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 This morning I want to talk about, for us, I want to talk about, for you as a Christian, there's going to be moments where you're going to be faced with one direction that looks comfortable, one direction that looks right, that looks the way the world might direct you, and the other direction looks different, unconventional, radically, maybe dangerous.

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 And those crossroads, those moments, those are gifts from God.

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 Those are moments where, if we make the right choice, and we go that direction where this doesn't make any sense, that our faith will be strengthened, our joy will be made greater, our trust in Him, in Christ, will be larger,

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 and our Christian life will be more vivid and have more flavor and more feel and more touch and will just be more alive because we trusted God in those moments.

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 For example, Jamie and I have been moving to Memphis.

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 It doesn't really make a lot of sense.

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 My connection to Memphis is, well, my connection to Memphis is as thin as a string.

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 It doesn't make a lot of sense.

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 It's pretty loose.

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 But God is, I believe God is leading us in that direction.

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 Another example, me standing here before you preaching, not really not preaching,

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 I have no perfect education, no seminary degree.

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 In fact, I didn't even finish college.

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 But God has directed my life to this point, to this place.

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 Doesn't make a lot of sense.

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 And you're going to have these moments.

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 You're going to have these times.

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 And I believe that Christ family church, and I believe that you guys and the personal devil are at those moments,

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 and we'll be in those moments recently.

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 Especially young people.

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 It may seem to you right now that your life is just filled with tons of these problems.

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 You haven't figured anything out.

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 Well, let's talk about that this morning.

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 Now, there are several examples in Scripture of these.

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 Several men that God used that put them in these situations.

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 For example, Noah.

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 Noah was told to build an ark in a desert with no rain.

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 And not just no rain because it was a desert.

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 Rain didn't exist.

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 Water didn't fall from the sky like we have today.

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 But Noah was commanded to build a large ark, a crazy huge boat.

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 We're going to put angels in there.

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 We're going to close it up.

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 It's going to rain.

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 We're going to flood the earth.

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 None of that makes any sense.

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 But God directed Noah to do this, that.

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 David.

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 Shepherd boy.

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 The king.

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 Doesn't make a lot of sense in our eyes.

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 It's a great story.

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 We celebrate that story.

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 The underdog.

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 But in reality, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

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 Paul.

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 Hater and murderer of Christians.

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 Persecurer.

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 Now an apostle.

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 A church player.

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 An author of more than half of your destiny.

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 Doesn't make a lot of sense.

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 But as Scripture tells us, God's ways are not our ways.

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 We just may not understand, at the moment, in those times, what he is doing.

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 What he is.

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 Working.

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 So this morning, I want to look at one of those examples that kind of launch off of it.

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 And it's just a coincidence.

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 I have no idea.

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 That will lead me away.

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 But all the special guests.

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 We'll be talking about Abraham.

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 Abraham.

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 No idea that Sunday school this morning was a kid who was talking about Abraham.

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 So maybe God is doing something this morning.

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 Let's pray to that.

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 My father's off.

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 Let's pray to that.

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 Father, I ask you to work.

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 To speak.

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 To speak.

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 I need you.

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 I need you.

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 I need you.

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 To use you this morning.

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 To say what you want me to say.

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 To lay out my heart.

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 All for your name.

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 To the air that comes from my mouth.

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 But drop from our hands.

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 And we all can celebrate.

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 What Christ has done.

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 Give it up.

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 I.

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 Give it to the air.

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 I need you.

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 I need you.

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 So we're going to be in Hebrews chapter 11.

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 Hebrews 11.

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 We're going to read verses 8 through 12.

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 We're just going to cut him out on just a couple of those verses.

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 Hebrews chapter 11.

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 Some would call the faithful thing.

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 We want to celebrate these men.

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 We lift them up.

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 We've got to be careful when we do that.

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 We are these men.

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 Let's talk about Abraham.

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 Verse 8.

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 Hebrews 11.

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 Verse 8.

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 By faith Abraham obeyed.

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 He was called to go out to a place.

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 He was to receive as inheritance.

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 And he went out not knowing where he was going.

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 By faith he went to live in the land of promise.

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 As in a foreign land.

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 Living in tents with Isaac and Jacob.

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 And he was full of the same promise.

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 But he was looking forward to the city that has foundations.

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 Whose designer and builder is God.

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 By faith Sarah herself received power and conceived.

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 Even though she was past the age.

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 Which she considered him faithful with mother.

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 Therefore for one man and him as good as him.

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 For more descendants.

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 As many as the star of the man.

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 As many as the innumerable brain.

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 Who say and buy the sea shore.

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 Sorry.

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 I want you to flip back.

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 The beginning of the chapter really quick.

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 Kind of see.

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 I want you to think on this verse.

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 As we talk.

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 This morning.

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 Hebrews 11.

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 Verse 1.

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 It says that.

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 Now faith.

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 Is the assurance of things hoped for.

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 The convention of things not seen.

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 Provided it that people of old.

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 Receive their condemnation.

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 By faith you understand that the universe.

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 Was created by the word of God.

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 So that what is seen.

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 Is not made of things that are visible.

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 Now here's what I want you to get.

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 By faith is the assurance.

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 From that faith is the assurance of things hoped for.

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 Things to come.

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 We're looking to the future.

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 Things that we've been told will happen.

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 But aren't happening yet.

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 Things we just can't see.

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 But we've been told about them.

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 And the conviction of things not seen.

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 Meaning.

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 We believe in it.

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 And we act upon it.

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 Okay.

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 That's faith.

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 Abraham.

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 What we're thinking of Abraham.

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 We believe God.

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 Romans 5 says that Abraham was fully convinced.

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 That God was going to do what he said he was going to do.

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 He was full assurance.

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 That God was going to act.

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 So as we read about Abraham.

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 As we talk about in our lives.

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 Crossroads.

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 We can have this faith.

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 We can be fully convinced.

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 That if God is directing us.

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 He's going to be faithful.

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 That he's going to walk with us.

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 So as we walk through this with Abraham.

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 And we look at these verses.

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 Keep that in mind.

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 In the back of your head.

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 This morning.

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 Now the crossroads for Abraham.

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 Genesis 12 tells us the story.

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 Hebrews 11 touches on it.

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 It was that God told him to go.

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 Abraham had a choice.

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 I'm going to go.

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 I'm going to go in this direction.

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 I'm going to follow what God said.

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 Or.

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 I'm going to stay.

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 You know, we're comfortable.

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 I'm going to stay.

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 Where God has.

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 Originally put me.

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 And now he's going to be somewhere else.

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 And I'm just going to stay here.

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 Where I like it.

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 Now think about.

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 In Genesis 12.

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 God.

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 Tells Abraham.

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 Go from your country.

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 And your hindrance.

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 And your father's house.

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 Now when we read that.

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 We may.

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 Think it's a big deal.

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 But listen.

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 Abraham was told to leave his country.

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 To leave what he knew.

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 To leave his family.

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 And to leave his inheritance.

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 Three huge things.

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 That he was told to leave.

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 And what did he do?

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 He got out when he left.

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 Now.

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 The pull.

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 To stay.

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 Would have been.

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 Strong.

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 But Abraham obeyed God.

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 Abraham.

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 Obeyed.

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 For God.

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 And told him.

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 And he went.

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 So as we.

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 Kind of walk through these verses.

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 Keep those two things.

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 In line.

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 Observation number one.

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 From our text.

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 God spoke.

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 To Abraham.

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 God spoke.

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 To Abraham.

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 Verse.

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 Verse 8.

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 By faith.

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 Abraham obeyed.

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 When he was called.

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 To go out.

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 To a place.

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 That he was to receive.

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 As an inheritance.

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 And he went out.

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 That's what I'm bringing to him.

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 God called Abraham.

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 And we need to be careful.

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 To.

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 When we walk through.

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 Situation.

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 When we are at crossroads.

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 To know that God is speaking to us.

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 We need to know.

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 For sure.

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 That he's speaking.

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 For Abraham.

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 It wasn't this feeling.

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 It wasn't this emotional.

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 Experience.

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 It wasn't his gut.

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 God spoke.

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 And he went.

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 Now most of us in here.

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 Are not going to hear.

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 A awful voice of God.

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 Speaking from a cloud.

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 That's probably not.

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 Going to happen.

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 So how does.

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 How do we know.

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 That God is speaking to us.

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 Well God speaks to us.

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 Through his word.

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 He's speaking to us now.

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 As you read.

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 The Bible.

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 On your phone.

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 Or on your lap.

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 God is speaking.

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 This morning.

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 We need to make sure.

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 That we're listening.

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 Making sure.

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 That we are aware.

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 That he.

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 Is.

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 Speaking.

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 So.

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 If God is speaking.

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 This morning.

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 And speaking through scripture.

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 And speaking through.

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 The Bible.

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 In your lap.

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 When we're faced with a crossroad.

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 When we're faced with.

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 Like Abraham.

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 Through this direction.

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 And this direction.

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 Faced with.

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 A moment.

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 Where we may be called.

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 To do something crazy.

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 That doesn't make a lot of sense.

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 How do we decide?

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 How do we.

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 Figure that out?

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 When we ask the question.

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 Is it line up the scripture?

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 Is this line up.

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 With what God has revealed.

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 To us in his word.

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 Do.

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 Do people around us.

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 Affirm.

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 That call.

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 Would I say.

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 Yes.

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 I think that's a great idea.

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 For example.

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 Guys.

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 Do you want to get married?

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 Are out of that crossroad.

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 When I thought that getting married is down here.

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 It's crazy.

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 I won't say amen.

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 Do you want to get married?

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 and you know you've got to ask a question.

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 You just don't get together and you're married.

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 You have to ask her to marry you

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 and plan a wedding and all that.

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 But you have this time

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 and you can search your scriptures

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 and the Bible talks about marriage.

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 It says how great it is.

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 So I think I'm going to get married.

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 Well, you can't just go on that sometimes.

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 Maybe you need to talk to somebody.

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 Maybe you need to go to Nathan

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 or go to somebody else and say,

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 hey, what do you think?

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 What do you think?

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 Are we healthy?

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 Do you think it's going to be a good idea?

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 What do you think?

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 Go to the parents.

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 You think I'm in a place

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 where I can support her?

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 Just getting married for sex

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 is having a good reason to get married.

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 Go support her.

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 Go provide for her.

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 Talk to somebody.

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 Get counsel about that.

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 Someone can affirm that in you.

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 They need to help you down that road.

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 But here's the thing.

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 God speaks.

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 And God spoke to Abraham.

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 And it's really that simple.

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 God speaks.

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 We do.

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 We go.

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 So the observation number two

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 is that Abraham went.

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 He went out.

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 Second part of verse eight says,

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 and he went out,

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 not knowing where he was going.

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 God spoke.

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 And Abraham obeyed.

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 Now,

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 simple.

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 And as I said a few months ago,

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 we have to be careful

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 not to elevate these men of the Bible

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 because they aren't just men.

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 But Abraham obeyed God.

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 You know the rest.

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 You know some of those stories

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 where he went down to Egypt

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 and Abraham decided to take things

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 in his own hands

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 and say,

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 you know,

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 you were really,

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 to Sarah,

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 his wife,

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 you're really attractive

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 and then one of those people

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 are going to see you

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 and they might want you.

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 So why don't you say,

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 you're my sister.

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 That way I don't get killed.

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 And I,

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 and they can have you,

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 but you'll come back

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 and you'll still be my husband

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 or my wife.

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 That was a great idea.

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 That wasn't a great idea at all.

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 But so,

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 David,

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 maybe I should figure it out.

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 So,

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 I say all that to say,

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 don't elevate this guy.

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 He's a pillar of Christianity.

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 He's a father of our faith.

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 However,

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 he's still a man.

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 He's not perfect.

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 He's not cross.

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 So,

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 I can sort of say,

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 well,

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 Abraham is so great.

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 Yeah,

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 God spoke to him

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 and he obeyed.

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 Of course he did.

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 He's a paper man.

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 Well,

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 that doesn't work.

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 Because,

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 you know,

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 they pulled you

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 and he makes

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 really bad choices

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 in the time.

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 It's like you and I do.

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 But Abraham,

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 observation or two,

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 Abraham obeyed.

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 He went out.

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 Noah,

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 who stole the bill of Mark,

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 and he did it,

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 right?

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 That's how the scripture

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 kind of works.

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 God speaks

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 and he told

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 man,

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 I'm going to obey.

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 Jesus

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 says to love me

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 and you love

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 my commandments.

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 Love me

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 and you love

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 your neighbor.

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 That same idea.

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 I speak,

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 you do.

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 Paul,

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 in several of the books,

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 communicates,

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 this is who you are.

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 This is what you do.

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 This is what God has done.

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 God speaks

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 and what you do.

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 One plus one

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 equals two.

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 It's fairly simple stuff.

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 Now,

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 I understand

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 the outworking

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 of this,

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 outworking

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 of getting married

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 might be a little

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 more complicated.

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 The outworking

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 of going somewhere

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 dangerous

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 might be a little

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 more complicated.

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 Being obedient

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 is stripped down,

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 simple fact.

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 True.

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 But it's really

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 easy, though,

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 for us

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 to overcomplicate

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 or even

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 crazier

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 to over-spiritualize

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 these situations.

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 Here's an example

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 and we'll kind of

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 go from there.

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 Tell me about

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 marriage again.

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 Now, ladies,

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 you guys want to

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 get married,

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 I'm sure.

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 You're going to have

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 to find a man

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 first and

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 they,

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 the court,

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 or how your

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 conviction lies

00:16:05.100 --> 00:16:05.400
 there.

00:16:07.100 --> 00:16:07.660
 Now,

00:16:08.460 --> 00:16:09.400
 I've heard a lot,

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 not in my

00:16:10.300 --> 00:16:11.340
 personal life,

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 but around me

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 that a lot

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 of some of

00:16:14.180 --> 00:16:14.500
 the things

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 you say

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 is,

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 I mean,

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 I'm sure

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 this is bad,

00:16:17.740 --> 00:16:17.759
 but,

00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:19.100
 you know,

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 God hasn't

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 called me

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 or hasn't

00:16:21.100 --> 00:16:21.580
 wrecked me

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 or has

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 to date you,

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 or the

00:16:23.639 --> 00:16:24.440
 Spirit told me

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 not to.

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 I still

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 listened to

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 play last

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 night.

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 We had

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 dinner,

00:16:26.899 --> 00:16:27.100
 and you

00:16:27.100 --> 00:16:27.680
 mentioned

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 this.

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 The Spirit

00:16:33.220 --> 00:16:33.639
 told me

00:16:33.639 --> 00:16:34.300
 not to date

00:16:34.300 --> 00:16:34.480
 you.

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 We say,

00:16:37.340 --> 00:16:38.700
 I haven't

00:16:38.700 --> 00:16:39.480
 seen a sign

00:16:39.480 --> 00:16:40.159
 from God

00:16:40.159 --> 00:16:40.659
 yet,

00:16:41.200 --> 00:16:41.639
 but most

00:16:41.639 --> 00:16:42.100
 likely you're

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 not going

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 to.

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 That's

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 probably not

00:16:44.480 --> 00:16:44.699
 going to

00:16:44.699 --> 00:16:44.980
 happen.

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 But,

00:16:46.220 --> 00:16:46.419
 you know,

00:16:46.460 --> 00:16:46.740
 if you

00:16:46.740 --> 00:16:47.120
 have the

00:16:47.120 --> 00:16:47.620
 desire to

00:16:47.620 --> 00:16:48.080
 get married,

00:16:48.220 --> 00:16:48.600
 it's pretty

00:16:48.600 --> 00:16:48.960
 simple.

00:16:49.059 --> 00:16:49.559
 Find a guy

00:16:49.559 --> 00:16:50.000
 who loves

00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:50.519
 Jesus,

00:16:50.899 --> 00:16:51.220
 who you're

00:16:51.220 --> 00:16:51.699
 trying to

00:16:51.699 --> 00:16:51.899
 do,

00:16:51.980 --> 00:16:52.340
 and then

00:16:52.340 --> 00:16:52.960
 let's

00:16:52.960 --> 00:16:53.259
 see where

00:16:53.259 --> 00:16:53.679
 it goes.

00:16:54.899 --> 00:16:55.659
 Not that

00:16:55.659 --> 00:16:56.259
 complicated.

00:16:57.659 --> 00:16:58.220
 It isn't.

00:16:59.019 --> 00:16:59.360
 Okay?

00:17:00.399 --> 00:17:00.659
 Now,

00:17:00.720 --> 00:17:01.340
 I'm a serious

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 note.

00:17:02.039 --> 00:17:02.379
 Another

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 example,

00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:04.460
 here at

00:17:04.460 --> 00:17:04.920
 Christchampton

00:17:04.920 --> 00:17:05.319
 Church,

00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:05.720
 very

00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:06.099
 active

00:17:06.099 --> 00:17:06.500
 people,

00:17:07.400 --> 00:17:07.940
 leadership

00:17:07.940 --> 00:17:09.359
 here at

00:17:09.359 --> 00:17:09.819
 Christchampton

00:17:09.819 --> 00:17:10.259
 Church.

00:17:10.259 --> 00:17:11.099
 Now,

00:17:11.160 --> 00:17:11.640
 I'm leaving.

00:17:12.960 --> 00:17:13.579
 Nathan is

00:17:13.579 --> 00:17:13.879
 the only

00:17:13.879 --> 00:17:14.319
 pastor

00:17:14.319 --> 00:17:15.019
 ever here.

00:17:15.819 --> 00:17:16.339
 Nathan is

00:17:16.339 --> 00:17:16.819
 not your

00:17:16.819 --> 00:17:17.140
 CEO.

00:17:18.180 --> 00:17:18.720
 He's not

00:17:18.720 --> 00:17:19.359
 your president.

00:17:20.599 --> 00:17:20.920
 There's

00:17:20.920 --> 00:17:21.480
 going to be

00:17:21.480 --> 00:17:22.460
 a point and

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 a place where

00:17:23.579 --> 00:17:23.920
 you're going

00:17:23.920 --> 00:17:24.379
 to have to

00:17:24.379 --> 00:17:24.680
 help,

00:17:25.000 --> 00:17:25.319
 where you're

00:17:25.319 --> 00:17:25.740
 going to have

00:17:25.740 --> 00:17:26.400
 to step up,

00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:26.700
 where you're

00:17:26.700 --> 00:17:27.019
 going to have

00:17:27.019 --> 00:17:28.240
 to be there

00:17:28.240 --> 00:17:28.700
 for him.

00:17:28.819 --> 00:17:29.180
 He needs

00:17:29.180 --> 00:17:30.440
 men around

00:17:30.440 --> 00:17:31.700
 him to

00:17:31.700 --> 00:17:32.500
 accomplish the

00:17:32.500 --> 00:17:33.000
 work that

00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:34.920
 is here

00:17:34.920 --> 00:17:35.559
 put on

00:17:35.559 --> 00:17:36.140
 Christchampton

00:17:36.140 --> 00:17:36.660
 Church.

00:17:36.660 --> 00:17:38.460
 I know

00:17:38.460 --> 00:17:38.740
 what you're

00:17:38.740 --> 00:17:39.000
 thinking.

00:17:39.100 --> 00:17:39.220
 Well,

00:17:39.240 --> 00:17:39.360
 you're

00:17:39.360 --> 00:17:39.660
 leaving.

00:17:39.820 --> 00:17:40.000
 You're

00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:40.279
 full.

00:17:44.440 --> 00:17:44.840
 Yeah,

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 but God's

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 thinking

00:17:45.580 --> 00:17:45.800
 me,

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 so argue

00:17:47.920 --> 00:17:48.400
 with that.

00:17:53.560 --> 00:17:54.000
 Over

00:17:54.000 --> 00:17:54.560
 complicated

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 saying,

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 you know,

00:17:57.300 --> 00:17:57.560
 I haven't

00:17:57.560 --> 00:17:58.160
 had a sign

00:17:58.160 --> 00:17:58.720
 from God,

00:17:58.820 --> 00:17:59.220
 I'm supposed

00:17:59.220 --> 00:17:59.740
 to help,

00:18:01.200 --> 00:18:02.019
 it's simple.

00:18:03.279 --> 00:18:03.680
 If you're

00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:05.140
 qualified to

00:18:05.140 --> 00:18:05.620
 leave as an

00:18:05.620 --> 00:18:05.860
 elder,

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 talk to

00:18:08.240 --> 00:18:08.559
 Nathan,

00:18:09.159 --> 00:18:09.679
 figure it

00:18:09.679 --> 00:18:09.959
 out,

00:18:10.219 --> 00:18:10.679
 work it

00:18:10.679 --> 00:18:10.919
 out,

00:18:11.039 --> 00:18:12.500
 if you

00:18:12.500 --> 00:18:13.339
 have gifts,

00:18:13.919 --> 00:18:14.639
 use them

00:18:14.639 --> 00:18:15.419
 here at

00:18:15.419 --> 00:18:15.979
 Christchampton

00:18:15.979 --> 00:18:16.419
 Church.

00:18:18.459 --> 00:18:19.319
 We have a

00:18:19.319 --> 00:18:20.079
 real problem

00:18:20.079 --> 00:18:20.699
 not to use

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 Christchampton.

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 We as

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 Americans,

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 we are

00:18:23.000 --> 00:18:23.500
 consumers.

00:18:24.659 --> 00:18:25.299
 We buy,

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 we go to

00:18:26.699 --> 00:18:27.059
 movies,

00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:27.959
 we see how

00:18:27.959 --> 00:18:30.539
 we have

00:18:30.539 --> 00:18:31.859
 15% for

00:18:31.859 --> 00:18:32.319
 a decent

00:18:32.319 --> 00:18:32.899
 service,

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 and 20%

00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:34.519
 for a good

00:18:34.519 --> 00:18:35.059
 service at

00:18:35.059 --> 00:18:35.479
 the table,

00:18:35.480 --> 00:18:35.880
 we just

00:18:35.880 --> 00:18:36.220
 have a

00:18:36.220 --> 00:18:36.759
 mentality

00:18:36.759 --> 00:18:36.960
 where,

00:18:37.039 --> 00:18:37.400
 what am I

00:18:37.400 --> 00:18:37.660
 going to

00:18:37.660 --> 00:18:38.220
 get out

00:18:38.220 --> 00:18:39.259
 of wherever

00:18:39.259 --> 00:18:39.819
 I'm at?

00:18:40.200 --> 00:18:40.539
 And we

00:18:40.539 --> 00:18:41.819
 brought that

00:18:41.819 --> 00:18:42.220
 into the

00:18:42.220 --> 00:18:42.620
 church.

00:18:43.319 --> 00:18:44.039
 We come

00:18:44.039 --> 00:18:44.480
 on Sunday

00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:44.860
 morning,

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 and we

00:18:45.279 --> 00:18:45.680
 sit down

00:18:45.680 --> 00:18:45.839
 and we

00:18:45.839 --> 00:18:45.940
 say,

00:18:46.019 --> 00:18:46.400
 what am I

00:18:46.400 --> 00:18:46.759
 going to

00:18:46.759 --> 00:18:47.160
 receive?

00:18:47.680 --> 00:18:48.200
 What am I

00:18:48.200 --> 00:18:48.620
 going to

00:18:48.620 --> 00:18:48.940
 get?

00:18:49.460 --> 00:18:49.640
 Well,

00:18:49.680 --> 00:18:50.059
 that's not

00:18:50.059 --> 00:18:50.500
 church.

00:18:51.140 --> 00:18:51.660
 That's a

00:18:51.660 --> 00:18:52.140
 movie.

00:18:52.660 --> 00:18:53.120
 That's a

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 concert.

00:18:54.460 --> 00:18:55.039
 Church is

00:18:55.039 --> 00:18:56.259
 about sharing

00:18:56.259 --> 00:18:57.220
 one another's

00:18:57.220 --> 00:18:57.500
 burden,

00:18:57.700 --> 00:18:58.480
 sharing life

00:18:58.480 --> 00:18:58.839
 together,

00:18:58.980 --> 00:18:59.539
 being with

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 one another,

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 encouraging

00:19:00.620 --> 00:19:01.200
 one another,

00:19:01.660 --> 00:19:02.079
 serving

00:19:02.079 --> 00:19:02.819
 together.

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 And I'm

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 afraid that

00:19:04.699 --> 00:19:05.240
 a lot of

00:19:05.240 --> 00:19:05.639
 us,

00:19:06.159 --> 00:19:06.879
 me included,

00:19:07.519 --> 00:19:08.059
 have become

00:19:08.059 --> 00:19:09.399
 consumers in

00:19:09.399 --> 00:19:09.919
 a lot of

00:19:09.919 --> 00:19:10.500
 our church

00:19:10.500 --> 00:19:11.279
 life.

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 And that

00:19:11.980 --> 00:19:12.299
 doesn't

00:19:12.299 --> 00:19:12.599
 need to be

00:19:12.599 --> 00:19:13.199
 the case.

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 Serve.

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 Men,

00:19:17.099 --> 00:19:17.559
 serve.

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 Even if you

00:19:18.939 --> 00:19:19.720
 can for only

00:19:19.720 --> 00:19:20.559
 six weeks,

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 serve.

00:19:23.379 --> 00:19:23.759
 If you

00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:24.220
 don't,

00:19:24.419 --> 00:19:24.740
 and this,

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 I don't

00:19:25.299 --> 00:19:25.980
 need to scare

00:19:25.980 --> 00:19:26.220
 you,

00:19:26.259 --> 00:19:26.440
 and I

00:19:26.440 --> 00:19:26.579
 don't

00:19:26.579 --> 00:19:27.000
 need to,

00:19:28.940 --> 00:19:29.339
 if you

00:19:29.339 --> 00:19:29.759
 don't,

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 think it's

00:19:30.120 --> 00:19:30.360
 not going

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 to be

00:19:30.500 --> 00:19:30.720
 here in

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 five years.

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 This is

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 the reality.

00:19:35.220 --> 00:19:35.880
 One man

00:19:35.880 --> 00:19:36.460
 can't carry

00:19:36.460 --> 00:19:37.079
 the burdens

00:19:37.079 --> 00:19:38.640
 of a

00:19:38.640 --> 00:19:39.220
 congregation

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 this size.

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 That's

00:19:40.220 --> 00:19:40.519
 what the

00:19:40.519 --> 00:19:40.759
 history

00:19:40.759 --> 00:19:41.160
 can do

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 at all.

00:19:42.079 --> 00:19:42.299
 That's

00:19:42.299 --> 00:19:42.480
 just

00:19:42.480 --> 00:19:42.920
 best to

00:19:42.920 --> 00:19:43.259
 be out

00:19:43.259 --> 00:19:43.360
 of

00:19:43.360 --> 00:19:43.599
 the way.

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 Men,

00:19:46.240 --> 00:19:46.740
 get in

00:19:46.740 --> 00:19:47.160
 his left

00:19:47.160 --> 00:19:47.720
 pocket and

00:19:47.720 --> 00:19:48.400
 right pocket.

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 Walk

00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:50.500
 with him,

00:19:50.680 --> 00:19:51.380
 encourage him,

00:19:51.420 --> 00:19:52.120
 don't over

00:19:52.120 --> 00:19:52.759
 complicate

00:19:52.759 --> 00:19:53.039
 him,

00:19:53.440 --> 00:19:54.339
 be there

00:19:54.339 --> 00:19:54.980
 for him

00:19:54.980 --> 00:19:55.559
 with him.

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 observation

00:20:00.559 --> 00:20:00.880
 number

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 three.

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 You're

00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:03.500
 off my

00:20:03.500 --> 00:20:04.079
 football.

00:20:05.360 --> 00:20:05.960
 Observation

00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:06.259
 number

00:20:06.259 --> 00:20:06.759
 three

00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:07.599
 of our

00:20:07.599 --> 00:20:07.960
 text,

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 verse

00:20:08.380 --> 00:20:08.860
 nine,

00:20:09.920 --> 00:20:10.480
 says,

00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:11.819
 by faith

00:20:11.819 --> 00:20:12.900
 he went

00:20:12.900 --> 00:20:13.220
 to live

00:20:13.220 --> 00:20:13.380
 in the

00:20:13.380 --> 00:20:13.779
 land of

00:20:13.779 --> 00:20:14.180
 promise,

00:20:14.299 --> 00:20:14.599
 as an

00:20:14.599 --> 00:20:15.039
 afforded

00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:15.339
 land,

00:20:15.460 --> 00:20:15.900
 living in

00:20:15.900 --> 00:20:16.319
 tent with

00:20:16.319 --> 00:20:16.900
 Isaac and

00:20:16.900 --> 00:20:17.120
 David,

00:20:17.299 --> 00:20:17.539
 where he

00:20:17.539 --> 00:20:17.779
 was

00:20:17.779 --> 00:20:18.200
 able to

00:20:18.200 --> 00:20:18.500
 save

00:20:18.500 --> 00:20:19.180
 from.

00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:20.200
 Now,

00:20:20.200 --> 00:20:20.539
 this is

00:20:20.539 --> 00:20:20.839
 a real

00:20:20.839 --> 00:20:21.660
 quick little

00:20:21.660 --> 00:20:22.420
 snippet

00:20:22.420 --> 00:20:22.779
 here of

00:20:22.779 --> 00:20:23.079
 this

00:20:23.079 --> 00:20:24.700
 observation,

00:20:24.900 --> 00:20:25.240
 but they

00:20:25.240 --> 00:20:25.680
 lived in

00:20:25.680 --> 00:20:26.120
 tents.

00:20:27.359 --> 00:20:27.599
 Now,

00:20:27.660 --> 00:20:28.160
 you say,

00:20:28.799 --> 00:20:29.299
 well,

00:20:29.359 --> 00:20:29.640
 they all

00:20:29.640 --> 00:20:29.940
 lived in

00:20:29.940 --> 00:20:30.400
 tents back

00:20:30.400 --> 00:20:30.559
 then,

00:20:30.620 --> 00:20:30.900
 but the

00:20:30.900 --> 00:20:31.460
 point here

00:20:31.460 --> 00:20:31.740
 in this

00:20:31.740 --> 00:20:32.440
 language is

00:20:32.440 --> 00:20:32.819
 that they

00:20:32.819 --> 00:20:33.120
 lived in

00:20:33.120 --> 00:20:33.740
 a temporary

00:20:33.740 --> 00:20:34.519
 housing.

00:20:35.480 --> 00:20:35.980
 Not that

00:20:35.980 --> 00:20:36.400
 they had

00:20:36.400 --> 00:20:36.599
 this

00:20:36.599 --> 00:20:37.400
 very huge

00:20:37.400 --> 00:20:38.640
 gigantic

00:20:38.640 --> 00:20:39.400
 tent they

00:20:39.400 --> 00:20:39.779
 put up

00:20:39.779 --> 00:20:40.019
 on the

00:20:40.019 --> 00:20:40.400
 estate.

00:20:40.759 --> 00:20:40.960
 They

00:20:40.960 --> 00:20:41.539
 lived in

00:20:41.539 --> 00:20:42.079
 a temporary

00:20:42.079 --> 00:20:43.359
 home because

00:20:43.359 --> 00:20:44.019
 they were

00:20:44.019 --> 00:20:44.559
 ready and

00:20:44.559 --> 00:20:45.079
 willing at

00:20:45.079 --> 00:20:45.559
 any moment

00:20:45.559 --> 00:20:46.000
 for God

00:20:46.000 --> 00:20:46.460
 to direct

00:20:46.460 --> 00:20:46.720
 them

00:20:46.720 --> 00:20:47.259
 to come

00:20:47.259 --> 00:20:47.519
 around.

00:20:50.079 --> 00:20:50.779
 So are you

00:20:50.779 --> 00:20:51.319
 looking for

00:20:51.319 --> 00:20:52.059
 these moments

00:20:52.059 --> 00:20:52.380
 in your

00:20:52.380 --> 00:20:52.700
 life,

00:20:52.799 --> 00:20:53.779
 these crossroads,

00:20:53.779 --> 00:20:54.619
 these times

00:20:54.619 --> 00:20:55.220
 where God

00:20:55.220 --> 00:20:55.799
 may direct

00:20:55.799 --> 00:20:56.720
 you to

00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:57.319
 someplace

00:20:57.319 --> 00:20:58.619
 different,

00:20:59.399 --> 00:21:00.319
 to someplace

00:21:00.319 --> 00:21:02.759
 dangerous

00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:03.460
 or

00:21:03.460 --> 00:21:04.539
 uncomfortable?

00:21:05.879 --> 00:21:06.200
 Are you

00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:06.680
 looking for

00:21:06.680 --> 00:21:06.940
 these

00:21:06.940 --> 00:21:07.660
 intersections

00:21:07.660 --> 00:21:12.359
 between

00:21:12.359 --> 00:21:13.579
 status quo

00:21:13.579 --> 00:21:13.740
 and

00:21:13.740 --> 00:21:13.899
 this

00:21:13.899 --> 00:21:14.299
 continuing

00:21:14.299 --> 00:21:14.700
 down

00:21:14.700 --> 00:21:15.339
 motions

00:21:15.339 --> 00:21:15.940
 in life

00:21:15.940 --> 00:21:16.460
 and

00:21:16.460 --> 00:21:17.539
 something

00:21:17.539 --> 00:21:18.660
 beyond

00:21:18.660 --> 00:21:19.119
 that?

00:21:19.119 --> 00:21:21.500
 observation

00:21:21.500 --> 00:21:21.779
 number

00:21:21.779 --> 00:21:22.259
 four,

00:21:22.819 --> 00:21:23.159
 verse

00:21:23.159 --> 00:21:23.539
 10.

00:21:25.379 --> 00:21:25.659
 For he

00:21:25.659 --> 00:21:26.079
 was looking

00:21:26.079 --> 00:21:26.679
 forward to

00:21:26.679 --> 00:21:27.059
 the city

00:21:27.059 --> 00:21:27.439
 that has

00:21:27.439 --> 00:21:28.059
 foundation,

00:21:28.299 --> 00:21:28.439
 whose

00:21:28.439 --> 00:21:29.319
 designer and

00:21:29.319 --> 00:21:30.339
 builder is

00:21:30.339 --> 00:21:30.819
 God.

00:21:31.439 --> 00:21:32.139
 Abraham was

00:21:32.139 --> 00:21:32.659
 able to

00:21:32.659 --> 00:21:34.039
 act and

00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:34.739
 live in

00:21:34.739 --> 00:21:35.319
 tent because

00:21:35.319 --> 00:21:35.579
 he was

00:21:35.579 --> 00:21:36.299
 looking forward

00:21:36.299 --> 00:21:36.679
 to the

00:21:36.679 --> 00:21:37.119
 city that

00:21:37.119 --> 00:21:37.500
 was to

00:21:37.500 --> 00:21:37.839
 come.

00:21:38.959 --> 00:21:39.619
 He was

00:21:39.619 --> 00:21:40.099
 able to

00:21:40.099 --> 00:21:40.579
 live in

00:21:40.579 --> 00:21:41.000
 temporary

00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:41.919
 housing because

00:21:41.919 --> 00:21:42.199
 he was

00:21:42.199 --> 00:21:43.039
 looking forward

00:21:43.039 --> 00:21:43.679
 to what

00:21:43.679 --> 00:21:44.619
 was going

00:21:44.619 --> 00:21:45.179
 to happen,

00:21:45.739 --> 00:21:46.179
 the city

00:21:46.179 --> 00:21:46.559
 to come

00:21:46.559 --> 00:21:46.799
 that was

00:21:46.799 --> 00:21:47.279
 being built

00:21:47.279 --> 00:21:48.019
 by God,

00:21:48.019 --> 00:21:49.440
 designed by

00:21:49.440 --> 00:21:49.779
 him.

00:21:50.639 --> 00:21:50.920
 For

00:21:50.920 --> 00:21:51.440
 everything

00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:52.259
 will be

00:21:52.259 --> 00:21:52.940
 perfected,

00:21:53.220 --> 00:21:53.980
 no pain,

00:21:54.299 --> 00:21:55.180
 no suffering,

00:21:55.619 --> 00:21:56.119
 the earth

00:21:56.119 --> 00:21:56.420
 will be

00:21:56.420 --> 00:21:56.920
 perfected

00:21:56.920 --> 00:21:57.420
 again and

00:21:57.420 --> 00:21:57.980
 be back

00:21:57.980 --> 00:21:58.259
 to the

00:21:58.259 --> 00:21:58.619
 way that

00:21:58.619 --> 00:21:59.220
 was created

00:21:59.220 --> 00:21:59.759
 to be.

00:22:00.779 --> 00:22:01.180
 Abraham

00:22:01.180 --> 00:22:01.759
 endured

00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:02.379
 and looked

00:22:02.379 --> 00:22:02.980
 forward

00:22:02.980 --> 00:22:04.839
 to that.

00:22:06.119 --> 00:22:07.000
 Are you

00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:07.859
 looking forward?

00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:08.740
 If we look

00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:09.200
 forward,

00:22:09.339 --> 00:22:09.740
 if we look

00:22:09.740 --> 00:22:10.700
 to what

00:22:10.700 --> 00:22:11.200
 God has

00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:11.480
 brought

00:22:11.480 --> 00:22:11.700
 us,

00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:11.980
 if we

00:22:11.980 --> 00:22:12.519
 look to

00:22:12.519 --> 00:22:13.379
 the moments

00:22:13.379 --> 00:22:13.740
 where we

00:22:13.740 --> 00:22:13.839
 are going

00:22:13.839 --> 00:22:14.000
 to be

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.480
 perfected,

00:22:14.559 --> 00:22:14.660
 there's

00:22:14.660 --> 00:22:14.920
 not going

00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:15.079
 to be

00:22:15.079 --> 00:22:15.559
 sin and

00:22:15.559 --> 00:22:16.319
 pain anymore,

00:22:16.440 --> 00:22:16.579
 if we

00:22:16.579 --> 00:22:16.920
 look to

00:22:16.920 --> 00:22:17.220
 that,

00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:17.839
 then a

00:22:17.839 --> 00:22:18.099
 simple

00:22:18.099 --> 00:22:18.579
 decision

00:22:18.579 --> 00:22:19.159
 of going

00:22:19.159 --> 00:22:19.679
 someplace

00:22:19.679 --> 00:22:20.399
 or doing

00:22:20.399 --> 00:22:20.799
 something

00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:21.279
 might be

00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:21.480
 a little

00:22:21.480 --> 00:22:21.919
 easier.

00:22:23.059 --> 00:22:23.579
 Will be

00:22:23.579 --> 00:22:24.000
 a little

00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:24.519
 easier.

00:22:27.519 --> 00:22:28.199
 In there

00:22:28.199 --> 00:22:28.519
 it says,

00:22:28.619 --> 00:22:29.059
 see that

00:22:29.059 --> 00:22:29.399
 has

00:22:29.399 --> 00:22:30.059
 foundations.

00:22:31.419 --> 00:22:31.899
 Foundations

00:22:31.899 --> 00:22:32.399
 are very

00:22:32.399 --> 00:22:32.899
 important.

00:22:33.539 --> 00:22:33.819
 Everybody

00:22:33.819 --> 00:22:34.359
 in here

00:22:34.359 --> 00:22:35.379
 kind of

00:22:35.379 --> 00:22:35.659
 probably

00:22:35.659 --> 00:22:35.879
 goes,

00:22:36.039 --> 00:22:36.319
 duh,

00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:36.819
 in the back

00:22:36.819 --> 00:22:37.240
 of the night.

00:22:37.339 --> 00:22:37.519
 Yeah,

00:22:37.639 --> 00:22:37.859
 of course,

00:22:37.939 --> 00:22:38.279
 foundations

00:22:38.279 --> 00:22:38.699
 are really

00:22:38.699 --> 00:22:39.059
 important.

00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:40.099
 If they're

00:22:40.099 --> 00:22:40.359
 not

00:22:40.359 --> 00:22:40.899
 foundations,

00:22:41.099 --> 00:22:41.240
 their

00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:41.639
 things will

00:22:41.639 --> 00:22:42.019
 crumble.

00:22:42.599 --> 00:22:43.119
 A tent

00:22:43.119 --> 00:22:44.159
 is blown

00:22:44.159 --> 00:22:44.799
 away by the

00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:45.459
 wind because

00:22:45.459 --> 00:22:46.159
 it's a tent,

00:22:46.359 --> 00:22:47.439
 not a aisle

00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:47.779
 for a

00:22:47.779 --> 00:22:48.380
 building built

00:22:48.380 --> 00:22:49.299
 on foundation.

00:22:50.100 --> 00:22:50.660
 A foundation

00:22:50.660 --> 00:22:51.460
 holds things

00:22:51.460 --> 00:22:51.940
 together,

00:22:52.100 --> 00:22:52.640
 holds it

00:22:52.640 --> 00:22:52.860
 in the

00:22:52.860 --> 00:22:53.220
 ground,

00:22:53.420 --> 00:22:53.900
 keeps it

00:22:53.900 --> 00:22:54.779
 sturdy and

00:22:54.779 --> 00:22:55.299
 stable.

00:22:55.900 --> 00:22:56.340
 A city

00:22:56.340 --> 00:22:57.140
 founded and

00:22:57.140 --> 00:22:58.039
 built on

00:22:58.039 --> 00:22:58.440
 Jesus,

00:22:58.840 --> 00:22:59.360
 the chief

00:22:59.360 --> 00:23:00.380
 floorstone,

00:23:01.380 --> 00:23:02.440
 that lasts

00:23:02.440 --> 00:23:03.000
 forever.

00:23:05.059 --> 00:23:05.299
 Now,

00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:06.980
 cities without

00:23:06.980 --> 00:23:07.880
 foundations can

00:23:07.880 --> 00:23:08.360
 disappear.

00:23:08.519 --> 00:23:09.320
 There's tons

00:23:09.320 --> 00:23:10.240
 of old ruins

00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:10.799
 of cities

00:23:10.799 --> 00:23:12.080
 that they can't

00:23:12.080 --> 00:23:12.920
 find because

00:23:12.920 --> 00:23:14.160
 their foundations

00:23:14.160 --> 00:23:14.980
 were not strong.

00:23:15.080 --> 00:23:15.660
 They didn't have

00:23:15.660 --> 00:23:16.400
 foundations or

00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:16.759
 whatever.

00:23:18.360 --> 00:23:18.960
 No room

00:23:18.960 --> 00:23:19.280
 and no

00:23:19.280 --> 00:23:19.880
 structure to

00:23:19.880 --> 00:23:20.380
 support it,

00:23:20.420 --> 00:23:21.060
 it disappears.

00:23:22.840 --> 00:23:23.920
 This world,

00:23:24.220 --> 00:23:25.040
 our world,

00:23:25.140 --> 00:23:25.780
 where we live

00:23:25.780 --> 00:23:26.500
 in today,

00:23:26.860 --> 00:23:27.320
 now,

00:23:27.620 --> 00:23:28.600
 has no

00:23:28.600 --> 00:23:29.160
 foundation.

00:23:30.860 --> 00:23:31.820
 It has

00:23:31.820 --> 00:23:32.440
 nothing

00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:33.940
 that will

00:23:33.940 --> 00:23:34.680
 sustain.

00:23:38.180 --> 00:23:38.740
 For

00:23:38.740 --> 00:23:39.580
 everything we

00:23:39.580 --> 00:23:39.940
 gain,

00:23:40.580 --> 00:23:41.340
 everything we

00:23:41.340 --> 00:23:41.720
 have,

00:23:41.820 --> 00:23:42.640
 will fade

00:23:42.640 --> 00:23:43.120
 away.

00:23:43.119 --> 00:23:45.759
 all our

00:23:45.759 --> 00:23:46.579
 achievements,

00:23:47.579 --> 00:23:48.259
 so everything

00:23:48.259 --> 00:23:48.779
 we live

00:23:48.779 --> 00:23:49.119
 for,

00:23:50.079 --> 00:23:50.579
 faith,

00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:51.719
 fortune,

00:23:52.319 --> 00:23:52.659
 power,

00:23:52.859 --> 00:23:53.399
 popularity,

00:23:53.619 --> 00:23:53.979
 comfort,

00:23:54.199 --> 00:23:54.639
 all,

00:23:55.199 --> 00:23:55.599
 will fade

00:23:55.599 --> 00:23:55.899
 away.

00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:56.359
 It will

00:23:56.359 --> 00:23:57.500
 not exist.

00:23:59.959 --> 00:24:00.759
 The world

00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:01.859
 offers nothing

00:24:01.859 --> 00:24:02.479
 of its no

00:24:02.479 --> 00:24:02.939
 value,

00:24:03.979 --> 00:24:05.219
 no foundation,

00:24:06.339 --> 00:24:06.879
 and yet,

00:24:07.679 --> 00:24:08.199
 in these

00:24:08.199 --> 00:24:08.819
 moments,

00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:09.939
 in these

00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:10.640
 crossroads,

00:24:10.779 --> 00:24:11.180
 we get

00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:12.000
 counsel from

00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:12.640
 the world

00:24:12.640 --> 00:24:15.100
 to decide

00:24:15.100 --> 00:24:16.700
 which direction

00:24:16.700 --> 00:24:17.019
 we're going

00:24:17.019 --> 00:24:17.380
 to go.

00:24:19.600 --> 00:24:20.140
 It will

00:24:20.140 --> 00:24:20.539
 make a lot

00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:21.080
 of sense.

00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:24.160
 If we

00:24:24.160 --> 00:24:25.180
 looked forward

00:24:25.180 --> 00:24:26.580
 at these

00:24:26.580 --> 00:24:26.980
 moments,

00:24:27.080 --> 00:24:27.299
 if we

00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:27.980
 looked to

00:24:27.980 --> 00:24:28.360
 the city

00:24:28.360 --> 00:24:28.779
 of comfort,

00:24:28.840 --> 00:24:29.220
 if we

00:24:29.220 --> 00:24:31.960
 were fully

00:24:31.960 --> 00:24:32.759
 convinced

00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:35.940
 that God

00:24:35.940 --> 00:24:36.180
 was going

00:24:36.180 --> 00:24:36.420
 to do,

00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:36.799
 he says

00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:37.079
 he was

00:24:37.079 --> 00:24:37.220
 going

00:24:37.220 --> 00:24:37.619
 to do,

00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:38.680
 if our

00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:40.460
 faith was

00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:43.660
 sure of

00:24:43.660 --> 00:24:44.220
 things not

00:24:44.220 --> 00:24:44.700
 seen,

00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:47.319
 then our

00:24:47.319 --> 00:24:47.599
 happiness

00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:48.619
 would be

00:24:48.619 --> 00:24:49.240
 easier.

00:24:49.940 --> 00:24:50.420
 Knowing

00:24:50.420 --> 00:24:51.480
 our

00:24:51.480 --> 00:24:52.059
 direction,

00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:52.920
 the direction

00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:53.319
 that just

00:24:53.319 --> 00:24:53.839
 doesn't make

00:24:53.839 --> 00:24:54.500
 any sense,

00:24:55.019 --> 00:24:55.720
 might be,

00:24:56.339 --> 00:24:57.180
 will be,

00:24:57.180 --> 00:24:58.000
 easier.

00:25:00.099 --> 00:25:00.879
 Some things

00:25:00.879 --> 00:25:02.039
 just don't

00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:02.700
 make sense.

00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:04.240
 Sometimes

00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:05.000
 we're faced

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:06.279
 with decisions

00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:06.859
 that just

00:25:06.859 --> 00:25:07.960
 don't make

00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:08.460
 sense.

00:25:09.619 --> 00:25:10.119
 We make

00:25:10.119 --> 00:25:10.700
 those decisions,

00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:11.059
 we'll say

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:11.740
 we're obedient,

00:25:11.859 --> 00:25:12.400
 we go down

00:25:12.400 --> 00:25:12.839
 that road,

00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:13.779
 and in those

00:25:13.779 --> 00:25:14.400
 times we

00:25:14.400 --> 00:25:14.900
 just can't

00:25:14.900 --> 00:25:16.279
 see why,

00:25:16.920 --> 00:25:17.559
 we can't

00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:18.799
 get what's

00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.379
 going on.

00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:21.519
 But eventually

00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:22.500
 God reveals,

00:25:23.319 --> 00:25:23.839
 this is why

00:25:23.839 --> 00:25:24.400
 I had time,

00:25:24.920 --> 00:25:25.519
 he revealed

00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:27.879
 this to

00:25:27.879 --> 00:25:28.480
 what happened,

00:25:28.619 --> 00:25:29.019
 and this is

00:25:29.019 --> 00:25:29.680
 why I

00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:30.539
 called you

00:25:30.539 --> 00:25:31.059
 here.

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:33.480
 I pray

00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:34.099
 all of us

00:25:34.099 --> 00:25:35.200
 are there

00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:36.420
 at that

00:25:36.420 --> 00:25:36.779
 moment,

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:37.599
 at that

00:25:37.599 --> 00:25:37.660
 time.

00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:41.279
 Look down

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:41.859
 at Hebrews

00:25:41.859 --> 00:25:42.819
 chapter 12,

00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:45.440
 don't

00:25:45.440 --> 00:25:46.079
 chapter over,

00:25:46.079 --> 00:25:47.539
 chapter 12,

00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:51.899
 it would be a

00:25:51.899 --> 00:25:52.519
 sermon if I

00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:53.000
 didn't talk

00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:53.939
 about Jesus,

00:25:55.439 --> 00:25:56.220
 to be a man,

00:25:57.579 --> 00:25:58.240
 a lecture

00:25:58.240 --> 00:25:58.679
 maybe.

00:25:58.680 --> 00:26:03.860
 chapter 12,

00:26:04.380 --> 00:26:04.720
 starting

00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:05.440
 verse 1.

00:26:06.100 --> 00:26:06.500
 Therefore,

00:26:07.340 --> 00:26:07.860
 since we are

00:26:07.860 --> 00:26:08.580
 surrounded by

00:26:08.580 --> 00:26:09.279
 so great

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:09.700
 a cloud

00:26:09.700 --> 00:26:10.160
 of witnesses,

00:26:10.660 --> 00:26:11.299
 all these

00:26:11.299 --> 00:26:11.860
 men and

00:26:11.860 --> 00:26:12.320
 women that

00:26:12.320 --> 00:26:12.519
 have been

00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:13.080
 mentioned here

00:26:13.080 --> 00:26:13.920
 in chapter 11,

00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:14.779
 the ones that

00:26:14.779 --> 00:26:15.140
 they couldn't

00:26:15.140 --> 00:26:15.860
 even mention,

00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:16.720
 the ones that

00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:17.019
 don't even

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.840
 have names,

00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:19.759
 let us also

00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:20.480
 lay aside

00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:21.320
 every weight

00:26:21.320 --> 00:26:22.340
 and sin

00:26:22.340 --> 00:26:22.600
 that's

00:26:22.600 --> 00:26:23.180
 cleaned so

00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:23.620
 closely,

00:26:24.220 --> 00:26:24.620
 and let's

00:26:24.620 --> 00:26:25.180
 run with

00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:25.820
 endurance

00:26:25.819 --> 00:26:27.319
 the race

00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:27.599
 that is

00:26:27.599 --> 00:26:28.099
 set before

00:26:28.099 --> 00:26:28.500
 us.

00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:29.759
 Looking

00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:30.759
 to Jesus,

00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:31.720
 looking forward

00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:33.039
 to Jesus,

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:34.539
 the founder

00:26:34.539 --> 00:26:35.659
 and perfecter

00:26:35.659 --> 00:26:36.220
 of our faith,

00:26:36.339 --> 00:26:36.879
 for the joy

00:26:36.879 --> 00:26:37.319
 that was set

00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:37.859
 before him

00:26:37.859 --> 00:26:38.700
 endured the

00:26:38.700 --> 00:26:39.220
 cross,

00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:40.539
 despising the

00:26:40.539 --> 00:26:40.779
 shame,

00:26:40.899 --> 00:26:41.359
 and is seated

00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:42.119
 at the right

00:26:42.119 --> 00:26:42.899
 hand of the

00:26:42.899 --> 00:26:43.559
 throne of God.

00:26:43.879 --> 00:26:44.519
 Now there's

00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:45.359
 a one-force

00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:46.159
 sermon right

00:26:46.159 --> 00:26:46.740
 there in those

00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:47.279
 two verses,

00:26:47.439 --> 00:26:48.119
 and I can't

00:26:48.119 --> 00:26:49.299
 even stress

00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:49.859
 the surface.

00:26:50.059 --> 00:26:50.480
 I'm going to

00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:51.200
 take out one

00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:51.759
 phrase,

00:26:52.139 --> 00:26:52.519
 and I'm going to

00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:53.039
 kind of talk

00:26:53.039 --> 00:26:53.679
 about it for a

00:26:53.679 --> 00:26:53.879
 minute.

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:54.839
 The phrase

00:26:54.839 --> 00:26:55.639
 towards the end

00:26:55.640 --> 00:26:56.400
 of verse 2,

00:26:56.520 --> 00:26:56.840
 it says,

00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:58.820
 despising the

00:26:58.820 --> 00:26:59.220
 shame.

00:27:00.740 --> 00:27:01.080
 A little

00:27:01.080 --> 00:27:02.740
 strange phrase.

00:27:03.780 --> 00:27:04.280
 Looking at

00:27:04.280 --> 00:27:04.540
 Jesus,

00:27:04.680 --> 00:27:04.960
 the founder

00:27:04.960 --> 00:27:05.660
 and perfecter

00:27:05.660 --> 00:27:06.300
 of our faith,

00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:07.220
 for the joy

00:27:07.220 --> 00:27:07.880
 that was set

00:27:07.880 --> 00:27:08.620
 before him

00:27:08.620 --> 00:27:09.380
 endured the

00:27:09.380 --> 00:27:09.880
 cross,

00:27:10.300 --> 00:27:11.220
 despising the

00:27:11.220 --> 00:27:11.600
 shame,

00:27:11.880 --> 00:27:12.420
 and is seated

00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:13.100
 at the right

00:27:13.100 --> 00:27:13.820
 hand of the

00:27:13.820 --> 00:27:14.420
 throne of God.

00:27:14.460 --> 00:27:14.780
 Now what

00:27:14.780 --> 00:27:15.280
 does this

00:27:15.280 --> 00:27:15.620
 mean,

00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:16.540
 despising

00:27:16.540 --> 00:27:17.480
 the shame?

00:27:19.100 --> 00:27:19.380
 Now if

00:27:19.380 --> 00:27:19.680
 somebody

00:27:19.680 --> 00:27:20.280
 wants to

00:27:20.280 --> 00:27:23.280
 be killed

00:27:23.280 --> 00:27:24.000
 on a

00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:24.440
 cross,

00:27:24.440 --> 00:27:26.460
 there would

00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:26.940
 be shame

00:27:26.940 --> 00:27:27.519
 on him.

00:27:28.320 --> 00:27:28.680
 He'd be

00:27:28.680 --> 00:27:29.279
 shamed for

00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:29.860
 doing something

00:27:29.860 --> 00:27:31.279
 for having

00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:31.700
 that done

00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:31.960
 in him.

00:27:32.019 --> 00:27:32.279
 He would

00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:32.779
 have earned

00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:33.059
 it,

00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:33.779
 he would

00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:33.980
 have been

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.500
 guilty,

00:27:35.340 --> 00:27:35.519
 and there

00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:36.039
 was a shame

00:27:36.039 --> 00:27:36.460
 brought on

00:27:36.460 --> 00:27:37.059
 him and his

00:27:37.059 --> 00:27:37.600
 family and

00:27:37.600 --> 00:27:38.240
 people around

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:38.539
 him.

00:27:41.340 --> 00:27:42.559
 Jesus despised

00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:43.160
 that shame.

00:27:43.360 --> 00:27:44.779
 He earned

00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.340
 from that shame.

00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:46.519
 He didn't let

00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:47.759
 it affect him.

00:27:47.820 --> 00:27:48.480
 He went ahead

00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:50.160
 through the

00:27:50.160 --> 00:27:50.820
 crucifixion.

00:27:50.900 --> 00:27:51.460
 He went ahead

00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:52.460
 and finished

00:27:52.460 --> 00:27:56.740
 the job.

00:28:01.100 --> 00:28:02.120
 We don't

00:28:02.120 --> 00:28:04.680
 turn the

00:28:04.680 --> 00:28:05.400
 direction of

00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:06.860
 different

00:28:06.860 --> 00:28:08.019
 because of

00:28:08.019 --> 00:28:08.400
 shame.

00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:10.240
 We don't

00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:10.900
 turn that

00:28:10.900 --> 00:28:11.799
 direction because

00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:12.559
 we're afraid

00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:12.960
 of what

00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:13.620
 somebody or

00:28:13.620 --> 00:28:14.039
 people will

00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:14.380
 say.

00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:15.559
 We don't

00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:16.779
 go that way

00:28:16.779 --> 00:28:17.180
 because it

00:28:17.180 --> 00:28:17.579
 doesn't make

00:28:17.579 --> 00:28:17.940
 sense,

00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:18.600
 and it

00:28:18.600 --> 00:28:19.000
 doesn't make

00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:19.279
 sense,

00:28:19.340 --> 00:28:19.660
 and somebody

00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:20.079
 else is

00:28:20.079 --> 00:28:20.480
 thinking it

00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:22.720
 doesn't

00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:22.759
 make sense,

00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:23.339
 and they're

00:28:23.339 --> 00:28:23.700
 looking at

00:28:23.700 --> 00:28:24.039
 you and

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:24.279
 you're

00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:24.700
 looking at

00:28:24.700 --> 00:28:24.880
 you and

00:28:24.880 --> 00:28:25.140
 you're

00:28:25.140 --> 00:28:25.079
 thinking,

00:28:25.420 --> 00:28:25.740
 I don't

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:25.880
 want to

00:28:25.880 --> 00:28:26.259
 do that.

00:28:27.380 --> 00:28:27.620
 He said,

00:28:27.700 --> 00:28:27.920
 I'm going to

00:28:27.920 --> 00:28:28.279
 talk to

00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:28.500
 them and

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:28.819
 tell them

00:28:28.819 --> 00:28:29.200
 why I'm

00:28:29.200 --> 00:28:29.620
 going down

00:28:29.620 --> 00:28:30.200
 that road.

00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:32.460
 Jesus

00:28:32.460 --> 00:28:33.460
 endured

00:28:33.460 --> 00:28:35.259
 a horrific

00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:35.680
 death,

00:28:35.960 --> 00:28:36.680
 despising

00:28:36.680 --> 00:28:37.339
 the shame,

00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:39.360
 the shame

00:28:39.360 --> 00:28:40.079
 of a cross,

00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:40.860
 dying on

00:28:40.860 --> 00:28:41.559
 a cross,

00:28:42.360 --> 00:28:42.940
 and because

00:28:42.940 --> 00:28:43.480
 he did,

00:28:43.880 --> 00:28:44.860
 we can go

00:28:44.860 --> 00:28:45.559
 that direction,

00:28:45.660 --> 00:28:46.400
 we can turn

00:28:46.400 --> 00:28:46.960
 that way,

00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:47.319
 and it's

00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:48.940
 okay because

00:28:48.940 --> 00:28:49.680
 he endured.

00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:51.079
 Shame like

00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:51.599
 we've never

00:28:51.599 --> 00:28:52.599
 endured.

00:28:53.099 --> 00:28:53.319
 He's

00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:53.880
 endured a

00:28:53.880 --> 00:28:54.160
 death,

00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:54.480
 but we

00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:54.620
 have

00:28:54.620 --> 00:28:54.860
 never

00:28:54.860 --> 00:28:55.079
 endured,

00:28:55.200 --> 00:28:55.500
 and will

00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:56.500
 never endure.

00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:01.819
 Now the

00:29:01.819 --> 00:29:02.339
 ultimate

00:29:02.339 --> 00:29:05.519
 crossroads,

00:29:05.599 --> 00:29:05.940
 it doesn't

00:29:05.940 --> 00:29:06.440
 make any

00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:06.940
 sense.

00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:08.400
 This doesn't

00:29:08.400 --> 00:29:08.980
 compute,

00:29:09.319 --> 00:29:09.819
 it's Jesus.

00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:13.339
 Jesus,

00:29:13.880 --> 00:29:14.339
 God,

00:29:14.640 --> 00:29:15.200
 100%

00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:15.559
 God,

00:29:15.860 --> 00:29:16.380
 100%

00:29:16.380 --> 00:29:16.620
 God,

00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:17.740
 comes down

00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:18.299
 from heaven,

00:29:18.579 --> 00:29:19.539
 leaves glory,

00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:20.399
 to live

00:29:20.399 --> 00:29:21.139
 on earth,

00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:22.339
 with a

00:29:22.339 --> 00:29:22.779
 bunch of

00:29:22.779 --> 00:29:23.159
 sinners,

00:29:24.119 --> 00:29:25.159
 to live

00:29:25.159 --> 00:29:25.639
 here for

00:29:25.639 --> 00:29:26.779
 33 years.

00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:28.319
 That in

00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:29.099
 itself doesn't

00:29:29.099 --> 00:29:29.619
 make a lot

00:29:29.619 --> 00:29:30.119
 of sense.

00:29:30.460 --> 00:29:30.940
 In fact,

00:29:31.019 --> 00:29:31.539
 if you try to

00:29:31.539 --> 00:29:32.240
 figure that out,

00:29:32.319 --> 00:29:32.599
 it doesn't

00:29:32.599 --> 00:29:32.960
 compute.

00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:38.000
 Jesus,

00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:38.420
 who is

00:29:38.420 --> 00:29:39.420
 perfect and

00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:39.859
 holy,

00:29:40.339 --> 00:29:40.799
 lived

00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:43.200
 perfect and

00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:43.599
 holy,

00:29:43.819 --> 00:29:44.220
 like

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:44.659
 here on

00:29:44.659 --> 00:29:44.899
 earth.

00:29:44.900 --> 00:29:48.160
 Jesus

00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:49.440
 died a

00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:49.920
 gruesome,

00:29:50.259 --> 00:29:50.780
 horrible

00:29:50.780 --> 00:29:52.340
 death for

00:29:52.340 --> 00:29:52.720
 others,

00:29:52.800 --> 00:29:53.140
 not even

00:29:53.140 --> 00:29:53.640
 for him.

00:29:55.420 --> 00:29:56.160
 The wrath

00:29:56.160 --> 00:29:56.820
 of God

00:29:56.820 --> 00:29:57.440
 was on

00:29:57.440 --> 00:29:58.000
 him.

00:30:00.080 --> 00:30:01.019
 His wrath,

00:30:02.580 --> 00:30:03.080
 him being

00:30:03.080 --> 00:30:03.620
 caught,

00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:04.660
 was on

00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:04.960
 him.

00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:04.960


00:30:10.540 --> 00:30:11.300
 You're all

00:30:11.300 --> 00:30:11.540
 dead.

00:30:11.620 --> 00:30:12.019
 That just

00:30:12.019 --> 00:30:12.519
 doesn't make

00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:13.240
 any sense.

00:30:14.900 --> 00:30:15.640
 it's in

00:30:15.640 --> 00:30:15.900
 Philip

00:30:15.900 --> 00:30:16.440
 Ferguson.

00:30:17.160 --> 00:30:17.420
 It says,

00:30:17.620 --> 00:30:17.920
 look at

00:30:17.920 --> 00:30:20.019
 the two

00:30:20.019 --> 00:30:22.100
 trees that

00:30:22.100 --> 00:30:22.700
 Adam and

00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:23.180
 Jesus

00:30:23.180 --> 00:30:25.140
 faced.

00:30:27.180 --> 00:30:27.980
 Adam,

00:30:28.580 --> 00:30:29.040
 our

00:30:29.040 --> 00:30:30.019
 great,

00:30:30.080 --> 00:30:30.220
 great,

00:30:30.220 --> 00:30:30.440
 great,

00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:30.640
 great,

00:30:30.640 --> 00:30:30.840
 great,

00:30:30.840 --> 00:30:30.980
 great,

00:30:30.980 --> 00:30:31.120
 great,

00:30:31.120 --> 00:30:31.300
 great,

00:30:31.300 --> 00:30:31.320
 great

00:30:31.320 --> 00:30:31.860
 grandfather,

00:30:31.860 --> 00:30:31.860


00:30:31.860 --> 00:30:32.480
 our first

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:33.360
 dad,

00:30:34.080 --> 00:30:39.759
 faced a tree

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:40.800
 that represented

00:30:40.800 --> 00:30:41.340
 everything

00:30:41.340 --> 00:30:42.180
 desirable.

00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:44.000
 he thought

00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:44.440
 and he

00:30:44.440 --> 00:30:44.920
 knew to

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:45.600
 have that.

00:30:46.340 --> 00:30:46.660
 It was

00:30:46.660 --> 00:30:46.880
 going to

00:30:46.880 --> 00:30:47.539
 complete him.

00:30:47.700 --> 00:30:47.940
 It was

00:30:47.940 --> 00:30:48.160
 going to

00:30:48.160 --> 00:30:48.519
 fulfill

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:48.920
 everything

00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:49.180
 in him.

00:30:49.200 --> 00:30:49.460
 He was

00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:49.700
 going to

00:30:49.700 --> 00:30:50.580
 be like

00:30:50.580 --> 00:30:51.220
 God.

00:30:51.360 --> 00:30:51.580
 And he

00:30:51.580 --> 00:30:52.340
 believed it.

00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:53.580
 And he

00:30:53.580 --> 00:30:54.460
 faced it,

00:30:54.860 --> 00:30:55.279
 and what

00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:55.519
 did he

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:55.799
 do?

00:30:57.920 --> 00:30:58.400
 He

00:30:58.400 --> 00:30:58.720
 did he.

00:30:59.840 --> 00:31:00.519
 And in

00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:01.140
 doing so,

00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:02.039
 he enslaved

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:02.960
 all

00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:04.220
 mankind

00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:06.420
 to sin.

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:08.759
 That tree

00:31:08.759 --> 00:31:09.620
 was his

00:31:09.620 --> 00:31:09.900
 due

00:31:09.900 --> 00:31:10.279
 north.

00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:10.539
 He

00:31:10.539 --> 00:31:10.879
 couldn't

00:31:10.879 --> 00:31:11.279
 think of

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:11.579
 anything

00:31:11.579 --> 00:31:11.920
 else

00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:12.379
 but that

00:31:12.379 --> 00:31:12.700
 tree.

00:31:12.899 --> 00:31:13.119
 His

00:31:13.119 --> 00:31:13.519
 comfort

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:13.899
 was going

00:31:13.899 --> 00:31:14.079
 to be

00:31:14.079 --> 00:31:14.579
 found in

00:31:14.579 --> 00:31:14.879
 that.

00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:16.240
 His

00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:16.680
 power

00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:17.000
 was going

00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:17.139
 to be

00:31:17.139 --> 00:31:17.579
 found in

00:31:17.579 --> 00:31:17.759
 that.

00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:18.059
 His

00:31:18.059 --> 00:31:18.460
 fame

00:31:18.460 --> 00:31:18.700
 was going

00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:18.859
 to be

00:31:18.859 --> 00:31:19.180
 found in

00:31:19.180 --> 00:31:19.259
 that.

00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:19.460
 His

00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:19.839
 fortune

00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:20.119
 was going

00:31:20.119 --> 00:31:20.259
 to be

00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:20.579
 found in

00:31:20.579 --> 00:31:20.680
 that.

00:31:20.680 --> 00:31:20.879
 His

00:31:20.879 --> 00:31:21.440
 name

00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:21.839
 was

00:31:21.839 --> 00:31:22.559
 found in

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:23.139
 that tree.

00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:24.940
 And instead

00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:25.559
 of finding

00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:26.539
 fame,

00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:29.579
 he enslaved

00:31:29.579 --> 00:31:30.960
 himself

00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:31.519
 all

00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:32.099
 mankind.

00:31:32.819 --> 00:31:33.059
 Now

00:31:33.059 --> 00:31:33.440
 Jesus,

00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:34.279
 the second

00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:34.579
 Adam,

00:31:35.119 --> 00:31:35.839
 the perfect

00:31:35.839 --> 00:31:36.240
 Adam,

00:31:36.399 --> 00:31:37.000
 the right

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:37.440
 Adam,

00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:38.819
 faced the

00:31:38.819 --> 00:31:39.240
 tree that

00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:39.660
 represented

00:31:39.660 --> 00:31:40.259
 everything

00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:41.840
 undesirable,

00:31:43.420 --> 00:31:43.940
 everything

00:31:43.940 --> 00:31:44.460
 wretched,

00:31:45.560 --> 00:31:46.080
 everything

00:31:46.080 --> 00:31:47.380
 evil and

00:31:47.380 --> 00:31:48.279
 dark and

00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:48.759
 vile.

00:31:50.800 --> 00:31:51.660
 No one

00:31:51.660 --> 00:31:52.360
 would want

00:31:52.360 --> 00:31:52.700
 that.

00:31:53.180 --> 00:31:53.940
 No one

00:31:53.940 --> 00:31:55.900
 could bear

00:31:55.900 --> 00:31:56.820
 what that

00:31:56.820 --> 00:31:57.740
 tree represented.

00:31:58.720 --> 00:31:59.560
 And Jesus,

00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:01.660
 obediently,

00:32:03.660 --> 00:32:05.019
 as he

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:05.539
 was well

00:32:05.539 --> 00:32:05.859
 of sin.

00:32:05.960 --> 00:32:06.019
 It's

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:06.319
 for the

00:32:06.319 --> 00:32:06.779
 joy that

00:32:06.779 --> 00:32:07.139
 was set

00:32:07.139 --> 00:32:07.940
 before him

00:32:07.940 --> 00:32:08.700
 endured

00:32:08.700 --> 00:32:09.740
 the cross.

00:32:10.859 --> 00:32:11.700
 That tree

00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:12.720
 he endured

00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:12.900
 it.

00:32:12.900 --> 00:32:13.220
 What did

00:32:13.220 --> 00:32:13.759
 he do

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:14.700
 enduring that?

00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:15.740
 He freed

00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:16.599
 the captives.

00:32:16.660 --> 00:32:17.240
 He freed

00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:18.059
 you and

00:32:18.059 --> 00:32:18.559
 he freed

00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:20.200
 me from

00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:20.559
 sin.

00:32:20.839 --> 00:32:21.299
 The sin

00:32:21.299 --> 00:32:22.000
 that Adam

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:23.079
 made.

00:32:23.079 --> 00:32:27.039
 may

00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:27.240
 this

00:32:27.240 --> 00:32:27.539
 happen

00:32:27.539 --> 00:32:28.019
 to you.

00:32:28.740 --> 00:32:29.059
 What

00:32:29.059 --> 00:32:29.399
 Adam

00:32:29.399 --> 00:32:29.879
 jacked

00:32:29.879 --> 00:32:30.059
 up,

00:32:30.159 --> 00:32:30.379
 Jesus

00:32:30.379 --> 00:32:30.859
 fixed.

00:32:31.819 --> 00:32:32.339
 What

00:32:32.339 --> 00:32:32.699
 Adam

00:32:32.699 --> 00:32:33.319
 messed

00:32:33.319 --> 00:32:33.720
 up,

00:32:33.919 --> 00:32:34.159
 Jesus

00:32:34.159 --> 00:32:34.579
 fixed

00:32:34.579 --> 00:32:35.019
 forever.

00:32:36.599 --> 00:32:36.779
 And

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:37.319
 because you

00:32:37.319 --> 00:32:37.639
 have been

00:32:37.639 --> 00:32:38.299
 set free,

00:32:38.599 --> 00:32:39.419
 because Jesus

00:32:39.419 --> 00:32:39.879
 died,

00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:40.259
 you can

00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:41.240
 live in

00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:41.359
 the

00:32:41.359 --> 00:32:41.819
 uncomfortable.

00:32:42.859 --> 00:32:43.480
 You can

00:32:43.480 --> 00:32:43.960
 live in

00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:44.519
 the unknown.

00:32:44.659 --> 00:32:44.960
 You can

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:46.619
 live in

00:32:46.619 --> 00:32:47.299
 a situation

00:32:47.299 --> 00:32:47.819
 that just

00:32:47.819 --> 00:32:48.579
 doesn't seem

00:32:48.579 --> 00:32:49.519
 made sense.

00:32:49.519 --> 00:32:51.359
 because it

00:32:51.359 --> 00:32:51.799
 is God

00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:52.460
 calling you

00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:53.039
 you cannot

00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:54.539
 you cannot

00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:55.720
 you cannot

00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:56.700
 disobey.

00:32:58.819 --> 00:32:59.660
 Because of

00:32:59.660 --> 00:33:00.160
 Jesus,

00:33:00.819 --> 00:33:01.279
 we can

00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:02.059
 go that

00:33:02.059 --> 00:33:02.480
 direction

00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:02.900
 and it's

00:33:02.900 --> 00:33:03.279
 okay.

00:33:04.119 --> 00:33:04.619
 Because of

00:33:04.619 --> 00:33:05.180
 Jesus,

00:33:07.019 --> 00:33:07.339
 he can

00:33:07.339 --> 00:33:08.000
 help us

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:08.480
 take

00:33:08.480 --> 00:33:09.200
 those steps.

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:11.480
 Now this

00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:11.879
 morning,

00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:13.680
 I believe

00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:14.440
 that you're

00:33:14.440 --> 00:33:14.900
 at one of

00:33:14.900 --> 00:33:15.759
 those crossroads

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.799
 this morning.

00:33:18.119 --> 00:33:18.559
 And here

00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:19.179
 in a few

00:33:19.179 --> 00:33:19.539
 minutes,

00:33:19.619 --> 00:33:20.000
 we're going

00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:21.559
 to partake

00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:22.059
 of the Lord's

00:33:22.059 --> 00:33:22.659
 Supper here

00:33:22.659 --> 00:33:23.579
 at the table

00:33:23.579 --> 00:33:24.379
 that we've

00:33:24.379 --> 00:33:24.899
 been invited

00:33:24.899 --> 00:33:26.579
 to sit at.

00:33:27.319 --> 00:33:27.659
 We've been

00:33:27.659 --> 00:33:28.299
 invited by

00:33:28.299 --> 00:33:28.740
 Jesus.

00:33:30.419 --> 00:33:30.720
 If you're

00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:31.200
 a Christian,

00:33:31.359 --> 00:33:31.879
 you've been

00:33:31.879 --> 00:33:34.039
 invited to

00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:35.059
 eat of

00:33:35.059 --> 00:33:35.799
 his body

00:33:35.799 --> 00:33:36.440
 and drink

00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:37.119
 of his blood

00:33:37.119 --> 00:33:38.359
 some more.

00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:40.960
 He's

00:33:40.960 --> 00:33:41.599
 invited you

00:33:41.599 --> 00:33:42.220
 to join

00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:43.559
 him at

00:33:43.559 --> 00:33:44.000
 the table.

00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:46.819
 The crossroads

00:33:46.819 --> 00:33:47.240
 is,

00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:48.920
 the crossroads

00:33:48.920 --> 00:33:49.400
 this morning

00:33:49.400 --> 00:33:49.779
 is,

00:33:49.859 --> 00:33:50.680
 his doing

00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:51.039
 it.

00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:52.259
 Eating crackers

00:33:52.259 --> 00:33:52.980
 and breakers

00:33:52.980 --> 00:33:53.539
 doesn't make

00:33:53.539 --> 00:33:54.000
 a lot of

00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:54.420
 sense.

00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:55.799
 We're

00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:56.420
 celebrating

00:33:56.420 --> 00:33:57.220
 Jesus' blood.

00:33:57.440 --> 00:33:57.859
 Another

00:33:57.859 --> 00:33:58.500
 crossroads

00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:58.940
 this morning

00:33:58.940 --> 00:33:59.500
 is maybe

00:33:59.500 --> 00:34:00.019
 you're not

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:00.400
 even a

00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:00.740
 Christian.

00:34:00.900 --> 00:34:01.279
 Maybe you

00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:01.759
 don't know

00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:02.599
 Jesus yet.

00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:03.559
 Maybe he's

00:34:03.559 --> 00:34:04.220
 calling you

00:34:04.220 --> 00:34:04.819
 this morning

00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:05.160
 for the

00:34:05.160 --> 00:34:05.799
 first time.

00:34:06.140 --> 00:34:06.759
 Maybe you

00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:07.799
 realize this

00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:08.639
 morning for

00:34:08.639 --> 00:34:09.079
 the first

00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:10.000
 time that

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:10.739
 your sin

00:34:10.739 --> 00:34:11.460
 is great

00:34:11.460 --> 00:34:11.940
 and his

00:34:11.940 --> 00:34:12.659
 grace is

00:34:12.659 --> 00:34:13.059
 greater.

00:34:13.780 --> 00:34:14.320
 Maybe for

00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:14.760
 the first

00:34:14.760 --> 00:34:15.280
 time you

00:34:15.280 --> 00:34:16.039
 realize,

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:18.640
 I can't

00:34:18.640 --> 00:34:19.039
 do it on

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:19.420
 my own.

00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:20.400
 Maybe for

00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:20.900
 the first

00:34:20.900 --> 00:34:21.380
 time you

00:34:21.380 --> 00:34:22.500
 realize that

00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:23.059
 that tree

00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:23.559
 that I've

00:34:23.559 --> 00:34:23.900
 been going

00:34:23.900 --> 00:34:24.400
 after,

00:34:25.080 --> 00:34:26.140
 that girl

00:34:26.140 --> 00:34:26.559
 or that

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 maid or

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 that job

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 or that

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 money or

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 whatever it

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 is,

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 is it

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 going to

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 fulfill,

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 Jesus

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 will fulfill.

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 Maybe for

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 the first

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 time your

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 eyes have

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 been opened

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 to the

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 great salvation,

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 the great

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 grace of

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 God.

00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:42.079
 God,

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 and so

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 you're at

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 a cross

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 road.

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 Do I

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 follow?

00:34:46.480 --> 00:34:47.079
 Do I

00:34:47.079 --> 00:34:47.780
 follow a

00:34:47.780 --> 00:34:48.340
 savior that

00:34:48.340 --> 00:34:48.780
 I couldn't

00:34:48.780 --> 00:34:49.199
 see?

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 Do I

00:34:50.820 --> 00:34:51.719
 follow somebody

00:34:51.719 --> 00:34:52.199
 that just

00:34:52.199 --> 00:34:52.780
 the Bible

00:34:52.780 --> 00:34:53.599
 talks about?

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 Or do I

00:34:55.679 --> 00:34:56.219
 continue to

00:34:56.219 --> 00:34:56.460
 know the

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:56.960
 road that

00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:57.699
 is comfortable

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 to me,

00:34:58.380 --> 00:34:58.920
 that makes

00:34:58.920 --> 00:34:59.659
 sense to me?

00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:01.019
 That might be

00:35:01.019 --> 00:35:01.440
 the cross

00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:01.820
 road you're

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 at.

00:35:03.539 --> 00:35:03.800
 And let

00:35:03.800 --> 00:35:05.000
 me plead

00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:04.900
!

00:35:04.900 --> 00:35:05.099
 Let me

00:35:05.099 --> 00:35:05.360
 plead with

00:35:05.360 --> 00:35:05.739
 you.

00:35:10.260 --> 00:35:10.860
 Make the

00:35:10.860 --> 00:35:11.519
 right decision.

00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:12.480
 follow Jesus

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 this morning.

00:35:15.940 --> 00:35:16.639
 Church family,

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 celebrate what

00:35:18.519 --> 00:35:19.000
 Jesus has

00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:19.480
 done, but

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 do it with

00:35:20.880 --> 00:35:22.079
 joy, not

00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:22.539
 out of

00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:24.179
 religious

00:35:24.179 --> 00:35:25.219
 duty.

00:35:26.380 --> 00:35:27.239
 Or you

00:35:27.239 --> 00:35:27.659
 think you're

00:35:27.659 --> 00:35:28.259
 going to

00:35:28.259 --> 00:35:29.079
 gain something

00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:29.519
 out of

00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:29.699
 it.

00:35:31.099 --> 00:35:31.739
 Jesus

00:35:31.739 --> 00:35:32.099
 has been

00:35:32.099 --> 00:35:32.599
 invited you

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 to this

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 table,

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 in this

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 moment,

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 for free

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 to you.

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 But it

00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:39.400
 costs a

00:35:39.400 --> 00:35:39.780
 great deal

00:35:39.780 --> 00:35:40.179
 to you.

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종

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 night.

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 Thank you.