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 Thank you so much, Richard, for sharing that.

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 I love that song.

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 If you have your Bibles, turn to Luke chapter 14.

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 Luke chapter 14, and some of y'all are going to look at the

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 title of my sermon and say, preacher, that's inappropriate.

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 I figure there's pools of people planning on meeting after the

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 service to talk about the radical preacher.

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 And if you think that, I have to say to you, what kind of party

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 have you been going to?

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 Apparently, you ain't partying appropriately.

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 That's what it sounds like to me.

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 Because Jesus did go to weddings, and Jesus did go to dinner

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 parties on several occasions, and we have some of those in

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 Scripture.

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 And in our passage this morning, Jesus was invited to eat at a

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 main Pharisee's house, and the whole crowd had their eye on him,

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 watching him to see what he would do.

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 And upon arriving, there was a man with dropsy.

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 That is an old-time word for bad edema.

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 It's the kind of swelling that congestive heart failure can cause.

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 And he was dealing with that, and Jesus healed him.

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 And then asked, is it all right that I do that since it's the

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 Lord's day?

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 And healing is considered work.

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 Do you help somebody out if you can on the day of rest, or do you let it go

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 until another day?

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 That was the dilemma here.

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 Jesus helped the man.

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 That was his decision, and that was controversial.

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 Some didn't like that.

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 By the way, somebody's not going to like it when you go out of your way to

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 help somebody else in the name of Christ.

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 Somebody's not going to like it.

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 And that didn't stop Christ, and that shouldn't stop you.

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 God opens a door, and he leads you to do it.

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 You do it.

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 Let it fall where it may.

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 But I'll tell you what happened with this.

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 It set the mood of the party, and Jesus, as only he can do, takes advantage of the opportunity

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 and teaches us and them how to party like him and how to party for him.

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 Luke chapter 14, beginning in verse 7, and I'm not going to read all this passage right now.

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 I'm going to read it as we go along, because it's a lot to digest.

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 It says in verse 7, it says this.

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 Now he told a parable to those who were invited.

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 When he noticed how they chose the places of honor, saying to them,

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 When you're invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honor.

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 Let someone more distinguished than you be invited by him.

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 And he who has invited you both will come and say to you,

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 Give your place to this person.

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 And then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place.

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 But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place,

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 so that when your host comes, he may say to you,

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 Friend, move up higher.

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 Then you'll be honored in the presence of all who sit at table with you.

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 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled,

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 and he who humbles himself will be exalted.

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 First rule of party is enter humbly.

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 Wherever you're going, whatever gathering you're in,

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 every kind of party you frequent, you enter humbly.

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 Because it's not about me, and it's not about you, it's about him.

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 And you say, well, preacher, what are we talking about?

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 Are we talking about church?

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 No, no, no, I'm talking about life.

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 I mean, if you have surrendered your life to the Lord Jesus Christ

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 and committed your life to Christ, your life is about him.

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 It's not about me.

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 It's not about you.

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 It's about him.

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 So wherever we venture and whatever we go into,

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 we ought to enter it humbly.

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 His example to us was to take the lowest place of the servants.

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 He was washing feet.

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 He was washing feet.

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 And then he was telling folks, do as I do.

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 In other words, take the lowest spot.

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 Do what needs to be done to minister to folks.

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 For years, I attended a football banquet,

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 a high school football banquet,

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 because I was the PA announcer,

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 and I was also the chaplain.

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 So I saw those guys right when school was over,

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 and I spoke to them and used some scripture,

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 some Old Testament battle scene to tell them to go win the fight

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 and give their heart to Jesus while they're killing the man next to them.

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 Then we'd eat a meal together,

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 and then I'd try my best to influence and still follow the rules from the box, the booth.

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 And I'm trying to do the same thing now for the Pickens Blue Flame.

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 And every year, they'd have me, they asked me to go to the banquet,

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 and every year they'd put me at the head table,

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 but they didn't have the spots marked.

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 And so there were several wives, I mean, excuse me,

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 there were several coaches that would sit,

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 all the coaches would sit at the head table.

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 Many of them had their wives there, and their wives would sit at that,

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 and there were a select number of seats.

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 And you could tell when you walked in the room that it was a select number of seats.

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 I came alone to those things.

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 I was not sure where I was to sit.

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 So I did not go to the head table.

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 I just sat down.

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 Just found a spot and sat down.

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 Someone would come, and I'd say,

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 what are you doing sitting out here?

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 You need to sit up there at the head table.

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 And I'd get up and go to the head table and sit at the head table.

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 The next year, they'd invite me back.

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 I'd come back.

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 I'd walk in the room.

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 I'd see the head table there.

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 I also served on the school board during this time as well.

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 So they invited board members to come.

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 And so I'd sit down just somewhere out here.

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 I didn't really care to sit up there, honestly.

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 The reason they had me up there was not because I was a chaplain,

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 not because I was there,

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 because they wanted me to pray so they could eat.

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 That was what it didn't amount to.

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 But I'd find somewhere else to sit.

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 And then somebody would come and say,

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 Preacher, what are you doing sitting out there?

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 You need to sit up here.

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 You need to come up here.

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 And year after year after year, I never sat down at that head table.

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 One time after they moved me up there,

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 another school board member came in and sat down beside me.

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 And I was thinking, you done messed up.

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 You ain't read your Bible.

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 Because everybody knows football coaches don't like the board.

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 They're not going to invite the school board, you know.

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 It's not going to sit at the head table.

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 And sure enough, when they came up,

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 they didn't have to tell him.

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 He figured out.

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 He said, what are you doing up here?

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 I said, I'm praying for the meal.

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 He said, oh.

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 And he got up and left.

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 And went and sat somewhere else, you know.

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 I didn't want to be that guy.

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 And I don't want you to be that guy.

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 And more importantly than what I want,

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 Jesus don't want you to be that guy.

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 The atmosphere that Jesus walked into

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 was one that culturally had a horseshoe set of tables

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 with about three at each table.

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 Sound like a good old Baptist function, don't it?

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 But that's typically the setting.

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 And the center of each table

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 set the guest of honor at that table.

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 And the closer the table to the center,

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 the closer, I mean, the higher up you were.

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 So, I mean, we're talking about, you know,

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 making sure you sit at the right table, you know.

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 I mean, making sure you don't mess up.

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 The further from the head table, the lower the place.

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 And the host would sit in the lowest place.

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 Part of hosting, get this,

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 part of hosting is to be at service to others.

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 And when Jesus witnessed this scurry

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 to find the best seats and to sit in the best spot,

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 there was such an effort led

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 that some people were embarrassed

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 because they messed up.

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 They sat too high up.

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 And, you know, and the whole time,

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 it's like a middle school kickball game, you know.

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 I mean, they're picking who sits where, you know.

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 And, oh man, they didn't pick me, you know.

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 Well, nobody's left.

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 You sit at the last one, you know.

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 It's one of those kind of situations.

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 And Jesus is watching all of this take place.

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 What a blessing it is to see somebody

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 walk in such a room as that

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 and not be wrapped up in any of that.

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 I like the way G. Campbell Morgan put his old-time commentator.

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 He said,

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 Those who are willing to play second fiddle

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 make beautiful music indeed in the symphony of life.

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 You don't have to be the main thing.

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 Let me let you in on something.

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 You ain't.

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 And nor am I.

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 It's not about us.

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 It's really not.

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 And to take the seat of honor

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 is not only to elevate yourself,

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 but you are devaluing everyone else in the room.

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 And when you upgrade yourself,

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 you actually downgrade.

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 But if you degrade,

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 and you also degrade everyone else.

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 And we need to keep that idea in the kingdom of God.

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 Jesus didn't stop there there.

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 He went on.

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 And it says in verse 12,

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 He said also to the man who had invited him,

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 When you give a dinner or banquet,

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 don't invite your friends or your brothers

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 or your relatives or rich neighbors,

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 lest they also invite you in return

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 and you be repaid.

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 But when you give a feast,

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 invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,

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 and you'll be blessed

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 because they can't repay you.

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 For you'll be repaid

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 at the resurrection of the just.

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 The second rule of partying like Jesus

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 is invite others.

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 Invite others.

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 Let me first tell you what Jesus is not saying.

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 I want to be clear about this.

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 He's not saying that there's a problem

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 with eating a meal with your friends.

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 That's not what he's saying.

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 That's fellowship.

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 Fellowship.

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 And fellowship is sweet.

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 And Jesus did that very thing.

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 Mary and Martha and Lazarus invited him over

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 and he ate a meal with them.

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 And the whole neighborhood wasn't there with them.

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 They ate a meal together.

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 And there's nothing wrong with that.

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 You can just invite the preacher

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 as long as you cook good.

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 That's all you have to do.

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 However, what he wanted this Pharisee to know

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 that was eating with friends at a dinner party

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 is this.

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 That's not ministry.

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 That's not ministry.

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 Labor Day Sunday was a great day

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 in the life of this church.

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 It was a great day.

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 I mean, I don't know what y'all used to,

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 but I had a good time.

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 That was the way I liked to party, you know.

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 Because you cooked your best,

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 fixed your best, did whatever,

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 and fixed a bunch of it.

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 I mean, I do work the room usually

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 while people are lined up.

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 And I will sneak and get those little

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 chocolate oatmeal things

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 because you can do that without making a mess.

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 And there was an eclair I grabbed a bowl for.

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 But typically, I kind of work the room

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 and go through that line almost last.

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 It's not trying to be,

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 I just want that time with the family.

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 And usually when I go through potluck lines,

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 there ain't nothing left, you know.

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 I mean, it's somebody who rushed out that morning,

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 got something stove-bought, you know.

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 It's almost a sin against God.

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 But anyway, but, you know,

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 I mean, I'm eating cupcakes,

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 I've been sitting at the grocery store for a week,

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 you know, and whatever that potato salad is

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 that don't have no taters in it, you know.

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 I mean, it's that kind of stuff.

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 And whatever the meat that the church provides,

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 you know, that's what I eat.

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 But that meal was not like that at all.

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 I mean, somebody took all the fried okra.

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 And I'd like to know who.

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 We're setting up new cameras and stuff like that

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 to fix all that.

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 But there was bunches and bunches of food.

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 I mean, when you thought you were done,

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 you got to the elbow of the table, you know.

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 And then you went, whoa, I done filled up my plate, you know.

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 There were profane things said at the corner.

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 It's interesting how that happened, you know.

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 Because people were going, man, I want that.

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 And yet I've hogged myself so much

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 that I ain't got room for it, you know.

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 It's a great fellowship.

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 It was not ministry.

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 Nothing wrong with a fellowship meal.

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 But eating fine food with all your friends ain't ministry.

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 It's just fun.

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 It's just an opportunity to fellowship together.

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 Ministry is when you invited somebody to come to that dinner.

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 Want them to be a part of that.

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 They don't have to bring anything.

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 They can just come on and be a part of that.

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 It's not ministry to have supper with your friends.

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 It's ministry to do something for someone else

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 that they can't do for you.

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 That's what ministry is.

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 Invite people that won't invite you back.

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 That's when you impact lives.

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 David's best friend was a man named Jonathan.

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 King David, his best friend was a man named Jonathan.

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 And Jonathan was the son of Saul who David succeeded.

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 But Saul was a nemesis to David.

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 I mean, David could play the harp.

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 And he'd come in and play the harp.

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 And Saul was soothed by that until he wasn't.

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 And then Saul would chunk a spear at him

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 while he was playing, you know.

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 I mean, that's not a good gig for a harp player.

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 Saul was like that.

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 David spent much of his life running from Saul

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 because Saul tried to kill him.

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 And when David had the opportunity to kill him in a cave,

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 he didn't do it.

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 He cut off a corner of his robe

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 just to show that he gave evidence

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 that he had let him live.

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 But then he felt guilty because he had touched

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 who he called God's anointed

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 because he shouldn't even mess with his robe.

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 I mean, it was a fascinating situation.

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 And Saul would rage and try to kill him.

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 And in 2 Samuel chapter 9,

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 David wants to honor his friend Jonathan's memory.

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 Jonathan's been killed.

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 And he wants to honor Jonathan's memory

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 by finding a relative of Saul

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 and giving him a place of honor.

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 And Mephibosheth was mentioned to him.

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 Mephibosheth was the son of Jonathan

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 and was only five years old

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 when his daddy was killed in battle.

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 And when Jonathan was killed,

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 a nurse that cared for Mephibosheth

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 was afraid that after they had killed Jonathan,

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 they would come after his family.

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 And they would come after his child.

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 And so she ran to get away from the child.

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 And in the running, she fell and she dropped the child.

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 And that accident from falling crippled Mephibosheth.

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 So when David called

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 for a living relative of Saul to come

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 so he could honor him,

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 a living relative of Jonathan so he could honor him.

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 So when David called,

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 he brought a handicapped grandson of his arch enemy

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 to his own dining room table

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 and gave Mephibosheth the family property

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 that had previously been Saul's.

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 And when David called Mephibosheth,

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 Mephibosheth didn't feel worthy of that.

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 And he knelt before David and said,

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 what is your servant that you should show regard

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 for a dead dog such as I?

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 Mephibosheth was humbled

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 by just being recognized by the king,

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 just by being honored by the king.

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 He could, because Mephibosheth could do nothing for the king.

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 And typically because of his physical condition,

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 would never have been invited to such a setting

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 because of the cultural aspects of that day.

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 He had nothing to offer,

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 yet here he is sitting at the king's table.

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 That, my friend,

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 that's what Jesus is talking about.

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 Jesus is talking about inviting others.

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 Serve those that cannot serve you.

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 Be a part of a caring ministry.

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 And we have those types of ministries.

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 We have those type opportunities from time to time.

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 And those times will become more often in the future

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 because we're looking for opportunities

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 to minister to our community like that.

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 And as God moves in us, just watch.

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 Watch.

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 Ask God to open a door for us

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 to minister our community.

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 You'll watch.

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 We will.

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 And as he meets our needs,

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 we'll want to reach others.

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 Whether that be backpacks

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 that we gave out before school started.

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 Or whether that's the Samaritan's Purse

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 Christmas boxes

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 that we collect supplies for every month of the year

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 so that when Christmas rolls around,

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 actually before Christmas

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 because they want to get up to them for Christmas,

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 we can fill those shoeboxes

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 and send those out.

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 And I will tell you,

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 I followed the story of those shoeboxes.

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 Those kids get the gospel with those shoeboxes.

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 Not in any kind of manipulative fashion,

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 in a good old gospel way.

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 And when they want to know more about Christ,

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 they're sent through a discipleship program

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 to teach them of what it means.

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 They don't have to go through that to get the box.

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 But with that box comes the story of Jesus

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 and the invitation and the opportunity.

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 That's what Jesus does.

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 And we're to be like Jesus.

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 And every time we have a meal together,

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 we get the best of both worlds.

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 By the way,

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 that's why we have meals together, okay?

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 I mean, it helps that people can cook good.

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 But the reason we have meals together

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 is so we have a chance to fellowship with friends

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 and we have a chance to make new friends.

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 That's what it's about.

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 So think of someone to invite.

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 Invite them.

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 And then when you invite them,

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 meet them here.

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 Jesus challenges us to do that.

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 But it does not stop there.

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 He don't stop there.

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 It says in verse 15,

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 it says,

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 when one of those who reclined at table with him

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 heard these things,

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 he said to him,

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 blessed is everyone who will eat bread

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 in the kingdom of God.

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 But he said to them,

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 a man once gave a great banquet

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 and invited many.

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 And at the time for the banquet,

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 he sent his servant to say

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 to those who had been invited,

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 come for everything is now ready.

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 But they all alike began to make excuses.

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 The first said to him,

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 I bought a field

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 and I must go out and see it.

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 Please have me excused.

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 And another said,

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 I bought five yoke of oxen

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 and I go to examine them.

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 Please have me excused.

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 And another said,

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 I've married a wife

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 and therefore I can't come.

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 Wow, there's a message there.

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 So the servant came

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 and reported these things to his master.

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 Then the master of the house

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 became angry and said to his servant,

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 go out quickly to the streets

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 and lanes of the city

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 and bring in the poor

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 and crippled and blind and lame.

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 And the servant said,

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 sir, what you commanded has been done

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 and there still is room.

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 And the master said to the servant,

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 go out to the highways and hedges

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 and compel people.

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 Compel them.

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 Compel people to come in.

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 That my house may be filled.

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 For I tell you,

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 none of those men

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 who were invited

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 shall taste my banquet.

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 Third rule

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 to party like Jesus

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 is don't make excuses.

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 Don't make excuses.

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 When the Lord invites you

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 to get in on something,

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 please don't make excuses.

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 Because these people

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 had initially said they'd go.

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 I mean, when they got

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 the Facebook invitation,

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 they checked, I'm going.

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 And then they didn't show up.

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 When the time came,

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 they backed out.

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 They let other matters

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 come in the way.

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 Sometimes our business

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 gets in the way.

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 Isn't it amazing

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 how you always have time

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 for what's most important to you?

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 But when something comes up

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 for the Lord,

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 sometimes it's hard

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 to find the time.

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 The first excuse,

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 these are interesting excuses,

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 the first excuse

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 is that it gives,

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 the man buys a field

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 that he's not seen.

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 He bought it online.

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 online.

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 Some of y'all want me

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 to tell the truth.

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 Okay, they didn't have

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 online sales then, okay?

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 Just in case you didn't.

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 Somebody will call me out,

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 you know.

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 Is there a reason why

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 looking at the field

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 that he's already bought

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 could not wait

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 until after the banquet?

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 He was putting off

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 what the man

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 who invited him wanted.

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 You've been invited.

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 Don't put off

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 what God wants.

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 The next one

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 bought oxen

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 sight unseen.

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 Listen,

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 don't look a gift horse

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 and a mouse,

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 but if you're paying for it,

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 you better take a peek

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 at it, you know.

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 I bought a car

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 one time

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 sight unseen.

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 We were looking

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 to replace our vehicle

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 and we,

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 I was,

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 I was out of town.

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 I was at a meeting

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 and I took a lunch

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 and after lunch

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 I stopped by a dealership

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 and did not see

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 what I was looking for

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 and the guy said,

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 that's not a problem at all.

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 We own a thousand lots

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 across the country.

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 I can find whatever you want

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 and so I said,

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 well, I'll tell you

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 what I want

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 and I called my wife

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 to find out what I wanted

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 and then

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 I gave him the description

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 is a used vehicle

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 and it had this

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 and this

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 and this

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 and this

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 and this

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 and he said,

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 I found it

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 and we'll have it in,

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 I don't remember,

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 five days.

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 I was 160 miles

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 from home

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 and so I went back

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 to my meeting

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 and I went on home

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 and I mean,

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 we did the contract

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 and the whole bit.

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 I said,

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 what if I don't like it?

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 I mean,

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 what if it gets

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 and I said,

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 well,

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 if you just don't like it,

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 then,

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 I mean,

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 you're stuck

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 but if there's a problem

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 with it,

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 if it's not what we said

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 it was,

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 then,

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 then,

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 you know,

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 you don't have to buy it.

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 Okay, good.

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 So I went home

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 and they called me

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 and we rode

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 160 miles

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 to go get this car

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 and I got in the car

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 and we rode across

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 the parking,

00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:36.879
 the guy was driving,

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 excuse me,

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 the guy was driving.

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 We drove across the parking lot,

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 got in the road

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 and the pandemic roof

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 started vibrating

00:25:46.840 --> 00:25:49.240
 and I know it's a panoramic

00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:51.060
 but it started making

00:25:51.060 --> 00:25:51.740
 all kinds of racket

00:25:51.740 --> 00:25:53.800
 and I knew it wasn't

00:25:53.800 --> 00:25:54.340
 going to cut it

00:25:54.340 --> 00:25:55.020
 and I was just saying,

00:25:55.140 --> 00:25:55.220
 Lord,

00:25:55.280 --> 00:25:56.100
 don't let her hear it.

00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:58.020
 It didn't cut it

00:25:58.020 --> 00:25:58.680
 so I said,

00:25:58.740 --> 00:25:58.920
 dude,

00:25:58.980 --> 00:25:59.660
 this ain't going to work.

00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:01.400
 I said,

00:26:01.900 --> 00:26:02.980
 it wasn't supposed

00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:03.780
 to be in this condition.

00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:04.619
 Oh,

00:26:04.680 --> 00:26:04.759
 no,

00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:05.240
 it's not a problem,

00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:05.559
 not a problem.

00:26:05.619 --> 00:26:06.279
 So he turned around

00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:06.899
 and went back.

00:26:07.660 --> 00:26:08.180
 They took it back

00:26:08.180 --> 00:26:08.799
 in the shop.

00:26:09.299 --> 00:26:09.579
 Okay,

00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:11.339
 I'm not a guy

00:26:11.339 --> 00:26:12.940
 who could buy a car

00:26:12.940 --> 00:26:13.940
 and sit in the booth

00:26:13.940 --> 00:26:14.619
 and wait on them.

00:26:14.819 --> 00:26:15.099
 Okay,

00:26:15.099 --> 00:26:18.059
 I sold cars one summer.

00:26:18.460 --> 00:26:18.859
 I asked God

00:26:18.859 --> 00:26:19.359
 for forgiveness

00:26:19.359 --> 00:26:19.839
 and

00:26:19.839 --> 00:26:21.960
 and so I know

00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:22.720
 the strategies

00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:23.539
 that go with that

00:26:23.539 --> 00:26:23.960
 and I don't,

00:26:24.079 --> 00:26:24.779
 I don't sit there.

00:26:24.879 --> 00:26:25.500
 I don't like it

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:26.180
 and so I went

00:26:26.180 --> 00:26:27.079
 looking for my vehicle

00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:28.720
 that I done bought.

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:30.160
 Sight unseen,

00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:30.579
 guaranteed

00:26:30.579 --> 00:26:32.640
 and I walked back

00:26:32.640 --> 00:26:33.319
 in the shop

00:26:33.319 --> 00:26:34.079
 and they are

00:26:34.079 --> 00:26:36.660
 wiping some type

00:26:36.660 --> 00:26:37.180
 of silicone

00:26:37.180 --> 00:26:37.819
 on

00:26:37.819 --> 00:26:40.519
 the gears

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:40.940
 of that

00:26:40.940 --> 00:26:42.079
 of that sunroof

00:26:42.079 --> 00:26:43.880
 to try to get it

00:26:43.880 --> 00:26:44.859
 to be quiet,

00:26:44.980 --> 00:26:45.259
 you know

00:26:45.259 --> 00:26:46.960
 and I heard

00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:48.319
 one of them say,

00:26:49.319 --> 00:26:50.059
 well,

00:26:50.079 --> 00:26:50.460
 I don't think

00:26:50.460 --> 00:26:51.099
 she's that worried

00:26:51.099 --> 00:26:51.519
 about it.

00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:52.980
 I walked up behind

00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:53.099
 them.

00:26:53.160 --> 00:26:53.400
 They didn't know

00:26:53.400 --> 00:26:54.099
 I was standing there.

00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:55.180
 That's the kind

00:26:55.180 --> 00:26:55.860
 of guy I am.

00:26:57.060 --> 00:26:57.820
 I walked up

00:26:57.820 --> 00:26:58.180
 behind them

00:26:58.180 --> 00:26:58.420
 and he said,

00:26:58.460 --> 00:26:58.820
 I don't think

00:26:58.820 --> 00:26:59.279
 she's that worried

00:26:59.279 --> 00:26:59.560
 about it.

00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:01.380
 So I walked back in.

00:27:01.840 --> 00:27:02.320
 She's sitting

00:27:02.320 --> 00:27:02.840
 in the lobby

00:27:02.840 --> 00:27:03.360
 and I said,

00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:04.259
 they don't think

00:27:04.259 --> 00:27:04.720
 you're worried

00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:05.180
 about it.

00:27:05.900 --> 00:27:06.740
 That changed

00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:07.680
 the whole atmosphere.

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:08.980
 I promise you

00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:10.500
 and so we got

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:11.380
 the car back

00:27:11.380 --> 00:27:12.900
 and took it

00:27:12.900 --> 00:27:13.759
 in the parking lot

00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:14.340
 from here

00:27:14.340 --> 00:27:15.160
 to the front door

00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:16.480
 and turned it around

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:17.320
 and I said,

00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:18.519
 I want you to shred

00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:19.880
 every document

00:27:19.880 --> 00:27:20.600
 that I signed

00:27:20.600 --> 00:27:21.180
 the other day

00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:22.299
 because you didn't

00:27:22.299 --> 00:27:22.960
 do what you said

00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:23.360
 you did.

00:27:23.880 --> 00:27:24.580
 You said you'd

00:27:24.579 --> 00:27:25.159
 have it clean.

00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:25.740
 There's a coffee

00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:26.539
 stain on the back

00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:27.299
 seat that could

00:27:27.299 --> 00:27:27.859
 be wiped.

00:27:27.939 --> 00:27:28.579
 I can lick it

00:27:28.579 --> 00:27:29.259
 off if I wanted

00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:29.599
 to.

00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:31.960
 I said,

00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:32.399
 but you didn't

00:27:32.399 --> 00:27:32.960
 do what you said

00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:33.399
 you were doing.

00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:34.539
 You sold me

00:27:34.539 --> 00:27:35.480
 a bad bag of goods.

00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:36.099
 I don't care

00:27:36.099 --> 00:27:36.859
 how many car lots

00:27:36.859 --> 00:27:37.079
 you want.

00:27:37.199 --> 00:27:37.699
 I don't want

00:27:37.699 --> 00:27:38.439
 nothing to do

00:27:38.439 --> 00:27:38.819
 with you.

00:27:39.599 --> 00:27:40.199
 They said,

00:27:40.439 --> 00:27:41.939
 we'd love to

00:27:41.939 --> 00:27:42.720
 fill up your tank

00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:43.539
 and we're sorry.

00:27:43.619 --> 00:27:43.960
 They shredded

00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:44.359
 everything.

00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:45.980
 We'd love to

00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:46.460
 fill up your tank.

00:27:46.559 --> 00:27:46.699
 We're sorry.

00:27:46.699 --> 00:27:47.199
 I don't want

00:27:47.199 --> 00:27:47.699
 your gas.

00:27:48.319 --> 00:27:48.720
 It might have

00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:49.279
 water in it.

00:27:49.819 --> 00:27:50.539
 I'll be fine.

00:27:50.539 --> 00:27:53.599
 We drove home

00:27:53.599 --> 00:27:53.759
 and bought

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.259
 another car.

00:27:54.920 --> 00:27:55.259
 I don't buy

00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:55.720
 them unseen

00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:56.220
 no more

00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:58.039
 because it

00:27:58.039 --> 00:27:58.500
 didn't work.

00:27:59.039 --> 00:27:59.420
 This man

00:27:59.420 --> 00:27:59.920
 bought something

00:27:59.920 --> 00:28:00.420
 unseen,

00:28:01.059 --> 00:28:01.639
 but that's

00:28:01.639 --> 00:28:02.180
 what this man

00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:02.720
 did and

00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:03.480
 that made

00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:04.039
 a great

00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:04.599
 excuse

00:28:04.599 --> 00:28:05.639
 not to be

00:28:05.639 --> 00:28:05.960
 a part

00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:06.500
 of a banquet

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:07.119
 that he

00:28:07.119 --> 00:28:08.240
 was invited

00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:08.519
 to.

00:28:08.599 --> 00:28:08.700
 Now,

00:28:08.740 --> 00:28:09.019
 let's be

00:28:09.019 --> 00:28:09.399
 honest.

00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:11.079
 He didn't

00:28:11.079 --> 00:28:11.659
 want to go.

00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:13.139
 He didn't

00:28:13.139 --> 00:28:13.559
 want to go

00:28:13.559 --> 00:28:14.220
 and we miss

00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:14.839
 out on what

00:28:14.839 --> 00:28:15.159
 the Lord

00:28:15.159 --> 00:28:15.779
 wants us

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:16.279
 to do so

00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:16.920
 very often

00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:18.420
 to be honest

00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:19.159
 because we

00:28:19.159 --> 00:28:19.740
 don't want

00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:20.299
 to go.

00:28:20.680 --> 00:28:21.240
 We don't

00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:21.799
 want to do

00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:22.059
 it.

00:28:22.839 --> 00:28:23.240
 And I'm

00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:23.680
 just telling

00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:24.160
 you when

00:28:24.160 --> 00:28:25.759
 God gives

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:26.740
 it to you,

00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:29.480
 it is not

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:30.099
 simply an

00:28:30.099 --> 00:28:30.720
 invitation.

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:32.519
 It's a

00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:33.140
 commission.

00:28:34.539 --> 00:28:35.559
 He's charged

00:28:35.559 --> 00:28:37.299
 you to

00:28:37.299 --> 00:28:38.460
 share, to

00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:39.720
 compel the

00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:40.700
 world to

00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:41.120
 come to

00:28:41.120 --> 00:28:41.720
 Christ.

00:28:42.660 --> 00:28:43.380
 He said

00:28:43.380 --> 00:28:43.680
 it.

00:28:46.140 --> 00:28:46.900
 He don't

00:28:46.900 --> 00:28:47.220
 offer

00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:47.839
 suggestions.

00:28:47.839 --> 00:28:49.959
 And we

00:28:49.959 --> 00:28:50.599
 miss out

00:28:50.599 --> 00:28:51.179
 on so

00:28:51.179 --> 00:28:51.799
 much

00:28:51.799 --> 00:28:53.419
 because we're

00:28:53.419 --> 00:28:53.919
 so busy.

00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:55.980
 The next

00:28:55.980 --> 00:28:56.539
 one said

00:28:56.539 --> 00:28:57.179
 I'm married

00:28:57.179 --> 00:28:57.439
 and I

00:28:57.439 --> 00:28:58.000
 can't go.

00:28:59.339 --> 00:28:59.899
 And there's

00:28:59.899 --> 00:29:00.299
 a lot I

00:29:00.299 --> 00:29:00.659
 could say

00:29:00.659 --> 00:29:01.220
 about that

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:02.079
 but there's

00:29:02.079 --> 00:29:02.519
 a sermon

00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:03.899
 on marriage

00:29:03.899 --> 00:29:04.419
 that I don't

00:29:04.419 --> 00:29:04.899
 want to touch

00:29:04.899 --> 00:29:05.299
 because I've

00:29:05.299 --> 00:29:05.839
 spent a week

00:29:05.839 --> 00:29:06.379
 moving into

00:29:06.379 --> 00:29:07.079
 a new house

00:29:07.079 --> 00:29:08.539
 and spent

00:29:08.539 --> 00:29:09.019
 the last

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:09.299
 night,

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:10.599
 last night

00:29:10.599 --> 00:29:11.319
 we spent

00:29:11.319 --> 00:29:11.799
 the first

00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:12.259
 night in

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:12.799
 that house

00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:13.199
 and we

00:29:13.199 --> 00:29:13.819
 don't camp

00:29:13.819 --> 00:29:14.199
 but that

00:29:14.199 --> 00:29:14.599
 must be

00:29:14.599 --> 00:29:15.079
 what camping

00:29:15.079 --> 00:29:15.519
 is like.

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:16.180
 Where do

00:29:16.180 --> 00:29:16.500
 we put

00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:16.879
 that?

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:17.700
 Where is

00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:18.079
 that?

00:29:20.639 --> 00:29:21.400
 I will

00:29:21.400 --> 00:29:22.059
 say this.

00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:24.319
 Spouses

00:29:24.319 --> 00:29:25.740
 never get

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.400
 in the way

00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:26.940
 of your

00:29:26.940 --> 00:29:27.519
 spouse

00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:29.099
 serving

00:29:29.099 --> 00:29:29.920
 the Lord.

00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:31.379
 Don't

00:29:31.379 --> 00:29:32.839
 do it.

00:29:34.119 --> 00:29:34.619
 I am

00:29:34.619 --> 00:29:35.099
 thankful

00:29:35.099 --> 00:29:37.200
 that God

00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:37.619
 gave me

00:29:37.619 --> 00:29:38.200
 a wife

00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:40.799
 that knows

00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:42.779
 that need

00:29:42.779 --> 00:29:43.639
 calls at

00:29:43.639 --> 00:29:44.400
 any time

00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:46.560
 and we've

00:29:46.560 --> 00:29:47.400
 been rerouted

00:29:47.400 --> 00:29:48.040
 on occasion

00:29:48.040 --> 00:29:49.600
 and I've

00:29:49.600 --> 00:29:50.080
 never heard

00:29:50.080 --> 00:29:50.640
 a complaint.

00:29:53.040 --> 00:29:53.640
 Don't

00:29:53.640 --> 00:29:54.280
 let your

00:29:54.280 --> 00:29:55.080
 spouses

00:29:55.080 --> 00:29:57.100
 legitimately

00:29:57.100 --> 00:29:57.820
 say

00:29:57.820 --> 00:29:59.440
 I can't

00:29:59.440 --> 00:30:00.080
 serve this

00:30:00.080 --> 00:30:00.480
 way

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:02.060
 because of

00:30:02.060 --> 00:30:02.600
 my husband

00:30:02.600 --> 00:30:04.240
 or because

00:30:04.240 --> 00:30:04.620
 of my

00:30:04.620 --> 00:30:05.140
 wife

00:30:05.140 --> 00:30:07.019
 because in

00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:07.420
 God's

00:30:07.420 --> 00:30:07.700
 kingdom

00:30:07.700 --> 00:30:09.480
 we shouldn't

00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:09.960
 have any

00:30:09.960 --> 00:30:10.480
 excuses.

00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:13.480
 so

00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:15.480
 let's

00:30:15.480 --> 00:30:16.039
 get on

00:30:16.039 --> 00:30:17.559
 and party

00:30:17.559 --> 00:30:17.819
 like

00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:18.200
 Jesus.

00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:21.920
 Don't

00:30:21.920 --> 00:30:22.240
 do a

00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:22.620
 party

00:30:22.620 --> 00:30:24.680
 don't do

00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:25.039
 a party

00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:25.640
 what he

00:30:25.640 --> 00:30:25.940
 wouldn't

00:30:25.940 --> 00:30:26.220
 do

00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:27.720
 and that

00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:28.120
 may be a

00:30:28.120 --> 00:30:28.440
 whole other

00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:28.960
 sermon too

00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:31.299
 and don't

00:30:31.299 --> 00:30:31.700
 go to a

00:30:31.700 --> 00:30:32.160
 party where

00:30:32.160 --> 00:30:32.519
 he wouldn't

00:30:32.519 --> 00:30:33.079
 be welcome

00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:36.199
 you've got a

00:30:36.199 --> 00:30:36.720
 testimony

00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:39.480
 you've got a

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:40.019
 reputation

00:30:40.019 --> 00:30:40.619
 and a

00:30:40.619 --> 00:30:41.240
 responsibility

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:42.359
 and if

00:30:42.359 --> 00:30:42.619
 you're a

00:30:42.619 --> 00:30:43.079
 child of

00:30:43.079 --> 00:30:43.579
 God you

00:30:43.579 --> 00:30:43.859
 have a

00:30:43.859 --> 00:30:44.379
 responsibility

00:30:44.379 --> 00:30:44.859
 to win

00:30:44.859 --> 00:30:45.199
 the world

00:30:45.199 --> 00:30:45.779
 of Christ

00:30:45.779 --> 00:30:47.220
 you don't

00:30:47.220 --> 00:30:47.659
 have to look

00:30:47.659 --> 00:30:48.159
 like him

00:30:48.159 --> 00:30:48.720
 to win

00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:48.939
 him to

00:30:48.939 --> 00:30:49.339
 Christ

00:30:49.339 --> 00:30:51.119
 and if

00:30:51.119 --> 00:30:51.379
 you look

00:30:51.379 --> 00:30:51.779
 too much

00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:52.240
 like him

00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:53.679
 you will

00:30:53.679 --> 00:30:54.079
 not be

00:30:54.079 --> 00:30:54.399
 saw

00:30:54.399 --> 00:30:56.059
 you will

00:30:56.059 --> 00:30:56.480
 not be

00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:56.919
 light

00:30:56.919 --> 00:30:58.419
 hear me

00:30:58.419 --> 00:30:58.919
 church

00:30:58.919 --> 00:31:00.679
 don't go

00:31:00.679 --> 00:31:00.939
 to a

00:31:00.939 --> 00:31:01.240
 party

00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:02.460
 where

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:02.819
 Christ

00:31:02.819 --> 00:31:03.019
 ain't

00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:03.359
 welcome

00:31:03.359 --> 00:31:05.099
 if he

00:31:05.099 --> 00:31:05.460
 walked

00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:05.799
 in

00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:06.579
 would

00:31:06.579 --> 00:31:06.700
 you

00:31:06.700 --> 00:31:06.900
 be

00:31:06.900 --> 00:31:07.519
 embarrassed

00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:09.339
 don't

00:31:09.339 --> 00:31:09.559
 do

00:31:09.559 --> 00:31:10.000
 things

00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:10.279
 at a

00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:10.599
 party

00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:11.359
 that

00:31:11.359 --> 00:31:11.559
 would

00:31:11.559 --> 00:31:12.160
 dishonor

00:31:12.160 --> 00:31:12.460
 him

00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:13.880
 instead

00:31:13.880 --> 00:31:15.220
 party

00:31:15.220 --> 00:31:15.460
 like

00:31:15.460 --> 00:31:15.620
 he

00:31:15.620 --> 00:31:15.920
 does

00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:17.640
 enter

00:31:17.640 --> 00:31:18.120
 humbly

00:31:18.120 --> 00:31:19.620
 invite

00:31:19.620 --> 00:31:20.079
 others

00:31:20.079 --> 00:31:20.559
 to join

00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:20.779
 you

00:31:20.779 --> 00:31:22.259
 and

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:22.579
 quit

00:31:22.579 --> 00:31:22.920
 making

00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:23.460
 excuses

00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:25.380
 because

00:31:25.380 --> 00:31:25.660
 if

00:31:25.660 --> 00:31:26.059
 Jesus

00:31:26.059 --> 00:31:27.400
 is

00:31:27.400 --> 00:31:27.620
 your

00:31:27.620 --> 00:31:27.900
 Lord

00:31:27.900 --> 00:31:28.059
 and

00:31:28.059 --> 00:31:28.359
 Savior

00:31:28.359 --> 00:31:29.920
 we

00:31:29.920 --> 00:31:30.099
 got

00:31:30.099 --> 00:31:30.420
 a lot

00:31:30.420 --> 00:31:30.599
 to

00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:31.099
 celebrate

00:31:31.099 --> 00:31:32.519
 and

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:32.699
 I

00:31:32.699 --> 00:31:33.039
 think

00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:33.259
 as

00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:33.519
 long

00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:33.699
 as

00:31:33.699 --> 00:31:33.939
 God

00:31:33.939 --> 00:31:34.240
 gives

00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:34.439
 us

00:31:34.439 --> 00:31:34.879
 breath

00:31:34.879 --> 00:31:35.740
 we

00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:35.919
 ought

00:31:35.919 --> 00:31:36.019
 to

00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:36.199
 stay

00:31:36.199 --> 00:31:36.579
 after

00:31:36.579 --> 00:31:37.119
 it

00:31:37.119 --> 00:31:37.699
 and

00:31:37.699 --> 00:31:38.139
 party

00:31:38.139 --> 00:31:39.159
 like

00:31:39.159 --> 00:31:39.619
 Jesus

00:31:39.619 --> 00:31:41.000
 with

00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:41.159
 every

00:31:41.159 --> 00:31:41.339
 head

00:31:41.339 --> 00:31:41.859
 bowed

00:31:41.859 --> 00:31:42.619
 and

00:31:42.619 --> 00:31:42.859
 every

00:31:42.859 --> 00:31:43.059
 eye

00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:43.679
 closed

00:31:43.679 --> 00:31:45.259
 if

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:45.480
 you're

00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:45.699
 here

00:31:45.699 --> 00:31:45.959
 this

00:31:45.959 --> 00:31:46.279
 morning

00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:46.959
 and

00:31:46.959 --> 00:31:47.179
 you

00:31:47.179 --> 00:31:47.399
 don't

00:31:47.399 --> 00:31:47.579
 know

00:31:47.579 --> 00:31:47.740
 the

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:47.939
 Lord

00:31:47.939 --> 00:31:48.279
 Jesus

00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:48.839
 personally

00:31:48.839 --> 00:31:49.519
 there's

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:49.819
 never

00:31:49.819 --> 00:31:50.000
 been

00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:50.159
 a

00:31:50.159 --> 00:31:50.399
 time

00:31:50.399 --> 00:31:50.539
 in

00:31:50.539 --> 00:31:50.679
 your

00:31:50.679 --> 00:31:51.059
 life

00:31:51.059 --> 00:31:51.259
 when

00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:51.559
 you've

00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:51.939
 surrendered

00:31:51.939 --> 00:31:52.240
 your

00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:52.519
 life

00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:52.699
 to

00:31:52.699 --> 00:31:53.179
 Christ

00:31:53.179 --> 00:31:53.799
 and

00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:54.119
 ask

00:31:54.119 --> 00:31:54.240
 him

00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:54.399
 to

00:31:54.399 --> 00:31:54.740
 cleanse

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:55.059
 you

00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:55.259
 and

00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:55.419
 to

00:31:55.419 --> 00:31:55.899
 change

00:31:55.899 --> 00:31:56.319
 you

00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:57.179
 and

00:31:57.179 --> 00:31:57.399
 to

00:31:57.399 --> 00:31:57.899
 renew

00:31:57.899 --> 00:31:58.319
 you

00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:59.019
 I

00:31:59.019 --> 00:31:59.339
 want

00:31:59.339 --> 00:31:59.459
 you

00:31:59.459 --> 00:31:59.579
 to

00:31:59.579 --> 00:31:59.859
 know

00:31:59.859 --> 00:32:00.099
 that

00:32:00.099 --> 00:32:00.539
 today

00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:00.959
 we

00:32:00.959 --> 00:32:01.379
 extend

00:32:01.379 --> 00:32:01.599
 that

00:32:01.599 --> 00:32:02.099
 invitation

00:32:02.099 --> 00:32:02.799
 we

00:32:02.799 --> 00:32:02.939
 don't

00:32:02.939 --> 00:32:03.059
 do

00:32:03.059 --> 00:32:03.159
 it

00:32:03.159 --> 00:32:03.299
 on

00:32:03.299 --> 00:32:03.459
 our

00:32:03.459 --> 00:32:03.819
 own

00:32:03.819 --> 00:32:05.000
 today

00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:05.179
 is

00:32:05.179 --> 00:32:05.259
 the

00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:05.379
 day

00:32:05.379 --> 00:32:05.500
 of

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:06.000
 salvation

00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:06.679
 and

00:32:06.679 --> 00:32:06.939
 Jesus

00:32:06.939 --> 00:32:07.159
 is

00:32:07.159 --> 00:32:07.319
 the

00:32:07.319 --> 00:32:07.599
 same

00:32:07.599 --> 00:32:07.959
 yesterday

00:32:07.959 --> 00:32:08.240
 today

00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:08.399
 and

00:32:08.399 --> 00:32:08.720
 forever

00:32:08.720 --> 00:32:09.299
 he's

00:32:09.299 --> 00:32:09.779
 always

00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:10.579
 there

00:32:10.579 --> 00:32:11.259
 ready

00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:11.679
 and

00:32:11.679 --> 00:32:12.059
 willing

00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:14.599
 he'll

00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:14.879
 lead

00:32:14.879 --> 00:32:15.179
 you

00:32:15.179 --> 00:32:15.699
 and

00:32:15.699 --> 00:32:15.879
 when

00:32:15.879 --> 00:32:16.099
 you

00:32:16.099 --> 00:32:16.679
 respond

00:32:16.679 --> 00:32:17.079
 he'll

00:32:17.079 --> 00:32:17.399
 save

00:32:17.399 --> 00:32:17.720
 you

00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:19.359
 we'll

00:32:19.359 --> 00:32:19.639
 stand

00:32:19.639 --> 00:32:19.779
 in

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:19.939
 just

00:32:19.939 --> 00:32:20.039
 a

00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:20.259
 moment

00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:20.419
 and

00:32:20.419 --> 00:32:20.599
 we'll

00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:20.879
 sing

00:32:20.879 --> 00:32:21.039
 but

00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:21.220
 more

00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:21.500
 important

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:21.659
 than

00:32:21.659 --> 00:32:21.919
 that

00:32:21.919 --> 00:32:22.139
 is

00:32:22.139 --> 00:32:22.299
 that

00:32:22.299 --> 00:32:22.480
 you

00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:22.859
 follow

00:32:22.859 --> 00:32:23.139
 what

00:32:23.139 --> 00:32:23.379
 God

00:32:23.379 --> 00:32:23.539
 would

00:32:23.539 --> 00:32:23.720
 tell

00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:23.799
 you

00:32:23.799 --> 00:32:23.919
 to

00:32:23.919 --> 00:32:24.159
 do

00:32:29.339 --> 00:32:29.659
 anything

00:32:29.659 --> 00:32:30.480
 step

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:31.379
 in

00:32:31.379 --> 00:32:31.500
 the

00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:31.819
 way

00:32:31.819 --> 00:32:32.779
 maybe

00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:32.980
 you're

00:32:32.980 --> 00:32:33.139
 here

00:32:33.139 --> 00:32:33.259
 and

00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:33.359
 you

00:32:33.359 --> 00:32:33.539
 know

00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:33.819
 you've

00:32:33.819 --> 00:32:33.980
 done

00:32:33.980 --> 00:32:34.179
 that

00:32:34.179 --> 00:32:34.339
 but

00:32:34.339 --> 00:32:34.539
 you've

00:32:34.539 --> 00:32:34.720
 never

00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:35.179
 acknowledged

00:32:35.179 --> 00:32:35.399
 that

00:32:35.399 --> 00:32:35.919
 publicly

00:32:35.919 --> 00:32:36.980
 salvation

00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:37.199
 to you

00:32:37.199 --> 00:32:37.419
 is a

00:32:37.419 --> 00:32:37.819
 private

00:32:37.819 --> 00:32:38.299
 matter

00:32:38.299 --> 00:32:39.519
 the

00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:39.859
 reality

00:32:39.859 --> 00:32:40.159
 is

00:32:40.159 --> 00:32:40.480
 Jesus

00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:41.059
 shows

00:32:41.059 --> 00:32:41.539
 us

00:32:41.539 --> 00:32:42.459
 and

00:32:42.459 --> 00:32:43.139
 proclaims

00:32:43.139 --> 00:32:43.419
 that we

00:32:43.419 --> 00:32:43.639
 are to

00:32:43.639 --> 00:32:44.019
 let others

00:32:44.019 --> 00:32:44.379
 know

00:32:44.379 --> 00:32:45.079
 what

00:32:45.079 --> 00:32:45.379
 Christ

00:32:45.379 --> 00:32:45.539
 has

00:32:45.539 --> 00:32:45.740
 done

00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:45.879
 in

00:32:45.879 --> 00:32:46.240
 us

00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:47.859
 maybe

00:32:47.859 --> 00:32:48.000
 you

00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:48.139
 want

00:32:48.139 --> 00:32:48.220
 to

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:48.399
 join

00:32:48.399 --> 00:32:48.579
 this

00:32:48.579 --> 00:32:48.839
 church

00:32:48.839 --> 00:32:49.179
 today

00:32:49.179 --> 00:32:49.379
 and

00:32:49.379 --> 00:32:49.799
 let

00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:50.359
 people

00:32:50.359 --> 00:32:50.679
 know

00:32:50.679 --> 00:32:50.899
 that

00:32:50.899 --> 00:32:51.099
 you're

00:32:51.099 --> 00:32:51.319
 a

00:32:51.319 --> 00:32:51.599
 child

00:32:51.599 --> 00:32:51.799
 of

00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:52.099
 God

00:32:52.099 --> 00:32:52.859
 and

00:32:52.859 --> 00:32:53.079
 come

00:32:53.079 --> 00:32:53.279
 by

00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:53.740
 baptism

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:54.559
 we'd

00:32:54.559 --> 00:32:54.720
 love

00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:54.879
 to

00:32:54.879 --> 00:32:55.279
 guide

00:32:55.279 --> 00:32:55.480
 you

00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:55.660
 through

00:32:55.660 --> 00:32:55.839
 that

00:32:55.839 --> 00:32:56.279
 process

00:32:56.279 --> 00:32:56.440
 if

00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:56.460
 you

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:56.579
 have

00:32:56.579 --> 00:32:56.940
 questions

00:32:56.940 --> 00:32:57.140
 along

00:32:57.140 --> 00:32:57.259
 the

00:32:57.259 --> 00:32:57.360
 way

00:32:57.360 --> 00:32:57.720
 we'll

00:32:57.720 --> 00:32:58.039
 answer

00:32:58.039 --> 00:32:58.220
 them

00:32:58.220 --> 00:32:58.799
 we'll

00:32:58.799 --> 00:32:59.059
 guide

00:32:59.059 --> 00:32:59.180
 you

00:32:59.180 --> 00:32:59.440
 there

00:32:59.440 --> 00:33:00.279
 maybe

00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:00.720
 God's

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:01.120
 drawing

00:33:01.120 --> 00:33:01.319
 you

00:33:01.319 --> 00:33:01.400
 to

00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:01.579
 this

00:33:01.579 --> 00:33:02.039
 congregation

00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:02.900
 you

00:33:02.900 --> 00:33:03.039
 know

00:33:03.039 --> 00:33:03.180
 that

00:33:03.180 --> 00:33:03.400
 God

00:33:03.400 --> 00:33:03.559
 would

00:33:03.559 --> 00:33:03.779
 have

00:33:03.779 --> 00:33:03.880
 you

00:33:03.880 --> 00:33:03.960
 to

00:33:03.960 --> 00:33:04.099
 be

00:33:04.099 --> 00:33:04.240
 a

00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:04.440
 part

00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:04.539
 of

00:33:04.539 --> 00:33:04.680
 this

00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:05.180
 congregation

00:33:05.180 --> 00:33:05.980
 we

00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:06.319
 invite

00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:06.460
 you

00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:06.579
 to

00:33:06.579 --> 00:33:06.880
 come

00:33:06.880 --> 00:33:07.059
 if

00:33:07.059 --> 00:33:07.160
 there's

00:33:07.160 --> 00:33:07.500
 questions

00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:07.740
 along

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:07.860
 the

00:33:07.860 --> 00:33:07.980
 way

00:33:07.980 --> 00:33:08.160
 we'll

00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:08.380
 deal

00:33:08.380 --> 00:33:08.519
 with

00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:08.799
 that

00:33:08.799 --> 00:33:09.759
 you

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.000
 just

00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:10.259
 obey

00:33:10.259 --> 00:33:10.579
 God

00:33:10.579 --> 00:33:10.700
 and

00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:10.860
 do

00:33:10.860 --> 00:33:11.140
 what

00:33:11.140 --> 00:33:11.380
 God

00:33:11.380 --> 00:33:11.539
 would

00:33:11.539 --> 00:33:11.759
 have

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:11.880
 you

00:33:11.880 --> 00:33:12.180
 do

00:33:12.180 --> 00:33:12.480
 maybe

00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:12.660
 you're

00:33:12.660 --> 00:33:12.799
 here

00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:12.980
 this

00:33:12.980 --> 00:33:13.180
 morning

00:33:13.180 --> 00:33:13.460
 you just

00:33:13.460 --> 00:33:13.700
 need

00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:13.819
 to get

00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:13.980
 some

00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:14.180
 things

00:33:14.180 --> 00:33:14.660
 right

00:33:14.660 --> 00:33:16.240
 and you

00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:16.460
 can do

00:33:16.460 --> 00:33:16.640
 that

00:33:16.640 --> 00:33:16.819
 where

00:33:16.819 --> 00:33:17.019
 you

00:33:17.019 --> 00:33:17.360
 sit

00:33:17.360 --> 00:33:17.559
 and

00:33:17.559 --> 00:33:17.680
 where

00:33:17.680 --> 00:33:17.880
 you'll

00:33:17.880 --> 00:33:18.160
 stand

00:33:18.160 --> 00:33:18.440
 in a few

00:33:18.440 --> 00:33:18.840
 moments

00:33:18.840 --> 00:33:19.539
 or you

00:33:19.539 --> 00:33:19.720
 can do

00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:19.900
 it at

00:33:19.900 --> 00:33:20.059
 this

00:33:20.059 --> 00:33:20.360
 altar

00:33:20.360 --> 00:33:20.660
 you can

00:33:20.660 --> 00:33:20.840
 do it

00:33:20.840 --> 00:33:21.059
 with a

00:33:21.059 --> 00:33:21.360
 pastor

00:33:21.360 --> 00:33:21.720
 praying

00:33:21.720 --> 00:33:22.299
 for you

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:23.519
 makes

00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:23.700
 no

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:24.079
 difference

00:33:24.079 --> 00:33:24.500
 to me

00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:24.779
 my

00:33:24.779 --> 00:33:25.299
 burden

00:33:25.299 --> 00:33:25.740
 is

00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:25.940
 that

00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:26.059
 you

00:33:26.059 --> 00:33:26.240
 do

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:26.720
 exactly

00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:26.980
 what

00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:27.200
 God

00:33:27.200 --> 00:33:27.480
 tells

00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:27.579
 you

00:33:27.579 --> 00:33:27.720
 to

00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:28.000
 do

00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:29.079
 I

00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:29.200
 had

00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:29.440
 somebody

00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:29.779
 last

00:33:29.779 --> 00:33:29.980
 week

00:33:29.980 --> 00:33:30.220
 tell

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:30.480
 me

00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:31.720
 God

00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:31.980
 told

00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:32.100
 me

00:33:32.100 --> 00:33:32.200
 to

00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:32.340
 do

00:33:32.340 --> 00:33:32.799
 this

00:33:32.799 --> 00:33:33.279
 during

00:33:33.279 --> 00:33:33.420
 the

00:33:33.420 --> 00:33:33.860
 invitation

00:33:33.860 --> 00:33:35.160
 and

00:33:35.160 --> 00:33:35.299
 I

00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:35.519
 just

00:33:35.519 --> 00:33:35.779
 didn't

00:33:35.779 --> 00:33:35.940
 do

00:33:35.940 --> 00:33:36.180
 it

00:33:36.180 --> 00:33:38.299
 don't

00:33:38.299 --> 00:33:38.500
 let

00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:38.700
 that

00:33:38.700 --> 00:33:38.879
 be

00:33:38.879 --> 00:33:39.079
 your

00:33:39.079 --> 00:33:39.539
 story

00:33:39.539 --> 00:33:41.440
 when

00:33:41.440 --> 00:33:41.839
 Christ

00:33:41.839 --> 00:33:42.339
 invites

00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:42.700
 you

00:33:42.700 --> 00:33:44.200
 respond

00:33:44.200 --> 00:33:45.799
 no

00:33:45.799 --> 00:33:46.019
 more

00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:46.639
 excuses

00:33:46.639 --> 00:33:48.559
 heavenly

00:33:48.559 --> 00:33:48.819
 father

00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:49.000
 I

00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:49.220
 love

00:33:49.220 --> 00:33:49.480
 you

00:33:49.480 --> 00:33:50.899
 and

00:33:50.899 --> 00:33:51.019
 I

00:33:51.019 --> 00:33:51.279
 thank

00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:51.419
 you

00:33:51.419 --> 00:33:51.559
 for

00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:51.720
 the

00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:52.220
 opportunity

00:33:52.220 --> 00:33:52.440
 that

00:33:52.440 --> 00:33:52.519
 you

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 give

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 us

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 to

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 be

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 together

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 today

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 God

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 will

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 you

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 give

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 us

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 the

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 strength

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 and

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 the

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 boldness

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 and

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 the

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 obedience

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 and

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 the

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 fortitude

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 to

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 do

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 exactly

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 what

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 you

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 tell

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 us

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 to

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 do

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 nothing

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 more

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 nothing

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 less

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 right

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 now

00:34:04.139 --> 00:34:04.339
 oh

00:34:04.339 --> 00:34:04.519
 God

00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:04.700
 I

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 pray

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 in

00:34:05.980 --> 00:34:06.299
 Jesus

00:34:06.299 --> 00:34:06.720
 name

00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:07.440
 Amen

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 you