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 Good to see you all.

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 Man, we started this series with the start with the end in mind, right?

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 As we're figuring out what church is for us, we're going to start with the end in mind and figure out,

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! Actually, what is it that Jesus has said to the church?

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 Because I want to know. I want to know what the final ending is, because I want to know that we're not doing something wrong.

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 I don't want to be wasting Sunday mornings if we're going to be doing something that actually he's not pleased with,

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 that he's going to spit out of his mouth. So I want to know what it is.

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 And I've got to say, there's a bit of a confession here.

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 This is my favorite one.

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 And this is, look, actually, a lot of people say that preachers have their kind of,

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 actually, every preacher apparently only has five sermons.

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 And everything that they speak about ends up going to be about one of the five things.

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 Yeah, have we heard that before?

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 And I think you guys know what mine is.

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 And I'll give you a confession right now.

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 I've been talking about this sermon basically every sermon.

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 This is how I live.

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 And so this one, the Church of Laodicea, this is my jam.

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 This is my vibe.

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 This is the one that we're going to go for.

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 I'll tell you why.

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 Maybe it's because of my dad.

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 Growing up, my dad would say this one thing.

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 He'd say,

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 You either don't do it at all, or you do it properly.

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 So growing up, that was always drawn into my mind.

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 And I was also a 90s kid.

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 And there was this pop band.

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 Grace, maybe you know it.

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 O-Town.

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 Do you remember O-Town?

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 No?

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 Janice remembers O-Town.

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 Does anyone?

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 Put your hand up if you remember O-Town.

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 Because I want it all.

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 Or nothing at all.

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 Oh, Kenneth.

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 You got me.

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 You got me, Kenneth.

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 Kenneth, don't be red.

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 Don't go red, Kenneth.

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 It's all good.

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 Oh, man.

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 That song was...

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 Do you remember that song?

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 You remember that song?

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 I remember that song.

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 Yeah.

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 That was like...

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 No, it's O-Town.

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 What?

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 It's O-Town.

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 Don't go searching now.

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 I'll pay attention to the sermon.

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 It's O-Town, man.

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 It's O-Town.

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 Anyway, because I want it all or nothing at all.

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 So I've always had that.

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 It's kind of like, hey, does this deserve all of my attention?

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 Or does this deserve none of my attention?

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 Right?

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 Right?

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 And this is what this sermon is about.

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 This is what it's going to be about.

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 And we're going to talk about this.

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 This is the final church in the book of Revelation that he talks to.

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 The church of Laodicea.

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 And this is the one that we're going through.

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 If you...

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 You know what?

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 I'll tell you something.

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 We had a really fun time yesterday.

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 Well, at least I thought it was fun.

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 Watching people guess and remember, recall these last six churches.

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 Gabs, seriously.

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 Seriously.

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 Like, you should be convicted.

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 Repent.

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 Therefore, repent.

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 You know all of them.

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 Just as a confession, this has been on my heart.

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 It's not just been on my heart.

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 It's on my mind.

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 I've just been repeating this every day.

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 Just going through.

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 Actually, I came back from England and I was jet lagged.

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 And so when I was jet lagged, this is what I was doing.

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 Just constantly just memorizing, just recalling these seven letters.

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 Because these seven letters are so important.

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 So important to the church.

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 But also just so important to me.

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 I'm just like, man, this is important.

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 We need to get this right.

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 And so we're going to go through this.

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 And as always, we're just going to go through each part as it goes.

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 And he introduces himself again.

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 He always introduces himself.

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 He's polite.

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 He's well-mannered.

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 So he says, hey, here are my words.

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 The words of the amen.

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 We always say amen when we pray, when we go to dinner, just before we eat.

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 We say amen.

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 What does it mean?

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 It means, so be it.

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 Let it be.

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 It means this is binding and this is true.

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 He's saying the words of the amen.

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 Whatever I say is true, I am legit, I am the real deal.

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 This is, whatever I say, this is going to happen.

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 He says, I am the faithful and true witness.

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 The faithful and true witness.

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 We looked at all these churches and all the complacency that's going on and all the heresy that's going on.

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 He's saying, I am the faithful and true witness.

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 I am the beginning of God's creation.

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 The word there actually means, he's the prototype.

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 He's the perfect model from the very beginning.

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 When he says, I am the beginning of creation, what does he mean?

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 He's saying, all of you, everything here, Joe just talked about this.

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 That actually, all of it, we're not self-made people.

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 We're all made in the image of Christ.

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 We all came from Christ.

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 Maybe just stop there for a second.

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 If you're taking notes or if you're even flicking through your Bible or if you're looking for O-Town playlists from the 90s,

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 why don't you go with me to Colossians now.

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 Now, Colossians chapter 1 verse 15 onwards.

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 Funnily enough, those of you from KFCI, Colossians chapter 1 verse 15 was my very first sermon

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 when Christina and I, our family, we got to Hong Kong.

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 I think I preached this in January 2019 on this passage, Colossians 1.

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 It says this,

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 Do you remember that?

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 Do you believe that?

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 That you were created from him.

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 You were made in his image.

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 Not only that, not only did we come from him, we're going to him.

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 Flick with me to Romans 8.

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 Let's go to Romans 8.

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 Romans 8.

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 You have the very famous passage that we all remind ourselves and we have a fridge magnet based on it, 828.

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 For all things work for the good of those who love him.

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 And after that, it says this,

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 According to his purpose,

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 For those whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his son.

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 For those whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his son.

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 Not only did we come from him, not only were we made based on him,

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 he was the first original OG prototype.

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 We're also going to be looking like him.

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 That's it.

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 We come from him and we're heading to him.

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 So our destiny, everything that has life in this world,

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 our destiny here, the destiny of every cell is to be conformed to his image,

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 to looking like him.

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 So he says,

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 The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness,

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 the beginning of God's creation,

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 you were not self-made.

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 You're here because God breathed life into you.

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 You were made from Christ and you were made for all Christ.

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 And then he says this,

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 I know your works.

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 I know your programs.

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 I know the stuff that you're doing.

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 And here comes the famous part.

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 You are neither cold nor hot.

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 Would that you be either cold nor hot?

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 But because you are neither hot nor cold,

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 I'm going to spit you out of my mouth.

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 Actually, the word spit there isn't a violent, aggressive spit.

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 It's like, I really despise you.

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 It's a nauseating one.

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 It's like, oh, you make me so sick.

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 It's that kind of.

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 I'm going to vomit you out of my mouth.

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 That's what he's saying.

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 He's saying, because you are lukewarm.

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 Isn't this the biggest problem that we have?

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 Isn't this the biggest problem that we have in the church?

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 Maybe in a church that doesn't have any pressure coming from outside.

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 Isn't this the biggest thing?

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 Lukewarmness.

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 Lukewarm Christians,

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 where we are neither cold nor hot.

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 Now, growing up in England,

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 when we used to sit down to eat food,

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 every time we'd sit down and eat food,

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 we'd have to explain to the staff.

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 Because I'd go, hey, can I have some warm water to drink?

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 Because in Hong Kong,

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 Chinese people, we love drinking.

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 They were lunsou.

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 Actually, in Hong Kong,

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 it's so part of the fabric of society

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 that there's just a lunsou station

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 that you just go and get yourself.

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 It's just there.

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 But in England,

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 and then the waiters would be like,

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 so you want warm water?

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 Hot water?

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 With lemon?

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 And then in Spain,

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 it would be with sugar?

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 And then it's cold water?

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 It's like, but actually,

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 they don't understand that as Hong Kong people,

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 we like to drink warm water.

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 But here's the danger.

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 I wonder whether we drink so much warm water

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 that we've let that seep into our faith.

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 That we actually approach our faith in the same way,

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 but that we are neither hot nor cold,

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 that we are lukewarm.

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 That is the biggest problem.

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 Tim Keller says this,

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 you can't react to Jesus in any other way

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 other than radically.

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 You cannot react to Jesus in a moderate way.

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 That is impossible.

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 If you consider the claims that this guy made,

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 you can't just say,

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 oh, okay, seems like a nice guy.

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 C.S. Lewis puts it this way.

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 You can either respond to Jesus with hatred,

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 with terror,

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 or with adoration.

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 Hatred, terror,

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 or adoration.

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 He's either a lunatic,

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 he's a liar,

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 or he's Lord.

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 He's nothing in between.

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 Which one is he for you?

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 Because if you're neither here nor there,

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 then actually you're lukewarm.

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 And then Jesus,

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 it makes Jesus sick.

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 Do you know why?

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 Tim Keller says this,

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 I've got a quote that,

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 he says,

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 how can you come to grips with someone

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 who has given himself utterly for you

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 without you giving yourself utterly to him?

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 Let me just say that again.

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 How can you come to grips with someone

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 who has given himself utterly for you

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 without you giving yourself utterly to him?

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 To do anything else is not only an offense

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 to the moral sense,

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 it's a crucifixion of the intelligence.

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 It's as stupid as it is wicked.

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 There is no other way to respond.

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 There's no moderate way to respond.

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 There is no lukewarm way to respond.

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 The cold person understands that.

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 The cold person says,

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 I reject such claims.

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 I don't give that kind of preeminence to anybody.

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 I'm on my own.

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 I am my own God.

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 The cold person has come to grips

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 of the magnitude of the claims of Christ

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 and the hot person has too.

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 The lukewarm person has not.

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 Do we get that?

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 How can you come to terms

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 with someone who has given himself utterly for you

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 and then you say,

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 cool, cool, cool, bro.

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 That's kind.

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 That's nice.

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 I like you.

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 Kind of.

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 I'll see you on Sunday.

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 Maybe.

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 Can you see that's a crucifixion of intelligence?

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 Jesus gave himself utterly for us

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 and our response is,

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 cheers, mate.

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 Thanks.

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 Can you see how ridiculous that sounds?

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 And yet, if we look at our lives,

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 isn't that how we,

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 okay, we may say,

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 Lord, we thank you.

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 We thank you.

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 But if we look at our lives,

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 does that even look that way?

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 If someone was to shadow your life

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 and walk around,

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 would they sense the gratitude,

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 the deep gratitude that comes

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 with knowing what Christ did for you?

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 Whew.

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 He says,

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 because you are lukewarm,

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 you made me sick.

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 Not in an aggressive sentence.

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 This is just nauseating,

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 given what I gave for you

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 and now you don't seem to understand that.

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 That's nauseating.

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 You are lukewarm.

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 And there's two ways to look at this.

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 There's a geographical way.

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 When he says,

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 you are neither cold nor hot,

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 there's two ways to look at this.

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 There's a geographical contextual way

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 and there's just a pastoral way.

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 I'll tell you briefly about both.

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 One, the geographical way.

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 The people of Laodicea

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 would understand what this is.

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 This was a wealthy town.

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 It had everything.

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 And I'll tell you more about that later.

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 But one thing it didn't have

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 was its own clean water supply.

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 Okay, so it had everything else,

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 but it had to rely on other places

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 to give it water.

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 So, and it was famous that actually

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 by the time the water got to Laodicea,

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 it was tasteless, it was murky,

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 and it was nauseating.

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 So the people of Laodicea

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 would know exactly what Jesus

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 is talking about here.

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 Just down the road, six miles away,

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 is this place called Hierapolis,

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 which is basically like,

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 I can see Brian and Marissa,

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 who used to be with us at KFCI,

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 but now live in Taipei.

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 We went to visit them in the summer.

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 And there's a lovely place near you

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 called Beitu,

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 where there's the hot springs.

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 So Hierapolis has basically the hot springs.

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 And it's a place where it's just restoring,

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 healing as you sit in the hot pool

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 and your body just relaxes.

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 So the nearby town had the hot springs

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 that were super nice and healing.

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 Colossae, another town just further down that way,

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 kind of the twin city of Laodicea,

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 had cool, ice, refreshing water.

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 What Jesus is saying here

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 is you are neither healing or restoring,

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 and you are neither refreshing either.

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 And because of that, you make me sick.

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 It means you're not serving your purpose.

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 You're not doing what you're supposed to be doing.

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 You're not responding to the gospel

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 in the way that you should do.

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 This is a crucifixion of your intelligence.

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 And it goes against just even the moral sense

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 of what we're supposed to do

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 when someone does something like that for us.

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 And yet in this city, that is exactly what it is.

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 There's another way to look at it.

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 It's just pastorally and ministerially.

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 Those of you who've been with Young Life,

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 who've volunteered with Young Life,

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 who've worked with Young Life,

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 we go out and we meet young people,

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 a lot of young people who don't even know the gospel.

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 I was talking to Nathan last week about this.

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 Actually, when you do something like Alpha,

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 you meet people who have never heard Christianity before

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 or never heard the gospel before.

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 It's actually refreshing.

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 Because they're like, oh yeah, life really sucks.

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 I don't know where the hope comes from.

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 And so when you talk to these people

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 who are non-Christians, they're like,

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 oh, actually it fills you up.

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 Do you get that?

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 Have you spoken to a non-Christian?

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 You're trying to explain to them?

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 I'm trying to help them understand,

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 to make sense of this world and this life that they live in.

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 And actually it's refreshing.

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 And even those who are avid, passionate atheists,

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 I love those.

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 Why?

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 Because they have something to say.

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 They have an argument that they want to make.

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 They have a case that they want to bring to you.

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 Yeah, but I disagree.

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 I think this.

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 And you're like, okay.

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 Okay, now let's talk.

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 What's the worst?

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 When you look at someone and goes,

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 yeah, yeah, I was born a Christian.

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 My grandparents are Christians and my parents were.

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 Yeah.

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 So what do you think about this stuff?

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 Yeah.

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 Yeah.

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 It's kind of cool.

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 Yeah, then I get a bit bored these days.

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 Bored?

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 But isn't that what we often have?

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 I was asked to speak at a Christian school,

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 one that Florence grew up in actually,

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 and this is,

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 I mean, my kids go to Christian schools.

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 I'm not knocking Christian schools.

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 Christian school has really good things.

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 But man, my heart sunk that day.

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 And you know what I'm talking about, right?

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 I went onto the stage and I spoke to this group of kids.

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 They were on a retreat in Wukaisa.

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 Yeah, and you know, you've been to that retreat.

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 And I was just about to speak.

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 And I was like, man, these kids are bored.

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 And I haven't even opened my mouth yet.

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 I'm like, at least give a brother a chance.

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 Like, they're just like, oh, here we go again.

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 Here's that gospel thing.

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 Here's that Jesus thing.

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 Again.

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 And I was just like, you know what I'm saying?

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 Isn't that heartbreaking?

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 That we would take something like the good news

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 and strip it of the good and strip it of the news.

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 And then you're left with just this empty mech.

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 Forget Jesus.

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 I want to be sick.

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 Why are we here?

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 You either do it properly or you don't do it at all.

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 You either believe it properly or you don't believe it at all.

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 There is no halfway house in this.

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 The only way to respond to Jesus is radically.

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 And by all means, go and say that he's a liar.

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 Go and say that his claims are false.

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 Go and say that he's actually crazy.

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 He's a lunatic.

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 But don't say he's Lord and then have no area of your life

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 that he's lording over.

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 Don't do that.

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 Don't do that.

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 And this is my message.

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 That's what you've heard me speak about.

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 You've heard me speak about the fact that we all often

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 are mildly vaccinated with a very mild week

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 form of Jesus.

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 Those of us who have attended church,

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 grown up in church,

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 we've heard about church.

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 We are vaccinated with a mild and weak

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 or dead form of Jesus

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 because we think we know.

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 So when you say,

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 when I ask you,

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 are you Christian?

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 You say, oh yeah, I kind of am.

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 I grew up in church.

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 I kind of know about the Jesus stuff.

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 You know what that does?

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 That stops you from knowing about Jesus himself.

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 You know stuff about Jesus,

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 but you don't know Jesus.

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 You know stuff about Jesus.

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 You've been taught about Jesus.

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 You've been taught about the big fish.

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 You've been taught about the big ark,

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 but you don't know Jesus at all.

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 You are not following him.

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 He is not your Lord.

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 You think you know,

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 and you know what?

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 That's how the vaccination works, right?

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 Because you have this mild vaccination of,

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 it's this strain inside you,

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 that's the false one.

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 It stops you from getting the real thing.

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 And then you're wondering,

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 oh, this Jesus thing isn't that great at all.

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 Because you don't have the real thing.

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 Because the real one would blow your mind.

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 And that's the danger.

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 It's not atheist versus Christian

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 that I'm most worried about.

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 I'm worried about the ones

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 who are just in the middle.

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 Those lukewarm Christians

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 who say they believe

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 but don't really believe.

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 Who actually think they have it right.

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 Charles Spurgeon said this,

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 the discernment is not knowing

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 between right and wrong.

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 It's knowing between right

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 and almost right.

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 Can I just say that again?

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 Discernment is not knowing

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 between right and wrong.

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 It's knowing between right

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 and almost right.

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 And being almost right

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 is so dangerous.

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 Because when you think you are right

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 but you are almost right,

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 you miss the real thing completely.

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 You're watching the fireworks

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 from your phone

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 and you're not looking at the real thing.

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 And because of that,

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 you think, oh, it's no big deal.

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 That's the problem that we have.

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 I think this is the church

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 that we have in here in Algol.

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 This is the thing

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 that keeps me up at night.

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 Because I think there are so many of us

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 who have heard this stuff before.

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 We've even said the prayer.

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 We even say we'll follow.

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 We say we'll go to church.

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 And man,

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 I think it's better

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 that we don't go to church.

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 Because the way we do it,

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 actually,

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 forget Jesus for now,

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 I think it turns non-Christians off.

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 I think non-Christians go,

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 oh, you say you believe in this stuff

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 but yet you don't look

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 any different to me.

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 In fact, you're worse.

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 You gossip more than anything.

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 I don't see anything different in you.

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 So why do I need to go

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 and use my Sunday morning for that?

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 The only way to respond to Jesus

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 is radically.

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 It's not moderately.

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 And that's what Jesus is addressing here.

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 He saved the worst till last

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 or the best till last,

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 however you look at it.

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 This is his final one

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 and he's coming in

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 and he's finishing with his left hook.

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 And again,

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 this church was interesting

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 because this church,

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 very similar to the church in Sardis,

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 was a very wealthy church.

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 It had everything

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 other than a clean supply of water

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 but it had everything.

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 And then he goes and talks about this.

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 He says,

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 for you say,

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 I am rich.

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 You say,

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 I am rich.

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 And it's interesting here.

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 He says,

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 I am rich,

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 I have prospered

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 and I need nothing.

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 Those are the most dangerous words.

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 I need nothing.

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 It's interesting

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 because Jesus knows exactly the city.

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 This was a very,

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 very wealthy city

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 to the point where

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 the Jews in Jerusalem

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 at one time

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 actually contacted the Jews

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 in Laodicea

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 and said,

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 can you lend us some money?

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 Our accounts are not doing well.

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 Can you lend us some money?

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 So they actually lent money

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 back to the Jews in Jerusalem.

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 There was another time

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 where an earthquake

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 actually flattened the whole city

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 and Rome actually offered

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 to give them money

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 to rebuild their city

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 and what did Laodicea say?

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 No thanks.

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 We need nothing.

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 We got this ourselves.

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 We have all our banks.

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 All our banks are solvent.

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 We are fine.

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 We can pay for ourselves.

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 Can you imagine that pride?

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 Someone's offering you,

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 Rome's offering you money

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 and you say,

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 I don't need it.

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 We've got enough.

00:19:37.920 --> 00:19:39.000
 That's a little bit of the mindset.

00:19:39.140 --> 00:19:39.340
 He says,

00:19:39.560 --> 00:19:40.980
 for you say I am rich,

00:19:41.200 --> 00:19:42.240
 that I have prospered,

00:19:42.259 --> 00:19:43.519
 that I need nothing.

00:19:43.779 --> 00:19:44.039
 Actually,

00:19:44.220 --> 00:19:45.720
 there's three interesting points

00:19:45.720 --> 00:19:46.299
 about the city.

00:19:46.420 --> 00:19:46.660
 One,

00:19:46.900 --> 00:19:48.019
 it had a lot of money,

00:19:48.220 --> 00:19:48.960
 a lot of banks

00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:50.600
 and all the banks were solvent

00:19:50.600 --> 00:19:52.660
 and they just were never in need.

00:19:53.019 --> 00:19:53.519
 Number two,

00:19:54.480 --> 00:19:55.100
 they were also,

00:19:55.259 --> 00:19:55.460
 actually,

00:19:55.539 --> 00:19:56.220
 it's like Wall Street.

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 So imagine Laodicea,

00:19:57.559 --> 00:19:59.079
 the elements of Wall Street there

00:19:59.079 --> 00:20:01.339
 and then it also was the fashion capital.

00:20:01.980 --> 00:20:02.059
 Okay?

00:20:02.279 --> 00:20:02.839
 Fashion capital,

00:20:02.980 --> 00:20:06.619
 so think Wall Street mixes in with Milan or Paris

00:20:06.619 --> 00:20:08.099
 or Lululemon.

00:20:09.059 --> 00:20:09.919
 That's a place, right?

00:20:10.179 --> 00:20:10.579
 That's a place.

00:20:10.759 --> 00:20:10.879
 Yeah,

00:20:10.940 --> 00:20:11.200
 this place.

00:20:11.200 --> 00:20:14.120
 So you got Wall Street

00:20:14.120 --> 00:20:15.860
 and then you got Paris

00:20:15.860 --> 00:20:17.920
 and then it was also famous for his medical schools.

00:20:18.620 --> 00:20:19.559
 So those three things,

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 it has the money,

00:20:21.360 --> 00:20:22.059
 it has the appearance,

00:20:22.140 --> 00:20:22.640
 it has the look

00:20:22.640 --> 00:20:23.960
 and it also has the health

00:20:23.960 --> 00:20:24.680
 and it has the treatments

00:20:24.680 --> 00:20:25.559
 that sorted itself out.

00:20:25.799 --> 00:20:27.299
 Jesus almost knows these things

00:20:27.299 --> 00:20:29.080
 and attacks these three things.

00:20:29.340 --> 00:20:30.000
 There's the triple threat.

00:20:30.080 --> 00:20:30.279
 He says,

00:20:30.360 --> 00:20:30.880
 for you say,

00:20:31.120 --> 00:20:31.620
 I am rich,

00:20:31.680 --> 00:20:32.360
 I have prospered,

00:20:32.460 --> 00:20:33.200
 I need nothing.

00:20:34.000 --> 00:20:35.240
 And then he says this,

00:20:35.460 --> 00:20:36.779
 but you don't realize

00:20:36.779 --> 00:20:38.599
 and you are not realizing

00:20:38.599 --> 00:20:39.299
 that you are wretched,

00:20:39.519 --> 00:20:39.940
 pitiable,

00:20:40.639 --> 00:20:41.000
 poor,

00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:42.039
 naked

00:20:42.039 --> 00:20:42.960
 and blind.

00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:45.000
 You think you are rich

00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:45.599
 but you are poor.

00:20:46.519 --> 00:20:48.220
 You think you are fully clothed

00:20:48.220 --> 00:20:49.599
 and yet you are naked.

00:20:50.139 --> 00:20:51.160
 You think you see

00:20:51.160 --> 00:20:52.299
 and you can heal your own eyes

00:20:52.299 --> 00:20:54.299
 and yet you are blind.

00:20:54.899 --> 00:20:55.399
 And then he says,

00:20:55.460 --> 00:20:56.420
 for I counsel you,

00:20:56.799 --> 00:20:57.720
 for I counsel you,

00:20:57.859 --> 00:20:58.759
 it's kind of like a doctor saying,

00:20:58.859 --> 00:21:00.039
 I prescribe you this,

00:21:00.279 --> 00:21:00.960
 for I counsel you

00:21:00.960 --> 00:21:03.339
 to buy from me gold refined by fire

00:21:03.339 --> 00:21:04.779
 that you may be rich.

00:21:05.099 --> 00:21:06.279
 That the gold that I'm talking about

00:21:06.279 --> 00:21:06.960
 is not the gold

00:21:06.960 --> 00:21:08.160
 that you're talking about.

00:21:08.700 --> 00:21:09.700
 It's not the notes

00:21:09.700 --> 00:21:10.420
 that you're talking about.

00:21:10.480 --> 00:21:11.220
 It's not the crypto

00:21:11.220 --> 00:21:12.379
 that you're talking about.

00:21:13.139 --> 00:21:14.599
 The gold that is tested

00:21:14.599 --> 00:21:16.839
 that you may be rich.

00:21:17.579 --> 00:21:18.500
 It's a heavenly rich

00:21:18.500 --> 00:21:20.460
 that you cannot get here.

00:21:21.700 --> 00:21:22.859
 And so he's attacking that.

00:21:22.940 --> 00:21:23.480
 And then he's saying,

00:21:23.759 --> 00:21:24.519
 and I counsel you

00:21:24.519 --> 00:21:25.519
 to buy from me clothes

00:21:25.519 --> 00:21:26.759
 that you may clothe yourself

00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:29.339
 that the shame of your nakedness

00:21:29.339 --> 00:21:30.319
 may not be seen.

00:21:31.420 --> 00:21:32.680
 You say you need nothing

00:21:32.680 --> 00:21:33.879
 yet you are fully,

00:21:33.880 --> 00:21:37.080
 fully covering all the shame

00:21:37.080 --> 00:21:38.260
 and all the guilt

00:21:38.260 --> 00:21:39.180
 that you have.

00:21:39.900 --> 00:21:40.420
 And he says,

00:21:41.420 --> 00:21:42.920
 salve to anoint your eyes

00:21:42.920 --> 00:21:43.820
 so that you may see.

00:21:44.080 --> 00:21:45.380
 You are poor, blind, and naked,

00:21:45.560 --> 00:21:47.400
 but if you buy from me gold,

00:21:47.560 --> 00:21:48.480
 if you buy from me

00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:49.260
 white garments,

00:21:49.480 --> 00:21:50.280
 if you buy from me

00:21:50.280 --> 00:21:51.580
 this salve and ointment

00:21:51.580 --> 00:21:52.720
 to anoint your eyes,

00:21:52.980 --> 00:21:54.460
 then, and only then,

00:21:54.740 --> 00:21:55.620
 will you see.

00:21:55.820 --> 00:21:56.760
 This tells me one thing.

00:21:58.200 --> 00:21:58.640
 Discipleship

00:21:58.640 --> 00:22:01.900
 is the hardest in cities.

00:22:01.900 --> 00:22:03.440
 I'm feeling it.

00:22:03.880 --> 00:22:04.480
 I'm feeling it.

00:22:04.500 --> 00:22:05.240
 I was back in London.

00:22:05.360 --> 00:22:06.080
 I was back in Birmingham

00:22:06.080 --> 00:22:07.000
 where we grew up,

00:22:07.140 --> 00:22:08.700
 and the pace,

00:22:08.980 --> 00:22:10.180
 and you were back home

00:22:10.180 --> 00:22:10.660
 in Ohio.

00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:11.940
 The pace is different.

00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:12.660
 It's slow.

00:22:13.320 --> 00:22:14.380
 People don't have much to do.

00:22:14.580 --> 00:22:16.300
 So when you run things,

00:22:16.440 --> 00:22:17.040
 people all come

00:22:17.040 --> 00:22:17.420
 because, wow,

00:22:17.540 --> 00:22:18.340
 this is the only thing

00:22:18.340 --> 00:22:19.060
 that we have in town.

00:22:19.780 --> 00:22:20.300
 So yeah,

00:22:20.340 --> 00:22:20.820
 we're going to come.

00:22:22.660 --> 00:22:23.840
 And actually,

00:22:23.920 --> 00:22:24.740
 one of the main things is

00:22:24.740 --> 00:22:25.920
 you just have space.

00:22:26.680 --> 00:22:27.960
 You have space to sit

00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:28.779
 and just think.

00:22:30.140 --> 00:22:30.900
 And only then,

00:22:30.940 --> 00:22:31.820
 when you have space,

00:22:31.900 --> 00:22:32.180
 do you like,

00:22:32.220 --> 00:22:32.860
 oh man,

00:22:33.320 --> 00:22:35.180
 what am I here for?

00:22:36.380 --> 00:22:37.820
 What is the meaning of life?

00:22:38.539 --> 00:22:39.880
 There's got to be more than this.

00:22:39.940 --> 00:22:41.220
 Whereas when you're in a city,

00:22:41.600 --> 00:22:42.200
 like Hong Kong,

00:22:42.279 --> 00:22:42.519
 it's just,

00:22:42.920 --> 00:22:44.120
 you don't have time.

00:22:44.220 --> 00:22:45.560
 You are just constantly moving.

00:22:45.779 --> 00:22:46.580
 You don't have time

00:22:46.580 --> 00:22:47.279
 to decide

00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:48.500
 whether that thing

00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:48.960
 that you're doing

00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:49.920
 is actually worth it or not.

00:22:49.960 --> 00:22:50.700
 You just got to do it

00:22:50.700 --> 00:22:51.740
 because everyone's doing it

00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:52.580
 and it just keeps going.

00:22:53.120 --> 00:22:53.980
 Discipleship is the hardest

00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:54.500
 in cities.

00:22:54.880 --> 00:22:55.400
 Mostly because

00:22:55.400 --> 00:22:56.420
 also in cities

00:22:56.420 --> 00:22:57.579
 is where you have

00:22:57.579 --> 00:22:58.400
 everything you need.

00:22:59.079 --> 00:23:00.120
 And I cannot think of a city

00:23:00.120 --> 00:23:01.660
 that has more than Hong Kong.

00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:03.099
 That has everything

00:23:03.099 --> 00:23:04.440
 that you need within reach.

00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:06.519
 15 minute drive,

00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:07.900
 30 minute MTR,

00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:09.360
 you can reach everything.

00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:11.319
 Have you found yourself saying,

00:23:11.839 --> 00:23:12.640
 I don't need anything?

00:23:14.640 --> 00:23:14.940
 I mean,

00:23:15.180 --> 00:23:15.620
 of course,

00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:16.880
 when you see it in the Bible

00:23:16.880 --> 00:23:18.220
 and it's coming from a guy

00:23:18.220 --> 00:23:19.680
 whose eyes are like flame of fire

00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:21.740
 and mouth with a sword coming out,

00:23:22.039 --> 00:23:22.460
 you're kind of like,

00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:23.059
 oh, that's scary.

00:23:23.419 --> 00:23:24.240
 I'm not that bad.

00:23:24.659 --> 00:23:25.599
 But have you ever felt that?

00:23:26.079 --> 00:23:26.500
 When you're saying,

00:23:26.579 --> 00:23:26.919
 you know what?

00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:27.399
 I'm pretty,

00:23:28.039 --> 00:23:29.480
 I have everything I need.

00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:32.480
 That's what he's saying

00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:33.139
 here to this church.

00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:34.519
 He's saying,

00:23:34.579 --> 00:23:35.139
 you think you have

00:23:35.139 --> 00:23:35.819
 but you don't realize.

00:23:36.079 --> 00:23:37.079
 Have you known those people

00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:38.159
 who you know they need help

00:23:38.159 --> 00:23:38.779
 but the only person

00:23:38.779 --> 00:23:39.779
 who doesn't know

00:23:39.779 --> 00:23:40.259
 that they need help

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:41.139
 is that person themselves?

00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:42.919
 And it's so frustrating, right?

00:23:43.039 --> 00:23:43.619
 It's so frustrating

00:23:43.619 --> 00:23:44.500
 to look at that person

00:23:44.500 --> 00:23:44.940
 and go,

00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:45.679
 you need help

00:23:45.679 --> 00:23:47.919
 and yet you are so proud.

00:23:49.139 --> 00:23:50.159
 That's what Jesus is saying.

00:23:50.159 --> 00:23:50.740
 And do you know

00:23:50.740 --> 00:23:51.700
 who he's saying it to?

00:23:51.700 --> 00:23:53.519
 He's not saying it to prideful,

00:23:53.840 --> 00:23:54.360
 obnoxious,

00:23:54.640 --> 00:23:56.059
 murdering non-Christians outside.

00:23:56.140 --> 00:23:57.259
 He's saying it to you.

00:23:58.680 --> 00:24:00.220
 He's saying it to me.

00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:02.500
 He's saying it to the church.

00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:04.900
 You say you have everything

00:24:04.900 --> 00:24:05.460
 that you need.

00:24:05.539 --> 00:24:06.900
 You've got this big church.

00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:08.840
 You're doing all these fun things.

00:24:08.920 --> 00:24:09.539
 You have all the money,

00:24:09.620 --> 00:24:10.000
 your accounts,

00:24:10.059 --> 00:24:11.100
 you can do anything you want

00:24:11.100 --> 00:24:12.279
 and yet you are poor,

00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:12.920
 blind,

00:24:13.580 --> 00:24:13.819
 naked.

00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:15.500
 I counsel you,

00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:16.379
 I prescribe you

00:24:16.379 --> 00:24:18.599
 to buy from me.

00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:19.859
 The city is the hardest

00:24:19.859 --> 00:24:21.200
 because actually the city

00:24:21.200 --> 00:24:22.240
 is built in such a way

00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:23.339
 all the way from Cain,

00:24:23.879 --> 00:24:24.939
 all the way from Cain,

00:24:25.039 --> 00:24:25.980
 all the way from the tower

00:24:25.980 --> 00:24:26.700
 that we tried to build

00:24:26.700 --> 00:24:27.139
 to reach God.

00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:28.779
 The city basically shouts what?

00:24:28.819 --> 00:24:29.839
 What's the mantra of the city?

00:24:30.059 --> 00:24:30.960
 We have everything.

00:24:31.099 --> 00:24:31.960
 We don't need God.

00:24:33.059 --> 00:24:35.039
 That's what the city says.

00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:36.319
 Now,

00:24:36.460 --> 00:24:37.799
 since the beginning of time,

00:24:37.939 --> 00:24:38.579
 the Lord's been trying

00:24:38.579 --> 00:24:39.399
 to reverse that.

00:24:39.679 --> 00:24:40.500
 Back to the garden

00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:42.000
 where actually there is plenty,

00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:43.319
 you don't need everything

00:24:43.319 --> 00:24:44.299
 because one thing about the city

00:24:44.299 --> 00:24:45.220
 is it may say

00:24:45.220 --> 00:24:46.140
 we have everything

00:24:46.140 --> 00:24:47.279
 and yet,

00:24:47.420 --> 00:24:47.700
 man,

00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:48.720
 there is lack.

00:24:50.119 --> 00:24:51.180
 There is lack

00:24:51.180 --> 00:24:52.220
 in this city.

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:54.339
 Josh and I

00:24:54.339 --> 00:24:55.000
 were just talking about that.

00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:55.799
 He sent me a message

00:24:55.799 --> 00:24:56.920
 about that even yesterday,

00:24:57.019 --> 00:24:57.180
 right?

00:24:57.680 --> 00:24:59.920
 Can we reflect ourselves?

00:25:00.359 --> 00:25:01.460
 Do we have that heart

00:25:01.460 --> 00:25:02.180
 of just lacking

00:25:02.180 --> 00:25:05.039
 that I just don't have enough?

00:25:06.220 --> 00:25:06.680
 And I'll tell you,

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:07.160
 this whole city

00:25:07.160 --> 00:25:07.920
 is filled with people

00:25:07.920 --> 00:25:08.380
 who lack,

00:25:08.480 --> 00:25:09.180
 myself included.

00:25:09.599 --> 00:25:10.799
 People who are super rich

00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:11.799
 and people who are super poor

00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:13.079
 they are still lacking.

00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:14.519
 Isn't it funny

00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:15.180
 that we've built

00:25:15.180 --> 00:25:16.220
 this whole thing

00:25:16.220 --> 00:25:17.539
 to make sure

00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:18.579
 that we don't lack anything

00:25:18.579 --> 00:25:20.039
 and yet somehow

00:25:20.039 --> 00:25:21.039
 we still lack everything.

00:25:21.859 --> 00:25:22.539
 Can you see

00:25:22.539 --> 00:25:23.740
 the meaningless pursuit

00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:24.980
 that comes with that?

00:25:25.960 --> 00:25:27.059
 That's what's happening here.

00:25:27.720 --> 00:25:28.419
 That's what's happening

00:25:28.419 --> 00:25:29.180
 with this church here

00:25:29.180 --> 00:25:29.899
 and he's saying,

00:25:30.379 --> 00:25:32.000
 come to me.

00:25:33.399 --> 00:25:34.299
 No other letter

00:25:34.299 --> 00:25:36.139
 has such a bigger threat.

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:36.680
 Actually,

00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:37.740
 there is nothing good

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:38.119
 about this.

00:25:38.180 --> 00:25:39.059
 Even in Sardis,

00:25:39.119 --> 00:25:40.139
 which is pretty bad already,

00:25:40.599 --> 00:25:41.339
 at least it said,

00:25:41.339 --> 00:25:42.079
 yet you still have

00:25:42.079 --> 00:25:42.539
 a few names

00:25:42.539 --> 00:25:43.559
 who haven't sold their garments,

00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:44.980
 who will walk with me

00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:45.899
 in white for they are worthy.

00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:48.220
 In Laodicea,

00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:48.740
 there's nothing.

00:25:48.919 --> 00:25:49.599
 There is no one.

00:25:50.339 --> 00:25:51.779
 There is no greater problem

00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:52.959
 than this church here.

00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:53.720
 But I'll tell you what,

00:25:54.899 --> 00:25:56.319
 yet there is no greater promise.

00:25:57.740 --> 00:25:58.720
 It just fills me

00:25:58.720 --> 00:25:59.179
 with comfort

00:25:59.179 --> 00:26:00.159
 because if you carried on

00:26:00.159 --> 00:26:00.539
 from here,

00:26:00.779 --> 00:26:01.539
 you'll see that

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:02.839
 he finishes with this.

00:26:02.899 --> 00:26:03.059
 He's like,

00:26:03.059 --> 00:26:04.980
 I'm going to throw you

00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:05.559
 out of my mouth.

00:26:05.619 --> 00:26:06.639
 You make me sick.

00:26:06.640 --> 00:26:08.540
 And yet,

00:26:09.120 --> 00:26:10.140
 those whom I love,

00:26:10.280 --> 00:26:11.380
 I reprove and discipline.

00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:12.780
 So be zealous

00:26:12.780 --> 00:26:13.320
 and repent.

00:26:14.680 --> 00:26:15.600
 Those whom I love.

00:26:15.660 --> 00:26:15.840
 Wait,

00:26:16.320 --> 00:26:16.980
 you just talked about

00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:17.720
 all the bad things

00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:18.200
 that we have

00:26:18.200 --> 00:26:19.340
 that we're not doing.

00:26:20.300 --> 00:26:20.960
 And yet suddenly

00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:21.660
 he turns it around

00:26:21.660 --> 00:26:21.900
 and says,

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:23.259
 those whom I love,

00:26:23.320 --> 00:26:23.759
 I reprove.

00:26:24.400 --> 00:26:25.100
 What's he saying?

00:26:25.280 --> 00:26:26.180
 And parents have said this,

00:26:26.220 --> 00:26:26.560
 I think.

00:26:27.060 --> 00:26:27.420
 I hope.

00:26:27.560 --> 00:26:28.140
 I think we have.

00:26:29.120 --> 00:26:30.080
 I'm only doing this,

00:26:30.180 --> 00:26:30.780
 I'm only saying this

00:26:30.780 --> 00:26:31.580
 because I love you.

00:26:32.940 --> 00:26:33.880
 I'm only telling you off

00:26:33.880 --> 00:26:35.060
 because I love you.

00:26:35.059 --> 00:26:35.700
 If I didn't love you,

00:26:35.700 --> 00:26:36.619
 I wouldn't even tell you off.

00:26:37.619 --> 00:26:38.639
 That's what Jesus is saying.

00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:39.039
 Jesus is saying,

00:26:39.099 --> 00:26:40.480
 I may be harsh here.

00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:43.000
 I may be calling you

00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:43.859
 wretched and pitiable

00:26:43.859 --> 00:26:45.159
 and naked and poor and blind,

00:26:45.799 --> 00:26:47.039
 but I love you.

00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:48.879
 I'm only doing this

00:26:48.879 --> 00:26:50.539
 because I love you.

00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:52.440
 And then he backs it up

00:26:52.440 --> 00:26:53.159
 and he tells you more.

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:53.419
 He says,

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:54.519
 those whom I love,

00:26:54.619 --> 00:26:55.519
 I reprove and discipline.

00:26:55.639 --> 00:26:56.559
 So turn around.

00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:57.399
 Repent.

00:26:57.839 --> 00:26:58.359
 Be zealous.

00:26:58.819 --> 00:26:59.579
 Turn your attention

00:26:59.579 --> 00:27:00.539
 back on to me.

00:27:02.339 --> 00:27:03.159
 Turn your attention

00:27:03.159 --> 00:27:03.819
 back on to me

00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:04.819
 and here's the promise.

00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:05.659
 Behold,

00:27:06.119 --> 00:27:07.599
 I stand at the door

00:27:07.599 --> 00:27:08.519
 and knock.

00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:10.319
 We've heard this.

00:27:10.559 --> 00:27:11.579
 Revelation 3.20

00:27:11.579 --> 00:27:12.819
 is the famous passage.

00:27:13.419 --> 00:27:13.700
 Behold,

00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:14.599
 I stand at the door

00:27:14.599 --> 00:27:15.099
 and knock.

00:27:15.440 --> 00:27:17.099
 If anyone hears my voice

00:27:17.099 --> 00:27:18.559
 and opens the door,

00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:20.039
 I will come in to him

00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:21.299
 and I will eat with him

00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:22.599
 and he will eat with me.

00:27:24.339 --> 00:27:25.779
 If you're sat here going,

00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:26.839
 man, I'm lukewarm.

00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:27.700
 Man,

00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:28.720
 I'm responding to Jesus

00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:29.839
 in such an inappropriately

00:27:29.839 --> 00:27:30.480
 moderate way

00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:32.539
 and you're just feeling

00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:33.200
 bad about yourself,

00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:34.880
 this is your encouragement.

00:27:35.140 --> 00:27:35.680
 This is for you.

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:36.660
 This is the comfort

00:27:36.660 --> 00:27:37.660
 that you can have

00:27:37.660 --> 00:27:39.059
 if you have strayed

00:27:39.059 --> 00:27:40.400
 from living radically

00:27:40.400 --> 00:27:40.940
 for him

00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:43.460
 because even in

00:27:43.460 --> 00:27:44.559
 all that lukewarmness,

00:27:44.819 --> 00:27:46.140
 even when he wants

00:27:46.140 --> 00:27:47.000
 to spit you out,

00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:48.340
 even when he wants to,

00:27:48.420 --> 00:27:49.559
 when you make him sick,

00:27:49.799 --> 00:27:51.720
 he moves towards you.

00:27:52.420 --> 00:27:53.100
 Do you know when you're sick?

00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:54.679
 If you eat something

00:27:54.679 --> 00:27:55.379
 and it makes you vomit,

00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:56.599
 you don't want anything

00:27:56.599 --> 00:27:57.259
 to do with it,

00:27:57.819 --> 00:27:58.059
 right?

00:27:58.459 --> 00:27:59.539
 You just run away

00:27:59.539 --> 00:28:00.559
 and get it away from me.

00:28:01.559 --> 00:28:01.959
 Sometimes,

00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:03.059
 that's how I used to feel

00:28:03.059 --> 00:28:03.599
 about durians

00:28:03.599 --> 00:28:05.059
 until my family,

00:28:05.179 --> 00:28:06.500
 a family of durian lovers

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:08.099
 have trained me

00:28:08.099 --> 00:28:10.339
 to be okay.

00:28:10.859 --> 00:28:11.039
 It's like,

00:28:11.079 --> 00:28:11.879
 get that away from me.

00:28:12.719 --> 00:28:14.699
 Jesus sees the lukewarmness

00:28:14.699 --> 00:28:15.759
 that is in you and I

00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:17.779
 and yet he moves towards us.

00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:19.819
 He doesn't have to,

00:28:19.819 --> 00:28:22.019
 but because he loves us,

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:23.619
 he moves towards us

00:28:23.619 --> 00:28:24.259
 and what does he say?

00:28:24.339 --> 00:28:24.659
 Behold,

00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:25.720
 I stand at the door

00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:26.599
 and knock.

00:28:27.139 --> 00:28:28.619
 If anyone hears my voice

00:28:28.619 --> 00:28:29.919
 and opens the door,

00:28:29.980 --> 00:28:31.039
 I will come in to him

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:32.200
 and I will eat with him

00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:34.460
 and he with me.

00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:36.939
 A lot of people

00:28:36.939 --> 00:28:37.839
 use this verse

00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:40.539
 for evangelistic events.

00:28:41.379 --> 00:28:42.079
 Have we heard this before?

00:28:42.159 --> 00:28:42.899
 If you've been growing up

00:28:42.899 --> 00:28:43.799
 in the church a long time ago,

00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:44.700
 this is this,

00:28:44.879 --> 00:28:45.659
 if you're a non-Christian,

00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:48.099
 often it will be,

00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:48.700
 hey, actually,

00:28:48.700 --> 00:28:50.440
 Jesus is standing at your door

00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:51.400
 and he's knocking.

00:28:52.420 --> 00:28:53.240
 All it requires

00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:54.180
 is for you to open the door.

00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:55.059
 There's a famous painting

00:28:55.059 --> 00:28:55.940
 of this verse

00:28:55.940 --> 00:28:57.120
 and Jesus is standing

00:28:57.120 --> 00:28:57.620
 at the door

00:28:57.620 --> 00:28:58.860
 and he's knocking on the door

00:28:58.860 --> 00:28:59.400
 but the handle

00:28:59.400 --> 00:29:00.340
 is not on the outside.

00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:01.500
 The handle is on the inside

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:03.660
 because the call

00:29:03.660 --> 00:29:04.600
 to the non-Christian is,

00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:05.580
 hey, Jesus is knocking

00:29:05.580 --> 00:29:06.039
 at your door.

00:29:06.180 --> 00:29:06.960
 You have the power

00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:07.860
 to open this door.

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:09.940
 But let's just stop there

00:29:09.940 --> 00:29:10.299
 for a second

00:29:10.299 --> 00:29:11.559
 because Jesus isn't writing

00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:12.660
 to non-Christians.

00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:14.039
 Who's he writing to?

00:29:15.620 --> 00:29:16.920
 He's writing to the church.

00:29:17.400 --> 00:29:18.500
 What does that tell you?

00:29:19.620 --> 00:29:20.980
 That there is a church,

00:29:21.279 --> 00:29:22.900
 that there can be a church

00:29:22.900 --> 00:29:25.460
 that has locked Jesus out

00:29:25.460 --> 00:29:26.120
 on the outside.

00:29:28.120 --> 00:29:29.360
 We started this series,

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:30.100
 Revelation 1.

00:29:30.160 --> 00:29:30.340
 He says,

00:29:30.400 --> 00:29:31.319
 I walk among you.

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:31.900
 I know,

00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:34.200
 I know what you're doing.

00:29:35.180 --> 00:29:35.860
 Can you imagine

00:29:35.860 --> 00:29:36.460
 just for a second,

00:29:36.660 --> 00:29:37.400
 I said,

00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:38.440
 Jesus is among us.

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:38.980
 He's here.

00:29:39.180 --> 00:29:40.400
 This isn't a memorial service

00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:41.000
 about a guy,

00:29:41.100 --> 00:29:41.740
 about a nice guy

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:42.779
 that lived 2,000 years ago

00:29:42.779 --> 00:29:43.220
 and died

00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:44.039
 and that was it.

00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:45.579
 He came back to life

00:29:45.579 --> 00:29:46.299
 and He is alive

00:29:46.299 --> 00:29:47.779
 and He is walking among us.

00:29:48.279 --> 00:29:49.460
 But the problem is,

00:29:49.819 --> 00:29:50.680
 we've left Him outside.

00:29:53.740 --> 00:29:54.519
 Can you imagine

00:29:54.519 --> 00:29:55.000
 that kind of,

00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:57.440
 has anyone been to a birthday party

00:29:57.440 --> 00:29:57.839
 where

00:29:57.839 --> 00:30:02.460
 the birthday boy

00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:03.319
 or the birthday girl

00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:04.259
 was forgotten

00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:05.460
 and was outside?

00:30:07.879 --> 00:30:08.740
 He's outside!

00:30:08.740 --> 00:30:13.200
 Is that the same for us?

00:30:14.900 --> 00:30:16.120
 He's talking to the church.

00:30:16.599 --> 00:30:17.900
 I know there are some of you here

00:30:17.900 --> 00:30:18.559
 who aren't Christians

00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:20.759
 and we welcome you here.

00:30:21.960 --> 00:30:22.960
 And we hope

00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:24.059
 that you coming here

00:30:24.059 --> 00:30:25.700
 is not just for you to see,

00:30:26.099 --> 00:30:28.000
 oh, there's a group

00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:28.599
 of welcoming,

00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:29.480
 kind people here.

00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:30.779
 No, we want you to come in here

00:30:30.779 --> 00:30:32.319
 and to meet the living God.

00:30:34.380 --> 00:30:35.299
 I'll tell you something else.

00:30:35.359 --> 00:30:36.019
 Gabriel talked about

00:30:36.019 --> 00:30:36.859
 the church in Philadelphia.

00:30:38.740 --> 00:30:39.200
 And He says,

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:40.680
 He said to the church

00:30:40.680 --> 00:30:41.059
 in Philadelphia,

00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:41.400
 He says,

00:30:41.440 --> 00:30:42.019
 I know your works.

00:30:42.120 --> 00:30:43.900
 Behold, I put before you

00:30:43.900 --> 00:30:44.460
 an open door

00:30:44.460 --> 00:30:46.160
 that no one is able to shut.

00:30:46.880 --> 00:30:47.299
 He says,

00:30:47.339 --> 00:30:48.500
 the one who has the key of David

00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:50.019
 who opens and no one can shut

00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:50.440
 and who shuts

00:30:50.440 --> 00:30:51.099
 and no one opens.

00:30:51.559 --> 00:30:52.200
 So let me tell you

00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:52.880
 something about Jesus.

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:55.120
 He can force open that door

00:30:55.120 --> 00:30:55.819
 if He wants to.

00:30:56.960 --> 00:30:57.259
 Literally,

00:30:57.359 --> 00:30:58.380
 the church just before,

00:30:58.519 --> 00:30:58.920
 He said,

00:30:59.019 --> 00:30:59.900
 I want to back open your door.

00:31:00.059 --> 00:31:00.299
 Actually,

00:31:00.380 --> 00:31:01.120
 if I open the door,

00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:01.839
 no one can shut it.

00:31:01.900 --> 00:31:02.480
 If I shut the door,

00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:03.180
 no one can open it.

00:31:03.400 --> 00:31:04.640
 I have complete control

00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:05.259
 over this.

00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:06.220
 And yet here,

00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:07.440
 He portrays Himself

00:31:07.440 --> 00:31:08.319
 as the gentle Jesus.

00:31:09.359 --> 00:31:09.700
 Saying,

00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:10.180
 I'm knocking.

00:31:11.859 --> 00:31:13.059
 I think we need to remember

00:31:13.059 --> 00:31:13.799
 those two letters

00:31:13.799 --> 00:31:14.559
 side by side.

00:31:14.819 --> 00:31:15.539
 He is the Jesus

00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:16.819
 who can knock down the door.

00:31:17.920 --> 00:31:19.039
 And yet He stands at the door

00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:19.440
 gently,

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:20.259
 knocking.

00:31:22.420 --> 00:31:23.559
 That's what He's doing for us.

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:27.099
 There will come a time though.

00:31:27.599 --> 00:31:28.420
 There will come a time

00:31:28.420 --> 00:31:29.240
 where all those doors

00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:30.400
 will be completely down.

00:31:30.660 --> 00:31:30.859
 He says,

00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:31.579
 there will come a time

00:31:31.579 --> 00:31:32.400
 where every knee will bow

00:31:32.400 --> 00:31:33.420
 and every tongue will confess

00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:34.200
 that He is Lord.

00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:35.340
 You will have no choice

00:31:35.340 --> 00:31:36.660
 but to declare

00:31:36.660 --> 00:31:37.259
 that He is Lord.

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:38.559
 You can think He's a lunatic

00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:39.120
 or a liar

00:31:39.120 --> 00:31:39.920
 or He's just a friend

00:31:39.920 --> 00:31:40.700
 or a nice guy now

00:31:40.700 --> 00:31:41.819
 and you can just be lukewarm

00:31:41.819 --> 00:31:42.620
 as much as you want to.

00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:43.539
 There will come a time

00:31:43.539 --> 00:31:44.620
 where you can't help

00:31:44.620 --> 00:31:45.960
 but actually kneel down

00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:46.380
 at Him

00:31:46.380 --> 00:31:47.759
 before His presence.

00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:51.259
 But right now,

00:31:51.840 --> 00:31:52.220
 Christians,

00:31:53.319 --> 00:31:54.220
 Church of Laodicea,

00:31:54.759 --> 00:31:55.640
 Church of Hong Kong,

00:31:56.880 --> 00:31:57.539
 Kongfolk Church,

00:31:59.380 --> 00:32:00.059
 have we let Him out?

00:32:00.580 --> 00:32:01.299
 Have we kept Him out?

00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:02.420
 Have we locked Him out?

00:32:02.420 --> 00:32:04.759
 And He's gentle.

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:05.960
 And He says,

00:32:06.080 --> 00:32:06.759
 hey, I'm going to come in.

00:32:06.940 --> 00:32:07.980
 And when I come in to Him,

00:32:08.060 --> 00:32:08.800
 I will eat with Him

00:32:08.800 --> 00:32:09.400
 and He with me.

00:32:09.860 --> 00:32:12.279
 The Jewish tradition,

00:32:12.460 --> 00:32:13.700
 the Jewish meaning behind that

00:32:13.700 --> 00:32:14.480
 is way more than,

00:32:14.680 --> 00:32:15.720
 oh, let's just grab a coffee.

00:32:15.840 --> 00:32:16.380
 It's not that.

00:32:17.140 --> 00:32:17.759
 There's a covenant,

00:32:17.860 --> 00:32:18.539
 there's a relationship

00:32:18.539 --> 00:32:19.360
 between the people

00:32:19.360 --> 00:32:20.039
 that you eat with.

00:32:20.360 --> 00:32:20.620
 Actually,

00:32:20.800 --> 00:32:22.000
 one of the biggest problems

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:23.259
 that people had with Jesus

00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:24.519
 when He was walking this planet,

00:32:24.740 --> 00:32:25.660
 what was one of the biggest problems

00:32:25.660 --> 00:32:26.160
 they had with Him?

00:32:26.940 --> 00:32:28.000
 Who He shared a table with.

00:32:29.720 --> 00:32:30.800
 Why are you eating with them?

00:32:31.360 --> 00:32:31.779
 You're not allowed

00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:32.279
 to eat with them.

00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:33.279
 You're allowed to go to their house.

00:32:35.359 --> 00:32:37.019
 Because in that kind of culture,

00:32:37.119 --> 00:32:37.960
 when you go in

00:32:37.960 --> 00:32:39.359
 to eat with someone,

00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:40.399
 you're basically saying,

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:41.859
 I approve of everything that you are,

00:32:42.059 --> 00:32:43.139
 that everything that I have

00:32:43.139 --> 00:32:43.619
 is yours.

00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:44.299
 In that moment,

00:32:44.379 --> 00:32:46.099
 there is a special relationship.

00:32:46.279 --> 00:32:47.119
 There is a special covenant.

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:48.160
 And He's saying,

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:48.399
 behold,

00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:49.339
 I stand at the door and knock.

00:32:49.379 --> 00:32:50.339
 If anyone hears my voice

00:32:50.339 --> 00:32:51.019
 and opens the door,

00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:52.119
 I will come in to him

00:32:52.119 --> 00:32:53.180
 and I will eat with him

00:32:53.180 --> 00:32:54.359
 and he with me.

00:32:54.399 --> 00:32:55.460
 That is the tightest level

00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:56.039
 of intimacy.

00:32:56.779 --> 00:32:57.859
 Something that this church

00:32:57.859 --> 00:32:58.519
 does not deserve

00:32:58.519 --> 00:32:59.500
 because it is lukewarm,

00:32:59.559 --> 00:33:00.839
 because it makes him sick.

00:33:00.839 --> 00:33:01.240
 Yet,

00:33:01.339 --> 00:33:03.220
 He moves towards them.

00:33:03.539 --> 00:33:03.779
 Yet,

00:33:03.859 --> 00:33:05.500
 He moves towards you

00:33:05.500 --> 00:33:07.779
 and He moves towards me.

00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:09.720
 And He says,

00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:10.639
 to the one who conquers,

00:33:12.199 --> 00:33:14.220
 I will sit on my throne with me.

00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:16.379
 That's fun.

00:33:17.579 --> 00:33:18.419
 To the one who conquers,

00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:19.720
 to the one who is victorious,

00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:20.459
 is what Jackie read,

00:33:20.720 --> 00:33:21.799
 to the one who is victorious,

00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:23.459
 to the one who keeps faithful

00:33:23.459 --> 00:33:24.279
 until the end,

00:33:24.279 --> 00:33:25.259
 He will sit with me

00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:26.019
 and I with Him.

00:33:27.319 --> 00:33:27.660
 Why?

00:33:27.799 --> 00:33:28.960
 Because I also conquered.

00:33:29.460 --> 00:33:30.920
 And I sat down with my father.

00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:31.619
 That's what He says.

00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:32.859
 And of course,

00:33:32.899 --> 00:33:33.500
 why did He conquer?

00:33:33.639 --> 00:33:34.299
 How did He conquer?

00:33:34.500 --> 00:33:36.480
 When He came to this world Himself.

00:33:37.980 --> 00:33:38.859
 The sinless one.

00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:40.559
 Lived a perfect life.

00:33:41.700 --> 00:33:43.740
 And then paid for our sins.

00:33:45.579 --> 00:33:46.660
 That is what He's saying here.

00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:47.740
 Because I conquered,

00:33:47.879 --> 00:33:48.319
 you conquered.

00:33:48.799 --> 00:33:49.639
 Because I'm victorious,

00:33:49.720 --> 00:33:50.220
 you're victorious.

00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:51.879
 It doesn't matter if you're lukewarm,

00:33:51.960 --> 00:33:53.020
 you just need to let me in.

00:33:55.660 --> 00:33:57.200
 You just need to let me in.

00:33:57.760 --> 00:33:58.780
 And you will sit with me.

00:33:59.420 --> 00:34:00.480
 Philippians 2 says this,

00:34:00.540 --> 00:34:01.660
 that He emptied Himself, right?

00:34:02.300 --> 00:34:03.700
 Became obedient to the point of death,

00:34:03.800 --> 00:34:04.960
 even death on the cross.

00:34:05.780 --> 00:34:07.380
 Therefore God has now highly exalted Him

00:34:07.380 --> 00:34:08.119
 and bestowed on Him

00:34:08.119 --> 00:34:09.340
 the name that is above every name,

00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:10.619
 so that at the name of Jesus

00:34:10.619 --> 00:34:11.460
 every knee will bow

00:34:11.460 --> 00:34:12.420
 and every tongue will confess

00:34:12.420 --> 00:34:13.539
 that Jesus Christ is Lord.

00:34:13.740 --> 00:34:14.940
 You can sit with me there.

00:34:15.240 --> 00:34:16.519
 Ephesians 2 says this.

00:34:20.140 --> 00:34:21.280
 Ephesians 2 says,

00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:23.380
 you were dead in the trespasses and sins

00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:24.320
 in which you once walked.

00:34:25.720 --> 00:34:27.099
 But, verse 4,

00:34:27.180 --> 00:34:28.420
 but God being rich in mercy

00:34:28.420 --> 00:34:29.340
 because of the great love

00:34:29.340 --> 00:34:30.220
 with which He loved us,

00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:31.619
 even when we were dead,

00:34:31.700 --> 00:34:32.820
 even when we were lukewarm,

00:34:33.579 --> 00:34:35.000
 made us alive together with Christ

00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:36.099
 by grace you have been saved

00:34:36.099 --> 00:34:37.840
 and raised us up with Him

00:34:37.840 --> 00:34:38.820
 and seated us with Him

00:34:38.820 --> 00:34:40.400
 in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.

00:34:40.900 --> 00:34:41.860
 Even though we were sinners,

00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:43.340
 we were still invited to the table

00:34:43.340 --> 00:34:45.480
 because He moved towards us.

00:34:45.539 --> 00:34:46.420
 He knocks on the door.

00:34:47.800 --> 00:34:48.539
 He has gentleness.

00:34:49.420 --> 00:34:50.460
 He reaches out to us.

00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:52.840
 There's a few people

00:34:52.840 --> 00:34:53.740
 I want to speak to here though.

00:34:55.780 --> 00:34:56.659
 If you're one of those people,

00:34:56.740 --> 00:34:57.820
 hey, I don't think I'm lukewarm.

00:34:58.539 --> 00:34:59.940
 I think I'm doing alright.

00:35:00.019 --> 00:35:00.619
 I'm really trying.

00:35:01.320 --> 00:35:02.519
 I think I'm really trying to

00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:03.960
 live in a way

00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:05.019
 that really honors Him,

00:35:05.260 --> 00:35:06.460
 living radically for Him.

00:35:08.260 --> 00:35:09.260
 I think, I think,

00:35:09.320 --> 00:35:09.740
 God help me,

00:35:09.800 --> 00:35:11.000
 I think I'm one of those people.

00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:11.820
 But I'll tell you this.

00:35:12.760 --> 00:35:13.599
 When He knocks on the door,

00:35:14.940 --> 00:35:16.179
 actually there's an old

00:35:16.179 --> 00:35:17.679
 little exercise

00:35:17.679 --> 00:35:19.679
 we used to do

00:35:19.679 --> 00:35:20.579
 in our old church,

00:35:20.679 --> 00:35:20.960
 which is,

00:35:21.319 --> 00:35:22.099
 we did it over

00:35:22.099 --> 00:35:22.839
 an encounter weekend,

00:35:22.960 --> 00:35:23.339
 which is

00:35:23.339 --> 00:35:25.279
 My Heart, Christ's Home.

00:35:26.219 --> 00:35:27.399
 And the idea that He has

00:35:27.399 --> 00:35:28.679
 is you go away for a weekend

00:35:28.679 --> 00:35:29.899
 and you really spend time reflecting.

00:35:30.239 --> 00:35:31.419
 Actually, you may have let Jesus

00:35:31.419 --> 00:35:32.199
 through the front door

00:35:32.199 --> 00:35:33.559
 into your home,

00:35:33.619 --> 00:35:35.019
 but maybe there are rooms

00:35:35.019 --> 00:35:35.619
 in your house

00:35:35.619 --> 00:35:36.659
 that you do not let

00:35:36.659 --> 00:35:37.719
 Jesus into.

00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:39.279
 So if you're like,

00:35:39.339 --> 00:35:40.359
 hey, I think I let Him in

00:35:40.359 --> 00:35:41.339
 and I genuinely want

00:35:41.339 --> 00:35:41.919
 to live for Him,

00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:43.839
 to you I say,

00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:45.379
 is there a room?

00:35:45.380 --> 00:35:47.680
 Is there a closet?

00:35:49.180 --> 00:35:50.039
 Is there a closet

00:35:50.039 --> 00:35:52.240
 that you don't let Jesus into?

00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:54.680
 That you're like,

00:35:54.800 --> 00:35:55.440
 Jesus, you can come

00:35:55.440 --> 00:35:55.960
 into every room.

00:35:56.059 --> 00:35:57.140
 Actually, better still,

00:35:57.400 --> 00:35:58.180
 why don't we just hang out

00:35:58.180 --> 00:35:58.680
 in the living room?

00:35:58.740 --> 00:35:59.420
 I'll make some coffee.

00:35:59.740 --> 00:36:00.519
 We'll hang out here.

00:36:00.720 --> 00:36:01.579
 We can just talk about

00:36:01.579 --> 00:36:02.200
 fun things.

00:36:02.440 --> 00:36:03.079
 You can help me

00:36:03.079 --> 00:36:04.059
 with my anxiety at work.

00:36:04.099 --> 00:36:04.559
 You can help me

00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:05.140
 with that jerk

00:36:05.140 --> 00:36:06.760
 in my workplace.

00:36:06.940 --> 00:36:07.599
 We can sort that out.

00:36:07.640 --> 00:36:08.300
 We can just talk about

00:36:08.300 --> 00:36:08.860
 those things

00:36:08.860 --> 00:36:09.740
 and we're cool.

00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:12.039
 But let's not go any further.

00:36:13.180 --> 00:36:14.059
 Are you that person?

00:36:14.059 --> 00:36:15.860
 Is Jesus,

00:36:16.059 --> 00:36:16.340
 actually,

00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:17.279
 you let Him in

00:36:17.279 --> 00:36:19.340
 and then you just

00:36:19.340 --> 00:36:19.779
 turned around

00:36:19.779 --> 00:36:20.460
 and you walked off

00:36:20.460 --> 00:36:20.960
 and you went back

00:36:20.960 --> 00:36:21.400
 to the study

00:36:21.400 --> 00:36:22.099
 to do your own thing

00:36:22.099 --> 00:36:23.059
 and to scroll on your iPhone

00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:24.059
 to look at all those photos.

00:36:25.940 --> 00:36:27.079
 And Jesus just stood

00:36:27.079 --> 00:36:27.599
 in your hallway.

00:36:28.420 --> 00:36:29.480
 Okay, I'm in now,

00:36:30.059 --> 00:36:31.820
 but what am I doing here?

00:36:34.820 --> 00:36:35.659
 Are you that person?

00:36:36.860 --> 00:36:37.559
 If you've let Him

00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:38.380
 into your house already,

00:36:38.460 --> 00:36:38.799
 then actually,

00:36:38.880 --> 00:36:39.659
 maybe the question is,

00:36:39.820 --> 00:36:40.219
 you let Him

00:36:40.219 --> 00:36:40.779
 through the front door,

00:36:40.860 --> 00:36:41.559
 but there are other doors

00:36:41.559 --> 00:36:42.219
 that He's knocking on.

00:36:42.619 --> 00:36:43.579
 And He knocks so gently.

00:36:44.059 --> 00:36:45.659
 And actually,

00:36:45.719 --> 00:36:46.340
 one of the things is,

00:36:46.519 --> 00:36:47.539
 He's not here to clean house.

00:36:47.799 --> 00:36:48.940
 There are some drawers

00:36:48.940 --> 00:36:49.960
 in my house

00:36:49.960 --> 00:36:51.019
 that actually,

00:36:51.619 --> 00:36:52.039
 I mean,

00:36:52.059 --> 00:36:53.000
 there's nothing bad in there.

00:36:53.239 --> 00:36:54.360
 It's just a little bit messy.

00:36:55.119 --> 00:36:55.779
 That Christina's like,

00:36:55.799 --> 00:36:56.360
 what's in this drawer?

00:36:57.279 --> 00:36:57.900
 And I'll be like,

00:36:58.599 --> 00:37:01.159
 cables.

00:37:02.619 --> 00:37:03.619
 Lots of cables.

00:37:03.860 --> 00:37:04.500
 Cables that I don't

00:37:04.500 --> 00:37:05.179
 really need anymore.

00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:06.980
 And that's when

00:37:06.980 --> 00:37:07.679
 I feel convicted.

00:37:08.299 --> 00:37:09.880
 And if she's in a bad mood,

00:37:10.059 --> 00:37:10.679
 then that's when

00:37:10.679 --> 00:37:11.000
 she'll literally

00:37:11.000 --> 00:37:11.840
 pull the whole drawer out

00:37:11.840 --> 00:37:12.579
 and she'll like,

00:37:13.140 --> 00:37:13.840
 tidy it all for me,

00:37:13.900 --> 00:37:14.380
 which is great.

00:37:14.500 --> 00:37:14.900
 Praise the Lord.

00:37:18.300 --> 00:37:20.320
 But I feel all the fear

00:37:20.320 --> 00:37:21.240
 and all the kind of like

00:37:21.240 --> 00:37:22.500
 zealousness that she has.

00:37:23.340 --> 00:37:23.740
 But actually,

00:37:23.800 --> 00:37:24.360
 her heart is just

00:37:24.360 --> 00:37:24.820
 to clean up.

00:37:26.440 --> 00:37:28.039
 I think we have closets

00:37:28.039 --> 00:37:29.260
 and we have rooms

00:37:29.260 --> 00:37:30.740
 in our houses

00:37:30.740 --> 00:37:32.160
 that we are afraid

00:37:32.160 --> 00:37:33.019
 to let Jesus in.

00:37:33.620 --> 00:37:34.220
 Because when,

00:37:34.760 --> 00:37:35.360
 we're afraid

00:37:35.360 --> 00:37:36.200
 that when He comes

00:37:36.200 --> 00:37:36.880
 into that room,

00:37:38.079 --> 00:37:39.019
 He'll walk out of the house.

00:37:39.160 --> 00:37:39.840
 Let me tell you something.

00:37:39.840 --> 00:37:40.700
 He will never walk

00:37:40.700 --> 00:37:41.280
 out of your house.

00:37:43.120 --> 00:37:43.860
 He will never

00:37:43.860 --> 00:37:44.660
 walk out of your house.

00:37:45.079 --> 00:37:45.640
 In fact,

00:37:45.840 --> 00:37:46.579
 the funny thing is,

00:37:46.640 --> 00:37:47.280
 the silly thing is,

00:37:47.320 --> 00:37:47.920
 He already knows

00:37:47.920 --> 00:37:48.519
 what's in that closet.

00:37:49.780 --> 00:37:50.660
 That's the silly thing.

00:37:51.660 --> 00:37:52.400
 He just wants you

00:37:52.400 --> 00:37:52.940
 to open it.

00:37:53.720 --> 00:37:54.820
 And He just wants

00:37:54.820 --> 00:37:55.519
 to tidy it for you

00:37:55.519 --> 00:37:56.079
 because He knows

00:37:56.079 --> 00:37:56.519
 that you can't

00:37:56.519 --> 00:37:57.039
 tidy it yourself

00:37:57.039 --> 00:37:57.840
 because you got yourself

00:37:57.840 --> 00:37:58.420
 into this mess

00:37:58.420 --> 00:37:58.920
 and you know

00:37:58.920 --> 00:37:59.380
 that you can't

00:37:59.380 --> 00:37:59.880
 get out of it.

00:38:00.720 --> 00:38:01.200
 He just wants

00:38:01.200 --> 00:38:01.660
 to help you.

00:38:02.940 --> 00:38:03.700
 Would you let Him in?

00:38:04.620 --> 00:38:05.539
 Whether it's the kitchen,

00:38:05.660 --> 00:38:06.360
 whether it's the study,

00:38:06.900 --> 00:38:07.680
 whether it's your computer,

00:38:07.820 --> 00:38:08.840
 whether it's your search history,

00:38:08.840 --> 00:38:09.680
 whatever it might be.

00:38:10.300 --> 00:38:11.460
 Would you let Him in

00:38:11.460 --> 00:38:13.559
 and let Him clean up for you?

00:38:14.700 --> 00:38:15.559
 And it will be tidy

00:38:15.559 --> 00:38:16.220
 and it will be nice

00:38:16.220 --> 00:38:16.780
 and it will be clean.

00:38:18.840 --> 00:38:19.620
 Do you have that?

00:38:21.519 --> 00:38:22.440
 I encourage you.

00:38:23.039 --> 00:38:23.600
 If that's you,

00:38:23.660 --> 00:38:24.160
 He is knocking.

00:38:26.700 --> 00:38:27.300
 Let me in.

00:38:28.059 --> 00:38:28.720
 Let me clean up.

00:38:28.719 --> 00:38:31.579
 But if you're that person

00:38:31.579 --> 00:38:33.000
 who let Him into the front door

00:38:33.000 --> 00:38:33.799
 and then you just left

00:38:33.799 --> 00:38:34.500
 and you've just gone

00:38:34.500 --> 00:38:35.299
 and sit back

00:38:35.299 --> 00:38:36.019
 and you're doing

00:38:36.019 --> 00:38:36.519
 your own thing,

00:38:36.679 --> 00:38:37.639
 then you've got a problem.

00:38:39.359 --> 00:38:40.659
 Then you best

00:38:40.659 --> 00:38:41.599
 haul your ass back out

00:38:41.599 --> 00:38:42.059
 into the hallway

00:38:42.059 --> 00:38:43.500
 and say to Jesus,

00:38:43.899 --> 00:38:44.799
 sorry,

00:38:44.859 --> 00:38:45.359
 I totally forgot

00:38:45.359 --> 00:38:45.939
 that you were here.

00:38:46.259 --> 00:38:47.019
 Come and sit with me

00:38:47.019 --> 00:38:47.980
 in the living room.

00:38:48.739 --> 00:38:49.539
 Spend time with Him.

00:38:51.299 --> 00:38:52.059
 You wouldn't do it

00:38:52.059 --> 00:38:52.819
 with any other guests.

00:38:53.180 --> 00:38:53.920
 Why are you doing it

00:38:53.920 --> 00:38:55.420
 with the Lord of hosts?

00:38:57.280 --> 00:38:58.160
 With any other guests

00:38:58.160 --> 00:38:58.960
 that come and visits you,

00:38:59.039 --> 00:38:59.660
 you would say,

00:38:59.740 --> 00:38:59.840
 hey,

00:38:59.920 --> 00:39:00.800
 what would you like to drink?

00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:02.920
 What would you like to do?

00:39:04.039 --> 00:39:04.640
 Let's talk.

00:39:05.320 --> 00:39:06.120
 But yet with Jesus,

00:39:06.200 --> 00:39:06.740
 we let Him in

00:39:06.740 --> 00:39:07.680
 and then we just leave Him.

00:39:08.080 --> 00:39:08.440
 Like, hey,

00:39:08.760 --> 00:39:09.920
 I've got five minutes today.

00:39:10.440 --> 00:39:11.420
 I've got five minutes.

00:39:12.240 --> 00:39:13.320
 Can you look after yourself

00:39:13.320 --> 00:39:14.360
 for the other 23 hours?

00:39:15.180 --> 00:39:16.420
 I've got stuff to do.

00:39:17.539 --> 00:39:18.280
 I've got people

00:39:18.280 --> 00:39:19.159
 to follow on Instagram.

00:39:21.220 --> 00:39:22.599
 I've got essays to write.

00:39:22.659 --> 00:39:23.360
 I've got work to do.

00:39:23.380 --> 00:39:24.200
 I've got projects to do.

00:39:24.659 --> 00:39:25.880
 I've got things to build.

00:39:26.360 --> 00:39:26.619
 And yet,

00:39:27.139 --> 00:39:28.680
 the beginning of God's creation

00:39:28.680 --> 00:39:29.300
 is right here.

00:39:30.380 --> 00:39:31.579
 Everything came from Him

00:39:31.579 --> 00:39:32.800
 and will be,

00:39:34.280 --> 00:39:36.019
 the destiny is to be like Him

00:39:36.019 --> 00:39:36.920
 and yet in the middle

00:39:36.920 --> 00:39:37.920
 we've completely ignored Him.

00:39:38.900 --> 00:39:39.579
 If you're that person,

00:39:39.680 --> 00:39:40.420
 come back to the hallway.

00:39:42.059 --> 00:39:42.579
 Find Him

00:39:42.579 --> 00:39:43.599
 and sit down with Him.

00:39:45.300 --> 00:39:45.940
 Maybe it's because

00:39:45.940 --> 00:39:46.500
 you're also afraid

00:39:46.500 --> 00:39:47.420
 to talk about some things

00:39:47.420 --> 00:39:48.740
 that you know

00:39:48.740 --> 00:39:49.659
 He'll have to talk to you about.

00:39:51.500 --> 00:39:52.059
 And finally,

00:39:52.180 --> 00:39:52.940
 for those who actually,

00:39:53.059 --> 00:39:53.360
 you don't know

00:39:53.360 --> 00:39:54.220
 what I'm talking about at all.

00:39:54.659 --> 00:39:55.280
 You're just like,

00:39:55.559 --> 00:39:55.920
 actually,

00:39:55.980 --> 00:39:56.920
 my house is completely fine.

00:39:58.800 --> 00:39:59.440
 He's not here.

00:40:00.760 --> 00:40:01.440
 I'm just saying,

00:40:01.920 --> 00:40:02.159
 actually,

00:40:02.460 --> 00:40:03.460
 what I'm saying to you is

00:40:03.460 --> 00:40:05.440
 I'm not here to give you

00:40:05.440 --> 00:40:05.880
 all the answers.

00:40:06.159 --> 00:40:06.940
 I'm not here to say,

00:40:07.380 --> 00:40:07.840
 you're wrong.

00:40:08.240 --> 00:40:08.680
 I'm right.

00:40:09.820 --> 00:40:10.820
 What I can say to you is

00:40:10.820 --> 00:40:11.980
 start asking questions.

00:40:12.740 --> 00:40:13.559
 Ask the right questions.

00:40:15.039 --> 00:40:16.000
 And just something completely

00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:16.720
 maybe off topic

00:40:16.720 --> 00:40:17.220
 but practical,

00:40:17.780 --> 00:40:18.760
 go into nature.

00:40:20.080 --> 00:40:20.980
 Go into nature.

00:40:22.320 --> 00:40:23.380
 If you're feeling stressed,

00:40:23.460 --> 00:40:24.160
 if you're feeling busy

00:40:24.160 --> 00:40:25.200
 and your house is,

00:40:25.300 --> 00:40:25.420
 yeah,

00:40:25.519 --> 00:40:26.640
 you are in control of your house,

00:40:26.700 --> 00:40:27.120
 good for you,

00:40:27.420 --> 00:40:28.140
 go into nature.

00:40:29.480 --> 00:40:30.680
 Tell you what nature does for me.

00:40:30.840 --> 00:40:31.660
 Nature reminds me

00:40:31.660 --> 00:40:32.480
 of how small I am.

00:40:32.480 --> 00:40:35.820
 If I just sit in nature

00:40:35.820 --> 00:40:36.559
 and I look at the trees

00:40:36.559 --> 00:40:37.280
 and I look at the birds

00:40:37.280 --> 00:40:38.240
 and I look at the waves,

00:40:38.780 --> 00:40:39.099
 I'm like,

00:40:39.559 --> 00:40:40.340
 there is a world

00:40:40.340 --> 00:40:42.019
 that's happening around me

00:40:42.019 --> 00:40:42.980
 without me knowing.

00:40:43.519 --> 00:40:44.480
 The sun rises

00:40:44.480 --> 00:40:45.460
 and sets

00:40:45.460 --> 00:40:46.440
 without my control

00:40:46.440 --> 00:40:47.440
 at all.

00:40:47.920 --> 00:40:48.900
 There is a symphony

00:40:48.900 --> 00:40:50.139
 happening around you

00:40:50.139 --> 00:40:51.480
 from a creator

00:40:51.480 --> 00:40:53.019
 who is singing a song to you

00:40:53.019 --> 00:40:54.460
 trying to get your attention.

00:40:55.240 --> 00:40:55.940
 Give him some time.

00:40:57.920 --> 00:40:58.760
 And let me tell you this.

00:40:58.760 --> 00:41:00.860
 Give him some time

00:41:00.860 --> 00:41:02.560
 because he's the Lord

00:41:02.560 --> 00:41:03.060
 or he's not.

00:41:03.920 --> 00:41:04.480
 And if he's not,

00:41:04.540 --> 00:41:04.980
 then you're safe.

00:41:05.440 --> 00:41:06.140
 Then you carry on

00:41:06.140 --> 00:41:06.920
 doing your house thing.

00:41:07.580 --> 00:41:08.500
 You do your thing.

00:41:09.240 --> 00:41:10.140
 But if he's Lord,

00:41:11.020 --> 00:41:12.240
 it means he's got something

00:41:12.240 --> 00:41:13.060
 even better for you.

00:41:14.560 --> 00:41:15.280
 So would you just

00:41:15.280 --> 00:41:16.200
 hear that knock?

00:41:16.600 --> 00:41:17.420
 Would you hear his voice?

00:41:20.580 --> 00:41:21.440
 And the truth is,

00:41:21.840 --> 00:41:23.220
 what is he trying to do here?

00:41:23.500 --> 00:41:24.360
 He's trying to get

00:41:24.360 --> 00:41:25.180
 relationship back

00:41:25.180 --> 00:41:25.820
 with each of us.

00:41:26.460 --> 00:41:26.840
 He says,

00:41:26.960 --> 00:41:27.880
 buy from me clothes

00:41:27.880 --> 00:41:28.540
 that you may clothe

00:41:28.539 --> 00:41:28.960
 yourself

00:41:28.960 --> 00:41:30.279
 so that the shame

00:41:30.279 --> 00:41:32.279
 of your nakedness

00:41:32.279 --> 00:41:33.179
 may not be seen.

00:41:34.639 --> 00:41:35.579
 He's reversing

00:41:35.579 --> 00:41:36.779
 the original sin.

00:41:37.119 --> 00:41:38.619
 What was the original problem?

00:41:39.059 --> 00:41:40.300
 Right from the very beginning.

00:41:40.619 --> 00:41:41.059
 Adam and Eve

00:41:41.059 --> 00:41:41.900
 choose their own way

00:41:41.900 --> 00:41:42.500
 and what do they do?

00:41:42.539 --> 00:41:43.739
 They are filled with shame.

00:41:44.420 --> 00:41:44.639
 They're like,

00:41:44.759 --> 00:41:45.079
 oh,

00:41:45.360 --> 00:41:45.960
 I'm naked.

00:41:46.059 --> 00:41:46.559
 We're naked.

00:41:47.119 --> 00:41:47.719
 Hide yourself.

00:41:48.219 --> 00:41:48.860
 Here's a leaf.

00:41:50.340 --> 00:41:51.000
 Let's hide

00:41:51.000 --> 00:41:51.659
 behind the bushes.

00:41:52.300 --> 00:41:52.960
 And then God says,

00:41:52.960 --> 00:41:53.559
 where are you?

00:41:55.059 --> 00:41:55.360
 He's saying,

00:41:55.460 --> 00:41:56.340
 buy from me garments

00:41:56.340 --> 00:41:57.659
 that you can clothe yourself

00:41:57.659 --> 00:41:58.599
 and that you won't have

00:41:58.599 --> 00:41:59.839
 that shame anymore.

00:42:03.000 --> 00:42:03.759
 Sit with me.

00:42:05.799 --> 00:42:07.899
 Be faithful unto the end

00:42:07.899 --> 00:42:09.199
 and to the one who conquers,

00:42:09.960 --> 00:42:10.859
 I will let him sit with me

00:42:10.859 --> 00:42:11.299
 on my throne

00:42:11.299 --> 00:42:12.219
 in the heavenly places.

00:42:12.519 --> 00:42:12.719
 Why?

00:42:12.839 --> 00:42:14.059
 Because I also conquered.

00:42:14.199 --> 00:42:14.399
 Why?

00:42:14.619 --> 00:42:15.539
 Because I was rich

00:42:15.539 --> 00:42:16.619
 but then I became poor

00:42:16.619 --> 00:42:17.019
 for you.

00:42:17.019 --> 00:42:20.460
 I was fully clothed

00:42:20.460 --> 00:42:21.579
 as a prince of heaven

00:42:21.579 --> 00:42:22.820
 and yet I took off my robes

00:42:22.820 --> 00:42:24.099
 and I became naked

00:42:24.099 --> 00:42:25.300
 on a cross

00:42:25.300 --> 00:42:27.019
 for you

00:42:27.019 --> 00:42:28.199
 to have my robes

00:42:28.199 --> 00:42:31.039
 so that you don't need

00:42:31.039 --> 00:42:31.480
 to be naked.

00:42:32.619 --> 00:42:33.759
 I was blinded

00:42:33.759 --> 00:42:35.079
 by Roman soldiers.

00:42:35.840 --> 00:42:36.900
 They blindfolded me

00:42:36.900 --> 00:42:37.860
 and they whipped me

00:42:37.860 --> 00:42:38.300
 and they said,

00:42:38.420 --> 00:42:39.619
 who's hitting you?

00:42:39.880 --> 00:42:40.280
 Prophesy.

00:42:41.219 --> 00:42:42.280
 Tell us who's hitting you.

00:42:42.280 --> 00:42:42.880
 You can't see

00:42:42.880 --> 00:42:43.679
 behind that blindfold.

00:42:44.579 --> 00:42:45.579
 He became blind for us

00:42:45.579 --> 00:42:46.259
 so that we may see.

00:42:46.260 --> 00:42:49.880
 Did he know

00:42:49.880 --> 00:42:50.720
 who was hitting him?

00:42:50.740 --> 00:42:51.360
 Of course he did.

00:42:52.560 --> 00:42:54.140
 But he became poor for you.

00:42:54.260 --> 00:42:55.240
 He became blind for you.

00:42:55.320 --> 00:42:56.480
 He became naked for you.

00:42:57.020 --> 00:42:58.000
 That itself

00:42:58.000 --> 00:42:59.000
 is enough

00:42:59.000 --> 00:43:00.080
 for you to trust him

00:43:00.080 --> 00:43:01.220
 to let him into your house,

00:43:01.340 --> 00:43:02.200
 to let him into your living room,

00:43:02.260 --> 00:43:03.340
 to let him into any room,

00:43:03.420 --> 00:43:04.040
 to any closet,

00:43:04.180 --> 00:43:04.660
 any drawer

00:43:04.660 --> 00:43:07.380
 because he sits here

00:43:07.380 --> 00:43:08.400
 having given himself

00:43:08.400 --> 00:43:08.900
 utterly,

00:43:09.200 --> 00:43:09.960
 utterly for you.

00:43:10.540 --> 00:43:11.620
 The only response,

00:43:11.620 --> 00:43:13.780
 the only appropriate response

00:43:13.780 --> 00:43:15.300
 is for you to give yourself

00:43:15.300 --> 00:43:15.640
 utterly

00:43:15.639 --> 00:43:16.400
 to him.

00:43:16.739 --> 00:43:17.539
 Anything else,

00:43:17.719 --> 00:43:18.619
 anything short of that

00:43:18.619 --> 00:43:20.199
 is a crucifixion

00:43:20.199 --> 00:43:20.900
 of your intelligence.

00:43:21.859 --> 00:43:23.379
 It violates the moral law.

00:43:24.400 --> 00:43:25.219
 This person,

00:43:26.420 --> 00:43:27.000
 this Jesus,

00:43:28.279 --> 00:43:29.480
 moves towards you,

00:43:29.619 --> 00:43:30.239
 moves towards me,

00:43:30.859 --> 00:43:32.480
 even in our lukewarmness.

00:43:32.480 --> 00:43:35.960
 would you hear his voice

00:43:35.960 --> 00:43:38.300
 and would you open up

00:43:38.300 --> 00:43:38.920
 the door?

00:43:41.139 --> 00:43:42.000
 These people said,

00:43:42.119 --> 00:43:42.619
 I need nothing.

00:43:44.420 --> 00:43:45.780
 I think the best way

00:43:45.780 --> 00:43:46.420
 to reverse that

00:43:46.420 --> 00:43:47.440
 is to simply say,

00:43:47.940 --> 00:43:50.099
 I need you.

00:43:50.099 --> 00:43:52.579
 we've got a little bit

00:43:52.579 --> 00:43:53.079
 of time now

00:43:53.079 --> 00:43:53.960
 and there's two things

00:43:53.960 --> 00:43:54.319
 I want to do.

00:43:54.380 --> 00:43:56.019
 I want us to respond

00:43:56.019 --> 00:43:56.719
 and we're going to respond

00:43:56.719 --> 00:43:57.159
 in two ways.

00:43:57.219 --> 00:43:57.839
 We're going to respond

00:43:57.839 --> 00:43:59.259
 one through a song

00:43:59.259 --> 00:44:00.279
 which is something

00:44:00.279 --> 00:44:00.980
 that's pretty typical

00:44:00.980 --> 00:44:02.059
 that most churches

00:44:02.059 --> 00:44:02.739
 around the world do

00:44:02.739 --> 00:44:04.479
 and then the second

00:44:04.479 --> 00:44:05.819
 is actually for us

00:44:05.819 --> 00:44:06.279
 to respond

00:44:06.279 --> 00:44:07.279
 in community

00:44:07.279 --> 00:44:07.979
 together.

00:44:10.099 --> 00:44:11.000
 This is the bit

00:44:11.000 --> 00:44:11.519
 that's usually

00:44:11.519 --> 00:44:12.179
 a little bit more awkward

00:44:12.179 --> 00:44:13.459
 but it's also

00:44:13.459 --> 00:44:14.159
 completely okay

00:44:14.159 --> 00:44:14.799
 because it's just,

00:44:15.059 --> 00:44:15.819
 because if we're gathering

00:44:15.819 --> 00:44:16.359
 here together

00:44:16.359 --> 00:44:18.099
 then we want to share

00:44:18.099 --> 00:44:18.699
 each other's lives

00:44:18.699 --> 00:44:19.379
 and you may not know

00:44:19.379 --> 00:44:20.079
 the people around you

00:44:20.079 --> 00:44:20.500
 but I want you

00:44:20.500 --> 00:44:21.119
 to start thinking.

00:44:22.119 --> 00:44:22.659
 As I've shared

00:44:22.659 --> 00:44:23.079
 and I've just

00:44:23.079 --> 00:44:24.099
 blurted out hope

00:44:24.099 --> 00:44:24.559
 into stuff,

00:44:24.659 --> 00:44:25.139
 what's the thing

00:44:25.139 --> 00:44:25.579
 that hits you

00:44:25.579 --> 00:44:26.379
 the most in this?

00:44:26.960 --> 00:44:27.420
 What's the thing

00:44:27.420 --> 00:44:28.300
 that you're reminded of?

00:44:28.340 --> 00:44:28.740
 Whether you've been

00:44:28.740 --> 00:44:29.720
 at church for 70 years

00:44:29.720 --> 00:44:30.240
 or whether you've been

00:44:30.240 --> 00:44:31.119
 at church for literally

00:44:31.119 --> 00:44:32.360
 60 minutes

00:44:32.360 --> 00:44:32.900
 because this is

00:44:32.900 --> 00:44:33.460
 your first time.

00:44:35.420 --> 00:44:36.380
 What really stood out

00:44:36.380 --> 00:44:36.680
 to you

00:44:36.680 --> 00:44:37.660
 and what do you think

00:44:37.660 --> 00:44:38.599
 the Lord is saying

00:44:38.599 --> 00:44:39.039
 to you?

00:44:39.240 --> 00:44:39.900
 And I want you to be able

00:44:39.900 --> 00:44:40.420
 to share it

00:44:40.420 --> 00:44:41.240
 with the people around you

00:44:41.240 --> 00:44:41.820
 so those are the two

00:44:41.820 --> 00:44:42.300
 things that we're going

00:44:42.300 --> 00:44:42.800
 to do okay.

00:44:43.240 --> 00:44:44.820
 But let's have Florence

00:44:44.820 --> 00:44:45.340
 come back up

00:44:45.340 --> 00:44:46.519
 with Grace

00:44:46.519 --> 00:44:48.720
 and we'll respond

00:44:48.720 --> 00:44:49.480
 through song first.

00:44:49.760 --> 00:44:50.599
 And as we do this

00:44:50.599 --> 00:44:52.300
 I ask you

00:44:52.300 --> 00:44:53.440
 to think

00:44:53.440 --> 00:44:55.280
 are there any doors

00:44:55.280 --> 00:44:56.300
 that he is knocking on

00:44:56.300 --> 00:44:57.160
 right now?

00:44:59.980 --> 00:45:01.340
 And is your one saying

00:45:01.340 --> 00:45:02.519
 hey I don't need anything

00:45:02.519 --> 00:45:03.320
 I don't need you

00:45:03.320 --> 00:45:05.560
 or is it one

00:45:05.560 --> 00:45:06.480
 is it a posture

00:45:06.480 --> 00:45:07.240
 where you say

00:45:07.240 --> 00:45:07.820
 Lord

00:45:07.820 --> 00:45:09.420
 I need you

00:45:09.420 --> 00:45:11.039
 every moment

00:45:11.039 --> 00:45:12.340
 of every hour

00:45:12.340 --> 00:45:13.740
 of every day

00:45:13.740 --> 00:45:15.100
 in every room

00:45:15.100 --> 00:45:16.360
 I have messed up

00:45:16.360 --> 00:45:17.120
 so badly

00:45:17.120 --> 00:45:19.600
 my room is so messy

00:45:19.600 --> 00:45:21.960
 but if you don't mind

00:45:21.960 --> 00:45:24.400
 if you really do love me

00:45:24.400 --> 00:45:26.280
 I'll open it for you.

00:45:26.300 --> 00:45:28.860
 my encouragement to you

00:45:28.860 --> 00:45:29.380
 is let him in

00:45:29.380 --> 00:45:31.519
 let him in

00:45:31.679 --> 00:45:34.360
 but I won't be asking you

00:45:34.360 --> 00:45:36.300
 but I won't be

00:45:36.300 --> 00:45:36.300


00:45:36.300 --> 00:45:36.300


00:45:36.300 --> 00:45:36.759
 but I won't be

00:45:36.759 --> 00:45:37.000
 but I won't be

00:45:37.000 --> 00:45:37.440
 but I won't be

00:45:37.440 --> 00:45:38.280
 but I won't be

00:45:38.280 --> 00:45:38.780
 but I won't be

00:45:38.780 --> 00:45:38.780


00:45:38.780 --> 00:45:38.780


00:45:38.780 --> 00:45:38.980
 but I won't be

00:45:38.980 --> 00:45:39.500
 but I won't be

00:45:39.500 --> 00:45:40.320
 but I won't be

00:45:40.320 --> 00:45:40.320


00:45:40.320 --> 00:45:40.639
 but I won't be

00:45:40.639 --> 00:45:41.199
 but I won't be

00:45:41.199 --> 00:45:41.699
 but I won't be

00:45:41.699 --> 00:45:42.360
 but I won't be

00:45:42.360 --> 00:45:42.360


00:45:42.360 --> 00:45:43.039
 but I won't be

00:45:43.039 --> 00:45:43.759
 but I won't be

00:45:43.759 --> 00:45:44.440
 but I won't be

00:45:44.440 --> 00:45:45.199
 but I won't be

00:45:45.199 --> 00:45:45.199


00:45:45.199 --> 00:45:47.159
 but I won't be

00:45:47.159 --> 00:45:47.159


00:45:47.159 --> 00:45:48.320
 but I won't be

00:45:48.320 --> 00:45:48.320


00:45:48.320 --> 00:45:48.800
 but I won't be

00:45:48.800 --> 00:45:48.800