WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.219 John the Baptist, I reckon he was a pretty scary, kind of ultra-religious type that you 00:00:07.219 --> 00:00:08.900 might go and visit once a lifetime. 00:00:09.700 --> 00:00:14.700 You might see on a big stage, but he was in the desert and he was dressed in like these 00:00:14.700 --> 00:00:17.379 clothes made from camel hair. 00:00:17.500 --> 00:00:22.339 He's eating wild locusts and honey and I'm like, he's kind of like this crazy Christian 00:00:22.339 --> 00:00:25.859 that you might come across every now and again and think, oh, I want nothing to do with you 00:00:25.859 --> 00:00:28.219 because it's just a bit wacky. 00:00:28.219 --> 00:00:32.259 But he had a real message to give and people were coming to see him. 00:00:32.700 --> 00:00:34.280 He was saying, you need to repent. 00:00:34.820 --> 00:00:35.799 The time is now. 00:00:36.659 --> 00:00:37.519 Jesus is coming. 00:00:38.119 --> 00:00:39.920 And people were getting baptized. 00:00:41.719 --> 00:00:48.239 He was doing it and he was told that he was to come before Jesus came. 00:00:49.320 --> 00:00:51.519 A pretty amazing guy in all respects. 00:00:52.560 --> 00:00:55.960 But he didn't quite understand what Jesus was actually there to do. 00:00:55.960 --> 00:01:00.899 He had this image in his mind about what God's kingdom might look like. 00:01:01.439 --> 00:01:03.759 What might it mean to the Jews? 00:01:05.359 --> 00:01:06.900 How they might better from it. 00:01:08.379 --> 00:01:10.740 And then suddenly he finds himself in jail. 00:01:11.099 --> 00:01:12.579 He's thrown in prison by Herod. 00:01:14.019 --> 00:01:16.359 And he's in chains and he's about to be beheaded. 00:01:17.240 --> 00:01:21.099 That's a pretty like hard situation to be in. 00:01:21.099 --> 00:01:22.699 So, of course, he starts to doubt. 00:01:22.819 --> 00:01:23.659 He starts to question. 00:01:24.439 --> 00:01:26.559 What if I baptize the wrong guy? 00:01:27.140 --> 00:01:28.119 Oh, uh-oh. 00:01:28.640 --> 00:01:32.539 Like, the rulers that are ruling over the Jews, 00:01:33.060 --> 00:01:36.899 the Romans that are oppressing them, Herod and his palace, are still in place. 00:01:37.579 --> 00:01:40.659 The people that I don't like ruling over us are still in place. 00:01:40.719 --> 00:01:41.479 And now I'm in prison. 00:01:41.480 --> 00:01:45.980 Surely I should be the one free and able to do what I want. 00:01:46.420 --> 00:01:48.780 Now, as a Jew and as a follower of Christ. 00:01:49.960 --> 00:01:51.280 Yet Jesus is here. 00:01:51.939 --> 00:01:52.780 He's preaching. 00:01:53.320 --> 00:01:54.960 And yet nothing's changing. 00:01:55.820 --> 00:01:56.859 Is nothing changing? 00:01:57.100 --> 00:01:57.780 I'm in prison. 00:01:57.939 --> 00:01:58.500 What's changing? 00:01:59.200 --> 00:02:01.300 So he gets a message out to Jesus to ask. 00:02:02.080 --> 00:02:03.520 You know, are you actually the one? 00:02:03.519 --> 00:02:06.579 Now, I want you to bear with me this morning. 00:02:06.739 --> 00:02:10.019 I'm going to do a little comparison between characters that I'm talking about 00:02:10.019 --> 00:02:11.659 with strawberries. 00:02:12.400 --> 00:02:14.620 Because that's a lovely British fruit, isn't it? 00:02:15.019 --> 00:02:16.280 And it's a family service. 00:02:16.359 --> 00:02:17.800 And I panic when it comes to family service. 00:02:17.900 --> 00:02:18.479 Like, what do I need? 00:02:18.519 --> 00:02:19.019 What do I do? 00:02:19.639 --> 00:02:20.979 I need props. 00:02:21.159 --> 00:02:22.699 So we're going to do strawberries this morning. 00:02:22.800 --> 00:02:23.300 So bear with me. 00:02:23.419 --> 00:02:23.579 Right. 00:02:23.659 --> 00:02:24.699 Who here loves strawberries? 00:02:26.560 --> 00:02:28.439 Oh, that's a pretty good amount of people. 00:02:28.939 --> 00:02:31.780 Do you want to come up and get one? 00:02:33.520 --> 00:02:33.800 All right. 00:02:33.840 --> 00:02:34.560 I want you to see. 00:02:35.620 --> 00:02:36.600 Is this a strawberry? 00:02:37.320 --> 00:02:37.580 All right. 00:02:37.640 --> 00:02:39.740 Now, first, I want you to imagine eating it. 00:02:39.820 --> 00:02:41.120 Can you imagine eating a strawberry? 00:02:42.120 --> 00:02:45.760 Can you imagine it bursting between your teeth and the lovely juices running down? 00:02:46.600 --> 00:02:48.860 Can you imagine it growing on the tree and picking it off? 00:02:49.320 --> 00:02:52.340 Can you imagine how good a British summer strawberry is? 00:02:53.420 --> 00:02:55.040 Just have that image in your head. 00:02:56.400 --> 00:02:56.760 Here. 00:02:56.920 --> 00:02:57.640 Here's your strawberry. 00:02:58.080 --> 00:02:58.680 Can you eat that? 00:03:00.680 --> 00:03:01.580 Can you hold that up? 00:03:01.580 --> 00:03:04.560 Here we have a big, juicy strawberry. 00:03:04.700 --> 00:03:05.240 Who agrees? 00:03:07.020 --> 00:03:09.360 Is that a bit cruel, given that child? 00:03:11.420 --> 00:03:12.280 There's your strawberry. 00:03:12.460 --> 00:03:13.260 Are you happy with that? 00:03:14.720 --> 00:03:16.120 No, she's not happy with that. 00:03:16.920 --> 00:03:17.620 I'm sorry. 00:03:19.180 --> 00:03:21.020 So here we have an image of a strawberry. 00:03:21.500 --> 00:03:24.160 And that image is a strawberry. 00:03:24.560 --> 00:03:25.100 Is it not? 00:03:25.860 --> 00:03:27.120 But it's not the real thing. 00:03:27.580 --> 00:03:32.680 Often we have an image of what Jesus is going to do for us or what being a Christian means. 00:03:33.700 --> 00:03:39.099 So being a father, I would love Joy to grow up as a Christian, my daughter. 00:03:39.520 --> 00:03:40.780 I would love her to get married. 00:03:40.920 --> 00:03:42.640 I'd love her to have a happy life. 00:03:43.259 --> 00:03:49.640 I'd love her to be just a Christian, like following God and whatever that means. 00:03:49.639 --> 00:03:56.259 But often, I must admit that my dream for her is quite a middle-class Christian dream. 00:03:57.179 --> 00:04:00.819 You know, the whole idea of marriage, settling down, having a family. 00:04:01.979 --> 00:04:04.479 That's kind of my parent side of it. 00:04:04.559 --> 00:04:05.619 I want her to be safe. 00:04:05.699 --> 00:04:06.539 I want her to be secure. 00:04:07.259 --> 00:04:09.539 But actually, what does the Bible say about becoming a Christian? 00:04:09.759 --> 00:04:11.819 Because that's the false image of a Christian. 00:04:13.219 --> 00:04:13.819 Isn't it? 00:04:13.819 --> 00:04:16.819 What does the Bible say about being a Christian? 00:04:17.000 --> 00:04:26.000 Well, once when I was working on the Bournville estate as a youth worker, we were working alongside Yatam Methodist Church. 00:04:26.779 --> 00:04:34.039 And at one of their youth services, this girl came up to us and said she felt God had spoken to her that night. 00:04:34.300 --> 00:04:36.399 And we're like, whoa, what is this going to be? 00:04:36.779 --> 00:04:38.199 And this girl was called Sarah. 00:04:38.519 --> 00:04:41.379 And she said, God has called me to a dark place. 00:04:41.379 --> 00:04:43.899 And we're like, whoa, what is that? 00:04:43.959 --> 00:04:45.240 She said, I feel like I need to be a missionary. 00:04:46.159 --> 00:04:47.680 And we're like, okay, well, let's explore it. 00:04:47.699 --> 00:04:50.500 Let's see what that means over the next few months, years. 00:04:50.860 --> 00:04:52.600 And just see how that goes. 00:04:53.339 --> 00:04:57.000 So she goes home and tells her parents, say, I'm being called to a dark place. 00:04:57.019 --> 00:04:59.959 I think I'm to go to work with people with AIDS in Africa. 00:05:01.439 --> 00:05:02.620 Or maybe Afghanistan. 00:05:03.639 --> 00:05:05.399 Or maybe, you know, these really dark places. 00:05:05.480 --> 00:05:06.620 I'm being called to go there. 00:05:07.019 --> 00:05:09.719 And her parents were like, whoa, okay. 00:05:09.720 --> 00:05:13.760 Hey, you know, we like you being a Christian, going to church. 00:05:14.040 --> 00:05:14.440 No. 00:05:16.080 --> 00:05:18.180 Like, how risky do you want to be? 00:05:18.660 --> 00:05:21.240 What expectations are we putting on our Christian faith? 00:05:21.600 --> 00:05:22.540 Is it a risky one? 00:05:22.600 --> 00:05:24.280 Is it a juicy, adventurous one? 00:05:24.300 --> 00:05:25.360 Or is it an image of one? 00:05:25.360 --> 00:05:33.220 And so as a negotiation process followed, and Sarah ended up coming and serving on the Bourneville with us, 00:05:33.259 --> 00:05:39.939 after school, her parents would drive her from Yatyn and drop her off at the Bourneville Estate in Western Supermare. 00:05:40.000 --> 00:05:44.259 And she'd walk around the parks with us, just for a couple hours, talking to young people. 00:05:44.340 --> 00:05:46.920 And she's a really quiet 15-year-old girl. 00:05:46.920 --> 00:05:49.580 I think she was 14 at the time. 00:05:50.600 --> 00:05:52.060 And that was really brave of her. 00:05:52.319 --> 00:05:54.720 But she could do things I couldn't. 00:05:54.879 --> 00:05:58.960 So because she was quiet and on the margins, she'd gather the other quiet children around her. 00:05:59.360 --> 00:06:02.100 And they would talk with her about things they would never talk to me about. 00:06:02.720 --> 00:06:04.620 And she had a real place, a ministry there. 00:06:04.980 --> 00:06:07.580 And for her, that was the first step of going to a dark place. 00:06:08.139 --> 00:06:13.060 And it was a bit easier for her parents to swallow than Africa or Afghanistan. 00:06:13.360 --> 00:06:15.840 You know, those kind of, like, amazing stories you hear of. 00:06:15.839 --> 00:06:18.679 But she still has that calling on her life. 00:06:20.159 --> 00:06:22.119 And I want Joy to have an adventure. 00:06:22.899 --> 00:06:25.639 I want her to have an adventure, following an adventurous Jesus. 00:06:26.979 --> 00:06:28.599 But it's scary, isn't it? 00:06:29.159 --> 00:06:29.899 It's scary. 00:06:30.979 --> 00:06:35.039 So, there's this other amazing story in the Bible. 00:06:36.639 --> 00:06:40.479 It's a story of Pilate and Barabbas and Jesus. 00:06:40.799 --> 00:06:41.719 Do we know this story? 00:06:42.479 --> 00:06:44.079 So Pilate is an authority. 00:06:44.079 --> 00:06:47.259 He's a Roman authority at the time. 00:06:47.620 --> 00:06:49.479 And he's met with this guy called Jesus. 00:06:49.959 --> 00:06:51.620 And he knows that he is innocent. 00:06:51.879 --> 00:06:52.519 He's blameless. 00:06:52.779 --> 00:06:57.219 He's not worthy of being crucified. 00:06:58.620 --> 00:07:01.360 So he tries to bargain with the Jewish people. 00:07:01.459 --> 00:07:01.979 He says, right. 00:07:02.639 --> 00:07:06.079 On one hand, you know, I'll bring out this guy called Barabbas. 00:07:06.079 --> 00:07:08.519 He's a notorious murderer. 00:07:09.079 --> 00:07:10.500 A violent revolutionary. 00:07:11.300 --> 00:07:15.740 He's a man who wants the Jewish people freed from under Roman oppression. 00:07:17.079 --> 00:07:18.339 He's a dangerous man. 00:07:18.759 --> 00:07:20.219 On this other hand, we have Jesus. 00:07:21.959 --> 00:07:23.299 Which one do you want to go free? 00:07:25.360 --> 00:07:26.659 Do you know who they vote for? 00:07:29.060 --> 00:07:29.459 Barabbas. 00:07:29.459 --> 00:07:30.539 Oh, and a side note. 00:07:30.639 --> 00:07:32.579 Do you know who Barabbas's first name is? 00:07:32.719 --> 00:07:33.839 Do you know what his first name is? 00:07:35.419 --> 00:07:36.839 It's in one of the Gospels. 00:07:37.819 --> 00:07:38.219 Jesus. 00:07:38.500 --> 00:07:39.060 Well done. 00:07:39.359 --> 00:07:40.779 We've got two Jesuses here. 00:07:41.379 --> 00:07:42.039 How crazy. 00:07:42.199 --> 00:07:43.979 It blows your mind sometimes, the Bible. 00:07:44.579 --> 00:07:45.719 So you've got two Jesuses. 00:07:45.819 --> 00:07:46.639 One is... 00:07:48.519 --> 00:07:50.000 Sorry, I've just left you guys up there. 00:07:50.240 --> 00:07:50.979 You should have come down. 00:07:51.099 --> 00:07:52.219 But you can hang out there now. 00:07:52.599 --> 00:07:53.139 I'm like... 00:07:53.139 --> 00:07:54.259 Just notice. 00:07:54.639 --> 00:07:55.659 We've got two Jesuses. 00:07:55.660 --> 00:08:00.040 One is a revolutionary, kind of a man-made power struggle. 00:08:01.180 --> 00:08:03.340 He's the guy who you can expect... 00:08:03.340 --> 00:08:04.500 You know what to expect from him. 00:08:06.340 --> 00:08:09.640 You've got the Jesus, the other Jesus, the Messiah, who's innocent. 00:08:10.440 --> 00:08:12.000 He hangs up with people on the margins. 00:08:12.200 --> 00:08:14.100 He's not doing what's expected of him. 00:08:14.940 --> 00:08:16.740 He's dangerous, but in a different way. 00:08:16.820 --> 00:08:19.420 Because the authorities feel like they can't control him. 00:08:20.200 --> 00:08:22.480 They don't know what to do with this Jesus guy. 00:08:22.480 --> 00:08:29.300 On the other hand, we want someone who wants to make Israel great again. 00:08:30.560 --> 00:08:31.460 That sounds familiar. 00:08:33.320 --> 00:08:35.899 You know, it's these kind of political struggles that are going on. 00:08:36.259 --> 00:08:37.700 They vote for Barabbas. 00:08:39.080 --> 00:08:44.320 And I'm going to say that Barabbas is like a certain kind of strawberry. 00:08:44.940 --> 00:08:46.580 I think that analogy goes on. 00:08:47.139 --> 00:08:48.139 I feel sorry for you now. 00:08:48.200 --> 00:08:49.220 Do you want to come and get one of these? 00:08:49.740 --> 00:08:50.659 What's this going to be? 00:08:51.180 --> 00:08:52.320 Is this going to be a strawberry? 00:08:52.960 --> 00:08:53.779 Do you want to pull that off? 00:08:55.580 --> 00:08:56.379 You don't have to. 00:08:56.680 --> 00:08:57.420 It's worth it. 00:08:58.240 --> 00:08:58.639 Ooh. 00:08:59.580 --> 00:09:00.399 Is that a strawberry? 00:09:01.659 --> 00:09:02.740 It is a strawberry. 00:09:03.740 --> 00:09:04.620 Do you want to take one? 00:09:05.100 --> 00:09:05.980 Are these strawberries? 00:09:08.320 --> 00:09:09.300 Can anyone see them? 00:09:10.139 --> 00:09:11.560 These are Haribo strawberries. 00:09:12.340 --> 00:09:13.740 Some people might prefer these. 00:09:14.220 --> 00:09:15.180 Do you like Haribo strawberries? 00:09:16.080 --> 00:09:17.659 This is a trick to family services. 00:09:17.800 --> 00:09:18.379 Get in Haribo. 00:09:18.680 --> 00:09:19.659 And it all goes well. 00:09:20.279 --> 00:09:21.240 Yeah, you like strawberries. 00:09:21.240 --> 00:09:23.940 So this is like a synthetic strawberry, isn't it? 00:09:24.019 --> 00:09:24.700 It's man-made. 00:09:26.460 --> 00:09:27.340 It's sweet. 00:09:28.320 --> 00:09:29.560 It's slightly addictive. 00:09:30.899 --> 00:09:31.919 It's more-ish. 00:09:32.139 --> 00:09:33.899 Once you have one, you just want another one, don't you? 00:09:34.480 --> 00:09:35.440 Yeah, you do. 00:09:35.680 --> 00:09:36.000 You do. 00:09:36.659 --> 00:09:37.139 It's just like... 00:09:37.139 --> 00:09:38.139 It's like... 00:09:38.139 --> 00:09:40.399 And it gives you a slight high. 00:09:40.699 --> 00:09:41.659 It makes you feel good. 00:09:42.439 --> 00:09:43.699 But only for a little time. 00:09:44.419 --> 00:09:46.539 It lacks any nutrients, any vitamins. 00:09:47.240 --> 00:09:49.379 Even if it says it's made with real fruit juice. 00:09:49.600 --> 00:09:49.919 So... 00:09:49.919 --> 00:09:51.039 Really? 00:09:51.039 --> 00:09:55.159 It's not a real strawberry, is it? 00:09:56.599 --> 00:10:00.659 And Barabbas is like their saviour kind of figure that they want. 00:10:00.740 --> 00:10:02.539 They want someone to take back the power. 00:10:02.539 --> 00:10:06.000 They want a... 00:10:06.000 --> 00:10:07.799 They want a strawberry. 00:10:08.759 --> 00:10:09.919 But they don't want the real thing. 00:10:10.159 --> 00:10:11.659 They want someone they can control. 00:10:11.779 --> 00:10:13.959 They want someone who's man-made or person-made. 00:10:14.179 --> 00:10:14.539 They want... 00:10:15.199 --> 00:10:16.159 Yeah. 00:10:16.519 --> 00:10:18.079 I think they prefer Haribo strawberry. 00:10:18.240 --> 00:10:19.019 Should we hand these around? 00:10:19.819 --> 00:10:20.740 Do you want to take some more? 00:10:20.740 --> 00:10:34.799 Often we sit on our thrones of hindsight and think, 00:10:35.279 --> 00:10:37.560 we'd have chosen Jesus Christ. 00:10:38.100 --> 00:10:39.519 We'd have chosen the Messiah. 00:10:40.799 --> 00:10:42.539 But often when it comes to security, 00:10:43.200 --> 00:10:44.159 to worries of wealth, 00:10:44.700 --> 00:10:47.940 to worries of our own self-preservation, 00:10:48.560 --> 00:10:50.060 we do not choose. 00:10:50.740 --> 00:10:54.240 That way we often choose the way of control. 00:10:55.680 --> 00:10:57.120 But then we have Jesus. 00:10:58.720 --> 00:11:01.320 Like love, he is uncontrollable. 00:11:02.600 --> 00:11:04.580 Strawberries, they can spread, can't they? 00:11:04.620 --> 00:11:05.379 They're quite tenacious. 00:11:05.620 --> 00:11:07.560 Like, they keep spreading and spreading. 00:11:08.100 --> 00:11:09.720 They don't like to stay in one spot. 00:11:12.480 --> 00:11:13.060 He doesn't... 00:11:13.060 --> 00:11:14.779 Jesus doesn't follow our plans 00:11:14.779 --> 00:11:16.500 or do the things we expect. 00:11:17.620 --> 00:11:20.220 I wish he did do what I expect him to do sometimes. 00:11:20.220 --> 00:11:21.639 It would save a lot of embarrassment. 00:11:22.220 --> 00:11:23.800 But maybe you've had those times in your life. 00:11:23.879 --> 00:11:26.879 Maybe a business idea has gone not the way you expected. 00:11:27.100 --> 00:11:28.680 A relationship has fallen apart. 00:11:30.500 --> 00:11:33.879 And do you know the biggest cause of relationship and marriage breakdowns 00:11:33.879 --> 00:11:35.720 is unmet expectations. 00:11:36.720 --> 00:11:38.500 Often we enter into a relationship 00:11:38.500 --> 00:11:42.000 and we're expecting from someone something 00:11:42.000 --> 00:11:43.139 that is not met. 00:11:43.720 --> 00:11:45.320 And that fesses inside you. 00:11:45.480 --> 00:11:45.620 And you're like, 00:11:45.679 --> 00:11:46.919 it's hard. 00:11:48.919 --> 00:11:51.039 But Jesus doesn't meet our expectations. 00:11:51.440 --> 00:11:52.620 He does things differently. 00:11:54.080 --> 00:11:55.000 And that is freeing. 00:11:55.000 --> 00:11:55.519 It's freeing. 00:11:55.899 --> 00:11:56.600 Because you know what? 00:11:56.620 --> 00:11:58.279 If we die to our own expectations, 00:11:59.379 --> 00:12:00.899 if we die to our way 00:12:00.899 --> 00:12:03.399 of how we want life to be, 00:12:04.159 --> 00:12:05.759 it's so freeing. 00:12:10.500 --> 00:12:12.500 See, Jesus didn't come to liberate the Jews 00:12:12.500 --> 00:12:14.139 from Roman oppression with force, 00:12:14.500 --> 00:12:17.379 even though Judas tried to force his hand in that way. 00:12:17.379 --> 00:12:20.960 He came to free humanity from the power of death, 00:12:21.059 --> 00:12:22.860 the power of sin, greed, lust, 00:12:23.500 --> 00:12:24.700 and our broken humanity. 00:12:25.279 --> 00:12:27.159 He reported back to John the Baptist, 00:12:28.439 --> 00:12:31.220 the blind see, the lame walk, 00:12:31.820 --> 00:12:33.679 the lepers are cured, and the deaf hear, 00:12:33.779 --> 00:12:34.799 the dead are raised to life, 00:12:34.860 --> 00:12:36.639 and the good news is being preached to the poor. 00:12:37.580 --> 00:12:38.779 He said nothing about, 00:12:39.200 --> 00:12:40.899 I'm going to free you from prison. 00:12:44.039 --> 00:12:46.460 He said nothing about wealth or power. 00:12:47.379 --> 00:12:49.399 He said, just look what's happening. 00:12:51.039 --> 00:12:52.779 So, there is nothing like 00:12:52.779 --> 00:12:54.620 a real British strawberry, is there? 00:12:55.639 --> 00:12:56.100 Ta-da! 00:12:58.179 --> 00:13:00.360 These are Somerset strawberries, I might add. 00:13:01.539 --> 00:13:02.740 The real deal. 00:13:05.419 --> 00:13:08.399 These are juicy, filled with nutrients, 00:13:08.840 --> 00:13:10.240 but slightly dangerous. 00:13:11.240 --> 00:13:13.500 Because you never know if you're going to get a bug, do you? 00:13:14.000 --> 00:13:15.120 Have I washed them? 00:13:15.480 --> 00:13:16.879 Oh, who might have touched one 00:13:16.879 --> 00:13:17.679 before you get one? 00:13:18.340 --> 00:13:19.820 All these kind of risks play in. 00:13:20.179 --> 00:13:21.100 Because they're the real thing. 00:13:21.220 --> 00:13:23.340 They're not, like, often with life, 00:13:23.460 --> 00:13:25.740 it's not always hygienic, 00:13:25.820 --> 00:13:27.419 it's not always safe. 00:13:28.820 --> 00:13:30.019 But if you take a bite, 00:13:30.399 --> 00:13:31.620 and are willing to try, 00:13:33.100 --> 00:13:34.519 it's so much better. 00:13:35.419 --> 00:13:36.759 And like the Christian faith, 00:13:36.899 --> 00:13:37.879 that is what it's like. 00:13:37.960 --> 00:13:38.419 It's like, 00:13:39.120 --> 00:13:39.799 from the outside, 00:13:39.799 --> 00:13:41.559 it just appears a bit wacky, 00:13:41.799 --> 00:13:43.459 a bit like John the Baptist. 00:13:44.459 --> 00:13:45.359 A bit mad. 00:13:45.500 --> 00:13:46.759 You think differently, don't you? 00:13:47.419 --> 00:13:48.419 You don't drink wine? 00:13:48.659 --> 00:13:49.479 What's the deal with that? 00:13:50.099 --> 00:13:51.139 I drink wine, by the way. 00:13:51.500 --> 00:13:52.319 I like that. 00:13:53.039 --> 00:13:54.099 It's not synthetic. 00:13:54.299 --> 00:13:55.179 It's not man-made. 00:13:55.859 --> 00:13:56.839 Often we, you know, 00:13:56.859 --> 00:13:57.799 we have these churches, 00:13:57.959 --> 00:13:58.799 we have procedures, 00:13:59.039 --> 00:14:01.240 we have a structure to our service. 00:14:02.099 --> 00:14:03.299 These things are man-made. 00:14:04.259 --> 00:14:05.719 But our God is not man-made. 00:14:06.240 --> 00:14:07.679 And he does things his own way. 00:14:09.179 --> 00:14:10.459 And we can be free 00:14:10.459 --> 00:14:12.079 just to explore and observe 00:14:12.079 --> 00:14:13.039 what God is doing. 00:14:14.419 --> 00:14:16.059 We don't have to force his hand 00:14:16.059 --> 00:14:17.799 or pretend like we're in charge. 00:14:19.120 --> 00:14:19.500 So, 00:14:20.339 --> 00:14:21.919 would you like a real strawberry? 00:14:23.559 --> 00:14:24.459 And then tell me if that, 00:14:24.639 --> 00:14:25.099 I better. 00:14:25.459 --> 00:14:25.759 I don't know. 00:14:26.579 --> 00:14:27.399 Don't tell me that. 00:14:27.479 --> 00:14:28.439 It'll ruin my whole talk.