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 We're going to be hitting the last lesson here in the series, lesson number 13.

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 The title of this one is Consider His Priority.

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 God's priority is not just to give us everything we want.

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 His priority is to seek and to save those who are lost so that they can have life and have

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 it more abundantly.

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 Our text today is going to be John chapter 6, verses 1 through 15.

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 Oh, nice voice crack there.

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 After these things, Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias, and

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 a great multitude followed Him, because they saw His miracles, which He did on them that

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 were deceased.

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 And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there He sat with His disciples, and the Passover

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 feast of the Jews was nigh.

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 When Jesus then lifted up His eyes and saw a great company come unto Him, He saith unto

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 Philip, When shall we buy bread that these may eat?

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 And this He said to prove Him, for He Himself knew what He would do.

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 Philip answered Him, Two hundred penny worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every

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 one of them may take a little.

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 One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto Him, There is a lad here

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 which have five barley loaves and two small fishes.

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 But what are these among so many?

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 And Jesus said, Make the men sit down.

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 Now there was much grass in the place, and the men sat down in number about five thousand.

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 And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks, He distributed to the disciples,

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 and the disciples to them that were sat down, and likewise the fishes as much as they would.

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 When they were filled, He said unto His disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing

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 be lost.

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 Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with fragments of the

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 five barley loaves which remained over and above, unto them that had eaten.

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 Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth, that

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 prophet that should come into the world.

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 When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take Him by force to make Him a king,

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 He departed again unto a mountain Himself alone.

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 So over the past couple lessons, we've focused our attention on Christ, who He is, what He's

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 done for us.

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 And in this final lesson, we're going to look at one of the most well-known stories from

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 His life, and learn about God's priorities.

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 Our goal as we complete this series is to embrace Christ's priority as our own.

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 From the very first recorded miracle Jesus performed, He manifested His glory.

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 Back in John chapter 2, verse 11,

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 He didn't just perform miracles to impress a crowd.

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 His goal was that people would see His miracles and believe that He was the Son of God, the

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 Savior of the world.

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 So in this lesson, we're going to visit a miracle from His very early ministry.

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 This is the only one that is recorded in all four of the Gospels.

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 There is much that we can learn from it, and we'll look primarily in John chapter 6.

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 In our text, we see that Jesus took just five loaves of bread and a couple fish to feed as

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 many as 15,000 to 20,000 people.

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 The Bible only records that the men were sat down, but we can assume that there were women

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 and children among them as well.

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 Yet, the tragedy of these early days of Jesus' ministry was that many people never saw past

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 the miracles to believe on Jesus Christ as their Savior.

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 They were attracted to the miracles, the crowd, and the excitement, but they never accepted

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 Christ's offer of salvation.

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 The miracle of the feeding of the thousands occurred just before the Passover.

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 So it was in the spring, and the grass would have been green on the mountain where the people

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 gathered in the city of Galilee.

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 The Sea of Galilee, a freshwater sea, nine miles wide and 14 miles long, would have been a beautiful

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 place to gather.

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 This site was a place where Jesus would go to rest quite often.

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 As Jesus gathered there this particular day, he was looking for some time to rest with his

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 disciples, but then they see this giant crowd that had followed them.

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 See that in verse 5.

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 Then when Jesus lifted up his eyes and saw a great company come unto him, undoubtedly it

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 would have been easy for the disciples just to shoo them away and say, come back another

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 time, we're trying to take a nap.

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 But one of the great things about Jesus is that he truly loved and cared about people.

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 Rather than just turning them away, he met their needs.

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 So first we see the passion of Christ.

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 You know, we tend to see people for what they can do for us and in terms of how they might

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 inconvenience us.

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 But Jesus saw people through the eyes of compassion and made meaning for their needs his passion.

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 So we first see to care for the people.

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 Jesus had a great desire to care for those who had come unto him.

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 Although he was tired and weary from many days of ministry, he still took out the time and

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 effort to care for those that were near him.

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 See in Matthew chapter 14, verse 14, it says,

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 And Jesus went forth and saw a great multitude and was moved with compassion and he healed

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 their sick.

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 Mark chapter 6, verse 34,

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 It's easy for us to struggle with selfishness.

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 We all have our own schedules and agendas and it can be challenging for many of us to be flexible

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 when others ask us to inconvenience ourselves.

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 But Jesus always had compassion for the multitudes that came unto him.

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 It was part of his character to care for people.

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 Psalm 55, verse 12,

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 The Lord hath been mindful of us.

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 He will bless us.

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 He will bless the house of Israel.

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 He will bless the house of Aaron.

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 We can always count on Christ's love for us.

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 He's passionate to see us experience his love and goodness.

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 Christ's passion for people needs to be a characteristic that we have.

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 In addition, his passion for the multitude, Jesus had another passion, and that is to train his disciples.

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 Jesus knew that his earthly ministry would only last about three and a half years.

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 He recognized that it was vital for him to equip his disciples so that he could further the gospel message

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 after he left earth to go back to heaven.

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 Throughout his ministry to the masses, he was training a group of 12 men to carry his work forward

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 in the centuries to come.

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 And although Christ could have immediately met the need at hand,

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 he used the opportunity to train those that he was mentoring.

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 It's always almost easier just to do a job yourself than to ask someone else to do it.

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 You know, in teaching, you'll find quite often that a lot of teachers would just rather come in sick

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 than have to make a whole lesson plan.

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 Because when you're making a lesson plan,

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 you're having to think of every single possible scenario that could go wrong

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 and then make a plan for that.

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 Which, quite often, I just like, ah, forget it, I'm just going to go into work.

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 Because it's usually more work to just go in sick, or to make a lesson than it is to just go in sick.

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 When I was in college out at West Coast, I got a job out in the kitchen out there.

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 And because we were short-handed, they moved me up the ladder pretty quick.

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 So the second semester of my freshman year, I was already one of the shift managers,

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 training some of the new people.

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 And I had to learn pretty quick, I can't just try to sit there and do the job myself,

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 because I needed to be off doing other things.

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 So I actually had to take the time to sit down and train people how to properly use a dishwasher,

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 which is a lot less common that people know for some reason than you might think.

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 So I could go and make sure that people aren't trying to take more food so that everyone can get some.

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 Jesus trained his disciples in two ways.

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 First, by example.

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 It was by his example that these 12 exhausted disciples came across the Sea of Galilee to a mountain place

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 and learned the importance of prayer,

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 and how much all of us need to spend time alone with God, resting in him.

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 See this in Mark chapter 6, verses 31 and 32.

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 And he said unto them,

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 Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while.

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 For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

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 And they departed into a desert place by ship, privately.

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 Jesus was a perfect example for the disciples, and he's the perfect example for us today.

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 In everything we say, think, and do, we should be thinking about the example Christ set for us

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 and determine whether our actions are pleasing to him.

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 So Jesus didn't train his disciples only by example, but also by examination.

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 He took time to ask them questions, very specific questions,

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 and not so that Jesus could figure out the answer, because he already knew,

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 but it's so they can see how far their own faith had come.

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 Back in our text, John chapter 6, verses 5 and 6.

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 When Jesus lifted up his eyes and saw a great company come unto him,

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 he said unto Philip,

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 Whence shall we buy bread that these may eat?

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 And this he said to prove him, for he himself knew what he would do.

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 You can almost see it now.

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 The disciples are freaking out.

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 What are we going to do?

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 How are we going to feed all these people?

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 And Jesus just turns right to Philip.

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 Where's the money, Philip?

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 And Philip says, well, I don't know.

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 We don't have enough to even get him a little bit of bread.

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 John chapter 2, verses 24 and 25.

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 But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men.

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 And needed not that any should testify a man, for he knew what was in man.

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 Jesus knew exactly what was on Philip's mind.

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 The purpose for his question was to examine Philip's faith.

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 The word prove, in verse 6, literally means to test.

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 So, maybe you start a new job or something new,

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 and you're in a proving time, a probationary period.

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 It's time to see if something works out well,

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 or it's time to see if someone is doing well.

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 Jesus was showing Philip how his faith was doing.

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 The Lord will, at some point, allow you to go through a time of testing or proving.

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 Not to show him where your faith is, because he already knows,

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 but to show you where it is.

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 And so often, in our pride, we think that our faith is perfectly fine.

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 But when the test comes, we realize how much we need the Lord's help.

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 Philip did not do well on this test, of course.

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 When Jesus asked Philip the question, he immediately started digging in his pockets

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 to try and figure out how much money they had.

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 So, instead of looking to God, he looked to himself.

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 John chapter 6, verse 7, Philip answered him,

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 200 penny worth of bread is not sufficient for them,

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 that every one of them may take even a little.

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 Philip noted that amongst the disciples,

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 they had the equivalent of about eight months' pay for one person.

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 This would have been plenty for the disciples to eat,

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 but it wouldn't even have come close to feed the 5,000.

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 Philip looked at his own resources and was discouraged.

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 Although he had seen Christ do all these miracles before,

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 the first time there was a great need,

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 he looked to what human resources could do.

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 Jesus' question showed Philip just how weak his faith was.

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 Sometimes we're tempted to look at our own problems

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 and try to use our own resources to fix them.

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 But we know that God is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

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 So, when difficult times arise,

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 our test is not whether we're going to actually get it done,

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 but are we going to look to Christ to help us get it done.

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 Real quick, turn to Exodus chapter 4.

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 This one isn't in your outline.

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 Exodus chapter 4.

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 This is where Moses,

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 so he's about 40 years old

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 when he ends up killing one of the Egyptians,

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 runs away, live in the wilderness for another 40 years.

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 And he's out shepherding the fields

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 and he comes across a burning bush.

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 My first thought, if a bush starts talking to me,

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 is probably to go walk away and sleep.

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 But Moses is a little bit more curious.

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 So, he goes up to the bush.

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 And, of course, we know the story.

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 God's talking with him

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 about how he's going to send Moses back to Egypt

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 to set his people free.

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 And Moses is trying to come up with

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 just about every excuse possible

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 as to why he can't do it.

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 So, we'll start in verse 1 in chapter 4.

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 And Moses answered and said,

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 But behold, they will not believe me,

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 nor hearken unto my voice,

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 for they will say,

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 The Lord hath not appeared unto thee.

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 And God, of course,

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 is going to answer that question

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 and take away that concern.

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 And the Lord said unto him,

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 What is in thine hand?

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 And he said, A rod.

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 And he said, Cast it on the ground.

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 And he cast it on the ground,

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 and it became a serpent.

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 And Moses fled from before it.

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 And the Lord said unto Moses,

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 Put forth thine hand,

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 and take it by the tail.

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 And he put forth his hand,

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 and caught it,

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 and it became a rod in his hand.

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 That they may believe

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 that the Lord God of their fathers,

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 the God of Abraham,

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 the God of Isaac,

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 and the God of Jacob,

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 hath appeared unto thee.

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 And the Lord said furthermore unto him,

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 Put now thine hand into thy bosom.

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 And he put his hand into his bosom.

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 And when he took it out,

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 behold, his hand was leprous as snow.

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 And when he said,

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 Put thine hand into thy bosom again,

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 and he put his hand into his bosom again,

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 he plucked it out of his bosom.

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 And behold,

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 it was turned again as his other flesh.

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 And it shall come to pass

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 that they will not believe thee,

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 neither hearken to the voice

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 of the first sign,

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 that they will believe

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 the voice of the latter sign.

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 And it shall come to pass

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 that they will not believe

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 also these two signs,

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 neither hearken unto my voice,

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 that thou shalt take up

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 the water of the river

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 and pour it upon the dry land.

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 And the water which thou takest

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 out of the river

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 shall become blood

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 upon the dry land.

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 So Moses has a question,

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 and God gives him

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 three different options

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 on how it's going to work out.

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 But Moses still continues

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 in verse 10.

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 And Moses said unto the Lord,

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 O my Lord,

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 I am not eloquent,

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 neither heretofore,

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 nor since thou hast spoken

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 unto thy servant,

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 but I am of a slow speech

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 and of a slow tongue.

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 And the Lord said unto him,

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 Who made man's mouth?

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 Or who maketh the dumb,

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 or the deaf,

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 or the seeing,

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 or the blind?

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 Have not I the Lord?

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 Now therefore go,

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 and I will be with thy mouth

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 and teach thee

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 what thou shalt say.

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 And I can almost imagine it now

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 where Moses,

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 he's sitting there,

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 he's like,

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 well that one didn't work.

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 So let me try this one.

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 Sorry Lord,

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 and historians believe

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 that Moses had a stutter.

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 So he's like,

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 God I can't,

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 I can't get the words out.

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 And God is probably

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 sitting there very patiently,

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 waiting and waiting,

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 waiting.

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 Who made man's mouth?

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 Moses.

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 And not I the Lord?

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 And I think of Job,

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 where God comes at him

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 out of a whirlwind.

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 Another thing,

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 if a tornado starts talking to you,

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 I don't know what I would do,

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 but I don't think I might

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 sit there and listen.

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 I'm probably going to run away.

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 So this tornado is talking to Job,

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 and Job is sitting there,

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 and God basically says,

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 look at the universe, Job.

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 Who did all this?

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 Who makes the wind blow?

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 Who put the stars there?

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 Did not I do that?

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 Am not I in control?

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 You know,

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 the words I can't

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 have just as much pride

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 as I can,

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 because they both start

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 with the wrong person,

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 yourself.

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 Instead of saying to God,

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 all right God,

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 I know I can,

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 you can,

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 Moses just kept making excuses.

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 So we see the plan of Christ.

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 Jesus had a specific plan

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 that involved a miracle.

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 It was a miraculous plan.

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 Jesus considered all the needs

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 of all the people,

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 and so that he could be glorified,

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 he chose to use human involvement

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 to carry out his plan.

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 He didn't choose just anyone.

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 Out of all the people

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 he could have used in the crowd,

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 he chose a young lad,

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 as the Bible describes,

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 with a small lunch,

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 five barley loaves of bread,

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 and two fishes.

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 So perhaps saw his pure heart

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 and childlike faith,

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 and regardless to why God

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 chose to use him,

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 this young boy honored the Lord

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 with his lunch.

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 He could have thought

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 of his own needs

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 and kept all the food to himself,

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 but he didn't.

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 He gave what he had to Jesus.

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 Back in our text,

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 verses 8 and 9,

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 one of his disciples,

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 Andrew, Simon Peter's brother,

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 saith unto him,

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 there is a lad here

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 which hath five barley loaves

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 and two small fishes,

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 but what are they among so many?

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 Unfortunately,

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 many who give to Jesus

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 gives if they're paying their taxes.

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 They do it because they think

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 it's their duty

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 instead of giving out of joy.

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 Most people don't think,

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 man, I'm so great,

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 I get to pay this much

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 in taxes this year.

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 And on the other hand,

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 some people give to the Lord

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 like a young man

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 would give to his girlfriend

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 an engagement ring.

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 I can remember when

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 Kira and I got engaged,

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 and it's a whole story,

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 but I was just over the moon excited.

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 I just, I couldn't believe it.

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 I'm like, I can't believe

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 she actually said yes.

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 What a score for me.

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 So, we need to all give out,

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 give to the Lord

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 out of a pure heart

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 that is excited to give.

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 Matthew chapter 6, verse 21,

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 for where your treasure is,

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 there will your heart be also.

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 So, every man,

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 in 2 Corinthians chapter 9, verse 7,

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 every man according

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 as he purposeth in his heart,

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 so let him give,

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 not grudgingly or of necessity,

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 for God loveth a cheerful giver.

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 So, after receiving

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 the young boy's lunch,

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 Jesus revealed his divine power.

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 He used the resources

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 that had been put into his hands

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 to feed thousands

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 and thousands of people.

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 Anytime he puts something

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 seemingly small

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 and insignificant into God's hands,

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 he'll produce something

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 all-sufficient.

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 He takes the small amount

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 that we have

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 and multiplies it.

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 John chapter 6, verse 11,

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 and Jesus took the loaves

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 and when he had given thanks,

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 he distributed to the disciples

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 and the disciples to them

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 that were sat down

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 and likewise the fishes

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 as much as they would.

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 All through the Bible,

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 we can see God

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 taking small human resources

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 and doing something

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 mighty with them.

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 Think back to Moses again.

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 God ultimately used Moses

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 and a simple rod

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 to free the Israelites

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 from Egyptian bondage.

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 With that rod,

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 the Lord miraculously parted

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 the waters of the Red Sea.

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 Moses just had to yield

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 what he had to God

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 and then allow God

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 to do the rest.

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 Consider how God worked

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 through the life of David.

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 1 Samuel chapter 17,

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 verses 40 through 50.

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 And he took his staff

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 in his hands

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 and chose him five smooth stones

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 out of the brook

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 and put them in the shepherd's bag

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 which he had,

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 even a script,

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 and his sling

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 which is in his hands

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 and he drew near

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 to the Philistine.

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 And of course,

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 we know the story

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 of David and Goliath

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 where Goliath asked David,

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 are you a dog?

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 Did you come unto me

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 with sticks?

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 David says,

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 no, I come unto you

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 in the power of the Lord

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 and he's going to deliver you

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 into my hand.

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 And of course,

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 we know the song

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 and David swung his sling

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 round and around

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 and around and around.

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 And the giant came tumbling down.

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 God saw a pure heart in David

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 and a heart that wanted God

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 to be glorified.

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 And God wanted to use

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 this young heart.

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 So when David killed Goliath,

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 God did something

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 that David could have never done alone.

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 When we yield what we have

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 to the Lord,

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 laying ourselves on the altar

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 before God,

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 we present ourselves

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 with an attitude

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 that God can bless.

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 He uses people

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 who have surrendered hearts.

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 If you look in 1 Corinthians 1,

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 verses 27 and 29,

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 but God has chosen

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 the foolish things of the world

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 to confound the wise.

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 And God has chosen

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 the weak things of the world

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 to confound the things

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 which are mighty

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 and the base things of the world

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 which are despised.

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 Hath God chosen,

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 yea,

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 and things which are not

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 to bring not things that are,

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 that no flesh should glory

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 in his presence.

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 So we need to maintain

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 a childlike faith

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 and believe that God

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 is able to do

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 exceeding above

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 all that we could ask

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 or think.

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 And his plan

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 for this very small lunch

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 was pretty miraculous.

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 Then we see

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 a masterful plan.

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 Everything that Jesus did

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 was masterful.

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 Our Lord is a God

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 who sets things in order

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 exactly how they need to be.

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 In our text in verse 10,

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 Jesus said,

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 make the men sit down.

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 Now there was so much grass

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 in the place

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 that the men sat down

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 in a number about 5,000.

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 Mark chapter 6, verse 40,

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 and they sat down in ranks

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 by hundreds and by fifties.

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 And we see that Jesus

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 is doing this.

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 We see in 1 Corinthians

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 in chapter 14, verse 40,

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 it says,

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 let all things be done decently

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 and in order.

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 Scripture specifically

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 mentioned that there were

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 5,000 men,

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 not counting the women

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 and children.

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 So people believe

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 that there was around 15

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 to possibly 20,000 people

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 there that day.

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 And Jesus had them all

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 sit down in groups

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 of 50 to 100.

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 And then he began

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 setting out the food

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 according to the way

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 that he had set the order.

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 He had an organized,

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 masterful plan

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 of feeding thousands

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 of people.

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 After setting everything

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 in order,

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 Jesus instructed the disciples

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 to distribute the food,

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 verses 11 and 12.

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 And Jesus took the loaves

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 and when he had given thanks,

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 he distributed to the disciples

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 and the disciples to them

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 that were sat down

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 and likewise the fishes

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 as much as they would.

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 When they were filled,

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 he said unto his disciples,

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 gather up the fragments

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 that remain

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 that nothing be lost.

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 The distributing of the bread

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 gives the church

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 a wonderful picture

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 of our purpose

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 and mission today.

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 Just like the disciples

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 were giving out the bread

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 to sustain the people,

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 we are the recipients

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 of the bread of life.

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 Therefore,

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 we are to take the message

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 of Christ

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 and distribute it

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 to the lost world.

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 Just as Jesus divided

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 the crowds of thousands,

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 we can divide up

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 our own city,

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 divided into sections

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 so that we can do it

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 decently and in order.

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 And that we know

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 that God isn't just going to say

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 figure it out on your own.

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 In Acts chapter 1 verse 8

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 it says,

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 but ye shall receive power

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 after that the Holy Ghost

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 has come upon you

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 and ye shall be witnesses

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 unto me,

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 both in Jerusalem

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 and in Judea

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 and in Samaria

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 and to the uttermost

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 parts of the earth.

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 His masterful plan

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 also involved the disciples

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 conserving

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 the remainder of the food.

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 Verse 12,

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 when they were filled,

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 he said unto his disciples,

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 gather up the fragments

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 that remain

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 that nothing be lost.

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 So he not only provided

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 enough food

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 to satisfy the hungry crowd,

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 but also enough

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 to provide the next day's meal

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 for the disciples.

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 He did not forget

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 those who were laboring

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 the work of this miracle.

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 When you are faithful to Christ,

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 you can count on him

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 to be faithful

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 to provide for you.

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 He is completely capable

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 of meeting

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 every need you have.

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 Through observing

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 the passion of Jesus

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 to love people

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 and the plan of Jesus

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 to meet needs,

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 we discover

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 the priority of Jesus.

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 And in fact,

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 our text spells it out

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 for us

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 as it describes

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 what Jesus did

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 after this miracle.

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 So now we come to the day

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 after the feeding

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 of the thousands.

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 By this point,

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 Jesus had already

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 performed another miracle.

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 He had walked on water.

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 He's now gone back

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 to the other side of Galilee,

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 perhaps still trying

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 to find some rest.

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 And the multitudes again

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 come looking for Jesus

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 and notice what happens.

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 In verse 25,

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 John chapter 6,

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 And when they had found him

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 on the other side

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 of the sea,

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 they said unto him,

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 Rabbi,

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 when camest thou hither?

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 The next few verses

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 show how Jesus

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 saw their intentions

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 and told them

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 of their priority.

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 We can never hide

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 our true motives

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 from Christ.

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 He knew the priority

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 of these men.

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 So we see man's priority.

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 Verses 26 through 29,

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 Jesus answered them

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 and said,

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 Verily, verily,

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 I say unto you,

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 ye seek me not

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 because ye saw

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 the miracles,

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 but because ye did

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 eat of the loaves

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 and were filled.

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 Labor not for meat

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 which perisheth,

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 but for that meat

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 which endureth

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 unto everlasting life,

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 which the Son of Man

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 shall give unto you.

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 For him hath God

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 the Father sealed.

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 Then they say unto him,

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 What shall we do

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 that we might work

00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:08.460
 the works of God?

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 Jesus answered

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 and said unto them,

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 This is the work of God

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 that ye believe on him

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 whom he hath sent.

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 Jesus knew that these men

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 were not following him

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 to worship or honor God.

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 They were looking

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 for their own agendas,

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 for personal security

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 and comfort,

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 and they knew that Jesus

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 had the power to give it.

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 They were tired

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 of Roman oppression,

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 so they wanted to make

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 Jesus their king.

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 They were tired

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 of being the neglected minority,

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 and they wanted someone

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 to become a champion

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 for their cause.

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 And they wanted Jesus

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 to set up a kingdom

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 that would make them free

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 from all their earthly problems.

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 They wanted political security.

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 When Jesus therefore

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 perceived that they would come

00:23:45.339 --> 00:23:46.419
 and take him by force

00:23:46.419 --> 00:23:47.439
 to make him a king,

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 he departed again

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 into a mountain himself alone.

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 Not only did they want

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 political help,

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 but they also wanted

00:23:55.339 --> 00:23:56.599
 provisional help.

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 They saw that Jesus

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 could provide them

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 with bread and fish,

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 so they wanted to follow him

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 so that he would keep

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 giving it to them.

00:24:03.879 --> 00:24:05.299
 They were only following Jesus

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 based on their empty stomachs

00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:09.939
 rather than what they could give him,

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 which is life everlasting.

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 Mark chapter 6, verse 52,

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 For they considered not

00:24:16.139 --> 00:24:17.139
 the miracle of the loaves,

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 for their heart was hardened.

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 They only looked

00:24:20.940 --> 00:24:21.839
 at what was happening,

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 not why it was happening.

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 Though they had been eyewitnesses

00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:27.960
 of Jesus' miraculous sign,

00:24:28.319 --> 00:24:29.319
 they failed to understand

00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:31.099
 the purpose for those signs.

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 It wasn't just to feed them,

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 but rather it was

00:24:33.539 --> 00:24:34.639
 to prepare their hearts

00:24:34.639 --> 00:24:35.859
 to believe on Jesus

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 as the Messiah.

00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:39.019
 They wanted so much

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:39.519
 for themselves

00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:40.119
 that they missed

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 the most important thing.

00:24:43.500 --> 00:24:44.119
 How many of you

00:24:44.119 --> 00:24:44.699
 are a football fan?

00:24:46.159 --> 00:24:47.959
 NFL, college, any kind?

00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:49.619
 Well, you're probably familiar

00:24:49.619 --> 00:24:50.659
 with the name Tom Brady,

00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:51.279
 even if you're not

00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:52.239
 a big football fan,

00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:53.039
 quarterback of the

00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:53.799
 New England Patriots.

00:24:54.179 --> 00:24:55.659
 He had won three Super Bowls

00:24:55.659 --> 00:24:57.279
 by the time he was 28.

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 And then people look at him

00:24:59.619 --> 00:25:00.159
 and think, wow,

00:25:00.739 --> 00:25:02.019
 he sure has got a whole lot

00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:03.519
 figured out for being so young.

00:25:04.819 --> 00:25:05.959
 He had an interesting interview

00:25:05.959 --> 00:25:07.599
 in 2005 on 60 Minutes,

00:25:07.939 --> 00:25:09.079
 and he made the statement,

00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:11.539
 which was thought-provoking

00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:12.699
 for the people interviewing him.

00:25:13.659 --> 00:25:13.980
 He says,

00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:14.899
 sometimes I wonder,

00:25:15.339 --> 00:25:16.559
 why do I have

00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:17.639
 three Super Bowl rings

00:25:17.639 --> 00:25:18.740
 and think there's still

00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:19.480
 something greater

00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:20.659
 out there for me?

00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:22.480
 I think, God,

00:25:22.679 --> 00:25:23.939
 it's got to be more than this.

00:25:24.619 --> 00:25:26.039
 I mean, this isn't,

00:25:26.199 --> 00:25:26.799
 this can't be

00:25:26.799 --> 00:25:28.019
 what it's all cracked up to be.

00:25:28.699 --> 00:25:29.359
 Steve Croft,

00:25:29.419 --> 00:25:29.839
 the interviewer,

00:25:29.899 --> 00:25:30.199
 then asked,

00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:30.960
 so what's the answer?

00:25:31.639 --> 00:25:32.659
 And all he replies is,

00:25:32.819 --> 00:25:33.519
 I wish I knew.

00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:36.500
 If everything in life

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:37.420
 was perfect politically

00:25:37.420 --> 00:25:38.279
 and physically,

00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:39.619
 you would still have

00:25:39.619 --> 00:25:40.319
 a hole in your heart

00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:41.900
 that only God could fill.

00:25:42.579 --> 00:25:43.599
 These people were interested

00:25:43.599 --> 00:25:44.940
 in Jesus being a provider,

00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:46.359
 but they were not interested

00:25:46.359 --> 00:25:47.400
 in him as a savior.

00:25:48.079 --> 00:25:48.859
 Man's priority

00:25:48.859 --> 00:25:49.859
 is self-centered.

00:25:50.559 --> 00:25:50.920
 So,

00:25:51.139 --> 00:25:51.960
 we need to see

00:25:51.960 --> 00:25:53.700
 through Christ's priority.

00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:56.799
 first of all,

00:25:57.100 --> 00:25:57.660
 it's that all men

00:25:57.660 --> 00:25:58.319
 should be saved.

00:25:59.120 --> 00:25:59.819
 John chapter 6,

00:25:59.860 --> 00:26:00.259
 verse 29,

00:26:00.340 --> 00:26:00.920
 and Jesus answered

00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:01.539
 and said unto them,

00:26:01.960 --> 00:26:02.860
 this is the work of God

00:26:02.860 --> 00:26:04.019
 that ye believe on him

00:26:04.019 --> 00:26:06.140
 whom he hath sent.

00:26:07.059 --> 00:26:07.900
 Luke 19, 10,

00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:08.440
 for the Son of Man

00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:09.120
 has come to seek

00:26:09.120 --> 00:26:09.660
 and to save

00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:10.519
 that which was lost.

00:26:11.360 --> 00:26:11.940
 Christ's priority

00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:12.799
 is not merely for us

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:13.840
 to believe in God,

00:26:14.360 --> 00:26:14.920
 as even demons

00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:15.680
 believe in God.

00:26:16.580 --> 00:26:17.039
 Thou believest

00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:17.700
 that there is one God

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:18.319
 that do us well.

00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.880
 The devils also believe

00:26:19.880 --> 00:26:20.559
 and tremble.

00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:22.500
 Christ's priority

00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:23.580
 is for sinners

00:26:23.579 --> 00:26:25.480
 to trust him alone

00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:27.199
 as their personal savior.

00:26:28.099 --> 00:26:28.960
 Titus chapter 3,

00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:29.460
 verse 5,

00:26:29.539 --> 00:26:30.539
 not by works of righteousness

00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:31.619
 which we have done,

00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:33.259
 but according to his mercy

00:26:33.259 --> 00:26:34.259
 he saved us

00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:35.279
 by the washing

00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:35.960
 of regeneration

00:26:35.960 --> 00:26:36.879
 and renewing

00:26:36.879 --> 00:26:37.759
 of the Holy Ghost.

00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:39.859
 Ephesians 2, 8, 9,

00:26:39.939 --> 00:26:40.419
 for by grace

00:26:40.419 --> 00:26:41.339
 are you saved through faith

00:26:41.339 --> 00:26:42.199
 that not of yourselves

00:26:42.199 --> 00:26:43.240
 is the gift of God,

00:26:43.619 --> 00:26:44.399
 not of works

00:26:44.399 --> 00:26:45.619
 lest any man should boast.

00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:47.819
 And then back

00:26:47.819 --> 00:26:48.759
 in John chapter 3,

00:26:49.019 --> 00:26:50.299
 verses 17 and 18,

00:26:50.859 --> 00:26:51.819
 for God sent not his Son

00:26:51.819 --> 00:26:52.299
 into the world

00:26:52.299 --> 00:26:53.240
 to condemn the world,

00:26:53.579 --> 00:26:54.220
 but that the world

00:26:54.220 --> 00:26:54.799
 through him

00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:55.799
 might be saved.

00:26:56.359 --> 00:26:57.419
 He that believeth on him

00:26:57.419 --> 00:26:58.339
 is not condemned,

00:26:58.679 --> 00:27:00.039
 but he that believeth not

00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:01.419
 is condemned already,

00:27:02.019 --> 00:27:03.179
 because he hath not believed

00:27:03.179 --> 00:27:03.579
 in the name

00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:04.899
 of the only begotten

00:27:04.899 --> 00:27:05.759
 Son of God.

00:27:06.619 --> 00:27:07.720
 So God's priority

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:08.579
 is for every person

00:27:08.579 --> 00:27:09.179
 to be saved

00:27:09.179 --> 00:27:10.119
 and secondly,

00:27:10.679 --> 00:27:11.439
 to be secure.

00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:13.779
 Back in our main text,

00:27:13.859 --> 00:27:14.960
 verses 34 and 35,

00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:17.019
 then said they unto him,

00:27:17.140 --> 00:27:17.940
 Lord evermore,

00:27:18.059 --> 00:27:18.799
 give us this bread.

00:27:19.079 --> 00:27:19.940
 And Jesus said unto them,

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:21.000
 I am the bread of life.

00:27:21.360 --> 00:27:22.240
 He that cometh unto me

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:22.980
 shall never hunger,

00:27:23.440 --> 00:27:24.600
 and he that believeth on me

00:27:24.600 --> 00:27:25.600
 shall never thirst.

00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:28.039
 When you trust Christ

00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:28.600
 as your Savior,

00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:30.140
 you never have to wonder again

00:27:30.140 --> 00:27:30.600
 if your sins

00:27:30.600 --> 00:27:31.180
 have been forgiven.

00:27:32.180 --> 00:27:33.160
 His Spirit will

00:27:33.160 --> 00:27:34.620
 always be with you,

00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:35.420
 and there's nothing

00:27:35.420 --> 00:27:36.500
 no one can ever do

00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:37.620
 or change that.

00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:39.740
 Now that bears the question,

00:27:39.819 --> 00:27:40.640
 but what about assurance?

00:27:41.420 --> 00:27:42.300
 Well, that's on you.

00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:44.940
 God did the saving part.

00:27:45.700 --> 00:27:46.340
 It's up to you

00:27:46.340 --> 00:27:47.360
 if you're going to grow or not.

00:27:48.140 --> 00:27:48.360
 In fact,

00:27:48.380 --> 00:27:49.040
 turn to 1 Peter.

00:27:50.100 --> 00:27:52.800
 1 Peter chapter 1.

00:27:53.040 --> 00:27:53.300
 Sorry.

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.940
 I think it's 2 Peter chapter 1.

00:27:55.660 --> 00:27:55.960
 Yes.

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 2 Peter chapter 1

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 in verse 5.

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 In Peter's writing,

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 it says,

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 and beside this,

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 giving all diligence,

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 add to your faith

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 virtue

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 or moral excellence

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 and to virtue knowledge

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 and to knowledge temperance

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 and to temperance patience

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 and to patience godliness

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 and to godliness brotherly kindness

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 and to brotherly kindness charity.

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 For if these things be in you

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 and abound,

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 key words there,

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 they make you

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 that ye shall neither be barren

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 nor unfruitful

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 in the knowledge

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 of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 But he that lacketh these things

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 is blind

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 and cannot see afar off

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 and hath forgotten

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 that he was purged

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 from his old sins.

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 Notice it doesn't say

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 that they were never saved.

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 It says they never grew

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 in their faith

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 and that they forgot

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 that they were purged

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 from their old sins.

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 So if you're struggling

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 with assurance

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 of your salvation,

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 you might be thinking,

00:28:48.539 --> 00:28:48.759
 man,

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 did I say the right words?

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 Did I mean it at the time?

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 Well,

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 that's not the question

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 that you should be asking.

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 Is your faith growing?

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 According to Peter,

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 that's the problem

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 because it's very easy

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 to forget

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 that you were purged

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 from your old sins.

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 When you trust in Christ,

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 you are never,

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 ever going to have

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 to wonder again

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 if your sins are forgiven.

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 But growing your faith

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 is up to you.

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 John chapter 10,

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 verse 27 through 30,

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 says,

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 You'll notice that sentence

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 ends in a period.

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 That means the thought

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 is done.

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 It's over with.

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 There's nothing more

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 to say there.

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 If it had ended

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 in something like

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 a semicolon or a colon,

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 there'd be more to add.

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 But we can see

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 a divine order here

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 where Jesus is saying,

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 when you're saved,

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 you're saved forever.

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 And there's nothing

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 that you can do

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 to lose that.

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 But just like he asked

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 Philip the question

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 to test where his faith was,

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 test will come of your faith.

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 So despite our Lord's teachings,

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:06.019
 many couldn't get over

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 the miracles enough

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 to get to his message.

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 Look at our main text,

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 verses 60 and then

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 66.

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 Many therefore of his disciples,

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 when they had heard this,

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 said,

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 This is in hard saying.

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 Who can hear it?

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 From that time,

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 many of his disciples

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 went back

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 and walked no more

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 with him.

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 So when rubber meets the road,

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 and Jesus is like,

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 You don't need physical bread.

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 You need the bread of life.

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 And that might mean

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 giving up some things.

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 You know,

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 you're probably thinking

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 of the story

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 where a man came to Jesus

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 and said,

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 Oh, but I need to go

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 bury my father.

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 Well, if you dig a little bit

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 more into that story,

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 his father wasn't actually dead.

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 He was just waiting

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 for him to die.

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 And Jesus said,

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 Well, you've got to give it up.

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 You're going to follow me.

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 Because he was loving

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 his inheritance

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 more than he was loving Jesus.

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 So,

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 how is it that Jesus could,

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 how Jesus,

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 the perfect teacher,

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 had people who left him

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 and turned their backs?

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 If we just come for a religious gathering,

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 but never allow the word

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 to convict our hearts,

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 we won't truly be saved.

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 Christ offers salvation to all,

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 but we have to receive his words

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 in order to be saved.

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 You know,

00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:14.099
 I was listening to a preacher

00:31:14.099 --> 00:31:14.819
 not too long ago.

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 He had an interesting thought.

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 You know,

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 you've never known a world

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 without God in it.

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 Hmm.

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 Even unsaved people

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 have never known a world

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 without God in it.

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 The first time

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 someone is truly

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 going to be completely

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 separated from God

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 is if they die

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 and they're not saved.

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 Now,

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:37.660
 people come to church

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 all the time

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 that aren't saved,

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 but it's even worse

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 when someone comes to church

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 thinking they are

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 and they aren't.

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 And a lot of times

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 we can come to church

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 and not have fellowship

00:31:47.180 --> 00:31:47.880
 with God,

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 but we can have fellowship

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 with others about God

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 and get warm and fuzzy inside

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 and feel like we're just fine.

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 So we need to

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 seriously examine ourselves.

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 Are we truly saved

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 or do we just like

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 how church makes us feel?

00:32:02.340 --> 00:32:03.260
 After salvation,

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 we must take Christ's priority

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 and make it our own priority.

00:32:07.460 --> 00:32:08.660
 Rather than seeking God

00:32:08.660 --> 00:32:09.400
 merely to see

00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:10.420
 our physical needs met,

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 we must be willing

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 and available

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 to be used by him

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 to meet the spiritual needs

00:32:15.080 --> 00:32:15.880
 of others.

00:32:16.840 --> 00:32:17.180
 You know,

00:32:17.180 --> 00:32:18.400
 you see a lot of movements today

00:32:18.400 --> 00:32:19.720
 where their presentation

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:20.920
 of the gospel is just

00:32:20.920 --> 00:32:22.220
 God can fulfill all your needs,

00:32:22.279 --> 00:32:22.860
 which is true,

00:32:23.620 --> 00:32:25.900
 but people are speaking of that

00:32:25.900 --> 00:32:26.900
 as in physical needs.

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 God will give you

00:32:28.100 --> 00:32:28.740
 everything you want.

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 As you consider

00:32:29.779 --> 00:32:30.759
 the priority of Christ

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 to seek and to save the lost,

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 ask yourself

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 if your priorities

00:32:34.380 --> 00:32:35.600
 line up with his own.

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 Are you investing

00:32:37.100 --> 00:32:38.299
 your best time and energy

00:32:38.299 --> 00:32:39.100
 in bringing the gospel

00:32:39.100 --> 00:32:39.560
 to others?

00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:40.940
 This is truly

00:32:40.940 --> 00:32:41.759
 the single greatest

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:42.900
 and most rewarding

00:32:42.900 --> 00:32:44.460
 priority in life.

00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:46.279
 So we've considered

00:32:46.279 --> 00:32:47.700
 Christ through these lessons

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 and we can look back

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 and see a priority

00:32:50.700 --> 00:32:52.039
 on people woven

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 throughout each passage

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 that we've studied.

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 We've seen his care

00:32:55.139 --> 00:32:55.859
 for the disciples,

00:32:56.180 --> 00:32:56.920
 his deliverance

00:32:56.920 --> 00:32:57.660
 of those possessed

00:32:57.660 --> 00:32:58.119
 with demons,

00:32:58.259 --> 00:32:59.059
 his grief for Mary

00:32:59.059 --> 00:32:59.539
 and Martha

00:32:59.539 --> 00:33:00.740
 when their brother died,

00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:02.000
 and his compassion

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:02.740
 to raise Lazarus

00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:03.200
 from the dead,

00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:04.399
 his forgiveness

00:33:04.399 --> 00:33:05.460
 of the sinful woman,

00:33:06.119 --> 00:33:06.619
 the healing

00:33:06.619 --> 00:33:08.299
 of the impotent

00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:09.039
 and the blind,

00:33:10.039 --> 00:33:10.579
 his willingness

00:33:10.579 --> 00:33:11.440
 to continue preaching

00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:12.079
 the truth to those

00:33:12.079 --> 00:33:12.700
 who hated him,

00:33:12.700 --> 00:33:13.960
 and his suffering

00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:14.720
 and resurrection

00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:15.420
 for our sin.

00:33:16.299 --> 00:33:17.059
 So as we consider

00:33:17.059 --> 00:33:18.319
 these events

00:33:18.319 --> 00:33:19.180
 in Christ's life,

00:33:20.120 --> 00:33:20.940
 can there be any doubt

00:33:20.940 --> 00:33:21.700
 that his priority

00:33:21.700 --> 00:33:22.460
 was to seek

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:23.360
 and to save the lost?

00:33:24.940 --> 00:33:25.539
 It has been said

00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:26.500
 that there are only

00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:27.539
 one thing

00:33:27.539 --> 00:33:28.519
 that we can take

00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:29.279
 to heaven with us,

00:33:29.539 --> 00:33:30.640
 the souls of those

00:33:30.640 --> 00:33:31.259
 who have been led

00:33:31.259 --> 00:33:31.740
 to Christ.

00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:33.880
 Let us not follow Christ

00:33:33.880 --> 00:33:34.980
 only for personal gain,

00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:36.620
 but let us follow him

00:33:36.620 --> 00:33:37.740
 in bringing the gospel

00:33:37.740 --> 00:33:38.740
 to others.

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:40.740
 As we close,

00:33:40.819 --> 00:33:42.099
 turn back to 1 Samuel

00:33:42.099 --> 00:33:43.140
 chapter 17.

00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:44.880
 1 Samuel chapter 17.

00:33:46.160 --> 00:33:46.779
 And we see down

00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:47.559
 in verse 29,

00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:50.000
 just some backstory here,

00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:50.900
 in chapter 16,

00:33:51.960 --> 00:33:53.339
 God spoke to Saul

00:33:53.339 --> 00:33:53.759
 and he went

00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:55.079
 to go to Jesse,

00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:56.440
 and Jesse lines up

00:33:56.440 --> 00:33:57.039
 all of his sons

00:33:57.039 --> 00:33:57.700
 except for one,

00:33:57.759 --> 00:33:58.140
 who of course

00:33:58.140 --> 00:33:58.799
 we find out later

00:33:58.799 --> 00:33:59.200
 is David,

00:33:59.839 --> 00:34:00.579
 and they're trying

00:34:00.579 --> 00:34:01.420
 to find a new king.

00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:02.960
 Saul had disobeyed God,

00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:04.039
 he did not completely

00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:05.180
 destroy the Amorites

00:34:05.180 --> 00:34:07.140
 because Saul,

00:34:07.400 --> 00:34:08.159
 he says he was afraid

00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:08.679
 of the people,

00:34:08.959 --> 00:34:09.299
 but he was just

00:34:09.299 --> 00:34:09.879
 making excuses

00:34:09.879 --> 00:34:10.699
 for his own sin.

00:34:11.739 --> 00:34:12.500
 So God says,

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:12.979
 alright Saul,

00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:13.419
 you're not going

00:34:13.419 --> 00:34:13.979
 to be king anymore.

00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:16.659
 So Samuel now

00:34:16.659 --> 00:34:17.439
 is doing what God

00:34:17.439 --> 00:34:17.799
 told him to do

00:34:17.799 --> 00:34:18.319
 to go look for

00:34:18.319 --> 00:34:18.779
 a new king.

00:34:19.099 --> 00:34:19.779
 And we get to David.

00:34:19.879 --> 00:34:20.219
 And David,

00:34:20.359 --> 00:34:20.819
 of course,

00:34:20.879 --> 00:34:21.659
 is anointed with oil

00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:23.699
 and divinely ordained

00:34:23.699 --> 00:34:24.539
 to be the next king

00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:26.059
 of Israel.

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:28.559
 And his first job

00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:29.519
 that he has

00:34:29.519 --> 00:34:30.659
 as the soon-to-be

00:34:30.659 --> 00:34:31.419
 king of Israel,

00:34:31.919 --> 00:34:32.539
 his dad comes up

00:34:32.539 --> 00:34:33.119
 to him and says,

00:34:33.219 --> 00:34:34.159
 take these ten pieces

00:34:34.159 --> 00:34:34.539
 of cheese

00:34:34.539 --> 00:34:35.179
 and go to your brothers.

00:34:36.659 --> 00:34:37.739
 So David takes

00:34:37.739 --> 00:34:38.319
 those ten pieces

00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:38.760
 of cheese

00:34:38.760 --> 00:34:39.640
 and he goes

00:34:39.640 --> 00:34:40.660
 and what's the first

00:34:40.660 --> 00:34:41.120
 thing his brothers

00:34:41.120 --> 00:34:41.620
 say to him?

00:34:42.380 --> 00:34:42.740
 David,

00:34:42.840 --> 00:34:43.360
 why are you being

00:34:43.360 --> 00:34:43.900
 so naughty?

00:34:45.160 --> 00:34:45.980
 That's what they say.

00:34:46.100 --> 00:34:46.980
 I know the naughtiness

00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:47.539
 of your heart.

00:34:48.340 --> 00:34:48.440
 No,

00:34:48.480 --> 00:34:48.980
 I don't think I've ever

00:34:48.980 --> 00:34:49.620
 had a grown man

00:34:49.620 --> 00:34:50.360
 look me in my eyes

00:34:50.360 --> 00:34:51.460
 and say you're being naughty,

00:34:51.780 --> 00:34:52.880
 which would be

00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:53.460
 a little weird.

00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:56.099
 David is looking around

00:34:56.099 --> 00:34:57.760
 on how the soldiers

00:34:57.760 --> 00:34:58.900
 of Israel are cowering

00:34:58.900 --> 00:35:00.599
 because they're looking

00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:01.400
 at their own strength

00:35:01.400 --> 00:35:02.039
 rather than God

00:35:02.039 --> 00:35:02.539
 to protect them

00:35:02.539 --> 00:35:03.179
 from Goliath.

00:35:03.820 --> 00:35:04.340
 And of course,

00:35:04.380 --> 00:35:04.960
 we know the story

00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:05.519
 of how David

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 defeated Goliath.

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 But look in verse 29.

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 So David is looking around

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 and he says,

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 verse 29,

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 Now David said,

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 What have I now done?

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 He was just called naughty.

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 What have I done?

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 Is there not a cause?

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 And he turned from him

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 toward another

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 and spake after the same manner

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 and the people

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 answered him again

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 after the former manner.

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 So he's saying,

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 what are you doing?

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 We have a job to do.

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 Is there not a cause?

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 Just like Christ's priority,

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 is there not a cause?

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 People are dying every day

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 and it's our job

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 that God gave us

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 to go to them

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 to tell them about the gospel

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 and how they can be saved.

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 And even though

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 I would like very much

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 for Jesus to come back,

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 that's not time yet.

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 So until that happens,

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 we've got to keep working.

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 Turn to Psalm

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 and this is Psalm 83,

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 or sorry, Psalm 81.

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 Now when you're looking

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 at verses in the Old Testament,

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 you have to be very careful

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 because God is speaking to Israel

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 for the majority of it.

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 So you can't take exactly

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 what's being said

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 and apply it as if God

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 is speaking to you

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 in the same way.

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 For instance,

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 God did not promise you

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 that you would be

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 a great nation

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 like he did to Abraham.

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 But we can take principles

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 from the Old Testament.

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 So we see in Psalm 81

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 down in verse 10.

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 It says,

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 I am the Lord thy God

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 which brought thee up

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 out of the land of Egypt.

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 Open thy mouth wide

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 and I will fill it.

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 But my people

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 would not hearken

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 unto my voice

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 and Israel would none of me.

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 So I gave them up

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 unto their own hearts lusts

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 and they walked

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 in their own counsels.

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 Then we see here

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 God grieving for his people.

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 Oh, that my people

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 had hearkened unto me

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 and Israel had walked

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 in my ways.

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 I should have subdued,

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 I should soon

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 have subdued their enemies

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 and turned my hand

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 against their adversaries.

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 The haters of the Lord

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 should have submitted

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 themselves unto him

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 but their time

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 should have endured

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 forever.

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 He should have fed them

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 also with the finest

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 of wheat

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 with honey out of the rock

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 should I have satisfied thee.

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 So he's saying

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 if Israel would have

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 just listened

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 and would have taken care

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 of all their problems,

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 now that doesn't mean

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 Israel would have taken,

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 God would have taken care

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 of Israel's problems

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 the way Israel

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 would have liked.

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 Many times God works

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 through difficulties

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 and struggles

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 to give you exactly

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 what you need

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 just like he does today.

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 But we know

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 that if we're following God

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 he will work things out

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 for the best.

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 Whether it's the way

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 we wanted it to happen

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 or not,

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 we know that it's

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 what needs to happen.

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 So,

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 are we going to go?

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 We know that God

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 will take care of us

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 so what do we have to fear?

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 You know,

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 it's Saul,

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 he specifically said

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 he was afraid of the people

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 which is why he didn't

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 kill all the Amorites.

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 What was Saul afraid of?

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 God was protecting him.

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 He had the Holy Spirit

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 with him.

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 He was selfish.

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 He wanted it

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 for his own gain.

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 He was seeking

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 only what he could get

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 physically

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 rather than spiritually

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 just like the people

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 that followed Jesus

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 asking for more bread.

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 So we need to make

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 Christ's priority

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 our own

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 and take the gospel

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 out to a dying

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 and lost world

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 so that they can

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 not just have bread

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 but have the bread of life.

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 And that brings us

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 to the end

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 of our lesson series.

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 I don't know

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 what's going to be

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 coming up next

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 but,

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 Pastor,

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 I appreciate that

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 you know you've

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 distributed the lessons

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 among different men

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 in the church.

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 I know Lance,

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 you said this before

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 but it has been

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 really great

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 just to see

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 different people

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 teaching and

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 stepping up

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 and filling in

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 where we need.

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 So,

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 it's just been

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 a blessing to see

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 and a blessing

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 to hear others.

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 But,

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 Mr. Wilson,

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 would you please

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 pray for us

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 as we finish this series?

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