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 Good morning, church.

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 I'm really excited to bring the word this morning.

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! I'm excited to talk through God's word this morning with you guys.

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! I'd like to go ahead and pray for us before we start, though.

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 So let's pray.

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 Father, thank you so much for all the people you've given us this weekend

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 to pour over the scriptures

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 and consider what it means to press pause,

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 to prioritize prayer,

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 to prioritize scripture in our lives.

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 Lord, as we continue on this morning

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 and we look how we can press play,

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 God, I pray that you would hide me behind you,

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 that you would speak mightily through the word this morning,

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 and God, I pray that you would just,

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 I pray that you would continue to move in these students' lives.

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 We talked about highlights,

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 but God, I pray that you help us to remember how to carry on,

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 how to carry on from here with what we've learned,

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 and God, just help us to remember the things that we've learned this weekend.

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 Lord, thank you for all you've done.

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 Thank you for what you're going to do this morning.

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 In Christ's name we pray. Amen.

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 Well, if you are planning on following us this morning in the scripture,

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 Matthew 28 is where we're going to start.

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 So Matthew 28, if you'll turn there really quick.

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 I already did this, but I just want to say it again.

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 Thank you so much to everybody who helped out.

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 If you prayed, if you brought snacks, if you did all those things.

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 Man, I'm telling you,

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 my team was awesome.

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 The people who were able to be boots on the ground right there,

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 moving things back and forth.

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 You guys are lifesavers,

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 and so I'm just so grateful for all that you all have done.

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 I also want to let you guys know that this week,

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 yes, there was a lot of great gospel conversation.

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 I want you to know that it was definitely a fruitful weekend.

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 I'm not going to say the name of the student,

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 but someone has professed and confessed faith in Christ this weekend.

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 Someone's trusting Jesus this weekend.

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 So that gives a round of applause right there.

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 Absolutely.

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 Praise the Lord for that.

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 And I had another student talk to me about baptism as well.

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 So the Lord is definitely moving in this place,

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 and we do worship Him.

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 We do worship Him.

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 One thing we did this weekend,

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 you may have seen some of the pictures up there on that recap video.

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 We did a gospel service project, basically.

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 So what we did was we went out to a couple neighborhoods,

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 went to the Centennial, went to Country Club,

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 and we did a canned food drive.

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 And so some of our students went around,

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 knocked on doors,

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 but we had gospel tracts.

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 If you know what a gospel tract is,

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 and I have to thank Wade Pierce for helping me out with that,

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 get some gospel tracts.

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 Gospel tracts are basically just little ways

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 that if you don't know how to share the gospel with your words,

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 you can say,

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 I wanted to give this gift to you.

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 And it's a gift of the gospel.

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 And on that little piece of paper

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 or whatever form or media it may be,

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 it is just a gospel laid out for somebody.

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 So our students went to homes,

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 knocked on doors,

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 asked for cans of canned goods.

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 We're going to take to the mission

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 or to the outrage here in town.

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 And then they also said,

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 well, thank you for that

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 or thank you for your consideration.

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 Wanted to leave you with this.

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 So they got gospel tracts.

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 So our students got to participate

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 in sharing the gospel this weekend.

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 And that's another mighty way that God moved,

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 that our students got to partake in evangelism.

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 So that's another major thing in the Christian life

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 is baptism and evangelism.

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 Sorry.

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 The other thing I want to report

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 is we only had one bloody nose.

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 And if you guys know me,

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 if you heard me talk about this,

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 my students know,

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 what's my one rule in youth ministry?

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 No blood.

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 So we only got it one time.

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 We did really good.

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 We did really good.

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 It's okay.

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 I won't say who did it.

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 I won't say how it happened.

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 But I will say that it did happen

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 at the last junior high involvement.

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 So that gives you any indication

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 of what group this may have happened in.

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 And it was at Dodgeball.

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 It was in Dodgeball.

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 So that was really fun.

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 I also wanted to let you guys know

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 that this is really interesting

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 how God works on things.

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 I hadn't really planned

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 and thought through how I wanted to do it,

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 but the sermon series we've been going through

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 with the youth on Wednesday nights

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 has been called Follow.

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 So we learned what it means

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 to be disciples of Christ.

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 And so the first session was going through

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 that Christ initiates relationships with us.

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 He initiates it.

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 We don't go to Him.

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 He comes to us,

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 which makes a whole world of a difference

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 because if I tried to go to Him,

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 I'm always failing on that.

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 I'm always failing on going to Christ.

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 But Christ came and found me

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 in my spiritual death.

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 And then we talked about,

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 the second thing we talked about,

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 sorry,

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 the second thing we talked about

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 was how Jesus does not just make change possible.

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 It is going to happen.

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 If you are a disciple of Christ,

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 your life is changed.

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 And I give this illustration

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 to students all the time.

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 I won't use it

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 because I don't have a whole lot of time.

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 But basically the idea is that

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 if I came before you

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 and said that I got hit by a bus yesterday

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 and I stand before you like this,

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 did I get hit by a bus?

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 I'm lying to you.

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 I've not been changed.

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 And so when we encounter the gospel,

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 we're changed radically.

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 And it may not be immediately

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 that it happens all the time for us.

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 It may be over time

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 as we grow in Christ.

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 Some people's conversions,

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 when they come to Christ,

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 like I was a drug addict

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 and I was an alcoholic

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 and then Jesus saved me out of this

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 and that's amazing.

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 And then there's the really mundane one

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 where it's like,

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 well, I was eight years old

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 and I got saved in church.

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 No, both those salvations

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 are incredibly amazing

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 because the God of the universe

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 looked down on you and said,

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 I want that one.

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 The God of the universe said,

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 I sent my son for that one,

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 that sinner.

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 Everybody's equal in that playing field.

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 So we talked about that

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 in Christ,

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 change is not only possible,

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 it will happen.

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 The third thing we talked about

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 was that a disciple of Christ

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 is what?

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 Starts with an O.

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 Obedient.

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 Yes.

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 Disciple of Christ is obedient.

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 And I used a little phrase,

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 if you guys remember,

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 it says discipline produces.

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 That's true,

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 but discipline produces delight.

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 Delight.

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 Yeah, there we go.

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 I heard it.

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 Discipline produces delight.

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 And so what we talked about

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 was that in sports

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 or anything you do,

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 if you want to really enjoy your game,

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 the sport you play

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 or the instrument you play

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 or whatever,

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 it's not enjoyable

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 to play football

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 and not know how to tackle.

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 I can say that from experience

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 because my seventh grade year,

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 I never played football before.

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 I was new to the state

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 and I found out

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 that football was a religion,

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 especially in Berkford, Texas.

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 And I love my little town,

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 but man,

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 if you want to be cool,

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 you play football.

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 I want to be cool,

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 so I play football.

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 And I remember I tried to tackle

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 and someone told me,

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 they said,

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 like, you can't be a spider monkey.

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 That doesn't work.

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 Because I jumped on people's backs

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 and they're like,

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 and I was like,

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 well, I want to be like my dad.

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 I'm going to be a running back.

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 So I said,

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 let's give me the ball.

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 So I got the ball,

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 but I had the nose

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 the wrong way

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 and it hurt really bad

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 when I got hit by the linebacker.

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 So what I'm trying to get to,

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 though,

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 is that I had no understanding

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 of the game of football

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 and how to play it.

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 And in a similar sense,

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 if we have no understanding of Christ,

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 we have no clue how to walk in Christ,

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 we won't be able to delight in Christ.

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 So how do we learn

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 how to grow in Christ?

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 We go where?

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 To the Bible,

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 to the scriptures.

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 And as we discipline ourselves

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 in being diligent

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 in reading and in prayer,

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 we become,

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 we get to a place

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 where we are able to delight

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 in the Lord all the day long

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 and delight in the words

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 and delight in the law.

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 Just like when I started learning

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 how to play piano,

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 it was a grueling task

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 where I was still under the reign

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 of a teacher who used the ruler

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 and smacked my hand

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 when I did it wrong.

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 But then I learned

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 through discipline

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 and learning it

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 that I enjoy playing piano

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 and I can play freely

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 and I can enjoy it.

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 So discipline in piano

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 produced delight

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 in playing piano.

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 In a similar sense,

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 discipline in the Lord

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 produces delight in the Lord.

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 So a disciple,

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 discipline, disciple,

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 is obedient

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 and that obedience

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 produces delight

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 in the believer.

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 And the last session

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 we talked about

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 was almost over

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 the exact same thing

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 that we talked about

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 for this last session

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 for us this morning.

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 following Christ

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 means a disciple maker

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 or disciple makes disciples.

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 We were all disciple makers.

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 No one in here

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 is on JV

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 or varsity Christian.

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 So who,

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 who played a varsity sport?

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 I played a varsity sport.

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 Oh yeah,

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 I played soccer

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 at Burke Burnett.

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 We did really good.

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 No we didn't.

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 You guys can laugh at that.

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 Burke Burnett's not known

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 for their soccer.

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 We were known for basketball

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 back in the day

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 when I was there.

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 But the interesting thing

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 that we really talked about

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 was that Christ commands us

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 to be disciple makers.

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 If we're following him

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 we are disciple makers.

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 And so this weekend

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 that ties in,

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 that,

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 those messages

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 we've gone through

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 the past few weeks

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 with our students

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 on Wednesday nights

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 tied in really nicely

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 with pressing pause.

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 That was our theme.

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 If you've seen anybody

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 with a blue shirt on

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 you know it says

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 the pause.

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 And so

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 in true youth pastor form

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 what do you think

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 I mean by the pause?

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 What do you think

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 I mean by pause?

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 Okay,

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 yeah?

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 Pausing on a normal day life

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 to spend time with Jesus.

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 I love that.

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 That's great.

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 The definition they gave,

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 I love this definition.

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 Seeking God in silence

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 and solitude

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 through prayer

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 and Bible study.

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 When we press play,

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 so we press pause,

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 we're saying

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 I'm going to take time

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 to go spend time

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 with the Lord.

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 Who here,

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 I asked this this morning

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 of our students,

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 who here is involved

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 in more than three things

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 in your life?

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 Yeah.

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 Who here does work?

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 It's maybe a husband

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 or a wife,

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 has kids,

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 sports,

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 UIL stuff.

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 Name it.

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 There's probably that

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 in the church somewhere.

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 We are so busy today.

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 We are such a busy people

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 and we don't know

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 how to rest in Christ

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 and slow down.

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 And at best,

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 we may say,

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 I'm going to give you Jesus.

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 I'm going to give you five minutes

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 to tell me all you need

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 to tell me

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 and we're good.

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 That's my Jesus for the week.

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 Five minutes.

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 But we're really good

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 at consuming ESPN,

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 you know,

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 multiple times a day,

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 multiple days a week,

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 and multiple weeks

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 of the year.

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 We're really good at,

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 I'm not going to try

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 to pick on you guys

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 too much right here,

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 but TikTok or YouTube

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 or whatever else.

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 We're really good

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 at consuming that.

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 And we talked about this morning,

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 I think it's really important,

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 we talked about how,

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 if you saw that silly game

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 we were doing with the board,

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 what basically happened was,

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 I'm an artist,

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 okay,

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 artist by nature.

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 I drew beautiful pictures.

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 Yeah,

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 one of them said.

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 I drew beautiful pictures

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 of layouts of my home

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 and if you know

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 what my home looks like,

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 imagine that,

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 but someone who's never done

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 any kind of architectural stuff

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 tried to draw it.

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 It was atrocious.

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 But I drew my layout

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 in my home

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 and the students

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 had the task

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 of wearing upside down goggles,

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 so they saw

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 everything upside down,

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 and they had to imitate

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 my drawing

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 in 30 seconds.

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 Where I took like

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 a minute and a half,

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 they had to do it

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 in 30 seconds.

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 So the point I tried

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 to make with them

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 was that

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 listening to the world,

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 which is what we take

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 in most of the time,

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 listening to the world a lot,

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 listening to the world

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 is like listening

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 to somebody

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 with upside down goggles

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 trying to imitate

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 the perfect drawing

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 that God has laid out

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 for us in Scripture.

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 Upside down goggles

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 make it so that

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 when you're walking,

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 like here's my hand,

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 it's like this,

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 but this high up.

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 And I have to look like this

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 and around

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 and try to find the right way.

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 We don't want to wear

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 upside down goggles.

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 And we don't want to imitate

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 somebody who doesn't even know

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 what the real drawing looks like.

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 Because most of the time

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 when they drew it,

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 they said,

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 I'm going to take

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 a quick look at it,

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 goggles on,

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 I'm going full blast,

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 going right into it.

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 And so that was the danger

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 that we have in our lives

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 is that we don't press pause

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 to spend time with the Lord

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 and come and know who He is.

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 One more illustration

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 I'll kind of give

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 and then I'll get into

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 the text this morning.

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 I think this one's really powerful.

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 We,

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 I picked on Aubrey Pierce

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 this morning,

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 but I need a new volunteer,

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 one new volunteer

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 to get picked on.

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 So yeah,

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 let's use,

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 I'm going to use,

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 I'm going to use Caleb Wilson.

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 I'm going to use Caleb Wilson.

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 He's on the edge over here.

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 Okay.

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 So you guys,

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 Caleb is one of my favorite people.

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 He's my,

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 my best friends.

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 Okay.

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 He is a two foot two,

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 heavens to Betsy.

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 He's a two foot two.

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 That's right.

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 That's right.

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 He's a two foot two

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 basketball all-star

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 who hates wrestling

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 and can't do it

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 anywhere near good.

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 He,

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 he's really,

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 really,

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 really good

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 at being very

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 disobedient

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 and like,

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 he's like,

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 he's not good with manners.

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 So,

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 you know,

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 I'm trying to work on him a lot.

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 Guys,

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 is that Caleb?

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 No.

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 First off,

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 he's not two foot two.

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 If he was two foot two,

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 my son's taller than you,

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 my man.

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 Come on.

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 But,

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 the point is,

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 I'm not describing Caleb,

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 but I'm,

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 I think Caleb's my best friend.

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 I don't know the true Caleb.

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 In a similar way,

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 if we have a Jesus

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 that we formulate

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 or we steal from the world

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 as our Jesus,

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 we're not loving truly

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 who Jesus is.

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 And so,

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 that's big for us here.

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 We don't want to follow

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 a false Jesus.

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 There's a lot of religions

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 in the world

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 that lead us to false Jesus.

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 Just to name a few,

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 not to pick on things,

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 but the ones I've studied

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 the most,

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 like Mormonism

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 and Islam

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 and Buddhism

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 and Hinduism,

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 they lead you

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 to the wrong Jesus

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 every time.

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 They have their own picture

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 of him.

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 Jehovah's Witness,

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 those who believe

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 that he is Michael the Archangel,

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 we need to be careful

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 of what we're taking in

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 and consuming.

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 And then,

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 we have this danger

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 of hearing it

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 from the people

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 we think are the most influential.

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 And oftentimes,

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 they have it the most wrong.

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 So,

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 we'll go ahead

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 and dive into the word here.

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 This just gives you

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 a picture of the idea

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 of why we need to pause.

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 If we don't pause,

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 we run the risk

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 of just running

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 into whatever the world

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 says is Jesus.

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 Let me read the text

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 for us this morning.

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 It's Matthew 28,

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 16 through 20.

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 Now,

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 the eleven disciples

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 went to Galilee

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 to the mountain

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 to which Jesus

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 had directed them.

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 And when they saw him,

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 they worshipped him.

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 But some doubted.

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 And Jesus came

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 and said to them,

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 all authority in heaven

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 and on earth

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 has been given to me.

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 Go therefore

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 and make disciples

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 of all nations,

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 baptizing them

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 in the name of the Father

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 and of the Son

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 and the Holy Spirit,

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 teaching them to observe

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 all that I have commanded you.

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 And behold,

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 I am with you always

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 to the end of the age.

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 So,

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 I think it's important

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 why we did that series.

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 I think God is really,

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 really amazing

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 at working things out.

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 We went through

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 our follow series

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 that Jesus initiates

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 relationships.

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 He changes us,

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 calls us to obedience

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 and he calls us

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 to make disciples.

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 And right here,

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 we see that

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 in the Great Commission

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 that we are called

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 to make disciples.

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 So,

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 the first thing

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 is that Jesus

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 is speaking from

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 an authority,

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 not just like,

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 oh,

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 I'm the guy

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 who's in charge.

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 He's speaking

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 as an authority

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 as I am God.

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 And you are my creation

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 but you're also

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 my followers.

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 And I love you

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 but I give you

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 this command.

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 And this is not

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 to try to step

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 on anybody's toes

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 but how often

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 are we making disciples

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 right now?

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 In your own personal life.

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 This is again,

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 not to step on any toes

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 because I've not always

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 been the best

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 at making disciples

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 but Jesus tells us

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 that we are

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 to make disciples.

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 Whatever stage

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 of life you're in.

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 I don't care

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 if you are

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 12 years old

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 and you've come

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 to Christ

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 or you're

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 112 years old

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 and you've been

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 in Christ

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 for X amount

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 of years.

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 You don't retire

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 as a Christian

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 here on earth.

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 You are always

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 making disciples.

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 Whether that's

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 your children

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 in your home,

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 whether that's

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 husbands you're

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 helping to walk

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 your wives

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 through scripture

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 or wives you're

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 helping your husbands

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 understand like,

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 hey, maybe you're

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 wrong on this.

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 My wife's done that

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 to me a couple times.

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 But Christ comes

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 and gives us

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 authority.

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 He says that

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 he has the authority

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 to do these things

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 but he says

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 I'm going to give

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 you the mission.

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 Isn't that significant

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 that Jesus says

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 I have all authority

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 on heaven and earth

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 but I task you

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 with this mission.

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 That must mean

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 that we

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 have a real mission

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 to do.

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 It's not just

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 a, hey,

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 here's something

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 you can do

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 to be a good Christian.

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 It's a,

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 if you are a believer

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 and you love me,

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 you will do

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 as I command.

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 You will make disciples.

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 His disciples

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 devoted themselves

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 to leading others

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 to follow Christ

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 as we go through,

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 as they go through

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 in their lives

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 and as I said,

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 there are,

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 I love that phrase,

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 there's no JV

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 or varsity Christians.

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 There are no JV,

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 what do I mean by that?

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 What do I mean

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 that there's no JV

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 or varsity Christians?

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 Students can't answer,

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 but maybe an adult,

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 what does it mean

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 there are no JV

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 or varsity Christians

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 in the church?

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 Sorry?

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 There's no second string people.

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 You're not a second string person

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 in the body of Christ,

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 which means we're

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 all on the team,

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 all on the field,

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 at all times.

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 Some people play

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 different roles.

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 I played soccer

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 all my life

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 and the goalie

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 does not do

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 what the striker does.

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 The guy who scores

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 the goals at the front,

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 the goalie does not

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 do the same thing.

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 And the striker

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 can't even use his hands.

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 The goalie can.

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 We all have

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 a different purpose

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 in the body,

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 but nobody is

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 a second string Christian,

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 which means

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 that you have

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 the same responsibility

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 as the professional Christians,

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 those guys who are

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 the big speakers

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 at camps,

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 those guys that are

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 the music people

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 that you see on TV.

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 You have the same responsibility

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 to make disciples

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 as they do.

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 And they have

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 the same responsibility

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 to make disciples

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 as you do.

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 Because some of them

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 don't always live up

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 to what they preach.

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 I want to go ahead

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 and go to Acts 1,

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 verse 8.

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 You can stay where you are.

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 I'll go there really quick.

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 But it says this

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 in Acts 1, verse 8.

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 It says,

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 But you will receive power

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 when the Holy Spirit

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 has come upon you,

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 and you will be

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 my witnesses

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 in Jerusalem

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 and all Judea

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 and Samaria

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 and to the end

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 of the earth.

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 So it's clear

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 from Matthew

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 and from here in Acts

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 that Jesus

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 has something

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 very specific in mind

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 when the church

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 was founded.

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 Jesus wanted

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 his followers

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 to be in the business

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 of multiplication.

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 That's our job.

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 He wanted his disciples

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 to be people

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 who led others

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 to become disciples

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 of Christ.

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 Christ.

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 And that's what God

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 wants for you

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 to do today as well.

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 So students,

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 as we've learned

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 about God's word,

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 we've taken time

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 to press pause.

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 We did two things.

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 We prioritized prayer

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 because as Pastor Mikey,

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 our speaker,

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 who spoke so well

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 this weekend,

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 said to us,

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 Prayer aligns

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 our hearts

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 with God.

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 Prayer aligns

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 our hearts

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 with God.

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 Which means that

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 when we come in prayer

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 and we come to the Lord

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 in prayer,

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 we are taking time

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 to speak to God.

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 And then Scripture

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 also does the same thing,

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 aligns us with God

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 because we are hearing

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 from God.

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 We're coming to know

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 who God is.

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 So,

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 we make time

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 to seek God

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 by pressing pause.

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 And that's how

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 we lay the foundation

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 for our life.

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 We have to be able

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 to prepare ourselves

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 to obey the Lord.

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 So,

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 anybody ever taken time

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 to look at last words

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 of famous people?

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 Is that a weird thing?

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 Last words

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 of famous people?

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 There's a guy

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 who,

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 it was Pope Alexander,

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 one of the popes,

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 many different

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 Alexander popes.

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 He says,

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 wait a minute.

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 That was his last word.

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 Wait a minute.

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 Caesar Augustus

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 has reported to have said,

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 the play is over.

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 Applaud.

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 I think his name

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 is Max Baer.

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 He was a boxer.

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 He said,

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 here I go.

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 Here I go.

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 Winston Churchill said,

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 I'm so bored with it all.

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 What a thing to say.

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 Very callous.

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 George Harrison,

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 one of the Beatles,

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 he said,

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 love one another.

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 You know,

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 like their Beatles voice,

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 love one another.

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 I can't do the British

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 nasal voice very well.

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 Teddy Roosevelt said,

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 please put out the light.

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 And then one of the most

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 recent ones we had

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 was Steve Jobs.

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 You know what he said?

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 Wow,

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 wow,

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 wow.

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 Why was he amazed?

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 I have no clue.

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 But he said,

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 wow,

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 wow,

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 wow.

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 Whether he was seeing

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 a glimpse of eternity

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 before his eyes,

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 whether he was seeing

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 the significance

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 or insignificance

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 of his life,

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 either live for Christ

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 or not live for Christ,

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 I don't know if he was

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 a believer or not.

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 I've not looked into that.

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 But those words

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 capture our attention

00:20:49.839 --> 00:20:51.000
 because they have

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 this gravitas.

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 They have this thing

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 that just kind of

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 draws us in.

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 Why would you say

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 those words?

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 Why were those

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 the last words

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 you said to us?

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 So we have to ask

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 that question.

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 Why were the words

00:21:01.099 --> 00:21:01.740
 that Jesus said,

00:21:02.119 --> 00:21:02.459
 why were those

00:21:02.459 --> 00:21:02.859
 the last words

00:21:02.859 --> 00:21:03.179
 he said?

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 Well,

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 he knew that these

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 would be his last words,

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 obviously.

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 These people did not

00:21:09.899 --> 00:21:10.439
 really know

00:21:10.439 --> 00:21:12.379
 or particularly knew that.

00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:13.679
 But Christ knew

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 these would be

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 the last words he said

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 and he was in full control

00:21:17.099 --> 00:21:18.179
 of the words he said

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 to them.

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 He was not waiting to die.

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 He knew it was going

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 to happen

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 and he was intentional

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 as he always is intentional.

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 And so,

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 just a little aside,

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 we said something

00:21:29.519 --> 00:21:29.980
 this morning

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 and it's just been

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 hitting my heart

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 since I heard it.

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 The same God

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 that you believe

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 is slow to answer

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 your prayers

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 is also slow

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 to punish you

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 in your sin.

00:21:40.359 --> 00:21:41.179
 The same God

00:21:41.179 --> 00:21:41.599
 that is slow

00:21:41.599 --> 00:21:42.480
 to answer your prayers

00:21:42.480 --> 00:21:43.859
 is slow to punish you

00:21:43.859 --> 00:21:44.359
 in your sin.

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 Which leads me

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 to say that

00:21:46.859 --> 00:21:47.659
 he is a gracious,

00:21:48.460 --> 00:21:49.139
 merciful God

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 and that you

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 can trust him,

00:21:52.419 --> 00:21:53.259
 you can love him

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 because he is intentional

00:21:54.500 --> 00:21:55.439
 with what happens

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 to you in your life.

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 You may believe

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 on him.

00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:01.460
 So,

00:22:02.039 --> 00:22:04.220
 Jesus knew

00:22:04.220 --> 00:22:05.099
 the exact circumstances

00:22:05.099 --> 00:22:05.579
 that were happening

00:22:05.579 --> 00:22:06.039
 around him

00:22:06.039 --> 00:22:07.000
 and he knew

00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:07.319
 that they were

00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:07.939
 going to be recorded

00:22:07.939 --> 00:22:08.759
 as scripture.

00:22:11.139 --> 00:22:12.019
 We've seen Jesus

00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:12.980
 tell the followers here

00:22:12.980 --> 00:22:13.660
 to be disciples

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 and to make them

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 but

00:22:15.599 --> 00:22:17.200
 we have to ask

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 the question,

00:22:18.620 --> 00:22:19.599
 what is a disciple?

00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:21.299
 We kind of talked

00:22:21.299 --> 00:22:21.960
 about that with the youth

00:22:21.960 --> 00:22:22.420
 the other day.

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 What is a disciple?

00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:23.960
 A disciple

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 is one who learns.

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 The original youth

00:22:26.880 --> 00:22:27.299
 was just like

00:22:27.299 --> 00:22:28.220
 one who learns,

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 a learner.

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 So,

00:22:30.099 --> 00:22:30.500
 if you're a disciple

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 of a rabbi,

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 you are a learner

00:22:31.620 --> 00:22:32.240
 of your

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 rabbi.

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 If you're a disciple

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 of Dallas Cowboys,

00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:39.079
 you are a learner

00:22:39.079 --> 00:22:39.740
 of the Cowboys.

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 If you are a disciple

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 of X, Y, and Z,

00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:42.299
 you're a learner

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 of that.

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 That's kind of

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 the original use

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 of the word.

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 But it means

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 that learner

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 is very devoted

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 though.

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 Very devoted.

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 So,

00:22:56.420 --> 00:22:57.220
 as we go to,

00:22:57.680 --> 00:22:58.380
 we're in a lot

00:22:58.380 --> 00:22:58.660
 of scriptures

00:22:58.660 --> 00:22:59.019
 this morning

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 so you don't have

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 to turn around

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 everything,

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 but Luke 14,

00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:02.180
 27,

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 it says this.

00:23:04.279 --> 00:23:04.799
 Luke 14,

00:23:04.859 --> 00:23:05.380
 27.

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 Let me turn around.

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 It says,

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 whoever does not

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 bear his own cross

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 and come after me

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 cannot be my disciple.

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 So,

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 a disciple is not

00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:18.960
 just a learner.

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 Jesus took the word

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 disciple and gave it

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 a whole new meaning

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 and purpose.

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 A new power.

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 Anyone who does not

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 carry his cross

00:23:28.900 --> 00:23:29.440
 and follow me

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 cannot be my disciple.

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 That doesn't just

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 mean I learn.

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 That means I'm

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 going to be

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 interacting with

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 exactly how

00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:38.559
 what I'm learning

00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:39.019
 from did.

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 And also in Luke 14,

00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:42.519
 33,

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 he says,

00:23:43.059 --> 00:23:43.639
 in the same way,

00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:44.420
 any of you who does

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 not give up everything

00:23:45.259 --> 00:23:46.420
 he has cannot be

00:23:46.420 --> 00:23:46.879
 my disciple.

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 And then Luke 9,

00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:50.460
 23 also says,

00:23:51.139 --> 00:23:51.700
 if anyone would

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 come after me,

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 he must deny himself

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 and take up his cross

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 daily and follow me.

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 So,

00:23:58.139 --> 00:23:58.680
 the idea of being

00:23:58.680 --> 00:23:59.399
 a disciple is not

00:23:59.399 --> 00:23:59.740
 just,

00:24:00.559 --> 00:24:01.240
 as it used to mean,

00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:01.779
 just a learner.

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 It's actually that

00:24:03.379 --> 00:24:04.379
 we are to be

00:24:04.380 --> 00:24:05.500
 totally sold out

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:06.560
 for following Christ.

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 It's putting our

00:24:08.260 --> 00:24:09.080
 devotion to Christ

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 first and everything

00:24:09.800 --> 00:24:10.700
 else second.

00:24:11.100 --> 00:24:11.820
 A better way to look

00:24:11.820 --> 00:24:12.580
 at it is not even that.

00:24:12.800 --> 00:24:13.220
 A better way to look

00:24:13.220 --> 00:24:13.660
 at it is like,

00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:14.500
 someone mentioned

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:14.780
 the,

00:24:15.660 --> 00:24:16.280
 I think,

00:24:16.920 --> 00:24:17.520
 one of the small group

00:24:17.520 --> 00:24:17.920
 leaders actually

00:24:17.920 --> 00:24:18.560
 mentioned this to me

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 on a car ride.

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 We shouldn't look at

00:24:22.040 --> 00:24:22.960
 like Christ as

00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:23.940
 a slice of the pie

00:24:23.940 --> 00:24:24.580
 or the biggest slice

00:24:24.580 --> 00:24:25.040
 of the pie.

00:24:25.600 --> 00:24:26.400
 We should say that

00:24:26.400 --> 00:24:27.400
 Christ is the crust,

00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:28.600
 the foundation of the pie

00:24:28.599 --> 00:24:29.879
 and everything else

00:24:29.879 --> 00:24:31.059
 sits on it.

00:24:32.319 --> 00:24:32.659
 Because,

00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:32.799
 yeah,

00:24:32.839 --> 00:24:33.519
 the pie filling

00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:34.199
 is good and tasty,

00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:34.899
 but let's be real,

00:24:34.980 --> 00:24:35.439
 the crust,

00:24:36.259 --> 00:24:36.819
 crust is kind of

00:24:36.819 --> 00:24:37.519
 the most important part.

00:24:37.719 --> 00:24:38.179
 Because without it,

00:24:38.199 --> 00:24:38.939
 you just get soup.

00:24:39.059 --> 00:24:40.319
 You just get pudding soup.

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.179
 And that's,

00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:42.500
 it's a whole thing.

00:24:42.539 --> 00:24:43.259
 You don't want that.

00:24:43.659 --> 00:24:44.619
 But the crust,

00:24:44.719 --> 00:24:45.219
 the foundation,

00:24:45.299 --> 00:24:46.459
 is the most important part.

00:24:47.359 --> 00:24:48.539
 Christ is the foundation,

00:24:49.219 --> 00:24:49.919
 not the first

00:24:49.919 --> 00:24:51.159
 or second thing in life,

00:24:51.419 --> 00:24:52.039
 the foundation

00:24:52.039 --> 00:24:52.759
 of our lives.

00:24:54.639 --> 00:24:55.539
 So that means

00:24:55.539 --> 00:24:56.619
 being a disciple of Christ

00:24:56.619 --> 00:24:58.619
 is living as God's children,

00:24:58.799 --> 00:24:59.639
 taking on His ways

00:24:59.639 --> 00:25:00.239
 and His purpose.

00:25:03.299 --> 00:25:04.419
 As believers of Christ,

00:25:04.479 --> 00:25:05.079
 we are called

00:25:05.079 --> 00:25:06.119
 to make God known.

00:25:06.219 --> 00:25:07.299
 We're called to lead others

00:25:07.299 --> 00:25:09.039
 into a saving relationship

00:25:09.039 --> 00:25:09.879
 with Christ,

00:25:09.979 --> 00:25:10.799
 which is amazing

00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:11.439
 that that happened

00:25:11.439 --> 00:25:12.239
 this weekend.

00:25:13.219 --> 00:25:14.199
 One of our small group leaders

00:25:14.199 --> 00:25:15.979
 was able to walk a student

00:25:15.979 --> 00:25:18.439
 into understanding the gospel.

00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:19.500
 And this person did this,

00:25:19.579 --> 00:25:20.219
 not just once,

00:25:20.659 --> 00:25:21.139
 this person wanted

00:25:21.139 --> 00:25:21.599
 to be diligent.

00:25:21.979 --> 00:25:22.699
 Three or four times

00:25:22.699 --> 00:25:23.759
 they went through things

00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:24.779
 and I got to go through things

00:25:24.779 --> 00:25:26.619
 and the answers

00:25:26.619 --> 00:25:28.279
 were always Christ,

00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:29.899
 His righteousness,

00:25:30.460 --> 00:25:31.059
 what He's done,

00:25:31.160 --> 00:25:31.700
 not me.

00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:33.879
 We were able to be,

00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:35.099
 we were able to live out

00:25:35.099 --> 00:25:35.700
 that calling.

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:38.180
 But here's the real thing.

00:25:38.339 --> 00:25:38.859
 This is where we're going

00:25:38.859 --> 00:25:39.639
 to kind of land

00:25:39.639 --> 00:25:40.119
 our big,

00:25:40.119 --> 00:25:41.440
 big point this morning

00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:43.319
 is we have this mission,

00:25:43.440 --> 00:25:44.460
 this daunting task

00:25:44.460 --> 00:25:45.399
 to be disciple makers,

00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:46.899
 to be obedient to Christ,

00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:48.500
 to follow and to be,

00:25:48.920 --> 00:25:50.019
 to not be hypocrites

00:25:50.019 --> 00:25:50.720
 before the world.

00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:53.559
 But how?

00:25:53.559 --> 00:25:55.480
 But how?

00:25:55.700 --> 00:25:56.740
 When do we do that?

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:02.339
 We have to prepare ourselves

00:26:02.339 --> 00:26:04.440
 before we go to battle.

00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:05.440
 Always.

00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:07.740
 I never realized

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:08.359
 how much

00:26:08.359 --> 00:26:10.019
 the Christian life

00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:10.559
 is a battle

00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:11.779
 until I got into

00:26:11.779 --> 00:26:12.559
 full-time ministry.

00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:15.179
 And I say that

00:26:15.179 --> 00:26:16.960
 because I have seen

00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:17.899
 so many ways

00:26:17.899 --> 00:26:18.259
 in which

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:20.440
 this pulls you this way

00:26:20.440 --> 00:26:21.440
 and this pulls you that way

00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:22.079
 and this issue

00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:22.859
 comes down this way

00:26:22.859 --> 00:26:23.759
 and you got this

00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:24.699
 and then,

00:26:25.779 --> 00:26:26.079
 you know,

00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:27.619
 the whole kind of

00:26:27.619 --> 00:26:28.959
 cliche that,

00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:29.199
 you know,

00:26:29.439 --> 00:26:30.199
 when you're working hard,

00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:31.000
 the devil's working harder

00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:31.799
 to pull you away.

00:26:32.599 --> 00:26:33.599
 There's just so many things

00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:34.059
 trying to work

00:26:34.059 --> 00:26:35.319
 on someone's life

00:26:35.319 --> 00:26:35.979
 when they want to really

00:26:35.979 --> 00:26:37.079
 be pursuing Christ

00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:38.099
 to pull them away.

00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:38.659
 And so,

00:26:39.419 --> 00:26:40.259
 I never realized

00:26:40.259 --> 00:26:41.839
 how important it is

00:26:41.839 --> 00:26:42.419
 to prepare

00:26:42.419 --> 00:26:43.479
 for battle,

00:26:44.679 --> 00:26:45.359
 spiritual battle.

00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:47.379
 and I learned that

00:26:47.379 --> 00:26:47.879
 and this weekend

00:26:47.879 --> 00:26:48.679
 helped me to really

00:26:48.679 --> 00:26:49.879
 put things more

00:26:49.879 --> 00:26:50.719
 into perspective.

00:26:50.879 --> 00:26:51.839
 We have marching orders

00:26:51.839 --> 00:26:53.439
 but how do we prepare

00:26:53.439 --> 00:26:54.000
 for that battle?

00:26:55.639 --> 00:26:56.759
 Do we just charge in

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:58.079
 with nothing but gusto?

00:26:59.759 --> 00:26:59.979
 Okay,

00:27:00.059 --> 00:27:00.539
 so whoever,

00:27:01.579 --> 00:27:02.339
 who's ever just like

00:27:02.339 --> 00:27:02.539
 said,

00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:02.979
 you know what,

00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:04.059
 I don't know how it's

00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:04.559
 going to work out

00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:05.779
 but I'm going to go do it.

00:27:06.179 --> 00:27:06.699
 I'm just going to go

00:27:06.699 --> 00:27:07.379
 head first,

00:27:07.439 --> 00:27:08.019
 right into it.

00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:09.679
 How'd that go for you?

00:27:09.680 --> 00:27:14.200
 Apparently pretty bad

00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:14.580
 because no one wanted

00:27:14.580 --> 00:27:15.320
 to say anything about it

00:27:15.320 --> 00:27:17.440
 but I've tried just saying

00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:17.620
 like,

00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:18.019
 you know what,

00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:19.299
 just give it a shot.

00:27:19.420 --> 00:27:19.820
 I'm going to go in.

00:27:20.320 --> 00:27:20.860
 Head first,

00:27:21.340 --> 00:27:21.860
 no planning,

00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:22.759
 just went straight in.

00:27:24.100 --> 00:27:24.880
 Doesn't work out.

00:27:25.820 --> 00:27:26.920
 It never works out

00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:28.220
 because you don't think

00:27:28.220 --> 00:27:29.220
 about all the other parts

00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:30.320
 of the issue.

00:27:32.460 --> 00:27:33.299
 Instead of just charging

00:27:33.299 --> 00:27:34.019
 with all this gusto

00:27:34.019 --> 00:27:34.640
 to go in,

00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:38.120
 we need to plan

00:27:38.120 --> 00:27:39.460
 and prepare

00:27:39.460 --> 00:27:41.220
 plan and prepare

00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:42.319
 to take on

00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:43.259
 the spiritual battle

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:43.720
 we have.

00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:46.400
 One of the ways

00:27:46.400 --> 00:27:46.960
 I like to look at this

00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:48.019
 as a military kid

00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:49.400
 I grew up in a military house

00:27:49.400 --> 00:27:53.200
 and ranks are really important.

00:27:55.299 --> 00:27:56.400
 You can't just go

00:27:56.400 --> 00:27:57.579
 do things

00:27:57.579 --> 00:27:59.019
 with your soldiers

00:27:59.019 --> 00:27:59.220
 and say,

00:27:59.279 --> 00:27:59.579
 just go,

00:27:59.660 --> 00:28:00.180
 let's go do this,

00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:00.500
 we're going to go

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:00.980
 take care of this.

00:28:01.200 --> 00:28:01.519
 No,

00:28:02.140 --> 00:28:03.120
 you go to the general

00:28:03.120 --> 00:28:05.059
 for the plan

00:28:05.059 --> 00:28:06.759
 and you execute the plan.

00:28:07.620 --> 00:28:08.220
 You go to the general,

00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:09.079
 the commander in chief,

00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:10.680
 get the plan,

00:28:11.160 --> 00:28:11.860
 execute the plan.

00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:14.579
 And so that's how that,

00:28:14.620 --> 00:28:15.579
 that's how that works there

00:28:15.579 --> 00:28:18.579
 in the believer's life

00:28:18.579 --> 00:28:20.440
 is that we go to God

00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:21.259
 in prayer

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:22.299
 and in the word

00:28:22.299 --> 00:28:23.620
 seeking his guidance,

00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:24.380
 seeking his wisdom,

00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:25.079
 seeking to know,

00:28:25.620 --> 00:28:25.720
 Lord,

00:28:25.880 --> 00:28:27.000
 how do I do this?

00:28:27.400 --> 00:28:28.819
 Whatever X, Y, Z may be.

00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:30.140
 How do I make disciples?

00:28:30.319 --> 00:28:30.500
 How do,

00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:32.160
 how do disciples make disciples?

00:28:32.299 --> 00:28:33.880
 You go to the word

00:28:33.880 --> 00:28:34.799
 and you go into prayer

00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:35.379
 and ask God,

00:28:35.879 --> 00:28:37.460
 send me the one.

00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:39.559
 And this kind of draws back

00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:40.299
 into what Pastor Sam

00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:40.980
 has kind of pushed on us.

00:28:41.139 --> 00:28:41.759
 Who's your one?

00:28:42.639 --> 00:28:43.579
 I just want to take a little time

00:28:43.579 --> 00:28:44.180
 to harp on that.

00:28:44.759 --> 00:28:45.759
 We did this one time

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.259
 at another church

00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:46.940
 I was a part of.

00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:47.899
 Who's your one?

00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:51.039
 And we saw the church grow

00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:52.180
 massively.

00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:54.440
 This is not a church grow

00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:55.480
 technique necessarily,

00:28:55.640 --> 00:28:56.680
 but this is one where

00:28:56.680 --> 00:28:58.440
 as the body of Christ

00:28:58.440 --> 00:28:59.519
 here in Henrietta,

00:28:59.680 --> 00:29:01.519
 this particular body of Christ,

00:29:01.960 --> 00:29:03.200
 we are to be ones

00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:04.680
 who are seeking to grow

00:29:04.680 --> 00:29:06.400
 the community in faith,

00:29:07.060 --> 00:29:08.019
 lead people to Christ.

00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:11.180
 But if you don't pray

00:29:11.180 --> 00:29:11.920
 for that person

00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:12.960
 and you just start going,

00:29:14.060 --> 00:29:14.980
 knocking on the door,

00:29:15.320 --> 00:29:16.240
 at some point,

00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:18.279
 it might shut you out

00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:18.820
 because you're trying

00:29:18.820 --> 00:29:19.820
 physical,

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:22.120
 man-made tactics.

00:29:22.720 --> 00:29:24.140
 You need supernatural power

00:29:24.140 --> 00:29:24.740
 to move in.

00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:26.460
 Supernatural power

00:29:26.460 --> 00:29:27.140
 that is from the Lord.

00:29:27.700 --> 00:29:29.000
 So I urge you,

00:29:29.420 --> 00:29:30.360
 if you don't have your one,

00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:32.180
 choose your one.

00:29:32.940 --> 00:29:33.940
 Pray for them diligently.

00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:35.200
 Work on them.

00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:35.860
 Students,

00:29:36.360 --> 00:29:37.320
 if you don't have your one,

00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:39.060
 maybe your one's next to you.

00:29:39.880 --> 00:29:40.660
 Maybe your one's behind you.

00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:41.600
 Maybe your one's in front of you.

00:29:43.640 --> 00:29:44.960
 Really consider who's your one

00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:46.539
 as you take time to pause

00:29:46.539 --> 00:29:47.160
 and consider

00:29:47.160 --> 00:29:48.920
 how to battle for the Lord

00:29:48.920 --> 00:29:49.860
 for that person's soul.

00:29:50.980 --> 00:29:51.539
 Because remember,

00:29:51.620 --> 00:29:52.120
 we're not in a battle

00:29:52.119 --> 00:29:53.379
 against flesh and blood.

00:29:53.459 --> 00:29:53.799
 We're in a battle

00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:55.979
 against the powers

00:29:55.979 --> 00:29:57.119
 that be around us,

00:29:57.239 --> 00:29:59.519
 our evil adversary.

00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:03.439
 An intimate relationship

00:30:03.439 --> 00:30:03.879
 with God,

00:30:03.959 --> 00:30:04.879
 His word and His ways

00:30:04.879 --> 00:30:05.799
 are the groundwork

00:30:05.799 --> 00:30:07.079
 for living our lives

00:30:07.079 --> 00:30:07.939
 on God's mission.

00:30:08.319 --> 00:30:08.799
 And as believers,

00:30:08.959 --> 00:30:11.579
 we are always on mission.

00:30:12.719 --> 00:30:13.819
 How you speak,

00:30:13.979 --> 00:30:14.619
 how you think,

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:16.059
 how you act,

00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:18.619
 that will determine

00:30:18.619 --> 00:30:19.679
 what people think about Christ.

00:30:21.359 --> 00:30:22.259
 Oftentimes it does.

00:30:24.159 --> 00:30:25.899
 If you come in guns blazing

00:30:25.899 --> 00:30:26.159
 saying,

00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:26.799
 I'm going to show you

00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:27.679
 how your religion is wrong,

00:30:28.679 --> 00:30:29.960
 they oftentimes will be like,

00:30:30.159 --> 00:30:30.480
 wow,

00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:31.539
 you're hateful.

00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:32.960
 Why would I want to know

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:33.839
 this God that you know?

00:30:34.879 --> 00:30:35.779
 But if you come in

00:30:35.779 --> 00:30:37.000
 with kindness

00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:38.240
 and the gospel,

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:40.180
 if you come in

00:30:40.180 --> 00:30:41.079
 not a hypocrite

00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:42.880
 leading a double life,

00:30:43.160 --> 00:30:43.400
 saying,

00:30:43.579 --> 00:30:44.519
 I trust in Christ,

00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:46.720
 but I live my life

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:48.579
 a completely opposite way

00:30:48.579 --> 00:30:49.160
 in the darkness.

00:30:52.299 --> 00:30:53.200
 Scripture actually has something

00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:53.799
 to say about that,

00:30:53.839 --> 00:30:54.799
 being a double-minded man.

00:30:55.339 --> 00:30:56.279
 He is unstable

00:30:56.279 --> 00:30:57.200
 in all of his ways.

00:30:58.079 --> 00:30:59.059
 A double-minded man

00:30:59.059 --> 00:30:59.539
 is unstable

00:30:59.539 --> 00:31:00.400
 in all of his ways.

00:31:01.599 --> 00:31:02.839
 Don't be the double-minded man,

00:31:02.839 --> 00:31:04.099
 or you will see

00:31:04.099 --> 00:31:05.279
 all of your ways crumble.

00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:06.879
 Things will break

00:31:06.879 --> 00:31:07.359
 in your life.

00:31:07.919 --> 00:31:08.659
 Because I've seen it

00:31:08.659 --> 00:31:10.259
 in many of my friends' lives

00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:10.819
 I have known.

00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:12.579
 I've known many people

00:31:12.579 --> 00:31:13.159
 who have fallen

00:31:13.159 --> 00:31:14.240
 to the double-mindedness.

00:31:16.459 --> 00:31:17.299
 I want to look back

00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:18.619
 at Matthew 28 again.

00:31:19.179 --> 00:31:19.500
 This is

00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:22.279
 verses 19 through 20.

00:31:22.879 --> 00:31:23.799
 And it says this.

00:31:25.399 --> 00:31:25.919
 It says,

00:31:25.919 --> 00:31:26.539
 Go therefore,

00:31:26.679 --> 00:31:27.199
 make disciples

00:31:27.199 --> 00:31:27.959
 of all the nations,

00:31:28.199 --> 00:31:28.839
 baptizing them

00:31:28.839 --> 00:31:29.699
 in the name of the Father

00:31:29.699 --> 00:31:30.339
 and of the Son

00:31:30.339 --> 00:31:31.059
 and the Holy Spirit,

00:31:31.939 --> 00:31:32.659
 teaching them to deserve

00:31:32.660 --> 00:31:34.300
 all that I have commanded you.

00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:38.779
 How can we teach someone

00:31:38.779 --> 00:31:39.480
 something we don't know?

00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:42.420
 How can you teach someone

00:31:42.420 --> 00:31:42.820
 the Scriptures

00:31:42.820 --> 00:31:43.740
 if you don't know them?

00:31:45.080 --> 00:31:46.140
 How can we lead someone

00:31:46.140 --> 00:31:47.600
 to obey the things

00:31:47.600 --> 00:31:48.019
 that we don't even

00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:48.720
 obey ourselves?

00:31:51.640 --> 00:31:52.880
 How effective will we be

00:31:52.880 --> 00:31:53.980
 at drawing others to Christ

00:31:53.980 --> 00:31:55.160
 when we ourselves

00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:56.000
 are distant from Him?

00:31:56.920 --> 00:31:57.640
 I've told our students

00:31:57.640 --> 00:31:58.120
 this before.

00:31:58.560 --> 00:31:59.220
 I'm not scared

00:31:59.220 --> 00:32:00.240
 to say this thing.

00:32:00.320 --> 00:32:01.060
 This is what happened to me.

00:32:01.160 --> 00:32:01.500
 I was,

00:32:01.820 --> 00:32:02.640
 before I came to Christ,

00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:03.520
 I was in a relationship

00:32:03.520 --> 00:32:04.240
 with a young lady

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:05.460
 that was very impure

00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:06.040
 and it was not a good

00:32:06.040 --> 00:32:07.160
 relationship to be a part of.

00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:09.940
 And I did the thing,

00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:10.440
 I call it,

00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:11.340
 that's a really funny phrase,

00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:12.320
 I was trying to flirt

00:32:12.320 --> 00:32:12.820
 to convert.

00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:14.680
 You ever heard of this?

00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:15.320
 Flirt to convert?

00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:16.000
 You ever heard of this?

00:32:16.800 --> 00:32:18.000
 It's when you are a believer

00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:18.540
 and you say,

00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:19.580
 you know what?

00:32:20.060 --> 00:32:20.940
 That person's not a Christian.

00:32:21.320 --> 00:32:22.120
 I can make him a Christian.

00:32:22.440 --> 00:32:22.960
 Watch this.

00:32:23.180 --> 00:32:23.800
 You get in there

00:32:23.800 --> 00:32:24.640
 and then you start

00:32:24.640 --> 00:32:25.560
 just totally like

00:32:25.560 --> 00:32:26.360
 leaving all things

00:32:26.360 --> 00:32:26.840
 of Christendom.

00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:27.720
 You start walking away

00:32:27.720 --> 00:32:28.060
 from that.

00:32:28.059 --> 00:32:29.839
 Well,

00:32:30.099 --> 00:32:32.119
 I was not a believer already.

00:32:32.339 --> 00:32:33.440
 I was not even a Christian yet.

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.559
 And I was trying

00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:35.339
 to get her to believe

00:32:35.339 --> 00:32:35.859
 the gospel

00:32:35.859 --> 00:32:37.460
 that I didn't even

00:32:37.460 --> 00:32:38.059
 fully believe.

00:32:39.579 --> 00:32:40.859
 How can we teach people

00:32:40.859 --> 00:32:42.359
 something we don't even know?

00:32:42.980 --> 00:32:43.659
 How can we teach them

00:32:43.659 --> 00:32:44.139
 to obey something

00:32:44.139 --> 00:32:45.000
 we don't obey ourselves?

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:50.380
 How effective am I going to be

00:32:50.380 --> 00:32:51.440
 at drawing that young lady

00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:52.000
 to Christ

00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:53.660
 when I myself

00:32:53.660 --> 00:32:55.180
 am very distant from Him

00:32:55.180 --> 00:32:56.640
 and not leading her

00:32:56.640 --> 00:32:57.460
 anywhere near Christ?

00:33:02.019 --> 00:33:02.779
 So I want to go ahead

00:33:02.779 --> 00:33:03.279
 and go to,

00:33:04.220 --> 00:33:05.720
 I'm trying to land this soon.

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:06.859
 I've got like six minutes.

00:33:08.380 --> 00:33:09.700
 Man, I see what your problem is.

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.539
 Same with the timing, man.

00:33:10.579 --> 00:33:11.160
 Goodness gracious.

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:12.140
 That just flies on by,

00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:12.599
 doesn't it?

00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:14.000
 Goodness.

00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:16.779
 So in Timothy 3, 16-17,

00:33:16.940 --> 00:33:17.579
 it says this,

00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:19.259
 All scripture is breathed out

00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:20.180
 by God and profitable

00:33:20.180 --> 00:33:20.880
 for teaching,

00:33:21.019 --> 00:33:21.559
 for reproof,

00:33:21.640 --> 00:33:22.119
 for correction,

00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:23.099
 for training in righteousness,

00:33:23.579 --> 00:33:24.740
 that the man of God,

00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:26.539
 I'll also say the woman of God,

00:33:27.400 --> 00:33:28.140
 may be complete,

00:33:28.359 --> 00:33:29.420
 equipped for every good work.

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:40.440
 The words that were really important

00:33:40.440 --> 00:33:41.980
 that stood out for me

00:33:41.980 --> 00:33:42.779
 when I read that text

00:33:42.779 --> 00:33:43.799
 was teaching,

00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:43.799


00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:45.680
 rebuking,

00:33:46.319 --> 00:33:46.680
 training,

00:33:47.779 --> 00:33:48.339
 reproof,

00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:50.019
 some say correcting.

00:33:52.420 --> 00:33:53.980
 The only way we can do any of that

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:55.119
 is if we have a knowledge

00:33:55.119 --> 00:33:55.819
 of God's word.

00:33:58.539 --> 00:33:58.900
 See,

00:33:59.119 --> 00:34:00.900
 we have this issue

00:34:00.900 --> 00:34:01.819
 where we think we are called

00:34:01.819 --> 00:34:03.500
 to just be good people sometimes.

00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:05.559
 Oh, a Christian's just a good person.

00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:06.599
 A Christian's just a good person.

00:34:06.779 --> 00:34:07.420
 He follows like Jesus.

00:34:07.420 --> 00:34:09.740
 But we're more than that.

00:34:10.820 --> 00:34:11.940
 We're more than people

00:34:11.940 --> 00:34:13.880
 who follow a bunch of religious rules too.

00:34:14.740 --> 00:34:15.720
 So if you're in here today

00:34:15.720 --> 00:34:16.880
 and you think that Christianity

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:18.720
 is just a bunch of do's and do nots,

00:34:18.900 --> 00:34:19.800
 shalls and shall nots,

00:34:19.800 --> 00:34:24.060
 it's not what it's about.

00:34:24.320 --> 00:34:25.640
 It's not about me following the rules

00:34:25.640 --> 00:34:26.480
 to get God's favor.

00:34:26.620 --> 00:34:27.680
 I can't earn God's favor.

00:34:28.680 --> 00:34:28.940
 Remember,

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:30.140
 Jesus initiates the relationship.

00:34:32.539 --> 00:34:34.580
 But God calls all of us in here

00:34:34.580 --> 00:34:35.740
 who are believers this day

00:34:35.740 --> 00:34:37.820
 to be messengers of his story,

00:34:38.019 --> 00:34:40.660
 to teach people about Christ.

00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:43.580
 He calls us to use our knowledge of his word,

00:34:43.640 --> 00:34:45.380
 which I hope is growing now for you,

00:34:45.380 --> 00:34:48.000
 to shape other people.

00:34:49.519 --> 00:34:50.519
 And that's kind of hard for you

00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:52.099
 to grasp and be like,

00:34:52.240 --> 00:34:53.360
 oh, that's a big ask.

00:34:54.059 --> 00:34:55.099
 It should be intimidating.

00:34:55.700 --> 00:34:58.220
 It should be crushing for you, actually.

00:34:58.300 --> 00:34:59.140
 It should be something that you're like,

00:34:59.200 --> 00:35:00.360
 I can't do this.

00:35:00.840 --> 00:35:01.619
 Do you want to know why?

00:35:02.019 --> 00:35:02.900
 Because you should be relying

00:35:02.900 --> 00:35:03.980
 on the Spirit for that.

00:35:05.200 --> 00:35:06.760
 When we try to make disciples

00:35:06.760 --> 00:35:08.000
 and do things in our own power,

00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:10.700
 it always fumbles and crushes and crumbles.

00:35:11.420 --> 00:35:13.220
 We ought to be relying on the Spirit,

00:35:13.280 --> 00:35:13.940
 the Holy Spirit,

00:35:13.940 --> 00:35:15.599
 at all times for all things.

00:35:19.220 --> 00:35:20.960
 The way to be effective in these things

00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:22.500
 is very, very clear then.

00:35:22.940 --> 00:35:23.940
 We have to know God

00:35:23.940 --> 00:35:25.099
 before we can lead others to him.

00:35:25.960 --> 00:35:28.340
 And this happens by pressing pause

00:35:28.340 --> 00:35:29.579
 on our lives

00:35:29.579 --> 00:35:32.500
 to consider who Christ is.

00:35:32.500 --> 00:35:41.119
 You know,

00:35:41.280 --> 00:35:42.880
 all of you students,

00:35:43.159 --> 00:35:44.500
 I'm quite certain,

00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:48.139
 were not born before 9-11.

00:35:48.739 --> 00:35:51.079
 And all of us who know what happened on 9-11

00:35:51.079 --> 00:35:52.199
 know the tragedy.

00:35:52.780 --> 00:35:53.860
 But you also remember

00:35:53.860 --> 00:35:55.760
 that there was this big call,

00:35:56.239 --> 00:35:57.159
 rebuild those towers.

00:35:57.840 --> 00:35:58.460
 Rebuild them.

00:35:59.019 --> 00:36:00.019
 And it wasn't just like saying

00:36:00.019 --> 00:36:01.420
 that we got to get the commerce back going.

00:36:01.420 --> 00:36:02.840
 It was that we want to show

00:36:02.840 --> 00:36:04.840
 that we are strong people.

00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:05.700
 We will rebuild.

00:36:05.800 --> 00:36:07.420
 We will stand up against the tyranny.

00:36:07.780 --> 00:36:08.900
 That's a symbol of hope

00:36:08.900 --> 00:36:09.619
 is what we were doing.

00:36:10.340 --> 00:36:10.900
 We wanted to rebuild

00:36:10.900 --> 00:36:11.740
 a symbol of hope.

00:36:12.860 --> 00:36:14.059
 But to do such a thing

00:36:14.059 --> 00:36:15.220
 took a lot of deliberation.

00:36:15.539 --> 00:36:16.700
 It took a long time.

00:36:18.280 --> 00:36:19.099
 And I believe,

00:36:19.200 --> 00:36:19.680
 if I'm correct,

00:36:19.740 --> 00:36:21.579
 it was not until November 3, 2014,

00:36:21.579 --> 00:36:25.659
 when the One World Trade Center was opened.

00:36:27.299 --> 00:36:29.579
 It took a very long time

00:36:29.579 --> 00:36:30.279
 to get that built.

00:36:31.099 --> 00:36:32.099
 A lot of planning,

00:36:32.179 --> 00:36:32.619
 a lot of preparation.

00:36:32.739 --> 00:36:33.779
 There was a lot to do in that.

00:36:34.139 --> 00:36:35.259
 The rubble had to be cleaned up,

00:36:36.099 --> 00:36:36.619
 checked out,

00:36:36.679 --> 00:36:37.440
 make sure things are good.

00:36:37.659 --> 00:36:39.880
 They reused some of the material

00:36:39.880 --> 00:36:41.079
 from the Twin Towers,

00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:42.819
 the statement of hope.

00:36:42.820 --> 00:36:48.920
 Anything that important

00:36:48.920 --> 00:36:51.480
 has to be prepared for

00:36:51.480 --> 00:36:52.640
 in a very major way.

00:36:53.720 --> 00:36:54.620
 And we can say the same thing

00:36:54.620 --> 00:36:55.120
 as our lives

00:36:55.120 --> 00:36:56.280
 as Christ followers.

00:36:57.320 --> 00:36:58.140
 Our lives

00:36:58.140 --> 00:37:00.220
 are ours

00:37:00.220 --> 00:37:01.200
 to be stewards of.

00:37:02.320 --> 00:37:03.440
 It's a huge responsibility

00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:04.160
 to be a believer.

00:37:05.180 --> 00:37:05.820
 And the preparation

00:37:05.820 --> 00:37:06.760
 is as big,

00:37:07.019 --> 00:37:07.780
 if not bigger,

00:37:08.160 --> 00:37:09.660
 than the actual execution

00:37:09.660 --> 00:37:10.280
 of the thing.

00:37:11.140 --> 00:37:11.519
 Because yeah,

00:37:11.540 --> 00:37:12.060
 you might fumble

00:37:12.060 --> 00:37:12.760
 with your words,

00:37:13.720 --> 00:37:14.700
 but your diligence

00:37:14.700 --> 00:37:15.400
 to the Lord

00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:16.600
 is more important

00:37:16.600 --> 00:37:17.519
 than how well you did.

00:37:18.519 --> 00:37:19.000
 Your diligence

00:37:19.000 --> 00:37:19.400
 to the Lord

00:37:19.400 --> 00:37:19.860
 is more important

00:37:19.860 --> 00:37:20.620
 than how well you did.

00:37:24.860 --> 00:37:25.620
 So I want to go ahead

00:37:25.620 --> 00:37:26.180
 and kind of land

00:37:26.180 --> 00:37:27.100
 the plane for us

00:37:27.100 --> 00:37:27.519
 this morning.

00:37:30.200 --> 00:37:30.980
 Jesus tells us

00:37:30.980 --> 00:37:31.900
 in the very last half

00:37:31.900 --> 00:37:33.300
 of verse 20

00:37:33.300 --> 00:37:34.100
 in Matthew 28,

00:37:34.240 --> 00:37:34.620
 He says,

00:37:35.660 --> 00:37:36.660
 I am with you always

00:37:36.660 --> 00:37:38.160
 to the end of the age.

00:37:39.100 --> 00:37:40.080
 And that is

00:37:40.079 --> 00:37:41.039
 the hope

00:37:41.039 --> 00:37:42.500
 that we get to cling to

00:37:42.500 --> 00:37:43.519
 as believers.

00:37:44.099 --> 00:37:46.059
 We have daunting tasks

00:37:46.059 --> 00:37:46.579
 before us.

00:37:46.639 --> 00:37:47.880
 We have our own sin

00:37:47.880 --> 00:37:48.460
 to overcome,

00:37:48.659 --> 00:37:49.559
 our own hypocrisy,

00:37:49.900 --> 00:37:50.719
 our own hardships

00:37:50.719 --> 00:37:51.440
 in our lives

00:37:51.440 --> 00:37:52.000
 to deal with.

00:37:52.699 --> 00:37:53.779
 But Jesus tells us

00:37:53.779 --> 00:37:54.099
 that

00:37:54.099 --> 00:37:56.880
 as you go through

00:37:56.880 --> 00:37:57.460
 all this stuff,

00:37:57.819 --> 00:37:58.480
 as you seek

00:37:58.480 --> 00:37:59.039
 to make disciples,

00:37:59.360 --> 00:38:00.539
 as you succeed

00:38:00.539 --> 00:38:01.619
 and fail in it,

00:38:02.880 --> 00:38:03.319
 behold,

00:38:03.519 --> 00:38:04.519
 I am with you always

00:38:04.519 --> 00:38:05.920
 to the end of the age.

00:38:06.460 --> 00:38:07.659
 I'm going to be with you.

00:38:10.079 --> 00:38:12.980
 as believers,

00:38:13.460 --> 00:38:15.099
 we have the Holy Spirit

00:38:15.099 --> 00:38:15.699
 dwelling with us

00:38:15.699 --> 00:38:16.360
 permanently.

00:38:18.340 --> 00:38:19.539
 God's Holy Spirit

00:38:19.539 --> 00:38:20.679
 dwells in us.

00:38:20.719 --> 00:38:21.799
 Like we get to walk around

00:38:21.799 --> 00:38:22.179
 with Jesus

00:38:22.179 --> 00:38:23.579
 in our hearts

00:38:23.579 --> 00:38:24.480
 at all times.

00:38:25.319 --> 00:38:26.299
 Whereas there was a moment

00:38:26.299 --> 00:38:27.019
 when the disciples

00:38:27.019 --> 00:38:28.179
 walked with Jesus

00:38:28.179 --> 00:38:29.139
 and then didn't

00:38:29.139 --> 00:38:30.739
 and feared.

00:38:31.420 --> 00:38:32.539
 What's happening next?

00:38:32.539 --> 00:38:35.800
 Well, you know,

00:38:35.840 --> 00:38:36.500
 I know what's happening

00:38:36.500 --> 00:38:37.279
 next for us.

00:38:39.219 --> 00:38:40.059
 Because we're fighting

00:38:40.059 --> 00:38:40.920
 a battle he's already won

00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:43.000
 to draw it back

00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:43.500
 to the song.

00:38:44.179 --> 00:38:45.139
 No matter what comes

00:38:45.139 --> 00:38:45.519
 my way,

00:38:45.559 --> 00:38:46.380
 I will overcome.

00:38:47.279 --> 00:38:47.880
 I may not know

00:38:47.880 --> 00:38:48.239
 what he's doing

00:38:48.239 --> 00:38:48.679
 in my life,

00:38:49.340 --> 00:38:50.019
 but I know

00:38:50.019 --> 00:38:50.719
 what he has done.

00:38:52.259 --> 00:38:53.480
 I'm fighting this battle

00:38:53.480 --> 00:38:54.759
 not my own power though.

00:38:55.659 --> 00:38:56.500
 The power of the spear

00:38:56.500 --> 00:38:57.400
 is how I fight this battle.

00:38:57.759 --> 00:38:58.279
 And what battle

00:38:58.279 --> 00:38:58.719
 am I fighting?

00:38:58.779 --> 00:38:59.500
 The battle against

00:38:59.500 --> 00:39:00.239
 evil,

00:39:00.619 --> 00:39:00.860
 sin.

00:39:00.860 --> 00:39:02.980
 And so,

00:39:03.680 --> 00:39:04.480
 I want to leave this

00:39:04.480 --> 00:39:05.099
 with you guys here.

00:39:06.640 --> 00:39:07.800
 The call to be a disciple

00:39:07.800 --> 00:39:08.700
 is not an easy one.

00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:09.519
 And it should not

00:39:09.519 --> 00:39:10.160
 be made lightly.

00:39:10.780 --> 00:39:11.620
 It shouldn't be made lightly

00:39:11.620 --> 00:39:12.620
 to be a believer in Jesus.

00:39:13.220 --> 00:39:14.480
 It's not just a good thing we do.

00:39:16.120 --> 00:39:18.079
 It is a full commitment

00:39:18.079 --> 00:39:18.960
 of the life.

00:39:20.880 --> 00:39:22.059
 Giving over of ourselves

00:39:22.059 --> 00:39:22.620
 to Christ.

00:39:23.200 --> 00:39:24.140
 It's as if you were

00:39:24.140 --> 00:39:25.120
 a king of a kingdom

00:39:25.120 --> 00:39:28.320
 and you said,

00:39:28.420 --> 00:39:29.000
 I can't take care

00:39:29.000 --> 00:39:29.680
 of this kingdom anymore.

00:39:29.679 --> 00:39:31.119
 I can't do it.

00:39:32.219 --> 00:39:33.559
 I need to give the keys away

00:39:33.559 --> 00:39:34.219
 to someone who can

00:39:34.219 --> 00:39:34.980
 take care of this kingdom.

00:39:35.699 --> 00:39:36.779
 And you give your keys

00:39:36.779 --> 00:39:37.539
 to your kingdom

00:39:37.539 --> 00:39:38.799
 that you have inside of you

00:39:38.799 --> 00:39:39.359
 to Christ

00:39:39.359 --> 00:39:41.039
 and he comes in

00:39:41.039 --> 00:39:42.519
 and he just

00:39:42.519 --> 00:39:43.779
 demolishes the place

00:39:43.779 --> 00:39:45.059
 but rebuilds it back

00:39:45.059 --> 00:39:46.539
 so much better.

00:39:47.799 --> 00:39:48.619
 He's building in you

00:39:48.619 --> 00:39:48.980
 a kingdom.

00:39:49.099 --> 00:39:49.719
 He's building this kingdom

00:39:49.719 --> 00:39:50.399
 here right now.

00:39:51.359 --> 00:39:52.000
 And so,

00:39:52.599 --> 00:39:53.559
 know that Christ

00:39:53.559 --> 00:39:54.079
 is in you

00:39:54.079 --> 00:39:54.799
 building a kingdom.

00:39:55.519 --> 00:39:56.539
 A priest of believers

00:39:56.539 --> 00:39:56.919
 here

00:39:56.919 --> 00:39:58.219
 to go preach the gospel.

00:39:58.219 --> 00:39:58.599
 And so,

00:39:59.019 --> 00:39:59.939
 as we come to the end

00:39:59.939 --> 00:40:00.480
 of our service,

00:40:00.819 --> 00:40:01.299
 I'm going to ask

00:40:01.299 --> 00:40:01.839
 Miss June to come

00:40:01.839 --> 00:40:02.539
 play for us.

00:40:02.819 --> 00:40:03.559
 And I want to

00:40:03.559 --> 00:40:05.059
 invite you guys

00:40:05.059 --> 00:40:05.879
 into a time of

00:40:05.879 --> 00:40:07.179
 either invitation

00:40:07.179 --> 00:40:08.439
 or a time of prayer

00:40:08.439 --> 00:40:09.239
 and consideration.

00:40:10.079 --> 00:40:11.279
 I'm going to pray over us.

00:40:12.159 --> 00:40:13.959
 And if you'd like

00:40:13.959 --> 00:40:14.539
 to come to the altar

00:40:14.539 --> 00:40:14.980
 to pray,

00:40:15.799 --> 00:40:16.639
 take time to pause

00:40:16.639 --> 00:40:17.119
 this morning

00:40:17.119 --> 00:40:18.859
 from your busy Sunday,

00:40:19.759 --> 00:40:21.099
 from your busy life.

00:40:22.299 --> 00:40:23.119
 I'm not naive.

00:40:23.119 --> 00:40:23.259
 Eve,

00:40:23.279 --> 00:40:23.779
 I understand

00:40:23.779 --> 00:40:24.420
 that we all

00:40:24.420 --> 00:40:25.799
 have very heavy

00:40:25.799 --> 00:40:26.480
 responsibilities.

00:40:26.900 --> 00:40:27.839
 A lot that we're doing.

00:40:29.920 --> 00:40:30.799
 But consider

00:40:30.799 --> 00:40:31.980
 in light of eternity

00:40:31.980 --> 00:40:33.359
 your responsibilities.

00:40:37.179 --> 00:40:37.839
 Did you buy

00:40:37.839 --> 00:40:38.519
 that tool today?

00:40:39.139 --> 00:40:39.719
 Is it going to

00:40:39.719 --> 00:40:40.339
 affect you tomorrow?

00:40:41.000 --> 00:40:41.380
 Maybe.

00:40:42.839 --> 00:40:43.179
 But,

00:40:44.500 --> 00:40:45.960
 does that tool

00:40:45.960 --> 00:40:47.359
 lead somebody

00:40:47.359 --> 00:40:47.859
 to salvation?

00:40:48.920 --> 00:40:49.579
 Probably not.

00:40:49.579 --> 00:40:52.000
 Are you actively

00:40:52.000 --> 00:40:53.139
 pressing pause

00:40:53.139 --> 00:40:53.480
 in your life

00:40:53.480 --> 00:40:54.199
 to slow down

00:40:54.199 --> 00:40:55.679
 and prioritize

00:40:55.679 --> 00:40:56.460
 being in prayer

00:40:56.460 --> 00:40:56.980
 with the Lord?

00:40:57.400 --> 00:40:57.980
 Going to Him

00:40:57.980 --> 00:40:58.759
 in this secret place

00:40:58.759 --> 00:40:59.420
 by yourself?

00:41:00.099 --> 00:41:01.340
 Getting into the Word?

00:41:03.360 --> 00:41:04.079
 There's a man,

00:41:04.159 --> 00:41:04.380
 his name is

00:41:04.380 --> 00:41:04.980
 Leonard Ravenhill.

00:41:05.099 --> 00:41:05.920
 He's a pastor

00:41:05.920 --> 00:41:07.360
 of the old days.

00:41:08.480 --> 00:41:09.500
 I'm reading his book

00:41:09.500 --> 00:41:10.699
 and one thing he says

00:41:10.699 --> 00:41:11.119
 in the book

00:41:11.119 --> 00:41:11.619
 was that

00:41:11.619 --> 00:41:13.579
 a sermon

00:41:13.579 --> 00:41:15.139
 concocted in the mind

00:41:15.139 --> 00:41:15.960
 is only for the mind.

00:41:17.079 --> 00:41:17.559
 But a sermon

00:41:17.559 --> 00:41:18.159
 concocted

00:41:18.159 --> 00:41:19.000
 and written

00:41:19.000 --> 00:41:20.619
 with this power

00:41:20.619 --> 00:41:21.159
 of the Spirit

00:41:21.159 --> 00:41:22.420
 is for the Spirit

00:41:22.420 --> 00:41:22.940
 of the man.

00:41:24.280 --> 00:41:25.019
 And so my question

00:41:25.019 --> 00:41:25.659
 this morning is

00:41:25.659 --> 00:41:26.760
 in your life right now

00:41:26.760 --> 00:41:27.780
 are you

00:41:27.780 --> 00:41:29.199
 filling your mind

00:41:29.199 --> 00:41:29.699
 with the Bible

00:41:29.699 --> 00:41:30.440
 and doing your

00:41:30.440 --> 00:41:30.800
 five minute

00:41:30.800 --> 00:41:31.400
 real quick studies

00:41:31.400 --> 00:41:31.800
 just because

00:41:31.800 --> 00:41:32.860
 it's what you should do

00:41:32.860 --> 00:41:33.940
 to make sure

00:41:33.940 --> 00:41:34.480
 you feel right

00:41:34.480 --> 00:41:34.980
 as a man

00:41:34.980 --> 00:41:35.519
 or a woman?

00:41:36.139 --> 00:41:36.739
 Or are you

00:41:36.739 --> 00:41:37.340
 spending time

00:41:37.340 --> 00:41:38.139
 in diligent prayer

00:41:38.139 --> 00:41:38.920
 and diligent reading

00:41:38.920 --> 00:41:39.260
 of the Word

00:41:39.260 --> 00:41:39.679
 to really come

00:41:39.679 --> 00:41:40.059
 and know

00:41:40.059 --> 00:41:41.039
 who Christ is?

00:41:46.039 --> 00:41:46.619
 That's all I have

00:41:46.619 --> 00:41:47.239
 to say there I think.

00:41:47.860 --> 00:41:48.679
 Consider in your hearts

00:41:48.679 --> 00:41:49.500
 where are you right now?

00:41:50.299 --> 00:41:51.019
 Let me pray for us.

00:41:51.460 --> 00:41:52.079
 Father I thank you

00:41:52.079 --> 00:41:52.819
 so much for this morning.

00:41:53.119 --> 00:41:53.619
 Thank you for

00:41:53.619 --> 00:41:54.480
 all the people

00:41:54.480 --> 00:41:54.960
 who have

00:41:54.960 --> 00:41:56.119
 sat through

00:41:56.119 --> 00:41:58.039
 a message

00:41:58.039 --> 00:41:59.460
 over many different

00:41:59.460 --> 00:41:59.859
 parts

00:41:59.859 --> 00:42:01.259
 of the Christian life.

00:42:02.299 --> 00:42:02.379
 But

00:42:02.379 --> 00:42:04.159
 Lord thank you so much

00:42:04.159 --> 00:42:04.599
 for all you've done

00:42:04.599 --> 00:42:05.019
 this weekend.

00:42:05.599 --> 00:42:06.219
 Even just that

00:42:06.219 --> 00:42:06.819
 one came

00:42:06.819 --> 00:42:07.419
 to Christ.

00:42:09.940 --> 00:42:11.139
 God hearing the praises

00:42:11.139 --> 00:42:11.819
 of your people

00:42:11.819 --> 00:42:13.219
 singing praises

00:42:13.219 --> 00:42:13.659
 to you.

00:42:16.359 --> 00:42:17.279
 A humbling feeling.

00:42:18.099 --> 00:42:18.739
 Can't even imagine

00:42:18.739 --> 00:42:19.139
 what heaven's

00:42:19.139 --> 00:42:19.679
 going to be like.

00:42:20.480 --> 00:42:21.059
 All of us

00:42:21.059 --> 00:42:22.799
 singing praises

00:42:22.799 --> 00:42:23.500
 and hearing the angels

00:42:23.500 --> 00:42:24.219
 sing holy, holy,

00:42:24.319 --> 00:42:24.899
 holy is the Lord

00:42:24.899 --> 00:42:25.419
 God Almighty.

00:42:28.079 --> 00:42:28.759
 Lord I thank you

00:42:28.759 --> 00:42:29.299
 for all you've done.

00:42:30.139 --> 00:42:30.619
 Lord as we

00:42:30.619 --> 00:42:31.539
 come to a close

00:42:31.539 --> 00:42:32.659
 I pray that you

00:42:32.659 --> 00:42:33.319
 would impress upon

00:42:33.319 --> 00:42:33.899
 the hearts of those

00:42:33.899 --> 00:42:34.279
 who need to be

00:42:34.279 --> 00:42:34.899
 impressed upon

00:42:34.899 --> 00:42:36.239
 to come to Christ.

00:42:37.559 --> 00:42:38.519
 Lord those who are

00:42:38.519 --> 00:42:39.899
 who are dealing

00:42:39.900 --> 00:42:41.079
 with sin issues

00:42:41.079 --> 00:42:41.619
 in their life.

00:42:42.639 --> 00:42:43.019
 They would

00:42:43.019 --> 00:42:44.300
 seek to confess it

00:42:44.300 --> 00:42:45.000
 and kill it

00:42:45.000 --> 00:42:45.579
 just take it

00:42:45.579 --> 00:42:46.200
 out of their lives.

00:42:47.559 --> 00:42:48.099
 Lord you've been

00:42:48.099 --> 00:42:48.740
 so good to us.

00:42:50.360 --> 00:42:51.059
 Lord thank you

00:42:51.059 --> 00:42:51.900
 for even when

00:42:51.900 --> 00:42:52.519
 we think you're

00:42:52.519 --> 00:42:53.380
 slow to answer prayer

00:42:53.380 --> 00:42:55.840
 you're still slow

00:42:55.840 --> 00:42:57.660
 to handle us

00:42:57.660 --> 00:42:58.519
 and our sin

00:42:58.519 --> 00:42:59.420
 how we deserve

00:42:59.420 --> 00:42:59.740
 to be.

00:43:00.420 --> 00:43:01.000
 Lord thank you

00:43:01.000 --> 00:43:01.420
 for all you've done

00:43:01.420 --> 00:43:01.760
 in Christ.

00:43:01.820 --> 00:43:02.059
 In my prayer.