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 Let's all stretch out our hands as we pray for our leader.

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 Father God, we thank you.

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 We thank you for the life of my brother and our brother, James.

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 We thank you for his obedience.

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 We thank you for all that you've brought him through to this day, to this very moment.

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 Lord, he's been in different places, different churches, different countries,

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 but the mission and the gifting you've given remains the same,

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 and that is to teach the word of God.

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 So, Lord, I pray that today you will speak through him.

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 I pray, Lord, that there will be nothing else,

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 no other words from himself or from anyone else, but from you alone.

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 And, Lord, I want to ask everyone to put their hands on their hearts as we listen to the word.

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 God, I pray for open hearts, open ears, open spirits to receive the truth that you are telling us.

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 Let us not be those who, where the word falls on deaf ears.

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 Let us listen.

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 Let us live out.

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 Let us obey and be the gathering and the scattering that this city desperately needs.

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 So, we lift up this gathering to you, this service the next hour as we read and study your word and learn from your word.

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 We pray for the kids to receive the same truth, the same teachings, because it's from the same word.

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 Lord, we thank you for all the teachers.

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 And, Lord, we thank you for every single person here.

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 We love you.

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 We praise you.

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 We ask all these things in the mighty name of Jesus.

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 And everyone said,

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 Hey, good morning, everyone.

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 Wow, we are pretty tight on space.

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 Thank you for those who are willing to stand.

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 Thank you for those who are willing to sit on cushions.

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 I want to challenge you now, because when we read the word of the Lord, something that we've loved to do is actually stand for the word of the Lord.

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 Because we truly believe that this is not just a book.

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 It's not just the best-selling book of all time.

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 This is the word of God.

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 So, can I invite you to stand for the word of God?

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 We're going to have Ellen and Aidan, the theologian, read it for us.

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 What a ring.

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 That's a good ring.

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 Is that inhale, exhale thing really yours?

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 I don't know.

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 That's good, dude.

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 That's good, dude.

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 That's good.

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 Who's first?

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 Is it Ellen?

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 I'm not sure.

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 Oh, Revelation 1.

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 We're in the book of Revelation, so if you have the book as well, you can have it opened up.

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 Spread it in half.

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 Just one to...

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 Why don't you do one to eight, and then Aidan does the rest.

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 Okay.

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 One to eight.

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 A reading from the book of Revelations.

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 Revelations 1.

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 The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place,

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 he made it known by sending his angel to the servant John,

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 who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ,

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 even to all that he saw.

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 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy,

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 and blessed are those who hear.

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 Blessed are those who hear, and who keep that what is written in it, for the time is near.

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 John to the seven churches that are in Asia,

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 grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come,

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 and from the seven spirits who are before his throne,

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 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead,

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 and the ruler of the kings of the earth.

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 To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood and made us a kingdom,

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 priest to his God and Father.

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 To him be glory and dominion forever and ever.

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 Amen.

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 Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him,

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 even those who pierced him.

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 And all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him.

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 Even so, amen.

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 I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord God,

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 who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.

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 I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom

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 and the patient endurance that are in Jesus was on the island of Patmos

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 on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

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 I was in the spirit on the Lord's day,

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 and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet saying,

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 write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches,

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 to Ephesus, to Smyrna, and to Pergamum, and to Thyatira,

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 and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.

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 Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me,

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 and on turning, I saw seven golden lampstands.

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 And in the midst of the lampstands, one like a son of man,

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 clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest.

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 The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow.

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 His eyes were like a flame of fire.

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 His feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace,

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 and his voice was like the roar of many waters.

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 In his right hand, he held seven stars.

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 From his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword,

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 and his face was like the sun shining in full strength.

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 When I saw him, I felt at his feet as though dead.

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 But he laid his right hand on me, saying,

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 Fear not, I am the first and the last, and the living one.

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 I died, and behold, I am alive forevermore,

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 and I have the keys of death in Hades.

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 Write therefore the things that you have seen,

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 those that are and those that are to take place after this.

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 As for the mystery of the seven stars you saw at my right hand,

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 and the seven golden lampstands,

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 the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches,

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 and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 Thank you.

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 Please take a seat.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 I didn't sleep well last night because there's a lot of anxiety.

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 I woke up maybe a few nights just having a dream about someone,

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 fighting someone, chasing someone.

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 I'll tell you, it's been exciting, but anxiety-induced.

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 Can you all see me?

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 I was told, we did some market research,

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 and they said there's no difference whether I'm standing or sitting.

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 Sorry.

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 So, I'm sorry if you can't see me.

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 This is all it is.

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 We've been asking this question, Christina and I,

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 and then, of course, Joe and Alex.

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 Actually, what do we do as a family?

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 How do we disciple each other as a family?

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 What does that look like in this city, in this day and age?

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 Is it just attending church at that point,

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 Saturday evening, 5.30 service?

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 Was that all it is?

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 What is church?

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 And then we started looking into what is the definition of church,

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 and it's the ecclesia.

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 It's in Acts 2.

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 It's people who are confronted with the gospel,

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 undone by the gospel, cut to the heart,

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 and then they can't help but devote themselves to teaching,

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 fellowship, breaking bread and prayers.

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 And so then we started thinking,

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 okay, so what does that look like here for us?

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 What does that look like for Kongfok?

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 What does that look like as we're trying to disciple our kids in this city?

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 This is just the next stage.

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 Actually, those of us who have been going through it in the summer,

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 we've been going through Exodus,

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 and just watching God just lead his people,

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 lead his people just going from one thing to another.

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 It's nomadic.

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 It's uncertain.

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 And yet they just keep going.

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 And I've had all of those uncertainties in my mind.

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 I was like, how are we going to fit everyone?

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 I was talking to Deacon David.

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 I was like, I don't know how we're going to fit everyone into this place,

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 and thank you for those who are standing.

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 And I'm like, we don't even know.

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 And I was asking God, what are we going to do?

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 We've got two groups of people who we love dearly.

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 What does that look like?

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 There's the KFCI that's been around for years.

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 And then you've got the gathering,

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 which only started this time last year.

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 And then we're going to put them all together.

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 And my encouragement to all of us is,

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 let's just drop all of those and just go,

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 actually, Lord, this is the English gathering of Kongfok Church.

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 The Kongfok Church has a Mandarin district.

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 It has a Cantonese congregation.

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 And now it has an English gathering that meets here in Admiralty Center.

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 And that's what we do.

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 But then I was thinking, but what does church look like for us now?

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 I'll tell you what it looks like.

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 It looks like there's going to be a table tennis tournament happening after church.

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 Alex Lee is the self-declared champion.

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 So I put a target on his back and go for him.

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 But I don't know.

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 And actually, I was praying with a mentor of mine the other week,

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 and there was someone who prayed in a foreign language.

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 They were praying in tongues.

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 And it's not something that I've really been used to or exposed to much.

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 And this person, who I didn't know, was just praying in this language.

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 And then after she prayed, she didn't know what she prayed.

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 Then someone else stood up and actually translated what she prayed.

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 And the prayer was, you're anxious.

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 You're anxious.

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 You don't know where you're going.

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 But I've already given you the destination.

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 Just follow me for the next step.

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 And then she repeats it again.

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 But I've already given you the destination.

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 Just follow me for the next step.

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 I can't tell you how much encouragement that was for me.

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 Why?

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 Have you seen the words back there?

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 She did not know that was there.

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 It literally says destination.

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 And I'm like, oh, my goodness.

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 That's weird.

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 But the truth is, this isn't even the destination, right?

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 This isn't it.

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 Let me tell you right now, this is not it.

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 And actually, from the beginning all the way to the end, this has always been about one thing, one destination.

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 And that is Jesus.

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 And so as we start this new season together, I was like, you know what will be really cool?

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 What sermon series should we start?

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 And realizing we're part of a wider thing now, I had Bonnie ask me, what's your sermon series going to be about?

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 I'm like, I don't know.

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 I usually decide on Wednesday.

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 And then it was, let's start with the end in mind.

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 Let's start with the end in mind.

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 Who's read the book, Seven Habits of Highly Successful People?

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 Stephen Covey, right?

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 It's start with the end in mind, right?

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 If we're going to start this thing, I'd like to know where we're heading.

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 But I'd like to know what's at the end there.

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 Because I don't want to get to the end and then Jesus go, oh, you got it wrong.

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 Do you remember those maths equations that you did at school and you make one mistake and then it messes up the whole quadratic equation?

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 I don't want to do that.

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 Let's start with the end in mind.

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 And what does Jesus say about the church?

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 So that's what we're going to start.

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 And that's what we're going to really go through, I hope, in these next few weeks.

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 If you're part of KFCI, you've actually been through the letters to the church only a few years ago.

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 We called it Dear Church.

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 I don't know if you remember that.

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 But we're just going to go through it again because no doubt, well, actually, I forgot what I preached at that point.

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 So you definitely will have forgotten.

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 So we're just going to go through it together.

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 So the book of Revelation, right at the end, filled with imagery, filled with prophecy, complicated.

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 We don't usually start there.

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 We should have started in the book of John.

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 But we're not.

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 We're starting with the end in mind, the book of Revelation.

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 Who wrote the book of Revelation?

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 Sorry, we've been doing something slightly differently.

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 Agnes is putting the hand up.

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 Were you that student in class that put the hands up for answers?

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 Agnes, who wrote the book of Revelation?

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 John, the apostle John.

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 Does anyone know where he wrote this letter?

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 Someone said it.

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 Patmos.

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 Patmos is an island.

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 Was John an old man or a young man?

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 He was a very old man.

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 He was a very old man.

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 If you look at, I mean, if you look at my Bible, I'm sure your Bible has the title of it as well.

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 It's the Revelation to John.

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 A couple of things, just a note here.

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 Actually, this is just, there is, there's going to be a lot of things that we see, a lot of prophecies.

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 But there's only one revelation.

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 It's not revelations.

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 Revelation.

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 The Revelation to John.

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 Now, if I was to expand the title, just to be more accurate as to what it actually is,

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 it's the Revelation to John of Jesus Christ from Jesus Christ to the church.

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 The Revelation to John from Jesus Christ of Jesus Christ to the church.

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 Okay?

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 So that's what this is about.

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 This is Jesus writing to the churches through John, and he's revealing himself.

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 And I'll tell you a little bit what's happening around there.

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 The church at the time, this is AD 96.

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 So this is towards the end of the first century.

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 John, as you just said, is in Patmos.

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 He's actually, it's a prison.

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 He was sent there a few years before that.

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 Because after Jesus died, persecution started to really happen against the Christians.

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 By the time AD 67 came, Emperor Nero was starting to really build up the pressure.

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 Christians were getting dragged out of homes.

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 They were getting murdered and killed using horses, ma fancy, everything.

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 It wasn't pretty.

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 And it kept building up, building up.

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 To the point where actually in AD 70, Jerusalem is completely destroyed.

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 It's wiped out.

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 And Nero wasn't even the worst.

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 You fast forward another two decades in AD 92,

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 then another emperor comes, Domitian.

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 And he's super insecure.

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 So he does this thing where every single person in the Roman Empire must worship who?

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 Worship me, worship him.

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 So what they'd have to do is when they go to the temple,

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 they would have to take a bit of incense and they would have to spray it onto the altar.

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 And then they would have to say the words, Caesar is Lord.

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 So he was so insecure.

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 He was like, you know that person who's just insecure?

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 Just tell me how good I am.

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 Tell me how much you love me.

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 Tell me that you worship me.

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 So then he makes everyone do this.

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 Everyone has to do by law.

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 Of course, John, the one whom Jesus loved, couldn't do that.

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 He managed to survive all the way till now, but he couldn't do that.

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 So then he refuses to.

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 And what happens then?

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 He gets arrested.

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 He gets taken away.

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 But they can't martyr him.

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 They can't kill him.

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 Why can't you kill John?

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 Ellen, why can't they kill John?

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 Because he knows he's loved.

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 Because he knows he's loved.

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 And everyone knows that he's loved.

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 He's the leader of the church.

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 He's one of the biggest members.

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 What happens if you kill one of the key leaders of a movement?

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 You martyr them and you just keep pushing the can down the road.

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 In fact, you start up something that actually you may not be able to contain.

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 So they don't kill him.

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 They do something else.

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 And it's quite smart, actually.

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 They take him away to a small island and let him die there.

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 And on this island, that's where he gets the revelation.

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 This is where he gets what Jesus does something.

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 You see, now, verse 10, and I think it was Aidan who read it.

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 You can follow along as I skip around this chapter.

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 Verse 10, this is John saying,

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 I was in the spirit on the Lord's day.

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 I was in the spirit.

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 So he's praying.

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 He's in the island.

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 He's praying.

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 What's he praying for?

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 The persecution is happening.

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 So no doubt he's praying for the churches.

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 He's praying for all the people.

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 He's like, help them, protect them, guide them, be with them, bless them.

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 And he's just praying.

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 And you can imagine there's pain in that.

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 Because there's people that he knows.

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 There's people that he loved.

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 In fact, John was a pastor of a church for a longer time

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 that we're going to talk about next week.

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 And so he's praying in the spirit.

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 And then Jesus decides to respond to that pain.

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 He decides to respond to John's request.

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 And how does he respond?

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 He peels back the curtain.

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 He opens up.

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 He's like, actually, it's time for you to see what's behind the curtain.

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 Reality isn't quite as you think it is.

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 You may think you're stuck on this island with all these things happening.

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 And my kingdom is going to fall because they're killing all of us.

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 Let me show you something else.

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 John, you were with me 60-something years ago.

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 You know I loved you.

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 You saw an image of me.

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 You remember an image of me.

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 But I want to see you as I am now.

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 Isn't that terrifying, that thought?

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 So Jesus decides, John, now is the time for me to show myself to you.

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 We're going to go through the book of Revelation.

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 And some of the imagery is jarring, to say the least.

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 Some of it is like, what?

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 But this is the word of God.

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 This is the end in mind.

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 This is the destination.

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 I've told you about one of my habits that I am very embarrassed about a lot.

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 It's often when I watch movies, I like to read the Wikipedia plot beforehand.

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 Because I get all anxious.

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 Are you just like judging?

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 Are you just shocked?

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 Everything.

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 Even Barbie.

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 Does she die?

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 What happens to Ken?

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 I'm like, do you know why?

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 Because I don't like investing in characters that go bad.

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 Only for me to then be disappointed.

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 And if someone's really bad, I'm like, oh, but there's hope in him.

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 Because I've read ahead.

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 And I know that at some point, accept Jesus as Lord and Savior.

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 And it'll be okay.

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 So I have that.

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 And it puts my mind at ease.

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 And I'm just like, oh, I can watch this whole movie now.

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 Oh, I know he's dying.

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 It's okay.

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 They'll win in the end.

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 Revelation does the same thing for me.

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 Someone once described Revelation as,

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 sum up this whole complicated book.

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 And he says, I can do it in two words.

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 Jesus wins.

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 That's it.

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 Jesus wins.

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 So we start with the end in mind.

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 Because in the coming weeks, we're going to find out Jesus actually speaks to his church.

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 He speaks to us.

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 Wouldn't you want to know what that is about?

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 Because one thing I'll tell you, I don't know the reason why you came today.

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 But I hope it's for Jesus.

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 Actually, because even church, whether it's KFCI, whether it's the gathering, whatever it might be,

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 it's not really just for the community.

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 It's not just for the teaching.

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 It's not just for the singing.

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 There's only really one person you should be here for.

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 As I was praying to God, going, tell me, what should I be talking about to us today?

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 What about, what is community going to look like?

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 What's scattering going to look like?

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 And I felt the Lord just tell me one thing.

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 Bring them to me.

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 Bring them to me.

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 Not you.

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 Not Kong Fu.

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 Not the gathering.

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 Not Amruti Center.

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 Bring them to me.

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 It's all about him.

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 Everything is about him.

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 But the question is, do we know him?

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 That Jesus that Aidan read from verse 13 to 16, that's not the Jesus I remember.

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 That's not the Jesus in Sunday school.

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 That's not the blonde hair, blue eye Jesus, let all the children come to me, give them a hug.

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 This Jesus looks terrifying.

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 My challenge to us today is, which Jesus are you worshipping?

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 Is it this one here?

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 Jesus pulls back the curtain and says, John, I need you to see something.

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 I know that you're hurting.

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 I know you're worried.

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 I know you're going to die soon, but I need you to see something.

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 Because once you see the ending, you're going to be okay.

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 You're going to be okay.

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 So we're going to go through this.

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 And there's only really two things that I wanted to point out from this passage.

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 And if you go with me here, verse eight.

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 Okay, verse eight.

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 I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.

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 Something that you need to know about Jesus is he's the beginning and he's the end.

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 Later in verse 17, he says, I am the first and the last.

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 Alpha and Omega are the first and the last letters of the Greek alphabet.

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 He's saying everything.

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 Everything involves me.

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 Everything comes from me.

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 Why do you even have church?

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 Forget the gathering of one years old.

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 Kongfuk Church of 30 old fashioned.

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 Nearly 40 years.

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 Is that right?

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 40 years?

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 Tony, are we nearly 40 years for Kongfuk?

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 Kongfuk Church was not started by anyone but Jesus.

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 The church itself started from Jesus is.

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 We are the body.

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 He starts it.

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 He's the head.

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 And the beginning and the end.

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 I'm the Alpha and Omega.

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 Everything starts from me.

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 The fact that you can even wake up.

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 The fact that you can even breathe.

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 The fact that you can even know who I am comes from me.

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 Do you realize that?

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 Or do you think you're sat there?

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 Do I think I'm sat here because of the good stuff that I've done?

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 Because I'm a kind of a good person.

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 So God's shouted blessing onto me.

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 And no.

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 Jesus says, I'm the beginning and the end.

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 Genesis 1.

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 In the beginning, the Spirit of God hovered over the waters.

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 John chapter 1.

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 In the beginning was the Word and the Word was flesh.

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 And he came and he dwelt among men.

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 Jesus was up there at the very, very beginning.

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 You fast forward to Revelation 21, 22.

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 He's there at the very end.

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 And he's going to wipe away every tear.

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 Do we recognize that?

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 Even when we do church.

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 Even when we do church.

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 Do we realize that it's actually all about him?

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 When he told me.

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 When he said, bring them to me.

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 I had a conviction there.

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 Because I think some people who walk into a church.

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 They're like, oh, that's a really good church.

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 Such nice people.

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 Such good community.

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 Oh, I love the singing.

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 Love the teaching.

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 But then they walk out.

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 And actually, they never really met Jesus.

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 In fact, as a pastor, I'll tell you.

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 And I've shared this before as a confession.

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 I can go through a whole week.

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 Preach a sermon.

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 Lead worship.

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 Meet people.

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 Do Bible studies.

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 I can go through a whole week and completely ignore Jesus.

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 Have you done that?

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 You can go about your day.

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 Go about your way.

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 You can be in church.

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 You can be here right now.

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 And you don't know that Jesus is right next to you.

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 He says, I'm the beginning and the end.

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 I'm the Alpha.

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 I'm the Omega.

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 Everything starts from me.

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 Everything is for me.

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 Everything is through me.

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 And everything will end.

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 With me.

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 The question is.

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 Do we have that in our minds?

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 The church that he was writing to had really two things going on.

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 One was persecution.

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 And the other was complacency.

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 And we'll read that as we see the different letters.

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 Because some churches were just suffering so much because they were constantly getting hunted down.

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 And there were other churches that were starting to give in to the Babylon of the day.

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 The Rome of the day.

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 The Hong Kong of the day.

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 The comforts.

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 The luxuries.

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 We have a nice space.

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 Look at that view that we have.

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 And you can come in.

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 You can enjoy the song.

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 Because you love karaoke.

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 Because you're Chinese.

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 And we are going to have a karaoke by here, by the way.

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 That's something that we think is a great.

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 Gabriel Wong is the head of the Karaoke Association of Kung Fu.

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 That's happening.

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 And he's so proud.

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 And he's so proud of it.

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 Taylor Swift.

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 Here we come.

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 So.

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 My fear.

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 My fear is that we come here.

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 Do this.

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 And then we leave.

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 And we completely ignore the Alpha and Omega beginning and the end.

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 The first and the last.

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 That's my fear.

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 Because we can get sucked into all the things of this city.

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 All the things of this church.

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 Jesus, the first thing he says.

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 I am the Alpha and Omega.

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 The beginning and the end.

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 Everything.

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 Everything.

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 Is about me.

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 Do you understand that?

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 I think I struggle to understand that sometimes.

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 The other thing about beginning and the end is.

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 If he's the beginning and he's the end.

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 Guess who's the middle?

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 Him.

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 That's kind of the point.

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 We know that he came.

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 We know that he will come back.

00:23:18.100 --> 00:23:19.259
 But what about just in the middle?

00:23:19.400 --> 00:23:20.120
 What's that like?

00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:21.980
 I think a lot of us.

00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:22.860
 A lot of us in the church.

00:23:22.980 --> 00:23:24.720
 We live as though Jesus came.

00:23:25.860 --> 00:23:26.120
 And.

00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:27.860
 It's he.

00:23:27.920 --> 00:23:28.620
 He was pretty cool.

00:23:28.660 --> 00:23:29.820
 He did some cool stuff back then.

00:23:30.120 --> 00:23:30.500
 And we.

00:23:30.500 --> 00:23:33.440
 It's not in our minds that he's coming back again.

00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:34.099
 Verse 7.

00:23:34.180 --> 00:23:34.460
 He says.

00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:35.359
 I am coming.

00:23:36.160 --> 00:23:36.400
 Behold.

00:23:36.460 --> 00:23:37.880
 He is coming with the clouds.

00:23:37.940 --> 00:23:39.019
 And every eye will see him.

00:23:40.700 --> 00:23:41.859
 Do you live as though every.

00:23:42.559 --> 00:23:43.900
 Do you live as though.

00:23:44.420 --> 00:23:45.319
 He's coming back.

00:23:46.279 --> 00:23:47.099
 Another confession.

00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:48.039
 When I was 20.

00:23:48.359 --> 00:23:49.019
 How old are you, Kibon?

00:23:49.160 --> 00:23:49.339
 20.

00:23:49.799 --> 00:23:50.279
 24.

00:23:50.839 --> 00:23:51.920
 Recently just got married.

00:23:52.079 --> 00:23:52.660
 But still.

00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:53.859
 A child inside.

00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:54.299
 At heart.

00:23:54.519 --> 00:23:55.500
 I would go to work.

00:23:56.160 --> 00:23:57.059
 Because I was a teacher.

00:23:57.200 --> 00:23:57.859
 I'd go to work.

00:23:57.859 --> 00:23:58.779
 And I'd come home early.

00:23:58.839 --> 00:23:59.339
 Because teaching.

00:23:59.579 --> 00:24:00.419
 I got to come home.

00:24:00.719 --> 00:24:01.639
 Around 3 or 4.

00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:02.439
 Christina.

00:24:02.559 --> 00:24:03.479
 My hard working wife.

00:24:03.639 --> 00:24:04.199
 Would come back.

00:24:04.579 --> 00:24:05.459
 Around 6.

00:24:05.919 --> 00:24:06.359
 Or 7.

00:24:07.419 --> 00:24:08.519
 So I had 2 hours.

00:24:11.079 --> 00:24:12.339
 I had 2 hours.

00:24:12.919 --> 00:24:14.299
 To play as many games of FIFA.

00:24:14.439 --> 00:24:15.219
 As I possibly could.

00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:18.319
 Back then.

00:24:18.339 --> 00:24:18.699
 I didn't have.

00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:19.319
 Find my iPhone.

00:24:19.419 --> 00:24:20.259
 That would have been really helpful.

00:24:20.679 --> 00:24:21.559
 So I could track.

00:24:21.679 --> 00:24:22.479
 See when she's coming back.

00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:23.659
 To see if I could play one more game.

00:24:25.779 --> 00:24:26.759
 But I always.

00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:28.480
 I always had that.

00:24:28.579 --> 00:24:29.859
 Like I know she's coming back.

00:24:30.839 --> 00:24:32.119
 So I got to live accordingly.

00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:35.420
 That's a terrible analogy.

00:24:35.619 --> 00:24:35.940
 By the way.

00:24:36.119 --> 00:24:37.359
 Because it really is trying to.

00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:37.640
 No.

00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:38.879
 But don't do that.

00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:39.859
 That's what I'm saying.

00:24:42.160 --> 00:24:43.579
 But it was on my mind constantly.

00:24:43.700 --> 00:24:44.539
 Fast forward a couple of years.

00:24:44.579 --> 00:24:45.240
 It didn't get any better.

00:24:45.319 --> 00:24:45.879
 We had a child.

00:24:46.559 --> 00:24:47.339
 We had a child.

00:24:47.619 --> 00:24:48.359
 Well the first few years.

00:24:48.819 --> 00:24:49.140
 Carrier.

00:24:49.660 --> 00:24:50.480
 You'll find this Alex Lee.

00:24:50.779 --> 00:24:51.019
 Carrier.

00:24:51.119 --> 00:24:51.900
 You can bounce around.

00:24:51.900 --> 00:24:52.559
 While still playing.

00:24:52.900 --> 00:24:53.460
 That works.

00:24:53.839 --> 00:24:55.299
 And then we got to take them into nursery.

00:24:55.299 --> 00:24:57.180
 And they were there from eight till six.

00:24:57.819 --> 00:24:59.240
 That's a long time for a one year old.

00:24:59.299 --> 00:25:00.619
 Actually Ruben was 11 months.

00:25:00.940 --> 00:25:02.200
 When we dropped him off at nursery.

00:25:02.339 --> 00:25:03.220
 From eight till six.

00:25:03.659 --> 00:25:04.539
 It was a long time.

00:25:05.419 --> 00:25:06.319
 And Christina would be like.

00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:07.359
 Oh well you finish early.

00:25:07.419 --> 00:25:08.259
 Why don't you go and pick him up.

00:25:08.339 --> 00:25:08.559
 I was like.

00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:09.299
 Yeah yeah yeah.

00:25:09.399 --> 00:25:09.680
 Sure.

00:25:09.799 --> 00:25:10.819
 I'll go pick him up.

00:25:11.599 --> 00:25:12.879
 Of course I get home from school.

00:25:13.119 --> 00:25:14.379
 I could play two games.

00:25:14.680 --> 00:25:15.899
 I could play two games at least.

00:25:16.639 --> 00:25:17.579
 But I always have that.

00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:17.940
 I'm living.

00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:18.539
 I know that.

00:25:18.619 --> 00:25:19.700
 I know that something's coming.

00:25:19.700 --> 00:25:20.259
 Of course.

00:25:20.379 --> 00:25:20.759
 Flip that.

00:25:20.879 --> 00:25:22.139
 There's a much better analogy somewhere.

00:25:22.140 --> 00:25:24.500
 But do we live.

00:25:24.660 --> 00:25:26.560
 As though he is actually coming back.

00:25:26.660 --> 00:25:27.880
 Or have we actually forgotten.

00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:29.800
 Do we live as though.

00:25:29.880 --> 00:25:30.240
 Actually.

00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:31.560
 We can do whatever we want.

00:25:32.900 --> 00:25:34.000
 But one day he's going to come.

00:25:34.500 --> 00:25:35.520
 And every eye will see him.

00:25:35.580 --> 00:25:36.520
 Every tongue will confess.

00:25:36.600 --> 00:25:37.380
 And every knee will bow.

00:25:39.440 --> 00:25:41.240
 Maybe a better analogy is the typhoon.

00:25:41.380 --> 00:25:42.320
 As my brother said.

00:25:42.940 --> 00:25:43.759
 When we knew.

00:25:43.980 --> 00:25:45.060
 The typhoon 10 was coming.

00:25:45.320 --> 00:25:45.900
 We prepared.

00:25:45.900 --> 00:25:46.960
 And as Hong Kongers.

00:25:47.040 --> 00:25:48.860
 We cleared the supermarket shelves.

00:25:51.800 --> 00:25:52.900
 But I'll be preparing.

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:54.960
 I'll be living with the end in mind.

00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:57.240
 I'll be living with eternity in sight.

00:25:57.300 --> 00:25:58.500
 Because if eternity is in sight.

00:25:59.240 --> 00:25:59.880
 Then actually.

00:26:00.100 --> 00:26:02.060
 It should impact how we're living today.

00:26:02.700 --> 00:26:03.160
 Right now.

00:26:03.220 --> 00:26:03.340
 Right.

00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:05.259
 Here's the beginning and the end.

00:26:07.080 --> 00:26:07.740
 And then.

00:26:08.280 --> 00:26:09.280
 We see Jesus.

00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:11.780
 I'm not going to put an image of this picture.

00:26:11.960 --> 00:26:12.280
 But actually.

00:26:12.360 --> 00:26:14.060
 I think the kids might actually be trying to draw this.

00:26:14.140 --> 00:26:14.940
 In their Sunday school class.

00:26:14.940 --> 00:26:16.980
 Because my brother's teaching them.

00:26:17.580 --> 00:26:19.039
 Which is another plug.

00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:20.539
 For why we need more helpers.

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:22.920
 Do not let my brother teach them.

00:26:23.360 --> 00:26:24.259
 For that much longer.

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:27.720
 So John's praying.

00:26:28.700 --> 00:26:29.120
 He's like.

00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:29.460
 God.

00:26:29.820 --> 00:26:30.799
 My heart is breaking.

00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:32.180
 From what I'm hearing outside.

00:26:32.580 --> 00:26:33.519
 Is there any hope?

00:26:35.059 --> 00:26:36.440
 And then Jesus peels back the curtain.

00:26:36.940 --> 00:26:37.380
 And John.

00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:38.680
 Verse 12.

00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:40.080
 And then I turned to see the voice.

00:26:40.100 --> 00:26:40.840
 That was speaking to me.

00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:41.720
 And on turning.

00:26:41.840 --> 00:26:43.700
 I saw seven golden lampstands.

00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:44.920
 We're going to find out more about lampstands.

00:26:45.140 --> 00:26:45.680
 They're the church.

00:26:46.920 --> 00:26:47.759
 They symbolize.

00:26:47.840 --> 00:26:48.539
 They picture the church.

00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:50.320
 Verse 13.

00:26:50.460 --> 00:26:52.220
 And in the midst of the lampstands.

00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:52.660
 Stop there.

00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:54.220
 In the midst.

00:26:54.920 --> 00:26:56.240
 We're going to talk about more of this later.

00:26:56.640 --> 00:26:58.220
 Jesus is standing right in the midst.

00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:59.420
 In the middle of his church.

00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:01.279
 He's actually there.

00:27:01.460 --> 00:27:02.120
 He's not above.

00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:03.320
 He's not outside.

00:27:03.860 --> 00:27:04.580
 He's not behind.

00:27:04.640 --> 00:27:05.059
 He's not beneath.

00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:06.120
 He's in the midst.

00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:08.039
 He's standing right in the middle.

00:27:08.200 --> 00:27:09.120
 With his church.

00:27:09.879 --> 00:27:10.899
 And he's standing there.

00:27:11.239 --> 00:27:12.659
 And then we start to see a picture.

00:27:12.959 --> 00:27:13.719
 Now bear in mind.

00:27:13.719 --> 00:27:15.279
 When John describes this.

00:27:15.639 --> 00:27:16.939
 Now imagine John's just praying.

00:27:17.699 --> 00:27:18.979
 And then suddenly he's zapped away.

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:20.359
 And then he sees his vision.

00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:21.659
 Imagine you now.

00:27:21.939 --> 00:27:23.319
 Well some of you might be falling asleep.

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:24.119
 But in some of you.

00:27:24.479 --> 00:27:26.479
 Imagine that you're going about your way.

00:27:27.359 --> 00:27:28.379
 You're going to the toilet.

00:27:28.880 --> 00:27:29.620
 And then suddenly boom.

00:27:31.280 --> 00:27:32.760
 Jesus shows you this vision.

00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:34.680
 And he shows you what he looks like.

00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:36.300
 And he shows you something.

00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:38.420
 That is completely incomprehensible to you.

00:27:38.460 --> 00:27:40.080
 You've never seen anything like it.

00:27:40.320 --> 00:27:41.360
 We've heard that term before right.

00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:42.800
 I've never seen anything like it.

00:27:45.040 --> 00:27:45.580
 We can.

00:27:45.780 --> 00:27:46.640
 Maybe a different species.

00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:47.680
 Maybe my dog Walter.

00:27:47.860 --> 00:27:49.860
 If I took Walter to a different place.

00:27:50.120 --> 00:27:51.440
 And introduced him to something.

00:27:51.440 --> 00:27:52.260
 He wouldn't be able to.

00:27:52.320 --> 00:27:52.960
 He doesn't have the word.

00:27:53.020 --> 00:27:53.760
 Well he doesn't have words anyway.

00:27:53.860 --> 00:27:55.340
 But he wouldn't have the terminology.

00:27:55.660 --> 00:27:57.480
 To describe what he's looking at.

00:27:57.480 --> 00:27:58.480
 To his canine friends.

00:27:58.599 --> 00:27:59.779
 He doesn't have any friends by the way.

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:02.620
 It's really sad.

00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:03.819
 But he literally is just him.

00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:07.440
 He thinks we're like dogs as well.

00:28:07.579 --> 00:28:08.360
 That's all we have.

00:28:10.039 --> 00:28:11.880
 So when John describes Jesus.

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:12.900
 I need you to understand.

00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:15.500
 This may not be the exact picture of Jesus.

00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:18.720
 He says he's like a son of man.

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:21.400
 Like white wool.

00:28:21.599 --> 00:28:23.079
 His eyes were like a flame.

00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:23.599
 He's like.

00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:25.599
 He's just trying to grasp the words here.

00:28:26.259 --> 00:28:26.440
 He's like.

00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:27.460
 I just need something to help you.

00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:28.640
 You understand what I'm seeing here.

00:28:28.779 --> 00:28:30.259
 And what I'm seeing is out of this world.

00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:31.220
 So the first thing is.

00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:32.420
 Jesus is the beginning and the end.

00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:33.220
 He's the alpha and omega.

00:28:33.299 --> 00:28:34.200
 He's the first and the last.

00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:35.240
 The second thing is.

00:28:35.339 --> 00:28:37.599
 He is out of this world.

00:28:38.880 --> 00:28:39.299
 If you.

00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:40.579
 If the Jesus that you have.

00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:43.440
 Is someone that you can truly understand.

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:44.339
 And be comfortable with.

00:28:44.400 --> 00:28:45.160
 Maybe he does.

00:28:45.579 --> 00:28:46.160
 Have blonde hair.

00:28:46.420 --> 00:28:47.860
 Maybe he is just friendly.

00:28:48.180 --> 00:28:49.579
 If that's the Jesus that you have.

00:28:49.880 --> 00:28:51.200
 The Jesus that you pull out of your pocket.

00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:52.220
 Whenever you have an exam.

00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:52.880
 That you need to do.

00:28:52.940 --> 00:28:53.559
 That you're worried about.

00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:55.099
 The Jesus that you pull out of your pocket.

00:28:55.099 --> 00:28:55.899
 Whenever you're stressed.

00:28:57.159 --> 00:28:58.019
 I've got to tell you.

00:28:58.759 --> 00:28:59.639
 That might not be Jesus.

00:29:00.679 --> 00:29:02.199
 If your Jesus is a bobbling head.

00:29:02.819 --> 00:29:04.059
 Just saying yes to you.

00:29:04.359 --> 00:29:05.119
 Caring for you.

00:29:05.399 --> 00:29:06.279
 Looking out for you.

00:29:07.219 --> 00:29:08.379
 That might not be it.

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:10.039
 Because the Jesus that we see here.

00:29:10.119 --> 00:29:11.619
 The one that is peeled back behind the curtain.

00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:12.379
 Is very.

00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:14.199
 Very different.

00:29:15.599 --> 00:29:16.279
 And so he goes.

00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:17.599
 He's in the midst of the lampstands.

00:29:17.599 --> 00:29:18.159
 Verse 13.

00:29:18.160 --> 00:29:20.660
 Like a son of man.

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:21.640
 We've seen that word before.

00:29:21.800 --> 00:29:23.240
 Which book have we seen that before?

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:25.600
 There's a prophecy from the Old Testament.

00:29:25.759 --> 00:29:26.300
 Where have we seen it?

00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:27.800
 Isaiah.

00:29:27.960 --> 00:29:28.800
 There's definitely one in Isaiah.

00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:29.580
 There's another one.

00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:30.620
 Daniel.

00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:31.140
 Daniel.

00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:32.620
 In the book of Daniel.

00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:35.200
 In chapters 7 and 10.

00:29:35.540 --> 00:29:36.660
 Daniel sees lots of visions.

00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:40.640
 And he's describing someone who looks like a son of man.

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:41.019
 Jesus.

00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:43.460
 He sees a vision of Jesus as well.

00:29:43.620 --> 00:29:44.560
 And John knows this.

00:29:45.100 --> 00:29:47.560
 So he's describing something.

00:29:47.559 --> 00:29:47.899
 He's like.

00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:50.720
 This must be something similar to what Daniel saw.

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:53.019
 He's like a son of man.

00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:54.599
 And then he starts to give a description.

00:29:54.859 --> 00:29:56.559
 He starts to describe what he looks like.

00:29:56.679 --> 00:29:58.519
 Because you can tell a lot from the way someone dresses.

00:29:59.460 --> 00:29:59.639
 Right?

00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:01.500
 Aaron's got a nice flowery shirt on.

00:30:01.740 --> 00:30:02.940
 What does that tell us about you, Aaron?

00:30:03.379 --> 00:30:04.399
 What's one trait?

00:30:04.899 --> 00:30:05.599
 That he likes flowers?

00:30:05.799 --> 00:30:06.279
 Do you like flowers?

00:30:06.419 --> 00:30:08.399
 He's a flowery kind of guy.

00:30:10.220 --> 00:30:10.919
 Says his wife.

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:11.240
 There you go.

00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:12.179
 He's a flowery kind of guy.

00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:15.779
 If you saw what I wear.

00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:18.420
 It's usually black, navy, khaki, and white.

00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:19.059
 That's all I wear.

00:30:19.240 --> 00:30:20.700
 I'm a very kind of simple kind of guy.

00:30:20.819 --> 00:30:22.359
 Because I'm a very boring kind of guy.

00:30:23.619 --> 00:30:24.420
 And Jordans.

00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:25.680
 And Jordans and Ultraboots.

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:26.500
 Yeah, exactly.

00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:28.980
 But Christine will tell you.

00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:29.680
 If you leave me.

00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:31.579
 If you leave me to decide where I'm going to eat.

00:30:32.119 --> 00:30:32.960
 There's only a few places.

00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:33.440
 There's a handful.

00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:34.660
 And it's the same every time.

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.740
 Because I'm that kind of person.

00:30:36.119 --> 00:30:36.440
 Loyal.

00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:37.339
 Is the word.

00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:38.519
 Loyal.

00:30:39.019 --> 00:30:39.420
 Loyal.

00:30:39.420 --> 00:30:40.860
 Loyal.

00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:42.380
 And faithful.

00:30:42.660 --> 00:30:42.940
 Yes.

00:30:44.080 --> 00:30:45.680
 So from Jesus' attire.

00:30:45.779 --> 00:30:46.779
 You see a couple of things.

00:30:47.100 --> 00:30:48.620
 And I want to break them down a little bit.

00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:50.300
 He's clothed in a long robe.

00:30:50.539 --> 00:30:51.640
 So clothed in a long robe.

00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:55.560
 There's different explanations.

00:30:55.820 --> 00:30:56.539
 Maybe the first one.

00:30:56.600 --> 00:30:56.960
 There could be.

00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:59.140
 Is actually kings wore long robes.

00:30:59.200 --> 00:31:02.120
 Maybe it's the same robe that Jonathan put around David.

00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:04.160
 Represents.

00:31:04.320 --> 00:31:06.700
 Actually, we know that Jesus is both king.

00:31:07.140 --> 00:31:07.840
 And priest.

00:31:07.980 --> 00:31:08.779
 Actually, and prophet.

00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:12.740
 And so maybe this is Jesus in all his glory as a king.

00:31:12.859 --> 00:31:15.420
 Because in verse five.

00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:17.500
 And from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness.

00:31:17.859 --> 00:31:18.700
 The firstborn of the dead.

00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:20.139
 The ruler of kings on earth.

00:31:20.399 --> 00:31:21.319
 Jesus is now king.

00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:23.480
 So he comes in this long robe.

00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:25.920
 But it's more than just a robe of a king.

00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:26.920
 There is more than that.

00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:28.000
 Because around the robe.

00:31:28.139 --> 00:31:28.920
 On top of the robe.

00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:31.899
 Is a golden sash around his chest.

00:31:32.059 --> 00:31:33.339
 Who wore a golden sash?

00:31:33.660 --> 00:31:34.119
 Does anyone know?

00:31:36.339 --> 00:31:37.399
 I just gave you a clue.

00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:38.079
 It begins with P.

00:31:38.779 --> 00:31:40.259
 Priests.

00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:43.539
 Priests would wear a golden sash.

00:31:44.539 --> 00:31:47.460
 And so we talked about this in the book of Exodus.

00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:49.519
 Where at the end, they create the tabernacle.

00:31:49.879 --> 00:31:52.559
 And this inner sanctuary called the Holy of Holies.

00:31:52.700 --> 00:31:53.559
 That one person.

00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:55.519
 The high priest would go in there one day a year.

00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:56.460
 And it's only him.

00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:57.859
 He would wear the robe.

00:31:57.879 --> 00:31:58.680
 And he would wear the sash.

00:31:59.180 --> 00:32:00.079
 And who is the priest?

00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:06.159
 The word priest is actually engineers, I believe, have a similar word.

00:32:06.159 --> 00:32:07.220
 It's called pontifex.

00:32:07.460 --> 00:32:08.659
 Which is the bridge builder.

00:32:09.159 --> 00:32:11.139
 The one who connects two.

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:12.859
 The one who connects two things.

00:32:13.139 --> 00:32:15.179
 So Jesus wearing this robe is king.

00:32:15.460 --> 00:32:16.159
 Wearing this sash.

00:32:16.359 --> 00:32:17.559
 He is also the high priest.

00:32:17.839 --> 00:32:21.139
 The same robe that the great priest Aaron would have worn as well.

00:32:21.140 --> 00:32:25.840
 And he's saying, I have given the sacrifice.

00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:27.780
 I have made the way.

00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:30.600
 I have interceded between two parties that were separated.

00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:32.720
 They had no way to get back to each other.

00:32:32.880 --> 00:32:35.140
 But I stand in the middle and I connect the two.

00:32:35.259 --> 00:32:36.240
 I am the bridge.

00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:41.039
 Jesus introduces himself as the king and as a priest.

00:32:42.059 --> 00:32:44.079
 The hairs of his head were white.

00:32:44.339 --> 00:32:45.359
 Like white wool.

00:32:45.660 --> 00:32:46.319
 Like snow.

00:32:46.420 --> 00:32:48.200
 He's again using the words from Daniel here.

00:32:48.420 --> 00:32:49.599
 Daniel chapter 7 verse 9.

00:32:49.839 --> 00:32:52.640
 He talks about someone called the ancient of days.

00:32:52.859 --> 00:32:55.299
 Who had this white hair that was just like snow.

00:32:55.359 --> 00:32:55.940
 What does that say?

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:58.299
 That says Jesus is completely ageless.

00:32:59.299 --> 00:33:00.740
 He is there at the beginning.

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:01.980
 He is there at the end.

00:33:02.660 --> 00:33:04.160
 He was there when Assyria rose.

00:33:04.359 --> 00:33:05.259
 When Persia rose.

00:33:05.259 --> 00:33:06.079
 When the Greeks rose.

00:33:06.079 --> 00:33:07.039
 When the Romans rose.

00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:10.099
 Every empire that rises and falls.

00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:11.960
 Jesus.

00:33:12.419 --> 00:33:13.399
 The one with the white hair.

00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:14.119
 The ancient one.

00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:15.079
 The ancient of days.

00:33:15.919 --> 00:33:16.299
 Ageless.

00:33:16.599 --> 00:33:18.839
 His kingdom stands above them all.

00:33:19.779 --> 00:33:21.559
 Whatever you're going through here.

00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:23.639
 Is a blip.

00:33:24.319 --> 00:33:25.299
 In eternity.

00:33:26.399 --> 00:33:26.980
 He wins.

00:33:27.779 --> 00:33:29.439
 And he's completely in control.

00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:31.299
 He is ageless.

00:33:31.299 --> 00:33:37.440
 The other thing about wool and snow.

00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:38.419
 Is that he was pure.

00:33:39.460 --> 00:33:40.180
 He was.

00:33:40.339 --> 00:33:41.279
 He was the lamb.

00:33:41.359 --> 00:33:42.559
 He was the sacrificial lamb.

00:33:42.680 --> 00:33:43.019
 The pure.

00:33:43.180 --> 00:33:44.240
 How was he the priest?

00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:45.500
 Was because he gave himself up.

00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:46.379
 The sinless one.

00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:48.440
 The one who had.

00:33:48.859 --> 00:33:49.859
 Not sinned at all.

00:33:49.919 --> 00:33:50.819
 Who knew no sin.

00:33:50.819 --> 00:33:54.019
 Was placed on the altar for us.

00:33:55.740 --> 00:33:56.460
 Like snow.

00:33:56.619 --> 00:33:57.119
 Like wool.

00:33:57.539 --> 00:33:57.819
 Pure.

00:33:58.819 --> 00:34:00.220
 But he wasn't just pure.

00:34:01.079 --> 00:34:03.200
 His eyes were like a flame of fire.

00:34:03.839 --> 00:34:04.980
 So he wasn't just pure.

00:34:05.399 --> 00:34:06.339
 He was purifying.

00:34:07.019 --> 00:34:08.599
 Fire we know purifies.

00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:09.659
 It refines.

00:34:10.659 --> 00:34:12.960
 They say that your eyes are the windows to yourself.

00:34:13.019 --> 00:34:14.500
 Can you imagine if someone looks at you.

00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:14.899
 I mean.

00:34:15.359 --> 00:34:16.480
 Paul you've got quite nice eyes.

00:34:16.859 --> 00:34:17.019
 I see.

00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:18.079
 It's nice.

00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:23.319
 But if I imagine Paul's eyes.

00:34:23.460 --> 00:34:24.940
 Look to the person next to you now.

00:34:25.000 --> 00:34:25.559
 Just for a second.

00:34:25.659 --> 00:34:26.480
 It might be a little bit awkward.

00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:29.399
 And imagine they had fire in their eyes.

00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:34.119
 My wife sometimes has fire in her eyes.

00:34:34.119 --> 00:34:41.440
 Usually when I leave the toothbrush on the right.

00:34:41.539 --> 00:34:42.259
 And not on the left.

00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:43.259
 It's on the right.

00:34:47.179 --> 00:34:50.099
 Imagine if you saw someone who had fire in their eyes.

00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:53.839
 Piercing straight through to your soul.

00:34:55.659 --> 00:34:56.279
 He's got white hair.

00:34:56.319 --> 00:34:56.799
 So he's pure.

00:34:56.880 --> 00:34:59.039
 But he's also purifying to you.

00:34:59.359 --> 00:35:02.019
 Imagine the fear that that would come with.

00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:03.960
 Purifying.

00:35:04.119 --> 00:35:06.579
 Carry on.

00:35:07.480 --> 00:35:08.859
 We're on verse 15 now.

00:35:09.639 --> 00:35:11.500
 His feet were like burnished bronze.

00:35:11.759 --> 00:35:13.299
 Refined in a furnace.

00:35:15.299 --> 00:35:17.079
 Commentators think he's referring here to.

00:35:17.279 --> 00:35:18.219
 Actually in the book of Daniel.

00:35:18.400 --> 00:35:19.539
 In chapter 2.

00:35:19.679 --> 00:35:20.659
 There's another vision.

00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:22.960
 There's another vision that King Nebuchadnezzar has.

00:35:23.319 --> 00:35:25.139
 Where actually he sees this statue.

00:35:25.279 --> 00:35:27.059
 And it represents the kingdoms that are falling.

00:35:27.659 --> 00:35:30.339
 And the feet were made of iron and clay.

00:35:30.599 --> 00:35:31.940
 Partly iron and partly clay.

00:35:32.079 --> 00:35:32.460
 And he's saying.

00:35:32.539 --> 00:35:33.940
 Actually that's what makes it brittle.

00:35:34.700 --> 00:35:35.780
 That's what makes it weak.

00:35:35.780 --> 00:35:37.700
 And that's why your kingdom will fall.

00:35:38.760 --> 00:35:41.240
 That's what Daniel's telling the king in that time.

00:35:41.619 --> 00:35:44.240
 But here we have feet that are burnished bronze.

00:35:44.500 --> 00:35:45.440
 Refined in a furnace.

00:35:45.679 --> 00:35:47.079
 But these feet are tested.

00:35:47.280 --> 00:35:48.179
 They are made of bronze.

00:35:48.360 --> 00:35:49.400
 And they are steadfast.

00:35:49.619 --> 00:35:50.820
 And they are unshakable.

00:35:51.079 --> 00:35:51.659
 His kingdom.

00:35:51.659 --> 00:35:53.659
 Is ruling forever.

00:35:54.460 --> 00:35:55.259
 Cannot be moved.

00:35:55.260 --> 00:35:58.320
 As I'm describing these traits to you.

00:35:58.320 --> 00:36:00.680
 Just picture this image of Jesus.

00:36:01.160 --> 00:36:02.019
 Who he is.

00:36:03.019 --> 00:36:05.280
 And do a spot the difference with your Jesus.

00:36:06.700 --> 00:36:09.559
 Do a spot the difference with the Jesus that you hang out with.

00:36:09.780 --> 00:36:10.559
 That you pray to.

00:36:10.720 --> 00:36:11.500
 That you talk to.

00:36:12.039 --> 00:36:12.500
 And if you're like.

00:36:12.500 --> 00:36:15.460
 Oh I don't quite know what kind of Jesus I have.

00:36:15.960 --> 00:36:16.219
 Well.

00:36:17.099 --> 00:36:18.500
 Have a think about the way you talk to him.

00:36:18.699 --> 00:36:19.139
 Your prayers.

00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:21.039
 That'll tell you a little bit.

00:36:21.380 --> 00:36:22.719
 About who you think Jesus is.

00:36:24.360 --> 00:36:25.699
 How you think about it.

00:36:25.840 --> 00:36:26.820
 Jesus can you do this for me.

00:36:26.880 --> 00:36:27.500
 Can you do this for me.

00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:28.219
 Jesus is okay.

00:36:28.340 --> 00:36:29.179
 Should I go for this girl.

00:36:29.280 --> 00:36:30.059
 Jesus should I do this.

00:36:30.099 --> 00:36:30.519
 Should I do this.

00:36:31.679 --> 00:36:32.380
 That Jesus.

00:36:33.099 --> 00:36:34.019
 I have a feeling.

00:36:35.059 --> 00:36:36.219
 Is not the same as this Jesus.

00:36:36.219 --> 00:36:36.320
 Jesus.

00:36:36.320 --> 00:36:40.100
 And so here we are.

00:36:40.740 --> 00:36:42.300
 His feet were burnt like burnished bronze.

00:36:42.720 --> 00:36:43.660
 Refined in a furnace.

00:36:43.880 --> 00:36:44.300
 Tested.

00:36:44.539 --> 00:36:46.880
 And his voice was like the roar of many waters.

00:36:48.480 --> 00:36:48.920
 Again.

00:36:49.100 --> 00:36:50.220
 The version in Daniel.

00:36:50.460 --> 00:36:51.320
 The vision that Daniel sees.

00:36:51.460 --> 00:36:52.280
 Is very similar.

00:36:52.400 --> 00:36:53.519
 There's lots of parallels here.

00:36:53.920 --> 00:36:54.440
 And that one.

00:36:54.640 --> 00:36:56.320
 His voice was like the sound of a multitude.

00:36:57.600 --> 00:36:58.039
 Can you imagine.

00:36:58.940 --> 00:36:59.340
 Waters.

00:36:59.580 --> 00:37:01.400
 Those of you who like to be in waters.

00:37:01.400 --> 00:37:02.320
 When you buy the waters.

00:37:02.420 --> 00:37:05.220
 And you hear the water crashing on the rocks.

00:37:05.280 --> 00:37:05.640
 And the waves.

00:37:05.639 --> 00:37:07.599
 You hear how big the water sounds.

00:37:07.799 --> 00:37:09.199
 How all encompassing it is.

00:37:10.420 --> 00:37:12.279
 Or maybe another more recent analogy is.

00:37:12.679 --> 00:37:13.299
 The typhoon.

00:37:13.460 --> 00:37:14.259
 When you walk out.

00:37:14.299 --> 00:37:15.759
 And you just feel the wind.

00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:17.159
 In all his force.

00:37:19.319 --> 00:37:20.279
 His voice.

00:37:20.619 --> 00:37:21.879
 Is all encompassing.

00:37:22.960 --> 00:37:24.539
 Like roar of many waters.

00:37:24.639 --> 00:37:26.219
 It drowns out the empty.

00:37:26.819 --> 00:37:27.219
 Rhetoric.

00:37:28.920 --> 00:37:30.319
 Of the lies that we have here.

00:37:31.079 --> 00:37:33.359
 It drowns out the distractions that we have.

00:37:33.360 --> 00:37:35.220
 It drowns out.

00:37:35.220 --> 00:37:36.400
 Other people's voices.

00:37:36.860 --> 00:37:37.920
 That's his voice.

00:37:37.920 --> 00:37:38.860
 When he speaks.

00:37:39.019 --> 00:37:39.780
 You can hear.

00:37:40.039 --> 00:37:41.079
 The whole room.

00:37:42.460 --> 00:37:43.240
 Is filled.

00:37:43.519 --> 00:37:44.059
 With his voice.

00:37:44.800 --> 00:37:45.640
 That's the Jesus.

00:37:45.960 --> 00:37:46.760
 That we worship.

00:37:47.320 --> 00:37:48.380
 And then finishing off here.

00:37:48.420 --> 00:37:48.920
 Verse 15.

00:37:49.000 --> 00:37:49.340
 16.

00:37:49.720 --> 00:37:50.500
 In his right hand.

00:37:50.579 --> 00:37:51.079
 He holds.

00:37:51.340 --> 00:37:52.440
 He held the seven stars.

00:37:53.400 --> 00:37:54.140
 Which one.

00:37:54.460 --> 00:37:55.380
 Is the seven angels.

00:37:55.440 --> 00:37:56.180
 That we'll read about.

00:37:56.260 --> 00:37:57.079
 In the next couple weeks.

00:37:57.519 --> 00:37:57.900
 But actually.

00:37:58.019 --> 00:37:58.819
 Back in those times.

00:37:58.920 --> 00:37:59.440
 Seven stars.

00:37:59.599 --> 00:38:00.460
 Also represented.

00:38:00.659 --> 00:38:01.340
 The known universe.

00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:02.099
 They had at the time.

00:38:02.699 --> 00:38:03.460
 So this is the Jesus.

00:38:03.559 --> 00:38:04.420
 That holds the universe.

00:38:04.420 --> 00:38:05.059
 In his hands.

00:38:05.940 --> 00:38:06.759
 Holds the whole.

00:38:06.920 --> 00:38:07.679
 Cosmic universe.

00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:08.619
 In his hands.

00:38:08.719 --> 00:38:09.840
 This is the Jesus.

00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:11.239
 That is introduced to us.

00:38:11.239 --> 00:38:12.279
 Not the same Jesus.

00:38:12.380 --> 00:38:12.759
 Well actually.

00:38:12.920 --> 00:38:13.639
 He is the same Jesus.

00:38:13.639 --> 00:38:14.559
 That John hung out with.

00:38:14.639 --> 00:38:15.259
 60 years ago.

00:38:15.420 --> 00:38:16.219
 But this Jesus.

00:38:16.219 --> 00:38:17.079
 Looks very different.

00:38:19.699 --> 00:38:20.500
 In his right hand.

00:38:20.539 --> 00:38:21.179
 He held the seven stars.

00:38:21.299 --> 00:38:22.099
 And from his mouth.

00:38:22.179 --> 00:38:23.139
 This is where it gets really.

00:38:23.340 --> 00:38:24.519
 If you wanted to draw this out.

00:38:24.519 --> 00:38:25.539
 From his mouth.

00:38:25.599 --> 00:38:26.219
 Came a sharp.

00:38:26.360 --> 00:38:27.059
 Two-edged sword.

00:38:28.179 --> 00:38:29.639
 The words that he speaks.

00:38:29.639 --> 00:38:30.559
 Would pierce.

00:38:31.259 --> 00:38:32.159
 Your very soul.

00:38:33.360 --> 00:38:33.940
 And not a.

00:38:34.239 --> 00:38:34.400
 Long.

00:38:35.280 --> 00:38:36.259
 Fencing kind of sword.

00:38:36.699 --> 00:38:38.019
 This is a close combat.

00:38:38.159 --> 00:38:38.639
 Kind of dagger.

00:38:39.579 --> 00:38:41.059
 Jesus comes right up to you.

00:38:41.619 --> 00:38:42.360
 Right up to us.

00:38:42.400 --> 00:38:43.659
 And pierces to the very depths.

00:38:44.179 --> 00:38:44.880
 Of our soul.

00:38:44.880 --> 00:38:45.739
 With his truth.

00:38:47.800 --> 00:38:48.980
 It's very close combat.

00:38:50.619 --> 00:38:51.340
 And finally.

00:38:51.460 --> 00:38:51.920
 And his face.

00:38:52.000 --> 00:38:52.639
 Was like the sun.

00:38:52.759 --> 00:38:53.880
 Shining in full strength.

00:38:54.519 --> 00:38:55.619
 I mean.

00:38:55.639 --> 00:38:56.480
 That's easy to imagine.

00:38:56.840 --> 00:38:57.380
 We're in Hong Kong.

00:38:57.559 --> 00:38:58.159
 Today's sun.

00:38:58.360 --> 00:38:59.199
 If we go out now.

00:38:59.199 --> 00:38:59.860
 After the service.

00:38:59.940 --> 00:39:00.440
 At 1230.

00:39:00.679 --> 00:39:02.079
 If you tried to look up.

00:39:03.039 --> 00:39:03.719
 At the sun.

00:39:04.019 --> 00:39:05.079
 It wouldn't be good for you.

00:39:05.440 --> 00:39:06.219
 It doesn't end well.

00:39:07.460 --> 00:39:08.800
 At full strength.

00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:10.320
 We.

00:39:10.719 --> 00:39:11.360
 In the summer.

00:39:11.460 --> 00:39:12.679
 We try and hide from the sun.

00:39:12.900 --> 00:39:13.940
 Try and stay in the shelter.

00:39:14.019 --> 00:39:14.480
 Away from it.

00:39:14.519 --> 00:39:15.019
 Because we know that.

00:39:15.079 --> 00:39:16.019
 If we spent too long here.

00:39:16.400 --> 00:39:17.460
 We would disintegrate.

00:39:18.559 --> 00:39:19.639
 Let alone look at it.

00:39:20.940 --> 00:39:21.340
 And so.

00:39:21.480 --> 00:39:22.699
 What's John's response to that?

00:39:23.079 --> 00:39:24.219
 As he sees his image.

00:39:24.219 --> 00:39:25.599
 As he's trying to describe to us.

00:39:25.599 --> 00:39:25.759
 This.

00:39:27.039 --> 00:39:27.959
 Terrifying image.

00:39:27.959 --> 00:39:28.959
 Of who Jesus is.

00:39:29.119 --> 00:39:29.779
 Right now.

00:39:30.699 --> 00:39:31.359
 Verse 17.

00:39:31.779 --> 00:39:32.519
 And when I saw him.

00:39:32.619 --> 00:39:33.480
 I fell at his feet.

00:39:33.819 --> 00:39:34.939
 As though dead.

00:39:35.179 --> 00:39:35.980
 That is the.

00:39:36.239 --> 00:39:37.119
 Right response.

00:39:38.679 --> 00:39:39.119
 Imagine.

00:39:39.259 --> 00:39:39.939
 If you saw.

00:39:40.099 --> 00:39:40.619
 This Jesus.

00:39:41.219 --> 00:39:42.179
 What would you do?

00:39:45.319 --> 00:39:46.500
 He falls at his.

00:39:47.159 --> 00:39:47.439
 Feet.

00:39:47.759 --> 00:39:48.480
 As though dead.

00:39:48.519 --> 00:39:49.339
 He doesn't die.

00:39:49.859 --> 00:39:50.819
 Even though we know.

00:39:51.179 --> 00:39:51.899
 In the old testament.

00:39:52.179 --> 00:39:53.079
 That the glory of the Lord.

00:39:53.079 --> 00:39:53.900
 God has that power.

00:39:54.119 --> 00:39:54.960
 He is that holy.

00:39:55.159 --> 00:39:56.159
 That when someone touches the ark.

00:39:56.179 --> 00:39:56.579
 And they shouldn't be.

00:39:56.840 --> 00:39:57.400
 They're gone.

00:39:59.159 --> 00:39:59.960
 God says to Moses.

00:40:00.059 --> 00:40:01.199
 You can't hang out with me.

00:40:01.279 --> 00:40:01.860
 You can't.

00:40:01.860 --> 00:40:02.699
 Be in my presence.

00:40:02.799 --> 00:40:04.239
 Because you would die.

00:40:05.840 --> 00:40:06.299
 And so.

00:40:06.340 --> 00:40:07.460
 John falls at his feet.

00:40:10.539 --> 00:40:11.279
 As though dead.

00:40:11.679 --> 00:40:12.599
 And this is where I'll finish.

00:40:13.539 --> 00:40:14.739
 Because Jesus does something.

00:40:14.940 --> 00:40:15.860
 That's actually very interesting.

00:40:15.980 --> 00:40:16.819
 That is very different.

00:40:16.900 --> 00:40:17.299
 To actually.

00:40:17.460 --> 00:40:18.059
 The book of Daniel.

00:40:18.059 --> 00:40:20.519
 When Daniel sees this vision.

00:40:21.320 --> 00:40:22.480
 In Daniel chapter 10.

00:40:23.320 --> 00:40:24.179
 He also says.

00:40:24.279 --> 00:40:25.440
 I had no strength.

00:40:26.460 --> 00:40:27.279
 It was only me that saw it.

00:40:27.299 --> 00:40:28.159
 And I was just terrified.

00:40:28.420 --> 00:40:29.460
 And I had no strength.

00:40:30.539 --> 00:40:31.759
 But then it was an angel.

00:40:31.860 --> 00:40:32.259
 Actually.

00:40:32.639 --> 00:40:33.840
 That came and touched him.

00:40:34.659 --> 00:40:36.279
 The angel touches Daniel.

00:40:36.360 --> 00:40:36.699
 And says.

00:40:36.779 --> 00:40:37.239
 Fear not.

00:40:37.239 --> 00:40:37.900
 Oh loved one.

00:40:38.799 --> 00:40:39.420
 Fear not.

00:40:40.659 --> 00:40:41.460
 He says it twice.

00:40:41.820 --> 00:40:43.000
 I always find it fascinating.

00:40:43.119 --> 00:40:43.980
 Whenever God speaks.

00:40:44.099 --> 00:40:46.320
 Or whenever there is a supernatural interaction.

00:40:46.320 --> 00:40:47.240
 To the natural world.

00:40:47.880 --> 00:40:48.400
 Even when.

00:40:48.580 --> 00:40:49.600
 The heavens opened up.

00:40:49.620 --> 00:40:50.420
 At Jesus' baptism.

00:40:51.200 --> 00:40:52.120
 What did God say?

00:40:52.600 --> 00:40:52.780
 I mean.

00:40:52.800 --> 00:40:53.640
 He doesn't speak much.

00:40:53.680 --> 00:40:54.240
 In the New Testament.

00:40:54.460 --> 00:40:55.160
 But when he speaks.

00:40:55.200 --> 00:40:56.260
 What does he say to Jesus?

00:40:58.100 --> 00:40:58.880
 This is my son.

00:40:58.940 --> 00:40:59.780
 With whom I am well pleased.

00:40:59.820 --> 00:41:00.840
 This is my beloved son.

00:41:00.960 --> 00:41:01.980
 With whom I am well pleased.

00:41:02.120 --> 00:41:03.380
 This is the one whom I love.

00:41:04.160 --> 00:41:05.080
 And then Daniel.

00:41:05.480 --> 00:41:05.780
 When he gets.

00:41:05.780 --> 00:41:06.240
 When he's.

00:41:06.300 --> 00:41:07.120
 When he's weak.

00:41:07.340 --> 00:41:08.620
 And just terrified.

00:41:08.920 --> 00:41:09.580
 An angel touches him.

00:41:09.620 --> 00:41:09.820
 And says.

00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:10.400
 Fear not.

00:41:10.880 --> 00:41:11.780
 Greatly loved one.

00:41:13.400 --> 00:41:14.700
 Do we recognize that?

00:41:14.960 --> 00:41:15.860
 How loved we are.

00:41:15.860 --> 00:41:16.840
 Like John realizes.

00:41:18.400 --> 00:41:19.680
 Now that's the book of Daniel.

00:41:20.200 --> 00:41:21.120
 An angel touches him.

00:41:21.180 --> 00:41:21.960
 Because if.

00:41:22.320 --> 00:41:23.240
 If God touched him.

00:41:23.300 --> 00:41:24.140
 It still wouldn't be good.

00:41:24.519 --> 00:41:25.380
 But in this one.

00:41:25.640 --> 00:41:26.660
 In the book of Revelation.

00:41:27.200 --> 00:41:27.840
 When I saw him.

00:41:27.880 --> 00:41:28.599
 I fell at his feet.

00:41:28.620 --> 00:41:29.099
 As though dead.

00:41:29.280 --> 00:41:30.800
 But he laid his right hand on me.

00:41:31.280 --> 00:41:31.599
 Saying.

00:41:31.760 --> 00:41:32.099
 Fear not.

00:41:32.160 --> 00:41:33.240
 I am the first and the last.

00:41:33.240 --> 00:41:34.059
 And the living one.

00:41:35.800 --> 00:41:37.220
 He laid his right hand.

00:41:38.559 --> 00:41:39.160
 On John.

00:41:40.340 --> 00:41:41.660
 Because something's different now.

00:41:42.840 --> 00:41:44.059
 Jesus has made the way.

00:41:44.739 --> 00:41:45.420
 He's the king.

00:41:45.519 --> 00:41:46.019
 He's the prophet.

00:41:46.159 --> 00:41:46.759
 He's the priest.

00:41:47.059 --> 00:41:48.299
 That has paved the way.

00:41:49.219 --> 00:41:49.920
 He's the bridge.

00:41:50.380 --> 00:41:51.940
 That then now allows.

00:41:52.079 --> 00:41:53.000
 Someone like John.

00:41:53.340 --> 00:41:54.199
 To be touched.

00:41:54.779 --> 00:41:55.360
 By Jesus.

00:41:59.400 --> 00:42:00.320
 And so he says.

00:42:00.400 --> 00:42:00.799
 Fear not.

00:42:01.799 --> 00:42:02.460
 And the first.

00:42:03.000 --> 00:42:03.559
 And the last.

00:42:04.579 --> 00:42:05.679
 He's basically saying.

00:42:06.320 --> 00:42:07.340
 Don't be afraid John.

00:42:07.340 --> 00:42:09.600
 Everything's going to be.

00:42:10.420 --> 00:42:10.780
 Okay.

00:42:12.240 --> 00:42:12.600
 Everything.

00:42:12.860 --> 00:42:13.860
 Don't we all need.

00:42:13.940 --> 00:42:14.900
 That person sometimes.

00:42:14.900 --> 00:42:16.039
 To come and just tell us.

00:42:17.140 --> 00:42:18.460
 Everything's going to be alright.

00:42:19.200 --> 00:42:19.940
 In the end.

00:42:20.019 --> 00:42:20.900
 Everything will be alright.

00:42:21.019 --> 00:42:22.019
 And if things are not alright.

00:42:22.120 --> 00:42:22.960
 It's not the end.

00:42:24.180 --> 00:42:25.140
 That's what Jesus comes.

00:42:25.220 --> 00:42:25.640
 And just says.

00:42:25.860 --> 00:42:27.079
 I am the first and the last.

00:42:27.360 --> 00:42:28.519
 I have the first say.

00:42:28.680 --> 00:42:29.500
 And I will have.

00:42:29.660 --> 00:42:30.480
 The final say.

00:42:30.559 --> 00:42:31.420
 So whatever persecution.

00:42:31.420 --> 00:42:32.120
 Is happening.

00:42:32.480 --> 00:42:33.980
 Whether you're going to die today.

00:42:34.140 --> 00:42:35.120
 Or whether you're going to die.

00:42:35.119 --> 00:42:35.859
 In another ten years.

00:42:35.900 --> 00:42:36.460
 It doesn't matter.

00:42:36.579 --> 00:42:37.279
 I am the first.

00:42:37.460 --> 00:42:38.199
 And I am the last.

00:42:38.440 --> 00:42:40.699
 I am the living one.

00:42:40.779 --> 00:42:41.359
 I died.

00:42:41.659 --> 00:42:42.179
 And behold.

00:42:42.539 --> 00:42:43.400
 I am alive.

00:42:44.039 --> 00:42:44.440
 Forevermore.

00:42:46.099 --> 00:42:47.159
 And I have the keys.

00:42:47.599 --> 00:42:48.460
 Of death and Hades.

00:42:50.380 --> 00:42:51.500
 I recently had a friend.

00:42:51.619 --> 00:42:52.259
 Who's father.

00:42:52.500 --> 00:42:54.199
 Who's not been well.

00:42:54.339 --> 00:42:55.920
 And we were just praying.

00:42:56.339 --> 00:42:56.779
 Together.

00:42:57.259 --> 00:42:57.900
 And preparing.

00:42:58.599 --> 00:43:00.099
 Preparing for this rollercoaster ride.

00:43:00.159 --> 00:43:01.119
 Of when is it going to happen.

00:43:01.719 --> 00:43:02.599
 And as we were praying.

00:43:02.699 --> 00:43:03.239
 Just felt so.

00:43:03.480 --> 00:43:04.559
 Just great comfort.

00:43:04.559 --> 00:43:05.420
 In those words.

00:43:05.420 --> 00:43:06.360
 That Jesus said.

00:43:07.119 --> 00:43:07.679
 Fear not.

00:43:07.759 --> 00:43:09.000
 I'm the first and the last.

00:43:09.219 --> 00:43:10.119
 I hold the keys.

00:43:10.679 --> 00:43:11.360
 No one else.

00:43:12.159 --> 00:43:13.259
 I hold the keys.

00:43:15.079 --> 00:43:16.440
 And I'm alive forevermore.

00:43:19.519 --> 00:43:21.159
 Is that image of Jesus.

00:43:21.480 --> 00:43:21.960
 In your mind.

00:43:22.679 --> 00:43:24.139
 As we go about church.

00:43:24.239 --> 00:43:25.539
 And he's going to talk to the church.

00:43:25.699 --> 00:43:26.380
 More terrifying.

00:43:26.480 --> 00:43:27.179
 Is this being.

00:43:27.340 --> 00:43:28.000
 That comes.

00:43:28.179 --> 00:43:29.059
 Introduces himself.

00:43:29.340 --> 00:43:30.059
 Peels back the curtain.

00:43:30.239 --> 00:43:31.420
 Then starts talking to John.

00:43:31.460 --> 00:43:31.679
 And saying.

00:43:31.840 --> 00:43:33.000
 Tell the church this.

00:43:33.000 --> 00:43:34.079
 Tell my body.

00:43:34.480 --> 00:43:34.780
 This.

00:43:37.039 --> 00:43:38.159
 I want to find out.

00:43:38.280 --> 00:43:38.760
 What he says.

00:43:39.260 --> 00:43:40.380
 And I hope you do too.

00:43:41.519 --> 00:43:42.239
 Because this.

00:43:42.340 --> 00:43:43.019
 Isn't about.

00:43:43.199 --> 00:43:44.219
 Just us doing church.

00:43:44.300 --> 00:43:44.719
 In a nice.

00:43:44.780 --> 00:43:45.079
 Cozy.

00:43:45.159 --> 00:43:45.340
 Warm.

00:43:45.440 --> 00:43:45.860
 Fuzzy way.

00:43:45.860 --> 00:43:50.320
 If he is coming back.

00:43:51.120 --> 00:43:52.140
 If he is real.

00:43:53.260 --> 00:43:53.980
 Are we.

00:43:54.140 --> 00:43:55.099
 Preparing our hearts.

00:43:55.400 --> 00:43:56.059
 For him.

00:43:56.220 --> 00:43:56.800
 In the right way.

00:43:57.059 --> 00:43:58.039
 And do we fall.

00:43:58.140 --> 00:43:58.920
 At his feet.

00:43:59.880 --> 00:44:00.320
 Recognizing.

00:44:00.500 --> 00:44:01.720
 That he is so much bigger.

00:44:01.780 --> 00:44:02.340
 He is beginning.

00:44:02.500 --> 00:44:02.920
 And the end.

00:44:03.180 --> 00:44:03.980
 He is also.

00:44:04.820 --> 00:44:05.200
 Out.

00:44:05.420 --> 00:44:05.700
 Of.

00:44:05.920 --> 00:44:06.519
 This world.

00:44:06.920 --> 00:44:07.940
 Beyond what our minds.

00:44:08.019 --> 00:44:08.480
 Can comprehend.

00:44:09.360 --> 00:44:10.099
 That humbles me.

00:44:10.120 --> 00:44:11.059
 I don't know whether it is for you.

00:44:11.460 --> 00:44:12.440
 If anyone you meet.

00:44:12.579 --> 00:44:12.719
 Any.

00:44:13.420 --> 00:44:14.059
 Church worker.

00:44:14.139 --> 00:44:14.480
 Any pastor.

00:44:14.579 --> 00:44:15.099
 Any congregation.

00:44:15.480 --> 00:44:16.159
 Anyone who.

00:44:16.619 --> 00:44:17.599
 Makes you feel as though.

00:44:17.799 --> 00:44:19.139
 They have got Jesus sussed.

00:44:19.920 --> 00:44:20.320
 And oh.

00:44:20.460 --> 00:44:21.440
 Actually we understand Jesus.

00:44:21.480 --> 00:44:22.299
 I know what Jesus likes.

00:44:22.519 --> 00:44:22.699
 Oh.

00:44:22.799 --> 00:44:23.659
 Jesus doesn't like that.

00:44:23.779 --> 00:44:23.960
 Oh.

00:44:24.079 --> 00:44:25.299
 Jesus doesn't like you dyeing his hair.

00:44:25.480 --> 00:44:25.799
 Your hair.

00:44:26.139 --> 00:44:27.380
 Jesus doesn't like you doing this.

00:44:27.440 --> 00:44:27.779
 Jesus doesn't.

00:44:28.340 --> 00:44:28.920
 I don't know.

00:44:28.920 --> 00:44:31.440
 I look at this Jesus.

00:44:31.579 --> 00:44:32.740
 And I can just do what John says.

00:44:32.900 --> 00:44:34.659
 And I think he was like this.

00:44:35.480 --> 00:44:36.980
 But there's something about it.

00:44:38.000 --> 00:44:39.000
 That makes me afraid.

00:44:40.019 --> 00:44:41.420
 But there's something about it.

00:44:41.480 --> 00:44:42.579
 That also gives me comfort.

00:44:44.159 --> 00:44:45.680
 That he has the final say.

00:44:45.740 --> 00:44:46.780
 That he truly does.

00:44:47.320 --> 00:44:47.720
 Win.

00:44:50.380 --> 00:44:51.700
 Does that fill you with faith?

00:44:51.880 --> 00:44:52.519
 I hope it does.

00:44:53.740 --> 00:44:54.559
 Does that fill you with.

00:44:54.639 --> 00:44:54.760
 Okay.

00:44:55.220 --> 00:44:56.820
 I need to reorder my life.

00:44:56.860 --> 00:44:57.300
 A little bit.

00:44:57.300 --> 00:44:58.620
 Because my.

00:44:58.740 --> 00:44:59.620
 If he came now.

00:44:59.720 --> 00:45:00.820
 If this guy came now.

00:45:01.460 --> 00:45:02.860
 That sword is coming straight in.

00:45:04.960 --> 00:45:06.500
 I'm not trying to strike fear in you.

00:45:06.539 --> 00:45:07.580
 Because the first thing he says.

00:45:07.680 --> 00:45:08.400
 Is fear not.

00:45:08.519 --> 00:45:09.380
 It's not about fear.

00:45:11.220 --> 00:45:13.220
 It's not about getting you to the point.

00:45:13.320 --> 00:45:14.620
 Where you're afraid of this being.

00:45:14.780 --> 00:45:16.220
 So that you would get your life in order.

00:45:16.320 --> 00:45:17.019
 It's not that.

00:45:18.080 --> 00:45:19.300
 Because every time.

00:45:19.360 --> 00:45:20.160
 Heaven comes down.

00:45:20.160 --> 00:45:21.560
 The message is always the same.

00:45:21.980 --> 00:45:22.280
 Love.

00:45:22.620 --> 00:45:23.019
 Love.

00:45:23.480 --> 00:45:23.800
 Love.

00:45:24.300 --> 00:45:26.580
 Do you realize how much you are loved?

00:45:27.300 --> 00:45:28.900
 Perfect love drives out that fear.

00:45:29.220 --> 00:45:29.440
 Love.

00:45:29.580 --> 00:45:31.460
 It covers a multitude of sins.

00:45:31.740 --> 00:45:32.500
 And maybe for me.

00:45:32.580 --> 00:45:34.320
 The most important verse in all of this.

00:45:34.380 --> 00:45:35.300
 I want you to turn to it.

00:45:35.500 --> 00:45:36.100
 I want you to look at it.

00:45:36.120 --> 00:45:36.860
 I want you to highlight it.

00:45:36.900 --> 00:45:37.519
 And scribble on it.

00:45:37.760 --> 00:45:38.580
 Is chapter one.

00:45:38.640 --> 00:45:39.180
 Verse five.

00:45:40.700 --> 00:45:42.140
 To him who loves us.

00:45:42.300 --> 00:45:43.539
 And has freed us.

00:45:43.620 --> 00:45:44.460
 From our sins.

00:45:44.580 --> 00:45:45.200
 By his blood.

00:45:46.100 --> 00:45:46.640
 That's it.

00:45:47.940 --> 00:45:49.280
 You're going to take anything from today.

00:45:49.560 --> 00:45:50.340
 That's the verse.

00:45:50.539 --> 00:45:52.539
 To him who loves us.

00:45:52.620 --> 00:45:53.760
 And has freed us.

00:45:53.840 --> 00:45:54.720
 From our sins.

00:45:54.880 --> 00:45:55.780
 By his blood.

00:45:55.780 --> 00:45:58.820
 And made us a kingdom.

00:46:01.860 --> 00:46:02.660
 He is king.

00:46:02.800 --> 00:46:03.060
 Prophet.

00:46:03.460 --> 00:46:03.960
 And priest.

00:46:04.540 --> 00:46:05.320
 He is the alpha.

00:46:05.640 --> 00:46:06.160
 And omega.

00:46:06.280 --> 00:46:07.100
 He is the first.

00:46:07.420 --> 00:46:07.800
 And the last.

00:46:07.800 --> 00:46:09.560
 He was dead.

00:46:09.640 --> 00:46:10.820
 But now he is alive.

00:46:11.260 --> 00:46:11.700
 Forevermore.

00:46:11.940 --> 00:46:13.940
 Do you know that Jesus?

00:46:16.300 --> 00:46:17.260
 I pray that.

00:46:17.580 --> 00:46:18.580
 When people walk in here.

00:46:18.800 --> 00:46:20.180
 When you walk in here.

00:46:20.740 --> 00:46:22.000
 When I walk in here.

00:46:22.000 --> 00:46:25.239
 We will meet Jesus.

00:46:25.960 --> 00:46:27.440
 I think that's why he says.

00:46:27.760 --> 00:46:28.679
 Bring them to me.

00:46:28.980 --> 00:46:30.219
 Don't bring them to church.

00:46:30.860 --> 00:46:31.619
 Bring them.

00:46:32.559 --> 00:46:33.219
 To me.

00:46:34.579 --> 00:46:36.079
 I have a final question for you.

00:46:36.820 --> 00:46:38.280
 Those of you who have been in church.

00:46:38.400 --> 00:46:39.760
 Who's been in church here for more than.

00:46:40.239 --> 00:46:41.599
 Who's been a Christian for more than.

00:46:41.840 --> 00:46:42.159
 10 years.

00:46:42.159 --> 00:46:45.500
 15.

00:46:46.839 --> 00:46:47.440
 20.

00:46:48.480 --> 00:46:49.159
 25.

00:46:50.440 --> 00:46:51.079
 30.

00:46:52.039 --> 00:46:52.739
 Going strong Albert.

00:46:52.879 --> 00:46:53.259
 35.

00:46:54.179 --> 00:46:54.819
 40.

00:46:54.819 --> 00:46:55.219
 40.

00:46:57.219 --> 00:46:57.980
 45.

00:46:59.259 --> 00:46:59.819
 50.

00:47:01.440 --> 00:47:02.019
 Albert.

00:47:02.019 --> 00:47:07.420
 Then you'll have heard this.

00:47:08.239 --> 00:47:10.039
 Will you accept Jesus.

00:47:10.800 --> 00:47:12.320
 As your Lord and Savior.

00:47:13.059 --> 00:47:13.840
 You'll have heard that.

00:47:15.340 --> 00:47:16.219
 And many of you.

00:47:16.300 --> 00:47:16.679
 Yeah I do.

00:47:17.239 --> 00:47:17.400
 Yeah.

00:47:19.739 --> 00:47:21.340
 I want us to pause and just finish there.

00:47:21.400 --> 00:47:21.880
 Just for a second.

00:47:22.539 --> 00:47:23.820
 Think about that question again.

00:47:24.239 --> 00:47:26.539
 Will you accept Jesus as your Lord.

00:47:27.219 --> 00:47:28.039
 And Savior.

00:47:29.800 --> 00:47:30.519
 This isn't.

00:47:30.519 --> 00:47:34.619
 will you accept Jesus to be the guy who will help you through your exams and that tough relationship?

00:47:35.800 --> 00:47:39.599
 The one who's going to help you have a comfortable life where you'll feel fulfilled and happy.

00:47:41.579 --> 00:47:43.500
 No, that's the genie from Aladdin.

00:47:44.639 --> 00:47:45.400
 It's a different guy.

00:47:46.699 --> 00:47:48.059
 He's not the beginning and the end.

00:47:48.579 --> 00:47:49.699
 He's not the first and the last.

00:47:51.159 --> 00:47:53.759
 Will you accept Jesus as your Lord?

00:47:55.300 --> 00:47:59.780
 In every other context, when we think of the word Lord, we think this is serious.

00:47:59.780 --> 00:48:06.920
 That guy, when you give someone the permission to be your Lord, he is in control of your everything.

00:48:07.600 --> 00:48:09.200
 And yet we so casually go, yeah, he's my Lord.

00:48:10.340 --> 00:48:13.400
 Which part of your life tells me that Jesus is your Lord?

00:48:16.040 --> 00:48:18.760
 Which part of your life tells me that Jesus is your Lord?

00:48:18.920 --> 00:48:20.260
 I ask myself that question.

00:48:21.840 --> 00:48:22.880
 Often it's no part.

00:48:23.580 --> 00:48:26.060
 Because he's my Lord, but now he lets me do whatever I want.

00:48:26.060 --> 00:48:26.820
 He doesn't micromanage.

00:48:26.820 --> 00:48:31.000
 So my whole day, my whole week doesn't really have anything to do with him.

00:48:31.039 --> 00:48:31.820
 Then he's not your Lord.

00:48:33.940 --> 00:48:39.700
 Which part of our lives show us that Jesus really is our Lord and our Savior?

00:48:41.640 --> 00:48:45.500
 He loves us and he freed us by his blood.

00:48:45.960 --> 00:48:46.900
 He saved us.

00:48:47.460 --> 00:48:48.380
 We were drowning.

00:48:48.960 --> 00:48:50.080
 We were dying.

00:48:50.539 --> 00:48:51.539
 We were blind.

00:48:51.539 --> 00:48:52.739
 We were lost.

00:48:53.400 --> 00:48:54.920
 But he saved us.

00:48:55.699 --> 00:48:56.800
 He saved you.

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 So what Paul says to the church in Ephesus is that remember at one time you were separated from Christ.

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 You were strangers to the covenants of promise.

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 You didn't have hope and you didn't have God in the world.

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 But Christ, because of what he did, now in Christ Jesus, he came and preached peace to those who were near and to those who were far off.

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 He broke down that dividing wall of hostility.

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 He became the priest, the bridge builder for us.

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 He made a way so that we would be households and members in the household of God.

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 Now he's the cornerstone and we are the stones that circle around him.

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 We are the living stones that he puts around him.

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 But he's the head.

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 Will you accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior?

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 Will you recognize that you need saving?

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 Would you submit to him and allow him to be your center?

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 Because if this book is to be believed,

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 if this is what is coming,

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 and I'm not an end times kind of guy,

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 repent because Jesus is coming tomorrow and sell everything.

00:50:06.780 --> 00:50:08.380
 Move to Hawaii.

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 Sorry, that's my own personal dream.

00:50:12.519 --> 00:50:13.260
 Move to Hawaii.

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 But I'm just like,

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 God, but if this is you,

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 then I need to move my furniture around in my house.

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 Because everything is centered around me right now.

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 But if this is truly who you are,

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 I will accept you as my Lord and Savior.

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 Would you give me grace and mercy

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 as I slowly move my furniture around

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 to put you in the center of everything.

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 I'm going to invite Paul, Alex,

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 and the worship team to come up.

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 I just want to,

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 we're going to finish with a song

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 which is familiar to all of us.

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 But that song that we sang earlier,

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 I bring you more than a song.

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 You're looking right into my heart.

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 I'll encourage you.

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 Don't sing this if you're still

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 holding on

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 to your version of Jesus,

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 to your bobblehead.

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 I like my bobblehead Jesus.

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 Well, you keep your bobblehead Jesus.

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 But I'm here to tell you,

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 he's not the Alpha and Omega.

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 He's not the first and the last.

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 He cannot be contained.

00:51:23.920 --> 00:51:24.760
 Tim Keller said,

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 there is only really one way

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 to respond to Jesus.

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 And that is radically.

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 That is extremely.

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 He's either your Lord or he's not.

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 There is only one way to respond to him.

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 You either ignore him,

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 run away from him,

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 or you kneel down before him

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 and make him the center of everything.

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 Anything in the middle is not appropriate.

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 It doesn't work.

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 You can't live moderately

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 for a Typhoon 10.

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 You can't,

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 oh, I'm going to kind of

00:51:54.019 --> 00:51:54.859
 go about my way.

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 Still do the things.

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 Typhoon's going to sweep you up.

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 He's the center.

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 May he be our Lord

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 and our Savior.

00:52:08.819 --> 00:52:09.359
 Let's pray.

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 Jesus, we come to you

00:52:20.559 --> 00:52:21.240
 and we respond

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 to your message to the church.

00:52:25.940 --> 00:52:27.599
 Thank you for revealing yourself to us.

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 Gotta say,

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 it's a little bit scary.

00:52:33.400 --> 00:52:34.500
 Freaks us out a little bit.

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 But Lord,

00:52:38.579 --> 00:52:39.699
 we work out our salvation

00:52:39.699 --> 00:52:40.920
 with fear and trembling.

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 For it is you who worked in us

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 both to will

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 and to work for your good pleasure.

00:52:45.980 --> 00:52:47.039
 We know that all of this

00:52:47.039 --> 00:52:47.780
 is about love.

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 Because you loved us.

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 You freed us.

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 You made the way for us

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 to be able to connect with you

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 so you can touch us

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 and say,

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 fear not.

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 I started it all

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 and I will end it all.

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 It will be on my terms.

00:53:07.760 --> 00:53:09.059
 I'm the first and the last.

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 I died when I am alive

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 forevermore.

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 And I hold the keys.

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 Lord, we take comfort in that.

00:53:19.019 --> 00:53:20.200
 Because often our own lives

00:53:20.200 --> 00:53:21.519
 are just spiraling out of control.

00:53:21.720 --> 00:53:22.280
 We don't know

00:53:22.280 --> 00:53:23.180
 what tomorrow holds

00:53:23.180 --> 00:53:24.400
 but we take great comfort

00:53:24.400 --> 00:53:25.720
 in the fact that we know

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 who holds our tomorrow.

00:53:26.719 --> 00:53:29.659
 the ancient of days.

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 The Alpha and Omega.

00:53:36.699 --> 00:53:37.739
 The one who was pierced

00:53:37.739 --> 00:53:38.319
 for our sins

00:53:38.319 --> 00:53:40.759
 so that we would live

00:53:40.759 --> 00:53:42.980
 and have life to the full.

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 We make you the center, Lord.

00:53:46.739 --> 00:53:47.879
 Every day we choose

00:53:47.879 --> 00:53:48.759
 to take up our cross

00:53:48.759 --> 00:53:49.659
 and we make you

00:53:49.659 --> 00:53:50.859
 the center of our lives.

00:53:51.459 --> 00:53:52.019
 And would you,

00:53:52.139 --> 00:53:52.819
 would you, Lord,

00:53:53.299 --> 00:53:54.439
 be the center of our church?

00:53:54.739 --> 00:53:55.819
 We don't want to do church

00:53:55.819 --> 00:53:56.439
 if you're not here.

00:53:56.719 --> 00:53:58.939
 We don't want to gather

00:53:58.939 --> 00:53:59.859
 if it's not for you.

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 Thank you, Lord.