WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:28.400 So we're going to read Revelation chapter 3 on Wednesdays. 00:00:28.399 --> 00:00:43.600 We've been looking at Revelation also and we've been looking at these particular messages from chapters 2 and 3 and we're going to be looking at the last one today. 00:00:43.600 --> 00:00:56.480 So let's read God's Word. Chapter 3 starting at verse 14. 00:00:58.399 --> 00:01:04.519 To the angel of the church in Laodicea writes, 00:01:04.519 --> 00:01:34.519 00:01:34.519 --> 00:02:04.519 00:02:04.519 --> 00:02:34.519 00:02:34.520 --> 00:03:04.520 00:03:04.520 --> 00:03:34.520 00:03:34.520 --> 00:03:36.520 Amen. 00:03:36.520 --> 00:03:39.500 Like the people you call us to be. 00:03:41.500 --> 00:03:48.340 We ask for your help because without you we have no good thing. 00:03:50.219 --> 00:03:50.939 Amen. 00:03:50.939 --> 00:04:00.400 So I wonder how would you describe the spiritual condition of this church? 00:04:01.180 --> 00:04:12.919 If you were to set up your spiritual monitor indicator and place it around at various pews or chairs as they are, what would be your findings? 00:04:12.919 --> 00:04:20.459 Would the little dial flicker towards weak or strong? 00:04:22.060 --> 00:04:25.800 Or would it go from rich or poor? 00:04:27.899 --> 00:04:30.659 What's the spiritual condition of the church? 00:04:31.199 --> 00:04:33.019 Or let's make it more personal. 00:04:33.159 --> 00:04:34.039 What about you? 00:04:34.819 --> 00:04:35.599 What about me? 00:04:35.600 --> 00:04:40.600 Would you say you're in a healthy condition spiritually? 00:04:41.939 --> 00:04:43.920 Or an unhealthy condition? 00:04:46.180 --> 00:04:49.840 Where would you be on that monitor? 00:04:49.839 --> 00:04:56.479 Well, starting in chapters 2 and all the way through to the end of chapter 3, 00:04:56.699 --> 00:05:01.579 we have a series of messages from Jesus to the church. 00:05:02.639 --> 00:05:15.019 And the purpose is to identify any weaknesses so that we can take corrective action and strengthen the church. 00:05:15.019 --> 00:05:36.599 Because once we know where the cracks appear, we can firm up the foundations and we can be strong together as we live in this world. 00:05:36.600 --> 00:05:48.040 You see, we might make our assessment, but the only one qualified to make an assessment is the Lord Jesus. 00:05:48.879 --> 00:05:50.060 Look at verse 1. 00:05:52.060 --> 00:05:57.200 To the angel of the church in Laodicea write, these are the words of the Amen. 00:05:58.740 --> 00:06:01.600 Jesus is the Amen. 00:06:02.720 --> 00:06:06.439 Now, Amen isn't just a word that you attach at the end of your prayers. 00:06:06.600 --> 00:06:07.960 To indicate you're finished. 00:06:09.200 --> 00:06:14.560 It's a declaration of certain undeniable truth. 00:06:15.320 --> 00:06:17.340 So when you pray a simple prayer like, 00:06:17.960 --> 00:06:20.860 Thank you, Jesus, for your love towards me. 00:06:21.640 --> 00:06:22.100 Amen. 00:06:23.300 --> 00:06:25.480 You're actually ending by saying, 00:06:26.180 --> 00:06:26.879 The truth. 00:06:28.100 --> 00:06:31.520 And if you say Amen in response to somebody else's prayer, 00:06:31.960 --> 00:06:32.939 you are declaring, 00:06:33.540 --> 00:06:34.160 The truth. 00:06:34.300 --> 00:06:36.520 Yes, Jesus does love me. 00:06:36.519 --> 00:06:37.399 That's right. 00:06:37.399 --> 00:06:38.159 It's true. 00:06:40.319 --> 00:06:42.759 Now, Jesus is the Amen. 00:06:43.939 --> 00:06:48.639 In other words, he's the declaration of God's truth. 00:06:49.019 --> 00:06:53.279 Everything he does and everything he says is true. 00:06:54.019 --> 00:06:56.019 He is, look at verse 14, 00:06:56.019 --> 00:07:00.979 The faithful and true witness. 00:07:00.979 --> 00:07:04.939 The ruler of God's creation. 00:07:05.899 --> 00:07:10.779 So what he has to say to us today through his word is absolute. 00:07:11.459 --> 00:07:12.500 It's certain. 00:07:12.859 --> 00:07:15.680 It's unquestioning truth. 00:07:15.680 --> 00:07:20.000 In other words, we can't argue with it. 00:07:21.199 --> 00:07:22.939 It's not up for debate. 00:07:22.939 --> 00:07:27.160 In fact, the only right response is, 00:07:27.519 --> 00:07:29.540 Look at the end, verse 22. 00:07:31.360 --> 00:07:32.719 Whoever has ears, 00:07:33.719 --> 00:07:37.899 Let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. 00:07:37.899 --> 00:07:42.739 Listening to the Spirit is submitting to the word. 00:07:42.859 --> 00:07:47.000 It's to accept the assessment of Jesus 00:07:47.000 --> 00:07:49.739 So that we can, in response, 00:07:49.899 --> 00:07:51.719 Take corrective action 00:07:51.719 --> 00:07:56.579 And become the strong people that he calls us to be. 00:07:56.579 --> 00:08:01.779 So what does Jesus have to say to us today? 00:08:02.579 --> 00:08:06.060 Well, we're going to see three things in particular that he says. 00:08:06.500 --> 00:08:10.099 First of all, we're going to see there's a loving rebuke. 00:08:11.740 --> 00:08:14.299 Then there's a gracious invitation. 00:08:15.740 --> 00:08:17.959 And an eternal reward. 00:08:19.639 --> 00:08:20.860 So here we go. 00:08:21.139 --> 00:08:23.399 A loving rebuke. 00:08:25.000 --> 00:08:26.139 Verse 15. 00:08:26.579 --> 00:08:30.500 I know your deeds. 00:08:32.039 --> 00:08:36.019 Now in nearly every other church that we read about in these messages, 00:08:36.399 --> 00:08:38.199 There follows a commendation. 00:08:39.179 --> 00:08:40.679 He goes, I know your deeds. 00:08:41.379 --> 00:08:42.679 And then list them out. 00:08:42.779 --> 00:08:43.939 I know your hard work. 00:08:44.079 --> 00:08:46.179 And how you didn't renounce your faith. 00:08:46.319 --> 00:08:48.779 And how you persevered in service. 00:08:49.079 --> 00:08:51.559 And how you served wonderful cups of tea. 00:08:51.699 --> 00:08:52.860 And had the best biscuits. 00:08:53.179 --> 00:08:54.679 And had a great welcome. 00:08:54.679 --> 00:08:56.539 And what a wonderful church. 00:08:56.580 --> 00:08:57.139 And how you are. 00:08:57.139 --> 00:09:02.480 But instead of a list of the church's strengths. 00:09:02.480 --> 00:09:06.279 Jesus launches straight into a rebuke. 00:09:06.399 --> 00:09:07.060 Verse 15. 00:09:07.220 --> 00:09:08.440 I know your deeds. 00:09:09.560 --> 00:09:10.560 And here they are. 00:09:11.460 --> 00:09:14.840 That you are neither cold nor hot. 00:09:14.840 --> 00:09:16.320 Now let's be honest. 00:09:16.320 --> 00:09:18.660 Now let's be honest. 00:09:18.800 --> 00:09:21.540 None of us find rebuke easy, do we? 00:09:22.100 --> 00:09:27.740 We don't like it when somebody points out our faults and our failings. 00:09:27.740 --> 00:09:33.700 In fact, we probably get quite defensive and immediately push back and go, 00:09:33.700 --> 00:09:35.539 No, no, that's not me. 00:09:35.620 --> 00:09:36.419 That's not what I meant. 00:09:36.480 --> 00:09:37.419 That's not what I said. 00:09:37.419 --> 00:09:41.379 But this isn't about naming and shaming. 00:09:41.379 --> 00:09:45.419 This isn't about piling on the guilt and bashing you on the head. 00:09:45.759 --> 00:09:47.339 No, look at verse 19. 00:09:48.299 --> 00:09:53.299 Those whom I love, I rebuke and discipline. 00:09:53.299 --> 00:09:58.500 Jesus' rebuke is evidence of his love. 00:09:59.279 --> 00:10:00.339 He loves his church. 00:10:00.459 --> 00:10:03.019 He cares deeply for his church. 00:10:03.019 --> 00:10:11.679 A parent who doesn't discipline or rebuke their son or daughter doesn't care about their welfare. 00:10:13.039 --> 00:10:18.419 But a parent who does correct loves their child. 00:10:19.279 --> 00:10:22.139 They want the best for them to grow in maturity. 00:10:22.659 --> 00:10:27.019 How much more then does Jesus, who died for us, love us? 00:10:27.019 --> 00:10:33.299 His rebuke is evidence that we are deeply treasured by him. 00:10:34.980 --> 00:10:43.600 He exposes our weaknesses so that we can take corrective action and strengthen the church. 00:10:45.360 --> 00:10:49.120 So what is his loving rebuke? 00:10:50.000 --> 00:10:52.139 Well, it comes in three parts. 00:10:53.439 --> 00:10:54.539 Here's the first part. 00:10:54.539 --> 00:10:58.139 First, he says, you are lukewarm. 00:10:58.899 --> 00:11:03.179 Verse 15, I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. 00:11:03.899 --> 00:11:07.379 I wish you were either one or the other. 00:11:09.699 --> 00:11:16.039 And one of the things I enjoyed on holiday was the lovely hot weather. 00:11:18.019 --> 00:11:18.959 Blistering hot. 00:11:18.960 --> 00:11:24.200 And opening up your bottle when you're really thirsty and taking in a drink. 00:11:25.340 --> 00:11:30.160 Oh, there's nothing worse than a bottle that's been sitting in the sun. 00:11:31.000 --> 00:11:31.879 It's disgusting. 00:11:32.860 --> 00:11:36.139 Give me a cold drink or a hot drink. 00:11:36.379 --> 00:11:39.600 But don't give me that tepid, lukewarm stuff. 00:11:39.600 --> 00:11:44.920 You don't go down to the shop and buy warm tea, do you? 00:11:44.980 --> 00:11:47.960 It's either iced tea or hot tea. 00:11:48.700 --> 00:11:52.080 Or if you're a bit posh, a frappuccino or a cappuccino. 00:11:54.000 --> 00:11:58.240 Well, says Jesus, that's what the church tastes like. 00:11:58.240 --> 00:12:01.580 When I put you in my mouth, there. 00:12:03.060 --> 00:12:04.240 Verse 16. 00:12:05.159 --> 00:12:13.159 Because you are lukewarm, neither hot nor cold, I'm about to spit you out of my mouth. 00:12:14.740 --> 00:12:21.200 The spiritual condition tastes so bad, it would make you feel sick. 00:12:21.200 --> 00:12:26.160 Oh gosh, that's all a bit harsh, isn't it? 00:12:27.120 --> 00:12:32.340 It might be true of the church in Laodicea, but I mean, that's not me. 00:12:33.200 --> 00:12:35.120 That's not this church, is it? 00:12:36.480 --> 00:12:38.100 Well, let's read on. 00:12:39.520 --> 00:12:46.360 Not only are we lukewarm, we are self-sufficient. 00:12:47.300 --> 00:12:47.560 Whoops. 00:12:47.559 --> 00:12:56.779 The reason why the church tastes so bad is because they live as if they're self-sufficient. 00:12:57.159 --> 00:12:58.219 Look at verse 17. 00:12:58.979 --> 00:13:05.859 You say, I'm rich, I've acquired wealth and do not need a thing. 00:13:07.479 --> 00:13:13.059 We see being self-sufficient as something to be pursued and to be prized. 00:13:13.059 --> 00:13:21.979 If you can get to the point in life where you are financially stable, that's a sign that you've made it, that you're a success. 00:13:23.239 --> 00:13:25.000 My mortgage is paid off. 00:13:25.319 --> 00:13:26.699 My pension is doing well. 00:13:27.019 --> 00:13:28.279 My savings are safe. 00:13:28.579 --> 00:13:30.539 I do not need a thing. 00:13:30.539 --> 00:13:37.719 In fact, I'm doing so well, I no longer have to ask God for anything. 00:13:38.659 --> 00:13:39.779 Isn't that what we want? 00:13:40.360 --> 00:13:44.099 I mean, why be a burden to God and have to ask him for things? 00:13:45.319 --> 00:13:53.279 In fact, maybe God has blessed us so much, rather than have any kind of needs, I can meet everybody else's needs. 00:13:53.279 --> 00:13:58.720 If someone's in need today, in need of assistance, just ask me. 00:13:59.839 --> 00:14:05.120 I know we're living in a cost-of-living crisis, so I'll pay your electricity bill. 00:14:05.480 --> 00:14:07.500 I'll fill your car up with petrol. 00:14:08.519 --> 00:14:15.019 And if any of our mission partners or anyone in the Court Carry Project, if they need a handout, no problem. 00:14:15.019 --> 00:14:18.860 I've got the resources to help. 00:14:19.819 --> 00:14:20.779 I'm rich. 00:14:21.559 --> 00:14:23.039 I've acquired wealth. 00:14:24.120 --> 00:14:27.199 I do not need a thing. 00:14:29.259 --> 00:14:32.980 Is that what you pursue and prize? 00:14:34.620 --> 00:14:38.799 Well, it seems the church in Laodicea had become so prosperous 00:14:38.799 --> 00:14:46.939 that their financial self-sufficiency has become their spiritual self-sufficiency. 00:14:47.899 --> 00:14:50.659 They've looked at their bank account and go, 00:14:51.079 --> 00:14:55.259 I like what I see there, and they've immediately translated as, 00:14:55.839 --> 00:14:58.299 I'm doing spiritually well. 00:15:00.779 --> 00:15:02.740 Now, please don't misunderstand me. 00:15:02.859 --> 00:15:04.439 Money and wealth is not wrong. 00:15:04.440 --> 00:15:09.300 It can be good to make money and use it for the blessing of others 00:15:09.300 --> 00:15:11.480 and the building up of his church. 00:15:12.280 --> 00:15:16.500 Scripture encourages us to work hard, make a living. 00:15:17.060 --> 00:15:20.040 It commands us to give and to care for the poor. 00:15:20.540 --> 00:15:23.120 In fact, the people of Carigoline Baptist Church, 00:15:23.440 --> 00:15:24.760 you know what, let me say this, 00:15:25.020 --> 00:15:28.600 you are extremely generous financially. 00:15:29.740 --> 00:15:33.480 Anytime we've come up with a need for people overseas, 00:15:33.480 --> 00:15:39.560 people have given more than I've ever expected or imagined. 00:15:41.240 --> 00:15:44.080 Our financial health is excellent. 00:15:45.200 --> 00:15:47.700 We're doing so well as a church 00:15:47.700 --> 00:15:51.500 that we're wanting to appoint an assistant pastor 00:15:51.500 --> 00:15:53.759 and be able to afford to do it. 00:15:54.639 --> 00:15:57.800 Thank God for generous giving. 00:15:58.000 --> 00:16:01.980 Thank God for people like you who give so well. 00:16:01.980 --> 00:16:10.560 But the danger is our financial self-sufficiency 00:16:10.560 --> 00:16:14.539 can become our spiritual self-sufficiency. 00:16:15.139 --> 00:16:17.399 In other words, our financial health 00:16:17.399 --> 00:16:21.200 can have a disastrous effect on our spiritual health. 00:16:21.200 --> 00:16:28.540 We are not just lukewarm and self-sufficient. 00:16:30.620 --> 00:16:34.620 Perhaps we've become spiritually poor. 00:16:35.480 --> 00:16:36.900 Look at verse 17. 00:16:37.900 --> 00:16:42.680 You say I'm rich, I've acquired wealth and do not need a thing. 00:16:42.679 --> 00:16:53.599 But you do not realise that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. 00:16:53.600 --> 00:16:59.139 Now I'm sure we've been listening to the same news 00:16:59.139 --> 00:17:02.680 and getting the same feeds in our social media 00:17:02.680 --> 00:17:06.700 and we're concerned about the cost of living crisis. 00:17:08.059 --> 00:17:10.200 We've had the conversations, haven't we? 00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:11.579 We've reflected and thought, 00:17:11.920 --> 00:17:14.620 how is this going to affect me and my family? 00:17:14.619 --> 00:17:18.279 Maybe you have checked your bank balance, 00:17:19.039 --> 00:17:21.099 done the sums and taken action, 00:17:22.259 --> 00:17:24.959 decided, well, we're going to use the car less, 00:17:25.500 --> 00:17:27.119 not take so many trips. 00:17:28.619 --> 00:17:30.259 Or maybe, as in our case, 00:17:30.299 --> 00:17:33.179 it's not spending 15 minutes in the electric shower. 00:17:35.019 --> 00:17:37.500 You do the calculations and you say, 00:17:37.799 --> 00:17:40.479 it's all right, I've worked it all out, 00:17:40.739 --> 00:17:42.919 we're going to get through this. 00:17:42.920 --> 00:17:48.420 Because the pressure to be financially strong and secure 00:17:48.420 --> 00:17:50.340 is right in our face. 00:17:50.580 --> 00:17:52.300 That's what everybody tells us. 00:17:53.600 --> 00:17:55.920 In fact, it can be so strong 00:17:55.920 --> 00:18:00.039 that we can lose our focus and end up spiritually poor. 00:18:01.140 --> 00:18:03.240 We might breathe a sigh of relief 00:18:03.240 --> 00:18:06.019 that we were able to pay our electricity bill, 00:18:06.940 --> 00:18:09.960 but at the same time, we've forgotten all about Jesus. 00:18:09.960 --> 00:18:14.840 We can pride ourselves that we've survived the crisis, 00:18:15.460 --> 00:18:19.380 but at the same time, we've lost our love for Jesus. 00:18:20.960 --> 00:18:22.319 Verse 17. 00:18:24.059 --> 00:18:26.120 Let's turn it into a question. 00:18:26.759 --> 00:18:28.000 The end of verse 17. 00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:30.339 Is it possible 00:18:30.339 --> 00:18:33.339 or that you do not realise 00:18:33.339 --> 00:18:36.380 that perhaps you've become wretched, 00:18:37.319 --> 00:18:37.819 pitiful, 00:18:38.839 --> 00:18:39.279 poor, 00:18:40.200 --> 00:18:40.660 blind, 00:18:41.500 --> 00:18:42.019 and naked? 00:18:44.259 --> 00:18:46.839 You see, the sign of a healthy church 00:18:46.839 --> 00:18:49.900 is one that actually knows their needs. 00:18:50.559 --> 00:18:53.539 Rather than celebrating material fullness, 00:18:53.539 --> 00:18:57.599 what we see is our spiritual emptiness. 00:18:59.399 --> 00:19:00.859 Rather than declare, 00:19:01.379 --> 00:19:02.639 I don't need a thing, 00:19:03.759 --> 00:19:06.319 we desperately shout out, 00:19:06.680 --> 00:19:08.159 I need Jesus. 00:19:10.039 --> 00:19:12.000 We need to be so careful 00:19:12.000 --> 00:19:14.379 that our material wealth 00:19:14.379 --> 00:19:17.279 does not blind us to our spiritual health. 00:19:17.279 --> 00:19:19.000 physically, 00:19:19.200 --> 00:19:20.440 we can be well housed, 00:19:20.899 --> 00:19:21.839 well insured, 00:19:22.220 --> 00:19:23.319 well clothed, 00:19:23.680 --> 00:19:25.759 prepared for any financial crisis, 00:19:26.059 --> 00:19:27.220 but at the same time, 00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:28.279 we have become 00:19:28.279 --> 00:19:31.160 spiritually poor. 00:19:34.680 --> 00:19:36.879 Is that us today as a church? 00:19:39.139 --> 00:19:40.680 Is that me? 00:19:41.680 --> 00:19:44.099 Have I become spiritually poor? 00:19:44.099 --> 00:19:44.119 Have I become spiritually poor? 00:19:47.279 --> 00:19:48.839 Well, how are we going to change 00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:49.839 these things around? 00:19:52.359 --> 00:19:54.660 Well, not only is there a loving rebuke, 00:19:55.599 --> 00:19:58.420 there is a gracious invitation. 00:20:00.619 --> 00:20:02.039 Look at verse 19. 00:20:03.720 --> 00:20:04.980 Those whom I love, 00:20:05.079 --> 00:20:06.339 I rebuke and discipline, 00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:08.240 so be earnest 00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:10.039 and repent. 00:20:12.460 --> 00:20:14.240 Repentance always means 00:20:14.240 --> 00:20:15.700 turning back to Jesus. 00:20:17.279 --> 00:20:19.019 And Jesus shows us 00:20:19.019 --> 00:20:20.500 how to do that. 00:20:21.460 --> 00:20:22.460 Listen to his 00:20:22.460 --> 00:20:24.059 gracious invitation. 00:20:24.259 --> 00:20:24.879 There's two 00:20:24.879 --> 00:20:26.579 wonderful invitations 00:20:26.579 --> 00:20:27.619 for us today. 00:20:28.559 --> 00:20:29.700 Here's the first. 00:20:31.519 --> 00:20:32.460 Jesus says, 00:20:33.579 --> 00:20:35.240 buy from me. 00:20:35.639 --> 00:20:36.599 Buy from me. 00:20:37.799 --> 00:20:38.759 Verse 18. 00:20:40.920 --> 00:20:42.660 I counsel you 00:20:42.660 --> 00:20:44.920 to buy from me. 00:20:44.920 --> 00:20:47.860 Well, how can we 00:20:47.860 --> 00:20:49.039 buy anything? 00:20:50.039 --> 00:20:51.160 I mean, we've just seen 00:20:51.160 --> 00:20:52.519 that we are 00:20:52.519 --> 00:20:53.920 spiritually poor. 00:20:55.460 --> 00:20:56.779 But that's exactly 00:20:56.779 --> 00:20:57.440 the point. 00:20:58.259 --> 00:21:00.340 We buy from the Lord Jesus 00:21:00.340 --> 00:21:03.039 with our spiritual poverty. 00:21:03.700 --> 00:21:04.700 The currency 00:21:04.700 --> 00:21:07.660 that Jesus accepts 00:21:07.660 --> 00:21:09.460 is emptiness 00:21:09.460 --> 00:21:11.580 and brokenness. 00:21:11.579 --> 00:21:13.579 we come with 00:21:13.579 --> 00:21:14.259 nothing else 00:21:14.259 --> 00:21:14.699 but our 00:21:14.699 --> 00:21:15.559 desperate, 00:21:16.159 --> 00:21:16.939 needy self. 00:21:18.139 --> 00:21:18.480 You see, 00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:19.099 this is the 00:21:19.099 --> 00:21:20.299 amazing grace 00:21:20.299 --> 00:21:20.859 of Jesus 00:21:20.859 --> 00:21:21.679 towards us. 00:21:22.059 --> 00:21:22.939 He invites us 00:21:22.939 --> 00:21:23.819 and he says to us 00:21:23.819 --> 00:21:24.099 today, 00:21:24.319 --> 00:21:25.460 come to me 00:21:25.460 --> 00:21:27.000 as you are. 00:21:27.939 --> 00:21:28.839 Right here, 00:21:29.199 --> 00:21:29.879 right now. 00:21:29.880 --> 00:21:31.900 and I will 00:21:31.900 --> 00:21:33.040 satisfy you. 00:21:34.120 --> 00:21:34.860 Verse 18. 00:21:35.380 --> 00:21:36.540 I counsel you 00:21:36.540 --> 00:21:37.620 to buy from me 00:21:37.620 --> 00:21:39.520 gold refined 00:21:39.520 --> 00:21:40.140 in the fire 00:21:40.140 --> 00:21:40.740 so that you 00:21:40.740 --> 00:21:41.780 can become rich 00:21:41.780 --> 00:21:43.580 and white clothes 00:21:43.580 --> 00:21:44.000 to wear 00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:44.580 so that you 00:21:44.580 --> 00:21:45.060 can cover 00:21:45.060 --> 00:21:45.760 your shameful 00:21:45.760 --> 00:21:46.600 nakedness 00:21:46.600 --> 00:21:48.480 and salve 00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:49.040 to put on 00:21:49.040 --> 00:21:49.620 your eyes 00:21:49.620 --> 00:21:50.220 so that you 00:21:50.220 --> 00:21:50.760 can see. 00:21:52.200 --> 00:21:52.700 I, 00:21:52.880 --> 00:21:53.940 says Jesus, 00:21:54.080 --> 00:21:54.720 will give you 00:21:54.720 --> 00:21:57.000 spiritual riches 00:21:57.000 --> 00:21:58.819 and eternal 00:21:58.819 --> 00:21:59.319 home 00:21:59.319 --> 00:22:00.559 and eternal 00:22:00.559 --> 00:22:01.200 blessings 00:22:01.200 --> 00:22:02.160 forevermore. 00:22:03.180 --> 00:22:04.680 I will supply 00:22:04.680 --> 00:22:05.220 you with 00:22:05.220 --> 00:22:06.779 spiritual clothes. 00:22:07.980 --> 00:22:08.980 I will cover 00:22:08.980 --> 00:22:10.220 up all 00:22:10.220 --> 00:22:11.119 your guilt 00:22:11.119 --> 00:22:12.019 and all 00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:12.640 your sin 00:22:12.640 --> 00:22:15.000 with a robe 00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:16.160 of my 00:22:16.160 --> 00:22:16.779 righteousness. 00:22:18.140 --> 00:22:19.359 I will give 00:22:19.359 --> 00:22:19.839 to you 00:22:19.839 --> 00:22:21.119 spiritual eyes 00:22:21.119 --> 00:22:22.119 so that you 00:22:22.119 --> 00:22:22.720 will be able 00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:23.500 to see the 00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:24.240 emptiness 00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:26.400 of self-sufficiency. 00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:28.039 and see 00:22:28.039 --> 00:22:28.700 in Jesus 00:22:28.700 --> 00:22:29.460 the beauty 00:22:29.460 --> 00:22:31.079 of all 00:22:31.079 --> 00:22:31.859 sufficiency. 00:22:34.359 --> 00:22:34.920 You see, 00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:35.460 this is an 00:22:35.460 --> 00:22:35.940 invitation 00:22:35.940 --> 00:22:36.740 not to come 00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:37.079 and get 00:22:37.079 --> 00:22:37.839 things 00:22:37.839 --> 00:22:39.400 or an idea 00:22:39.400 --> 00:22:40.380 or a philosophy. 00:22:40.819 --> 00:22:41.460 This is an 00:22:41.460 --> 00:22:42.000 invitation 00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:42.539 for us 00:22:42.539 --> 00:22:42.880 today 00:22:42.880 --> 00:22:43.500 to get 00:22:43.500 --> 00:22:44.539 Jesus. 00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:46.420 He's what 00:22:46.420 --> 00:22:47.079 we need. 00:22:47.980 --> 00:22:48.720 In Jesus 00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:49.940 we experience 00:22:49.940 --> 00:22:50.980 all the 00:22:50.980 --> 00:22:52.140 spiritual resources 00:22:52.140 --> 00:22:52.859 that we need 00:22:52.859 --> 00:22:53.579 for life 00:22:53.579 --> 00:22:54.559 and death 00:22:54.559 --> 00:22:55.259 and for 00:22:55.259 --> 00:22:56.220 all eternity. 00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:58.619 buy from 00:22:58.619 --> 00:22:58.940 me. 00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:01.200 Come with 00:23:01.200 --> 00:23:02.079 your spiritual 00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:02.660 poverty 00:23:02.660 --> 00:23:04.140 and exchange 00:23:04.140 --> 00:23:04.559 it 00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:06.500 for glorious 00:23:06.500 --> 00:23:06.940 riches. 00:23:06.940 --> 00:23:07.180 Jesus. 00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:11.080 In fact, 00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:11.720 Jesus not 00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:12.440 only invites 00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:12.799 us to 00:23:12.799 --> 00:23:13.320 come to 00:23:13.320 --> 00:23:13.640 him, 00:23:14.779 --> 00:23:16.039 he desires 00:23:16.039 --> 00:23:18.000 that he 00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:18.660 come to 00:23:18.660 --> 00:23:19.180 us. 00:23:20.600 --> 00:23:21.400 Not only 00:23:21.400 --> 00:23:21.759 does he 00:23:21.759 --> 00:23:22.039 say, 00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:22.720 buy from 00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:23.039 me, 00:23:24.140 --> 00:23:24.860 but he 00:23:24.860 --> 00:23:25.240 says, 00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:26.059 eat 00:23:26.059 --> 00:23:26.900 with 00:23:26.900 --> 00:23:27.240 me. 00:23:28.600 --> 00:23:29.000 Look at 00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:29.640 verse 20. 00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:31.960 Here I 00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:32.320 am. 00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:34.019 I 00:23:34.019 --> 00:23:34.879 stand at 00:23:34.879 --> 00:23:35.439 the door 00:23:35.439 --> 00:23:36.500 and 00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:36.960 knock. 00:23:38.659 --> 00:23:39.379 Now it's 00:23:39.379 --> 00:23:40.079 interesting to 00:23:40.079 --> 00:23:40.359 note, 00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:40.779 isn't it, 00:23:40.819 --> 00:23:41.279 who is 00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:41.759 pursuing 00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:42.619 who here 00:23:42.619 --> 00:23:43.019 in this 00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:43.619 relationship. 00:23:44.799 --> 00:23:45.419 Where's 00:23:45.419 --> 00:23:45.779 Jesus? 00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:45.980 Jesus 00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:49.480 is on the 00:23:49.480 --> 00:23:50.059 outside, 00:23:50.879 --> 00:23:52.000 knocking on 00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:52.480 the door 00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:53.200 because he 00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:53.859 wants to 00:23:53.859 --> 00:23:54.480 meet with 00:23:54.480 --> 00:23:55.000 us. 00:23:56.139 --> 00:23:56.659 He's 00:23:56.659 --> 00:23:57.159 saying to 00:23:57.159 --> 00:23:57.519 you and 00:23:57.519 --> 00:23:58.220 I today, 00:23:58.879 --> 00:23:59.939 let me 00:23:59.940 --> 00:24:00.299 in. 00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:02.700 Now very 00:24:02.700 --> 00:24:03.160 often we 00:24:03.160 --> 00:24:03.519 think of 00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:04.039 this verse 00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:04.660 as speaking 00:24:04.660 --> 00:24:06.360 to unbelievers, 00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:06.960 but remember 00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:07.340 this is 00:24:07.340 --> 00:24:08.080 speaking to 00:24:08.080 --> 00:24:08.840 believers, 00:24:09.640 --> 00:24:10.220 to the 00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:10.779 church. 00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:12.759 Let me 00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:13.180 come 00:24:13.180 --> 00:24:14.820 back in. 00:24:17.080 --> 00:24:17.759 You see, 00:24:17.840 --> 00:24:18.320 this is what 00:24:18.320 --> 00:24:19.180 self-sufficiency 00:24:19.180 --> 00:24:19.700 does. 00:24:20.059 --> 00:24:20.940 It pushes 00:24:20.940 --> 00:24:22.660 Jesus out 00:24:22.660 --> 00:24:22.980 of our 00:24:22.980 --> 00:24:23.539 lives. 00:24:24.420 --> 00:24:24.740 He no 00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:25.559 longer becomes 00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:26.299 our need. 00:24:26.420 --> 00:24:26.900 We don't 00:24:26.900 --> 00:24:27.340 need him. 00:24:27.600 --> 00:24:28.019 We can 00:24:28.019 --> 00:24:28.980 live without 00:24:28.980 --> 00:24:29.600 Jesus, 00:24:29.940 --> 00:24:31.380 so he's 00:24:31.380 --> 00:24:31.759 on the 00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:32.600 outside. 00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:36.940 Now 00:24:36.940 --> 00:24:37.400 amazingly, 00:24:37.620 --> 00:24:37.840 Jesus 00:24:37.840 --> 00:24:38.299 doesn't 00:24:38.299 --> 00:24:38.820 walk away 00:24:38.820 --> 00:24:39.059 in a 00:24:39.059 --> 00:24:39.279 huff, 00:24:39.360 --> 00:24:39.700 does he? 00:24:40.320 --> 00:24:40.680 He 00:24:40.680 --> 00:24:41.019 doesn't 00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:41.840 do a 00:24:41.840 --> 00:24:42.500 stroppy 00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:42.940 and go, 00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:43.360 that's 00:24:43.360 --> 00:24:43.559 it, 00:24:43.860 --> 00:24:44.240 you don't 00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:44.720 want me, 00:24:44.940 --> 00:24:45.279 I'm 00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:45.519 out of 00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:45.700 here, 00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:45.940 I'm 00:24:45.940 --> 00:24:46.180 not 00:24:46.180 --> 00:24:46.539 talking 00:24:46.539 --> 00:24:46.740 to 00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:46.880 you 00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:47.220 again. 00:24:49.320 --> 00:24:49.759 If 00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:49.960 you 00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:50.180 want 00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:50.420 me, 00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:50.620 well 00:24:50.620 --> 00:24:51.019 then you'll 00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:51.360 have to 00:24:51.360 --> 00:24:51.580 come 00:24:51.580 --> 00:24:52.039 back and 00:24:52.039 --> 00:24:52.480 talk to 00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:52.700 me. 00:24:53.140 --> 00:24:53.340 Isn't 00:24:53.340 --> 00:24:53.680 that how 00:24:53.680 --> 00:24:53.880 we 00:24:53.880 --> 00:24:54.960 react in 00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:55.160 our 00:24:55.160 --> 00:24:55.700 relationships 00:24:55.700 --> 00:24:56.039 with 00:24:56.039 --> 00:24:56.259 each 00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:56.500 other? 00:24:58.640 --> 00:24:59.100 No, 00:24:59.099 --> 00:24:59.459 Jesus 00:24:59.459 --> 00:24:59.859 hasn't 00:24:59.859 --> 00:25:00.099 gone 00:25:00.099 --> 00:25:00.519 anywhere. 00:25:01.659 --> 00:25:02.019 He's 00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:02.240 there 00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:02.699 knocking 00:25:02.699 --> 00:25:03.740 on the 00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.019 door. 00:25:06.179 --> 00:25:06.779 Listen, 00:25:08.219 --> 00:25:08.599 Jesus 00:25:08.599 --> 00:25:09.459 is calling 00:25:09.459 --> 00:25:11.339 your name. 00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:12.839 Can you 00:25:12.839 --> 00:25:13.319 hear him? 00:25:13.539 --> 00:25:13.819 He's 00:25:13.819 --> 00:25:14.480 speaking your 00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:14.740 name. 00:25:14.839 --> 00:25:15.099 Look at 00:25:15.099 --> 00:25:15.799 verse 20. 00:25:16.859 --> 00:25:17.799 I stand 00:25:17.799 --> 00:25:18.119 at the 00:25:18.119 --> 00:25:18.579 door and 00:25:18.579 --> 00:25:18.959 knock. 00:25:19.439 --> 00:25:19.699 If 00:25:19.699 --> 00:25:20.079 anyone 00:25:20.079 --> 00:25:20.740 hears 00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:21.139 my 00:25:21.139 --> 00:25:21.799 voice 00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:22.939 and 00:25:22.939 --> 00:25:23.339 opens 00:25:23.339 --> 00:25:23.579 the 00:25:23.579 --> 00:25:23.919 door, 00:25:24.599 --> 00:25:25.019 I will 00:25:25.019 --> 00:25:25.439 come in 00:25:25.439 --> 00:25:25.819 and eat 00:25:25.819 --> 00:25:26.240 with that 00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:26.740 person 00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:28.180 and they 00:25:28.180 --> 00:25:28.720 with me. 00:25:32.019 --> 00:25:32.579 Meals 00:25:32.579 --> 00:25:32.779 have 00:25:32.779 --> 00:25:33.420 kind of 00:25:33.420 --> 00:25:33.680 lost 00:25:33.680 --> 00:25:33.940 their 00:25:33.940 --> 00:25:34.660 significance, 00:25:34.779 --> 00:25:35.039 haven't 00:25:35.039 --> 00:25:35.279 they? 00:25:36.420 --> 00:25:36.819 For 00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:37.259 us at 00:25:37.259 --> 00:25:37.620 least. 00:25:38.380 --> 00:25:38.680 Eating 00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:38.900 has 00:25:38.900 --> 00:25:39.200 become 00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:39.480 nothing 00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:39.839 more 00:25:39.839 --> 00:25:40.019 than 00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:40.259 just 00:25:40.259 --> 00:25:40.420 a 00:25:40.420 --> 00:25:41.140 refueling 00:25:41.140 --> 00:25:41.620 exercise. 00:25:42.099 --> 00:25:42.599 Stuff 00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:43.180 as much 00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:43.500 as we 00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:43.960 can in 00:25:43.960 --> 00:25:44.380 as quick 00:25:44.380 --> 00:25:44.579 as 00:25:44.579 --> 00:25:44.980 possible 00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:45.640 so we 00:25:45.640 --> 00:25:45.940 can get 00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:46.259 on and 00:25:46.259 --> 00:25:46.620 do other 00:25:46.620 --> 00:25:47.140 things. 00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:48.500 We 00:25:48.500 --> 00:25:48.779 even 00:25:48.779 --> 00:25:49.279 eat on 00:25:49.279 --> 00:25:49.660 the run. 00:25:50.099 --> 00:25:50.279 We 00:25:50.279 --> 00:25:50.460 don't 00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:50.599 have 00:25:50.599 --> 00:25:51.000 time 00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:51.220 to 00:25:51.220 --> 00:25:51.460 sit 00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:51.880 down. 00:25:54.579 --> 00:25:55.220 But in 00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:55.579 the first 00:25:55.579 --> 00:25:56.019 century, 00:25:56.019 --> 00:25:56.420 and for 00:25:56.420 --> 00:25:56.759 Jesus 00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:57.279 as he's 00:25:57.279 --> 00:25:57.799 speaking, 00:25:58.720 --> 00:25:59.680 to sit 00:25:59.680 --> 00:26:01.579 down and 00:26:01.579 --> 00:26:02.660 spend time 00:26:02.660 --> 00:26:03.259 with people 00:26:03.259 --> 00:26:03.740 and to 00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:04.359 eat with 00:26:04.359 --> 00:26:05.319 someone was 00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:06.200 a sign of 00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:07.359 deep friendship 00:26:07.359 --> 00:26:08.960 and acceptance. 00:26:10.200 --> 00:26:11.099 It was the 00:26:11.099 --> 00:26:11.700 way of 00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:12.859 renewing 00:26:12.859 --> 00:26:13.619 fellowship 00:26:13.619 --> 00:26:14.440 with somebody 00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:15.299 where you 00:26:15.299 --> 00:26:15.839 had fallen 00:26:15.839 --> 00:26:16.319 out. 00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.339 And that's 00:26:19.339 --> 00:26:19.879 what Jesus 00:26:19.879 --> 00:26:20.400 is saying 00:26:20.400 --> 00:26:20.759 to you 00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:21.119 today. 00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:22.900 What a 00:26:22.900 --> 00:26:23.259 wonderful 00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:24.059 picture this 00:26:24.059 --> 00:26:24.379 is. 00:26:24.380 --> 00:26:26.100 he's 00:26:26.100 --> 00:26:26.480 knocking 00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:26.920 on the 00:26:26.920 --> 00:26:27.260 door. 00:26:28.300 --> 00:26:28.560 He's 00:26:28.560 --> 00:26:28.960 calling 00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:29.640 your name. 00:26:30.020 --> 00:26:30.380 Johnny, 00:26:30.640 --> 00:26:31.580 I want 00:26:31.580 --> 00:26:32.000 to come 00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:32.300 in. 00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:34.220 I want 00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:34.860 to sit 00:26:34.860 --> 00:26:35.420 with you. 00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:36.920 I want 00:26:36.920 --> 00:26:37.680 to eat 00:26:37.680 --> 00:26:38.360 with you. 00:26:39.240 --> 00:26:39.760 I've 00:26:39.760 --> 00:26:40.360 come to 00:26:40.360 --> 00:26:40.700 renew 00:26:40.700 --> 00:26:41.320 fellowship 00:26:41.320 --> 00:26:41.860 with you. 00:26:42.300 --> 00:26:42.540 Let 00:26:42.540 --> 00:26:42.860 me 00:26:42.860 --> 00:26:43.620 in. 00:26:46.440 --> 00:26:47.060 In 00:26:47.060 --> 00:26:47.260 fact, 00:26:47.380 --> 00:26:47.700 I want 00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:48.020 you to 00:26:48.020 --> 00:26:48.880 experience 00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:50.560 spiritual 00:26:50.560 --> 00:26:51.200 resources 00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:51.800 in all 00:26:51.800 --> 00:26:52.020 their 00:26:52.020 --> 00:26:52.360 fullness. 00:26:52.359 --> 00:26:55.000 I want 00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:55.299 you to 00:26:55.299 --> 00:26:55.979 enjoy a 00:26:55.979 --> 00:26:56.479 meal with 00:26:56.479 --> 00:26:58.179 me and 00:26:58.179 --> 00:26:58.799 to receive 00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.599 from me. 00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:04.079 Look, 00:27:04.159 --> 00:27:04.579 let's not 00:27:04.579 --> 00:27:05.079 beat about 00:27:05.079 --> 00:27:05.639 the bush. 00:27:07.439 --> 00:27:08.179 We can 00:27:08.179 --> 00:27:08.619 all get 00:27:08.619 --> 00:27:09.339 ourselves in 00:27:09.339 --> 00:27:10.079 a desperate 00:27:10.079 --> 00:27:10.519 mess, 00:27:10.619 --> 00:27:11.059 can't we? 00:27:12.699 --> 00:27:13.479 Our sin 00:27:13.479 --> 00:27:14.259 pulls us 00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:14.799 away from 00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:15.219 Jesus. 00:27:16.059 --> 00:27:16.699 We listen 00:27:16.699 --> 00:27:17.099 to the 00:27:17.099 --> 00:27:17.500 messages 00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:17.939 about 00:27:17.939 --> 00:27:18.639 financial 00:27:18.639 --> 00:27:19.459 security. 00:27:19.460 --> 00:27:21.500 we've 00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:21.740 got to 00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:22.039 sort 00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:22.480 ourselves 00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:22.860 out, 00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:24.079 but we 00:27:24.079 --> 00:27:24.519 just get 00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:24.920 pulled 00:27:24.920 --> 00:27:25.340 away. 00:27:26.100 --> 00:27:26.400 And we 00:27:26.400 --> 00:27:26.600 think, 00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:27.000 I've got 00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:27.380 to do 00:27:27.380 --> 00:27:27.740 something, 00:27:27.860 --> 00:27:28.299 I'm going 00:27:28.299 --> 00:27:28.880 to change, 00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:29.140 I'm going 00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:29.420 to make 00:27:29.420 --> 00:27:29.720 things 00:27:29.720 --> 00:27:30.079 different. 00:27:30.420 --> 00:27:31.059 What do 00:27:31.059 --> 00:27:31.720 I have 00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:32.279 to do 00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:32.819 to make 00:27:32.819 --> 00:27:33.279 Jesus 00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:33.920 give me 00:27:33.920 --> 00:27:34.620 what I 00:27:34.620 --> 00:27:35.160 need? 00:27:36.640 --> 00:27:37.279 What do 00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:37.660 I have 00:27:37.660 --> 00:27:38.400 to do 00:27:38.400 --> 00:27:39.259 so that 00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:39.880 Jesus is 00:27:39.880 --> 00:27:40.299 going to 00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:40.860 accept me 00:27:40.860 --> 00:27:41.559 back again? 00:27:41.559 --> 00:27:45.220 Well, 00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:45.619 the problem 00:27:45.619 --> 00:27:46.039 is we 00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:46.539 can never 00:27:46.539 --> 00:27:47.000 ever do 00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:47.379 enough. 00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.159 In fact, 00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:48.659 our sin 00:27:48.659 --> 00:27:49.399 just reminds 00:27:49.399 --> 00:27:49.720 us that 00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:50.039 we need 00:27:50.039 --> 00:27:50.460 to start 00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:50.799 the whole 00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:51.319 process 00:27:51.319 --> 00:27:51.839 all over 00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:52.220 again. 00:27:54.139 --> 00:27:54.559 No, 00:27:54.599 --> 00:27:54.799 there's 00:27:54.799 --> 00:27:55.099 another 00:27:55.099 --> 00:27:55.440 way. 00:27:57.059 --> 00:27:57.419 Do you 00:27:57.419 --> 00:27:58.000 hear his 00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.480 gracious 00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:59.220 invitation? 00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:00.319 Jesus 00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:01.440 comes to 00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:01.659 us. 00:28:02.059 --> 00:28:02.379 Jesus 00:28:02.379 --> 00:28:02.839 is the 00:28:02.839 --> 00:28:03.019 one 00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:03.419 taking 00:28:03.419 --> 00:28:03.679 the 00:28:03.679 --> 00:28:04.139 initiative. 00:28:04.599 --> 00:28:04.740 He 00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:05.119 always 00:28:05.119 --> 00:28:05.519 does. 00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:06.099 Do you 00:28:06.099 --> 00:28:06.639 hear his 00:28:06.639 --> 00:28:07.079 voice? 00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:08.319 Buy 00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:08.740 from 00:28:08.740 --> 00:28:09.139 me. 00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:11.179 Eat 00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:12.039 with 00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:12.480 me. 00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:13.779 Come 00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:14.019 with 00:28:14.019 --> 00:28:14.299 your 00:28:14.299 --> 00:28:15.100 spiritual 00:28:15.100 --> 00:28:15.860 emptiness 00:28:15.860 --> 00:28:16.259 and 00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:16.940 brokenness 00:28:16.940 --> 00:28:17.640 and I 00:28:17.640 --> 00:28:17.880 will 00:28:17.880 --> 00:28:18.620 fill you 00:28:18.620 --> 00:28:18.840 with 00:28:18.840 --> 00:28:19.360 treasures 00:28:19.360 --> 00:28:20.320 forevermore. 00:28:28.900 --> 00:28:29.620 Not 00:28:29.620 --> 00:28:30.019 only do 00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:30.400 we have 00:28:30.400 --> 00:28:30.799 a loving 00:28:30.799 --> 00:28:31.500 rebuke 00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:33.400 and his 00:28:33.400 --> 00:28:33.840 gracious 00:28:33.840 --> 00:28:34.660 invitation 00:28:34.660 --> 00:28:36.880 but a 00:28:36.880 --> 00:28:37.320 promise 00:28:37.320 --> 00:28:37.680 of an 00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:38.180 eternal 00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:38.920 reward. 00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:41.880 You 00:28:41.880 --> 00:28:42.200 see the 00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:42.420 big 00:28:42.420 --> 00:28:42.799 point 00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:43.120 here 00:28:43.120 --> 00:28:43.720 is this. 00:28:44.460 --> 00:28:44.820 The 00:28:44.820 --> 00:28:45.240 call 00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:45.560 upon 00:28:45.560 --> 00:28:45.759 our 00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.039 life 00:28:46.039 --> 00:28:46.420 today 00:28:46.420 --> 00:28:46.880 is to 00:28:46.880 --> 00:28:47.519 invest 00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:48.240 in 00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:48.420 our 00:28:48.420 --> 00:28:48.820 life 00:28:48.820 --> 00:28:49.720 spiritually 00:28:49.720 --> 00:28:51.019 even 00:28:51.019 --> 00:28:51.519 if that 00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:51.960 means 00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:52.799 financial 00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:53.480 poverty. 00:28:55.600 --> 00:28:56.019 In 00:28:56.019 --> 00:28:56.259 other 00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:56.720 words, 00:28:57.519 --> 00:28:58.080 we are 00:28:58.080 --> 00:28:58.840 better off 00:28:58.840 --> 00:28:59.180 being 00:28:59.180 --> 00:28:59.920 spiritually 00:28:59.920 --> 00:29:00.680 rich 00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:01.880 and 00:29:01.880 --> 00:29:02.560 financially 00:29:02.560 --> 00:29:03.279 poor 00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:04.500 than 00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:04.779 being 00:29:04.779 --> 00:29:05.440 spiritually 00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:06.060 poor 00:29:06.060 --> 00:29:06.420 and 00:29:06.420 --> 00:29:07.000 financially 00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:07.560 rich. 00:29:08.600 --> 00:29:09.340 Do you 00:29:09.340 --> 00:29:09.660 believe 00:29:09.660 --> 00:29:10.060 that? 00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:11.820 It's 00:29:11.820 --> 00:29:12.279 true. 00:29:13.540 --> 00:29:13.820 Look 00:29:13.820 --> 00:29:14.240 back to 00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:14.700 the church 00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:14.980 in 00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:15.380 Smyrna 00:29:15.380 --> 00:29:15.759 chapter 00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:16.259 2 00:29:16.259 --> 00:29:17.720 verse 00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:18.180 9. 00:29:20.900 --> 00:29:21.560 They 00:29:21.560 --> 00:29:21.940 were the 00:29:21.940 --> 00:29:22.660 flip side 00:29:22.660 --> 00:29:23.040 of 00:29:23.040 --> 00:29:24.700 Laodicea. 00:29:25.800 --> 00:29:26.440 Jesus 00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:26.940 says to 00:29:26.940 --> 00:29:27.240 them in 00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:27.680 verse 9, 00:29:28.200 --> 00:29:28.519 I know 00:29:28.519 --> 00:29:28.720 your 00:29:28.720 --> 00:29:29.400 afflictions 00:29:29.400 --> 00:29:29.920 and your 00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:30.440 poverty. 00:29:31.500 --> 00:29:31.720 They 00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:31.960 didn't 00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:32.220 have 00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:32.740 anything. 00:29:35.300 --> 00:29:35.940 Oh, 00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:36.120 they 00:29:36.120 --> 00:29:36.460 did. 00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:38.400 You 00:29:38.400 --> 00:29:38.600 are 00:29:38.600 --> 00:29:39.060 rich. 00:29:39.660 --> 00:29:40.860 They 00:29:40.860 --> 00:29:41.040 were 00:29:41.040 --> 00:29:41.360 rich 00:29:41.360 --> 00:29:41.580 in 00:29:41.580 --> 00:29:42.060 Christ. 00:29:45.380 --> 00:29:45.980 So 00:29:45.980 --> 00:29:46.240 what 00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:46.540 will it 00:29:46.540 --> 00:29:46.779 mean 00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:47.240 for you 00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:47.620 and I 00:29:47.620 --> 00:29:47.860 to 00:29:47.860 --> 00:29:48.360 invest 00:29:48.360 --> 00:29:48.680 in 00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:48.900 and 00:29:48.900 --> 00:29:49.600 prioritize 00:29:49.600 --> 00:29:50.080 our 00:29:50.080 --> 00:29:50.580 spiritual 00:29:50.580 --> 00:29:51.100 health? 00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:54.100 Well, 00:29:54.140 --> 00:29:54.460 let me 00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:55.120 throw 00:29:55.120 --> 00:29:55.680 these out 00:29:55.680 --> 00:29:56.200 in very 00:29:56.200 --> 00:29:56.740 general 00:29:56.740 --> 00:29:57.279 ways. 00:29:58.620 --> 00:29:59.160 Maybe 00:29:59.160 --> 00:29:59.660 you're a 00:29:59.660 --> 00:29:59.920 younger 00:29:59.920 --> 00:30:00.420 person 00:30:00.420 --> 00:30:01.100 or consider 00:30:01.100 --> 00:30:01.640 yourself 00:30:01.640 --> 00:30:02.060 younger 00:30:02.060 --> 00:30:02.480 today. 00:30:02.600 --> 00:30:02.720 You're 00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:03.200 still in 00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:03.519 school 00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:04.019 or you're 00:30:04.019 --> 00:30:04.880 about to 00:30:04.880 --> 00:30:05.519 embark on 00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:06.060 your career 00:30:06.060 --> 00:30:06.400 and you 00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:06.600 have 00:30:06.600 --> 00:30:07.140 ambitions. 00:30:07.140 --> 00:30:07.360 decisions. 00:30:08.340 --> 00:30:09.120 You're 00:30:09.120 --> 00:30:09.360 making 00:30:09.360 --> 00:30:10.259 choices and 00:30:10.259 --> 00:30:11.060 decisions about 00:30:11.060 --> 00:30:11.880 your job and 00:30:11.880 --> 00:30:12.560 your future. 00:30:15.100 --> 00:30:15.880 Well, 00:30:15.900 --> 00:30:16.480 let me say 00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:16.940 this. 00:30:17.880 --> 00:30:18.680 Make sure 00:30:18.680 --> 00:30:18.940 you 00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:19.720 prioritize 00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:20.680 mating 00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:21.820 with God's 00:30:21.820 --> 00:30:22.200 people. 00:30:23.920 --> 00:30:24.720 Before 00:30:24.720 --> 00:30:25.580 committing to 00:30:25.580 --> 00:30:26.300 a career, 00:30:27.640 --> 00:30:28.380 be committed 00:30:28.380 --> 00:30:28.900 to your 00:30:28.900 --> 00:30:29.820 local church 00:30:29.820 --> 00:30:31.920 because they're 00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:32.220 going to be 00:30:32.220 --> 00:30:32.820 watching out 00:30:32.820 --> 00:30:33.180 for your 00:30:33.180 --> 00:30:33.700 spiritual 00:30:33.700 --> 00:30:34.220 health, 00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:36.460 responsibility 00:30:36.460 --> 00:30:36.920 and 00:30:36.920 --> 00:30:37.440 accountability, 00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:38.579 you will 00:30:38.579 --> 00:30:39.259 need it. 00:30:40.180 --> 00:30:40.779 You won't 00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:41.240 survive 00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:42.079 without it. 00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:46.140 But maybe 00:30:46.140 --> 00:30:46.519 you're 00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:46.960 thinking, 00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:47.259 well, 00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:47.559 I'm a 00:30:47.559 --> 00:30:47.880 little bit 00:30:47.880 --> 00:30:48.500 further on 00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:48.880 than that 00:30:48.880 --> 00:30:49.339 and I'm 00:30:49.339 --> 00:30:49.900 thinking, 00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:50.839 well, 00:30:50.880 --> 00:30:51.360 how can I 00:30:51.360 --> 00:30:52.200 better my 00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:52.779 financial 00:30:52.779 --> 00:30:53.600 situation? 00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:55.100 How could 00:30:55.100 --> 00:30:56.180 I move 00:30:56.180 --> 00:30:56.620 up the 00:30:56.620 --> 00:30:56.900 ladder, 00:30:57.039 --> 00:30:57.620 maybe take 00:30:57.620 --> 00:30:58.079 on a bit 00:30:58.079 --> 00:30:58.319 more 00:30:58.319 --> 00:30:59.059 responsibility 00:30:59.059 --> 00:30:59.880 at work 00:30:59.880 --> 00:31:01.519 and increase 00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:02.200 the paycheck 00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:02.860 at the end 00:31:02.860 --> 00:31:03.079 of the 00:31:03.079 --> 00:31:03.440 month? 00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:05.579 Well, 00:31:05.620 --> 00:31:05.920 that can 00:31:05.920 --> 00:31:06.339 be good. 00:31:06.420 --> 00:31:06.720 I'm not 00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:07.279 saying that's 00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:07.680 bad. 00:31:09.039 --> 00:31:10.019 But sometimes 00:31:10.019 --> 00:31:10.700 what we need 00:31:10.700 --> 00:31:11.059 is not 00:31:11.059 --> 00:31:11.579 more, 00:31:12.420 --> 00:31:13.400 but less. 00:31:14.360 --> 00:31:15.220 Not more 00:31:15.220 --> 00:31:16.400 hours and 00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:17.140 more pay, 00:31:18.140 --> 00:31:19.259 but less 00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:19.779 hours. 00:31:21.100 --> 00:31:21.579 Sometimes 00:31:21.579 --> 00:31:22.200 we need 00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:23.920 to reduce 00:31:23.920 --> 00:31:25.900 things so 00:31:25.900 --> 00:31:26.220 that we 00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:26.740 haven't become 00:31:26.740 --> 00:31:27.440 so busy 00:31:27.440 --> 00:31:28.259 and flustered 00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:29.559 that we 00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:29.960 don't have 00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:30.519 time for 00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:30.900 Jesus. 00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:35.220 retirement. 00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:36.620 Or maybe 00:31:36.620 --> 00:31:37.480 you're kind 00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:37.819 of at the 00:31:37.819 --> 00:31:38.279 other end 00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:38.539 of the 00:31:38.539 --> 00:31:39.940 scale and 00:31:39.940 --> 00:31:40.160 you're 00:31:40.160 --> 00:31:40.539 thinking 00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:41.299 retirement. 00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:42.880 Or maybe 00:31:42.880 --> 00:31:43.380 you already 00:31:43.380 --> 00:31:44.200 have retired. 00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:46.200 Time to 00:31:46.200 --> 00:31:47.039 cash in, 00:31:47.140 --> 00:31:47.600 isn't it? 00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:49.259 Get that 00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:50.160 pension going, 00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:52.200 treat yourself, 00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:53.920 spend the 00:31:53.920 --> 00:31:54.160 kids' 00:31:54.339 --> 00:31:54.980 inheritance, 00:31:55.640 --> 00:31:55.900 oh, 00:31:55.980 --> 00:31:56.259 that would 00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:56.819 be nice. 00:31:56.819 --> 00:32:01.220 well, 00:32:01.299 --> 00:32:01.500 again, 00:32:01.599 --> 00:32:01.960 I'm not 00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:02.539 saying it's 00:32:02.539 --> 00:32:03.000 wrong to 00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:03.359 do any 00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:03.740 of these 00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:04.200 things. 00:32:05.700 --> 00:32:06.259 But watch 00:32:06.259 --> 00:32:06.659 out. 00:32:08.099 --> 00:32:08.859 Watch out 00:32:08.859 --> 00:32:09.339 that in your 00:32:09.339 --> 00:32:10.159 older age it 00:32:10.159 --> 00:32:10.919 doesn't grab 00:32:10.919 --> 00:32:11.439 you and 00:32:11.439 --> 00:32:12.480 consume you 00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:14.059 and you 00:32:14.059 --> 00:32:15.000 forget your 00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:16.279 spiritual love 00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:16.980 for Christ. 00:32:20.339 --> 00:32:21.079 You see, 00:32:21.579 --> 00:32:22.139 the truth 00:32:22.139 --> 00:32:22.700 is none 00:32:22.700 --> 00:32:23.200 of us would 00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:23.740 ever make 00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:24.659 a decision 00:32:24.660 --> 00:32:26.040 that would 00:32:26.040 --> 00:32:26.700 compromise 00:32:26.700 --> 00:32:27.840 our financial 00:32:27.840 --> 00:32:28.279 health, 00:32:28.340 --> 00:32:28.660 would we? 00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:29.860 We're very 00:32:29.860 --> 00:32:30.620 careful about 00:32:30.620 --> 00:32:31.300 our monies. 00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:34.620 But we all 00:32:34.620 --> 00:32:35.160 have a habit 00:32:35.160 --> 00:32:35.620 of making 00:32:35.620 --> 00:32:36.640 choices that 00:32:36.640 --> 00:32:37.600 compromise our 00:32:37.600 --> 00:32:38.100 spiritual 00:32:38.100 --> 00:32:38.740 condition. 00:32:39.960 --> 00:32:40.820 We do it 00:32:40.820 --> 00:32:41.480 all the time. 00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:44.320 Yes, 00:32:44.560 --> 00:32:45.720 this investment 00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:47.040 and prioritising 00:32:47.040 --> 00:32:47.800 our relationships 00:32:47.800 --> 00:32:48.460 with Jesus 00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:49.380 will be costly. 00:32:50.680 --> 00:32:51.320 It may mean 00:32:51.320 --> 00:32:51.940 we don't get 00:32:51.940 --> 00:32:52.640 the career we 00:32:52.640 --> 00:32:53.300 want or the 00:32:53.300 --> 00:32:54.160 wage increase 00:32:54.160 --> 00:32:54.560 or that 00:32:54.560 --> 00:32:55.460 pension plan 00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:56.800 and that 00:32:56.800 --> 00:32:57.220 can be 00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:57.700 hard. 00:32:59.180 --> 00:32:59.560 And maybe 00:32:59.560 --> 00:33:00.180 you're thinking 00:33:00.180 --> 00:33:00.900 well I'm not 00:33:00.900 --> 00:33:01.560 sure I want 00:33:01.560 --> 00:33:02.080 to go down 00:33:02.080 --> 00:33:02.680 that road. 00:33:03.540 --> 00:33:04.120 I'm not 00:33:04.120 --> 00:33:04.660 sure I'm 00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:05.100 ready to 00:33:05.100 --> 00:33:05.600 make those 00:33:05.600 --> 00:33:06.060 decisions. 00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:07.019 Is it 00:33:07.019 --> 00:33:07.779 worth it 00:33:07.779 --> 00:33:08.860 to throw 00:33:08.860 --> 00:33:09.900 my lot 00:33:09.900 --> 00:33:11.600 in for 00:33:11.600 --> 00:33:12.060 Christ? 00:33:15.660 --> 00:33:16.180 Absolutely. 00:33:19.060 --> 00:33:19.620 100%. 00:33:19.620 --> 00:33:21.200 Don't 00:33:21.200 --> 00:33:21.759 believe me? 00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:23.359 listen to 00:33:23.359 --> 00:33:23.879 what Jesus 00:33:23.879 --> 00:33:24.299 says, 00:33:24.379 --> 00:33:25.140 verse 21. 00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:27.339 To the 00:33:27.339 --> 00:33:27.759 one who 00:33:27.759 --> 00:33:28.680 is victorious, 00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:30.599 I will 00:33:30.599 --> 00:33:31.019 give the 00:33:31.019 --> 00:33:31.559 right to 00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:32.160 sit with 00:33:32.160 --> 00:33:33.839 me on 00:33:33.839 --> 00:33:34.680 my throne 00:33:34.680 --> 00:33:36.539 just as I 00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:37.279 was victorious 00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:37.940 and sat 00:33:37.940 --> 00:33:38.400 down with 00:33:38.400 --> 00:33:39.119 my father 00:33:39.119 --> 00:33:40.460 on his 00:33:40.460 --> 00:33:40.819 throne. 00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:43.079 What a 00:33:43.079 --> 00:33:43.559 promise. 00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:45.279 It's 00:33:45.279 --> 00:33:46.539 out of 00:33:46.539 --> 00:33:47.180 this world. 00:33:47.180 --> 00:33:47.340 world. 00:33:49.620 --> 00:33:50.560 If we 00:33:50.560 --> 00:33:51.600 make Jesus 00:33:51.600 --> 00:33:52.640 our pursuit 00:33:52.640 --> 00:33:53.759 and prize, 00:33:54.380 --> 00:33:55.620 if we 00:33:55.620 --> 00:33:56.640 prioritise 00:33:56.640 --> 00:33:57.460 dependency 00:33:57.460 --> 00:33:58.500 on Jesus, 00:33:58.880 --> 00:33:59.279 you know 00:33:59.279 --> 00:33:59.660 what we 00:33:59.660 --> 00:34:00.420 will receive? 00:34:01.220 --> 00:34:02.140 We're going 00:34:02.140 --> 00:34:02.799 to get to 00:34:02.799 --> 00:34:03.380 rule the 00:34:03.380 --> 00:34:04.080 nations 00:34:04.080 --> 00:34:05.000 with Jesus. 00:34:05.140 --> 00:34:05.680 We're going 00:34:05.680 --> 00:34:06.259 to sit 00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:07.779 in the 00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:08.240 place of 00:34:08.240 --> 00:34:08.820 all rule 00:34:08.820 --> 00:34:09.420 and power 00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:10.019 and authority 00:34:10.019 --> 00:34:10.820 as God's 00:34:10.820 --> 00:34:11.180 people. 00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:14.559 all that 00:34:14.559 --> 00:34:14.960 he is 00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:15.319 over, 00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:16.419 we will 00:34:16.419 --> 00:34:16.879 be over. 00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:17.699 All that 00:34:17.699 --> 00:34:18.379 is his 00:34:18.379 --> 00:34:20.059 will become 00:34:20.059 --> 00:34:20.579 ours. 00:34:22.819 --> 00:34:23.179 Now, 00:34:23.239 --> 00:34:23.399 I don't 00:34:23.399 --> 00:34:23.699 know where 00:34:23.699 --> 00:34:24.059 you are 00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:24.299 on the 00:34:24.299 --> 00:34:24.919 calculations, 00:34:25.219 --> 00:34:25.440 but I 00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:25.839 don't think 00:34:25.839 --> 00:34:26.139 you can 00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:26.559 get a 00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:27.259 bigger 00:34:27.259 --> 00:34:27.879 reward 00:34:27.879 --> 00:34:29.099 or greater 00:34:29.099 --> 00:34:29.559 riches 00:34:29.559 --> 00:34:30.159 than that 00:34:30.159 --> 00:34:31.819 for all 00:34:31.819 --> 00:34:32.399 eternity. 00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:37.340 Look, 00:34:37.420 --> 00:34:37.780 we can 00:34:37.780 --> 00:34:38.320 pour our 00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:38.880 life into 00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:39.500 financial 00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:40.200 security, 00:34:40.360 --> 00:34:40.660 we can 00:34:40.660 --> 00:34:41.400 strive for 00:34:41.400 --> 00:34:42.059 success 00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:43.519 and self 00:34:43.519 --> 00:34:44.079 sufficiency, 00:34:44.680 --> 00:34:45.579 we can 00:34:45.579 --> 00:34:46.300 reach the 00:34:46.300 --> 00:34:46.900 heights where 00:34:46.900 --> 00:34:47.340 we can 00:34:47.340 --> 00:34:47.680 say, 00:34:48.139 --> 00:34:48.940 I'm rich, 00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:50.260 I've 00:34:50.260 --> 00:34:50.780 acquired 00:34:50.780 --> 00:34:51.300 everything, 00:34:51.880 --> 00:34:52.700 I do 00:34:52.700 --> 00:34:53.200 not need 00:34:53.200 --> 00:34:53.619 a thing. 00:34:57.260 --> 00:34:57.940 Be 00:34:57.940 --> 00:34:58.380 careful. 00:35:00.160 --> 00:35:01.139 Listen to 00:35:01.139 --> 00:35:02.099 his invitation. 00:35:02.400 --> 00:35:04.200 he's 00:35:04.200 --> 00:35:04.680 calling 00:35:04.680 --> 00:35:05.340 your name. 00:35:06.720 --> 00:35:07.019 Buy 00:35:07.019 --> 00:35:07.639 from me. 00:35:08.840 --> 00:35:09.180 Eat 00:35:09.180 --> 00:35:09.720 from me. 00:35:11.460 --> 00:35:11.980 Look 00:35:11.980 --> 00:35:12.460 upwards 00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:12.940 to your 00:35:12.940 --> 00:35:13.579 glorious 00:35:13.579 --> 00:35:14.180 reward. 00:35:14.900 --> 00:35:15.280 Invest 00:35:15.280 --> 00:35:16.160 in your 00:35:16.160 --> 00:35:16.880 spiritual 00:35:16.880 --> 00:35:17.559 health 00:35:17.559 --> 00:35:19.340 and you 00:35:19.340 --> 00:35:19.680 will be 00:35:19.680 --> 00:35:20.260 eternally 00:35:20.260 --> 00:35:20.740 rich. 00:35:23.700 --> 00:35:24.460 Let's 00:35:24.460 --> 00:35:24.760 pray. 00:35:26.119 --> 00:35:26.860 Pause 00:35:26.860 --> 00:35:29.059 and 00:35:29.059 --> 00:35:29.619 respond. 00:35:32.400 --> 00:36:00.720 Lord, we 00:36:00.719 --> 00:36:01.259 are so 00:36:01.259 --> 00:36:01.739 quickly 00:36:01.739 --> 00:36:02.619 distracted 00:36:02.619 --> 00:36:04.839 and so 00:36:04.839 --> 00:36:05.259 easily 00:36:05.259 --> 00:36:06.079 deceived 00:36:06.079 --> 00:36:07.980 by other 00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:08.579 things, 00:36:09.899 --> 00:36:10.679 particularly 00:36:10.679 --> 00:36:12.899 financial 00:36:12.899 --> 00:36:13.579 resources 00:36:13.579 --> 00:36:14.099 and 00:36:14.099 --> 00:36:15.459 wealth. 00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:18.839 Help us 00:36:18.839 --> 00:36:19.939 to prioritise 00:36:19.939 --> 00:36:20.279 you, 00:36:21.159 --> 00:36:22.980 to make 00:36:22.980 --> 00:36:23.480 you our 00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:24.119 prize 00:36:24.119 --> 00:36:26.079 and our 00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:26.500 pursuit 00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:27.159 in life. 00:36:29.019 --> 00:36:29.839 Knowing that 00:36:29.839 --> 00:36:30.599 in you are 00:36:30.599 --> 00:36:31.759 all that we 00:36:31.759 --> 00:36:32.299 need for 00:36:32.299 --> 00:36:32.980 life and 00:36:32.980 --> 00:36:33.500 death and 00:36:33.500 --> 00:36:33.900 for all 00:36:33.900 --> 00:36:34.440 eternity, 00:36:35.440 --> 00:36:36.579 that you 00:36:36.579 --> 00:36:37.359 are sufficient. 00:36:39.699 --> 00:36:40.440 Help us 00:36:40.440 --> 00:36:41.319 always to say 00:36:41.319 --> 00:36:41.880 that apart 00:36:41.880 --> 00:36:42.480 from you, 00:36:43.279 --> 00:36:44.460 I have no 00:36:44.460 --> 00:36:45.000 good thing. 00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:46.519 Thank you 00:36:46.519 --> 00:36:48.539 thank you 00:36:48.539 --> 00:36:49.039 that we 00:36:49.039 --> 00:36:49.480 have 00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:50.480 rewards 00:36:50.480 --> 00:36:51.840 that are 00:36:51.840 --> 00:36:52.320 bigger and 00:36:52.320 --> 00:36:52.980 greater than 00:36:52.980 --> 00:36:53.840 anything this 00:36:53.840 --> 00:36:54.400 world could 00:36:54.400 --> 00:36:55.039 ever offer. 00:36:56.539 --> 00:36:57.219 Eternity 00:36:57.219 --> 00:36:57.780 with you, 00:36:58.940 --> 00:36:59.400 ruling 00:36:59.400 --> 00:37:00.079 with you, 00:37:02.639 --> 00:37:03.139 enjoying 00:37:03.139 --> 00:37:03.480 your 00:37:03.480 --> 00:37:04.019 blessings 00:37:04.019 --> 00:37:05.599 forever 00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:06.679 and forever 00:37:06.679 --> 00:37:07.559 without end. 00:37:07.559 --> 00:37:10.659 thank you 00:37:10.659 --> 00:37:11.199 Lord for 00:37:11.199 --> 00:37:11.920 your blessings 00:37:11.920 --> 00:37:12.699 to us, 00:37:13.279 --> 00:37:14.239 for our 00:37:14.239 --> 00:37:14.779 financial 00:37:14.779 --> 00:37:15.480 resources 00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:16.239 individually 00:37:16.239 --> 00:37:16.920 and as a 00:37:16.920 --> 00:37:17.320 church. 00:37:18.539 --> 00:37:19.360 Help us 00:37:19.360 --> 00:37:19.920 to use 00:37:19.920 --> 00:37:21.519 them for 00:37:21.519 --> 00:37:22.320 your glory, 00:37:23.059 --> 00:37:23.679 for your 00:37:23.679 --> 00:37:24.059 kingdom, 00:37:24.719 --> 00:37:25.619 and for 00:37:25.619 --> 00:37:25.980 the good 00:37:25.980 --> 00:37:26.559 of others. 00:37:27.840 --> 00:37:28.400 In 00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:28.719 Jesus' 00:37:28.940 --> 00:37:29.299 name we 00:37:29.299 --> 00:37:29.639 pray. 00:37:30.820 --> 00:37:31.199 Amen. 00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:38.559 Amen.