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 Turn to the gospel according to Mark chapter 13.

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 I have enjoyed the way we've restructured the service and done the offering right before the sermon with the music, but

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 I'm going to read to you verses 1-13.

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 And as he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him,

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 Look, teacher, what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings.

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 And Jesus said to him, Do you see these great buildings?

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 There will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.

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 And as he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,

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 Tell us, when will these things be and what will be the sign when all these things are about to be accomplished?

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 And Jesus began to say to them, See that no one leads you astray.

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 Many will come in my name saying, I am he, and they will lead many astray.

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 And when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed.

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 This must take place, but the end is not yet.

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 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

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 There will be earthquakes in various places.

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 There will be famines.

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 These are but the beginnings of the birth pains.

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 But be on your guard, for they will deliver you over to councils, and you will be beaten in the synagogues,

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 and you will take stand before governors and kings for my sake to bear witness before them.

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 And the gospel must first be proclaimed to all nations.

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 And when they bring you to trial and deliver you over, do not be anxious beforehand what you are to say,

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 but say whatever is given you in that hour.

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 For it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.

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 And brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child,

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 and children will rise against parents and have them put to death.

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 And you will be hated by all for my name's sake.

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 But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

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 This is God's word to us.

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 It was written for his glory and our good.

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 We would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises and obey its commands.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Father God, we need you in this hour.

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 And we would ask your favor on the preaching of your word today.

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 It was written by you under the inspiration of the Spirit.

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 Here, carried along by the pen of Mark.

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 It was written for us.

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 That we might know you and know how to better honor and glorify you with our lives.

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 Exalt Jesus in our hearts and minds today so that he will be exalted in our living this week.

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 We're dependent on you to accomplish this.

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 And so we pray this in the name of Christ.

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 Amen.

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 Well, we find ourselves still in Wednesday of the Passion Week.

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 You remember at the beginning of chapter 11, Jesus has entered into Jerusalem.

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 It's called the Triumphal Entry.

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 That evening he goes and he visits the temple and he can see that there's been this money-changing activity happening in the temple.

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 He goes back out of Jerusalem to Bethel, comes back in on Tuesday,

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 and for the second time in his ministry, goes and flips over tables and runs out money changers,

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 stops it being used as a thoroughfare, a cut-through for the city,

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 essentially shuts down all of this apostate swindling that's going on in this day.

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 And he's immediately then challenged as he sets up camp on Wednesday in the temple by the religious elite of the day.

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 And we've kind of seen these waves of aggression come at him,

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 and he quickly shuts them down as they seek to trap him in such a way that he will be killed.

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 He's not done yet, though.

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 He still has some time and some things that he wants to teach,

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 and so he waylays that, and we see him finally now stepping outside, still on Wednesday,

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 but leaving the temple court, presumably through the east gate,

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 down a steep path that crossed through the Kidron Valley,

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 which is where all of the sacrificial blood flowed,

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 which we'll get to learn more about in a month or so,

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 to the Mount of Olives, where they observe what's going on from afar.

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 And we see in this a question asked by an unidentified disciple.

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 And I can't say for sure, but I want to imagine that it was Mark's kindness that spared

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 naming the individual who asked the question,

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 because he's apparently missed the point of Jesus' teaching that week,

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 all about the spiritual bankruptcy of the system that existed there,

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 and all that it included as they look back on this building,

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 which was a rather magnificent building.

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 It was a building that all of us would have been in awe at.

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 But he hadn't seen that what Jesus was saying was that this was not where the worship of God take place.

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 This was not the way in which God was meant to be worshipped.

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 And so the question we see asked,

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 look, teacher, what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings,

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 this admiration of this.

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 And it was certainly that.

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 The Jewish historian Josephus tells us a bit about it in the Wars of the Jews.

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 We read,

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 Now the outward face of the temple in its front

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 wanted nothing that was likely to surprise either men's minds or their eyes,

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 for it was covered all over with plates of gold of great weight.

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 And at the first rising of the sun reflected back a very fiery splendor

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 and made those who forced themselves to look upon it to turn their eyes away

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 just as they would have done at the sun's own rays.

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 But this temple appeared to strangers when they were coming to it at a distance

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 like a mountain covered with snow.

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 For as to those parts of it that were not gilt or covered in gold,

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 they were exceeding white.

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 White rare stone.

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 It made it look like a mountain of snow as you approached Jerusalem.

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 This magnificent building.

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 Jesus gives to us this direct prophecy that it will in fact be torn down.

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 And he's not just simply referring to the building itself,

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 although we're going to talk about that in a moment.

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 But more than that,

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 the system that the building represents would soon be destroyed.

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 The building itself was destroyed in 70 A.D.

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 Jesus says there will not be left here one stone upon another

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 that will not be thrown down.

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 There was a revolt that started a movement called the Zealot Movement in A.D. 66,

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 which eventually led to Rome finally and fully sacking Jerusalem

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 and destroying almost to the complete rubble,

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 almost the entire city of Jerusalem.

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 They saved a bit of the wall to show people how mighty the wall once was

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 where the garrisons would camp,

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 but the rest of it was torn down

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 to the degree that they took the foundation stones of the wall

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 and flipped them over just to show their power over this.

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 You remember back in Mark 12, verses 13-17,

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 there's this question asked by the Pharisees and Herodians about the tax.

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 And should we pay this particular tax they're referring to known as the poll tax?

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 And this was a tax that was instituted

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 when Joseph and Mary traveled with baby Jesus in the belly

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 to Bethlehem where he was born.

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 They were being counted.

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 And this is the way in which Rome said,

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 not only is your land ours,

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 but the people themselves belong to us.

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 So this tax was a head tax paid as a citizen of Rome.

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 And it was that that led to this revolt

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 that eventually saw the temple destroyed.

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 Again, Josephus in the Wars of the Jews,

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 Now as soon as the army, the Roman army,

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 had no more people to slay or to plunder

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 because there remained none to be the objects of their fury,

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 for they would not have spared any

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 had there remained any other such work to be done,

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 Caesar gave orders that they should now demolish

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 the entire city and temple.

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 And so it was brought down,

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 just as Jesus said that it would be,

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 not too many years later.

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 And they go from this place as they're traveling

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 and they go and sit down on the Mount of Olives,

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 presumably looking at the temple opposite of it.

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 And Peter and James and John and Andrew

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 get into the side and they say,

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 tell us when will these things be?

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 And what will be the sign when all these things

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 are about to be accomplished?

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 Now there is some debate concerning this text

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 about what it means for this

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 to have been fulfilled and accomplished.

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 Certainly, we know that the temple itself

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 was destroyed in A.D. 70.

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 And there are some people that say

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 that the entirety of this passage is fulfilled.

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 For example, verse 10,

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 and the gospel must first be proclaimed to all nations.

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 That that was in fact fulfilled,

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 which is why the temple was then destroyed.

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 And they base this argument off of passages

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 like Colossians 1.23.

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 Well, Paul writes,

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 if indeed you continue in the faith,

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 stable and steadfast,

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 not shifting from the hope of the gospel

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 that you have heard,

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 which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven,

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 and of which I, Paul, became a minister.

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 So they would say, see, look here,

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 Paul says that the gospel was in fact

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 proclaimed amongst the nations,

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 and this is why we can now then presume

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 that that's been fulfilled,

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 and now the temple has been destroyed.

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 But you get into some Greek issues

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 with Colossians 1.23

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 if you don't study it carefully.

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 This phrase which has been proclaimed,

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 the word proclaimed there is in the aorist tense,

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 which denotes no specific time whatsoever,

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 meaning that Paul is not saying

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 that it is a completed action done in the past,

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 but he's defining the gospel and its scope,

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 and that is that it is global in scope.

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 So it would be improper to look at Colossians 1.23

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 and go back then to Mark 13.10

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 and say, oh, and the gospel has then been preached

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 to all nations.

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 We're going to say a bit more about that

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 towards the end of the sermon.

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 We'll come back to verse 10,

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 but I want us at this point to see

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 that this is not what Jesus is trying

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 to communicate to them,

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 simply summing up for them

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 the things that will happen

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 before the temple is destroyed.

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 However, it is the question

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 that the disciples are asking.

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 They're saying, tell us all the things

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 that are going to happen

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 before the temple is destroyed.

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 They still were so hungry to know

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 the practical, the tangible things

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 that could be known about the kingdom of God.

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 They still seem to not understand

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 that the kingdom of God primarily

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 was going to come and bear in their hearts.

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 This is the way in which God

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 meant to establish His people,

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 spirit and truth, a heart worship.

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 And so I believe He's correcting

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 their misconception as He goes on

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 to tell them the things

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 that are going to come to pass,

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 including for us, verse 10,

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 that all of this, the gospel

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 must be proclaimed to all nations,

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 putting a timeline, a way out there,

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 a far-reaching timeline for them.

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 Their question itself drew my mind

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 back to Mark 8, verses 11 and 12,

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 where the Pharisees seek a sign.

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 And He says to them that a sign

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 will not be given to this generation.

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 They wanted to know the tangible.

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 They wanted to be able to measure it.

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 They wanted to be able to mark it out

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 and know when the kingdom of God

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 would fully arrive.

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 It's not the way we walk.

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 We walk by faith.

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 So Jesus then begins to give them

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 this prophetic information.

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 And I think we can really quickly,

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 in a chapter like chapter 13,

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 get incredibly distracted

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 into end-time theology,

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 really trying to work out all the details

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 and miss the point altogether.

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 So we're going to deal with it in brief.

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 There's a time and a place for it,

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 and now is not the time,

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 here is not the place,

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 this morning.

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 But we can't neglect it altogether.

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 We need to look at kind of the driving force

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 of what He's trying to say to them.

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 And so in 5 through 9,

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 He starts out by saying,

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 see that no one leads you astray,

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 and that many will come in His name,

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 claiming to be Him,

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 and they will lead many astray.

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 So it's a warning.

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 Once again,

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 as we saw back in verse 38 of chapter 12,

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 a warning against false teachers,

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 particularly ones that are going to claim

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 to be the Christ themselves,

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 but we can certainly broaden it beyond that as well.

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 Those who are going to take advantage

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 of the way in which the world is functioning,

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 the wars and the earthquakes,

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 all these calamities that we see,

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 to gather to themselves followers.

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 People like Margaret Rowan,

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 the prophetess, quote-unquote,

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 of the Seventh-day Adventists,

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 who said the world would come to end in 1925.

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 Jehovah's Witnesses,

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 which have been writing and writing

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 and writing and writing.

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 1975 was the big year for them.

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 Not sure what they say now.

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 Or guys like Pat Robertson,

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 the chairman of the Christian Broadcasting Network,

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 a station you should block on your TV,

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 who first said that the world would come to end in 1982,

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 and now, 2007,

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 haven't heard a new proclamation.

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 I tried to find to see if Pat Robertson's telling us

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 when the world will end now.

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 This is a dangerous thing.

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 It's not for us to know.

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 The Scriptures even teach us that.

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 And yet, many men will claim

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 that they know when the world will end

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 and lead people astray.

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 We should know that it is going to end,

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 and we should see that the signs are here,

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 that it is coming to an end.

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 But that doesn't change what we do

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 and how we live.

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 We should always live in light of that reality.

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 Observing the effects of sin on the world.

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 Look at the things that he says.

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 Wars.

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 Rumors of wars.

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 We live in a day like this, do we not?

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 Nation rising against nation.

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 Kingdom against kingdom.

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 Earthquakes.

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 Famines.

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 He says, but these are the beginnings

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 of the birth pains.

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 Paul uses a very similar language

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 in Romans 8.

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 Verse 19-22, he writes,

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 For the creation waits with eager longing

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 for the revealing of what?

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 The sons of God.

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 For the creation was subjected to fertility,

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 not willingly,

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 but because of him who subjected it

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 in hope that the creation itself

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 will be set free from its bondage

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 to corruption and obtain the freedom

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 of the glory of the children of God.

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 For we know that the whole creation

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 has been groaning together

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 in the pains of childbirth until now.

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 And that is that the world itself

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 is longing for the day when Christ

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 will come and restore all things.

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 And Jesus here is saying,

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 and Paul is later saying,

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 that the things we are seeing

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 is the beginning of that process.

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 Now I have a four-year-old

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 and a two-year-old,

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 and so I have, as a faithful husband,

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 walked beside a labor.

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 I have not been in labor, praise God.

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 Nothing I will ever experience.

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 I can't possibly imagine

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 exactly what it feels like.

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 I will not be one of those fools

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 who puts the electricity

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 on their stomachs.

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 Have you seen those guys

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 that experience the pain of labor?

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 No thank you.

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 But certainly in Sam's labor,

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 they increased in intensity.

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 It started off at one level of pain,

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 a talking, even happy time kind of a pain,

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 to a, if you crack another joke,

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 I will kill you kind of a pain.

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 When Sam goes quiet and she's hurting,

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 leave her alone.

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 Just leave her alone.

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 But all of this led up to,

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 all of the suffering

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 that my wife experienced,

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 all led up to a final,

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 great deal of joy.

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 I couldn't believe it.

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 On the day that she had caged,

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 she said,

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 I want to have another one.

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 I went, are you kidding me?

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 Did you just,

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 do you have any idea

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 what you just went through?

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 But joy filled her heart so much.

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 And this is the way in which

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 the creation is groaning

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 and longing for the returning

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 of Christ.

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 For the church to be completed

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 one day.

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 For the new heaven

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 and the new earth

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 to be established.

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 And this is what's happening in that.

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 There will be pain

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 before this great,

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 great deal of joy.

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 And he doesn't simply limit it

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 to the apostles.

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 This is expanded to us as well.

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 The apostles are going to be part of it

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 in their suffering

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 for the kingdom.

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 They're going to be delivered.

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 They're supposed to be on their guard.

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 Delivered to councils.

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 Beaten in synagogues.

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 Standing before governors and kings.

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 Verse 12.

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 Brother will deliver brother over to death

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 and the father is child.

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 And children will rise up against parents

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 and have them put to death.

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 And you will be hated by all.

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 For my name's sake.

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 Look at the breadth of this pain

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 that will be experienced.

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 That it's going to go down

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 into the family unit.

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 Many of you experience this kind of tension

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 in your families

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 as those who claim the name of Christ.

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 Trying to be around them at mealtimes

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 and do things

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 and hear the conversations.

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 And see that they don't exalt Him

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 in their words

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 or in their living at all.

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 Jesus says here it will get

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 much more severe than that.

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 That children will deliver parents

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 and parents' children

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 to death.

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 We will take place in this suffering.

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 It's recorded in John 15.

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 Verse 18 and 19.

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 Jesus says,

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 If the world hates you,

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 know that it has hated Me

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 before it hated you.

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 If you were of the world,

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 the world would love you

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 as its own.

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 But because you are not of the world,

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 because I chose you out of the world,

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 therefore,

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 the world hates you.

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 Jesus Christ,

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 our Lord,

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 who came to be a servant of all,

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 has already told us now

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 in the Gospel of Mark

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 three times,

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 He said to the apostles,

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 this is what's going to happen

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 when I go to Jerusalem.

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 I'm going to be delivered up,

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 I'm going to be killed,

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 and then I'm going to rise again.

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 This is the way in which

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 I'm coming to ransom many

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 for myself.

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 And somehow,

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 we think we're better than Him.

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 That we ourselves

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 won't suffer in the same way.

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 That it won't be given to us

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 as the same kind of task.

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 Paul writes to Timothy

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 in 2 Timothy 3.12,

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 Indeed,

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 all who desire to live a godly life

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 in Christ Jesus

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 will be persecuted.

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 It's a reality,

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 a necessity of Christian living.

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 Not that we ask for it

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 or that we invite it upon ourselves,

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 but He's telling us

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 that it will happen.

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 Those of us who are disciples

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 of Jesus Christ,

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 those of us who laid down our lives

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 to pursue Him

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 with all that we have,

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 are going to experience suffering

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 in this world.

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 But we don't have to be

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 concerned about this.

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 We have a hope.

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 A lasting hope.

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 An eternal hope.

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 A hope that helps us

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 drive through momentary affliction.

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 And we have a helper.

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 In verse 11,

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 When they bring you to trial

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 and deliver you over,

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 do be anxious beforehand

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 what you are to say.

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 But say,

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 whatever is giving you that effort

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 is not you who speak,

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 but the Holy Spirit.

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 Jesus said,

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 promise this to them.

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 And it comes in Acts 1,

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 verses 7 and 8.

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 He said to them,

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 It is not for you to know

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 times or seasons.

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 Isn't this a fitting verse?

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 It is not for you to know

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 times or seasons

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 that the Father is fixed

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 by His own authority.

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 Verse 8,

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 But you will receive power

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 when the Holy Spirit

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 has come upon you,

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 and you will be My witnesses

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 in Jerusalem,

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 and in all Judea,

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 and Samaria,

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 and to the ends of the earth.

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 And in chapter 2,

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 the Spirit in fact does come

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 on them with power.

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 And Peter preaches

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 his great sermon

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 on the day of Pentecost.

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 And thousands and thousands

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 are included

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 in the church's number

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 on that day.

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 We don't have to be anxious.

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 We have a helper in this.

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 One who will carry us along

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 and who will speak

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 on our behalf.

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 Why are we so afraid

00:21:38.080 --> 00:21:39.480
 to open our mouths

00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:41.680
 and share the Gospel?

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 We have a helper.

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 A person of the triune God

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 that Jesus has said

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 will speak on our behalf.

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 To what end?

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 The last half of verse 9,

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 to bear witness before them.

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 Verse 10,

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 And the Gospel,

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 the good news of Jesus Christ,

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 must first be proclaimed

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 to all nations.

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 In the last half of verse 13,

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 but the one who endures

00:22:10.100 --> 00:22:11.180
 to the end.

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 will be saved.

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 How are we to function?

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 How are we to live?

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 As the apostles are about to be

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 left behind by Jesus Christ,

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 they're about to stay where they are,

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 empowered by the Spirit,

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 what is their task?

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 The very mission

00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:26.940
 that's set before them?

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 And that is for them

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 to go into the world

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 and make disciples

00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:31.620
 of Jesus Christ.

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 To proclaim His greatness,

00:22:34.240 --> 00:22:35.019
 to be a witness

00:22:35.019 --> 00:22:36.660
 before these councils

00:22:36.660 --> 00:22:37.700
 that they'll be brought before.

00:22:38.940 --> 00:22:40.440
 To proclaim the good news

00:22:40.440 --> 00:22:40.960
 of the Gospel,

00:22:41.059 --> 00:22:42.700
 not simply to make converts,

00:22:43.480 --> 00:22:44.980
 but to make those

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 who will endure

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 to the end,

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 which is the necessity

00:22:49.220 --> 00:22:50.600
 of the Christian life.

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 If your heart is regenerate,

00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:54.480
 if God has in fact

00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:56.080
 changed who you are,

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 you will not go back on that.

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 And I would say to you

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 that it is an impossibility

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 that you could,

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 you will in fact,

00:23:04.180 --> 00:23:05.160
 endure to the end

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 for His name.

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 So all of this

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 will come to pass.

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 The entire passage

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 will come to pass

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 back on verse 10

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 when the Gospel

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 is proclaimed

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 to all nations.

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 We see a glimpse of heaven

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 in Revelation 5-9.

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 John writes,

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 And they sang a new song

00:23:26.140 --> 00:23:26.700
 saying,

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 Worthy are you

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 to take the scroll

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 and to open its seals,

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 for you were slain,

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 this is Christ,

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 and by your blood

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 you ransomed people

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 for God

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 from every tribe

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 and language

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 and people

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 and nation.

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 God has always

00:23:43.240 --> 00:23:44.440
 been about

00:23:44.440 --> 00:23:46.660
 His global glory.

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 And He is still

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 about that to this day

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 because the task

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 is yet to be finished

00:23:52.519 --> 00:23:53.759
 because the end

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 is not here.

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 Now as we look

00:23:57.700 --> 00:23:58.220
 at the world,

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 there's a lot of statistics

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 out there.

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 I'm just going to give you

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 a few.

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 Categorically,

00:24:03.299 --> 00:24:04.279
 we tend to talk about

00:24:04.279 --> 00:24:05.960
 peoples in terms

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 of unreached,

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 reached,

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 unreached,

00:24:10.019 --> 00:24:11.319
 and unengaged.

00:24:12.460 --> 00:24:13.440
 The definition

00:24:13.440 --> 00:24:14.180
 of unreached

00:24:14.180 --> 00:24:15.259
 is typically a group

00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:16.519
 that has less

00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:17.639
 than 2%

00:24:17.639 --> 00:24:18.879
 that claim

00:24:18.879 --> 00:24:20.359
 to be Christians.

00:24:20.680 --> 00:24:21.859
 This is a broad

00:24:21.859 --> 00:24:22.619
 definition of what

00:24:22.619 --> 00:24:24.019
 Christian even means,

00:24:24.139 --> 00:24:25.099
 self-professing

00:24:25.099 --> 00:24:26.399
 Christians.

00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:27.819
 It is estimated

00:24:27.819 --> 00:24:28.399
 that of the

00:24:28.399 --> 00:24:29.859
 7.1 billion people

00:24:29.859 --> 00:24:30.519
 alive in the world

00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:30.959
 today,

00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:33.439
 2.91 billion of them

00:24:33.439 --> 00:24:35.199
 live in unreached

00:24:35.199 --> 00:24:36.299
 people groups

00:24:36.299 --> 00:24:37.919
 with little or no

00:24:37.919 --> 00:24:38.879
 access to the gospel

00:24:38.879 --> 00:24:39.959
 of Jesus Christ.

00:24:40.179 --> 00:24:40.679
 So unreached

00:24:40.679 --> 00:24:41.539
 being less than

00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:42.919
 2% of the population

00:24:42.919 --> 00:24:44.299
 that just says,

00:24:44.579 --> 00:24:45.740
 just professes

00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:46.639
 to be

00:24:46.639 --> 00:24:47.719
 a Christian.

00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:49.139
 According to

00:24:49.139 --> 00:24:49.839
 Joshua Project,

00:24:49.939 --> 00:24:50.959
 which is a great website

00:24:50.960 --> 00:24:51.819
 if you ever want

00:24:51.819 --> 00:24:52.360
 to peruse it,

00:24:52.840 --> 00:24:53.620
 there are approximately

00:24:53.620 --> 00:24:55.920
 16,500 unique

00:24:55.920 --> 00:24:56.420
 people groups

00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:56.840
 in the world

00:24:56.840 --> 00:24:57.620
 with about

00:24:57.620 --> 00:24:58.900
 6,900 of them

00:24:58.900 --> 00:24:59.400
 considered

00:24:59.400 --> 00:25:00.700
 unreached.

00:25:01.660 --> 00:25:01.980
 Now,

00:25:02.539 --> 00:25:03.420
 unengaged

00:25:03.420 --> 00:25:04.460
 unreached

00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:05.019
 people groups,

00:25:05.299 --> 00:25:05.920
 according to

00:25:05.920 --> 00:25:06.819
 finishing the task,

00:25:06.920 --> 00:25:07.840
 there are 440

00:25:07.840 --> 00:25:08.620
 unengaged

00:25:08.620 --> 00:25:09.180
 unreached

00:25:09.180 --> 00:25:09.779
 people groups

00:25:09.779 --> 00:25:11.160
 with populations

00:25:11.160 --> 00:25:12.660
 over 25,000

00:25:12.660 --> 00:25:14.120
 together numbering

00:25:14.120 --> 00:25:15.079
 over 24

00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:17.340
 million souls

00:25:17.339 --> 00:25:18.639
 that are still

00:25:18.639 --> 00:25:19.619
 beyond the reach

00:25:19.619 --> 00:25:21.539
 of the gospel.

00:25:23.399 --> 00:25:24.220
 These 440

00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:24.720
 are perhaps

00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:25.319
 the neediest

00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:25.759
 of the needy

00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:26.099
 as they are

00:25:26.099 --> 00:25:26.799
 unengaged,

00:25:26.879 --> 00:25:27.179
 which means

00:25:27.179 --> 00:25:28.039
 that no church,

00:25:28.439 --> 00:25:29.279
 no missionary,

00:25:29.659 --> 00:25:30.779
 no mission agency,

00:25:31.059 --> 00:25:32.359
 no one has yet

00:25:32.359 --> 00:25:33.179
 taken responsibility

00:25:33.179 --> 00:25:33.759
 to tell them

00:25:33.759 --> 00:25:34.539
 about Jesus Christ.

00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:35.339
 Nothing has

00:25:35.339 --> 00:25:35.659
 happened

00:25:35.659 --> 00:25:36.539
 with an

00:25:36.539 --> 00:25:37.539
 unengaged

00:25:37.539 --> 00:25:38.939
 people.

00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:40.859
 And beloved,

00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:41.819
 this should break

00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:43.720
 our hearts.

00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:45.460
 as you look

00:25:45.460 --> 00:25:46.180
 back over

00:25:46.180 --> 00:25:46.900
 this past

00:25:46.900 --> 00:25:47.559
 year

00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:48.299
 at your

00:25:48.299 --> 00:25:49.000
 activity

00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:50.579
 for the

00:25:50.579 --> 00:25:50.880
 kingdom,

00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:52.880
 it should break

00:25:52.880 --> 00:25:53.299
 our hearts

00:25:53.299 --> 00:25:53.860
 that we know

00:25:53.860 --> 00:25:54.339
 that the end

00:25:54.339 --> 00:25:54.799
 is coming.

00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:55.600
 We don't know

00:25:55.600 --> 00:25:55.940
 when,

00:25:56.079 --> 00:25:56.600
 but it will

00:25:56.600 --> 00:25:57.059
 come.

00:25:57.299 --> 00:25:57.660
 Jesus will

00:25:57.660 --> 00:25:58.559
 someday return

00:25:58.559 --> 00:25:59.440
 and judge

00:25:59.440 --> 00:25:59.980
 the world.

00:26:00.339 --> 00:26:00.600
 Those who

00:26:00.600 --> 00:26:01.160
 are not in

00:26:01.160 --> 00:26:01.539
 Christ will

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:02.140
 be eternally

00:26:02.140 --> 00:26:02.579
 damned,

00:26:02.900 --> 00:26:03.880
 and we do

00:26:03.880 --> 00:26:05.160
 almost

00:26:05.160 --> 00:26:06.299
 nothing

00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:08.059
 about it.

00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:10.420
 Shame on

00:26:10.420 --> 00:26:10.779
 us.

00:26:11.819 --> 00:26:12.360
 The great

00:26:12.360 --> 00:26:13.039
 aim of our

00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:13.640
 lives

00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:13.960
 is to be

00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:14.259
 given to

00:26:14.259 --> 00:26:14.680
 the mission

00:26:14.680 --> 00:26:15.340
 of God

00:26:15.340 --> 00:26:16.160
 in the

00:26:16.160 --> 00:26:16.600
 world.

00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:17.860
 And that

00:26:17.860 --> 00:26:18.180
 is,

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:18.900
 He came

00:26:18.900 --> 00:26:19.820
 to seek

00:26:19.820 --> 00:26:21.000
 and save

00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:22.360
 the lost.

00:26:23.460 --> 00:26:24.020
 That's why

00:26:24.020 --> 00:26:24.640
 He came.

00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:25.740
 And we're

00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:26.180
 meant to be

00:26:26.180 --> 00:26:26.860
 part of

00:26:26.860 --> 00:26:27.520
 that work,

00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:28.560
 not because

00:26:28.560 --> 00:26:29.100
 He needs

00:26:29.100 --> 00:26:29.500
 us.

00:26:30.380 --> 00:26:31.000
 Hear this,

00:26:31.140 --> 00:26:31.820
 God doesn't

00:26:31.820 --> 00:26:32.960
 need you.

00:26:33.200 --> 00:26:33.600
 Don't begin

00:26:33.600 --> 00:26:34.259
 to think so

00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:35.140
 much of

00:26:35.140 --> 00:26:35.600
 yourself.

00:26:36.060 --> 00:26:36.500
 But God

00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:37.140
 loves you.

00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:38.580
 And God

00:26:38.580 --> 00:26:38.920
 knows the

00:26:38.920 --> 00:26:39.560
 best thing

00:26:39.560 --> 00:26:40.100
 for you

00:26:40.100 --> 00:26:40.759
 is to have

00:26:40.759 --> 00:26:41.280
 more of

00:26:41.280 --> 00:26:41.880
 Him.

00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:42.660
 And you

00:26:42.660 --> 00:26:42.860
 know how

00:26:42.860 --> 00:26:43.160
 you do

00:26:43.160 --> 00:26:43.360
 that?

00:26:43.359 --> 00:26:43.879
 You join

00:26:43.879 --> 00:26:44.159
 Him and

00:26:44.159 --> 00:26:44.539
 you walk

00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:44.939
 alongside

00:26:44.939 --> 00:26:45.279
 Him in

00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:45.579
 the work

00:26:45.579 --> 00:26:45.839
 that He's

00:26:45.839 --> 00:26:46.379
 accomplishing

00:26:46.379 --> 00:26:47.119
 in the

00:26:47.119 --> 00:26:47.399
 world.

00:26:47.639 --> 00:26:48.079
 You get

00:26:48.079 --> 00:26:48.859
 busy about

00:26:48.859 --> 00:26:49.399
 the work

00:26:49.399 --> 00:26:50.139
 of God

00:26:50.139 --> 00:26:50.359
 and you

00:26:50.359 --> 00:26:50.859
 experience

00:26:50.859 --> 00:26:52.039
 Him in

00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:52.299
 it.

00:26:54.299 --> 00:26:54.939
 We can,

00:26:55.079 --> 00:26:55.459
 of course,

00:26:55.579 --> 00:26:56.279
 argue over

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:57.199
 definitions,

00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:58.539
 talk about

00:26:58.539 --> 00:26:59.399
 unreached and

00:26:59.399 --> 00:27:00.500
 unengaged,

00:27:01.059 --> 00:27:01.679
 but one thing

00:27:01.679 --> 00:27:02.299
 can't be argued,

00:27:02.399 --> 00:27:03.119
 the end has

00:27:03.119 --> 00:27:03.659
 not yet

00:27:03.659 --> 00:27:04.099
 come,

00:27:04.199 --> 00:27:04.459
 so the

00:27:04.459 --> 00:27:05.379
 job is

00:27:05.379 --> 00:27:05.819
 yet to

00:27:05.819 --> 00:27:06.019
 be

00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:06.500
 finished.

00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:07.559
 And we

00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:08.079
 should see

00:27:08.079 --> 00:27:08.579
 this as the

00:27:08.579 --> 00:27:09.039
 people of

00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:09.379
 God

00:27:09.379 --> 00:27:09.980
 as a

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:10.399
 great

00:27:10.399 --> 00:27:11.420
 opportunity

00:27:11.420 --> 00:27:12.700
 to have

00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:13.299
 our joy

00:27:13.299 --> 00:27:13.579
 made

00:27:13.579 --> 00:27:14.159
 complete

00:27:14.159 --> 00:27:14.920
 in

00:27:14.920 --> 00:27:15.299
 advancing

00:27:15.299 --> 00:27:15.539
 the

00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:15.899
 gospel

00:27:15.899 --> 00:27:16.180
 where

00:27:16.180 --> 00:27:16.379
 we

00:27:16.379 --> 00:27:16.940
 live

00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:17.960
 and

00:27:17.960 --> 00:27:19.319
 beyond.

00:27:21.639 --> 00:27:22.379
 Look at Paul's

00:27:22.379 --> 00:27:23.399
 attitude concerning

00:27:23.399 --> 00:27:24.799
 preaching of the

00:27:24.799 --> 00:27:25.139
 gospel.

00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:25.779
 He writes in

00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:27.159
 1 Corinthians 9.16,

00:27:27.160 --> 00:27:28.580
 For if I preach

00:27:28.580 --> 00:27:29.060
 the gospel,

00:27:29.180 --> 00:27:29.660
 that gives me

00:27:29.660 --> 00:27:30.480
 no ground

00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:31.640
 for boasting,

00:27:31.820 --> 00:27:32.720
 for necessity

00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:33.980
 is laid

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.900
 upon me.

00:27:35.120 --> 00:27:36.700
 Woe to me

00:27:36.700 --> 00:27:38.100
 if I do not

00:27:38.100 --> 00:27:38.600
 preach

00:27:38.600 --> 00:27:39.320
 the gospel.

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:40.759
 Woe to me

00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:42.140
 if I do not

00:27:42.140 --> 00:27:42.980
 preach

00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:44.940
 the gospel.

00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:47.960
 Are we ashamed

00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:49.060
 of the

00:27:49.060 --> 00:27:49.420
 gospel?

00:27:51.140 --> 00:27:51.660
 Paul says in

00:27:51.660 --> 00:27:52.240
 Romans 1

00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:52.740
 that he's not

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:53.240
 ashamed of it

00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:53.640
 because it's

00:27:53.640 --> 00:27:54.519
 the power of

00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:55.480
 God for

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:56.080
 salvation.

00:27:56.079 --> 00:27:56.279
 salvation.

00:27:56.879 --> 00:27:57.359
 It's what

00:27:57.359 --> 00:27:58.359
 snatches people

00:27:58.359 --> 00:27:58.839
 out of the

00:27:58.839 --> 00:27:59.819
 fires of hell.

00:28:00.399 --> 00:28:00.759
 And we

00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:01.480
 don't warn

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:01.779
 them.

00:28:02.599 --> 00:28:03.439
 How cold

00:28:03.439 --> 00:28:04.659
 and callous

00:28:04.659 --> 00:28:06.000
 are we?

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.679
 Wes reminded

00:28:08.679 --> 00:28:09.299
 me this week

00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:09.779
 of a

00:28:09.779 --> 00:28:11.059
 great sermon

00:28:11.059 --> 00:28:11.539
 which is

00:28:11.539 --> 00:28:12.139
 from the

00:28:12.139 --> 00:28:12.379
 book of

00:28:12.379 --> 00:28:12.779
 Revelation

00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:13.679
 by a

00:28:13.679 --> 00:28:14.240
 pastor I

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:14.659
 love

00:28:14.659 --> 00:28:15.439
 by the

00:28:15.439 --> 00:28:15.699
 name of

00:28:15.699 --> 00:28:16.179
 Arturo

00:28:16.179 --> 00:28:16.759
 Azerdia.

00:28:17.179 --> 00:28:17.519
 If you ever

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:18.579
 want to

00:28:18.579 --> 00:28:19.159
 peruse his

00:28:19.159 --> 00:28:19.500
 stuff,

00:28:19.639 --> 00:28:22.199
 spiritempoweredpreaching.com

00:28:22.199 --> 00:28:23.159
 maybe.org

00:28:23.159 --> 00:28:24.399
 I encourage

00:28:24.399 --> 00:28:24.740
 you to check

00:28:24.740 --> 00:28:24.960
 it out.

00:28:25.019 --> 00:28:25.179
 But he

00:28:25.179 --> 00:28:25.419
 tells

00:28:25.420 --> 00:28:26.360
 this story

00:28:26.360 --> 00:28:26.680
 of a

00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:27.320
 dangerous

00:28:27.320 --> 00:28:27.660
 sea

00:28:27.660 --> 00:28:28.060
 coast

00:28:28.060 --> 00:28:28.720
 where

00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:29.259
 shipwrecks

00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:30.180
 often occur

00:28:30.180 --> 00:28:30.720
 and on

00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:30.880
 that

00:28:30.880 --> 00:28:31.100
 sea

00:28:31.100 --> 00:28:31.320
 coast

00:28:31.320 --> 00:28:31.539
 was

00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:31.840
 a

00:28:31.840 --> 00:28:32.600
 single

00:28:32.600 --> 00:28:33.539
 crude

00:28:33.539 --> 00:28:34.640
 life-saving

00:28:34.640 --> 00:28:35.220
 station

00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:35.920
 with only

00:28:35.920 --> 00:28:37.000
 one boat,

00:28:37.080 --> 00:28:37.880
 a small hut

00:28:37.880 --> 00:28:38.240
 where people

00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:38.779
 could come in

00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:39.420
 and be

00:28:39.420 --> 00:28:40.160
 warmed

00:28:40.160 --> 00:28:41.279
 after surviving

00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:42.220
 a wreck.

00:28:42.360 --> 00:28:43.019
 And many,

00:28:43.160 --> 00:28:43.720
 many lives

00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:44.160
 were saved

00:28:44.160 --> 00:28:44.480
 by this

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:44.980
 little station.

00:28:45.120 --> 00:28:45.259
 They were

00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:45.800
 all about

00:28:45.800 --> 00:28:46.300
 the work

00:28:46.300 --> 00:28:46.700
 of getting

00:28:46.700 --> 00:28:47.080
 out into

00:28:47.080 --> 00:28:47.480
 the sea

00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:47.980
 and saving

00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:48.680
 those who

00:28:48.680 --> 00:28:49.120
 were tossed

00:28:49.120 --> 00:28:49.580
 overboard

00:28:49.580 --> 00:28:49.940
 in these

00:28:49.940 --> 00:28:50.360
 wrecks.

00:28:50.620 --> 00:28:51.240
 So much

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:51.740
 so that it

00:28:51.740 --> 00:28:53.259
 became famous.

00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:54.119
 And many

00:28:54.119 --> 00:28:54.460
 of those

00:28:54.460 --> 00:28:54.660
 who had

00:28:54.660 --> 00:28:55.500
 been saved

00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:55.900
 by the

00:28:55.900 --> 00:28:56.259
 station

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:56.740
 or heard

00:28:56.740 --> 00:28:57.299
 telling of

00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:57.799
 the station

00:28:57.799 --> 00:28:58.660
 wanted to

00:28:58.660 --> 00:28:59.160
 in some

00:28:59.160 --> 00:28:59.859
 way become

00:28:59.859 --> 00:29:00.839
 associated

00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:01.339
 with it.

00:29:01.379 --> 00:29:01.799
 And so they

00:29:01.799 --> 00:29:02.700
 gave of their

00:29:02.700 --> 00:29:03.379
 money and they

00:29:03.379 --> 00:29:04.180
 soon became

00:29:04.180 --> 00:29:05.180
 embarrassed by the

00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:05.940
 crude nature

00:29:05.940 --> 00:29:07.220
 of the little

00:29:07.220 --> 00:29:08.180
 station, the little

00:29:08.180 --> 00:29:08.900
 hut and the

00:29:08.900 --> 00:29:09.859
 single boat.

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.200
 So they

00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:11.319
 enlarged its size

00:29:11.319 --> 00:29:11.700
 and they

00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:12.759
 improved its

00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:13.700
 interior to the

00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:14.900
 degree that it

00:29:14.900 --> 00:29:15.599
 became a place

00:29:15.599 --> 00:29:16.799
 they desired to

00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:17.700
 spend their free

00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:18.220
 hours.

00:29:18.420 --> 00:29:19.519
 A lot like a

00:29:19.519 --> 00:29:21.460
 small club, a

00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:21.940
 bit of a

00:29:21.940 --> 00:29:23.440
 monument to

00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:24.559
 life-saving.

00:29:25.460 --> 00:29:26.059
 Soon the

00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:26.440
 members were

00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:26.920
 no longer

00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:28.700
 interested on

00:29:28.700 --> 00:29:29.079
 going on

00:29:29.079 --> 00:29:29.700
 life-saving

00:29:29.700 --> 00:29:30.980
 missions, having

00:29:30.980 --> 00:29:32.119
 to be trained,

00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:32.960
 getting out and

00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:33.519
 doing the hard

00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:33.900
 work.

00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:35.180
 So they hired

00:29:35.180 --> 00:29:36.339
 life-saving

00:29:36.339 --> 00:29:37.059
 crews.

00:29:37.379 --> 00:29:38.160
 They began to

00:29:38.160 --> 00:29:38.980
 pay some men

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:39.579
 who went off

00:29:39.579 --> 00:29:40.139
 and did that

00:29:40.139 --> 00:29:41.139
 on their

00:29:41.139 --> 00:29:42.079
 behalf.

00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:43.299
 And as many

00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:43.759
 people were

00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:44.460
 saved by the

00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:44.920
 newly hired

00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:45.460
 life-saving

00:29:45.460 --> 00:29:45.920
 crew, the

00:29:45.920 --> 00:29:46.460
 people they

00:29:46.460 --> 00:29:46.980
 plucked from

00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:47.539
 the ocean

00:29:47.539 --> 00:29:48.779
 ruined the

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:49.660
 general appeal

00:29:49.660 --> 00:29:50.339
 of the

00:29:50.339 --> 00:29:50.720
 club.

00:29:50.839 --> 00:29:51.259
 After all,

00:29:51.299 --> 00:29:51.539
 they were

00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:52.440
 wet and

00:29:52.440 --> 00:29:53.319
 distraught and

00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:53.779
 they needed

00:29:53.779 --> 00:29:54.859
 further assistance.

00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:55.480
 They needed

00:29:55.480 --> 00:29:55.859
 people to

00:29:55.859 --> 00:29:56.460
 come alongside

00:29:56.460 --> 00:29:57.379
 them and

00:29:57.379 --> 00:29:58.079
 help them.

00:29:58.799 --> 00:29:59.119
 And so a

00:29:59.119 --> 00:29:59.559
 committee was

00:29:59.559 --> 00:30:00.139
 quickly formed

00:30:00.139 --> 00:30:00.779
 to address the

00:30:00.779 --> 00:30:01.240
 issue and a

00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:01.920
 building outside

00:30:01.920 --> 00:30:02.160
 of the

00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:02.579
 life-saving

00:30:02.579 --> 00:30:03.519
 station was

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:04.319
 promptly built

00:30:04.319 --> 00:30:05.000
 to clean up

00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:05.519
 these individuals

00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:05.940
 before they

00:30:05.940 --> 00:30:06.339
 were permitted

00:30:06.339 --> 00:30:07.420
 inside the

00:30:07.420 --> 00:30:07.799
 station.

00:30:08.879 --> 00:30:09.399
 A meeting

00:30:09.399 --> 00:30:09.819
 soon was

00:30:09.819 --> 00:30:10.200
 held where

00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:10.539
 some of the

00:30:10.539 --> 00:30:11.279
 members insisted

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:11.639
 that the

00:30:11.639 --> 00:30:12.579
 primary purpose

00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:13.220
 of the

00:30:13.220 --> 00:30:13.740
 life-saving

00:30:13.740 --> 00:30:14.899
 station was

00:30:14.899 --> 00:30:15.240
 to save

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:15.759
 lives.

00:30:16.519 --> 00:30:17.119
 After all,

00:30:17.160 --> 00:30:17.399
 they were a

00:30:17.399 --> 00:30:17.720
 life-saving

00:30:17.720 --> 00:30:18.680
 station and

00:30:18.680 --> 00:30:18.940
 they were

00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:19.500
 simply told

00:30:19.500 --> 00:30:19.820
 they could

00:30:19.820 --> 00:30:20.259
 go down

00:30:20.259 --> 00:30:20.700
 the coast

00:30:20.700 --> 00:30:21.100
 and begin

00:30:21.100 --> 00:30:21.519
 another

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:22.220
 life-saving

00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:22.920
 station and

00:30:22.920 --> 00:30:23.560
 so they

00:30:23.560 --> 00:30:24.400
 did.

00:30:25.920 --> 00:30:26.660
 Over some

00:30:26.660 --> 00:30:27.160
 years, the

00:30:27.160 --> 00:30:28.200
 process repeated

00:30:28.200 --> 00:30:28.980
 itself, the

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.460
 new station

00:30:29.460 --> 00:30:30.039
 becoming like

00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:30.820
 the old, and

00:30:30.820 --> 00:30:31.279
 this repeated

00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:32.460
 itself again

00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:33.759
 and again.

00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:35.779
 If you visit

00:30:35.779 --> 00:30:36.320
 that coast

00:30:36.320 --> 00:30:36.820
 today, you

00:30:36.820 --> 00:30:37.380
 will find

00:30:37.380 --> 00:30:38.940
 many life-saving

00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:39.820
 stations.

00:30:40.620 --> 00:30:41.320
 Shipwrecks are

00:30:41.320 --> 00:30:42.880
 still common in

00:30:42.880 --> 00:30:43.539
 those waters,

00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:44.960
 waters, but

00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:45.659
 most everyone

00:30:45.659 --> 00:30:46.379
 drowns.

00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:49.819
 This is the

00:30:49.819 --> 00:30:50.420
 place that we

00:30:50.420 --> 00:30:52.299
 live, right?

00:30:52.779 --> 00:30:54.359
 People damned

00:30:54.359 --> 00:30:55.859
 to hell for

00:30:55.859 --> 00:30:57.319
 eternity because

00:30:57.319 --> 00:30:58.059
 of their lost

00:30:58.059 --> 00:30:58.579
 state.

00:30:59.420 --> 00:31:00.079
 And we get

00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:01.019
 together in the

00:31:01.019 --> 00:31:01.859
 niceties of our

00:31:01.859 --> 00:31:03.019
 club, and we

00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:03.940
 don't get out

00:31:03.940 --> 00:31:04.899
 there and get

00:31:04.899 --> 00:31:05.759
 and brave the

00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:06.899
 oceans and be

00:31:06.899 --> 00:31:07.680
 where they are

00:31:07.680 --> 00:31:08.879
 and share the

00:31:08.879 --> 00:31:09.779
 good news of

00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:10.519
 Jesus Christ with

00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:10.619
 them.

00:31:10.619 --> 00:31:11.559
 drag them

00:31:11.559 --> 00:31:13.119
 back onto

00:31:13.119 --> 00:31:13.559
 shore.

00:31:15.719 --> 00:31:16.479
 Beloved, if we

00:31:16.479 --> 00:31:16.799
 are to be

00:31:16.799 --> 00:31:18.279
 disciples of

00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:18.879
 Jesus Christ,

00:31:18.979 --> 00:31:19.839
 even claim

00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:21.179
 His name, we

00:31:21.179 --> 00:31:21.919
 are to follow

00:31:21.919 --> 00:31:22.939
 Him where He

00:31:22.939 --> 00:31:23.679
 leads.

00:31:24.199 --> 00:31:24.719
 And what did

00:31:24.719 --> 00:31:25.159
 He come to

00:31:25.159 --> 00:31:25.419
 do?

00:31:26.599 --> 00:31:27.500
 Luke 19.10,

00:31:27.559 --> 00:31:27.919
 the Son of

00:31:27.919 --> 00:31:29.399
 Man came to

00:31:29.399 --> 00:31:31.079
 seek and

00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:32.859
 save the

00:31:32.859 --> 00:31:33.279
 lost.

00:31:34.599 --> 00:31:35.579
 We spend so

00:31:35.579 --> 00:31:35.979
 much of our

00:31:35.979 --> 00:31:37.179
 time distracted

00:31:37.179 --> 00:31:38.759
 by absolute

00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:40.439
 vanity in

00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:40.840
 America.

00:31:41.299 --> 00:31:41.640
 We are

00:31:41.640 --> 00:31:42.180
 entering one

00:31:42.180 --> 00:31:42.420
 of the

00:31:42.420 --> 00:31:43.140
 seasons that

00:31:43.140 --> 00:31:43.700
 ought to be

00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:45.000
 so much about

00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:46.080
 Jesus Christ

00:31:46.080 --> 00:31:47.640
 and come so

00:31:47.640 --> 00:31:48.799
 much about the

00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:50.240
 vanity of this

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:50.600
 world.

00:31:50.779 --> 00:31:51.660
 I absolutely

00:31:51.660 --> 00:31:53.140
 want to throw

00:31:53.140 --> 00:31:53.519
 up my

00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:54.279
 Thanksgiving meal

00:31:54.279 --> 00:31:54.700
 with this

00:31:54.700 --> 00:31:55.620
 Black Friday

00:31:55.620 --> 00:31:57.860
 insanity that

00:31:57.860 --> 00:31:58.460
 goes on.

00:31:59.360 --> 00:32:00.519
 Pursuing the

00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:01.880
 frivolity, the

00:32:01.880 --> 00:32:02.720
 stuff that fades

00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:03.519
 away, it means

00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:04.799
 absolutely nothing.

00:32:05.120 --> 00:32:05.820
 We take so

00:32:05.820 --> 00:32:06.500
 much effort to

00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:07.559
 position ourselves,

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:08.360
 to compare

00:32:08.360 --> 00:32:08.980
 ourselves to

00:32:08.980 --> 00:32:09.680
 others, to

00:32:09.680 --> 00:32:10.820
 look good by

00:32:10.820 --> 00:32:11.759
 what we have

00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:12.380
 and what we

00:32:12.380 --> 00:32:14.240
 can do, the

00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:15.200
 leisure of our

00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:15.779
 days.

00:32:17.100 --> 00:32:18.240
 It's a shame.

00:32:19.299 --> 00:32:19.840
 Let me give you

00:32:19.840 --> 00:32:21.140
 an insane version

00:32:21.140 --> 00:32:21.900
 of this, which

00:32:21.900 --> 00:32:23.380
 is not too

00:32:23.380 --> 00:32:24.820
 unlike much

00:32:24.820 --> 00:32:25.259
 of what we

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:25.580
 do.

00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:26.700
 Did you know

00:32:26.700 --> 00:32:27.360
 that in 18th

00:32:27.360 --> 00:32:27.960
 century England,

00:32:28.100 --> 00:32:29.000
 wealthy landowners,

00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:29.860
 there was a

00:32:29.860 --> 00:32:30.900
 trend for a

00:32:30.900 --> 00:32:31.480
 while where they

00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:32.220
 competed with

00:32:32.220 --> 00:32:33.340
 one another to

00:32:33.340 --> 00:32:34.840
 have hermits

00:32:34.840 --> 00:32:36.759
 living on their

00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:37.680
 properties in a

00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:38.000
 hermitage.

00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:38.200
 they would

00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:38.440
 build them

00:32:38.440 --> 00:32:39.000
 tiny little

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:40.420
 homes and

00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:40.640
 they would

00:32:40.640 --> 00:32:41.420
 hire a guy

00:32:41.420 --> 00:32:42.079
 to grow a

00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:42.920
 long white

00:32:42.920 --> 00:32:43.900
 beard and

00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:45.119
 wear robes and

00:32:45.119 --> 00:32:45.740
 not talk to

00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:46.640
 anybody but

00:32:46.640 --> 00:32:47.680
 just hang out

00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:48.200
 in the garden.

00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:49.500
 This was his

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:50.299
 job to do.

00:32:51.059 --> 00:32:51.980
 The ones who

00:32:51.980 --> 00:32:52.700
 had the most

00:32:52.700 --> 00:32:53.400
 money actually

00:32:53.400 --> 00:32:54.079
 were able to

00:32:54.079 --> 00:32:54.819
 contract these

00:32:54.819 --> 00:32:55.079
 guys.

00:32:55.180 --> 00:32:55.359
 They would

00:32:55.359 --> 00:32:55.940
 contract them

00:32:55.940 --> 00:32:57.000
 typically for a

00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:57.680
 period of seven

00:32:57.680 --> 00:32:58.619
 years and at

00:32:58.619 --> 00:32:59.160
 the end of that

00:32:59.160 --> 00:33:00.039
 time they would

00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:00.880
 pay them enough

00:33:00.880 --> 00:33:01.279
 that they would

00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:01.759
 never have to

00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:02.339
 work again.

00:33:02.460 --> 00:33:02.720
 So it was an

00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:04.319
 appealing draw for

00:33:04.319 --> 00:33:05.859
 someone with no

00:33:05.859 --> 00:33:06.420
 skills but a

00:33:06.420 --> 00:33:07.099
 long white beard.

00:33:07.099 --> 00:33:09.879
 Because the

00:33:09.879 --> 00:33:10.779
 emotion of the

00:33:10.779 --> 00:33:11.399
 day that was

00:33:11.399 --> 00:33:12.919
 most valued was

00:33:12.919 --> 00:33:13.799
 melancholy.

00:33:14.939 --> 00:33:15.879
 So the hermit was

00:33:15.879 --> 00:33:17.159
 to sit contemplatively.

00:33:18.319 --> 00:33:18.980
 Those who

00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:20.579
 couldn't afford the

00:33:20.579 --> 00:33:21.799
 hermit, the real

00:33:21.799 --> 00:33:23.379
 life hermit, would

00:33:23.379 --> 00:33:26.199
 get a mannequin or

00:33:26.199 --> 00:33:27.139
 sometimes an

00:33:27.139 --> 00:33:29.199
 animatron, I guess.

00:33:29.559 --> 00:33:30.699
 A puppet that

00:33:30.699 --> 00:33:31.399
 would be worked by

00:33:31.399 --> 00:33:32.099
 a lesser servant,

00:33:32.199 --> 00:33:32.719
 one that didn't

00:33:32.719 --> 00:33:33.299
 have a long white

00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:34.199
 beard, would lay

00:33:34.199 --> 00:33:34.799
 behind him and

00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:35.539
 work his hands and

00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:35.779
 arms.

00:33:35.779 --> 00:33:36.379
 When people came

00:33:36.379 --> 00:33:38.399
 walking by on the

00:33:38.399 --> 00:33:38.960
 streets.

00:33:40.119 --> 00:33:40.740
 This has been

00:33:40.740 --> 00:33:41.359
 replaced by the

00:33:41.359 --> 00:33:41.879
 garden gnome.

00:33:41.980 --> 00:33:42.299
 This is the

00:33:42.299 --> 00:33:43.920
 origin of the

00:33:43.920 --> 00:33:44.480
 garden gnome if

00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:45.960
 you weren't making

00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:46.339
 the connection

00:33:46.339 --> 00:33:46.940
 yourself.

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:50.139
 Insane, right?

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:51.119
 Competing with

00:33:51.119 --> 00:33:52.000
 such a stupid

00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:52.559
 thing.

00:33:53.059 --> 00:33:53.539
 If you ever get

00:33:53.539 --> 00:33:54.099
 to visit England,

00:33:54.200 --> 00:33:54.639
 apparently these

00:33:54.639 --> 00:33:55.240
 little homes still

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:55.920
 exist in these

00:33:55.920 --> 00:33:57.819
 big fancy house

00:33:57.819 --> 00:33:58.759
 gardens.

00:34:01.160 --> 00:34:01.759
 What's your

00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:02.139
 hermit?

00:34:02.140 --> 00:34:05.300
 What thing do

00:34:05.300 --> 00:34:06.060
 you care so

00:34:06.060 --> 00:34:06.740
 much about that

00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:07.300
 you wouldn't give

00:34:07.300 --> 00:34:07.940
 it up to follow

00:34:07.940 --> 00:34:08.400
 Christ?

00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:09.599
 Beloved, we have

00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:10.400
 many of them.

00:34:11.360 --> 00:34:12.119
 Would you give it

00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:12.539
 all?

00:34:13.280 --> 00:34:14.059
 Would you sacrifice

00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:15.360
 every bit of it to

00:34:15.360 --> 00:34:16.960
 gain more of

00:34:16.960 --> 00:34:17.200
 Jesus?

00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:19.700
 I think we

00:34:19.700 --> 00:34:20.660
 initially say,

00:34:20.860 --> 00:34:21.840
 yes, of course,

00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:22.780
 I would.

00:34:24.140 --> 00:34:25.039
 Your heart needs

00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:25.680
 to catch up to

00:34:25.680 --> 00:34:26.119
 your head.

00:34:26.980 --> 00:34:27.760
 We would look

00:34:27.760 --> 00:34:28.119
 different.

00:34:28.240 --> 00:34:28.680
 We would spend

00:34:28.680 --> 00:34:29.539
 our days differently.

00:34:29.680 --> 00:34:30.240
 We would do

00:34:30.239 --> 00:34:31.859
 different things.

00:34:32.379 --> 00:34:33.259
 If we loved

00:34:33.259 --> 00:34:33.919
 Him the way

00:34:33.919 --> 00:34:34.899
 we should.

00:34:35.139 --> 00:34:36.199
 If we desired

00:34:36.199 --> 00:34:38.519
 Him the way

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:39.579
 that we should.

00:34:41.419 --> 00:34:42.019
 Listen to

00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:42.779
 John's correction

00:34:42.779 --> 00:34:43.579
 in 1 John

00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:44.239
 chapter 2.

00:34:45.199 --> 00:34:46.019
 Do not love

00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:46.599
 the world

00:34:46.599 --> 00:34:48.299
 or the things

00:34:48.299 --> 00:34:48.959
 in the world.

00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:50.139
 If anyone

00:34:50.139 --> 00:34:50.719
 loves the world,

00:34:50.799 --> 00:34:51.219
 the love of the

00:34:51.219 --> 00:34:52.019
 Father is not

00:34:52.019 --> 00:34:52.859
 in him.

00:34:53.339 --> 00:34:53.979
 For all that is

00:34:53.979 --> 00:34:54.319
 in the world,

00:34:54.399 --> 00:34:54.819
 the desires of

00:34:54.819 --> 00:34:55.219
 the flesh,

00:34:55.299 --> 00:34:55.599
 and the desires

00:34:55.599 --> 00:34:56.219
 of the eyes,

00:34:56.299 --> 00:34:56.939
 and pride of

00:34:56.939 --> 00:34:58.019
 life is not

00:34:58.019 --> 00:34:58.699
 from the Father,

00:34:58.699 --> 00:34:59.719
 but is from

00:34:59.719 --> 00:35:00.279
 the world.

00:35:00.980 --> 00:35:01.480
 And the world

00:35:01.480 --> 00:35:02.579
 is passing away

00:35:02.579 --> 00:35:03.359
 along with

00:35:03.359 --> 00:35:03.960
 its desires,

00:35:04.299 --> 00:35:04.859
 but whoever

00:35:04.859 --> 00:35:06.099
 does the will

00:35:06.099 --> 00:35:07.000
 of God

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:08.179
 abides

00:35:08.179 --> 00:35:09.960
 forever.

00:35:11.419 --> 00:35:12.000
 What is the

00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:12.419
 will of God?

00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:12.819
 That we would

00:35:12.819 --> 00:35:13.919
 seek and save

00:35:13.919 --> 00:35:14.980
 the lost.

00:35:15.139 --> 00:35:15.539
 That we would

00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:16.179
 be disciples

00:35:16.179 --> 00:35:17.179
 who make

00:35:17.179 --> 00:35:18.099
 disciples.

00:35:18.899 --> 00:35:19.239
 You want to

00:35:19.239 --> 00:35:19.519
 know what it

00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:20.239
 looks like in

00:35:20.239 --> 00:35:21.119
 verse 13

00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:21.919
 to endure

00:35:21.919 --> 00:35:22.699
 to the end?

00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:23.480
 It's that in

00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:24.299
 spite of all

00:35:24.299 --> 00:35:25.019
 of this activity

00:35:25.019 --> 00:35:25.739
 going on around

00:35:25.739 --> 00:35:25.939
 us,

00:35:26.159 --> 00:35:26.639
 in spite of

00:35:26.639 --> 00:35:27.219
 the way in

00:35:27.219 --> 00:35:27.879
 which the world

00:35:27.880 --> 00:35:28.460
 is going to

00:35:28.460 --> 00:35:28.860
 hate us,

00:35:29.059 --> 00:35:29.780
 the way we're

00:35:29.780 --> 00:35:30.000
 going to

00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:30.960
 suffer in

00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:31.539
 this world,

00:35:31.740 --> 00:35:32.740
 we still

00:35:32.740 --> 00:35:34.740
 make disciples.

00:35:35.300 --> 00:35:35.840
 We still

00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:36.700
 show people

00:35:36.700 --> 00:35:37.079
 a more

00:35:37.079 --> 00:35:37.860
 excellent

00:35:37.860 --> 00:35:38.920
 thing

00:35:38.920 --> 00:35:40.140
 than all

00:35:40.140 --> 00:35:40.460
 of the

00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:40.800
 frivolity

00:35:40.800 --> 00:35:41.059
 of this

00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:41.360
 world,

00:35:41.440 --> 00:35:41.740
 all the

00:35:41.740 --> 00:35:42.059
 things that

00:35:42.059 --> 00:35:42.300
 they can

00:35:42.300 --> 00:35:42.660
 touch,

00:35:42.820 --> 00:35:43.280
 all the

00:35:43.280 --> 00:35:43.480
 little

00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:43.980
 bobs,

00:35:44.039 --> 00:35:44.240
 and all

00:35:44.240 --> 00:35:44.599
 the little

00:35:44.599 --> 00:35:45.160
 whistles of

00:35:45.160 --> 00:35:45.619
 this world.

00:35:45.740 --> 00:35:46.019
 We show

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:46.340
 them that

00:35:46.340 --> 00:35:47.160
 Jesus is

00:35:47.160 --> 00:35:47.720
 better.

00:35:49.320 --> 00:35:49.800
 And we

00:35:49.800 --> 00:35:50.119
 do that

00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:50.380
 in our

00:35:50.380 --> 00:35:50.680
 own

00:35:50.680 --> 00:35:51.480
 experience,

00:35:52.119 --> 00:35:53.200
 and we

00:35:53.200 --> 00:35:53.500
 do that

00:35:53.500 --> 00:35:53.760
 in the

00:35:53.760 --> 00:35:54.320
 way we

00:35:54.320 --> 00:35:54.740
 live,

00:35:54.800 --> 00:35:55.000
 in our

00:35:55.000 --> 00:35:55.500
 display,

00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:56.840
 and we

00:35:56.840 --> 00:35:57.300
 do that

00:35:57.300 --> 00:35:57.800
 in our

00:35:57.800 --> 00:35:58.960
 proclamation.

00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:00.940
 We must

00:36:00.940 --> 00:36:02.659
 go and

00:36:02.659 --> 00:36:03.960
 show the

00:36:03.960 --> 00:36:04.500
 world.

00:36:05.980 --> 00:36:06.320
 Do you

00:36:06.320 --> 00:36:06.900
 long for

00:36:06.900 --> 00:36:07.199
 the return

00:36:07.199 --> 00:36:07.800
 of Christ?

00:36:08.800 --> 00:36:09.539
 I do.

00:36:10.159 --> 00:36:10.519
 Is there

00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:11.019
 anything in

00:36:11.019 --> 00:36:11.360
 this world

00:36:11.360 --> 00:36:11.599
 that you

00:36:11.599 --> 00:36:11.900
 want to

00:36:11.900 --> 00:36:12.039
 see

00:36:12.039 --> 00:36:12.539
 accomplished

00:36:12.539 --> 00:36:13.119
 before

00:36:13.119 --> 00:36:13.460
 Jesus

00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:13.800
 comes

00:36:13.800 --> 00:36:14.199
 back?

00:36:14.340 --> 00:36:14.699
 It's an

00:36:14.699 --> 00:36:15.000
 idol.

00:36:16.320 --> 00:36:16.800
 You just

00:36:16.800 --> 00:36:16.980
 need to

00:36:16.980 --> 00:36:17.219
 stop

00:36:17.219 --> 00:36:17.719
 worshiping

00:36:17.719 --> 00:36:17.920
 it.

00:36:18.320 --> 00:36:18.579
 Come,

00:36:18.719 --> 00:36:18.820
 Lord

00:36:18.820 --> 00:36:19.099
 Jesus,

00:36:19.219 --> 00:36:19.420
 come.

00:36:19.480 --> 00:36:19.559
 It should

00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:19.739
 be the

00:36:19.739 --> 00:36:20.039
 cry of

00:36:20.039 --> 00:36:20.159
 our

00:36:20.159 --> 00:36:20.440
 hearts

00:36:20.440 --> 00:36:21.119
 every

00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:21.639
 single

00:36:21.639 --> 00:36:22.099
 day.

00:36:22.719 --> 00:36:22.900
 And we

00:36:22.900 --> 00:36:23.059
 ought to

00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:23.420
 be about

00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:23.960
 the work,

00:36:23.960 --> 00:36:24.340
 not that

00:36:24.340 --> 00:36:24.619
 we can

00:36:24.619 --> 00:36:25.059
 change

00:36:25.059 --> 00:36:25.260
 the

00:36:25.260 --> 00:36:25.619
 date,

00:36:26.059 --> 00:36:26.240
 but we

00:36:26.240 --> 00:36:26.380
 ought to

00:36:26.380 --> 00:36:26.679
 be about

00:36:26.679 --> 00:36:27.139
 the work

00:36:27.139 --> 00:36:27.519
 of getting

00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:27.880
 to that

00:36:27.880 --> 00:36:29.119
 day as

00:36:29.119 --> 00:36:29.720
 the Gospels

00:36:29.720 --> 00:36:30.480
 proclaim to

00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:32.079
 all nations.

00:36:33.079 --> 00:36:33.699
 The primary

00:36:33.699 --> 00:36:34.000
 thing,

00:36:34.079 --> 00:36:34.800
 not just for

00:36:34.800 --> 00:36:35.539
 your pastor.

00:36:36.539 --> 00:36:37.059
 It's my

00:36:37.059 --> 00:36:37.760
 job to do

00:36:37.760 --> 00:36:38.220
 spiritual

00:36:38.220 --> 00:36:38.820
 things and

00:36:38.820 --> 00:36:39.720
 not yours.

00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:40.679
 It's our

00:36:40.679 --> 00:36:41.720
 job to do

00:36:41.720 --> 00:36:42.019
 spiritual

00:36:42.019 --> 00:36:42.460
 things.

00:36:42.720 --> 00:36:43.260
 It's our

00:36:43.260 --> 00:36:43.980
 job to

00:36:43.980 --> 00:36:44.519
 reach out

00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:45.119
 and love

00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:45.699
 this community

00:36:45.699 --> 00:36:46.579
 and beyond

00:36:46.579 --> 00:36:47.019
 with the

00:36:47.019 --> 00:36:47.440
 Gospel of

00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:48.079
 Jesus Christ.

00:36:48.220 --> 00:36:48.619
 I just

00:36:48.619 --> 00:36:49.039
 play a

00:36:49.039 --> 00:36:49.780
 different role

00:36:49.780 --> 00:36:50.480
 in that

00:36:50.480 --> 00:36:51.079
 process.

00:36:52.159 --> 00:36:52.539
 What is

00:36:52.539 --> 00:36:53.099
 your role

00:36:53.099 --> 00:36:53.759
 in that

00:36:53.759 --> 00:36:54.420
 process?

00:36:55.420 --> 00:36:55.960
 Submit

00:36:55.960 --> 00:36:56.900
 yourself to

00:36:56.900 --> 00:36:57.539
 the Lordship

00:36:57.539 --> 00:36:58.219
 of Jesus

00:36:58.219 --> 00:36:58.819
 Christ,

00:37:00.139 --> 00:37:01.179
 whose son

00:37:01.179 --> 00:37:01.380
 is the

00:37:01.380 --> 00:37:01.659
 Christ,

00:37:01.719 --> 00:37:02.000
 back in

00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:02.639
 chapter 12.

00:37:04.039 --> 00:37:04.500
 We talked

00:37:04.500 --> 00:37:04.900
 about what

00:37:04.900 --> 00:37:05.239
 it meant

00:37:05.239 --> 00:37:05.739
 to submit

00:37:05.739 --> 00:37:06.259
 yourself.

00:37:06.559 --> 00:37:06.759
 Do you

00:37:06.759 --> 00:37:07.059
 get up

00:37:07.059 --> 00:37:07.719
 daily and

00:37:07.719 --> 00:37:07.940
 do you

00:37:07.940 --> 00:37:08.400
 say to

00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:08.759
 God,

00:37:08.980 --> 00:37:09.960
 you rule

00:37:09.960 --> 00:37:10.839
 over my

00:37:10.839 --> 00:37:11.299
 day.

00:37:11.880 --> 00:37:12.219
 I'm going

00:37:12.219 --> 00:37:12.460
 to die

00:37:12.460 --> 00:37:12.860
 to myself

00:37:12.860 --> 00:37:13.119
 today.

00:37:13.159 --> 00:37:13.299
 I'm going

00:37:13.299 --> 00:37:13.539
 to pick

00:37:13.539 --> 00:37:13.819
 up my

00:37:13.819 --> 00:37:14.099
 cross.

00:37:14.259 --> 00:37:14.440
 I'm going

00:37:14.440 --> 00:37:14.759
 to follow

00:37:14.759 --> 00:37:15.259
 you wherever

00:37:15.259 --> 00:37:15.619
 you'll

00:37:15.619 --> 00:37:15.960
 lead me.

00:37:16.539 --> 00:37:16.819
 I won't

00:37:16.819 --> 00:37:17.319
 be anxious.

00:37:17.579 --> 00:37:17.880
 I'll open

00:37:17.880 --> 00:37:18.360
 my mouth

00:37:18.360 --> 00:37:18.819
 and I'll

00:37:18.819 --> 00:37:19.819
 speak because

00:37:19.819 --> 00:37:20.039
 I know

00:37:20.039 --> 00:37:20.339
 that I have

00:37:20.339 --> 00:37:20.779
 the Spirit.

00:37:21.259 --> 00:37:21.440
 I know

00:37:21.440 --> 00:37:21.739
 that the

00:37:21.739 --> 00:37:22.239
 Gospel is

00:37:22.239 --> 00:37:22.619
 the power

00:37:22.619 --> 00:37:22.940
 of God

00:37:22.940 --> 00:37:23.659
 for salvation.

00:37:24.159 --> 00:37:24.519
 Do with

00:37:24.519 --> 00:37:24.839
 me what

00:37:24.839 --> 00:37:25.259
 you will

00:37:25.259 --> 00:37:26.199
 this day

00:37:26.199 --> 00:37:26.599
 and begin

00:37:26.599 --> 00:37:27.099
 to seek

00:37:27.099 --> 00:37:27.960
 out the

00:37:27.960 --> 00:37:28.480
 opportunities.

00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:30.779
 So many

00:37:30.779 --> 00:37:31.199
 of us are

00:37:31.199 --> 00:37:31.960
 so spiritually

00:37:31.960 --> 00:37:32.779
 fat because

00:37:32.779 --> 00:37:33.099
 we get

00:37:33.099 --> 00:37:34.099
 fed and

00:37:34.099 --> 00:37:34.299
 we get

00:37:34.299 --> 00:37:35.059
 fed and

00:37:35.059 --> 00:37:35.279
 we get

00:37:35.279 --> 00:37:35.859
 fed and

00:37:35.859 --> 00:37:36.400
 we never

00:37:36.400 --> 00:37:37.460
 go exercise

00:37:37.460 --> 00:37:38.400
 our faith

00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:39.539
 at all.

00:37:41.719 --> 00:37:42.679
 You combine

00:37:42.679 --> 00:37:43.139
 those two

00:37:43.139 --> 00:37:43.639
 things,

00:37:43.839 --> 00:37:44.279
 you begin

00:37:44.279 --> 00:37:44.679
 to learn

00:37:44.679 --> 00:37:45.000
 things,

00:37:45.059 --> 00:37:45.420
 you learn

00:37:45.420 --> 00:37:46.319
 doctrine and

00:37:46.319 --> 00:37:46.859
 you affirm

00:37:46.859 --> 00:37:47.179
 it by

00:37:47.179 --> 00:37:48.039
 experience and

00:37:48.039 --> 00:37:48.579
 your faith

00:37:48.579 --> 00:37:49.119
 will grow

00:37:49.119 --> 00:37:50.659
 exponentially.

00:37:51.400 --> 00:37:51.960
 I promise

00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:52.239
 you.

00:37:52.619 --> 00:37:53.059
 Begin to

00:37:53.059 --> 00:37:53.539
 ask that

00:37:53.539 --> 00:37:53.679
 God

00:37:53.679 --> 00:37:54.000
 would put

00:37:54.000 --> 00:37:54.239
 you in

00:37:54.239 --> 00:37:54.779
 situations

00:37:54.779 --> 00:37:55.400
 to work

00:37:55.400 --> 00:37:55.980
 things out.

00:37:56.079 --> 00:37:56.279
 Young

00:37:56.279 --> 00:37:56.639
 people,

00:37:56.920 --> 00:37:57.219
 you're

00:37:57.219 --> 00:37:57.400
 in a

00:37:57.400 --> 00:37:57.759
 stage in

00:37:57.759 --> 00:37:58.139
 your life

00:37:58.139 --> 00:37:58.420
 where you're

00:37:58.420 --> 00:37:59.139
 preparing for

00:37:59.139 --> 00:37:59.579
 the next

00:37:59.579 --> 00:37:59.920
 step.

00:38:00.239 --> 00:38:00.799
 This is

00:38:00.799 --> 00:38:01.480
 not true

00:38:01.480 --> 00:38:02.299
 of the

00:38:02.299 --> 00:38:02.659
 Gospel.

00:38:03.639 --> 00:38:03.920
 You've

00:38:03.920 --> 00:38:04.380
 been recruited

00:38:04.380 --> 00:38:04.759
 as an

00:38:04.759 --> 00:38:05.239
 ambassador.

00:38:05.659 --> 00:38:05.900
 You claim

00:38:05.900 --> 00:38:06.139
 the name

00:38:06.139 --> 00:38:06.679
 of Christ,

00:38:06.940 --> 00:38:07.219
 you are

00:38:07.219 --> 00:38:07.619
 His and

00:38:07.619 --> 00:38:07.839
 He's got

00:38:07.839 --> 00:38:08.279
 a mission

00:38:08.279 --> 00:38:08.739
 for you.

00:38:09.059 --> 00:38:09.420
 Go get

00:38:09.420 --> 00:38:09.639
 to the

00:38:09.639 --> 00:38:09.880
 mission.

00:38:10.619 --> 00:38:11.099
 You don't

00:38:11.099 --> 00:38:12.019
 spend years

00:38:12.019 --> 00:38:12.719
 languishing

00:38:12.719 --> 00:38:13.500
 getting ready

00:38:13.500 --> 00:38:14.099
 for the

00:38:14.099 --> 00:38:14.359
 mission.

00:38:15.299 --> 00:38:15.679
 The mission

00:38:15.679 --> 00:38:16.420
 is now.

00:38:16.779 --> 00:38:17.139
 The mission

00:38:17.139 --> 00:38:17.579
 is your

00:38:17.579 --> 00:38:18.539
 roommate and

00:38:18.539 --> 00:38:19.219
 your classmates

00:38:19.219 --> 00:38:19.599
 and the

00:38:19.599 --> 00:38:20.079
 places that

00:38:20.079 --> 00:38:20.699
 you work.

00:38:20.699 --> 00:38:22.219
 be active

00:38:22.219 --> 00:38:23.019
 about this.

00:38:23.739 --> 00:38:24.139
 When was the

00:38:24.139 --> 00:38:25.059
 last time you

00:38:25.059 --> 00:38:25.739
 or someone

00:38:25.739 --> 00:38:26.579
 you knew

00:38:26.579 --> 00:38:27.699
 saw someone

00:38:27.699 --> 00:38:28.079
 come to

00:38:28.079 --> 00:38:28.480
 faith in

00:38:28.480 --> 00:38:28.980
 Christ?

00:38:28.980 --> 00:38:29.099
 Christ?

00:38:31.039 --> 00:38:31.659
 It's a

00:38:31.659 --> 00:38:31.880
 piercing

00:38:31.880 --> 00:38:32.420
 question,

00:38:32.500 --> 00:38:32.679
 is it

00:38:32.679 --> 00:38:33.039
 not?

00:38:34.559 --> 00:38:35.260
 We should

00:38:35.260 --> 00:38:35.719
 see people

00:38:35.719 --> 00:38:36.579
 coming in

00:38:36.579 --> 00:38:38.699
 droves to

00:38:38.699 --> 00:38:39.480
 know the

00:38:39.480 --> 00:38:39.900
 one and

00:38:39.900 --> 00:38:41.199
 only Lord

00:38:41.199 --> 00:38:41.659
 and Savior,

00:38:42.300 --> 00:38:43.000
 Jesus Christ.

00:38:43.139 --> 00:38:43.380
 Do you

00:38:43.380 --> 00:38:43.880
 believe that

00:38:43.880 --> 00:38:44.880
 God wants

00:38:44.880 --> 00:38:45.679
 to do this

00:38:45.679 --> 00:38:46.500
 in our

00:38:46.500 --> 00:38:46.960
 communities?

00:38:47.079 --> 00:38:47.559
 I do.

00:38:48.059 --> 00:38:48.599
 I think He

00:38:48.599 --> 00:38:49.320
 has plans

00:38:49.320 --> 00:38:49.719
 for this

00:38:49.719 --> 00:38:50.039
 area.

00:38:50.400 --> 00:38:50.699
 I think He

00:38:50.699 --> 00:38:51.159
 has people

00:38:51.159 --> 00:38:51.420
 that He

00:38:51.420 --> 00:38:51.740
 loves

00:38:51.740 --> 00:38:52.400
 desperately,

00:38:52.920 --> 00:38:53.360
 that He

00:38:53.360 --> 00:38:53.639
 wants to

00:38:53.639 --> 00:38:54.019
 be part of

00:38:54.019 --> 00:38:54.519
 the family.

00:38:55.440 --> 00:38:55.960
 I want to

00:38:55.960 --> 00:38:56.460
 be a part

00:38:56.460 --> 00:38:56.940
 of that.

00:38:57.500 --> 00:38:57.740
 I want to

00:38:57.740 --> 00:38:58.360
 be involved

00:38:58.360 --> 00:38:58.700
 in that

00:38:58.700 --> 00:38:59.720
 process of

00:38:59.720 --> 00:39:00.820
 bringing people

00:39:00.820 --> 00:39:01.920
 into the

00:39:01.920 --> 00:39:02.160
 fold,

00:39:02.300 --> 00:39:02.740
 bringing them

00:39:02.740 --> 00:39:03.539
 underneath

00:39:03.539 --> 00:39:04.900
 the Great

00:39:04.900 --> 00:39:05.240
 Shepherd.

00:39:06.240 --> 00:39:06.900
 What is

00:39:06.900 --> 00:39:07.599
 wrong with

00:39:07.599 --> 00:39:08.000
 us?

00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:10.519
 let's pray.

00:39:10.519 --> 00:39:10.940
 Let's

00:39:10.940 --> 00:39:10.519
 pray.

00:39:10.519 --> 00:39:10.940
 Let's

00:39:10.940 --> 00:39:10.519
 pray.

00:39:10.519 --> 00:39:10.940
 Let's

00:39:10.940 --> 00:39:10.519
 pray.