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 That is the question of this season, isn't it? What are you thankful for? Would you take the

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 Word of God with me and turn to Luke chapter 17? Luke chapter 17. I want to thank Jared and the

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 combined choirs for leading us in such powerful worship this morning. I want to draw your

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 attention back to one of the lines in their choir special from Psalm 46, and it was,

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 Oh God who makes the mountains melt, come wrestle us and win.

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 What a powerful line, and I hope it didn't just get glossed over.

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 We're calling out for God to wrestle us and win. So is it wrong to wrestle with God? Oh no,

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 absolutely not. But it's only wrong if you win. He needs to win. And so I want to remind us that

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 on this Thanksgiving Sunday. What are you thankful for?

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 Before we read in Luke chapter 17, I'd like to draw our attention on the screens to Psalm 100.

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 Psalm 100, and you can remain in Luke 17 in your Bibles. I've got it on the screen for you here.

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 Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness. Come before him with joyful

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 songs. Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his. We are his people, the sheep of his

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 pastures. Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him,

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 and praise his name. For the Lord is good, and his love endures forever. His faithfulness continues

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 through all generations. I want to speak that word over you, that psalm over you, and with that in mind,

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 let's go to Luke chapter 17. And would you join me in standing if you're able to? I'm reading from the

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 Christian Standard Bible, beginning in verse 11. While traveling to Jerusalem, Jesus passed between

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 Samaria and Galilee. As he entered a village, ten men with leprosy met him. They stood at a distance

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 and raised their voices, saying, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. When he saw them, he told them,

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 go and show yourselves to the priests. And while they were going, they were cleansed. But one of them,

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 seeing that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice gave glory to God. He fell face down at

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 his feet, thanking him. Oh, and by the way, he was a Samaritan. When Jesus said, were not ten cleansed?

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 Where are the nine? Didn't any return to give glory to God except this foreigner? And he told him,

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 get up and go on your way. Your faith has saved you. Let's pray together. God, I pray that you would

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 impart to us, teach us, from a glimpse of this miracle, how important gratitude is.

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 How essential gratitude is to truly worship you. It's in Jesus' name we pray. Amen. You may be seated.

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 Thank you for standing. Point number one, I want to share with you this morning. Ingratitude is the

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 enemy of worship. Ingratitude is the enemy of worship. We see this spelled out in this amazing story

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 that no one could go out and replicate. You understand the impact that being a leper was

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 on your life back in these ancient times. If you had the disease of leprosy, your life was,

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 for all intents and purposes, over. You would be cast out of your town. You'd be separated from your

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 family. There was no known cure for leprosy at the time. And so you would be, have to live in a leper

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 colony outside of any area of civilization with other lepers. So these guys' lives were drastically

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 changed with their encounter with the Savior. How many of you would be able to testify by lifted hand

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 and say, my life was drastically changed when I encountered Jesus? Anybody? Yes. Every one of us,

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 by God's grace, would be able to have that testimony. My life was changed when I met Jesus.

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 Now, unfortunately, for many of us, our encounter with Jesus forgave our sins, rescued us from hell,

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 but it has seemed to have little impact on our lives over the years of supposedly walking with Jesus.

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 Why is that? Well, just because you've been saved, what we call saved, saved from the punishment of your sin

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 because of God's free sacrifice for you and paying for your sins on that cross of Calvary so many years ago,

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 and then rising from the dead to be alive today and listening and ready to hear your call for salvation

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 out to Him. And when that moment happened, He certainly saved you. But since that time,

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 so many of His children have failed to walk with Him. And years and decades will pass,

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 and perhaps we'll be faithful in church attendance, perhaps we'll be faithful to give of our tithe,

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 and yet we're failing to actually walk with Jesus. We don't know a whole lot more about Him now than when we first began.

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 That is the sin of ingratitude.

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 We're grateful that He saved us from hell.

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 We got our get out of hell free card, so to speak.

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 But we're not grateful enough

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 to go back

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 and give Him glory

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 and listen

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 to His voice

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 and follow His commandments

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 and sit at His feet

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 and allow Him to mold us

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 and shape us into who He

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 wants us to be.

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 It's like, God, thanks for saving me,

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 thanks for healing me,

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 but I've got it from here.

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 And how many people do we know like that?

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 Truth is, when we look in the mirror,

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 sometimes we're like that, aren't we?

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 Ingratitude is the enemy of worship.

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 Romans chapter 1 and verse 21 teaches us this.

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 It says,

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 Though they knew God,

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 they did not glorify Him as God

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 or show gratitude.

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 Man, if you look at the people that He's talking about

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 in Romans 1,

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 that's terrifying.

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 Because we see these people

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 who were living godless lives,

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 maybe on the outside

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 they might look okay,

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 but when you peeled back the surface,

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 there was nothing of God

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 in their life.

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 But they knew God.

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 But they weren't grateful.

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 They didn't glorify Him as God.

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 They were like these others

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 who were healed by Jesus.

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 They had encountered Him.

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 They had tasted of His goodness.

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 They knew what He could do.

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 But they failed to come back

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 and glorify Him.

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 They failed to show Him gratitude.

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 Ingratitude is the enemy of worship.

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 How is that so?

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 Because ingratitude makes us discontent.

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 You see,

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 our lack of thanksgiving

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 is usually traced back

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 to discontent.

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 A lack of being content

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 with what God has given you

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 and with who God is.

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 I want to show you this study

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 from Duke University,

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 famous university for research.

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 And they did this study years ago

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 that said,

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 the top three factors

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 found to contribute greatly

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 to emotional and mental stability

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 were, number one,

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 the absence of suspicion

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 and resentment.

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 So in other words,

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 if you harbor suspicion

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 or resentment in your life,

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 you're prone to becoming

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 emotionally or mentally unstable.

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 Nursing a grudge

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 was a major factor

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 in unhappiness.

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 Number two,

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 not living in the past.

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 An unwholesome preoccupation

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 with the past

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 leads to depression.

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 Man, things just aren't

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 how they used to be,

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 are they?

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 Well, you can't go back

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 to the past, can you?

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 And God is not merely

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 a God of the past.

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 He is a God of the present.

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 But thank God,

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 He's a God of the future.

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 And you know

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 that big, scary future

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 that the world seems

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 to be headed toward,

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 God will still be God.

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 Jesus will still be King.

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 And so not recognizing that

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 can certainly lead

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 to depression,

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 mental and emotional instability.

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 And number three,

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 not wasting time

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 and energy

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 in fighting conditions

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 you cannot change.

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 Folks,

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 you can fight back

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 against what God allows

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 in this world.

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 But I can promise you,

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 you won't win.

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 You can wrestle with God.

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 But the only way

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 in which you will come out

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 the winner

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 is if God is the winner.

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 You've got to let Him win

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 because guess what?

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 Victory belongs to Him.

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 He's going to win

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 whether you allow Him to

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 or not.

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 So if eventually

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 you stop fighting

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 and stop wrestling

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 and say,

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 okay God,

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 I will accept

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 the circumstances

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 in which you have placed me.

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 And I will stop fighting

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 against conditions

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 that I cannot change

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 because seemingly

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 you have allowed this.

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 Clearly,

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 you have allowed this.

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 Now,

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 what's interesting

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 is that the Bible

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 teaches

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 all these concepts.

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 And it took

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 human researchers

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 a long time

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 to figure this stuff out.

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 It was groundbreaking research.

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 They could have just read

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 the Bible from the beginning

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 and realized

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 that we must trust God.

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 Let's go to

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 1 Timothy chapter 6.

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 1 Timothy chapter 6.

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 While you're turning there,

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 I want to say

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 this statement to you.

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 Discontentment

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 means we

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 know better

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 than God.

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 Discontentment

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 means we

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 know better

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 than God.

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 So if ingratitude

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 comes from

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 and leads to

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 discontentment,

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 what is this

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 discontentment?

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 What is

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 not being content

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 or satisfied

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 with what

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 God has given you?

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 Whether

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 material possessions,

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 circumstances,

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 health,

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 whatever your situation

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 is that is such

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 a struggle,

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 where is this

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 discontentment

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 coming from?

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 Ultimately,

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 you can trace it

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 back to this belief

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 that I know

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 better than God.

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 Now,

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 most of us

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 wouldn't admit that.

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 If you polled

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 the audience today

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 and said,

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 how many of you

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 believe that you

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 know better than God,

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 I believe we would

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 get overwhelmingly

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 say,

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 I don't know

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 better than God.

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 However,

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 our actions

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 speak otherwise.

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 Our clear

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 discontentment

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 speaks otherwise.

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 1 Timothy 6,

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 if anyone

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 does not agree

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 with the sound

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 teaching of our

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 Lord Jesus Christ

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 and with the

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 teaching that

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 promotes godliness,

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 he is conceited,

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 prideful,

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 conceited,

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 and understands

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 nothing.

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 But,

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 here's some

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 descriptors

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 of this kind

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 of person.

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 He has an

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 unhealthy interest

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 in disputes

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 and arguments

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 over words.

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 You know

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 anybody that

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 has an

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 unhealthy

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 interest

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 in arguing

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 and disputing?

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 Are you

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 that person?

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 From these

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 come envy,

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 quarreling,

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 slander,

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 evil suspicions,

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 and constant

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 disagreement.

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 Here's the fruit

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 of these kinds

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 of people

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 who are

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 discontent

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 and say

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 that they

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 will not

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 agree with

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 the sound

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 teaching of

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 our Lord

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 Jesus Christ.

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 They say it

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 with their

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 actions.

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 They might

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 say they

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 agree with

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 their words,

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 but their

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 actions speak

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 louder,

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 don't they?

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 From these

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 come envy,

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 quarreling,

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 slander,

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 evil suspicions,

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 and constant

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 disagreement.

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 Do you know

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 anybody like

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 that?

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 Do you know

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 anybody that's

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 just constantly

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 suspicious,

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 constantly in

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 disagreement,

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 constantly

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 quarreling,

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 constantly

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 fighting?

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 These are

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 people whose

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 minds are

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 depraved and

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 deprived of

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 the truth,

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 who imagine

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 that godliness

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 is a way to

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 material gain.

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 Guess what?

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 That describes

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 a lot of so-called

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 Christians in our

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 churches today.

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 They imagine

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 that godliness

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 is a way to

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 material gain.

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 It's a way to

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 power.

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 It's a way to

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 influence.

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 It's a way to

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 satisfy something

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 in themselves.

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 It is not a

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 means to

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 honor God.

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 Verse 6,

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 but godliness

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 with contentment

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 is great gain.

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 Just acting

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 godly

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 doesn't mean

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 you're godly

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 because the

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 truth is

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 you can't

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 ever act

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 godly all

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 the time.

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 You can put

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 on a good

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 show.

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 You can put

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 on a good

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 front.

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 You can

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 say what

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 everybody

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 expects you

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 to say,

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 but unless

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 it's real,

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 unless it

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 comes from

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 God,

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 then discontentment

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 will take over.

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 But godliness

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 with contentment

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 is great gain.

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 It's great

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 advantage.

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 That is the

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 power of

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 God.

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 And then over

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 in Romans chapter

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 16,

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 I urge you

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 brothers and

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 sisters to

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 watch out for

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 those.

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 Watch out for

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 these people that

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 were described in

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 1 Timothy 6.

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 Watch out for

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 these people who

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 cause divisions

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 and put obstacles

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 in your way that

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 are contrary to

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 the teaching you

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 have learned.

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 If there's people

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 out there trying

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 to distract you

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 from the mission

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 of God,

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 watch out for

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 them.

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 Keep away from

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 them.

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 I didn't write

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 it.

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 Paul did.

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 Take it up with

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 him.

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 God allowed it.

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 Verse 18,

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 For such people

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 are not serving

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 our Lord Christ,

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 but their own

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 appetites.

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 By smooth

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 talk and

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 flattery,

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 they deceive

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 the minds

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 of naive

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 people.

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 Y'all,

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 this discontentment

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 is a big deal.

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 It's a big deal.

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 This lack of

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 gratitude is a

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 big deal in

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 God's eyes.

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 Ingratitude is

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 the enemy of

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 worship.

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 Ingratitude makes

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 us discontent.

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 Discontentment

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 means that we

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 know better

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 than God.

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 But we don't.

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 We absolutely

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 do not.

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 Let's move on.

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 Worship

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 produces

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 willingness.

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 Gratitude

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 leads us to

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 worship.

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 I got ahead of

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 myself.

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 Gratitude

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 leads us to

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 worship.

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 And then

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 worship

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 produces

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 willingness.

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 Let's look at

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 Luke chapter

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 17 again,

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 our text this

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 morning.

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 Back in

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 verse 15.

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 Luke chapter

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 17 and

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 verse 15.

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 We see this

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 gratitude leading

00:16:07.959 --> 00:16:09.159
 to worship played

00:16:09.159 --> 00:16:10.659
 out beautifully in

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 this story.

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 Verse 15.

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 One of them,

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 one of the ten

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 who was healed,

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 seeing that he was

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 healed,

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 returned,

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 and with a loud

00:16:18.799 --> 00:16:19.620
 voice he gave

00:16:19.620 --> 00:16:20.659
 glory to God.

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 He fell face down

00:16:22.019 --> 00:16:22.620
 at his feet,

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 thanking him,

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 and he was a

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 Samaritan.

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 Why was that

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 included?

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 Y'all talk back to

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 me for a second.

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 Why was it included

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 specifically in this

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 passage that he was

00:16:32.320 --> 00:16:33.180
 a Samaritan?

00:16:36.020 --> 00:16:36.980
 The Jews hated

00:16:36.980 --> 00:16:37.640
 the Samaritans,

00:16:37.700 --> 00:16:38.020
 didn't they?

00:16:39.220 --> 00:16:40.080
 There was a lot

00:16:40.080 --> 00:16:40.860
 of ethnic and

00:16:40.860 --> 00:16:41.879
 social division

00:16:41.879 --> 00:16:43.160
 between these

00:16:43.160 --> 00:16:43.980
 two people groups.

00:16:44.060 --> 00:16:44.740
 We talked about it

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 in our starting

00:16:45.500 --> 00:16:46.060
 point course

00:16:46.060 --> 00:16:46.740
 briefly this

00:16:46.740 --> 00:16:47.020
 morning,

00:16:47.540 --> 00:16:49.440
 but we see

00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:50.300
 that the Jews

00:16:50.300 --> 00:16:51.420
 and the

00:16:51.420 --> 00:16:52.020
 Samaritans

00:16:52.020 --> 00:16:52.920
 had this old

00:16:52.920 --> 00:16:53.800
 ancient feud.

00:16:53.960 --> 00:16:54.300
 The Jews

00:16:54.300 --> 00:16:54.780
 looked down

00:16:54.780 --> 00:16:55.020
 on the

00:16:55.020 --> 00:16:55.600
 Samaritans.

00:16:55.760 --> 00:16:56.420
 They considered

00:16:56.420 --> 00:16:57.120
 themselves a

00:16:57.120 --> 00:16:57.840
 higher class

00:16:57.840 --> 00:16:58.320
 of people.

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 They considered

00:16:59.260 --> 00:17:00.480
 themselves God's

00:17:00.480 --> 00:17:01.160
 chosen people,

00:17:01.260 --> 00:17:01.480
 and the

00:17:01.480 --> 00:17:02.080
 Samaritans

00:17:02.080 --> 00:17:02.639
 were the

00:17:02.639 --> 00:17:03.780
 worst in

00:17:03.780 --> 00:17:04.440
 their minds.

00:17:04.900 --> 00:17:05.220
 They were

00:17:05.220 --> 00:17:05.660
 the lowest

00:17:05.660 --> 00:17:06.299
 of the low.

00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:07.840
 They would

00:17:07.840 --> 00:17:08.259
 not do

00:17:08.259 --> 00:17:09.120
 business dealings

00:17:09.120 --> 00:17:09.539
 with them.

00:17:10.019 --> 00:17:10.360
 They would

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 avoid them

00:17:10.920 --> 00:17:11.240
 at all

00:17:11.240 --> 00:17:11.680
 costs.

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 That's why

00:17:12.579 --> 00:17:12.960
 it's so

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 powerful when

00:17:14.180 --> 00:17:14.840
 we see this

00:17:14.840 --> 00:17:15.539
 Jewish man

00:17:15.539 --> 00:17:16.059
 who was

00:17:16.059 --> 00:17:16.519
 beaten up

00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:17.240
 by robbers,

00:17:17.380 --> 00:17:17.840
 and the

00:17:17.840 --> 00:17:18.140
 priests

00:17:18.140 --> 00:17:18.640
 passed him

00:17:18.640 --> 00:17:18.860
 by,

00:17:18.940 --> 00:17:19.160
 and the

00:17:19.160 --> 00:17:19.600
 Pharisees

00:17:19.600 --> 00:17:20.140
 passed him

00:17:20.140 --> 00:17:20.400
 by,

00:17:20.559 --> 00:17:20.980
 but who

00:17:20.980 --> 00:17:21.360
 stopped

00:17:21.360 --> 00:17:21.779
 and helped

00:17:21.779 --> 00:17:21.960
 him?

00:17:22.160 --> 00:17:22.900
 The good

00:17:22.900 --> 00:17:24.180
 Samaritan.

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 What a

00:17:25.259 --> 00:17:26.019
 powerful story

00:17:26.019 --> 00:17:26.420
 that is.

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 And when

00:17:26.940 --> 00:17:27.759
 Jesus stops

00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:28.420
 at the well

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 and sees

00:17:29.160 --> 00:17:29.720
 this woman

00:17:29.720 --> 00:17:30.340
 drawing from

00:17:30.340 --> 00:17:30.720
 the well,

00:17:30.900 --> 00:17:31.360
 and she's

00:17:31.359 --> 00:17:31.819
 a social

00:17:31.819 --> 00:17:32.339
 outcast,

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 and she's

00:17:32.939 --> 00:17:33.319
 lived a

00:17:33.319 --> 00:17:33.919
 tough life,

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 and she's

00:17:34.639 --> 00:17:35.039
 made a lot

00:17:35.039 --> 00:17:35.399
 of bad

00:17:35.399 --> 00:17:36.019
 decisions that

00:17:36.019 --> 00:17:36.339
 have led

00:17:36.339 --> 00:17:36.779
 her to where

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 she is.

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 She's been

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 married three

00:17:38.219 --> 00:17:38.559
 times,

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 and now she's

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 with a guy

00:17:39.439 --> 00:17:39.779
 that she's

00:17:39.779 --> 00:17:40.199
 not married

00:17:40.199 --> 00:17:40.459
 to,

00:17:40.619 --> 00:17:41.240
 and Jesus

00:17:41.240 --> 00:17:42.139
 stops even

00:17:42.139 --> 00:17:42.719
 though she's

00:17:42.719 --> 00:17:43.159
 a woman

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 from Samaria,

00:17:45.139 --> 00:17:46.699
 and he says,

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 I want to give

00:17:48.139 --> 00:17:49.039
 you water which

00:17:49.039 --> 00:17:49.659
 will never make

00:17:49.659 --> 00:17:50.079
 you thirsty

00:17:50.079 --> 00:17:50.599
 again.

00:17:51.299 --> 00:17:51.779
 The living

00:17:51.779 --> 00:17:52.099
 water.

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 I want to

00:17:52.779 --> 00:17:53.579
 introduce myself

00:17:53.579 --> 00:17:53.879
 to you.

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 I want to

00:17:54.179 --> 00:17:54.659
 speak to you

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 in love.

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 I want to

00:17:55.659 --> 00:17:56.219
 talk to you

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 like you're

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 valuable,

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 like you're worth

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 something.

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 What a

00:17:59.340 --> 00:18:00.980
 powerful description

00:18:00.980 --> 00:18:02.640
 we see of God

00:18:02.640 --> 00:18:03.460
 blurring these

00:18:03.460 --> 00:18:04.220
 lines, tearing

00:18:04.220 --> 00:18:04.880
 down these

00:18:04.880 --> 00:18:05.360
 walls.

00:18:06.019 --> 00:18:07.700
 The one that

00:18:07.700 --> 00:18:08.440
 returned to

00:18:08.440 --> 00:18:09.200
 thank Jesus

00:18:09.200 --> 00:18:10.759
 was a Samaritan.

00:18:12.180 --> 00:18:12.980
 People that you

00:18:12.980 --> 00:18:13.340
 wouldn't want

00:18:13.340 --> 00:18:13.680
 around.

00:18:14.320 --> 00:18:14.740
 People you

00:18:14.740 --> 00:18:15.259
 wouldn't invite

00:18:15.259 --> 00:18:15.600
 over to

00:18:15.600 --> 00:18:16.019
 Thanksgiving.

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 The people you're

00:18:17.940 --> 00:18:18.519
 like, man, I don't

00:18:18.519 --> 00:18:19.019
 want them in my

00:18:19.019 --> 00:18:19.259
 church.

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 I don't want

00:18:19.640 --> 00:18:19.980
 them messing

00:18:19.980 --> 00:18:20.700
 this place up.

00:18:20.700 --> 00:18:23.620
 Jesus wanted

00:18:23.620 --> 00:18:24.180
 those people.

00:18:25.100 --> 00:18:25.700
 He loved those

00:18:25.700 --> 00:18:26.019
 people.

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 And time and

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 time again, he

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 showed them, he

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 showed his people,

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 the Jews, their

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 value.

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 So, we see it

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 happen in verse

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 16.

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 This man fell

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 down at the feet

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 of Jesus and

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 thanked him, and

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 he was a

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 Samaritan.

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 Then Jesus

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 said, wait a

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 minute, weren't

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 ten cleansed?

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 Where are the

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 other nine?

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 Didn't any

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 return to give

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 glory to God

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 except this

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 foreigner?

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 I'm sure his

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 disciples were

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 greatly impacted

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 by that.

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 Wow.

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 Jesus making a

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 point here.

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 The only one

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 that came back

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 and gave glory

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 to me was this

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 foreigner, this

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 outcast that you

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 would want nothing

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 to do with.

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 And he told

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 him, get up and

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 go on your way.

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 Your faith has

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 saved you.

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 Seemingly, he

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 was the only one

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 who was not only

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 healed of his

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 physical sickness,

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 but he was healed

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 of his spiritual

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 sickness.

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 Jesus.

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 His faith made

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 him whole in a

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 way that someday

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 he would bow

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 before God along

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 with the rest of

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 us when every knee

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 will bow.

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 Yes, even yours.

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 Every knee will

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 bow and every tongue

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 will confess that

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 Jesus is Lord.

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 All of us will bow

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 someday before our

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 Lord, and that will

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 be the second time

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 that this man gets

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 to bow before God

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 himself and thank

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 him and give glory

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 to him for healing

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 him.

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 worship produces

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 willingness.

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 We saw that

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 ingratitude is the

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 enemy of worship.

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 Ingratitude comes

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 from discontent,

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 and discontent means

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 that we know better

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 than God.

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 So if we're going

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 to truly worship,

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 the Bible teaches

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 us that worship,

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 true worship,

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 comes from that

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 which is done in

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 spirit and in

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 truth.

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 If we're going

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 to worship God,

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 it must be worship

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 from spirit and in

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 truth.

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 And genuine worship

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 will produce a spirit

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 of willingness in

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 us.

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 This Puritan preacher,

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 I read this quote

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 from Jeremiah Burroughs,

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 it was an old Puritan

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 preacher lived long

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 before any of us,

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 and he said,

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 worship is not only

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 doing what pleases

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 God, but is also

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 being pleased with

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 what God is doing.

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 Can we read this

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 together?

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 Let's all read it

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 together out loud.

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 Ready?

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 If you look at that

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 screen or this one.

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 Ready?

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 Worship is not only

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 doing what pleases

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 God, but is also

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 being pleased with

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 what God is doing.

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 Y'all, I think that's

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 where we go off base.

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 We will try and try

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 to do what pleases

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 God, as long as it

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 fits within our

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 acceptable, what seems

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 acceptable to us.

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 But where we have such

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 a hard time is being

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 pleased then with what

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 God does.

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 What if God doesn't

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 choose to do what we

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 think is acceptable?

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 What if God goes

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 outside that box?

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 What if God wants to

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 shake things up?

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 What if God is teaching

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 us that what's been

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 important to us is not

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 what's important to him?

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 See, I learned something

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 in some of my training

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 in ministry over the

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 years.

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 And it's this.

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 It's that we can put

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 two bubbles up here.

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 We can have a large

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 bubble and then a very

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 small bubble at the

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 bottom.

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 And in that large

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 bubble represents

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 everything that we think

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 is important.

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 And in the very small

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 bubble at the bottom

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 of that is what God

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 thinks is important.

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 What God thinks is

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 important is knowing

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 him and making him

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 known.

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 Knowing God and making

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 him known.

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 That is our mission.

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 That is God's will for

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 us.

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 That is our responsibility

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 to God.

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 God.

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 Walk justly.

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 Love mercy.

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 Live humbly with your

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 God.

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 Walk humbly with your

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 God.

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 Listen, it is of utmost

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 importance to look in

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 the scriptures and see

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 what God says is our

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 responsibility.

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 What God says our duty

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 is.

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 What God says we're

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 supposed to be spending

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 our time on.

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 Because if we don't be

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 faithful to do that,

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 then it's so easy for that

00:22:56.200 --> 00:22:58.240
 bubble on top to get

00:22:58.240 --> 00:23:00.100
 larger and larger and

00:23:00.100 --> 00:23:02.259
 suffocate what God

00:23:02.259 --> 00:23:03.080
 says is actually

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 important.

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 And then we become

00:23:06.059 --> 00:23:07.039
 just like everyone

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 else.

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 And then our churches

00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:11.080
 become just like every

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 other organization.

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 That we have what's

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 important to us.

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 And along the way,

00:23:17.700 --> 00:23:19.100
 it's suffocated what's

00:23:19.100 --> 00:23:20.100
 important to God.

00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:22.059
 What's important to God?

00:23:22.400 --> 00:23:23.640
 For people to be brought

00:23:23.640 --> 00:23:24.360
 into his kingdom.

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 Just like we were.

00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:28.839
 He wants others to come

00:23:28.839 --> 00:23:29.599
 in to the fold.

00:23:30.639 --> 00:23:32.359
 There's other sheep who

00:23:32.359 --> 00:23:33.539
 have not yet come home.

00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:35.699
 And somebody has to

00:23:35.699 --> 00:23:37.579
 mirror Jesus and has to

00:23:37.579 --> 00:23:39.679
 follow his example and be

00:23:39.679 --> 00:23:41.419
 willing to leave the 90 and

00:23:41.419 --> 00:23:43.240
 nine and go out and find

00:23:43.240 --> 00:23:44.240
 the one lost sheep.

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 And if we're not willing,

00:23:47.199 --> 00:23:49.279
 then we're focused on that

00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:50.459
 big bubble of what's

00:23:50.459 --> 00:23:51.319
 important to us.

00:23:51.319 --> 00:23:54.500
 Our fame, our fortune,

00:23:55.259 --> 00:23:56.679
 our political views,

00:23:57.259 --> 00:23:58.359
 what we're comfortable

00:23:58.359 --> 00:24:00.619
 with, what we think is

00:24:00.619 --> 00:24:02.480
 important, and it suffocates

00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:05.359
 the mission that Jesus gave

00:24:05.359 --> 00:24:05.799
 to us.

00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:09.139
 So are we pleased with what

00:24:09.139 --> 00:24:09.759
 God is doing?

00:24:10.439 --> 00:24:12.720
 Or are we too distracted by

00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:14.799
 what has become important to

00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:15.119
 us?

00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:18.139
 Psalm 51 gives us the answer

00:24:18.140 --> 00:24:18.580
 for this.

00:24:18.580 --> 00:24:20.560
 It says, create in me a

00:24:20.560 --> 00:24:21.720
 clean heart, God.

00:24:22.200 --> 00:24:23.480
 God, create in me a

00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:24.180
 clean heart.

00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:26.680
 Renew a right spirit within

00:24:26.680 --> 00:24:26.900
 me.

00:24:26.980 --> 00:24:28.080
 Maybe somewhere along the

00:24:28.080 --> 00:24:29.820
 way, I got a wrong spirit.

00:24:30.820 --> 00:24:32.380
 And now the way I interact

00:24:32.380 --> 00:24:33.220
 with others, with my

00:24:33.220 --> 00:24:34.180
 brothers and sisters in

00:24:34.180 --> 00:24:35.940
 Christ, with the leadership

00:24:35.940 --> 00:24:37.280
 that God has placed over me,

00:24:37.400 --> 00:24:38.980
 I have a wrong spirit.

00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:43.360
 So God created in me a new

00:24:43.360 --> 00:24:44.799
 heart, a clean heart.

00:24:45.700 --> 00:24:48.319
 Restore to me the joy of your

00:24:48.319 --> 00:24:49.380
 salvation.

00:24:50.099 --> 00:24:50.960
 What is that?

00:24:51.059 --> 00:24:52.160
 What is the joy of your

00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:52.660
 salvation?

00:24:53.400 --> 00:24:54.220
 That's gratitude.

00:24:55.099 --> 00:24:56.279
 That's thankfulness.

00:24:57.160 --> 00:24:58.740
 That's remembering what God

00:24:58.740 --> 00:24:59.559
 did for you.

00:24:59.839 --> 00:25:01.480
 Remember how sweet it was

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:02.960
 when you first heard the

00:25:02.960 --> 00:25:04.759
 gospel message that you are a

00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:06.059
 sinner just like me and the

00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:07.460
 rest of us, and we're all

00:25:07.460 --> 00:25:09.000
 going to hell because of our

00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:09.319
 sin.

00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:11.420
 But God loved us so much that

00:25:11.420 --> 00:25:13.000
 he said, I don't want you to

00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:13.500
 go to hell.

00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:15.380
 And so I'm going to send my

00:25:15.380 --> 00:25:17.120
 son Jesus as the payment, the

00:25:17.120 --> 00:25:19.019
 sacrifice for your sins and

00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:19.519
 for mine.

00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:21.140
 And then I'm going to raise

00:25:21.140 --> 00:25:22.840
 him up from the dead to show

00:25:22.840 --> 00:25:24.779
 he is God, to prove that he's

00:25:24.779 --> 00:25:25.720
 somebody who can put your

00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:26.360
 trust in.

00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:28.680
 And now as many as will

00:25:28.680 --> 00:25:30.980
 receive him and believe in

00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:32.980
 him, to them he will give the

00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:35.920
 power to become the sons,

00:25:36.220 --> 00:25:37.360
 daughters, the children,

00:25:37.460 --> 00:25:38.140
 of God.

00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:42.360
 And that joy, when you first

00:25:42.360 --> 00:25:44.440
 heard that message, when you

00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:46.539
 first responded and said, yes,

00:25:46.660 --> 00:25:47.960
 Lord, I believe.

00:25:48.340 --> 00:25:50.400
 Restore to me that joy, that

00:25:50.400 --> 00:25:51.860
 thankfulness, that gratitude,

00:25:52.100 --> 00:25:54.759
 and then uphold me, keep me up

00:25:54.759 --> 00:25:57.000
 with your willing spirit.

00:25:57.480 --> 00:25:58.900
 God, you've got to give me a

00:25:58.900 --> 00:26:00.380
 willing spirit because on my

00:26:00.380 --> 00:26:02.200
 own, I become unwilling.

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:06.019
 You ever know anybody like

00:26:06.019 --> 00:26:06.319
 that?

00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:07.500
 They're just unwilling,

00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:10.420
 inflexible, just can't work

00:26:10.420 --> 00:26:10.700
 with them.

00:26:12.299 --> 00:26:13.700
 Got to go on despite them.

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:16.460
 God, don't let that be true of

00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:16.700
 us.

00:26:17.680 --> 00:26:18.740
 Don't let that be true of

00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:19.660
 First Baptist Henrietta.

00:26:20.200 --> 00:26:22.480
 Make us a church, a people with

00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:23.200
 a willing spirit.

00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:23.759
 Spirit.

00:26:24.880 --> 00:26:26.779
 And then worship results in

00:26:26.779 --> 00:26:27.160
 witness.

00:26:29.420 --> 00:26:31.519
 Worship produces willingness, a

00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:33.500
 willing spirit, and worship

00:26:33.500 --> 00:26:34.940
 results in witness.

00:26:35.420 --> 00:26:38.580
 Back to Psalm 51, down to

00:26:38.580 --> 00:26:39.680
 verse 13.

00:26:39.880 --> 00:26:41.200
 Then I will teach transgressors

00:26:41.900 --> 00:26:42.519
 your ways.

00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:44.380
 God, if you renew a right spirit

00:26:44.380 --> 00:26:45.840
 in me, you give me a willing

00:26:45.840 --> 00:26:47.380
 spirit, then I will teach

00:26:47.380 --> 00:26:48.840
 transgressors your ways.

00:26:48.839 --> 00:26:51.079
 I will teach sinners your ways,

00:26:51.199 --> 00:26:52.939
 and sinners will return to

00:26:52.939 --> 00:26:53.639
 you, God.

00:26:54.439 --> 00:26:56.659
 Oh, God of my salvation, my

00:26:56.659 --> 00:26:58.199
 tongue will sing aloud of your

00:26:58.199 --> 00:26:58.679
 righteousness.

00:26:59.220 --> 00:27:01.240
 Lord, open my lips, and my

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:03.059
 mouth will declare your

00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:03.599
 praise.

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 There's a worship song that

00:27:05.699 --> 00:27:06.980
 says, come on, my soul.

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 Don't you get shy on me.

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 Lift up your voice, because

00:27:10.799 --> 00:27:12.759
 you've got a lion inside of

00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:13.399
 your lungs.

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 Come on.

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 Praise the Lord.

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 God, open.

00:27:18.839 --> 00:27:21.220
 Open the lips of your people

00:27:21.220 --> 00:27:23.240
 in First Baptist Henrietta,

00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:25.459
 that we will declare your

00:27:25.459 --> 00:27:27.599
 praise, that we will teach

00:27:27.599 --> 00:27:29.240
 sinners your ways, and they

00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:30.319
 will return to you.

00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:32.159
 God, we will see a material

00:27:32.159 --> 00:27:35.579
 fruit from the change, the

00:27:35.579 --> 00:27:37.019
 willing spirit that you create

00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:39.159
 in this body of believers, and

00:27:39.159 --> 00:27:40.539
 people will return to you.

00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:42.759
 Lives will be transformed.

00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:44.699
 Lives will be changed.

00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:47.220
 Otherwise, we're distracted.

00:27:47.220 --> 00:27:49.980
 We're focused on ourselves.

00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:51.759
 We're focused on what we have,

00:27:51.880 --> 00:27:53.220
 or what we don't have.

00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:56.519
 We're not focused on that lost

00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:56.799
 sheep.

00:27:58.039 --> 00:27:59.839
 Worship produces witness.

00:28:00.600 --> 00:28:02.039
 What are you a witness of?

00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:04.500
 Are you a witness of yourself?

00:28:05.559 --> 00:28:07.299
 Are you a witness of your favorite

00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:08.000
 political candidate?

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 Are you a witness of what's

00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:12.120
 important to you in the moment,

00:28:12.119 --> 00:28:14.000
 or are you a witness of the

00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:15.619
 power of God?

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 That's what's going to change.

00:28:18.779 --> 00:28:19.919
 That's what's going to change you

00:28:19.919 --> 00:28:22.000
 and change those around you.

00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:24.219
 Matthew chapter 5 is the last

00:28:24.219 --> 00:28:25.099
 passage we'll go to.

00:28:25.179 --> 00:28:26.500
 Matthew 5 and verse 13.

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 You are the salt of the earth,

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 but if the salt should lose its

00:28:30.659 --> 00:28:33.500
 taste, how can it be made salty?

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 See, folks, here's a warning.

00:28:35.299 --> 00:28:38.579
 Either worship produces witness,

00:28:38.859 --> 00:28:40.519
 or it's not true worship.

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 Because if it's not impacting

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 the darkness of the world around us,

00:28:46.139 --> 00:28:47.299
 the spiritual tastelessness,

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 isn't that interesting?

00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:50.700
 He compared us to flavor.

00:28:52.019 --> 00:28:53.720
 How flavorless would this world be

00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:54.720
 if Christians weren't in it?

00:28:55.180 --> 00:28:56.279
 Real followers of Jesus?

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 That's what I'm talking about.

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 The world has a lot of people

00:28:59.019 --> 00:29:00.019
 who call themselves Christians,

00:29:00.220 --> 00:29:01.819
 but we need real, genuine followers

00:29:01.819 --> 00:29:02.319
 of Jesus.

00:29:04.879 --> 00:29:07.099
 He said if the salt has lost its taste,

00:29:08.059 --> 00:29:08.919
 well, then it's not good

00:29:08.919 --> 00:29:10.079
 for adding flavor to anything.

00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:12.000
 Nothing can be made salty.

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 And y'all, if we're not being

00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:16.539
 made, if we're not making people salty,

00:29:17.139 --> 00:29:20.700
 that has another meaning, doesn't it?

00:29:22.099 --> 00:29:23.279
 Christians are actually pretty good

00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:24.119
 at making people salty.

00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:27.980
 If we're not adding flavor

00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:29.879
 to the tastelessness of this dark,

00:29:30.119 --> 00:29:31.700
 spiritually blind world around us,

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 then what are we good for?

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 It's no longer good for anything

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 but to be thrown out

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 and trampled under people's feet.

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 Again, don't get mad at me.

00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:41.140
 I didn't say it.

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 Jesus said you're not good for anything

00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:46.000
 but being thrown out

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:47.580
 and trampled under people's feet

00:29:47.580 --> 00:29:48.880
 if you're not going to be

00:29:48.880 --> 00:29:49.620
 the salt of the earth.

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 Not just that.

00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:53.600
 He didn't end there.

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 He said you are the light of the world.

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 A city situated on a hill

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 cannot be hidden.

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 No one lights a lamp

00:29:59.380 --> 00:30:00.480
 and puts it under a basket,

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:01.799
 but rather on a lamp stand

00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:02.920
 and it gives light

00:30:02.920 --> 00:30:04.420
 for all who are in the house.

00:30:04.599 --> 00:30:05.599
 In the same way,

00:30:05.599 --> 00:30:07.860
 let your light shine before others

00:30:07.860 --> 00:30:09.640
 so they can see your good works

00:30:09.640 --> 00:30:11.220
 and give glory to you

00:30:11.220 --> 00:30:12.539
 because you're such a great guy.

00:30:13.880 --> 00:30:15.039
 That's not how it ended.

00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:17.500
 They may see your good works

00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:19.319
 and give glory to your Father

00:30:19.319 --> 00:30:20.860
 in heaven.

00:30:20.859 --> 00:30:24.079
 That's where we lose him.

00:30:25.079 --> 00:30:26.659
 Yeah, Jesus, I'll do good works.

00:30:27.219 --> 00:30:28.139
 I want everybody to think

00:30:28.139 --> 00:30:28.839
 I'm a nice person.

00:30:29.459 --> 00:30:30.899
 I want everybody to pat me on the back.

00:30:30.959 --> 00:30:32.379
 It gives me this warm, fuzzy feeling

00:30:32.379 --> 00:30:34.379
 when I do something nice for somebody,

00:30:34.479 --> 00:30:35.479
 especially around the holidays.

00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:39.379
 Jesus said that's not what it's about.

00:30:39.479 --> 00:30:42.159
 It's about drawing people to me.

00:30:42.419 --> 00:30:44.559
 It's about rescuing them from darkness

00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:45.919
 and bringing them to light.

00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:48.919
 There is a great mission at stake here.

00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:49.980
 Well, you see, preacher,

00:30:50.080 --> 00:30:51.279
 I just don't know about that.

00:30:51.840 --> 00:30:53.460
 That's just not who I am.

00:30:54.060 --> 00:30:54.960
 Well, then you're salt

00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:56.820
 that doesn't have any flavor

00:30:56.820 --> 00:31:00.240
 and you know what happens then.

00:31:02.880 --> 00:31:04.279
 See your good works

00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:07.240
 and give glory to your Father in heaven.

00:31:08.660 --> 00:31:10.060
 You say, I worship God?

00:31:10.900 --> 00:31:12.220
 Then you gotta be a witness.

00:31:15.120 --> 00:31:17.840
 Johnson Oatman wrote this song.

00:31:18.920 --> 00:31:19.820
 If you grew up in church,

00:31:19.900 --> 00:31:20.700
 you probably heard this

00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:21.759
 at some point along the way.

00:31:23.160 --> 00:31:24.019
 Count your blessings.

00:31:25.200 --> 00:31:26.440
 Name them one by one.

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:28.580
 Count your many blessings.

00:31:28.860 --> 00:31:30.759
 See what God has done.

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:33.960
 Maybe it's time to go back

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:35.100
 to a place of gratitude.

00:31:36.320 --> 00:31:37.360
 Maybe it's time to go back

00:31:37.360 --> 00:31:38.600
 to a place of thankfulness.

00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:42.080
 Says, God, you've done so much

00:31:42.080 --> 00:31:42.920
 for me along the way.

00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:45.440
 And somewhere,

00:31:46.080 --> 00:31:48.080
 I got my eyes off of that.

00:31:49.700 --> 00:31:51.259
 And I got my eyes on everything

00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:52.800
 I don't think is right in the world.

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:57.080
 And you want me to count my blessings again.

00:31:57.779 --> 00:31:58.860
 You want me to go back

00:31:58.860 --> 00:32:00.019
 and see how good God is.

00:32:01.620 --> 00:32:02.820
 Psalm 118 says,

00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:03.980
 this is the Lord's doing.

00:32:04.600 --> 00:32:06.960
 It is marvelous in our eyes.

00:32:07.539 --> 00:32:08.420
 What's he talking about?

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:09.920
 He's talking about all the things

00:32:09.920 --> 00:32:10.680
 that God has done.

00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:12.360
 Look what God's done

00:32:12.360 --> 00:32:13.840
 right here in this church.

00:32:14.400 --> 00:32:15.440
 Look what God's done.

00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:16.820
 I can't speak to the history

00:32:16.820 --> 00:32:18.340
 except what I've read in books

00:32:18.340 --> 00:32:19.380
 or what I've heard from you.

00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:21.060
 But look what God has done.

00:32:21.160 --> 00:32:21.480
 Number one,

00:32:21.539 --> 00:32:22.720
 he's kept the doors of this church

00:32:22.720 --> 00:32:24.100
 open since 1876.

00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:26.440
 Number two,

00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:28.580
 we've got multi-generational Christians

00:32:28.580 --> 00:32:29.519
 sitting in this room,

00:32:29.700 --> 00:32:31.080
 many of whom were raised up

00:32:31.080 --> 00:32:31.700
 in this church.

00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:33.320
 And if you're not one of those people,

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:35.140
 man, we're so glad you're here.

00:32:35.900 --> 00:32:36.940
 Because if all it was

00:32:36.940 --> 00:32:37.720
 was people who were raised

00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:38.340
 in this church,

00:32:38.840 --> 00:32:39.920
 boy, that would be so sad.

00:32:39.920 --> 00:32:41.100
 We need fresh blood, don't we?

00:32:41.420 --> 00:32:42.960
 We need fresh people coming in

00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:44.460
 and seeing what God's going to do

00:32:44.460 --> 00:32:44.960
 through them.

00:32:46.640 --> 00:32:47.580
 Look what he's done

00:32:47.580 --> 00:32:48.680
 just in the last year and a half

00:32:48.680 --> 00:32:49.680
 that I've seen personally

00:32:49.680 --> 00:32:50.560
 with my own eyes.

00:32:51.860 --> 00:32:53.120
 How many have been added

00:32:53.120 --> 00:32:53.860
 to our number?

00:32:56.140 --> 00:32:57.660
 How many have followed

00:32:57.660 --> 00:32:58.340
 the Lord's command

00:32:58.340 --> 00:32:58.940
 to be baptized

00:32:58.940 --> 00:33:01.320
 and give that public testimony

00:33:01.320 --> 00:33:01.920
 of the transformation

00:33:02.560 --> 00:33:04.080
 he's making inside them?

00:33:05.080 --> 00:33:06.560
 21 in the last year and a half.

00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:08.140
 Thank God for that.

00:33:08.140 --> 00:33:10.860
 This is the Lord's doing

00:33:10.860 --> 00:33:12.280
 and it's marvelous

00:33:12.280 --> 00:33:13.700
 in our eyes.

00:33:14.300 --> 00:33:15.780
 Is it marvelous in your eyes?

00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:17.759
 Or could you take or leave it?

00:33:20.360 --> 00:33:22.040
 Is it marvelous in your eyes

00:33:22.040 --> 00:33:23.040
 or are other things

00:33:23.040 --> 00:33:23.860
 more important to you?

00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:27.040
 Is what God is doing

00:33:27.040 --> 00:33:28.700
 marvelous in your eyes

00:33:28.700 --> 00:33:30.360
 or has it been tainted

00:33:30.360 --> 00:33:31.400
 and diminished

00:33:31.400 --> 00:33:33.120
 because you're not content?

00:33:33.119 --> 00:33:34.919
 You're ungrateful.

00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:38.959
 So here's your takeaway.

00:33:39.479 --> 00:33:40.679
 There's two parts to it today.

00:33:41.899 --> 00:33:43.500
 Do God's ways get to win

00:33:43.500 --> 00:33:44.959
 over my will?

00:33:46.539 --> 00:33:48.399
 Do God's ways get to win

00:33:48.399 --> 00:33:49.839
 over my will?

00:33:50.559 --> 00:33:52.579
 God's ways are clearly laid out

00:33:52.579 --> 00:33:53.399
 in the word of God.

00:33:53.659 --> 00:33:54.619
 You say, who gets to determine

00:33:54.619 --> 00:33:55.379
 God's ways?

00:33:55.659 --> 00:33:56.199
 Scripture does.

00:33:56.879 --> 00:33:57.759
 The Bible does.

00:33:58.099 --> 00:33:59.179
 The Bible teaches us

00:33:59.179 --> 00:34:00.119
 what God's ways are.

00:34:00.119 --> 00:34:01.339
 The Great Commission

00:34:01.339 --> 00:34:02.339
 and the Great Commandment.

00:34:02.579 --> 00:34:03.779
 Go into all the world

00:34:03.779 --> 00:34:05.099
 and teach the gospel

00:34:05.099 --> 00:34:05.779
 to everyone.

00:34:05.979 --> 00:34:06.879
 Make disciples.

00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:08.420
 Jesus followers.

00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:10.659
 That is God's ways.

00:34:12.839 --> 00:34:13.880
 Love one another.

00:34:14.799 --> 00:34:16.079
 Love the Lord, our God.

00:34:16.659 --> 00:34:17.980
 Love each other as ourselves.

00:34:18.319 --> 00:34:19.380
 That's the Great Commandment.

00:34:20.059 --> 00:34:22.059
 That is God's ways.

00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:24.119
 Do God's ways get to win

00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:25.420
 over my will?

00:34:25.420 --> 00:34:27.200
 And the second part,

00:34:27.340 --> 00:34:28.599
 does my discontentment

00:34:28.599 --> 00:34:30.619
 reveal a lack of appreciation

00:34:30.619 --> 00:34:32.099
 for what God is doing?

00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:34.760
 Does my discontentment

00:34:34.760 --> 00:34:36.920
 reveal a lack of appreciation

00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:39.039
 for what God is doing?

00:34:39.099 --> 00:34:39.940
 Would you ask yourself

00:34:39.940 --> 00:34:41.639
 that question along with me?

00:34:42.420 --> 00:34:44.180
 If we're all honest with ourselves,

00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:45.760
 some of us won't be,

00:34:46.280 --> 00:34:47.960
 but I pray that the majority

00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:49.059
 of God's people here

00:34:49.059 --> 00:34:52.099
 would honestly seek our hearts,

00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:54.820
 ask God to reveal to us

00:34:54.820 --> 00:34:56.660
 am I being discontent?

00:34:58.140 --> 00:34:59.140
 Does that show

00:34:59.140 --> 00:35:00.140
 that I don't appreciate

00:35:00.140 --> 00:35:01.760
 what God's doing here?

00:35:02.980 --> 00:35:05.500
 Do God's ways get to win over me?

00:35:05.559 --> 00:35:06.559
 Would you bow your heads with me?

00:35:07.260 --> 00:35:08.800
 God, teach us to be thankful.

00:35:10.080 --> 00:35:11.480
 Teach us to thank you.

00:35:12.600 --> 00:35:14.740
 Let us not be like the other nine

00:35:14.740 --> 00:35:16.519
 who just went on their way

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:17.380
 and said, oh great,

00:35:17.500 --> 00:35:18.900
 God did something great for me.

00:35:19.019 --> 00:35:19.420
 Wonderful.

00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:21.220
 I'm going to go on my way now.

00:35:21.780 --> 00:35:22.840
 I'm going to live my life

00:35:22.840 --> 00:35:23.559
 how I choose.

00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:25.980
 Let us be like the one

00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:26.699
 who returned

00:35:26.699 --> 00:35:28.219
 and cast ourselves

00:35:28.219 --> 00:35:29.019
 at his feet

00:35:29.019 --> 00:35:29.739
 and said,

00:35:29.820 --> 00:35:30.699
 God, thank you.

00:35:31.380 --> 00:35:32.000
 Thank you.

00:35:32.599 --> 00:35:33.719
 Restore to us

00:35:33.719 --> 00:35:35.219
 the joy of our salvation.

00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:38.940
 Then we will turn sinners to you.

00:35:39.299 --> 00:35:40.940
 We will speak of that salvation.

00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:43.159
 We will be your witnesses

00:35:43.159 --> 00:35:45.599
 in Jerusalem,

00:35:45.820 --> 00:35:46.320
 in Judea,

00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:46.960
 in Samaria,

00:35:47.099 --> 00:35:48.519
 to the ends of the earth.

00:35:49.460 --> 00:35:50.679
 What is our Jerusalem?

00:35:50.679 --> 00:35:52.239
 It's right here in Henrietta, Texas

00:35:52.239 --> 00:35:52.960
 in Clay County.

00:35:53.759 --> 00:35:54.839
 What is our Judea?

00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:56.559
 It's across this general area

00:35:56.559 --> 00:35:57.279
 in our state.

00:35:57.980 --> 00:35:59.259
 What is our Samaria?

00:35:59.399 --> 00:36:00.779
 The places we don't want to go.

00:36:02.179 --> 00:36:04.259
 The places that are distasteful to us.

00:36:05.019 --> 00:36:06.679
 We will be your witnesses there.

00:36:06.679 --> 00:36:10.199
 And the ends of the earth, God.

00:36:11.079 --> 00:36:12.440
 You might be calling people

00:36:12.440 --> 00:36:14.099
 to take your gospel message

00:36:14.099 --> 00:36:16.079
 to countries they've never visited,

00:36:16.460 --> 00:36:17.960
 to places that don't have

00:36:17.960 --> 00:36:19.579
 the wealth of the gospel

00:36:19.579 --> 00:36:20.739
 that we enjoy here

00:36:20.739 --> 00:36:21.919
 in our country.

00:36:23.799 --> 00:36:25.539
 Or you might just be calling somebody

00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:26.619
 to go across the street,

00:36:27.339 --> 00:36:29.579
 to speak a word at work,

00:36:30.099 --> 00:36:31.779
 to talk to a relative

00:36:31.779 --> 00:36:32.519
 at Thanksgiving.

00:36:32.519 --> 00:36:37.099
 Whatever way we can be a witness

00:36:37.099 --> 00:36:38.880
 and truly worship you,

00:36:40.059 --> 00:36:42.500
 will God's ways get to win

00:36:42.500 --> 00:36:44.159
 over our own?

00:36:47.380 --> 00:36:49.000
 Church, would you join us in standing?

00:36:49.460 --> 00:36:50.139
 As you do,

00:36:50.199 --> 00:36:51.239
 I'm going to ask these questions.

00:36:51.719 --> 00:36:52.599
 If you're here today

00:36:52.599 --> 00:36:53.960
 and you heard the gospel message,

00:36:54.059 --> 00:36:55.300
 the saving news of Jesus

00:36:55.300 --> 00:36:56.420
 preached to you,

00:36:56.860 --> 00:36:58.039
 and you would like today

00:36:58.039 --> 00:36:58.679
 to be the day

00:36:58.679 --> 00:36:59.800
 that you turn from sin

00:36:59.800 --> 00:37:00.900
 and turn to the Savior,

00:37:01.300 --> 00:37:02.480
 then please come down front

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 and meet me down here.

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 I'd like to sit down

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 and pray with you,

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 show you from God's word

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 how you can know

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 that you are the child of God.

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 If you'd like to place

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 your membership in this church,

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 please meet me down here.

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 I'd love to have

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 that conversation with you.

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 If you've got something

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 you just need to pray about,

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 maybe God's spoken to you

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 from his word

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 and he's convicted you

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 about something to pray about,

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 would you come down

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 and just use this if you'd like,

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 if you'd like to sit

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 and pray in your seat,

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 if you'd like to stand

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 and pray quietly,

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 that's up to you.

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 It's between you and God.

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 Jared's going to lead us

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 in this song

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 and let's use this time

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 as a time to do business

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 with our Lord.

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 I hear you