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 I would like you to turn in your Bibles this morning.

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 Isn't that a sweet phrase?

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 Turn in your Bible.

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 What we confess together with that statement and your activity

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 is that we are a people who have been drawn out of darkness into light

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! by the Bible, by the truth,

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 that God has given to us.

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 And we, in this broken and very difficult world that we live in,

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 may rely upon every word that God has given to us

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 for comfort, for counsel, for encouragement,

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 that our hearts might, for one thing,

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 be resolute in our pursuit of the glory of Christ

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 and also confident in our eternal end.

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 And I trust this morning that as you take your Bible in hand,

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 you do not take it for granted.

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 And that one of the things you're actually doing,

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 I didn't even look at my watch to know how much time I have to do this,

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 but, oh, we've got time.

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 And one of the things that you're actually doing is you're engaged in prayer.

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 This is not the passive part of the hour.

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 It is every bit as demanding that you be engaged in what we do together

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 as during our corporate singing.

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 And by the way, the most important singers are not on stage.

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 They're here.

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 They're God's people.

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 The people who are up here, John and whoever the musicians are,

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 their heart's ambition is to help you lift up Jesus.

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 Do you understand that?

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 They're not here to entertain you.

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 They are here to stir your heart with a desire to see the Lord Jesus exalted.

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 And that's one of the reasons why one of the standard questions

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 that John and I ask each other is not,

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 how did the musicians do?

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 Did the pianist come in on the right note?

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 I mean, that's John's business, but not.

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 I always, how did we sing, right?

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 How did we sing?

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 Because the truth of the matter is,

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 is that when people who are filled with the Spirit

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 are touched with the joy of the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 it happens to come out.

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 Agreed?

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 Agreed?

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 Okay.

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 So here we are.

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 We're at this very active part of the service,

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 and some of you are thinking,

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 I thought I could kind of sit here and just kind of brain dead

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 and float through,

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 and 45 minutes from now I can think about leaving.

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 You have an active part in what happens next,

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 both in being a Spirit-enabled listener,

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 and that means you need to say to the Holy Spirit,

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 will you please help me?

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 Secondly, I might miss some of the important things that you have,

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 and I want your help to hear the things that are valuable,

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 and I need to remember.

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 Secondly, that you would remember to pray for me as I preach.

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 Do that.

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 Pray for me as I preach.

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 I don't care if you do it out loud.

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 It won't put me off,

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 because we are dependent upon the work of the Holy Spirit.

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 So I want you to look in John to chapter 4, verse 39,

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 and kind of back up with me just for a moment,

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 and it helps to kind of frame the passage.

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 Let me have you, as you are in John chapter 4,

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 to turn back just for a moment

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 to the very beginning of the book of John

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 and remind yourself that John is a different gospel than the rest.

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 Matthew, Mark, and Luke are called synoptic,

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 and they give us kind of a synopsis.

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 They give us an overview of the life of Christ.

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 John is different in that while it gives us much about Christ,

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 it is not focused primarily on the historical

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 or the chronological details of Christ's 33 years here on earth.

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 It is focused primarily on driving home this point.

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 Jesus is the Son of God and the Savior of the world.

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 And John gets right to that task immediately

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 in John chapter 1 where he says there in verse 1,

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 in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,

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 and the Word was God.

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 Boom! You got it?

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 No hesitation and no waffling.

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 It's like, well, he was a pretty good person.

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 Bang! He is God.

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 Not only that, but the Scriptures roll on with power,

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 and you come down to what it says there in verse 14,

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 and the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.

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 Talking about the incarnation.

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 God the Son for all eternity taking on human form.

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 And John, as he continues in explaining the matter of who Jesus is,

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 he says, here is God the Son who came to earth

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 and took upon himself human flesh.

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 Why?

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 Why?

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 We understand from what John the Baptist says right there in chapter 1,

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 when he saw Jesus coming, he said,

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 Behold the Lamb of God that takes away the sins of the world.

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 And so John chapter 1 lays out for us in clear, clear vocabulary

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 who Jesus is as God the Son, the Savior of the world.

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 Chapter 2, then, gives us a very interesting picture

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 of Jesus in two rather different settings.

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 One is the wedding feast at Cana,

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 where he privately, and known primarily,

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 just to his mother and disciples,

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 turns the water into wine and demonstrates his power over nature.

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 And then chapter 2, the latter part of it,

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 guess what he does?

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 He cleanses the temple.

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 I mean, I want you to imagine,

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 in contemporary vocabulary,

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 someone walking into the Supreme Court

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 and throwing all those 12 out on their ear.

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 That's, in essence, what Jesus did when he cleansed the temple.

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 Chapter 3 gives us...

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 Now, by the way, Jesus came to be what?

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 Say it with me.

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 The Savior of the world.

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 He came to save lost mankind.

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 Chapter 3 gives us our first picture

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 of Jesus interacting with an individual

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 who desperately needed Christ.

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 Nicodemus came to Jesus by night,

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 and he had some little curious spiritual questions,

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 and Jesus nailed him with,

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 You know what?

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 You have to be born again.

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 Nicodemus was kind of at the high end of the food chain

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 of being an effective, religious, good Jew.

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 And Jesus said,

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 You have to have a do-over because you're not there.

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 Nicodemus passes from the scene.

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 We have no indication of his conversion at that time.

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 And then we come to chapter 4,

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 and guess who chapter 4 is all about?

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 I mean, it's a scuzzbag, a lowlife.

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 It is the woman at the well, the Samaritan,

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 and she was a woman who had been married five times,

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 and what?

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 She was living with a man at the time.

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 And so we have a picture,

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 Nicodemus on this side,

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 the Mr. Goody-goody,

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 and here we have Mrs. Samaritan,

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 not the goody-goody,

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 and Jesus meets her at the well,

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 and he allows the conversation

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 to drift over into spiritual things.

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 And that's where we are now.

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 In John 4, verse 39,

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 let me pick up on the passage and read it to you.

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 It says,

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 Many Samaritans from town believed in him because...

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 And I want you to put your finger.

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 You may even want to underline because...

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 I'll start right from the get-go here

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 and just ask yourself this question.

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 Are there people that you know have come to faith

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 because of your testimony?

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 That's a fair question, isn't it?

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 I mean, after all,

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 and this is one of the things I was thinking about

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 as I was meditating and praying earlier this morning

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 about our message,

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 I was thinking about how many illustrations in the Bible we have

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 of people who discover great news

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 and just kind of sit on it.

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 I mean, I was like,

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 Yeah, it's a good thing.

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 I'm glad Jesus saved me.

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 I was a wretch,

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 but I'm not telling anybody

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 because I don't want anybody to know.

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 Right?

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 I mean, every case you have,

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 and I was reading, actually,

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 in my morning devotions

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 about where Jesus would heal these people

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 who were blind

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 or he would heal these people who were deaf,

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 and he would say to them,

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 Don't go tell anybody.

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 Right?

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 How would they handle that instruction?

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 Right on.

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 I won't tell anybody.

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 I can see you,

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 but I'm not talking about it.

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 Right?

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 They were all over the place

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 talking about the wonder

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 and the miracle that they'd enjoyed

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 and in classic fashion,

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 here is the woman saved from her sin,

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 and she runs back into town,

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 and she lets them know who Jesus is.

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 Let me read the passage as we go on.

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 It says,

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 Many Samaritans from the town

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 believed in him

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 because of the woman's testimony.

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 He told me all that I ever did.

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 And so when the Samaritans came to him,

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 they asked him to stay with them,

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 and he stayed with them two days.

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 And many more believed

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 because of his word.

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 They said to the woman,

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 It is no longer because of what you said

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 that we believe,

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 for we have heard for ourselves,

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 and we know that this indeed

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 is the Savior of the world.

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 Now, we have in this passage this morning

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 a very, very interesting little conclusion

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 to the earlier two scenes,

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 one of Nicodemus

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 and the other of the woman at the well

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 who came face to face with Jesus

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 as Jesus dealt with the heart needs

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 of Nicodemus and the woman.

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 And one of the things

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 that I want you to take away

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 from the passage this morning

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 is a clear understanding

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 of what saving faith is.

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 What does it mean

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 to be saved

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 or be converted

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 or to be born again?

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 And you see,

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 it's a very important question

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 because the truth of the matter is

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 is that heaven and hell

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 rest on the outcome.

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 When we come to that moment

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 in our lives

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 where we slip from this place

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 into eternity,

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 I want you to know

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 that Tim Knoyer

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 has complete confidence

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 in how the story ends.

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 Not because I've been

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 a good person

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 and I have done

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 all these nice things

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 that, you know,

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 like helping elderly ladies

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 across the street

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 and taking care

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 of my neighbor's cat

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 and those kind of...

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 That's not why

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 I'm going to heaven.

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 I want you to know that.

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 I'm going to heaven

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 because Jesus Christ

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 is my Savior

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 and He died in my place

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 and He satisfied

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 the debt of my sin

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 and I trust in

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 His finished work alone.

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 And I want you to understand

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 as you look at the passage

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 that we're going to look at

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 this morning,

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 what John's gospel

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 wants us to see

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 is what is saving faith.

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 Saving faith, for one,

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 is knowing the truth

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 about our need.

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 Saving faith

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 is knowing the truth

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 about our need.

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 And since the Bible

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 is something

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 that gives us the truth,

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 I think it's very important

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 for us to allow the Bible

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 to be the primary instrument

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 of helping us grab

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 and get a hold

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 of the reality

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 of what saving faith is.

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 And so I want you

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 to mark that little phrase there

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 in verse 39.

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 It says here,

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 many Samaritans from town

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 believed because

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 of the woman's testimony.

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 What the Samaritan woman

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 had done

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 is that she had gone

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 back into town

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 and she'd given a report.

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 That word testimony

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 that is used there

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 is a word that speaks

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 in the Greek

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 of bearing witness

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 to something

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 that you are

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 a first-hand witness to.

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 You may talk about

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 the fact that there was

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 a wreck on 270

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 and you saw pictures of it,

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 but I can tell you this,

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 the police officers

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 are not going to rely

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 on hearsay evidence

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 that you had from the news.

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 They want to actually

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 hear from a witness

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 what happened in that event.

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 And what the word tells us

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 is this woman went back

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 into town and she says,

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 I saw it.

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 I saw Jesus.

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 I heard what he had to say

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 and I am giving you testimony

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 of the reality of who he is

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 and what he had to say to me.

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 And here is Jesus

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 as he ministered to this woman.

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 He brought conviction

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 to her life

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 and she goes back into town

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 and she says,

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 hey, I want you to meet the man

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 who exposed the truth

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 of my sinful state

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 and also delivered me

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 from sin's grip.

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 Not only did he expose

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 the reality of the hardness

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 and the despair of my soul,

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 but he also gave me hope

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 in that he identified himself

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 as the Messiah,

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 the one who came

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 to be the sacrifice

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 for my sins.

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 And what this says is this,

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 is that belief

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 or saving faith

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 really follows

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 hearing the truth

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 and understanding it.

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 And I think that's very important

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 because we have people

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 going around today

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 presupposing that

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 the fundamental responsibility

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 of the church

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 is to make people happy.

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 Now, I want people happy,

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 but people can't be happy

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 until they hear difficult news

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 about the reality

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 of their soul.

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 Over the years,

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 one of the things

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 that has happened

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 over and over and over again,

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 and spring is here,

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 and so it's starting the process.

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 I get regular calls.

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 People ask,

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 can we use the church

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 to have a wedding?

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 And my standard answer,

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 guess what it is?

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 Some of you know.

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 It's,

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 I am so glad you called

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 because we love the opportunity

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 of helping a couple

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 who know Jesus

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 establish their home

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 with Jesus in the center.

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 And I say,

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 it's our blessing

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 and our privilege,

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 and I would love

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 to have you

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 and your fiance

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 come and visit us.

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 Oh, I don't need

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 to visit you.

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 I've seen the church.

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 Really?

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 Yeah, I was on the web.

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 I thought the building

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 would be pretty suitable

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 for our wedding.

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 wedding.

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 Well, you want to do

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 the reception here?

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 Oh, no, we're going to

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 blah, blah, blah.

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 You know, I'm going to do it there.

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 But we just want to have

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 a ceremony

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 in a sacred place.

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 Hey, church is you.

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 It's not this place.

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 And I say,

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 well, the rest of the family

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 wants to be in there thinking,

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 oh, do I have to pay

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 for all those people

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 eating with me?

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 You know, I say,

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 no, no, no.

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 Just, we want to be part

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 of seeing your home

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 centered on Jesus.

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 Well, I'm not interested

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 in that part.

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 I just was looking

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 for a facility to rent

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 to kind of do this thing.

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 Well, we're not into that.

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 We are here

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 to help people grow

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 in their relationship

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 with Christ.

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 And here is Jesus

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 explaining that

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 this starting point

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 of developing

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 a relationship

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 with Christ

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 is coming to

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 a realization

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 of the darkness

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 of the soul

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 and the desperation

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 that sinners are in

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 because of sin

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 that draws them

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 and separates them

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 from God.

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 So what is saving faith?

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 I think it helps

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 for one

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 to just kind of stop

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 and recognize

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 what it is not.

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 For one,

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 saving faith

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 is not mere feeling.

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 Feelings can be caused

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 by so many different things.

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 And any of you

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 who know me

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 know that feelings

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 kind of,

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 there they are.

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 I was at the

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 ordination council.

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 You know,

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 and I had,

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 you know,

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 at 66,

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 I had resolved

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 being an older man now

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 that when I asked questions,

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 I would be kind of

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 just calm

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 and quiet

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 and not get emotional.

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 You know,

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 I was like,

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 have you ever seen me

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 cry at a wedding?

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 Never done it.

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 And so,

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 you know,

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 here they,

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 I mean,

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 I'm sitting towards the back

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 and that's a safe place

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 for an older guy,

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 you know,

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 towards the back.

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 And they said,

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 well,

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 we're going to ask

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 that Pastor Knoyer

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 asked the first question.

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 So I got started

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 and guess what happened?

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 Just calm,

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 quiet voice.

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 You know,

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 and

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 I was thinking

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 of the blessing

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 of being a pastor

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 and then

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 being there

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 as a pastor

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 and watching

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 a young man

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 that had grown up

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 in our church,

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 there

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 sitting alone

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 on the stage

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 answering questions

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 about what it meant

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 to be

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 a shepherd

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 of God's people.

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 And my heart

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 just kind of

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 welled up within me.

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 And,

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 and I,

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 I,

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 I was emotional.

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 Took me a while

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 to control myself

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 to where I could

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 get to the question.

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 So what I'm telling you

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 is that,

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 hey,

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 emotions are not all bad

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 and,

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 you know,

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 if you try to stuff

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 them down forever,

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 you know,

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 sometimes it's just hard

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 but,

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 but the deal is this,

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 is emotions

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 don't bring people

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 to faith.

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 Emotions may

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 prompt you

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 to think carefully

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 about where your heart is.

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 That's okay.

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 But at the end

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 of the day,

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 emotions are not

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 what save people.

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 Saving faith

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 is not sincere belief

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 either.

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 Do you realize

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 that there were

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 millions of Jews

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 that were put to death

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 by Nazis

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 who really sincerely

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 believed what they believed?

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 Do you follow that?

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 They believed that.

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 And,

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 I don't know,

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 some of you here

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 are old enough

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 to remember Jim Jones.

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 Anybody remember Jim Jones?

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 You heard the phrase

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 don't drink the Kool-Aid?

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 How many of you

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 know that phrase?

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 I mean,

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 it's like don't drink

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 the Kool-Aid.

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 Jim Jones is the one

00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:51.380
 who made it famous.

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 Prior to that,

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 there was this little ditty

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 called Kool-Aid.

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 Kool-Aid,

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 it tastes great.

00:18:57.180 --> 00:18:58.299
 Gotta have some.

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 Can't wait.

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 Now,

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 that's for you

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 who are,

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 I mean,

00:19:01.740 --> 00:19:02.220
 look at this.

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 It's like for the rest

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 of you,

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 it's like over top.

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 You know,

00:19:05.000 --> 00:19:05.299
 it's like,

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 that was my generation.

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 You know,

00:19:07.519 --> 00:19:08.740
 it's like we sang that song

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 and we really thought

00:19:09.440 --> 00:19:10.200
 Kool-Aid was good

00:19:10.200 --> 00:19:11.599
 until Jim Jones came along

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 and he made people

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 who believed in him

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 drink it.

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 See,

00:19:16.539 --> 00:19:17.779
 having sincere faith

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 may lead to death.

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 I remember growing up

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 in India

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 and truthfully watching,

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 I remember going to

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 the place,

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 the start of the Ganges River

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 and Ganges River

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 is sacred,

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 holy

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 and it was a gathering place

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 for all kinds of

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 real,

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 serious,

00:19:35.700 --> 00:19:36.960
 and sincere believers

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 in Hinduism.

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 I remember looking

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 at one sadhu

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 who had sat

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 on a bed of nails.

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 I mean,

00:19:44.539 --> 00:19:45.740
 this is the real story

00:19:45.740 --> 00:19:47.200
 and he was sitting

00:19:47.200 --> 00:19:48.120
 on that bed of nails,

00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:49.740
 he slept on that bed of nails

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 and he had never

00:19:50.759 --> 00:19:52.359
 gotten off of that bed of nails

00:19:52.359 --> 00:19:52.940
 except for

00:19:52.940 --> 00:19:54.720
 basic functions

00:19:54.720 --> 00:19:56.980
 and he was doing this

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 because he sincerely believed

00:19:58.660 --> 00:20:00.940
 that that was the means

00:20:00.940 --> 00:20:01.539
 of salvation.

00:20:01.700 --> 00:20:02.839
 I saw another sadhu

00:20:02.839 --> 00:20:05.039
 who had stared at the sun

00:20:05.039 --> 00:20:06.200
 with his eyes open

00:20:06.200 --> 00:20:07.700
 and burned him out

00:20:07.700 --> 00:20:10.539
 and he sincerely believed

00:20:10.539 --> 00:20:13.299
 that his willing sacrifice

00:20:13.299 --> 00:20:14.500
 of his eyesight

00:20:14.500 --> 00:20:15.880
 was the means

00:20:15.880 --> 00:20:16.779
 of his salvation.

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 Sincere belief

00:20:17.960 --> 00:20:18.640
 doesn't cut it.

00:20:20.140 --> 00:20:21.460
 I want you to understand

00:20:21.460 --> 00:20:22.880
 that apart

00:20:22.880 --> 00:20:24.319
 from the reality

00:20:24.319 --> 00:20:25.180
 of the truth

00:20:25.180 --> 00:20:25.960
 of the scriptures,

00:20:26.180 --> 00:20:27.839
 there is no hope

00:20:27.839 --> 00:20:28.819
 of salvation

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 and that's one of the reasons

00:20:30.460 --> 00:20:32.420
 why we who know Christ

00:20:32.420 --> 00:20:33.920
 have to be involved

00:20:33.920 --> 00:20:35.140
 in letting people

00:20:35.140 --> 00:20:36.140
 know the truth

00:20:36.140 --> 00:20:37.160
 of their need.

00:20:38.380 --> 00:20:39.700
 It is the truth

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 that brings conviction

00:20:42.599 --> 00:20:44.980
 salvation

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 and draws a person

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 to salvation.

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 Let me have you see

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 just how clearly

00:20:48.879 --> 00:20:49.819
 this issue of truth

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 is hammered at

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 in the Bible.

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 You're there in John

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 chapter 4,

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 just turn ahead

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 to John chapter 8

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 verse 32

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 and here is Jesus

00:21:00.559 --> 00:21:01.459
 again speaking

00:21:01.459 --> 00:21:02.599
 on the matter of truth

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 and here's what he says,

00:21:04.059 --> 00:21:05.599
 you will know the truth

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 and the truth

00:21:07.599 --> 00:21:08.379
 will set you free.

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 You will know the truth

00:21:11.059 --> 00:21:12.939
 and the truth

00:21:12.939 --> 00:21:13.859
 will set you free.

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 Truth is absolutely

00:21:16.139 --> 00:21:16.699
 essential

00:21:16.699 --> 00:21:18.299
 to our salvation.

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 Turn to another passage

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 in relationship

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 to this.

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 You're there in John,

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 keep your finger

00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:25.000
 because we are coming back

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 but I want you to go

00:21:25.639 --> 00:21:27.099
 to 1 Timothy chapter 2

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 verse 4.

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 By the way,

00:21:33.099 --> 00:21:33.599
 as I'm turning,

00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:34.139
 I'm praying.

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 Do you know

00:21:34.419 --> 00:21:34.859
 why I'm praying?

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 I'm praying,

00:21:36.679 --> 00:21:37.139
 Holy Spirit,

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 help me make the word clear.

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 1 Timothy chapter 2

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 verse 4,

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 it says this,

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 who desires all people

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 to be saved

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 and to come to the knowledge

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 of the truth.

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 The truth.

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 What the woman heard

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 and what she had gone into town

00:22:02.240 --> 00:22:03.059
 and communicated

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 to the townsfolk

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 listen carefully

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 because this is important

00:22:06.880 --> 00:22:07.480
 to understand,

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 started with the truth

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 that her sin

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 was her greatest need.

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 Let me say that slowly

00:22:12.840 --> 00:22:13.759
 so you don't miss it.

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 What she had gone into town

00:22:16.560 --> 00:22:19.080
 and shared with the townsfolk

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 is that her sin

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 was her greatest need.

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 Until a person

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 comes to the place

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 that they realize

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 that their sin

00:22:26.700 --> 00:22:28.720
 is their greatest need,

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 they really haven't come

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 to the place

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 of understanding

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 how essential

00:22:32.899 --> 00:22:35.119
 faith in Christ is.

00:22:36.339 --> 00:22:37.019
 This morning

00:22:37.019 --> 00:22:38.480
 in my devotional reading

00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:39.179
 in the book of Mark,

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 I came to the passage

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 where Jesus

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 was being criticized

00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:44.039
 by the Pharisees

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 because he ate

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 with sinners.

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 You can think about that.

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 Must have been at Walmart

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 or Mendy's

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 or McDonald's

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 or somewhere like,

00:22:52.159 --> 00:22:52.279
 you know,

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 where all they are.

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 And so here he is

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 eating with sinners

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 and the Pharisees,

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 I can't believe

00:22:56.319 --> 00:22:56.839
 you're doing that.

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 And here's what Jesus said.

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 He said,

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 I didn't come to help

00:23:01.099 --> 00:23:01.680
 those people

00:23:01.680 --> 00:23:02.339
 who are righteous.

00:23:02.639 --> 00:23:03.599
 I came to help,

00:23:03.660 --> 00:23:03.960
 what?

00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:06.200
 Sinners.

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 I came to help sinners.

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 And so the starting point

00:23:11.920 --> 00:23:12.680
 of conversion

00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:13.740
 is really coming to grips

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 with the fact,

00:23:14.579 --> 00:23:14.819
 man,

00:23:15.099 --> 00:23:16.059
 I'm a sinner

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 and I've got a desperate need

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 and here's the woman.

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 She went into town

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 and says,

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 you know what?

00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:20.960
 Jesus told me

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 all about myself.

00:23:23.019 --> 00:23:25.039
 she'd gone to the well

00:23:25.039 --> 00:23:25.700
 for water

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 and she'd come to grips

00:23:28.119 --> 00:23:30.460
 with the reality

00:23:30.460 --> 00:23:31.819
 of her sinful heart

00:23:31.819 --> 00:23:33.859
 that had traded sex

00:23:33.859 --> 00:23:34.519
 for security.

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 And Jesus not only

00:23:37.619 --> 00:23:38.660
 convicted her

00:23:38.660 --> 00:23:39.480
 of her sin

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 but also helped her

00:23:40.639 --> 00:23:41.160
 understand

00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:42.920
 that he alone

00:23:42.920 --> 00:23:44.119
 was the only remedy

00:23:44.119 --> 00:23:45.680
 to her broken

00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:46.440
 and ruined heart.

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 And all we know

00:23:48.339 --> 00:23:49.019
 about her testimony

00:23:49.019 --> 00:23:49.539
 is that she went

00:23:49.539 --> 00:23:50.259
 back into town

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 and she said this,

00:23:52.339 --> 00:23:53.279
 he told me

00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:54.539
 all that I ever did.

00:23:55.159 --> 00:23:56.099
 Isn't that an interesting

00:23:56.099 --> 00:23:56.519
 statement?

00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:58.759
 In essence,

00:23:58.879 --> 00:23:59.859
 what she was saying

00:23:59.859 --> 00:24:00.439
 was this,

00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:02.059
 is that Jesus convicted me

00:24:02.059 --> 00:24:02.839
 of my sin

00:24:02.839 --> 00:24:05.799
 and he let me know

00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:07.699
 what my problem was.

00:24:09.019 --> 00:24:09.459
 So,

00:24:09.839 --> 00:24:10.799
 recognize this

00:24:10.799 --> 00:24:11.720
 as you think about it

00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:12.559
 in your own life

00:24:12.559 --> 00:24:13.099
 and ministry,

00:24:13.259 --> 00:24:13.939
 true conversion

00:24:13.939 --> 00:24:14.740
 involves seeing

00:24:14.740 --> 00:24:15.459
 the truth of sin.

00:24:15.460 --> 00:24:17.259
 Now,

00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:17.819
 let me explain

00:24:17.819 --> 00:24:18.319
 this a bit.

00:24:19.059 --> 00:24:19.740
 Seeing the truth

00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:20.100
 of sin

00:24:20.100 --> 00:24:20.779
 is more than

00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:21.640
 feeling bad

00:24:21.640 --> 00:24:22.340
 about sin.

00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:22.920
 Everybody smile

00:24:22.920 --> 00:24:23.640
 when I say that.

00:24:24.700 --> 00:24:25.420
 Seeing the truth

00:24:25.420 --> 00:24:25.779
 of sin

00:24:25.779 --> 00:24:26.539
 is more than

00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:27.220
 just feeling

00:24:27.220 --> 00:24:28.500
 bad about sin.

00:24:29.620 --> 00:24:29.960
 I mean,

00:24:30.120 --> 00:24:30.799
 feeling bad

00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:31.340
 about sin

00:24:31.340 --> 00:24:31.840
 is something

00:24:31.840 --> 00:24:32.539
 that happens

00:24:32.539 --> 00:24:33.380
 fairly often

00:24:33.380 --> 00:24:34.539
 once you get

00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:35.539
 caught sinning.

00:24:35.799 --> 00:24:36.440
 Why is that?

00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:38.220
 How many of you

00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:38.920
 understand that

00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:40.200
 sin always creates

00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:41.420
 unintended consequences?

00:24:41.420 --> 00:24:44.019
 In every case,

00:24:44.620 --> 00:24:45.740
 there are some of you

00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:46.200
 sitting here

00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:46.700
 that are thinking

00:24:46.700 --> 00:24:47.320
 to yourself,

00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:47.980
 well,

00:24:48.180 --> 00:24:49.220
 the sin that I'm committing

00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:50.019
 doesn't have any

00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:51.080
 unintended consequences.

00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:52.160
 You're fooling yourself

00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:53.320
 and the reason

00:24:53.320 --> 00:24:54.420
 that you may not be

00:24:54.420 --> 00:24:55.759
 enduring the consequences

00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:56.640
 right now

00:24:56.640 --> 00:24:58.380
 is because God

00:24:58.380 --> 00:24:59.480
 is being incredibly

00:24:59.480 --> 00:25:00.460
 patient and gentle

00:25:00.460 --> 00:25:00.900
 with you

00:25:00.900 --> 00:25:02.860
 but when he

00:25:02.860 --> 00:25:04.259
 lets you experience

00:25:04.259 --> 00:25:04.860
 consequence,

00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:06.000
 he is going to

00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:06.440
 take away

00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:07.140
 all the arguments

00:25:07.140 --> 00:25:08.019
 and you're going

00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:08.900
 to come face to face

00:25:08.900 --> 00:25:09.420
 with the fact

00:25:09.420 --> 00:25:10.120
 that your sin

00:25:10.120 --> 00:25:11.039
 is your greatest problem.

00:25:11.420 --> 00:25:14.560
 It's not hard

00:25:14.560 --> 00:25:15.140
 to feel bad

00:25:15.140 --> 00:25:15.660
 about sin

00:25:15.660 --> 00:25:16.019
 when you're

00:25:16.019 --> 00:25:17.039
 suffering the consequences

00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:17.779
 but that's not

00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:19.140
 converting faith.

00:25:21.420 --> 00:25:22.160
 Adam and Eve

00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:22.860
 felt bad

00:25:22.860 --> 00:25:24.560
 after they'd eaten

00:25:24.560 --> 00:25:25.060
 the fruit.

00:25:25.920 --> 00:25:26.700
 We know that

00:25:26.700 --> 00:25:27.360
 because they tried

00:25:27.360 --> 00:25:28.420
 to sew leaves together

00:25:28.420 --> 00:25:29.200
 to make clothing.

00:25:29.320 --> 00:25:29.600
 Have you ever

00:25:29.600 --> 00:25:29.960
 tried that,

00:25:30.080 --> 00:25:30.420
 by the way?

00:25:31.680 --> 00:25:32.039
 I mean,

00:25:32.140 --> 00:25:34.039
 you know,

00:25:34.080 --> 00:25:35.180
 a little bit of vine

00:25:35.180 --> 00:25:36.620
 and maybe

00:25:36.620 --> 00:25:38.360
 a thorn

00:25:38.360 --> 00:25:39.300
 and trying to

00:25:39.300 --> 00:25:40.380
 stitch leaves together.

00:25:40.380 --> 00:25:41.120
 I've actually

00:25:41.120 --> 00:25:42.100
 tried that in India

00:25:42.100 --> 00:25:43.420
 and it's not

00:25:43.420 --> 00:25:44.380
 a good idea.

00:25:45.560 --> 00:25:46.140
 The garments

00:25:46.140 --> 00:25:47.600
 don't have any

00:25:47.600 --> 00:25:49.060
 durability

00:25:49.060 --> 00:25:52.020
 and moving in them

00:25:52.020 --> 00:25:53.460
 don't go there.

00:25:55.360 --> 00:25:55.600
 Okay,

00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:56.380
 so,

00:25:57.440 --> 00:25:58.800
 true conversion

00:25:58.800 --> 00:25:59.980
 involves coming to grips

00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:00.720
 with the reality

00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:01.240
 of your sin.

00:26:01.320 --> 00:26:01.920
 True conversion

00:26:01.920 --> 00:26:02.820
 also involves

00:26:02.820 --> 00:26:03.700
 seeing your utter

00:26:03.700 --> 00:26:04.240
 inability

00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:05.660
 to save

00:26:05.660 --> 00:26:06.580
 yourself.

00:26:07.300 --> 00:26:07.960
 Let me say that

00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:08.559
 and have you

00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:09.759
 connect with it.

00:26:10.340 --> 00:26:11.059
 True conversion

00:26:11.059 --> 00:26:12.240
 also involves

00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:12.819
 seeing your

00:26:12.819 --> 00:26:13.579
 utter inability

00:26:13.579 --> 00:26:14.299
 to do anything

00:26:14.299 --> 00:26:15.120
 to save yourself.

00:26:17.620 --> 00:26:18.700
 More than just

00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:20.380
 exposing the reality

00:26:20.380 --> 00:26:21.120
 of her sin,

00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:23.360
 Jesus had showed

00:26:23.360 --> 00:26:24.079
 her that

00:26:24.079 --> 00:26:24.740
 her hope

00:26:24.740 --> 00:26:25.340
 and deliverance

00:26:25.340 --> 00:26:25.900
 from the crushing

00:26:25.900 --> 00:26:26.319
 burden

00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:27.559
 of her shame

00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:28.100
 and guilt

00:26:28.100 --> 00:26:29.079
 was really

00:26:29.079 --> 00:26:30.539
 in his hands

00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:31.180
 and his hands

00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:31.559
 alone.

00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:33.120
 He was the only one

00:26:33.120 --> 00:26:33.640
 who could solve

00:26:33.640 --> 00:26:34.180
 the problem.

00:26:36.660 --> 00:26:37.520
 I remember still

00:26:37.520 --> 00:26:38.440
 years ago

00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:38.980
 when I hurt

00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:39.560
 my back

00:26:39.560 --> 00:26:40.800
 and,

00:26:40.880 --> 00:26:41.780
 you know,

00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:42.800
 standard thing

00:26:42.800 --> 00:26:43.420
 when men hurt

00:26:43.420 --> 00:26:43.840
 their back

00:26:43.840 --> 00:26:44.480
 is I'm alright,

00:26:44.680 --> 00:26:44.840
 you know,

00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:45.880
 I'm not taking

00:26:45.880 --> 00:26:46.580
 Advil or anything

00:26:46.580 --> 00:26:47.000
 like that

00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:47.960
 and eventually

00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:48.620
 what happened

00:26:48.620 --> 00:26:49.660
 is I started

00:26:49.660 --> 00:26:50.520
 having numbness

00:26:50.520 --> 00:26:52.040
 that it made

00:26:52.040 --> 00:26:52.580
 walking,

00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:53.520
 my left leg

00:26:53.520 --> 00:26:54.240
 was what was

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:54.880
 giving me trouble.

00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:55.759
 Stop smiling,

00:26:55.940 --> 00:26:56.100
 Hannah.

00:26:59.520 --> 00:27:00.320
 Hannah is going

00:27:00.320 --> 00:27:01.020
 to be graduating

00:27:01.020 --> 00:27:01.900
 and leaving us

00:27:01.900 --> 00:27:02.600
 which I don't think

00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:03.199
 she should do

00:27:03.199 --> 00:27:03.819
 but she's going

00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:04.240
 out to,

00:27:04.299 --> 00:27:04.740
 where is it,

00:27:04.819 --> 00:27:05.459
 Montana,

00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:06.399
 Idaho?

00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:08.519
 I don't know.

00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:10.439
 Can we take

00:27:10.439 --> 00:27:11.019
 a vote on that?

00:27:12.619 --> 00:27:13.819
 We love you anyway.

00:27:14.139 --> 00:27:14.399
 Okay.

00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:15.719
 But here's the truth,

00:27:15.879 --> 00:27:17.399
 I had paralysis

00:27:17.399 --> 00:27:18.159
 that was

00:27:18.159 --> 00:27:19.419
 as the result

00:27:19.419 --> 00:27:20.279
 of my nerve

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:21.500
 being impinged.

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:23.519
 I went to a chiropractor

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:24.240
 and I tried

00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:24.819
 the medicine

00:27:24.819 --> 00:27:25.679
 and I tried

00:27:25.679 --> 00:27:26.079
 all different

00:27:26.079 --> 00:27:26.919
 kinds of therapy

00:27:26.919 --> 00:27:27.919
 and nothing

00:27:27.919 --> 00:27:28.480
 was helping

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:30.279
 and I was bound

00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:30.740
 to determine

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.299
 that I wasn't

00:27:31.299 --> 00:27:31.740
 going to,

00:27:31.939 --> 00:27:32.259
 you know,

00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:32.980
 do anything

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:33.440
 other than

00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:33.960
 just kind of

00:27:33.960 --> 00:27:34.680
 gut it out

00:27:34.680 --> 00:27:35.700
 and then I

00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:36.579
 started falling

00:27:36.579 --> 00:27:37.579
 because my leg

00:27:37.579 --> 00:27:38.319
 was atrophying

00:27:38.319 --> 00:27:38.819
 and I was

00:27:38.819 --> 00:27:39.440
 kind of,

00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:40.339
 you know what

00:27:40.339 --> 00:27:40.920
 a numb leg

00:27:40.920 --> 00:27:41.480
 works like?

00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:43.319
 It doesn't.

00:27:44.200 --> 00:27:45.259
 I fell twice

00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:45.680
 mowing

00:27:45.680 --> 00:27:46.779
 and I came in

00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:47.240
 and I said to

00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:47.460
 Judith,

00:27:47.619 --> 00:27:48.039
 we got to do

00:27:48.039 --> 00:27:48.839
 something about this.

00:27:48.940 --> 00:27:49.099
 Well,

00:27:49.660 --> 00:27:50.240
 ended up having

00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:50.700
 an MRI,

00:27:50.960 --> 00:27:51.480
 ended up having

00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:51.940
 x-rays

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:52.359
 and all that

00:27:52.359 --> 00:27:52.859
 kind of stuff

00:27:52.859 --> 00:27:54.160
 and finally

00:27:54.160 --> 00:27:54.960
 went to a surgeon

00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:56.759
 and took the MRIs

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:57.359
 and she looked

00:27:57.359 --> 00:27:57.640
 at this

00:27:57.640 --> 00:27:57.900
 and said,

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.200
 yeah,

00:27:58.359 --> 00:27:58.619
 yeah,

00:27:58.720 --> 00:27:58.960
 yeah,

00:27:58.960 --> 00:28:00.400
 I can fix that.

00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:03.320
 A couple weeks

00:28:03.320 --> 00:28:03.580
 later,

00:28:03.580 --> 00:28:04.160
 I was actually

00:28:04.160 --> 00:28:04.880
 rolling into the

00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:05.720
 surgery and my

00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:07.740
 MRI films,

00:28:07.840 --> 00:28:08.660
 this is before

00:28:08.660 --> 00:28:09.519
 electronics were

00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:09.940
 what they are

00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:10.180
 now,

00:28:10.640 --> 00:28:11.700
 but I remember

00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:12.240
 rolling into

00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:12.960
 surgery and just

00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:13.740
 as I'm getting

00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:14.380
 ready to leave

00:28:14.380 --> 00:28:15.900
 the waiting bay,

00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:16.860
 they come in

00:28:16.860 --> 00:28:17.560
 with my x-rays

00:28:17.560 --> 00:28:18.280
 and slide them

00:28:18.280 --> 00:28:18.860
 alongside.

00:28:20.580 --> 00:28:21.160
 The doctor

00:28:21.160 --> 00:28:21.700
 walks in and

00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:22.180
 grabs those

00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:22.740
 and looks at them

00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:22.940
 again.

00:28:23.120 --> 00:28:23.740
 She had about

00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:25.060
 47,000 to do

00:28:25.060 --> 00:28:25.680
 that day and

00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:25.840
 you know,

00:28:25.880 --> 00:28:26.080
 it's like,

00:28:26.120 --> 00:28:26.600
 which one am I

00:28:26.599 --> 00:28:26.819
 doing,

00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:27.740
 here we go,

00:28:28.119 --> 00:28:28.579
 but she

00:28:28.579 --> 00:28:28.959
 looked at

00:28:28.959 --> 00:28:29.639
 those films

00:28:29.639 --> 00:28:32.159
 and she

00:28:32.159 --> 00:28:32.740
 knew what

00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:33.240
 needed to be

00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:35.079
 done and

00:28:35.079 --> 00:28:35.699
 I had been

00:28:35.699 --> 00:28:36.619
 fully persuaded

00:28:36.619 --> 00:28:37.259
 by that

00:28:37.259 --> 00:28:38.419
 recurring pain,

00:28:38.599 --> 00:28:39.339
 incredible as

00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:39.879
 it was,

00:28:40.159 --> 00:28:41.059
 and by falling

00:28:41.059 --> 00:28:41.619
 that I

00:28:41.619 --> 00:28:42.279
 couldn't solve

00:28:42.279 --> 00:28:42.980
 my problem

00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:43.879
 by myself

00:28:43.879 --> 00:28:45.639
 and I was

00:28:45.639 --> 00:28:46.139
 willing to

00:28:46.139 --> 00:28:47.939
 submit to a

00:28:47.939 --> 00:28:48.500
 good surgeon.

00:28:50.699 --> 00:28:51.799
 Until you

00:28:51.799 --> 00:28:52.839
 come to grips

00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:53.779
 with the reality

00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:54.459
 of sin in

00:28:54.459 --> 00:28:55.000
 your heart,

00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:56.519
 you will not

00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:57.799
 come to

00:28:57.799 --> 00:28:58.119
 the good

00:28:58.119 --> 00:28:58.799
 physician.

00:28:59.940 --> 00:29:00.639
 And so as

00:29:00.639 --> 00:29:01.000
 you look at

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:01.500
 the passage

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:02.180
 going back

00:29:02.180 --> 00:29:02.480
 there to

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:03.200
 John chapter

00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:03.660
 4,

00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:05.119
 you find there

00:29:05.119 --> 00:29:05.480
 that she

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:05.920
 goes into

00:29:05.920 --> 00:29:06.200
 town,

00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:06.680
 she tells

00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:06.940
 them the

00:29:06.940 --> 00:29:07.500
 truth about

00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:08.079
 who Jesus

00:29:08.079 --> 00:29:08.559
 was,

00:29:09.059 --> 00:29:09.680
 and what

00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:10.119
 they do

00:29:10.119 --> 00:29:11.220
 then is

00:29:11.220 --> 00:29:11.940
 they as

00:29:11.940 --> 00:29:13.539
 well come

00:29:13.539 --> 00:29:13.980
 to grips

00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:15.139
 with their

00:29:15.139 --> 00:29:15.859
 condition and

00:29:15.859 --> 00:29:16.720
 recognize their

00:29:16.720 --> 00:29:17.440
 desperate need.

00:29:18.259 --> 00:29:19.099
 And I like

00:29:19.099 --> 00:29:19.579
 what the

00:29:19.579 --> 00:29:20.839
 outcome of

00:29:20.839 --> 00:29:22.240
 this process

00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:22.859
 is.

00:29:23.339 --> 00:29:23.819
 Number one,

00:29:23.900 --> 00:29:24.279
 the Spirit

00:29:24.279 --> 00:29:25.160
 convicts us

00:29:25.160 --> 00:29:25.680
 that we are

00:29:25.680 --> 00:29:26.180
 sinners and

00:29:26.180 --> 00:29:26.620
 we can't

00:29:26.620 --> 00:29:27.200
 save ourselves.

00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:28.680
 And furthermore,

00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:29.200
 number two,

00:29:29.299 --> 00:29:29.720
 the Spirit

00:29:29.720 --> 00:29:30.259
 comes and

00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:30.640
 helps us

00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:31.759
 understand that

00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:32.600
 Jesus is the

00:29:32.600 --> 00:29:32.860
 Savior.

00:29:33.019 --> 00:29:33.320
 Look at

00:29:33.320 --> 00:29:34.019
 verse 42.

00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:34.720
 We're going

00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:35.080
 to step

00:29:35.080 --> 00:29:35.700
 ahead for a

00:29:35.700 --> 00:29:35.880
 second.

00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:36.420
 It says there,

00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:37.140
 they said to

00:29:37.140 --> 00:29:37.440
 the woman,

00:29:37.580 --> 00:29:38.000
 it's no longer

00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:38.580
 because of what

00:29:38.580 --> 00:29:39.500
 you said that

00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:40.180
 we believe for

00:29:40.180 --> 00:29:40.799
 we've heard for

00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:41.700
 ourselves and

00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:43.480
 we know that

00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:44.279
 this indeed is

00:29:44.279 --> 00:29:44.980
 the Savior of

00:29:44.980 --> 00:29:45.460
 the world.

00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:46.880
 The Spirit

00:29:46.880 --> 00:29:47.519
 of God brings

00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:47.880
 us to the

00:29:47.880 --> 00:29:48.900
 point that we

00:29:48.900 --> 00:29:49.700
 understand that

00:29:49.700 --> 00:29:50.580
 our only hope

00:29:50.580 --> 00:29:51.560
 is in Christ

00:29:51.560 --> 00:29:52.360
 as our Savior.

00:29:52.359 --> 00:29:52.479
 Savior.

00:29:53.439 --> 00:29:54.339
 So recognize

00:29:54.339 --> 00:29:55.119
 these two

00:29:55.119 --> 00:29:55.539
 pieces.

00:29:55.699 --> 00:29:56.279
 Number one,

00:29:56.979 --> 00:29:57.659
 saving faith

00:29:57.659 --> 00:29:58.819
 convinces us

00:29:58.819 --> 00:29:59.740
 of the reality

00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:00.439
 of our sin.

00:30:00.599 --> 00:30:01.379
 It's based on

00:30:01.379 --> 00:30:02.179
 truth and

00:30:02.179 --> 00:30:02.879
 drives home the

00:30:02.879 --> 00:30:03.459
 point that we're

00:30:03.459 --> 00:30:03.919
 in a mess.

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:05.259
 Number two,

00:30:05.359 --> 00:30:06.079
 saving faith is

00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:06.719
 believing the

00:30:06.719 --> 00:30:07.159
 truth about

00:30:07.159 --> 00:30:07.519
 Jesus.

00:30:08.899 --> 00:30:09.519
 You look at

00:30:09.519 --> 00:30:10.179
 verse 39,

00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:10.779
 she went into

00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:11.659
 town, she told

00:30:11.659 --> 00:30:12.079
 them the truth

00:30:12.079 --> 00:30:12.740
 about Jesus,

00:30:13.359 --> 00:30:14.099
 and in verse

00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:15.000
 40, out they

00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:15.379
 come.

00:30:16.439 --> 00:30:17.179
 Many of them,

00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:17.639
 they wanted to

00:30:17.639 --> 00:30:18.299
 hear who Jesus

00:30:18.299 --> 00:30:19.740
 was, and as they

00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:20.359
 listened to him,

00:30:20.359 --> 00:30:20.659
 they said,

00:30:20.719 --> 00:30:21.179
 would you stay

00:30:21.179 --> 00:30:21.719
 here longer

00:30:21.719 --> 00:30:22.419
 and keep

00:30:22.419 --> 00:30:23.159
 ministering to

00:30:23.159 --> 00:30:23.339
 us?

00:30:23.459 --> 00:30:24.019
 And he did,

00:30:24.059 --> 00:30:24.559
 he stayed two

00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:25.039
 days.

00:30:27.399 --> 00:30:28.059
 Now everyone

00:30:28.059 --> 00:30:28.839
 that had believed

00:30:28.839 --> 00:30:29.819
 at that moment,

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:32.619
 and we read that

00:30:32.619 --> 00:30:33.319
 a number of them

00:30:33.319 --> 00:30:34.019
 had believed

00:30:34.019 --> 00:30:34.939
 earlier as a

00:30:34.939 --> 00:30:35.479
 result of the

00:30:35.479 --> 00:30:36.219
 woman's testimony,

00:30:36.699 --> 00:30:37.500
 they were part of

00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:38.099
 this throng that

00:30:38.099 --> 00:30:38.799
 gathered, and they

00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:39.599
 perhaps just listened

00:30:39.599 --> 00:30:40.419
 further as Jesus

00:30:40.419 --> 00:30:41.740
 was teaching, and

00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:43.039
 those who did not

00:30:43.039 --> 00:30:43.959
 believe came along,

00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:45.240
 and as a result of

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:45.919
 listening to what

00:30:45.919 --> 00:30:46.939
 Jesus had to say,

00:30:47.299 --> 00:30:48.240
 they came to grips

00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:49.119
 with their own sin.

00:30:50.359 --> 00:30:51.479
 Look at verse 41.

00:30:52.959 --> 00:30:53.779
 And many more

00:30:53.779 --> 00:30:57.279
 believed because of

00:30:57.279 --> 00:31:00.359
 his word, because of

00:31:00.359 --> 00:31:01.000
 his word.

00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:03.519
 Now what word would

00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:05.139
 Jesus bring that

00:31:05.139 --> 00:31:06.399
 would bring salvation

00:31:06.399 --> 00:31:07.299
 to individuals'

00:31:07.579 --> 00:31:07.879
 hearts?

00:31:08.139 --> 00:31:09.479
 Number one, and I

00:31:09.479 --> 00:31:10.059
 want you to have

00:31:10.059 --> 00:31:11.339
 this pictured firmly

00:31:11.339 --> 00:31:12.479
 in your heart and

00:31:12.479 --> 00:31:13.459
 understand it clearly,

00:31:13.619 --> 00:31:14.639
 number one, saving

00:31:14.639 --> 00:31:16.219
 faith means believing

00:31:16.219 --> 00:31:18.079
 that man cannot save

00:31:18.079 --> 00:31:18.579
 himself.

00:31:20.359 --> 00:31:21.019
 Think with me.

00:31:22.939 --> 00:31:23.799
 Common question.

00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:26.159
 I don't have any

00:31:26.159 --> 00:31:27.240
 hesitation asking an

00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:27.659
 individual.

00:31:29.059 --> 00:31:30.399
 Is so, when you die,

00:31:30.479 --> 00:31:30.879
 where are you going

00:31:30.879 --> 00:31:31.539
 to spend eternity?

00:31:32.899 --> 00:31:33.899
 It's a fair question.

00:31:34.019 --> 00:31:34.779
 I mean, after all,

00:31:35.379 --> 00:31:36.119
 what it says in

00:31:36.119 --> 00:31:37.240
 Hebrews chapter 9 is

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:38.279
 this, it says, it's

00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:39.059
 appointed unto man

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:39.859
 once to die, and

00:31:39.859 --> 00:31:40.659
 after that, what?

00:31:41.839 --> 00:31:43.019
 The day is coming

00:31:43.019 --> 00:31:44.000
 when I'm going to

00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:44.740
 give an account, and

00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:45.299
 you're going to give

00:31:45.299 --> 00:31:46.240
 an account to Christ.

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:46.380
 Christ.

00:31:47.579 --> 00:31:49.099
 And so, where are

00:31:49.099 --> 00:31:49.500
 you going?

00:31:50.940 --> 00:31:52.420
 I get a chuckle when

00:31:52.420 --> 00:31:55.140
 I'm on an elevator, and

00:31:55.140 --> 00:31:56.279
 we're going up or

00:31:56.279 --> 00:31:56.620
 down.

00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:57.200
 It doesn't make any

00:31:57.200 --> 00:31:58.039
 difference, but when I

00:31:58.039 --> 00:31:58.859
 get ready to punch the

00:31:58.859 --> 00:32:00.120
 buttons, one of the

00:32:00.120 --> 00:32:01.019
 things I say is, my

00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:01.960
 last trip is up.

00:32:03.099 --> 00:32:03.680
 You know, it's like,

00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:07.039
 I'm a little weird, but

00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:07.680
 you know, it's like, my

00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:08.599
 last trip is up.

00:32:08.599 --> 00:32:09.039
 Okay?

00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:12.159
 And it is.

00:32:15.679 --> 00:32:16.899
 Jesus makes it clear in

00:32:16.899 --> 00:32:18.740
 the scriptures, man

00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:19.859
 cannot save himself.

00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:21.439
 And until you come to

00:32:21.439 --> 00:32:22.259
 that point that you

00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:23.339
 recognize the moral

00:32:23.339 --> 00:32:24.240
 bankruptcy of your

00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:25.579
 heart and the absolute

00:32:25.579 --> 00:32:26.779
 desperate condition of

00:32:26.779 --> 00:32:28.799
 your soul, you are not

00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:30.839
 there and ready to hear

00:32:30.839 --> 00:32:31.980
 the sweetness of the

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:32.319
 gospel.

00:32:33.359 --> 00:32:34.279
 Number two, saving

00:32:34.279 --> 00:32:35.439
 faith believes that only

00:32:35.439 --> 00:32:36.579
 God can save men from

00:32:36.579 --> 00:32:37.019
 their sin.

00:32:37.019 --> 00:32:37.059
 sin.

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:39.539
 Only God can save men

00:32:39.539 --> 00:32:40.099
 from their sin.

00:32:40.160 --> 00:32:40.779
 I want you to get that

00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:41.639
 clearly fixed in your

00:32:41.639 --> 00:32:42.559
 mind because there's a

00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:43.400
 lot of people running

00:32:43.400 --> 00:32:44.799
 around today that when

00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:45.660
 you ask them, why are

00:32:45.660 --> 00:32:46.279
 you going to heaven,

00:32:46.379 --> 00:32:47.200
 their standard answers,

00:32:47.319 --> 00:32:47.980
 I've been a pretty good

00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:48.420
 person.

00:32:49.359 --> 00:32:50.299
 Now, I'm glad to hear

00:32:50.299 --> 00:32:50.519
 that.

00:32:50.579 --> 00:32:51.160
 I mean, I wish there

00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:51.819
 were more people that

00:32:51.819 --> 00:32:52.379
 were pretty good.

00:32:53.339 --> 00:32:54.220
 But the truth of the

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:55.119
 matter is, the Bible

00:32:55.119 --> 00:32:56.440
 says, not by works of

00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:57.039
 righteousness.

00:32:57.559 --> 00:32:58.539
 There's nothing that

00:32:58.539 --> 00:33:00.139
 you and I can do that

00:33:00.139 --> 00:33:01.779
 can bring redemption or

00:33:01.779 --> 00:33:03.059
 salvation to us.

00:33:03.700 --> 00:33:04.720
 Why is that?

00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:06.480
 Why is that?

00:33:07.019 --> 00:33:09.139
 We sang a very

00:33:09.139 --> 00:33:10.279
 interesting song this

00:33:10.279 --> 00:33:10.599
 morning.

00:33:12.420 --> 00:33:14.339
 It said, all my

00:33:14.339 --> 00:33:15.759
 righteousness is as

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.059
 what?

00:33:17.839 --> 00:33:20.299
 Filthy is the

00:33:20.299 --> 00:33:22.440
 discreet King James

00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:24.460
 translation of a much

00:33:24.460 --> 00:33:26.299
 more blunt Hebrew word.

00:33:26.299 --> 00:33:26.339
 word.

00:33:28.839 --> 00:33:30.079
 The truth of the matter

00:33:30.079 --> 00:33:32.879
 is, our best efforts

00:33:32.879 --> 00:33:36.099
 actually have a little

00:33:36.099 --> 00:33:37.299
 tincture, a little

00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:39.619
 flavoring of self-

00:33:39.619 --> 00:33:40.559
 adulation and

00:33:40.559 --> 00:33:41.139
 appreciation.

00:33:41.299 --> 00:33:42.359
 Aren't you glad, God,

00:33:42.419 --> 00:33:43.680
 I'm as nice as I am?

00:33:44.579 --> 00:33:47.440
 And he says, yuck.

00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:52.579
 Man cannot save himself,

00:33:52.579 --> 00:33:54.339
 only God can do that.

00:33:55.379 --> 00:33:58.599
 And finally, saving faith

00:33:58.599 --> 00:34:00.139
 believes that God sent

00:34:00.139 --> 00:34:01.199
 his son to be our

00:34:01.199 --> 00:34:01.519
 savior.

00:34:02.939 --> 00:34:03.859
 Do you know that?

00:34:05.619 --> 00:34:06.639
 Do you know that?

00:34:09.019 --> 00:34:09.920
 You're a sinner.

00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:12.460
 I'm a sinner.

00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:12.519
 sinner.

00:34:14.780 --> 00:34:16.099
 I have never gotten

00:34:16.099 --> 00:34:16.500
 over.

00:34:18.619 --> 00:34:19.860
 I have never gotten

00:34:19.860 --> 00:34:20.260
 over.

00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:24.139
 The reality of the

00:34:24.139 --> 00:34:25.380
 convicting power of

00:34:25.380 --> 00:34:26.599
 Jesus that led me to

00:34:26.599 --> 00:34:27.579
 discover just the

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:28.699
 darkness of my heart.

00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:32.059
 And brought me to

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:33.059
 realize that the only

00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:34.000
 person who could do

00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:35.519
 anything about me was

00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:36.039
 Jesus.

00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:39.679
 And what he did for me

00:34:39.679 --> 00:34:40.980
 was Jesus died on the

00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:42.279
 cross to pay the

00:34:42.279 --> 00:34:43.659
 penalty for my sins.

00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:44.639
 Oh.

00:34:46.320 --> 00:34:47.739
 We sang that song this

00:34:47.739 --> 00:34:48.779
 morning, what can wash

00:34:48.779 --> 00:34:49.779
 away my, what?

00:34:51.119 --> 00:34:51.599
 Sin.

00:34:52.980 --> 00:34:54.500
 What can take away the

00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:54.960
 burden?

00:34:56.739 --> 00:34:57.739
 The darkness.

00:34:59.480 --> 00:35:00.480
 The depression.

00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:03.239
 The hopelessness.

00:35:03.239 --> 00:35:06.719
 The blackness of your

00:35:06.719 --> 00:35:07.439
 soul.

00:35:08.219 --> 00:35:09.079
 There is no remedy

00:35:09.079 --> 00:35:12.099
 but the blood of

00:35:12.099 --> 00:35:12.500
 Christ.

00:35:13.799 --> 00:35:14.879
 And the reason that

00:35:14.879 --> 00:35:15.899
 there is remedy is

00:35:15.899 --> 00:35:18.019
 Jesus stepped up and

00:35:18.019 --> 00:35:20.119
 took your place

00:35:20.119 --> 00:35:23.079
 and died your death.

00:35:24.239 --> 00:35:25.419
 He paid the penalty

00:35:25.419 --> 00:35:27.539
 for your sins.

00:35:29.219 --> 00:35:30.879
 And saving faith

00:35:30.880 --> 00:35:33.440
 is a

00:35:33.440 --> 00:35:34.780
 clear

00:35:34.780 --> 00:35:36.559
 truthful

00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:38.019
 grasp

00:35:38.019 --> 00:35:40.140
 of bad news.

00:35:41.039 --> 00:35:42.079
 I'm a hopeless

00:35:42.079 --> 00:35:44.579
 mess

00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:46.160
 deserving God's

00:35:46.160 --> 00:35:46.800
 judgment.

00:35:47.940 --> 00:35:49.119
 And the good news

00:35:49.119 --> 00:35:50.579
 God sent his son

00:35:50.579 --> 00:35:51.780
 to die

00:35:51.780 --> 00:35:52.720
 for me.

00:35:54.720 --> 00:35:55.660
 And there's

00:35:55.660 --> 00:35:56.640
 nothing else

00:35:56.640 --> 00:35:58.160
 that counts

00:35:58.160 --> 00:35:59.559
 but that.

00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:02.280
 we're going to do

00:36:02.280 --> 00:36:02.700
 something a little

00:36:02.700 --> 00:36:03.280
 different this

00:36:03.280 --> 00:36:03.559
 morning.

00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:06.740
 John is going to

00:36:06.740 --> 00:36:07.800
 lead us in two

00:36:07.800 --> 00:36:08.539
 songs.

00:36:09.099 --> 00:36:09.740
 By the way,

00:36:10.360 --> 00:36:11.079
 happy people that

00:36:11.079 --> 00:36:12.260
 know Jesus do what

00:36:12.260 --> 00:36:13.099
 when they sing?

00:36:14.019 --> 00:36:14.880
 I always smile,

00:36:15.019 --> 00:36:15.800
 they blow it out.

00:36:16.760 --> 00:36:17.119
 Okay?

00:36:17.619 --> 00:36:18.579
 That's what they do.

00:36:18.860 --> 00:36:19.619
 They don't just kind

00:36:19.619 --> 00:36:20.059
 of sit there.

00:36:20.119 --> 00:36:20.519
 And I'm not going to

00:36:20.519 --> 00:36:21.420
 be watching John,

00:36:21.500 --> 00:36:22.200
 but you give me a

00:36:22.200 --> 00:36:22.780
 grade, will you?

00:36:22.940 --> 00:36:24.260
 I am hoping that all

00:36:24.260 --> 00:36:25.220
 of you are not going

00:36:25.220 --> 00:36:25.740
 to be sitting there

00:36:25.740 --> 00:36:26.260
 like this.

00:36:26.260 --> 00:36:28.360
 Okay,

00:36:28.660 --> 00:36:29.540
 John's going to come

00:36:29.540 --> 00:36:29.980
 lead us.

00:36:30.200 --> 00:36:31.160
 First song,

00:36:31.320 --> 00:36:47.560
 you sing