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 And take your Bible through to Mark chapter 16 again this morning. Mark chapter 16 as we continue moving through the book of Mark here.

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 What was going to come because we don't oftentimes consider at that moment of the resurrection, that morning, things changed.

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 Things were transformed into something completely different from what they were before.

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 There was something that took place because our sins had been paid for on the cross,

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 but we also understand that when he rose again, it was a victorious overcoming of death and the penalty of it.

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 And we see here that it was going to be 40 days that Jesus would spend with his disciples.

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 40 days he would take and to teach and to equip them for what was to come

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 because the instructions on what to do because he resurrected needed to be put into place

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 to make sure they understood what was happening.

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 And because everything was now fulfilled that was needed for our redemption,

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 for my redemption and your redemption was complete.

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 When Jesus rose from the dead, it completed everything that was required for your redemption and mine.

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 It's a wonderful thing.

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 And so the question would be is what's next?

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 And because three years previous, Jesus had gathered these men.

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 He had communicated God's truth to them.

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 He had challenged them.

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 He'd encourage his disciples.

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 I mean, you especially see with Peter and James and John and going through this plan of redemption.

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 And now all these things changed.

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 Redemption didn't change, but it had been paid for.

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 You know, payment makes a difference.

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 You know, think about in your life.

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 How rejoicing is it when you pay for something?

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 You know, especially if it's a big purchase, you know, it's like, or something you have to do in our example,

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 you know, make installments on and you're constantly every month after month after month after month,

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 and then it's paid off.

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 There's a rejoicing to know that payment's complete.

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 In the Old Testament, sins were rolled forward at the offerings.

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 But in Christ, one time for all.

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 Complete.

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 Paid in full.

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 What an amazing thing.

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 And so we see here as the disciples are preparing.

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 If you found in your Bible, Mark chapter 16 this morning,

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 let's stand together for the honor of the reading of God's Word here today.

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 And we'll pick up again here in verse 14.

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 Read down through verse 18.

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 And we see this.

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 And afterwards he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat,

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 and abraded them with their unbelief and hardness of heart,

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 because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.

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 And he said unto them,

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 Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

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 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved,

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 but he that believeth not shall be damned.

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 And these signs shall follow them that believe.

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 In my name shall they cast out devils,

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 they shall speak with new tongues,

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 they shall take up servants,

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 and if they drink any deadly thing,

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 it shall not hurt them.

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 And they shall lay hand on the sick,

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 and they shall recover.

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 Heavenly Fathers,

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 we just take a few moments here this morning

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 to look into your Word.

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 Lord, we pray that we would be challenged and encouraged,

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 but Lord, we pray that your Spirit would speak to our hearts today.

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 Lord, above all, you would be heard,

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 that your truth would be put forth.

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 Lord, we pray that you,

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 and you know each one today,

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 Lord, we pray that you just would meet those needs in a mighty way,

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 whether it's for salvation or encouragement,

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 or just strength for the day in which we walk.

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 And Lord, we pray that you would be mighty in all that you do.

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 And Lord, we just give you all the praise and glory and honor.

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 May we be seated.

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 You know, as we look here,

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 as we come to Mark chapter 16,

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 Mark has been a book of action,

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 but here at the end,

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 it summarizes very quickly 40 days of time

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 in a few verses.

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 And oftentimes we need to understand

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 what this is just a summary statement

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 about what's happening.

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 And Mark summarizes 40 days

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 of interactions and instructions

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 in just a few words.

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 You know, take a look back in our text.

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 Look down at the,

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 went to verse 20 a second.

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 If you look on down,

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 this kind of just tells you how everything moved.

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 And it says,

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 and they went forth and preached everywhere.

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 You know,

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 in other words,

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 we see here that the culmination of this

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 time that Jesus was here teaching and training,

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 and then they waited till Pentecost

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 and the Holy Spirit came on the day of Pentecost,

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 empowering the church to move forward,

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 empowering them to accomplish

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 what God had instructed them to do.

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 And so when we understand

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 that each of the gospels

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 and even the book of Acts

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 gives us insight into these final instructions

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 given to the disciples.

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 You know,

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 I want you to understand,

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 they had to be,

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 understand what was happening

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 because it's easy to forget

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 when you read through

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 how quickly some of this is summarized

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 what Jesus was teaching them.

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 He was giving them,

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 you might say,

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 the first three years was their undergrad

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 and they shoved their doctorate class

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 into 40 days.

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 They stuffed all this additional

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 into 40 days

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 of Jesus instructing them

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 and it's hard to,

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 it's sometimes easy to forget

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 that's what's taking place

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 because Jesus told his disciples

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 this was going to happen.

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 You know,

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 before he went to the cross,

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 you find over in John 16,

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 as Jesus is preparing to go to the cross,

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 he looks at his disciples

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 and he says,

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 I have yet many things to say unto you,

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 but she cannot bear them now.

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 You know,

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 I want you to understand

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 that you cannot bear them now.

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 Why?

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 Because they didn't fully understand

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 what the resurrection was.

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 They didn't understand

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 why Jesus was going to the cross.

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 You know,

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 they had a picture in their mind,

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 but there's a difference

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 and we all think and agree with this.

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 You can understand something intellectually,

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 but then,

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 you know,

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 the concept about it,

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 but they didn't understand

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 what it really meant,

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 how it interacted,

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 what the essential nature of it was,

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 how important and critical that it was.

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 And Jesus had to fill them in.

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 It says in verse 13 of John 16,

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 it says,

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 Howbeit when he,

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 the spirit of truth is coming,

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 he will guide you into all truth,

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 for he shall not speak of himself,

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 but whatsoever he shall hear,

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 that shall he speak,

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 and he will show you things

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 to come.

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 I want you to understand

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 the disciples,

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 the apostles here,

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 God gave them insight,

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 but Jesus directed that.

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 He says,

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 Hey guys,

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 I'm going to give you

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 what's needed.

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 You know,

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 these 40 days,

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 not only validated

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 that he was in fact alive,

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 but he also gave them

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 what's next.

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 He gave them what was next.

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 What's the plan?

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 Where do we go from here?

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 Because everything changed.

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 Remember,

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 they were looking for Jesus,

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 to come and establish his kingdom.

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 That's always caught in their mind.

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 Jesus constantly was telling him,

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 No,

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 the purpose I came

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 was to go to the cross and die.

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 That was his purpose.

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 From the very foundation of the world,

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 but they got caught in part

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 of what scripture said

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 instead of the complete picture.

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 You know,

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 and we're going to see here,

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 this morning here,

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 in verse 25 of John 16,

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 he says,

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 These things have I spoken unto you

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 in Proverbs,

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 but the time is cometh

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 when I shall no more speak unto you

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 in Proverbs,

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 but shall show you plainly

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 of the Father.

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 In other words,

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 I think in these 40 days,

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 Jesus took and plainly showed them

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 from the Old Testament

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 all the way up to where they were

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 and gave them directions

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 to move forward.

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 He filled in all the blanks

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 to put things in perspective

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 for them,

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 preparing them

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 for when he was going to be received

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 up to glory.

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 You know,

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 Acts chapter 1

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 tells us that the disciples

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 were to wait

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 for the empowering

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 before putting them

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 into action.

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 You know,

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 they were to wait there

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 at Jerusalem,

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 those 10 days,

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 until the day of Pentecost.

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 And we're going to see here

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 at the day of Pentecost

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 that the church was empowered

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 to move forward.

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 So what was next?

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 to put the full-scale plan

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 into action.

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 To put those things

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 into action.

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 That plan to make sure

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 the world,

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 that everyone knows

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 who Jesus is

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 and what he has done for them.

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 That's the plan of action.

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 Moving forth

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 with what Jesus said.

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 Declaring that truth

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 of the gospel.

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 And we see here

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 that oftentimes

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 we refer to this

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 as the Great Commission,

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 the charge that Jesus gave

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 before his departure

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 into glory.

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 You know,

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 each of the gospels

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 in the book of Acts

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 presents for us

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 the marching orders

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 for the church today.

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 You know,

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 when we understand

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 it's this small group

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 of believers

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 gathered at Jerusalem

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 and he tells them

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 they were to go

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 with the message

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 of what they had seen

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 and heard.

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 He told them,

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 here's what you need to do

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 and he gives them the plan.

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 Because the plan

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 was about to come

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 to fruition.

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 The plan that had been

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 set in place

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 from the foundation

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 of the world.

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 From the fall

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 in Genesis

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 to Jesus' resurrection

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 had been a plan

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 put in place.

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 God already knew

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 how he was going

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 to redeem us.

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 He had a plan

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 put in place

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 and from Genesis

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 all the way

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 to when he resurrected

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 that Sunday morning,

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 I want you to understand,

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 it went from a plan

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 that was in place

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 to a plan completed.

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 It was fully done.

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 Fully accomplished

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 for us.

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 And God made this plan

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 to save everyone.

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 You know,

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 oftentimes people

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 get the idea

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 that the Old Testament

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 was just to save the Jews.

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 That's not the reality.

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 God's plan was always

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 for the whole world.

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 Look back in the book

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 of Psalms for a moment.

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 Look in Psalms 98.

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 Psalms 98

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 and verses 2 and 3 here.

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 The scripture tells us,

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 it says this,

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 and the Lord hath made known

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 his salvation,

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 his righteousness

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 hath he openly showed

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 in the sight of who?

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 The heathen.

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 You know,

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 that's not a term

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 we use very much,

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 but it basically means

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 those who didn't know him,

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 those that weren't aware

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 of who he is.

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 You know,

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 the word heathen

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 is that reality of that.

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 And he said,

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 he hath remembered

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 his mercy and his truth

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 towards the house of Israel.

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 And all the ends

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 of the earth

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 have seen the salvation

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 of our God.

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 You know,

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 God's plan

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 has always been

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 for the whole world to know.

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 It's been his plan

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 from the very beginning.

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 Isaiah chapter 45

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 tells us this.

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 It says,

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 This was the gospel.

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 This is the gospel of action.

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 Jesus is now instructing

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 his disciples,

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 what's next?

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 What's going to happen?

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 Because it's going to be

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 time for action

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 for them to move forward.

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 Look here at verse 15

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 in our text

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 as we read earlier.

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 Notice he said unto them,

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 Go ye into where?

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 All the world.

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 You know,

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 each of the gospels

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 in the book of Acts

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 all give the same instruction.

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 It all involves a going.

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 Matthew chapter 28,

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 Go ye therefore.

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 Luke 24, 47

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 says that repentance

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 and remission of sin

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 should be preached

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 in his name among what?

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 All nations

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 beginning at Jerusalem.

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 How about John 20,

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 verse 21,

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 And Jesus said,

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 Peace be unto you

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 as my Father has sent me.

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 Even so send I you.

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 You.

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 It's a charge to go.

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 Acts 1, 8 tells us,

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 And ye shall be what?

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 Witnesses unto me.

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 Both in Jerusalem

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 and Judea and Samaria

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 and unto the uttermost

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 part of the earth.

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 You know,

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 this dynamic of going.

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 Go ye into all the world.

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 This is an active dynamic.

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 Because literally,

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 this word group here

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 in the Greek

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 suggests something.

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 It says,

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 As you go.

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 It's not just a charge to go,

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 but it's as you go.

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 In other words,

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 it's not a one-time event.

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 You know,

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 it's not like going to the fair

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 or going to a ball game.

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 It's as you go.

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 It's a lifetime dynamic.

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 It involves more than just a moment

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 or an event.

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 It is a as you go.

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 In other words,

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 he says it's a constant.

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 It's a continual.

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 It's something that has been going

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 since he has established

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 the going.

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 He said for them to go.

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 As you go,

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 moving through this life,

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 we are to be in the business

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 of telling the good news

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 of Jesus Christ to others.

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 You know,

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 that's what we're here for.

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 If you're saved,

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 that is one of your purpose.

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 People say,

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 What's my purpose?

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 Well,

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 one of your purpose

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 is to let other people know

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 what God's done for you.

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 You have a purpose.

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 God has a purpose for you.

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 You know,

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 we live in a generation

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 that seems to say,

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 Well,

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 what's my purpose?

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 God says,

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 Hey,

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 I've got a purpose for you

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 because I loved you

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 because if you call upon my name,

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 you've been redeemed,

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 you've been changed,

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 you've been transformed.

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 And he says,

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 Now I'm sending you

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 with a purpose for this life.

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 You have a purpose.

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 There's a plan

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 that God has given.

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 It's a plan of action.

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 The plan is clear

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 and the message is clear.

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 You know,

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 look at the proclamation

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 that he says.

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 Look at verse 15 again.

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 And he says this,

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 And preach the gospel

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 to every creature.

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 To preach the gospel

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 to every creature.

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 I want you to see here

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 this proclamation

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 is to preach

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 the good news,

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 the gospel of Jesus Christ,

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 the gospel

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 of the Son of God

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 that came

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 and paid the penalty

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 of your sin.

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 The one who atoned

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 for our sin,

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 my sin and your sin

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 on the cross.

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 What he did on the cross,

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 atoned,

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 took the payment

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 that we were to make

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 and paid it in our stead.

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 He took it upon himself.

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 He took our sin

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 upon himself

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 and his blood

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 having been shed

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 for our behalf.

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 Then the Bible says

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 he was buried

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 and he arose in victory.

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 The promise

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 had been fulfilled

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 and now it's time

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 to declare

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 to every nation

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 and every person.

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 To go forth,

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 to do,

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 because this passage here,

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 I want you to see something first

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 is the responsibility

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 of the saints.

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 There's a responsibility

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 to all those

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 that believe.

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 The good news

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 of Jesus Christ

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 has a responsibility

00:16:28.299 --> 00:16:29.459
 attached to it.

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 If you're saved,

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 you become responsible

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 for what you have.

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 We're to be good stewards

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 of what God has given to us.

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 You know,

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 oftentimes we think of that

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 as just resources

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 or means that we have.

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 I want you to understand

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 it's also your very salvation.

00:16:47.339 --> 00:16:47.539
 You know,

00:16:47.539 --> 00:16:48.699
 the most valuable thing

00:16:48.699 --> 00:16:49.659
 you have in life

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 is the fact

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 that you can be saved.

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 Because everything

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 in this life you possess,

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 guess what?

00:16:54.059 --> 00:16:54.659
 You're going to leave it here.

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 People try to attempt

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 to take it with them,

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 but you know what?

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 If you put it in a tomb,

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 it's going to be there.

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 You can dig it back up.

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 You know,

00:17:02.019 --> 00:17:02.639
 go over to Egypt

00:17:02.639 --> 00:17:03.559
 and look what they did

00:17:03.559 --> 00:17:04.759
 with all the tombs

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 of the kings.

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 Everybody plundered

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 and pillaged

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 all the things

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 they were bringing

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 with them.

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 But you know what?

00:17:11.519 --> 00:17:12.759
 Eternal salvation

00:17:12.759 --> 00:17:13.440
 is something

00:17:13.440 --> 00:17:14.099
 that's just that.

00:17:14.159 --> 00:17:14.680
 It's eternal.

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 It goes past this life.

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 It goes beyond

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 what is here.

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 And we're here

00:17:23.160 --> 00:17:23.920
 and understand

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 the task is to share.

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 The word preach

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 means to declare

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 or publish the truth

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 about Jesus.

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 The gospel is a testimony

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 to communicate to others.

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 It's God's method.

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 You know,

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 think about what

00:17:37.660 --> 00:17:38.880
 the apostle Paul said

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 in 1 Corinthians 1.

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 He says this.

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 He says,

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 And after that

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 in the wisdom of God,

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 the world by wisdom

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 knew not God.

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 It pleased God

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 by the foolishness

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 of what?

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 preaching to save

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 them that believe.

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 You know,

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 what a powerful dynamic

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 because, you know,

00:17:57.519 --> 00:17:58.380
 oftentimes people

00:17:58.380 --> 00:17:59.700
 look at the foolishness

00:17:59.700 --> 00:18:00.380
 of preaching.

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 You know,

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 the reason

00:18:02.900 --> 00:18:03.820
 they look at it foolish

00:18:03.820 --> 00:18:04.360
 is because they don't

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 understand who God is

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 and how God works.

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 When we understand

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 what's taking place

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 because,

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 think of it over

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 in Romans chapter 10.

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 Look at verse 17.

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 Because why is

00:18:16.660 --> 00:18:17.580
 preaching important?

00:18:17.700 --> 00:18:19.500
 Because your testimony,

00:18:19.500 --> 00:18:20.539
 sharing something

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 with somebody

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 is important.

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 But you know what?

00:18:25.180 --> 00:18:25.980
 God's word

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 is more important.

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 Because what you say

00:18:29.519 --> 00:18:30.759
 is just saying,

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 hey,

00:18:31.299 --> 00:18:32.440
 when I understood

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 what God said,

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 what God has accomplished

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 for me,

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 I want you to know too

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 because your confidence

00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:39.140
 doesn't need to be

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 in my testimony.

00:18:40.599 --> 00:18:41.400
 Your confidence

00:18:41.400 --> 00:18:42.079
 needs to be

00:18:42.079 --> 00:18:42.660
 in the scripture.

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 It tells us,

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 so faith cometh by what?

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 Hearing,

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 and hearing by what?

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 The word of God.

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 You know,

00:18:49.360 --> 00:18:50.240
 our testimony,

00:18:50.559 --> 00:18:51.259
 you can't share

00:18:51.259 --> 00:18:52.759
 your salvation testimony

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 without sharing

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 the word of God.

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 Because if it's not

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 involving the word of God

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 and what God says

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 and God's promises,

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 you got the wrong salvation.

00:19:05.100 --> 00:19:06.820
 Because salvation comes

00:19:06.820 --> 00:19:07.880
 from the truth

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 of what God is.

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 That's the foundation.

00:19:11.100 --> 00:19:11.360
 You know,

00:19:11.500 --> 00:19:12.620
 you might hear something

00:19:12.620 --> 00:19:13.480
 that moves you,

00:19:13.539 --> 00:19:14.340
 but I want you to understand

00:19:14.339 --> 00:19:15.199
 the foundation

00:19:15.199 --> 00:19:17.699
 is not what somebody says,

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 it's what God has said.

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 To trust what God has said.

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 Because I want you to see here,

00:19:24.480 --> 00:19:25.240
 every believer,

00:19:25.399 --> 00:19:26.159
 every saint

00:19:26.159 --> 00:19:26.939
 is to share

00:19:26.939 --> 00:19:27.659
 what they have

00:19:27.659 --> 00:19:28.259
 with others.

00:19:28.599 --> 00:19:28.779
 You know,

00:19:28.799 --> 00:19:30.079
 consider that it's

00:19:30.079 --> 00:19:31.099
 our responsibility

00:19:31.099 --> 00:19:32.500
 to carry out

00:19:32.500 --> 00:19:34.019
 this great commission

00:19:34.019 --> 00:19:35.399
 that God's given to us.

00:19:36.220 --> 00:19:36.439
 You know,

00:19:36.500 --> 00:19:37.359
 how are you doing

00:19:37.359 --> 00:19:38.259
 as an individual

00:19:38.259 --> 00:19:39.059
 when it comes

00:19:39.059 --> 00:19:40.279
 to sharing your faith?

00:19:40.659 --> 00:19:41.519
 The command was,

00:19:41.679 --> 00:19:42.119
 go ye.

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 It's a command

00:19:43.579 --> 00:19:44.639
 for each and every

00:19:44.639 --> 00:19:45.659
 child of God

00:19:45.659 --> 00:19:46.839
 to be active

00:19:46.839 --> 00:19:47.779
 in the business

00:19:47.779 --> 00:19:49.659
 of sharing.

00:19:50.919 --> 00:19:52.599
 It's an active dynamic.

00:19:53.459 --> 00:19:54.679
 It's not a passive,

00:19:54.839 --> 00:19:55.459
 but an active,

00:19:55.559 --> 00:19:56.299
 it's an intentional.

00:19:57.119 --> 00:19:57.399
 You know,

00:19:57.619 --> 00:19:58.459
 I want you to see here,

00:19:58.500 --> 00:19:59.279
 every believer

00:19:59.279 --> 00:20:00.959
 is to tell the story,

00:20:01.479 --> 00:20:01.759
 though,

00:20:01.899 --> 00:20:02.959
 with your life.

00:20:05.359 --> 00:20:06.459
 Because you know what?

00:20:07.359 --> 00:20:08.239
 As people,

00:20:09.039 --> 00:20:10.799
 somebody can say something,

00:20:10.799 --> 00:20:13.240
 but every one of us

00:20:13.240 --> 00:20:13.779
 is judging,

00:20:13.940 --> 00:20:14.819
 are they backing up

00:20:14.819 --> 00:20:15.399
 what they say?

00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:17.039
 We cannot separate

00:20:17.039 --> 00:20:17.759
 our choices

00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:19.099
 and our actions

00:20:19.099 --> 00:20:21.220
 from what we say.

00:20:22.500 --> 00:20:22.720
 You know,

00:20:22.779 --> 00:20:22.980
 often,

00:20:23.099 --> 00:20:23.180
 well,

00:20:23.240 --> 00:20:23.819
 do what I say,

00:20:23.879 --> 00:20:24.619
 not what I do.

00:20:24.720 --> 00:20:25.220
 You know what?

00:20:25.740 --> 00:20:26.559
 What you do

00:20:26.559 --> 00:20:27.839
 backs up what you say.

00:20:28.139 --> 00:20:29.000
 And that gets tough

00:20:29.000 --> 00:20:29.539
 sometimes,

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 because you know why?

00:20:30.399 --> 00:20:31.419
 Because we're inconsistent.

00:20:33.460 --> 00:20:34.259
 We fail.

00:20:35.259 --> 00:20:36.740
 We have the same struggles.

00:20:37.099 --> 00:20:37.740
 All of us have

00:20:37.740 --> 00:20:38.579
 the same problems.

00:20:38.579 --> 00:20:40.139
 We come short

00:20:40.139 --> 00:20:41.839
 of what God expects.

00:20:42.779 --> 00:20:43.899
 We fall short

00:20:43.899 --> 00:20:44.779
 of those things.

00:20:44.839 --> 00:20:46.059
 Even after salvation,

00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:47.539
 we're not consistent

00:20:47.539 --> 00:20:48.480
 as we should be,

00:20:48.559 --> 00:20:49.519
 but I want you to understand

00:20:49.519 --> 00:20:50.919
 that our life,

00:20:51.259 --> 00:20:52.460
 the way we live,

00:20:52.699 --> 00:20:53.980
 ought to be in such a way

00:20:53.980 --> 00:20:55.159
 that lost people

00:20:55.159 --> 00:20:56.419
 see the difference

00:20:56.419 --> 00:20:57.419
 in our life

00:20:57.419 --> 00:20:58.159
 and say,

00:20:58.319 --> 00:20:59.619
 what is God doing there?

00:20:59.859 --> 00:21:01.059
 Our life ought to be

00:21:01.059 --> 00:21:02.759
 a living testimony.

00:21:03.240 --> 00:21:04.419
 You cannot testify

00:21:04.419 --> 00:21:06.319
 about God's great salvation

00:21:06.319 --> 00:21:07.019
 and then go out

00:21:07.019 --> 00:21:07.440
 and sin.

00:21:09.119 --> 00:21:10.259
 When people see

00:21:10.259 --> 00:21:11.339
 that inconsistency,

00:21:11.420 --> 00:21:11.960
 you know what it does

00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:12.660
 to your testimony?

00:21:12.960 --> 00:21:14.000
 They say it has no merit.

00:21:14.299 --> 00:21:14.460
 Why?

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 Because the actions

00:21:15.500 --> 00:21:16.339
 didn't back up

00:21:16.339 --> 00:21:18.279
 what was said.

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 We need to be

00:21:20.160 --> 00:21:21.119
 a consistency

00:21:21.119 --> 00:21:22.559
 in that.

00:21:22.660 --> 00:21:23.660
 Consider what Jesus

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 told us.

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 Look over to Matthew

00:21:25.519 --> 00:21:26.319
 chapter 5

00:21:26.319 --> 00:21:26.879
 for a moment.

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 Matthew chapter 5

00:21:28.619 --> 00:21:29.579
 in verse 16.

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 Jesus,

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 when He's speaking

00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:32.119
 to them,

00:21:32.160 --> 00:21:32.720
 He says this,

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 so let your light

00:21:33.559 --> 00:21:34.879
 shine before men

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 that they may see

00:21:35.700 --> 00:21:36.840
 what your good works

00:21:36.840 --> 00:21:38.920
 and glorify your Father

00:21:38.920 --> 00:21:39.759
 which is in heaven.

00:21:40.819 --> 00:21:41.059
 You know,

00:21:41.160 --> 00:21:42.180
 what you do

00:21:42.180 --> 00:21:43.100
 is important.

00:21:44.160 --> 00:21:44.460
 Now,

00:21:44.620 --> 00:21:45.680
 I want you to understand

00:21:45.680 --> 00:21:46.600
 what you do

00:21:46.600 --> 00:21:47.960
 involves everything

00:21:47.960 --> 00:21:49.880
 about your life.

00:21:50.220 --> 00:21:50.960
 You being here

00:21:50.960 --> 00:21:51.600
 this morning

00:21:51.600 --> 00:21:52.240
 says something

00:21:52.240 --> 00:21:52.740
 about you.

00:21:52.980 --> 00:21:54.200
 You making a decision

00:21:54.200 --> 00:21:55.299
 on a Sunday morning

00:21:55.299 --> 00:21:56.100
 to get up,

00:21:56.539 --> 00:21:57.319
 get dressed,

00:21:57.559 --> 00:21:58.900
 on a rainy morning,

00:21:59.160 --> 00:21:59.920
 and come to church.

00:22:00.120 --> 00:22:00.880
 It says something.

00:22:00.880 --> 00:22:03.500
 It says something

00:22:03.500 --> 00:22:04.620
 about a decision

00:22:04.620 --> 00:22:06.300
 that you made.

00:22:06.580 --> 00:22:07.360
 Because look over

00:22:07.360 --> 00:22:08.840
 in Philippians chapter 1.

00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:10.500
 Philippians chapter 1

00:22:10.500 --> 00:22:11.480
 in verse 27.

00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:12.840
 Paul's encouraging

00:22:12.840 --> 00:22:13.980
 church at Philippi

00:22:13.980 --> 00:22:14.880
 and he says this.

00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:15.760
 He tells them

00:22:15.760 --> 00:22:16.280
 very clearly,

00:22:16.480 --> 00:22:18.100
 only let your conversation

00:22:18.100 --> 00:22:19.220
 be as it becometh

00:22:19.220 --> 00:22:19.940
 the gospel

00:22:19.940 --> 00:22:21.340
 of Christ.

00:22:23.200 --> 00:22:23.740
 Now,

00:22:23.820 --> 00:22:24.960
 this word conversation,

00:22:25.080 --> 00:22:25.900
 I want to remind you

00:22:25.900 --> 00:22:26.460
 of something important.

00:22:26.520 --> 00:22:26.960
 When the Bible

00:22:26.960 --> 00:22:27.560
 talks about

00:22:27.559 --> 00:22:28.599
 your conversation,

00:22:29.399 --> 00:22:31.599
 it's not just

00:22:31.599 --> 00:22:32.299
 talking about

00:22:32.299 --> 00:22:32.839
 the words

00:22:32.839 --> 00:22:33.279
 that come out

00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:33.740
 of your mouth.

00:22:33.980 --> 00:22:34.879
 He's talking about

00:22:34.879 --> 00:22:36.079
 how we communicate

00:22:36.079 --> 00:22:36.759
 in everything

00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:37.379
 that we do.

00:22:38.859 --> 00:22:39.919
 Most of your

00:22:39.919 --> 00:22:40.619
 communication

00:22:40.619 --> 00:22:41.799
 is done

00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:42.740
 with body language.

00:22:43.059 --> 00:22:43.379
 Think about

00:22:43.379 --> 00:22:44.220
 how many cues

00:22:44.220 --> 00:22:45.119
 do we pick up

00:22:45.119 --> 00:22:45.539
 from people

00:22:45.539 --> 00:22:46.480
 by their body language?

00:22:46.799 --> 00:22:47.879
 Somebody can say

00:22:47.879 --> 00:22:48.379
 something

00:22:48.379 --> 00:22:49.440
 and their body language

00:22:49.440 --> 00:22:50.179
 can say something

00:22:50.179 --> 00:22:50.919
 totally different.

00:22:52.919 --> 00:22:53.179
 You know,

00:22:53.220 --> 00:22:53.579
 think about

00:22:53.579 --> 00:22:55.299
 I'm happy

00:22:55.299 --> 00:22:55.839
 to be here

00:22:55.839 --> 00:22:57.240
 this morning.

00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:58.099
 You can say

00:22:58.099 --> 00:22:58.920
 the right thing

00:22:58.920 --> 00:23:00.319
 but your body language,

00:23:01.019 --> 00:23:02.420
 what you do,

00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:04.160
 communicates.

00:23:04.940 --> 00:23:06.240
 Our conversation

00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:07.400
 is those choices

00:23:07.400 --> 00:23:08.259
 that we make.

00:23:08.359 --> 00:23:09.120
 What is being

00:23:09.120 --> 00:23:10.680
 heard,

00:23:11.220 --> 00:23:12.700
 not just in word,

00:23:13.620 --> 00:23:14.620
 but in what you do.

00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:16.759
 That includes

00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:17.720
 where you don't go,

00:23:17.859 --> 00:23:18.420
 what you choose

00:23:18.420 --> 00:23:19.160
 not to do.

00:23:19.339 --> 00:23:20.039
 Because I want you

00:23:20.039 --> 00:23:20.339
 to understand

00:23:20.339 --> 00:23:21.599
 your conversation

00:23:21.599 --> 00:23:23.220
 develops who you are.

00:23:23.500 --> 00:23:23.920
 It says,

00:23:24.099 --> 00:23:24.859
 let your conversation

00:23:24.859 --> 00:23:25.740
 be as it becometh

00:23:25.740 --> 00:23:26.359
 the gospel

00:23:26.359 --> 00:23:27.839
 that whether I come

00:23:27.839 --> 00:23:28.380
 and see you

00:23:28.380 --> 00:23:29.259
 or else be avid,

00:23:29.339 --> 00:23:30.019
 I may hear

00:23:30.019 --> 00:23:31.099
 of your affairs

00:23:31.099 --> 00:23:33.299
 that ye stand fast

00:23:33.299 --> 00:23:34.259
 in one spirit

00:23:34.259 --> 00:23:35.319
 with one mind

00:23:35.319 --> 00:23:36.640
 striving together

00:23:36.640 --> 00:23:37.559
 for the faith

00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:38.400
 of the gospel.

00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:39.799
 What's he tell me?

00:23:39.859 --> 00:23:40.059
 He says,

00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:41.799
 your conversation,

00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:43.140
 not just your words,

00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:43.900
 but I'm going to hear

00:23:43.900 --> 00:23:45.400
 about what you do

00:23:45.400 --> 00:23:47.880
 or what you're doing

00:23:47.880 --> 00:23:49.079
 that makes a difference.

00:23:49.079 --> 00:23:51.299
 He says,

00:23:51.339 --> 00:23:51.819
 it's going to be

00:23:51.819 --> 00:23:53.240
 important to know

00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:54.039
 what are you doing?

00:23:54.139 --> 00:23:54.659
 How is that

00:23:54.659 --> 00:23:55.519
 fitting together?

00:23:56.639 --> 00:23:58.279
 We see a responsibility

00:23:58.279 --> 00:24:00.279
 of the saint

00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:01.639
 is to share

00:24:01.639 --> 00:24:02.279
 the truth

00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:03.000
 of God's word.

00:24:03.119 --> 00:24:04.059
 It's a responsibility

00:24:04.059 --> 00:24:06.019
 also of a sinner.

00:24:06.579 --> 00:24:06.759
 You know,

00:24:06.859 --> 00:24:07.539
 I want you to understand

00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:08.579
 the gospel carries

00:24:08.579 --> 00:24:09.299
 a responsibility

00:24:09.299 --> 00:24:10.179
 to the saint,

00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:10.779
 but it also has

00:24:10.779 --> 00:24:11.419
 a responsibility

00:24:11.419 --> 00:24:12.279
 to the sinner.

00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:13.460
 When the gospel

00:24:13.460 --> 00:24:14.460
 is preached,

00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:16.059
 there becomes

00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:16.899
 a responsibility

00:24:16.899 --> 00:24:18.039
 attached to it.

00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:19.139
 Because when the truth

00:24:19.139 --> 00:24:19.759
 of the gospel

00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:20.259
 is preached,

00:24:20.379 --> 00:24:21.480
 somebody has a responsibility,

00:24:21.720 --> 00:24:22.139
 what am I going

00:24:22.139 --> 00:24:22.659
 to do with it?

00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:24.740
 Everybody makes

00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:25.379
 a decision

00:24:25.379 --> 00:24:26.799
 in regard to the gospel.

00:24:27.159 --> 00:24:28.339
 Anytime they hear it,

00:24:28.359 --> 00:24:29.379
 they're making a decision

00:24:29.379 --> 00:24:30.519
 about what it is,

00:24:31.079 --> 00:24:32.659
 how it impacts me.

00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:33.200
 You know,

00:24:33.220 --> 00:24:33.920
 because sinners

00:24:33.920 --> 00:24:35.339
 have a responsibility

00:24:35.339 --> 00:24:37.200
 to the gospel.

00:24:37.339 --> 00:24:38.200
 Their responsibility,

00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:39.539
 I think,

00:24:39.579 --> 00:24:40.379
 is threefold.

00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:41.539
 One is to answer.

00:24:41.680 --> 00:24:42.299
 Notice here,

00:24:42.639 --> 00:24:43.299
 in our text,

00:24:43.359 --> 00:24:44.200
 look at verse 16,

00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:44.500
 it says,

00:24:44.579 --> 00:24:45.480
 he that believeth,

00:24:46.099 --> 00:24:47.279
 he that believeth,

00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:47.899
 when a sinner

00:24:47.899 --> 00:24:49.720
 hears the gospel message,

00:24:50.079 --> 00:24:51.160
 that person

00:24:51.160 --> 00:24:52.079
 is individually

00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:53.039
 responsible

00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:55.160
 for what they do

00:24:55.160 --> 00:24:56.039
 with it.

00:24:57.579 --> 00:24:58.539
 The Bible says

00:24:58.539 --> 00:24:59.619
 they are to believe it.

00:24:59.740 --> 00:24:59.859
 Now,

00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:00.639
 I want you to understand,

00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:01.619
 the word believe

00:25:01.619 --> 00:25:03.720
 encompasses a lot of things

00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:04.500
 because it goes

00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:05.440
 beyond intellect.

00:25:05.920 --> 00:25:06.079
 You know,

00:25:06.099 --> 00:25:06.440
 there's a lot

00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:07.660
 of intellectual people.

00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:08.079
 You know,

00:25:08.079 --> 00:25:08.519
 I've been around

00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:09.960
 a lot of intellectual people,

00:25:10.079 --> 00:25:10.519
 but you know what,

00:25:10.539 --> 00:25:11.039
 there's a difference

00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:12.079
 between intellect

00:25:12.079 --> 00:25:13.339
 and application.

00:25:13.680 --> 00:25:14.299
 It may be both.

00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:15.639
 You need to understand

00:25:15.639 --> 00:25:17.079
 and then apply

00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:18.879
 a response

00:25:18.879 --> 00:25:19.639
 to the gospel.

00:25:20.960 --> 00:25:22.059
 If something has to be done,

00:25:22.119 --> 00:25:23.200
 it's not just information

00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:24.139
 that you store

00:25:24.139 --> 00:25:24.919
 and can recall.

00:25:25.399 --> 00:25:25.659
 You know,

00:25:25.700 --> 00:25:27.019
 it's not just making a note

00:25:27.019 --> 00:25:28.099
 to say I can reference

00:25:28.099 --> 00:25:28.899
 back to it.

00:25:29.139 --> 00:25:30.359
 It's understanding

00:25:30.359 --> 00:25:31.319
 that responsibility

00:25:31.319 --> 00:25:32.659
 to believe

00:25:32.659 --> 00:25:34.480
 because salvation occurs

00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:36.039
 when a lost sinner,

00:25:36.180 --> 00:25:37.039
 here's the good news

00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:37.859
 of salvation,

00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:39.759
 is convicted of sin

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:41.000
 and believes the message

00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:42.559
 is that Jesus died

00:25:42.559 --> 00:25:44.079
 for their sin

00:25:44.079 --> 00:25:46.039
 and rose again

00:25:46.039 --> 00:25:46.779
 in victory.

00:25:47.279 --> 00:25:48.579
 When a sinner believes

00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:49.640
 that message

00:25:49.640 --> 00:25:51.599
 and turns to Christ

00:25:51.599 --> 00:25:52.740
 by faith,

00:25:53.180 --> 00:25:53.500
 it is,

00:25:53.740 --> 00:25:54.680
 they are instantly,

00:25:54.940 --> 00:25:55.839
 they're converted,

00:25:56.339 --> 00:25:57.480
 they're changed.

00:25:58.700 --> 00:25:59.799
 The Bible says

00:25:59.799 --> 00:26:00.900
 you're transformed.

00:26:02.140 --> 00:26:03.359
 There's many words

00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:04.000
 that are used

00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:04.680
 in the scripture

00:26:04.680 --> 00:26:05.400
 to describe

00:26:05.400 --> 00:26:06.579
 what takes place.

00:26:07.319 --> 00:26:07.759
 It's something

00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:08.319
 very important.

00:26:08.380 --> 00:26:08.779
 Look over to

00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:10.440
 2 Corinthians chapter 5.

00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:12.380
 2 Corinthians 5.17

00:26:12.380 --> 00:26:12.980
 says this,

00:26:13.080 --> 00:26:13.240
 Therefore,

00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:14.640
 if any man be in Christ,

00:26:14.740 --> 00:26:15.180
 he is what?

00:26:15.580 --> 00:26:18.000
 A new creature.

00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:20.120
 Old things are passed away.

00:26:20.200 --> 00:26:20.519
 Behold,

00:26:20.600 --> 00:26:22.160
 all things are become new.

00:26:23.640 --> 00:26:24.059
 You know,

00:26:24.080 --> 00:26:24.400
 I don't know

00:26:24.400 --> 00:26:25.360
 if anybody would argue

00:26:25.360 --> 00:26:26.320
 that new is different

00:26:26.320 --> 00:26:26.860
 from old.

00:26:27.180 --> 00:26:27.320
 You know?

00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:28.019
 I mean,

00:26:28.059 --> 00:26:28.660
 you think about it.

00:26:28.660 --> 00:26:30.420
 New is distinct

00:26:30.420 --> 00:26:31.039
 from old.

00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:34.140
 When you're saved,

00:26:34.380 --> 00:26:35.380
 what you become

00:26:35.380 --> 00:26:36.000
 in Christ

00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:36.940
 is different

00:26:36.940 --> 00:26:38.220
 from what you were before.

00:26:38.220 --> 00:26:40.559
 You've been changed.

00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:41.620
 You've been transformed.

00:26:42.360 --> 00:26:43.980
 He says we're a new creature.

00:26:44.500 --> 00:26:46.059
 Old things are passed away

00:26:46.059 --> 00:26:47.160
 if you're in Christ.

00:26:48.680 --> 00:26:50.720
 Christ changes everything.

00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:52.380
 But salvation

00:26:52.380 --> 00:26:53.400
 is accomplished

00:26:53.400 --> 00:26:56.160
 by faith

00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:56.799
 in the heart

00:26:56.799 --> 00:26:57.660
 of a lost sinner.

00:26:58.140 --> 00:26:59.420
 He looks to Jesus

00:26:59.420 --> 00:27:00.460
 by faith

00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:01.440
 because faith

00:27:01.440 --> 00:27:02.480
 involves trust.

00:27:04.220 --> 00:27:05.880
 Trust involves saying,

00:27:05.880 --> 00:27:07.500
 I know that it's true.

00:27:07.840 --> 00:27:09.400
 I know that it's true.

00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:12.540
 That's what trust is

00:27:12.540 --> 00:27:13.260
 as you build

00:27:13.260 --> 00:27:14.540
 upon the reality.

00:27:14.700 --> 00:27:15.840
 I know it's true.

00:27:16.360 --> 00:27:16.720
 Therefore,

00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:17.800
 I can put

00:27:17.800 --> 00:27:19.080
 my faith

00:27:19.080 --> 00:27:19.900
 in it

00:27:19.900 --> 00:27:22.220
 to accomplish

00:27:22.220 --> 00:27:22.720
 that

00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:23.680
 which it's promised

00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:24.280
 to do.

00:27:25.620 --> 00:27:26.780
 When we understand

00:27:26.780 --> 00:27:27.720
 that moment

00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:28.580
 that you call

00:27:28.580 --> 00:27:29.340
 upon the Lord

00:27:29.340 --> 00:27:30.160
 by faith,

00:27:30.420 --> 00:27:31.340
 you're instantly

00:27:31.340 --> 00:27:32.100
 transformed

00:27:32.100 --> 00:27:33.900
 by His saving grace

00:27:33.900 --> 00:27:35.140
 and power

00:27:35.140 --> 00:27:36.060
 in your life.

00:27:37.560 --> 00:27:38.000
 Now,

00:27:38.060 --> 00:27:39.080
 I want you to understand

00:27:39.080 --> 00:27:40.860
 today

00:27:40.860 --> 00:27:41.780
 that salvation

00:27:41.780 --> 00:27:43.019
 never comes

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:43.800
 from a person's

00:27:43.800 --> 00:27:44.340
 good works.

00:27:45.900 --> 00:27:47.160
 I want you to understand

00:27:47.160 --> 00:27:48.780
 faith is detached

00:27:48.780 --> 00:27:49.620
 from works.

00:27:49.700 --> 00:27:50.140
 You often say,

00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:50.500
 well,

00:27:50.540 --> 00:27:51.420
 I'm not good enough

00:27:51.420 --> 00:27:52.060
 to get saved.

00:27:52.120 --> 00:27:53.000
 That's the whole point.

00:27:53.280 --> 00:27:54.200
 If salvation

00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:55.040
 was built

00:27:55.040 --> 00:27:56.840
 upon what you do,

00:27:56.839 --> 00:27:59.980
 the Bible tells us

00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:00.779
 that we're in trouble.

00:28:02.879 --> 00:28:04.139
 Because the Bible says

00:28:04.139 --> 00:28:05.240
 the best you do

00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:06.819
 still falls short.

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:08.359
 It says it's as filthy rags.

00:28:08.679 --> 00:28:09.500
 You see all sorts

00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:10.099
 of descriptions

00:28:10.099 --> 00:28:10.500
 that say,

00:28:10.579 --> 00:28:10.679
 hey,

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:11.899
 you missed the mark.

00:28:12.399 --> 00:28:13.639
 No matter how good

00:28:13.639 --> 00:28:14.599
 you think you are,

00:28:14.679 --> 00:28:15.720
 you're not good enough.

00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:18.539
 You're not smart enough.

00:28:19.639 --> 00:28:20.480
 You don't have

00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:21.519
 enough information.

00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:23.639
 You can be able

00:28:23.639 --> 00:28:25.099
 to recite the Bible

00:28:25.099 --> 00:28:26.900
 from Genesis 1

00:28:26.900 --> 00:28:27.480
 all the way

00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:28.519
 to the end of Revelation,

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:29.859
 but if you don't apply

00:28:29.859 --> 00:28:30.599
 the principle

00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:31.759
 of the reality

00:28:31.759 --> 00:28:33.000
 of faith in Christ,

00:28:33.099 --> 00:28:34.259
 it serves no purpose.

00:28:35.299 --> 00:28:36.559
 It moves beyond

00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:38.759
 just knowing

00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:40.359
 but making application.

00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:41.720
 It's not done

00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:42.720
 by our good works,

00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:43.639
 our good deeds,

00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:45.519
 or even a good lifestyle.

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:46.180
 You know,

00:28:46.180 --> 00:28:47.160
 oftentimes people think

00:28:47.160 --> 00:28:47.980
 they can earn

00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:49.400
 favor with God.

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:50.359
 I want you to understand

00:28:50.359 --> 00:28:52.199
 your favor of God

00:28:52.199 --> 00:28:53.659
 comes through Jesus Christ.

00:28:53.799 --> 00:28:55.000
 He is our righteousness.

00:28:56.599 --> 00:28:57.719
 He is the one.

00:28:58.139 --> 00:28:59.619
 And when we understand that,

00:28:59.659 --> 00:29:00.539
 that's what happens.

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:01.159
 You know,

00:29:01.199 --> 00:29:02.219
 Ephesians 2

00:29:02.219 --> 00:29:03.419
 reminds us

00:29:03.419 --> 00:29:04.399
 it's by grace

00:29:04.399 --> 00:29:05.219
 through faith

00:29:05.219 --> 00:29:06.119
 that we're saved.

00:29:06.359 --> 00:29:07.259
 It's not because

00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:08.299
 of what we do,

00:29:09.099 --> 00:29:10.199
 because there's nothing

00:29:10.199 --> 00:29:10.839
 we can do

00:29:10.839 --> 00:29:11.579
 that makes a difference.

00:29:11.679 --> 00:29:12.459
 Only Christ,

00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:13.619
 what He has done,

00:29:14.299 --> 00:29:15.419
 in faith in what

00:29:15.419 --> 00:29:16.419
 He has done,

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:17.379
 makes a difference.

00:29:17.479 --> 00:29:17.639
 You know,

00:29:17.679 --> 00:29:18.759
 a lot of religions today

00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:19.599
 are built upon

00:29:19.599 --> 00:29:20.779
 doing something

00:29:20.779 --> 00:29:22.139
 to get saved.

00:29:23.559 --> 00:29:24.459
 Doing something

00:29:24.459 --> 00:29:25.480
 to stay saved.

00:29:25.799 --> 00:29:26.599
 Neither one

00:29:26.599 --> 00:29:27.740
 is in your power.

00:29:29.839 --> 00:29:30.639
 God says

00:29:30.639 --> 00:29:31.539
 He is the one

00:29:31.539 --> 00:29:32.379
 that saves

00:29:32.379 --> 00:29:32.819
 and He says

00:29:32.819 --> 00:29:34.159
 if you call upon me,

00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:35.079
 believe,

00:29:35.439 --> 00:29:36.259
 trusting in what

00:29:36.259 --> 00:29:37.539
 Christ has done,

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:39.379
 because I want you

00:29:39.379 --> 00:29:39.819
 to understand

00:29:39.819 --> 00:29:40.879
 salvation is not

00:29:40.879 --> 00:29:41.980
 just repeating words.

00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:43.559
 It's not a magical

00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:44.539
 incantation.

00:29:44.659 --> 00:29:45.719
 We'll repeat these words,

00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:46.339
 one, two, three,

00:29:46.419 --> 00:29:47.059
 repeat after me

00:29:47.059 --> 00:29:47.939
 and now you're saved.

00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:50.480
 Because you can say

00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:51.580
 the right words,

00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:52.779
 but if there's not

00:29:52.779 --> 00:29:54.279
 belief in the heart

00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:56.120
 attached to those words,

00:29:56.220 --> 00:29:56.940
 they mean nothing.

00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:59.420
 I want you to understand,

00:29:59.559 --> 00:30:00.180
 you can say

00:30:00.180 --> 00:30:01.279
 all the right things,

00:30:01.400 --> 00:30:03.140
 but if God sees your heart,

00:30:03.400 --> 00:30:05.480
 are you truly trusting Him?

00:30:06.900 --> 00:30:08.140
 Or are you relying

00:30:08.140 --> 00:30:09.200
 upon words

00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:10.400
 that were said?

00:30:10.400 --> 00:30:13.440
 I want you to understand,

00:30:13.560 --> 00:30:14.240
 I believe that

00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:16.940
 what is in here,

00:30:17.080 --> 00:30:18.380
 if you believe God,

00:30:18.460 --> 00:30:18.940
 you ought to be

00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:19.560
 something you can say

00:30:19.560 --> 00:30:20.040
 about it.

00:30:20.180 --> 00:30:20.780
 But it happens

00:30:20.780 --> 00:30:21.480
 in the heart.

00:30:22.860 --> 00:30:23.640
 The soul,

00:30:23.780 --> 00:30:24.240
 the center

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:25.480
 of who somebody is.

00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:27.740
 Because I want you

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:28.320
 to understand

00:30:28.320 --> 00:30:29.420
 when you're changed,

00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:30.200
 something happens.

00:30:30.300 --> 00:30:31.500
 There's an expectation

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:32.740
 to the sinner

00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:33.900
 to not only believe,

00:30:34.160 --> 00:30:35.180
 but then to obey.

00:30:35.300 --> 00:30:36.140
 Look at what it says,

00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:36.400
 it says,

00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:37.820
 believe it and is baptized.

00:30:38.599 --> 00:30:39.480
 Now I want you to understand,

00:30:39.579 --> 00:30:40.419
 this verse I think

00:30:40.419 --> 00:30:41.220
 has been misunderstood

00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:42.579
 and misapplied

00:30:42.579 --> 00:30:43.619
 because sometimes

00:30:43.619 --> 00:30:44.539
 people take this

00:30:44.539 --> 00:30:44.879
 and say,

00:30:45.159 --> 00:30:45.879
 well see it says

00:30:45.879 --> 00:30:46.559
 to be baptized.

00:30:46.799 --> 00:30:47.579
 I want you to understand

00:30:47.579 --> 00:30:49.139
 when you look at the context

00:30:49.139 --> 00:30:50.240
 and you look at Scripture

00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:51.079
 as an overview,

00:30:51.619 --> 00:30:52.339
 we understand

00:30:52.339 --> 00:30:53.139
 that's not what

00:30:53.139 --> 00:30:53.919
 he's talking about.

00:30:54.399 --> 00:30:55.819
 He's talking about obedience

00:30:55.819 --> 00:30:57.579
 because if you're saved,

00:30:57.639 --> 00:30:58.119
 you're going to want

00:30:58.119 --> 00:30:59.240
 to obey Christ.

00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:01.559
 If I truly believe Him,

00:31:01.599 --> 00:31:02.019
 I'm going to say,

00:31:02.099 --> 00:31:02.299
 Lord,

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:04.240
 I believe what you've done for me.

00:31:04.299 --> 00:31:05.839
 Now what do you want me to do?

00:31:05.839 --> 00:31:08.679
 I'm yours.

00:31:08.939 --> 00:31:10.039
 What direction?

00:31:10.199 --> 00:31:10.859
 What do you want me to do?

00:31:10.899 --> 00:31:11.980
 What do you want me to accomplish?

00:31:12.139 --> 00:31:12.859
 You know the first thing

00:31:12.859 --> 00:31:13.559
 of every believer

00:31:13.559 --> 00:31:14.599
 ought to be obedience

00:31:14.599 --> 00:31:15.220
 in baptism?

00:31:15.579 --> 00:31:16.019
 To say,

00:31:16.199 --> 00:31:18.059
 I want to be obedient

00:31:18.059 --> 00:31:18.939
 to the Lord.

00:31:19.859 --> 00:31:20.779
 I want you to understand

00:31:20.779 --> 00:31:22.119
 you don't add baptism

00:31:22.119 --> 00:31:22.859
 to faith.

00:31:23.179 --> 00:31:24.159
 So many people feel

00:31:24.159 --> 00:31:24.819
 that baptism

00:31:24.819 --> 00:31:26.519
 is that essential component.

00:31:27.179 --> 00:31:27.500
 Matter of fact,

00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:28.279
 it gets promoted

00:31:28.279 --> 00:31:29.299
 so much today

00:31:29.299 --> 00:31:31.059
 in popular Christian

00:31:31.059 --> 00:31:32.179
 quote unquote media

00:31:32.179 --> 00:31:34.299
 and spokespeople.

00:31:34.299 --> 00:31:34.639
 You know,

00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:35.720
 you get saved

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:36.899
 to wash your sins away.

00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:37.399
 You know what?

00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:38.480
 The water never washes

00:31:38.480 --> 00:31:39.299
 any sin away.

00:31:41.159 --> 00:31:42.319
 The Bible tells us

00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:42.680
 the only thing

00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:43.720
 that takes care of sin

00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:44.519
 is the shed blood

00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:45.559
 of Jesus Christ.

00:31:45.940 --> 00:31:46.839
 But baptism

00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:48.700
 displays obedience.

00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:49.720
 We're to baptize

00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:50.940
 because of the transformation

00:31:50.940 --> 00:31:52.379
 that's already happened

00:31:52.379 --> 00:31:53.299
 at salvation,

00:31:53.940 --> 00:31:55.619
 desiring to be obedient

00:31:55.619 --> 00:31:56.579
 to our Savior.

00:31:58.460 --> 00:31:58.639
 You know,

00:31:58.659 --> 00:31:59.440
 I want you to understand

00:31:59.440 --> 00:32:00.819
 the Bible makes it clear

00:32:00.819 --> 00:32:01.960
 that baptism

00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:02.740
 isn't needed.

00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:03.319
 You can look through

00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:04.099
 the whole New Testament

00:32:04.099 --> 00:32:04.640
 and you'll find out

00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:06.019
 baptism isn't required

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:06.759
 to be saved.

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:07.900
 Think about the thief

00:32:07.900 --> 00:32:08.539
 on the cross.

00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:09.640
 He was never baptized

00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:10.700
 yet he was assured

00:32:10.700 --> 00:32:11.640
 of his salvation.

00:32:13.299 --> 00:32:13.579
 He said,

00:32:13.839 --> 00:32:15.000
 today you'll be with me

00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:16.400
 in paradise.

00:32:16.900 --> 00:32:17.700
 The Gentiles

00:32:17.700 --> 00:32:18.319
 who believed

00:32:18.319 --> 00:32:19.140
 at Caesarea

00:32:19.140 --> 00:32:20.059
 in Acts 10

00:32:20.059 --> 00:32:21.579
 were baptized.

00:32:21.859 --> 00:32:22.339
 Now catch this.

00:32:22.400 --> 00:32:23.140
 If you read that passage,

00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:23.799
 they were baptized

00:32:23.799 --> 00:32:26.480
 after they believed.

00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:29.500
 They were fully saved

00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:31.000
 before they got baptized.

00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:31.779
 You know,

00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:33.200
 if baptism was essential

00:32:33.200 --> 00:32:34.019
 for salvation,

00:32:34.180 --> 00:32:34.940
 I think Jesus

00:32:34.940 --> 00:32:35.440
 would have done

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:36.160
 some baptizing.

00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:38.319
 You know,

00:32:38.339 --> 00:32:39.160
 the Bible tells us

00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:39.920
 in John 4,

00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:41.839
 Jesus never baptized anybody.

00:32:42.380 --> 00:32:43.519
 If it was essential

00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:44.319
 for salvation,

00:32:44.460 --> 00:32:44.839
 wouldn't you think

00:32:44.839 --> 00:32:45.779
 Jesus would have done it?

00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:46.279
 Say, hey,

00:32:46.339 --> 00:32:47.059
 here's the example.

00:32:47.160 --> 00:32:47.940
 You need to be baptized

00:32:47.940 --> 00:32:48.839
 for salvation.

00:32:50.599 --> 00:32:51.579
 Baptism is not

00:32:51.579 --> 00:32:52.539
 for salvation,

00:32:52.619 --> 00:32:53.599
 it's because of.

00:32:53.599 --> 00:32:55.699
 because baptism

00:32:55.699 --> 00:32:57.199
 identifies us

00:32:57.199 --> 00:32:57.799
 with the death,

00:32:57.959 --> 00:32:58.159
 burial,

00:32:58.159 --> 00:32:58.779
 and resurrection

00:32:58.779 --> 00:32:59.839
 of what happened

00:32:59.839 --> 00:33:01.019
 in Christ

00:33:01.019 --> 00:33:01.819
 at salvation.

00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:04.019
 The Bible makes it clear,

00:33:04.139 --> 00:33:04.319
 you know,

00:33:04.379 --> 00:33:04.899
 we see here

00:33:04.899 --> 00:33:06.179
 that even the Apostle Paul

00:33:06.179 --> 00:33:07.459
 told the church

00:33:07.459 --> 00:33:08.039
 at Corinth

00:33:08.039 --> 00:33:09.240
 that he was glad

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:10.299
 he only had baptized

00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:11.119
 a few,

00:33:11.539 --> 00:33:11.879
 you know.

00:33:13.740 --> 00:33:14.599
 If baptism

00:33:14.599 --> 00:33:15.419
 was essential,

00:33:15.579 --> 00:33:16.159
 Paul would have said,

00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:16.719
 look at all

00:33:16.719 --> 00:33:17.439
 that I baptized.

00:33:19.539 --> 00:33:20.299
 Never once

00:33:20.299 --> 00:33:20.859
 do you see him

00:33:20.859 --> 00:33:21.299
 promoting,

00:33:21.419 --> 00:33:21.519
 hey,

00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:22.179
 how many people

00:33:22.179 --> 00:33:23.099
 did I baptize?

00:33:23.099 --> 00:33:23.379
 He says,

00:33:23.419 --> 00:33:24.000
 how many people

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:24.699
 believed?

00:33:24.919 --> 00:33:25.679
 The emphasis

00:33:25.679 --> 00:33:27.339
 is towards that

00:33:27.339 --> 00:33:28.799
 and we see here

00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:30.819
 that nearly 150 passages

00:33:30.819 --> 00:33:31.740
 in the New Testament

00:33:31.740 --> 00:33:32.379
 teach us

00:33:32.379 --> 00:33:33.379
 that salvation

00:33:33.379 --> 00:33:35.099
 is through faith alone.

00:33:37.259 --> 00:33:37.959
 Romans 6

00:33:37.959 --> 00:33:38.359
 gives us

00:33:38.359 --> 00:33:38.919
 an illustration

00:33:38.919 --> 00:33:39.819
 of baptism.

00:33:40.119 --> 00:33:41.519
 It's that dynamic

00:33:41.519 --> 00:33:42.959
 that is an emblem

00:33:42.959 --> 00:33:43.759
 of dying

00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:44.859
 to the old life

00:33:44.859 --> 00:33:46.059
 and by faith

00:33:46.059 --> 00:33:47.699
 living for Christ.

00:33:47.859 --> 00:33:48.439
 It's a picture

00:33:48.439 --> 00:33:48.879
 that's the reason

00:33:48.879 --> 00:33:49.879
 you're fully put under.

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:50.480
 You're buried

00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:51.179
 in the likeness

00:33:51.179 --> 00:33:51.799
 of his death

00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:52.819
 and raised

00:33:52.819 --> 00:33:53.379
 to walk

00:33:53.379 --> 00:33:53.899
 in newness

00:33:53.899 --> 00:33:54.399
 of life.

00:33:54.599 --> 00:33:55.559
 It's a testimony

00:33:55.559 --> 00:33:56.419
 of what's already

00:33:56.419 --> 00:33:56.839
 happened.

00:33:57.200 --> 00:33:57.700
 I want you to

00:33:57.700 --> 00:33:58.519
 understand this

00:33:58.519 --> 00:33:59.200
 morning that

00:33:59.200 --> 00:34:00.019
 Jesus

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:02.359
 makes it clear

00:34:02.359 --> 00:34:03.279
 that being baptized

00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:04.439
 is not

00:34:04.439 --> 00:34:07.059
 part of salvation

00:34:07.059 --> 00:34:08.139
 but it's obedience

00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:09.659
 to God.

00:34:10.239 --> 00:34:11.519
 Matthew chapter 28

00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:12.460
 reiterates that

00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:13.099
 same thing.

00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:14.719
 You're to teach,

00:34:14.819 --> 00:34:15.420
 instruct them

00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:16.159
 about God

00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:16.559
 to have them

00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:17.360
 understand

00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:19.059
 before they're

00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:19.440
 baptized.

00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:19.779
 You know,

00:34:19.819 --> 00:34:20.380
 oftentimes people

00:34:20.380 --> 00:34:21.260
 say get baptized

00:34:21.260 --> 00:34:23.400
 and then you

00:34:23.400 --> 00:34:25.260
 get saved.

00:34:25.380 --> 00:34:25.559
 I mean,

00:34:25.640 --> 00:34:26.420
 that's backwards.

00:34:26.619 --> 00:34:27.039
 It's like you

00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:28.360
 can't identify

00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:28.980
 with something

00:34:28.980 --> 00:34:29.400
 that you don't

00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:30.160
 already belong.

00:34:33.260 --> 00:34:34.280
 It's essential

00:34:34.280 --> 00:34:35.119
 to know that

00:34:35.119 --> 00:34:36.000
 those that are

00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:37.099
 saved by grace

00:34:37.099 --> 00:34:37.320
 though,

00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:37.920
 I believe,

00:34:37.980 --> 00:34:38.780
 will have a desire

00:34:38.780 --> 00:34:39.880
 to follow the Lord

00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:41.000
 in believer's baptism.

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:43.780
 If you're saved,

00:34:43.980 --> 00:34:44.340
 you ought to have

00:34:44.340 --> 00:34:45.420
 a desire to say,

00:34:45.760 --> 00:34:46.880
 Jesus said I should

00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:47.519
 get baptized

00:34:47.519 --> 00:34:48.739
 to identify with

00:34:48.739 --> 00:34:48.980
 Him,

00:34:49.179 --> 00:34:50.340
 I ought to do it.

00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:51.860
 It's important

00:34:51.860 --> 00:34:52.800
 to understand

00:34:52.800 --> 00:34:53.559
 the picture

00:34:53.559 --> 00:34:55.199
 because you ought

00:34:55.199 --> 00:34:56.059
 to have a desire

00:34:56.059 --> 00:34:56.780
 for a clear

00:34:56.780 --> 00:34:57.880
 public witness

00:34:57.880 --> 00:34:59.539
 of their faith.

00:35:01.380 --> 00:35:01.579
 You know,

00:35:01.639 --> 00:35:02.679
 baptism of a new

00:35:02.679 --> 00:35:03.380
 believer is one

00:35:03.380 --> 00:35:03.780
 of the first

00:35:03.780 --> 00:35:04.619
 opportunities they

00:35:04.619 --> 00:35:05.259
 have to tell

00:35:05.259 --> 00:35:05.539
 people,

00:35:05.659 --> 00:35:05.739
 hey,

00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:07.259
 God has saved

00:35:07.259 --> 00:35:08.019
 me because of

00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:08.420
 what He did

00:35:08.420 --> 00:35:08.860
 for me.

00:35:09.719 --> 00:35:10.820
 It identifies

00:35:10.820 --> 00:35:12.079
 us with Christ.

00:35:12.199 --> 00:35:12.820
 It identifies

00:35:12.820 --> 00:35:13.679
 us with what

00:35:13.679 --> 00:35:14.440
 Christ taught.

00:35:14.820 --> 00:35:15.460
 It identifies

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:16.639
 us to say,

00:35:16.639 --> 00:35:16.920
 yes,

00:35:16.980 --> 00:35:17.619
 I want to

00:35:17.619 --> 00:35:18.799
 follow Jesus.

00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:19.500
 I want to do

00:35:19.500 --> 00:35:20.159
 what He wants

00:35:20.159 --> 00:35:20.799
 me to do.

00:35:21.079 --> 00:35:21.299
 You know,

00:35:21.319 --> 00:35:22.159
 the bottom line

00:35:22.159 --> 00:35:22.699
 is this,

00:35:22.799 --> 00:35:23.819
 Jesus is telling

00:35:23.819 --> 00:35:25.099
 His disciples,

00:35:25.279 --> 00:35:25.940
 His men there

00:35:25.940 --> 00:35:26.639
 that day that

00:35:26.639 --> 00:35:28.179
 salvation results

00:35:28.179 --> 00:35:28.980
 in obedience.

00:35:29.759 --> 00:35:30.879
 We're not saved

00:35:30.879 --> 00:35:32.259
 by works,

00:35:32.420 --> 00:35:33.980
 but we are saved

00:35:33.980 --> 00:35:35.359
 to work.

00:35:35.659 --> 00:35:36.099
 Look over to

00:35:36.099 --> 00:35:37.359
 Ephesians chapter 2.

00:35:38.039 --> 00:35:39.500
 Ephesians chapter 2

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:40.639
 in verse 10

00:35:40.639 --> 00:35:40.900
 says,

00:35:40.980 --> 00:35:41.639
 for we are His

00:35:41.639 --> 00:35:41.920
 what?

00:35:42.579 --> 00:35:43.219
 Workmanship

00:35:43.219 --> 00:35:44.480
 created in Christ

00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:45.699
 Jesus unto what?

00:35:45.699 --> 00:35:48.000
 unto good works,

00:35:48.299 --> 00:35:49.639
 which God hath

00:35:49.639 --> 00:35:50.599
 before ordained

00:35:50.599 --> 00:35:51.159
 that we should

00:35:51.159 --> 00:35:52.399
 walk in them.

00:35:53.699 --> 00:35:54.519
 I want you

00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:55.059
 to understand,

00:35:55.219 --> 00:35:55.759
 your works

00:35:55.759 --> 00:35:56.699
 doesn't save you,

00:35:56.799 --> 00:35:57.299
 your works

00:35:57.299 --> 00:35:58.079
 don't keep you

00:35:58.079 --> 00:35:58.539
 saved,

00:35:58.639 --> 00:35:59.379
 but if you're

00:35:59.379 --> 00:35:59.879
 saved,

00:35:59.980 --> 00:36:00.259
 there ought to

00:36:00.259 --> 00:36:00.980
 be evidence

00:36:00.980 --> 00:36:01.599
 by what you

00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:01.960
 do.

00:36:04.539 --> 00:36:05.259
 There ought to

00:36:05.259 --> 00:36:05.599
 be some

00:36:05.599 --> 00:36:06.159
 evidence

00:36:06.159 --> 00:36:07.239
 attached to it,

00:36:07.399 --> 00:36:08.039
 and that's

00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:08.639
 obedience,

00:36:08.859 --> 00:36:09.799
 because baptism

00:36:09.799 --> 00:36:10.859
 is an outward

00:36:10.859 --> 00:36:12.480
 work that speaks

00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:13.199
 of an inward

00:36:13.199 --> 00:36:13.899
 salvation.

00:36:13.900 --> 00:36:15.099
 it's a public

00:36:15.099 --> 00:36:16.180
 testimony of

00:36:16.180 --> 00:36:16.900
 the salvation

00:36:16.900 --> 00:36:17.500
 that occurred

00:36:17.500 --> 00:36:18.260
 by faith

00:36:18.260 --> 00:36:19.280
 when a lost

00:36:19.280 --> 00:36:20.119
 sinner believes

00:36:20.119 --> 00:36:21.280
 on Jesus Christ

00:36:21.280 --> 00:36:22.519
 for their Savior.

00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:23.559
 They ought to

00:36:23.559 --> 00:36:24.440
 desire to be

00:36:24.440 --> 00:36:25.380
 obedient to the

00:36:25.380 --> 00:36:25.619
 Lord.

00:36:25.880 --> 00:36:26.360
 How do you

00:36:26.360 --> 00:36:27.139
 say you trust

00:36:27.139 --> 00:36:27.960
 Christ and then

00:36:27.960 --> 00:36:28.500
 say the first

00:36:28.500 --> 00:36:29.019
 thing He tells

00:36:29.019 --> 00:36:29.360
 you you ought

00:36:29.360 --> 00:36:29.680
 to do,

00:36:29.740 --> 00:36:30.240
 not to do?

00:36:30.539 --> 00:36:31.019
 Now I want you

00:36:31.019 --> 00:36:31.360
 to understand,

00:36:31.460 --> 00:36:32.220
 we can't judge

00:36:32.220 --> 00:36:32.840
 where somebody

00:36:32.840 --> 00:36:33.800
 stands with God

00:36:33.800 --> 00:36:35.380
 on the outside,

00:36:36.740 --> 00:36:37.139
 but you know,

00:36:37.200 --> 00:36:37.619
 when somebody

00:36:37.619 --> 00:36:38.180
 doesn't want to

00:36:38.180 --> 00:36:39.039
 be obedient to

00:36:39.039 --> 00:36:39.680
 Christ after

00:36:39.680 --> 00:36:40.740
 salvation for the

00:36:40.740 --> 00:36:41.380
 basic things,

00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:42.119
 it does put up a

00:36:42.119 --> 00:36:42.420
 flag,

00:36:42.420 --> 00:36:42.760
 and you begin

00:36:42.760 --> 00:36:43.220
 to question

00:36:43.220 --> 00:36:43.720
 what did they

00:36:43.720 --> 00:36:44.200
 believe?

00:36:44.420 --> 00:36:45.039
 Did they truly

00:36:45.039 --> 00:36:45.900
 believe Christ

00:36:45.900 --> 00:36:46.360
 or not?

00:36:47.360 --> 00:36:47.820
 Did they want

00:36:47.820 --> 00:36:48.619
 to follow what

00:36:48.619 --> 00:36:49.400
 Christ said?

00:36:50.300 --> 00:36:51.740
 Is their life

00:36:51.740 --> 00:36:52.360
 changed?

00:36:52.639 --> 00:36:53.900
 It's that dynamic

00:36:53.900 --> 00:36:54.880
 of that,

00:36:54.920 --> 00:36:55.800
 and we see here

00:36:55.800 --> 00:36:56.900
 this reality

00:36:56.900 --> 00:36:57.780
 that we must

00:36:57.780 --> 00:36:59.240
 respond to the

00:36:59.240 --> 00:36:59.639
 gospel,

00:36:59.780 --> 00:37:00.300
 but look at the

00:37:00.300 --> 00:37:01.180
 last part here,

00:37:01.500 --> 00:37:01.840
 it says,

00:37:01.940 --> 00:37:02.559
 he that believeth

00:37:02.559 --> 00:37:03.220
 and is baptized

00:37:03.220 --> 00:37:04.180
 shall be saved,

00:37:04.500 --> 00:37:05.079
 but he that

00:37:05.079 --> 00:37:05.940
 believeth not

00:37:05.940 --> 00:37:07.559
 shall be damned.

00:37:07.860 --> 00:37:08.280
 I want you

00:37:08.280 --> 00:37:08.820
 to understand,

00:37:08.940 --> 00:37:09.539
 every sinner

00:37:09.539 --> 00:37:10.159
 has something

00:37:10.159 --> 00:37:10.599
 they have to

00:37:10.599 --> 00:37:11.039
 accept.

00:37:11.039 --> 00:37:12.920
 They have to

00:37:12.920 --> 00:37:14.920
 respond to the

00:37:14.920 --> 00:37:15.400
 gospel,

00:37:15.719 --> 00:37:16.420
 and I believe

00:37:16.420 --> 00:37:17.219
 no matter what,

00:37:17.279 --> 00:37:17.759
 when you share

00:37:17.759 --> 00:37:18.500
 the gospel with

00:37:18.500 --> 00:37:18.840
 somebody,

00:37:18.940 --> 00:37:19.659
 there's a decision

00:37:19.659 --> 00:37:20.039
 made.

00:37:23.079 --> 00:37:24.099
 Every time the

00:37:24.099 --> 00:37:25.219
 gospel is preached,

00:37:25.300 --> 00:37:25.940
 there's a decision

00:37:25.940 --> 00:37:26.279
 made.

00:37:26.539 --> 00:37:27.139
 There's one of two

00:37:27.139 --> 00:37:27.639
 decisions.

00:37:27.980 --> 00:37:28.320
 Yes,

00:37:29.039 --> 00:37:30.860
 no,

00:37:31.059 --> 00:37:31.900
 because you either

00:37:31.900 --> 00:37:33.159
 accept it by faith

00:37:33.159 --> 00:37:34.039
 or you reject it.

00:37:34.259 --> 00:37:34.820
 There's no will

00:37:34.820 --> 00:37:35.420
 almost.

00:37:35.840 --> 00:37:37.119
 Salvation is

00:37:37.119 --> 00:37:38.360
 you either have

00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:39.179
 or you don't.

00:37:39.179 --> 00:37:40.300
 Right.

00:37:41.039 --> 00:37:42.199
 There's no

00:37:42.199 --> 00:37:42.659
 in between.

00:37:43.019 --> 00:37:43.360
 You either

00:37:43.360 --> 00:37:44.360
 are saved

00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:44.800
 or you're

00:37:44.800 --> 00:37:45.460
 not saved.

00:37:46.639 --> 00:37:47.079
 Everybody

00:37:47.079 --> 00:37:48.099
 has a decision

00:37:48.099 --> 00:37:48.539
 to make

00:37:48.539 --> 00:37:48.860
 of what

00:37:48.860 --> 00:37:49.059
 are they

00:37:49.059 --> 00:37:49.259
 going to

00:37:49.259 --> 00:37:49.579
 do.

00:37:50.239 --> 00:37:50.599
 What are

00:37:50.599 --> 00:37:50.840
 they going

00:37:50.840 --> 00:37:51.519
 to do

00:37:51.519 --> 00:37:51.840
 with this?

00:37:51.920 --> 00:37:52.259
 He that

00:37:52.259 --> 00:37:52.800
 believeth

00:37:52.800 --> 00:37:53.159
 not

00:37:53.159 --> 00:37:53.659
 shall be

00:37:53.659 --> 00:37:54.079
 damned.

00:37:54.440 --> 00:37:54.579
 The

00:37:54.579 --> 00:37:54.940
 lost

00:37:54.940 --> 00:37:55.320
 sinner

00:37:55.320 --> 00:37:55.719
 has an

00:37:55.719 --> 00:37:56.199
 opportunity

00:37:56.199 --> 00:37:56.759
 to believe

00:37:56.759 --> 00:37:57.360
 the gospel

00:37:57.360 --> 00:37:57.759
 and be

00:37:57.759 --> 00:37:58.279
 saved,

00:37:58.460 --> 00:37:58.960
 but he

00:37:58.960 --> 00:37:59.639
 also has

00:37:59.639 --> 00:38:00.039
 the right

00:38:00.039 --> 00:38:00.679
 to reject

00:38:00.679 --> 00:38:01.340
 the gospel

00:38:01.340 --> 00:38:02.000
 and to

00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:02.920
 remain lost

00:38:02.920 --> 00:38:03.300
 in his

00:38:03.300 --> 00:38:03.679
 sin.

00:38:04.279 --> 00:38:04.860
 The sinner

00:38:04.860 --> 00:38:05.820
 must understand

00:38:05.820 --> 00:38:06.559
 that if he

00:38:06.559 --> 00:38:07.300
 or she

00:38:07.300 --> 00:38:07.980
 rejects

00:38:07.980 --> 00:38:08.980
 Jesus Christ

00:38:08.980 --> 00:38:09.300
 and the

00:38:09.300 --> 00:38:09.920
 gospel of

00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:10.340
 grace,

00:38:10.480 --> 00:38:10.940
 they're going

00:38:10.940 --> 00:38:11.159
 to have

00:38:11.159 --> 00:38:11.639
 to face

00:38:11.639 --> 00:38:12.559
 the consequences

00:38:12.559 --> 00:38:12.960
 of their

00:38:12.960 --> 00:38:13.380
 decision.

00:38:13.720 --> 00:38:14.079
 The Bible

00:38:14.079 --> 00:38:14.599
 makes it

00:38:14.599 --> 00:38:15.079
 clear that

00:38:15.079 --> 00:38:15.360
 if you

00:38:15.360 --> 00:38:15.880
 refuse

00:38:15.880 --> 00:38:16.599
 Christ,

00:38:18.200 --> 00:38:18.960
 you're

00:38:18.960 --> 00:38:19.720
 continuing to

00:38:19.720 --> 00:38:20.300
 be bound

00:38:20.300 --> 00:38:21.119
 for a place

00:38:21.119 --> 00:38:21.700
 called hell.

00:38:21.880 --> 00:38:22.360
 You're already

00:38:22.360 --> 00:38:22.860
 on the road

00:38:22.860 --> 00:38:23.200
 to hell.

00:38:23.480 --> 00:38:23.940
 The question

00:38:23.940 --> 00:38:24.340
 is are you

00:38:24.340 --> 00:38:24.599
 going to get

00:38:24.599 --> 00:38:25.119
 off or not?

00:38:25.400 --> 00:38:26.039
 A no

00:38:26.039 --> 00:38:27.599
 puts somebody

00:38:27.599 --> 00:38:28.240
 staying on

00:38:28.240 --> 00:38:28.680
 the path

00:38:28.680 --> 00:38:29.019
 that they're

00:38:29.019 --> 00:38:29.340
 on.

00:38:29.639 --> 00:38:30.200
 A yes

00:38:30.200 --> 00:38:30.680
 says I

00:38:30.680 --> 00:38:31.079
 have a

00:38:31.079 --> 00:38:32.360
 new life

00:38:32.360 --> 00:38:33.079
 in Christ.

00:38:33.340 --> 00:38:34.099
 I have a

00:38:34.099 --> 00:38:34.760
 Savior who

00:38:34.760 --> 00:38:35.240
 changed

00:38:35.240 --> 00:38:35.760
 everything

00:38:35.760 --> 00:38:37.260
 that

00:38:37.260 --> 00:38:38.080
 transformed

00:38:38.080 --> 00:38:38.960
 my life.

00:38:40.380 --> 00:38:40.980
 If a

00:38:40.980 --> 00:38:41.320
 person

00:38:41.320 --> 00:38:41.980
 rejects

00:38:41.980 --> 00:38:42.180
 that

00:38:42.180 --> 00:38:42.900
 salvation

00:38:42.900 --> 00:38:43.180
 that

00:38:43.180 --> 00:38:43.320
 is

00:38:43.320 --> 00:38:43.640
 offered

00:38:43.640 --> 00:38:43.880
 by

00:38:43.880 --> 00:38:44.260
 God

00:38:44.260 --> 00:38:44.480
 through

00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:44.840
 Jesus

00:38:44.840 --> 00:38:45.320
 Christ,

00:38:45.500 --> 00:38:46.080
 there's

00:38:46.080 --> 00:38:46.720
 no other

00:38:46.720 --> 00:38:47.240
 hope of

00:38:47.240 --> 00:38:47.840
 salvation

00:38:47.840 --> 00:38:48.540
 available to

00:38:48.540 --> 00:38:48.820
 them.

00:38:49.220 --> 00:38:49.360
 You know,

00:38:49.400 --> 00:38:50.180
 oftentimes people

00:38:50.180 --> 00:38:50.460
 think,

00:38:50.560 --> 00:38:50.620
 well,

00:38:50.840 --> 00:38:51.500
 I'll deal

00:38:51.500 --> 00:38:51.920
 with this

00:38:51.920 --> 00:38:52.260
 later.

00:38:52.360 --> 00:38:52.560
 You know

00:38:52.560 --> 00:38:52.780
 what?

00:38:52.860 --> 00:38:53.280
 Later is

00:38:53.280 --> 00:38:53.760
 too late.

00:38:54.060 --> 00:38:54.400
 There's not

00:38:54.400 --> 00:38:54.700
 going to be

00:38:54.700 --> 00:38:55.160
 some other

00:38:55.160 --> 00:38:55.480
 way.

00:38:55.640 --> 00:38:55.840
 I mean,

00:38:56.020 --> 00:38:56.780
 it's amazing

00:38:56.780 --> 00:38:57.220
 how many

00:38:57.220 --> 00:38:57.920
 people I've

00:38:57.920 --> 00:38:58.340
 talked to

00:38:58.340 --> 00:38:58.660
 over the

00:38:58.660 --> 00:38:58.980
 years.

00:38:59.200 --> 00:38:59.740
 When you

00:38:59.740 --> 00:39:00.300
 talk to them

00:39:00.300 --> 00:39:00.740
 about the

00:39:00.740 --> 00:39:01.180
 things of

00:39:01.180 --> 00:39:01.420
 God,

00:39:01.500 --> 00:39:01.820
 the first

00:39:01.820 --> 00:39:02.120
 thing they

00:39:02.120 --> 00:39:02.660
 go to is,

00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:03.380
 look at all

00:39:03.380 --> 00:39:03.700
 the good

00:39:03.700 --> 00:39:04.140
 things I

00:39:04.139 --> 00:39:04.379
 do.

00:39:04.599 --> 00:39:05.000
 It's in

00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:05.539
 our nature

00:39:05.539 --> 00:39:05.900
 to say,

00:39:05.980 --> 00:39:06.359
 look at how

00:39:06.359 --> 00:39:06.819
 good I

00:39:06.819 --> 00:39:07.079
 am,

00:39:07.099 --> 00:39:07.460
 and God

00:39:07.460 --> 00:39:07.859
 says,

00:39:08.299 --> 00:39:10.139
 there's a

00:39:10.139 --> 00:39:10.460
 problem.

00:39:10.839 --> 00:39:11.279
 All the

00:39:11.279 --> 00:39:11.639
 good you

00:39:11.639 --> 00:39:12.159
 think you're

00:39:12.159 --> 00:39:12.779
 doing means

00:39:12.779 --> 00:39:13.259
 nothing.

00:39:13.599 --> 00:39:14.219
 It doesn't

00:39:14.219 --> 00:39:15.119
 save you.

00:39:17.119 --> 00:39:17.799
 There's no

00:39:17.799 --> 00:39:18.420
 redemption.

00:39:19.519 --> 00:39:19.659
 You know,

00:39:19.719 --> 00:39:20.279
 you consider

00:39:20.279 --> 00:39:21.139
 that around

00:39:21.139 --> 00:39:21.659
 the world

00:39:21.659 --> 00:39:22.259
 you'll find

00:39:22.259 --> 00:39:22.759
 that people

00:39:22.759 --> 00:39:23.639
 abuse

00:39:23.639 --> 00:39:24.539
 themselves to

00:39:24.539 --> 00:39:24.940
 pay for

00:39:24.940 --> 00:39:25.900
 their sin.

00:39:26.019 --> 00:39:26.119
 I mean,

00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:28.859
 you look at

00:39:28.859 --> 00:39:29.639
 places like

00:39:29.639 --> 00:39:30.400
 South America

00:39:30.400 --> 00:39:30.759
 or the

00:39:30.759 --> 00:39:31.239
 Philippines,

00:39:31.359 --> 00:39:31.619
 and you have

00:39:31.619 --> 00:39:32.219
 people walk

00:39:32.219 --> 00:39:32.519
 up and down

00:39:32.519 --> 00:39:32.879
 the street

00:39:32.879 --> 00:39:33.279
 and beat

00:39:33.279 --> 00:39:33.879
 themselves,

00:39:34.139 --> 00:39:35.019
 with lashes,

00:39:35.179 --> 00:39:35.379
 you know,

00:39:35.420 --> 00:39:35.920
 to try to

00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:36.799
 gain favor

00:39:36.799 --> 00:39:37.239
 with God,

00:39:37.339 --> 00:39:37.819
 crawl on

00:39:37.819 --> 00:39:38.420
 their knees

00:39:38.420 --> 00:39:39.059
 up and

00:39:39.059 --> 00:39:40.279
 down stairs

00:39:40.279 --> 00:39:40.779
 and all

00:39:40.779 --> 00:39:41.199
 sorts of

00:39:41.199 --> 00:39:41.639
 things all

00:39:41.639 --> 00:39:42.000
 over the

00:39:42.000 --> 00:39:42.940
 world to

00:39:42.940 --> 00:39:43.139
 say,

00:39:43.259 --> 00:39:44.000
 this will

00:39:44.000 --> 00:39:45.079
 make God

00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:45.559
 happy.

00:39:45.799 --> 00:39:46.099
 But they

00:39:46.099 --> 00:39:46.699
 don't realize

00:39:46.699 --> 00:39:47.039
 they make

00:39:47.039 --> 00:39:47.799
 God sad.

00:39:48.119 --> 00:39:48.259
 Say,

00:39:48.339 --> 00:39:48.599
 preacher,

00:39:48.699 --> 00:39:48.920
 what do

00:39:48.920 --> 00:39:49.259
 you mean?

00:39:50.159 --> 00:39:50.359
 You know

00:39:50.359 --> 00:39:50.480
 what?

00:39:50.500 --> 00:39:50.859
 It makes

00:39:50.859 --> 00:39:51.339
 you sad

00:39:51.339 --> 00:39:51.639
 when you

00:39:51.639 --> 00:39:51.960
 offer

00:39:51.960 --> 00:39:52.679
 something so

00:39:52.679 --> 00:39:53.239
 valuable

00:39:53.239 --> 00:39:54.599
 and free

00:39:54.599 --> 00:39:55.359
 to somebody

00:39:55.359 --> 00:39:57.059
 and they

00:39:57.059 --> 00:39:57.619
 ignore it.

00:39:59.299 --> 00:39:59.859
 The Bible

00:39:59.859 --> 00:40:00.460
 says God's

00:40:00.460 --> 00:40:00.900
 not willing

00:40:00.900 --> 00:40:01.400
 that any

00:40:01.400 --> 00:40:01.960
 should perish

00:40:01.960 --> 00:40:02.619
 but that all

00:40:02.619 --> 00:40:03.059
 should come

00:40:03.059 --> 00:40:03.599
 to repentance.

00:40:03.599 --> 00:40:04.139
 You know,

00:40:04.179 --> 00:40:04.559
 sometimes they

00:40:04.559 --> 00:40:05.039
 try to paint

00:40:05.039 --> 00:40:05.679
 God that he

00:40:05.679 --> 00:40:06.559
 rejoices at

00:40:06.559 --> 00:40:07.000
 the death of

00:40:07.000 --> 00:40:07.279
 a sinner.

00:40:07.619 --> 00:40:08.279
 The Bible

00:40:08.279 --> 00:40:08.699
 makes it

00:40:08.699 --> 00:40:09.500
 clear that God

00:40:09.500 --> 00:40:10.420
 does not rejoice

00:40:10.420 --> 00:40:11.099
 by having to

00:40:11.099 --> 00:40:11.819
 condemn somebody.

00:40:12.179 --> 00:40:12.579
 But the Bible

00:40:12.579 --> 00:40:13.380
 does say there's

00:40:13.380 --> 00:40:14.739
 rejoicing when

00:40:14.739 --> 00:40:15.179
 somebody gets

00:40:15.179 --> 00:40:15.579
 saved.

00:40:15.799 --> 00:40:16.159
 They've been

00:40:16.159 --> 00:40:16.639
 rescued.

00:40:17.099 --> 00:40:17.500
 They've been

00:40:17.500 --> 00:40:18.039
 redeemed.

00:40:20.139 --> 00:40:21.319
 Only way to

00:40:21.319 --> 00:40:22.099
 get to God

00:40:22.099 --> 00:40:22.860
 is through Jesus

00:40:22.860 --> 00:40:23.259
 Christ.

00:40:23.380 --> 00:40:23.759
 Jesus said,

00:40:23.960 --> 00:40:24.880
 I am the

00:40:24.880 --> 00:40:25.279
 way,

00:40:25.440 --> 00:40:25.920
 the truth,

00:40:26.000 --> 00:40:26.559
 and the life,

00:40:26.659 --> 00:40:27.219
 and no man

00:40:27.219 --> 00:40:27.839
 cometh unto the

00:40:27.839 --> 00:40:28.500
 Father but by

00:40:28.500 --> 00:40:28.779
 me.

00:40:29.239 --> 00:40:30.239
 Acts 4.12

00:40:30.239 --> 00:40:30.960
 tells us there's

00:40:30.960 --> 00:40:31.619
 no other name

00:40:31.619 --> 00:40:32.739
 given under heaven

00:40:32.739 --> 00:40:33.859
 whereby we must

00:40:33.859 --> 00:40:35.319
 be saved.

00:40:37.079 --> 00:40:38.379
 To reject him

00:40:38.379 --> 00:40:39.099
 is to reject

00:40:39.099 --> 00:40:39.719
 forgiveness,

00:40:39.919 --> 00:40:40.599
 is to reject

00:40:40.599 --> 00:40:41.059
 hope,

00:40:41.419 --> 00:40:42.059
 is to reject

00:40:42.059 --> 00:40:42.779
 salvation,

00:40:42.959 --> 00:40:43.599
 is to reject

00:40:43.599 --> 00:40:44.159
 God,

00:40:44.479 --> 00:40:45.079
 is to reject

00:40:45.079 --> 00:40:45.599
 Christ,

00:40:45.699 --> 00:40:46.299
 is to reject

00:40:46.299 --> 00:40:47.239
 the Holy Spirit,

00:40:47.659 --> 00:40:48.479
 is to reject

00:40:48.479 --> 00:40:49.739
 holiness and

00:40:49.739 --> 00:40:50.799
 embracing sin,

00:40:51.079 --> 00:40:51.879
 is to reject

00:40:51.879 --> 00:40:52.699
 life and to

00:40:52.699 --> 00:40:53.659
 embrace death,

00:40:53.939 --> 00:40:54.699
 is to reject

00:40:54.699 --> 00:40:55.419
 heaven and to

00:40:55.419 --> 00:40:56.259
 embrace hell.

00:40:56.519 --> 00:40:57.299
 If you reject

00:40:57.299 --> 00:40:58.439
 Jesus Christ and

00:40:58.439 --> 00:40:59.319
 refuse to believe

00:40:59.319 --> 00:41:00.000
 the gospel,

00:41:00.359 --> 00:41:01.759
 you will go to

00:41:01.760 --> 00:41:02.040
 hell,

00:41:02.340 --> 00:41:03.060
 there's no one

00:41:03.060 --> 00:41:03.840
 to blame but

00:41:03.840 --> 00:41:04.420
 yourself.

00:41:05.540 --> 00:41:06.160
 Look over to

00:41:06.160 --> 00:41:07.000
 John chapter 8

00:41:07.000 --> 00:41:07.500
 for a moment.

00:41:07.800 --> 00:41:08.580
 John chapter 8

00:41:08.580 --> 00:41:09.580
 and verse 24.

00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:10.660
 I said therefore

00:41:10.660 --> 00:41:11.060
 unto you,

00:41:11.100 --> 00:41:11.800
 this is Jesus

00:41:11.800 --> 00:41:12.280
 speaking,

00:41:12.400 --> 00:41:12.780
 it says,

00:41:13.220 --> 00:41:14.000
 that ye shall

00:41:14.000 --> 00:41:15.040
 die in your

00:41:15.040 --> 00:41:15.720
 sins,

00:41:15.840 --> 00:41:16.380
 for if ye

00:41:16.380 --> 00:41:17.400
 believe not

00:41:17.400 --> 00:41:17.980
 that I am

00:41:17.980 --> 00:41:18.260
 he,

00:41:18.780 --> 00:41:20.100
 ye shall die

00:41:20.100 --> 00:41:21.340
 in your

00:41:21.340 --> 00:41:22.260
 sins.

00:41:22.620 --> 00:41:23.340
 We are already

00:41:23.340 --> 00:41:24.140
 a lost sinner

00:41:24.140 --> 00:41:24.720
 who needs a

00:41:24.720 --> 00:41:24.960
 Savior.

00:41:26.780 --> 00:41:27.440
 You're born

00:41:27.440 --> 00:41:27.900
 that way.

00:41:28.160 --> 00:41:28.260
 You know,

00:41:28.280 --> 00:41:28.900
 David talked a lot

00:41:28.900 --> 00:41:29.400
 about foolish

00:41:29.400 --> 00:41:29.680
 things,

00:41:29.760 --> 00:41:30.120
 the way people

00:41:30.120 --> 00:41:30.440
 are born,

00:41:30.520 --> 00:41:31.120
 the reality is

00:41:31.119 --> 00:41:31.480
 the only thing

00:41:31.480 --> 00:41:31.920
 you're born

00:41:31.920 --> 00:41:33.019
 is a sinner.

00:41:33.239 --> 00:41:33.739
 A sinner

00:41:33.739 --> 00:41:35.000
 separated from

00:41:35.000 --> 00:41:35.400
 God.

00:41:35.739 --> 00:41:36.380
 And we find

00:41:36.380 --> 00:41:36.880
 here as the

00:41:36.880 --> 00:41:37.599
 Lord prepared

00:41:37.599 --> 00:41:38.420
 to return to

00:41:38.420 --> 00:41:38.699
 heaven,

00:41:39.420 --> 00:41:40.199
 his mind

00:41:40.199 --> 00:41:40.699
 was with

00:41:40.699 --> 00:41:41.159
 his men

00:41:41.159 --> 00:41:41.400
 and he

00:41:41.400 --> 00:41:42.079
 wanted them

00:41:42.079 --> 00:41:42.960
 to be

00:41:42.960 --> 00:41:43.759
 prepared for

00:41:43.759 --> 00:41:44.299
 a day when

00:41:44.299 --> 00:41:44.559
 they would

00:41:44.559 --> 00:41:44.839
 have a

00:41:44.839 --> 00:41:45.599
 responsibility

00:41:45.599 --> 00:41:47.039
 to declare

00:41:47.039 --> 00:41:48.000
 this message

00:41:48.000 --> 00:41:49.079
 not just to

00:41:49.079 --> 00:41:49.500
 a certain

00:41:49.500 --> 00:41:50.019
 group but

00:41:50.019 --> 00:41:50.239
 to the

00:41:50.239 --> 00:41:50.900
 whole world.

00:41:51.319 --> 00:41:51.699
 And so he

00:41:51.699 --> 00:41:52.159
 gave them

00:41:52.159 --> 00:41:52.559
 the great

00:41:52.559 --> 00:41:53.039
 commission

00:41:53.039 --> 00:41:53.440
 and he

00:41:53.440 --> 00:41:53.900
 sent them

00:41:53.900 --> 00:41:54.299
 out to

00:41:54.299 --> 00:41:54.659
 tell the

00:41:54.659 --> 00:41:55.779
 world about

00:41:55.779 --> 00:41:56.039
 him.

00:41:56.380 --> 00:41:56.759
 Jesus'

00:41:56.759 --> 00:41:58.119
 last words

00:41:58.119 --> 00:41:59.000
 before he

00:41:59.000 --> 00:41:59.819
 departed that

00:41:59.820 --> 00:42:00.380
 we have,

00:42:00.440 --> 00:42:00.700
 he was

00:42:00.700 --> 00:42:01.900
 concerned that

00:42:01.900 --> 00:42:02.840
 everybody would

00:42:02.840 --> 00:42:03.200
 know.

00:42:05.140 --> 00:42:05.860
 If you read

00:42:05.860 --> 00:42:06.500
 Acts chapter

00:42:06.500 --> 00:42:07.000
 1, it

00:42:07.000 --> 00:42:08.039
 records Jesus'

00:42:08.280 --> 00:42:09.059
 last words in

00:42:09.059 --> 00:42:09.640
 his ascension

00:42:09.640 --> 00:42:10.180
 into heaven.

00:42:10.480 --> 00:42:11.080
 His last

00:42:11.080 --> 00:42:11.700
 words to the

00:42:11.700 --> 00:42:12.620
 disciples was a

00:42:12.620 --> 00:42:13.100
 charge to,

00:42:13.220 --> 00:42:13.440
 you're going to

00:42:13.440 --> 00:42:13.980
 be a witness

00:42:13.980 --> 00:42:14.440
 to me.

00:42:14.660 --> 00:42:14.940
 You're going to

00:42:14.940 --> 00:42:15.480
 be a living

00:42:15.480 --> 00:42:16.860
 testimony about

00:42:16.860 --> 00:42:17.400
 what's taking

00:42:17.400 --> 00:42:17.920
 place.

00:42:19.200 --> 00:42:20.180
 About how your

00:42:20.180 --> 00:42:21.220
 life was changed,

00:42:21.300 --> 00:42:21.920
 how your life

00:42:21.920 --> 00:42:22.760
 was transformed.

00:42:23.160 --> 00:42:23.620
 I want you to

00:42:23.620 --> 00:42:24.280
 understand our

00:42:24.280 --> 00:42:25.340
 Lord's final

00:42:25.340 --> 00:42:26.580
 thoughts were on

00:42:26.580 --> 00:42:27.100
 you and me.

00:42:27.360 --> 00:42:27.940
 Before he went

00:42:27.940 --> 00:42:28.440
 into heaven,

00:42:28.539 --> 00:42:29.000
 his final

00:42:29.000 --> 00:42:29.559
 thoughts were

00:42:29.559 --> 00:42:30.300
 for all those

00:42:30.300 --> 00:42:30.639
 who were going

00:42:30.639 --> 00:42:31.240
 to believe.

00:42:31.440 --> 00:42:32.000
 That they would

00:42:32.000 --> 00:42:32.760
 hear the message

00:42:32.760 --> 00:42:33.460
 and be able to

00:42:33.460 --> 00:42:34.059
 respond.

00:42:34.400 --> 00:42:34.980
 This is what

00:42:34.980 --> 00:42:35.720
 was next.

00:42:36.000 --> 00:42:36.519
 But the question

00:42:36.519 --> 00:42:37.480
 is what's next?

00:42:37.519 --> 00:42:38.220
 It's a question

00:42:38.220 --> 00:42:38.900
 for even us

00:42:38.900 --> 00:42:39.460
 this morning.

00:42:39.760 --> 00:42:40.260
 Because the

00:42:40.260 --> 00:42:40.940
 question is,

00:42:41.039 --> 00:42:41.920
 are you impacted

00:42:41.920 --> 00:42:42.880
 by the gospel

00:42:42.880 --> 00:42:43.780
 or not?

00:42:44.820 --> 00:42:46.119
 Have you responded

00:42:46.119 --> 00:42:46.820
 to the truth

00:42:46.820 --> 00:42:47.440
 of what God

00:42:47.440 --> 00:42:48.099
 says or have

00:42:48.099 --> 00:42:48.460
 you not?

00:42:50.119 --> 00:42:50.679
 Have you

00:42:50.679 --> 00:42:51.740
 responded with

00:42:51.740 --> 00:42:52.700
 a yes,

00:42:52.920 --> 00:42:53.599
 he is the

00:42:53.599 --> 00:42:53.980
 Savior,

00:42:54.320 --> 00:42:54.940
 I am a

00:42:54.940 --> 00:42:55.179
 sinner,

00:42:55.460 --> 00:42:55.840
 he is the

00:42:55.840 --> 00:42:56.480
 one that paid

00:42:56.480 --> 00:42:57.000
 for me,

00:42:57.000 --> 00:42:57.920
 or no,

00:42:58.059 --> 00:42:58.699
 I think I am

00:42:58.699 --> 00:42:59.219
 good enough,

00:42:59.280 --> 00:42:59.719
 I can get

00:42:59.719 --> 00:43:00.400
 myself in.

00:43:00.599 --> 00:43:01.219
 That's ultimately

00:43:01.219 --> 00:43:01.800
 the only two

00:43:01.800 --> 00:43:03.840
 choices that

00:43:03.840 --> 00:43:04.460
 people have.

00:43:04.559 --> 00:43:04.840
 It's either

00:43:04.840 --> 00:43:05.659
 I can do it

00:43:05.659 --> 00:43:06.380
 on my own

00:43:06.380 --> 00:43:07.679
 or I know

00:43:07.679 --> 00:43:08.340
 I can't

00:43:08.340 --> 00:43:08.639
 and it's

00:43:08.639 --> 00:43:09.079
 only through

00:43:09.079 --> 00:43:09.940
 Jesus Christ.

00:43:10.280 --> 00:43:10.920
 What's next?

00:43:11.039 --> 00:43:11.420
 What have you

00:43:11.420 --> 00:43:11.860
 done with

00:43:11.860 --> 00:43:12.380
 the gospel?

00:43:14.400 --> 00:43:15.239
 Because today

00:43:15.239 --> 00:43:16.099
 you stand on

00:43:16.099 --> 00:43:16.780
 one side of

00:43:16.780 --> 00:43:17.300
 the gospel

00:43:17.300 --> 00:43:17.800
 or another.

00:43:18.159 --> 00:43:18.480
 You either

00:43:18.480 --> 00:43:19.159
 stand with

00:43:19.159 --> 00:43:19.500
 yes,

00:43:19.559 --> 00:43:19.980
 he is my

00:43:19.980 --> 00:43:20.380
 Savior

00:43:20.380 --> 00:43:22.440
 or no,

00:43:22.500 --> 00:43:22.980
 he is not.

00:43:24.739 --> 00:43:25.179
 There is

00:43:25.179 --> 00:43:25.760
 no in between.

00:43:26.199 --> 00:43:26.340
 You know,

00:43:26.340 --> 00:43:26.880
 today if

00:43:26.880 --> 00:43:27.480
 God's spoken

00:43:27.480 --> 00:43:27.900
 to you,

00:43:27.980 --> 00:43:28.200
 what are you

00:43:28.200 --> 00:43:28.380
 going to

00:43:28.380 --> 00:43:30.480
 do with

00:43:30.480 --> 00:43:30.680
 it?

00:43:31.539 --> 00:43:31.940
 As heads

00:43:31.940 --> 00:43:32.400
 are bowed

00:43:32.400 --> 00:43:32.700
 and eyes

00:43:32.700 --> 00:43:33.100
 are closed

00:43:33.100 --> 00:43:33.559
 this morning,

00:43:34.559 --> 00:43:35.900
 as we take

00:43:35.900 --> 00:43:36.620
 a few moments,

00:43:36.780 --> 00:43:37.220
 what about

00:43:37.220 --> 00:43:37.920
 you today?

00:43:38.180 --> 00:43:38.519
 In your

00:43:38.519 --> 00:43:38.880
 life,

00:43:38.940 --> 00:43:39.120
 has there

00:43:39.120 --> 00:43:39.400
 been a

00:43:39.400 --> 00:43:39.800
 moment when

00:43:39.800 --> 00:43:40.440
 you truly

00:43:40.440 --> 00:43:42.500
 not just

00:43:42.500 --> 00:43:43.400
 repeated words

00:43:43.400 --> 00:43:43.860
 but said,

00:43:43.960 --> 00:43:44.120
 Lord,

00:43:44.240 --> 00:43:44.900
 I know

00:43:44.900 --> 00:43:45.620
 you died

00:43:45.620 --> 00:43:46.059
 for my

00:43:46.059 --> 00:43:46.380
 sin,

00:43:46.640 --> 00:43:46.900
 that you

00:43:46.900 --> 00:43:47.240
 were looking

00:43:47.240 --> 00:43:47.680
 at me,

00:43:47.920 --> 00:43:48.360
 a sinner

00:43:48.360 --> 00:43:48.840
 on the way

00:43:48.840 --> 00:43:49.280
 to hell,

00:43:49.559 --> 00:43:49.800
 and made

00:43:49.800 --> 00:43:50.200
 a way

00:43:50.200 --> 00:43:51.579
 for me

00:43:51.579 --> 00:43:51.840
 to be

00:43:51.840 --> 00:43:52.220
 saved?

00:43:52.340 --> 00:43:52.720
 If you've

00:43:52.720 --> 00:43:53.140
 never made

00:43:53.140 --> 00:43:53.720
 a decision

00:43:53.720 --> 00:43:54.660
 towards Christ

00:43:54.659 --> 00:43:55.059
 today,

00:43:55.299 --> 00:43:55.779
 don't leave

00:43:55.779 --> 00:43:56.199
 here making

00:43:56.199 --> 00:43:56.719
 a decision

00:43:56.719 --> 00:43:57.379
 against it.

00:43:57.639 --> 00:43:57.899
 What are you

00:43:57.899 --> 00:43:58.379
 going to do

00:43:58.379 --> 00:43:59.159
 with the

00:43:59.159 --> 00:43:59.879
 truth today?

00:43:59.879 --> 00:44:00.759
 What are you

00:44:00.759 --> 00:44:01.199
 going to do

00:44:01.199 --> 00:44:01.559
 with the truth

00:44:01.559 --> 00:44:01.920
 today?