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 How much junk have you collected?

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 A lot, right?

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 How much is in your storage shed, your garage, storage closets, under the bed storage, attic storage.

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! We were just in Wisconsin where they have basements.

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 That seems to collect storage.

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 How many of y'all think we need more storage around the church, maybe?

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 How much junk do we collect, man?

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 We collect a lot, don't we?

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 We do indeed.

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 Anybody know the name Marie Kondo?

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 Yeah.

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 Can you guys pull up the picture we've got of her?

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 Marie Kondo.

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 She had a question that she would tell people to ask when they're looking into their junk,

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 their valuables that they've collected through the years.

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 Does anybody know what that question is?

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 Can we say it together?

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 Does it spark joy?

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 That was like an ice water bath down my back when I first heard that.

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 Like, that's what's wrong with America today.

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 We're looking at all this excess that we've collected over the years, and we're like, does this spark joy to me?

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 I don't know.

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 Do you need it?

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 That's probably a better question in my mind.

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 But Marie Kondo got real famous.

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 She got a Netflix special called Tidying Up, and the whole idea of it was kind of capitalizing on all of our excess,

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 and she challenged people to sort through it and just go through stuff and clean it out, right?

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 Does it spark joy?

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 Anyway, probably a real nice, shiny way of asking, do you really need this in your life?

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 Now, this was not a new concept.

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 People have been going through, trying to sort through their stuff for generations.

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 But somehow, generations keep passing down their junk to the next generations.

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 And then what happens?

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 You have estate sales, and people try to sell off the junk from their parents and grandparents, etc.

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 Now, look, sometimes there are family heirlooms that you get to hold on to, and those are cherished for generations,

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 and that's always pretty cool to see.

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 But let's not be crazy, because often the sorting process reveals that it's not all treasure.

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 A lot of it's trash.

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 You say, what in the world does this have to do with the parables of Jesus?

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 Well, this is exactly the kind of sorting process that Jesus is talking about in Matthew chapter 13.

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 Would you go with me to Matthew chapter 13, verses 47 through 50.

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 While you're turning there, I'm going to give you a piece of really good news.

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 This is our 12th and final week in the Stories of the Kingdom series about the parables of Jesus.

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 Can we get an amen on that?

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 There you go.

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 I've enjoyed it.

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 I'm glad to move on to another section of Scripture.

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 However, I've really enjoyed this, and I hope that we can close it out well today.

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 We haven't covered every parable that Jesus told, but we've gone through the book of Matthew.

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 By the way, we were not just doing a study of the parables of Jesus.

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 I was also on the sly taking you through a study of the gospel of Matthew.

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 And we've done that all throughout it, and we have kind of covered the themes that Matthew wrote about

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 from his time walking with Jesus and recording what he had to say.

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 So Matthew chapter 13, let's look down at verse 47.

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 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a large net thrown into the sea.

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 It collected every kind of fish.

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 When it was full, they dragged it ashore, sat down, and gathered the good fish into containers,

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 but threw out the worthless ones.

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 So it will be at the end of the age.

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 The angels will go out, separate the evil people from the righteous,

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 and throw them into the blazing furnace where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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 Have you noticed that Jesus' parables always ended like that?

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 Maybe not always, but frequently.

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 Weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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 It's like he was warning you of something to come, right?

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 Let's look at that.

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 Let's take it seriously.

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 Y'all, a pastor can get up, and he can talk about any number of things.

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 But I don't think it's ever wrong to talk about what Jesus himself talked about.

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 So that's what we've been doing in these last 12 weeks.

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 And I pray that we're able to get a good understanding of what he was warning us about and teaching us in this passage.

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 Let's pray together.

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 God, I pray right now that you would use this story of the net, the sorting,

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 this process separating the trash from the treasure, separating the good from the evil.

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 How does this apply to us?

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 What can we learn from this?

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 I pray that by your spirit, you would teach each one of us something that would change us, transform us from the inside out.

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 We'll give you all the glory for it in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 All right.

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 So what are they talking about?

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 He paints a very picturesque story here where you've got these people using what is called a dragnet.

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 All right.

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 So here's the idea.

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 They have this dragnet, and they would stand.

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 They would stretch it out.

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 You see the net, the after results, the catch that they brought in from the fish.

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 It would bring in all sorts of fish.

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 But what they would do is they would stand on either side, and there would be a row of people, probably 8 to 12 people,

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 or maybe even more depending on the size of the dragnet.

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 It was also called a send net.

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 I don't know if that's from the river Sen.

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 I don't know.

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 That's a whole different thing.

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 Let's just call it a dragnet, all right?

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 So the dragnet would be out there in the shallow water, and they would have it stretched out to its full capacity.

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 And they would have these weights on the bottom of the dragnet to keep it underwater,

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 and they would have these floats or bobbers attached to the top to keep it afloat on the top.

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 And so they have this net just perfectly like creating this wall in the ocean, of course, in the shallow waters near the beach.

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 So as they would, fish would come in, there would be kind of a pocket at the bottom that the fish would get trapped in.

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 And eventually, when they felt like the net was full enough, they would all start retreating back toward the shore,

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 and they would lay it out, and there would be thousands of fish caught in this dragnet.

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 Now, normally, all these references would be about the Sea of Galilee,

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 and there would be over 20 different kinds of fish, probably, in the Sea of Galilee.

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 Many of those fish would be inedible, useless, not really good for much of anything.

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 You need to throw them back in.

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 So the sorting process would happen.

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 And everybody would gather along the beach, and you'd have all those people that were out there fishing,

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 and maybe some others who weren't strong enough to go out and manage the dragnet in the waters,

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 but they could sort fish.

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 So they'd be sitting there, going through, finding all these different varieties of fish,

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 throwing some back in, and keeping the ones that were good and useful.

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 So Jesus is referencing something that these people understood, many of them had partaken of,

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 certainly all of them had seen, had experienced at some level.

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 But what's he really trying to teach here?

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 He's not teaching fishing methods, although it does sound fun to catch fish with a dragnet, right?

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 For those of you who have sat in a rowboat, or sat on a dock, or sat on a shore,

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 with your line in the water for hour after hour, and nothing seems to bite, right?

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 It's maddening.

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 Be kind of cool to go out there and spend a few minutes with a big dragnet,

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 and have thousands of fish come in, even if you couldn't use most of them.

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 Still be fun.

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 But that's not what he's talking about here.

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 He's talking about the sorting process.

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 That's where the focus is.

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 So there are two different emphases.

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 First, the idea of the catch.

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 The idea is the sorting doesn't happen at first, okay?

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 So in your bulletins, if you're taking notes, and there should be a pen in front of you,

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 point number one is God's invitation is inclusive.

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 What do we mean by that?

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 It includes everybody.

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 It includes anybody and everybody who wants to come into the net.

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 God holds the net wide open for all to come.

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 Boy, we can be excited about that, right?

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 We can love that.

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 Very excited about that.

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 1 Timothy 2 and verse 4 sheds a little light on that.

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 It says, God our Savior wants everyone to be saved and to understand the truth.

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 That is a wide open net.

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 I want them all.

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 I want everybody, says the Lord.

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 Lord, I'm inviting all, everyone.

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 The Bible teaches very clearly Jesus died not for our sins only, but for the sins of the whole world.

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 God so loved the what?

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 World.

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 Let's say that together.

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 Y'all know that.

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 Verse John 3, 16.

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 Ready?

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 For God so loved the world.

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 There you go.

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 I watched the sermon last week, and he really got y'all talking, okay?

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 So I'm going to try to get y'all talking a little bit, too.

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 Y'all did great.

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 I was so proud of you.

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 He did a wonderful...

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 How many of y'all were glad that Jordan came and preached to us last Sunday?

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 Wasn't that awesome?

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 I never even met the guy.

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 We've had phone conversations, but we had a very trusted mutual friend, and he talked a little bit about that last week.

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 I'm glad he came and did a wonderful job here.

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 So we're going to talk a little bit today, but this idea that God's invitation is inclusive.

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 The sorting process doesn't happen at first.

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 Everyone is invited.

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 The invitation is extended.

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 There's a truth here.

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 God's net, so to speak, is wide open for everyone to experience his love and salvation.

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 He created everyone, and everyone has equal opportunity.

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 I believe God's an equal opportunity creator.

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 I believe God has given each one of us an equal opportunity to respond to him in faith.

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 The sad truth is, we're not all gonna.

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 Not everyone that God created will respond to him in faith.

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 Many will reject.

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 Some will seem to accept.

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 But the truth is, in their heart, they never did.

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 God knows how all that's gonna shake out in the end.

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 He's gonna be in charge of the sorting process.

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 But what we have to worry about is, God's invitation extends to all.

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 So what we then take away, we don't go and discriminate who we invite into the net.

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 We'll take any fish who wanna swim in, right?

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 Do you know any fishermen who would say, no, no, no, I don't want that fish.

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 I don't want that fish.

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 We'll take it, man.

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 Now, we might throw them back in once we get them on the boat,

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 but we'll take anything that wants to bite.

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 I say that like I'm a fisherman.

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 I'm not a fisherman.

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 But I can imagine.

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 Revelation 22, 17.

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 You don't have to turn there.

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 I've got it on the screen unless you'd like to.

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 But Revelation 22, 17.

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 The spirit and the bride say, what does that say?

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 Come.

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 We can do better.

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 Ready?

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 The spirit and the bride say?

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 Come.

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 Let anyone who hears this say?

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 Come.

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 Let anyone who is thirsty?

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 Come.

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 Let anyone who desires drink freely from the water of life.

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 What is God's invitation to man?

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 Come.

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 Come to him.

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 Come to me, he says.

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 Come to me.

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 I'm the answer.

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 Whatever stage of life you're in,

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 if there's still breath in your lungs,

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 the answer is come to him.

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 Come to him for salvation.

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 Come to him for rest.

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 Come for him for peace.

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 Come to him for mercy.

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 Come to him for forgiveness.

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 Come to Jesus.

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 That is always and forever the invitation.

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 So, question.

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 Do we cast our nets as widely as Jesus casts his?

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 Or do we create barriers for certain people?

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 That's the hard thing.

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 Do we cast nets or do we create barriers?

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 Do we allow any fish to come in or are we selective?

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 Look, we might say that anyone can come.

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 Anyone can come and be a part of our fellowship of believers.

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 Anyone can come and experience the goodness of God

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 and the blessings of Christian community.

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 The problem is,

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 sometimes not as much with our words,

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 but with our actions,

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 we create barriers for those very people

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 that we're inviting in.

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 We say, no, no, no.

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 You're not the kind of fish that belongs here.

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 You're not the kind of fish that we're interested in.

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 We're going to throw you out.

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 The problem is, that's not our job.

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 Our job is to do what the master commanded

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 and go be fishers of what?

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 Men and women too, by the way.

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 Go be fishers of people.

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 That's who God came to seek and to save.

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 He'll work out the sorting process at the end.

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 So, do we cast nets or do we create barriers?

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 Number two.

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 Before we get there, I want to share a quote with you.

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 Martin Luther was one of the great fathers

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 of the Protestant Reformation

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 that kind of split off from the Catholic Church

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 and from that grew Baptists and Methodists

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 and all these evangelical Christian churches

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 that you see around.

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 Martin Luther was a key father in that movement.

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 Read about him in history if you haven't already.

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 And he said this,

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 it is the nature of all hypocrites and false prophets.

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 We got any of those in the room by uplifted hand?

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 You're a hypocrite or a false prophet.

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 Anybody?

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 Look, I try not to be a false prophet.

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 Thank you, Candy.

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 But I will raise my hand on hypocrite

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 because the truth is I am a hypocrite sometimes.

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 And all y'all can be too, all right?

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 So we're not alone.

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 It is the nature of all hypocrites and false prophets

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 to create a conscience where there is none.

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 Y'all, this is getting a little bit deep,

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 but we're going to try to break it down, all right?

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 Create a conscience where there is none.

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 And then, after they've done that,

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 to cause conscience to disappear

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 where it actually does exist.

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 What's he saying?

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 Hypocritical Christians are real good

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 at making rules that God never made

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 and ignoring rules that God did make.

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 You know what his rule is?

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 Love people like I love them.

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 Love me like I've told you to

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 with all your heart, with all your mind,

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 with all your soul, with all your strength.

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 And love your neighbor as yourself.

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 God's rules are pretty simple,

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 but man, are they hard.

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 So instead of obeying that,

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 we go back to Old Testament laws

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 that don't apply to us under grace anymore,

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 or we'll just go create our own

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 like we saw the Pharisees do

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 in the Jewish system.

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 Sorry.

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 And Jesus kept butting heads with it.

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 And they're saying,

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 well, Jesus, you're not walking

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 according to our laws and systems and traditions.

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 They say, listen, you missed the point.

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 You're creating a conscience

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 where I never created one.

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 But you're ignoring the conscience

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 or even causing it to disappear

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 that I did give you.

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 That's hypocritical.

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 And often, it can even get into being

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 a false prophet.

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 Why?

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 Because you're painting a different picture

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 of Jesus for people.

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 Even without trying to,

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 you're showing people

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 that Jesus is someone different

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 than who he actually is

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 and who he revealed himself to be.

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 That's being a false prophet.

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 I don't want to be that.

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 I don't want to do that.

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 I want to stick closely to what he said,

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 to what he did,

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 to how he lived.

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 So I think Martin Luther's quote

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 is very appropriate

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 for those of us,

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 especially those of us in the room.

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 I'm not going to make you lift your hands,

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 but those of us in the room

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 who have been Christians

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 for most of our lives,

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 grew up in church most of our lives,

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 it's pretty easy

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 for us to start to

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 equate the traditions

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 that we grew up with

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 with Bible truth.

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 Y'all, the Bible never says

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 that we have to sit in pews

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 in a church building.

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 The Bible never says

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 you have to have both

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 an organ and a piano.

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 The Bible never says

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 that you have to use a podium.

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 The Bible never says lots of,

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 now, doesn't mean

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 those things are wrong.

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 Those things can serve

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 their purpose in their season.

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 The Bible never says

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 that you have to

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 wear a clown suit to church, right?

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 The Bible never says

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 you have to wear

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 a big red nose to church.

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 Thankfully, that'd be weird.

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 But I guarantee you

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 some people who didn't grow up

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 how we grew up

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 might come into church

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 and think some of the things

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 that we do are weird.

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 Okay, fine.

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 Are we leading people

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 closer to Jesus

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 by our traditions

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 that we have latched onto

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 or are we forcing people

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 to get over them

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 to get to Jesus?

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 Does that make sense?

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 Are we forcing people

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 to climb over

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 all these extra obstacles

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 or barriers

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 that we've created

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 just to get to Jesus

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 who is who we want them

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 to get to after all, right?

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 All right, that's the point.

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 We're going to move on

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 to number two now.

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 God's net is inclusive.

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 God's invitation is inclusive.

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 But heaven's entry

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 is exclusive.

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 You could take this

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 as the bad news

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 if you wanted to.

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 The truth is

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 it's justice.

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 It's justice in God's eyes.

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 And who are we to say no?

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 To all those

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 who reject his son,

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 they are excluded.

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 They're thrown back.

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 That's the picture

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 he paints for us.

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 He paints this picture

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 of all these different fish

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 being in the net.

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 Look back at Matthew 13.

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 When the net was full,

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 they dragged it ashore,

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 they sat down,

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 and they gathered

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 the good fish

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 into containers,

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 but they threw out

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 the worthless ones.

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 We have any idea

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 what that is?

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 It's just a speaker.

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 All right.

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 It's just the speaker

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 likes what we're talking

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 about in here.

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 All right.

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 It wants to have a part.

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 All right.

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 Don't worry about it.

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 Just a little white noise,

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 background noise,

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 no big deal.

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 Heaven's entry

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 is exclusive.

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 Unfortunately,

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 there are going to be

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 some fish thrown back.

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 That's kind of

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 Jesus' point here, right?

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 There's going to be

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 some fish

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 not allowed in.

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 There's going to be

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 people excluded.

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 Guess what?

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 Not everybody

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 made it on the ark.

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 Remember Noah and the ark

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 and the flooding

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 of the earth?

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 Not everybody

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 made it on.

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 Actually,

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 very few

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 made it on.

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 Well,

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 the Bible teaches that.

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 Narrow is the gate

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 that leads to life,

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 but wide is the path

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 that leads to destruction.

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 More will choose destruction

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 rather than life.

00:21:56.159 --> 00:21:56.279
 Hey,

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 let's go to Matthew chapter 7.

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 Back up a few chapters,

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 would you?

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 Matthew chapter 7

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 before we end up

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 back in Matthew 13.

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 So,

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 just a couple of pages,

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 probably Matthew 7

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 and let's look at

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 verse 13.

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 Matthew 7, 13.

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 Enter through

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 the narrow gate,

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 for the gate is wide

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 and the road is broad

00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:19.379
 that leads to destruction.

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 There are many

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 who go through it.

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 How narrow is the gate

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 and difficult is the road

00:22:24.319 --> 00:22:25.399
 that leads to life

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 and few that find it.

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 Matt's a hero.

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 Let's give him a clap.

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 Thank you, Matt.

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 I don't know if everybody

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 in the back of the room

00:22:34.580 --> 00:22:34.960
 could hear it,

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 but it was pretty loud up here,

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 so thank you, sir.

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 Narrow is the gate.

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 Difficult is the road

00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:44.759
 that leads to life.

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 How many of you

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 have been on the road

00:22:46.100 --> 00:22:47.040
 to life for a while

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 and you'd say,

00:22:47.840 --> 00:22:49.220
 yeah, it is difficult sometimes?

00:22:49.300 --> 00:22:49.519
 Anybody?

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 Is it just me?

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 I think some of y'all

00:22:52.140 --> 00:22:52.940
 not raising your hand

00:22:52.940 --> 00:22:54.120
 also believe the road

00:22:54.120 --> 00:22:55.160
 to life can be difficult

00:22:55.160 --> 00:22:55.920
 at times, right?

00:22:56.500 --> 00:22:57.400
 It's not just me.

00:22:57.480 --> 00:22:57.680
 Look,

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 let's keep reading.

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 Verse 15.

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 Be on your guard

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 against false prophets

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 who come to you

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 in sheep's clothing

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 but inwardly

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 are ravaging wolves.

00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:07.740
 Hey,

00:23:07.819 --> 00:23:08.400
 there's some of those

00:23:08.400 --> 00:23:08.980
 false prophets

00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:09.660
 we were talking about

00:23:09.660 --> 00:23:10.339
 just a minute ago.

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 We like to think

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 of false prophets

00:23:12.920 --> 00:23:13.799
 always as those

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 who are preaching

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 something totally different

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 than the Bible.

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 It's not hidden at all.

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 It's just like,

00:23:19.500 --> 00:23:19.660
 man,

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 Jesus isn't God.

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 Joe Schmo is God,

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 be it Mohammed

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 or Confucius

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 or whoever,

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 Buddha.

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 Usually those

00:23:30.500 --> 00:23:31.660
 aren't the false prophets

00:23:31.660 --> 00:23:33.720
 who lead God's people astray.

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 Usually it's the ones

00:23:35.079 --> 00:23:36.980
 who disguise themselves

00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:38.559
 in sheep's clothing

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 and they'll preach something

00:23:39.920 --> 00:23:41.000
 that's very similar

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:42.640
 to what Jesus taught

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 and what Jesus lived.

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 But they'll throw

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 extra obstacles in there.

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 They'll say,

00:23:49.059 --> 00:23:49.319
 yeah,

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 but you also gotta do this.

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 Yeah,

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 but you also gotta give me money

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 and buy me my second jet.

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 Or,

00:23:57.440 --> 00:23:57.599
 yeah,

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 but you gotta go

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 say 40 Hail Marys

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 or go confess

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 and light this many candles

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 and do all these

00:24:05.640 --> 00:24:06.720
 extra things

00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:09.519
 to have right standing

00:24:09.519 --> 00:24:10.200
 before God

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 and forgiveness

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 with God.

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 And I'm sorry,

00:24:13.359 --> 00:24:13.460
 look,

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 some of these people

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 are well-meaning.

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 But that's preaching

00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:17.799
 a different gospel

00:24:17.799 --> 00:24:19.960
 than Jesus brought us.

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 That's not the good news.

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 So be careful of that.

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 And then jump down,

00:24:26.680 --> 00:24:26.920
 would you,

00:24:26.960 --> 00:24:27.620
 to verse 21.

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 There are all kinds of things

00:24:29.440 --> 00:24:30.559
 that might lead people

00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:31.720
 onto that wide,

00:24:31.920 --> 00:24:32.299
 broad,

00:24:32.460 --> 00:24:33.940
 more easy path

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 away from the narrow,

00:24:35.819 --> 00:24:36.960
 more difficult path,

00:24:37.160 --> 00:24:38.759
 but you don't wanna end up

00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:40.240
 where that wide path

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 takes you.

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 Verse 21,

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 not everyone who says to me,

00:24:43.900 --> 00:24:44.579
 Lord, Lord,

00:24:44.840 --> 00:24:46.519
 will enter the kingdom of heaven.

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 Only the one

00:24:48.779 --> 00:24:50.379
 who does the will

00:24:50.379 --> 00:24:52.279
 of my Father in heaven.

00:24:52.619 --> 00:24:53.920
 What is the will

00:24:53.920 --> 00:24:55.379
 of the Father in heaven?

00:24:55.619 --> 00:24:57.319
 That all would be saved.

00:24:58.759 --> 00:25:00.599
 That all would turn to Him.

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 So if you turn to Him,

00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:03.559
 then you're doing the will

00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:04.960
 of His Father in heaven.

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 And you will be saved.

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 He will keep you

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 on that narrow path.

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 But if you don't,

00:25:13.859 --> 00:25:14.740
 then you're stuck

00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:15.859
 on that wide path

00:25:15.859 --> 00:25:17.679
 until you do the will

00:25:17.679 --> 00:25:18.459
 of the Father in heaven.

00:25:18.979 --> 00:25:19.740
 On that day,

00:25:20.119 --> 00:25:21.199
 many will say to me,

00:25:21.319 --> 00:25:22.039
 Lord, Lord,

00:25:22.159 --> 00:25:23.079
 didn't we prophesy

00:25:23.079 --> 00:25:23.699
 in your name?

00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:24.299
 Yes,

00:25:24.699 --> 00:25:25.579
 but you were a false prophet.

00:25:26.639 --> 00:25:27.479
 Didn't we drive out

00:25:27.479 --> 00:25:28.479
 demons in your name?

00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:30.139
 Didn't we do many miracles

00:25:30.139 --> 00:25:30.819
 in your name?

00:25:31.139 --> 00:25:32.959
 Didn't we do all this stuff

00:25:32.959 --> 00:25:33.979
 that we thought

00:25:33.979 --> 00:25:34.859
 you would have liked?

00:25:35.679 --> 00:25:36.799
 Seemed like a Christian

00:25:36.799 --> 00:25:37.459
 kind of thing.

00:25:37.939 --> 00:25:38.839
 Seemed like a religious

00:25:38.839 --> 00:25:39.479
 type deal.

00:25:39.619 --> 00:25:40.279
 Seemed like a church

00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:40.859
 kind of thing.

00:25:41.219 --> 00:25:41.979
 Seemed like a Jesus

00:25:41.979 --> 00:25:42.699
 type thing.

00:25:43.219 --> 00:25:44.339
 We did all this stuff

00:25:44.339 --> 00:25:45.839
 for you for all these years.

00:25:46.159 --> 00:25:46.819
 I was a good,

00:25:46.899 --> 00:25:47.639
 upstanding citizen.

00:25:47.779 --> 00:25:48.240
 I was a member

00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:49.059
 of First Baptist Church

00:25:49.059 --> 00:25:49.839
 for how many years?

00:25:50.359 --> 00:25:50.919
 What do you mean

00:25:50.919 --> 00:25:51.759
 I can't get into heaven?

00:25:53.579 --> 00:25:54.359
 Because you never

00:25:54.359 --> 00:25:55.359
 humbled yourself

00:25:55.359 --> 00:25:56.399
 and repented

00:25:56.399 --> 00:25:57.139
 of your sin

00:25:57.139 --> 00:25:58.859
 and said,

00:25:58.959 --> 00:25:59.259
 God,

00:25:59.679 --> 00:26:01.379
 be merciful to me,

00:26:01.579 --> 00:26:01.959
 a sinner.

00:26:03.059 --> 00:26:03.779
 Save me.

00:26:04.459 --> 00:26:05.759
 I can't save myself.

00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:09.719
 Verse 23,

00:26:09.859 --> 00:26:10.559
 then I will announce

00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:11.000
 to them,

00:26:11.679 --> 00:26:13.339
 I never knew you.

00:26:13.339 --> 00:26:15.699
 depart from me,

00:26:15.699 --> 00:26:18.519
 you lawbreakers.

00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:21.740
 You lawbreakers.

00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:23.240
 Well, that's rude.

00:26:24.619 --> 00:26:25.959
 You're comparing me

00:26:25.959 --> 00:26:26.859
 to those fish

00:26:26.859 --> 00:26:27.759
 that I was throwing

00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:28.519
 out of the net?

00:26:29.899 --> 00:26:30.679
 You're saying

00:26:30.679 --> 00:26:31.740
 I don't belong

00:26:31.740 --> 00:26:34.019
 with the upstanding citizens?

00:26:35.179 --> 00:26:35.899
 You're saying

00:26:35.899 --> 00:26:36.659
 I don't belong

00:26:36.659 --> 00:26:37.559
 with the good people?

00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:39.179
 Are you telling me

00:26:39.179 --> 00:26:39.819
 I'm a bad person,

00:26:39.919 --> 00:26:40.059
 Jesus?

00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:42.240
 Yes.

00:26:42.879 --> 00:26:43.679
 You're a lawbreaker.

00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:46.460
 And you were never

00:26:46.460 --> 00:26:47.220
 cleansed.

00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:49.919
 You're still

00:26:49.919 --> 00:26:51.159
 a lawbreaker.

00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:53.140
 Do you understand

00:26:53.140 --> 00:26:55.180
 that without Christ,

00:26:55.420 --> 00:26:57.000
 every single person,

00:26:57.400 --> 00:26:57.680
 man,

00:26:57.800 --> 00:26:58.060
 woman,

00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:58.640
 child,

00:26:58.860 --> 00:27:00.380
 is a lawbreaker.

00:27:00.900 --> 00:27:01.700
 All of us

00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:02.519
 in this room

00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:03.740
 are lawbreakers.

00:27:03.940 --> 00:27:04.860
 We've all broken

00:27:04.860 --> 00:27:05.940
 God's law.

00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:07.160
 The only way

00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:08.019
 you can be

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:09.660
 not a lawbreaker

00:27:09.660 --> 00:27:10.259
 anymore

00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:11.300
 is if Jesus

00:27:11.300 --> 00:27:12.360
 washes you,

00:27:12.600 --> 00:27:13.180
 if Jesus

00:27:13.180 --> 00:27:14.140
 cleanses you.

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:15.340
 You have to invite

00:27:15.340 --> 00:27:16.440
 him to do that.

00:27:16.860 --> 00:27:17.800
 He's not just

00:27:17.800 --> 00:27:18.759
 going to do it.

00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:20.640
 You have to say

00:27:20.640 --> 00:27:21.119
 God,

00:27:21.879 --> 00:27:22.559
 cleanse me,

00:27:23.059 --> 00:27:23.879
 forgive me,

00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:25.720
 wash me clean

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:27.000
 with your blood.

00:27:28.059 --> 00:27:29.059
 Then he says

00:27:29.059 --> 00:27:30.259
 now you're not

00:27:30.259 --> 00:27:31.119
 a lawbreaker anymore.

00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:32.720
 You were

00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:34.420
 but I made you new.

00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:36.220
 Now you're

00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:37.319
 my child.

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:38.980
 A lot of people

00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:39.680
 call themselves

00:27:39.680 --> 00:27:40.460
 God's children

00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:41.579
 and they're going

00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:42.119
 to get to heaven

00:27:42.119 --> 00:27:42.879
 and he's going to say

00:27:42.879 --> 00:27:45.000
 I never knew you.

00:27:45.379 --> 00:27:46.259
 You can't come in.

00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:48.140
 You're out.

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:51.160
 It's a terrible

00:27:51.160 --> 00:27:51.559
 picture.

00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:53.000
 It's a terrible

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:53.539
 illustration

00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:55.299
 but it's one

00:27:55.299 --> 00:27:56.240
 that is most

00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:56.700
 important,

00:27:57.200 --> 00:27:58.079
 most essential

00:27:58.079 --> 00:27:58.960
 and that's why

00:27:58.960 --> 00:27:59.819
 Jesus repeats

00:27:59.819 --> 00:28:00.480
 this theme

00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:01.400
 throughout the

00:28:01.400 --> 00:28:01.740
 parables.

00:28:01.920 --> 00:28:02.619
 We've hit on

00:28:02.619 --> 00:28:03.960
 similar topics

00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:04.480
 to this

00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:05.400
 in our study

00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:06.359
 of the parables

00:28:06.359 --> 00:28:06.980
 over the last

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.660
 12 weeks.

00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:09.779
 Heaven's entry

00:28:09.779 --> 00:28:10.900
 is exclusive.

00:28:13.059 --> 00:28:14.000
 George Barna

00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:15.019
 runs a research

00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:15.440
 firm,

00:28:15.980 --> 00:28:16.839
 probably the

00:28:16.839 --> 00:28:17.319
 foremost

00:28:17.319 --> 00:28:18.759
 faith-based

00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:19.240
 Christian

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:20.079
 research firm

00:28:20.079 --> 00:28:20.599
 in America.

00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:21.199
 It does a lot

00:28:21.199 --> 00:28:21.759
 of valuable

00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:22.799
 research on

00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:23.199
 churches,

00:28:23.359 --> 00:28:23.759
 on religious

00:28:23.759 --> 00:28:24.359
 trends in

00:28:24.359 --> 00:28:24.720
 America.

00:28:25.379 --> 00:28:26.319
 Back in 2020

00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:27.319
 released through

00:28:27.319 --> 00:28:27.899
 the Arizona

00:28:27.899 --> 00:28:28.759
 Christian University

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:29.579
 Cultural Research

00:28:29.579 --> 00:28:29.859
 Center,

00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:30.899
 he released

00:28:30.899 --> 00:28:32.819
 this information

00:28:32.819 --> 00:28:33.779
 that says

00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:34.839
 that nearly

00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:35.559
 half,

00:28:35.619 --> 00:28:36.019
 I want to make

00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:36.519
 sure I get this

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:36.799
 right,

00:28:38.559 --> 00:28:39.819
 nearly half,

00:28:40.199 --> 00:28:40.759
 you ready for

00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:41.119
 this,

00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:43.119
 of evangelical

00:28:43.119 --> 00:28:43.959
 Christians.

00:28:43.960 --> 00:28:44.120
 Christians.

00:28:44.660 --> 00:28:45.160
 Let me break

00:28:45.160 --> 00:28:45.860
 that down for

00:28:45.860 --> 00:28:46.120
 you.

00:28:46.340 --> 00:28:46.940
 I referenced

00:28:46.940 --> 00:28:47.319
 it a minute

00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:47.700
 ago.

00:28:48.100 --> 00:28:48.759
 That's like

00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:49.779
 the Baptists,

00:28:50.640 --> 00:28:51.500
 the people that

00:28:51.500 --> 00:28:52.220
 go to churches

00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:53.279
 that talk about

00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:54.880
 Jesus and preach

00:28:54.880 --> 00:28:55.819
 the real gospel

00:28:55.819 --> 00:28:56.440
 of Jesus,

00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:58.380
 salvation by

00:28:58.380 --> 00:28:59.380
 God's grace

00:28:59.380 --> 00:29:00.259
 through our

00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:00.759
 faith.

00:29:01.559 --> 00:29:02.840
 We believe

00:29:02.840 --> 00:29:03.779
 the correct

00:29:03.779 --> 00:29:04.380
 salvation.

00:29:04.880 --> 00:29:05.640
 People that go

00:29:05.640 --> 00:29:06.519
 to those kinds

00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:06.960
 of churches,

00:29:07.120 --> 00:29:07.400
 they're called

00:29:07.400 --> 00:29:08.100
 evangelical,

00:29:08.900 --> 00:29:10.180
 nearly half,

00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:11.860
 I believe it was

00:29:11.859 --> 00:29:13.079
 around 46%

00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:14.799
 of people

00:29:14.799 --> 00:29:15.639
 who attend

00:29:15.639 --> 00:29:16.879
 evangelical

00:29:16.879 --> 00:29:18.500
 gospel preaching

00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:19.879
 churches in

00:29:19.879 --> 00:29:20.319
 America

00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:23.059
 believe that

00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:23.799
 good works

00:29:23.799 --> 00:29:24.699
 are necessary

00:29:24.699 --> 00:29:25.339
 to get into

00:29:25.339 --> 00:29:25.559
 heaven.

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:28.959
 Now look,

00:29:29.579 --> 00:29:30.579
 I'm not trying

00:29:30.579 --> 00:29:31.179
 to make you feel

00:29:31.179 --> 00:29:31.819
 singled out

00:29:31.819 --> 00:29:33.339
 if you are one

00:29:33.339 --> 00:29:33.979
 of the nearly

00:29:33.979 --> 00:29:35.159
 half of

00:29:35.159 --> 00:29:35.919
 evangelicals

00:29:35.919 --> 00:29:36.439
 that believe

00:29:36.439 --> 00:29:37.339
 that good works

00:29:37.339 --> 00:29:37.919
 are necessary

00:29:37.919 --> 00:29:38.479
 to get into

00:29:38.479 --> 00:29:38.740
 heaven.

00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:41.579
 but I'm

00:29:41.579 --> 00:29:42.240
 sorry to have

00:29:42.240 --> 00:29:42.700
 to tell you

00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:43.099
 that you're

00:29:43.099 --> 00:29:43.460
 wrong.

00:29:45.079 --> 00:29:45.640
 Actually,

00:29:45.859 --> 00:29:46.920
 I'm thankful

00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:47.779
 to get to

00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:48.220
 tell you

00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:49.099
 that you're

00:29:49.099 --> 00:29:49.380
 wrong.

00:29:51.079 --> 00:29:52.019
 Because look,

00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:53.980
 you're never

00:29:53.980 --> 00:29:54.460
 going to be

00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:54.980
 good enough.

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:57.099
 How much

00:29:57.099 --> 00:29:57.980
 good can you

00:29:57.980 --> 00:29:59.660
 do that

00:29:59.660 --> 00:30:00.240
 will wipe

00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:00.859
 away the

00:30:00.859 --> 00:30:01.400
 bad you've

00:30:01.400 --> 00:30:01.900
 already done?

00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:04.620
 If I go

00:30:04.620 --> 00:30:05.460
 out and

00:30:05.460 --> 00:30:06.220
 murder somebody,

00:30:06.220 --> 00:30:07.940
 I can do

00:30:07.940 --> 00:30:08.660
 good works

00:30:08.660 --> 00:30:09.220
 for the rest

00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:09.839
 of my life,

00:30:09.960 --> 00:30:10.799
 but it will

00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:11.400
 not bring

00:30:11.400 --> 00:30:12.640
 that innocent

00:30:12.640 --> 00:30:13.299
 person back

00:30:13.299 --> 00:30:13.700
 to life.

00:30:15.180 --> 00:30:16.059
 I can't

00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:16.440
 undo

00:30:16.440 --> 00:30:17.100
 what I've

00:30:17.100 --> 00:30:17.360
 done.

00:30:18.420 --> 00:30:18.819
 Now folks,

00:30:19.339 --> 00:30:20.640
 I might be

00:30:20.640 --> 00:30:21.059
 crazy,

00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:22.700
 but the data

00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:23.600
 would suggest

00:30:23.600 --> 00:30:24.860
 that there are

00:30:24.860 --> 00:30:25.579
 people in this

00:30:25.579 --> 00:30:26.360
 room still

00:30:26.360 --> 00:30:26.799
 believing

00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:28.920
 that good works

00:30:28.920 --> 00:30:29.819
 in your life

00:30:29.819 --> 00:30:30.279
 are going to

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:30.720
 get you to

00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:30.960
 heaven.

00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:32.339
 That they're

00:30:32.339 --> 00:30:32.700
 going to get

00:30:32.700 --> 00:30:33.120
 you right

00:30:33.120 --> 00:30:33.799
 standing with

00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:34.140
 God.

00:30:34.380 --> 00:30:34.920
 Let's see

00:30:34.920 --> 00:30:35.500
 what God

00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:36.240
 actually has

00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:36.559
 to say

00:30:36.559 --> 00:30:37.039
 about that.

00:30:37.700 --> 00:30:38.119
 Let's go

00:30:38.119 --> 00:30:38.339
 to the

00:30:38.339 --> 00:30:38.599
 Bible.

00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:39.279
 Titus

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:39.819
 chapter 3

00:30:39.819 --> 00:30:40.160
 and verse

00:30:40.160 --> 00:30:40.519
 5.

00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:41.380
 He saved

00:30:41.380 --> 00:30:41.740
 us,

00:30:42.039 --> 00:30:42.920
 not because

00:30:42.920 --> 00:30:43.599
 of the

00:30:43.599 --> 00:30:43.900
 righteous

00:30:43.900 --> 00:30:44.619
 things we

00:30:44.619 --> 00:30:45.240
 had done,

00:30:45.400 --> 00:30:46.160
 but because

00:30:46.160 --> 00:30:46.759
 of his

00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:47.099
 what?

00:30:47.819 --> 00:30:48.460
 Let's do

00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:48.759
 it again.

00:30:48.839 --> 00:30:49.339
 Not because

00:30:49.339 --> 00:30:49.619
 of the

00:30:49.619 --> 00:30:49.859
 righteous

00:30:49.859 --> 00:30:50.339
 things we

00:30:50.339 --> 00:30:50.720
 had done,

00:30:50.799 --> 00:30:51.220
 but because

00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:51.779
 of his

00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:53.559
 that's it.

00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:54.440
 He was

00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:55.140
 merciful,

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:56.619
 not because

00:30:56.619 --> 00:30:57.140
 we earned

00:30:57.140 --> 00:30:57.240
 it.

00:30:57.319 --> 00:30:57.880
 Romans 10

00:30:57.880 --> 00:30:58.200
 and verse

00:30:58.200 --> 00:30:58.740
 9 makes

00:30:58.740 --> 00:30:59.680
 it very

00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:00.680
 clear on

00:31:00.680 --> 00:31:01.200
 how to be

00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:01.539
 saved.

00:31:01.859 --> 00:31:02.059
 If you

00:31:02.059 --> 00:31:02.559
 openly

00:31:02.559 --> 00:31:03.339
 declare that

00:31:03.339 --> 00:31:04.059
 Jesus is

00:31:04.059 --> 00:31:04.740
 Lord and

00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:05.319
 believe in

00:31:05.319 --> 00:31:05.720
 your heart

00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:06.119
 that God

00:31:06.119 --> 00:31:06.679
 raised him

00:31:06.679 --> 00:31:06.980
 from the

00:31:06.980 --> 00:31:07.200
 dead,

00:31:07.579 --> 00:31:08.359
 you will

00:31:08.359 --> 00:31:09.619
 be saved.

00:31:10.159 --> 00:31:10.480
 Say,

00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:10.899
 Jesus,

00:31:11.159 --> 00:31:11.899
 you're my

00:31:11.899 --> 00:31:12.379
 Lord now.

00:31:12.740 --> 00:31:13.299
 You're in

00:31:13.299 --> 00:31:13.700
 charge.

00:31:14.079 --> 00:31:14.700
 I'm not.

00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:15.939
 I believe you

00:31:15.939 --> 00:31:16.500
 rose from the

00:31:16.500 --> 00:31:16.659
 dead.

00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:17.019
 You didn't

00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:17.659
 just die

00:31:17.659 --> 00:31:18.099
 like all

00:31:18.099 --> 00:31:18.359
 of us

00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:18.619
 die.

00:31:18.879 --> 00:31:19.439
 You proved

00:31:19.439 --> 00:31:19.700
 you were

00:31:19.700 --> 00:31:20.119
 God by

00:31:20.119 --> 00:31:20.720
 rising from

00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:21.019
 the dead.

00:31:21.099 --> 00:31:21.299
 I put

00:31:21.299 --> 00:31:21.599
 all my

00:31:21.599 --> 00:31:22.240
 faith in

00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:22.859
 you.

00:31:23.659 --> 00:31:24.240
 That's what

00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:24.779
 saves you,

00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:26.539
 not anything

00:31:26.539 --> 00:31:27.200
 you can do.

00:31:27.839 --> 00:31:28.099
 So the

00:31:28.099 --> 00:31:28.779
 question is,

00:31:29.179 --> 00:31:29.659
 are you

00:31:29.659 --> 00:31:30.200
 caught up in

00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:30.599
 the net,

00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:33.059
 or have

00:31:33.059 --> 00:31:33.559
 you truly

00:31:33.559 --> 00:31:34.259
 decided to

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:34.819
 follow Jesus?

00:31:36.879 --> 00:31:37.539
 Are you

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:37.959
 really a

00:31:37.959 --> 00:31:38.159
 Jesus

00:31:38.159 --> 00:31:38.559
 follower?

00:31:39.879 --> 00:31:40.579
 Or have

00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:40.959
 you been

00:31:40.959 --> 00:31:41.879
 hanging around

00:31:41.879 --> 00:31:43.240
 the good

00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:43.639
 fish?

00:31:45.579 --> 00:31:46.099
 Maybe

00:31:46.099 --> 00:31:46.819
 your whole

00:31:46.819 --> 00:31:48.980
 life you've

00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:49.759
 been hanging

00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:50.439
 around the

00:31:50.439 --> 00:31:51.019
 good fish.

00:31:53.539 --> 00:31:54.359
 I don't want

00:31:54.359 --> 00:31:54.799
 God to throw

00:31:54.799 --> 00:31:55.219
 you out.

00:31:56.159 --> 00:31:56.919
 I don't want

00:31:56.919 --> 00:31:57.379
 God to throw

00:31:57.379 --> 00:31:57.859
 me out.

00:31:57.859 --> 00:31:57.959
 God,

00:31:59.019 --> 00:31:59.259
 that's why

00:31:59.259 --> 00:31:59.679
 I've got to

00:31:59.679 --> 00:32:00.599
 constantly verify

00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:01.219
 in my heart,

00:32:01.379 --> 00:32:02.519
 yes, I do

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:02.939
 believe in

00:32:02.939 --> 00:32:03.179
 Jesus.

00:32:04.399 --> 00:32:05.059
 I have

00:32:05.059 --> 00:32:05.719
 confessed all

00:32:05.719 --> 00:32:06.259
 my sins,

00:32:06.359 --> 00:32:06.599
 past,

00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:06.919
 present,

00:32:06.959 --> 00:32:07.339
 and future

00:32:07.339 --> 00:32:07.759
 to him.

00:32:09.059 --> 00:32:09.319
 Say,

00:32:09.399 --> 00:32:09.919
 God, I

00:32:09.919 --> 00:32:10.240
 know I'm

00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:10.539
 a sinner.

00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:11.559
 I'm always

00:32:11.559 --> 00:32:11.939
 going to be

00:32:11.939 --> 00:32:12.259
 a sinner

00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:13.000
 while I'm

00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:13.319
 in this

00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:13.659
 flesh.

00:32:14.659 --> 00:32:15.059
 Please

00:32:15.059 --> 00:32:15.679
 forgive me.

00:32:17.059 --> 00:32:17.639
 Make me

00:32:17.639 --> 00:32:18.199
 your child.

00:32:19.119 --> 00:32:19.759
 I don't want

00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:19.939
 to be

00:32:19.939 --> 00:32:20.579
 lawbreaker

00:32:20.579 --> 00:32:21.319
 Sam anymore.

00:32:22.819 --> 00:32:23.439
 Are you

00:32:23.439 --> 00:32:23.759
 still

00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:24.639
 lawbreaker

00:32:24.639 --> 00:32:26.479
 Doyle and

00:32:26.479 --> 00:32:26.719
 Molly?

00:32:27.859 --> 00:32:28.359
 Felt like

00:32:28.359 --> 00:32:28.759
 the least

00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:29.259
 lawbreaker

00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:29.740
 people I

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:29.959
 know.

00:32:31.399 --> 00:32:33.039
 Are you

00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:33.299
 still

00:32:33.299 --> 00:32:33.899
 lawbreaker,

00:32:34.059 --> 00:32:34.219
 Jared?

00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:34.719
 That makes

00:32:34.719 --> 00:32:35.159
 way more

00:32:35.159 --> 00:32:35.519
 sense.

00:32:35.899 --> 00:32:36.399
 I'm

00:32:36.399 --> 00:32:36.619
 messing

00:32:36.619 --> 00:32:36.879
 with you.

00:32:38.639 --> 00:32:39.379
 Are you

00:32:39.379 --> 00:32:39.939
 still the

00:32:39.939 --> 00:32:40.719
 lawbreaker

00:32:40.719 --> 00:32:42.059
 version of

00:32:42.059 --> 00:32:42.679
 you, or

00:32:42.679 --> 00:32:43.240
 have you

00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:44.719
 been redeemed

00:32:44.719 --> 00:32:45.500
 by Jesus?

00:32:45.679 --> 00:32:45.939
 Have you

00:32:45.939 --> 00:32:46.459
 been made

00:32:46.459 --> 00:32:47.559
 new by

00:32:47.559 --> 00:32:48.179
 Jesus, or

00:32:48.179 --> 00:32:48.399
 have you

00:32:48.399 --> 00:32:48.819
 just been

00:32:48.819 --> 00:32:49.639
 hanging out

00:32:49.639 --> 00:32:50.879
 with those

00:32:50.879 --> 00:32:51.899
 who have?

00:32:53.099 --> 00:32:53.619
 That's the

00:32:53.619 --> 00:32:55.019
 takeaway from

00:32:55.019 --> 00:32:55.379
 the sermon

00:32:55.379 --> 00:32:55.740
 today.

00:32:55.959 --> 00:32:56.439
 Am I

00:32:56.439 --> 00:32:57.339
 really a

00:32:57.339 --> 00:32:57.839
 disciple?

00:32:58.339 --> 00:32:58.939
 I told you

00:32:58.939 --> 00:32:59.399
 we'd go back

00:32:59.399 --> 00:32:59.759
 to Matthew

00:32:59.759 --> 00:33:00.199
 13.

00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:00.919
 Look at

00:33:00.919 --> 00:33:01.579
 verse 52.

00:33:02.240 --> 00:33:02.740
 We're nearly

00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:03.220
 finished.

00:33:03.399 --> 00:33:03.659
 And y'all,

00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:04.220
 this time we're

00:33:04.220 --> 00:33:04.559
 not just

00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:05.059
 finishing a

00:33:05.059 --> 00:33:05.799
 sermon, we're

00:33:05.799 --> 00:33:06.379
 finishing a

00:33:06.379 --> 00:33:07.039
 12-week

00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:07.480
 series.

00:33:08.039 --> 00:33:08.480
 It's a big

00:33:08.480 --> 00:33:08.720
 day.

00:33:08.779 --> 00:33:09.279
 I'm excited.

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:11.480
 Matthew

00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:12.279
 chapter 13

00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:12.839
 and down in

00:33:12.839 --> 00:33:13.579
 verse 52,

00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:14.539
 Jesus says,

00:33:14.619 --> 00:33:15.259
 he gets done

00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:15.919
 telling them

00:33:15.919 --> 00:33:16.319
 this whole

00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:16.740
 story.

00:33:16.879 --> 00:33:17.119
 There's going

00:33:17.119 --> 00:33:17.619
 to be weeping

00:33:17.619 --> 00:33:18.079
 and gnashing

00:33:18.079 --> 00:33:18.819
 of teeth for

00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:20.019
 the bad fish

00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:20.599
 that are thrown

00:33:20.599 --> 00:33:21.299
 back, that are

00:33:21.299 --> 00:33:21.919
 separated the

00:33:21.919 --> 00:33:22.639
 evil people from

00:33:22.639 --> 00:33:23.139
 the righteous.

00:33:23.659 --> 00:33:24.139
 Man, that's

00:33:24.139 --> 00:33:24.599
 hard, right?

00:33:24.679 --> 00:33:25.199
 Am I really

00:33:25.199 --> 00:33:25.559
 evil?

00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:27.059
 Yes, we are.

00:33:27.159 --> 00:33:27.879
 Without Christ

00:33:27.879 --> 00:33:28.639
 and his forgiveness,

00:33:28.839 --> 00:33:29.359
 we are evil.

00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:30.480
 So Jesus then

00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:31.200
 turns to them

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:31.700
 and says,

00:33:32.059 --> 00:33:32.679
 have you understood

00:33:32.679 --> 00:33:33.480
 all these things?

00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:34.839
 And his

00:33:34.839 --> 00:33:35.500
 disciples said,

00:33:35.579 --> 00:33:35.859
 yes.

00:33:37.059 --> 00:33:37.839
 Therefore, he

00:33:37.839 --> 00:33:38.460
 said to them,

00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:39.460
 watch this,

00:33:40.159 --> 00:33:41.339
 every teacher of

00:33:41.339 --> 00:33:42.720
 the law who has

00:33:42.720 --> 00:33:44.179
 become a disciple

00:33:44.179 --> 00:33:46.500
 in the kingdom

00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:47.279
 of heaven.

00:33:47.619 --> 00:33:48.339
 Did you catch

00:33:48.339 --> 00:33:48.679
 that?

00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:51.340
 not every teacher

00:33:51.340 --> 00:33:53.500
 of the Bible

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:54.900
 is a disciple.

00:33:56.740 --> 00:33:58.140
 Not every teacher

00:33:58.140 --> 00:33:58.960
 of the Bible

00:33:58.960 --> 00:33:59.820
 is a follower

00:33:59.820 --> 00:34:00.600
 of Jesus.

00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:01.400
 I can promise

00:34:01.400 --> 00:34:02.240
 you, you can

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:02.920
 get up here,

00:34:03.860 --> 00:34:05.019
 not have a

00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:06.080
 strong relationship

00:34:06.080 --> 00:34:06.880
 with God,

00:34:07.360 --> 00:34:08.139
 be at a really

00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:09.780
 far off from God

00:34:09.780 --> 00:34:10.460
 point in your

00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:11.240
 life, and you

00:34:11.240 --> 00:34:11.900
 can get up here

00:34:11.900 --> 00:34:12.639
 and teach the

00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:12.880
 Bible.

00:34:14.079 --> 00:34:14.380
 There's not

00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:14.680
 going to be a

00:34:14.680 --> 00:34:14.980
 whole lot of

00:34:14.980 --> 00:34:15.460
 God's power

00:34:15.460 --> 00:34:16.000
 behind it.

00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:19.219
 God might use

00:34:19.219 --> 00:34:19.860
 something just

00:34:19.860 --> 00:34:20.460
 from the Bible

00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:21.079
 that's quoted

00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:23.099
 to stir something

00:34:23.099 --> 00:34:23.739
 in someone's

00:34:23.739 --> 00:34:26.519
 heart, but

00:34:26.519 --> 00:34:27.000
 something's going

00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:27.440
 to be missing.

00:34:29.280 --> 00:34:29.980
 He said,

00:34:30.239 --> 00:34:31.159
 you have to be

00:34:31.159 --> 00:34:31.920
 a disciple.

00:34:32.460 --> 00:34:33.239
 So even you,

00:34:33.380 --> 00:34:35.460
 my disciples,

00:34:35.719 --> 00:34:36.159
 who have been

00:34:36.159 --> 00:34:37.099
 walking with me,

00:34:37.960 --> 00:34:39.159
 I want you to

00:34:39.159 --> 00:34:39.760
 be teachers of

00:34:39.760 --> 00:34:39.980
 the law.

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:40.360
 That was the

00:34:40.360 --> 00:34:40.739
 whole point.

00:34:40.820 --> 00:34:41.019
 Remember,

00:34:41.119 --> 00:34:42.039
 Jesus was a

00:34:42.039 --> 00:34:42.380
 rabbi.

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:43.079
 He wasn't just

00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:43.559
 a rabbi.

00:34:43.619 --> 00:34:44.199
 He was a rabbi

00:34:44.199 --> 00:34:45.199
 with Shmiha.

00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:45.800
 Remember that

00:34:45.800 --> 00:34:46.140
 whole thing?

00:34:46.740 --> 00:34:47.039
 He had

00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:47.860
 authority to

00:34:47.860 --> 00:34:48.400
 teach, to

00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:49.039
 uncover new

00:34:49.039 --> 00:34:49.360
 truth.

00:34:49.600 --> 00:34:49.900
 Yeah, you

00:34:49.900 --> 00:34:50.280
 think so?

00:34:50.340 --> 00:34:50.780
 He is the

00:34:50.780 --> 00:34:51.240
 truth, the

00:34:51.240 --> 00:34:51.580
 way, the

00:34:51.580 --> 00:34:51.940
 truth, and

00:34:51.940 --> 00:34:52.280
 the life,

00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:52.500
 right?

00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:53.260
 And so

00:34:53.260 --> 00:34:54.580
 Jesus has

00:34:54.580 --> 00:34:55.080
 these guys

00:34:55.080 --> 00:34:55.860
 following him.

00:34:55.940 --> 00:34:56.200
 Man, I

00:34:56.200 --> 00:34:56.600
 can't believe

00:34:56.600 --> 00:34:57.000
 we get to

00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:57.480
 go with this

00:34:57.480 --> 00:34:58.200
 famous rabbi

00:34:58.200 --> 00:34:58.740
 everywhere he

00:34:58.740 --> 00:34:59.140
 goes and

00:34:59.140 --> 00:34:59.480
 learn from

00:34:59.480 --> 00:34:59.740
 him.

00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:00.300
 He's going

00:35:00.300 --> 00:35:00.560
 to make

00:35:00.560 --> 00:35:01.140
 us rabbis

00:35:01.140 --> 00:35:01.360
 too.

00:35:01.740 --> 00:35:02.180
 No, boys,

00:35:02.300 --> 00:35:02.720
 listen, I'm

00:35:02.720 --> 00:35:02.940
 going to make

00:35:02.940 --> 00:35:03.240
 you better

00:35:03.240 --> 00:35:03.740
 than rabbis.

00:35:03.800 --> 00:35:03.940
 I'm going

00:35:03.940 --> 00:35:04.160
 to make

00:35:04.160 --> 00:35:05.240
 you not

00:35:05.240 --> 00:35:05.780
 just teachers

00:35:05.780 --> 00:35:06.220
 of the law,

00:35:06.280 --> 00:35:06.380
 I'm going

00:35:06.380 --> 00:35:06.600
 to make

00:35:06.600 --> 00:35:07.700
 you disciples.

00:35:08.780 --> 00:35:09.100
 So he

00:35:09.100 --> 00:35:09.280
 says,

00:35:09.580 --> 00:35:10.120
 every teacher

00:35:10.120 --> 00:35:10.900
 of the law

00:35:15.800 --> 00:35:16.440
 of a house

00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:17.660
 who brings

00:35:17.660 --> 00:35:20.660
 out of his

00:35:20.660 --> 00:35:21.660
 old storeroom

00:35:21.660 --> 00:35:24.400
 treasures both

00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:25.080
 new and

00:35:25.080 --> 00:35:25.400
 old.

00:35:27.280 --> 00:35:27.860
 We're all

00:35:27.860 --> 00:35:28.160
 the way back

00:35:28.160 --> 00:35:28.500
 to Marie

00:35:28.500 --> 00:35:29.120
 Kondo again.

00:35:29.940 --> 00:35:30.420
 We're all

00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:30.700
 the way back

00:35:30.700 --> 00:35:30.920
 to the

00:35:30.920 --> 00:35:31.440
 storeroom,

00:35:31.580 --> 00:35:31.860
 the store

00:35:31.860 --> 00:35:32.440
 closet, the

00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:33.000
 garage, the

00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:33.300
 attic.

00:35:33.980 --> 00:35:34.800
 It's like you

00:35:34.800 --> 00:35:35.539
 go into

00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:37.200
 that and you

00:35:37.200 --> 00:35:37.880
 bring out

00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:38.600
 the good

00:35:38.600 --> 00:35:39.080
 stuff.

00:35:41.700 --> 00:35:42.360
 God's going

00:35:42.360 --> 00:35:43.480
 to use his

00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:44.100
 disciples

00:35:44.099 --> 00:35:46.420
 disciples to

00:35:46.420 --> 00:35:46.920
 bring out

00:35:46.920 --> 00:35:47.279
 the good

00:35:47.279 --> 00:35:47.699
 treasures.

00:35:49.460 --> 00:35:50.159
 Is God

00:35:50.159 --> 00:35:50.679
 doing that

00:35:50.679 --> 00:35:50.920
 in your

00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:51.279
 life?

00:35:53.059 --> 00:35:53.319
 Is he

00:35:53.319 --> 00:35:54.000
 using you

00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:54.279
 as a

00:35:54.279 --> 00:35:56.299
 disciple to

00:35:56.299 --> 00:35:56.779
 bring out

00:35:56.779 --> 00:35:57.199
 the good

00:35:57.199 --> 00:35:57.639
 treasures,

00:35:57.799 --> 00:35:58.199
 the good

00:35:58.199 --> 00:35:58.639
 fish?

00:36:00.239 --> 00:36:00.559
 Is he

00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:01.059
 using you

00:36:01.059 --> 00:36:01.920
 to reproduce

00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:04.299
 another

00:36:04.299 --> 00:36:05.139
 disciple?

00:36:06.739 --> 00:36:07.400
 Maybe in

00:36:07.400 --> 00:36:07.880
 your children,

00:36:08.279 --> 00:36:08.619
 maybe in

00:36:08.619 --> 00:36:09.079
 your neighbor,

00:36:10.039 --> 00:36:10.460
 maybe in

00:36:10.460 --> 00:36:11.059
 your co-worker,

00:36:11.179 --> 00:36:11.440
 maybe in

00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:11.980
 your friend,

00:36:12.239 --> 00:36:12.519
 maybe in

00:36:12.519 --> 00:36:13.159
 your parents,

00:36:13.159 --> 00:36:14.299
 a sibling?

00:36:15.779 --> 00:36:16.099
 Is he

00:36:16.099 --> 00:36:16.899
 using you

00:36:16.899 --> 00:36:19.019
 to be a

00:36:19.019 --> 00:36:19.440
 disciple

00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:21.579
 that he

00:36:21.579 --> 00:36:22.139
 can use

00:36:22.139 --> 00:36:22.579
 to make

00:36:22.579 --> 00:36:22.879
 another

00:36:22.879 --> 00:36:23.359
 disciple?

00:36:24.659 --> 00:36:25.299
 It's a

00:36:25.299 --> 00:36:26.139
 powerful truth

00:36:26.139 --> 00:36:26.699
 he's teaching

00:36:26.699 --> 00:36:27.839
 his followers.

00:36:29.239 --> 00:36:29.480
 So,

00:36:30.159 --> 00:36:32.779
 we have to

00:36:32.779 --> 00:36:33.460
 ask ourselves,

00:36:33.699 --> 00:36:34.099
 we got to

00:36:34.099 --> 00:36:34.500
 do a gut

00:36:34.500 --> 00:36:34.819
 check,

00:36:35.599 --> 00:36:36.619
 heart check,

00:36:36.799 --> 00:36:37.399
 gut check,

00:36:38.099 --> 00:36:38.879
 mind check,

00:36:39.039 --> 00:36:39.559
 soul check,

00:36:39.639 --> 00:36:39.920
 whatever.

00:36:40.339 --> 00:36:40.879
 We got to

00:36:40.879 --> 00:36:41.500
 check it all

00:36:41.500 --> 00:36:42.000
 and we got to

00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:42.319
 ask this

00:36:42.319 --> 00:36:42.699
 question.

00:36:43.159 --> 00:36:44.259
 Is my

00:36:44.259 --> 00:36:45.819
 faith a

00:36:45.819 --> 00:36:46.519
 dull

00:36:46.519 --> 00:36:47.819
 routine?

00:36:48.699 --> 00:36:49.779
 Is my

00:36:49.779 --> 00:36:50.539
 faith a

00:36:50.539 --> 00:36:51.039
 dull

00:36:51.039 --> 00:36:51.639
 routine

00:36:51.639 --> 00:36:53.000
 or a

00:36:53.000 --> 00:36:53.579
 dynamic

00:36:53.579 --> 00:36:54.579
 relationship?

00:36:56.599 --> 00:36:57.480
 Would you

00:36:57.480 --> 00:36:57.759
 bow your

00:36:57.759 --> 00:36:58.039
 heads with

00:36:58.039 --> 00:36:58.199
 me?

00:36:59.739 --> 00:37:00.619
 Is my

00:37:00.619 --> 00:37:01.399
 faith a

00:37:01.399 --> 00:37:01.859
 dull

00:37:01.859 --> 00:37:02.460
 routine

00:37:02.460 --> 00:37:03.559
 or a

00:37:03.559 --> 00:37:04.239
 dynamic

00:37:04.239 --> 00:37:05.139
 relationship?

00:37:06.239 --> 00:37:07.179
 I'm not

00:37:07.179 --> 00:37:07.559
 going to ask

00:37:07.559 --> 00:37:07.759
 you to

00:37:07.759 --> 00:37:08.099
 raise your

00:37:08.099 --> 00:37:08.319
 hand,

00:37:08.319 --> 00:37:08.859
 but would

00:37:08.859 --> 00:37:09.379
 you ask

00:37:09.379 --> 00:37:09.799
 yourself

00:37:09.799 --> 00:37:10.480
 right now

00:37:10.480 --> 00:37:11.199
 and be

00:37:11.199 --> 00:37:11.759
 completely

00:37:11.759 --> 00:37:12.259
 honest?

00:37:13.639 --> 00:37:14.559
 Look at

00:37:14.559 --> 00:37:15.399
 your faith

00:37:15.399 --> 00:37:16.099
 in God.

00:37:17.579 --> 00:37:18.419
 Is it

00:37:18.419 --> 00:37:18.779
 more

00:37:18.779 --> 00:37:19.439
 honestly

00:37:19.439 --> 00:37:20.159
 described

00:37:20.159 --> 00:37:21.519
 as a

00:37:21.519 --> 00:37:21.759
 dull

00:37:21.759 --> 00:37:22.299
 routine

00:37:22.299 --> 00:37:24.099
 or a

00:37:24.099 --> 00:37:24.539
 dynamic

00:37:24.539 --> 00:37:25.179
 relationship?

00:37:25.319 --> 00:37:25.500
 You know

00:37:25.500 --> 00:37:26.000
 what dynamic

00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:26.460
 means?

00:37:27.179 --> 00:37:27.939
 It changes.

00:37:28.939 --> 00:37:29.879
 It doesn't

00:37:29.879 --> 00:37:30.299
 stay the

00:37:30.299 --> 00:37:30.579
 same.

00:37:32.139 --> 00:37:33.019
 Sometimes it

00:37:33.019 --> 00:37:33.460
 might feel

00:37:33.460 --> 00:37:33.859
 closer.

00:37:34.059 --> 00:37:34.679
 Sometimes you

00:37:34.679 --> 00:37:35.039
 might feel

00:37:35.039 --> 00:37:35.779
 further away.

00:37:35.939 --> 00:37:36.339
 That's the

00:37:36.339 --> 00:37:36.899
 nature of a

00:37:36.899 --> 00:37:37.319
 dynamic

00:37:37.319 --> 00:37:38.039
 relationship.

00:37:38.039 --> 00:37:38.900
 But it

00:37:38.900 --> 00:37:39.400
 keeps

00:37:39.400 --> 00:37:40.360
 changing.

00:37:40.980 --> 00:37:41.380
 And over

00:37:41.380 --> 00:37:42.079
 time it

00:37:42.079 --> 00:37:42.820
 grows.

00:37:44.259 --> 00:37:44.860
 And you

00:37:44.860 --> 00:37:45.679
 don't stay

00:37:45.679 --> 00:37:46.159
 in the

00:37:46.159 --> 00:37:47.259
 same place

00:37:47.259 --> 00:37:47.900
 with God

00:37:47.900 --> 00:37:48.480
 as you've

00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:48.779
 been.

00:37:50.179 --> 00:37:50.940
 He keeps

00:37:50.940 --> 00:37:51.539
 sending you

00:37:51.539 --> 00:37:51.960
 back into

00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:52.599
 the storeroom

00:37:52.599 --> 00:37:53.440
 for new

00:37:53.440 --> 00:37:53.960
 treasures,

00:37:54.380 --> 00:37:55.139
 new nuggets.

00:37:56.599 --> 00:37:57.039
 He keeps

00:37:57.039 --> 00:37:57.599
 using you

00:37:57.599 --> 00:37:57.960
 to make

00:37:57.960 --> 00:37:58.739
 new disciples.

00:37:59.400 --> 00:37:59.920
 That's what

00:37:59.920 --> 00:38:00.420
 it's like

00:38:00.420 --> 00:38:00.940
 to follow

00:38:00.940 --> 00:38:01.340
 Jesus.

00:38:01.480 --> 00:38:01.779
 Go back

00:38:01.779 --> 00:38:01.980
 in the

00:38:01.980 --> 00:38:02.360
 Gospels.

00:38:02.599 --> 00:38:02.860
 We've

00:38:02.860 --> 00:38:03.239
 gone through

00:38:03.239 --> 00:38:03.579
 Matthew.

00:38:03.920 --> 00:38:04.320
 Go back

00:38:04.320 --> 00:38:04.759
 to Matthew.

00:38:04.900 --> 00:38:05.179
 Go to

00:38:05.179 --> 00:38:05.420
 Mark.

00:38:05.559 --> 00:38:05.800
 Go to

00:38:05.800 --> 00:38:06.039
 Luke.

00:38:06.159 --> 00:38:06.440
 Go to

00:38:06.440 --> 00:38:06.739
 John.

00:38:06.739 --> 00:38:07.599
 See what

00:38:07.599 --> 00:38:08.319
 Jesus did

00:38:08.319 --> 00:38:08.819
 with his

00:38:08.819 --> 00:38:09.379
 disciples.

00:38:10.059 --> 00:38:10.279
 And then

00:38:10.279 --> 00:38:10.579
 look at

00:38:10.579 --> 00:38:11.239
 your life.

00:38:11.599 --> 00:38:11.839
 Is he

00:38:11.839 --> 00:38:12.500
 doing that

00:38:12.500 --> 00:38:13.039
 with you?

00:38:14.119 --> 00:38:14.599
 Has he

00:38:14.599 --> 00:38:15.039
 been doing

00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:15.479
 that with

00:38:15.479 --> 00:38:15.779
 you over

00:38:15.779 --> 00:38:16.279
 the last

00:38:16.279 --> 00:38:17.699
 five years?

00:38:18.099 --> 00:38:18.779
 Ten years?

00:38:18.919 --> 00:38:19.559
 Twenty years?

00:38:19.699 --> 00:38:20.319
 Thirty years?

00:38:20.719 --> 00:38:21.299
 I'm going to

00:38:21.299 --> 00:38:21.919
 stop there

00:38:21.919 --> 00:38:22.379
 to not

00:38:22.379 --> 00:38:22.859
 offend you.

00:38:24.039 --> 00:38:24.679
 But look,

00:38:26.239 --> 00:38:27.459
 is our

00:38:27.459 --> 00:38:27.979
 relationship

00:38:27.979 --> 00:38:28.459
 with him

00:38:28.459 --> 00:38:28.939
 dynamic?

00:38:29.679 --> 00:38:30.500
 Or has it

00:38:30.500 --> 00:38:31.159
 become dull?

00:38:31.159 --> 00:38:31.219
 people?

00:38:36.219 --> 00:38:37.039
 So our

00:38:37.039 --> 00:38:37.619
 takeaway this

00:38:37.619 --> 00:38:39.259
 morning, if

00:38:39.259 --> 00:38:39.539
 you'll look

00:38:39.539 --> 00:38:39.879
 up at the

00:38:39.879 --> 00:38:40.299
 screen one

00:38:40.299 --> 00:38:40.739
 more time,

00:38:41.679 --> 00:38:42.460
 don't settle

00:38:42.460 --> 00:38:43.579
 for proximity

00:38:43.579 --> 00:38:44.819
 to God.

00:38:45.539 --> 00:38:46.239
 What do

00:38:46.239 --> 00:38:46.519
 I mean by

00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:46.960
 proximity?

00:38:47.239 --> 00:38:47.579
 Just being

00:38:47.579 --> 00:38:48.079
 close to

00:38:48.079 --> 00:38:48.239
 him.

00:38:48.980 --> 00:38:49.500
 Being

00:38:49.500 --> 00:38:49.920
 physically

00:38:49.920 --> 00:38:50.379
 close.

00:38:51.359 --> 00:38:51.960
 Don't just

00:38:51.960 --> 00:38:52.500
 settle for

00:38:52.500 --> 00:38:53.399
 proximity to

00:38:53.399 --> 00:38:53.639
 God.

00:38:54.019 --> 00:38:54.599
 Let him

00:38:54.599 --> 00:38:55.639
 change you.

00:38:55.980 --> 00:38:56.519
 Don't just

00:38:56.519 --> 00:38:57.460
 be around

00:38:57.460 --> 00:38:58.179
 God.

00:38:58.619 --> 00:38:59.079
 Don't just

00:38:59.079 --> 00:39:00.019
 be around

00:39:00.019 --> 00:39:00.739
 Christians.

00:39:01.599 --> 00:39:02.079
 Be a

00:39:02.079 --> 00:39:02.379
 Christian.

00:39:03.319 --> 00:39:03.939
 Don't just

00:39:03.939 --> 00:39:04.699
 be around

00:39:04.699 --> 00:39:05.459
 disciples.

00:39:06.519 --> 00:39:07.219
 Jump in.

00:39:08.219 --> 00:39:08.759
 Be one.

00:39:10.679 --> 00:39:11.099
 Say, man,

00:39:11.119 --> 00:39:11.559
 I'm not ready

00:39:11.559 --> 00:39:11.979
 for all that.

00:39:12.019 --> 00:39:12.299
 I'm not going

00:39:12.299 --> 00:39:12.519
 to do it

00:39:12.519 --> 00:39:12.919
 very well.

00:39:13.719 --> 00:39:14.159
 Right.

00:39:15.019 --> 00:39:15.719
 None of us

00:39:15.719 --> 00:39:16.199
 do it very

00:39:16.199 --> 00:39:16.519
 well.

00:39:18.119 --> 00:39:18.859
 He wants

00:39:18.859 --> 00:39:19.279
 us to,

00:39:19.379 --> 00:39:19.559
 though.

00:39:20.099 --> 00:39:20.919
 He's inviting

00:39:20.919 --> 00:39:21.419
 us to.

00:39:22.539 --> 00:39:23.000
 And if you

00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:23.299
 don't want to

00:39:23.299 --> 00:39:23.639
 get thrown

00:39:23.639 --> 00:39:23.979
 out of the

00:39:23.979 --> 00:39:25.399
 net, you

00:39:25.399 --> 00:39:25.819
 got to take

00:39:25.819 --> 00:39:26.319
 the plunge.

00:39:27.159 --> 00:39:27.500
 You got to

00:39:27.500 --> 00:39:27.839
 become a

00:39:27.839 --> 00:39:28.219
 disciple.

00:39:29.339 --> 00:39:29.799
 You got to

00:39:29.799 --> 00:39:30.239
 say, God,

00:39:30.239 --> 00:39:31.459
 change me.

00:39:32.639 --> 00:39:33.639
 Our series

00:39:33.639 --> 00:39:36.259
 can be summed

00:39:36.259 --> 00:39:36.659
 up in

00:39:36.659 --> 00:39:37.199
 Matthew 6

00:39:37.199 --> 00:39:37.559
 33.

00:39:38.259 --> 00:39:38.719
 We didn't

00:39:38.719 --> 00:39:39.319
 actually cover

00:39:39.319 --> 00:39:40.459
 this in a

00:39:40.459 --> 00:39:40.899
 parable.

00:39:42.039 --> 00:39:42.799
 This is kind

00:39:42.799 --> 00:39:43.199
 of the whole

00:39:43.199 --> 00:39:44.000
 theme verse of

00:39:44.000 --> 00:39:44.419
 the series.

00:39:45.539 --> 00:39:46.039
 It says,

00:39:46.359 --> 00:39:46.579
 seek the

00:39:46.579 --> 00:39:48.319
 kingdom of

00:39:48.319 --> 00:39:49.699
 God above

00:39:49.699 --> 00:39:50.279
 all else.

00:39:51.119 --> 00:39:51.699
 Live

00:39:51.699 --> 00:39:52.339
 righteously,

00:39:52.879 --> 00:39:54.000
 and he will

00:39:54.000 --> 00:39:54.519
 give you

00:39:54.519 --> 00:39:56.379
 everything you

00:39:56.379 --> 00:39:56.579
 need.

00:39:56.579 --> 00:39:59.480
 what a

00:39:59.480 --> 00:40:00.279
 life verse.

00:40:00.980 --> 00:40:01.539
 What a

00:40:01.539 --> 00:40:01.980
 verse to

00:40:01.980 --> 00:40:02.380
 make the

00:40:02.380 --> 00:40:02.779
 theme of

00:40:02.779 --> 00:40:03.219
 your life.

00:40:04.340 --> 00:40:04.719
 I'm going

00:40:04.719 --> 00:40:05.239
 to seek

00:40:05.239 --> 00:40:05.900
 God's

00:40:05.900 --> 00:40:07.480
 kingdom above

00:40:07.480 --> 00:40:08.179
 the kingdom

00:40:08.179 --> 00:40:08.880
 of my

00:40:08.880 --> 00:40:09.159
 world.

00:40:10.420 --> 00:40:10.940
 I'm going

00:40:10.940 --> 00:40:11.259
 to seek

00:40:11.259 --> 00:40:11.699
 God's

00:40:11.699 --> 00:40:12.639
 kingdom above

00:40:12.639 --> 00:40:13.219
 any other

00:40:13.219 --> 00:40:13.799
 kingdom on

00:40:13.799 --> 00:40:14.259
 this earth.

00:40:15.259 --> 00:40:15.460
 Y'all,

00:40:15.539 --> 00:40:16.059
 everybody's got

00:40:16.059 --> 00:40:16.480
 their own

00:40:16.480 --> 00:40:17.299
 kingdom, and

00:40:17.299 --> 00:40:17.840
 usually they're

00:40:17.840 --> 00:40:18.299
 the king of

00:40:18.299 --> 00:40:18.440
 it.

00:40:19.480 --> 00:40:20.139
 And all

00:40:20.139 --> 00:40:20.559
 these other

00:40:20.559 --> 00:40:22.400
 kingdoms are

00:40:22.400 --> 00:40:23.000
 going to vie

00:40:23.000 --> 00:40:23.539
 for your

00:40:23.539 --> 00:40:23.920
 allegiance.

00:40:24.920 --> 00:40:25.539
 They're going

00:40:25.539 --> 00:40:26.059
 to come try

00:40:26.059 --> 00:40:26.780
 to steal your

00:40:26.780 --> 00:40:27.519
 allegiance away

00:40:27.519 --> 00:40:28.460
 and make you

00:40:28.460 --> 00:40:29.200
 pledge allegiance

00:40:29.200 --> 00:40:29.780
 to their

00:40:29.780 --> 00:40:30.099
 kingdom.

00:40:30.820 --> 00:40:31.360
 And you know

00:40:31.360 --> 00:40:31.740
 who's going to

00:40:31.740 --> 00:40:32.300
 do that more

00:40:32.300 --> 00:40:32.780
 than anybody?

00:40:33.420 --> 00:40:33.940
 You.

00:40:36.019 --> 00:40:37.159
 I try to get

00:40:37.159 --> 00:40:38.159
 myself to swear

00:40:38.159 --> 00:40:38.760
 allegiance to

00:40:38.760 --> 00:40:40.019
 my kingdom more

00:40:40.019 --> 00:40:40.760
 than anybody else

00:40:40.760 --> 00:40:41.059
 does.

00:40:42.700 --> 00:40:43.559
 I'm my own

00:40:43.559 --> 00:40:44.119
 biggest enemy.

00:40:45.139 --> 00:40:46.000
 But if I'm

00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:46.860
 swearing allegiance

00:40:46.860 --> 00:40:47.579
 to God's

00:40:47.579 --> 00:40:49.300
 kingdom, what

00:40:49.300 --> 00:40:49.780
 is the last

00:40:49.780 --> 00:40:50.200
 part of that

00:40:50.200 --> 00:40:50.740
 verse promise?

00:40:50.860 --> 00:40:51.260
 Do we believe

00:40:51.260 --> 00:40:51.740
 the promises

00:40:51.740 --> 00:40:52.180
 of God?

00:40:52.880 --> 00:40:53.780
 Do we believe

00:40:53.780 --> 00:40:54.280
 the promises

00:40:54.280 --> 00:40:54.760
 of God?

00:40:55.860 --> 00:40:56.800
 So he says

00:40:56.800 --> 00:40:57.380
 he will give

00:40:57.380 --> 00:40:58.700
 you everything

00:40:58.700 --> 00:41:00.000
 you need.

00:41:00.440 --> 00:41:01.220
 You seek

00:41:01.220 --> 00:41:01.760
 his kingdom,

00:41:02.400 --> 00:41:02.880
 he'll give

00:41:02.880 --> 00:41:03.620
 you everything

00:41:03.620 --> 00:41:04.240
 you need,

00:41:04.700 --> 00:41:05.519
 and nothing

00:41:05.519 --> 00:41:06.220
 you don't

00:41:06.220 --> 00:41:06.480
 need.

00:41:07.100 --> 00:41:07.560
 What a

00:41:07.560 --> 00:41:07.980
 promise.

00:41:08.519 --> 00:41:08.800
 What a

00:41:08.800 --> 00:41:09.640
 powerful promise

00:41:09.640 --> 00:41:10.260
 from God,

00:41:10.580 --> 00:41:11.440
 from Jesus.

00:41:12.420 --> 00:41:13.600
 Seek the

00:41:13.600 --> 00:41:13.940
 kingdom.

00:41:14.360 --> 00:41:15.060
 Are we a

00:41:15.060 --> 00:41:16.320
 kingdom-seeking

00:41:16.320 --> 00:41:17.740
 church, and

00:41:17.740 --> 00:41:18.700
 is it God's

00:41:18.700 --> 00:41:18.940
 kingdom?

00:41:19.260 --> 00:41:19.920
 Or have we

00:41:19.920 --> 00:41:20.540
 created our

00:41:20.540 --> 00:41:20.740
 own?

00:41:20.739 --> 00:41:22.679
 God, let

00:41:22.679 --> 00:41:23.000
 our castle

00:41:23.000 --> 00:41:23.819
 become so

00:41:23.819 --> 00:41:24.739
 big that

00:41:24.739 --> 00:41:25.519
 it's blotting

00:41:25.519 --> 00:41:26.519
 out God's

00:41:26.519 --> 00:41:26.799
 kingdom.

00:41:27.899 --> 00:41:28.799
 God, let

00:41:28.799 --> 00:41:29.559
 your kingdom

00:41:29.559 --> 00:41:30.239
 work be

00:41:30.239 --> 00:41:30.539
 done.

00:41:30.899 --> 00:41:31.359
 Let your

00:41:31.359 --> 00:41:31.819
 will be

00:41:31.819 --> 00:41:32.179
 done in

00:41:32.179 --> 00:41:32.719
 this earth,

00:41:32.879 --> 00:41:33.939
 in this

00:41:33.939 --> 00:41:35.099
 church, in

00:41:35.099 --> 00:41:36.459
 this town, in

00:41:36.459 --> 00:41:37.879
 my family, in

00:41:37.879 --> 00:41:39.079
 my heart, in

00:41:39.079 --> 00:41:39.919
 my life.

00:41:40.259 --> 00:41:41.119
 Let your

00:41:41.119 --> 00:41:42.399
 kingdom come.

00:41:43.519 --> 00:41:43.979
 Would you

00:41:43.979 --> 00:41:44.439
 pray with me

00:41:44.439 --> 00:41:44.639
 now?

00:41:45.339 --> 00:41:46.079
 God, that's

00:41:46.079 --> 00:41:46.679
 what we go to

00:41:46.679 --> 00:41:47.179
 you with.

00:41:47.179 --> 00:41:50.119
 God, you

00:41:50.119 --> 00:41:50.519
 want our

00:41:50.519 --> 00:41:51.039
 hearts more

00:41:51.039 --> 00:41:51.480
 than anything

00:41:51.480 --> 00:41:51.879
 else.

00:41:54.199 --> 00:41:54.859
 We can

00:41:54.859 --> 00:41:55.599
 swear allegiance

00:41:55.599 --> 00:41:56.059
 to you with

00:41:56.059 --> 00:41:56.599
 our lips.

00:41:57.059 --> 00:41:57.839
 We can hang

00:41:57.839 --> 00:41:58.619
 around you for

00:41:58.619 --> 00:41:59.159
 years.

00:42:00.239 --> 00:42:01.139
 We can show

00:42:01.139 --> 00:42:01.359
 up.

00:42:01.440 --> 00:42:01.960
 We can sit in

00:42:01.960 --> 00:42:02.379
 the pews.

00:42:02.500 --> 00:42:03.000
 We can sing

00:42:03.000 --> 00:42:03.559
 the songs.

00:42:03.679 --> 00:42:04.159
 We can clap

00:42:04.159 --> 00:42:04.779
 for the choir.

00:42:05.119 --> 00:42:05.699
 We can do

00:42:05.699 --> 00:42:06.759
 all the things

00:42:06.759 --> 00:42:08.379
 that look like

00:42:08.379 --> 00:42:09.679
 we're a follower

00:42:09.679 --> 00:42:10.639
 of Jesus, but

00:42:10.639 --> 00:42:11.399
 when the great

00:42:11.399 --> 00:42:12.699
 sorting comes,

00:42:13.559 --> 00:42:14.199
 I don't want

00:42:14.199 --> 00:42:14.759
 to get sorted

00:42:14.759 --> 00:42:15.119
 out.

00:42:15.119 --> 00:42:15.119


00:42:15.119 --> 00:42:14.779
 to get sorted

00:42:14.779 --> 00:42:15.199
 out.

00:42:17.179 --> 00:42:18.440
 I don't want

00:42:18.440 --> 00:42:18.940
 to get thrown

00:42:18.940 --> 00:42:19.239
 out.

00:42:21.379 --> 00:42:22.259
 This net

00:42:22.259 --> 00:42:23.019
 catches all

00:42:23.019 --> 00:42:23.539
 kinds.

00:42:25.159 --> 00:42:25.899
 Sometimes we

00:42:25.899 --> 00:42:26.299
 think we've

00:42:26.299 --> 00:42:26.759
 got a pretty

00:42:26.759 --> 00:42:27.440
 good idea who

00:42:27.440 --> 00:42:28.019
 belongs and

00:42:28.019 --> 00:42:28.559
 who doesn't,

00:42:29.199 --> 00:42:30.059
 but the truth

00:42:30.059 --> 00:42:32.919
 is some of

00:42:32.919 --> 00:42:33.199
 us are

00:42:33.199 --> 00:42:33.679
 hypocrites.

00:42:34.359 --> 00:42:34.940
 Some of us

00:42:34.940 --> 00:42:35.219
 have even

00:42:35.219 --> 00:42:35.839
 become false

00:42:35.839 --> 00:42:36.179
 prophets.

00:42:38.500 --> 00:42:39.159
 We've been

00:42:39.159 --> 00:42:39.599
 preaching a

00:42:39.599 --> 00:42:40.239
 different Jesus

00:42:40.239 --> 00:42:40.879
 than the one

00:42:40.879 --> 00:42:41.799
 that you

00:42:41.799 --> 00:42:42.539
 actually were.

00:42:44.440 --> 00:42:45.199
 Forgive us,

00:42:45.299 --> 00:42:45.519
 God, where

00:42:45.519 --> 00:42:46.139
 we failed you.

00:42:46.139 --> 00:42:47.500
 touch our

00:42:47.500 --> 00:42:48.099
 hearts, break

00:42:48.099 --> 00:42:48.719
 our hearts

00:42:48.719 --> 00:42:50.119
 for what

00:42:50.119 --> 00:42:50.839
 breaks yours.

00:42:51.920 --> 00:42:52.379
 If there's

00:42:52.379 --> 00:42:52.879
 somebody here

00:42:52.879 --> 00:42:54.679
 today who

00:42:54.679 --> 00:42:55.099
 needs to

00:42:55.099 --> 00:42:55.659
 finally take

00:42:55.659 --> 00:42:56.139
 the plunge

00:42:56.139 --> 00:42:56.679
 and say,

00:42:58.359 --> 00:42:58.960
 I'm not going

00:42:58.960 --> 00:42:59.799
 to settle for

00:42:59.799 --> 00:43:00.739
 just being around

00:43:00.739 --> 00:43:01.179
 God.

00:43:01.299 --> 00:43:02.319
 I want God.

00:43:03.000 --> 00:43:03.719
 I want him to

00:43:03.719 --> 00:43:04.379
 change me.

00:43:04.699 --> 00:43:05.219
 I want him to

00:43:05.219 --> 00:43:05.699
 start on the

00:43:05.699 --> 00:43:06.199
 inside.

00:43:07.699 --> 00:43:08.379
 I want to

00:43:08.379 --> 00:43:09.019
 follow Jesus.

00:43:09.460 --> 00:43:10.019
 Let him make

00:43:10.019 --> 00:43:10.500
 that decision

00:43:10.500 --> 00:43:10.879
 today.

00:43:11.179 --> 00:43:11.659
 Church, with

00:43:11.659 --> 00:43:12.000
 your heads

00:43:12.000 --> 00:43:12.339
 bowed and

00:43:12.339 --> 00:43:12.639
 your eyes

00:43:12.639 --> 00:43:13.079
 closed, I'm

00:43:13.079 --> 00:43:13.339
 going to lead

00:43:13.340 --> 00:43:13.640
 with that

00:43:13.640 --> 00:43:14.059
 question.

00:43:16.840 --> 00:43:17.720
 Nearly half

00:43:17.720 --> 00:43:18.140
 of churches

00:43:18.140 --> 00:43:18.680
 like ours

00:43:18.680 --> 00:43:19.600
 across America

00:43:19.600 --> 00:43:22.760
 don't believe

00:43:22.760 --> 00:43:23.440
 the true way

00:43:23.440 --> 00:43:24.039
 of salvation

00:43:24.039 --> 00:43:24.539
 that Jesus

00:43:24.539 --> 00:43:24.920
 taught.

00:43:26.120 --> 00:43:26.780
 They think

00:43:26.780 --> 00:43:27.280
 they can earn

00:43:27.280 --> 00:43:27.500
 it.

00:43:28.500 --> 00:43:29.019
 Jesus said,

00:43:29.100 --> 00:43:29.360
 no, you

00:43:29.360 --> 00:43:29.720
 can't.

00:43:31.220 --> 00:43:32.180
 I paid for

00:43:32.180 --> 00:43:32.660
 your sin on

00:43:32.660 --> 00:43:33.140
 the cross.

00:43:33.740 --> 00:43:34.420
 You can't

00:43:34.420 --> 00:43:34.900
 pay for it

00:43:34.900 --> 00:43:35.260
 yourself.

00:43:36.700 --> 00:43:37.360
 How many of

00:43:37.360 --> 00:43:37.780
 you would say

00:43:37.780 --> 00:43:38.480
 by uplifted

00:43:38.480 --> 00:43:38.960
 hand, I've

00:43:38.960 --> 00:43:39.420
 had the wrong

00:43:39.420 --> 00:43:40.480
 picture of

00:43:40.480 --> 00:43:41.240
 salvation, or

00:43:41.240 --> 00:43:41.740
 maybe I've

00:43:41.739 --> 00:43:42.259
 just put it

00:43:42.259 --> 00:43:43.000
 off, whatever

00:43:43.000 --> 00:43:43.699
 it is, I

00:43:43.699 --> 00:43:44.199
 need to come

00:43:44.199 --> 00:43:44.599
 to Jesus

00:43:44.599 --> 00:43:44.979
 today?

00:43:45.079 --> 00:43:45.319
 Would you

00:43:45.319 --> 00:43:45.879
 be bold enough

00:43:45.879 --> 00:43:46.219
 to slip

00:43:46.219 --> 00:43:46.500
 your hand

00:43:46.500 --> 00:43:46.919
 up and say

00:43:46.919 --> 00:43:47.359
 that's me?

00:43:47.899 --> 00:43:48.579
 I need to

00:43:48.579 --> 00:43:49.239
 be bold enough

00:43:49.239 --> 00:43:50.579
 right now to

00:43:50.579 --> 00:43:51.219
 turn to Jesus.

00:43:51.419 --> 00:43:51.839
 Slip your hand

00:43:51.839 --> 00:43:52.219
 up and I'll

00:43:52.219 --> 00:43:52.679
 pray for you.

00:43:53.919 --> 00:43:54.500
 Thank you.

00:43:56.799 --> 00:43:57.339
 Thank you.

00:43:57.419 --> 00:43:57.899
 Let me ask

00:43:57.899 --> 00:43:58.519
 this follow-up

00:43:58.519 --> 00:43:58.979
 question.

00:44:00.139 --> 00:44:00.599
 How many of

00:44:00.599 --> 00:44:01.239
 you would say,

00:44:01.959 --> 00:44:02.559
 I have not

00:44:02.559 --> 00:44:03.159
 been seeking

00:44:03.159 --> 00:44:03.879
 God's kingdom

00:44:03.879 --> 00:44:04.779
 above all else?

00:44:05.739 --> 00:44:06.119
 And maybe

00:44:06.119 --> 00:44:06.719
 that's why I

00:44:06.719 --> 00:44:07.059
 don't have

00:44:07.059 --> 00:44:07.559
 everything I

00:44:07.559 --> 00:44:07.799
 need.

00:44:10.119 --> 00:44:10.659
 Because I've

00:44:10.659 --> 00:44:11.059
 been focused

00:44:11.059 --> 00:44:11.479
 on my

00:44:11.480 --> 00:44:11.719
 kingdom.

00:44:12.360 --> 00:44:12.719
 I've been

00:44:12.719 --> 00:44:13.219
 focused on

00:44:13.219 --> 00:44:13.619
 some other

00:44:13.619 --> 00:44:14.119
 kingdom, but

00:44:14.119 --> 00:44:14.740
 I have not

00:44:14.740 --> 00:44:15.300
 been seeking

00:44:15.300 --> 00:44:16.300
 God's kingdom

00:44:16.300 --> 00:44:16.980
 with my whole

00:44:16.980 --> 00:44:17.199
 heart.

00:44:17.300 --> 00:44:17.619
 Y'all, this

00:44:17.619 --> 00:44:18.199
 whole thing

00:44:18.199 --> 00:44:19.179
 has been about

00:44:19.179 --> 00:44:19.639
 the heart.

00:44:20.440 --> 00:44:21.099
 God wants

00:44:21.099 --> 00:44:21.559
 your heart

00:44:21.559 --> 00:44:21.920
 more than

00:44:21.920 --> 00:44:22.579
 anything else.

00:44:23.360 --> 00:44:23.659
 Would you

00:44:23.659 --> 00:44:24.119
 slip your hand

00:44:24.119 --> 00:44:24.500
 up and just

00:44:24.500 --> 00:44:24.980
 say pray for

00:44:24.980 --> 00:44:25.179
 me?

00:44:25.599 --> 00:44:25.860
 And I'll

00:44:25.860 --> 00:44:26.139
 pray for

00:44:26.139 --> 00:44:26.340
 you, I

00:44:26.340 --> 00:44:26.760
 promise you.

00:44:26.820 --> 00:44:27.159
 Thank you.

00:44:27.639 --> 00:44:28.099
 Thank you.

00:44:28.320 --> 00:44:28.719
 Thank you.

00:44:29.240 --> 00:44:29.780
 Thank you.

00:44:30.119 --> 00:44:30.480
 Thank you.

00:44:33.199 --> 00:44:33.920
 God, you see

00:44:33.920 --> 00:44:34.400
 the hands.

00:44:34.579 --> 00:44:34.940
 I don't know

00:44:34.940 --> 00:44:35.820
 what's going

00:44:35.820 --> 00:44:36.619
 on across the

00:44:36.619 --> 00:44:37.000
 room, but

00:44:37.000 --> 00:44:37.639
 God, you know

00:44:37.639 --> 00:44:38.380
 exactly what we

00:44:38.380 --> 00:44:38.760
 need in our

00:44:38.760 --> 00:44:39.300
 hearts, and I

00:44:39.300 --> 00:44:39.780
 pray that you

00:44:39.780 --> 00:44:40.400
 would cut through.

00:44:41.719 --> 00:44:42.400
 That you would

00:44:42.400 --> 00:44:42.860
 pierce our

00:44:42.860 --> 00:44:43.320
 hearts, that you

00:44:43.320 --> 00:44:43.940
 would not give

00:44:43.940 --> 00:44:44.619
 us rest.

00:44:45.380 --> 00:44:46.340
 Don't allow us to

00:44:46.340 --> 00:44:46.820
 go to sleep

00:44:46.820 --> 00:44:47.760
 peacefully at night

00:44:47.760 --> 00:44:49.340
 when we are not

00:44:49.340 --> 00:44:51.240
 settled on your

00:44:51.240 --> 00:44:51.519
 kingdom.

00:44:51.599 --> 00:44:52.079
 That doesn't mean

00:44:52.079 --> 00:44:52.460
 we're going to be

00:44:52.460 --> 00:44:52.800
 perfect.

00:44:53.440 --> 00:44:53.900
 That doesn't mean

00:44:53.900 --> 00:44:54.440
 we're not going to

00:44:54.440 --> 00:44:54.960
 trip up.

00:44:55.579 --> 00:44:56.099
 But God, we're

00:44:56.099 --> 00:44:56.519
 going to keep

00:44:56.519 --> 00:44:57.360
 coming back to

00:44:57.360 --> 00:44:58.079
 your kingdom and

00:44:58.079 --> 00:44:59.139
 say, your kingdom

00:44:59.139 --> 00:44:59.699
 over mine.

00:44:59.900 --> 00:45:00.960
 Your will be done,

00:45:01.059 --> 00:45:01.559
 not mine.

00:45:02.920 --> 00:45:03.740
 Teach us, God.

00:45:03.820 --> 00:45:04.300
 Grow us.

00:45:04.860 --> 00:45:05.460
 We'll give you the

00:45:05.460 --> 00:45:06.000
 glory for it.

00:45:06.099 --> 00:45:06.719
 We'll thank you for

00:45:06.719 --> 00:45:06.880
 it.

00:45:06.880 --> 00:45:08.800
 Church, Jared's

00:45:08.800 --> 00:45:09.460
 going to lead us

00:45:09.460 --> 00:45:10.440
 in just a verse of

00:45:10.440 --> 00:45:10.880
 a song.

00:45:11.059 --> 00:45:11.640
 You can keep your

00:45:11.640 --> 00:45:12.000
 seats.

00:45:12.539 --> 00:45:13.059
 If you'd like to

00:45:13.059 --> 00:45:13.860
 meet me down front

00:45:13.860 --> 00:45:14.900
 and pray, we're

00:45:14.900 --> 00:45:15.760
 happy to do that

00:45:15.760 --> 00:45:16.059
 with you.

00:45:16.119 --> 00:45:16.480
 If you'd like to

00:45:16.480 --> 00:45:17.559
 come down and pray

00:45:17.559 --> 00:45:18.380
 by yourself at

00:45:18.380 --> 00:45:20.140
 this altar, come

00:45:20.140 --> 00:45:20.579
 do that.

00:45:20.640 --> 00:45:21.480
 But if you respond

00:45:21.480 --> 00:45:22.220
 to the Holy Spirit

00:45:22.220 --> 00:45:23.400
 however he's guiding

00:45:23.400 --> 00:45:24.000
 you right now.

00:45:24.000 --> 00:45:24.119
 Amen.

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 Amen.

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00:45:26.119 --> 00:45:28.119
 Amen.