WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.679 Amen. Amen. You may be seated. Children, we are ready for Children's Church at this time. 00:00:05.799 --> 00:00:14.519 So you can make your way to the back. And man, what a joy it is to see all of those kids running back, eager to learn about Jesus. 00:00:14.519 --> 00:00:20.400 So thankful for Savannah and Justin and their heart to teach these kids about the Lord. 00:00:20.500 --> 00:00:29.560 As we get started today, parents, have you ever noticed that some of the things that you tell your kids are the same things that your parents told you? 00:00:30.280 --> 00:00:36.840 Some of the things that you end up finding you telling your kids are the same things that your parents told you as you were growing up. 00:00:36.960 --> 00:00:45.980 But it's amazing to think about how that plays out because I don't know what happened from the time that I was 18 to the time I was 25. 00:00:46.100 --> 00:00:51.939 My parents got so much smarter. It's like in seven years, they gained a whole lifetime of wisdom. 00:00:52.539 --> 00:00:59.460 And so all of a sudden, those things that they told me as a child that really didn't make very much sense to me, all of a sudden they started making sense. 00:00:59.460 --> 00:01:07.540 And now I find myself saying some of those same things to my kids that my dad and my mom said to me years ago. 00:01:07.540 --> 00:01:14.240 For example, I can remember growing up, I didn't mean to was not a legitimate excuse. 00:01:14.700 --> 00:01:18.719 It wasn't a legitimate excuse to say it was an accident or I didn't mean to. 00:01:18.780 --> 00:01:20.560 That wasn't a legitimate excuse. 00:01:20.560 --> 00:01:24.200 My dad would often say, well, sometimes you have to mean not to. 00:01:24.799 --> 00:01:31.400 And meaning that, you know, you have to make sure that you don't put yourself in a situation to do something by accident. 00:01:31.820 --> 00:01:34.340 And so I find myself saying this to my kids. 00:01:34.400 --> 00:01:36.200 And one time I said it to my wife. 00:01:36.520 --> 00:01:38.140 That didn't go over very well. 00:01:38.680 --> 00:01:40.939 Works much better with kids than a spouse. 00:01:40.939 --> 00:01:52.780 But some of these things that we find ourselves saying, whenever I would fight in early bedtime or get back late from a date, I would oftentimes hear my dad tell me this advice. 00:01:52.859 --> 00:01:56.840 He says, son, you can't hoot with the owls and soar with the eagles. 00:01:57.519 --> 00:01:59.359 I was like, okay, thanks, dad. 00:01:59.359 --> 00:02:01.079 Didn't make any sense to me at the time. 00:02:01.099 --> 00:02:03.479 But now I've said it to my kids. 00:02:03.719 --> 00:02:05.539 I've said it to my kids a few times. 00:02:05.939 --> 00:02:09.419 Clint told me this when he says, he says, dad would often tell him, he says, 00:02:09.419 --> 00:02:11.659 if you lie with dogs, you will get fleas. 00:02:12.159 --> 00:02:14.559 And I said, you must have hung out with a different crowd than I did. 00:02:14.579 --> 00:02:17.339 Because dad didn't have to tell me that very, very much. 00:02:17.379 --> 00:02:18.239 I don't remember that. 00:02:18.299 --> 00:02:26.319 But one that I remember every single time, leaving as I would go out somewhere, he would say, son, remember whose son you are. 00:02:26.359 --> 00:02:30.119 And I would have to respond to him, okay, I'm your son and I'm God's son. 00:02:30.439 --> 00:02:36.519 And he just, as a reminder, as I would leave, he would always make me say that just to remember whose son I am. 00:02:36.520 --> 00:02:39.740 I was not only his son, but more importantly, I was God's son. 00:02:40.400 --> 00:02:41.520 And I don't know what to think right now. 00:02:41.580 --> 00:02:44.380 Some of you are taking more notes right now than you are during the message. 00:02:44.580 --> 00:02:49.580 But all of these things are important things that we must remember. 00:02:49.700 --> 00:02:54.660 We spend a lot of time with someone, especially a parent. 00:02:54.719 --> 00:03:01.160 When you do that, those things that are important to them oftentimes become important to you as well. 00:03:01.159 --> 00:03:07.520 In our passage today, James is saying many of the same things that Jesus said in his ministry. 00:03:07.939 --> 00:03:15.439 Many of the things that Jesus emphasized in his earthly ministry here on earth that we read about in the Gospels. 00:03:15.639 --> 00:03:21.180 Many of those things that he said are the same things that James is telling us today. 00:03:21.659 --> 00:03:25.539 It's almost like they grew up in the same house or something. 00:03:25.539 --> 00:03:30.780 It's almost like these things were something that were a part of who they were growing up. 00:03:30.780 --> 00:03:36.120 And so what we see is this being played out in James' passage here. 00:03:36.199 --> 00:03:38.599 So if you have a copy of God's Word, I want to invite you. 00:03:38.819 --> 00:03:41.740 We're going to finish up James chapter 1 this week. 00:03:42.020 --> 00:03:44.159 We're going to be in verses 19 through 27. 00:03:44.360 --> 00:03:50.599 And so if you have a copy of God's Word, I want to invite you to turn there with me and listen as we read these words. 00:03:51.740 --> 00:03:52.780 James says this. 00:03:52.780 --> 00:04:22.759 He says, 00:04:22.779 --> 00:04:52.779 00:04:52.779 --> 00:05:12.439 And so this morning as we look at this passage, we finish up James chapter 1. 00:05:12.439 --> 00:05:19.540 I want us to be able to clearly see how God's Word directly and clearly affects us in our actions. 00:05:19.939 --> 00:05:23.920 There's honestly like this progression that is being made as we work our way through this, 00:05:24.000 --> 00:05:29.180 as we are growing in our spiritual maturity, as we're growing in our sanctification. 00:05:29.339 --> 00:05:36.720 But to begin with this morning, the first thing that I want us to see is that we are to receive the Word. 00:05:37.259 --> 00:05:38.639 We're to receive the Word. 00:05:38.639 --> 00:05:40.419 Verses 19 through 21. 00:05:40.419 --> 00:05:40.860 It says, 00:05:40.860 --> 00:06:09.780 The Word shows itself as the main focus in this section, especially in verses 21 through 25. 00:06:09.779 --> 00:06:13.799 But here, starting in verse 19, James is grabbing our attention. 00:06:13.899 --> 00:06:14.119 He's saying, 00:06:14.779 --> 00:06:15.359 Know this. 00:06:15.719 --> 00:06:19.239 It's almost like he's changing and trying to bring everybody in and say, 00:06:19.359 --> 00:06:20.559 Know this, my beloved brothers. 00:06:20.819 --> 00:06:23.019 What I'm about to tell you is very important. 00:06:23.099 --> 00:06:29.239 And then he goes on to tell us that we must be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger. 00:06:29.859 --> 00:06:33.119 Now, at first glance, this honestly just seems like some good advice, right? 00:06:33.120 --> 00:06:36.699 This is like some advice that you would find on any self-help book. 00:06:36.800 --> 00:06:42.259 You know, hey, make sure that you are quick to hear and slow to speak and slow to anger. 00:06:42.439 --> 00:06:44.620 And that just seems like some good general advice. 00:06:44.740 --> 00:06:50.019 You know, God gave us two ears and one mouth so that we should hear, listen twice as much as we talk. 00:06:50.139 --> 00:06:53.840 And just some good practical advice that we should have in our lives. 00:06:53.839 --> 00:06:58.759 But here, James is not making a public service announcement here. 00:06:58.979 --> 00:07:03.779 He is writing to help Christians sincerely live out their faith. 00:07:04.060 --> 00:07:06.599 So let's begin putting these verses together. 00:07:07.500 --> 00:07:09.099 We must be quick to hear. 00:07:09.479 --> 00:07:11.620 You know when it's difficult to be quick to hear? 00:07:12.679 --> 00:07:13.620 When you're talking. 00:07:13.620 --> 00:07:21.199 It's really hard to be quick to hear, to be quick to listen when you're constantly talking. 00:07:21.639 --> 00:07:27.399 When you're constantly trying to have things going on, you're constantly the one in charge and dominating a conversation. 00:07:27.720 --> 00:07:31.399 It's really difficult to listen to what anybody else has to say. 00:07:31.959 --> 00:07:35.899 But also kind of following that train of thought that James is going on here. 00:07:35.899 --> 00:07:39.840 You know when it's really difficult to be quiet and to not talk? 00:07:40.579 --> 00:07:41.519 When you're angry. 00:07:41.519 --> 00:07:48.099 Because when you're angry, what you want to do is you want to make sure your voice is heard above anything else. 00:07:48.279 --> 00:07:51.959 You want to make sure that if anybody's going to have a chance to talk, it's going to be you. 00:07:52.159 --> 00:07:57.539 You feel offended and so you want to make sure your voice, your perception of reality, your opinion is heard. 00:07:57.599 --> 00:08:00.919 And many times we do that by dominating a conversation. 00:08:00.919 --> 00:08:04.599 Either with the sheer number of words that is coming out of our mouth. 00:08:04.680 --> 00:08:08.479 Or by the volume of the words that is coming out of our mouth. 00:08:08.480 --> 00:08:14.879 But as followers of Jesus, we must be slow to speak and slow to anger. 00:08:15.560 --> 00:08:17.620 And you may say, well, Brett, didn't Jesus get angry? 00:08:17.819 --> 00:08:21.180 Doesn't the Bible tell us that there are times when Jesus got angry? 00:08:21.300 --> 00:08:30.140 Yes, and I'm glad that you asked that because it's a wonderful example for us to follow when it comes to responding to things in this world. 00:08:30.139 --> 00:08:32.139 Sam Albury notes, he says, 00:08:32.139 --> 00:08:37.000 The gospel writers did not hide the fact that he was angry on occasion. 00:08:37.600 --> 00:08:43.639 At times it was because of the pompous behavior of his disciples or the callous attitude of religious leaders. 00:08:44.139 --> 00:08:49.199 When he cleared the temple, it was because it looked more like a shopping mall than a house of prayer. 00:08:49.200 --> 00:08:52.280 And on such occasions, get this, he says, 00:08:52.660 --> 00:08:54.840 Jesus was right to be angry. 00:08:55.180 --> 00:08:57.759 We know that such anger was justified. 00:08:58.480 --> 00:09:01.720 And we know it was slow in coming. 00:09:02.620 --> 00:09:05.140 This is what we call righteous anger. 00:09:05.240 --> 00:09:08.540 But before you start using this as an excuse to be angry and start saying, 00:09:08.900 --> 00:09:11.440 Well, I'm angry, so I'm just being like Jesus here. 00:09:11.680 --> 00:09:15.320 Let's take one of these examples and look at it a little closer. 00:09:15.500 --> 00:09:18.040 Jesus overturning the tables in the temple. 00:09:18.039 --> 00:09:26.120 Jesus' anger was rooted in the fact that money changers were making it difficult for people to come and worship God. 00:09:26.779 --> 00:09:30.199 They were making it difficult for people to be able to come before God. 00:09:30.459 --> 00:09:33.480 It wasn't the fact that something was being sold in the temple. 00:09:33.579 --> 00:09:37.039 It wasn't the fact that just there happened to be something being sold there. 00:09:37.079 --> 00:09:44.659 Because back in Deuteronomy 14, we realized that there's special instructions given to those who are traveling from great distances. 00:09:44.659 --> 00:09:48.100 Those who are traveling from great distances coming to the temple, 00:09:48.559 --> 00:09:53.319 they were said that they could sell their possessions where they were and travel to the temple 00:09:53.319 --> 00:09:57.740 and then buy those things once they got there to make their offering before God. 00:09:57.740 --> 00:10:00.279 So it wasn't just the fact that something was being sold, 00:10:00.460 --> 00:10:06.460 but it was the fact that people were making it difficult for people to come to a relationship with God, 00:10:06.620 --> 00:10:09.139 making it difficult to come before God. 00:10:09.279 --> 00:10:11.980 He says, you've turned it into a house of robbers here. 00:10:12.120 --> 00:10:14.799 So people were taking advantage of other people. 00:10:14.899 --> 00:10:21.539 They were overcharging and making it really difficult for people to come to and before God. 00:10:21.539 --> 00:10:24.099 And so this is what Jesus is getting angry at. 00:10:24.139 --> 00:10:28.879 And he gets angry at any time that somebody gets in the way of someone coming to him. 00:10:29.159 --> 00:10:34.459 And so what we see here is that Jesus was angry at this particular thing, 00:10:34.599 --> 00:10:39.480 just like he would be angry at anything that prevented someone coming to him. 00:10:39.959 --> 00:10:42.899 And let me add another word of caution right here. 00:10:43.699 --> 00:10:50.379 Righteous anger becomes unrighteous anger very quickly when we act unrighteously in it. 00:10:50.379 --> 00:10:55.039 See, righteous anger, anger can start off in the right reasons, 00:10:55.159 --> 00:11:00.080 but it can become unrighteous very quickly when we sin in that anger. 00:11:00.620 --> 00:11:04.080 When we start acting unrighteously in that anger, 00:11:04.139 --> 00:11:08.919 even if it started off as righteous, it can become unrighteous very quickly. 00:11:09.480 --> 00:11:11.340 So we must control that. 00:11:11.639 --> 00:11:15.820 Which all of this ties right into what James is telling us to put off next. 00:11:15.820 --> 00:11:19.580 He says, put off all filthiness and rampant wickedness, 00:11:19.580 --> 00:11:24.820 and then we are to receive with meekness the implanted word, 00:11:24.820 --> 00:11:27.680 which is able to save our souls. 00:11:28.080 --> 00:11:29.820 And so how do we do all of this? 00:11:30.300 --> 00:11:31.620 We become good listeners. 00:11:32.420 --> 00:11:35.600 We learn to listen to God well. 00:11:35.879 --> 00:11:39.920 When it comes to listening to God, we must become good listeners. 00:11:40.080 --> 00:11:44.780 And part of being a good listener is paying attention to what is being said. 00:11:44.779 --> 00:11:48.620 I think Catherine would tell you that if I'm intentional, 00:11:49.240 --> 00:11:51.620 if I'm thinking about it, if I'm trying to be intentional, 00:11:51.720 --> 00:11:53.559 I'm a pretty good listener at times. 00:11:53.959 --> 00:11:57.059 But I've developed some bad habits in our relationship. 00:11:57.220 --> 00:12:01.039 I've developed some bad habits where sometimes I go into autopilot a little bit. 00:12:01.459 --> 00:12:04.959 She'll call and she'll be telling me all the things that's going on at work, 00:12:05.019 --> 00:12:08.379 and I'm trying to respond to an email or finish a train of thought 00:12:08.379 --> 00:12:12.179 that I'm working on with a sermon or any number of things, 00:12:12.240 --> 00:12:15.100 and I'm distracted and I start going into autopilot. 00:12:15.439 --> 00:12:17.700 And you may recognize some of these things. 00:12:18.139 --> 00:12:20.840 If your wife, if your husband starts saying, 00:12:21.039 --> 00:12:25.439 mm-hmm, okay, sure, yeah, mm-hmm, 00:12:25.600 --> 00:12:29.980 if that becomes the response in the conversation, he's not listening. 00:12:30.480 --> 00:12:34.320 And so we'll have a whole conversation of me just kind of being on autopilot 00:12:34.320 --> 00:12:35.639 where I'm not paying attention, 00:12:35.639 --> 00:12:39.259 and then all of a sudden, days later, she's telling me we have to be somewhere. 00:12:39.360 --> 00:12:41.059 I'm like, what are you talking about? 00:12:41.360 --> 00:12:44.460 This is the first time that I have ever heard about this. 00:12:44.699 --> 00:12:47.620 And then she starts replaying the whole conversation for me. 00:12:47.919 --> 00:12:51.439 And I'm like, I think I would remember if you told me that I had to, 00:12:51.819 --> 00:12:52.939 that you had to be somewhere. 00:12:52.939 --> 00:12:55.679 And I was responsible for picking up the girls from school 00:12:55.679 --> 00:12:57.759 and getting them a snack before dance, 00:12:57.840 --> 00:12:59.240 dropping one of them off at dance, 00:12:59.319 --> 00:13:00.559 taking the other to the doctor, 00:13:01.039 --> 00:13:03.059 trying to get the other one's homework done, 00:13:03.059 --> 00:13:07.019 and then picking one up from dance and teleporting myself to the football field 00:13:07.019 --> 00:13:08.599 to pick up Jacob from football practice 00:13:08.599 --> 00:13:11.199 because they have to be picked up at the exact same time. 00:13:11.339 --> 00:13:13.419 I think I would remember this conversation. 00:13:14.199 --> 00:13:16.819 And she goes, no, no, I told you this whole thing. 00:13:16.959 --> 00:13:18.939 And I said, are you okay with it? 00:13:18.939 --> 00:13:20.479 And you said, mm-hmm. 00:13:21.059 --> 00:13:24.799 And I'm like, well, maybe I did say that. 00:13:24.879 --> 00:13:26.500 Maybe I did. 00:13:26.500 --> 00:13:32.399 But as we think about it, so often when we come to a situation like that, 00:13:32.460 --> 00:13:34.860 we're reminded that we must pay attention. 00:13:35.779 --> 00:13:40.259 Part of being a good listener is actually listening to what God says. 00:13:40.740 --> 00:13:43.419 There's nothing wrong with my ability to listen, 00:13:43.700 --> 00:13:46.039 but we must be intentional on listening. 00:13:46.759 --> 00:13:49.899 And the same is true when it comes to our relationship with God. 00:13:50.220 --> 00:13:53.200 We must be intentional on removing distractions 00:13:53.200 --> 00:13:57.300 and focusing on what God is teaching us through His Word. 00:13:57.759 --> 00:14:02.720 Every time we open the Bible, it matters that we listen well. 00:14:03.160 --> 00:14:06.020 Every time we open God's Word and begin reading, 00:14:06.020 --> 00:14:11.259 it matters that we listen well to what God is telling us. 00:14:11.860 --> 00:14:15.680 Fundamental to what we know about God is that He speaks. 00:14:16.720 --> 00:14:18.580 Is that He speaks to us. 00:14:18.620 --> 00:14:21.960 And the primary way that He speaks to us is through His Word. 00:14:21.960 --> 00:14:24.820 He created the universe by His words. 00:14:25.340 --> 00:14:30.560 By speaking it into existence, out of nothing, everything was formed. 00:14:30.720 --> 00:14:36.120 And now He brings spiritual life to His people by His Word. 00:14:36.660 --> 00:14:39.340 James tells us to be quick to hear. 00:14:39.800 --> 00:14:41.680 In other words, hurry up and listen. 00:14:42.720 --> 00:14:44.660 Listen to what God is saying. 00:14:45.139 --> 00:14:47.160 Make sure that you're slow to speak. 00:14:47.280 --> 00:14:49.700 Come to God's Word humbly and open. 00:14:49.700 --> 00:14:51.500 And all too often when we come to God's Word, 00:14:51.640 --> 00:14:53.740 we already know what we want it to say. 00:14:54.259 --> 00:14:56.879 We already know what we want God to be telling us. 00:14:56.879 --> 00:14:59.379 And we'll try to flip through and find a verse 00:14:59.379 --> 00:15:01.720 that just tells us what we want to hear. 00:15:02.220 --> 00:15:03.980 But that cannot be the case. 00:15:04.040 --> 00:15:04.980 When we come to the Word, 00:15:05.160 --> 00:15:08.340 we must be open to what God is going to share with us. 00:15:08.340 --> 00:15:10.259 Take those verses in context. 00:15:10.700 --> 00:15:11.300 Read through it. 00:15:11.460 --> 00:15:11.960 Study it. 00:15:11.960 --> 00:15:15.780 And begin thinking through what God is trying to tell us. 00:15:15.860 --> 00:15:20.780 In a nutshell, to receive the Word is to listen to God rightly. 00:15:21.639 --> 00:15:26.300 We need not only to hear His Word, but also to accept it and to obey it. 00:15:26.560 --> 00:15:30.759 May we be quick to listen and also quick to obey. 00:15:31.000 --> 00:15:33.080 Which brings us to our next observation. 00:15:33.580 --> 00:15:34.259 And that is this. 00:15:34.259 --> 00:15:37.759 We must do what the Word says. 00:15:38.340 --> 00:15:39.819 It's one thing to hear the Word, 00:15:39.879 --> 00:15:42.000 but we also must do what it says. 00:15:42.460 --> 00:15:43.840 Verses 22, it says, 00:15:43.840 --> 00:15:48.080 But be doers of the Word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 00:15:48.519 --> 00:15:51.879 For if anyone is a hearer of the Word and not a doer, 00:15:51.940 --> 00:15:55.240 he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. 00:15:55.660 --> 00:16:00.800 For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. 00:16:01.220 --> 00:16:03.519 But the one who looks into the perfect law, 00:16:04.040 --> 00:16:06.100 the law of liberty and perseveres, 00:16:06.200 --> 00:16:07.920 being no hearer who forgets, 00:16:08.200 --> 00:16:09.800 but a doer who acts, 00:16:10.220 --> 00:16:12.420 he will be blessed in his doing. 00:16:12.419 --> 00:16:16.519 If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue, 00:16:16.699 --> 00:16:18.219 but deceives his heart, 00:16:18.740 --> 00:16:21.799 this person's religion is worthless. 00:16:22.939 --> 00:16:26.659 When we as parents say that we want our kids to listen to us, 00:16:26.699 --> 00:16:28.319 to be good listeners, 00:16:28.659 --> 00:16:31.659 we are meaning something far more than just saying, 00:16:31.799 --> 00:16:34.620 we want you to understand the words that I'm saying. 00:16:34.939 --> 00:16:39.719 If I'm telling my kids to make sure that you're a good listener to listen to me, 00:16:39.919 --> 00:16:41.939 I'm meaning far more than just saying, 00:16:41.940 --> 00:16:45.080 make sure you know what the words are that are coming out of my mouth. 00:16:45.560 --> 00:16:48.380 Make sure that you know them and then do them. 00:16:48.680 --> 00:16:50.180 Put them into action. 00:16:50.700 --> 00:16:51.060 Ultimately, 00:16:51.260 --> 00:16:54.360 we want them to hear the words and then do the words. 00:16:55.020 --> 00:16:59.380 James is telling us the same is true when it comes to our heavenly Father. 00:17:00.120 --> 00:17:04.279 God did not give us his word just as a great work of literature, 00:17:04.279 --> 00:17:08.599 just as a great list of words and commands for us to do, 00:17:08.599 --> 00:17:11.639 but he gave it to us to transform our lives. 00:17:11.779 --> 00:17:18.980 It was never God's intention to give us the word to be something that just imparts knowledge to us. 00:17:19.240 --> 00:17:23.559 Although it does this far greater than anything else in this world, 00:17:23.559 --> 00:17:27.240 but it also was intended to be life-changing. 00:17:28.179 --> 00:17:30.679 It was intended to be applied to our life. 00:17:30.740 --> 00:17:35.319 It's not just that we receive these words and we hear the words and we understand them, 00:17:35.319 --> 00:17:37.940 but it's that we actually do them. 00:17:38.359 --> 00:17:38.559 Paul, 00:17:38.659 --> 00:17:39.519 writing to Timothy, 00:17:39.700 --> 00:17:39.879 says, 00:17:39.880 --> 00:17:42.980 All scripture is breathed out by God. 00:17:43.320 --> 00:17:43.720 He says, 00:17:43.760 --> 00:17:45.920 All of it is breathed out by God. 00:17:46.220 --> 00:17:49.900 But then he goes on to tell him what it is good for. 00:17:49.940 --> 00:17:50.740 And he says this. 00:17:51.120 --> 00:17:51.320 He says, 00:17:51.320 --> 00:17:55.800 All scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, 00:17:56.160 --> 00:17:57.200 for reproof, 00:17:57.340 --> 00:17:58.180 for correction, 00:17:58.620 --> 00:18:00.080 and for training in righteousness, 00:18:00.400 --> 00:18:05.280 that the man of God may be complete and equipped for every good work. 00:18:05.580 --> 00:18:09.120 The Bible wasn't written just to make you a more knowledgeable sinner, 00:18:09.119 --> 00:18:11.199 but it was written to change your life. 00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:15.879 It was written to be understood and applied to our life. 00:18:16.379 --> 00:18:19.419 James shows us the importance of not only hearing God's word, 00:18:19.419 --> 00:18:23.439 but doing it with the illustration of someone looking in a mirror 00:18:23.439 --> 00:18:26.879 and immediately forgetting what they look like after they walk away. 00:18:27.359 --> 00:18:32.000 The picture here is of someone who looks intently at his face in a mirror 00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:35.199 and then walks away forgetting what he looks like. 00:18:35.559 --> 00:18:38.259 Someone who gazes at his own face in a mirror, 00:18:38.259 --> 00:18:42.640 but then seconds later couldn't pick himself out of a police lineup if he had to. 00:18:43.079 --> 00:18:44.359 That doesn't make sense. 00:18:44.980 --> 00:18:46.200 That doesn't make sense for us. 00:18:46.519 --> 00:18:48.119 When we look at ourselves, 00:18:48.180 --> 00:18:51.759 we understand what we look like and we're not going to forget it. 00:18:51.779 --> 00:18:53.200 So when we see a picture of ourselves, 00:18:53.359 --> 00:18:55.619 we can easily pick ourselves out in a crowd. 00:18:55.900 --> 00:18:58.839 We can easily know what we look like when we look at that. 00:18:59.299 --> 00:19:00.160 So, for example, 00:19:00.220 --> 00:19:04.000 when we see this and examine ourselves in a mirror, 00:19:04.000 --> 00:19:07.920 we must look at ourselves and do something about it. 00:19:08.079 --> 00:19:11.960 We must remember God's word and then do what it says. 00:19:12.380 --> 00:19:14.559 Who in here looks at a mirror when they get up in the morning? 00:19:17.059 --> 00:19:17.460 Okay. 00:19:17.960 --> 00:19:19.819 Some of you may want to start doing that. 00:19:19.880 --> 00:19:20.079 Okay. 00:19:20.160 --> 00:19:21.680 There's not a lot of hands that are going. 00:19:21.900 --> 00:19:22.579 I'm joking. 00:19:22.740 --> 00:19:24.019 But here's the thing. 00:19:24.099 --> 00:19:25.400 When you look at a mirror, 00:19:25.500 --> 00:19:28.819 what you're doing in the morning is you're assessing the situation. 00:19:28.940 --> 00:19:29.119 You're like, 00:19:29.119 --> 00:19:29.439 wow, 00:19:29.939 --> 00:19:31.319 that was a rough night of sleep. 00:19:31.419 --> 00:19:32.819 I look pretty rough this morning. 00:19:32.879 --> 00:19:35.279 But it's one thing to assess the situation, 00:19:35.419 --> 00:19:36.959 to know what needs to be fixed. 00:19:37.299 --> 00:19:39.919 But then it doesn't make sense for us to do that 00:19:39.919 --> 00:19:41.419 and then do nothing about it. 00:19:41.959 --> 00:19:45.479 It doesn't make sense for us to see what needs to be changed and fixed 00:19:45.479 --> 00:19:47.179 and then to walk away and do nothing about it. 00:19:47.459 --> 00:19:49.879 James is saying here that this is the same way 00:19:49.879 --> 00:19:51.639 when it comes to our relationship with God. 00:19:52.179 --> 00:19:55.079 God's word is to show us our life 00:19:55.079 --> 00:19:56.439 and what needs to be changed. 00:19:56.440 --> 00:19:59.019 And it doesn't make sense for us to see that, 00:19:59.120 --> 00:20:00.059 to understand it, 00:20:00.140 --> 00:20:02.100 and then do nothing about it. 00:20:02.440 --> 00:20:02.900 You see, 00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:03.860 so many times, 00:20:03.940 --> 00:20:06.420 especially in the church today, 00:20:06.660 --> 00:20:08.720 we love to have Bible studies 00:20:08.720 --> 00:20:12.340 and talk about the instruction that God has given us, 00:20:12.440 --> 00:20:15.100 but then we don't do anything about it. 00:20:15.779 --> 00:20:18.539 Based on some of those quotes I shared with you 00:20:18.539 --> 00:20:19.960 that my dad told me earlier, 00:20:20.059 --> 00:20:22.440 can you imagine if as a child, 00:20:22.720 --> 00:20:24.519 my dad came to me and my brothers 00:20:24.519 --> 00:20:27.339 and gave us a list of chores to complete. 00:20:27.900 --> 00:20:28.920 He came to Blake and said, 00:20:28.980 --> 00:20:29.180 Blake, 00:20:29.220 --> 00:20:30.660 I want you to do the laundry today. 00:20:31.339 --> 00:20:31.660 Brett, 00:20:31.740 --> 00:20:33.299 I want you to cut the grass today 00:20:33.299 --> 00:20:33.700 and Clint, 00:20:33.740 --> 00:20:36.259 I want to make sure you take all of the trash out today. 00:20:36.400 --> 00:20:37.500 And then he goes off 00:20:37.500 --> 00:20:38.359 and he goes to work 00:20:38.359 --> 00:20:39.240 and then he comes home 00:20:39.240 --> 00:20:39.519 and he says, 00:20:39.579 --> 00:20:39.759 all right, 00:20:39.779 --> 00:20:39.960 boys, 00:20:40.019 --> 00:20:40.319 come in. 00:20:40.759 --> 00:20:42.220 Let's hear how it all went today. 00:20:42.299 --> 00:20:44.319 Did you do what I asked you to do? 00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:45.920 Can you imagine 00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:47.379 how it would go 00:20:47.379 --> 00:20:47.759 if said, 00:20:47.980 --> 00:20:48.200 no, 00:20:48.259 --> 00:20:49.000 we didn't do it, 00:20:49.059 --> 00:20:49.139 dad, 00:20:49.160 --> 00:20:50.720 but I want you to listen to what we did. 00:20:51.160 --> 00:20:52.299 We studied it. 00:20:52.559 --> 00:20:55.319 We memorized what you told us to do. 00:20:55.759 --> 00:20:57.839 You told us to cut the grass. 00:20:57.880 --> 00:20:58.900 You told me to cut the grass 00:20:58.900 --> 00:21:00.559 and I have memorized that. 00:21:00.640 --> 00:21:01.920 I've said it over and over today. 00:21:02.259 --> 00:21:02.920 Cut the grass, 00:21:03.059 --> 00:21:03.640 cut the grass, 00:21:03.759 --> 00:21:04.160 cut the grass. 00:21:04.400 --> 00:21:04.660 I've got, 00:21:04.740 --> 00:21:05.180 you know what? 00:21:05.279 --> 00:21:06.759 I can even say it in Greek. 00:21:06.980 --> 00:21:08.360 You want to listen to me say it in Greek? 00:21:08.700 --> 00:21:09.819 And not only this, 00:21:10.079 --> 00:21:10.860 Clint comes and says, 00:21:10.940 --> 00:21:11.240 look dad, 00:21:11.279 --> 00:21:13.059 I came up with a list of strategies 00:21:13.059 --> 00:21:15.420 of the best way to take out the trash. 00:21:15.600 --> 00:21:16.640 You can do it this way, 00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:17.140 this way, 00:21:17.140 --> 00:21:17.759 or this way. 00:21:18.100 --> 00:21:20.059 And we have all of these lists of strategies 00:21:20.059 --> 00:21:21.179 to take out the trash. 00:21:21.500 --> 00:21:21.839 He says, 00:21:21.899 --> 00:21:22.339 in fact, 00:21:22.419 --> 00:21:24.679 I studied how people used to take out the trash 00:21:24.679 --> 00:21:27.259 and I thought through those different ways as well. 00:21:27.639 --> 00:21:28.720 And we come to this 00:21:28.720 --> 00:21:30.220 and can you imagine 00:21:30.220 --> 00:21:31.619 how that would go 00:21:31.619 --> 00:21:33.419 if this is what we told dad 00:21:33.419 --> 00:21:34.159 when he says, 00:21:34.240 --> 00:21:35.720 did you do what I asked you to do? 00:21:37.059 --> 00:21:38.579 I can tell you it wouldn't go great. 00:21:38.679 --> 00:21:38.980 In fact, 00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:40.000 this makes me a little nervous 00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:41.220 even just saying this right there. 00:21:41.240 --> 00:21:42.659 I'm just glad there's a lot of people 00:21:42.659 --> 00:21:44.599 in between me and my dad right now. 00:21:46.059 --> 00:21:47.359 Dad doesn't like me to say that. 00:21:47.500 --> 00:21:47.799 He says, 00:21:47.859 --> 00:21:49.359 people won't think I beat you 00:21:49.359 --> 00:21:50.819 when you were growing up. 00:21:50.819 --> 00:21:54.199 And dad did not beat us much. 00:21:55.500 --> 00:21:58.819 But when we come to this 00:21:58.819 --> 00:22:01.519 and we start thinking through this word, 00:22:01.740 --> 00:22:04.459 we see how ridiculous this scenario is. 00:22:04.859 --> 00:22:07.579 Yet this is often how we live the Christian life. 00:22:08.219 --> 00:22:10.719 Now, let me be very clear on this. 00:22:11.059 --> 00:22:12.939 I am pro-Bible study. 00:22:13.299 --> 00:22:15.479 I love Scripture memorization. 00:22:15.480 --> 00:22:17.539 I think it is incredibly important 00:22:17.539 --> 00:22:20.640 to read and to know God's word. 00:22:20.900 --> 00:22:23.539 But if that is where it stays, 00:22:24.319 --> 00:22:26.220 then we're missing the point. 00:22:27.079 --> 00:22:28.539 We're missing the point 00:22:28.539 --> 00:22:29.420 if this is where it stays. 00:22:29.480 --> 00:22:31.319 It is my prayer that we as a church, 00:22:31.700 --> 00:22:32.599 that we are a church 00:22:32.599 --> 00:22:35.500 who not only takes God's word seriously 00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:37.079 when it comes to teaching. 00:22:37.660 --> 00:22:39.299 I pray that we are a church 00:22:39.299 --> 00:22:40.559 who takes God's word seriously 00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:41.980 as we teach from the pulpit, 00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:43.960 as we teach in our Sunday school classes, 00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:44.880 in our life groups. 00:22:45.059 --> 00:22:46.900 I pray that is something that we are. 00:22:46.980 --> 00:22:50.319 But I also pray that's not where it stops. 00:22:50.440 --> 00:22:51.660 But we are people 00:22:51.660 --> 00:22:53.140 who take God's word seriously 00:22:53.140 --> 00:22:54.799 when it comes to putting it 00:22:54.799 --> 00:22:56.840 into practice in our lives. 00:22:57.319 --> 00:22:58.700 To help us understand this, 00:22:58.840 --> 00:23:00.840 James gives us a real life, 00:23:01.259 --> 00:23:02.340 practical example 00:23:02.340 --> 00:23:03.799 of what it means 00:23:03.799 --> 00:23:05.319 to put this into practice. 00:23:05.799 --> 00:23:07.120 And so the final observation 00:23:07.120 --> 00:23:09.000 that I want us to make 00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:10.279 for us today is this. 00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:12.640 To show the word 00:23:12.640 --> 00:23:13.660 to those in need. 00:23:14.500 --> 00:23:16.340 We are to receive the word 00:23:16.340 --> 00:23:17.620 and we are to do 00:23:17.620 --> 00:23:18.740 what the word says 00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:20.960 and we are to show the word 00:23:20.960 --> 00:23:22.620 to those in need. 00:23:23.720 --> 00:23:24.800 Starting in verse 27, 00:23:24.920 --> 00:23:25.380 it says this, 00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:27.360 religion that is pure 00:23:27.360 --> 00:23:28.520 and undefiled 00:23:28.520 --> 00:23:29.860 before God the Father 00:23:29.860 --> 00:23:30.700 is this. 00:23:31.220 --> 00:23:32.820 To visit orphans 00:23:32.820 --> 00:23:33.640 and widows 00:23:33.640 --> 00:23:34.660 in their affliction 00:23:34.660 --> 00:23:36.540 and to keep oneself 00:23:36.540 --> 00:23:38.700 unstained from the world. 00:23:39.800 --> 00:23:41.380 See, when James wrote this letter, 00:23:41.380 --> 00:23:43.880 there was no life insurance 00:23:43.880 --> 00:23:45.640 a husband or father 00:23:45.640 --> 00:23:47.060 would leave to a widow 00:23:47.060 --> 00:23:48.300 or his children. 00:23:48.460 --> 00:23:50.280 There was no government-run programs 00:23:50.280 --> 00:23:51.400 to provide for them. 00:23:51.960 --> 00:23:52.820 To get an idea 00:23:52.820 --> 00:23:54.160 of what it would be like 00:23:54.160 --> 00:23:55.680 for a widow at this time, 00:23:55.840 --> 00:23:57.100 someone who had just lost 00:23:57.100 --> 00:23:58.440 their spouse, 00:23:58.560 --> 00:23:59.380 you can go back 00:23:59.380 --> 00:23:59.980 to the Old Testament 00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:01.000 and read the book of Ruth. 00:24:01.720 --> 00:24:02.680 And as you look at that 00:24:02.680 --> 00:24:04.260 and you see the struggles 00:24:04.260 --> 00:24:05.540 that are taking place 00:24:05.540 --> 00:24:07.360 there at the beginning of Ruth, 00:24:07.359 --> 00:24:09.059 you can see the difficulties 00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:11.039 that widows would face 00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:12.379 at this time. 00:24:12.939 --> 00:24:14.259 Widows and orphans 00:24:14.259 --> 00:24:15.259 were desolate 00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:16.399 and destitute. 00:24:17.039 --> 00:24:18.500 What James is saying here 00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:19.179 is that religion 00:24:19.179 --> 00:24:20.179 that is pure 00:24:20.179 --> 00:24:21.240 and undefiled 00:24:21.240 --> 00:24:22.059 before God 00:24:22.059 --> 00:24:23.179 is helping 00:24:23.179 --> 00:24:24.099 the most vulnerable 00:24:24.099 --> 00:24:25.039 in society. 00:24:25.879 --> 00:24:26.899 Those where there is 00:24:26.899 --> 00:24:27.740 no chance 00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:28.419 that you will be able 00:24:28.419 --> 00:24:29.199 to be repaid 00:24:29.199 --> 00:24:30.039 for your services. 00:24:30.919 --> 00:24:31.879 Those that you're going 00:24:31.879 --> 00:24:32.339 to help, 00:24:32.419 --> 00:24:33.479 not because there's something 00:24:33.479 --> 00:24:34.459 that you can gain 00:24:34.459 --> 00:24:35.319 from this, 00:24:35.319 --> 00:24:36.919 but because you love 00:24:36.919 --> 00:24:38.480 ultimately God first 00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:40.119 and because of that 00:24:40.119 --> 00:24:41.000 you see the needs 00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:42.220 that are right around you 00:24:42.220 --> 00:24:43.659 and you want to meet 00:24:43.659 --> 00:24:44.319 those needs 00:24:44.319 --> 00:24:45.679 as best you can. 00:24:46.779 --> 00:24:47.059 You see, 00:24:47.139 --> 00:24:47.960 this passage really 00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:48.859 hit me in a way 00:24:48.859 --> 00:24:50.399 that I wasn't expecting 00:24:50.399 --> 00:24:52.759 when John Lefevers 00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:53.879 and I went to Africa 00:24:53.879 --> 00:24:54.939 earlier this year. 00:24:55.679 --> 00:24:56.919 Going into that trip, 00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:57.619 I was probably 00:24:57.619 --> 00:24:58.960 the most excited 00:24:58.960 --> 00:25:00.200 about doing 00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:01.659 the pastor training. 00:25:02.079 --> 00:25:02.659 They told us 00:25:02.659 --> 00:25:03.740 all about these things 00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.119 that we're going 00:25:04.119 --> 00:25:04.519 to be doing, 00:25:04.619 --> 00:25:05.139 working with, 00:25:05.319 --> 00:25:07.319 140 something pastors 00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:09.000 and working with them 00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:10.000 and equipping them 00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.980 to be able to serve 00:25:10.980 --> 00:25:11.599 their churches 00:25:11.599 --> 00:25:13.419 and I was really excited 00:25:13.419 --> 00:25:14.139 about this. 00:25:14.599 --> 00:25:15.220 But one of those 00:25:15.220 --> 00:25:16.139 other ministries 00:25:16.139 --> 00:25:16.879 that they kind of 00:25:16.879 --> 00:25:17.720 threw in there 00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:18.259 says we're also 00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:18.759 going to be doing 00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:19.379 these things 00:25:19.379 --> 00:25:19.980 and these things 00:25:19.980 --> 00:25:20.460 and these things. 00:25:20.539 --> 00:25:21.099 One of those 00:25:21.099 --> 00:25:23.119 was a widow's ministry 00:25:23.119 --> 00:25:25.019 and I wasn't prepared 00:25:25.019 --> 00:25:26.819 for what spending 00:25:26.819 --> 00:25:28.159 basically two hours 00:25:28.159 --> 00:25:29.220 with a room full 00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:29.740 of widows 00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:30.839 was going to mean 00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:32.000 and how it was going 00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:33.419 to put this verse 00:25:33.419 --> 00:25:35.200 into context for me. 00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:36.200 You see, 00:25:36.439 --> 00:25:38.399 verses James 1, 27, 00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:38.819 it says, 00:25:39.259 --> 00:25:40.240 religion that is pure 00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:40.720 and undefiled 00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:41.419 before God, 00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:42.500 the Father is this, 00:25:42.559 --> 00:25:43.939 to visit orphans 00:25:43.939 --> 00:25:44.419 and widows 00:25:44.419 --> 00:25:45.059 and their affliction. 00:25:45.179 --> 00:25:45.859 And this visit 00:25:45.859 --> 00:25:46.939 is more than just a 00:25:46.939 --> 00:25:49.279 hey, how are you doing? 00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:50.679 This is meeting them 00:25:50.679 --> 00:25:51.259 where they are, 00:25:51.539 --> 00:25:52.460 going to them 00:25:52.460 --> 00:25:53.919 and seeing those needs 00:25:53.919 --> 00:25:54.399 and ultimately 00:25:54.399 --> 00:25:55.899 trying to meet those needs 00:25:55.899 --> 00:25:57.639 the best that you can. 00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:58.700 But when I went 00:25:58.700 --> 00:25:59.299 into this room 00:25:59.299 --> 00:26:00.299 full of ladies 00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:01.419 that were anywhere 00:26:01.419 --> 00:26:02.740 from their early 20s 00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:03.660 all the way up, 00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:04.740 I was seeing 00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:05.519 what it means 00:26:05.519 --> 00:26:06.339 to live out 00:26:06.339 --> 00:26:08.019 James 1, 27. 00:26:09.180 --> 00:26:09.980 These ladies, 00:26:10.120 --> 00:26:11.440 when they had lost 00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:12.039 their husbands, 00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:12.920 quite literally 00:26:12.920 --> 00:26:14.099 lost everything. 00:26:14.940 --> 00:26:15.299 Peter, 00:26:15.420 --> 00:26:15.900 who was over 00:26:15.900 --> 00:26:16.660 the ministry there, 00:26:16.700 --> 00:26:17.120 he told us, 00:26:17.160 --> 00:26:17.460 he says, 00:26:17.839 --> 00:26:18.599 widow ministry 00:26:18.599 --> 00:26:18.980 is something 00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:20.279 that's vitally important 00:26:20.279 --> 00:26:21.120 in our country 00:26:21.120 --> 00:26:23.400 and it's vitally important 00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:24.259 wherever you go. 00:26:24.620 --> 00:26:25.539 Of course it is. 00:26:25.900 --> 00:26:26.259 But he says, 00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:26.960 in our country 00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:27.920 the way that widows 00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:29.079 are taken care of 00:26:29.079 --> 00:26:32.799 is that the husband's brother 00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:35.200 will take in the widow 00:26:35.200 --> 00:26:36.160 as their wife 00:26:36.160 --> 00:26:37.299 and take them 00:26:37.299 --> 00:26:38.319 and start meeting 00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:39.019 those needs 00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:39.799 as best he can. 00:26:40.299 --> 00:26:40.839 But he says, 00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:41.879 but a lot of times, 00:26:41.980 --> 00:26:43.339 especially the Christian ladies, 00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:44.420 if they are not wanting 00:26:44.420 --> 00:26:45.180 to enter into 00:26:45.180 --> 00:26:46.379 a polygamous relationship, 00:26:46.859 --> 00:26:47.660 then they are shunned. 00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:48.819 They're kicked out. 00:26:49.119 --> 00:26:50.019 Not only do they lose 00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:50.500 their husband, 00:26:50.619 --> 00:26:51.259 but they lose 00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:52.440 all of his possessions 00:26:52.440 --> 00:26:53.960 because the husband's family 00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:54.680 takes these. 00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:56.340 And they are quite literally 00:26:56.340 --> 00:26:58.000 left on their own 00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:59.640 without anything. 00:27:00.400 --> 00:27:01.460 In a moment, 00:27:01.740 --> 00:27:02.799 they become some 00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:04.200 of the most vulnerable people 00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:05.700 in their communities. 00:27:06.539 --> 00:27:07.580 And all of a sudden, 00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:10.420 this verse became alive to me. 00:27:10.680 --> 00:27:11.400 And that became 00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:12.920 one of the most meaningful parts 00:27:12.920 --> 00:27:14.200 of the trip for me. 00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:15.039 You see, 00:27:15.140 --> 00:27:16.960 in order for the helpless, 00:27:17.180 --> 00:27:18.460 in order to help the helpless, 00:27:18.920 --> 00:27:20.240 we must become more 00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:21.360 and more selfless 00:27:21.360 --> 00:27:22.180 in our actions. 00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:24.740 looking after orphans 00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:25.360 and widows 00:27:25.360 --> 00:27:27.740 is not an option 00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:28.600 for the church. 00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:30.340 It's an obligation 00:27:30.340 --> 00:27:32.019 that we must have 00:27:32.019 --> 00:27:33.259 a part of our ministry. 00:27:33.840 --> 00:27:34.680 It's not something 00:27:34.680 --> 00:27:35.480 that you can just kind of 00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:36.200 take or leave 00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:36.400 and say, 00:27:36.460 --> 00:27:36.799 you know what? 00:27:36.960 --> 00:27:38.080 We may do this 00:27:38.080 --> 00:27:38.759 or we may not. 00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:40.120 No, this is what 00:27:40.120 --> 00:27:41.500 we're called to do. 00:27:41.620 --> 00:27:42.860 We have an obligation 00:27:42.860 --> 00:27:43.940 to care for those 00:27:43.940 --> 00:27:44.740 who are most vulnerable, 00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:46.120 to care for those widows 00:27:46.120 --> 00:27:46.980 and those orphans. 00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:49.299 And it is sad to say, 00:27:49.299 --> 00:27:50.220 but sometimes 00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:51.259 it is easier 00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:52.200 to do ministry 00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:53.519 in a different context 00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:54.359 than it is to do it 00:27:54.359 --> 00:27:54.980 right here 00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:56.539 in our community. 00:27:57.619 --> 00:27:58.879 And I'm not exactly sure 00:27:58.879 --> 00:27:59.680 of why this is, 00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:01.339 but I think it has to do 00:28:01.339 --> 00:28:02.079 with the fact 00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:03.240 that when you go 00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:04.119 on a mission trip, 00:28:04.579 --> 00:28:05.299 what we're doing 00:28:05.299 --> 00:28:06.819 is we're being very intentional 00:28:06.819 --> 00:28:08.240 about living on mission. 00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:10.700 When you go on a mission trip, 00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:11.319 you're saying that, 00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:11.879 all right, 00:28:11.899 --> 00:28:13.599 I'm doing missions now. 00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:15.220 Now it starts 00:28:15.220 --> 00:28:16.259 and then when you get back, 00:28:16.339 --> 00:28:16.519 okay, 00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:17.700 I'm done doing missions, 00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:19.100 but that's not how we are 00:28:19.100 --> 00:28:20.740 to see scripture. 00:28:20.880 --> 00:28:21.460 That's not how we are 00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:22.380 to see our lives. 00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:23.920 It's not that we care 00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:24.580 for people 00:28:24.580 --> 00:28:25.980 that live somewhere else 00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:27.019 other than 00:28:27.019 --> 00:28:28.080 Stevens County more. 00:28:28.460 --> 00:28:29.480 It's not that we care 00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:31.620 about people in Mexico more 00:28:31.620 --> 00:28:32.500 or Clarkston more 00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:33.220 or Boston more 00:28:33.220 --> 00:28:33.700 or Kentucky 00:28:33.700 --> 00:28:34.340 or Alaska 00:28:34.340 --> 00:28:34.880 or Africa 00:28:34.880 --> 00:28:35.940 or Nicaragua 00:28:35.940 --> 00:28:36.580 or anywhere else 00:28:36.580 --> 00:28:37.000 that we've been 00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:38.680 in the last 10 years. 00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:39.960 But when we go 00:28:39.960 --> 00:28:41.140 to all of these places, 00:28:41.420 --> 00:28:43.220 we're being very intentional 00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:45.279 about living on mission. 00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:47.420 What if we decided 00:28:47.420 --> 00:28:49.180 to be intentional 00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:51.279 here in our everyday lives? 00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:53.060 What if we decided 00:28:53.060 --> 00:28:54.600 to take this very seriously 00:28:54.600 --> 00:28:56.180 and to not only 00:28:56.180 --> 00:28:57.640 hear God's word, 00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:58.560 not only to know 00:28:58.560 --> 00:28:59.060 what to do, 00:28:59.120 --> 00:29:00.660 but to begin to do it 00:29:00.660 --> 00:29:02.200 and begin to take it 00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:02.740 very serious 00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:04.160 where we live lives 00:29:04.160 --> 00:29:05.480 that are on mission 00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:07.300 for God, 00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:08.840 to open our eyes 00:29:08.840 --> 00:29:09.580 to opportunities 00:29:09.580 --> 00:29:11.480 that are right around us. 00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:13.440 Today in Sunday School, 00:29:13.539 --> 00:29:14.600 you will have an opportunity 00:29:14.599 --> 00:29:15.579 to sign up 00:29:15.579 --> 00:29:16.139 to be a part 00:29:16.139 --> 00:29:17.759 of a wonderful ministry 00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:18.759 that we're relaunching 00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:20.179 called Shepherd Staff. 00:29:20.980 --> 00:29:22.399 Much of this ministry 00:29:22.399 --> 00:29:23.319 that Shepherd Staff 00:29:23.319 --> 00:29:23.879 will be doing 00:29:23.879 --> 00:29:25.740 is James 1.27. 00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:27.759 Caring for those 00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:28.419 who are no longer 00:29:28.419 --> 00:29:29.359 able to get out, 00:29:29.639 --> 00:29:30.539 many of whom 00:29:30.539 --> 00:29:31.639 are widowed. 00:29:32.299 --> 00:29:33.879 You want a really quick way 00:29:33.879 --> 00:29:34.500 to get plugged 00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:35.699 into a ministry 00:29:35.699 --> 00:29:36.559 that is pure 00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:37.319 and undefiled 00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:38.019 before God? 00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:39.519 Sign up to be a part 00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:40.480 of Shepherd Staff. 00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:43.120 Commit to making contact 00:29:43.120 --> 00:29:44.279 with one or two people 00:29:44.279 --> 00:29:44.980 each month 00:29:44.980 --> 00:29:46.440 that would love a call, 00:29:46.799 --> 00:29:47.539 that would love a visit, 00:29:47.579 --> 00:29:49.259 or even a card in the mail. 00:29:49.620 --> 00:29:52.039 Be a part of meeting those needs. 00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:52.579 See, church, 00:29:52.660 --> 00:29:54.000 this is one of those passages 00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:55.880 that's pretty easy 00:29:55.880 --> 00:29:57.180 for us to understand. 00:29:57.799 --> 00:29:58.380 In fact, 00:29:58.559 --> 00:29:59.579 much of the things 00:29:59.579 --> 00:30:00.720 that James is saying here 00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:02.319 are the exact same things 00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:03.360 that Jesus tells us 00:30:03.360 --> 00:30:04.259 over and over again. 00:30:04.680 --> 00:30:05.620 He tells us to not only 00:30:05.620 --> 00:30:06.360 be hearers of the Lord, 00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:07.400 but be doers of it. 00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:09.059 To look around, 00:30:09.059 --> 00:30:10.259 see needs that are 00:30:10.259 --> 00:30:11.099 right around you 00:30:11.099 --> 00:30:12.599 and seek to meet 00:30:12.599 --> 00:30:13.279 those needs. 00:30:13.419 --> 00:30:14.399 This is a passage 00:30:14.399 --> 00:30:16.220 that is really easy 00:30:16.220 --> 00:30:17.399 to understand, 00:30:18.059 --> 00:30:19.379 but yet all too often 00:30:19.379 --> 00:30:20.259 hard for us 00:30:20.259 --> 00:30:22.319 to put into practice. 00:30:23.019 --> 00:30:24.659 What you see in this passage 00:30:24.659 --> 00:30:25.539 is a progression 00:30:25.539 --> 00:30:27.179 of spiritual maturity. 00:30:27.859 --> 00:30:28.940 And I want you to be honest 00:30:28.940 --> 00:30:29.879 with yourself today. 00:30:30.659 --> 00:30:31.879 Where do you land 00:30:31.879 --> 00:30:32.599 on this progression? 00:30:33.359 --> 00:30:34.879 Where do you find yourselves 00:30:34.879 --> 00:30:35.960 right now 00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:37.259 in your walk with God? 00:30:37.339 --> 00:30:38.079 For some of us, 00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:39.460 we may need to start 00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:41.399 by receiving God's Word. 00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:43.619 The extent of our Bible intake 00:30:43.619 --> 00:30:45.259 is coming together 00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:47.379 and listening to God's Word 00:30:47.379 --> 00:30:48.579 preached for 30 minutes 00:30:48.579 --> 00:30:50.759 or sometimes 35 or 36 minutes 00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:51.939 each Sunday 00:30:51.939 --> 00:30:53.839 and hearing God's Word. 00:30:53.899 --> 00:30:54.819 That's the extent of it. 00:30:55.379 --> 00:30:56.319 That's not enough. 00:30:57.579 --> 00:30:58.819 That's not what God 00:30:58.819 --> 00:30:59.339 requires. 00:30:59.419 --> 00:31:01.339 God wants us to love His Word 00:31:01.339 --> 00:31:02.699 for it to be sweeter than honey, 00:31:02.779 --> 00:31:03.579 for it to be something 00:31:03.579 --> 00:31:04.599 that we take 00:31:04.599 --> 00:31:05.220 and we love 00:31:05.220 --> 00:31:06.099 and we meditate on 00:31:06.099 --> 00:31:06.799 and we read 00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:08.799 and we hear those things. 00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:10.399 Maybe where you need 00:31:10.399 --> 00:31:10.939 to start 00:31:10.939 --> 00:31:11.740 with this progression 00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:13.279 is removing some distractions 00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:14.319 from your life 00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:16.459 and diving into God's Word. 00:31:17.179 --> 00:31:18.619 We have many opportunities 00:31:18.619 --> 00:31:19.480 for you to be able 00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:19.939 to do that 00:31:19.939 --> 00:31:20.500 and we'd love 00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:21.500 to plug you in 00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:22.079 with those. 00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:22.740 Ladies, 00:31:22.859 --> 00:31:23.299 if you want to hear 00:31:23.299 --> 00:31:23.919 a lot about them, 00:31:24.019 --> 00:31:25.059 stay for the brunch today. 00:31:25.619 --> 00:31:26.240 All of those 00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:26.959 will be discussed 00:31:26.959 --> 00:31:27.699 and talked about 00:31:27.699 --> 00:31:28.199 and you'll be able 00:31:28.199 --> 00:31:29.099 to get plugged in 00:31:29.099 --> 00:31:30.259 very quickly. 00:31:31.139 --> 00:31:32.159 For others of us, 00:31:32.160 --> 00:31:33.000 maybe we have done 00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:33.800 a great job 00:31:33.800 --> 00:31:35.360 of diving into God's Word. 00:31:35.700 --> 00:31:36.480 We're involved 00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:37.640 with several Bible studies. 00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:39.060 We started a reading plan 00:31:39.060 --> 00:31:40.860 but now we need to realize 00:31:40.860 --> 00:31:41.740 we need to do 00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.740 what it says. 00:31:43.460 --> 00:31:44.320 We need to do 00:31:44.320 --> 00:31:45.320 what we're reading about. 00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:45.720 We need to, 00:31:45.940 --> 00:31:46.720 and they don't, 00:31:47.019 --> 00:31:47.960 they're not just words 00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:48.700 on a page 00:31:48.700 --> 00:31:50.740 but they're life to us. 00:31:50.920 --> 00:31:52.240 They're to be applied 00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:52.920 to our lives. 00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:54.259 We need to realize 00:31:54.259 --> 00:31:55.480 that it doesn't make 00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:56.080 a lot of sense 00:31:56.080 --> 00:31:57.300 to know God's Word 00:31:57.300 --> 00:31:59.279 and then to not obey it. 00:31:59.279 --> 00:32:01.160 If we really believe 00:32:01.160 --> 00:32:02.579 this book is God's Word, 00:32:02.639 --> 00:32:03.619 if we really believe 00:32:03.619 --> 00:32:05.079 the God who spoke 00:32:05.079 --> 00:32:06.539 the world into existence, 00:32:07.180 --> 00:32:08.559 the God who left 00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:09.579 the glory of heaven 00:32:09.579 --> 00:32:10.839 and lived a perfect life 00:32:10.839 --> 00:32:11.519 and died the death 00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:12.099 that we deserve 00:32:12.099 --> 00:32:12.920 so that we could have 00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:13.779 a relationship with Him, 00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:15.539 if we really believe 00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:16.740 this is His Word, 00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:17.779 then we're not only 00:32:17.779 --> 00:32:18.839 going to read it 00:32:18.839 --> 00:32:20.379 but we're going to do it. 00:32:20.500 --> 00:32:21.839 We're going to apply it 00:32:21.839 --> 00:32:23.099 to our lives. 00:32:23.819 --> 00:32:25.920 Still for others of us, 00:32:25.940 --> 00:32:26.639 we have been reading 00:32:26.639 --> 00:32:27.279 God's Word 00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:28.519 and maybe started 00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:29.960 to dabble a little bit 00:32:29.960 --> 00:32:31.019 with applying it. 00:32:31.900 --> 00:32:32.759 We've gone on 00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:33.700 a few mission trips 00:32:33.700 --> 00:32:34.980 and at times 00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:36.019 are very intentional 00:32:36.019 --> 00:32:36.740 in obeying 00:32:36.740 --> 00:32:38.099 what the Bible says 00:32:38.099 --> 00:32:40.039 but we need to start 00:32:40.039 --> 00:32:42.119 seeing our whole life, 00:32:42.639 --> 00:32:43.779 every part of it, 00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:45.259 as on mission for Him 00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:47.379 to begin showing the Word 00:32:47.379 --> 00:32:48.500 to those in need 00:32:48.500 --> 00:32:50.619 in all over the world 00:32:50.619 --> 00:32:51.740 but also right here 00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:53.099 in our community. 00:32:53.980 --> 00:32:54.579 And so I don't know 00:32:54.579 --> 00:32:55.799 where you find yourself 00:32:55.799 --> 00:32:56.960 on this progression today. 00:32:56.960 --> 00:32:58.819 Maybe you've never placed 00:32:58.819 --> 00:32:59.799 your faith and your trust 00:32:59.799 --> 00:33:00.340 in Jesus 00:33:00.340 --> 00:33:01.460 and that's where 00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:02.779 you need to begin today 00:33:02.779 --> 00:33:03.860 by saying, 00:33:03.980 --> 00:33:05.299 Lord, I know that I'm a sinner. 00:33:05.880 --> 00:33:08.620 I know that I'm quick to anger. 00:33:09.180 --> 00:33:10.940 I know that I have not even 00:33:10.940 --> 00:33:12.319 began to start putting away 00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:14.340 filthiness and rampant wickedness 00:33:14.340 --> 00:33:16.380 but I'm ready to today. 00:33:16.920 --> 00:33:18.420 I'm ready to make that commitment 00:33:18.420 --> 00:33:20.720 and I know that I need you 00:33:20.720 --> 00:33:21.519 to do that. 00:33:21.920 --> 00:33:23.480 I realize this isn't something 00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:25.079 that I can do on my own. 00:33:25.079 --> 00:33:26.460 I'm ready to do this 00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:27.919 but I know that I need you 00:33:27.919 --> 00:33:29.000 to make that happen. 00:33:29.119 --> 00:33:30.359 Maybe today is the day 00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:32.279 that you give your life to Jesus. 00:33:33.179 --> 00:33:34.319 But I want to encourage you 00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:35.919 to be honest with yourself today. 00:33:36.980 --> 00:33:39.740 Figure out where you find yourself 00:33:39.740 --> 00:33:40.679 in this progression 00:33:40.679 --> 00:33:42.199 and begin growing 00:33:42.199 --> 00:33:43.659 in your relationship with God. 00:33:44.199 --> 00:33:45.879 Begin growing in your walk with Him. 00:33:45.980 --> 00:33:47.799 Begin growing in that sanctification. 00:33:48.419 --> 00:33:50.099 But it starts with you being honest 00:33:50.099 --> 00:33:52.519 with where you are right now. 00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:54.480 So let's go to the Lord in prayer 00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:55.599 and ask Him to help us do that. 00:33:55.720 --> 00:33:57.119 Father, thank You so very much 00:33:57.119 --> 00:33:59.240 for Your Word. 00:33:59.359 --> 00:34:00.819 Thank You for what it teaches us 00:34:00.819 --> 00:34:02.119 not only about You 00:34:02.119 --> 00:34:03.940 but what it reveals about ourselves. 00:34:04.779 --> 00:34:05.960 And so Lord, I pray that 00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:07.619 as we think through this passage 00:34:07.619 --> 00:34:09.300 that we're reminded of several 00:34:09.300 --> 00:34:10.840 really important things. 00:34:11.259 --> 00:34:13.880 The importance of diving into Your Word, 00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:15.320 of receiving the Word, 00:34:15.480 --> 00:34:17.519 of hearing Your Word. 00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:19.400 Lord, because we know Lord 00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:20.800 that it has the power 00:34:20.800 --> 00:34:21.880 to save our souls 00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:22.880 when we believe it, 00:34:22.920 --> 00:34:24.840 when we give our life to it. 00:34:25.139 --> 00:34:26.280 But Lord, I pray that 00:34:26.280 --> 00:34:27.460 it's not just something 00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:29.000 that stays in this 00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:30.980 accepting this knowledge. 00:34:31.300 --> 00:34:32.400 And I pray that it's not something 00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:34.259 that we just take for granted, 00:34:34.259 --> 00:34:35.860 that we read these words, 00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:37.159 but then Lord, we take it 00:34:37.159 --> 00:34:38.840 and we apply it to our life. 00:34:39.800 --> 00:34:41.079 We give our life to it 00:34:41.079 --> 00:34:41.579 and say, Lord, 00:34:41.840 --> 00:34:45.000 this not only is wonderful words for us, 00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:46.239 but it's wonderful words for us 00:34:46.239 --> 00:34:47.900 to apply to our lives, 00:34:48.340 --> 00:34:49.900 to begin doing what it is 00:34:49.900 --> 00:34:51.340 that You've called us to do. 00:34:52.380 --> 00:34:54.719 And Lord, I pray that we take this Word 00:34:54.719 --> 00:34:57.139 and we show it to those in need. 00:34:57.400 --> 00:34:58.940 We begin living this out 00:34:58.940 --> 00:35:00.059 in a way that it affects 00:35:00.059 --> 00:35:01.260 others around us. 00:35:01.699 --> 00:35:03.460 That we begin seeing needs 00:35:03.460 --> 00:35:04.199 right around us. 00:35:04.239 --> 00:35:05.500 That we open our eyes 00:35:05.500 --> 00:35:06.940 to seeing those needs 00:35:06.940 --> 00:35:07.960 right here in our community 00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:09.039 and around the world. 00:35:09.099 --> 00:35:09.699 And we say, God, 00:35:09.820 --> 00:35:12.280 how can I meet those needs? 00:35:13.400 --> 00:35:14.559 Because God, we know 00:35:14.559 --> 00:35:16.019 looking at Your life, 00:35:16.699 --> 00:35:17.940 reading through the Gospels, 00:35:18.779 --> 00:35:20.099 there was no one better 00:35:20.099 --> 00:35:21.599 who opened their eyes 00:35:21.599 --> 00:35:22.279 to look around 00:35:22.279 --> 00:35:23.420 at the needs around them 00:35:23.420 --> 00:35:25.380 and see how they can start 00:35:25.380 --> 00:35:26.219 meeting those needs 00:35:26.219 --> 00:35:26.960 other than You. 00:35:27.739 --> 00:35:29.420 So God, help us to be like You. 00:35:30.139 --> 00:35:31.480 Help us to know these words. 00:35:31.599 --> 00:35:33.039 Help us to apply it to our lives. 00:35:33.440 --> 00:35:34.799 Help us to open our eyes 00:35:34.799 --> 00:35:35.980 and see the needs 00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:37.279 that are right around us. 00:35:38.119 --> 00:35:39.159 And Lord, I pray that 00:35:39.159 --> 00:35:40.440 if there's somebody here today 00:35:40.440 --> 00:35:42.340 that needs to know You 00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:43.400 as their Lord and Savior, 00:35:43.400 --> 00:35:45.200 that today they would see that. 00:35:45.680 --> 00:35:46.800 They would realize that 00:35:46.800 --> 00:35:48.320 they're nowhere near, 00:35:48.539 --> 00:35:49.860 anywhere in this process, 00:35:49.860 --> 00:35:51.320 but they want to be. 00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:53.700 So Lord, make it very clear to them 00:35:53.700 --> 00:35:54.860 that the only way 00:35:54.860 --> 00:35:56.700 to have a relationship with You 00:35:56.700 --> 00:35:57.860 is through Jesus. 00:35:59.000 --> 00:35:59.440 And so Lord, 00:35:59.500 --> 00:36:00.559 there's somebody here today 00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:01.660 that needs to go from death 00:36:01.660 --> 00:36:02.559 to life. 00:36:03.220 --> 00:36:04.680 To have an eternal change 00:36:04.680 --> 00:36:05.340 in their destiny, 00:36:05.860 --> 00:36:07.240 Lord, I pray that You would give them 00:36:07.240 --> 00:36:08.660 the boldness and courage 00:36:08.660 --> 00:36:09.920 to ask someone. 00:36:09.920 --> 00:36:11.659 to step out in faith 00:36:11.659 --> 00:36:11.980 and say, 00:36:12.260 --> 00:36:13.900 I need Jesus. 00:36:14.320 --> 00:36:16.340 Please show me how to follow Him. 00:36:17.340 --> 00:36:18.320 Lord, we love You. 00:36:18.680 --> 00:36:20.200 We thank You for all that You do. 00:36:20.460 --> 00:36:22.440 And we ask this in Jesus' precious name. 00:36:22.720 --> 00:36:23.039 Amen. 00:36:24.019 --> 00:36:25.220 I'm going to invite you to stand. 00:36:25.280 --> 00:36:25.880 We're going to sing 00:36:25.880 --> 00:36:27.079 a song of invitation. 00:36:27.260 --> 00:36:29.539 And if God is speaking to you this morning, 00:36:29.619 --> 00:36:30.619 won't you respond 00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:32.599 as we stand together and sing? 00:36:32.599 --> 00:36:33.299 Amen. 00:36:33.299 --> 00:36:33.299 00:36:33.299 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00:36:33.299 00:36:33.299 --> 00:36:33.299 00:36:33.299 --> 00:36:33.299 00:36:33.299 --> 00:36:33.299 00:36:33.299 --> 00:36:33.299 00:36:33.299 --> 00:36:34.259 alguém alguém alguém alguém 00:36:34.259 --> 00:36:34.259 00:36:34.259 --> 00:36:34.259 00:36:34.259 --> 00:36:34.259 00:36:34.259 --> 00:36:34.259 00:36:34.259 --> 00:36:34.259 00:36:34.259 --> 00:36:34.259 00:36:34.259 --> 00:36:34.259 00:36:34.259 --> 00:36:34.259 00:36:34.259 --> 00:36:34.259 00:36:34.259 --> 00:36:34.259 00:36:34.259 --> 00:36:34.259 00:36:34.259 --> 00:36:34.259 00:36:34.259 --> 00:36:34.259 00:36:34.259 --> 00:36:34.259 00:36:34.259 --> 00:36:34.259 00:36:34.260 --> 00:37:04.240 Thank you.