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 Some glorious morning, sorrow will cease.

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! Some glorious morning, all will be peace.

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! Heartaches, all and death,

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!

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 Labor all done!

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 Heaven will open, Jesus will come!

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 Some golden daybreak, Jesus will come!

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 Some golden daybreak, battles all won!

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 He'll shout the victory, break through the blue!

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 Some moment like Him to be!

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 Some glorious daybreak, Jesus will sing!

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 Oh, what a meeting there in the skies!

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 No tears, no tears, no tears, no crying, shall dim our eyes!

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 Oh, what a daybreak!

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 Oh, what a daybreak!

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 Oh, what a daybreak!

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 Some golden daybreak, Jesus will come!

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 Some golden daybreak, he'll come!

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 Some golden daybreak, battles all won!

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 He'll shout the victory, he'll come!

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 He'll shout the victory, break through the blue!

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 Some golden daybreak, some golden daybreak, for me!

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 And I'll sing for you!

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 Amen!

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 Are you looking forward to the coming of the Lord?

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 Have you heard the promise He has given in His holy word?

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 Are you looking forward to the coming of the Lord?

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 Have you heard the promise He has given in His holy word?

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 Are you looking forward to the Lord of love?

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 Will you come and miss a miracle be through the clouds above?

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 When the trumpet call is shouted, we'll meet Him in the air!

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 If your name is in the book of life, I'm gonna see you there!

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 It's the blessed hope of all who know the good news of His grace!

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 Now the day is fast approaching, when I'll see my Savior's face!

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 And then my troubles will be an end!

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 What a happy day for me!

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 I am looking for the moment, when my Savior comes for me!

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 When my Savior comes for me!

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 My Savior comes for me!

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 Are you looking forward?

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 Do you know His promise true?

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 Have you heard that this name Jesus will come again for you?

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 We will come without a warning, with a twinkling of an eye!

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 Should it be before this song is done?

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 We would never die!

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 It's the blessed hope of all who know the good news of His grace!

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 Now the day is fast approaching, when I'll see my Savior's face!

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 And then all troubles will be an end!

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 What a happy day for me!

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 I am looking for the moment, when my Savior comes for me!

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 Looking for Jesus, looking and longing, longing my Savior to see!

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 When there before Him, bathed in His glory!

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 Oh, what a joy it will be!

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 Caught up to heaven in clouds to meet Him!

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 Can it not be far away?

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 Hope of the Christian that keeps me expectant!

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 And looking for Jesus today!

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 Looking for Jesus each hour that passes!

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 For He may come any time!

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 Sunrise or sunset, noonday or midnight, could be that moment sublime!

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 I must be ready!

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 I must be ready!

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 Waiting and watching!

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 How solid or do away!

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 Poised for the sound of that heavenly trumpet!

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 And looking for Jesus today!

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 I'm looking for Jesus today!

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 I'm looking for Jesus today!

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 I'm looking for Jesus today!

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 Poised for Jesus today!

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 If you thought that I was stepping to the pulpit a few moments ago, you were right.

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 I was.

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 I was so anxious to get up here after that choir number that I just was saying in my heart,

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 get out of my way and let me at them.

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 That was kind of the feeling there.

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 That's what a song's supposed to do to you, I think.

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 Well, we're glad to be here.

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 If we weren't here, we would rather be in heaven, but we are glad to be here.

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 And from the message from the bulletin again, you've noticed we're talking about on being ready for the rapture.

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 The whole concept of readiness is a familiar one to us.

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 Before you came to church tonight, in some way or another, you got ready.

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 It might have meant calling the kids in and getting them washed up and maybe giving them a sandwich or something.

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 It may have meant washing yourself up and brushing your teeth or having that cup of coffee so you'd stay awake during the dry sermon or something like that.

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 But the whole concept of getting ready to come to church is something familiar to us.

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 I have discovered that one of the hard things about vacation is getting ready.

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 What a terrible thing to have to get ready to go rest somewhere.

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 And by the time you get the house cleaned, you know, we have to leave the house immaculately.

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 I tease my wife.

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 Maybe I shouldn't tell you this.

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 Maybe I shouldn't say it to you or to her.

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 But she always, in rebuttal, she says, well, I can't leave the beds unmade, etc.

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 What would happen if the Lord would come?

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 To which I normally respond, let him make the beds when he comes.

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 And that's a terrible thing to say and probably my wrist should be slapped for that.

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 But you have to leave the house immaculate, all of the dishes done and put away, etc.

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 And to pack the car.

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 I'll tell you that is a struggle to get ready to go.

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 And we have all, normally what I like to do, I like to take everything out and put it behind the car

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 and get it all laid out and kind of know what's going, etc.

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 And get some kind of a system in my head.

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 I take the heavy things, put them in first, get them in the middle,

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 and then the lighter and lighter and the lighter on top and so on.

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 We were out in Denver this last summer.

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 We took a rather prolonged vacation, five weeks, six of us in our wagon.

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 And we just tented in a tent for ten nights and a few other things.

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 And we had a big time.

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 But in one of our stops in the city of Denver, I was repacking the car.

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 And I had this stuff spread out all over.

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 And this little girl came riding on her bicycle and she stopped.

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 And she looked at all that stuff and she said to me,

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 Mr., how much is that sleeping bag?

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 I'd like to buy that.

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 And I told her, well, it wasn't for sale.

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 You know, I'm packing.

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 And she says, oh, I thought this was a yard sale.

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 So just getting ready for vacation is really quite a chore.

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 Some of the young people know what it is to get ready for a date.

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 Oh, the preparations come Saturday.

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 The hair's got to be washed and set and the suit's got to be pressed or taken to the cleaners

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 or gotten out of the cleaners and the ties and the shoes and all of everything.

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 The car's got to be washed and all these plans laid down.

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 And all of the hubbub and the excitement as the hour approaches,

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 getting ready to go on a date.

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 We're kind of used to that.

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 Of course, there's another kind of readiness, too, and that is getting ready for a test.

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 But we won't talk about that.

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 We kind of get schooled as we come up in life that readiness is important.

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 Similarly, of course, it is very important that we, as the children of God, are ready for the rapture.

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 Fanny Crosby really puts us on the spot when she asks us musically,

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 when Jesus comes to reward his servants, whether it be noon or night,

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 faithful to him will he find us watching with our lamps all trimmed and bright.

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 Say, can you say you are ready, brother, ready for the soul's bright home?

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 Will he find us watching, waiting, waiting when the Lord shall come?

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 How ready are you?

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 How ready am I for the rapture?

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 Well, let's run straight to our text, okay?

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 1 John 2.28

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 This verse tells me, in a nutshell, how I can be ready for the rapture.

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 1 John 2.28

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 I like to hear the rustling of the pages of people's Bibles as they turn to the text.

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 I like a Berean attitude that they search the scriptures to see if these things were really so.

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 And it wasn't just simply the taking it for granted because somebody said it.

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 But we look in the book to have kind of a healthy skepticism,

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 or at least an interest to find out what the word of God really does say.

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 Look at this verse.

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 John tells me,

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 And now, little children, abide in him.

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 Why?

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 That when he shall appear, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

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 Now, if I understand that verse correctly, it is written to believers.

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 He does call them little children, and we'll talk about that in a moment.

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 But if I understand the verse correctly, he is suggesting that it is possible for you and I,

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 for you and me as a believer,

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 to stand before our Lord ashamed.

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 He says,

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 I would much rather that you stand there confidently, unashamedly, boldly,

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 and be able to look your Lord straight in the eye

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 than to stand there red-faced and embarrassed.

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 Abide in him so that when he shall appear, whenever that is,

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 we may have confidence and not be ashamed from him at his presence or at his arrival.

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 And so my mind asks the question, and I lay it before you tonight,

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 how can I be ready?

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 I would really like to stand before my Lord and hear those words,

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 well done, thou good and faithful servant.

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 I'd love to hear that.

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 Wouldn't you like to hear that in your life as well?

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 Well, we'll have to look rather closely at what John does say.

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 You'll notice right at the beginning here, he says,

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 and now little children, you abide.

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 In him.

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 Seems to me the most logical place to begin

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 is with this thought, which is so familiar to us

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 that I'm almost hesitant to mention it.

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 If we are truly to be ready for the rapture,

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 first of all, we must accept Christ as our Savior.

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 Now that really is basic, isn't it?

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 And you really weren't surprised by that.

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 We must accept Christ as Savior.

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 I pointed out a moment ago, this verse is written to those who are little children.

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 That's a family term, isn't it?

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 Those who are in the family of God.

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 Those who can call God Daddy.

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 You read in Ephesians chapter 4 that once we are saved because we are the sons of God,

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 that God dispatches His Spirit into our hearts,

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 and the Holy Spirit enables us and causes us to feel a freedom

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 in addressing God as Daddy.

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 Father.

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 Abba.

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 Father.

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 The word Abba simply means in the Aramaic, Daddy.

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 We sense that we have a family tie.

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 He's our dad, and we are His children.

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 We're in His family.

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 What a wonderful truth that is,

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 to be in the family of God.

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 What is God to you?

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 Is He just a distant deity out there somewhere,

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 perhaps totally disinterested in your life?

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 Or have you come to Him by faith in Christ

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 and have been born again

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 into His family?

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 Obviously, you are not ready

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 for the rapture

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 until you have accepted Christ

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 and become a part

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 of His family.

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 Keep your finger right here in 1 John,

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 and I'm inviting you to come with me

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 to the Gospel of John chapter 1,

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 and then to chapter 3.

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 I just want to stay here a moment.

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 I'd like to emphasize this just a touch more.

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 John 1.12.

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 It's a wonderfully simple verse

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 that tells us how to become

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 a part of God's family.

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 John 1.12.

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 We read,

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 But as many as received Him,

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 to them gave He the authority

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 to become the sons of God,

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 even to them that believe

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 on His name.

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 It is, of course,

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 by believing on Christ,

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 which equals receiving Christ as Savior.

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 Those who believe and those who receive Christ

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 become His children.

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 They are born into His family.

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 And then we can hardly think of that

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 without looking at John 3

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 and a very quotable quote of our Savior.

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 John 3.3.

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 Speaking to Nicodemus,

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 a very religious man,

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 the teacher of Judaism of his day,

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 he says to that Old Testament scholar,

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 but unsaved,

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 Jesus answered and said unto him,

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 Verily, verily,

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 I say unto thee,

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 except a man be born again,

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 he cannot see the kingdom of God.

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 Nicodemus saith unto him,

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 How can a man be born when he is old?

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 Can he enter the second time

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 into his mother's womb and be born?

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 Jesus answered,

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 Verily, verily,

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 I say unto thee,

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 except a man be born of water

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 and of the Spirit,

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 he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

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 How do you get into any family?

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 Is it not by birth?

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 We get into God's family,

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 or as he calls it here in John 3,

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 we get into God's kingdom

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 by being born into it.

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 And the emphasis in this text

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 is that that birth

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 is a second birth,

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 and it is a spiritual birth

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 from heaven.

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 You see, Nicodemus' problem was

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 that he felt that he had had

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 one birth.

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 He had had a physical birth,

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 a fleshly birth.

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 He was a Jew.

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 And as such,

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 because he was a Jew,

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 he was in the kingdom.

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 And the Lord Jesus

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 is simply cutting across

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 the grain of his thinking

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 and saying,

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 Hey, Nicodemus,

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 it's not enough

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 that you were born a Jew.

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 One physical birth

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 into an earthly family

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 is not enough.

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 You must have two births.

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 The other one must be spiritual,

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 born of the Holy Spirit.

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 Now, that may not seem

00:21:28.099 --> 00:21:29.519
 too significant to you

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 unless you have people

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 in your family

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 or acquaintances

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 who say to you,

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 Hey, you know,

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 I'm a Roman Catholic.

00:21:38.079 --> 00:21:39.480
 I was born a Roman Catholic,

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 and that's going to get me

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 into heaven.

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 I was born and bred

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 a Lutheran

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 or an Episcopalian

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 or a Reformed individual,

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 and I've been brought up

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 in that thing.

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 I was born into that family,

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 and really,

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 that's all I need,

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 isn't it?

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 I was born into

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 the right kind of family,

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 the right religion.

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 Jesus says to all

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 of those Nicodemuses,

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 it's not enough

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 to have that birth.

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 It doesn't matter

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 what physical family

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 into which you were born,

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 what kind of a fleshly birth

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 you had,

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 you must be born again,

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 and that from heaven.

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 A spiritual birth.

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 Now, we all know that,

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 and some of you

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 may be sitting here thinking,

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 I hope you're not thinking

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 like this, boy.

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 let's not dwell too long here.

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 This is the basics.

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 This is the basics.

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 But I believe

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 that we ought to love

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 the basics.

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 There's a verse in the song

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 that goes something like this,

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 I love to tell the story

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 for those who know it best

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 seem hungering and thirsty

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 to hear it like the rest.

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 Somehow we've lost that.

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 Somehow there are folks

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 who say,

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 well, you know,

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 if you're going to preach

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 the gospel,

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 then I'm already past

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 that stage,

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 and I've heard the gospel,

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 and I believe the gospel,

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 let's get on to something else.

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 There's something wrong

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 in that spirit.

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 We ought to appreciate

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 and never weary

00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:25.440
 of hearing

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 or telling

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 the gospel.

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 And now,

00:23:33.579 --> 00:23:34.180
 little children,

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 you who have been born

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 into the family,

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 you who can

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 look into the starry heavens

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 at night

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 and say,

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 Father,

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 you who have been born again,

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 you little children,

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 he says,

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 and I'm back in 1 John 2, 28,

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 abide

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 in Christ.

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 Not only must I accept Christ

00:24:08.679 --> 00:24:10.019
 in order to be ready

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 for the rapture,

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 but this text

00:24:14.059 --> 00:24:15.699
 primarily tells me

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 that I must abide

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 in Christ

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 if I'm going

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 to be ready.

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 Isn't that what it says?

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 And now,

00:24:27.019 --> 00:24:27.479
 little children,

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 abide in him.

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 Why?

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 That when he shall appear,

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 we may not be ashamed

00:24:32.739 --> 00:24:33.659
 but have confidence

00:24:33.659 --> 00:24:34.359
 before him

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 at his coming.

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 So,

00:24:36.539 --> 00:24:37.679
 if I am abiding

00:24:37.679 --> 00:24:38.539
 in Christ,

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 I'll be ready

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 to meet him.

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 And I'll have nothing

00:24:43.179 --> 00:24:44.619
 for which to be ashamed

00:24:44.619 --> 00:24:45.779
 or feel ashamed

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 or red-faced

00:24:46.979 --> 00:24:48.000
 when I stand

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 before my Lord

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 if I abide

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 in him.

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 Well,

00:24:55.119 --> 00:24:56.479
 you know what the next question is.

00:24:56.579 --> 00:24:57.199
 What in the world

00:24:57.199 --> 00:24:57.899
 does that mean?

00:24:58.639 --> 00:25:00.079
 What does it mean, then,

00:25:00.139 --> 00:25:01.699
 to abide in Christ?

00:25:01.799 --> 00:25:03.319
 What did John have in mind

00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:05.119
 when he brought up

00:25:05.119 --> 00:25:05.779
 this term,

00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:07.239
 abide?

00:25:07.479 --> 00:25:07.679
 Well,

00:25:08.679 --> 00:25:09.819
 when I think of this,

00:25:09.879 --> 00:25:11.019
 I must confess to you

00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:13.440
 my mind always runs back

00:25:13.440 --> 00:25:14.660
 to John 15

00:25:14.660 --> 00:25:17.079
 because this is,

00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:17.799
 that is where

00:25:17.799 --> 00:25:19.039
 the Lord Jesus Christ

00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:21.119
 introduced to the disciples

00:25:21.119 --> 00:25:23.799
 this concept

00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:25.279
 of abiding.

00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:28.139
 John was there

00:25:28.139 --> 00:25:29.420
 on that final night.

00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:31.379
 John heard the Lord

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 talk to them

00:25:32.819 --> 00:25:33.839
 about abiding.

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 Jesus said over

00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:35.480
 and over again,

00:25:35.579 --> 00:25:36.220
 abide in me,

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 abide in me,

00:25:37.059 --> 00:25:37.819
 abide in me.

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 And I can't help

00:25:39.700 --> 00:25:40.339
 but think that

00:25:40.339 --> 00:25:42.279
 John is referring

00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:43.279
 us back

00:25:43.279 --> 00:25:45.359
 to that expression

00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:46.740
 and to what the Savior

00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:47.720
 taught his men

00:25:47.720 --> 00:25:48.919
 on that final night.

00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:50.659
 Therefore,

00:25:50.839 --> 00:25:51.919
 in order to understand

00:25:51.919 --> 00:25:53.000
 what he means here,

00:25:53.139 --> 00:25:54.679
 abide in Christ,

00:25:55.200 --> 00:25:56.379
 I'm taking you back

00:25:56.379 --> 00:25:57.240
 to John 15.

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 And let's just look

00:25:59.220 --> 00:25:59.819
 there a moment.

00:26:01.099 --> 00:26:02.339
 John chapter 15.

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 I wish I had

00:26:06.779 --> 00:26:07.480
 more time

00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:10.139
 to set the setting here.

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 I'm afraid

00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:11.559
 there isn't that kind

00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:12.539
 of time this evening.

00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:14.039
 These sermons

00:26:14.039 --> 00:26:14.559
 have a way

00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:15.319
 of getting longer

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 and longer.

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 You'll find out

00:26:16.619 --> 00:26:17.199
 that professors

00:26:17.199 --> 00:26:17.659
 are geared

00:26:17.659 --> 00:26:18.619
 for 50 minutes

00:26:18.619 --> 00:26:19.939
 in the classroom

00:26:19.939 --> 00:26:21.159
 and when there's

00:26:21.159 --> 00:26:21.659
 no clock

00:26:21.659 --> 00:26:22.299
 in the classroom,

00:26:22.399 --> 00:26:22.939
 they just forget

00:26:22.939 --> 00:26:23.399
 the clock.

00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:24.079
 So you have to

00:26:24.079 --> 00:26:25.319
 kind of understand

00:26:25.319 --> 00:26:25.799
 that.

00:26:26.579 --> 00:26:28.079
 Or maybe I should

00:26:28.079 --> 00:26:28.959
 just understand it

00:26:28.959 --> 00:26:29.879
 and cut it off

00:26:29.879 --> 00:26:30.079
 quicker.

00:26:30.179 --> 00:26:30.699
 I don't know.

00:26:30.700 --> 00:26:33.299
 at any rate,

00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:34.100
 in John 15,

00:26:35.059 --> 00:26:35.740
 I'm going to read

00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:36.740
 a few verses here

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:38.640
 and if you wanted

00:26:38.640 --> 00:26:39.000
 to,

00:26:39.600 --> 00:26:40.580
 you could underline

00:26:40.580 --> 00:26:41.279
 the word abide

00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:42.480
 every time you see it

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:42.799
 and you're going

00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:43.140
 to come up

00:26:43.140 --> 00:26:44.160
 with about nine

00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:45.420
 different times

00:26:45.420 --> 00:26:46.160
 the Savior said

00:26:46.160 --> 00:26:46.539
 abide,

00:26:46.700 --> 00:26:46.980
 abide,

00:26:47.120 --> 00:26:47.360
 abide.

00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:48.740
 Notice this.

00:26:49.180 --> 00:26:49.880
 John 15.

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:50.860
 I am the true vine,

00:26:51.420 --> 00:26:53.120
 my father is the husbandman.

00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:54.860
 Every branch in me

00:26:54.860 --> 00:26:55.779
 that beareth not fruit

00:26:55.779 --> 00:26:56.660
 he taketh away.

00:26:56.940 --> 00:26:57.500
 Every branch

00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:58.319
 that beareth fruit

00:26:58.319 --> 00:26:59.100
 he purgeth it

00:26:59.100 --> 00:26:59.720
 that it may bring

00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:00.640
 forth more fruit.

00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:02.880
 Now you're clean

00:27:02.880 --> 00:27:03.840
 because of the word

00:27:03.840 --> 00:27:04.660
 which I have spoken

00:27:04.660 --> 00:27:05.360
 unto you.

00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:06.480
 Abide,

00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:07.380
 there's the first one.

00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:08.920
 Abide in me

00:27:08.920 --> 00:27:10.420
 and I in you.

00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:12.220
 As the branch

00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:13.039
 cannot bear fruit

00:27:13.039 --> 00:27:13.559
 of itself

00:27:13.559 --> 00:27:14.600
 except it abide,

00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:15.420
 there's another one

00:27:15.420 --> 00:27:15.980
 in the vine,

00:27:16.620 --> 00:27:17.440
 no more can ye

00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:18.420
 except ye abide

00:27:18.420 --> 00:27:19.180
 in me.

00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:19.960
 I am the vine,

00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:20.660
 ye are the branches.

00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:21.799
 He that abideth

00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:22.420
 in me

00:27:22.420 --> 00:27:23.200
 and I in him,

00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:24.539
 the same bringeth

00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:25.340
 forth much fruit

00:27:25.340 --> 00:27:26.039
 for without me

00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:26.819
 you can do nothing.

00:27:27.620 --> 00:27:28.819
 If a man abide

00:27:28.819 --> 00:27:29.779
 not in me

00:27:29.779 --> 00:27:30.720
 he is cast forth

00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:31.399
 as a branch

00:27:31.399 --> 00:27:32.039
 and is withered,

00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:33.720
 men gather them

00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:34.299
 and cast them

00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:34.879
 into the fire

00:27:34.879 --> 00:27:35.579
 and they're burned.

00:27:36.379 --> 00:27:37.359
 If ye abide

00:27:37.359 --> 00:27:38.179
 in me

00:27:38.179 --> 00:27:38.839
 and my words

00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:40.139
 abide in you

00:27:40.139 --> 00:27:41.240
 ye shall ask

00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:41.759
 what ye will

00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:42.519
 and it shall be done

00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:43.000
 unto you.

00:27:43.679 --> 00:27:44.599
 Herein is my father

00:27:44.599 --> 00:27:45.159
 glorified

00:27:45.159 --> 00:27:46.279
 that ye bear much fruit

00:27:46.279 --> 00:27:47.039
 so shall ye be

00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:47.759
 my disciples.

00:27:48.659 --> 00:27:49.480
 As the father

00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:50.200
 hath loved me

00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:51.220
 so have I loved you.

00:27:51.339 --> 00:27:52.039
 Continue ye

00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:52.859
 in my love.

00:27:52.859 --> 00:27:54.039
 If ye keep

00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:54.719
 my commandments

00:27:54.719 --> 00:27:55.959
 ye shall abide

00:27:55.959 --> 00:27:57.339
 in my love

00:27:57.339 --> 00:27:58.639
 even as I have

00:27:58.639 --> 00:27:59.500
 kept my father's

00:27:59.500 --> 00:27:59.899
 commandments

00:27:59.899 --> 00:28:00.859
 and abide

00:28:00.859 --> 00:28:03.079
 in his love.

00:28:04.719 --> 00:28:05.719
 Obviously the Savior

00:28:05.719 --> 00:28:06.699
 had something to say

00:28:06.699 --> 00:28:07.539
 about abiding.

00:28:08.299 --> 00:28:09.319
 At least nine

00:28:09.319 --> 00:28:10.079
 different times

00:28:10.079 --> 00:28:10.819
 in those verses

00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:11.959
 ten verses or so

00:28:11.959 --> 00:28:13.019
 he says abide,

00:28:13.139 --> 00:28:13.699
 abide, abide,

00:28:13.799 --> 00:28:14.000
 abide,

00:28:14.059 --> 00:28:14.799
 abide in me.

00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:16.539
 What's that?

00:28:19.099 --> 00:28:20.019
 What does it mean

00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:21.099
 to abide in Christ?

00:28:22.859 --> 00:28:25.219
 I'm going to use

00:28:25.219 --> 00:28:26.079
 this definition.

00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:29.099
 To abide in Christ

00:28:29.099 --> 00:28:29.879
 means

00:28:29.879 --> 00:28:31.939
 that I will

00:28:31.939 --> 00:28:33.000
 maintain

00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:35.299
 an intimacy

00:28:35.299 --> 00:28:37.839
 with Christ.

00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:41.000
 An intimacy

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:43.719
 with Christ.

00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:45.719
 Now if you don't

00:28:45.719 --> 00:28:46.199
 like the word

00:28:46.199 --> 00:28:46.679
 intimacy

00:28:46.679 --> 00:28:48.019
 perhaps a synonym

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:48.679
 would help.

00:28:49.500 --> 00:28:50.639
 A closeness

00:28:50.639 --> 00:28:51.879
 with the Savior.

00:28:52.859 --> 00:28:54.419
 Perhaps as the

00:28:54.419 --> 00:28:55.479
 songwriter has said,

00:28:55.879 --> 00:28:57.079
 nothing between

00:28:57.079 --> 00:28:58.339
 my soul

00:28:58.339 --> 00:28:59.419
 and the Savior.

00:29:00.439 --> 00:29:01.359
 Not of this

00:29:01.359 --> 00:29:01.919
 world's

00:29:01.919 --> 00:29:02.479
 delusive

00:29:02.479 --> 00:29:03.639
 dream.

00:29:04.679 --> 00:29:05.159
 I have

00:29:05.159 --> 00:29:05.579
 renounced

00:29:05.579 --> 00:29:06.519
 all sinful

00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:07.039
 pleasure.

00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:08.839
 Jesus is mine.

00:29:09.159 --> 00:29:10.099
 There is nothing

00:29:10.099 --> 00:29:10.559
 between.

00:29:10.659 --> 00:29:11.079
 In other words,

00:29:11.139 --> 00:29:12.099
 there is a closeness,

00:29:12.539 --> 00:29:13.119
 there is an

00:29:13.119 --> 00:29:13.819
 intimacy

00:29:13.819 --> 00:29:15.799
 between me

00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:17.399
 and my

00:29:17.399 --> 00:29:18.459
 unseen

00:29:18.459 --> 00:29:19.619
 Lord.

00:29:19.619 --> 00:29:24.500
 I'm going

00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:25.079
 to prepare

00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:25.839
 a place

00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:26.579
 for you.

00:29:27.879 --> 00:29:28.439
 And they

00:29:28.439 --> 00:29:29.259
 were absolutely

00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:29.879
 crushed.

00:29:32.119 --> 00:29:32.699
 Wouldn't you

00:29:32.699 --> 00:29:33.079
 have been?

00:29:34.099 --> 00:29:34.779
 All of your

00:29:34.779 --> 00:29:35.099
 hopes,

00:29:35.199 --> 00:29:35.559
 all of your

00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:35.879
 dreams

00:29:35.879 --> 00:29:36.719
 set on him

00:29:36.719 --> 00:29:37.059
 and now

00:29:37.059 --> 00:29:37.619
 all of a sudden

00:29:37.619 --> 00:29:38.679
 he's kind of

00:29:38.679 --> 00:29:39.239
 pulling the

00:29:39.239 --> 00:29:40.019
 spiritual rug

00:29:40.019 --> 00:29:40.639
 out from under

00:29:40.639 --> 00:29:41.059
 your feet

00:29:41.059 --> 00:29:41.319
 and he's

00:29:41.319 --> 00:29:41.819
 saying goodbye,

00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:42.479
 see you later,

00:29:42.559 --> 00:29:43.139
 I'll be back.

00:29:44.299 --> 00:29:44.879
 And they

00:29:44.879 --> 00:29:46.099
 were crushed.

00:29:46.099 --> 00:29:48.619
 In John 15

00:29:48.619 --> 00:29:49.259
 he is saying

00:29:49.259 --> 00:29:49.500
 to them,

00:29:49.559 --> 00:29:50.000
 hey men,

00:29:50.980 --> 00:29:51.939
 I may be

00:29:51.939 --> 00:29:52.899
 out of sight

00:29:52.899 --> 00:29:55.099
 but I don't

00:29:55.099 --> 00:29:55.639
 have to be

00:29:55.639 --> 00:29:56.319
 out of mind.

00:29:57.599 --> 00:29:58.319
 We can

00:29:58.319 --> 00:29:59.299
 still have

00:29:59.299 --> 00:30:00.299
 a vital

00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:01.339
 tie.

00:30:02.199 --> 00:30:02.839
 We can

00:30:02.839 --> 00:30:03.619
 still have

00:30:03.619 --> 00:30:04.439
 an intimate

00:30:04.439 --> 00:30:05.699
 fellowship.

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:06.899
 Even though

00:30:06.899 --> 00:30:07.500
 there is

00:30:07.500 --> 00:30:08.319
 physical

00:30:08.319 --> 00:30:09.359
 distance

00:30:09.359 --> 00:30:10.339
 between us,

00:30:10.579 --> 00:30:11.179
 there does

00:30:11.179 --> 00:30:11.939
 not have to

00:30:11.939 --> 00:30:12.519
 be any

00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:13.279
 emotional

00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:14.519
 or spiritual

00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:15.519
 distance

00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:16.480
 between us.

00:30:16.799 --> 00:30:17.240
 We can

00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:17.960
 maintain

00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:19.839
 an intimate

00:30:19.839 --> 00:30:21.119
 fellowship

00:30:21.119 --> 00:30:22.480
 together.

00:30:25.079 --> 00:30:26.059
 He was

00:30:26.059 --> 00:30:26.539
 comforting

00:30:26.539 --> 00:30:27.279
 their broken

00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:27.819
 hearts.

00:30:31.579 --> 00:30:32.339
 Now,

00:30:32.579 --> 00:30:33.619
 I think

00:30:33.619 --> 00:30:34.119
 you know

00:30:34.119 --> 00:30:34.519
 that

00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:35.299
 friendships

00:30:35.299 --> 00:30:36.180
 operate

00:30:36.180 --> 00:30:36.859
 at different

00:30:36.859 --> 00:30:37.460
 levels.

00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:39.680
 There are

00:30:39.680 --> 00:30:40.240
 some folks

00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:40.759
 in our

00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:41.240
 frame of

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:41.639
 reference

00:30:41.639 --> 00:30:42.119
 whom we

00:30:42.119 --> 00:30:42.819
 might call

00:30:42.819 --> 00:30:44.420
 acquaintances.

00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:47.180
 they might

00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:47.539
 have a

00:30:47.539 --> 00:30:47.879
 familiar

00:30:47.879 --> 00:30:48.680
 face to

00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:49.379
 you.

00:30:49.619 --> 00:30:49.940
 Perhaps

00:30:49.940 --> 00:30:51.400
 you work

00:30:51.400 --> 00:30:51.700
 at the

00:30:51.700 --> 00:30:51.960
 same

00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:52.500
 plant

00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:52.859
 or in

00:30:52.859 --> 00:30:53.019
 the

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:53.319
 same

00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:53.720
 office.

00:30:53.920 --> 00:30:54.200
 Perhaps

00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:54.599
 you even

00:30:54.599 --> 00:30:54.920
 attend

00:30:54.920 --> 00:30:55.359
 the same

00:30:55.359 --> 00:30:55.759
 church

00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:56.460
 and you

00:30:56.460 --> 00:30:56.900
 really don't

00:30:56.900 --> 00:30:57.319
 know them

00:30:57.319 --> 00:30:57.759
 very well

00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:58.180
 but there is

00:30:58.180 --> 00:30:58.519
 something

00:30:58.519 --> 00:30:59.119
 familiar

00:30:59.119 --> 00:30:59.740
 about them

00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:00.180
 and so we

00:31:00.180 --> 00:31:00.539
 would call

00:31:00.539 --> 00:31:00.759
 them

00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:02.019
 acquaintances.

00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:04.379
 There would

00:31:04.379 --> 00:31:05.000
 be another

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:05.680
 level of

00:31:05.680 --> 00:31:06.000
 friendship

00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:06.539
 which we

00:31:06.539 --> 00:31:06.900
 would call

00:31:06.900 --> 00:31:07.559
 companions.

00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:09.940
 people whose

00:31:09.940 --> 00:31:10.500
 name you

00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:10.980
 know and

00:31:10.980 --> 00:31:11.599
 perhaps you

00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:12.480
 pal around

00:31:12.480 --> 00:31:12.859
 with them.

00:31:12.980 --> 00:31:13.259
 Maybe you're

00:31:13.259 --> 00:31:13.480
 in the

00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:14.240
 same class

00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:14.819
 at school

00:31:14.819 --> 00:31:15.179
 or you

00:31:15.179 --> 00:31:15.579
 work in

00:31:15.579 --> 00:31:15.960
 the same

00:31:15.960 --> 00:31:16.619
 line at

00:31:16.619 --> 00:31:17.159
 the job

00:31:17.159 --> 00:31:18.339
 or your

00:31:18.339 --> 00:31:18.960
 desks are

00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:19.200
 in the

00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:19.839
 same area

00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:20.259
 at the

00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:21.139
 office and

00:31:21.139 --> 00:31:21.440
 they are

00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:22.099
 companions.

00:31:22.359 --> 00:31:22.759
 You carry

00:31:22.759 --> 00:31:23.500
 on casual

00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:24.379
 conversation

00:31:24.379 --> 00:31:25.000
 with them

00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:26.159
 etc.

00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:28.539
 Then there's

00:31:28.539 --> 00:31:28.919
 a third

00:31:28.919 --> 00:31:29.480
 level of

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:29.799
 friendship

00:31:29.799 --> 00:31:30.359
 which I'm

00:31:30.359 --> 00:31:30.659
 going to

00:31:30.659 --> 00:31:30.859
 call

00:31:30.859 --> 00:31:31.460
 intimacy.

00:31:33.059 --> 00:31:33.679
 These are

00:31:33.679 --> 00:31:34.720
 people whom

00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:35.599
 you know

00:31:35.599 --> 00:31:37.339
 very well

00:31:37.339 --> 00:31:39.500
 and who

00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:40.240
 know you

00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:42.139
 very well

00:31:42.139 --> 00:31:43.599
 and you

00:31:43.599 --> 00:31:44.000
 would be

00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:44.659
 willing to

00:31:44.659 --> 00:31:45.199
 share

00:31:45.199 --> 00:31:45.759
 everything

00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:46.279
 with them

00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:46.759
 all of

00:31:46.759 --> 00:31:47.379
 your griefs

00:31:47.379 --> 00:31:47.719
 and all

00:31:47.719 --> 00:31:48.000
 of your

00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:48.419
 sorrows

00:31:48.419 --> 00:31:48.799
 as well

00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:49.159
 as all

00:31:49.159 --> 00:31:49.439
 of your

00:31:49.439 --> 00:31:49.859
 joys.

00:31:50.359 --> 00:31:50.679
 You just

00:31:50.679 --> 00:31:51.319
 feel so

00:31:51.319 --> 00:31:52.000
 comfortable

00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:52.799
 around them.

00:31:53.099 --> 00:31:53.480
 You feel

00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:54.199
 so close

00:31:54.199 --> 00:31:54.639
 to them.

00:31:55.079 --> 00:31:55.419
 They are

00:31:55.419 --> 00:31:55.879
 intimate

00:31:55.879 --> 00:31:56.759
 with you.

00:31:58.439 --> 00:31:59.240
 I think

00:31:59.240 --> 00:31:59.839
 you'll agree

00:31:59.839 --> 00:32:01.179
 that we

00:32:01.179 --> 00:32:01.599
 may have

00:32:01.599 --> 00:32:02.059
 a whole

00:32:02.059 --> 00:32:02.559
 lot of

00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:03.240
 acquaintances

00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:05.119
 and a

00:32:05.119 --> 00:32:05.519
 fewer

00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:06.599
 companions

00:32:06.599 --> 00:32:08.439
 and very

00:32:08.439 --> 00:32:09.299
 few

00:32:09.299 --> 00:32:10.819
 intimates.

00:32:12.639 --> 00:32:13.719
 The

00:32:13.719 --> 00:32:14.119
 Savior

00:32:14.119 --> 00:32:16.500
 wants to

00:32:16.500 --> 00:32:16.839
 be

00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:18.199
 the

00:32:18.199 --> 00:32:18.519
 number

00:32:18.519 --> 00:32:19.119
 one

00:32:19.119 --> 00:32:20.079
 intimate

00:32:20.079 --> 00:32:22.659
 in my

00:32:22.659 --> 00:32:23.039
 heart

00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:24.239
 and yours.

00:32:25.859 --> 00:32:26.359
 He's

00:32:26.359 --> 00:32:27.199
 inviting us

00:32:27.199 --> 00:32:27.979
 into a

00:32:27.979 --> 00:32:28.479
 unique

00:32:28.479 --> 00:32:29.079
 friendship.

00:32:29.659 --> 00:32:30.519
 A

00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:30.979
 high

00:32:30.979 --> 00:32:31.559
 level

00:32:31.559 --> 00:32:32.519
 friendship.

00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:34.859
 and he

00:32:34.859 --> 00:32:35.519
 calls it

00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:36.500
 abiding.

00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:38.680
 Abiding.

00:32:39.879 --> 00:32:40.819
 Why should

00:32:40.819 --> 00:32:41.180
 I be

00:32:41.180 --> 00:32:41.779
 ashamed

00:32:41.779 --> 00:32:43.119
 to be

00:32:43.119 --> 00:32:43.460
 caught

00:32:43.460 --> 00:32:43.839
 away

00:32:43.839 --> 00:32:44.400
 and step

00:32:44.400 --> 00:32:44.920
 into his

00:32:44.920 --> 00:32:45.400
 presence

00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:45.839
 and look

00:32:45.839 --> 00:32:46.400
 him straight

00:32:46.400 --> 00:32:46.740
 in the

00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:47.099
 eye

00:32:47.099 --> 00:32:49.279
 if I'm

00:32:49.279 --> 00:32:49.839
 on intimate

00:32:49.839 --> 00:32:50.420
 terms

00:32:50.420 --> 00:32:51.000
 with him?

00:32:52.279 --> 00:32:53.220
 If I'm

00:32:53.220 --> 00:32:53.839
 maintaining

00:32:53.839 --> 00:32:54.960
 a closeness

00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:56.819
 with him?

00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:58.139
 If indeed

00:32:58.139 --> 00:32:58.619
 there is

00:32:58.619 --> 00:32:58.960
 nothing

00:32:58.960 --> 00:32:59.639
 between

00:32:59.640 --> 00:33:00.460
 my soul

00:33:00.460 --> 00:33:00.940
 and my

00:33:00.940 --> 00:33:01.340
 savior,

00:33:01.840 --> 00:33:02.320
 why then

00:33:02.320 --> 00:33:02.640
 would I

00:33:02.640 --> 00:33:03.280
 be ashamed

00:33:03.280 --> 00:33:03.640
 to be

00:33:03.640 --> 00:33:04.120
 caught up

00:33:04.120 --> 00:33:04.680
 and stand

00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:05.360
 before him?

00:33:06.900 --> 00:33:07.440
 So John

00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:07.820
 I think

00:33:07.820 --> 00:33:08.160
 is right

00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:08.420
 on the

00:33:08.420 --> 00:33:08.759
 button

00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:09.180
 when he

00:33:09.180 --> 00:33:09.540
 says

00:33:09.540 --> 00:33:10.580
 abide.

00:33:11.740 --> 00:33:12.540
 Maintain an

00:33:12.540 --> 00:33:13.120
 intimacy

00:33:13.120 --> 00:33:13.940
 with him

00:33:13.940 --> 00:33:15.360
 so that

00:33:15.360 --> 00:33:15.720
 when he

00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:16.100
 comes

00:33:16.100 --> 00:33:16.540
 you won't

00:33:16.540 --> 00:33:17.300
 be ashamed.

00:33:18.880 --> 00:33:19.420
 It'll

00:33:19.420 --> 00:33:19.720
 just be

00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:20.040
 like a

00:33:20.040 --> 00:33:20.400
 friend

00:33:20.400 --> 00:33:22.240
 walking

00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:22.520
 in the

00:33:22.520 --> 00:33:22.780
 door.

00:33:24.800 --> 00:33:25.620
 My mind

00:33:25.620 --> 00:33:26.180
 is not

00:33:26.180 --> 00:33:26.759
 satisfied

00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:27.319
 with that

00:33:27.319 --> 00:33:27.660
 however

00:33:27.660 --> 00:33:29.279
 because my

00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:30.000
 crazy mind

00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:30.319
 says well

00:33:30.319 --> 00:33:30.579
 how do

00:33:30.579 --> 00:33:30.819
 you do

00:33:30.819 --> 00:33:31.240
 that?

00:33:32.859 --> 00:33:33.259
 How do

00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:34.000
 you maintain

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:34.619
 a fellowship?

00:33:34.879 --> 00:33:35.099
 How do

00:33:35.099 --> 00:33:35.940
 you stay

00:33:35.940 --> 00:33:37.299
 close to

00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:37.720
 the Lord?

00:33:40.279 --> 00:33:40.660
 Well,

00:33:41.259 --> 00:33:41.700
 I don't

00:33:41.700 --> 00:33:41.960
 want to

00:33:41.960 --> 00:33:42.440
 take something

00:33:42.440 --> 00:33:42.900
 extremely

00:33:42.900 --> 00:33:43.480
 simple and

00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:43.740
 make it

00:33:43.740 --> 00:33:44.140
 extremely

00:33:44.140 --> 00:33:44.640
 difficult.

00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:45.440
 Teachers

00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:45.779
 have a

00:33:45.779 --> 00:33:46.079
 way of

00:33:46.079 --> 00:33:46.519
 being good

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:46.859
 at doing

00:33:46.859 --> 00:33:47.140
 that.

00:33:47.879 --> 00:33:48.180
 I don't

00:33:48.180 --> 00:33:48.440
 want to

00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:48.839
 do that

00:33:48.839 --> 00:33:49.240
 with you.

00:33:50.359 --> 00:33:50.759
 But just

00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:51.180
 think a

00:33:51.180 --> 00:33:51.720
 moment with

00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:52.279
 me of the

00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:52.879
 analogy.

00:33:53.059 --> 00:33:53.379
 He says

00:33:53.379 --> 00:33:53.640
 I am

00:33:53.640 --> 00:33:54.059
 the true

00:33:54.059 --> 00:33:54.500
 vine.

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:55.920
 my

00:33:55.920 --> 00:33:56.480
 father's

00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:56.599
 the

00:33:56.599 --> 00:33:57.140
 husbandman

00:33:57.140 --> 00:33:57.259
 and

00:33:57.259 --> 00:33:57.440
 you're

00:33:57.440 --> 00:33:57.579
 the

00:33:57.579 --> 00:33:58.019
 branches.

00:33:59.400 --> 00:33:59.880
 Obviously

00:33:59.880 --> 00:34:00.180
 they're

00:34:00.180 --> 00:34:00.539
 walking

00:34:00.539 --> 00:34:00.819
 through

00:34:00.819 --> 00:34:01.000
 the

00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:01.299
 grape

00:34:01.299 --> 00:34:01.819
 arbors

00:34:01.819 --> 00:34:02.640
 between

00:34:02.640 --> 00:34:02.880
 the

00:34:02.880 --> 00:34:03.200
 garden

00:34:03.200 --> 00:34:03.420
 of

00:34:03.420 --> 00:34:04.059
 Gethsemane

00:34:04.059 --> 00:34:04.299
 and

00:34:04.299 --> 00:34:04.460
 the

00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:04.740
 upper

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:05.119
 room.

00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:05.759
 As

00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:05.960
 they're

00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:06.299
 walking

00:34:06.299 --> 00:34:06.640
 through

00:34:06.640 --> 00:34:06.940
 this

00:34:06.940 --> 00:34:07.259
 area

00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:07.480
 he

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:07.700
 says

00:34:07.700 --> 00:34:07.980
 hey

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:10.619
 my

00:34:10.619 --> 00:34:11.079
 father's

00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:11.280
 the

00:34:11.280 --> 00:34:11.659
 farmer.

00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:13.579
 He

00:34:13.579 --> 00:34:13.800
 says

00:34:13.800 --> 00:34:14.119
 I

00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:14.300
 am

00:34:14.300 --> 00:34:14.480
 the

00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:14.920
 vine

00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:16.260
 and

00:34:16.260 --> 00:34:16.420
 you're

00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:16.539
 the

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:16.960
 branches.

00:34:17.219 --> 00:34:17.360
 The

00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:17.679
 vine

00:34:17.679 --> 00:34:17.940
 is

00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:18.739
 unseen.

00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:19.059
 He's

00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:19.260
 up

00:34:19.260 --> 00:34:19.480
 there

00:34:19.480 --> 00:34:19.699
 in

00:34:19.699 --> 00:34:20.099
 heaven.

00:34:21.300 --> 00:34:21.559
 And

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:21.820
 his

00:34:21.820 --> 00:34:22.380
 branches

00:34:22.380 --> 00:34:22.820
 the

00:34:22.820 --> 00:34:24.159
 extension

00:34:24.159 --> 00:34:24.759
 of

00:34:24.759 --> 00:34:25.000
 the

00:34:25.000 --> 00:34:25.579
 vine.

00:34:26.639 --> 00:34:27.019
 We're

00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:27.319
 down

00:34:27.319 --> 00:34:27.579
 here

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:27.819
 on

00:34:27.819 --> 00:34:28.159
 earth.

00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:29.699
 And

00:34:29.699 --> 00:34:30.059
 somehow

00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:30.639
 there has

00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:30.940
 to be

00:34:30.940 --> 00:34:31.619
 a vital

00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:32.199
 link,

00:34:32.319 --> 00:34:32.819
 a vital

00:34:32.819 --> 00:34:33.319
 tie

00:34:33.319 --> 00:34:33.839
 between

00:34:33.839 --> 00:34:34.219
 that

00:34:34.219 --> 00:34:35.519
 vine

00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:35.920
 up

00:34:35.920 --> 00:34:36.279
 there

00:34:36.279 --> 00:34:36.500
 and

00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:36.679
 the

00:34:36.679 --> 00:34:37.179
 branches

00:34:37.179 --> 00:34:37.639
 down

00:34:37.639 --> 00:34:37.899
 here.

00:34:38.139 --> 00:34:38.519
 Otherwise

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:39.079
 if that

00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:39.480
 tie

00:34:39.480 --> 00:34:39.759
 is

00:34:39.759 --> 00:34:40.500
 severed,

00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:40.940
 if it's

00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:41.399
 cut,

00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:43.000
 there's

00:34:43.000 --> 00:34:43.159
 no

00:34:43.159 --> 00:34:43.559
 fruit.

00:34:44.920 --> 00:34:45.460
 There's

00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:45.619
 no

00:34:45.619 --> 00:34:46.119
 life.

00:34:46.359 --> 00:34:46.559
 There's

00:34:46.559 --> 00:34:46.739
 no

00:34:46.739 --> 00:34:47.179
 vigor.

00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:49.879
 And

00:34:49.879 --> 00:34:50.039
 that's

00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:50.299
 what he

00:34:50.299 --> 00:34:50.659
 says.

00:34:51.179 --> 00:34:51.480
 If you

00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:51.659
 can,

00:34:51.759 --> 00:34:52.339
 in your

00:34:52.339 --> 00:34:52.839
 mind's

00:34:52.839 --> 00:34:53.019
 eye,

00:34:53.099 --> 00:34:53.279
 if you

00:34:53.279 --> 00:34:53.739
 can picture

00:34:53.739 --> 00:34:54.259
 yourself

00:34:54.259 --> 00:34:54.699
 as a

00:34:54.699 --> 00:34:55.259
 branch,

00:34:55.539 --> 00:34:55.879
 it may

00:34:55.879 --> 00:34:56.279
 seem like

00:34:56.279 --> 00:34:56.779
 a crazy

00:34:56.779 --> 00:34:57.739
 thing in

00:34:57.739 --> 00:34:57.979
 our

00:34:57.979 --> 00:34:58.659
 American

00:34:58.659 --> 00:34:59.119
 minds,

00:34:59.659 --> 00:35:00.319
 and we

00:35:00.319 --> 00:35:00.679
 are

00:35:00.679 --> 00:35:01.279
 plugged

00:35:01.279 --> 00:35:01.679
 into

00:35:01.679 --> 00:35:01.899
 the

00:35:01.899 --> 00:35:02.359
 vine

00:35:02.359 --> 00:35:02.619
 up

00:35:02.619 --> 00:35:02.959
 there.

00:35:04.899 --> 00:35:05.439
 And

00:35:05.439 --> 00:35:05.639
 we've

00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:06.019
 got to

00:35:06.019 --> 00:35:06.679
 maintain

00:35:06.679 --> 00:35:07.039
 a

00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:07.699
 vital

00:35:07.699 --> 00:35:08.559
 flow

00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:09.059
 there.

00:35:10.539 --> 00:35:11.079
 How

00:35:11.079 --> 00:35:11.259
 do you

00:35:11.259 --> 00:35:11.419
 do

00:35:11.419 --> 00:35:11.699
 that?

00:35:13.239 --> 00:35:13.759
 Well,

00:35:13.799 --> 00:35:14.019
 I must

00:35:14.019 --> 00:35:14.559
 confess to

00:35:14.559 --> 00:35:14.639
 you,

00:35:14.679 --> 00:35:15.019
 the first

00:35:15.019 --> 00:35:15.379
 word that

00:35:15.379 --> 00:35:15.739
 comes to

00:35:15.739 --> 00:35:15.959
 my

00:35:15.959 --> 00:35:16.199
 mind

00:35:16.199 --> 00:35:16.379
 is

00:35:16.379 --> 00:35:17.099
 communication.

00:35:18.619 --> 00:35:19.159
 There

00:35:19.159 --> 00:35:19.659
 has

00:35:19.659 --> 00:35:20.099
 to be

00:35:20.099 --> 00:35:20.379
 a

00:35:20.379 --> 00:35:21.000
 flow

00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:21.519
 of

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:22.400
 communication

00:35:22.400 --> 00:35:22.960
 between

00:35:22.960 --> 00:35:23.280
 that

00:35:23.280 --> 00:35:23.820
 vine

00:35:23.820 --> 00:35:24.679
 and

00:35:24.679 --> 00:35:24.840
 the

00:35:24.840 --> 00:35:25.460
 branch.

00:35:28.159 --> 00:35:28.719
 I'm

00:35:28.719 --> 00:35:28.880
 no

00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:30.039
 horticulturist,

00:35:30.099 --> 00:35:30.460
 I'm

00:35:30.460 --> 00:35:30.820
 not a

00:35:30.820 --> 00:35:31.199
 farmer,

00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:32.840
 but I

00:35:32.840 --> 00:35:33.019
 have

00:35:33.019 --> 00:35:33.739
 observed

00:35:33.739 --> 00:35:34.579
 some

00:35:34.579 --> 00:35:35.280
 trees,

00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:35.840
 and so

00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:36.019
 on,

00:35:36.039 --> 00:35:36.280
 you've

00:35:36.280 --> 00:35:36.659
 observed

00:35:36.659 --> 00:35:37.139
 this,

00:35:37.739 --> 00:35:37.960
 the

00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:38.320
 spring

00:35:38.320 --> 00:35:38.619
 of the

00:35:38.619 --> 00:35:38.820
 year

00:35:38.820 --> 00:35:39.300
 comes,

00:35:39.460 --> 00:35:39.719
 and the

00:35:39.719 --> 00:35:40.000
 weather

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:40.460
 begins

00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:40.699
 to

00:35:40.699 --> 00:35:40.980
 warm

00:35:40.980 --> 00:35:41.219
 up,

00:35:41.300 --> 00:35:41.400
 you

00:35:41.400 --> 00:35:41.579
 know,

00:35:41.679 --> 00:35:41.760
 and

00:35:41.760 --> 00:35:41.960
 there's

00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:42.800
 fleecy

00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:43.380
 clouds,

00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:43.659
 and

00:35:43.659 --> 00:35:43.900
 there's

00:35:43.900 --> 00:35:44.119
 a

00:35:44.119 --> 00:35:44.760
 warm

00:35:44.760 --> 00:35:45.320
 breeze,

00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:45.500
 you

00:35:45.500 --> 00:35:45.659
 know,

00:35:45.719 --> 00:35:45.900
 and the

00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:46.099
 sun

00:35:46.099 --> 00:35:46.400
 comes

00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:46.659
 out,

00:35:46.659 --> 00:35:47.639
 something

00:35:47.639 --> 00:35:48.139
 happens

00:35:48.139 --> 00:35:48.619
 inside

00:35:48.619 --> 00:35:48.920
 that

00:35:48.920 --> 00:35:49.299
 tree.

00:35:51.539 --> 00:35:51.980
 Somewhere

00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:52.379
 there's

00:35:52.379 --> 00:35:52.500
 a

00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:52.960
 communication

00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:53.739
 system

00:35:53.739 --> 00:35:54.179
 inside

00:35:54.179 --> 00:35:54.460
 that

00:35:54.460 --> 00:35:54.699
 tree

00:35:54.699 --> 00:35:54.920
 that

00:35:54.920 --> 00:35:55.099
 says,

00:35:55.199 --> 00:35:55.339
 hey,

00:35:55.399 --> 00:35:55.539
 it's

00:35:55.539 --> 00:35:55.759
 time

00:35:55.759 --> 00:35:55.899
 to

00:35:55.899 --> 00:35:56.119
 wake

00:35:56.119 --> 00:35:56.339
 up,

00:35:56.420 --> 00:35:56.599
 not

00:35:56.599 --> 00:35:56.799
 be

00:35:56.799 --> 00:35:57.219
 dormant

00:35:57.219 --> 00:35:57.619
 anymore,

00:35:58.099 --> 00:35:58.319
 and

00:35:58.319 --> 00:35:58.559
 those

00:35:58.559 --> 00:35:58.859
 roots

00:35:58.859 --> 00:35:59.219
 start

00:35:59.219 --> 00:35:59.579
 bringing

00:35:59.579 --> 00:35:59.960
 up the

00:35:59.960 --> 00:36:00.219
 goodies

00:36:00.219 --> 00:36:00.579
 out of

00:36:00.579 --> 00:36:00.699
 the

00:36:00.699 --> 00:36:01.039
 ground,

00:36:01.659 --> 00:36:01.699
 and

00:36:01.699 --> 00:36:01.940
 pretty

00:36:01.940 --> 00:36:02.239
 soon

00:36:02.239 --> 00:36:02.480
 all

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:02.699
 that

00:36:02.699 --> 00:36:03.139
 sap

00:36:03.139 --> 00:36:03.299
 and

00:36:03.299 --> 00:36:03.440
 the

00:36:03.440 --> 00:36:03.739
 juices

00:36:03.739 --> 00:36:04.000
 are

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:04.259
 running,

00:36:04.359 --> 00:36:04.420
 and

00:36:04.420 --> 00:36:04.619
 isn't

00:36:04.619 --> 00:36:04.920
 long

00:36:04.920 --> 00:36:05.099
 until

00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:05.339
 there's

00:36:05.339 --> 00:36:05.659
 buds

00:36:05.659 --> 00:36:05.899
 and

00:36:05.899 --> 00:36:06.279
 leaves

00:36:06.279 --> 00:36:06.519
 and

00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:06.779
 later

00:36:06.779 --> 00:36:07.279
 fruit.

00:36:09.460 --> 00:36:09.639
 And

00:36:09.639 --> 00:36:09.799
 then

00:36:09.799 --> 00:36:10.119
 fall

00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:10.500
 comes,

00:36:10.559 --> 00:36:10.619
 and

00:36:10.619 --> 00:36:10.719
 you

00:36:10.719 --> 00:36:10.839
 get

00:36:10.839 --> 00:36:10.960
 a

00:36:10.960 --> 00:36:11.099
 few

00:36:11.099 --> 00:36:11.480
 cool

00:36:11.480 --> 00:36:11.899
 breezes

00:36:11.900 --> 00:36:12.039
 and

00:36:12.039 --> 00:36:12.160
 a

00:36:12.160 --> 00:36:12.519
 frost

00:36:12.519 --> 00:36:12.740
 like

00:36:12.740 --> 00:36:12.920
 we

00:36:12.920 --> 00:36:13.119
 had

00:36:13.119 --> 00:36:13.420
 last

00:36:13.420 --> 00:36:13.700
 night,

00:36:13.940 --> 00:36:14.180
 and

00:36:14.180 --> 00:36:14.440
 something

00:36:14.440 --> 00:36:14.639
 in

00:36:14.639 --> 00:36:14.840
 that

00:36:14.840 --> 00:36:15.039
 tree

00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:15.340
 says,

00:36:15.440 --> 00:36:15.700
 whoops,

00:36:15.740 --> 00:36:15.960
 let's

00:36:15.960 --> 00:36:16.300
 go back

00:36:16.300 --> 00:36:16.460
 to

00:36:16.460 --> 00:36:16.780
 sleep,

00:36:17.160 --> 00:36:17.500
 and

00:36:17.500 --> 00:36:17.599
 it

00:36:17.599 --> 00:36:17.840
 starts

00:36:17.840 --> 00:36:18.200
 pulling

00:36:18.200 --> 00:36:18.619
 back

00:36:18.619 --> 00:36:18.860
 all

00:36:18.860 --> 00:36:18.960
 of

00:36:18.960 --> 00:36:19.180
 those

00:36:19.180 --> 00:36:19.559
 juices

00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:19.880
 and

00:36:19.880 --> 00:36:20.200
 back

00:36:20.200 --> 00:36:20.519
 down

00:36:20.519 --> 00:36:20.720
 into

00:36:20.720 --> 00:36:20.920
 the

00:36:20.920 --> 00:36:21.220
 trunk,

00:36:21.280 --> 00:36:21.360
 and

00:36:21.360 --> 00:36:21.500
 the

00:36:21.500 --> 00:36:21.780
 leaves

00:36:21.780 --> 00:36:22.119
 die

00:36:22.119 --> 00:36:22.300
 and

00:36:22.300 --> 00:36:22.619
 drop,

00:36:22.680 --> 00:36:22.760
 and

00:36:22.760 --> 00:36:23.019
 that's

00:36:23.019 --> 00:36:23.260
 it.

00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:25.000
 Somehow

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:25.420
 there's

00:36:25.420 --> 00:36:25.539
 a

00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:26.019
 communication

00:36:26.019 --> 00:36:26.860
 system

00:36:26.860 --> 00:36:27.079
 in

00:36:27.079 --> 00:36:27.400
 there

00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:28.400
 between

00:36:28.400 --> 00:36:28.639
 the

00:36:28.639 --> 00:36:29.139
 trunk

00:36:29.139 --> 00:36:29.320
 of

00:36:29.320 --> 00:36:29.539
 that

00:36:29.539 --> 00:36:29.860
 tree

00:36:29.860 --> 00:36:30.360
 and

00:36:30.360 --> 00:36:30.539
 the

00:36:30.539 --> 00:36:30.980
 branches

00:36:30.980 --> 00:36:31.200
 and

00:36:31.200 --> 00:36:31.360
 the

00:36:31.360 --> 00:36:31.680
 leaves

00:36:31.680 --> 00:36:31.940
 out

00:36:31.940 --> 00:36:32.260
 there.

00:36:35.440 --> 00:36:36.000
 Similarly,

00:36:36.639 --> 00:36:37.700
 there

00:36:37.700 --> 00:36:38.160
 must

00:36:38.160 --> 00:36:38.519
 be

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:38.820
 a

00:36:38.820 --> 00:36:39.440
 flow

00:36:39.440 --> 00:36:39.880
 of

00:36:39.880 --> 00:36:40.760
 communication

00:36:40.760 --> 00:36:41.900
 between

00:36:41.900 --> 00:36:42.140
 the

00:36:42.140 --> 00:36:42.559
 vine

00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:42.800
 in

00:36:42.800 --> 00:36:43.120
 heaven

00:36:43.120 --> 00:36:43.880
 and

00:36:43.880 --> 00:36:44.059
 the

00:36:44.059 --> 00:36:44.519
 branches

00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:45.740
 on earth.

00:36:47.559 --> 00:36:48.039
 Which

00:36:48.039 --> 00:36:48.360
 being

00:36:48.360 --> 00:36:48.860
 interpreted

00:36:48.860 --> 00:36:49.480
 means

00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:51.200
 I

00:36:51.200 --> 00:36:51.539
 must

00:36:51.539 --> 00:36:51.920
 sit

00:36:51.920 --> 00:36:52.400
 down

00:36:52.400 --> 00:36:53.760
 and

00:36:53.760 --> 00:36:54.220
 feed

00:36:54.220 --> 00:36:54.480
 on

00:36:54.480 --> 00:36:54.760
 his

00:36:54.760 --> 00:36:55.360
 word

00:36:55.360 --> 00:36:56.519
 so

00:36:56.519 --> 00:36:56.760
 that

00:36:56.760 --> 00:36:56.940
 he

00:36:56.940 --> 00:36:57.180
 can

00:36:57.180 --> 00:36:57.660
 communicate

00:36:57.660 --> 00:36:58.120
 with

00:36:58.120 --> 00:36:58.539
 me

00:36:58.539 --> 00:37:00.460
 and

00:37:00.460 --> 00:37:00.660
 then

00:37:00.660 --> 00:37:00.840
 I

00:37:00.840 --> 00:37:01.100
 must

00:37:01.100 --> 00:37:01.440
 open

00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:01.640
 up

00:37:01.640 --> 00:37:01.920
 my

00:37:01.920 --> 00:37:02.380
 heart

00:37:02.380 --> 00:37:03.380
 and

00:37:03.380 --> 00:37:03.600
 lay

00:37:03.600 --> 00:37:03.900
 my

00:37:03.900 --> 00:37:04.340
 burdens

00:37:04.340 --> 00:37:04.640
 and

00:37:04.640 --> 00:37:05.220
 requests

00:37:05.220 --> 00:37:05.500
 and

00:37:05.500 --> 00:37:06.019
 praises

00:37:06.019 --> 00:37:06.400
 out

00:37:06.400 --> 00:37:06.920
 before

00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:07.400
 him

00:37:07.400 --> 00:37:08.280
 so

00:37:08.280 --> 00:37:08.500
 that

00:37:08.500 --> 00:37:08.740
 I

00:37:08.740 --> 00:37:09.000
 can

00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:09.540
 communicate

00:37:09.540 --> 00:37:10.620
 with

00:37:10.620 --> 00:37:10.920
 him.

00:37:11.900 --> 00:37:12.360
 It

00:37:12.360 --> 00:37:12.700
 is a

00:37:12.700 --> 00:37:13.500
 two-way

00:37:13.500 --> 00:37:14.480
 communication

00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:15.220
 street.

00:37:16.640 --> 00:37:17.300
 Otherwise,

00:37:17.540 --> 00:37:17.880
 there's no

00:37:17.880 --> 00:37:18.440
 intimacy.

00:37:18.940 --> 00:37:18.940


00:37:18.940 --> 00:37:21.160
 you're

00:37:21.160 --> 00:37:21.640
 married,

00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:23.340
 you

00:37:23.340 --> 00:37:23.620
 know

00:37:23.620 --> 00:37:23.980
 that.

00:37:25.340 --> 00:37:26.000
 The

00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:26.260
 only

00:37:26.260 --> 00:37:26.760
 way a

00:37:26.760 --> 00:37:27.080
 husband

00:37:27.080 --> 00:37:27.300
 and

00:37:27.300 --> 00:37:27.660
 wife

00:37:27.660 --> 00:37:27.920
 can

00:37:27.920 --> 00:37:28.460
 maintain

00:37:28.460 --> 00:37:28.820
 an

00:37:28.820 --> 00:37:29.480
 intimacy

00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:32.420
 is

00:37:32.420 --> 00:37:32.640
 by

00:37:32.640 --> 00:37:33.340
 communication.

00:37:34.420 --> 00:37:34.820
 And

00:37:34.820 --> 00:37:34.940
 if

00:37:34.940 --> 00:37:35.080
 a

00:37:35.080 --> 00:37:35.360
 husband

00:37:35.360 --> 00:37:35.560
 and

00:37:35.560 --> 00:37:35.800
 wife

00:37:35.800 --> 00:37:36.019
 do

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:36.280
 not

00:37:36.280 --> 00:37:37.740
 communicate,

00:37:37.739 --> 00:37:39.179
 there

00:37:39.179 --> 00:37:39.479
 is

00:37:39.479 --> 00:37:39.679
 a

00:37:39.679 --> 00:37:40.419
 separation

00:37:40.419 --> 00:37:42.039
 that

00:37:42.039 --> 00:37:42.239
 can

00:37:42.239 --> 00:37:42.439
 come.

00:37:42.500 --> 00:37:42.579
 I'm

00:37:42.579 --> 00:37:42.719
 not

00:37:42.719 --> 00:37:42.939
 talking

00:37:42.939 --> 00:37:43.139
 about

00:37:43.139 --> 00:37:43.599
 divorce,

00:37:43.719 --> 00:37:43.879
 although

00:37:43.879 --> 00:37:44.099
 that

00:37:44.099 --> 00:37:44.279
 can

00:37:44.279 --> 00:37:44.539
 happen

00:37:44.539 --> 00:37:44.799
 too,

00:37:44.879 --> 00:37:45.039
 but

00:37:45.039 --> 00:37:45.639
 I'm

00:37:45.639 --> 00:37:45.959
 talking

00:37:45.959 --> 00:37:46.239
 about

00:37:46.239 --> 00:37:46.399
 an

00:37:46.399 --> 00:37:47.219
 emotional

00:37:47.219 --> 00:37:48.059
 distance

00:37:48.059 --> 00:37:48.559
 just

00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:49.259
 because

00:37:49.259 --> 00:37:49.579
 they

00:37:49.579 --> 00:37:50.239
 failed

00:37:50.239 --> 00:37:51.339
 to

00:37:51.339 --> 00:37:52.079
 communicate.

00:37:52.459 --> 00:37:53.119
 Intimacy

00:37:53.119 --> 00:37:54.000
 is built

00:37:54.000 --> 00:37:54.719
 on

00:37:54.719 --> 00:37:55.619
 communication.

00:37:59.539 --> 00:38:00.179
 But

00:38:00.179 --> 00:38:00.359
 there's

00:38:00.359 --> 00:38:00.599
 something

00:38:00.599 --> 00:38:01.019
 more in

00:38:01.019 --> 00:38:01.219
 this

00:38:01.219 --> 00:38:01.719
 text than

00:38:01.719 --> 00:38:02.119
 simply

00:38:02.119 --> 00:38:02.379
 the

00:38:02.379 --> 00:38:03.000
 analogy.

00:38:03.000 --> 00:38:04.460
 when

00:38:04.460 --> 00:38:04.599
 I

00:38:04.599 --> 00:38:04.760
 get

00:38:04.760 --> 00:38:05.059
 down

00:38:05.059 --> 00:38:05.280
 into

00:38:05.280 --> 00:38:05.460
 the

00:38:05.460 --> 00:38:05.780
 text

00:38:05.780 --> 00:38:06.000
 in

00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:06.219
 verse

00:38:06.219 --> 00:38:06.820
 5,

00:38:07.159 --> 00:38:08.579
 Jesus

00:38:08.579 --> 00:38:08.960
 is

00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:09.500
 saying

00:38:09.500 --> 00:38:09.719
 to

00:38:09.719 --> 00:38:10.019
 me

00:38:10.019 --> 00:38:10.320
 the

00:38:10.320 --> 00:38:10.599
 very

00:38:10.599 --> 00:38:10.920
 last

00:38:10.920 --> 00:38:11.159
 part

00:38:11.159 --> 00:38:11.260
 of

00:38:11.260 --> 00:38:11.360
 the

00:38:11.360 --> 00:38:11.619
 verse,

00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:12.239
 without

00:38:12.239 --> 00:38:12.900
 me

00:38:12.900 --> 00:38:14.280
 you

00:38:14.280 --> 00:38:14.460
 can

00:38:14.460 --> 00:38:14.659
 do

00:38:14.659 --> 00:38:15.079
 nothing.

00:38:16.800 --> 00:38:17.280
 He's

00:38:17.280 --> 00:38:17.559
 saying

00:38:17.559 --> 00:38:17.739
 that

00:38:17.739 --> 00:38:18.019
 look,

00:38:18.280 --> 00:38:18.699
 I'm

00:38:18.699 --> 00:38:19.059
 divine

00:38:19.059 --> 00:38:19.519
 up there

00:38:19.519 --> 00:38:19.639
 and

00:38:19.639 --> 00:38:19.800
 you're

00:38:19.800 --> 00:38:19.920
 the

00:38:19.920 --> 00:38:20.239
 branch

00:38:20.239 --> 00:38:20.559
 down

00:38:20.559 --> 00:38:20.900
 here

00:38:20.900 --> 00:38:21.539
 and

00:38:21.539 --> 00:38:21.980
 all

00:38:21.980 --> 00:38:22.159
 of

00:38:22.159 --> 00:38:22.340
 your

00:38:22.340 --> 00:38:22.920
 life

00:38:22.920 --> 00:38:23.139
 and

00:38:23.139 --> 00:38:23.519
 all

00:38:23.519 --> 00:38:23.699
 of

00:38:23.699 --> 00:38:23.960
 your

00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:25.139
 vitality

00:38:25.139 --> 00:38:26.019
 and

00:38:26.019 --> 00:38:26.340
 all

00:38:26.340 --> 00:38:26.500
 of

00:38:26.500 --> 00:38:26.760
 your

00:38:26.760 --> 00:38:27.480
 ability

00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:27.860
 to

00:38:27.860 --> 00:38:28.619
 produce

00:38:28.619 --> 00:38:30.260
 comes

00:38:30.260 --> 00:38:31.760
 from

00:38:31.760 --> 00:38:32.200
 me

00:38:32.200 --> 00:38:33.500
 the

00:38:33.500 --> 00:38:33.880
 vine.

00:38:35.320 --> 00:38:35.960
 Apart

00:38:35.960 --> 00:38:36.360
 from

00:38:36.360 --> 00:38:36.880
 me

00:38:36.880 --> 00:38:37.700
 you

00:38:37.700 --> 00:38:38.000
 are

00:38:38.000 --> 00:38:38.260
 a

00:38:38.260 --> 00:38:38.580
 zero

00:38:38.580 --> 00:38:38.940
 with

00:38:38.940 --> 00:38:39.100
 the

00:38:39.100 --> 00:38:39.340
 ring

00:38:39.340 --> 00:38:39.680
 rubbed

00:38:39.680 --> 00:38:39.980
 out

00:38:39.980 --> 00:38:41.180
 as

00:38:41.180 --> 00:38:41.480
 far

00:38:41.480 --> 00:38:41.700
 as

00:38:41.700 --> 00:38:42.040
 really

00:38:42.040 --> 00:38:43.100
 accomplishing

00:38:43.100 --> 00:38:43.720
 something.

00:38:45.260 --> 00:38:45.900
 Nothing.

00:38:46.880 --> 00:38:47.220
 You

00:38:47.220 --> 00:38:47.500
 mean to

00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:47.840
 tell me

00:38:47.840 --> 00:38:48.080
 Mr.

00:38:48.160 --> 00:38:48.400
 Warren

00:38:48.400 --> 00:38:48.640
 that

00:38:48.640 --> 00:38:49.880
 if

00:38:49.880 --> 00:38:50.060
 I

00:38:50.060 --> 00:38:50.300
 don't

00:38:50.300 --> 00:38:50.780
 abide

00:38:50.780 --> 00:38:51.040
 in

00:38:51.040 --> 00:38:51.540
 Christ

00:38:51.540 --> 00:38:53.000
 that

00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:53.320
 I

00:38:53.320 --> 00:38:53.800
 don't

00:38:53.800 --> 00:38:54.100
 have

00:38:54.100 --> 00:38:54.360
 any

00:38:54.360 --> 00:38:54.840
 ability

00:38:54.840 --> 00:38:55.140
 to

00:38:55.140 --> 00:38:55.540
 produce

00:38:55.540 --> 00:38:55.940
 fruit?

00:38:56.360 --> 00:38:56.980
 Exactly.

00:38:58.100 --> 00:38:58.740
 Just

00:38:58.740 --> 00:38:59.140
 like

00:38:59.140 --> 00:38:59.360
 a

00:38:59.360 --> 00:38:59.780
 branch

00:38:59.780 --> 00:39:00.040
 that

00:39:00.040 --> 00:39:00.240
 is

00:39:00.240 --> 00:39:00.940
 sawed

00:39:00.940 --> 00:39:01.360
 off

00:39:01.360 --> 00:39:01.700
 from

00:39:01.700 --> 00:39:02.040
 that

00:39:02.040 --> 00:39:02.480
 trunk

00:39:02.480 --> 00:39:02.660
 and

00:39:02.660 --> 00:39:02.920
 it's

00:39:02.920 --> 00:39:03.320
 broken

00:39:03.320 --> 00:39:03.820
 loose

00:39:03.820 --> 00:39:05.460
 you

00:39:05.460 --> 00:39:05.580
 know

00:39:05.580 --> 00:39:05.700
 what

00:39:05.700 --> 00:39:06.000
 happens

00:39:06.000 --> 00:39:06.120
 to

00:39:06.120 --> 00:39:06.280
 that

00:39:06.280 --> 00:39:06.780
 branch?

00:39:07.500 --> 00:39:07.800
 It

00:39:07.800 --> 00:39:08.460
 withers

00:39:08.460 --> 00:39:09.860
 it

00:39:09.860 --> 00:39:10.280
 grows

00:39:10.280 --> 00:39:10.940
 stiff

00:39:10.940 --> 00:39:12.680
 and

00:39:12.680 --> 00:39:12.840
 is

00:39:12.840 --> 00:39:13.440
 ultimately

00:39:13.440 --> 00:39:14.640
 cast

00:39:14.640 --> 00:39:14.980
 off

00:39:14.980 --> 00:39:16.840
 so

00:39:16.840 --> 00:39:17.160
 that

00:39:17.160 --> 00:39:17.680
 believer

00:39:17.680 --> 00:39:18.000
 who

00:39:18.000 --> 00:39:18.160
 does

00:39:18.160 --> 00:39:18.360
 not

00:39:18.360 --> 00:39:18.820
 abide

00:39:18.820 --> 00:39:19.080
 in

00:39:19.080 --> 00:39:19.600
 Christ

00:39:19.600 --> 00:39:21.540
 withers

00:39:21.540 --> 00:39:21.940
 in

00:39:21.940 --> 00:39:22.280
 his

00:39:22.280 --> 00:39:22.540
 or

00:39:22.540 --> 00:39:22.820
 her

00:39:22.820 --> 00:39:23.460
 spirit.

00:39:24.680 --> 00:39:24.780
 They

00:39:24.780 --> 00:39:25.200
 become

00:39:25.200 --> 00:39:26.019
 stale

00:39:26.019 --> 00:39:26.420
 and

00:39:26.420 --> 00:39:27.200
 dry.

00:39:28.660 --> 00:39:29.140
 Christianity

00:39:29.139 --> 00:39:29.799
 becomes

00:39:29.799 --> 00:39:30.039
 a

00:39:30.039 --> 00:39:30.799
 lifeless

00:39:30.799 --> 00:39:31.319
 heavy

00:39:31.319 --> 00:39:32.440
 responsibility

00:39:32.440 --> 00:39:34.920
 and

00:39:34.920 --> 00:39:35.219
 soon

00:39:35.219 --> 00:39:35.460
 we

00:39:35.460 --> 00:39:35.819
 find

00:39:35.819 --> 00:39:36.420
 ourselves

00:39:36.420 --> 00:39:36.839
 set

00:39:36.839 --> 00:39:37.159
 on

00:39:37.159 --> 00:39:37.359
 the

00:39:37.359 --> 00:39:38.119
 sidelines

00:39:38.119 --> 00:39:39.319
 watching

00:39:39.319 --> 00:39:40.119
 the

00:39:40.119 --> 00:39:40.579
 action.

00:39:41.400 --> 00:39:42.259
 I'm not

00:39:42.259 --> 00:39:42.799
 suggesting

00:39:42.799 --> 00:39:43.480
 the loss

00:39:43.480 --> 00:39:44.359
 of salvation

00:39:44.359 --> 00:39:45.579
 I am

00:39:45.579 --> 00:39:46.219
 suggesting

00:39:46.219 --> 00:39:47.440
 the loss

00:39:47.440 --> 00:39:47.960
 of

00:39:47.960 --> 00:39:48.940
 vitality

00:39:48.940 --> 00:39:50.539
 and

00:39:50.539 --> 00:39:51.559
 usefulness

00:39:51.559 --> 00:39:53.500
 and that's

00:39:53.500 --> 00:39:53.980
 what Jesus

00:39:53.980 --> 00:39:54.599
 is talking

00:39:54.599 --> 00:39:54.960
 about.

00:39:54.960 --> 00:39:56.340
 so

00:39:56.340 --> 00:39:56.679
 that

00:39:56.679 --> 00:39:57.440
 intimacy

00:39:57.440 --> 00:39:59.059
 abiding

00:39:59.059 --> 00:40:00.059
 involves

00:40:00.059 --> 00:40:00.619
 for me

00:40:00.619 --> 00:40:00.880
 a

00:40:00.880 --> 00:40:01.460
 dependent

00:40:01.460 --> 00:40:02.079
 spirit.

00:40:03.579 --> 00:40:04.199
 If I

00:40:04.199 --> 00:40:04.559
 come at

00:40:04.559 --> 00:40:04.679
 the

00:40:04.679 --> 00:40:05.019
 Christian

00:40:05.019 --> 00:40:05.400
 life

00:40:05.400 --> 00:40:05.659
 like

00:40:05.659 --> 00:40:05.860
 that

00:40:05.860 --> 00:40:06.059
 little

00:40:06.059 --> 00:40:06.440
 train

00:40:06.440 --> 00:40:06.639
 I

00:40:06.639 --> 00:40:06.920
 mentioned

00:40:06.920 --> 00:40:07.139
 this

00:40:07.139 --> 00:40:07.380
 morning

00:40:07.380 --> 00:40:07.559
 I

00:40:07.559 --> 00:40:07.760
 think

00:40:07.760 --> 00:40:07.900
 I

00:40:07.900 --> 00:40:08.039
 can

00:40:08.039 --> 00:40:08.159
 I

00:40:08.159 --> 00:40:08.340
 think

00:40:08.340 --> 00:40:08.500
 I

00:40:08.500 --> 00:40:08.780
 can

00:40:08.780 --> 00:40:09.720
 if I

00:40:09.720 --> 00:40:09.940
 come

00:40:09.940 --> 00:40:10.099
 at

00:40:10.099 --> 00:40:10.380
 life

00:40:10.380 --> 00:40:10.500
 and

00:40:10.500 --> 00:40:10.599
 say

00:40:10.599 --> 00:40:10.840
 I

00:40:10.840 --> 00:40:11.000
 can

00:40:11.000 --> 00:40:11.320
 handle

00:40:11.320 --> 00:40:11.599
 this

00:40:11.599 --> 00:40:12.000
 this

00:40:12.000 --> 00:40:12.440
 isn't

00:40:12.440 --> 00:40:12.639
 too

00:40:12.639 --> 00:40:13.079
 hard

00:40:13.079 --> 00:40:13.619
 I

00:40:13.619 --> 00:40:13.800
 can

00:40:13.800 --> 00:40:14.179
 teach

00:40:14.179 --> 00:40:14.360
 on

00:40:14.360 --> 00:40:14.579
 my

00:40:14.579 --> 00:40:14.740
 own

00:40:14.740 --> 00:40:15.179
 ability

00:40:15.179 --> 00:40:15.980
 I

00:40:15.980 --> 00:40:16.179
 can

00:40:16.179 --> 00:40:16.539
 preach

00:40:16.539 --> 00:40:16.740
 and

00:40:16.740 --> 00:40:16.880
 do

00:40:16.880 --> 00:40:17.119
 this

00:40:17.119 --> 00:40:17.280
 thing

00:40:17.280 --> 00:40:17.420
 I

00:40:17.420 --> 00:40:17.579
 can

00:40:17.579 --> 00:40:17.860
 sing

00:40:17.860 --> 00:40:18.079
 that

00:40:18.079 --> 00:40:18.400
 song

00:40:18.400 --> 00:40:18.539
 I

00:40:18.539 --> 00:40:18.699
 can

00:40:18.699 --> 00:40:18.980
 play

00:40:18.980 --> 00:40:19.240
 that

00:40:19.240 --> 00:40:19.619
 instrument

00:40:19.619 --> 00:40:19.820
 I

00:40:19.820 --> 00:40:19.980
 can

00:40:19.980 --> 00:40:20.300
 witness

00:40:20.300 --> 00:40:20.500
 to

00:40:20.500 --> 00:40:20.680
 that

00:40:20.680 --> 00:40:20.980
 friend

00:40:20.980 --> 00:40:21.400
 I

00:40:21.400 --> 00:40:21.740
 can

00:40:21.740 --> 00:40:21.920
 I

00:40:21.920 --> 00:40:22.220
 can

00:40:22.220 --> 00:40:22.400
 I

00:40:22.400 --> 00:40:22.840
 can

00:40:22.840 --> 00:40:24.320
 it's

00:40:24.320 --> 00:40:24.600
 like

00:40:24.600 --> 00:40:25.060
 a

00:40:25.060 --> 00:40:25.640
 branch

00:40:25.640 --> 00:40:26.760
 who

00:40:26.760 --> 00:40:27.260
 says

00:40:27.260 --> 00:40:27.920
 I

00:40:27.920 --> 00:40:28.060
 don't

00:40:28.060 --> 00:40:28.240
 need

00:40:28.240 --> 00:40:28.380
 the

00:40:28.380 --> 00:40:28.720
 vine

00:40:28.720 --> 00:40:30.539
 I

00:40:30.539 --> 00:40:30.720
 don't

00:40:30.720 --> 00:40:30.980
 need

00:40:30.980 --> 00:40:31.140
 your

00:40:31.140 --> 00:40:31.560
 strength

00:40:31.560 --> 00:40:31.720
 I

00:40:31.720 --> 00:40:31.880
 don't

00:40:31.880 --> 00:40:32.100
 need

00:40:32.100 --> 00:40:32.300
 the

00:40:32.300 --> 00:40:32.660
 sap

00:40:32.660 --> 00:40:32.880
 that

00:40:32.880 --> 00:40:33.280
 flows

00:40:33.280 --> 00:40:33.500
 from

00:40:33.500 --> 00:40:33.640
 you

00:40:33.640 --> 00:40:33.780
 I

00:40:33.780 --> 00:40:33.940
 just

00:40:33.940 --> 00:40:34.180
 do

00:40:34.180 --> 00:40:34.300
 it

00:40:34.300 --> 00:40:34.440
 on

00:40:34.440 --> 00:40:34.640
 my

00:40:34.640 --> 00:40:34.940
 own

00:40:34.940 --> 00:40:37.039
 an

00:40:37.039 --> 00:40:37.539
 independent

00:40:37.539 --> 00:40:38.220
 spirit

00:40:38.220 --> 00:40:42.240
 if I'm

00:40:42.240 --> 00:40:42.460
 living

00:40:42.460 --> 00:40:42.780
 like

00:40:42.780 --> 00:40:43.200
 that

00:40:43.200 --> 00:40:45.240
 I

00:40:45.240 --> 00:40:45.420
 am

00:40:45.420 --> 00:40:45.660
 not

00:40:45.660 --> 00:40:45.980
 ready

00:40:45.980 --> 00:40:46.180
 for

00:40:46.180 --> 00:40:46.300
 the

00:40:46.300 --> 00:40:46.800
 rapture

00:40:46.800 --> 00:40:49.920
 because

00:40:49.920 --> 00:40:50.159
 I'm

00:40:50.159 --> 00:40:50.340
 not

00:40:50.340 --> 00:40:50.780
 abiding

00:40:50.780 --> 00:40:52.200
 abiding

00:40:52.200 --> 00:40:52.619
 means

00:40:52.619 --> 00:40:53.480
 communication

00:40:53.480 --> 00:40:55.700
 abiding

00:40:55.700 --> 00:40:56.159
 means

00:40:56.159 --> 00:40:57.059
 dependence

00:40:57.059 --> 00:41:00.260
 and

00:41:00.260 --> 00:41:00.639
 abiding

00:41:00.639 --> 00:41:01.019
 also

00:41:01.019 --> 00:41:01.380
 means

00:41:01.380 --> 00:41:02.039
 obedience

00:41:02.039 --> 00:41:03.980
 obedience

00:41:03.980 --> 00:41:06.159
 can

00:41:06.159 --> 00:41:06.300
 you

00:41:06.300 --> 00:41:06.900
 imagine

00:41:06.900 --> 00:41:08.119
 a

00:41:08.119 --> 00:41:08.599
 vine

00:41:08.599 --> 00:41:08.960
 telling

00:41:08.960 --> 00:41:09.139
 a

00:41:09.139 --> 00:41:09.460
 branch

00:41:09.460 --> 00:41:09.639
 to

00:41:09.639 --> 00:41:09.840
 do

00:41:09.840 --> 00:41:10.420
 something

00:41:10.420 --> 00:41:11.920
 time

00:41:11.920 --> 00:41:12.079
 to

00:41:12.079 --> 00:41:12.380
 sprout

00:41:12.380 --> 00:41:12.700
 those

00:41:12.700 --> 00:41:13.019
 leaves

00:41:13.019 --> 00:41:13.280
 now

00:41:13.280 --> 00:41:13.539
 time

00:41:13.539 --> 00:41:13.680
 to

00:41:13.680 --> 00:41:13.800
 get

00:41:13.800 --> 00:41:13.940
 the

00:41:13.940 --> 00:41:14.240
 grapes

00:41:14.240 --> 00:41:14.539
 out

00:41:14.539 --> 00:41:14.940
 can

00:41:14.940 --> 00:41:15.039
 you

00:41:15.039 --> 00:41:15.400
 imagine

00:41:15.400 --> 00:41:15.579
 the

00:41:15.579 --> 00:41:15.920
 branch

00:41:15.920 --> 00:41:16.260
 saying

00:41:16.260 --> 00:41:17.039
 no

00:41:17.039 --> 00:41:17.559
 way

00:41:17.559 --> 00:41:19.000
 I'll

00:41:19.000 --> 00:41:19.139
 do

00:41:19.139 --> 00:41:19.280
 it

00:41:19.280 --> 00:41:19.380
 my

00:41:19.380 --> 00:41:19.579
 own

00:41:19.579 --> 00:41:19.900
 way

00:41:19.900 --> 00:41:20.160
 thank

00:41:20.160 --> 00:41:20.340
 you

00:41:20.340 --> 00:41:21.280
 no

00:41:21.280 --> 00:41:21.579
 no

00:41:21.579 --> 00:41:21.840
 there's

00:41:21.840 --> 00:41:21.900
 a

00:41:21.900 --> 00:41:22.200
 complete

00:41:22.200 --> 00:41:23.039
 cooperation

00:41:23.039 --> 00:41:23.380
 there

00:41:23.380 --> 00:41:23.539
 the

00:41:23.539 --> 00:41:23.720
 one

00:41:23.720 --> 00:41:24.139
 obeys

00:41:24.139 --> 00:41:24.340
 the

00:41:24.340 --> 00:41:24.660
 other

00:41:24.660 --> 00:41:26.180
 look at

00:41:26.180 --> 00:41:26.619
 1 John

00:41:26.619 --> 00:41:26.840
 3

00:41:26.840 --> 00:41:27.320
 24

00:41:27.320 --> 00:41:27.900
 he's

00:41:27.900 --> 00:41:28.220
 talking

00:41:28.220 --> 00:41:28.500
 about

00:41:28.500 --> 00:41:28.900
 abiding

00:41:28.900 --> 00:41:29.160
 here

00:41:29.160 --> 00:41:29.539
 again

00:41:29.539 --> 00:41:31.780
 it

00:41:31.780 --> 00:41:31.940
 may

00:41:31.940 --> 00:41:32.240
 appear

00:41:32.240 --> 00:41:32.400
 to

00:41:32.400 --> 00:41:32.519
 you

00:41:32.519 --> 00:41:32.639
 that

00:41:32.639 --> 00:41:32.800
 I'm

00:41:32.800 --> 00:41:33.099
 jumping

00:41:33.099 --> 00:41:33.380
 all

00:41:33.380 --> 00:41:33.660
 around

00:41:33.660 --> 00:41:33.820
 but

00:41:33.820 --> 00:41:33.960
 in

00:41:33.960 --> 00:41:34.139
 all

00:41:34.139 --> 00:41:34.460
 honesty

00:41:34.460 --> 00:41:34.680
 I'm

00:41:34.680 --> 00:41:34.940
 not

00:41:34.940 --> 00:41:35.880
 I'm

00:41:35.880 --> 00:41:36.400
 following

00:41:36.400 --> 00:41:36.740
 a

00:41:36.740 --> 00:41:37.099
 word

00:41:37.099 --> 00:41:37.360
 through

00:41:37.360 --> 00:41:37.500
 the

00:41:37.500 --> 00:41:37.660
 New

00:41:37.660 --> 00:41:38.059
 Testament

00:41:38.059 --> 00:41:38.480
 that's

00:41:38.480 --> 00:41:38.660
 really

00:41:38.660 --> 00:41:38.940
 what's

00:41:38.940 --> 00:41:39.280
 happening

00:41:39.280 --> 00:41:39.660
 here

00:41:39.660 --> 00:41:40.960
 1 John

00:41:40.960 --> 00:41:41.260
 3

00:41:41.260 --> 00:41:41.780
 24

00:41:41.780 --> 00:41:43.320
 same

00:41:43.320 --> 00:41:43.820
 word

00:41:43.820 --> 00:41:45.300
 John

00:41:45.300 --> 00:41:45.720
 says

00:41:45.720 --> 00:41:46.340
 and

00:41:46.340 --> 00:41:46.760
 he

00:41:46.760 --> 00:41:47.260
 that

00:41:47.260 --> 00:41:47.960
 keeps

00:41:47.960 --> 00:41:48.539
 his

00:41:48.539 --> 00:41:49.440
 commandments

00:41:49.440 --> 00:41:51.380
 abides

00:41:51.380 --> 00:41:52.519
 in him

00:41:52.519 --> 00:41:53.940
 and

00:41:53.940 --> 00:41:54.340
 Christ

00:41:54.340 --> 00:41:54.900
 in him

00:41:54.900 --> 00:41:56.440
 it is the

00:41:56.440 --> 00:41:57.280
 believer who is

00:41:57.280 --> 00:41:57.740
 obedient

00:41:57.740 --> 00:41:58.800
 it is the

00:41:58.800 --> 00:41:59.599
 believer who is

00:41:59.599 --> 00:42:00.659
 doing what the

00:42:00.659 --> 00:42:01.579
 vine up there

00:42:01.579 --> 00:42:02.380
 is telling him

00:42:02.380 --> 00:42:03.019
 to do

00:42:03.019 --> 00:42:04.579
 that's the

00:42:04.579 --> 00:42:04.960
 believer

00:42:04.960 --> 00:42:06.139
 who is

00:42:06.139 --> 00:42:06.780
 abiding

00:42:06.780 --> 00:42:08.800
 the obedient

00:42:08.800 --> 00:42:09.519
 believer

00:42:09.519 --> 00:42:11.380
 doing what

00:42:11.380 --> 00:42:12.179
 his Lord

00:42:12.179 --> 00:42:13.760
 tells him

00:42:13.760 --> 00:42:14.220
 to do

00:42:14.219 --> 00:42:17.079
 well we've

00:42:17.079 --> 00:42:17.559
 come a long

00:42:17.559 --> 00:42:17.799
 way

00:42:17.799 --> 00:42:18.159
 but where

00:42:18.159 --> 00:42:18.519
 have we

00:42:18.519 --> 00:42:18.859
 come

00:42:18.859 --> 00:42:20.319
 I've

00:42:20.319 --> 00:42:20.500
 said

00:42:20.500 --> 00:42:20.879
 simply

00:42:20.879 --> 00:42:21.299
 this

00:42:21.299 --> 00:42:22.839
 in order

00:42:22.839 --> 00:42:23.199
 for me

00:42:23.199 --> 00:42:23.459
 to be

00:42:23.459 --> 00:42:23.739
 ready

00:42:23.739 --> 00:42:24.059
 for the

00:42:24.059 --> 00:42:24.480
 rapture

00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:24.819
 I must

00:42:24.819 --> 00:42:25.099
 first

00:42:25.099 --> 00:42:25.519
 accept

00:42:25.519 --> 00:42:26.019
 Christ

00:42:26.019 --> 00:42:27.899
 become a

00:42:27.899 --> 00:42:28.179
 part of

00:42:28.179 --> 00:42:28.699
 his family

00:42:28.699 --> 00:42:29.219
 it is a

00:42:29.219 --> 00:42:29.579
 family

00:42:29.579 --> 00:42:30.099
 reunion

00:42:30.099 --> 00:42:30.639
 isn't

00:42:30.639 --> 00:42:31.219
 it

00:42:31.219 --> 00:42:32.539
 secondly

00:42:32.539 --> 00:42:33.679
 I must

00:42:33.679 --> 00:42:34.239
 abide

00:42:34.239 --> 00:42:35.059
 in

00:42:35.059 --> 00:42:35.639
 Christ

00:42:35.639 --> 00:42:37.480
 abiding

00:42:37.480 --> 00:42:38.179
 means to

00:42:38.179 --> 00:42:38.959
 maintain an

00:42:38.959 --> 00:42:39.579
 intimacy

00:42:39.579 --> 00:42:40.199
 with him

00:42:40.199 --> 00:42:41.039
 a closeness

00:42:41.039 --> 00:42:42.779
 and I do

00:42:42.779 --> 00:42:43.239
 that

00:42:43.239 --> 00:42:44.779
 by communicating

00:42:44.779 --> 00:42:45.699
 with him

00:42:45.699 --> 00:42:47.119
 I do

00:42:47.119 --> 00:42:47.679
 that by

00:42:47.679 --> 00:42:48.320
 maintaining

00:42:48.320 --> 00:42:49.800
 a dependency

00:42:49.800 --> 00:42:51.840
 upon him

00:42:51.840 --> 00:42:53.699
 and I do

00:42:53.699 --> 00:42:54.360
 that by

00:42:54.360 --> 00:42:55.380
 obeying

00:42:55.380 --> 00:42:56.519
 the orders

00:42:56.519 --> 00:42:57.860
 that my

00:42:57.860 --> 00:42:58.239
 Lord

00:42:58.239 --> 00:42:59.320
 gives me

00:42:59.320 --> 00:43:01.599
 if I'm

00:43:01.599 --> 00:43:02.300
 communicating

00:43:02.300 --> 00:43:04.199
 if I'm

00:43:04.199 --> 00:43:04.719
 dependent

00:43:04.719 --> 00:43:05.900
 if I'm

00:43:05.900 --> 00:43:06.360
 obedient

00:43:06.360 --> 00:43:07.800
 and the

00:43:07.800 --> 00:43:08.340
 rapture

00:43:08.340 --> 00:43:08.880
 comes

00:43:08.880 --> 00:43:11.019
 I'm not

00:43:11.019 --> 00:43:11.400
 going to

00:43:11.400 --> 00:43:11.980
 be ashamed

00:43:11.980 --> 00:43:13.860
 you will

00:43:13.860 --> 00:43:14.420
 have nothing

00:43:14.420 --> 00:43:15.340
 to have

00:43:15.340 --> 00:43:15.739
 a red

00:43:15.739 --> 00:43:16.559
 face for

00:43:16.559 --> 00:43:17.059
 and stand

00:43:17.059 --> 00:43:17.679
 before your

00:43:17.679 --> 00:43:18.039
 Lord

00:43:18.039 --> 00:43:20.360
 because there

00:43:20.360 --> 00:43:20.940
 will be a

00:43:20.940 --> 00:43:21.619
 closeness

00:43:21.619 --> 00:43:23.940
 a one

00:43:23.940 --> 00:43:24.659
 on one

00:43:24.659 --> 00:43:25.340
 fellowship

00:43:25.340 --> 00:43:26.920
 and instead

00:43:26.920 --> 00:43:27.380
 of simply

00:43:27.380 --> 00:43:27.800
 being an

00:43:27.800 --> 00:43:28.539
 unseen

00:43:28.539 --> 00:43:30.019
 fellowship

00:43:30.019 --> 00:43:31.699
 all of a

00:43:31.699 --> 00:43:32.059
 sudden it

00:43:32.059 --> 00:43:32.280
 will be

00:43:32.280 --> 00:43:32.780
 face to

00:43:32.780 --> 00:43:33.139
 face

00:43:33.139 --> 00:43:35.460
 and so

00:43:35.460 --> 00:43:36.280
 John says

00:43:36.280 --> 00:43:38.039
 abide

00:43:38.039 --> 00:43:40.019
 in him

00:43:40.019 --> 00:43:42.400
 I should

00:43:42.400 --> 00:43:42.860
 point out

00:43:42.860 --> 00:43:43.420
 something to

00:43:43.420 --> 00:43:43.639
 you

00:43:43.639 --> 00:43:45.579
 that's not

00:43:45.579 --> 00:43:46.079
 an option

00:43:46.079 --> 00:43:46.800
 in 1 John

00:43:46.800 --> 00:43:47.420
 2 28

00:43:47.420 --> 00:43:49.679
 that is

00:43:49.679 --> 00:43:50.099
 an order

00:43:50.099 --> 00:43:52.400
 we are not

00:43:52.400 --> 00:43:52.900
 given the

00:43:52.900 --> 00:43:53.259
 option

00:43:53.259 --> 00:43:54.420
 do it if you

00:43:54.420 --> 00:43:55.019
 feel like it

00:43:55.019 --> 00:43:55.360
 or if it's

00:43:55.360 --> 00:43:55.820
 convenient

00:43:55.820 --> 00:43:56.539
 or you want

00:43:56.539 --> 00:43:56.820
 to

00:43:56.820 --> 00:43:57.820
 it is an

00:43:57.820 --> 00:43:58.300
 imperative

00:43:58.300 --> 00:43:59.219
 abide

00:43:59.219 --> 00:43:59.780
 and it's a

00:43:59.780 --> 00:44:00.579
 present imperative

00:44:00.579 --> 00:44:01.199
 keep on

00:44:01.199 --> 00:44:01.659
 abiding

00:44:01.659 --> 00:44:02.480
 all your

00:44:02.480 --> 00:44:02.780
 life

00:44:02.780 --> 00:44:03.880
 maintain a

00:44:03.880 --> 00:44:04.300
 fellowship

00:44:04.300 --> 00:44:04.980
 with him

00:44:04.980 --> 00:44:06.059
 I guess

00:44:06.059 --> 00:44:06.599
 maybe that's

00:44:06.599 --> 00:44:07.360
 why that song

00:44:07.360 --> 00:44:08.199
 is so wonderful

00:44:08.199 --> 00:44:08.619
 even though

00:44:08.619 --> 00:44:08.879
 it's an

00:44:08.879 --> 00:44:09.619
 old song

00:44:09.619 --> 00:44:11.319
 constantly

00:44:11.319 --> 00:44:12.879
 abiding

00:44:12.879 --> 00:44:14.899
 Jesus

00:44:14.899 --> 00:44:16.879
 is mine

00:44:16.879 --> 00:44:18.460
 he never

00:44:18.460 --> 00:44:19.079
 leaves me

00:44:19.079 --> 00:44:19.460
 lonely

00:44:19.460 --> 00:44:20.439
 whispers oh

00:44:20.439 --> 00:44:21.139
 so kind

00:44:21.139 --> 00:44:22.000
 I will

00:44:22.000 --> 00:44:22.960
 never leave

00:44:22.960 --> 00:44:23.259
 thee

00:44:23.259 --> 00:44:24.239
 Jesus

00:44:24.239 --> 00:44:24.919
 is mine

00:44:24.919 --> 00:44:26.460
 that song

00:44:26.460 --> 00:44:27.059
 breathes

00:44:27.059 --> 00:44:27.719
 intimacy

00:44:27.719 --> 00:44:29.679
 all over

00:44:29.679 --> 00:44:29.980
 it

00:44:29.980 --> 00:44:31.460
 how intimate

00:44:31.460 --> 00:44:32.059
 are you with

00:44:32.059 --> 00:44:32.719
 Christ right

00:44:32.719 --> 00:44:33.019
 now

00:44:33.019 --> 00:44:35.359
 when was the

00:44:35.359 --> 00:44:35.839
 last time

00:44:35.839 --> 00:44:36.619
 you communicated

00:44:36.619 --> 00:44:37.219
 with him

00:44:37.219 --> 00:44:39.579
 when was the

00:44:39.579 --> 00:44:40.079
 last time

00:44:40.079 --> 00:44:40.460
 you sat

00:44:40.460 --> 00:44:40.859
 down with

00:44:40.859 --> 00:44:41.319
 his word

00:44:41.319 --> 00:44:41.799
 and allowed

00:44:41.799 --> 00:44:42.199
 him the

00:44:42.199 --> 00:44:42.699
 opportunity

00:44:42.699 --> 00:44:43.380
 to communicate

00:44:43.380 --> 00:44:44.119
 with you

00:44:44.119 --> 00:44:45.859
 hearing his

00:44:45.859 --> 00:44:46.699
 voice in

00:44:46.699 --> 00:44:47.679
 every line

00:44:47.679 --> 00:44:52.299
 how dependent

00:44:52.299 --> 00:44:52.940
 on him

00:44:52.940 --> 00:44:53.480
 are you

00:44:53.480 --> 00:44:56.139
 do you feel

00:44:56.139 --> 00:44:56.539
 that there are

00:44:56.539 --> 00:44:57.179
 certain areas

00:44:57.179 --> 00:44:57.719
 of the Christian

00:44:57.719 --> 00:44:58.219
 life that you

00:44:58.219 --> 00:44:58.779
 can handle

00:44:58.779 --> 00:44:59.519
 on your own

00:44:59.519 --> 00:45:00.980
 you really

00:45:00.980 --> 00:45:01.539
 don't need

00:45:01.539 --> 00:45:01.880
 him

00:45:01.880 --> 00:45:04.619
 we can

00:45:04.619 --> 00:45:05.240
 we can get

00:45:05.240 --> 00:45:05.700
 pretty

00:45:05.700 --> 00:45:06.539
 cocky

00:45:06.539 --> 00:45:07.480
 as Christians

00:45:07.480 --> 00:45:08.160
 I think

00:45:08.160 --> 00:45:10.240
 we can

00:45:10.240 --> 00:45:10.960
 because we've

00:45:10.960 --> 00:45:11.480
 had a little

00:45:11.480 --> 00:45:11.760
 bit of

00:45:11.760 --> 00:45:12.300
 experience

00:45:12.300 --> 00:45:12.900
 or a little

00:45:12.900 --> 00:45:13.240
 bit of

00:45:13.240 --> 00:45:13.579
 training

00:45:13.579 --> 00:45:14.180
 or a little

00:45:14.180 --> 00:45:14.500
 bit of

00:45:14.500 --> 00:45:15.079
 education

00:45:15.079 --> 00:45:16.160
 or a little

00:45:16.160 --> 00:45:16.500
 bit of

00:45:16.500 --> 00:45:17.019
 expertise

00:45:17.019 --> 00:45:17.579
 and maybe

00:45:17.579 --> 00:45:18.420
 a personality

00:45:18.420 --> 00:45:19.220
 to carry us

00:45:19.220 --> 00:45:19.660
 along

00:45:19.660 --> 00:45:20.559
 we can get

00:45:20.559 --> 00:45:20.920
 pretty

00:45:20.920 --> 00:45:21.340
 pretty

00:45:21.340 --> 00:45:23.280
 self

00:45:23.280 --> 00:45:23.880
 confident

00:45:23.880 --> 00:45:25.940
 and think

00:45:25.940 --> 00:45:26.640
 boy you know

00:45:26.640 --> 00:45:27.900
 I can handle

00:45:27.900 --> 00:45:28.480
 this thing

00:45:28.480 --> 00:45:31.519
 cocky

00:45:31.519 --> 00:45:32.139
 is the word

00:45:32.139 --> 00:45:32.659
 I like to

00:45:32.659 --> 00:45:32.980
 use

00:45:32.980 --> 00:45:35.579
 but we're

00:45:35.579 --> 00:45:36.320
 not dependent

00:45:36.320 --> 00:45:38.420
 if that's the

00:45:38.420 --> 00:45:38.780
 way we

00:45:38.780 --> 00:45:39.260
 approach

00:45:39.260 --> 00:45:40.039
 ministry

00:45:40.039 --> 00:45:43.199
 how obedient

00:45:43.199 --> 00:45:43.780
 are you

00:45:43.780 --> 00:45:47.300
 you know

00:45:47.300 --> 00:45:48.800
 I remember

00:45:48.800 --> 00:45:50.460
 when I was

00:45:50.460 --> 00:45:50.840
 a kid

00:45:50.840 --> 00:45:51.280
 my mother

00:45:51.280 --> 00:45:51.699
 told me

00:45:51.699 --> 00:45:52.079
 now I

00:45:52.079 --> 00:45:52.599
 don't want

00:45:52.599 --> 00:45:53.000
 you ever

00:45:53.000 --> 00:45:53.420
 to play

00:45:53.420 --> 00:45:54.059
 with matches

00:45:54.059 --> 00:45:56.099
 and I'm

00:45:56.099 --> 00:45:56.539
 sure that

00:45:56.539 --> 00:45:57.880
 all parents

00:45:57.880 --> 00:45:58.320
 would say

00:45:58.320 --> 00:45:58.720
 that to

00:45:58.720 --> 00:45:58.900
 their

00:45:58.900 --> 00:45:59.340
 children

00:45:59.340 --> 00:45:59.980
 but I

00:45:59.980 --> 00:46:00.460
 remember

00:46:00.460 --> 00:46:00.820
 one

00:46:00.820 --> 00:46:01.360
 Saturday

00:46:01.360 --> 00:46:03.280
 the children

00:46:03.280 --> 00:46:03.740
 may now

00:46:03.740 --> 00:46:04.680
 turn off

00:46:04.680 --> 00:46:05.539
 their ears

00:46:05.539 --> 00:46:07.840
 my mother

00:46:07.840 --> 00:46:08.539
 went shopping

00:46:08.539 --> 00:46:09.539
 and it was

00:46:09.539 --> 00:46:10.320
 the fall

00:46:10.320 --> 00:46:10.660
 and there

00:46:10.660 --> 00:46:11.240
 was nice

00:46:11.240 --> 00:46:11.840
 dry

00:46:11.840 --> 00:46:12.480
 weather

00:46:12.480 --> 00:46:12.740
 you know

00:46:12.740 --> 00:46:13.079
 how the

00:46:13.079 --> 00:46:13.619
 weeds get

00:46:13.619 --> 00:46:14.200
 in the fall

00:46:14.200 --> 00:46:14.800
 it's so much

00:46:14.800 --> 00:46:15.099
 fun

00:46:15.099 --> 00:46:16.280
 and I

00:46:16.280 --> 00:46:17.000
 found a

00:46:17.000 --> 00:46:17.360
 book of

00:46:17.360 --> 00:46:17.760
 matches

00:46:17.760 --> 00:46:19.480
 and there

00:46:19.480 --> 00:46:19.880
 were some

00:46:19.880 --> 00:46:20.640
 friends

00:46:20.640 --> 00:46:22.220
 and we

00:46:22.220 --> 00:46:22.900
 went walking

00:46:22.900 --> 00:46:23.400
 through the

00:46:23.400 --> 00:46:23.820
 fields

00:46:23.820 --> 00:46:24.119
 and I

00:46:24.119 --> 00:46:24.460
 knew my

00:46:24.460 --> 00:46:24.920
 mom was

00:46:24.920 --> 00:46:25.340
 shopping

00:46:25.340 --> 00:46:25.740
 there wasn't

00:46:25.740 --> 00:46:26.300
 anyone around

00:46:26.300 --> 00:46:26.900
 I took out

00:46:26.900 --> 00:46:27.500
 these matches

00:46:27.500 --> 00:46:27.820
 you know

00:46:27.820 --> 00:46:28.220
 I was a

00:46:28.220 --> 00:46:28.680
 real biggie

00:46:28.680 --> 00:46:28.960
 then

00:46:28.960 --> 00:46:29.840
 and I

00:46:29.840 --> 00:46:30.120
 started

00:46:30.120 --> 00:46:30.580
 striking

00:46:30.580 --> 00:46:31.140
 the matches

00:46:31.140 --> 00:46:31.539
 and just

00:46:31.539 --> 00:46:32.100
 throwing them

00:46:32.100 --> 00:46:33.480
 just to

00:46:33.480 --> 00:46:34.039
 see what

00:46:34.039 --> 00:46:34.580
 would happen

00:46:34.580 --> 00:46:35.019
 just you

00:46:35.019 --> 00:46:35.420
 know

00:46:35.420 --> 00:46:37.120
 nothing

00:46:37.120 --> 00:46:37.519
 happened

00:46:37.519 --> 00:46:37.800
 there

00:46:37.800 --> 00:46:38.120
 you know

00:46:38.120 --> 00:46:38.720
 try another

00:46:38.720 --> 00:46:38.980
 one

00:46:38.980 --> 00:46:43.580
 one too

00:46:43.580 --> 00:46:43.940
 many

00:46:43.940 --> 00:46:47.780
 I don't

00:46:47.780 --> 00:46:48.140
 know how

00:46:48.140 --> 00:46:48.539
 it kind

00:46:48.539 --> 00:46:48.860
 of got

00:46:48.860 --> 00:46:49.160
 out of

00:46:49.160 --> 00:46:49.580
 control

00:46:49.580 --> 00:46:50.039
 but I'll

00:46:50.039 --> 00:46:50.340
 tell you

00:46:50.340 --> 00:46:50.680
 it didn't

00:46:50.680 --> 00:46:51.480
 take long

00:46:51.480 --> 00:46:53.519
 and all

00:46:53.519 --> 00:46:54.019
 of a sudden

00:46:54.019 --> 00:46:54.539
 we turned

00:46:54.539 --> 00:46:55.000
 around and

00:46:55.000 --> 00:46:55.260
 there was

00:46:55.260 --> 00:46:55.900
 this black

00:46:55.900 --> 00:46:56.660
 circle getting

00:46:56.659 --> 00:46:57.219
 bigger and

00:46:57.219 --> 00:46:57.219


00:46:57.219 --> 00:46:57.599
 bigger you

00:46:57.599 --> 00:46:57.819
 know and

00:46:57.819 --> 00:46:58.079
 it had

00:46:58.079 --> 00:46:58.599
 caught some

00:46:58.599 --> 00:46:59.379
 really dry

00:46:59.379 --> 00:47:01.319
 stuff and

00:47:01.319 --> 00:47:02.039
 we stomped

00:47:02.039 --> 00:47:02.399
 that out

00:47:02.399 --> 00:47:02.619
 there were

00:47:02.619 --> 00:47:03.099
 four or five

00:47:03.099 --> 00:47:03.299
 of us

00:47:03.299 --> 00:47:03.659
 man we're

00:47:03.659 --> 00:47:04.139
 going like

00:47:04.139 --> 00:47:05.279
 crazy we

00:47:05.279 --> 00:47:05.859
 got it out

00:47:05.859 --> 00:47:06.259
 you know

00:47:06.259 --> 00:47:07.940
 I went

00:47:07.940 --> 00:47:09.859
 home and

00:47:09.859 --> 00:47:10.319
 my mother

00:47:10.319 --> 00:47:11.019
 came home

00:47:11.019 --> 00:47:15.380
 you know I

00:47:15.380 --> 00:47:16.059
 really didn't

00:47:16.059 --> 00:47:16.619
 want to see

00:47:16.619 --> 00:47:19.300
 her I

00:47:19.300 --> 00:47:19.639
 really

00:47:19.639 --> 00:47:20.019
 didn't

00:47:20.019 --> 00:47:22.380
 we sat

00:47:22.380 --> 00:47:22.900
 down to

00:47:22.900 --> 00:47:23.360
 lunch

00:47:23.360 --> 00:47:25.079
 she fixed

00:47:25.079 --> 00:47:26.820
 lunch and

00:47:26.820 --> 00:47:27.480
 one of those

00:47:27.480 --> 00:47:28.759
 same friends

00:47:28.759 --> 00:47:30.000
 quote unquote

00:47:30.000 --> 00:47:34.199
 came running

00:47:34.199 --> 00:47:34.719
 up on the

00:47:34.719 --> 00:47:35.320
 front porch

00:47:35.320 --> 00:47:35.639
 and he put

00:47:35.639 --> 00:47:36.280
 his nose right

00:47:36.280 --> 00:47:36.780
 against the

00:47:36.780 --> 00:47:37.440
 screen you know

00:47:37.440 --> 00:47:37.980
 and his hands

00:47:37.980 --> 00:47:38.420
 up there and

00:47:38.420 --> 00:47:38.880
 he said

00:47:38.880 --> 00:47:40.840
 Mrs. Warren

00:47:40.840 --> 00:47:42.460
 and I

00:47:42.460 --> 00:47:43.800
 said he's

00:47:43.800 --> 00:47:44.159
 a liar

00:47:44.159 --> 00:47:44.719
 mother he's

00:47:44.719 --> 00:47:45.199
 a liar I

00:47:45.199 --> 00:47:45.619
 didn't do

00:47:45.619 --> 00:47:48.380
 it I was

00:47:48.380 --> 00:47:49.440
 already hung I

00:47:49.440 --> 00:47:50.179
 didn't realize

00:47:50.179 --> 00:47:51.699
 David was

00:47:51.699 --> 00:47:52.320
 playing with

00:47:52.320 --> 00:47:55.740
 matches oh

00:47:55.740 --> 00:47:56.780
 man I

00:47:56.780 --> 00:47:57.179
 shall never

00:47:57.179 --> 00:47:57.800
 forget that

00:47:57.800 --> 00:48:01.980
 afternoon when

00:48:01.980 --> 00:48:02.500
 you are

00:48:02.500 --> 00:48:03.099
 living in

00:48:03.099 --> 00:48:04.039
 disobedience

00:48:04.039 --> 00:48:04.400
 you don't

00:48:04.400 --> 00:48:04.960
 want to see

00:48:04.960 --> 00:48:05.539
 your mom or

00:48:05.539 --> 00:48:07.260
 dad they're

00:48:07.260 --> 00:48:07.700
 the last

00:48:07.700 --> 00:48:08.260
 person in

00:48:08.260 --> 00:48:08.760
 the world

00:48:08.760 --> 00:48:09.180
 you want

00:48:09.180 --> 00:48:09.620
 to see

00:48:09.620 --> 00:48:13.140
 when we

00:48:13.140 --> 00:48:13.680
 are not

00:48:13.680 --> 00:48:14.600
 abiding in

00:48:14.600 --> 00:48:15.440
 our savior

00:48:15.440 --> 00:48:17.280
 and he

00:48:17.280 --> 00:48:17.800
 has given

00:48:17.800 --> 00:48:18.380
 us a pretty

00:48:18.380 --> 00:48:19.260
 clear marching

00:48:19.260 --> 00:48:20.160
 orders and

00:48:20.160 --> 00:48:20.640
 we are

00:48:20.640 --> 00:48:21.640
 fighting it

00:48:21.640 --> 00:48:22.760
 and rebelling

00:48:22.760 --> 00:48:23.300
 and kicking

00:48:23.300 --> 00:48:24.180
 against it

00:48:24.180 --> 00:48:26.300
 the last

00:48:26.300 --> 00:48:26.920
 person in

00:48:26.920 --> 00:48:27.320
 the world

00:48:27.320 --> 00:48:27.720
 that you

00:48:27.720 --> 00:48:28.100
 want to

00:48:28.100 --> 00:48:29.960
 see is

00:48:29.960 --> 00:48:30.380
 the Lord

00:48:30.380 --> 00:48:30.720
 Jesus

00:48:30.720 --> 00:48:31.240
 Christ

00:48:31.240 --> 00:48:33.520
 so can't

00:48:33.520 --> 00:48:34.040
 you see why

00:48:34.040 --> 00:48:34.360
 it makes

00:48:34.360 --> 00:48:35.020
 good sense

00:48:35.020 --> 00:48:35.780
 that John

00:48:35.780 --> 00:48:36.960
 says abide

00:48:36.960 --> 00:48:38.960
 communicate

00:48:38.960 --> 00:48:40.139
 depend and

00:48:40.139 --> 00:48:40.460
 obey

00:48:40.460 --> 00:48:42.139
 and when

00:48:42.139 --> 00:48:42.500
 he comes

00:48:42.500 --> 00:48:42.880
 back

00:48:42.880 --> 00:48:44.900
 you'll be

00:48:44.900 --> 00:48:45.280
 glad to

00:48:45.280 --> 00:48:46.400
 see him

00:48:46.400 --> 00:48:50.159
 accept him

00:48:50.159 --> 00:48:52.880
 abide

00:48:52.880 --> 00:48:54.139
 in him

00:48:54.139 --> 00:48:55.639
 but I

00:48:55.639 --> 00:48:56.079
 really would

00:48:56.079 --> 00:48:56.400
 do you

00:48:56.400 --> 00:48:56.740
 harm

00:48:56.740 --> 00:48:58.360
 if I

00:48:58.360 --> 00:48:59.159
 didn't wrap

00:48:59.159 --> 00:48:59.679
 it up with

00:48:59.679 --> 00:49:00.139
 the other

00:49:00.139 --> 00:49:00.780
 thought of

00:49:00.780 --> 00:49:01.059
 the New

00:49:01.059 --> 00:49:01.460
 Testament

00:49:01.460 --> 00:49:02.619
 we are

00:49:02.619 --> 00:49:03.000
 trying to

00:49:03.000 --> 00:49:03.340
 draw the

00:49:03.340 --> 00:49:04.460
 whole thought

00:49:04.460 --> 00:49:04.820
 of the New

00:49:04.820 --> 00:49:05.179
 Testament

00:49:05.179 --> 00:49:05.739
 together

00:49:05.739 --> 00:49:08.440
 the scriptures

00:49:08.440 --> 00:49:09.239
 also teach

00:49:09.239 --> 00:49:09.480
 and the

00:49:09.480 --> 00:49:10.159
 choir talked

00:49:10.159 --> 00:49:10.599
 about it

00:49:10.599 --> 00:49:10.940
 and the

00:49:10.940 --> 00:49:12.179
 both special

00:49:12.179 --> 00:49:12.899
 numbers talked

00:49:12.899 --> 00:49:13.319
 about it

00:49:13.319 --> 00:49:13.519
 tonight

00:49:13.519 --> 00:49:13.960
 even the

00:49:13.960 --> 00:49:14.619
 chorus as we

00:49:14.619 --> 00:49:14.980
 sang

00:49:14.980 --> 00:49:16.480
 this whole

00:49:16.480 --> 00:49:16.919
 matter and

00:49:16.919 --> 00:49:17.399
 I've mentioned

00:49:17.399 --> 00:49:18.079
 it before

00:49:18.079 --> 00:49:19.960
 await

00:49:19.960 --> 00:49:21.519
 anxiously

00:49:21.519 --> 00:49:23.599
 for Christ

00:49:23.599 --> 00:49:26.799
 there must be

00:49:26.799 --> 00:49:28.119
 an anxiousness

00:49:28.119 --> 00:49:29.039
 an excitement

00:49:29.039 --> 00:49:31.500
 what is it

00:49:31.500 --> 00:49:32.119
 Paul said

00:49:32.119 --> 00:49:33.119
 about it

00:49:33.119 --> 00:49:33.420
 in 2nd

00:49:33.420 --> 00:49:33.679
 Timothy

00:49:33.679 --> 00:49:34.359
 chapter 4

00:49:34.359 --> 00:49:34.920
 verse 8

00:49:34.920 --> 00:49:36.259
 he spoke

00:49:36.259 --> 00:49:36.960
 of those

00:49:36.960 --> 00:49:38.219
 who love

00:49:38.219 --> 00:49:40.259
 his appearing

00:49:40.259 --> 00:49:42.519
 they're looking

00:49:42.519 --> 00:49:43.440
 forward to it

00:49:43.440 --> 00:49:45.559
 so anxious

00:49:45.559 --> 00:49:46.400
 so excited

00:49:46.400 --> 00:49:46.980
 I can hardly

00:49:46.980 --> 00:49:47.339
 wait

00:49:47.339 --> 00:49:48.139
 I think I

00:49:48.139 --> 00:49:48.619
 mentioned the

00:49:48.619 --> 00:49:49.619
 other Sunday

00:49:49.619 --> 00:49:50.299
 about the end

00:49:50.299 --> 00:49:50.659
 of the New

00:49:50.659 --> 00:49:51.059
 Testament

00:49:51.059 --> 00:49:51.619
 as the Lord

00:49:51.619 --> 00:49:52.159
 Jesus says

00:49:52.159 --> 00:49:52.659
 behold I

00:49:52.659 --> 00:49:53.239
 come quickly

00:49:53.239 --> 00:49:53.980
 and John

00:49:53.980 --> 00:49:54.460
 responds

00:49:54.460 --> 00:49:54.719
 Jesus

00:49:54.719 --> 00:49:55.319
 so come

00:49:55.319 --> 00:49:55.839
 come on

00:49:55.839 --> 00:49:56.199
 I'm waiting

00:49:56.199 --> 00:49:56.699
 I can hardly

00:49:56.699 --> 00:49:57.000
 wait

00:49:57.000 --> 00:49:57.820
 there's an

00:49:57.820 --> 00:49:58.699
 anxious

00:49:58.699 --> 00:49:59.639
 awaiting

00:49:59.639 --> 00:50:01.940
 for him

00:50:01.940 --> 00:50:03.760
 I'd like to

00:50:03.760 --> 00:50:04.300
 nail that

00:50:04.300 --> 00:50:04.920
 with a verse

00:50:04.920 --> 00:50:05.300
 okay

00:50:05.300 --> 00:50:07.719
 1st Thessalonians

00:50:07.719 --> 00:50:08.639
 chapter 1

00:50:08.639 --> 00:50:11.400
 verse 10

00:50:11.400 --> 00:50:14.840
 1st Thessalonians

00:50:14.840 --> 00:50:15.460
 1 10

00:50:15.460 --> 00:50:15.900
 you're good

00:50:15.900 --> 00:50:16.300
 listeners

00:50:16.300 --> 00:50:16.659
 tonight

00:50:16.659 --> 00:50:17.159
 I've hit you

00:50:17.159 --> 00:50:17.780
 with a loaded

00:50:17.780 --> 00:50:18.260
 gun

00:50:18.260 --> 00:50:20.179
 and you haven't

00:50:20.179 --> 00:50:20.780
 ducked yet

00:50:20.780 --> 00:50:21.519
 so hang on

00:50:21.519 --> 00:50:23.199
 1st Thessalonians

00:50:23.199 --> 00:50:23.860
 1 10

00:50:23.860 --> 00:50:26.519
 he describes

00:50:26.519 --> 00:50:27.559
 their salvation

00:50:27.559 --> 00:50:28.460
 experience

00:50:28.460 --> 00:50:29.620
 in verse 9

00:50:29.620 --> 00:50:31.420
 he says

00:50:31.420 --> 00:50:31.860
 that you were

00:50:31.860 --> 00:50:32.760
 saved to

00:50:32.760 --> 00:50:34.000
 serve the

00:50:34.000 --> 00:50:34.820
 living and

00:50:34.820 --> 00:50:35.300
 the true

00:50:35.300 --> 00:50:35.860
 God

00:50:35.860 --> 00:50:37.000
 and to

00:50:37.000 --> 00:50:37.780
 wait

00:50:37.780 --> 00:50:39.539
 for his

00:50:39.539 --> 00:50:40.099
 son

00:50:40.099 --> 00:50:42.140
 from heaven

00:50:42.140 --> 00:50:44.740
 waiting

00:50:44.740 --> 00:50:46.880
 the word

00:50:46.880 --> 00:50:47.519
 means to

00:50:47.519 --> 00:50:48.440
 anticipate

00:50:48.440 --> 00:50:50.880
 to wait

00:50:50.880 --> 00:50:52.000
 anxiously

00:50:52.000 --> 00:50:53.680
 for his

00:50:53.679 --> 00:50:54.179
 arrival

00:50:54.179 --> 00:50:58.679
 are you

00:50:58.679 --> 00:50:59.239
 doing that

00:50:59.239 --> 00:51:03.500
 it does

00:51:03.500 --> 00:51:03.980
 not say

00:51:03.980 --> 00:51:04.299
 we are

00:51:04.299 --> 00:51:04.659
 waiting

00:51:04.659 --> 00:51:05.759
 for signs

00:51:05.759 --> 00:51:07.579
 we're

00:51:07.579 --> 00:51:07.899
 waiting

00:51:07.899 --> 00:51:08.379
 for the

00:51:08.379 --> 00:51:08.779
 son

00:51:08.779 --> 00:51:11.019
 nor does

00:51:11.019 --> 00:51:11.399
 it say

00:51:11.399 --> 00:51:11.839
 that we

00:51:11.839 --> 00:51:12.399
 are waiting

00:51:12.399 --> 00:51:12.779
 to be

00:51:12.779 --> 00:51:13.219
 delivered

00:51:13.219 --> 00:51:13.599
 out of

00:51:13.599 --> 00:51:13.779
 our

00:51:13.779 --> 00:51:14.259
 troubles

00:51:14.259 --> 00:51:15.000
 as though

00:51:15.000 --> 00:51:15.359
 we look

00:51:15.359 --> 00:51:15.699
 forward

00:51:15.699 --> 00:51:16.019
 to the

00:51:16.019 --> 00:51:16.239
 second

00:51:16.239 --> 00:51:16.539
 coming

00:51:16.539 --> 00:51:16.719
 of

00:51:16.719 --> 00:51:17.000
 Christ

00:51:17.000 --> 00:51:17.440
 in a

00:51:17.440 --> 00:51:17.819
 selfish

00:51:17.819 --> 00:51:18.339
 manner

00:51:18.339 --> 00:51:19.000
 somehow

00:51:19.000 --> 00:51:19.359
 that he

00:51:19.359 --> 00:51:19.539
 might

00:51:19.539 --> 00:51:20.079
 rescue

00:51:20.079 --> 00:51:20.399
 us

00:51:20.399 --> 00:51:20.579
 from

00:51:20.579 --> 00:51:20.799
 these

00:51:20.799 --> 00:51:21.199
 troubles

00:51:21.199 --> 00:51:21.980
 no

00:51:21.980 --> 00:51:22.219
 no

00:51:22.219 --> 00:51:22.719
 we are

00:51:22.719 --> 00:51:22.980
 to be

00:51:22.980 --> 00:51:23.340
 waiting

00:51:23.340 --> 00:51:24.099
 for him

00:51:24.099 --> 00:51:24.579
 for his

00:51:24.579 --> 00:51:24.800
 own

00:51:24.800 --> 00:51:25.400
 sake

00:51:25.400 --> 00:51:28.059
 not simply

00:51:28.059 --> 00:51:28.519
 for what he

00:51:28.519 --> 00:51:28.820
 can do

00:51:28.820 --> 00:51:29.559
 for us

00:51:29.559 --> 00:51:31.300
 but because

00:51:31.300 --> 00:51:31.699
 we love

00:51:31.699 --> 00:51:32.260
 him we can

00:51:32.260 --> 00:51:32.800
 hardly wait

00:51:32.800 --> 00:51:33.119
 to see

00:51:33.119 --> 00:51:33.320
 him

00:51:33.320 --> 00:51:38.159
 you have

00:51:38.159 --> 00:51:38.500
 a good

00:51:38.500 --> 00:51:39.019
 imagination

00:51:39.019 --> 00:51:39.740
 so I'm

00:51:39.740 --> 00:51:40.059
 going to

00:51:40.059 --> 00:51:40.599
 stretch it

00:51:40.599 --> 00:51:40.980
 just a

00:51:40.980 --> 00:51:41.440
 little bit

00:51:41.440 --> 00:51:43.340
 I've

00:51:43.340 --> 00:51:43.639
 told you

00:51:43.639 --> 00:51:43.659
 to be

00:51:43.659 --> 00:51:43.980
 a good

00:51:43.980 --> 00:51:44.260
 time

00:51:44.260 --> 00:51:44.619
 to be

00:51:44.619 --> 00:51:45.599
 in Iowa

00:51:45.599 --> 00:51:47.539
 you have

00:51:47.539 --> 00:51:47.840
 to know

00:51:47.840 --> 00:51:48.139
 that we

00:51:48.139 --> 00:51:48.440
 lived in

00:51:48.440 --> 00:51:48.760
 a two

00:51:48.760 --> 00:51:49.079
 story

00:51:49.079 --> 00:51:49.440
 house

00:51:49.440 --> 00:51:49.780
 with a

00:51:49.780 --> 00:51:50.300
 detached

00:51:50.300 --> 00:51:50.880
 garage

00:51:50.880 --> 00:51:51.720
 which sat

00:51:51.720 --> 00:51:52.079
 kind of

00:51:52.079 --> 00:51:52.340
 to the

00:51:52.340 --> 00:51:52.599
 back

00:51:52.599 --> 00:51:52.880
 of our

00:51:52.880 --> 00:51:53.360
 property

00:51:53.360 --> 00:51:56.720
 my wife

00:51:56.720 --> 00:51:57.220
 was gone

00:51:57.220 --> 00:51:57.860
 to a

00:51:57.860 --> 00:51:58.820
 ladies

00:51:58.820 --> 00:51:59.179
 meeting

00:51:59.179 --> 00:51:59.619
 at our

00:51:59.619 --> 00:52:00.059
 church

00:52:00.059 --> 00:52:01.639
 and it

00:52:01.639 --> 00:52:02.260
 fell my

00:52:02.260 --> 00:52:02.740
 lot to

00:52:02.740 --> 00:52:03.260
 watch the

00:52:03.260 --> 00:52:03.619
 children

00:52:03.619 --> 00:52:05.240
 I don't

00:52:05.240 --> 00:52:05.599
 know if we

00:52:05.599 --> 00:52:06.039
 played hide

00:52:06.039 --> 00:52:06.539
 and go seek

00:52:06.539 --> 00:52:06.980
 that night

00:52:06.980 --> 00:52:07.340
 or not

00:52:07.340 --> 00:52:07.860
 we may

00:52:07.860 --> 00:52:08.199
 have

00:52:08.199 --> 00:52:11.179
 it was

00:52:11.179 --> 00:52:11.480
 ladies

00:52:11.480 --> 00:52:11.920
 missionary

00:52:11.920 --> 00:52:12.719
 meeting

00:52:12.719 --> 00:52:13.260
 and normally

00:52:13.260 --> 00:52:13.659
 she was

00:52:13.659 --> 00:52:13.900
 home

00:52:13.900 --> 00:52:14.240
 somewhere

00:52:14.240 --> 00:52:15.199
 from 930

00:52:15.199 --> 00:52:15.699
 to 10

00:52:15.699 --> 00:52:16.340
 and she

00:52:16.340 --> 00:52:16.679
 wasn't

00:52:16.679 --> 00:52:17.019
 late

00:52:17.019 --> 00:52:17.380
 it was

00:52:17.380 --> 00:52:17.820
 just

00:52:17.820 --> 00:52:18.280
 kind of

00:52:18.280 --> 00:52:19.420
 a swing

00:52:19.420 --> 00:52:19.840
 time

00:52:19.840 --> 00:52:20.000
 there

00:52:20.000 --> 00:52:20.260
 we didn't

00:52:20.260 --> 00:52:20.420
 know

00:52:20.420 --> 00:52:20.900
 exactly

00:52:20.900 --> 00:52:21.139
 what

00:52:21.139 --> 00:52:21.420
 time

00:52:21.420 --> 00:52:21.519
 it

00:52:21.519 --> 00:52:21.659
 would

00:52:21.659 --> 00:52:21.920
 be

00:52:21.920 --> 00:52:23.159
 but I

00:52:23.159 --> 00:52:23.320
 do

00:52:23.320 --> 00:52:23.820
 remember

00:52:23.820 --> 00:52:24.219
 sitting

00:52:24.219 --> 00:52:24.539
 down

00:52:24.539 --> 00:52:24.880
 after I

00:52:24.880 --> 00:52:25.159
 got the

00:52:25.159 --> 00:52:25.420
 kids

00:52:25.420 --> 00:52:25.860
 in bed

00:52:25.860 --> 00:52:26.179
 it must

00:52:26.179 --> 00:52:26.420
 have been

00:52:26.420 --> 00:52:26.659
 nine

00:52:26.659 --> 00:52:27.139
 o'clock

00:52:27.139 --> 00:52:27.559
 and I

00:52:27.559 --> 00:52:28.500
 grabbed

00:52:28.500 --> 00:52:28.900
 a book

00:52:28.900 --> 00:52:29.119
 and I

00:52:29.119 --> 00:52:29.240
 thought

00:52:29.240 --> 00:52:29.659
 well I'll

00:52:29.659 --> 00:52:30.019
 read a

00:52:30.019 --> 00:52:30.159
 little

00:52:30.159 --> 00:52:30.519
 while

00:52:30.519 --> 00:52:30.840
 until

00:52:30.840 --> 00:52:31.079
 she

00:52:31.079 --> 00:52:31.679
 comes

00:52:31.679 --> 00:52:34.519
 did you

00:52:34.519 --> 00:52:34.900
 ever try

00:52:34.900 --> 00:52:35.199
 that

00:52:35.199 --> 00:52:37.319
 I'm a

00:52:37.319 --> 00:52:37.699
 terrible

00:52:37.699 --> 00:52:38.119
 waiter

00:52:38.119 --> 00:52:39.899
 and every

00:52:39.899 --> 00:52:40.359
 time a

00:52:40.359 --> 00:52:40.919
 car went

00:52:40.919 --> 00:52:41.419
 by out

00:52:41.419 --> 00:52:41.659
 on the

00:52:41.659 --> 00:52:41.960
 street

00:52:41.960 --> 00:52:42.460
 I was

00:52:42.460 --> 00:52:42.739
 sure

00:52:42.739 --> 00:52:43.119
 that was

00:52:43.119 --> 00:52:43.399
 my

00:52:43.399 --> 00:52:43.739
 car

00:52:43.739 --> 00:52:45.119
 and I

00:52:45.119 --> 00:52:45.259
 could

00:52:45.259 --> 00:52:45.460
 just

00:52:45.460 --> 00:52:45.799
 envision

00:52:45.799 --> 00:52:46.019
 the

00:52:46.019 --> 00:52:46.199
 car

00:52:46.199 --> 00:52:46.559
 pulling

00:52:46.559 --> 00:52:46.919
 up in

00:52:46.919 --> 00:52:47.019
 the

00:52:47.019 --> 00:52:47.379
 driveway

00:52:47.379 --> 00:52:47.819
 and so

00:52:47.819 --> 00:52:47.960
 on

00:52:47.960 --> 00:52:48.619
 and I'd

00:52:48.619 --> 00:52:48.919
 kind of

00:52:48.919 --> 00:52:49.139
 wait

00:52:49.139 --> 00:52:49.480
 in another

00:52:49.480 --> 00:52:49.839
 car

00:52:49.839 --> 00:52:50.839
 it wasn't

00:52:50.839 --> 00:52:51.319
 my car

00:52:51.319 --> 00:52:53.599
 so I

00:52:53.599 --> 00:52:54.000
 decided

00:52:54.000 --> 00:52:55.119
 well I

00:52:55.119 --> 00:52:55.460
 can't

00:52:55.460 --> 00:52:55.679
 read

00:52:55.679 --> 00:52:55.939
 I just

00:52:55.939 --> 00:52:56.299
 put the

00:52:56.299 --> 00:52:56.500
 book

00:52:56.500 --> 00:52:56.879
 down

00:52:56.879 --> 00:52:58.699
 decided

00:52:58.699 --> 00:52:59.159
 well I'll

00:52:59.159 --> 00:52:59.339
 tell you

00:52:59.339 --> 00:52:59.699
 I'll go

00:52:59.699 --> 00:53:00.239
 outside

00:53:00.239 --> 00:53:01.059
 and I'll

00:53:01.059 --> 00:53:01.359
 put up

00:53:01.359 --> 00:53:01.939
 the garage

00:53:01.939 --> 00:53:02.419
 door

00:53:02.419 --> 00:53:03.179
 and I'll

00:53:03.179 --> 00:53:03.559
 turn on

00:53:03.559 --> 00:53:04.000
 the light

00:53:04.000 --> 00:53:05.719
 so that

00:53:05.719 --> 00:53:06.059
 when she

00:53:06.059 --> 00:53:06.579
 does pull

00:53:06.579 --> 00:53:06.840
 in

00:53:06.840 --> 00:53:07.719
 she doesn't

00:53:07.719 --> 00:53:07.940
 have to

00:53:07.940 --> 00:53:08.219
 get out

00:53:08.219 --> 00:53:08.400
 in the

00:53:08.400 --> 00:53:08.659
 dark

00:53:08.659 --> 00:53:10.559
 so I

00:53:10.559 --> 00:53:11.059
 went outside

00:53:11.059 --> 00:53:11.480
 turned on

00:53:11.480 --> 00:53:11.780
 the light

00:53:11.780 --> 00:53:12.320
 came back

00:53:12.320 --> 00:53:12.519
 in

00:53:12.519 --> 00:53:13.119
 I could

00:53:13.119 --> 00:53:13.460
 look out

00:53:13.460 --> 00:53:13.920
 the kitchen

00:53:13.920 --> 00:53:14.440
 window

00:53:14.440 --> 00:53:16.159
 into the

00:53:16.159 --> 00:53:16.539
 garage

00:53:16.539 --> 00:53:17.000
 I could

00:53:17.000 --> 00:53:17.340
 see you

00:53:17.340 --> 00:53:17.739
 know when

00:53:17.739 --> 00:53:18.340
 she pulled

00:53:18.340 --> 00:53:18.679
 in there

00:53:18.679 --> 00:53:19.199
 I could

00:53:19.199 --> 00:53:19.760
 also see

00:53:19.760 --> 00:53:20.139
 when the

00:53:20.139 --> 00:53:20.539
 lights

00:53:20.539 --> 00:53:21.119
 hit the

00:53:21.119 --> 00:53:21.679
 back wall

00:53:21.679 --> 00:53:21.960
 of the

00:53:21.960 --> 00:53:22.340
 garage

00:53:22.340 --> 00:53:22.659
 I knew

00:53:22.659 --> 00:53:22.920
 when she

00:53:22.920 --> 00:53:23.320
 was pulling

00:53:23.320 --> 00:53:23.619
 in the

00:53:23.619 --> 00:53:24.079
 driveway

00:53:24.079 --> 00:53:25.539
 so every

00:53:25.539 --> 00:53:25.800
 once in

00:53:25.800 --> 00:53:25.920
 a while

00:53:25.920 --> 00:53:26.260
 I'd go

00:53:26.260 --> 00:53:26.500
 and I'd

00:53:26.500 --> 00:53:26.800
 look out

00:53:26.800 --> 00:53:27.280
 the window

00:53:27.280 --> 00:53:28.780
 no lights

00:53:28.780 --> 00:53:29.900
 no wife

00:53:29.900 --> 00:53:32.159
 so I

00:53:32.159 --> 00:53:32.460
 thought

00:53:32.460 --> 00:53:33.800
 that's

00:53:33.800 --> 00:53:34.139
 no good

00:53:34.139 --> 00:53:34.420
 I really

00:53:34.420 --> 00:53:34.740
 can't

00:53:34.740 --> 00:53:34.940
 see

00:53:34.940 --> 00:53:35.760
 so I

00:53:35.760 --> 00:53:35.980
 went to

00:53:35.980 --> 00:53:36.500
 the side

00:53:36.500 --> 00:53:36.840
 door

00:53:36.840 --> 00:53:37.420
 the kitchen

00:53:37.420 --> 00:53:37.880
 window

00:53:37.880 --> 00:53:38.699
 and I

00:53:38.699 --> 00:53:39.059
 looked out

00:53:39.059 --> 00:53:39.519
 the kitchen

00:53:39.519 --> 00:53:39.760
 window

00:53:39.760 --> 00:53:39.960
 and I

00:53:39.960 --> 00:53:40.280
 could see

00:53:40.280 --> 00:53:41.019
 just past

00:53:41.019 --> 00:53:41.720
 our neighbor's

00:53:41.720 --> 00:53:42.039
 house

00:53:42.039 --> 00:53:42.699
 about a half

00:53:42.699 --> 00:53:43.139
 a block

00:53:43.139 --> 00:53:43.659
 down the

00:53:43.659 --> 00:53:44.039
 street

00:53:44.039 --> 00:53:45.300
 that gave

00:53:45.300 --> 00:53:45.699
 me a little

00:53:45.699 --> 00:53:46.179
 running

00:53:46.179 --> 00:53:47.300
 look

00:53:47.300 --> 00:53:47.679
 you know

00:53:47.679 --> 00:53:48.079
 and I thought

00:53:48.079 --> 00:53:48.740
 for a while

00:53:48.740 --> 00:53:49.519
 that satisfied

00:53:49.519 --> 00:53:49.760
 me

00:53:49.760 --> 00:53:50.039
 and I thought

00:53:50.039 --> 00:53:50.320
 well

00:53:50.320 --> 00:53:52.039
 front door

00:53:52.039 --> 00:53:52.940
 I went to

00:53:52.940 --> 00:53:53.340
 the front

00:53:53.340 --> 00:53:53.659
 door

00:53:53.659 --> 00:53:54.760
 opened the

00:53:54.760 --> 00:53:55.159
 front door

00:53:55.159 --> 00:53:55.480
 and I could

00:53:55.480 --> 00:53:56.019
 look down

00:53:56.019 --> 00:53:56.360
 the street

00:53:56.360 --> 00:53:56.800
 all the way

00:53:56.800 --> 00:53:57.079
 to route

00:53:57.079 --> 00:53:57.659
 69

00:53:57.659 --> 00:53:58.240
 a block

00:53:58.240 --> 00:53:58.679
 and a half

00:53:58.679 --> 00:53:58.880
 down

00:53:58.880 --> 00:53:59.099
 and when

00:53:59.099 --> 00:53:59.579
 she turns

00:53:59.579 --> 00:53:59.980
 the corner

00:53:59.980 --> 00:54:00.840
 I'll know

00:54:00.840 --> 00:54:01.400
 she's coming

00:54:01.400 --> 00:54:04.719
 915

00:54:04.719 --> 00:54:05.319
 turned into

00:54:05.319 --> 00:54:05.900
 930

00:54:05.900 --> 00:54:06.400
 or so

00:54:06.400 --> 00:54:07.659
 and I

00:54:07.659 --> 00:54:07.880
 thought

00:54:07.880 --> 00:54:08.119
 well

00:54:08.119 --> 00:54:10.539
 I'm so

00:54:10.539 --> 00:54:10.860
 nervous

00:54:10.860 --> 00:54:11.380
 I can hardly

00:54:11.380 --> 00:54:11.699
 wait

00:54:11.699 --> 00:54:14.860
 cup of

00:54:14.860 --> 00:54:15.099
 tea

00:54:15.099 --> 00:54:17.239
 so I

00:54:17.239 --> 00:54:17.519
 put the

00:54:17.519 --> 00:54:18.179
 water on

00:54:18.179 --> 00:54:18.519
 got it

00:54:18.519 --> 00:54:18.880
 boiling

00:54:18.880 --> 00:54:19.239
 you know

00:54:19.239 --> 00:54:20.059
 two cups

00:54:20.059 --> 00:54:20.519
 and sugar

00:54:20.519 --> 00:54:20.920
 for me

00:54:20.920 --> 00:54:21.420
 and a spoon

00:54:21.420 --> 00:54:22.299
 two spoons

00:54:22.299 --> 00:54:22.739
 for the both

00:54:22.739 --> 00:54:22.960
 of us

00:54:22.960 --> 00:54:23.199
 she doesn't

00:54:23.199 --> 00:54:23.699
 take sugar

00:54:23.699 --> 00:54:24.539
 sugar

00:54:24.539 --> 00:54:25.039
 for me

00:54:25.039 --> 00:54:26.860
 two napkins

00:54:26.860 --> 00:54:27.219
 there are

00:54:27.219 --> 00:54:27.659
 the cups

00:54:27.659 --> 00:54:29.719
 kitchen window

00:54:29.719 --> 00:54:31.159
 no lights

00:54:31.159 --> 00:54:33.219
 side door

00:54:33.219 --> 00:54:34.759
 no lights

00:54:34.759 --> 00:54:36.000
 front door

00:54:36.000 --> 00:54:37.039
 no lights

00:54:37.039 --> 00:54:38.500
 I thought

00:54:38.500 --> 00:54:38.820
 well

00:54:38.820 --> 00:54:41.639
 brownies

00:54:41.639 --> 00:54:45.480
 it was near

00:54:45.480 --> 00:54:45.860
 Christmas

00:54:45.860 --> 00:54:46.380
 and I knew

00:54:46.380 --> 00:54:46.860
 where she had

00:54:46.860 --> 00:54:47.219
 hidden them

00:54:47.219 --> 00:54:47.679
 from me

00:54:47.679 --> 00:54:50.559
 so I took

00:54:50.559 --> 00:54:51.779
 a saucer

00:54:51.779 --> 00:54:52.099
 and I went

00:54:52.099 --> 00:54:52.800
 downstairs

00:54:52.800 --> 00:54:53.699
 got six or

00:54:53.699 --> 00:54:54.320
 seven brownies

00:54:54.320 --> 00:54:54.619
 out of the

00:54:54.619 --> 00:54:54.920
 freezer

00:54:54.920 --> 00:54:56.519
 came back

00:54:56.519 --> 00:54:56.720
 up

00:54:56.720 --> 00:54:57.000
 put them

00:54:57.000 --> 00:54:57.240
 on the

00:54:57.240 --> 00:54:57.460
 kitchen

00:54:57.460 --> 00:54:57.900
 table

00:54:57.900 --> 00:55:00.139
 kitchen

00:55:00.139 --> 00:55:00.559
 window

00:55:00.559 --> 00:55:02.280
 side

00:55:02.280 --> 00:55:02.659
 door

00:55:02.659 --> 00:55:03.900
 front

00:55:03.900 --> 00:55:04.280
 door

00:55:04.280 --> 00:55:06.079
 no

00:55:06.079 --> 00:55:06.420
 white

00:55:06.420 --> 00:55:08.480
 I'm

00:55:08.480 --> 00:55:08.780
 paced

00:55:08.780 --> 00:55:09.159
 I can't

00:55:09.159 --> 00:55:09.440
 wait

00:55:09.440 --> 00:55:10.019
 I'm so

00:55:10.019 --> 00:55:10.579
 nervous

00:55:10.579 --> 00:55:12.240
 like I

00:55:12.240 --> 00:55:12.420
 wasn't

00:55:12.420 --> 00:55:12.800
 ready to

00:55:12.800 --> 00:55:13.059
 preach

00:55:13.059 --> 00:55:13.360
 I couldn't

00:55:13.360 --> 00:55:13.680
 wait

00:55:13.680 --> 00:55:14.519
 get out

00:55:14.519 --> 00:55:14.700
 of my

00:55:14.700 --> 00:55:15.019
 way

00:55:15.019 --> 00:55:16.780
 and I

00:55:16.780 --> 00:55:17.099
 thought

00:55:17.099 --> 00:55:19.619
 candles

00:55:19.619 --> 00:55:22.099
 so I

00:55:22.099 --> 00:55:22.380
 went around

00:55:22.380 --> 00:55:22.720
 the house

00:55:22.720 --> 00:55:22.920
 and I

00:55:22.920 --> 00:55:23.119
 found

00:55:23.119 --> 00:55:23.639
 the candles

00:55:23.639 --> 00:55:24.400
 we had

00:55:24.400 --> 00:55:24.579
 one of

00:55:24.579 --> 00:55:24.740
 these

00:55:24.740 --> 00:55:25.440
 candelabra

00:55:25.440 --> 00:55:25.720
 you know

00:55:25.720 --> 00:55:25.900
 it was

00:55:25.900 --> 00:55:26.200
 eight or

00:55:26.200 --> 00:55:26.420
 nine

00:55:26.420 --> 00:55:26.860
 candles

00:55:26.860 --> 00:55:27.180
 on the

00:55:27.180 --> 00:55:27.420
 thing

00:55:27.420 --> 00:55:28.639
 I

00:55:28.639 --> 00:55:29.019
 fished

00:55:29.019 --> 00:55:29.539
 the candles

00:55:29.539 --> 00:55:29.840
 and I

00:55:29.840 --> 00:55:30.139
 got them

00:55:30.139 --> 00:55:30.480
 in there

00:55:30.480 --> 00:55:30.700
 and I

00:55:30.700 --> 00:55:30.960
 put them

00:55:30.960 --> 00:55:31.260
 on the

00:55:31.260 --> 00:55:31.579
 table

00:55:31.579 --> 00:55:32.019
 and I

00:55:32.019 --> 00:55:32.340
 got them

00:55:32.340 --> 00:55:32.880
 all lit

00:55:32.880 --> 00:55:33.300
 you know

00:55:33.300 --> 00:55:35.180
 adjusted

00:55:35.180 --> 00:55:35.980
 the brownies

00:55:35.980 --> 00:55:36.920
 and the tea

00:55:36.920 --> 00:55:37.519
 was cooling

00:55:37.519 --> 00:55:37.880
 off

00:55:37.880 --> 00:55:38.360
 and there

00:55:38.360 --> 00:55:38.579
 are the

00:55:38.579 --> 00:55:38.960
 candles

00:55:38.960 --> 00:55:39.180
 and the

00:55:39.180 --> 00:55:39.539
 brownies

00:55:39.539 --> 00:55:39.780
 and the

00:55:39.780 --> 00:55:40.019
 tea

00:55:40.019 --> 00:55:40.240
 and

00:55:40.240 --> 00:55:41.660
 kitchen

00:55:41.660 --> 00:55:42.119
 window

00:55:42.119 --> 00:55:45.700
 lights

00:55:45.699 --> 00:55:47.859
 and

00:55:47.859 --> 00:55:48.099
 in

00:55:48.099 --> 00:55:48.319
 she

00:55:48.319 --> 00:55:48.819
 pulled

00:55:48.819 --> 00:55:49.279
 and I

00:55:49.279 --> 00:55:49.399
 could

00:55:49.399 --> 00:55:49.759
 see her

00:55:49.759 --> 00:55:50.000
 in the

00:55:50.000 --> 00:55:50.299
 light

00:55:50.299 --> 00:55:51.460
 turned

00:55:51.460 --> 00:55:51.879
 off the

00:55:51.879 --> 00:55:52.159
 car

00:55:52.159 --> 00:55:52.500
 turned

00:55:52.500 --> 00:55:52.899
 off the

00:55:52.899 --> 00:55:53.219
 lights

00:55:53.219 --> 00:55:53.500
 turned

00:55:53.500 --> 00:55:53.839
 off the

00:55:53.839 --> 00:55:54.219
 outside

00:55:54.219 --> 00:55:54.519
 light

00:55:54.519 --> 00:55:54.839
 pulled

00:55:54.839 --> 00:55:55.000
 the

00:55:55.000 --> 00:55:55.179
 door

00:55:55.179 --> 00:55:55.639
 down

00:55:55.639 --> 00:55:57.279
 what a

00:55:57.279 --> 00:55:57.659
 wonderful

00:55:57.659 --> 00:55:58.219
 reunion

00:55:58.219 --> 00:56:00.219
 at the

00:56:00.219 --> 00:56:00.519
 side

00:56:00.519 --> 00:56:00.919
 door

00:56:00.919 --> 00:56:03.359
 and in

00:56:03.359 --> 00:56:03.500
 the

00:56:03.500 --> 00:56:03.859
 kitchen

00:56:03.859 --> 00:56:06.259
 around

00:56:06.259 --> 00:56:06.939
 brownies

00:56:06.939 --> 00:56:08.439
 and tea

00:56:08.440 --> 00:56:10.079
 and candles

00:56:10.079 --> 00:56:13.159
 I have

00:56:13.159 --> 00:56:13.720
 a feeling

00:56:13.720 --> 00:56:16.179
 that that's

00:56:16.179 --> 00:56:16.700
 the way

00:56:16.700 --> 00:56:18.240
 we're

00:56:18.240 --> 00:56:18.780
 supposed to

00:56:18.780 --> 00:56:19.139
 wait

00:56:19.139 --> 00:56:21.360
 for our

00:56:21.360 --> 00:56:21.760
 lover

00:56:21.760 --> 00:56:24.059
 from heaven

00:56:24.059 --> 00:56:27.039
 to wait

00:56:27.039 --> 00:56:29.019
 for his

00:56:29.019 --> 00:56:29.420
 return

00:56:29.420 --> 00:56:31.200
 Father

00:56:31.200 --> 00:56:32.559
 we thank

00:56:32.559 --> 00:56:32.820
 you for

00:56:32.820 --> 00:56:33.300
 your word

00:56:33.300 --> 00:56:36.300
 we want

00:56:36.300 --> 00:56:36.539
 to be

00:56:36.539 --> 00:56:36.900
 ready

00:56:36.900 --> 00:56:38.700
 when the

00:56:38.700 --> 00:56:38.940
 Lord

00:56:38.940 --> 00:56:39.440
 comes

00:56:39.440 --> 00:56:41.340
 we don't

00:56:41.340 --> 00:56:41.500
 want to

00:56:41.500 --> 00:56:42.000
 be caught

00:56:42.000 --> 00:56:42.920
 surprised

00:56:42.920 --> 00:56:44.280
 short

00:56:44.280 --> 00:56:46.360
 living in

00:56:46.360 --> 00:56:46.740
 sin

00:56:46.740 --> 00:56:48.920
 ashamed

00:56:48.920 --> 00:56:51.340
 may there

00:56:51.340 --> 00:56:51.680
 be an

00:56:51.680 --> 00:56:52.019
 eager

00:56:52.019 --> 00:56:53.760
 anticipation

00:56:53.760 --> 00:56:55.720
 an

00:56:55.720 --> 00:56:56.240
 abiding

00:56:56.240 --> 00:56:58.360
 and an

00:56:58.360 --> 00:56:58.780
 acceptance

00:56:58.780 --> 00:56:59.639
 of Christ

00:56:59.639 --> 00:57:02.519
 fit

00:57:02.519 --> 00:57:03.780
 the

00:57:03.780 --> 00:57:04.160
 need

00:57:04.160 --> 00:57:05.900
 to each

00:57:05.900 --> 00:57:06.139
 heart

00:57:06.139 --> 00:57:06.539
 by your

00:57:06.539 --> 00:57:06.880
 spirit

00:57:06.880 --> 00:57:07.380
 we pray

00:57:07.380 --> 00:57:09.239
 in

00:57:09.239 --> 00:57:09.559
 Jesus

00:57:09.559 --> 00:57:10.079
 name

00:57:10.079 --> 00:57:11.840
 amen

00:57:11.840 --> 00:57:13.739
 number

00:57:13.739 --> 00:57:14.800
 617

00:57:14.800 --> 00:57:15.699
 please

00:57:15.699 --> 00:57:19.079
 617

00:57:19.079 --> 00:57:21.699
 I alluded

00:57:21.699 --> 00:57:22.179
 to this

00:57:22.179 --> 00:57:22.519
 song

00:57:22.519 --> 00:57:23.000
 earlier

00:57:23.000 --> 00:57:24.559
 it is a

00:57:24.559 --> 00:57:25.000
 challenging

00:57:25.000 --> 00:57:25.559
 song

00:57:25.559 --> 00:57:26.179
 to us

00:57:26.179 --> 00:57:27.579
 will

00:57:27.579 --> 00:57:28.179
 Jesus

00:57:28.179 --> 00:57:29.239
 find us

00:57:29.239 --> 00:57:30.619
 watching

00:57:30.619 --> 00:57:32.019
 let's

00:57:32.019 --> 00:57:32.259
 stand

00:57:32.259 --> 00:57:32.599
 please

00:57:32.599 --> 00:57:33.019
 as we

00:57:33.019 --> 00:57:33.300
 sing

00:57:33.300 --> 00:57:34.260
 amen

00:57:34.260 --> 00:57:35.340
 amen

00:57:35.340 --> 00:57:37.840
 erfahren

00:57:37.840 --> 00:57:39.960
 amen

00:57:39.960 --> 00:58:09.940
 Thank you.