WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.280 As we sit, let's bow our heads and pray together. 00:00:06.219 --> 00:00:07.140 Our loving Heavenly Father, we are so grateful for your word. 00:00:07.140 --> 00:00:11.300 ! Our loving Heavenly Father, we are so grateful for your word. 00:00:11.300 --> 00:00:16.679 ! And we thank you that the Lord Jesus taught that your word is truth. 00:00:16.679 --> 00:00:24.719 And Father, he claimed that it would be your truth that would set us free. 00:00:26.400 --> 00:00:29.760 And so we ask now for your people gathered. 00:00:30.640 --> 00:00:33.100 That we might discern your truth. 00:00:33.939 --> 00:00:36.899 And your truth would indeed free us. 00:00:37.759 --> 00:00:43.420 That we might become the people, not that we want to be, Lord, but the people you would like us to be. 00:00:44.340 --> 00:00:49.039 And we pray these things in Jesus' name. Amen. 00:00:51.039 --> 00:00:57.079 I want to preach on a verse from the reading that Grace read to us. 00:00:57.079 --> 00:01:05.039 The disciples decided they would go on a fishing trip. 00:01:05.039 --> 00:01:06.519 And there were seven of them. 00:01:07.099 --> 00:01:08.879 And six of them joined Peter. 00:01:09.219 --> 00:01:10.759 And they got in the boat. 00:01:10.760 --> 00:01:21.340 And the rather depressing outcome of their first attempt to fish, we read about in verse 3. 00:01:22.680 --> 00:01:24.960 They went out and got into the boat. 00:01:25.060 --> 00:01:27.719 But that night, they caught nothing. 00:01:27.719 --> 00:01:42.099 I remember watching that series of television programs some years ago on the television about this bloke who had this mad idea for a set of documentaries. 00:01:42.099 --> 00:01:48.059 That he would go into the forest flung places of the planet. 00:01:48.060 --> 00:01:53.680 And what he would do is he would join some of the most primitive people. 00:01:54.600 --> 00:01:56.359 And he'd stay with them for a week. 00:01:58.020 --> 00:02:00.560 I mean, you can imagine what that was like. 00:02:00.620 --> 00:02:02.000 They nearly killed him, in fact. 00:02:02.719 --> 00:02:06.460 They gave him some hallucinogenic leaves to chew. 00:02:06.879 --> 00:02:08.199 And that nearly did for him. 00:02:08.199 --> 00:02:13.119 But I remember every night he came in front of camera. 00:02:13.679 --> 00:02:15.239 And he did a little video. 00:02:16.179 --> 00:02:18.039 And he would say what he'd been doing. 00:02:18.139 --> 00:02:20.560 And he said on this particular program. 00:02:21.219 --> 00:02:23.079 He said, I'm very excited. 00:02:23.959 --> 00:02:26.219 He said, tomorrow we're going fishing. 00:02:26.379 --> 00:02:31.699 He said, I'm really keen to find out how these people go about fishing. 00:02:32.699 --> 00:02:35.799 He said, and I saw them loading the canoes tonight. 00:02:35.800 --> 00:02:40.240 He said, I was a little confused because there's no nets and no fishing rods or anything like that. 00:02:40.580 --> 00:02:42.460 He said, so we'll wait and see. 00:02:42.820 --> 00:02:45.560 The next minute they're canoeing down the river. 00:02:46.120 --> 00:02:48.920 And suddenly there's a bloke at the front. 00:02:49.040 --> 00:02:50.439 And he's looking into the river. 00:02:50.640 --> 00:02:51.980 And he tells them to stop. 00:02:52.280 --> 00:02:57.500 By the way, these primitive people had a massive outboard motor on the back of their canoe. 00:02:59.080 --> 00:03:00.180 So they stop. 00:03:00.180 --> 00:03:03.920 And this guy sitting there. 00:03:04.280 --> 00:03:05.920 And you can tell he's very puzzled. 00:03:06.060 --> 00:03:06.819 Because there's nothing. 00:03:06.920 --> 00:03:07.659 There's no nets. 00:03:08.500 --> 00:03:11.180 And these are primitive people. 00:03:12.340 --> 00:03:16.760 And suddenly the elder in the boat pulled out a stick of dynamite. 00:03:16.860 --> 00:03:18.300 Lyt it and threw it in the river. 00:03:18.300 --> 00:03:22.400 And then they collected all the dead fish off the top. 00:03:24.100 --> 00:03:30.719 Well, fishing at the time of Peter was a slightly different business. 00:03:30.880 --> 00:03:36.160 Partly because, of course, dynamite hadn't been invented in that time. 00:03:36.159 --> 00:03:55.079 But just so you know this, I mean, it seems like when you're talking about overcoming failure, that at a certain level, going out fishing and not catching any fish is hardly life-changing. 00:03:55.080 --> 00:04:03.720 But then you've got to reckon that Peter's livelihood depended on what he caught. 00:04:03.840 --> 00:04:06.200 And fishermen today is exactly the same. 00:04:06.400 --> 00:04:11.680 You know, sometimes they take these big expensive boats out to fish and they don't catch a thing. 00:04:13.320 --> 00:04:14.260 It was like that then. 00:04:14.360 --> 00:04:18.920 But, of course, the consequences were probably more serious. 00:04:19.180 --> 00:04:21.819 Not only did they not have food for breakfast. 00:04:21.819 --> 00:04:24.699 But he wouldn't have had any fish left to sell. 00:04:24.959 --> 00:04:27.959 That would have fed into his livelihood. 00:04:29.339 --> 00:04:31.540 So it's a serious matter, fishing. 00:04:32.360 --> 00:04:33.120 And they went out. 00:04:33.219 --> 00:04:40.159 Now, in 1902, there was a scientist called Karl Popper. 00:04:41.379 --> 00:04:45.300 And he wasn't born a scientist, obviously, but he became a scientist. 00:04:45.300 --> 00:04:51.699 And as he got older, he became more interested in the philosophy of science. 00:04:52.399 --> 00:04:59.159 In particular, he became very interested in how do we know things are true. 00:04:59.259 --> 00:05:01.019 What is the nature of proof? 00:05:02.800 --> 00:05:04.980 And he came up with a theory. 00:05:05.180 --> 00:05:09.980 And the theory was based, I think he must have been a natural skeptic. 00:05:10.719 --> 00:05:15.480 Because his default in all matters of scientific truth were, 00:05:15.480 --> 00:05:20.639 you cannot trust human thinking because it's inevitably wrong. 00:05:21.819 --> 00:05:26.659 And so he developed this theory of proving. 00:05:26.779 --> 00:05:29.019 He said that we don't really prove anything. 00:05:29.139 --> 00:05:33.860 What we do is we find truth by consistently disproving things. 00:05:33.860 --> 00:05:38.780 It reminds you of that well-known adage by Thomas Edison, 00:05:38.780 --> 00:05:42.759 who invented the electric light bulb. 00:05:43.580 --> 00:05:48.520 And he tried and tried and tried to get this light bulb to work. 00:05:48.560 --> 00:05:49.720 And he could not do it. 00:05:49.720 --> 00:05:54.360 And a lot of his fellow inventors and scientists were saying to him, 00:05:54.680 --> 00:05:56.240 it's a flop, you know, give it up. 00:05:56.280 --> 00:05:56.980 It's a failure. 00:05:57.620 --> 00:06:01.660 And his conclusion was, I haven't failed a thousand times, he wrote. 00:06:02.360 --> 00:06:04.440 I haven't failed a thousand times. 00:06:05.380 --> 00:06:10.260 He said, what I've done is, I've discovered a thousand ways that this light bulb won't work. 00:06:10.259 --> 00:06:14.539 And of course, he invented it. 00:06:15.800 --> 00:06:19.139 Well, we're talking about overcoming failure today. 00:06:19.459 --> 00:06:22.159 And I have to say, I'm a little nervous about this. 00:06:22.360 --> 00:06:26.599 Partly because I suspect I may be in a classroom full of experts. 00:06:26.600 --> 00:06:34.060 There'll be very few of you in life who've not experienced failure. 00:06:36.960 --> 00:06:38.640 And it's not a great feeling. 00:06:38.800 --> 00:06:43.260 I mean, I'm not, you know, I don't want to talk to you about kind of superficial failures. 00:06:43.260 --> 00:06:46.500 Like, you know, I baked a cake and it didn't rise, that sort of stuff. 00:06:47.400 --> 00:06:50.560 I want to talk to you, and I'll come back to this in a moment, 00:06:50.700 --> 00:06:55.760 about the kind of more serious failures that can stay with us for life. 00:06:56.600 --> 00:07:03.740 And rob us of that fullness of life that Jesus promised in John 10 and verse 10. 00:07:06.160 --> 00:07:12.879 So, in the 1970s, early 1970s, when I was a young businessman, 00:07:14.040 --> 00:07:16.560 I tried to learn as much as I could. 00:07:16.560 --> 00:07:24.200 And I discovered that most of the books in the commercial area of leadership 00:07:24.200 --> 00:07:26.360 focused on success. 00:07:26.600 --> 00:07:31.140 One of the most famous books was written by a man called Jim Collins, 00:07:31.379 --> 00:07:33.220 and it was called From Good to Great. 00:07:34.140 --> 00:07:38.060 And Jim was a Harvard researcher, and his interest was, 00:07:38.600 --> 00:07:43.280 what's the difference between a good company and a great company? 00:07:44.400 --> 00:07:47.760 And through his research, he tried to isolate some factors, 00:07:48.240 --> 00:07:52.760 which he thought would make companies go from good to great. 00:07:52.759 --> 00:07:55.459 It's all about success. 00:07:56.620 --> 00:07:59.459 And then, round about the turn of this century, 00:08:00.439 --> 00:08:01.740 the kind of mood changed. 00:08:01.800 --> 00:08:04.180 I can't explain to you why the mood changed. 00:08:04.259 --> 00:08:09.399 I sort of suspect it's all to do with our kind of grievance, victim, 00:08:10.079 --> 00:08:12.480 slightly more aware of mental illness. 00:08:12.480 --> 00:08:17.379 But suddenly, people started to write leadership books about failure. 00:08:17.379 --> 00:08:17.439 failure. 00:08:19.120 --> 00:08:21.159 And there were very notes. 00:08:21.240 --> 00:08:26.139 There's a guy called Matthew Egan who wrote a book called The Failure Foundation. 00:08:26.879 --> 00:08:29.639 It actually made a foundation which talked about failure. 00:08:29.639 --> 00:08:29.699 failure. 00:08:30.579 --> 00:08:35.799 And then there was John Maxwell's famous book called Failing Forwards. 00:08:37.199 --> 00:08:41.799 I thought I might write a book at one point about the Church of England called Failing Slowly, 00:08:41.919 --> 00:08:43.100 but I never got round to it. 00:08:43.100 --> 00:08:49.500 So, you've got these books on failure. 00:08:49.740 --> 00:08:51.500 And of course, there's one big proviso. 00:08:52.600 --> 00:08:53.139 What's that? 00:08:54.379 --> 00:08:56.779 We will learn from our failures. 00:08:58.379 --> 00:09:00.560 And there's an element of truth in that. 00:09:00.620 --> 00:09:01.820 It's not guaranteed. 00:09:02.779 --> 00:09:05.180 But actually, it is true, isn't it, 00:09:05.180 --> 00:09:07.620 that if we can learn from our failures, 00:09:08.440 --> 00:09:11.040 we might actually get better at our endeavours. 00:09:11.039 --> 00:09:15.699 So, I want to talk to you about overcoming failure, 00:09:15.779 --> 00:09:18.879 and I want to do it from this passage that we have. 00:09:19.419 --> 00:09:22.199 I don't know if it could go up on the screen. 00:09:22.299 --> 00:09:23.620 I'm not quite sure about that. 00:09:23.719 --> 00:09:25.179 I don't understand technology. 00:09:26.980 --> 00:09:29.480 Visit to the doctors is a nightmare for me now. 00:09:30.799 --> 00:09:39.899 So, incidentally, these books on failure sold amazingly well. 00:09:41.039 --> 00:09:46.740 John Maxwell's book sold 31 million copies worldwide. 00:09:49.779 --> 00:09:51.899 I mean, unbelievable. 00:09:52.919 --> 00:09:54.120 So, as I said earlier, 00:09:54.199 --> 00:09:57.279 I don't want to talk to you about superficial failures. 00:09:57.659 --> 00:10:01.219 I'm not that worried about those of you whose cake didn't rise, 00:10:01.220 --> 00:10:07.139 or the gift that I carefully curated for my wife, 00:10:07.240 --> 00:10:08.500 which she truly hated. 00:10:13.700 --> 00:10:14.639 No more. 00:10:15.519 --> 00:10:21.160 And talking about a deeper, kind of more existential failure. 00:10:22.160 --> 00:10:23.440 What do I mean by that? 00:10:23.440 --> 00:10:28.860 Well, I mean, the very serious failures that some of you have gone through. 00:10:29.660 --> 00:10:30.620 Relationship failure. 00:10:31.580 --> 00:10:32.700 Always difficult. 00:10:34.860 --> 00:10:37.540 Marriage or parenting failure. 00:10:39.520 --> 00:10:40.720 Career failure. 00:10:42.320 --> 00:10:44.880 I mean, I know people who have failed, 00:10:45.120 --> 00:10:49.880 and unfortunately, it's defined the rest of their lives. 00:10:49.879 --> 00:10:52.279 Let me ask you a question. 00:10:52.419 --> 00:10:54.279 I mean, do you think that's God's intention? 00:10:54.740 --> 00:10:55.939 That we would fail, 00:10:56.860 --> 00:11:01.120 and that we would let it define us for the rest of our lives? 00:11:03.620 --> 00:11:06.860 I mean, you need to know that if you follow Jesus Christ, 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:12.679 your primary identity is not dictated by your failures or your successes. 00:11:12.679 --> 00:11:15.299 It's dictated by the grace of God, 00:11:15.479 --> 00:11:17.000 who's called you to himself. 00:11:19.979 --> 00:11:22.039 So, I'm talking about these, 00:11:22.139 --> 00:11:23.979 and of course, oh my goodness, 00:11:25.099 --> 00:11:27.819 hands up, you know, I'm a PhD in this. 00:11:27.939 --> 00:11:29.639 I mean, spiritual failure. 00:11:32.239 --> 00:11:34.839 My willingness to unforgive. 00:11:36.139 --> 00:11:38.659 And yet, it was only a few moments ago that 00:11:38.659 --> 00:11:42.379 Tim encouraged us to pray the Lord's Prayer. 00:11:43.139 --> 00:11:47.099 Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. 00:11:48.699 --> 00:11:52.519 Well, what about disobedience? 00:11:55.099 --> 00:11:57.419 Would you put your hand up if I said, 00:11:57.539 --> 00:12:00.319 have you ever been disobedient in your walk with Jesus? 00:12:01.919 --> 00:12:04.259 I suspect there wouldn't be many of you. 00:12:04.799 --> 00:12:07.799 John chapter 14 and verse 15, 00:12:07.799 --> 00:12:09.019 Jesus said, 00:12:09.219 --> 00:12:10.279 if you love me, 00:12:11.359 --> 00:12:13.359 you will obey my commandments. 00:12:13.500 --> 00:12:15.179 You will keep my commandments. 00:12:16.199 --> 00:12:16.699 I must say, 00:12:16.759 --> 00:12:19.139 I've always kind of wondered about that verse 00:12:19.139 --> 00:12:23.759 in relation to the assertion that God's love is unconditional. 00:12:23.759 --> 00:12:27.379 I mean, the word if is at the beginning of that sentence. 00:12:27.539 --> 00:12:28.599 If you love me, 00:12:29.379 --> 00:12:31.779 you will keep my commandments. 00:12:31.779 --> 00:12:31.980 Indifference. 00:12:33.240 --> 00:12:34.379 Or again, 00:12:34.860 --> 00:12:35.980 spiritual failure. 00:12:36.159 --> 00:12:38.079 I think this is a huge thing 00:12:38.079 --> 00:12:40.879 in the 21st century church. 00:12:41.659 --> 00:12:42.339 Indifference. 00:12:42.340 --> 00:12:46.160 I'm going to show up on Sunday 00:12:46.160 --> 00:12:49.740 and I'm going to make sure that the new vicar sees me. 00:12:52.220 --> 00:12:55.560 And I'm going to go home wherever I go 00:12:55.560 --> 00:12:57.420 for the next six days of the week. 00:12:57.419 --> 00:13:02.699 And somehow it doesn't seem to quite be the same. 00:13:04.939 --> 00:13:09.860 I am aware that I think the Western church has become, 00:13:10.519 --> 00:13:13.319 it's almost like we're sleepwalking some of the time. 00:13:14.579 --> 00:13:17.620 And God knows there's a work out there to be done. 00:13:19.740 --> 00:13:24.039 This is not just about getting a tick on the register, friends. 00:13:24.039 --> 00:13:27.959 This is about believing 00:13:27.959 --> 00:13:31.719 that our effort together with Christians across this town, 00:13:31.839 --> 00:13:33.259 Christians across this nation, 00:13:33.399 --> 00:13:36.219 our effort can change the world. 00:13:38.319 --> 00:13:39.519 But here's the point. 00:13:40.539 --> 00:13:42.099 If the effort's not there, 00:13:43.059 --> 00:13:45.620 it's unlikely that the change will be there. 00:13:47.500 --> 00:13:50.620 Remember that church in Laodicea 00:13:50.620 --> 00:13:53.019 in the book of Revelation 00:13:53.019 --> 00:13:55.679 and the risen Christ addresses the church 00:13:55.679 --> 00:13:56.799 in these words. 00:13:57.240 --> 00:13:58.220 I know your works. 00:13:58.319 --> 00:14:00.259 You're neither cold nor hot. 00:14:01.299 --> 00:14:04.100 Would that you were cold or hot 00:14:04.100 --> 00:14:06.120 because you are lukewarm. 00:14:06.779 --> 00:14:08.079 Because you are lukewarm, 00:14:08.600 --> 00:14:11.919 I will spit you out of my mouth. 00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:16.079 I didn't ever imagine that 00:14:16.079 --> 00:14:20.779 the risen Christ would develop the habit of spitting. 00:14:23.299 --> 00:14:24.579 But that's what he says. 00:14:26.240 --> 00:14:28.219 If you're sitting here thinking that 00:14:28.219 --> 00:14:30.579 if I warm the pews often enough, 00:14:30.639 --> 00:14:32.339 I'll get a gold watch at the end of it. 00:14:33.579 --> 00:14:36.559 Friend, with respect, you need to think again. 00:14:36.559 --> 00:14:41.319 So let's take a look at this passage 00:14:41.319 --> 00:14:43.579 and see what we might learn. 00:14:43.679 --> 00:14:46.219 The first thing I noticed about this passage 00:14:46.219 --> 00:14:53.799 is failure can make us lose focus. 00:14:53.899 --> 00:14:57.419 Verse 4 of chapter 21. 00:14:58.379 --> 00:15:01.899 We're told there that the disciples saw this person 00:15:01.899 --> 00:15:04.340 on the beach 100 yards away 00:15:04.340 --> 00:15:07.340 and they didn't recognise Jesus. 00:15:09.019 --> 00:15:12.159 See, I think this is what failure can do. 00:15:13.500 --> 00:15:17.639 I think if you are starting to define yourself 00:15:17.639 --> 00:15:18.500 by failure, 00:15:20.500 --> 00:15:24.000 Jesus is going to fall out of focus in your life. 00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:27.299 And I want to ask you, 00:15:27.340 --> 00:15:29.139 because this is very serious, frankly, 00:15:30.440 --> 00:15:33.519 that if you've not got Jesus in sharp focus, 00:15:34.100 --> 00:15:37.519 if he's not just your saviour but your Lord, 00:15:39.179 --> 00:15:42.860 then I think God might want to speak to you today. 00:15:44.240 --> 00:15:46.159 And I hope if he does, 00:15:46.639 --> 00:15:49.419 you won't just go home and put the oven on. 00:15:49.419 --> 00:15:52.899 But I hope you will think 00:15:52.899 --> 00:15:56.099 about what God might be saying to you. 00:15:58.339 --> 00:16:01.339 I know from the military 00:16:01.339 --> 00:16:06.719 that nobody who marches with a half-hearted army 00:16:06.719 --> 00:16:09.779 achieves anything very much. 00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:15.639 And half-heartedness within the congregation 00:16:15.639 --> 00:16:17.740 of Christ's faithful people 00:16:17.740 --> 00:16:21.379 will achieve similar results. 00:16:22.100 --> 00:16:24.159 I tell you this many times, 00:16:24.220 --> 00:16:25.039 and I'll tell you it again, 00:16:25.120 --> 00:16:27.320 I think about 23,000 people 00:16:27.320 --> 00:16:28.940 live in Clevedon. 00:16:31.100 --> 00:16:33.159 And I reckon, 00:16:33.500 --> 00:16:35.039 having done the rounds a bit, 00:16:35.919 --> 00:16:38.639 that maybe on any given Sunday 00:16:38.639 --> 00:16:41.820 there might be 800 to 1,000 people. 00:16:42.879 --> 00:16:45.060 I can't work out the maths on that. 00:16:45.059 --> 00:16:47.039 But could we agree, 00:16:47.979 --> 00:16:49.319 we could do better? 00:16:52.419 --> 00:16:53.500 The thing is, 00:16:54.159 --> 00:16:56.059 if you've lost focus on Jesus, 00:16:56.299 --> 00:16:56.699 honestly, 00:16:57.059 --> 00:16:58.799 it's not even going to matter to you. 00:17:00.659 --> 00:17:02.319 Our own little church 00:17:02.319 --> 00:17:04.000 and the friends we talk to, 00:17:05.539 --> 00:17:08.200 we love worshipping the Lord together. 00:17:08.419 --> 00:17:10.919 It's all so cosy. 00:17:10.920 --> 00:17:15.519 When you lose focus on Jesus, 00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:20.740 I think you don't just suffer that way, 00:17:20.900 --> 00:17:23.180 but actually what happens is 00:17:23.180 --> 00:17:26.519 your cutting edge as a Christian gets blunted. 00:17:26.519 --> 00:17:32.900 We need to rediscover our focus on Jesus 00:17:32.900 --> 00:17:34.400 and the likelihood is 00:17:34.400 --> 00:17:36.740 you're not going to be able to do that 00:17:36.740 --> 00:17:37.740 in your own strength. 00:17:38.920 --> 00:17:41.319 You will need the Holy Spirit 00:17:41.319 --> 00:17:45.460 to burn the idea 00:17:45.460 --> 00:17:50.559 that I am only a spiritual failure 00:17:50.559 --> 00:17:53.220 if I allow myself 00:17:53.220 --> 00:17:55.419 to lose focus on Jesus. 00:17:55.579 --> 00:17:56.720 The second thing is, 00:17:57.679 --> 00:17:59.960 I think this issue 00:17:59.960 --> 00:18:01.679 of failure, 00:18:01.759 --> 00:18:03.480 the difference between failure 00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:05.619 and success in this story 00:18:05.619 --> 00:18:08.359 was that they listened to Jesus. 00:18:09.879 --> 00:18:10.159 I mean, 00:18:10.579 --> 00:18:13.440 I did fishing when I was a boy. 00:18:14.159 --> 00:18:14.440 I mean, 00:18:14.480 --> 00:18:15.740 I never ever caught anything. 00:18:16.039 --> 00:18:17.839 And the bottom line is, 00:18:17.919 --> 00:18:19.079 I'm really glad I didn't 00:18:19.079 --> 00:18:20.019 because I was terrified. 00:18:20.259 --> 00:18:21.299 I didn't want to handle one 00:18:21.299 --> 00:18:22.399 to take it off the hook. 00:18:24.419 --> 00:18:24.819 So, 00:18:25.059 --> 00:18:25.480 you know, 00:18:25.539 --> 00:18:25.980 my fishing, 00:18:26.379 --> 00:18:27.019 but I didn't, 00:18:27.220 --> 00:18:28.480 I wasn't passionate enough 00:18:28.480 --> 00:18:29.179 about fishing 00:18:29.179 --> 00:18:30.579 to go out all night. 00:18:31.220 --> 00:18:31.419 Right? 00:18:31.439 --> 00:18:32.159 I never did that. 00:18:32.559 --> 00:18:34.500 I had other things to do at night 00:18:34.500 --> 00:18:36.039 rather than go fishing. 00:18:37.799 --> 00:18:38.139 But these, 00:18:38.259 --> 00:18:38.960 can you imagine, 00:18:39.079 --> 00:18:40.159 they've been out all night. 00:18:41.199 --> 00:18:43.059 All seven of them on this boat 00:18:43.059 --> 00:18:44.839 and they've not caught a thing. 00:18:44.839 --> 00:18:47.779 And there they are 00:18:47.779 --> 00:18:49.299 on the shore. 00:18:49.559 --> 00:18:51.379 I imagine they're not feeling great. 00:18:53.299 --> 00:18:55.759 And Jesus tells them 00:18:55.759 --> 00:18:58.959 that they must get in the boat. 00:19:00.699 --> 00:19:01.059 Sorry, 00:19:01.240 --> 00:19:03.679 they must cast their net again. 00:19:06.679 --> 00:19:08.559 You wouldn't blame them, 00:19:08.659 --> 00:19:08.879 would you, 00:19:08.899 --> 00:19:09.959 if there wasn't a discussion 00:19:09.959 --> 00:19:10.959 that went something like this? 00:19:10.959 --> 00:19:11.679 Who's this guy? 00:19:12.819 --> 00:19:13.699 Who is he to tell us? 00:19:13.700 --> 00:19:14.400 We're fishermen. 00:19:14.539 --> 00:19:15.039 We get it. 00:19:15.279 --> 00:19:15.819 Who's he? 00:19:18.740 --> 00:19:20.259 They listened to Jesus. 00:19:21.500 --> 00:19:21.980 Whom, 00:19:22.080 --> 00:19:23.100 at this stage, 00:19:24.360 --> 00:19:26.100 they hadn't really recognized. 00:19:27.779 --> 00:19:28.799 And they did 00:19:28.799 --> 00:19:29.940 what he said 00:19:29.940 --> 00:19:30.940 and they went out 00:19:30.940 --> 00:19:32.519 and they caught 00:19:32.519 --> 00:19:34.940 a massive trove of fish. 00:19:36.980 --> 00:19:38.140 153 fish. 00:19:39.460 --> 00:19:40.180 I mean, 00:19:40.279 --> 00:19:41.039 that sounds like 00:19:41.039 --> 00:19:42.500 a good breakfast to me. 00:19:42.500 --> 00:19:44.039 and I assumed 00:19:44.039 --> 00:19:44.539 that there'd be 00:19:44.539 --> 00:19:45.839 some stuff left over 00:19:45.839 --> 00:19:47.400 for their breakfast. 00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:51.400 They listened to him. 00:19:52.579 --> 00:19:53.660 I tell you something, 00:19:53.799 --> 00:19:54.900 if you're besotted 00:19:54.900 --> 00:19:56.400 by your failure, 00:19:57.240 --> 00:19:57.799 which is 00:19:57.799 --> 00:19:59.140 a close bedfellow 00:19:59.140 --> 00:20:00.200 of being besotted 00:20:00.200 --> 00:20:01.299 about yourself, 00:20:02.299 --> 00:20:04.819 then it's unlikely 00:20:04.819 --> 00:20:06.380 that you will ever hear 00:20:06.380 --> 00:20:07.640 Jesus speak to you. 00:20:08.180 --> 00:20:08.500 Why? 00:20:08.880 --> 00:20:09.539 Because you're not 00:20:09.539 --> 00:20:10.240 really listening. 00:20:10.240 --> 00:20:14.259 I wonder 00:20:14.259 --> 00:20:16.779 if this morning 00:20:16.779 --> 00:20:19.299 in this church 00:20:19.299 --> 00:20:20.039 which has seen 00:20:20.039 --> 00:20:21.859 so much spiritual action 00:20:21.859 --> 00:20:22.819 over the years, 00:20:25.059 --> 00:20:26.599 I wonder if that same spirit 00:20:26.599 --> 00:20:27.859 who motivated 00:20:27.859 --> 00:20:28.779 that action 00:20:28.779 --> 00:20:31.079 is going to speak 00:20:31.079 --> 00:20:31.539 to you. 00:20:31.539 --> 00:20:38.559 speak, Lord, 00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:40.159 in the stillness 00:20:40.159 --> 00:20:42.859 while I think 00:20:42.859 --> 00:20:43.480 on thee. 00:20:46.980 --> 00:20:47.379 Maybe 00:20:47.379 --> 00:20:48.220 some of you 00:20:48.220 --> 00:20:48.899 should try it. 00:20:50.159 --> 00:20:51.159 Try just listening 00:20:51.159 --> 00:20:51.639 for God 00:20:51.639 --> 00:20:52.279 and at the end 00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:53.079 of this message 00:20:53.079 --> 00:20:53.839 I'll give you 00:20:53.839 --> 00:20:55.159 some silence 00:20:55.160 --> 00:20:57.440 in the hope 00:20:57.440 --> 00:20:58.140 that you might 00:20:58.140 --> 00:20:59.000 ask God 00:20:59.000 --> 00:21:01.180 to tell you 00:21:01.180 --> 00:21:01.840 what you need 00:21:01.840 --> 00:21:02.300 to know. 00:21:04.820 --> 00:21:05.920 The third thing 00:21:05.920 --> 00:21:06.779 is in 00:21:06.779 --> 00:21:10.160 verse 6. 00:21:11.940 --> 00:21:12.880 They didn't just 00:21:12.880 --> 00:21:13.800 listen to Jesus. 00:21:15.180 --> 00:21:15.860 They did 00:21:15.860 --> 00:21:16.980 what he asked 00:21:16.980 --> 00:21:17.640 them to do. 00:21:17.640 --> 00:21:21.240 I know 00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:22.020 these days 00:21:22.020 --> 00:21:22.500 that 00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:24.740 words like 00:21:24.740 --> 00:21:25.660 obedience 00:21:25.660 --> 00:21:27.300 and duty 00:21:27.300 --> 00:21:29.600 are not really 00:21:29.600 --> 00:21:30.520 terribly 00:21:30.520 --> 00:21:31.360 in vogue. 00:21:34.180 --> 00:21:35.220 But actually 00:21:35.220 --> 00:21:36.920 I can tell you 00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:37.180 this. 00:21:37.300 --> 00:21:38.160 I never met 00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:39.340 people who 00:21:39.340 --> 00:21:41.300 just went 00:21:41.300 --> 00:21:42.140 their own way 00:21:42.140 --> 00:21:42.700 in life 00:21:42.700 --> 00:21:43.720 and it ended 00:21:43.720 --> 00:21:44.120 well. 00:21:44.119 --> 00:21:46.439 one of the 00:21:46.439 --> 00:21:47.019 things that 00:21:47.019 --> 00:21:47.919 I found 00:21:47.919 --> 00:21:49.000 most difficult 00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:51.439 in the 00:21:51.439 --> 00:21:52.359 hundreds of 00:21:52.359 --> 00:21:52.819 funerals 00:21:52.819 --> 00:21:53.500 I've taken 00:21:53.500 --> 00:21:55.079 was that 00:21:55.079 --> 00:21:55.759 at one time 00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:56.299 in funerals 00:21:56.299 --> 00:21:56.959 we just sang 00:21:56.959 --> 00:21:57.399 hymns 00:21:57.399 --> 00:21:57.759 and then 00:21:57.759 --> 00:21:58.339 suddenly 00:21:58.339 --> 00:22:00.619 the crematorium 00:22:00.619 --> 00:22:01.399 or the cemetery 00:22:01.399 --> 00:22:02.099 got a 00:22:02.099 --> 00:22:03.239 stereo kit 00:22:03.239 --> 00:22:03.919 so people 00:22:03.919 --> 00:22:04.399 could choose 00:22:04.399 --> 00:22:04.719 what they 00:22:04.719 --> 00:22:05.359 wanted to 00:22:05.359 --> 00:22:06.339 have played. 00:22:07.299 --> 00:22:07.879 The most 00:22:07.879 --> 00:22:09.199 common song 00:22:09.199 --> 00:22:09.939 that people 00:22:09.939 --> 00:22:10.699 wanted played 00:22:10.699 --> 00:22:11.339 when I was 00:22:11.339 --> 00:22:12.579 a vicar 00:22:12.579 --> 00:22:14.419 was I 00:22:14.419 --> 00:22:14.779 did it 00:22:14.779 --> 00:22:15.399 my way 00:22:15.399 --> 00:22:17.519 Frank Sinatra 00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:20.019 and nobody 00:22:20.019 --> 00:22:20.579 would say 00:22:20.579 --> 00:22:21.240 that Frank's 00:22:21.240 --> 00:22:21.619 life 00:22:21.619 --> 00:22:22.919 ended well. 00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:26.519 So 00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:27.699 there is 00:22:27.699 --> 00:22:28.639 a response 00:22:28.639 --> 00:22:29.039 we're not 00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:29.399 going to be 00:22:29.399 --> 00:22:30.379 saved by 00:22:30.379 --> 00:22:31.559 being obedient 00:22:31.559 --> 00:22:32.339 that's God's 00:22:32.339 --> 00:22:32.799 grace 00:22:32.799 --> 00:22:34.279 but this 00:22:34.279 --> 00:22:34.799 book 00:22:34.799 --> 00:22:35.699 tells us 00:22:35.699 --> 00:22:36.379 how God 00:22:36.379 --> 00:22:36.859 wants us 00:22:36.859 --> 00:22:37.419 to live 00:22:37.419 --> 00:22:38.839 and I 00:22:38.839 --> 00:22:39.159 think we 00:22:39.159 --> 00:22:39.619 do well 00:22:39.619 --> 00:22:40.099 to heed 00:22:40.099 --> 00:22:40.439 that. 00:22:42.579 --> 00:22:44.359 And maybe 00:22:44.359 --> 00:22:45.059 one of the 00:22:45.059 --> 00:22:45.980 biggest failures 00:22:45.980 --> 00:22:46.480 I know 00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:46.919 it's true 00:22:46.919 --> 00:22:47.699 of my life 00:22:47.699 --> 00:22:48.519 is our 00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:49.179 failure 00:22:49.179 --> 00:22:50.159 in sin. 00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:53.899 And 00:22:53.899 --> 00:22:55.579 you know 00:22:55.579 --> 00:22:55.939 I mean 00:22:55.939 --> 00:22:56.279 I do 00:22:56.279 --> 00:22:57.099 some wrong 00:22:57.099 --> 00:22:57.619 stuff 00:22:57.619 --> 00:22:58.079 okay 00:22:58.079 --> 00:23:00.179 and I 00:23:00.179 --> 00:23:02.439 you know 00:23:02.439 --> 00:23:03.779 the best 00:23:03.779 --> 00:23:04.759 thing the 00:23:04.759 --> 00:23:05.019 devil 00:23:05.019 --> 00:23:06.399 succeeds 00:23:06.399 --> 00:23:07.079 with me 00:23:07.079 --> 00:23:07.779 is not 00:23:07.779 --> 00:23:08.379 taking it 00:23:08.379 --> 00:23:08.879 seriously 00:23:08.879 --> 00:23:09.399 enough. 00:23:09.400 --> 00:23:13.019 it's 00:23:13.019 --> 00:23:13.420 alright 00:23:13.420 --> 00:23:13.740 you know 00:23:13.740 --> 00:23:13.960 there are 00:23:13.960 --> 00:23:14.300 people who 00:23:14.300 --> 00:23:14.640 are worse 00:23:14.640 --> 00:23:15.019 than you 00:23:15.019 --> 00:23:15.300 mate 00:23:15.300 --> 00:23:17.120 might have 00:23:17.120 --> 00:23:17.920 to dredge 00:23:17.920 --> 00:23:18.420 the pit 00:23:18.420 --> 00:23:18.880 and think 00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:19.500 about Adolf 00:23:19.500 --> 00:23:19.820 Hitler 00:23:19.820 --> 00:23:20.360 and Attila 00:23:20.360 --> 00:23:20.800 the Hun 00:23:20.800 --> 00:23:21.040 but 00:23:21.040 --> 00:23:22.860 of course 00:23:22.860 --> 00:23:23.100 there are 00:23:23.100 --> 00:23:23.480 people who 00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:23.780 are worse 00:23:23.780 --> 00:23:24.019 than me 00:23:24.019 --> 00:23:24.540 but that's 00:23:24.540 --> 00:23:25.440 no excuse. 00:23:27.140 --> 00:23:27.620 Ezekiel 00:23:27.620 --> 00:23:28.640 chapter 18 00:23:28.640 --> 00:23:29.600 the 00:23:29.600 --> 00:23:32.259 Jews 00:23:32.259 --> 00:23:33.060 are in 00:23:33.060 --> 00:23:33.680 exile 00:23:33.680 --> 00:23:34.480 in Babylon 00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:37.779 you may 00:23:37.779 --> 00:23:38.240 remember 00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:38.620 this 00:23:38.620 --> 00:23:38.940 that 00:23:38.940 --> 00:23:40.559 they had 00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:41.279 a massive 00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:41.960 problem 00:23:41.960 --> 00:23:42.920 and their 00:23:42.920 --> 00:23:43.579 problem was 00:23:43.579 --> 00:23:43.960 they would 00:23:43.960 --> 00:23:45.140 not accept 00:23:45.140 --> 00:23:46.120 responsibility 00:23:46.120 --> 00:23:46.759 for their 00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:47.299 own sin 00:23:47.299 --> 00:23:49.259 so they 00:23:49.259 --> 00:23:50.140 invented 00:23:50.140 --> 00:23:50.960 this kind 00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:51.559 of proverb 00:23:51.559 --> 00:23:53.039 and it 00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:53.460 went like 00:23:53.460 --> 00:23:53.759 this 00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:54.579 the fathers 00:23:54.579 --> 00:23:55.120 have eaten 00:23:55.120 --> 00:23:56.099 sour grapes 00:23:56.099 --> 00:23:57.180 and set 00:23:57.180 --> 00:23:58.000 the children's 00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:58.519 teeth on 00:23:58.519 --> 00:23:58.880 edge 00:23:58.880 --> 00:24:00.500 right 00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:00.839 it's a bit 00:24:00.839 --> 00:24:01.339 cryptic 00:24:01.339 --> 00:24:01.920 first time 00:24:01.920 --> 00:24:02.220 round 00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:02.539 isn't it 00:24:02.539 --> 00:24:02.880 but what it 00:24:02.880 --> 00:24:03.579 means is 00:24:03.579 --> 00:24:04.679 we're 00:24:04.679 --> 00:24:05.779 not in 00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:06.139 exile 00:24:06.139 --> 00:24:06.659 because of 00:24:06.659 --> 00:24:06.939 anything 00:24:06.939 --> 00:24:07.460 we've 00:24:07.460 --> 00:24:07.699 done 00:24:07.699 --> 00:24:08.179 it was 00:24:08.179 --> 00:24:08.579 all the 00:24:08.579 --> 00:24:08.839 fault 00:24:08.839 --> 00:24:09.220 of our 00:24:09.220 --> 00:24:09.980 forefathers 00:24:09.980 --> 00:24:13.299 I tell you 00:24:13.299 --> 00:24:15.539 I know 00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:16.359 from my 00:24:16.359 --> 00:24:17.059 forays 00:24:17.059 --> 00:24:17.559 into 00:24:17.559 --> 00:24:19.079 the world 00:24:19.079 --> 00:24:19.299 of 00:24:19.299 --> 00:24:20.019 counselling 00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:21.319 which 00:24:21.319 --> 00:24:21.859 generally 00:24:21.859 --> 00:24:22.119 is a 00:24:22.119 --> 00:24:22.379 great 00:24:22.379 --> 00:24:22.699 thing 00:24:22.699 --> 00:24:22.919 but 00:24:22.919 --> 00:24:24.379 I know 00:24:24.379 --> 00:24:24.939 that 00:24:24.939 --> 00:24:27.519 you know 00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:27.839 I've sat 00:24:27.839 --> 00:24:28.220 with a lot 00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:28.779 of people 00:24:28.779 --> 00:24:30.220 in my 00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:30.480 life 00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:30.759 who will 00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:31.240 not take 00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:31.939 responsibility 00:24:31.940 --> 00:24:32.220 responsibility 00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:35.200 and there's 00:24:35.200 --> 00:24:36.220 problems 00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:36.779 with that 00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:37.380 and one 00:24:37.380 --> 00:24:37.600 of the 00:24:37.600 --> 00:24:37.880 problems 00:24:37.880 --> 00:24:38.100 is 00:24:38.100 --> 00:24:38.759 if you 00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:39.200 refuse 00:24:39.200 --> 00:24:39.640 to take 00:24:39.640 --> 00:24:40.600 responsibility 00:24:40.600 --> 00:24:42.180 for your 00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:42.700 actions 00:24:42.700 --> 00:24:43.380 your thoughts 00:24:43.380 --> 00:24:44.220 your words 00:24:44.220 --> 00:24:44.940 you will 00:24:44.940 --> 00:24:45.400 never grow 00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:45.840 up 00:24:45.840 --> 00:24:47.299 right 00:24:47.299 --> 00:24:47.860 simple 00:24:47.860 --> 00:24:49.180 I think 00:24:49.180 --> 00:24:49.920 we grow 00:24:49.920 --> 00:24:51.000 when people 00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:52.299 give us 00:24:52.299 --> 00:24:53.080 responsibility 00:24:53.080 --> 00:24:53.840 and we 00:24:53.840 --> 00:24:54.180 take 00:24:54.180 --> 00:24:54.960 responsibility 00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:56.340 you have 00:24:56.340 --> 00:24:57.039 responsibility 00:24:57.039 --> 00:24:57.740 for your 00:24:57.740 --> 00:24:57.960 life 00:24:57.960 --> 00:24:58.299 you remember 00:24:58.299 --> 00:24:59.000 that story 00:24:59.000 --> 00:24:59.599 that Jesus 00:24:59.599 --> 00:25:00.180 told 00:25:00.180 --> 00:25:01.059 about 00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:01.660 the 00:25:01.660 --> 00:25:02.019 building 00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:02.460 of two 00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:02.960 houses 00:25:02.960 --> 00:25:04.539 right 00:25:04.539 --> 00:25:06.880 and both 00:25:06.880 --> 00:25:07.480 those houses 00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:08.200 looked 00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:09.380 exactly 00:25:09.380 --> 00:25:10.019 the same 00:25:10.019 --> 00:25:12.579 until 00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:13.839 the storm 00:25:13.839 --> 00:25:14.279 came 00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:17.440 friends I am 00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:17.859 looking out 00:25:17.859 --> 00:25:18.299 to see your 00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:18.680 faces 00:25:18.680 --> 00:25:19.220 I mean 00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:19.599 you look 00:25:19.599 --> 00:25:20.240 different to 00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:20.460 me 00:25:20.460 --> 00:25:20.700 but 00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:21.480 basically 00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:22.220 you know 00:25:22.220 --> 00:25:25.480 you look 00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:26.079 human 00:25:26.079 --> 00:25:28.519 mostly 00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:32.299 and 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00:32:13.579 --> 00:32:14.479 interestingly 00:32:14.479 --> 00:32:14.899 they have 00:32:14.899 --> 00:32:15.379 one 00:32:15.379 --> 00:32:16.279 common 00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:17.019 feature 00:32:17.019 --> 00:32:19.159 they 00:32:19.159 --> 00:32:19.979 nearly 00:32:19.979 --> 00:32:20.519 all 00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:21.639 catastrophically 00:32:21.639 --> 00:32:22.220 failed 00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:22.799 at one 00:32:22.799 --> 00:32:23.180 point 00:32:23.180 --> 00:32:23.680 in their 00:32:23.680 --> 00:32:24.139 history 00:32:24.139 --> 00:32:27.539 but they 00:32:27.539 --> 00:32:27.779 didn't 00:32:27.779 --> 00:32:28.400 give up 00:32:28.400 --> 00:32:35.759 and you 00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:37.859 might feel 00:32:37.859 --> 00:32:38.539 you have 00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:39.639 catastrophically 00:32:39.639 --> 00:32:40.160 failed 00:32:40.160 --> 00:32:40.839 at some 00:32:40.839 --> 00:32:41.119 point 00:32:41.119 --> 00:32:41.599 in your 00:32:41.599 --> 00:32:42.079 history 00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:44.500 and you 00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:44.980 have never 00:32:44.980 --> 00:32:45.660 managed to 00:32:45.660 --> 00:32:46.440 process it 00:32:46.440 --> 00:32:48.440 listen 00:32:48.440 --> 00:32:49.640 you need 00:32:49.640 --> 00:32:49.980 to get 00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:50.480 Jesus 00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:51.660 in focus 00:32:51.660 --> 00:32:53.940 you need 00:32:53.940 --> 00:32:54.700 to listen 00:32:54.700 --> 00:32:55.240 to him 00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:55.759 not just 00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:56.539 speak at 00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:56.900 him all 00:32:56.900 --> 00:32:57.340 the time 00:32:57.340 --> 00:32:59.420 you need 00:32:59.420 --> 00:32:59.960 to do 00:32:59.960 --> 00:33:00.539 what he 00:33:00.539 --> 00:33:01.039 tells you 00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:01.539 to do 00:33:01.539 --> 00:33:02.279 and that 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.779 means you 00:33:02.779 --> 00:33:03.160 need to 00:33:03.160 --> 00:33:04.039 familiarize 00:33:04.039 --> 00:33:04.580 yourself 00:33:04.580 --> 00:33:05.000 with his 00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:05.440 word 00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:09.279 and you 00:33:09.279 --> 00:33:09.840 need to 00:33:09.840 --> 00:33:10.460 develop 00:33:10.460 --> 00:33:12.660 that amazing 00:33:12.660 --> 00:33:13.420 new testament 00:33:13.420 --> 00:33:14.519 characteristic 00:33:14.519 --> 00:33:16.200 persistence 00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:19.000 you make 00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:19.740 a mistake 00:33:19.740 --> 00:33:22.099 for God's 00:33:22.099 --> 00:33:22.460 sake 00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:23.759 please don't 00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:24.299 give up 00:33:24.299 --> 00:33:26.240 try and 00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:26.779 learn from 00:33:26.779 --> 00:33:27.000 him 00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:29.940 and of 00:33:29.940 --> 00:33:30.359 course 00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:32.180 the reason 00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:32.819 credited 00:33:32.819 --> 00:33:33.740 to the 00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:34.440 crowd in 00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:35.039 Jerusalem 00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:36.079 on Palm 00:33:36.079 --> 00:33:36.639 Sunday 00:33:36.639 --> 00:33:38.379 where they 00:33:38.379 --> 00:33:39.139 were shouting 00:33:39.139 --> 00:33:41.960 statements of 00:33:41.960 --> 00:33:42.579 praise as 00:33:42.579 --> 00:33:43.500 Jesus entered 00:33:43.500 --> 00:33:44.039 the city 00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:44.680 turned 00:33:44.680 --> 00:33:46.619 into 00:33:46.619 --> 00:33:47.099 hatred 00:33:47.099 --> 00:33:50.339 and the 00:33:50.339 --> 00:33:50.819 reason 00:33:50.819 --> 00:33:51.579 that is 00:33:51.579 --> 00:33:52.779 offered 00:33:52.779 --> 00:33:53.319 as to 00:33:53.319 --> 00:33:53.819 by the 00:33:53.819 --> 00:33:54.240 mood of 00:33:54.240 --> 00:33:54.720 the church 00:33:54.720 --> 00:33:55.339 changed 00:33:55.339 --> 00:33:57.160 is this 00:33:57.160 --> 00:33:59.099 that they 00:33:59.099 --> 00:33:59.900 thought Jesus 00:33:59.900 --> 00:34:00.660 had come to 00:34:00.660 --> 00:34:01.559 deliver them 00:34:01.559 --> 00:34:02.599 from the 00:34:02.599 --> 00:34:03.059 Roman 00:34:03.059 --> 00:34:04.000 enemies 00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:06.859 and the 00:34:06.859 --> 00:34:07.299 crowd 00:34:07.299 --> 00:34:08.400 on Palm 00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:09.019 Sunday 00:34:09.019 --> 00:34:10.400 couldn't 00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:11.300 understand how 00:34:11.300 --> 00:34:12.019 the Messiah 00:34:12.019 --> 00:34:12.659 the great 00:34:12.659 --> 00:34:13.299 political 00:34:13.299 --> 00:34:14.119 and military 00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:14.779 victor 00:34:14.779 --> 00:34:16.599 ended up 00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:17.359 being arrested 00:34:17.359 --> 00:34:20.579 like you 00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:21.099 when your 00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:22.000 expectations 00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:22.500 are let 00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:22.879 down 00:34:22.879 --> 00:34:24.460 they felt 00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:24.980 angry 00:34:24.980 --> 00:34:27.699 murderously 00:34:27.699 --> 00:34:28.339 angry 00:34:28.339 --> 00:34:31.839 and 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00:34:56.519 amen 00:34:56.519 --> 00:34:57.239 amen 00:34:57.239 --> 00:34:58.179 Jesus is 00:34:58.179 --> 00:34:58.739 alive 00:34:58.739 --> 00:34:59.719 amen 00:34:59.719 --> 00:35:02.339 big deal 00:35:02.339 --> 00:35:02.699 is 00:35:02.699 --> 00:35:04.399 is it 00:35:04.399 --> 00:35:04.579 going to 00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:04.899 make a 00:35:04.899 --> 00:35:05.119 big 00:35:05.119 --> 00:35:05.679 difference 00:35:05.679 --> 00:35:06.179 to you 00:35:06.179 --> 00:35:07.819 are you 00:35:07.819 --> 00:35:08.059 going to 00:35:08.059 --> 00:35:08.480 make a 00:35:08.480 --> 00:35:09.399 commitment 00:35:09.399 --> 00:35:09.980 today 00:35:09.980 --> 00:35:10.959 to get 00:35:10.959 --> 00:35:11.419 past 00:35:11.419 --> 00:35:11.679 your 00:35:11.679 --> 00:35:12.179 failure 00:35:12.179 --> 00:35:14.679 and start 00:35:14.679 --> 00:35:15.199 to walk 00:35:15.199 --> 00:35:15.739 yet more 00:35:15.739 --> 00:35:16.259 closely 00:35:16.259 --> 00:35:16.819 with him 00:35:16.819 --> 00:35:18.599 and see 00:35:18.599 --> 00:35:19.480 what happens 00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:21.019 why don't 00:35:21.019 --> 00:35:21.480 we pray 00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:30.679 just in 00:35:30.679 --> 00:35:31.440 the silence 00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:31.800 now 00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:32.280 let's 00:35:32.280 --> 00:35:32.719 pray 00:35:32.719 --> 00:35:33.199 that 00:35:33.199 --> 00:35:35.039 if the 00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:35.740 Holy Spirit 00:35:35.740 --> 00:35:36.559 is speaking 00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:37.980 straight to 00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:38.400 us right 00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:38.719 now 00:35:38.719 --> 00:35:39.079 that 00:35:39.079 --> 00:35:39.980 Lord 00:35:39.980 --> 00:35:40.619 give us 00:35:40.619 --> 00:35:42.440 big ears 00:35:42.440 --> 00:35:42.900 that we 00:35:42.900 --> 00:35:43.659 may hear 00:35:43.659 --> 00:35:46.599 Lord 00:35:46.599 --> 00:35:46.820 I'm 00:35:46.820 --> 00:35:47.099 praying 00:35:47.099 --> 00:35:47.699 for anybody 00:35:47.699 --> 00:35:48.199 in the 00:35:48.199 --> 00:35:48.500 house 00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:48.960 today 00:35:48.960 --> 00:35:49.539 who's 00:35:49.539 --> 00:35:50.639 really 00:35:50.639 --> 00:35:51.320 suffering 00:35:51.320 --> 00:35:52.080 with this 00:35:52.080 --> 00:35:52.700 problem 00:35:52.700 --> 00:35:53.780 of allowing 00:35:53.780 --> 00:35:54.300 past 00:35:54.300 --> 00:35:54.740 failures 00:35:54.740 --> 00:35:55.880 to identify 00:35:55.880 --> 00:35:56.380 them 00:35:56.380 --> 00:35:57.860 Lord 00:35:57.860 --> 00:35:58.180 would you 00:35:58.180 --> 00:35:58.600 please 00:35:58.600 --> 00:35:59.440 heal them 00:35:59.440 --> 00:36:00.000 of that 00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:00.600 destructive 00:36:00.600 --> 00:36:01.059 thought 00:36:01.059 --> 00:36:01.420 now 00:36:01.420 --> 00:36:04.260 Lord 00:36:04.260 --> 00:36:04.660 I pray 00:36:04.660 --> 00:36:05.260 for anybody 00:36:05.260 --> 00:36:05.980 in this 00:36:05.980 --> 00:36:06.320 church 00:36:06.320 --> 00:36:07.100 who knows 00:36:07.100 --> 00:36:07.440 that 00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:08.300 their 00:36:08.300 --> 00:36:09.280 failure 00:36:09.280 --> 00:36:09.620 is 00:36:09.620 --> 00:36:10.220 spiritual 00:36:10.220 --> 00:36:10.800 that they 00:36:10.800 --> 00:36:11.260 can't 00:36:11.260 --> 00:36:11.720 forgive 00:36:11.720 --> 00:36:15.160 that they 00:36:15.160 --> 00:36:15.559 have 00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:16.360 very little 00:36:16.360 --> 00:36:16.880 passion 00:36:16.880 --> 00:36:17.360 in their 00:36:17.360 --> 00:36:17.780 soul 00:36:17.780 --> 00:36:18.180 for the 00:36:18.180 --> 00:36:18.700 cause of 00:36:18.700 --> 00:36:19.080 Christ 00:36:19.080 --> 00:36:19.519 in this 00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:19.780 world 00:36:19.780 --> 00:36:20.240 today 00:36:20.239 --> 00:36:23.659 Lord 00:36:23.659 --> 00:36:24.159 would you 00:36:24.159 --> 00:36:24.699 please 00:36:24.699 --> 00:36:25.539 wake us 00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:25.859 up 00:36:25.859 --> 00:36:28.459 help us 00:36:28.459 --> 00:36:28.939 to see 00:36:28.939 --> 00:36:29.299 in the 00:36:29.299 --> 00:36:29.919 words of 00:36:29.919 --> 00:36:30.559 the old 00:36:30.559 --> 00:36:31.199 missionaries 00:36:31.199 --> 00:36:31.719 there's a 00:36:31.719 --> 00:36:32.219 work to 00:36:32.219 --> 00:36:32.699 be done 00:36:32.699 --> 00:36:37.359 and Father 00:36:37.359 --> 00:36:37.959 I pray 00:36:37.959 --> 00:36:40.259 that today 00:36:40.259 --> 00:36:42.179 might make 00:36:42.179 --> 00:36:43.479 a difference 00:36:43.479 --> 00:36:44.679 not just 00:36:44.679 --> 00:36:45.279 in our 00:36:45.279 --> 00:36:45.859 lives 00:36:45.860 --> 00:36:47.220 but in 00:36:47.220 --> 00:36:47.440 our 00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:47.840 church 00:36:47.840 --> 00:36:48.320 and in 00:36:48.320 --> 00:36:48.539 this 00:36:48.539 --> 00:36:49.200 community 00:36:49.200 --> 00:36:53.440 Lord 00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:53.920 you know 00:36:53.920 --> 00:36:54.360 how 00:36:54.360 --> 00:36:54.940 difficult 00:36:54.940 --> 00:36:55.400 we can 00:36:55.400 --> 00:36:55.960 find it 00:36:55.960 --> 00:36:56.160 here 00:36:56.160 --> 00:36:56.640 to find 00:36:56.640 --> 00:36:57.240 volunteers 00:36:57.240 --> 00:36:57.500 Lord 00:36:57.500 --> 00:36:57.840 would you 00:36:57.840 --> 00:36:58.420 speak to 00:36:58.420 --> 00:36:58.660 some 00:36:58.660 --> 00:36:59.019 people 00:36:59.019 --> 00:36:59.480 today 00:36:59.480 --> 00:37:02.059 and 00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:02.340 Lord 00:37:02.340 --> 00:37:03.140 in line 00:37:03.140 --> 00:37:03.840 with what 00:37:03.840 --> 00:37:04.740 they might 00:37:04.740 --> 00:37:05.420 be gifted 00:37:05.420 --> 00:37:05.940 to do 00:37:05.940 --> 00:37:06.340 would you 00:37:06.340 --> 00:37:07.000 please help 00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:07.340 them to 00:37:07.340 --> 00:37:07.800 step 00:37:07.800 --> 00:37:08.200 up 00:37:08.199 --> 00:37:14.279 so 00:37:14.279 --> 00:37:14.719 Father 00:37:14.719 --> 00:37:15.480 we love 00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:15.759 you 00:37:15.759 --> 00:37:17.039 we bless 00:37:17.039 --> 00:37:17.419 you 00:37:17.419 --> 00:37:18.399 we thank 00:37:18.399 --> 00:37:18.779 you that 00:37:18.779 --> 00:37:19.359 you've given 00:37:19.359 --> 00:37:19.779 us the 00:37:19.779 --> 00:37:20.500 tools that 00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:21.259 we don't 00:37:21.259 --> 00:37:21.659 need to 00:37:21.659 --> 00:37:22.159 define 00:37:22.159 --> 00:37:22.899 ourselves 00:37:22.899 --> 00:37:24.719 by failure 00:37:24.719 --> 00:37:27.699 and now 00:37:27.699 --> 00:37:28.299 in a few 00:37:28.299 --> 00:37:28.859 moments of 00:37:28.859 --> 00:37:29.539 silence 00:37:29.539 --> 00:37:31.759 let's 00:37:31.759 --> 00:37:32.159 together 00:37:32.159 --> 00:37:32.939 listen to 00:37:32.939 --> 00:37:33.279 God 00:37:33.279 --> 00:37:35.419 that we 00:37:35.419 --> 00:37:36.099 might hear 00:37:36.099 --> 00:37:36.459 him 00:37:36.459 --> 00:37:38.279 and having 00:37:38.279 --> 00:37:38.919 heard him 00:37:38.919 --> 00:37:39.439 we might 00:37:39.439 --> 00:37:40.059 do what 00:37:40.059 --> 00:37:40.659 he says 00:37:40.659 --> 00:37:42.359 and we 00:37:42.359 --> 00:37:42.939 pray these 00:37:42.939 --> 00:37:43.719 things in 00:37:43.719 --> 00:37:44.559 Jesus name 00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:46.279 Amen