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 How we doing? Oh, that's terrible.

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 Are you happy to be here?

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 Okay, how we doing, guys?

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 That's like a 6 out of 10, I think. I don't know.

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 I guess we'd have to deal with that, huh? Hey, we are, so we're at

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 West Island, as you know. So next week we will not be here. Appreciate your

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 perseverance, as we're going to talk about today.

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 And being here, I know it's a hall, but this is where God has opened the doors for us today.

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 So we're here to worship Him. If you have not been here before, my name is Tobin,

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 and I'm one of the pastors here. And we have been going through the book of Revelation.

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 We've been following kind of a, there's a purpose to our sermons. We've been talking about the church

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 and the people of God all fall. We've been talking about what does it mean to be the church,

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 and how do we interact with each other? How do we have hope in the midst of hopeless times?

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 What does it look like? And so we've gone to this place, and we've come to this sermon series on

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 the seven churches in the book of Revelation, which is the last book of the Bible. And one of

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 the things that's key in this is just that you realize that sometimes even as Christians, if

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 you're here and you're not a Christ follower yet, we're really glad you're here. You're going to

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 see some insight today. You're probably going to think we're very weird, and we are. But ask

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 questions of the people who brought you, and that's a great thing. So welcome to the family.

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 Anyway, but when we come to the book of Revelation, sometimes, and I talk fast, so I'm trying to

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 slow down just a little. We talk about the end times and Jesus coming and people being

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 lifted up in the air and Armageddon and all these really bad things. And sometimes we lose

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 the focus of what the book is really about. The book is really about Christ. The book is really

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 about Jesus, right? So sometimes we forget that. And I think that I forget that sometimes.

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 So when you read, we hope that you read and you're thinking about not so much what's going

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 to happen in the end, but who Christ is. And more importantly, as who he is, how should

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 I be? Because sometimes I think we look at Christ, but we don't change. We don't ask questions.

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 We don't, we just stay the same. But what we want to do in the passages as we come to God's

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 words is we want to look at Christ and see, wow. Okay, so what does he want me to do with

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 this? And how can he change me? We've been looking at the seven churches. I put a map

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 up here in the back. And basically this is what it looked like. So this is Turkey. And

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 Paul is stranded on Patmos. It's a prison island. It's not a nice place to be. In about

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 90 AD, Jesus comes to him and takes him in a vision to heaven and tells him to write these

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 stories, these messages to these churches that he's watching. And it's really clear that

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 he's watching these churches. And so that is actually, that's the Roman mail route. And

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 so if you want to know how the Roman army and the country sent mail, this is, this was that

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 route that was sent through there. So later we went to Ephesus first and we looked at

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 Smyrna, then we looked at Pergamum, we looked at Thyatira, we looked at Sardis, we looked

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 and today we look at Philadelphia. And what we're going to see is out of all of these things

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 that only two of them actually had nothing wrong with them. The letters start off with Jesus

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 introducing himself, which is, which is key. Really, we can just read the first verses

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 and you're going to know what the whole passage is about. Because again, he wants us to look

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 at him to realize who he is. And as we realize who he is, that should change us and to affect

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 us and to change how we see things here. And Jesus is writing this letter to these churches

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 and what he's trying to do is he's trying to prepare them for massive persecution. There's

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 going to be incredible persecution happening under Emperor Trajan. So it's just starting

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 to kick off right now, but pretty soon Christians everywhere are going to be persecuted. It's

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 going to be a terrible, they're going to experience persecution from the culture, they're going to

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 experience persecution from the Jews, they're going to experience persecution massively from

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 the Romans. And so Jesus is trying to help them and encourage them in this, this time of

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 aloneness and difficulty. And so we get to this church at Philadelphia, which was a very

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 interesting church. It's, it's the smallest churches that he's written to. It's, it's the

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 youngest church. Philadelphia was a city that's, its name means brother love or brotherly love. In

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 Greek it actually just means brother love. Someone who loves their brother. And it was founded about

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 130 BC by the king of Pergamum, who was up there in that chain letter. And he had such a strong

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 affection for his brother. He, he named it that I love my brother. I'm going to name the city after

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 him. It's about 30 east, 30 miles southeast of the church, the city we talked about last week,

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 Sardis. And as you walk into it, it was basically this huge valley and the valley elevated and it was

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 really fertile ground. And you're walking into it and the city actually is up on a hill above this

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 valley. And around the back of the valley are these volcanoes. And these volcanoes would erupt every

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 once in a while. And because of that, the land was incredibly fertile. I mean, it was like some of the

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 richest land in the area. And so what do you do when you have rich land? You grow grapes. And so their,

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 their main export was grapes. And they, they partied a lot. They, they exported wine. The god they

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 worship was Bacchus. He's the god of party. And so, but what, what we don't realize, and we got to keep

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 in touch here, is that when the king of Pergamum placed his city here, the Greeks placed his city

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 here, its main purpose, its only purpose was to be a missionary city. I mean, it was established as a

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 missionary city. Not for Christianity, but for the Greeks. And so the Greeks were looking at this part of

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 the land and they said, well, how do we influence this land? He says, well, let's bring our culture into the

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 land. And so he establishes this city as a missionary city in the hopes is as the Greeks

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 live there and the people live there, that the people are going to look at them and go, wow, Greeks

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 are really cool. Why don't we be like they are? And what we are told by historians is that the, the,

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 the city is so successful that within a hundred years, everybody around them forgets their mother

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 tongue. One hundred years. Everybody forgets their mother tongue and everybody starts speaking Greek.

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 So it's kind of like Texas sends me to Hong Kong and I'm here to be the ambassador for Texas.

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 And I do such a good job at Watermark and everything else. Everybody starts thinking Texan,

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 speaking Texan, acting Texan, which would not be a bad thing, right? And, and then within a hundred

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 years, all of Hong Kong is, is Texan, which could be a really cool thing. And that's what this,

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 this, that's what happened in this city. The downside to the city was there was earthquakes. I mean,

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 there were a lot of earthquakes. I mean, the city was destroyed and rebuilt and destroyed and rebuilt.

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 And, and some historians tell us that when you walk through the city that you would feel these

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 tremors. And the minute you felt a tremor, everybody would just drop whatever they were doing and they

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 would just run out. I mean, literally this historian was saying, he's talking to people, a tremor hits.

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 It's kind of like living in the Bay Area, maybe, or San Francisco or something like that. And you get hit by a

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 tremor and your first reaction is just to get out. And so everybody would get out. And so when you came to visit the

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 city, what you saw is people ran in, they ran out, they ran in, they ran out. I mean, this was, this was a

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 continual thing. People had no security. They had no safety. They just dropped everything and they ran out.

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 The city walls were cracked and the city walls were supposed to be the strongest part of the city. And

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 so there was no defense. The city was, was pretty weak. It was just a drunk city that was an ambassador

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 that did its job really well. And even the wealthy people, they slept outside the city.

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 I mean, no one actually slept in their homes because they were worried about the homes collapsing

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 as they were sleeping. And so it was this place that was, it was just unsecure. But it was

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 prosperous. But it was unsecure. And historians tell us that there's probably 50,000 to 100,000

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 people who live there. So it's 50,000 to 100,000 people. It was on a trade route. And what we know

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 about the church is there are about 30 people in the church. So there's 50,000 people up to 100,000

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 people. And there are 30 people in this small, young church that was placed in the middle of

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 it. And it's the only church that Jesus looks at it and says, I know what you're doing. You're amazing.

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 And so what I want to look today really briefly, because we're going to end in communion, because I feel

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 like it flows well. I want to look at really quickly, what did they do? I mean, what did they do that

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 Jesus praised them for? I want to look at what did Jesus promise them after they did it? Because you're

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 going to see that he's promised them four or five things. And actually, these promises are true to us

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 also as God's people, if we do the things that they did. So what they did, what Jesus promised them,

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 and then finally, I want to look at just basically, how can we do it also? How do we get the power to

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 do that? How do we get the chance to do that? Does that make sense? And what they did, what Jesus

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 promised them, how can we do that, and then communion. So that's where we're going. Okay, so what I want to do

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 is just look really quickly, and I probably could camp all here on verse seven. If you've got your

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 bulletin, open that up. Jesus introduces himself, and look at how he introduces himself.

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 To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write,

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 he who is holy,

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 pause.

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 That word means holy.

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 It means sacred. It means pure. It means set apart. It means

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 different. It means unlike all others. It means

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 separated from sin. It means not like

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 Tobin. It means morally

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 perfect. It means Jesus

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 has no cracks.

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 Throughout the Bible, holiness is

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 the chief attribute that describes

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 God and Christ, and it's always that

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 attribute that's put on front of the adjectives

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 that also describe him. So he's

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 holy just, and he's holy kind, and he's

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 holy peaceful. It just

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 exemplifies who he is. The idea

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 is that as Jesus says, this is who I am,

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 we should be thinking,

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 can I devote myself to him?

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 Is he worthy of my devotion?

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 He is holy.

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 It means that he won't lead us into error.

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 It means that we can

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 follow him. It means that

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 Christ is unchanging.

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 How many things that you know are unchanging

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 in this world today?

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 And Christ starts

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 this letter out to this church of

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 in the middle of 100,000

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 people.

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 And he says, this is what I want you to cling to.

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 This is what I want you to know.

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 He goes on and he goes,

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 who is true.

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 And the word is true. It means no error.

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 It means there's nothing wrong found

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 in him. It means that he's 100% reliable.

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 It means he's trustworthy.

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 It means that he's not fake.

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 I remember when I first went to China,

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 I was 89, and I was

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 in my city, and I was walking through there,

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 and I got my sunglasses.

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 I was there all summer, and I was looking at these little stalls,

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 right, and I saw this

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 pair of Ray-Bans, and it was amazing.

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 So I didn't have them. It was 89.

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 I couldn't, no one was going to come back

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 from the States or anything. And so how much is this?

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 And the guy says, it's like five U.S. dollars.

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 I'm like,

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 what a deal!

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 And so I bought it,

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 and I wore it around, and I thought,

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 wow, I really like these, and people

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 thought I was cool, right? And they looked cool,

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 and they were really good. And then one day, I'm looking at

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 myself in the mirror, and I see

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 Ray Bun.

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 And I'm like,

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 Ray Bun?

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 Maybe it scratched

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 off somehow, or something like that.

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 They're a counterfeit.

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 I didn't know they had

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 counterfeit things in China in 89.

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 I just assumed,

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 whenever they saw you buy, and it's real,

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 and it's good, and so, hey, I'm going to wear

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 my Ray Buns, and I'm going to be proud about it,

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 because they're real Ray Buns.

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 They're authentic.

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 But you know what happened after that? Seriously, what happened

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 after that was, I learned how to say certain

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 words.

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 I learned how to ask, hey, is this fake?

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 Or is this real?

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 Shijada, shijanda.

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 Shijanda.

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 What do they say? Every time you say that,

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 it's janda. Oh, they get so offended.

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 No, no, it's not fake.

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 It's real. It's janda.

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 Shijanda is pure. It's true.

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 And here

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 he's saying that Jesus

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 is janda.

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 He's genuine.

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 That he never changes.

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 What if we lived in a culture

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 where nothing was genuine?

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 What if we lived in a culture

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 where everything was

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 80% genuine?

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 Jesus says that he is 100%

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 true.

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 That we can trust him with everything.

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 That he upholds everything.

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 He protects everything.

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 He's true,

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 and you can give your life

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 to him.

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 He's holy.

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 He's true.

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 Look what he says next

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 about himself.

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 He says,

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 he holds the keys

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 of David.

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 And this is a special passage.

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 This whole story

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 is deep

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 in Old Testament

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 history.

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 And this is a story

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 that comes out of

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 Isaiah 22.

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 And basically what was happening,

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 I'm going to briefly

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 share it.

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 I don't want to waste a lot.

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 Well, I don't want to just

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 take up time.

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 But the Jewish people

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 were by themselves.

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 They were in the land.

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 The Assyrian army was coming

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 through,

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 and they were just

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 destroying everything.

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 And one night,

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 the Assyrian army,

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 50,000 people camp outside

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 the Jewish gates,

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 and everybody's panicking.

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 Everything's going to be

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 destroyed.

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 And God does this miracle

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 through the prophet,

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 and all the army

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 is decimated.

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 They're dead.

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 And the people walk out,

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 and they go,

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 wow,

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 look what we did.

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 We did this all.

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 I mean,

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 within an instant,

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 within a twinkle of eye,

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 they forgot that God

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 was sovereign

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 and in control

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 of their life.

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 And so what God says

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 is he comes in

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 and he takes these keys away,

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 the keys of the stewardship

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 of his kingdom,

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 and he gives them

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 to this guy

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 who's very faithful.

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 He gives the keys

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 to Christ.

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 And so when he says

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 the keys of David,

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 what he means is that

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 Jesus is in control

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 of everything.

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 Jesus is in control

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 of everything.

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 He has the keys.

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 Whoever has the keys

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 can open.

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 Whoever has the keys

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 can shut.

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 Whoever has the keys

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 is in authority.

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 Whoever has the keys

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 can get things done.

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 He's sovereign.

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 It basically means

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 that Christ is in control.

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 He has authority.

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 He's over everything.

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 Nothing can open.

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 Nothing can shut.

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 Nothing can happen

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 without Christ

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 allowing it to happen.

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 A little later on

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 in Matthew,

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 he's going to send out

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 the disciples.

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 He's going to tell them,

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 go make fishers of men.

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 I want you to go out there.

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 But what does he say

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 before he sends the people out?

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 He says,

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 before you go out,

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 you need to know one thing.

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 All authority

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 is mine.

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 All authority

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 belongs to God.

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 And so whatever

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 happens to you,

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 whatever goes out there,

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 however things happen,

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 I'm in control.

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 I am the one who's holy.

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 I am the one who's true.

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 I am the one

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 who's not going to fail you.

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 So the question is,

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 do we believe this?

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 I know my British friends

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 would say it's not cricket

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 to ask questions

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 in the service.

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 Did I do it right?

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 I did.

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 But it is.

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 And we want to be a church

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 that asks questions.

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 And I want to ask questions a lot.

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 And sometimes I have people

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 come up to me and say,

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 hey, we're thinking about leaving

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 because you ask too many questions.

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 Literally.

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 But we want to be a church

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 that asks questions

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 because we don't want you

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 just to come

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 and to listen

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 and feel good about yourself

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 and then leave

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 and never look at God's word,

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 never look at who Jesus is,

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 never ask,

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 is there something I need to do

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 to change myself?

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 Am I like what Christ

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 wants me to be?

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 Because we all want

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 these blessings

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 in this scripture.

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 But sometimes we don't realize

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 how far away we are

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 from acting

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 in the way

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 that allows us

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 to receive these blessings.

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 So the question is this.

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 Do you believe him?

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 Do you believe that he's holy?

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 Do you believe that he's true

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 to his word?

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 He's never going to let you down.

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 Do you believe that he's in control?

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 He has the keys.

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 Everything happens.

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 There's nothing that can happen

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 that doesn't happen.

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 He's an authority.

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 It basically says he's holy.

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 He's true.

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 He's unstoppable.

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 He's unchanging.

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 He's sure.

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 Do we believe that?

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 I ask because I think

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 there are a lot of people

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 in Hong Kong

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 and maybe some people

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 in Watermark

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 who are trusting

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 in something else

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 besides Jesus.

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 I mean, it takes a lot of honesty

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 to say that.

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 But I think there's some of us

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 in here who are trusting

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 in something besides Christ,

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 and we've put our trust

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 in this thing

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 and we have to ask ourselves

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 the question about

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 whatever we're trusting in,

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 whether it's our health,

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 our ability,

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 our business smarts,

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 our education,

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 our family,

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 our connections,

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 whatever it is

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 that we're trusting in

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 besides Jesus,

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 we have to ask ourselves

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 the question about this thing.

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 Is that thing holy?

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 Is it true?

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 Is what you're trusting in right now

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 besides Christ

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 true?

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 100% true.

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 Janda.

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 Bushijada.

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 You can't say 88% true.

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 It's either janda

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 or is it false

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 or true.

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 And so what you're trusting in

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 is it holy?

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 Is it true?

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 Is it unstoppable?

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 Is it all powerful

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 that you're trusting in?

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 I mean,

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 do you trust in

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 whatever you're trusting in

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 more than Jesus

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 enough to lay down

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 your life for it?

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 Do you trust in it

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 more than Christ

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 to lay down

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 your kids' lives

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 for it?

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 There's a lot of people

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 in Hong Kong

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 and a lot of people,

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 I think,

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 in our churches

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 who've been kind of

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 vaccinated to Christianity.

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 I mean,

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 they've experienced it,

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 they see it,

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 but they don't really

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 understand who Christ is

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 and who he is

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 and what he does

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 and that he's holy

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 and that he's true

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 and that he has all authority

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 and he's unstoppable.

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 And so we kind of live

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 this partial Christianity.

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 And then when hard things happen,

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 when we have 100,000 people

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 against 30,

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 we kind of bail.

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 You know,

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 the last couple months

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 have been some of the

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 hardest months of my life.

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 I mean,

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 we've been in this situation here

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 and I love the settings here,

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 but it's just,

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 it's kind of an out-of-the-way place,

00:19:05.480 --> 00:19:05.699
 right?

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 And I've had people

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 come up to me and say,

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 hey,

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 we're not going to come

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 to the church anymore

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 as long as we meet

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 at West Island

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 because it's just not

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 convenient for us.

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 Inside,

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 I just,

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 I'm dying,

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 right?

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 Because we don't know

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 where God's kind of place is.

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 We don't know what door

00:19:21.700 --> 00:19:22.519
 he's opened up.

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 But I have to keep clinging.

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 Is he holy?

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 Is he true?

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 Does he have authority?

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 Is he in control

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 of all things?

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 Can we trust him?

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 I mean,

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 think about it.

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 When I say he has authority,

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 I mean he has authority.

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 I mean,

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 the reason you haven't

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 gotten that bonus yet

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 is because Christ

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 hasn't opened that door

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 for that bonus.

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 The reason you're not

00:19:51.579 --> 00:19:52.240
 married yet

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 is because Christ knows

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 that you're not ready for it

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 and he hasn't opened

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 the door to marriage.

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 The reason

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 you haven't had kids yet,

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 the passage says

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 he's holy,

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 he's true,

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 he's in complete authority,

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 he controls everything.

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 Because God hasn't opened

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 that door for you yet.

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 The reason some of us

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 aren't healthy

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 and we're fighting cancer

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 and sickness

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 because Christ

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 has something to teach us

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 and he wants to do

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 something amazing

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 in our lives.

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 And unless we understand

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 that he's true,

00:20:28.460 --> 00:20:29.179
 that he's holy

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 and he has authority

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 above all things,

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 when the hard things happen,

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 when things go on,

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 we're going to bail,

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 we're going to run out,

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 we're going to give up

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 because it's not worth it,

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 it's not worth it

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 because it's changing.

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 But Jesus tells us

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 at the very beginning,

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 I'm with you.

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 I'm unchanging.

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 I'm for you.

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 I'm true.

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 No matter what happens

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 in your life,

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 I have all authority.

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 There's nothing

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 that can happen to you

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 if you're my child

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 that I'm not allowing

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 to happen.

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 Do we believe that?

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 He goes on,

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 he says,

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 this is what they did,

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 verse 8.

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 He says,

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 in the midst of all

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 these struggles,

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 in the midst of the persecution,

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 I mean,

00:21:18.259 --> 00:21:18.860
 you think about it,

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 they're a young church,

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 they're a small church,

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 they're surrounded

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 by a culture

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 and the culture's purpose

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 is to change them, right?

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 Philadelphia's purpose

00:21:27.120 --> 00:21:28.200
 is to change the people

00:21:28.200 --> 00:21:28.980
 who enter into it.

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 So if you go into Philadelphia,

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 the purpose of Philadelphia

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 is to make you Greek.

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 And so this little church

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 of 30 people

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 is in the middle of it

00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:37.720
 and they're fighting

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 all these things

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 and do you think

00:21:38.640 --> 00:21:39.420
 it must have been hard?

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 I mean,

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 it says the doors

00:21:41.660 --> 00:21:42.299
 to the synagogues

00:21:42.299 --> 00:21:42.759
 were shut.

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 They were kicked

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 out of the synagogues.

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 It says the doors

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 to the businesses

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 were shut

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 because they weren't

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 saying a little creed

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 to Caesar,

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 they couldn't be

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 business people.

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 It says the doors

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 to the Roman culture

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 were shut

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 because they weren't

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 willing to worship Caesar

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 and do all the bowing

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 and all those things.

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 And Jesus watches them

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 and he says,

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 I know,

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 I see.

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 And even though

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 you're small in number

00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:05.420
 and even though

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 you have a little strength

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 and even though

00:22:06.620 --> 00:22:07.420
 you have just a little,

00:22:07.640 --> 00:22:08.079
 little influence

00:22:08.079 --> 00:22:08.600
 in this culture

00:22:08.599 --> 00:22:09.980
 and all these doors

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 are shutting against you

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 because you kept

00:22:12.679 --> 00:22:13.399
 my word.

00:22:15.819 --> 00:22:16.779
 Because you were people

00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:18.179
 that hung on to my word,

00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:19.679
 because you didn't act

00:22:19.679 --> 00:22:20.299
 like the culture,

00:22:20.359 --> 00:22:20.939
 the idea is

00:22:20.939 --> 00:22:21.899
 they didn't act

00:22:21.899 --> 00:22:22.500
 like the culture

00:22:22.500 --> 00:22:23.039
 around them.

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 They were in the middle

00:22:23.919 --> 00:22:24.379
 of a culture

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 that was trying

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 to change them.

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 There's 30 of them

00:22:26.919 --> 00:22:27.740
 against 100,000.

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 They didn't change.

00:22:32.420 --> 00:22:33.720
 They stuck to the word

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 instead of becoming worldly.

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 I mean,

00:22:37.160 --> 00:22:37.900
 they didn't allow

00:22:37.900 --> 00:22:39.599
 Philadelphia to influence them.

00:22:39.660 --> 00:22:40.620
 They stuck to God's word

00:22:40.620 --> 00:22:42.160
 and instead of changing them,

00:22:42.339 --> 00:22:43.240
 they tried to change

00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:44.059
 the culture around them.

00:22:44.099 --> 00:22:44.920
 They were bound to God.

00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:45.759
 They obeyed scripture.

00:22:46.120 --> 00:22:47.200
 This was a whole church

00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:48.519
 that followed God's word

00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:50.059
 and trusted him.

00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:53.319
 How about us?

00:22:53.319 --> 00:22:53.339
 How about us?

00:22:53.339 --> 00:22:53.359
 How about us?

00:22:57.740 --> 00:22:58.579
 Are we following

00:22:58.579 --> 00:22:59.220
 God's word today?

00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:04.599
 Do we know

00:23:04.599 --> 00:23:06.160
 God's word today?

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 Are we acting more

00:23:09.120 --> 00:23:10.599
 like the world around us

00:23:10.599 --> 00:23:14.120
 than God's world?

00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:17.380
 If someone were to

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 follow us around

00:23:18.380 --> 00:23:19.120
 and our thoughts

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 and our actions,

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 what would they suggest?

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 Worldly word.

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 How would they put us

00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:28.379
 in what category?

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 And Jesus looks

00:23:30.219 --> 00:23:31.500
 at this small little church

00:23:31.500 --> 00:23:32.379
 that was clinging

00:23:32.379 --> 00:23:33.259
 to the word of God

00:23:33.259 --> 00:23:33.519
 and said,

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 we're not going to change.

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 We're going to be

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 just like God wants us to be.

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 The second thing

00:23:38.639 --> 00:23:40.039
 he commends them for

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 is he basically says,

00:23:41.159 --> 00:23:41.919
 they kept to his word

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 and they did not deny his name.

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 The idea is

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 they didn't give up

00:23:45.159 --> 00:23:45.699
 their faith.

00:23:47.599 --> 00:23:48.099
 They didn't give up

00:23:48.099 --> 00:23:48.659
 their testimony.

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 I mean,

00:23:49.119 --> 00:23:50.099
 there was 30 people

00:23:50.099 --> 00:23:51.419
 against 50,000

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 or 100,000 people.

00:23:52.779 --> 00:23:53.439
 The culture is

00:23:53.439 --> 00:23:54.439
 totally against them.

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 I mean,

00:23:54.960 --> 00:23:55.620
 you think it would have been

00:23:55.620 --> 00:23:56.840
 hard going to work?

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 What do you think?

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 I think it probably

00:24:03.740 --> 00:24:04.120
 would have been hard

00:24:04.120 --> 00:24:04.819
 just going through the market

00:24:04.819 --> 00:24:05.579
 trying to buy stuff

00:24:05.579 --> 00:24:07.360
 because everybody

00:24:07.360 --> 00:24:08.160
 knew who you were

00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:08.700
 because you weren't

00:24:08.700 --> 00:24:09.380
 dressing like them,

00:24:09.420 --> 00:24:10.299
 you weren't acting like them,

00:24:10.360 --> 00:24:11.519
 you were living out

00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:12.019
 a life that was

00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:12.799
 counter to them.

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 I think that they

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 probably faced

00:24:16.620 --> 00:24:17.980
 a lot of work difficulties

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 and a lot of persecution.

00:24:19.539 --> 00:24:20.039
 They were probably

00:24:20.039 --> 00:24:21.220
 ridiculed by their neighbors

00:24:21.220 --> 00:24:21.920
 all the time,

00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:23.079
 but they refused

00:24:23.079 --> 00:24:23.840
 to look and live

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 like the people around them.

00:24:24.940 --> 00:24:30.100
 you know what's going on to me?

00:24:31.380 --> 00:24:32.220
 How about us?

00:24:35.720 --> 00:24:36.400
 How are we doing?

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 I mean,

00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:39.600
 are we acting

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 and looking

00:24:41.700 --> 00:24:43.460
 and speaking

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 and spending

00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:50.339
 and using our money

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 and our time

00:24:51.059 --> 00:24:53.940
 any differently

00:24:53.940 --> 00:24:54.960
 than the people around us?

00:24:58.740 --> 00:24:59.779
 When the people around us

00:24:59.779 --> 00:25:00.400
 look at us,

00:25:00.460 --> 00:25:01.579
 do they see something different?

00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:02.420
 Do they see Jesus?

00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:02.640
 Do they see Jesus?

00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:07.259
 You know one of the

00:25:07.259 --> 00:25:08.019
 number one complaints

00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:08.640
 I get from people

00:25:08.640 --> 00:25:10.000
 who aren't Christ followers yet

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.700
 when I talk to them

00:25:10.700 --> 00:25:11.340
 and I try to talk to

00:25:11.340 --> 00:25:12.779
 a lot of people every week

00:25:12.779 --> 00:25:13.279
 because I just want to get

00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:13.779
 to know people

00:25:13.779 --> 00:25:14.279
 and things like that.

00:25:14.539 --> 00:25:15.480
 The number one complaint

00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:15.940
 usually

00:25:15.940 --> 00:25:17.600
 is that the people

00:25:17.600 --> 00:25:18.180
 who they know

00:25:18.180 --> 00:25:18.779
 who are Christians

00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:19.680
 or say they're Christians

00:25:19.680 --> 00:25:20.300
 in their workplace

00:25:20.300 --> 00:25:20.980
 look no differently

00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:21.620
 than they are.

00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:24.940
 They use the same language.

00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:28.039
 They betray people

00:25:28.039 --> 00:25:28.519
 in the office

00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:30.079
 just like non-believers do.

00:25:31.640 --> 00:25:32.960
 They fornicate

00:25:32.960 --> 00:25:35.200
 just like the non-believers do.

00:25:36.360 --> 00:25:37.299
 Married and singles.

00:25:38.740 --> 00:25:40.620
 They act exactly like it.

00:25:41.960 --> 00:25:42.839
 The number one complaint

00:25:42.839 --> 00:25:43.460
 I get from people

00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:44.000
 when I talk to them

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.460
 about Christ

00:25:44.460 --> 00:25:44.839
 and what it means

00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:45.360
 to be a believer

00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:48.179
 is that when the Christians

00:25:48.179 --> 00:25:49.019
 they look in their life

00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:49.799
 they look no different.

00:25:52.199 --> 00:25:52.819
 You know the number one

00:25:52.819 --> 00:25:53.399
 complaint I get to people

00:25:53.399 --> 00:25:54.399
 when I invite them to church?

00:25:55.219 --> 00:25:56.559
 I'm not making this up.

00:25:56.819 --> 00:25:57.439
 The number one complaint

00:25:57.439 --> 00:25:57.899
 they say to me

00:25:57.899 --> 00:25:58.879
 is the church is no different

00:25:58.879 --> 00:25:59.939
 than what I do already.

00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:01.799
 It's loud.

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:02.579
 It's noisy.

00:26:02.819 --> 00:26:03.419
 It's flashy.

00:26:04.159 --> 00:26:05.059
 It's high impact.

00:26:05.199 --> 00:26:06.139
 High tech.

00:26:06.339 --> 00:26:07.139
 A lot of different things.

00:26:07.199 --> 00:26:07.659
 All these things

00:26:07.659 --> 00:26:08.119
 I experience

00:26:08.119 --> 00:26:08.839
 when I go to conferences

00:26:08.839 --> 00:26:09.819
 and other things like that

00:26:09.819 --> 00:26:11.039
 and there's nothing in it for me

00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:12.000
 because it's already

00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:13.179
 and he said

00:26:13.179 --> 00:26:14.199
 quite frankly

00:26:14.199 --> 00:26:14.879
 the world does it

00:26:14.880 --> 00:26:15.240
 much better

00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:16.020
 than the church does it.

00:26:16.640 --> 00:26:17.100
 The church thinks

00:26:17.100 --> 00:26:17.840
 it's doing really well

00:26:17.840 --> 00:26:18.280
 in high tech

00:26:18.280 --> 00:26:19.040
 but it's really not

00:26:19.040 --> 00:26:19.360
 because the world

00:26:19.360 --> 00:26:20.080
 can do it a lot better.

00:26:22.980 --> 00:26:23.540
 And they say

00:26:23.540 --> 00:26:24.380
 I don't want to come to church

00:26:24.380 --> 00:26:25.340
 because it's no different

00:26:25.340 --> 00:26:27.540
 than my everyday life.

00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:31.660
 And Jesus looks at

00:26:31.660 --> 00:26:32.720
 this small little church

00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:33.220
 that's surrounded

00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:33.900
 by all these things

00:26:33.900 --> 00:26:34.220
 and he said

00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:34.920
 well done.

00:26:35.260 --> 00:26:36.340
 You hung on to the word.

00:26:36.640 --> 00:26:37.780
 You hung on to my testimony.

00:26:38.180 --> 00:26:38.940
 You kept the faith

00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:40.120
 and because of those things

00:26:40.120 --> 00:26:41.720
 he says in verses 10, 11, and 12

00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:42.180
 he says

00:26:42.180 --> 00:26:43.120
 I'm going to open these doors.

00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:43.620
 I'm going to give you

00:26:43.620 --> 00:26:44.220
 these opportunities.

00:26:44.340 --> 00:26:44.600
 I'm going to give you

00:26:44.599 --> 00:26:45.379
 these things happen to you

00:26:45.379 --> 00:26:46.319
 and almost always

00:26:46.319 --> 00:26:46.679
 in scripture

00:26:46.679 --> 00:26:47.339
 when a door is open

00:26:47.339 --> 00:26:47.879
 what it means is

00:26:47.879 --> 00:26:48.599
 God has given us

00:26:48.599 --> 00:26:49.059
 an opportunity

00:26:49.059 --> 00:26:50.519
 to influence people

00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:51.079
 and culture

00:26:51.079 --> 00:26:52.299
 with the gospel.

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:54.559
 Whenever Christ

00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:55.159
 opens a door

00:26:55.159 --> 00:26:55.619
 it means that

00:26:55.619 --> 00:26:56.480
 he's wanting us

00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:57.119
 to walk through it

00:26:57.119 --> 00:26:57.980
 and share the gospel

00:26:57.980 --> 00:26:58.439
 with people.

00:26:59.439 --> 00:26:59.740
 I mean scripture

00:26:59.740 --> 00:27:00.359
 also says

00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:00.759
 that when God

00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:01.279
 opens doors

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:01.959
 it means that

00:27:01.959 --> 00:27:03.119
 blessings come through

00:27:03.119 --> 00:27:03.659
 to us.

00:27:04.859 --> 00:27:05.379
 So there's this

00:27:05.379 --> 00:27:06.139
 two sense focus.

00:27:06.459 --> 00:27:07.319
 Because they were faithful

00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:08.139
 because they were true

00:27:08.139 --> 00:27:09.579
 God opens these doors

00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:11.059
 and they have even more

00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:11.459
 of an opportunity

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:12.019
 to share.

00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:15.019
 I wonder how big

00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:15.680
 the church was

00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:17.180
 after 10 years.

00:27:20.380 --> 00:27:21.079
 I don't think

00:27:21.079 --> 00:27:22.120
 it was just 30 people

00:27:22.120 --> 00:27:25.380
 because the life

00:27:25.380 --> 00:27:25.980
 that they were living

00:27:25.980 --> 00:27:26.539
 and the words

00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:27.160
 they were sharing

00:27:27.160 --> 00:27:27.799
 and the actions

00:27:27.799 --> 00:27:28.360
 that they were doing

00:27:28.360 --> 00:27:29.180
 were so much different

00:27:29.180 --> 00:27:30.039
 than the world around them

00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:31.259
 that it had to

00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:32.440
 attract people

00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:33.920
 in the midst

00:27:33.920 --> 00:27:34.700
 of a chaos

00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:36.140
 and chaotic world.

00:27:36.140 --> 00:27:38.759
 Jesus says

00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:39.440
 I'm the one

00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:40.440
 who opens the doors

00:27:40.440 --> 00:27:42.640
 I have the keys.

00:27:45.340 --> 00:27:46.300
 Who has the keys?

00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:50.900
 Jesus.

00:27:52.300 --> 00:27:53.420
 I went to a conference

00:27:53.420 --> 00:27:54.340
 many years ago

00:27:54.340 --> 00:27:56.040
 huge mega church

00:27:56.040 --> 00:27:58.320
 and we were there

00:27:58.320 --> 00:27:58.860
 and we were watching

00:27:58.860 --> 00:27:59.960
 these guys talk

00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:00.460
 and it was

00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:00.759
 it was

00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:01.040
 it was

00:28:01.040 --> 00:28:01.940
 it was very impressive

00:28:01.940 --> 00:28:02.240
 it was

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:03.080
 it was a congregation

00:28:03.080 --> 00:28:03.380
 about

00:28:03.380 --> 00:28:04.500
 they had a sanctuary

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:05.920
 of about 25,000 people.

00:28:07.140 --> 00:28:08.500
 And one after another

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:09.280
 for about four days

00:28:09.280 --> 00:28:10.040
 guys got up and said

00:28:10.040 --> 00:28:10.740
 okay do a church

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:11.460
 this is what you gotta do.

00:28:12.040 --> 00:28:13.240
 You gotta have a big venue

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:14.360
 you gotta have a lot

00:28:14.360 --> 00:28:15.340
 of parking spaces

00:28:15.340 --> 00:28:15.920
 you gotta have

00:28:15.920 --> 00:28:17.480
 really cool colored carpet

00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:18.300
 you gotta have

00:28:18.300 --> 00:28:19.040
 relevant music

00:28:19.040 --> 00:28:19.720
 you gotta look

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:20.440
 really different

00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:22.200
 you gotta be looking

00:28:22.200 --> 00:28:23.220
 just like the world

00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:24.300
 but make it

00:28:24.300 --> 00:28:25.280
 Christianized a little

00:28:25.280 --> 00:28:26.560
 and if you can do that

00:28:26.560 --> 00:28:27.980
 then God's gonna

00:28:27.980 --> 00:28:28.640
 open the doors

00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:29.660
 and things will happen

00:28:29.660 --> 00:28:30.600
 people will come to Christ

00:28:30.600 --> 00:28:30.940
 right?

00:28:31.620 --> 00:28:32.340
 And I'm sitting there

00:28:32.340 --> 00:28:33.100
 and I'm just sitting there

00:28:33.100 --> 00:28:33.520
 and go wow

00:28:33.520 --> 00:28:34.120
 and I'm just

00:28:34.120 --> 00:28:35.400
 and I look over

00:28:35.400 --> 00:28:36.200
 about day two

00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:36.900
 and there's this young guy

00:28:36.900 --> 00:28:37.500
 I got to know

00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:38.080
 and he's from

00:28:38.080 --> 00:28:38.840
 he's from Ireland

00:28:38.840 --> 00:28:40.640
 he's from this small country

00:28:40.640 --> 00:28:41.259
 church in Ireland

00:28:41.259 --> 00:28:41.720
 and I think

00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:42.759
 and he was

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:43.300
 he was looking

00:28:43.300 --> 00:28:44.140
 pretty depressed

00:28:44.140 --> 00:28:46.420
 I said dude

00:28:46.420 --> 00:28:46.920
 what's going on

00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:47.200
 he goes

00:28:47.200 --> 00:28:49.400
 I'll never be able

00:28:49.400 --> 00:28:50.320
 to do any of those things

00:28:50.320 --> 00:28:53.120
 I mean

00:28:53.120 --> 00:28:53.940
 I'll be thankful

00:28:53.940 --> 00:28:55.000
 that I get 30 people

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:56.300
 in my church on Sunday

00:28:56.300 --> 00:28:59.040
 I'm not gonna be able

00:28:59.040 --> 00:28:59.880
 to have all the programs

00:28:59.880 --> 00:29:00.300
 I'm not gonna have

00:29:00.300 --> 00:29:01.019
 all the bells and whistles

00:29:01.019 --> 00:29:01.480
 I'm not gonna

00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:02.440
 I'm gonna be the only one

00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:02.980
 they're doing it

00:29:02.980 --> 00:29:03.220
 I mean

00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:03.980
 we don't even have

00:29:03.980 --> 00:29:04.580
 a parking place

00:29:04.580 --> 00:29:05.140
 we have this small

00:29:05.140 --> 00:29:05.680
 little church

00:29:05.680 --> 00:29:06.500
 and he said

00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:07.580
 if all the things

00:29:07.580 --> 00:29:08.259
 they say are true

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:09.380
 then this is what

00:29:09.380 --> 00:29:10.240
 it takes to grow a church

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:10.980
 then I'm never

00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:11.400
 gonna be able

00:29:11.400 --> 00:29:12.000
 to do that

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:14.600
 I'm never gonna be able

00:29:14.600 --> 00:29:15.440
 to open the doors

00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:18.840
 but who opens the doors?

00:29:23.799 --> 00:29:24.080
 Who?

00:29:25.140 --> 00:29:25.799
 Christ, right?

00:29:27.080 --> 00:29:28.039
 Christ opens the doors

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:29.839
 why does he open the doors?

00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:32.539
 because we're relevant

00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:33.079
 fun

00:29:33.079 --> 00:29:34.039
 really cool

00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:34.759
 and have all these things

00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:35.480
 and there's nothing

00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:36.319
 wrong with those things

00:29:36.319 --> 00:29:37.000
 but is that why

00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:37.839
 the doors get open?

00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:41.079
 here he says

00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:41.740
 the doors get open

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:42.399
 because we're faithful

00:29:42.399 --> 00:29:43.059
 to his word

00:29:43.059 --> 00:29:46.500
 and we live lives

00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:47.159
 that are so different

00:29:47.159 --> 00:29:48.379
 than the world around us

00:29:48.379 --> 00:29:50.940
 that people look at that

00:29:50.940 --> 00:29:51.279
 and go

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:53.339
 I want that

00:29:53.339 --> 00:29:56.099
 because I'm living

00:29:56.099 --> 00:29:57.099
 in this earthquake zone

00:29:57.099 --> 00:30:00.000
 my life is falling apart

00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:02.399
 and I need stability

00:30:02.399 --> 00:30:03.159
 I need strength

00:30:03.159 --> 00:30:04.279
 I need hope

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:06.039
 I need something

00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:07.279
 to help me go through

00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:09.859
 you look in verse 9

00:30:09.859 --> 00:30:10.240
 through 11

00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:11.179
 he basically lays out

00:30:11.179 --> 00:30:11.759
 four things

00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:12.500
 and all these things

00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:12.779
 again

00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:13.679
 this is what Jesus

00:30:13.679 --> 00:30:14.500
 is gonna give this church

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:15.419
 because of their faithfulness

00:30:15.419 --> 00:30:16.179
 because of their obedience

00:30:16.179 --> 00:30:17.219
 because of trusting them

00:30:17.219 --> 00:30:18.039
 he basically says

00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:18.659
 the first thing is that

00:30:18.659 --> 00:30:19.559
 all the enemies

00:30:19.559 --> 00:30:20.319
 all of our enemies

00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:21.399
 all the people that mocked us

00:30:21.399 --> 00:30:22.279
 all the people who've

00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:23.019
 given us a hard time

00:30:23.019 --> 00:30:24.459
 all these people who mock you

00:30:24.459 --> 00:30:24.899
 in your office

00:30:24.899 --> 00:30:26.980
 one day if you are faithful

00:30:26.980 --> 00:30:27.819
 one day Christ

00:30:27.819 --> 00:30:28.740
 will bring them before him

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:29.339
 and it says

00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:30.440
 every knee in heaven

00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:31.400
 and on earth will bow

00:30:31.400 --> 00:30:32.299
 and every tongue

00:30:32.299 --> 00:30:32.860
 will confess

00:30:32.860 --> 00:30:34.360
 that Jesus Christ is Lord

00:30:34.360 --> 00:30:35.640
 and those people

00:30:35.640 --> 00:30:36.240
 are gonna know

00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:38.480
 that I love you

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:40.880
 I mean sometimes

00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:41.360
 if we're lucky

00:30:41.360 --> 00:30:42.380
 we see it happen nowadays

00:30:42.380 --> 00:30:44.380
 when they have some tragedy

00:30:44.380 --> 00:30:45.140
 happening in their life

00:30:45.140 --> 00:30:45.900
 or something's going on

00:30:45.900 --> 00:30:46.400
 and it's wrong

00:30:46.400 --> 00:30:46.779
 and they go

00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:48.860
 hey I'm really sorry

00:30:48.860 --> 00:30:51.839
 for putting you down

00:30:51.839 --> 00:30:52.480
 but can you tell me

00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:53.220
 what this Jesus thing

00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:53.799
 is all about

00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:56.279
 but it might not happen

00:30:56.279 --> 00:30:56.819
 that way

00:30:56.819 --> 00:30:59.079
 but what Jesus says

00:30:59.079 --> 00:30:59.659
 to this church

00:30:59.659 --> 00:31:00.399
 and what he says to us

00:31:00.399 --> 00:31:01.200
 is that it will happen

00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:01.799
 if we're faithful

00:31:01.799 --> 00:31:02.599
 and we obey him

00:31:02.599 --> 00:31:03.839
 and follow him

00:31:03.839 --> 00:31:06.000
 he says if you do these things

00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:07.339
 later on he says

00:31:07.339 --> 00:31:08.240
 I'm gonna keep you

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:09.039
 for this hour

00:31:09.039 --> 00:31:10.180
 of testing

00:31:10.180 --> 00:31:11.519
 that's gonna come over

00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:12.119
 all the earth

00:31:12.119 --> 00:31:12.720
 verse 10

00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:14.000
 he's talking about

00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:14.720
 the end times

00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:15.720
 when he says

00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:16.419
 to test those

00:31:16.419 --> 00:31:17.339
 who dwell on the earth

00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:18.480
 you can just put a circle

00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:19.480
 around dwell on the earth

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:20.240
 whenever you see

00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:21.339
 those who dwell on the earth

00:31:21.339 --> 00:31:22.299
 it means those

00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:23.500
 who are not Christ's followers

00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:24.519
 and what this passage

00:31:24.519 --> 00:31:24.939
 is saying

00:31:24.939 --> 00:31:25.519
 is that one day

00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:26.500
 Christ is gonna come again

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:27.319
 and there's gonna be

00:31:27.319 --> 00:31:29.139
 this massive turmoil

00:31:29.139 --> 00:31:29.740
 and upheaval

00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:32.419
 and it's not gonna be

00:31:32.419 --> 00:31:33.519
 nice whatsoever

00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:35.220
 and we're gonna see

00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:35.980
 Christ come down

00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:36.519
 because this is how

00:31:36.519 --> 00:31:37.279
 this book ends

00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:39.159
 and he says

00:31:39.159 --> 00:31:39.899
 because the church

00:31:39.899 --> 00:31:40.399
 is faithful

00:31:40.399 --> 00:31:41.439
 because you have been

00:31:41.439 --> 00:31:42.240
 obedient to my word

00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:43.099
 because you have not

00:31:43.099 --> 00:31:44.019
 changed and compromised

00:31:44.019 --> 00:31:44.759
 your testimony

00:31:44.759 --> 00:31:46.359
 because you've loved me

00:31:46.359 --> 00:31:47.159
 more than the things

00:31:47.159 --> 00:31:47.759
 around you

00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:49.339
 you're not gonna face

00:31:49.339 --> 00:31:49.959
 those things

00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:52.680
 you're not gonna face

00:31:52.680 --> 00:31:53.120
 the turmoil

00:31:53.120 --> 00:31:53.779
 you're not gonna face

00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:54.279
 the destruction

00:31:54.279 --> 00:31:55.460
 you're gonna get a pass

00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:55.960
 it's kind of like

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:57.819
 when you're you know

00:31:57.819 --> 00:31:59.140
 yeah if you're a really

00:31:59.140 --> 00:31:59.620
 good student

00:31:59.620 --> 00:32:00.640
 I don't know

00:32:00.640 --> 00:32:01.700
 I never experienced this

00:32:01.700 --> 00:32:02.500
 but my senior year

00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:02.980
 in high school

00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:03.860
 for those who did

00:32:03.860 --> 00:32:04.420
 really good

00:32:04.420 --> 00:32:05.100
 they didn't have to

00:32:05.100 --> 00:32:06.079
 take their final exams

00:32:06.079 --> 00:32:07.660
 because the school

00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:08.160
 just felt like

00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:09.079
 well what's the need

00:32:09.079 --> 00:32:09.579
 because you've already

00:32:09.579 --> 00:32:10.539
 passed up to this point

00:32:10.539 --> 00:32:11.319
 and this is kind of

00:32:11.319 --> 00:32:11.700
 what he's saying

00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:12.220
 to this church

00:32:12.220 --> 00:32:12.720
 is that you've already

00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:13.799
 passed these things here

00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:14.579
 and so when this

00:32:14.579 --> 00:32:16.059
 really difficult time

00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:16.279
 comes

00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:17.100
 when this really hard

00:32:17.100 --> 00:32:18.039
 testing comes

00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:18.860
 you're not gonna have

00:32:18.860 --> 00:32:19.400
 to go through it

00:32:19.400 --> 00:32:20.080
 because you've already

00:32:20.080 --> 00:32:20.460
 done it

00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:21.519
 and I'm gonna pass you

00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:23.340
 verse 12 says

00:32:23.340 --> 00:32:24.440
 what Christ is gonna do

00:32:24.440 --> 00:32:25.019
 is he's gonna make

00:32:25.019 --> 00:32:25.720
 them strong

00:32:25.720 --> 00:32:27.380
 he's gonna make

00:32:27.380 --> 00:32:27.940
 them a pillar

00:32:27.940 --> 00:32:28.640
 and pillars

00:32:28.640 --> 00:32:29.440
 are always a symbol

00:32:29.440 --> 00:32:29.860
 of strength

00:32:29.860 --> 00:32:30.400
 so that whenever

00:32:30.400 --> 00:32:31.860
 a temple was built

00:32:31.860 --> 00:32:33.320
 they built this

00:32:33.320 --> 00:32:34.040
 strong pillar

00:32:34.040 --> 00:32:34.519
 and people

00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:35.240
 remember they lived

00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:35.680
 in this culture

00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:36.680
 where nothing was strong

00:32:36.680 --> 00:32:39.000
 they lived in this culture

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:39.840
 where everything was changing

00:32:39.840 --> 00:32:40.720
 where everything was shaking

00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:41.720
 where everything was falling apart

00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:42.720
 and Christ says

00:32:42.720 --> 00:32:43.780
 because you love me

00:32:43.780 --> 00:32:44.960
 because you keep my word

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:46.420
 because you keep my testimony

00:32:46.420 --> 00:32:48.140
 I'm going to strengthen you

00:32:48.140 --> 00:32:51.200
 I'm gonna make you strong

00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:53.540
 I don't know

00:32:53.540 --> 00:32:54.259
 if anybody in here

00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:55.220
 needs to be strong

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:58.100
 but as I said before

00:32:58.100 --> 00:32:58.980
 these last couple months

00:32:58.980 --> 00:32:59.500
 have been probably

00:32:59.500 --> 00:33:00.540
 some of the hardest months

00:33:00.540 --> 00:33:01.140
 for me

00:33:01.140 --> 00:33:01.860
 and our family

00:33:01.860 --> 00:33:02.860
 as we struggle through things

00:33:02.860 --> 00:33:03.680
 and pray through things

00:33:03.680 --> 00:33:04.300
 and look at things

00:33:04.300 --> 00:33:05.140
 as a family

00:33:05.140 --> 00:33:05.920
 and as a church

00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:06.480
 and the venue

00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:07.240
 finances

00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:07.900
 all these things

00:33:07.900 --> 00:33:08.440
 we're praying through

00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:08.720
 and we're going

00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:09.140
 okay God

00:33:09.140 --> 00:33:09.880
 for some reason

00:33:09.880 --> 00:33:10.759
 these doors aren't opening

00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:11.140
 we don't know

00:33:11.140 --> 00:33:11.700
 what's going on

00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:12.480
 but we know

00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:14.040
 that you have the keys

00:33:14.039 --> 00:33:17.659
 are we gonna trust you

00:33:17.659 --> 00:33:21.339
 or are we not gonna trust you

00:33:21.339 --> 00:33:24.200
 and finally he says here

00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:25.639
 if you remain faithful

00:33:25.639 --> 00:33:26.200
 in verse 12

00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:27.099
 that Christ is gonna come

00:33:27.099 --> 00:33:28.259
 and Christ is gonna write

00:33:28.259 --> 00:33:29.200
 a new name on you

00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:31.119
 and whenever you see somebody

00:33:31.119 --> 00:33:32.139
 writing a new name on you

00:33:32.139 --> 00:33:32.460
 it means

00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:33.899
 it's a symbol of ownership

00:33:33.899 --> 00:33:34.980
 that Christ is gonna come in

00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:35.440
 and he's gonna say

00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:35.980
 you're mine

00:33:35.980 --> 00:33:36.639
 I own you

00:33:36.639 --> 00:33:37.819
 I protect you

00:33:37.819 --> 00:33:38.899
 I'm gonna take care of you

00:33:38.899 --> 00:33:39.879
 it was a sign of intimacy

00:33:39.879 --> 00:33:40.539
 it was a sign

00:33:40.539 --> 00:33:41.680
 of who you are

00:33:41.680 --> 00:33:42.359
 that whenever

00:33:42.359 --> 00:33:43.859
 a new name was written on you

00:33:43.859 --> 00:33:44.699
 it meant that you were owned

00:33:44.699 --> 00:33:45.359
 you were protected

00:33:45.359 --> 00:33:46.079
 you were loved

00:33:46.079 --> 00:33:47.399
 you were guaranteed

00:33:47.399 --> 00:33:50.439
 Kip was six years old

00:33:50.439 --> 00:33:51.819
 and for Christmas

00:33:51.819 --> 00:33:53.639
 we got him a Buzz Light year

00:33:53.639 --> 00:33:57.819
 it was interesting

00:33:57.819 --> 00:33:58.579
 because about

00:33:58.579 --> 00:33:59.659
 two months into it

00:33:59.659 --> 00:34:00.479
 I came into the room

00:34:00.479 --> 00:34:01.779
 and I was playing with him

00:34:01.779 --> 00:34:02.439
 we're goofing off

00:34:02.439 --> 00:34:04.279
 and I looked at the feet

00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:06.779
 Kip had wrote his name

00:34:06.779 --> 00:34:07.459
 on the bottom of the feet

00:34:07.459 --> 00:34:11.299
 I said why did you do that

00:34:11.300 --> 00:34:13.940
 because this is mine

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:16.420
 I want to take care of it

00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:19.440
 the passage says

00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:21.100
 that because the church

00:34:21.100 --> 00:34:21.940
 and God's people

00:34:21.940 --> 00:34:23.440
 love his word

00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:25.260
 and love their testimony

00:34:25.260 --> 00:34:27.680
 that God writes his name on you

00:34:27.680 --> 00:34:30.120
 did you know that

00:34:30.120 --> 00:34:34.740
 it means that he owns you

00:34:34.740 --> 00:34:37.240
 it means that he wants you

00:34:37.240 --> 00:34:38.539
 it means he desires you

00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:39.180
 it means that there's nothing

00:34:39.180 --> 00:34:39.840
 that's gonna happen to you

00:34:39.840 --> 00:34:41.019
 that he's not gonna allow to happen

00:34:41.019 --> 00:34:43.340
 it means that he cares for you

00:34:43.340 --> 00:34:44.159
 no matter what you're going through

00:34:44.159 --> 00:34:44.820
 right now

00:34:44.820 --> 00:34:47.559
 I know some of us in here

00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:48.259
 might not have

00:34:48.259 --> 00:34:50.320
 God's name written on us

00:34:50.320 --> 00:34:53.699
 but the truth is

00:34:53.699 --> 00:34:54.780
 you only have two names

00:34:54.780 --> 00:34:55.780
 you either have the world's name

00:34:55.780 --> 00:34:56.280
 or you have

00:34:56.280 --> 00:34:57.920
 not Kip

00:34:57.920 --> 00:34:58.559
 but Jesus

00:34:58.559 --> 00:35:02.300
 and he talks to this church

00:35:02.300 --> 00:35:02.619
 and he says

00:35:02.619 --> 00:35:03.579
 because you are faithful

00:35:03.579 --> 00:35:04.519
 because you are true

00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:06.239
 I'm gonna write my name on you

00:35:06.239 --> 00:35:07.259
 I'm gonna take care of you

00:35:07.259 --> 00:35:08.259
 I'm gonna protect you

00:35:08.260 --> 00:35:11.700
 I wanna end now

00:35:11.700 --> 00:35:13.280
 we're gonna do communion

00:35:13.280 --> 00:35:15.880
 but the question I keep asking

00:35:15.880 --> 00:35:16.580
 as I go through this

00:35:16.580 --> 00:35:17.580
 is well how did they do that

00:35:17.580 --> 00:35:20.300
 because I think

00:35:20.300 --> 00:35:21.220
 the goal

00:35:21.220 --> 00:35:21.600
 he says

00:35:21.600 --> 00:35:22.340
 you persevered

00:35:22.340 --> 00:35:23.060
 you persevered

00:35:23.060 --> 00:35:23.720
 you persevered

00:35:23.720 --> 00:35:24.260
 you hung in there

00:35:24.260 --> 00:35:24.900
 you stuck in there

00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:25.540
 you persevered

00:35:25.539 --> 00:35:26.179
 and I'm thinking

00:35:26.179 --> 00:35:27.179
 how in the heck

00:35:27.179 --> 00:35:27.800
 did they do that

00:35:27.800 --> 00:35:30.099
 I mean

00:35:30.099 --> 00:35:31.300
 if somebody puts a pack

00:35:31.300 --> 00:35:32.500
 of M&M's on my desk

00:35:32.500 --> 00:35:33.639
 and they say

00:35:33.639 --> 00:35:34.199
 don't eat it

00:35:34.199 --> 00:35:36.119
 I have a hard time

00:35:36.119 --> 00:35:36.659
 persevering

00:35:36.659 --> 00:35:37.539
 not eating the M&M's

00:35:38.259 --> 00:35:39.219
 let alone

00:35:39.219 --> 00:35:40.139
 living my life out

00:35:40.139 --> 00:35:40.599
 in front of

00:35:40.599 --> 00:35:41.679
 100,000 people

00:35:41.679 --> 00:35:42.860
 and there's only 30 of us

00:35:42.860 --> 00:35:44.900
 how do we do that

00:35:44.900 --> 00:35:47.460
 and the passage says

00:35:47.460 --> 00:35:48.079
 really simply

00:35:48.079 --> 00:35:48.460
 and it says

00:35:48.460 --> 00:35:49.199
 at the very beginning

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 you go back to

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 who Jesus is

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 what Jesus is

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 who is he

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 look at

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 I think I put in there

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 for your bulletin

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 did I put in your

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 your bulletin

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 and I don't have my

00:35:58.539 --> 00:35:59.380
 bulletin

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 but you have your bulletin

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 so you have a bulletin there

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 and it has the Bible verses

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 on it right

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 and what is the very first

00:36:05.860 --> 00:36:06.920
 Bible verse on the top

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 can I borrow yours

00:36:10.079 --> 00:36:10.420
 yeah

00:36:10.420 --> 00:36:10.960
 thank you

00:36:10.960 --> 00:36:12.539
 here's what he says

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 and we're looking at how

00:36:13.659 --> 00:36:14.280
 how do you do it

00:36:14.280 --> 00:36:15.119
 how do you walk with God

00:36:15.119 --> 00:36:15.940
 how do you persevere

00:36:15.940 --> 00:36:17.079
 how do you hang in there

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 when it gets really difficult

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 what do you do

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 how does it make it happen

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 this is what he says

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 Hebrews 12

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 2 and 3

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 looking to Jesus

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 the founder and perfecter

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 of our faith

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 who for the joy

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 that was set before him

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 he endured the cross

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 the word there

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 is hupo mano

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 I don't like using

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 a lot of Greek words

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 because ugh

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 but this is a very special word

00:36:37.940 --> 00:36:40.059
 mano means stay

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 hupo means extremely stay

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 sticky stay

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 it's like a Velcro wall

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 he stood there

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 he stuck to it

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 how do we persevere

00:36:51.119 --> 00:36:51.839
 God's people

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 how do we hang in there

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 the passage says

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 that the only way

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 we can do it

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 the only way

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 that we can manifest

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 his strength

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 is we realize

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 that Christ

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 already did it for us

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 in Hebrews

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 it says

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 Christ

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 stuck

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 to the cross

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 amidst all the pain

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 all the ridicule

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 all the suffering

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 all the trauma

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 he stuck to the cross

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 hyper stuck to the cross

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 because he loved you

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 and he loved the father

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 how do we

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 persevere

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 I can't give you

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 five steps to do it

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 because I think

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 that's man made

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 the only way

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 you're going to be able

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 to persevere

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 is the same way

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 this church persevered

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 and realizing

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 that we have a savior

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 Jesus

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 who's already

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 persevered for us

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 and as we realize

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 what he's already done

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 and by his perseverance

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 he's been given the keys

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 as we realize

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 what he's already done

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 he's already accomplished

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 those things

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 in faith

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 we come to him

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 and we say

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 God

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 I can't do that

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 I can't stick up

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 to the people

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 ridiculing me

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 in my office

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 I can't live

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 the way you've called me to

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 I don't know how

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 to do these things

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 this is too much pressure

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 and what the passage says

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 is Christ says

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 I've already done it for you

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 I've already done it

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 on the worst situation

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 the most difficult situation

00:38:14.460 --> 00:38:16.140
 the hardest situation

00:38:16.140 --> 00:38:16.820
 you're ever going to be in

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 I've already done it

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 on the cross

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 if you just trust me

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 if you just rest in me

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 if you believe in me

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 that I'm true

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 that I'm holy

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 and I'm in authority

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 if you surrender your life to me

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 I've already done those things for you

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 and I'm going to give you

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 the power to do those things

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 it doesn't mean

00:38:34.840 --> 00:38:35.260
 you're going to have to

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 not make hard choices

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 you are

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 and some of you already have

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 in big, big ways

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 but what it means

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 is the power

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 to make those choices

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 is available to you

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 because Christ

00:38:49.039 --> 00:38:49.759
 has already done it

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 and the question is

00:38:52.239 --> 00:38:53.159
 will you trust him

00:38:53.159 --> 00:38:55.759
 will you allow him

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 to change you

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 will you realize

00:38:59.179 --> 00:38:59.779
 that he's holy

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 will you realize

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 that he's true

00:39:00.919 --> 00:39:01.500
 will you realize

00:39:01.500 --> 00:39:02.339
 that he's in control

00:39:02.339 --> 00:39:02.879
 and authority

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 and you and I

00:39:03.739 --> 00:39:04.239
 have been struggling

00:39:04.239 --> 00:39:04.799
 with those things

00:39:04.799 --> 00:39:05.739
 for so long

00:39:05.739 --> 00:39:08.639
 we struggle every day

00:39:08.639 --> 00:39:10.759
 we're going to have to

00:39:10.759 --> 00:39:12.059
 repent every day

00:39:12.059 --> 00:39:14.579
 but the moment we forget

00:39:14.579 --> 00:39:15.460
 that we have a savior

00:39:15.460 --> 00:39:16.440
 who's already done it

00:39:16.440 --> 00:39:18.039
 we're going to try to work

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 and fabricate

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 and use our strengths

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 to do it

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 and we're always going to fail

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 but the gospel of grace

00:39:24.139 --> 00:39:26.139
 is the truth

00:39:26.139 --> 00:39:26.639
 that Christ

00:39:26.639 --> 00:39:27.879
 has already done it for you

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 and will you rest in that

00:39:30.339 --> 00:39:31.460
 and will you trust him

00:39:31.460 --> 00:39:37.420
 you and I

00:39:37.420 --> 00:39:38.579
 will you

00:39:38.579 --> 00:39:40.099
 and I

00:39:40.099 --> 00:39:41.300
 will you

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 and will you

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 see going in

00:39:42.699 --> 00:39:42.820
 time

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 andаюсь

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 will you

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 sorry

00:39:45.920 --> 00:39:46.519
 will you

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 and you

00:39:47.059 --> 00:39:47.740
 can you

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 see

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 things

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 like

00:39:50.639 --> 00:39:51.679
 oh

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 and I

00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:52.539
 will you

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 and I

00:39:53.119 --> 00:39:54.179
 will you