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 Alright, so today I'm going to talk to you about multiplying our minas.

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! Multiplying our minas.

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 Now if you don't know what a mina is, don't worry, I'm going to explain it to you.

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 But this comes from the parable in Luke 19 of the 10 minas.

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 A mina is basically an ancient amount of money, approximately like three months worth of wages.

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 And so we're going to dig into what the Lord Jesus says in his parable about the 10 minas.

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 So if you'll turn to Luke chapter 19, starting down in verse 11.

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 Well actually for context, right before Jesus gives this parable, he's talking about,

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 he goes into the house of Zacchaeus, who was a tax collector.

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 And in verse 8, it says that,

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 And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord,

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 Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor.

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 And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold.

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 And Jesus said to him,

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 Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is the son of Abraham.

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 For the son of man came to seek and to save the lost.

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 So the context is he meets Zacchaeus, and then he declares that salvation has come to his house.

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 And then in verse 11, picking up from there, it reads,

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 As they heard these things, he proceeded to tell a parable because he was near to Jerusalem,

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 and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately.

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 So they were thinking, okay, things are ramping up here.

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 Salvation has come to Zacchaeus' house.

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 They're moving towards Jerusalem.

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 Their perception of Jesus was that he would be crowned king and change Israel.

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 And Jesus has a little word of instruction about the timeline,

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 about what they're anticipating him to be.

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 And then he gives this parable, and this is where I'll mainly be today speaking from.

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 Starting in verse 12, he says,

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 And he said,

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 Therefore a nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and then return.

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 Calling ten of his servants, he gave them ten minas,

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 and said to them,

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 Engage in business until I come.

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 But his citizens hated him,

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 and sent a delegation after him, saying,

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 We do not want this man to reign over us.

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 When he returned, having received the kingdom,

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 he ordered these servants to whom he had given the money to be called to him,

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 that he might know what they had gained by doing business.

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 The first came before him, saying,

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 Lord, your mina has made ten more minas.

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 And he said to him,

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 Well done, good servant.

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 Because you have been faithful in the very little,

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 you shall have authority over ten cities.

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 And the second came, saying,

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 Lord, your mina has made five minas.

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 And he said to him,

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 And he said to him,

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 And you are to be over five cities.

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 And another came, saying,

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 Lord, here is your mina,

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 which I have kept laid away in a handkerchief.

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 For I was afraid of you,

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 because you are a severe man.

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 You take what you did not deposit,

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 and reap what you did not sow.

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 And he said to him,

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 I will condemn you with your own words,

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 you wicked servant.

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 You knew that I was a severe man,

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 taking what I did not deposit,

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 and reaping what I did not sow.

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 Why then did you not put my money in the bank?

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 And at my coming,

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 I might have collected it with interest.

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 And he said to those who stood by,

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 Take the mina from him,

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 and give it to the one who has ten minas.

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 And they said to him,

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 Lord, he has ten minas.

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 I tell you that to everyone who has,

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 more will be given.

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 But from the one who has not,

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 even what he has will be taken away.

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 But as for these enemies of mine,

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 who did not want me to reign over them,

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 bring them here,

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 and slaughter them before me.

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 This is an intense parable.

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 Not, you know,

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 this isn't the sunshine and rainbows Jesus.

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 I imagine people hearing this parable

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 were a little alarmed.

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 They were like,

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 okay, it was going good,

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 yeah,

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 the nice servants with the minas

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 did a good job.

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 But then it's like,

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 these enemies of mine,

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 bring them before me and slaughter them.

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 I'm like, wow,

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 wow,

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 that's crazy.

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 And so,

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 there's something really profound

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 that Jesus is speaking.

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 And he speaks in parables

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 to give light on real truth

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 that we can draw from.

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 And,

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 I think it's clear that,

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 you know,

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 this is an analogy,

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 this parable is speaking about Jesus himself,

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 and how his second coming

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 will be the one where he's crowned

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 and he judges.

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 But it speaks a lot about what happens

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 between his first coming

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 and between his second.

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 And I'd like to hone in on the fact

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 that,

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 as Christians,

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 we are the servants

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 that are called.

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 Okay?

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 Our king,

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 Jesus,

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 has called us

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 and he says to us

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 a word.

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 Okay?

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 While he's away,

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 we're supposed to be engaged

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 in something.

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 you know,

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 this might not be

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 the most light sermon

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 in terms of going through this parable

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 because it's not a very light parable.

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 But I hope that as we would

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 hear the words of Jesus,

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 that something in us

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 would be quickened

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 to a more sensitive fear of the Lord,

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 a more in-tuneness to actual reality,

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 and we would be awake and not asleep.

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 And that as a church,

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 we would be able to say

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 with the parable

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 that we can multiply our minus.

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 That's our ambition.

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 And so,

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 Luke 19 is somewhat of a warning to us,

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 but I want to call us

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 to examine our own lives

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 as I read this

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 and we move through it.

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 So,

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 I've got three observations,

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 actually only on

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 verse 13,

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 and then we'll finish

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 with kind of a backdrop

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 of the rest of the chapter.

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 But,

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 what strikes me most

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 about this passage

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 is obviously the severity

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 and importance of,

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 you know,

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 listening to the words

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 of the nobleman

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 or the king.

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 But,

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 also,

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 what do we even think

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 about the king in general?

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 You know,

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 what's our disposition

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 towards the king?

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 What's the disposition

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 we have towards our Lord?

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 Okay?

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 Not necessarily when

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 he comes to us

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 and gives us

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 the instruction,

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 but while he's away.

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 Okay?

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 Like,

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 our manner of life,

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 the content of our life,

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 what we do

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 with our private affairs

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 of life,

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 I think is

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 actually highlighted

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 most here.

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 And so,

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 in verse 13,

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 he says,

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 calling ten of his servants,

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 he gave them ten minas

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 and said to them,

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 engage in business

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 until I come.

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 So,

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 the first point

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 I want to talk about

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 is the fact that

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 each of these servants

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 received the same word.

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 They received the same instruction.

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 Okay?

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 He says,

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 engage in business

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 until I come.

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 Or,

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 the KJV says,

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 occupy until I come.

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 The NLT renders it,

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 invest until I come.

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 Okay?

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 So,

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 there's this kind of like

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 exhortation

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 or this call

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 to say,

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 okay,

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 here's what you're going to do.

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 I've given you something

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 and I want you to use it

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 for a purpose.

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 I want you to engage

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 in business,

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 occupy,

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 I want you to invest it

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 until I come again.

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 That is to say,

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 what are we called

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 to do with this?

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 We're called to fill.

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 We're called to reproduce.

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 We're called to multiply.

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 Okay?

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 God in Christ

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 has given us many things,

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 many blessings,

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 right?

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 The most,

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 at the top

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 is the fact

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 that he saved us,

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 right?

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 Saved us from our sin

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 and from the wrath of God

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 against our sin.

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 That's no small thing,

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 right?

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 But he also,

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 he's also given us things.

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 He's given us gifts,

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 right?

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 He's given us,

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 he's made us

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 in certain ways,

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 gifted us in certain ways

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 with different spiritual gifts,

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 different skill sets,

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 and all those

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 are pointing to

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 what we're going to do

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 or how we're going to use

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 those gifts to glorify him.

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 They're all for his glory.

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 And so,

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 he says to these servants,

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 occupy,

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 engage,

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 invest,

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 until I come.

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 Reproduce.

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 Immediately,

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 I was thinking about

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 when Jesus says

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 in Matthew 28,

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 go and make disciples.

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 There's that kind of,

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 like,

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 who's he talking to?

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 His disciples,

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 right?

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 So,

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 he's like,

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 all right,

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 I've made you

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 into disciples

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 and now I've commissioned you

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 to reproduce.

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 Go make disciples.

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 Occupy until I come.

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 You know,

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 that same kind of

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 instruction,

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 his last kind of

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 marching orders

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 that he gives to his disciples,

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 he says,

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 go make more.

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 Okay?

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 What I've given you,

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 go and give to others.

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 And,

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 you know,

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 there's,

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 there's at times

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 many

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 moments where we're

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 lackluster in our engagement,

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 in our investing,

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 right?

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 Seasons where

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 it's more of a struggle

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 to remind ourselves

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 about what we're supposed

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 to be doing in Christ.

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 And I think this is

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 a sobering thing

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 to read,

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 to remind us

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 that we have a task,

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 we have a job,

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 right?

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 So,

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 we're not all just saved

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 to sit around,

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 right,

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 and even necessarily

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 just worship on Sundays.

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 It's a part of the,

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 the,

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 the,

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 the thing we're supposed

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 to do.

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 We're supposed to worship God.

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 But God's given us

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 a specific job.

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 And,

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 my question to you is,

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 what is your relationship

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 to the work?

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 What's your relationship

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 to the engagement?

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 Are you engaging

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 in business,

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 so to speak,

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 while he's away?

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 Because he is away

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 right now,

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 right?

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 You can't say,

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 I'm waiting

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 for instructions,

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 right?

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 You can't say,

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 yeah,

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 if he calls me,

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 I'll serve him.

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 If he,

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 if he gives me

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 instructions,

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 I'll,

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 you know,

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 start the business.

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 It's like,

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 well,

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 what if we're already

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 on the other side

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 of that instruction,

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 right?

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 And he's,

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 and he will come.

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 And I think,

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 at our point in history,

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 it would probably be fair

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 to say that

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 he'll be coming soon.

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 And so,

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 all the more,

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 I think this is

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 a serious thing

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 to consider.

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 But as a church,

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 are we engaging

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 in the work?

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 Do we know the work?

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 Okay?

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 Do we know what

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 he's called us to do?

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 I'm hoping to outline

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 a little bit of that today,

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 but this idea

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 of multiplying

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 our minas,

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 multiplying what

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 we've been given,

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 is the thing

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 that God wants us to do.

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 What we have,

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 multiply it.

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 Okay?

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 And so,

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 what is your engagement like?

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 Are you engaged

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 with the right things?

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 You know,

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 there's kind of

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 three categories

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 of people

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 in regards to

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 maybe this type of work.

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 One would be

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 the ignorant type

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 of person

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 who doesn't even know

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 much at all.

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 Like,

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 I need to,

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 I actually need to be

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 discipled.

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 I need to be taught

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 what it means

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 to follow Jesus,

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 what the work

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 actually is,

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 right?

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 And this is just

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 the need to become

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 a disciple,

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 right?

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 But others might not

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 be in the ignorant category,

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 they might be in the

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 immature category.

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 Maybe you've heard

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 what you're supposed to do,

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 maybe you even know

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 the gifts that you have,

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 but you struggle

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 in your execution,

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 you struggle to actually

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 get going with the work.

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 This is also a need

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 for ongoing discipleship,

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 but it's natural to us

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 becoming mature.

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 But then there's a third

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 category of people

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 who actually know

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 what they're supposed

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 to do,

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 they mature,

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 they've been through

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 the gauntlet,

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 so to speak,

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 and been told

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 by other people,

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 but they refuse

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 to do the work.

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 Okay?

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 This is the category

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 of rebellion.

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 And I would just

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 call us to examine

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 our own lives

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 and say,

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 Lord,

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 I know what I need

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 to do.

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 But if I don't

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 want to do it,

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 God,

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 forgive me.

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 Help me.

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 Change my heart

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 to love the things

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 that you love.

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 Change my heart

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 to love you

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 and regard you

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 as king.

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 Okay?

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 Acts 2.36

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 says that,

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 let all the house

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 of Israel know

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 that God

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 has made him,

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 has made Jesus

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 both Lord

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 and Christ.

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 Okay?

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 So we can't have

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 a partisan church

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 where one half

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 says,

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 I love Jesus

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 because he's Christ.

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 He's Savior.

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 Right?

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 And then another part

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 that says,

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 I love Jesus

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 because he's Lord

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 and he's king.

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 Right?

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 Well,

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 Acts 2.36

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 says he's both.

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 Right?

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 And so,

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 we're saved

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 by him

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 in a marvelous way.

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 And that's

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 an understatement,

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 really.

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 What God has done

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 for us in Christ

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 on the cross

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 by rising from the dead

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 cannot be overstated.

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 Okay?

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 But make no mistake

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 that he's a king.

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 Right?

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 He's called us

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 to do certain things.

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 And I know,

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 I know,

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 probably as much

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 as you guys do

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 that living in America

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 with the breathing

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 in the air

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 that we do,

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 the American dream

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 sounds good

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 at times.

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 Right?

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 Maybe even

00:14:15.860 --> 00:14:16.700
 in subtle ways,

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 just wanting

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 a nice house,

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 a nice car,

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 a nice career.

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 Right?

00:14:21.100 --> 00:14:21.760
 It's not like

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 these things

00:14:22.220 --> 00:14:22.860
 are bad

00:14:22.860 --> 00:14:23.320
 in themselves.

00:14:23.680 --> 00:14:23.879
 Right?

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 But,

00:14:25.300 --> 00:14:26.660
 we're called

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 to a way of life

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 that's different

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 than the way

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 of the world.

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 Right?

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 And I think

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 that when

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 we read

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 these type

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 of parables,

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 it's good

00:14:37.800 --> 00:14:38.440
 to examine,

00:14:38.800 --> 00:14:39.060
 okay,

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 what's our business?

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 What's our way

00:14:41.480 --> 00:14:41.920
 of life?

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 And,

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 one of the words

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 for this year

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 for our church

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 was labor.

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 It was in addition

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 to two others.

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 And I think

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 that reading passages

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 like this

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 and reminding

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 ourselves

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 of what the labor

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 is,

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 what we're supposed

00:14:58.260 --> 00:14:58.820
 to be engaged

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 in,

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 is humbling.

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 Right?

00:15:01.140 --> 00:15:01.820
 It's focusing.

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 It's sharpening.

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 And so,

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 where are we

00:15:05.720 --> 00:15:06.520
 in our engagement?

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 You know,

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 there's,

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 he says,

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 engage in business

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 until I come.

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 So that's the first point.

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 Second point,

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 it says he gave

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 them ten minus.

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 Okay?

00:15:21.040 --> 00:15:22.040
 You might be like,

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 duh,

00:15:22.460 --> 00:15:22.620
 yeah,

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 we read it.

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 Okay?

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 Well,

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 each received

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 the same amount

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 and he gave it to them.

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 They've got it.

00:15:30.500 --> 00:15:30.640
 Okay?

00:15:30.740 --> 00:15:31.580
 Three months wages,

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 maybe you think

00:15:32.520 --> 00:15:32.940
 that's a lot,

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 maybe you think

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 that's a little,

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 doesn't really matter.

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 The ten receive

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 all the same thing

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 and there was

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 no partiality

00:15:40.400 --> 00:15:41.220
 on the side

00:15:41.220 --> 00:15:41.660
 of the king.

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 Okay?

00:15:42.519 --> 00:15:42.779
 So,

00:15:43.379 --> 00:15:44.199
 if God calls you,

00:15:44.259 --> 00:15:44.939
 if he says,

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 I want you to engage

00:15:46.219 --> 00:15:46.779
 in business

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 and it leaves you alone,

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 that's one thing,

00:15:49.219 --> 00:15:49.399
 right?

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 But he's actually

00:15:50.699 --> 00:15:51.740
 given you something.

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 He's given you

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 what you need.

00:15:55.039 --> 00:15:55.279
 Right?

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 He didn't say,

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 hey,

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 find your own minus.

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 Right?

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 Figure out

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 how to do this yourself.

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 No,

00:16:02.699 --> 00:16:03.059
 he says,

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 here's what I want you to do,

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 but you have enough.

00:16:05.939 --> 00:16:06.100
 Okay?

00:16:06.759 --> 00:16:07.519
 Second Peter

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 one verse three

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 says,

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 his divine power

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 has granted to us

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 to believe

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 all things

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 that pertain

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 to life and godliness.

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 Okay?

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 Do you believe that

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 this morning?

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 That you have everything

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 you need

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 to do what God

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 has called you to do?

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 Or,

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 or is there a nagging voice

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 in the back of your head

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 that says,

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 ah,

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 I just don't have

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 what I need.

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 I just,

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 for all things

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 that pertain

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 to life and godliness,

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 I just,

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 I don't know.

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 It's not really there

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 for me.

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 Maybe some of it is.

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 Maybe I can do part of it.

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 But all the stuff?

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 No.

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 Romans 8,

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 32 says,

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 this is so good.

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 He who did not spare

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 his only son,

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 his own son,

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 but gave him up

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 for us all,

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 how will he not also

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 with him

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 graciously give us

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 all things?

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 Okay?

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 That's a good promise.

00:17:01.680 --> 00:17:01.840
 Okay?

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 If God gave everything,

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 like,

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 first of all,

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 that's a crazy thing

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 to think about.

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 God gave up everything.

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 His only son.

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 Then Paul says,

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 how will then

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 he not graciously

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 give us all things?

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 Right?

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 That's a promise.

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 But do we believe it?

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 Right?

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 So he gives these

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 minas,

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 or,

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 I keep calling

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 the servants minas.

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 He gives the minas

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 to the servants,

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 and

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 he doesn't give them

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 nothing.

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 Right?

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 They have something.

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 And I would just ask

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 you guys to

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 pay attention to that.

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 Do you have

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 less of Christ

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 than me?

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 Do you have

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 any less of Jesus

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 than me?

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 No,

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 you don't.

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 Or do you have

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 the full Christ?

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 Do you believe that?

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 Beloved,

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 all of Christ

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 is yours.

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 That needs to

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 encourage

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 some of you today.

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 That there's no part

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 of Christ

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 that is withheld

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 from you.

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 There's no part

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 of Jesus

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 that you can say

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 is not yours.

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 all right?

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 That needs to be

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 something you preach

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 to your own soul.

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 All right?

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 That Christ

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 there's nothing,

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 you have not

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 withheld your son,

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 just like we read

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 in Romans 8.

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 So we have

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 what we need.

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 And you might

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 even think,

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 like the last guy,

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 I think it's clear

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 that the last servant

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 is a clear picture

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 of the unbeliever,

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 okay?

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 Mainly because

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 of the end judgment.

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 But I think

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 it would also be,

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 it would also warrant

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 us to at least

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 take from,

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 although we're

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 professing Christians,

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 take warning

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 from how this man

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 acted.

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 Okay?

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 And what I mean

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 by that is

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 you might think

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 as you look over

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 all the things

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 that God has

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 called you to,

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 all the things

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 that Jesus has said

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 and say to God,

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 maybe subtly,

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 but in your heart,

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 you're a severe man.

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 You're a hard man,

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 you know?

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 Like it's too hard,

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 it's too much,

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 right?

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 But this is

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 an act of defiance,

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 you know,

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 and this is,

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 God is not often

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 as we think Him

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 to be.

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 And the truth is,

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 He gives us

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 what we need.

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 He doesn't withhold

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 anything from us.

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 And then lastly,

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 at the latter part

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 of the verse,

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 basically,

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 He says to engage

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 in business,

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 but for how long

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 it says until I come,

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 until He comes again.

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 So,

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 we're at a unique point

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 in history where,

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 you know,

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 this has been said

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 many times before

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 that the Lord

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 is coming soon,

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 you know,

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 all these things.

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 But I think there's

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 reasons to believe

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 that we're definitely

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 closer than other

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 points of history

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 to the second coming

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 of Jesus.

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 But how much more

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 do we,

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 like,

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 if that's true,

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 should we pay

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 attention,

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 church?

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 Like,

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 do you believe,

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 like,

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 honestly,

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 like,

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 search your own

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 soul,

00:20:00.440 --> 00:20:00.899
 do you believe

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 that one day

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 a trumpet will

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 sound,

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 you know,

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 and that there's

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 going to be a man

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 who comes to judge

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 both the living

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 and the dead?

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 That's crazy.

00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:10.980
 Okay?

00:20:11.220 --> 00:20:11.799
 That's crazy,

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 but it's not

00:20:12.980 --> 00:20:14.240
 if you read,

00:20:14.339 --> 00:20:15.220
 if you believe Jesus,

00:20:15.419 --> 00:20:16.179
 if you believe God

00:20:16.179 --> 00:20:16.879
 above all else,

00:20:16.899 --> 00:20:17.119
 right?

00:20:17.480 --> 00:20:18.220
 But do you believe

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 that that day will

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 come?

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 And you don't

00:20:21.000 --> 00:20:21.660
 have to have fear

00:20:21.660 --> 00:20:22.319
 about that day.

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 If you're in Christ,

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 you don't have to be

00:20:24.680 --> 00:20:25.879
 afraid of the judgment

00:20:25.879 --> 00:20:27.160
 of God or second

00:20:27.160 --> 00:20:27.559
 coming.

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 You're going to have

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 confidence,

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 but even,

00:20:30.539 --> 00:20:31.759
 even that will draw

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 your attention to

00:20:32.599 --> 00:20:32.859
 what,

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 what he said.

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 And this is one of

00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:37.019
 the things that he

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 said.

00:20:37.779 --> 00:20:38.099
 He says,

00:20:38.180 --> 00:20:39.039
 engage in business

00:20:39.039 --> 00:20:40.119
 until I come,

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 occupy until I come.

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 I think as a church,

00:20:43.500 --> 00:20:43.759
 you know,

00:20:43.779 --> 00:20:45.180
 we're committed to

00:20:45.180 --> 00:20:46.140
 the kingdom of God

00:20:46.140 --> 00:20:46.759
 and all of life

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 together.

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 But a lot of times

00:20:50.420 --> 00:20:52.799
 we have cares

00:20:52.799 --> 00:20:53.759
 and worries of the

00:20:53.759 --> 00:20:54.819
 world that slip in.

00:20:55.539 --> 00:20:55.819
 You know,

00:20:55.839 --> 00:20:56.660
 the desire for other

00:20:56.660 --> 00:20:57.599
 things is the parable

00:20:57.599 --> 00:20:58.379
 of the sower says.

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 And have we let,

00:21:00.859 --> 00:21:01.920
 maybe even like in

00:21:01.920 --> 00:21:02.680
 small ways,

00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:04.119
 let the cares and

00:21:04.119 --> 00:21:04.779
 worries of the world

00:21:04.779 --> 00:21:05.720
 slip in a little bit?

00:21:06.420 --> 00:21:07.099
 Like just worrying

00:21:07.099 --> 00:21:07.839
 about tomorrow.

00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:10.859
 Have we forgotten

00:21:10.859 --> 00:21:12.180
 a love for God

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 and therefore forgotten

00:21:13.240 --> 00:21:14.480
 love for lost people,

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 lost souls,

00:21:15.940 --> 00:21:16.680
 people perishing?

00:21:16.759 --> 00:21:21.500
 This is important.

00:21:22.779 --> 00:21:24.039
 If you've lost heart,

00:21:24.980 --> 00:21:25.759
 there's good news for

00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:26.000
 you.

00:21:27.180 --> 00:21:28.859
 That God can fill you

00:21:28.859 --> 00:21:29.319
 up again,

00:21:29.500 --> 00:21:30.400
 fill you up fresh.

00:21:32.519 --> 00:21:33.339
 And we need to

00:21:33.339 --> 00:21:35.299
 remember why.

00:21:35.879 --> 00:21:36.980
 Why even be filled?

00:21:37.180 --> 00:21:37.940
 What's the need to be

00:21:37.940 --> 00:21:38.200
 filled?

00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:40.339
 It's because God is

00:21:40.339 --> 00:21:42.779
 our Christ and our

00:21:42.779 --> 00:21:43.059
 Lord.

00:21:44.379 --> 00:21:44.759
 And so,

00:21:44.900 --> 00:21:45.819
 how do we do that?

00:21:45.819 --> 00:21:46.720
 How do we multiply

00:21:46.720 --> 00:21:47.480
 our minas?

00:21:47.879 --> 00:21:48.679
 I like this phrase.

00:21:49.679 --> 00:21:50.519
 Multiplying minas.

00:21:54.279 --> 00:21:54.679
 Well,

00:21:54.879 --> 00:21:55.220
 Jesus,

00:21:55.339 --> 00:21:56.079
 when he talks in Luke

00:21:56.079 --> 00:21:56.679
 13,

00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:57.379
 a couple chapters

00:21:57.379 --> 00:21:57.779
 earlier,

00:21:58.419 --> 00:21:59.019
 about the kingdom

00:21:59.019 --> 00:21:59.720
 of God,

00:21:59.819 --> 00:22:00.539
 he speaks of it in

00:22:00.539 --> 00:22:01.000
 this way.

00:22:01.500 --> 00:22:01.859
 He says,

00:22:01.859 --> 00:22:04.099
 it is like a grain of

00:22:04.099 --> 00:22:05.539
 mustard seed that a man

00:22:05.539 --> 00:22:06.899
 took and sowed in his

00:22:06.899 --> 00:22:08.659
 garden and it grew and

00:22:08.659 --> 00:22:09.619
 became a tree.

00:22:10.979 --> 00:22:12.240
 And the birds of the air

00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:12.959
 made nests and

00:22:12.959 --> 00:22:13.479
 branches.

00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:15.699
 He says a couple of

00:22:15.699 --> 00:22:16.419
 verses later,

00:22:16.919 --> 00:22:18.039
 again speaking about the

00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:18.799
 kingdom of God,

00:22:18.919 --> 00:22:19.899
 that what it's like,

00:22:20.299 --> 00:22:21.919
 it is like leaven that a

00:22:21.919 --> 00:22:23.679
 woman took and hid in

00:22:23.679 --> 00:22:24.759
 three measures of flour

00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:26.779
 until it was all

00:22:26.779 --> 00:22:27.480
 leavened.

00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:28.559
 Someone recently,

00:22:28.700 --> 00:22:29.680
 or not too long ago,

00:22:29.740 --> 00:22:30.779
 told me that three

00:22:30.779 --> 00:22:31.599
 measures of flour

00:22:31.599 --> 00:22:33.740
 was the same amount

00:22:33.740 --> 00:22:35.940
 that Sarah,

00:22:36.839 --> 00:22:37.819
 Abraham's wife,

00:22:37.900 --> 00:22:39.359
 took and

00:22:39.359 --> 00:22:42.220
 what it produced,

00:22:42.319 --> 00:22:43.440
 the amount that a

00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:44.019
 bread that it could

00:22:44.019 --> 00:22:45.180
 make could serve like a

00:22:45.180 --> 00:22:45.839
 small army,

00:22:46.619 --> 00:22:47.460
 which is

00:22:47.460 --> 00:22:48.559
 crazy.

00:22:48.940 --> 00:22:49.460
 And something like

00:22:49.460 --> 00:22:50.579
 90 loaves or something,

00:22:50.700 --> 00:22:50.940
 I think.

00:22:51.600 --> 00:22:52.279
 I'll have to have

00:22:52.279 --> 00:22:53.120
 somebody fact check me

00:22:53.120 --> 00:22:53.380
 on that.

00:22:53.600 --> 00:22:55.480
 But in other words,

00:22:55.600 --> 00:22:56.460
 it's a very small

00:22:56.460 --> 00:22:56.740
 amount,

00:22:57.299 --> 00:22:57.539
 right?

00:22:57.640 --> 00:22:58.279
 It's not a lot.

00:22:59.000 --> 00:22:59.920
 And so he says the

00:22:59.920 --> 00:23:00.920
 kingdom of heaven is

00:23:00.920 --> 00:23:01.600
 like this.

00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:03.740
 It's like the yeast

00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:04.559
 that works through the

00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:04.799
 dough.

00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:06.039
 It's like the leaven

00:23:06.039 --> 00:23:07.500
 that you put it into

00:23:07.500 --> 00:23:08.539
 three measures of flour

00:23:08.539 --> 00:23:09.500
 and it just grows,

00:23:09.680 --> 00:23:09.920
 right?

00:23:10.559 --> 00:23:13.519
 But who's doing the

00:23:13.519 --> 00:23:14.320
 growth right here?

00:23:15.600 --> 00:23:16.080
 Maybe you could say

00:23:16.080 --> 00:23:17.100
 the yeast or whatever.

00:23:17.940 --> 00:23:19.920
 But all we're supposed

00:23:19.920 --> 00:23:20.779
 to do is put that

00:23:20.779 --> 00:23:21.579
 leaven in,

00:23:21.639 --> 00:23:21.839
 right?

00:23:21.940 --> 00:23:23.000
 Put that yeast in

00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:24.039
 and then it grows by

00:23:24.039 --> 00:23:24.480
 itself.

00:23:25.139 --> 00:23:26.079
 It's really important

00:23:26.079 --> 00:23:27.039
 to understand our

00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:27.500
 job,

00:23:28.079 --> 00:23:28.279
 right?

00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:29.519
 Our job is not to

00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:31.279
 make all these loaves

00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:32.220
 start to finish in

00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:32.899
 our own strength,

00:23:33.079 --> 00:23:33.339
 right?

00:23:34.019 --> 00:23:35.279
 Our job is simply

00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:36.059
 to,

00:23:36.339 --> 00:23:37.079
 where God has

00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:37.740
 called us to,

00:23:38.359 --> 00:23:38.759
 he says,

00:23:39.319 --> 00:23:41.200
 hide that leaven in

00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:41.839
 three measures of

00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:42.960
 flour right there,

00:23:43.299 --> 00:23:43.639
 you know?

00:23:44.220 --> 00:23:45.680
 Or put that seed,

00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:46.420
 that mustard seed,

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:46.960
 in the ground,

00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:47.759
 right?

00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:49.399
 God hasn't

00:23:49.399 --> 00:23:50.500
 overburdened you,

00:23:50.779 --> 00:23:51.619
 or overwhelmed you

00:23:51.619 --> 00:23:53.019
 with things that

00:23:53.019 --> 00:23:54.259
 he's supposed to do,

00:23:54.460 --> 00:23:55.759
 that only he can do,

00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:56.200
 right?

00:23:56.460 --> 00:23:57.019
 You're supposed to

00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:57.960
 trust in his power to

00:23:57.960 --> 00:23:58.319
 do it.

00:23:59.339 --> 00:23:59.700
 And so,

00:23:59.899 --> 00:24:00.899
 the kingdom of heaven

00:24:00.899 --> 00:24:02.480
 is like this.

00:24:07.119 --> 00:24:08.680
 2 Corinthians 2,

00:24:09.039 --> 00:24:10.839
 verses 14-15,

00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:11.379
 says,

00:24:11.380 --> 00:24:25.580
 I love that verse.

00:24:26.060 --> 00:24:26.980
 That's so awesome.

00:24:27.060 --> 00:24:28.120
 And it says,

00:24:28.119 --> 00:24:29.459
 for we are the aroma

00:24:29.459 --> 00:24:31.579
 of Christ to God

00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:32.799
 among those who are

00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:33.519
 being saved

00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:34.399
 and among those

00:24:34.399 --> 00:24:35.039
 who are perishing.

00:24:36.399 --> 00:24:37.219
 To one a fragrance

00:24:37.219 --> 00:24:38.179
 from death to death

00:24:38.179 --> 00:24:39.379
 and to the other

00:24:39.379 --> 00:24:40.259
 a fragrance from

00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:41.679
 life to life.

00:24:42.479 --> 00:24:43.399
 We're the aroma

00:24:43.399 --> 00:24:44.019
 of Christ,

00:24:44.299 --> 00:24:44.599
 okay?

00:24:45.679 --> 00:24:46.579
 And it says that

00:24:46.579 --> 00:24:47.539
 that fragrance

00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:48.579
 spreads,

00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:50.659
 that fragrance

00:24:50.659 --> 00:24:51.559
 of the knowledge

00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:52.179
 of him,

00:24:52.819 --> 00:24:53.779
 it spreads

00:24:53.779 --> 00:24:54.459
 everywhere.

00:24:55.119 --> 00:24:56.059
 That's awesome.

00:24:56.059 --> 00:24:57.819
 When you guys

00:24:57.819 --> 00:24:58.500
 are going about

00:24:58.500 --> 00:24:59.000
 your day,

00:24:59.619 --> 00:25:00.259
 do you ever think

00:25:00.259 --> 00:25:00.599
 like,

00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:02.139
 because God

00:25:02.139 --> 00:25:03.000
 dwells in me

00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:04.899
 by his Holy Spirit,

00:25:05.099 --> 00:25:06.399
 that anywhere I go

00:25:06.399 --> 00:25:07.919
 is a possibility

00:25:07.919 --> 00:25:09.299
 that the fragrance

00:25:09.299 --> 00:25:10.200
 of Christ,

00:25:10.579 --> 00:25:11.099
 the fragrance

00:25:11.099 --> 00:25:11.879
 of God,

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:13.019
 could be spread.

00:25:13.839 --> 00:25:14.259
 You guys think

00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:14.759
 about that?

00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:16.319
 Or do you guys

00:25:16.319 --> 00:25:16.960
 clock out?

00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:18.659
 You know,

00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.480
 and clock into

00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:20.679
 your job.

00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:21.980
 We all have jobs.

00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:22.539
 I'm not doubting

00:25:22.539 --> 00:25:23.039
 on jobs,

00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:23.399
 right?

00:25:23.819 --> 00:25:25.240
 But I'm trying

00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:25.980
 to draw our attention

00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:26.440
 to the fact

00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:27.200
 that we have

00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:28.319
 an eternal task.

00:25:28.620 --> 00:25:29.660
 We have a business

00:25:29.660 --> 00:25:30.460
 to engage in.

00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:33.460
 And if you're in Christ,

00:25:33.900 --> 00:25:34.900
 then in you

00:25:34.900 --> 00:25:35.839
 dwells Jesus.

00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:37.420
 Do you believe that?

00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:40.220
 Or are you saying,

00:25:40.339 --> 00:25:40.940
 you know what,

00:25:41.640 --> 00:25:43.440
 I believe that Jesus

00:25:43.440 --> 00:25:44.220
 dwells in people.

00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:44.880
 Like,

00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:45.640
 I believe

00:25:45.640 --> 00:25:47.599
 he dwells in this person

00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:48.539
 and this person.

00:25:48.599 --> 00:25:49.339
 I can see it.

00:25:49.440 --> 00:25:50.559
 There's peace in them.

00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:51.620
 You know,

00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:52.920
 there's peace everywhere else.

00:25:53.840 --> 00:25:54.960
 But does he dwell

00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:55.440
 in you?

00:25:56.580 --> 00:25:57.320
 Is there peace

00:25:57.320 --> 00:25:57.880
 in you?

00:25:58.660 --> 00:25:58.900
 Okay?

00:25:59.640 --> 00:26:00.660
 If there's not

00:26:00.660 --> 00:26:01.460
 peace in you,

00:26:02.080 --> 00:26:03.300
 then we need

00:26:03.300 --> 00:26:03.580
 to remember

00:26:03.580 --> 00:26:04.259
 the gospel.

00:26:04.800 --> 00:26:05.560
 Romans 5 says,

00:26:05.660 --> 00:26:06.140
 since we've been

00:26:06.140 --> 00:26:07.320
 justified by faith,

00:26:07.420 --> 00:26:08.600
 we have peace

00:26:08.600 --> 00:26:09.180
 with God.

00:26:09.560 --> 00:26:10.640
 We have peace

00:26:10.640 --> 00:26:11.080
 with God.

00:26:11.560 --> 00:26:11.840
 Okay?

00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:12.580
 And so,

00:26:12.660 --> 00:26:13.120
 if you don't have

00:26:13.120 --> 00:26:13.880
 peace with God,

00:26:14.259 --> 00:26:15.180
 that's 101.

00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:16.840
 This labor,

00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:17.480
 this work,

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:18.380
 this engaging

00:26:18.380 --> 00:26:19.019
 in business,

00:26:19.380 --> 00:26:20.279
 you're going to get

00:26:20.279 --> 00:26:21.180
 crushed by that.

00:26:21.180 --> 00:26:22.440
 Because not only

00:26:22.440 --> 00:26:22.900
 are you going to

00:26:22.900 --> 00:26:24.039
 try to throw your seeds out,

00:26:24.120 --> 00:26:24.640
 you're going to try

00:26:24.640 --> 00:26:25.360
 and make it grow.

00:26:26.180 --> 00:26:27.299
 You can't do that.

00:26:28.120 --> 00:26:28.900
 You'll be hitting

00:26:28.900 --> 00:26:29.600
 your head up against

00:26:29.600 --> 00:26:30.440
 the wall every time,

00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:30.680
 right?

00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:32.620
 We have to understand

00:26:32.620 --> 00:26:33.900
 what comes before.

00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:35.920
 And that's really

00:26:35.920 --> 00:26:36.740
 the backdrop.

00:26:37.779 --> 00:26:39.160
 I'm under the assumption

00:26:39.160 --> 00:26:40.580
 that we believe that.

00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:41.400
 Okay?

00:26:41.680 --> 00:26:42.580
 If we believe that,

00:26:42.580 --> 00:26:44.140
 then this work

00:26:44.140 --> 00:26:44.960
 is going to be

00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:45.440
 through a very

00:26:45.440 --> 00:26:46.060
 different lens.

00:26:48.580 --> 00:26:49.320
 So how do we

00:26:49.320 --> 00:26:49.980
 multiply our mind?

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:51.460
 We multiply by

00:26:51.460 --> 00:26:53.819
 this mindset

00:26:53.819 --> 00:26:55.539
 that God dwells in us,

00:26:56.079 --> 00:26:56.860
 that the fragrance

00:26:56.860 --> 00:26:57.700
 of Him will be

00:26:57.700 --> 00:26:58.880
 spread among us.

00:26:59.799 --> 00:27:00.360
 And also,

00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:03.000
 an anti-individualistic

00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:03.480
 statement,

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:05.120
 but I think that

00:27:05.120 --> 00:27:05.940
 fragrance is

00:27:05.940 --> 00:27:06.900
 most potent

00:27:06.900 --> 00:27:08.240
 when the church

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:09.660
 as a whole,

00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:10.519
 as members,

00:27:10.880 --> 00:27:11.640
 do that together.

00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:12.860
 So you can all

00:27:12.860 --> 00:27:13.720
 go home and do that

00:27:13.720 --> 00:27:14.299
 as your individual

00:27:14.299 --> 00:27:15.160
 Christian life,

00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:16.500
 but I think that

00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:17.380
 fragrance,

00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:18.099
 that potency

00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:18.980
 that I'm talking about

00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:20.240
 is actually most

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:21.019
 experienced

00:27:21.019 --> 00:27:23.519
 at large

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:25.019
 as a force,

00:27:25.360 --> 00:27:26.640
 as a group

00:27:26.640 --> 00:27:27.059
 of people

00:27:27.059 --> 00:27:27.579
 doing it.

00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:28.579
 And so,

00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:30.660
 you know,

00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:31.400
 I'm not saying

00:27:31.400 --> 00:27:32.200
 go home and do it

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:32.579
 alone.

00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:34.019
 I'm actually saying

00:27:34.019 --> 00:27:34.559
 do it through the

00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:34.759
 church,

00:27:34.819 --> 00:27:35.460
 which is one of my

00:27:35.460 --> 00:27:36.000
 points I'm about

00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:36.420
 to get into.

00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:39.380
 three points

00:27:39.380 --> 00:27:42.200
 on what it means

00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:42.700
 to engage

00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:43.600
 in kingdom work.

00:27:44.880 --> 00:27:46.000
 And just examine

00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:46.519
 yourself

00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:47.580
 and ask yourself,

00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:48.300
 do I have

00:27:48.300 --> 00:27:48.960
 habits,

00:27:49.340 --> 00:27:49.800
 do I have

00:27:49.800 --> 00:27:50.240
 rhythms

00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:51.680
 that

00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:55.060
 put first

00:27:55.060 --> 00:27:55.480
 the kingdom

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:56.019
 of God?

00:27:57.400 --> 00:27:58.039
 So point number

00:27:58.039 --> 00:27:58.360
 one,

00:27:58.640 --> 00:27:59.600
 how do we engage

00:27:59.600 --> 00:28:00.180
 and multiply

00:28:00.180 --> 00:28:00.880
 our minas

00:28:00.880 --> 00:28:02.340
 in the kingdom

00:28:02.340 --> 00:28:02.700
 work?

00:28:02.700 --> 00:28:03.279
 Number one,

00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:04.160
 we have to

00:28:04.160 --> 00:28:04.740
 pray.

00:28:05.660 --> 00:28:06.259
 I was really

00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:06.900
 convicted when I

00:28:06.900 --> 00:28:07.440
 did this first

00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:08.200
 point because

00:28:08.200 --> 00:28:09.740
 when you think

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:10.240
 of like the

00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:10.580
 work,

00:28:11.580 --> 00:28:12.039
 most of the

00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:12.360
 time you don't

00:28:12.360 --> 00:28:13.000
 think of prayer.

00:28:13.840 --> 00:28:14.720
 But if we

00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:15.299
 don't pray,

00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:16.100
 guys,

00:28:16.660 --> 00:28:18.799
 then nothing

00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:19.380
 will change.

00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:20.380
 If we don't

00:28:20.380 --> 00:28:21.160
 come to God

00:28:21.160 --> 00:28:21.960
 and ask,

00:28:22.920 --> 00:28:23.519
 like think about

00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:23.640
 it,

00:28:23.660 --> 00:28:24.580
 if we're the

00:28:24.580 --> 00:28:25.900
 planters and the

00:28:25.900 --> 00:28:26.840
 waterers and God

00:28:26.840 --> 00:28:27.580
 gives the growth

00:28:27.580 --> 00:28:28.440
 and we never

00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:29.319
 ask God to

00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:30.340
 grow things,

00:28:30.339 --> 00:28:32.659
 then what are

00:28:32.659 --> 00:28:33.379
 we trusting in,

00:28:33.399 --> 00:28:33.559
 right?

00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:35.980
 We're trusting

00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:36.740
 ourselves for

00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:37.179
 this growth?

00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:39.159
 We must come

00:28:39.159 --> 00:28:39.579
 to Him in

00:28:39.579 --> 00:28:39.740
 prayer.

00:28:39.919 --> 00:28:40.919
 Ask and ask

00:28:40.919 --> 00:28:41.339
 again.

00:28:41.699 --> 00:28:42.379
 Seek and seek

00:28:42.379 --> 00:28:42.779
 again.

00:28:42.939 --> 00:28:43.919
 Keep on seeking.

00:28:44.339 --> 00:28:44.919
 Knock and

00:28:44.919 --> 00:28:45.699
 knock again.

00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:46.659
 If you've grown

00:28:46.659 --> 00:28:47.559
 weary in praying,

00:28:48.379 --> 00:28:49.000
 today's the day

00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:49.519
 where you start

00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:50.519
 again with

00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:51.319
 fresh eyes,

00:28:51.720 --> 00:28:53.240
 fresh desire,

00:28:53.379 --> 00:28:54.059
 fresh energy.

00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:55.000
 We have to

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:55.299
 pray.

00:28:56.379 --> 00:28:57.099
 Martin Luther

00:28:57.099 --> 00:28:58.459
 said that prayer

00:28:58.459 --> 00:28:59.419
 is the sweat

00:28:59.419 --> 00:29:00.319
 of the soul.

00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:00.419
 soul.

00:29:01.619 --> 00:29:02.019
 Meaning,

00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:05.199
 when we pray,

00:29:05.359 --> 00:29:06.079
 things happen,

00:29:06.679 --> 00:29:06.959
 right?

00:29:07.659 --> 00:29:08.759
 And it might

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:09.959
 seem like work,

00:29:10.419 --> 00:29:11.199
 but realize who

00:29:11.199 --> 00:29:11.759
 you're praying to.

00:29:12.179 --> 00:29:12.699
 You're praying to

00:29:12.699 --> 00:29:13.299
 God who actually

00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:14.099
 changes things.

00:29:16.720 --> 00:29:17.639
 Thomas Watson

00:29:17.639 --> 00:29:18.500
 says on prayer

00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:20.019
 and commenting

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:21.059
 on Acts 12

00:29:21.059 --> 00:29:21.980
 when Peter was

00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:22.500
 in prison,

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:23.879
 he says that

00:29:23.879 --> 00:29:24.639
 the angel

00:29:24.639 --> 00:29:25.519
 fetched Peter

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:26.220
 out of prison,

00:29:26.619 --> 00:29:27.740
 but it was

00:29:27.740 --> 00:29:28.319
 prayer that

00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:29.259
 fetched the angel.

00:29:30.339 --> 00:29:31.399
 Okay?

00:29:33.559 --> 00:29:34.299
 Number two,

00:29:34.619 --> 00:29:35.119
 how do we

00:29:35.119 --> 00:29:35.679
 engage in

00:29:35.679 --> 00:29:36.359
 kingdom work?

00:29:37.359 --> 00:29:38.119
 By preaching

00:29:38.119 --> 00:29:38.679
 the gospel.

00:29:39.859 --> 00:29:40.119
 Okay,

00:29:40.179 --> 00:29:40.579
 how do we

00:29:40.579 --> 00:29:41.119
 preach the gospel

00:29:41.119 --> 00:29:41.939
 or who do we

00:29:41.939 --> 00:29:42.419
 preach the gospel

00:29:42.419 --> 00:29:42.699
 to?

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:43.279
 We preach it to

00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:43.720
 ourselves,

00:29:43.859 --> 00:29:44.299
 our spouses,

00:29:44.419 --> 00:29:44.799
 our kids,

00:29:44.859 --> 00:29:45.379
 to one another,

00:29:45.459 --> 00:29:46.139
 to the lost.

00:29:46.140 --> 00:29:46.280
 God,

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:47.620
 this cannot be

00:29:47.620 --> 00:29:48.380
 overstressed.

00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:49.920
 The lack of

00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:52.140
 evangelistic fervor

00:29:52.140 --> 00:29:54.180
 in the church

00:29:54.180 --> 00:29:55.100
 today is crazy.

00:29:56.300 --> 00:29:56.560
 All right?

00:29:57.080 --> 00:29:57.880
 We have to

00:29:57.880 --> 00:29:58.500
 preach the gospel.

00:29:58.700 --> 00:29:58.840
 We have,

00:29:58.920 --> 00:29:59.300
 and I'm not

00:29:59.300 --> 00:30:00.380
 saying like we

00:30:00.380 --> 00:30:01.460
 have to like go

00:30:01.460 --> 00:30:02.400
 off the hinge

00:30:02.400 --> 00:30:03.720
 and like just say

00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:04.460
 it all the time

00:30:04.460 --> 00:30:04.960
 everywhere.

00:30:05.360 --> 00:30:06.080
 You should be led

00:30:06.080 --> 00:30:06.680
 by the spirit.

00:30:07.340 --> 00:30:08.360
 But make no mistake

00:30:08.360 --> 00:30:09.000
 that we have to

00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:10.259
 speak the message.

00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:12.520
 And your mina

00:30:12.520 --> 00:30:13.259
 that you've been

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:14.220
 given in one sense

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:15.079
 is a message.

00:30:16.299 --> 00:30:17.279
 God gave you a

00:30:17.279 --> 00:30:17.759
 mina that

00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:18.440
 transformed your

00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:18.799
 life.

00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:19.360
 And it was

00:30:19.360 --> 00:30:19.740
 through the

00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:20.319
 message of his

00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:20.600
 son.

00:30:21.360 --> 00:30:21.620
 Okay?

00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:22.819
 We're going to

00:30:22.819 --> 00:30:23.500
 multiply that.

00:30:23.660 --> 00:30:24.000
 We need to

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:24.700
 give that away.

00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:27.319
 Speak it to

00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:27.539
 them.

00:30:27.660 --> 00:30:28.140
 Preach it to

00:30:28.140 --> 00:30:28.400
 them.

00:30:29.360 --> 00:30:29.980
 If you don't

00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:30.660
 know the gospel

00:30:30.660 --> 00:30:31.339
 very well,

00:30:32.059 --> 00:30:32.839
 ask somebody to

00:30:32.839 --> 00:30:33.480
 help you understand

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:33.759
 it.

00:30:33.839 --> 00:30:34.259
 If you're like,

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:35.259
 hey, I honestly

00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:35.720
 have heard this

00:30:35.720 --> 00:30:36.259
 many times,

00:30:36.360 --> 00:30:37.720
 but like help

00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:38.860
 me see where

00:30:38.860 --> 00:30:40.059
 this plan lanes

00:30:40.059 --> 00:30:41.440
 like in my life.

00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:42.420
 You know,

00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:43.220
 like I see it

00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:43.799
 other people,

00:30:43.799 --> 00:30:44.159
 it changes

00:30:44.159 --> 00:30:44.579
 their life.

00:30:44.639 --> 00:30:45.200
 But like for

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:45.759
 me, like what

00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:46.440
 does that mean?

00:30:47.759 --> 00:30:48.399
 Because you need

00:30:48.399 --> 00:30:48.799
 to know, you

00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:49.180
 need to know

00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:51.279
 that without

00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:54.759
 the substitutionary

00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:55.759
 death of Christ,

00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:56.779
 there's going to

00:30:56.779 --> 00:30:57.539
 be no forgiveness

00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:58.039
 for you.

00:30:58.659 --> 00:30:59.259
 Without the

00:30:59.259 --> 00:31:00.259
 obedient life of

00:31:00.259 --> 00:31:01.200
 Christ, there's

00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:01.759
 going to be no

00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:02.659
 standing before

00:31:02.659 --> 00:31:03.339
 God in a

00:31:03.339 --> 00:31:03.960
 righteous way.

00:31:04.839 --> 00:31:05.200
 And without

00:31:05.200 --> 00:31:05.819
 his resurrection,

00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:06.579
 there will be no

00:31:06.579 --> 00:31:07.240
 standing, period.

00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:08.039
 You won't be

00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:08.440
 raised.

00:31:08.839 --> 00:31:08.980
 Okay?

00:31:09.159 --> 00:31:09.879
 These things are

00:31:09.879 --> 00:31:10.839
 like so fundamental.

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.599
 And I would dare

00:31:12.599 --> 00:31:16.039
 say that, well,

00:31:17.199 --> 00:31:17.939
 Paul would dare

00:31:17.939 --> 00:31:19.419
 say in 1 Corinthians

00:31:19.419 --> 00:31:20.199
 15, he says,

00:31:20.399 --> 00:31:20.699
 this is the

00:31:20.699 --> 00:31:22.019
 gospel in which

00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:23.179
 you stand and

00:31:23.179 --> 00:31:23.619
 in which you're

00:31:23.619 --> 00:31:24.299
 being saved.

00:31:24.619 --> 00:31:24.839
 Okay?

00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:25.299
 This is what

00:31:25.299 --> 00:31:25.779
 you're standing

00:31:25.779 --> 00:31:26.079
 on.

00:31:26.939 --> 00:31:27.759
 And so we have

00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:28.299
 to preach the

00:31:28.299 --> 00:31:28.639
 gospel.

00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:29.599
 Who do we

00:31:29.599 --> 00:31:30.199
 preach it to?

00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:31.079
 You know, like

00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:32.019
 on a practical

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:32.439
 level.

00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:33.339
 You guys ask

00:31:33.339 --> 00:31:33.939
 yourself this?

00:31:34.339 --> 00:31:34.699
 Like your

00:31:34.699 --> 00:31:35.819
 neighbors, people

00:31:35.819 --> 00:31:36.500
 you run into

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:37.700
 that are totally

00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:38.240
 lost.

00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:44.460
 You know,

00:31:44.480 --> 00:31:44.880
 sometimes you

00:31:44.880 --> 00:31:45.160
 got to get

00:31:45.160 --> 00:31:45.900
 creative, but

00:31:45.900 --> 00:31:46.859
 the message has

00:31:46.859 --> 00:31:47.440
 to go out.

00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:49.500
 We got to

00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:49.839
 preach the

00:31:49.839 --> 00:31:50.140
 gospel.

00:31:50.299 --> 00:31:50.859
 Number three,

00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:52.380
 engaging in

00:31:52.380 --> 00:31:53.059
 kingdom work.

00:31:53.160 --> 00:31:53.640
 We do it

00:31:53.640 --> 00:31:53.960
 through the

00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:54.680
 local church.

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:57.380
 And I

00:31:57.380 --> 00:31:57.960
 would say

00:31:57.960 --> 00:31:59.240
 actually probably

00:31:59.240 --> 00:31:59.880
 that this is

00:31:59.880 --> 00:32:00.599
 one that

00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:01.680
 gets

00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:02.519
 sidelined

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:03.359
 many times.

00:32:03.779 --> 00:32:04.460
 I would say

00:32:04.460 --> 00:32:04.839
 that if a

00:32:04.839 --> 00:32:05.579
 Christian doesn't

00:32:05.579 --> 00:32:06.159
 engage in

00:32:06.159 --> 00:32:06.559
 building up

00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:07.119
 the church

00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:08.159
 and partnering

00:32:08.159 --> 00:32:08.559
 with the

00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:09.039
 church in

00:32:09.039 --> 00:32:10.399
 this uniting

00:32:10.399 --> 00:32:11.240
 way, then

00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:11.779
 there's really

00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:12.159
 going to be

00:32:12.159 --> 00:32:12.960
 no multiplying

00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:13.500
 of minus.

00:32:14.500 --> 00:32:14.819
 There's going

00:32:14.819 --> 00:32:15.339
 to be no,

00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:16.460
 you can do

00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:16.879
 like the

00:32:16.879 --> 00:32:18.119
 personal, you

00:32:18.119 --> 00:32:20.619
 know, on

00:32:20.619 --> 00:32:20.960
 your own

00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:21.659
 thing, but

00:32:21.659 --> 00:32:23.079
 God has

00:32:23.079 --> 00:32:23.819
 appointed that

00:32:23.819 --> 00:32:25.419
 your gifts

00:32:25.419 --> 00:32:26.179
 would be

00:32:26.179 --> 00:32:28.559
 joined to

00:32:28.559 --> 00:32:29.779
 a body and

00:32:29.779 --> 00:32:30.419
 work through

00:32:30.419 --> 00:32:31.779
 the members

00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:32.460
 together as

00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:32.939
 a force.

00:32:32.940 --> 00:32:32.980
 gifts.

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:36.620
 And that

00:32:36.620 --> 00:32:37.039
 leads me to

00:32:37.039 --> 00:32:37.400
 my next

00:32:37.400 --> 00:32:37.640
 point.

00:32:37.799 --> 00:32:38.220
 Like, you

00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:38.600
 guys each

00:32:38.600 --> 00:32:39.120
 have gifts.

00:32:39.200 --> 00:32:39.460
 If you're

00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:39.799
 in Christ,

00:32:39.840 --> 00:32:40.160
 you have a

00:32:40.160 --> 00:32:40.880
 gift from

00:32:40.880 --> 00:32:41.500
 God.

00:32:41.920 --> 00:32:42.440
 How are you

00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:42.880
 using that

00:32:42.880 --> 00:32:43.120
 gift?

00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:43.420
 Do you

00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:44.220
 know the

00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:44.559
 gifts that

00:32:44.559 --> 00:32:45.039
 you have?

00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:46.320
 Or do you

00:32:46.320 --> 00:32:46.779
 not know?

00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:47.580
 You know,

00:32:47.600 --> 00:32:47.920
 Adi and I

00:32:47.920 --> 00:32:48.140
 were just

00:32:48.140 --> 00:32:48.920
 talking last

00:32:48.920 --> 00:32:50.960
 night about

00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:51.580
 the gifts and

00:32:51.580 --> 00:32:52.039
 how important

00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:52.519
 it is to

00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:52.820
 know.

00:32:53.820 --> 00:32:53.980
 You know?

00:32:54.740 --> 00:32:56.500
 And God

00:32:56.500 --> 00:32:57.340
 wants you to

00:32:57.340 --> 00:32:58.100
 be more confident

00:32:58.100 --> 00:32:58.559
 in the ways

00:32:58.559 --> 00:32:59.360
 that he's made

00:32:59.360 --> 00:32:59.980
 you and gifted

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:00.920
 you than

00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:01.440
 you probably

00:33:01.440 --> 00:33:02.900
 do because

00:33:02.900 --> 00:33:03.599
 he's called

00:33:03.599 --> 00:33:03.860
 you to

00:33:03.860 --> 00:33:04.180
 something.

00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:05.900
 Don't bury

00:33:05.900 --> 00:33:06.519
 your gift.

00:33:07.220 --> 00:33:07.579
 Do you say

00:33:07.579 --> 00:33:08.299
 my gift doesn't

00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:08.839
 matter or

00:33:08.839 --> 00:33:09.500
 my gift is

00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:10.299
 better than

00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:11.620
 so-and-so's

00:33:11.620 --> 00:33:12.400
 or not as

00:33:12.400 --> 00:33:12.680
 good than

00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:13.200
 so-and-so's

00:33:13.200 --> 00:33:13.720
 so I won't

00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:14.180
 use it?

00:33:14.860 --> 00:33:15.180
 Like, what

00:33:15.180 --> 00:33:15.720
 kind of

00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:16.200
 conversations

00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:16.500
 are you

00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:16.819
 having?

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:17.460
 Are you

00:33:17.460 --> 00:33:17.860
 saying that

00:33:17.860 --> 00:33:18.099
 you're in

00:33:18.099 --> 00:33:18.819
 an insignificant

00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:19.380
 part?

00:33:20.380 --> 00:33:21.059
 Like, that's

00:33:21.059 --> 00:33:21.480
 nonsense.

00:33:22.660 --> 00:33:23.279
 Don't sit

00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:23.720
 on your

00:33:23.720 --> 00:33:24.579
 mina or

00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:25.039
 hide your

00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:25.680
 mina, so

00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:26.140
 to speak.

00:33:28.440 --> 00:33:29.160
 Use them.

00:33:29.160 --> 00:33:30.220
 Literally, 1

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:31.340
 Peter 4 says,

00:33:31.660 --> 00:33:32.240
 as each has

00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:32.940
 received a

00:33:32.940 --> 00:33:34.000
 gift, use

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:35.460
 it to

00:33:35.460 --> 00:33:35.860
 serve one

00:33:35.860 --> 00:33:36.340
 another as

00:33:36.340 --> 00:33:36.880
 God's good

00:33:36.880 --> 00:33:37.440
 stewards of

00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:37.900
 God's very

00:33:37.900 --> 00:33:38.340
 grace.

00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:39.759
 The NASB

00:33:39.759 --> 00:33:40.440
 actually says,

00:33:40.740 --> 00:33:41.620
 as each has

00:33:41.620 --> 00:33:42.080
 received a

00:33:42.080 --> 00:33:42.720
 special gift,

00:33:42.940 --> 00:33:43.700
 employ it.

00:33:45.800 --> 00:33:46.040
 Are you

00:33:46.040 --> 00:33:46.580
 employing your

00:33:46.580 --> 00:33:46.880
 gifts?

00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:47.700
 Every part is

00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:48.240
 indispensable.

00:33:51.860 --> 00:33:52.380
 So,

00:33:53.660 --> 00:33:54.100
 um,

00:33:54.099 --> 00:33:59.039
 what is

00:33:59.039 --> 00:33:59.779
 our way

00:33:59.779 --> 00:34:00.219
 of life,

00:34:00.339 --> 00:34:00.619
 church?

00:34:01.399 --> 00:34:01.659
 Do we

00:34:01.659 --> 00:34:01.980
 have a

00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:02.359
 way of

00:34:02.359 --> 00:34:03.019
 life that

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:04.839
 as its

00:34:04.839 --> 00:34:05.379
 regular

00:34:05.379 --> 00:34:05.899
 rhythm

00:34:05.899 --> 00:34:08.099
 is kingdom

00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:08.519
 work?

00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:09.839
 Or would

00:34:09.839 --> 00:34:10.380
 you say

00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:10.860
 that my

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:11.259
 regular

00:34:11.259 --> 00:34:11.920
 rhythm of

00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:13.219
 life looks

00:34:13.219 --> 00:34:13.940
 less like

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:14.619
 kingdom work

00:34:14.619 --> 00:34:15.719
 and more

00:34:15.719 --> 00:34:16.239
 just like

00:34:16.239 --> 00:34:16.719
 work I'm

00:34:16.719 --> 00:34:17.339
 interested in?

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:19.380
 Work that

00:34:19.380 --> 00:34:22.259
 I tend

00:34:22.260 --> 00:34:22.840
 to enjoy,

00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:23.760
 you know,

00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:24.120
 that I

00:34:24.120 --> 00:34:24.480
 want,

00:34:25.400 --> 00:34:25.760
 you know,

00:34:26.120 --> 00:34:27.000
 you know,

00:34:27.060 --> 00:34:28.020
 this party

00:34:28.020 --> 00:34:28.500
 of people,

00:34:28.600 --> 00:34:29.100
 these citizens

00:34:29.100 --> 00:34:29.680
 that hated

00:34:29.680 --> 00:34:30.180
 the king

00:34:30.180 --> 00:34:30.540
 in this

00:34:30.540 --> 00:34:30.980
 parable,

00:34:32.140 --> 00:34:33.160
 um,

00:34:34.160 --> 00:34:35.100
 had no

00:34:35.100 --> 00:34:35.780
 respect for

00:34:35.780 --> 00:34:37.160
 the king

00:34:37.160 --> 00:34:37.580
 at all,

00:34:37.660 --> 00:34:38.260
 with their

00:34:38.260 --> 00:34:39.080
 desires or

00:34:39.080 --> 00:34:39.400
 anything.

00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:41.240
 And when

00:34:41.240 --> 00:34:41.640
 we,

00:34:41.780 --> 00:34:42.500
 when we

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:43.000
 look at

00:34:43.000 --> 00:34:43.300
 our own

00:34:43.300 --> 00:34:43.640
 life,

00:34:43.680 --> 00:34:43.980
 are we

00:34:43.980 --> 00:34:44.380
 saying,

00:34:44.940 --> 00:34:45.940
 my choices,

00:34:46.320 --> 00:34:47.240
 my work,

00:34:47.380 --> 00:34:48.300
 my desires,

00:34:48.800 --> 00:34:49.660
 uh,

00:34:49.880 --> 00:34:51.420
 are aimed

00:34:51.420 --> 00:34:52.740
 at him?

00:34:53.180 --> 00:34:53.619
 They're,

00:34:53.700 --> 00:34:54.119
 they're not

00:34:54.119 --> 00:34:54.880
 towards myself,

00:34:55.119 --> 00:34:56.019
 but they're

00:34:56.019 --> 00:34:56.639
 for the king.

00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:57.300
 You know,

00:34:57.300 --> 00:34:57.740
 maybe not in

00:34:57.740 --> 00:34:58.099
 every,

00:34:58.400 --> 00:34:59.280
 I'm not talking

00:34:59.280 --> 00:34:59.800
 about every

00:34:59.800 --> 00:35:00.639
 little inch

00:35:00.639 --> 00:35:01.280
 of your life.

00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:01.619
 You can be

00:35:01.619 --> 00:35:01.720
 like,

00:35:01.760 --> 00:35:02.159
 that's Jesus

00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:02.539
 right there,

00:35:02.579 --> 00:35:03.059
 that's Jesus,

00:35:03.220 --> 00:35:03.360
 right?

00:35:03.860 --> 00:35:04.740
 But generally

00:35:04.740 --> 00:35:05.200
 speaking,

00:35:05.280 --> 00:35:05.579
 does your

00:35:05.579 --> 00:35:06.539
 life and

00:35:06.539 --> 00:35:07.240
 your desires

00:35:07.240 --> 00:35:08.519
 say,

00:35:09.099 --> 00:35:09.619
 God reigns

00:35:09.619 --> 00:35:10.079
 over me?

00:35:10.500 --> 00:35:10.900
 Or,

00:35:11.059 --> 00:35:11.820
 or does it

00:35:11.820 --> 00:35:12.220
 say,

00:35:12.780 --> 00:35:13.579
 maybe subtly,

00:35:13.680 --> 00:35:14.159
 like the

00:35:14.159 --> 00:35:14.740
 citizens,

00:35:15.320 --> 00:35:15.800
 we don't

00:35:15.800 --> 00:35:16.280
 want this

00:35:16.280 --> 00:35:16.760
 man to

00:35:16.760 --> 00:35:17.180
 reign over

00:35:17.180 --> 00:35:17.539
 us?

00:35:18.659 --> 00:35:18.980
 You know,

00:35:19.500 --> 00:35:19.880
 I don't

00:35:19.880 --> 00:35:20.659
 really want him,

00:35:20.720 --> 00:35:20.880
 like,

00:35:20.880 --> 00:35:21.420
 I get,

00:35:21.500 --> 00:35:21.619
 like,

00:35:21.680 --> 00:35:22.000
 this church

00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:22.260
 thing,

00:35:22.320 --> 00:35:22.579
 I get

00:35:22.579 --> 00:35:22.900
 priest and

00:35:22.900 --> 00:35:23.200
 gospel,

00:35:23.340 --> 00:35:23.559
 but I

00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:23.960
 really don't

00:35:23.960 --> 00:35:24.380
 want to do

00:35:24.380 --> 00:35:24.700
 that,

00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:25.360
 right?

00:35:26.400 --> 00:35:27.000
 And I

00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:27.740
 also understand

00:35:27.740 --> 00:35:28.160
 that,

00:35:28.320 --> 00:35:28.900
 because like

00:35:28.900 --> 00:35:29.160
 you,

00:35:29.240 --> 00:35:29.760
 I'm a sinner,

00:35:30.720 --> 00:35:31.500
 and I

00:35:31.500 --> 00:35:32.059
 naturally don't

00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:32.480
 want to do

00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:32.860
 what God

00:35:32.860 --> 00:35:33.480
 requires,

00:35:34.039 --> 00:35:39.840
 but usually

00:35:39.840 --> 00:35:40.260
 the person

00:35:40.260 --> 00:35:40.720
 who's saying

00:35:40.720 --> 00:35:42.240
 that actually

00:35:42.240 --> 00:35:42.619
 needs to

00:35:42.619 --> 00:35:43.099
 encounter the

00:35:43.099 --> 00:35:43.500
 grace of

00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:43.960
 God again.

00:35:45.760 --> 00:35:46.700
 And this

00:35:46.700 --> 00:35:47.260
 actually happened

00:35:47.260 --> 00:35:47.660
 to Martin

00:35:47.660 --> 00:35:48.039
 Luther.

00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:49.400
 I was

00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:49.940
 reading about

00:35:49.940 --> 00:35:50.800
 this earlier

00:35:50.800 --> 00:35:51.360
 this week,

00:35:51.480 --> 00:35:52.259
 and Martin

00:35:52.259 --> 00:35:52.519
 Luther,

00:35:52.599 --> 00:35:52.880
 if you don't

00:35:52.880 --> 00:35:53.279
 know him,

00:35:53.320 --> 00:35:53.840
 was largely

00:35:53.840 --> 00:35:55.159
 responsible for

00:35:55.159 --> 00:35:56.000
 the catalyst

00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:56.420
 for the

00:35:56.420 --> 00:35:56.759
 Protestant

00:35:56.759 --> 00:35:57.480
 Reformation.

00:35:58.239 --> 00:35:58.880
 Big deal.

00:35:58.880 --> 00:36:02.800
 But he was

00:36:02.800 --> 00:36:03.160
 a German

00:36:03.160 --> 00:36:03.840
 monk who

00:36:03.840 --> 00:36:05.420
 had been

00:36:05.420 --> 00:36:06.079
 taught that

00:36:06.079 --> 00:36:07.260
 God required

00:36:07.260 --> 00:36:07.980
 him to

00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:08.320
 live a

00:36:08.320 --> 00:36:08.579
 righteous

00:36:08.579 --> 00:36:09.119
 life in

00:36:09.119 --> 00:36:09.360
 order to

00:36:09.360 --> 00:36:09.880
 be saved.

00:36:10.880 --> 00:36:11.720
 And so he

00:36:11.720 --> 00:36:12.579
 actually grew

00:36:12.579 --> 00:36:13.760
 to hate

00:36:13.760 --> 00:36:15.800
 God as

00:36:15.800 --> 00:36:16.200
 a monk,

00:36:17.200 --> 00:36:17.820
 for first

00:36:17.820 --> 00:36:18.880
 requiring of

00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:19.320
 him what he

00:36:19.320 --> 00:36:19.980
 couldn't do,

00:36:19.980 --> 00:36:21.360
 but then

00:36:21.360 --> 00:36:22.460
 leaving him

00:36:22.460 --> 00:36:23.099
 to fail

00:36:23.099 --> 00:36:23.840
 as he

00:36:23.840 --> 00:36:24.240
 did it.

00:36:25.380 --> 00:36:25.519
 Like,

00:36:25.619 --> 00:36:26.460
 Luther actually

00:36:26.460 --> 00:36:27.079
 says this.

00:36:27.139 --> 00:36:27.460
 He says,

00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:28.099
 I labor

00:36:28.099 --> 00:36:28.719
 diligently

00:36:28.719 --> 00:36:29.780
 and anxiously

00:36:29.780 --> 00:36:30.780
 as to

00:36:30.780 --> 00:36:31.420
 understand

00:36:31.420 --> 00:36:31.880
 Paul's

00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:32.380
 words.

00:36:33.260 --> 00:36:33.679
 And what

00:36:33.679 --> 00:36:34.019
 he's talking

00:36:34.019 --> 00:36:34.380
 about is

00:36:34.380 --> 00:36:35.059
 Romans 1

00:36:35.059 --> 00:36:35.880
 that says

00:36:35.880 --> 00:36:38.599
 that in the

00:36:38.599 --> 00:36:39.179
 gospel the

00:36:39.179 --> 00:36:39.559
 righteousness

00:36:39.559 --> 00:36:40.199
 of God

00:36:40.199 --> 00:36:40.760
 is revealed.

00:36:41.039 --> 00:36:41.420
 The righteousness

00:36:41.420 --> 00:36:42.340
 that is by

00:36:42.340 --> 00:36:43.139
 faith

00:36:43.139 --> 00:36:44.000
 from first

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:44.460
 to last.

00:36:45.159 --> 00:36:45.719
 Luther says,

00:36:45.840 --> 00:36:46.199
 I labor

00:36:46.199 --> 00:36:46.659
 diligently

00:36:46.659 --> 00:36:47.579
 to understand

00:36:47.579 --> 00:36:49.119
 as to

00:36:49.119 --> 00:36:49.819
 how

00:36:49.819 --> 00:36:51.039
 Paul's

00:36:51.039 --> 00:36:51.539
 word,

00:36:52.059 --> 00:36:52.659
 the expression

00:36:52.659 --> 00:36:53.380
 righteousness

00:36:53.380 --> 00:36:54.299
 of God,

00:36:55.380 --> 00:36:56.079
 blocked the

00:36:56.079 --> 00:36:56.480
 way.

00:36:57.940 --> 00:36:58.559
 Because it's,

00:36:58.860 --> 00:36:59.840
 I took it to

00:36:59.840 --> 00:37:00.279
 mean that the

00:37:00.279 --> 00:37:00.739
 righteousness

00:37:00.739 --> 00:37:01.619
 whereby God

00:37:01.619 --> 00:37:02.139
 is righteous

00:37:02.139 --> 00:37:02.940
 and deals

00:37:02.940 --> 00:37:03.539
 righteously

00:37:03.539 --> 00:37:04.199
 in punishing

00:37:04.199 --> 00:37:05.279
 the unrighteous.

00:37:06.019 --> 00:37:06.460
 Okay, so

00:37:06.460 --> 00:37:07.199
 he was,

00:37:07.199 --> 00:37:07.559
 he was,

00:37:07.759 --> 00:37:08.179
 he couldn't

00:37:08.179 --> 00:37:09.059
 get past this.

00:37:09.659 --> 00:37:10.119
 The righteousness

00:37:10.119 --> 00:37:10.920
 of God for

00:37:10.920 --> 00:37:11.559
 Luther was

00:37:11.559 --> 00:37:12.179
 something he's

00:37:12.179 --> 00:37:12.440
 like,

00:37:12.900 --> 00:37:14.299
 I'm doomed.

00:37:15.299 --> 00:37:15.539
 Like,

00:37:15.579 --> 00:37:16.039
 if God is

00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:16.619
 righteous in

00:37:16.619 --> 00:37:17.019
 this way,

00:37:17.019 --> 00:37:17.960
 like,

00:37:18.320 --> 00:37:18.780
 it's

00:37:18.780 --> 00:37:19.340
 impossible.

00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:21.480
 And although

00:37:21.480 --> 00:37:22.259
 an impeccable

00:37:22.259 --> 00:37:22.759
 monk,

00:37:23.599 --> 00:37:24.400
 Luther says,

00:37:24.519 --> 00:37:24.860
 he says,

00:37:24.920 --> 00:37:25.219
 I stood

00:37:25.219 --> 00:37:25.820
 before God

00:37:25.820 --> 00:37:26.199
 a sinner.

00:37:27.500 --> 00:37:27.739
 Therefore,

00:37:27.820 --> 00:37:28.320
 I did not

00:37:28.320 --> 00:37:28.980
 love a

00:37:28.980 --> 00:37:29.320
 righteous

00:37:29.320 --> 00:37:29.800
 and anchored

00:37:29.800 --> 00:37:30.079
 God,

00:37:30.179 --> 00:37:30.599
 but rather

00:37:30.599 --> 00:37:31.340
 hated and

00:37:31.340 --> 00:37:31.659
 murmured

00:37:31.659 --> 00:37:32.259
 against him.

00:37:34.239 --> 00:37:34.619
 And then

00:37:34.619 --> 00:37:34.820
 he said,

00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:35.239
 it was then

00:37:35.239 --> 00:37:35.860
 I grasped

00:37:35.860 --> 00:37:36.139
 that the

00:37:36.139 --> 00:37:36.500
 righteousness

00:37:36.500 --> 00:37:37.199
 of God

00:37:37.199 --> 00:37:38.559
 is that

00:37:38.559 --> 00:37:39.059
 righteousness

00:37:39.059 --> 00:37:39.800
 by which

00:37:39.800 --> 00:37:40.759
 through grace

00:37:40.759 --> 00:37:42.179
 and sheer

00:37:42.179 --> 00:37:42.800
 mercy,

00:37:43.739 --> 00:37:44.000
 God

00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:44.739
 justifies

00:37:44.739 --> 00:37:45.139
 us

00:37:45.139 --> 00:37:46.179
 by faith.

00:37:47.019 --> 00:37:48.019
 He says,

00:37:48.099 --> 00:37:48.519
 thereupon

00:37:48.519 --> 00:37:48.940
 I felt

00:37:48.940 --> 00:37:49.420
 myself

00:37:49.420 --> 00:37:49.759
 to be

00:37:49.759 --> 00:37:50.259
 reborn

00:37:50.259 --> 00:37:51.420
 and to

00:37:51.420 --> 00:37:51.559
 have

00:37:51.559 --> 00:37:51.840
 gone

00:37:51.840 --> 00:37:52.019
 through

00:37:52.019 --> 00:37:52.199
 the

00:37:52.199 --> 00:37:52.420
 open

00:37:52.420 --> 00:37:52.759
 doors

00:37:52.759 --> 00:37:52.940
 into

00:37:52.940 --> 00:37:53.539
 paradise.

00:37:56.719 --> 00:37:57.380
 He says,

00:37:57.480 --> 00:37:57.699
 as I

00:37:57.699 --> 00:37:58.119
 formerly

00:37:58.119 --> 00:37:58.980
 hated the

00:37:58.980 --> 00:37:59.639
 expression,

00:38:00.259 --> 00:38:00.380
 the

00:38:00.380 --> 00:38:00.759
 righteousness

00:38:00.759 --> 00:38:01.360
 of God,

00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:01.659
 and now

00:38:01.659 --> 00:38:03.239
 began to

00:38:03.239 --> 00:38:03.679
 regard it

00:38:03.679 --> 00:38:04.000
 as my

00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:04.300
 dearest

00:38:04.300 --> 00:38:04.599
 and most

00:38:04.599 --> 00:38:04.960
 comforting

00:38:04.960 --> 00:38:05.320
 word.

00:38:06.759 --> 00:38:07.519
 When I'm

00:38:07.519 --> 00:38:07.860
 talking about

00:38:07.860 --> 00:38:08.320
 this work,

00:38:08.619 --> 00:38:09.199
 are you guys

00:38:09.199 --> 00:38:09.400
 like,

00:38:09.440 --> 00:38:09.739
 I hate

00:38:09.739 --> 00:38:10.059
 that?

00:38:10.480 --> 00:38:11.000
 Are you

00:38:11.000 --> 00:38:11.480
 relating to

00:38:11.480 --> 00:38:11.920
 God in

00:38:11.920 --> 00:38:12.579
 the wrong

00:38:12.579 --> 00:38:12.840
 way?

00:38:13.880 --> 00:38:14.179
 What's

00:38:14.179 --> 00:38:14.280
 your

00:38:14.280 --> 00:38:14.699
 relationship

00:38:14.699 --> 00:38:15.159
 to God

00:38:15.159 --> 00:38:15.379
 in your

00:38:15.379 --> 00:38:15.779
 thoughts?

00:38:17.239 --> 00:38:17.579
 Are you

00:38:17.579 --> 00:38:17.960
 relating,

00:38:18.219 --> 00:38:18.480
 are you

00:38:18.480 --> 00:38:18.759
 forgetting

00:38:18.759 --> 00:38:19.119
 about the

00:38:19.119 --> 00:38:19.559
 grace,

00:38:20.719 --> 00:38:21.259
 the abundant

00:38:21.259 --> 00:38:21.960
 mercy of

00:38:21.960 --> 00:38:22.259
 God?

00:38:23.819 --> 00:38:24.539
 Make no

00:38:24.539 --> 00:38:24.879
 mistake,

00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:25.559
 we have

00:38:25.559 --> 00:38:26.059
 to labor,

00:38:27.199 --> 00:38:27.460
 but

00:38:27.460 --> 00:38:30.239
 God has

00:38:30.239 --> 00:38:30.599
 given us

00:38:30.599 --> 00:38:31.319
 everything we

00:38:31.319 --> 00:38:31.639
 need.

00:38:32.599 --> 00:38:32.739
 Okay?

00:38:35.859 --> 00:38:36.439
 In

00:38:36.439 --> 00:38:36.799
 Philippians

00:38:36.799 --> 00:38:37.379
 1.27,

00:38:37.759 --> 00:38:38.319
 Paul says,

00:38:38.419 --> 00:38:38.839
 only let

00:38:38.839 --> 00:38:39.299
 your manner

00:38:39.299 --> 00:38:39.799
 of life,

00:38:39.879 --> 00:38:40.119
 the way

00:38:40.119 --> 00:38:40.399
 that you

00:38:40.399 --> 00:38:40.679
 live,

00:38:40.739 --> 00:38:41.359
 your conduct,

00:38:41.939 --> 00:38:42.399
 only let

00:38:42.399 --> 00:38:42.859
 your manner

00:38:42.859 --> 00:38:43.460
 of life

00:38:43.460 --> 00:38:45.059
 be worthy

00:38:45.059 --> 00:38:45.519
 of the

00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:46.059
 gospel of

00:38:46.059 --> 00:38:46.420
 Christ.

00:38:48.639 --> 00:38:49.119
 Warren

00:38:49.119 --> 00:38:50.280
 Worsby,

00:38:50.340 --> 00:38:50.579
 I think

00:38:50.579 --> 00:38:50.940
 his name,

00:38:51.039 --> 00:38:51.380
 commenting

00:38:51.380 --> 00:38:51.900
 on this,

00:38:51.960 --> 00:38:52.220
 says,

00:38:52.740 --> 00:38:53.000
 the most

00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:53.460
 important

00:38:53.460 --> 00:38:53.860
 weapon

00:38:53.860 --> 00:38:54.220
 against

00:38:54.220 --> 00:38:54.420
 the

00:38:54.420 --> 00:38:54.760
 enemy

00:38:54.760 --> 00:38:56.039
 is not

00:38:56.039 --> 00:38:56.500
 a stirring

00:38:56.500 --> 00:38:57.039
 sermon,

00:38:58.280 --> 00:38:58.559
 sorry,

00:38:58.679 --> 00:38:58.860
 Sam,

00:39:00.240 --> 00:39:00.920
 or a

00:39:00.920 --> 00:39:01.240
 powerful

00:39:01.240 --> 00:39:01.740
 book,

00:39:02.119 --> 00:39:02.840
 it is the

00:39:02.840 --> 00:39:03.420
 consistent

00:39:03.420 --> 00:39:04.519
 life of

00:39:04.519 --> 00:39:04.679
 the

00:39:04.679 --> 00:39:05.079
 believers.

00:39:06.460 --> 00:39:06.679
 Okay?

00:39:07.159 --> 00:39:07.699
 Only let

00:39:07.699 --> 00:39:08.199
 your manner

00:39:08.199 --> 00:39:08.699
 of life,

00:39:08.760 --> 00:39:09.000
 what is

00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:09.360
 your manner

00:39:09.360 --> 00:39:09.860
 of life?

00:39:10.139 --> 00:39:10.360
 What is

00:39:10.360 --> 00:39:10.740
 your rhythm

00:39:10.740 --> 00:39:11.280
 of life?

00:39:12.300 --> 00:39:12.460
 Right?

00:39:12.460 --> 00:39:14.659
 Only let

00:39:14.659 --> 00:39:14.880
 it be

00:39:14.880 --> 00:39:15.139
 worthy

00:39:15.139 --> 00:39:15.440
 of the

00:39:15.440 --> 00:39:15.840
 gospel,

00:39:16.460 --> 00:39:16.639
 Paul

00:39:16.639 --> 00:39:16.980
 says.

00:39:21.079 --> 00:39:21.480
 All

00:39:21.480 --> 00:39:21.559
 right,

00:39:21.599 --> 00:39:22.079
 so lastly,

00:39:23.079 --> 00:39:23.559
 this is

00:39:23.559 --> 00:39:23.800
 kind of

00:39:23.800 --> 00:39:24.199
 like a

00:39:24.199 --> 00:39:24.500
 finishing

00:39:24.500 --> 00:39:25.159
 exhortation,

00:39:25.240 --> 00:39:25.380
 I don't

00:39:25.380 --> 00:39:25.539
 have

00:39:25.539 --> 00:39:25.980
 anything

00:39:25.980 --> 00:39:30.280
 very

00:39:30.280 --> 00:39:30.820
 specific,

00:39:30.960 --> 00:39:31.480
 but generally

00:39:31.480 --> 00:39:31.980
 to all

00:39:31.980 --> 00:39:32.440
 of us,

00:39:32.720 --> 00:39:32.980
 I would

00:39:32.980 --> 00:39:33.280
 ask,

00:39:33.400 --> 00:39:34.079
 what hinders

00:39:34.079 --> 00:39:35.460
 you from

00:39:35.460 --> 00:39:35.920
 engaging

00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:36.960
 in the

00:39:36.960 --> 00:39:37.820
 work or

00:39:37.820 --> 00:39:38.059
 in the

00:39:38.059 --> 00:39:38.360
 business

00:39:38.360 --> 00:39:38.780
 that God

00:39:38.780 --> 00:39:39.119
 has called

00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:39.420
 you to?

00:39:39.780 --> 00:39:40.320
 What hinders

00:39:40.320 --> 00:39:40.519
 you?

00:39:40.519 --> 00:39:40.860
 Do you

00:39:40.860 --> 00:39:41.099
 know?

00:39:41.320 --> 00:39:41.500
 Do you

00:39:41.500 --> 00:39:41.880
 know how

00:39:41.880 --> 00:39:43.240
 Satan speaks

00:39:43.240 --> 00:39:43.539
 in your

00:39:43.539 --> 00:39:44.000
 thoughts,

00:39:44.280 --> 00:39:45.220
 how he

00:39:45.220 --> 00:39:45.780
 lies to

00:39:45.780 --> 00:39:45.980
 you in

00:39:45.980 --> 00:39:46.099
 your

00:39:46.099 --> 00:39:46.539
 thoughts,

00:39:46.840 --> 00:39:47.480
 about who

00:39:47.480 --> 00:39:48.059
 God is,

00:39:48.280 --> 00:39:48.780
 about who

00:39:48.780 --> 00:39:49.280
 you are?

00:39:49.740 --> 00:39:50.039
 Do you

00:39:50.039 --> 00:39:50.900
 know what

00:39:50.900 --> 00:39:51.320
 holds you

00:39:51.320 --> 00:39:51.640
 back?

00:39:52.720 --> 00:39:52.960
 Okay?

00:39:55.960 --> 00:39:56.599
 We're lied

00:39:56.599 --> 00:39:57.019
 to all the

00:39:57.019 --> 00:39:57.340
 time.

00:39:57.559 --> 00:39:58.420
 How often

00:39:58.420 --> 00:39:59.300
 do you

00:39:59.300 --> 00:39:59.900
 think that

00:39:59.900 --> 00:40:00.500
 God is a

00:40:00.500 --> 00:40:01.000
 severe and

00:40:01.000 --> 00:40:01.559
 hard man

00:40:01.559 --> 00:40:01.860
 that you

00:40:01.860 --> 00:40:02.260
 can never

00:40:02.260 --> 00:40:02.700
 follow,

00:40:03.160 --> 00:40:03.440
 that he's

00:40:03.440 --> 00:40:03.619
 going to

00:40:03.619 --> 00:40:04.019
 crush you

00:40:04.019 --> 00:40:04.440
 and punish

00:40:04.440 --> 00:40:04.780
 you?

00:40:05.740 --> 00:40:05.920
 Right?

00:40:06.800 --> 00:40:07.539
 How often

00:40:07.539 --> 00:40:07.960
 do you

00:40:07.960 --> 00:40:09.019
 speak back

00:40:09.019 --> 00:40:09.400
 to that

00:40:09.400 --> 00:40:09.980
 and say,

00:40:10.639 --> 00:40:11.559
 no,

00:40:11.639 --> 00:40:11.820
 you're

00:40:11.820 --> 00:40:12.139
 wrong,

00:40:12.579 --> 00:40:12.740
 oh,

00:40:12.780 --> 00:40:13.160
 thoughts,

00:40:13.360 --> 00:40:15.300
 or the

00:40:15.300 --> 00:40:15.660
 devil,

00:40:15.900 --> 00:40:16.200
 right,

00:40:16.380 --> 00:40:16.639
 who's

00:40:16.639 --> 00:40:16.920
 tempting

00:40:16.920 --> 00:40:17.240
 you?

00:40:17.880 --> 00:40:18.200
 Speak

00:40:18.200 --> 00:40:18.619
 back to

00:40:18.619 --> 00:40:18.720
 him.

00:40:18.860 --> 00:40:19.460
 This

00:40:19.460 --> 00:40:19.639
 might

00:40:19.639 --> 00:40:19.980
 encourage

00:40:19.980 --> 00:40:20.340
 someone

00:40:20.340 --> 00:40:21.119
 today.

00:40:22.039 --> 00:40:22.180
 The

00:40:22.180 --> 00:40:22.539
 thoughts

00:40:22.539 --> 00:40:22.980
 that you

00:40:22.980 --> 00:40:23.400
 think

00:40:23.400 --> 00:40:23.780
 about

00:40:23.780 --> 00:40:24.300
 God

00:40:24.300 --> 00:40:26.920
 are

00:40:26.920 --> 00:40:27.340
 wrong.

00:40:28.940 --> 00:40:29.300
 God

00:40:29.300 --> 00:40:30.180
 is not

00:40:30.180 --> 00:40:30.900
 as you

00:40:30.900 --> 00:40:31.380
 say he

00:40:31.380 --> 00:40:31.800
 is,

00:40:32.119 --> 00:40:32.980
 in the

00:40:32.980 --> 00:40:33.220
 sense

00:40:33.220 --> 00:40:33.599
 that

00:40:33.599 --> 00:40:35.480
 God

00:40:35.480 --> 00:40:35.860
 is not

00:40:35.860 --> 00:40:36.599
 going to

00:40:36.599 --> 00:40:37.860
 tell you

00:40:37.860 --> 00:40:38.119
 to do

00:40:38.119 --> 00:40:38.380
 work

00:40:38.380 --> 00:40:38.599
 without

00:40:38.599 --> 00:40:38.900
 giving

00:40:38.900 --> 00:40:39.119
 what

00:40:39.119 --> 00:40:39.239
 you

00:40:39.239 --> 00:40:39.480
 need.

00:40:40.139 --> 00:40:40.599
 He's

00:40:40.599 --> 00:40:40.799
 not

00:40:40.799 --> 00:40:41.079
 going

00:40:41.079 --> 00:40:41.319
 to

00:40:41.319 --> 00:40:41.719
 withhold

00:40:41.719 --> 00:40:41.920
 his

00:40:41.920 --> 00:40:42.159
 only

00:40:42.159 --> 00:40:42.539
 son.

00:40:43.239 --> 00:40:43.599
 You

00:40:43.599 --> 00:40:43.799
 have

00:40:43.799 --> 00:40:44.179
 everything

00:40:44.179 --> 00:40:44.400
 you

00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:44.599
 need

00:40:44.599 --> 00:40:44.739
 in

00:40:44.739 --> 00:40:45.059
 Christ.

00:40:45.819 --> 00:40:46.019
 Okay?

00:40:47.380 --> 00:40:48.000
 So what

00:40:48.000 --> 00:40:48.400
 hinders you

00:40:48.400 --> 00:40:48.799
 from doing

00:40:48.799 --> 00:40:49.779
 the work?

00:40:57.819 --> 00:40:58.279
 Our

00:40:58.279 --> 00:40:58.759
 mission at

00:40:58.759 --> 00:40:59.239
 Christ Church

00:40:59.239 --> 00:41:00.179
 can be

00:41:00.179 --> 00:41:00.799
 pretty much

00:41:00.799 --> 00:41:01.319
 summed up

00:41:01.319 --> 00:41:01.860
 as the

00:41:01.860 --> 00:41:02.299
 kingdom of

00:41:02.299 --> 00:41:02.559
 God

00:41:02.559 --> 00:41:02.880
 and all

00:41:02.880 --> 00:41:03.139
 life

00:41:03.139 --> 00:41:03.579
 together.

00:41:04.579 --> 00:41:04.860
 And there's

00:41:04.860 --> 00:41:05.219
 a lot of

00:41:05.219 --> 00:41:05.539
 sub,

00:41:05.619 --> 00:41:05.779
 like,

00:41:05.819 --> 00:41:06.099
 what that

00:41:06.099 --> 00:41:06.500
 means.

00:41:08.460 --> 00:41:09.219
 Matthew 6

00:41:09.219 --> 00:41:09.539
 says,

00:41:10.900 --> 00:41:11.440
 seek first

00:41:11.440 --> 00:41:11.639
 his

00:41:11.639 --> 00:41:11.940
 kingdom.

00:41:12.759 --> 00:41:13.219
 Seek first

00:41:13.219 --> 00:41:13.539
 the kingdom

00:41:13.539 --> 00:41:13.960
 of God

00:41:13.960 --> 00:41:14.219
 and his

00:41:14.219 --> 00:41:14.619
 righteousness

00:41:14.619 --> 00:41:15.119
 and all

00:41:15.119 --> 00:41:15.519
 these things

00:41:15.519 --> 00:41:15.799
 will be

00:41:15.799 --> 00:41:16.179
 added to

00:41:16.179 --> 00:41:16.279
 you.

00:41:16.279 --> 00:41:16.559
 All the

00:41:16.559 --> 00:41:16.860
 things that

00:41:16.860 --> 00:41:17.199
 we worry

00:41:17.199 --> 00:41:17.500
 about,

00:41:17.980 --> 00:41:18.339
 all the

00:41:18.339 --> 00:41:18.839
 things that

00:41:18.839 --> 00:41:19.639
 we need

00:41:19.639 --> 00:41:19.940
 even,

00:41:20.139 --> 00:41:20.539
 because before

00:41:20.539 --> 00:41:20.880
 that he's

00:41:20.880 --> 00:41:21.319
 talking about

00:41:21.319 --> 00:41:21.719
 things like

00:41:21.719 --> 00:41:22.179
 food and

00:41:22.179 --> 00:41:22.519
 clothing,

00:41:22.759 --> 00:41:23.219
 we need

00:41:23.219 --> 00:41:23.619
 all that,

00:41:24.699 --> 00:41:25.299
 and more

00:41:25.299 --> 00:41:27.000
 will be

00:41:27.000 --> 00:41:27.440
 added to

00:41:27.440 --> 00:41:28.000
 us if

00:41:28.000 --> 00:41:28.619
 we seek

00:41:28.619 --> 00:41:29.059
 first his

00:41:29.059 --> 00:41:29.299
 kingdom.

00:41:30.559 --> 00:41:30.819
 Okay?

00:41:31.839 --> 00:41:32.819
 So we're

00:41:32.819 --> 00:41:33.219
 after the

00:41:33.219 --> 00:41:33.659
 kingdom of

00:41:33.659 --> 00:41:33.980
 God.

00:41:34.119 --> 00:41:34.460
 We're doing

00:41:34.460 --> 00:41:35.019
 it together.

00:41:35.179 --> 00:41:35.380
 We're not

00:41:35.380 --> 00:41:35.759
 doing it in

00:41:35.760 --> 00:41:36.220
 isolation.

00:41:37.040 --> 00:41:37.660
 We're doing

00:41:37.660 --> 00:41:38.000
 it in all

00:41:38.000 --> 00:41:38.420
 of life.

00:41:38.520 --> 00:41:38.920
 That means

00:41:38.920 --> 00:41:39.540
 come Monday,

00:41:39.660 --> 00:41:39.980
 tomorrow,

00:41:40.200 --> 00:41:40.640
 when we wake

00:41:40.640 --> 00:41:41.180
 up and go

00:41:41.180 --> 00:41:41.600
 to work,

00:41:41.960 --> 00:41:42.420
 we're not

00:41:42.420 --> 00:41:42.660
 like,

00:41:42.740 --> 00:41:42.880
 yeah,

00:41:43.000 --> 00:41:43.660
 Christianity,

00:41:43.900 --> 00:41:44.140
 man,

00:41:45.080 --> 00:41:45.420
 I pay

00:41:45.420 --> 00:41:45.940
 attention on

00:41:45.940 --> 00:41:46.340
 Sundays,

00:41:47.160 --> 00:41:47.480
 but,

00:41:47.560 --> 00:41:48.400
 you know,

00:41:48.460 --> 00:41:48.900
 that's about

00:41:48.900 --> 00:41:49.180
 it.

00:41:49.700 --> 00:41:50.600
 It's actually

00:41:50.600 --> 00:41:51.520
 that all

00:41:51.520 --> 00:41:51.820
 of our

00:41:51.820 --> 00:41:53.940
 life is

00:41:53.940 --> 00:41:54.280
 going to be

00:41:54.280 --> 00:41:54.520
 for the

00:41:54.520 --> 00:41:54.920
 glory of

00:41:54.920 --> 00:41:55.380
 God,

00:41:55.780 --> 00:41:56.380
 and that

00:41:56.380 --> 00:41:57.500
 will be

00:41:57.500 --> 00:41:58.220
 realized one

00:41:58.220 --> 00:41:58.440
 day.

00:41:59.220 --> 00:41:59.840
 When he

00:41:59.840 --> 00:42:00.160
 comes,

00:42:00.220 --> 00:42:00.620
 that will be

00:42:00.620 --> 00:42:01.160
 realized by

00:42:01.160 --> 00:42:01.540
 all,

00:42:02.060 --> 00:42:02.720
 of all the

00:42:02.720 --> 00:42:03.100
 things that

00:42:03.100 --> 00:42:03.560
 we've done.

00:42:03.559 --> 00:42:04.559
 God,

00:42:04.559 --> 00:42:05.420
 and we

00:42:05.420 --> 00:42:05.699
 can have

00:42:05.699 --> 00:42:06.119
 confidence

00:42:06.119 --> 00:42:06.659
 before him

00:42:06.659 --> 00:42:06.940
 now.

00:42:08.460 --> 00:42:08.980
 So if

00:42:08.980 --> 00:42:10.099
 you're not

00:42:10.099 --> 00:42:12.099
 excited about

00:42:12.099 --> 00:42:12.619
 the work,

00:42:13.059 --> 00:42:13.400
 I would

00:42:13.400 --> 00:42:14.320
 just call

00:42:14.320 --> 00:42:14.880
 us and

00:42:14.880 --> 00:42:15.440
 exhort us

00:42:15.440 --> 00:42:15.920
 to get

00:42:15.920 --> 00:42:16.619
 excited about

00:42:16.619 --> 00:42:17.079
 the work.

00:42:17.779 --> 00:42:17.900
 Okay?

00:42:17.900 --> 00:42:20.599
 You need

00:42:20.599 --> 00:42:20.940
 to be filled

00:42:20.940 --> 00:42:21.160
 with the

00:42:21.160 --> 00:42:21.660
 Holy Spirit.

00:42:22.200 --> 00:42:22.639
 You need

00:42:22.639 --> 00:42:23.059
 to be filled

00:42:23.059 --> 00:42:23.780
 afresh again

00:42:23.780 --> 00:42:24.680
 to what God

00:42:24.680 --> 00:42:25.160
 has called

00:42:25.160 --> 00:42:25.539
 us to.

00:42:25.860 --> 00:42:26.019
 Okay?

00:42:26.400 --> 00:42:27.480
 If it's only

00:42:27.480 --> 00:42:27.840
 burden,

00:42:27.940 --> 00:42:28.380
 if it's no

00:42:28.380 --> 00:42:28.720
 joy,

00:42:28.860 --> 00:42:29.900
 if it's all

00:42:29.900 --> 00:42:30.460
 but this,

00:42:30.519 --> 00:42:30.860
 but this,

00:42:30.900 --> 00:42:31.240
 but this,

00:42:31.240 --> 00:42:31.519
 God,

00:42:31.900 --> 00:42:32.240
 or God,

00:42:32.340 --> 00:42:33.160
 you feel like

00:42:33.160 --> 00:42:33.460
 you're this

00:42:33.460 --> 00:42:33.639
 way,

00:42:33.680 --> 00:42:34.039
 you feel like

00:42:34.039 --> 00:42:34.320
 you're that

00:42:34.320 --> 00:42:34.480
 way,

00:42:34.559 --> 00:42:34.840
 you need

00:42:34.840 --> 00:42:35.760
 to be filled

00:42:35.760 --> 00:42:36.059
 with the

00:42:36.059 --> 00:42:36.579
 Holy Spirit.

00:42:36.780 --> 00:42:36.980
 You need

00:42:36.980 --> 00:42:37.200
 to have

00:42:37.200 --> 00:42:37.800
 the dross

00:42:37.800 --> 00:42:38.960
 cleared away

00:42:38.960 --> 00:42:39.280
 in your

00:42:39.280 --> 00:42:39.720
 mind.

00:42:40.300 --> 00:42:40.480
 Okay?

00:42:40.519 --> 00:42:40.800
 You might

00:42:40.800 --> 00:42:41.119
 even need

00:42:41.119 --> 00:42:41.700
 to be delivered

00:42:41.700 --> 00:42:42.380
 from ways

00:42:42.380 --> 00:42:42.740
 that you've

00:42:42.740 --> 00:42:43.200
 thought about

00:42:43.200 --> 00:42:43.820
 God for a

00:42:43.820 --> 00:42:44.480
 long time.

00:42:45.519 --> 00:42:45.820
 Okay?

00:42:46.000 --> 00:42:46.780
 But it must

00:42:46.780 --> 00:42:47.220
 be done.

00:42:48.160 --> 00:42:49.060
 You must

00:42:49.060 --> 00:42:49.840
 leave behind

00:42:49.840 --> 00:42:51.300
 the old

00:42:51.300 --> 00:42:52.700
 self that

00:42:52.700 --> 00:42:53.360
 says those

00:42:53.360 --> 00:42:53.780
 things.

00:42:54.280 --> 00:42:54.560
 Okay?

00:42:54.700 --> 00:42:55.160
 You need to

00:42:55.160 --> 00:42:55.740
 get excited

00:42:55.740 --> 00:42:56.220
 about the

00:42:56.220 --> 00:42:56.519
 work.

00:42:57.580 --> 00:42:57.920
 And if you

00:42:57.920 --> 00:42:58.180
 would say

00:42:58.180 --> 00:42:58.740
 today that,

00:42:59.060 --> 00:43:00.260
 you know,

00:43:00.800 --> 00:43:02.040
 for whatever

00:43:02.040 --> 00:43:02.480
 reason,

00:43:02.620 --> 00:43:03.100
 your commitment

00:43:03.100 --> 00:43:03.440
 to the

00:43:03.440 --> 00:43:05.800
 labors that

00:43:05.800 --> 00:43:06.580
 the king's

00:43:06.580 --> 00:43:07.160
 commissioned to

00:43:07.160 --> 00:43:08.040
 you has

00:43:08.040 --> 00:43:09.320
 waned and

00:43:09.320 --> 00:43:09.940
 maybe even

00:43:09.940 --> 00:43:10.460
 ceased,

00:43:10.820 --> 00:43:11.140
 like you

00:43:11.140 --> 00:43:11.519
 ceased to

00:43:11.519 --> 00:43:12.120
 engage it,

00:43:13.380 --> 00:43:14.940
 God wants

00:43:14.940 --> 00:43:15.700
 to give

00:43:15.700 --> 00:43:16.000
 you,

00:43:16.000 --> 00:43:18.719
 a heart

00:43:18.719 --> 00:43:19.320
 that is

00:43:19.320 --> 00:43:22.079
 captivated

00:43:22.079 --> 00:43:22.539
 with the

00:43:22.539 --> 00:43:22.900
 things that

00:43:22.900 --> 00:43:23.119
 he's

00:43:23.119 --> 00:43:23.579
 captivated

00:43:23.579 --> 00:43:23.920
 with.

00:43:24.739 --> 00:43:24.940
 You know,

00:43:26.260 --> 00:43:26.579
 scripture

00:43:26.579 --> 00:43:27.159
 says pray

00:43:27.159 --> 00:43:27.539
 earnestly

00:43:27.539 --> 00:43:28.320
 for the

00:43:28.320 --> 00:43:28.800
 Lord of

00:43:28.800 --> 00:43:29.199
 the harvest

00:43:29.199 --> 00:43:29.519
 to send

00:43:29.519 --> 00:43:29.699
 out

00:43:29.699 --> 00:43:30.199
 labors.

00:43:30.519 --> 00:43:30.639
 Right?

00:43:30.699 --> 00:43:31.019
 He wants

00:43:31.019 --> 00:43:31.500
 labors.

00:43:31.960 --> 00:43:32.239
 He says

00:43:32.239 --> 00:43:32.739
 pray for

00:43:32.739 --> 00:43:32.900
 it.

00:43:34.079 --> 00:43:34.420
 And so

00:43:34.420 --> 00:43:36.539
 I would

00:43:36.539 --> 00:43:36.920
 ask you

00:43:36.920 --> 00:43:38.500
 guys to

00:43:38.500 --> 00:43:38.920
 consider

00:43:38.920 --> 00:43:40.199
 what our

00:43:40.199 --> 00:43:40.599
 manner of

00:43:40.599 --> 00:43:41.079
 life is,

00:43:41.139 --> 00:43:41.380
 what your

00:43:41.380 --> 00:43:41.880
 manner of

00:43:41.880 --> 00:43:42.440
 rhythm of

00:43:42.440 --> 00:43:42.980
 life is,

00:43:43.219 --> 00:43:43.860
 and to be

00:43:43.860 --> 00:43:44.539
 refreshed today.

00:43:44.539 --> 00:43:45.079
 If you

00:43:45.079 --> 00:43:45.579
 need prayer,

00:43:45.739 --> 00:43:45.960
 Adam,

00:43:45.980 --> 00:43:46.159
 you can

00:43:46.159 --> 00:43:46.340
 probably

00:43:46.340 --> 00:43:46.779
 come up.

00:43:47.759 --> 00:43:48.279
 If you

00:43:48.279 --> 00:43:48.639
 need prayer,

00:43:48.699 --> 00:43:48.860
 we're going

00:43:48.860 --> 00:43:49.000
 to have

00:43:49.000 --> 00:43:49.480
 people up

00:43:49.480 --> 00:43:49.900
 here praying

00:43:49.900 --> 00:43:51.340
 for people.

00:43:51.480 --> 00:43:51.880
 But if you

00:43:51.880 --> 00:43:52.279
 need to be

00:43:52.279 --> 00:43:52.639
 filled,

00:43:52.840 --> 00:43:53.940
 if this idea

00:43:53.940 --> 00:43:55.099
 of all that

00:43:55.099 --> 00:43:55.460
 God has

00:43:55.460 --> 00:43:55.880
 called to

00:43:55.880 --> 00:43:56.340
 you,

00:43:56.599 --> 00:43:57.039
 even as

00:43:57.039 --> 00:43:57.460
 I'm saying

00:43:57.460 --> 00:43:57.800
 this,

00:43:58.119 --> 00:43:58.539
 if it's

00:43:58.539 --> 00:43:59.259
 weighing heavy

00:43:59.259 --> 00:43:59.739
 on you,

00:44:00.219 --> 00:44:00.599
 and if it's

00:44:00.599 --> 00:44:01.119
 too much of a

00:44:01.119 --> 00:44:01.380
 burden,

00:44:01.900 --> 00:44:02.279
 you need to

00:44:02.279 --> 00:44:02.599
 have that

00:44:02.599 --> 00:44:03.179
 burden lifted,

00:44:03.400 --> 00:44:03.739
 and God

00:44:03.739 --> 00:44:04.300
 can lift that

00:44:04.300 --> 00:44:04.880
 burden in

00:44:04.880 --> 00:44:05.279
 your heart.

00:44:05.280 --> 00:44:09.100
 I'm going

00:44:09.100 --> 00:44:09.800
 to close

00:44:09.800 --> 00:44:10.460
 with John

00:44:10.460 --> 00:44:11.100
 15,

00:44:11.980 --> 00:44:13.800
 verse 5,

00:44:13.920 --> 00:44:14.400
 which says,

00:44:14.740 --> 00:44:15.620
 Jesus says,

00:44:15.720 --> 00:44:16.200
 I am the

00:44:16.200 --> 00:44:16.540
 vine,

00:44:17.120 --> 00:44:19.500
 and you

00:44:19.500 --> 00:44:19.800
 are the

00:44:19.800 --> 00:44:20.160
 branches.

00:44:20.980 --> 00:44:21.360
 If you

00:44:21.360 --> 00:44:22.300
 remain in

00:44:22.300 --> 00:44:22.519
 me,

00:44:22.620 --> 00:44:22.900
 and I

00:44:22.900 --> 00:44:23.260
 in you,

00:44:23.340 --> 00:44:23.600
 you will

00:44:23.600 --> 00:44:24.200
 bear much

00:44:24.200 --> 00:44:24.640
 fruit.

00:44:25.960 --> 00:44:26.140
 And then

00:44:26.140 --> 00:44:26.320
 he says,

00:44:26.400 --> 00:44:26.820
 apart from

00:44:26.820 --> 00:44:27.000
 me,

00:44:27.060 --> 00:44:27.300
 you can

00:44:27.300 --> 00:44:27.460
 do

00:44:27.460 --> 00:44:27.800
 nothing.

00:44:27.800 --> 00:44:27.800


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00:44:27.800 --> 00:44:28.800
 to

00:44:28.800 --> 00:44:29.800
 may

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 may

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