,

00:37:53.480 --> 00:37:55.059
 has anyone brought him

00:37:55.059 --> 00:37:55.920
 something to eat?

00:37:56.599 --> 00:37:57.519
 Jesus said to them,

00:37:57.559 --> 00:37:58.440
 my food

00:37:58.440 --> 00:37:59.820
 is to do the will

00:37:59.820 --> 00:38:01.260
 of him who sent me

00:38:01.260 --> 00:38:03.079
 and to accomplish

00:38:03.079 --> 00:38:05.099
 his work.

00:38:05.940 --> 00:38:07.019
 Do you not say

00:38:07.019 --> 00:38:08.360
 there are yet four months,

00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:09.320
 then comes the harvest?

00:38:09.480 --> 00:38:09.619
 Look,

00:38:09.660 --> 00:38:10.160
 I tell you,

00:38:10.220 --> 00:38:10.980
 lift up your eyes

00:38:10.980 --> 00:38:12.380
 and see that the fields

00:38:12.380 --> 00:38:15.139
 are white for harvest.

00:38:16.159 --> 00:38:16.400
 Now,

00:38:16.460 --> 00:38:17.800
 just sort of pause here

00:38:17.800 --> 00:38:18.820
 for a couple of points

00:38:18.820 --> 00:38:19.400
 in closing.

00:38:19.900 --> 00:38:20.539
 One of the things

00:38:20.539 --> 00:38:21.860
 that the Nazis did

00:38:21.860 --> 00:38:23.519
 and totalitarians

00:38:23.519 --> 00:38:24.219
 always do

00:38:24.219 --> 00:38:25.300
 when they want to break you,

00:38:26.199 --> 00:38:26.360
 I mean,

00:38:26.380 --> 00:38:27.240
 they do many things.

00:38:27.659 --> 00:38:28.740
 The Nazis would do

00:38:28.740 --> 00:38:29.300
 many things.

00:38:29.400 --> 00:38:30.260
 They would give people

00:38:30.260 --> 00:38:31.719
 numbers rather than names

00:38:31.719 --> 00:38:33.039
 to dehumanize them.

00:38:33.139 --> 00:38:34.719
 They would beat them.

00:38:34.860 --> 00:38:36.260
 They would just do things

00:38:36.260 --> 00:38:37.159
 that were random.

00:38:37.940 --> 00:38:38.820
 But one of the things

00:38:38.820 --> 00:38:40.139
 that they would also do,

00:38:40.300 --> 00:38:40.480
 I mean,

00:38:40.480 --> 00:38:41.260
 sometimes they had

00:38:41.260 --> 00:38:42.599
 to get meaningful work

00:38:42.599 --> 00:38:44.260
 done by the inmates

00:38:44.260 --> 00:38:45.300
 in the death camps

00:38:45.300 --> 00:38:46.800
 or the labor camps

00:38:46.800 --> 00:38:48.740
 because they just

00:38:48.740 --> 00:38:49.800
 needed something done.

00:38:49.920 --> 00:38:50.519
 But one of the ways

00:38:50.519 --> 00:38:51.740
 to really break a person

00:38:51.740 --> 00:38:52.400
 is to give them

00:38:52.400 --> 00:38:53.460
 meaningless work.

00:38:55.960 --> 00:38:57.260
 Completely and utterly

00:38:57.260 --> 00:38:58.780
 meaningless work.

00:38:59.219 --> 00:39:00.159
 You fill in,

00:39:01.440 --> 00:39:03.000
 you dig a ditch,

00:39:03.860 --> 00:39:04.659
 and then after you've

00:39:04.659 --> 00:39:05.300
 dug the ditch,

00:39:05.460 --> 00:39:06.599
 you fill the ditch

00:39:06.599 --> 00:39:07.179
 back in.

00:39:07.539 --> 00:39:08.199
 Then the next day

00:39:08.199 --> 00:39:08.760
 you dig a ditch

00:39:08.760 --> 00:39:09.500
 somewhere else

00:39:09.500 --> 00:39:10.040
 and then you dig

00:39:10.040 --> 00:39:10.660
 another ditch

00:39:10.660 --> 00:39:11.300
 and then you fill

00:39:11.300 --> 00:39:12.180
 both of the ditches

00:39:12.180 --> 00:39:12.580
 back in.

00:39:12.640 --> 00:39:13.000
 In other words,

00:39:13.040 --> 00:39:13.840
 it's completely

00:39:13.840 --> 00:39:16.200
 and utterly meaningless.

00:39:17.480 --> 00:39:18.960
 And what Jesus

00:39:18.960 --> 00:39:20.100
 is saying here

00:39:20.100 --> 00:39:22.840
 is that his life

00:39:22.840 --> 00:39:24.000
 is not meaningless.

00:39:24.460 --> 00:39:25.220
 His life

00:39:25.220 --> 00:39:26.140
 has a purpose.

00:39:26.500 --> 00:39:26.600
 In fact,

00:39:26.880 --> 00:39:27.820
 look here again

00:39:27.820 --> 00:39:28.700
 in verse 34,

00:39:28.860 --> 00:39:30.000
 my food is to do

00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:30.600
 the will of him

00:39:30.600 --> 00:39:31.220
 who sent me

00:39:31.220 --> 00:39:32.040
 and accomplish

00:39:32.040 --> 00:39:33.540
 his work.

00:39:33.539 --> 00:39:35.360
 that what really,

00:39:35.759 --> 00:39:36.119
 you see,

00:39:36.219 --> 00:39:37.320
 if we have meaning

00:39:37.320 --> 00:39:37.960
 in our life,

00:39:38.019 --> 00:39:38.679
 we can put up

00:39:38.679 --> 00:39:39.559
 with an awful lot.

00:39:41.579 --> 00:39:42.460
 We can put up

00:39:42.460 --> 00:39:43.239
 with poverty.

00:39:43.539 --> 00:39:43.759
 You know,

00:39:43.920 --> 00:39:45.079
 ask a mom

00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:46.860
 who has maybe

00:39:46.860 --> 00:39:48.779
 a two-year-old

00:39:48.779 --> 00:39:50.239
 and then a two-month-old

00:39:50.239 --> 00:39:51.079
 and both of them

00:39:51.079 --> 00:39:51.639
 are sick

00:39:51.639 --> 00:39:52.599
 and both of them

00:39:52.599 --> 00:39:53.239
 are screaming

00:39:53.239 --> 00:39:54.119
 or something like that.

00:39:54.159 --> 00:39:55.239
 It's really hard.

00:39:56.239 --> 00:39:57.279
 But because there's

00:39:57.279 --> 00:39:58.119
 some meaning to it,

00:39:58.159 --> 00:39:59.460
 it's easier to endure.

00:40:00.099 --> 00:40:01.240
 But when you lose meaning,

00:40:01.760 --> 00:40:03.440
 even prosperity

00:40:03.440 --> 00:40:05.220
 is like ashes.

00:40:08.019 --> 00:40:09.420
 And Jesus is saying

00:40:09.420 --> 00:40:10.199
 that like for the,

00:40:10.199 --> 00:40:11.340
 this is another

00:40:11.340 --> 00:40:12.159
 really important thing,

00:40:12.400 --> 00:40:13.360
 for the Christian life,

00:40:13.420 --> 00:40:14.460
 it's not just so much

00:40:14.460 --> 00:40:15.539
 that we avoid sin,

00:40:15.599 --> 00:40:16.300
 although we should try

00:40:16.300 --> 00:40:17.159
 to avoid sin,

00:40:17.920 --> 00:40:19.159
 but the Christian life

00:40:19.159 --> 00:40:19.960
 is also a matter

00:40:19.960 --> 00:40:21.740
 of doing God's will

00:40:21.740 --> 00:40:22.760
 and accomplishing

00:40:22.760 --> 00:40:23.519
 God's will.

00:40:24.280 --> 00:40:25.820
 And God has a will

00:40:25.820 --> 00:40:26.920
 for our lives.

00:40:28.079 --> 00:40:28.340
 In fact,

00:40:28.400 --> 00:40:29.019
 if you could put up

00:40:29.019 --> 00:40:29.920
 the next point,

00:40:30.059 --> 00:40:30.219
 Andrew,

00:40:30.259 --> 00:40:31.280
 that would be very good.

00:40:32.559 --> 00:40:34.239
 When I receive the gospel,

00:40:34.440 --> 00:40:35.679
 Jesus saves me

00:40:35.679 --> 00:40:38.079
 and I enter into the way

00:40:38.079 --> 00:40:40.059
 where my life

00:40:40.059 --> 00:40:41.880
 will have true meaning

00:40:41.880 --> 00:40:43.639
 and significance.

00:40:48.119 --> 00:40:49.980
 Because all of us

00:40:49.980 --> 00:40:51.460
 have a will

00:40:51.460 --> 00:40:53.960
 that God calls us to.

00:40:54.039 --> 00:40:54.759
 It's not just that

00:40:54.759 --> 00:40:56.059
 I have a vocation

00:40:56.059 --> 00:40:57.300
 because I'm a minister.

00:40:57.300 --> 00:40:59.080
 every Christian

00:40:59.080 --> 00:41:00.120
 has a vocation.

00:41:00.960 --> 00:41:01.880
 Your life starts

00:41:01.880 --> 00:41:02.539
 to take on

00:41:02.539 --> 00:41:03.240
 significance

00:41:03.240 --> 00:41:04.380
 and meaning.

00:41:05.760 --> 00:41:07.000
 You can ask God,

00:41:07.080 --> 00:41:07.460
 not just,

00:41:07.720 --> 00:41:07.740
 Father,

00:41:07.860 --> 00:41:08.140
 today,

00:41:08.340 --> 00:41:09.380
 how will I not,

00:41:09.539 --> 00:41:10.360
 help me not to go

00:41:10.360 --> 00:41:10.880
 into sin.

00:41:11.019 --> 00:41:11.160
 You know,

00:41:11.180 --> 00:41:12.320
 maybe you have a besetting sin

00:41:12.320 --> 00:41:13.380
 and you pray into it,

00:41:13.920 --> 00:41:14.680
 whatever that is.

00:41:14.760 --> 00:41:15.640
 Help me not to lie

00:41:15.640 --> 00:41:16.460
 so much today

00:41:16.460 --> 00:41:18.100
 or help me not to envy

00:41:18.100 --> 00:41:19.720
 my neighbors so much

00:41:19.720 --> 00:41:20.380
 because those are

00:41:20.380 --> 00:41:21.440
 my besetting sins

00:41:21.440 --> 00:41:22.680
 or help me not

00:41:22.680 --> 00:41:23.720
 to be so picky

00:41:23.720 --> 00:41:24.700
 about food

00:41:24.699 --> 00:41:25.299
 because that's one

00:41:25.299 --> 00:41:26.399
 of my besetting sins,

00:41:26.519 --> 00:41:27.379
 the sin of gluttony.

00:41:28.159 --> 00:41:28.879
 A sin of gluttony

00:41:28.879 --> 00:41:29.719
 often doesn't just

00:41:29.719 --> 00:41:30.480
 mean eating too much,

00:41:30.519 --> 00:41:31.599
 it can be being too picky

00:41:31.599 --> 00:41:32.079
 as well,

00:41:32.219 --> 00:41:33.399
 part of the sin of gluttony.

00:41:34.500 --> 00:41:35.559
 But at the same time,

00:41:35.679 --> 00:41:35.839
 Father,

00:41:35.919 --> 00:41:36.480
 what is it you would

00:41:36.480 --> 00:41:37.399
 have me do today?

00:41:39.119 --> 00:41:40.159
 And that's what

00:41:40.159 --> 00:41:41.259
 gives our lives meaning.

00:41:42.379 --> 00:41:42.579
 You know,

00:41:42.579 --> 00:41:43.219
 one of the things here,

00:41:43.259 --> 00:41:43.819
 if you look at the word

00:41:43.819 --> 00:41:44.259
 accomplish,

00:41:44.439 --> 00:41:45.480
 look at that verse again,

00:41:45.579 --> 00:41:45.899
 34,

00:41:46.019 --> 00:41:46.739
 my food is to do

00:41:46.739 --> 00:41:47.319
 the will of him

00:41:47.319 --> 00:41:48.019
 who sent me

00:41:48.019 --> 00:41:49.679
 and to accomplish his work.

00:41:49.679 --> 00:41:51.639
 The same word,

00:41:52.099 --> 00:41:53.359
 different verb tense,

00:41:53.980 --> 00:41:55.159
 but the same verb,

00:41:55.299 --> 00:41:56.079
 same word,

00:41:56.259 --> 00:41:57.899
 is the very last word

00:41:57.899 --> 00:41:58.940
 that Jesus says

00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:59.960
 before he dies.

00:42:01.079 --> 00:42:02.519
 On the cross,

00:42:02.619 --> 00:42:03.179
 he says,

00:42:03.579 --> 00:42:04.419
 it is finished.

00:42:05.359 --> 00:42:06.019
 And that can be

00:42:06.019 --> 00:42:07.319
 translated as

00:42:07.319 --> 00:42:08.539
 it is accomplished.

00:42:12.139 --> 00:42:13.960
 Even death

00:42:13.960 --> 00:42:15.099
 and diminishment

00:42:15.099 --> 00:42:17.619
 can be something

00:42:17.619 --> 00:42:19.400
 that is God's will

00:42:19.400 --> 00:42:20.319
 for us.

00:42:22.559 --> 00:42:23.159
 Because

00:42:23.159 --> 00:42:24.319
 in a secular

00:42:24.319 --> 00:42:25.259
 point of view,

00:42:25.539 --> 00:42:26.719
 it can only be

00:42:26.719 --> 00:42:27.639
 a will,

00:42:28.000 --> 00:42:29.000
 something meaningful,

00:42:29.159 --> 00:42:30.860
 if it is success

00:42:30.860 --> 00:42:32.659
 and the exaltation

00:42:32.659 --> 00:42:33.440
 of the self.

00:42:34.819 --> 00:42:36.079
 But from a Christian

00:42:36.079 --> 00:42:36.900
 point of view,

00:42:37.299 --> 00:42:37.980
 because we live

00:42:37.980 --> 00:42:38.940
 for God's glory,

00:42:40.139 --> 00:42:41.099
 even things which,

00:42:41.440 --> 00:42:41.819
 in a sense,

00:42:41.900 --> 00:42:43.000
 from a worldly perspective,

00:42:43.159 --> 00:42:44.000
 diminish us,

00:42:44.000 --> 00:42:47.360
 can in fact

00:42:47.360 --> 00:42:47.820
 be us

00:42:47.820 --> 00:42:48.519
 accomplishing

00:42:48.519 --> 00:42:49.260
 God's will.

00:42:53.420 --> 00:42:54.340
 Just one final,

00:42:54.400 --> 00:42:54.800
 if you could just

00:42:54.800 --> 00:42:55.739
 put up the final thing.

00:42:56.320 --> 00:42:56.960
 Verse 35,

00:42:57.320 --> 00:42:58.420
 it's 42 minutes,

00:42:58.519 --> 00:42:59.079
 it's time for me

00:42:59.079 --> 00:42:59.619
 to wrap it up.

00:42:59.699 --> 00:43:00.300
 He talks about

00:43:00.300 --> 00:43:00.920
 the harvest.

00:43:02.280 --> 00:43:02.480
 And

00:43:02.480 --> 00:43:04.079
 this is a

00:43:04.079 --> 00:43:04.980
 congruent verse

00:43:04.980 --> 00:43:06.420
 with Luke 10,

00:43:06.519 --> 00:43:07.699
 2 and Matthew 9,

00:43:07.780 --> 00:43:09.019
 37 and 38.

00:43:09.980 --> 00:43:10.179
 And

00:43:10.179 --> 00:43:11.739
 just what I

00:43:11.739 --> 00:43:12.480
 just wanted to

00:43:12.480 --> 00:43:13.400
 close with

00:43:13.400 --> 00:43:13.920
 is that

00:43:13.920 --> 00:43:16.139
 our offices

00:43:16.139 --> 00:43:17.139
 in the gay village,

00:43:18.559 --> 00:43:19.920
 different groups

00:43:19.920 --> 00:43:20.519
 and movements

00:43:20.519 --> 00:43:21.500
 claim land

00:43:21.500 --> 00:43:22.740
 and claim

00:43:22.740 --> 00:43:23.460
 this place,

00:43:23.780 --> 00:43:24.599
 but God

00:43:24.599 --> 00:43:25.220
 has never

00:43:25.220 --> 00:43:25.820
 relinquished

00:43:25.820 --> 00:43:26.340
 sovereignty

00:43:26.340 --> 00:43:27.260
 over the earth.

00:43:28.860 --> 00:43:29.519
 God

00:43:29.519 --> 00:43:30.200
 has never

00:43:30.200 --> 00:43:30.980
 relinquished

00:43:30.980 --> 00:43:31.820
 his sovereignty

00:43:31.820 --> 00:43:32.900
 over the world.

00:43:33.460 --> 00:43:34.039
 The earth

00:43:34.039 --> 00:43:34.840
 is the Lord's

00:43:34.840 --> 00:43:35.420
 and the fullness

00:43:35.420 --> 00:43:36.119
 thereof.

00:43:36.119 --> 00:43:38.819
 and what we do

00:43:38.819 --> 00:43:39.619
 is we live

00:43:39.619 --> 00:43:40.239
 right now

00:43:40.239 --> 00:43:40.759
 in the field

00:43:40.759 --> 00:43:41.359
 of the Lord.

00:43:42.799 --> 00:43:43.799
 And in the field

00:43:43.799 --> 00:43:44.299
 of the Lord

00:43:44.299 --> 00:43:45.179
 there is a harvest.

00:43:46.039 --> 00:43:46.940
 And in the field

00:43:46.940 --> 00:43:47.400
 of the Lord

00:43:47.400 --> 00:43:48.099
 there is a harvest

00:43:48.099 --> 00:43:49.179
 that he has created.

00:43:49.920 --> 00:43:50.920
 And the Lord

00:43:50.920 --> 00:43:51.779
 is looking for

00:43:51.779 --> 00:43:52.739
 people who will be

00:43:52.739 --> 00:43:54.059
 his laborers

00:43:54.059 --> 00:43:55.179
 to work in

00:43:55.179 --> 00:43:56.359
 his field

00:43:56.360 --> 00:43:58.099
 to bring in

00:43:58.099 --> 00:43:59.420
 his harvest

00:43:59.420 --> 00:44:01.640
 for his glory.

00:44:02.760 --> 00:44:03.960
 And when we do

00:44:03.960 --> 00:44:05.120
 his will

00:44:05.120 --> 00:44:06.340
 in his field

00:44:06.340 --> 00:44:07.700
 for his glory

00:44:07.700 --> 00:44:08.620
 it is also

00:44:08.620 --> 00:44:09.360
 for the true

00:44:09.360 --> 00:44:09.940
 good

00:44:09.940 --> 00:44:11.559
 of his world

00:44:11.559 --> 00:44:13.059
 because he is

00:44:13.059 --> 00:44:13.480
 sovereign

00:44:13.480 --> 00:44:15.059
 over all of the earth.

00:44:15.800 --> 00:44:16.380
 And the Lord

00:44:16.380 --> 00:44:17.860
 is calling us

00:44:17.860 --> 00:44:18.780
 and inviting us

00:44:18.780 --> 00:44:19.740
 and healing us

00:44:19.740 --> 00:44:20.420
 to understand

00:44:20.420 --> 00:44:21.079
 that we are

00:44:21.079 --> 00:44:22.880
 his laborers

00:44:22.880 --> 00:44:23.860
 to work in

00:44:23.860 --> 00:44:24.960
 his field.

00:44:24.960 --> 00:44:27.720
 bringing in

00:44:27.720 --> 00:44:28.920
 his harvest

00:44:28.920 --> 00:44:31.179
 for his glory

00:44:31.179 --> 00:44:32.720
 which is also

00:44:32.720 --> 00:44:33.599
 for the true

00:44:33.599 --> 00:44:34.079
 good

00:44:34.079 --> 00:44:35.760
 of all people.

00:44:36.380 --> 00:44:37.139
 Please stand.

00:44:42.960 --> 00:44:43.639
 I invite you

00:44:43.639 --> 00:44:44.679
 to bow your heads

00:44:44.679 --> 00:44:45.179
 in prayer.

00:44:49.280 --> 00:44:49.880
 Father,

00:44:50.000 --> 00:44:50.659
 just in wrapping

00:44:50.659 --> 00:44:51.500
 up our prayers

00:44:51.500 --> 00:44:52.320
 if there are

00:44:52.320 --> 00:44:53.199
 people here

00:44:53.199 --> 00:44:53.579
 Father

00:44:53.579 --> 00:44:54.000
 and there might

00:44:54.000 --> 00:44:54.760
 very well be

00:44:54.760 --> 00:44:55.740
 who are struggling

00:44:55.740 --> 00:44:57.080
 with a big

00:44:57.080 --> 00:44:57.700
 disconnect

00:44:57.700 --> 00:44:58.680
 between the

00:44:58.680 --> 00:44:59.260
 biology

00:44:59.260 --> 00:45:00.220
 and how they

00:45:00.220 --> 00:45:00.880
 understand

00:45:00.880 --> 00:45:01.560
 and identify

00:45:01.560 --> 00:45:02.080
 themselves.

00:45:02.300 --> 00:45:02.420
 Father,

00:45:02.520 --> 00:45:04.300
 we ask that

00:45:04.300 --> 00:45:05.060
 they would know

00:45:05.060 --> 00:45:05.680
 your love

00:45:05.680 --> 00:45:06.580
 that your Holy

00:45:06.580 --> 00:45:07.220
 Spirit would

00:45:07.220 --> 00:45:07.840
 move mightily

00:45:07.840 --> 00:45:08.680
 in their lives.

00:45:09.300 --> 00:45:09.980
 That you would

00:45:09.980 --> 00:45:10.540
 guide them

00:45:10.540 --> 00:45:10.900
 Father

00:45:10.900 --> 00:45:11.560
 to people

00:45:11.560 --> 00:45:12.220
 who can

00:45:12.220 --> 00:45:13.280
 love them

00:45:13.280 --> 00:45:14.700
 and can

00:45:14.700 --> 00:45:15.580
 speak truth

00:45:15.580 --> 00:45:16.160
 to them

00:45:16.160 --> 00:45:16.960
 and encourage

00:45:16.960 --> 00:45:17.760
 them and support

00:45:17.760 --> 00:45:18.400
 them as they

00:45:18.400 --> 00:45:19.000
 deal with

00:45:19.000 --> 00:45:20.380
 this hard thing.

00:45:21.740 --> 00:45:22.120
 And Father

00:45:22.120 --> 00:45:22.560
 if there are

00:45:22.560 --> 00:45:23.000
 any here

00:45:23.000 --> 00:45:23.320
 who have

00:45:23.320 --> 00:45:23.699
 not put

00:45:23.699 --> 00:45:24.239
 their hands

00:45:24.239 --> 00:45:24.800
 in the hands

00:45:24.800 --> 00:45:25.300
 of Jesus

00:45:25.300 --> 00:45:25.920
 to trust

00:45:25.920 --> 00:45:26.360
 him as their

00:45:26.360 --> 00:45:26.860
 savior and

00:45:26.860 --> 00:45:27.019
 Lord,

00:45:27.099 --> 00:45:27.539
 we ask that

00:45:27.539 --> 00:45:27.900
 your Holy

00:45:27.900 --> 00:45:28.460
 Spirit would

00:45:28.460 --> 00:45:29.019
 move in a

00:45:29.019 --> 00:45:30.119
 powerful way

00:45:30.119 --> 00:45:30.519
 that you

00:45:30.519 --> 00:45:31.460
 would help

00:45:31.460 --> 00:45:32.079
 them Father

00:45:32.079 --> 00:45:33.280
 to stop

00:45:33.280 --> 00:45:33.760
 running

00:45:33.760 --> 00:45:34.800
 and turn

00:45:34.800 --> 00:45:35.139
 to you,

00:45:35.199 --> 00:45:35.940
 stop hiding

00:45:35.940 --> 00:45:36.380
 and turn

00:45:36.380 --> 00:45:36.659
 to you

00:45:36.659 --> 00:45:36.940
 and put

00:45:36.940 --> 00:45:37.500
 their hands

00:45:37.500 --> 00:45:38.039
 in the hands

00:45:38.039 --> 00:45:38.599
 of Jesus

00:45:38.599 --> 00:45:38.719
 Jesus,

00:45:39.779 --> 00:45:40.559
 that he

00:45:40.559 --> 00:45:40.920
 might be

00:45:40.920 --> 00:45:41.480
 their savior

00:45:41.480 --> 00:45:41.779
 and their

00:45:41.779 --> 00:45:42.059
 Lord,

00:45:42.139 --> 00:45:42.339
 that it

00:45:42.339 --> 00:45:42.860
 might happen

00:45:42.860 --> 00:45:43.279
 today.

00:45:43.480 --> 00:45:43.900
 And Father

00:45:43.900 --> 00:45:44.860
 for those

00:45:44.860 --> 00:45:45.259
 of us

00:45:45.259 --> 00:45:45.559
 who are

00:45:45.559 --> 00:45:46.019
 struggling

00:45:46.019 --> 00:45:47.299
 with dryness

00:45:47.299 --> 00:45:47.619
 in our

00:45:47.619 --> 00:45:48.079
 lives,

00:45:48.239 --> 00:45:48.400
 who are

00:45:48.400 --> 00:45:50.179
 hiding

00:45:50.179 --> 00:45:50.819
 amidst our

00:45:50.819 --> 00:45:51.219
 idols

00:45:51.219 --> 00:45:51.880
 and serving

00:45:51.880 --> 00:45:52.579
 our idols

00:45:52.579 --> 00:45:53.079
 and so

00:45:53.079 --> 00:45:53.599
 you seem

00:45:53.599 --> 00:45:54.279
 so distant

00:45:54.279 --> 00:45:55.360
 from us,

00:45:55.440 --> 00:45:55.819
 we ask

00:45:55.819 --> 00:45:56.159
 Father

00:45:56.159 --> 00:45:56.539
 that your

00:45:56.539 --> 00:45:57.119
 Holy Spirit

00:45:57.119 --> 00:45:57.519
 would move

00:45:57.519 --> 00:45:57.860
 and work

00:45:57.860 --> 00:45:58.099
 in our

00:45:58.099 --> 00:45:58.519
 lives,

00:45:58.619 --> 00:45:59.299
 that you

00:45:59.299 --> 00:45:59.739
 would help

00:45:59.739 --> 00:45:59.920
 us,

00:46:00.299 --> 00:46:00.319
 Father,

00:46:00.440 --> 00:46:01.699
 to leave

00:46:01.699 --> 00:46:02.900
 hiding in

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 our idols

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 and running

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 from you

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 and to

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 turn and face

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 you and say,

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 Father, thank you that you never stopped seeking me or loving me, and I am yours.

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 I am yours.

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 Help me to leave my idols and no longer hide from you.

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 And Father, for all of us, help us to know ourselves, Father, to be so gripped by the gospel

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 that we are disciples of Jesus who are learning to live as your laborers in your field,

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 bringing in your harvest for your glory and for the great good of people.

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 And we ask all of this in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior.

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 Amen.