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 Luke chapter number 12. It's good to be in the Lord's house today. I appreciate Brother Jared.

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 Some things moved around on the singing schedule, and it kind of worked out perfectly with our message today.

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 You found your place there in Luke chapter number 12. You can stand for the reading of God's word if you're able to.

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 We're going to step out of our Luke series for the next few weeks, so this will be our last time in there.

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 We're coming into Palm Sunday next week, and then Easter, and then after Easter, we're kind of looking at a little different view from there.

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 And I'm excited about that, excited about Easter Sunday. Hope that you're preparing for it, inviting somebody.

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 Planning on being here in the Lord's house, but we're here today in our series in the Gospel of Luke.

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 And these are some tough verses and just some truths that we're wrestling with here.

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 And I talked to Brother Garrett about it and trying to get his opinion on it.

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 But I'm thankful that we're going to work through it together, and the Lord has something for us, I know.

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 So you found your place there in Luke chapter 12. We're going to begin reading in verse 35 where the Bible says this.

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 Let your loins be girded about and your lights burning.

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 And ye yourselves liken to men that wait for their Lord when he will return from the wedding,

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 that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.

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 Blessed are those servants whom the Lord, when he cometh, shall find watching.

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 Verily I say unto you that he, the master, shall gird himself and make them to sit down to meet,

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 and will come forth and serve them.

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 And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, so come in the evening or come in the middle of the night,

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 and find them so, blessed are those servants.

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 And this know that if the good men of the house had known what hour the thief would come,

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 he would have watched and not suffered his house to be broken through.

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 Be ye, verse 40, excuse me, be ye therefore ready also.

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 For the Son of Man cometh at an hour when ye think not.

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 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us or even to all?

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 And the Lord said unto him,

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 Who then is the faithful and wise steward,

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 whom his Lord shall make ruler over his household,

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 to give him their portion of meat in due season?

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 Blessed is the servant whom the Lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing.

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 Of a truth I say unto you that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.

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 But and if the servant saith in his heart,

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 My Lord delayeth his coming,

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 and shall begin to beat the men servants and maid servants,

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 and to eat and drink and to be drunken,

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 the Lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him,

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 at an hour when he is not aware,

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 and will cut him in sunder,

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 and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.

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 And that servant which knew the Lord's will,

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 and prepared not himself,

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 neither did according to his will,

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 shall be beaten with many stripes.

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 But he that knew not,

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 and did not commit things worthy of stripes,

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 shall be beaten with few stripes,

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 for unto whomsoever much is given,

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 of him shall much be required,

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 and to whom men have committed much,

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 of him they will ask the more.

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 Brother Jared just sang a song,

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 at the midnight cry,

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 we'll be going home.

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 But that's only if you're ready.

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 And really what Jesus is calling us to,

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 here in Luke 12,

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 is to be ready.

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 Because it's going to happen.

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 And we're going to get into this,

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 but people say,

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 well,

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 when's he coming?

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 It's been 2,000 years.

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 He's coming.

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 It says it over,

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 and over,

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 and over.

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 And maybe it's not like waiting to buy your tickets for the last day.

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 Free announcement right there.

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 We can't wait and say,

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 oh,

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 I have time.

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 Here's what Jesus says.

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 Be ready.

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 We don't need to get ready someday.

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 We need to be ready today.

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 And that's what we're going to look at here this morning.

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 Let's ask the Lord to bless our time.

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 Father,

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 thank you for your word,

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 and thank you that we can open it.

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 Thank you we have our own copies.

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 That we can dig in,

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 and we can see what you have for us.

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 But Lord,

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 we ask now,

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 that as we come here as a church family,

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 that you would just quiet our hearts,

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 and our minds,

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 and the busyness of life,

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 and the world around us.

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 And Lord,

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 I pray that you would just take this text,

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 Lord,

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 and you would use it to remind us,

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 and really to check inventory of our life,

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 to make sure that we're ready.

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 Lord,

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 when you come again,

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 I want to be ready.

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 I want to see you face to face,

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 and to know that I've done everything I can to serve you.

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 Lord,

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 maybe there is somebody here today,

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 that maybe knew the songs we sang,

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 and knows some of the verses here in the word of God,

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 but has never made it a personal decision,

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 for you to be their Lord and Savior.

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 Lord,

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 I pray that today would be that day.

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 Lord,

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 I pray you would be with me now.

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 You would just guide my thoughts,

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 and my words.

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 You would clear my mind.

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 Lord,

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 we ask all this in your son's precious name.

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 Amen.

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 Thank you so much for standing.

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 You may be seated.

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 Who checked the weather app,

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 before you came to church this morning?

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 A few of you did.

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 How many check the weather app,

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 every single day?

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 Some of you just,

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 man,

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 some of you are just living life on the edge.

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 I mean,

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 that's like one of the first things I do,

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 you know,

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 and I remember checking last week,

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 and I thought,

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 wait,

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 it's going to be 20 on Monday,

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 and it's going to be 120 on Sunday.

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 What is going on here?

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 And some of you might have,

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 somebody in the family uses a different weather app.

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 We got competing weather apps in the family,

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 and we're like,

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 what weather app are you using?

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 I mean,

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 one of them will say,

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 you know,

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 it's going to be sunny all day,

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 and another says scattered thunderstorms.

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 So we're not sure to wear a jacket,

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 or to bring sunscreen.

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 We're not really sure what's going on there,

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 and I love weather forecasters.

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 I wish I had their job.

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 I mean,

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 they're never right,

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 and they still have a job.

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 I mean,

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 because when they say,

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 it's not going to drop an ounce,

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 I mean,

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 we're going to get stuck in a monsoon out here,

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 and vice versa,

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 when there's 90% chance of rain,

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 not a drop falls.

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 I think we had a week like that a couple weeks ago.

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 They say,

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 it's going to rain every single day.

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 It didn't rain any days at all,

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 and it's just kind of what it is.

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 But it's not just the forecast,

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 the weather forecast that we check.

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 There's all kinds of forecasts we check.

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 Maybe it's the economic forecast.

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 I try not to check that,

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 because that's bleak.

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 You know,

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 it just feels like,

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 ah,

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 this is bad.

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 The country's in worse shape than I'm in.

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 Maybe it's the future of the country,

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 the news.

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 I mean,

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 we look at what's happening on the world stage,

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 and we're trying to kind of figure out,

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 what's going on,

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 and how's this going to affect me,

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 and you know,

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 we're feeling the pinch at the pump,

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 so to speak,

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 and of all these things,

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 and we're trying to say,

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 when's this forecast going to change?

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 And if you read the news,

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 or watch it long enough,

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 you're going to hear things like this.

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 These are unprecedented times.

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 It's uncertain.

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 The future is unpredictable.

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 We think and say things like this.

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 I've never seen it this bad.

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 Well,

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 come to find out,

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 if you study history,

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 every generation has said this very same thing.

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 In fact,

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 this world's not going to get better.

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 The Bible makes it clear,

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 that it's going to wax worse and worse,

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 until the day that Christ comes,

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 and yet,

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 in the middle of all the uncertainty,

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 in the middle of the competing,

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 and differing forecast,

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 Jesus reminds us,

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 that we have something in the world,

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 doesn't have,

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 and we know Him as Savior.

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 That not only do we have a Savior,

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 who knows the future,

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 here's the best part,

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 He holds the future in His hand.

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 That nothing is going to happen,

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 without His say so.

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 And when it comes to the return of Jesus Christ,

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 I just want to remind us,

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 before we kind of jump into the text here,

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 that we're not dealing with some minor doctrine,

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 found in Scripture.

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 This is not some side issue,

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 that really weird people get lost in the weeds,

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 in the book of Revelation,

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 and write really weird books about.

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 Because they do.

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 I don't know if you know this,

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 but there was a book written,

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 88 Reasons Why Jesus Is Coming in 1988.

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 Anybody ever heard of that book?

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 He didn't come in 1988.

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 But we get all weirded out about it,

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 and we're so worried about all of these things,

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 and when we think of the second coming of Christ,

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 it's not calling us to predict it.

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 Nobody knows when that's going to happen.

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 The Father knows,

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 He's going to tell His Son,

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 to go get the children.

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 We know that,

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 but the idea,

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 every time we see the second coming is this,

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 be ready.

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 It's coming.

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 I remember when,

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 I got old enough,

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 when my parents would go run an errand,

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 or go to dinner,

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 they would leave me at home.

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 And I'd say,

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 what time,

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 what time do you think you're going to be home?

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 Not because I cared about their safety.

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 Not because I cared about what they were doing.

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 I just want to know,

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 how late can I wait,

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 to start picking up the absolute disaster,

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 that I made?

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 Anybody else ever operated that way?

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 Okay.

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 That's how it is.

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 But that's not how we're supposed to live as believers.

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 That's really not how anybody's supposed to live.

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 And the point of this is,

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 is Jesus is addressing a crowd,

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 and there were believers there,

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 there were unbelievers,

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 and the theme is the same,

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 be ready for it.

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 And this theme of the second coming is,

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 in 260 chapters in the New Testament,

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 there are over 300 references,

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 to the second coming of Christ.

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 When you kind of parse it out,

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 it's about one in every 25 verses,

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 in the New Testament,

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 speak of this.

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 So the return of Christ is,

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 it's not just a possibility,

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 it's a certainty.

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 And that's how it is portrayed,

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 and that is how it is given,

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 in the New Testament.

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 As we've kind of made our way,

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 here in the Gospel of Luke,

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 and especially chapter 12,

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 we kind of see this natural progression.

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 That Jesus is teaching about,

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 living our life,

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 not just for the here and now.

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 A few weeks back,

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 we looked at a parable he gave,

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 about the rich fool,

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 who was living life for himself,

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 and life was good,

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 and the harvest was great,

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 in fact it was so great,

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 he had to tear his barns down,

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 and build bigger barns,

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 to store all of his stuff.

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 And it just shows us a life,

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 that it was lived for greed,

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 it wasn't looking for the future,

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 it wasn't planning for anything,

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 but the here and now.

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 And he said,

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 hey let's just eat,

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 drink and be merry,

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 because this is all life is about.

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 And then Jesus moved in,

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 kind of addressing the believers,

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 that many of them,

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 would have not had a lot of things.

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 Their harvest year,

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 wasn't maybe that great.

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 And because of that,

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 anxiousness and worry,

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 can begin to creep in our life.

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 And we can think,

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 well what if I don't have enough?

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 I'm trying to plan,

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 I'm trying to do this,

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 but Lord I have all of these things,

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 and he reminds us,

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 how much he loves us.

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 He reminds us that our father,

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 he cares for the ravens,

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 and he cares for the lilies,

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 and he knows what we need.

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 So instead of worrying about,

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 what we're going to eat,

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 what we're going to wear,

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 and where we're going to go,

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 here's what we need to worry about,

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 here's what we need to focus on,

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 him.

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 Seek ye first the kingdom of God,

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 and his righteousness.

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 And I'm kind of building off of those two stories,

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 and those two truths there,

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 he says,

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 here's how you should live because of that.

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 You should live with readiness.

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 And readiness for Christ's return,

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 here's what it does,

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 it's an antidote for both greed and worry.

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 It helps us to move past those,

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 if we think about it this way,

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 if I know he's coming,

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 I don't have to cling to all the things here on this earth.

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 I don't have to build bigger barns,

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 and rent more storage units,

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 and if I know he's coming,

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 I don't have to fear tomorrow.

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 The certainty that he's coming,

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 should buoy our hearts.

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 And here's the main idea,

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 that we kind of see through this text.

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 that being ready is not knowing,

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 it's not about knowing when he's coming,

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 but it's about living in such a way,

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 that it wouldn't matter if he came today.

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 That if we saw Christ face to face,

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 we could stand before him,

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 knowing we have lived our life,

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 in a way that is pleasing to him.

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 As children of the Father,

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 we are called to serve him.

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 So if you're taking notes here today,

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 here's the question we can answer through this text.

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 How do we live ready for Jesus' return?

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 He's calling us to be ready.

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 He said it over and over,

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 be ready, be ready.

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 If he's calling us to be ready,

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 what does it look like?

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 And Jesus gives us some clear pictures here,

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 of what it does.

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 And if we're going to live ready,

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 it's going to show up in certain ways.

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 Number one, we're going to live a prepared life.

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 We're going to be prepared.

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 Look at verse number 35.

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 Let your loins be girded,

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 and your lights burning.

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 And ye yourselves liken to men

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 that wait for their Lord

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 when he will return from a wedding,

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 that when he cometh and knocketh,

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 they may open unto him immediately.

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 Now sometimes when Jesus starts giving

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 kind of these illustrations

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 and these parables,

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 to us we think,

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 what is he talking about?

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 I mean, we're talking about robes

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 and lights and servants.

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 But to the crowd that was gathered,

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 to his disciples that were there,

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 they would have understood immediately

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 what he was saying.

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 These were things they would have dealt with

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 in their own everyday life.

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 And really, the idea that he's painting

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 right off the bat

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 is being ready for Jesus

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 is not some casual,

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 relaxed way of living.

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 No, what he's showing us

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 in these opening verses,

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 it's a picture of alertness.

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 It's a picture of intention.

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 It's a picture of readiness.

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 See, the idea is not just being awake.

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 It's being prepared for action.

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 Don't you love when somebody calls you

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 in the morning

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 and you answer it?

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 I mean, you have to say hello

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 like three times before you answer.

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 You're like, hello, hello, hello.

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 Because you don't want to know

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 you were maybe just kind of dozing.

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 I'm the only person

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 that's ever done that.

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 And it still doesn't work out

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 and they say,

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 preacher, did I wake you up?

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 Like, no.

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 Listen, I might be awake,

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 but I'm not ready to do anything.

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 Oh, no, I'm just getting up.

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 No, I'm not.

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 I'm just laying there.

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 I'm just being super lazy.

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 I was awake.

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 It really, the call didn't wake me up,

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 but I wasn't ready to do anything.

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 If it would have been

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 something ready to go,

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 I would have said,

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 well, I'm going to,

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 actually, I need to get ready.

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 I haven't really done that.

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 But see, in this culture,

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 Jesus was painting something

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 they would have understood

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 and he says in verse 35,

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 let your loins be girded about.

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 The idea was that

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 they would wear these long robes.

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 We talked about this

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 in our study in Peter

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 a couple weeks ago.

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 That the men would wear

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 long, flowy robes.

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 They would come down

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 to their ankles.

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 And the thought is this.

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 You couldn't do a whole lot

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 of activity in that kind of garb.

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 That didn't lend itself to work.

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 It didn't lend itself to action.

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 What they would have to do

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 is they would have to kind of

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 pull the robe up

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 and gird it within their belt.

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 So they would be able to do things.

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 You couldn't move freely.

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 You couldn't run.

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 You couldn't serve effectively

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 until you were girded.

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 And what Jesus is showing is

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 that's the kind of readiness

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 that he calls us to live by.

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 Not this passiveness.

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 Hey, I'm awake.

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 I'm here.

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 It's Sunday.

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 I'm in church.

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 It's not just about

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 doing certain things

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 in the Christian life.

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 It's about preparing for it

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 and being ready

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 and being active about it.

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 It's about being intentional

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 about the things of God.

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 It's a life that is positioned

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 to respond in a moment's notice.

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 You ever see when they call on the,

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 when a firefighter,

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 they get a call?

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 I mean, they can be playing cards,

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 eating, they've been sleeping,

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 but as soon as that call comes,

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 I mean, they're closed.

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 All their gear is ready to go

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 and they jump right in.

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 I mean, they're out of that firehouse

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 in no time.

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 Listen, that's the picture

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 that Jesus says,

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 that's how you should live.

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 A servant in these days,

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 they couldn't say,

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 well, I don't feel like serving today.

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 That wasn't an option.

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 That was their job.

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 That is who they were.

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 You say, well, preacher,

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 what does it look like

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 to have our loins girded about?

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 I think for us today,

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 it looks kind of like

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 making time with God a priority

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 and not an afterthought.

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 Sometimes we just read our Bible

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 when it's convenient.

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 Sometimes we read it

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 and we don't even know

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 that we read it.

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 You ever driven somewhere

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 and thought to yourself,

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 how did I get here?

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 You're like,

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 hopefully I was awake the whole time.

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 But sometimes that's how

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 we treat our relationship with God.

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 We're kind of on cruise control.

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 It's just kind of

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 an everyday normal thing

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 and we're not really

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 pouring into it

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 and being intentional.

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 Maybe being ready,

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 it's keeping short accounts

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 with God

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 when it comes to our sin.

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 Listen, I'm thankful

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 that I'm saved by grace.

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 I'm thankful that

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 all my sins are under the blood.

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 But here's the reality

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 that I still struggle with sin.

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 I still deal with it

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 on a daily basis.

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 I'm looking forward to a day

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 when I don't.

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 I'm looking forward to a day

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 when all things are made new

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 and all things are passed away

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 and sin is no more.

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 But until that day,

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 even those that know

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 Christ as their Savior,

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 we need to ask for forgiveness.

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 Listen, when I see the Lord

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 face to face,

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 I don't want there to be

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 a laundry list of things

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 for weeks and months

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 and years

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 that I just said,

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 I'll take care of that later.

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 That's not being ready.

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 That's not ready

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 to move into action.

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 I think it just means

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 starting each day

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 aware that you belong to Him.

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 You read the New Testament.

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 Almost every letter you read,

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 almost every book you read,

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 you're going to see them

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 introduce themselves

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 in some form or fashion of this.

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 Paul, a servant of God.

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 Peter, a servant of God.

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 Jude, a bondservant.

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 Listen, all of these men

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 that wrote the Scriptures,

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 all of those that serve God,

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 they realize this,

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 we're just servants.

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 We have a master that loves us

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 and we have given our life

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 to serve Him.

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 See, what Jesus is saying,

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 listen, you don't need to

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 live your spiritual life

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 just half-dressed.

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 I mean, you're kind of ready

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 to do something,

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 but you're hoping nobody calls.

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 You ever been there?

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 You're like,

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 I'll help them if they call,

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 but you're praying,

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 Lord, please don't let them call me.

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 That's not how Jesus calls us to live.

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 And we may,

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 it's not that we're saying

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 no to serving God,

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 we're just saying

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 right now is not a good time.

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 I think if we're not careful

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 in our minds,

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 we can say,

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 well, I didn't say no,

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 I just said not now.

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 The idea is,

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 I'll get serious about serving God

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 when I get this taken care of

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 and when the kids get

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 a little bit older

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 and when this happens and that.

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 No, no, here's what Jesus says,

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 be ready right now.

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 It's not a wait for later,

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 I'll deal with that sin eventually.

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 It's not that big a deal.

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 No, it is a big deal.

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 We're going to celebrate Easter

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 in a few weeks

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 and we have to celebrate that

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 because Jesus Christ

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 took our sin debt

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 on the cross of Calvary.

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 This sin is a big deal

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 and we shouldn't live

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 just in a habitual state of it.

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 No, a life that is prepared

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 says this,

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 I want to be right with God today.

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 I mean, we understand

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 in our other relationships,

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 whether it's your marriage relationship,

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 whether it's with kids,

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 whether it's with your boss.

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 Listen, when there's a short account

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 and things are, you know,

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 things are on the table,

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 it makes that relationship

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 a lot better.

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 There's not this overwhelming cloud

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 that's following.

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 No, we don't live,

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 we don't wait until a crisis comes

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 to get our life in order.

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 I think we see it

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 all around our world.

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 Listen, we don't need

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 to wait for that.

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 Listen, Jesus says,

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 just be ready.

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 Be ready.

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 We don't want to try

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 to find the Lord

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 when difficulties come.

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 No, we live in a way

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 where nothing needs

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 to be cleaned up

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 if he came back right now.

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 That's what he tells us

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 to keep the lights on,

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 to keep them burning.

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 They were waiting

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 for the Lord to return

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 in verse 36,

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 like a master

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 that went away

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 for a wedding.

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 Listen,

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 I love weddings for cake

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 and that's about

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 the only thing I like.

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 I'm thinking,

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 how long is it going

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 to be until the cake?

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 You know,

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 that's like,

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 we should reverse it

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 and just eat the cake first,

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 say congratulations,

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 and then leave.

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 You know,

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 we're not there

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 for them anyways.

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 But when you study

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 this culture,

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 weddings,

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 they didn't last

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 like 30 minutes

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 to an hour

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 and had some cake.

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 I mean,

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 sometimes these were

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 week-long processes.

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 I mean,

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 it was a giant celebration

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 and the whole village

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 would be involved

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 and sometimes

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 if you had family

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 in another village,

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 you'd have to travel to it.

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 And the thought here

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 is these servants,

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 their master,

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 went to a wedding.

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 He doesn't know

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 when he's coming back.

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 You know,

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 there's no timetable

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 for these type

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 of celebrations.

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 But we find

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 that they are ready.

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 They're not waiting

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 for him to come back.

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 They're ready

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 for him to come back.

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 And that's when it comes

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 to the second coming

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 of Christ.

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 God does not call us

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 to be waiting on him.

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 He calls us

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 to be ready for him.

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 Because when the master

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 came home,

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 they weren't asleep.

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 They weren't half-dressed.

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 They weren't kind of ready.

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 No,

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 they were ready

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 to open the door.

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 So how do we live

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 ready for Christ's return?

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 Number one,

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 with a prepared life.

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 And then number two,

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 we live with a forward focus.

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 With a forward focus.

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 So these men

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 and these servants

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 that would have been

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 waiting for him to come,

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 verse 37 says,

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 blessed are those servants

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 whom the Lord

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 when he cometh

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 shall find watching.

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 So the master,

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 the idea is

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 the master returns

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 late at night.

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 It's been a long journey.

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 He didn't just get in his car.

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 He didn't have a little car

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 that drives itself.

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 No,

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 this would have been

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 a difficult task.

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 It would have been

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 hard to get to.

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 And when he comes home,

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 the doors open immediately.

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 This would be awesome.

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 I'm going to teach my kids this.

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 When I walk them,

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 they just,

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 yeah,

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 I mean,

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 how cool would that be?

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 You ever been somewhere

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 where they like,

00:22:24.940 --> 00:22:25.859
 they treat you real fancy?

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 You think,

00:22:26.220 --> 00:22:26.339
 man,

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 I'm super out of place here.

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 But that was their job.

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 I mean,

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 he's about to step

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 to open the door himself

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 and here comes the door.

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 It's open.

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 The lights are burning.

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 The house is clean.

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 The servants are ready.

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 They are excited

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 and they are prepared

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 to welcome their master back.

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 And they ask,

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 how was your trip?

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 Did everything go well?

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 Was it everything

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 that you thought

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 it was going to be?

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 But then at the end

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 of verse 37,

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 something completely

00:22:53.099 --> 00:22:54.180
 unexpected happens.

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 The Bible says this,

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 Verily I say unto you

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 that he shall gird himself

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 and make them

00:23:01.939 --> 00:23:02.939
 to sit down to meet

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 and will come forth

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 and serve them.

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 So they're excited

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 and they're ready

00:23:09.099 --> 00:23:10.579
 for their master to return.

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 But when he gets home,

00:23:12.019 --> 00:23:12.299
 he says,

00:23:12.599 --> 00:23:12.740
 man,

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 it was a great trip

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 but I want you to sit down

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 and I'm going to cook

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 something for us.

00:23:16.299 --> 00:23:17.559
 I'm going to feed us.

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 I'm going to take care of us.

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 I want you just to relax.

00:23:21.419 --> 00:23:22.759
 I want you just to enjoy

00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:23.359
 the blessings

00:23:23.359 --> 00:23:25.139
 of being in my house,

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 of being under my care.

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 And when they would have heard this,

00:23:30.900 --> 00:23:31.900
 when Jesus said this,

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 they thought,

00:23:32.800 --> 00:23:33.060
 whoa,

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 that's not how this works.

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 I mean,

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 I think we can understand this

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 even in the 21st century.

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 Masters don't serve.

00:23:41.140 --> 00:23:42.160
 Servants serve.

00:23:43.180 --> 00:23:44.759
 That's how it works.

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 That's how it's pictured

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 really in different spots

00:23:48.060 --> 00:23:48.520
 of scripture.

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 But here's what Jesus does.

00:23:51.160 --> 00:23:53.360
 That he flips that entire picture

00:23:53.360 --> 00:23:54.380
 on its head

00:23:54.380 --> 00:23:55.620
 to show them something

00:23:55.620 --> 00:23:56.520
 much deeper.

00:23:56.760 --> 00:23:58.300
 Here's what he wants them to see.

00:23:58.540 --> 00:23:59.540
 Here's what he wants us to see.

00:23:59.840 --> 00:24:00.380
 His heart.

00:24:01.520 --> 00:24:03.220
 That's what he's showing us here.

00:24:03.780 --> 00:24:05.400
 Because the master is Jesus.

00:24:06.180 --> 00:24:08.100
 The one that is on a journey.

00:24:08.220 --> 00:24:09.660
 The one that is going to prepare

00:24:09.660 --> 00:24:10.800
 a place for us.

00:24:11.260 --> 00:24:13.380
 He's the one that is pictured here.

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 And he loves his servants deeply.

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 And his heart is towards them.

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 I mean,

00:24:21.120 --> 00:24:22.260
 we saw this even when he was

00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:23.480
 on this earth.

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 You read John chapter 13

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 there in the upper room

00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:29.319
 at the Lord's Supper.

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 The Passover.

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 What did Jesus do?

00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:33.799
 He gird himself.

00:24:34.579 --> 00:24:35.400
 And he got on his hands

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 and his knees.

00:24:36.460 --> 00:24:38.660
 And he washed their feet.

00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:40.839
 That he loves them deeply.

00:24:41.079 --> 00:24:42.819
 That his heart is towards them.

00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:43.660
 And I don't want us

00:24:43.660 --> 00:24:44.619
 to run past this.

00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:46.599
 These servants did nothing

00:24:46.599 --> 00:24:48.160
 to earn this privilege.

00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:50.600
 They weren't on some scale

00:24:50.600 --> 00:24:52.100
 as long as you serve really good

00:24:52.100 --> 00:24:52.880
 then you're going to get

00:24:52.880 --> 00:24:53.620
 really good things.

00:24:53.840 --> 00:24:54.000
 No.

00:24:54.140 --> 00:24:55.080
 Here's what it was.

00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:56.040
 It was a blessing

00:24:56.040 --> 00:24:57.600
 that was just given to them.

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 And everything that we have

00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:01.000
 in Christ.

00:25:01.660 --> 00:25:02.720
 And the fact that we read

00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:03.220
 those verses

00:25:03.220 --> 00:25:04.240
 at the beginning of the service

00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:05.660
 in John chapter 14.

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 Because he's preparing

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:07.240
 a place for us

00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:09.380
 it has nothing to do with us.

00:25:10.140 --> 00:25:11.019
 But it has everything

00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:11.680
 to do with him.

00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:13.180
 That we have a God

00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:14.300
 that loves us.

00:25:14.380 --> 00:25:15.160
 That desires fellowship

00:25:15.160 --> 00:25:16.180
 with us.

00:25:16.380 --> 00:25:17.180
 And these servants

00:25:17.180 --> 00:25:18.360
 are not being honored

00:25:18.360 --> 00:25:19.279
 because they're perfect.

00:25:19.600 --> 00:25:20.680
 Here's why they're being honored.

00:25:20.900 --> 00:25:22.300
 Because they were faithful.

00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:24.720
 That's what God's looking for.

00:25:25.220 --> 00:25:26.720
 It's required in a steward

00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:29.340
 that he be found faithful.

00:25:30.120 --> 00:25:31.660
 That's what God is looking for.

00:25:32.460 --> 00:25:33.820
 And the simple thought here

00:25:33.820 --> 00:25:34.940
 is when we live

00:25:34.940 --> 00:25:35.940
 with a forward focus

00:25:35.940 --> 00:25:37.720
 the master, Jesus

00:25:37.720 --> 00:25:39.060
 is going to be delighted

00:25:39.060 --> 00:25:40.740
 in those that are ready

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:42.080
 for him.

00:25:42.980 --> 00:25:44.340
 They were excited about it.

00:25:44.339 --> 00:25:46.039
 They were looking forward to it.

00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:47.339
 And it points us back

00:25:47.339 --> 00:25:48.500
 to his heart

00:25:48.500 --> 00:25:49.579
 in John 13.

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 But here's the one

00:25:50.699 --> 00:25:51.539
 here's the beautiful thing.

00:25:51.819 --> 00:25:52.480
 One day we're going to

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:53.279
 sit at his table.

00:25:53.939 --> 00:25:55.539
 We're going to feast with him.

00:25:56.359 --> 00:25:57.759
 What a day that will be.

00:25:58.299 --> 00:25:58.819
 You say,

00:25:58.899 --> 00:25:59.659
 what's going to be there?

00:25:59.959 --> 00:26:00.220
 Well,

00:26:01.279 --> 00:26:01.859
 Chick-fil-A.

00:26:03.659 --> 00:26:05.139
 Texas Roadhouse Rolls.

00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:07.059
 HTO.

00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:09.119
 And Blue Bell Ice Cream.

00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:10.819
 With a little bit of coffee

00:26:10.819 --> 00:26:11.879
 to top it off on the end.

00:26:12.659 --> 00:26:13.399
 Listen, I don't know

00:26:13.399 --> 00:26:14.179
 what's going to be there.

00:26:14.180 --> 00:26:15.320
 But here's the beautiful thing.

00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:16.340
 We're going to sit around

00:26:16.340 --> 00:26:17.200
 the table with him.

00:26:17.460 --> 00:26:18.500
 That he's invited us

00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:19.320
 into the family.

00:26:19.640 --> 00:26:21.120
 Listen, we're just servants.

00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:21.640
 But he says, no,

00:26:21.820 --> 00:26:22.620
 you're not just servants.

00:26:22.779 --> 00:26:23.759
 You're my family.

00:26:24.299 --> 00:26:26.299
 That we're heirs with Christ.

00:26:27.060 --> 00:26:28.019
 That we're join heirs.

00:26:28.340 --> 00:26:29.519
 That everything that Christ

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:30.500
 is set to inherit,

00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:32.539
 so are we.

00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:34.120
 What a beautiful thing.

00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:35.880
 I'd be excited about that.

00:26:36.580 --> 00:26:37.380
 I think we should live

00:26:37.380 --> 00:26:37.980
 a little bit like,

00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:38.560
 you know what,

00:26:38.700 --> 00:26:39.900
 I think I'm going to be ready

00:26:39.900 --> 00:26:40.320
 for that.

00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:42.899
 If you had some great person

00:26:42.899 --> 00:26:43.299
 come and say,

00:26:43.500 --> 00:26:43.899
 hey listen,

00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:45.059
 I'm going to come pick you up

00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:45.939
 and I'm going to drive you here.

00:26:46.059 --> 00:26:46.200
 I'm going to,

00:26:46.279 --> 00:26:47.079
 you're going to do all this thing

00:26:47.079 --> 00:26:48.240
 where I take you on a world tour.

00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:49.079
 You can eat whatever you want.

00:26:49.099 --> 00:26:50.139
 Say, I don't know

00:26:50.139 --> 00:26:50.639
 if I'll be ready.

00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:51.279
 I'll, I'll,

00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:52.159
 if it happens,

00:26:52.200 --> 00:26:52.559
 it happens.

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:54.039
 You would prepare for that.

00:26:54.859 --> 00:26:55.639
 You would live

00:26:55.639 --> 00:26:57.079
 with a forward focus.

00:26:58.679 --> 00:26:59.119
 And see,

00:26:59.159 --> 00:27:00.519
 when we begin to live this way

00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:00.819
 and we,

00:27:00.919 --> 00:27:01.599
 we know the Lord

00:27:01.599 --> 00:27:02.240
 is our Savior

00:27:02.240 --> 00:27:03.519
 and we're living

00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:04.720
 not just for the here and now,

00:27:04.879 --> 00:27:05.980
 it just simply looks,

00:27:06.099 --> 00:27:06.659
 we're not living

00:27:06.659 --> 00:27:07.720
 for the weekend anymore.

00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:08.940
 We're not living

00:27:08.940 --> 00:27:09.980
 for a paycheck.

00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:10.600
 We're not living

00:27:10.600 --> 00:27:11.240
 for a vacation.

00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:11.660
 No,

00:27:11.779 --> 00:27:12.740
 here's what we're living

00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:13.059
 for,

00:27:13.319 --> 00:27:13.839
 eternity.

00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:15.860
 That's,

00:27:15.940 --> 00:27:16.720
 that's the view

00:27:16.720 --> 00:27:18.299
 that Jesus calls us

00:27:18.299 --> 00:27:18.880
 to have.

00:27:19.420 --> 00:27:20.319
 It looks like

00:27:20.319 --> 00:27:21.299
 choosing obedience

00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:22.960
 even when it's costly.

00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:25.000
 These servants,

00:27:25.220 --> 00:27:25.960
 you know what it costs them?

00:27:26.059 --> 00:27:26.920
 It costs them sleep.

00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:27.640
 It costs them all these things.

00:27:27.799 --> 00:27:28.539
 But they were willing

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:29.339
 to be obedient.

00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:30.799
 And one day

00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:31.900
 it's going to come to pass,

00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:32.140
 listen,

00:27:32.339 --> 00:27:32.720
 you think,

00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:33.700
 well nobody down here

00:27:33.700 --> 00:27:34.160
 seems to know

00:27:34.160 --> 00:27:34.640
 that I do anything.

00:27:34.940 --> 00:27:35.579
 He does.

00:27:36.460 --> 00:27:37.480
 We're not serving

00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:38.399
 to be seen of men.

00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:39.720
 We're serving

00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:41.099
 because God has called us to.

00:27:41.699 --> 00:27:42.720
 It means investing

00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:43.819
 in people

00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:44.419
 instead of,

00:27:44.419 --> 00:27:45.679
 instead of just possessions.

00:27:48.339 --> 00:27:49.139
 These servants

00:27:49.139 --> 00:27:49.899
 weren't ready

00:27:49.899 --> 00:27:50.599
 in the middle of the night

00:27:50.599 --> 00:27:51.199
 so their neighbors

00:27:51.199 --> 00:27:51.519
 could see them.

00:27:51.659 --> 00:27:52.619
 Their neighbors are sleeping.

00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:53.899
 No,

00:27:53.939 --> 00:27:54.259
 they're ready

00:27:54.259 --> 00:27:54.819
 because that's what

00:27:54.819 --> 00:27:55.919
 was expected of them.

00:27:56.439 --> 00:27:57.179
 That's what the master

00:27:57.179 --> 00:27:58.039
 had taught them.

00:27:58.079 --> 00:27:58.679
 That's what the master

00:27:58.679 --> 00:28:00.639
 wanted them to do.

00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:01.539
 And when we live

00:28:01.539 --> 00:28:02.559
 with this forward focus,

00:28:02.559 --> 00:28:03.740
 we stop asking,

00:28:04.139 --> 00:28:05.199
 what do I get out of this?

00:28:05.939 --> 00:28:07.240
 And we start asking ourselves,

00:28:07.419 --> 00:28:08.960
 what would please him

00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:10.220
 when he returns?

00:28:11.099 --> 00:28:11.919
 That's the thought

00:28:11.919 --> 00:28:13.119
 that Jesus is teaching here.

00:28:13.819 --> 00:28:14.619
 So we live

00:28:14.619 --> 00:28:15.539
 with a prepared life.

00:28:15.619 --> 00:28:16.119
 We live with this

00:28:16.119 --> 00:28:17.099
 forward focus

00:28:17.099 --> 00:28:18.399
 but he doesn't stop there.

00:28:18.679 --> 00:28:19.759
 Jesus reminds us this,

00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:21.119
 that we need to live

00:28:21.119 --> 00:28:21.960
 with a sense

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:23.379
 of urgency.

00:28:26.399 --> 00:28:27.359
 You ever try to get

00:28:27.359 --> 00:28:28.159
 your kids ready

00:28:28.159 --> 00:28:30.039
 in a quick time?

00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:30.439
 Like,

00:28:30.439 --> 00:28:30.599
 hey,

00:28:30.659 --> 00:28:31.399
 we got to get out of the house.

00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:32.119
 We're running late.

00:28:35.579 --> 00:28:38.359
 Isn't that how it goes?

00:28:39.399 --> 00:28:40.059
 We had a little kid

00:28:40.059 --> 00:28:40.679
 like that when we played

00:28:40.679 --> 00:28:41.019
 tee ball.

00:28:41.099 --> 00:28:41.240
 I was like,

00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:41.399
 hey,

00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:42.259
 when you come around

00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:42.579
 third base,

00:28:42.599 --> 00:28:43.339
 you got to run home

00:28:43.339 --> 00:28:43.919
 as fast as you can.

00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:44.119
 He's like,

00:28:44.919 --> 00:28:46.599
 I'm like,

00:28:46.639 --> 00:28:47.059
 all right.

00:28:47.779 --> 00:28:48.859
 But listen,

00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:50.740
 we need to be urgent

00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:51.519
 about what God

00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:52.359
 has called us to do.

00:28:53.059 --> 00:28:53.839
 Verse number 39,

00:28:53.919 --> 00:28:54.579
 the Bible says this,

00:28:54.579 --> 00:28:55.519
 and this know

00:28:55.519 --> 00:28:56.220
 that if the good man

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:56.919
 of the house

00:28:56.919 --> 00:28:57.740
 had known

00:28:57.740 --> 00:28:59.159
 what hour the thief

00:28:59.159 --> 00:28:59.980
 would come,

00:29:00.199 --> 00:29:01.199
 he would have watched

00:29:01.199 --> 00:29:02.039
 and not suffered

00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:03.279
 his house to be broken through.

00:29:04.099 --> 00:29:06.019
 Be therefore ready also

00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:07.240
 for the Son of Man

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:08.539
 cometh at an hour

00:29:08.539 --> 00:29:10.099
 when you think not.

00:29:10.919 --> 00:29:11.879
 So Jesus gives us

00:29:11.879 --> 00:29:13.079
 kind of a weird picture

00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:13.679
 and he starts talking

00:29:13.679 --> 00:29:14.199
 about this guy

00:29:14.199 --> 00:29:15.000
 breaking into the house.

00:29:16.159 --> 00:29:17.779
 And thieves these days

00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:19.159
 and in this time period,

00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:20.720
 they didn't,

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:21.639
 they didn't like

00:29:21.639 --> 00:29:22.559
 break the door down.

00:29:22.819 --> 00:29:22.980
 No,

00:29:22.980 --> 00:29:24.420
 they would generally do

00:29:24.420 --> 00:29:24.720
 is these,

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:25.980
 these homes would have been

00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:27.059
 made of mud

00:29:27.059 --> 00:29:27.860
 and different things.

00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:28.460
 They would have just

00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:29.200
 dug a hole

00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:30.140
 in the side of your house.

00:29:30.860 --> 00:29:31.980
 That's wild to me.

00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:32.960
 Can you imagine

00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:33.640
 just sleeping there

00:29:33.640 --> 00:29:34.360
 tonight at your home

00:29:34.360 --> 00:29:34.839
 and somebody just,

00:29:34.920 --> 00:29:35.599
 just comes in

00:29:35.599 --> 00:29:36.440
 like the Kool-Aid man

00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:37.259
 just coming right through

00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:37.440
 the,

00:29:37.599 --> 00:29:38.339
 right through the,

00:29:38.420 --> 00:29:39.259
 the wall.

00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:40.799
 Like what in the world?

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:41.880
 Now if you know

00:29:41.880 --> 00:29:42.880
 that person was coming

00:29:42.880 --> 00:29:43.579
 and they're like,

00:29:43.660 --> 00:29:43.860
 hey,

00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:45.140
 I'm going to come rob you

00:29:45.140 --> 00:29:45.579
 at two o'clock,

00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:46.259
 I'm going to dig a hole

00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:46.799
 in your wall,

00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:47.680
 you're going to be sitting

00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:48.500
 on the other side of that

00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:49.279
 with a shotgun.

00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:50.680
 Why?

00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:51.380
 Because you're prepared.

00:29:51.380 --> 00:29:52.960
 If you know a thief

00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:53.780
 is coming to your house,

00:29:53.980 --> 00:29:55.340
 you're going to be ready.

00:29:56.300 --> 00:29:56.540
 The,

00:29:56.540 --> 00:29:56.700
 the,

00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:58.440
 the picture is this,

00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:59.660
 that there's no warning

00:29:59.660 --> 00:30:00.720
 and there's no announcement.

00:30:01.060 --> 00:30:02.140
 Everything's going to seem normal.

00:30:03.400 --> 00:30:03.540
 We,

00:30:03.640 --> 00:30:04.660
 we even think it to ourselves

00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:05.620
 and I think if we're not careful

00:30:05.620 --> 00:30:05.820
 as,

00:30:05.940 --> 00:30:06.640
 as believers,

00:30:06.800 --> 00:30:06.940
 we,

00:30:07.100 --> 00:30:07.640
 we would say,

00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:07.820
 oh,

00:30:07.860 --> 00:30:09.220
 I know Jesus is coming back,

00:30:09.380 --> 00:30:10.620
 but we're not living

00:30:10.620 --> 00:30:11.640
 with that sense of urgency.

00:30:13.020 --> 00:30:13.520
 If you,

00:30:13.580 --> 00:30:14.400
 if you read some of the

00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:15.480
 New Testament passages

00:30:15.480 --> 00:30:15.900
 about it,

00:30:16.220 --> 00:30:17.060
 the Apostle Paul

00:30:17.060 --> 00:30:18.320
 lived with urgency.

00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:19.140
 You think,

00:30:19.200 --> 00:30:19.280
 man,

00:30:19.280 --> 00:30:20.400
 how was Paul so effective?

00:30:20.400 --> 00:30:21.300
 He was urgent

00:30:21.300 --> 00:30:22.480
 about the master's business

00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:24.200
 because Paul said this,

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:24.780
 we,

00:30:25.060 --> 00:30:26.060
 which are alive

00:30:26.060 --> 00:30:26.880
 and remain.

00:30:27.620 --> 00:30:28.540
 Here's when Paul thought

00:30:28.540 --> 00:30:29.240
 Jesus was coming,

00:30:29.380 --> 00:30:30.500
 when he was alive

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:32.300
 and he lived like that

00:30:32.300 --> 00:30:33.120
 and his ministry

00:30:33.120 --> 00:30:34.240
 looked like that.

00:30:35.120 --> 00:30:35.500
 But the,

00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:36.940
 the picture that Jesus

00:30:36.940 --> 00:30:37.480
 paints here

00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:38.500
 is this family's asleep,

00:30:38.620 --> 00:30:39.480
 the house is quiet

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:40.540
 and all of a sudden

00:30:40.540 --> 00:30:41.640
 the wall is broken through

00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:43.840
 and that's how Jesus

00:30:43.840 --> 00:30:44.740
 is going to come back.

00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:47.620
 as Bible believers,

00:30:47.740 --> 00:30:48.259
 we should believe

00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:49.940
 in the imminent return

00:30:49.940 --> 00:30:50.920
 of Christ.

00:30:51.420 --> 00:30:52.400
 And the language here,

00:30:52.460 --> 00:30:53.960
 it carries this idea

00:30:53.960 --> 00:30:54.940
 of something sudden

00:30:54.940 --> 00:30:55.900
 and decisive.

00:30:55.900 --> 00:30:57.019
 It's not a gradual,

00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:58.480
 it's not a delayed process.

00:30:58.839 --> 00:31:00.599
 There's no easing into it.

00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:01.940
 When Jesus comes,

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:02.880
 it's going to be immediate,

00:31:03.140 --> 00:31:04.059
 it's going to be final

00:31:04.059 --> 00:31:04.839
 and there's going to be

00:31:04.839 --> 00:31:06.339
 no time to prepare

00:31:06.339 --> 00:31:07.480
 in that moment.

00:31:08.980 --> 00:31:10.259
 Because we celebrated Christmas,

00:31:10.400 --> 00:31:11.120
 the coming of Christ,

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:11.779
 the first coming.

00:31:12.740 --> 00:31:12.899
 Listen,

00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:13.839
 when he came the first time,

00:31:13.879 --> 00:31:14.960
 he came on mission

00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:16.960
 to seek and to save

00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:18.079
 that which was lost.

00:31:19.059 --> 00:31:20.339
 But when he comes again,

00:31:21.119 --> 00:31:22.279
 that's not how he's coming.

00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:24.639
 He's coming as the king of kings.

00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:26.359
 He's coming as the Lord of lords.

00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:27.700
 He's coming as the judge

00:31:27.700 --> 00:31:28.500
 of all the earth.

00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:29.480
 That's who he is.

00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:29.940
 And people say,

00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:30.879
 well, we don't have time

00:31:30.879 --> 00:31:31.319
 to get ready.

00:31:31.559 --> 00:31:31.980
 Oh no,

00:31:32.139 --> 00:31:33.399
 we have had time to get ready.

00:31:34.160 --> 00:31:35.059
 The Lord's not slack

00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:36.000
 concerning his promises.

00:31:36.180 --> 00:31:37.160
 Some men count slackness,

00:31:37.319 --> 00:31:38.220
 but he's willing

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:39.660
 and rather that all

00:31:39.660 --> 00:31:40.579
 should come to repentance.

00:31:40.839 --> 00:31:41.759
 You know why he hasn't?

00:31:41.779 --> 00:31:42.279
 He hasn't come back

00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:44.500
 because he so loved the world

00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:46.500
 that he gave his only begotten son.

00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:48.000
 That's the only thing

00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:48.899
 that's holding him back.

00:31:49.339 --> 00:31:50.139
 Everything is already

00:31:50.139 --> 00:31:51.319
 in place for that.

00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:53.079
 And all throughout scripture,

00:31:53.220 --> 00:31:54.240
 we see this imagery

00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:55.779
 that Jesus is coming

00:31:55.779 --> 00:31:56.660
 and he's going to come

00:31:56.660 --> 00:31:58.079
 like a thief in the night.

00:31:59.819 --> 00:32:00.160
 You know,

00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:01.460
 sometimes you may

00:32:01.460 --> 00:32:02.420
 get something stolen

00:32:02.420 --> 00:32:03.099
 and you don't even know

00:32:03.099 --> 00:32:03.660
 it was stolen.

00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:05.460
 I remember when I was

00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:05.899
 in high school,

00:32:06.180 --> 00:32:07.059
 I heard a knock on my door

00:32:07.059 --> 00:32:07.779
 and it was like 6.05

00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:09.019
 and I was not alert.

00:32:09.379 --> 00:32:10.279
 I was not addressed.

00:32:10.399 --> 00:32:11.119
 I was not awake.

00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:12.599
 My dad's like,

00:32:12.659 --> 00:32:13.939
 who's at the door?

00:32:14.199 --> 00:32:14.979
 And I run down there.

00:32:15.039 --> 00:32:16.379
 It's the Flower Mound Police

00:32:16.379 --> 00:32:16.939
 where I grew up.

00:32:17.619 --> 00:32:18.079
 And they said,

00:32:18.299 --> 00:32:19.319
 we found your truck.

00:32:20.839 --> 00:32:21.199
 What?

00:32:22.239 --> 00:32:22.919
 Looked out there.

00:32:22.979 --> 00:32:23.500
 Sure enough,

00:32:23.979 --> 00:32:25.099
 my truck was not out

00:32:25.099 --> 00:32:26.059
 in the driveway anymore.

00:32:26.879 --> 00:32:27.699
 They stole it.

00:32:28.219 --> 00:32:29.059
 They didn't tell me

00:32:29.059 --> 00:32:29.639
 they stole it.

00:32:29.919 --> 00:32:30.839
 I slept like a baby

00:32:30.839 --> 00:32:31.339
 that night.

00:32:31.899 --> 00:32:32.519
 Get up in the morning.

00:32:32.859 --> 00:32:33.639
 They took it.

00:32:33.859 --> 00:32:34.479
 I went over.

00:32:34.659 --> 00:32:35.159
 They said,

00:32:35.219 --> 00:32:36.000
 it's over here.

00:32:36.119 --> 00:32:36.739
 I drove over there.

00:32:36.740 --> 00:32:38.140
 They took my own gardening,

00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:39.420
 my dad's gardening bricks

00:32:39.420 --> 00:32:40.660
 and took the wheels off it

00:32:40.660 --> 00:32:40.960
 and it was just

00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:41.960
 sat in this lady's driveway.

00:32:42.059 --> 00:32:42.880
 She's trying to get to work.

00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:44.259
 I was like,

00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:44.380
 well,

00:32:44.380 --> 00:32:45.039
 they would have told me.

00:32:45.079 --> 00:32:45.700
 I would have just let them

00:32:45.700 --> 00:32:46.559
 take it much nicer

00:32:46.559 --> 00:32:48.180
 instead of ripping it all apart.

00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:52.259
 That's the idea.

00:32:53.579 --> 00:32:54.779
 That Jesus is not a thief,

00:32:54.880 --> 00:32:56.460
 but he wants us to picture

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:57.579
 that's how quickly

00:32:57.579 --> 00:32:58.259
 it's going to happen.

00:32:58.599 --> 00:32:59.680
 That's how unexpectedly

00:32:59.680 --> 00:33:00.400
 it's going to happen.

00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:01.859
 And here's what urgency does.

00:33:01.859 --> 00:33:03.639
 It changes how you respond

00:33:03.639 --> 00:33:05.079
 to things right now.

00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:06.799
 He said,

00:33:06.899 --> 00:33:07.740
 if you would have known

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:08.399
 somebody's coming

00:33:08.399 --> 00:33:08.779
 to steal your hat,

00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:10.240
 you would have stayed watch

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:10.699
 all night.

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:12.039
 You would have been ready

00:33:12.039 --> 00:33:12.679
 for that.

00:33:13.439 --> 00:33:14.439
 And here's what it means to us.

00:33:14.579 --> 00:33:15.299
 It means that we don't

00:33:15.299 --> 00:33:16.079
 delay obedience.

00:33:17.139 --> 00:33:18.019
 There's a lot of things

00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:18.559
 we think,

00:33:18.619 --> 00:33:18.679
 well,

00:33:18.699 --> 00:33:19.199
 I don't know what the Lord

00:33:19.199 --> 00:33:19.759
 wants me to do.

00:33:21.259 --> 00:33:21.859
 We do.

00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:23.439
 Sometimes we just don't

00:33:23.439 --> 00:33:23.979
 want to do it.

00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:25.740
 Right now is not a good time.

00:33:25.899 --> 00:33:27.059
 It's not delayed obedience.

00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:28.419
 We don't put off repentance.

00:33:28.759 --> 00:33:29.659
 We don't assume

00:33:29.659 --> 00:33:31.179
 that we have more time.

00:33:31.859 --> 00:33:33.219
 And that's why it's so vital

00:33:33.219 --> 00:33:34.599
 that whether it's in a service

00:33:34.599 --> 00:33:35.199
 like this,

00:33:35.240 --> 00:33:36.039
 or it's in your own

00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:37.159
 Bible reading time,

00:33:37.219 --> 00:33:38.339
 or even the Lord can

00:33:38.339 --> 00:33:39.459
 convict us in certain

00:33:39.459 --> 00:33:39.899
 different ways,

00:33:40.119 --> 00:33:41.199
 don't put it off.

00:33:41.899 --> 00:33:43.299
 Just deal with it right then.

00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:43.959
 Lord,

00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:44.679
 would you help me?

00:33:44.899 --> 00:33:45.039
 Lord,

00:33:45.079 --> 00:33:46.099
 would you forgive me?

00:33:46.219 --> 00:33:47.319
 It means maybe speaking

00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:48.359
 to somebody about Christ

00:33:48.359 --> 00:33:49.659
 when the opportunity arises.

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:50.199
 Oh,

00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:51.219
 I'll talk to him next week.

00:33:52.119 --> 00:33:52.299
 No,

00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:53.419
 today's the day.

00:33:54.339 --> 00:33:55.379
 Now is the time.

00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:57.740
 It means making things right,

00:33:57.839 --> 00:33:58.859
 maybe in a relationship,

00:33:59.079 --> 00:34:00.639
 instead of letting things linger.

00:34:00.639 --> 00:34:01.819
 Because if we're honest,

00:34:02.079 --> 00:34:03.219
 sometimes we live like

00:34:03.219 --> 00:34:05.000
 we have unlimited tomorrows,

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:06.699
 but we don't.

00:34:07.559 --> 00:34:08.880
 We all like to think that.

00:34:08.920 --> 00:34:09.619
 We don't want to think

00:34:09.619 --> 00:34:11.079
 something can happen to me today,

00:34:11.199 --> 00:34:11.880
 or something can happen

00:34:11.880 --> 00:34:12.519
 to my family tomorrow,

00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:13.539
 but the reality is

00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:15.339
 we don't know.

00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:18.719
 And before we move on,

00:34:18.759 --> 00:34:20.159
 and we're going to hasten

00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:20.920
 to a close here in a minute,

00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:21.719
 I just want to,

00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:23.000
 I want us to make this personal.

00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:27.159
 what if Jesus came back

00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:29.019
 before this service ended?

00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:32.380
 What if the trumpet sounded

00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:34.059
 before we made it to lunch?

00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:35.179
 I mean,

00:34:35.260 --> 00:34:36.340
 what if today

00:34:36.340 --> 00:34:37.960
 was the day

00:34:37.960 --> 00:34:40.219
 when Jesus came back?

00:34:41.539 --> 00:34:42.739
 Would there be anything

00:34:42.739 --> 00:34:43.559
 in your life

00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:45.400
 you need to make right?

00:34:45.400 --> 00:34:47.980
 Maybe you need to call somebody.

00:34:48.380 --> 00:34:49.019
 Maybe you need to shoot

00:34:49.019 --> 00:34:49.740
 a text to them.

00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:50.700
 Maybe you need to ask

00:34:50.700 --> 00:34:51.579
 the Lord to forgive you.

00:34:51.860 --> 00:34:52.920
 The Lord is just reminding us

00:34:52.920 --> 00:34:54.440
 we need to live with urgency

00:34:54.440 --> 00:34:55.740
 because we don't know

00:34:55.740 --> 00:34:58.180
 that we need to be ready.

00:34:58.860 --> 00:34:59.720
 So how do we know

00:34:59.720 --> 00:35:00.619
 that we're truly living

00:35:00.619 --> 00:35:02.000
 and we're truly ready for it?

00:35:02.260 --> 00:35:03.460
 Jesus shows us here

00:35:03.460 --> 00:35:05.079
 in verses 41 through 44.

00:35:05.280 --> 00:35:05.619
 He says,

00:35:05.719 --> 00:35:06.340
 we need to live

00:35:06.340 --> 00:35:07.880
 as faithful stewards.

00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:14.340
 There in verse number 42,

00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:14.820
 He says,

00:35:14.880 --> 00:35:15.780
 who then is a faithful

00:35:15.780 --> 00:35:16.559
 and wise steward

00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:17.340
 whom the Lord

00:35:17.340 --> 00:35:18.519
 shall make rule over his house

00:35:18.519 --> 00:35:19.599
 to give them their portion

00:35:19.599 --> 00:35:20.920
 and meet in due season?

00:35:21.420 --> 00:35:22.500
 So He shows us

00:35:22.500 --> 00:35:23.739
 what a faithful servant

00:35:23.739 --> 00:35:24.340
 looks like.

00:35:25.219 --> 00:35:26.179
 A steward is this.

00:35:26.340 --> 00:35:27.320
 A steward's a manager.

00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:29.860
 A steward doesn't own anything.

00:35:30.780 --> 00:35:31.440
 He's the one

00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:32.900
 that's running the household.

00:35:33.639 --> 00:35:34.059
 He's the one

00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:35.820
 that the master

00:35:35.820 --> 00:35:37.139
 has left in charge.

00:35:37.260 --> 00:35:38.119
 He's been entrusted

00:35:38.119 --> 00:35:39.320
 with the responsibility

00:35:39.320 --> 00:35:40.240
 but really,

00:35:40.579 --> 00:35:41.440
 nothing in the house

00:35:41.440 --> 00:35:42.220
 belongs to Him.

00:35:43.059 --> 00:35:43.940
 He has a job

00:35:43.940 --> 00:35:44.980
 that He's been called to do

00:35:44.980 --> 00:35:46.000
 and as stewards,

00:35:46.179 --> 00:35:47.420
 we don't get to decide

00:35:47.420 --> 00:35:48.659
 what we do with it.

00:35:48.800 --> 00:35:49.400
 We're just called

00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:50.760
 to handle it faithfully.

00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:53.400
 And Jesus wants us

00:35:53.400 --> 00:35:54.639
 to see that one day

00:35:54.639 --> 00:35:56.659
 the master's going to come back

00:35:56.659 --> 00:35:57.480
 and He's going to ask

00:35:57.480 --> 00:35:57.980
 for an account.

00:35:58.780 --> 00:35:59.500
 Hey, what happened

00:35:59.500 --> 00:36:00.000
 when I was gone?

00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:00.860
 What did you do

00:36:00.860 --> 00:36:01.460
 when I was gone?

00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:02.820
 How did you take care of this?

00:36:02.940 --> 00:36:04.260
 Why didn't you do that?

00:36:05.140 --> 00:36:06.300
 And we won't have time

00:36:06.300 --> 00:36:07.760
 to really dig in here

00:36:07.760 --> 00:36:09.000
 but here's what we are.

00:36:09.140 --> 00:36:10.160
 We're just stewards.

00:36:11.420 --> 00:36:12.480
 And I want to remind you

00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:13.360
 that your time

00:36:13.360 --> 00:36:14.360
 and your gifts

00:36:14.360 --> 00:36:15.480
 and your opportunities,

00:36:15.480 --> 00:36:17.260
 they don't belong to you.

00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:20.380
 They've been entrusted to you.

00:36:21.300 --> 00:36:22.500
 And the Lord wants to know this.

00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:23.680
 What are you doing with it?

00:36:24.380 --> 00:36:25.860
 Here's what a faithful steward does.

00:36:25.860 --> 00:36:26.860
 He invested.

00:36:27.240 --> 00:36:27.820
 He works.

00:36:27.820 --> 00:36:28.740
 He serves.

00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:29.720
 He does that.

00:36:29.940 --> 00:36:31.220
 And the scripture's very clear.

00:36:31.280 --> 00:36:31.720
 We don't have time

00:36:31.720 --> 00:36:32.400
 to go into all that.

00:36:32.600 --> 00:36:33.620
 We will give an account.

00:36:34.519 --> 00:36:35.460
 If we know Him as our Savior,

00:36:35.680 --> 00:36:36.600
 not for salvation

00:36:36.600 --> 00:36:38.320
 but for what we did for Him.

00:36:38.940 --> 00:36:40.019
 What we did with what

00:36:40.019 --> 00:36:41.300
 He entrusted us to.

00:36:42.440 --> 00:36:43.440
 And the question is not

00:36:43.440 --> 00:36:44.600
 how much you have,

00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:45.940
 it's how faithful

00:36:45.940 --> 00:36:47.000
 have you been

00:36:47.000 --> 00:36:48.140
 with what you've been given.

00:36:49.000 --> 00:36:50.180
 That's what the Lord wants to know.

00:36:50.840 --> 00:36:51.900
 How faithful are we?

00:36:52.720 --> 00:36:54.480
 Listen, faithfulness is not flashy.

00:36:56.720 --> 00:36:57.680
 It's consistent.

00:36:58.480 --> 00:36:59.360
 It's obedient.

00:37:00.260 --> 00:37:01.280
 It's dependable.

00:37:02.860 --> 00:37:04.200
 It looks like showing up

00:37:04.200 --> 00:37:04.980
 when nobody else

00:37:04.980 --> 00:37:06.160
 even knows you're there.

00:37:06.320 --> 00:37:07.240
 Like doing right

00:37:07.240 --> 00:37:08.000
 when it's inconvenient.

00:37:08.360 --> 00:37:09.720
 Like serving without recognition.

00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:11.160
 And Jesus makes it clear

00:37:11.160 --> 00:37:12.619
 in verses 42 and 43

00:37:12.619 --> 00:37:13.880
 and verse 44

00:37:13.880 --> 00:37:15.940
 that that's not just

00:37:15.940 --> 00:37:16.460
 for the here and now.

00:37:16.740 --> 00:37:17.500
 Faithfulness is going to

00:37:17.500 --> 00:37:18.320
 carry into eternity.

00:37:18.320 --> 00:37:22.380
 See, faithfulness

00:37:22.380 --> 00:37:23.039
 is just going to show up

00:37:23.039 --> 00:37:25.000
 in everyday ordinary parts

00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:25.980
 of your life.

00:37:27.300 --> 00:37:29.100
 It's not just what you do in church.

00:37:29.180 --> 00:37:30.039
 It's how you live

00:37:30.039 --> 00:37:31.500
 everywhere else too.

00:37:32.800 --> 00:37:34.680
 It looks like being faithful at work

00:37:34.680 --> 00:37:36.800
 when your boss isn't watching.

00:37:37.120 --> 00:37:38.180
 Listen, I know it's March Madness.

00:37:38.300 --> 00:37:39.620
 It's the least productive week

00:37:39.620 --> 00:37:41.320
 of the whole thing.

00:37:42.420 --> 00:37:43.280
 So me and Brother Garrett,

00:37:43.320 --> 00:37:44.059
 we just watch it together

00:37:44.059 --> 00:37:45.559
 so we're unproductive together.

00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:49.059
 But sometimes we just think,

00:37:49.159 --> 00:37:49.840
 well, the boss doesn't know

00:37:49.840 --> 00:37:50.519
 I don't have to do that.

00:37:51.219 --> 00:37:51.599
 That's not what

00:37:51.599 --> 00:37:52.679
 a faithful steward does.

00:37:53.320 --> 00:37:54.920
 It's not how we live our life.

00:37:56.659 --> 00:37:57.500
 Faithfulness just means

00:37:57.500 --> 00:37:58.619
 leading your home spiritually

00:37:58.619 --> 00:37:59.840
 even when it's hard.

00:38:02.799 --> 00:38:04.679
 Stewards show up consistently

00:38:04.679 --> 00:38:06.099
 not when it's convenient.

00:38:07.539 --> 00:38:08.440
 That's not just talking about church.

00:38:08.500 --> 00:38:09.400
 That's talking about our life.

00:38:10.079 --> 00:38:10.400
 It's talking about

00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:11.380
 every area of our life.

00:38:11.539 --> 00:38:12.980
 It means using your time wisely

00:38:12.980 --> 00:38:14.360
 and your gifts to serve

00:38:14.360 --> 00:38:15.660
 and using the opportunities

00:38:15.660 --> 00:38:16.400
 God has given you

00:38:16.400 --> 00:38:17.980
 for His purpose.

00:38:19.500 --> 00:38:20.380
 And if Jesus evaluated

00:38:20.380 --> 00:38:21.559
 your life today,

00:38:21.800 --> 00:38:23.019
 would He find you faithful

00:38:23.019 --> 00:38:25.019
 with what He has given you?

00:38:26.300 --> 00:38:27.680
 I pray that He would.

00:38:28.620 --> 00:38:29.820
 But now Jesus gives us a warning

00:38:29.820 --> 00:38:31.300
 and we'll look at this quickly.

00:38:31.980 --> 00:38:32.960
 Verse 45 and 46.

00:38:33.240 --> 00:38:34.740
 We need to live by guarding our heart.

00:38:35.840 --> 00:38:36.480
 Verse 45.

00:38:36.599 --> 00:38:38.420
 But and if that servant say in his heart,

00:38:38.720 --> 00:38:39.980
 my Lord delayeth his coming

00:38:39.980 --> 00:38:41.280
 and shall begin to beat

00:38:41.280 --> 00:38:41.980
 the men servants

00:38:41.980 --> 00:38:42.720
 and the maid servants

00:38:42.720 --> 00:38:43.559
 and to eat and drink

00:38:43.559 --> 00:38:44.179
 and to be drunken.

00:38:44.759 --> 00:38:45.480
 The Lord of that servant

00:38:45.480 --> 00:38:46.320
 will come in a day

00:38:46.320 --> 00:38:47.799
 when he looketh not for him

00:38:47.799 --> 00:38:49.460
 and an hour when he is not aware

00:38:49.460 --> 00:38:50.579
 and will cut him in sunder

00:38:50.579 --> 00:38:52.179
 and will appoint his portion

00:38:52.179 --> 00:38:53.139
 with the unbelievers.

00:38:53.639 --> 00:38:54.519
 So what Jesus does

00:38:54.519 --> 00:38:56.320
 is He contrasts a faithful servant

00:38:56.320 --> 00:38:57.820
 and an unfaithful servant.

00:38:58.340 --> 00:38:59.980
 One that believes his Lord

00:38:59.980 --> 00:39:01.599
 and trusts that He's going to return

00:39:01.599 --> 00:39:02.980
 and prepares for it

00:39:02.980 --> 00:39:04.539
 and prepares his heart for it.

00:39:04.739 --> 00:39:06.259
 And now He shows us a man

00:39:06.259 --> 00:39:06.840
 that says,

00:39:07.019 --> 00:39:08.639
 well, He's not really coming.

00:39:09.340 --> 00:39:10.179
 Because this man

00:39:10.179 --> 00:39:11.059
 didn't have an urgency

00:39:11.059 --> 00:39:12.360
 and he really didn't believe

00:39:12.360 --> 00:39:13.599
 that his master was going to come back

00:39:13.599 --> 00:39:14.599
 at a certain time.

00:39:14.640 --> 00:39:14.860
 He thought,

00:39:15.079 --> 00:39:16.380
 hey, I'll get ready

00:39:16.380 --> 00:39:17.440
 when I know He's coming.

00:39:18.460 --> 00:39:20.000
 I'm going to live my life,

00:39:20.079 --> 00:39:21.320
 but when I get wind that He's coming,

00:39:21.539 --> 00:39:22.740
 then I'll change things.

00:39:24.019 --> 00:39:25.320
 But we don't know when He's coming.

00:39:26.019 --> 00:39:26.780
 And this man,

00:39:26.900 --> 00:39:30.280
 because he lived with this return

00:39:30.280 --> 00:39:31.900
 in his distant thinking,

00:39:32.260 --> 00:39:33.320
 the way he lived

00:39:33.320 --> 00:39:34.880
 became all about him.

00:39:34.880 --> 00:39:37.660
 And it says He began to beat

00:39:37.660 --> 00:39:38.920
 the other servants

00:39:38.920 --> 00:39:39.900
 and to eat and drink

00:39:39.900 --> 00:39:42.260
 and it was all about him.

00:39:42.880 --> 00:39:44.460
 Listen, this is not a lazy servant.

00:39:44.740 --> 00:39:46.720
 This is an unfaithful servant.

00:39:47.740 --> 00:39:48.800
 That he had the opportunity.

00:39:49.079 --> 00:39:50.019
 He knew the master said,

00:39:50.079 --> 00:39:50.740
 I'm coming back.

00:39:52.579 --> 00:39:53.420
 But he didn't do it.

00:39:53.480 --> 00:39:55.440
 This man's not having a rough season.

00:39:56.599 --> 00:39:58.000
 Here's what Jesus is picturing.

00:39:58.700 --> 00:40:00.420
 This is someone who claimed

00:40:00.420 --> 00:40:01.880
 to belong to the master,

00:40:02.599 --> 00:40:04.960
 but his life didn't match up to it.

00:40:07.300 --> 00:40:08.980
 See, his life told the story.

00:40:10.680 --> 00:40:11.980
 A changed heart

00:40:11.980 --> 00:40:14.880
 produces a changed life.

00:40:15.900 --> 00:40:17.000
 We can't say,

00:40:17.599 --> 00:40:18.059
 I'm ready,

00:40:18.820 --> 00:40:20.619
 but everything in our life

00:40:20.619 --> 00:40:22.360
 doesn't look like we're ready.

00:40:23.320 --> 00:40:24.039
 Now sometimes, you know,

00:40:24.099 --> 00:40:25.180
 it can look that way

00:40:25.180 --> 00:40:26.260
 because we've let sin

00:40:26.260 --> 00:40:27.360
 build up in our life.

00:40:28.019 --> 00:40:29.139
 But sometimes it's because

00:40:29.139 --> 00:40:30.000
 we don't really

00:40:30.000 --> 00:40:31.940
 know and believe the master.

00:40:32.900 --> 00:40:34.099
 We think that's just an old book.

00:40:34.320 --> 00:40:35.820
 They've been saying for 2,000 years,

00:40:35.880 --> 00:40:36.300
 the world says,

00:40:36.519 --> 00:40:37.340
 where is he?

00:40:37.380 --> 00:40:38.639
 Where's the promise of his coming?

00:40:39.639 --> 00:40:40.280
 He's not coming.

00:40:40.360 --> 00:40:40.980
 We're just going to live.

00:40:41.059 --> 00:40:41.679
 We're going to eat, drink,

00:40:41.719 --> 00:40:42.320
 and be merry.

00:40:43.539 --> 00:40:44.420
 But he's going to come.

00:40:45.619 --> 00:40:46.780
 And what Jesus reminds us

00:40:46.780 --> 00:40:47.619
 in these closing verses

00:40:47.619 --> 00:40:48.579
 is that everything

00:40:48.579 --> 00:40:50.159
 will be revealed

00:40:50.159 --> 00:40:51.340
 when he comes.

00:40:52.460 --> 00:40:53.340
 And because of that,

00:40:53.400 --> 00:40:54.519
 we must make sure

00:40:54.519 --> 00:40:56.719
 our life matches

00:40:56.719 --> 00:40:58.260
 our profession.

00:40:58.260 --> 00:41:00.660
 because he would say,

00:41:00.720 --> 00:41:01.500
 well, I'm in the house.

00:41:02.080 --> 00:41:03.380
 I have all these things.

00:41:04.400 --> 00:41:05.260
 Jesus said in the Sermon on the Mount,

00:41:05.320 --> 00:41:06.180
 they're going to be in that day,

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 they're going to say,

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 Lord, Lord,

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 Master, Master,

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 didn't we?

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 He said,

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 depart from me.

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 I never knew you.

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 See,

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 the truth will be known

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 on that day.

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 There will be justice.

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 And because of that,

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 we see in these last closing verses

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 in verse number 48

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 that we need to live

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 with eternal awareness.

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 Jesus kind of really lays

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 this principle of accountability down.

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 See,

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 in this culture,

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 and really in our culture,

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 the more responsibility you have,

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 the more that was expected of you.

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 And the same applies

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 to us spiritually.

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 That you can know

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 all about the Bible.

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 You can know the songs

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 we sang today.

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 You can know some of these verses.

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 But here's what Jesus is saying.

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 Have you prepared your life for that?

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 Because we can't just live

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 with a here and now.

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 We need to live

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 with this eternal awareness

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 that it is appointed unto man

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 once to die,

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 the Bible says,

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 and after this,

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 the judgment.

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 That every single person

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 will stand before the Lord

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 one day

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 and give an account.

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 I'm thankful

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 that when I stand before the Lord,

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 my sins are under the blood.

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 But there's going to be people there

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 that say,

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 well,

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 I did all these things,

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 but the Lord's going to remind us

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 that you didn't prepare.

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 You just lived your life

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 for yourself.

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 You didn't do the things

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 that I asked you to do.

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 And it reminds us here

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 in these verses,

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 and we're going to,

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 we don't have time

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 to get into all this,

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 but God's judgment

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 is not random.

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 He's not picking

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 and choosing people to judge.

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 No,

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 you're either prepared

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 or you're not.

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 You're either ready

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 or you're living for yourself.

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 And it's going to be precise.

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 It's going to be just.

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 It's going to be perfectly measured.

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 And the idea is

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 with greater knowledge,

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 it brings greater accountability.

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 I mean,

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 just bring it right here

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 where we live.

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 Think about how much

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 you know about God.

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 Many of you probably

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 brought your own copy

00:42:58.820 --> 00:42:59.680
 of the Word of God in here.

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 The Gospel is clearly,

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 you probably heard

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 the Gospel clearly preached

00:43:03.940 --> 00:43:04.980
 over and over and over.

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 You have access to truth

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 anytime you want it.

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 We try to the best

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 of our ability

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 here at Central

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 to faithfully teach

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 and preach

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 every single week.

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 The short idea is this,

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 we have been given much.

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 But for whosoever much is given,

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 much is required.

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 And see,

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 eternal awareness takes

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 how seriously

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 you take your life here.

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 It means you recognize this,

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 I will stand before God one day.

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 We all will.

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 But we need to live

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 with that awareness.

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 And that affects

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 how you respond to truth.

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 It affects

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 what you do

00:43:45.500 --> 00:43:46.140
 with what you've been taught.

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 It affects how seriously

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 you take obedience.

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 Listen,

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 being prepared

00:43:52.020 --> 00:43:53.260
 is not just hearing sermons,

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 it's responding to them.

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 It's not just reading

00:43:56.320 --> 00:43:56.980
 the Word of God,

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 it's allowing it

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 to transform your life.

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 It's not just about

00:44:00.000 --> 00:44:00.860
 knowing the truth,

00:44:00.980 --> 00:44:02.080
 but actually living.

00:44:02.280 --> 00:44:02.960
 It's not just about

00:44:02.960 --> 00:44:03.820
 attending the church,

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 but applying the truth

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 to your life.

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 That we have to realize

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 that we're a sinner

00:44:09.820 --> 00:44:10.519
 that needs saving

00:44:10.519 --> 00:44:12.019
 and we call upon Christ

00:44:12.019 --> 00:44:12.880
 because God's not going

00:44:12.880 --> 00:44:13.620
 to ask us one day,

00:44:13.720 --> 00:44:14.680
 what did you hear?

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 He's going to ask this,

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 what did you do

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 with what you heard?

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 Because both of these men,

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 these servants,

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 the faithful and the unfaithful,

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 they heard the master

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 say I'm coming.

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 One prepared

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 and one didn't.

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 That's what Jesus

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 teaches us right here.

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 Here's what I want us

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 to take home today.

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 The goal isn't

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 to be ready someday.

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 The call is to live ready today.

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 He's coming.

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 Are we ready?

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 Would you stand

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