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 Good morning. If you have your Bibles, take them and open them up. We'll be in Luke chapter 10 this morning.

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 We're going to continue on with our series in Luke.

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 If you remember, Will last week preached on a couple of things from Luke chapter 9,

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 the rejection that the disciples face as they went forward with the message of gospel truth

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 to the Samaritan city that wanted nothing at all to do with Jesus.

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 And then he discussed in a roundabout way the reality of what should be of first importance to us

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 as his followers, as he saw many say, I want to follow you.

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 And he said, okay, let's do it.

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 And they said, well, I have to do something else first.

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 So that really laid the groundwork well for how we're moving this week

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 as we discuss what is the mission that Jesus is calling these people to.

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 He had to be serious about it.

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 Jesus is getting pretty intense.

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 He understands what is on the threshold for him

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 and what is the fight that's set before his disciples and his followers.

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 So let me pray for us.

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 We have a lot of text this morning.

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 We're going to cover chapter 10, verses 1 through 24.

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 So I'm going to try to break it down into a couple different segments.

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 But before I do, let's pray.

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 Father, we desperately need you.

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 You've given us your word, your communication to little minds of the great things that you are about,

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 of your perfect love and your perfect character,

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 your perfect joy and your perfect happiness,

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 and the gift of your son to ungrateful people like us.

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 We pray that we would sense the reality of your mission.

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 We pray that we would sense anew the nearness of your kingdom

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 as we hear about your son and read about him working in the world and using people,

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 little human vessels as actual agents in the world to bring about your kingdom in it.

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 I pray for myself as I'm not fit to preach this.

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 So I pray that the words of my mouth and the meditations of all of our hearts would be glorifying to you.

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 And I pray that we would be open, as Ron said,

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 to the message that you are bringing of hope and of salvation.

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 In the name, the great name of your son, our King Jesus. Amen.

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 Military things run in my family.

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 My grandfather always said that I should have gone to the military before going to college.

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 He was right. I did not.

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 But I'm interested when I see stories, and a lot of them these days are tragic.

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 I was reading one recently of Army Captain William Swenson.

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 He's a Medal of Honor winner,

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 and he and an Army partner of his were assisting an Afghan security team,

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 as well as 12 Marines and a Navy corpsman.

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 And they were doing a walk to a location that was about 10 miles outside of Pakistan in Afghanistan.

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 I can't pronounce the name of the town, so I'm not going to try.

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 And as they were walking, the intention was to go and meet with the town's leaders,

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 to have some tea with them,

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 and discuss what it would look like to assist them in rebuilding a mosque that was there.

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 Basically, you know, goodwill relations.

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 And as they're on the road, they get ambushed.

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 And they're flanked on three sides by insurgents.

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 And Captain Swenson called for backup, but they declined him.

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 The forward base Joyce that was there on that side of Afghanistan declined it,

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 saying they were too close to a civilian population,

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 and they couldn't provide them with anything.

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 So here's this man and his partner who were kind of in charge of this mixed force of people

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 getting ambushed and in the midst of a giant firefight.

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 And the story of Captain Swenson is nothing less than amazing,

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 because this guy's love and passion for his men,

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 and even the people that weren't his men,

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 was unmatched on that day as he ran to the front over and over again,

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 pulling back men who were dead,

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 pulling back men who were wounded,

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 constantly putting himself in harm's way to try to execute the retreat.

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 And he fought for hours.

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 He was trained for war,

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 but the Afghans and the Marines and the Navy Corpsmen around him

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 desperately needed his leadership in this situation.

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 And with all he could muster, he fought,

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 and he loved, and he tried.

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 He tried to save.

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 With where we are in our text here with Jesus,

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 his intensity and his intention is really starting to peak.

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 He knows the road laid out before him,

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 and he needs to equip his followers in the fight for eternity.

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 The idolatry of self-motivation that Ron was speaking of earlier

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 needs to be replaced by being motivated by Christ.

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 And hopefully our text today will help us understand

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 what it meant for the followers of Christ in Luke 10,

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 as well as what it means for us to be able to declare

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 the kingdom of God is near.

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 You see a three-point outline on your bulletin,

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 and I've broken it down to three sections.

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 The instructions will try to cover verses 1 through 9 of Luke 10.

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 So look down at your text or look on the screen behind me as I read.

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 After this, the Lord appointed 72 others.

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 After this meaning, after what Will preached on last week,

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 there doesn't seem to be a time break there.

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 We're just moving right along.

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 After this, the Lord appointed 72 others and sent them ahead of him,

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 two by two, into every town and place where he was about to go.

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 And he said to them,

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 the harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.

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 Therefore pray.

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 Pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest

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 to send out laborers into his harvest.

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 Go your way.

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 Behold, I'm sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.

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 That's good news.

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 Carry no money bag, no knapsack, no sandals,

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 and greet no one on the road.

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 Whatever house you enter, first say,

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 peace be to this house.

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 And if a son of peace is there,

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 your peace will rest upon him.

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 But if not, it'll return to you, better news.

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 And remain in the same house,

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 eating and drinking whatever they provide,

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 for the laborer deserves his wages.

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 Do not go from house to house.

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 Whenever you enter a town and they receive you,

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 eat what is set before you.

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 Heal the sick in it and say to them,

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 the kingdom of God has come near to you.

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 72 are sent out, two by two.

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 Fairly customary in that time,

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 two by two for multiple reasons,

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 not the least of which,

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 two people constituted a valid witness.

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 So they're sent two by two out to go

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 to places that Jesus is going to go.

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 And he gives them the authority of himself.

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 When they are going, they are going as him.

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 It doesn't make you feel great when you're these people.

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 You may remember I preached a few weeks ago

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 on when he sent the 12 out and told them,

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 hey, good news for you too.

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 You're going to be fighting demons

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 and stuff like that in my name.

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 No, you're not prepared for it.

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 But it's what's going to happen.

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 The fight is real.

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 Your day-to-day lives are over.

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 You've been called by me.

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 You are followers of me.

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 And this is where we're headed.

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 And he tells this group,

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 don't take money.

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 Don't take a backpack.

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 Don't take sandals.

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 And that doesn't mean they can't wear sandals.

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 It means don't take an extra pair of sandals.

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 Don't carry things with you.

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 Don't even talk to people while you're going there.

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 It's urgent.

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 We need to get there.

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 We need to do this.

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 There were itinerant preachers

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 that preached any number of things

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 that would carry around their knapsacks and money

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 because they were trying to raise money for themselves.

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 And he's saying,

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 no, you're not going to go with anything like that.

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 You're going to go and simply bring the shalom,

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 the peace of God to these people.

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 And sons of peace will respond with that.

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 Those who are not sons of peace

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 will not respond to that.

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 And here are my simple instructions for you.

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 First thing we see there in verse two,

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 pray.

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 Pray.

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 Why?

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 Because the harvest is many,

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 but the laborers are few.

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 Sending out 72 of you,

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 we need the laborers to be multiplied.

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 Pray.

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 You can't go forward on your own.

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 Pray.

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 It focuses you on the things of mine

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 and of the kingdom,

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 the nearness that you're bringing forth to people.

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 Pray.

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 In verses three through eight,

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 he goes on to discuss several things

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 that have to do with going.

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 Go your way.

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 Behold,

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 I am sending you out as lambs

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 in the midst of wolves.

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 There's not encouraging news.

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 Carry no money bag,

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 no knapsack,

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 no sandals,

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 and don't talk to anybody.

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 That'll take too long.

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 When you get to the house,

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 tell them peace is with them.

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 And whatever they put in front of you,

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 eat it.

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 This is a little bit counter-cultural.

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 What's happening in verse four?

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 You have your lambs going out in the midst of wolves.

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 Talk about having to trust God and trust Jesus.

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 That doesn't come naturally.

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 I'm afraid that most of us don't know

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 the everyday reality of the chance of being killed

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 or something of the sort for going out.

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 And Jesus may be talking about that,

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 but he's more than likely talking about

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 their need to rely upon him

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 and the dangers that they'll face

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 as they go out to be self-sufficient,

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 as Ron was talking about.

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 I talked about how it was counter-cultural for them

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 to not have anything with them.

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 This doesn't make sense.

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 They're going to be dirty.

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 They're going to be smelly.

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 If a sandal breaks,

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 you leave it on the road.

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 You don't have an extra pair.

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 And yet you're going forth with the kingdom.

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 Verses five and six is a beautiful picture

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 of what they hope to encounter.

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 When you say, peace be with you,

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 if a son of peace in there,

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 your peace will rest upon him.

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 But if not, it'll return to you.

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 Peace resting upon someone

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 is not that you walked in

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 and suddenly they were transformed.

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 It was that the kingdom of God,

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 that they're there to proclaim

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 the nearness of the kingdom of God,

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 is being taken by them

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 and embraced in the heart.

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 They're embracing the kingdom of God.

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 And people who don't embrace the kingdom of God

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 will reject them.

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 And he tells them,

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 you're going to be rejected.

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 It's going to happen.

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 My sovereignty works in both of these ways.

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 In seven and eight,

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 he talks about eating whatever is set before you.

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 The dietary restrictions of the Jews

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 is pretty significant.

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 These people didn't eat certain things,

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 but they were ministering in an area

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 where you had Gentiles and Jews around each other.

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 It was hard to tell where you were going to go

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 as you walked into different houses

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 and different towns.

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 And Jesus says something

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 that was probably a little bit mind-blowing

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 to some of them.

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 Whatever they put in front of you,

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 eat it.

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 The fulfillment is happening in front of them.

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 The fulfillment of the Old Testament law.

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 Foods are clean.

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 You can eat it.

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 You're on a bigger mission right now.

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 You're on a mission to bring my kingdom

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 near to these people.

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 So they were to pray.

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 They were to go.

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 The third part under instructions.

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 They were to declare.

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 Look at verse nine.

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 Healing.

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 Healing.

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 Heal the sick in it.

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 And say to them,

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 the kingdom of God has come near to you.

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 Healing.

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 It's a big deal.

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 We don't do that a lot nowadays.

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 We pray for it.

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 We've seen it miraculously happen recently

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 in our congregation with Michael Calhoun.

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 But generally speaking,

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 there's not a lot of average people

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 walking up to somebody and healing them.

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 It was the same back then.

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 And here you have average people coming

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 and healing people in the name of Jesus

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 and declaring to them through that,

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 the kingdom has come near to you.

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 This is a hard passage to relate to you and I

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 because most of these things just aren't us.

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 We're not granted similar authority

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 as is granted here to these

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 or to the apostles in chapter nine

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 or to what we see in Acts,

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 Luke-Acts being one volume.

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 That's not what we're called to do.

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 But what are we called to do?

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 What's the difference between the two things?

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 Well, I can assure you these instructions

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 still make absolute sense to us.

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 Pray.

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 Do you care to pray?

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 What do we pray for?

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 Parents, do you teach your children to pray

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 and that it's important?

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 Empty nesters, now that your kids are out of the house,

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 do you still pray?

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 Husbands and wives, do you pray together?

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 Singles, do you pray?

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 That's your first question.

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 Do we even do it?

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 Then the question is for what?

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 What are we praying for?

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 Kingdom nearness is a big deal to Jesus in this section

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 and hopefully it becomes a bigger deal to us

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 throughout the morning right now.

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 But are you praying for you

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 and for things that are motivated by you?

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 Or are we praying for things that are brought on our hearts

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 by the message of Jesus Christ?

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 The urgency of the end is now.

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 And you don't have to be someone suffering from a terminal disease

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 to understand that and be convicted by that.

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 And to Jesus, he's drawing our attention to that.

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 The end, the kingdom being big.

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 Colossians tells us that Jesus is bringing

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 and reconciling all things to the Father.

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 That's what he's doing through everything that we do.

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 Pray to that end.

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 What does it look like for you to participate in that?

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 What does it look like for your children to participate in that?

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 How do we think bigger than ourselves

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 about the work that Christ is doing?

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 But there's an obvious thing here

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 that the go is less go for most of us.

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 Some of us do go to other places,

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 like hungry for nine years and serve with your family.

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 But a lot of us are just going to be called to work tomorrow morning.

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 Or going to be called to lunch with some friends,

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 maybe to small group tonight.

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 The go for most of us has already happened.

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 We're already living the go all the time.

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 How do we pray that the go we've been called to

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 would impact the kingdom?

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 What does that look like for me and for you

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 on a day-to-day basis?

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 I get paid to do it.

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 But it's still hard.

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 I don't remember to pray for these things.

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 I have day-to-day activities.

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 I have things, people I need to meet.

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 Boxes I need to check off on a list.

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 I'm the one being paid for kingdom activity.

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 We're all called to it, though.

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 And we're sent and we're already going.

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 What are we doing in those moments?

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 What does it look like for you to declare peace at work

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 with your boss who's a jerk,

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 with a fellow employee who's being put down,

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 at home with relatives who don't get along

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 and who actively seem to be trying to destroy your family?

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 With siblings who seem to have everything in their lives

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 set against you smiling ever?

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 We go from small places.

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 We go to big places.

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 And God has sent us all out for a reason,

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 to declare his kingdom,

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 to be a taste of the kingdom of God

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 in the world that we live in.

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 And that's the declare.

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 Is declare every time you're in your lunch break

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 walking to someone else and saying,

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 here's a tract, let's talk.

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 I'm not sure.

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 I'm not sure that's the most winsome way to go

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 about declaring the kingdom of God.

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 I think it's actually more in the way we go.

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 And so we have instructions.

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 They're pretty simple.

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 Pray, go, declare.

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 Be a taste of the kingdom.

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 Be conscious of the people around you.

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 Souls around you.

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 Because the warnings are stark.

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 And let's go into those now.

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 The warnings in chapter 10.

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 We'll be reading verses 10 through 20.

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 Whenever you enter a town and they do not receive you,

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 go into its streets and say,

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 and this isn't randomly running up and down streets.

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 It's go to the main part of town and say,

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 even the dust of your town that clings to our feet,

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 we wipe off against you.

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 Nevertheless, know this,

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 that the kingdom of God has come near.

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 That's bad news now.

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 The kingdom of God has come near and you've rejected us.

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 You've rejected it.

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 I tell you,

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 it'll be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.

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 Woe to you,

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 Shorzene.

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 Woe to you,

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 Bethsaida.

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 For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon,

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 they would have repented long ago sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

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 But it will be more bearable in the judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you.

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 And you,

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 Capernaum,

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 will be exalted to heaven?

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 No,

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 I don't think so.

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 You'll be brought down to Hades.

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 The one who hears you,

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 hears me.

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 And the one who rejects you,

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 rejects me.

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 And the one who rejects me,

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 rejects him who sent me.

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 And the 72 went out.

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 And the 72 returned with joy saying,

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 Lord,

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 even the demons are subject to us in your name.

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 And he said to them,

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 I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

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 Behold,

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 I've given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy.

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 And nothing shall hurt you.

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 Nevertheless,

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 don't rejoice in this,

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 that the spirits are subject to you.

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 But rejoice that your names are written in heaven.

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 And this section gives a stark warning to two groups of people.

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 The first group being the unrepentant.

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 And the second group being the repentant.

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 To the unrepentant,

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 let's define repentance.

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 Because I think a lot of times we conflate repentance with confession.

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 We're happy to get together with our accountability group,

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 or with another group of people,

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 or something of the sort,

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 and say,

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 hey,

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 I did this thing.

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 And most of those guys or girls love you,

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 and they say,

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 I'm so sorry.

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 Hey,

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 I'm thinking about the chicken salad.

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 Have you had that here?

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 Is that good?

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 We throw it out into the ether as though telling one another that we're sinners is going to be the end of it.

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 Repentance is something different than just naming the fact that you've sinned.

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 Repentance is actually actively striving against that sin.

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 Primarily by turning to Christ.

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 Your sin is not supposed to leave you with guilt and wallowing in shame.

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 It's supposed to turn you towards your Savior.

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 That's the primary action.

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 I think Westminster Confession is helpful with this because it says,

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 oh, by the way,

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 saying that you've turned towards the Savior should probably be followed up by you actively doing that.

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 You've been given grace to do that.

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 Repentance is turning from your sin to Christ

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 and then striving by all the grace given to you

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 to continue on that path away from sin.

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 So to the unrepentant,

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 it's not embracing kingdom nearness in the heart.

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 And it's a difficult thing to see here

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 because we all know

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 what we think of when we hear some of these names.

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 But the declaration has been made.

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 They entered the town and they weren't received.

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 So they said,

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 even the dust of your town that clings to our feet,

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 we wipe off against you.

00:23:24.459 --> 00:23:24.779
 Nevertheless,

00:23:25.099 --> 00:23:25.539
 know this,

00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:27.139
 that the kingdom of God has come near.

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 They came near.

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 It came near.

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 And they were rejected.

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 Then he goes through all the cities.

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 I'll tell you,

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 it'll be more bearable on that day

00:23:38.540 --> 00:23:41.240
 for Sodom than for that town.

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 That town is a random town.

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 He's just giving them instructions as to what they're to do

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 when they are rejected.

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 But he's talking about in this whole passage,

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 hospitality.

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 You're entering the town.

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 You declare the kingdom.

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 A son of peace will accept you.

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 A town of peace will accept you.

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 They will show hospitality to the kingdom of God.

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 And then he compares it to Sodom.

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 And I think most of us,

00:24:10.120 --> 00:24:11.000
 when we think of Sodom,

00:24:11.120 --> 00:24:12.660
 think of one particular sin.

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 And this passage is laying out relatively clearly

00:24:18.140 --> 00:24:23.620
 that that sin is only the tip of the iceberg of the problem.

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 Because Sodom actually didn't embrace the kingdom

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 as it came near.

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 And that's the bigger problem.

00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:37.659
 But the comparison here is not necessarily

00:24:37.659 --> 00:24:39.259
 apples to apples

00:24:39.259 --> 00:24:43.839
 because Sodom is not a city

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 who knew the nearness of King Jesus

00:24:46.099 --> 00:24:47.099
 and his followers

00:24:47.099 --> 00:24:49.440
 who had been authoritatively sent forth.

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 We see the other comparisons.

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 Shorazin and Bethsaida.

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 Mighty works have been done in each of you.

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 These are Galilean towns

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 that Jesus and his disciples have been in

00:25:01.779 --> 00:25:04.240
 doing this crazy healing stuff.

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:06.000
 Preaching the kingdom.

00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:08.460
 Casting demons out.

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 Stuff you just don't see every day.

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 And those towns said,

00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:14.920
 no.

00:25:16.440 --> 00:25:17.940
 We don't want any part of this.

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 And then he goes to the big one, Capernaum.

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 And you, Capernaum,

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 will you be exalted to heaven?

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 You'll be brought down to Hades.

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 That is not something you want Jesus saying about you

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 because he's serious.

00:25:35.860 --> 00:25:38.779
 This isn't Jesus telling you to go to hell.

00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:40.700
 This is Jesus declaring

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 that rejection of the kingdom

00:25:43.359 --> 00:25:45.740
 results in your judgment.

00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:50.980
 The warnings are stark

00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:53.359
 because these people have been taught

00:25:53.359 --> 00:25:54.740
 the promises of God

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 through their religion for a long time.

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 And then the fulfillment

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 of all of the Old Testament prophecies

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 came to them.

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 And they pushed it away.

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 It's funny.

00:26:07.819 --> 00:26:09.019
 As I was looking at this,

00:26:09.059 --> 00:26:09.619
 it's not funny,

00:26:09.919 --> 00:26:11.019
 but as I was looking at this,

00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:13.299
 I couldn't help but think to myself,

00:26:14.039 --> 00:26:15.740
 man, does that sound like us.

00:26:18.159 --> 00:26:19.679
 Man, does that sound like people

00:26:19.679 --> 00:26:21.179
 I know in Huntsville.

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 It's in the air here.

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 We've all,

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 there are churches everywhere.

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 We have giant,

00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:28.700
 massive churches on this street,

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 right down the street,

00:26:30.599 --> 00:26:31.779
 over on Whitesburg.

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 There's gonna be another one

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 put right across the street from us.

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 The gospel is here

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 and being taught

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 and teached in many different ways

00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:43.340
 and proclaimed around our city.

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 And yet,

00:26:45.140 --> 00:26:46.660
 it makes me wonder,

00:26:46.779 --> 00:26:48.940
 has it ever been embraced

00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:50.080
 from the heart?

00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:52.779
 For all of you tennis fans,

00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:54.920
 Federer won in straight sets this morning.

00:26:54.920 --> 00:26:58.779
 For all of you who aren't tennis fans,

00:26:58.860 --> 00:27:00.060
 you may have heard of another guy

00:27:00.060 --> 00:27:01.320
 called Bernard Tomic.

00:27:01.560 --> 00:27:02.840
 He is an Australian player

00:27:02.840 --> 00:27:03.920
 who was actually born,

00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:04.240
 I think,

00:27:04.320 --> 00:27:04.779
 in Croatia

00:27:04.779 --> 00:27:05.720
 and now lives in Monaco.

00:27:05.800 --> 00:27:06.900
 I don't know how these things work.

00:27:07.680 --> 00:27:08.940
 His name is Bernard Tomic.

00:27:09.180 --> 00:27:10.259
 And after losing

00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:11.720
 in the first round of Wimbledon

00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:12.860
 on the 6th,

00:27:12.880 --> 00:27:13.720
 July 6th,

00:27:13.840 --> 00:27:14.820
 this was the quote

00:27:14.820 --> 00:27:16.900
 he gave to a reporter afterwards.

00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:18.480
 This might sound familiar

00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:19.220
 after you hear it.

00:27:19.580 --> 00:27:20.880
 I couldn't care less

00:27:20.880 --> 00:27:21.980
 if I make a fourth round

00:27:21.980 --> 00:27:22.779
 at the US Open

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:24.100
 or if I lose in the first round.

00:27:24.959 --> 00:27:25.259
 To me,

00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:26.159
 everything is the same.

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:27.899
 I'm going to play another 10 years

00:27:27.899 --> 00:27:30.079
 and I know that after my career,

00:27:30.219 --> 00:27:31.099
 I won't have to work again.

00:27:32.019 --> 00:27:32.719
 He's 24.

00:27:33.959 --> 00:27:35.019
 Even with losing

00:27:35.019 --> 00:27:36.039
 in the first round at Wimbledon,

00:27:36.099 --> 00:27:37.439
 he's ranked 59th in the world.

00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:40.179
 He was as high as 17th last year.

00:27:40.639 --> 00:27:41.219
 And catch this,

00:27:41.639 --> 00:27:42.279
 playing tennis,

00:27:42.399 --> 00:27:45.740
 he's won $5,142,239

00:27:45.740 --> 00:27:47.099
 in career prize money

00:27:47.099 --> 00:27:51.219
 by being 168 and 153.

00:27:54.099 --> 00:27:56.240
 Average 500 tennis player,

00:27:56.379 --> 00:27:57.279
 59th in the world.

00:27:57.559 --> 00:27:58.240
 Don't get me wrong,

00:27:58.299 --> 00:27:58.859
 that's incredible

00:27:58.859 --> 00:28:00.899
 as far as skill level goes.

00:28:03.059 --> 00:28:05.000
 But this guy is not playing

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:06.119
 from a passionate place

00:28:06.119 --> 00:28:06.539
 with tennis.

00:28:07.119 --> 00:28:08.059
 He has a skill

00:28:08.059 --> 00:28:08.959
 that he's honed

00:28:08.959 --> 00:28:09.819
 and he's working

00:28:09.819 --> 00:28:10.839
 from the outside in.

00:28:11.379 --> 00:28:11.859
 He's been making,

00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:13.000
 I think he turned pro

00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:13.799
 in 2008,

00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:14.719
 nine years,

00:28:14.959 --> 00:28:15.359
 $5 million,

00:28:15.639 --> 00:28:15.899
 he's been making

00:28:15.899 --> 00:28:17.299
 about $570,000 a year.

00:28:18.459 --> 00:28:19.379
 It's an okay living,

00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:20.059
 playing a game,

00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:20.539
 right?

00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:22.379
 He's got sponsors.

00:28:22.460 --> 00:28:23.519
 Well, he lost one sponsor

00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:24.259
 after the statement.

00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:28.319
 But he has sponsors

00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:29.059
 that pay him.

00:28:32.920 --> 00:28:34.740
 Idolatry takes many forms

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.359
 for us.

00:28:39.680 --> 00:28:40.839
 But sin is a result

00:28:40.839 --> 00:28:42.339
 primarily of a binary choice.

00:28:42.480 --> 00:28:44.159
 You heard Ron talk about earlier

00:28:44.159 --> 00:28:45.839
 and I'm going to talk about now.

00:28:45.920 --> 00:28:47.379
 And the binary choice is this.

00:28:47.380 --> 00:28:52.260
 Are you motivated by Christ?

00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:55.340
 Or are you motivated by yourself?

00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:59.320
 What motivates you?

00:28:59.380 --> 00:29:00.940
 To put it in a different way,

00:29:02.660 --> 00:29:03.700
 are you motivated

00:29:03.700 --> 00:29:05.380
 from the outside in?

00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:08.140
 Or are you motivated

00:29:08.140 --> 00:29:09.840
 from the inside out?

00:29:12.400 --> 00:29:13.300
 And I think that's

00:29:13.300 --> 00:29:14.180
 an important question

00:29:14.180 --> 00:29:15.140
 for people like us

00:29:15.140 --> 00:29:16.160
 who have been raised in

00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:17.000
 and around the church

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:17.540
 and the gospel

00:29:17.540 --> 00:29:18.900
 to ask ourselves.

00:29:21.200 --> 00:29:22.180
 Because a lot of us

00:29:22.180 --> 00:29:23.000
 have no problem

00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:23.860
 going to church

00:29:23.860 --> 00:29:24.759
 on Sunday morning,

00:29:25.940 --> 00:29:26.980
 12 or 13 times a year.

00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:28.160
 A lot of us

00:29:28.160 --> 00:29:29.100
 have no problem

00:29:29.100 --> 00:29:31.420
 being members of a church

00:29:31.420 --> 00:29:32.220
 because we're in the south

00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:32.820
 and if you're not a member

00:29:32.820 --> 00:29:33.200
 of the church,

00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:33.800
 that's a problem.

00:29:35.560 --> 00:29:36.480
 We don't have a problem

00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:37.640
 passing the peace of Christ

00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:38.880
 on to each other

00:29:38.880 --> 00:29:40.180
 because we don't.

00:29:41.620 --> 00:29:42.420
 We send our kids

00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:43.259
 to Christian school,

00:29:43.460 --> 00:29:45.180
 we do all of the right things

00:29:45.180 --> 00:29:46.500
 that we're supposed to do

00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:48.500
 because that's how

00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:49.680
 we've been brought up.

00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:51.140
 Nothing wrong

00:29:51.140 --> 00:29:51.720
 with being brought up

00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:52.420
 that way, by the way.

00:29:52.799 --> 00:29:53.660
 We're charged

00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:54.680
 to bring our children up

00:29:54.680 --> 00:29:55.519
 in the nurture

00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:56.460
 and admonition of the Lord.

00:29:58.460 --> 00:29:59.320
 But at some point

00:29:59.320 --> 00:30:01.220
 it gets to a reality line

00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:03.140
 where we become consumers

00:30:03.140 --> 00:30:04.360
 of the Christian faith

00:30:04.360 --> 00:30:05.500
 as opposed to those

00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:06.759
 who are driven by

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:08.259
 the reality of the Holy Spirit

00:30:08.259 --> 00:30:08.779
 in our hearts

00:30:08.779 --> 00:30:09.620
 and in our lives.

00:30:09.619 --> 00:30:15.059
 This thing of

00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:17.019
 wiping the dust

00:30:17.019 --> 00:30:17.979
 off of your feet

00:30:17.979 --> 00:30:20.279
 is not a pre-cross thing.

00:30:20.719 --> 00:30:21.719
 This is the same thing

00:30:21.719 --> 00:30:22.899
 that happens to

00:30:22.899 --> 00:30:24.000
 Paul and Barnabas

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:25.279
 at the end of Acts 13.

00:30:26.239 --> 00:30:28.099
 They have a successful time

00:30:28.099 --> 00:30:29.179
 in the synagogues

00:30:29.179 --> 00:30:29.839
 in Antioch

00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:31.500
 and the people

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:32.239
 want to hear more

00:30:32.239 --> 00:30:33.399
 and they want to hear more

00:30:33.399 --> 00:30:34.459
 and you know what happens.

00:30:34.659 --> 00:30:35.759
 They're so on fire

00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:36.479
 for the gospel

00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:39.279
 that the Jewish people

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:40.440
 who run the town

00:30:40.440 --> 00:30:42.420
 work up

00:30:42.420 --> 00:30:44.120
 a lot of people

00:30:44.120 --> 00:30:45.099
 against Paul

00:30:45.099 --> 00:30:46.700
 who are also Jewish people

00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:48.240
 and they go to kick

00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:49.079
 Paul and Barnabas

00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:49.740
 out of the town.

00:30:50.660 --> 00:30:51.779
 And the same phrase appears.

00:30:51.940 --> 00:30:52.660
 Paul and Barnabas

00:30:52.660 --> 00:30:54.240
 dusted their feet off

00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:56.059
 and said,

00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:57.960
 we tried to come to you

00:30:57.960 --> 00:30:59.420
 with the gospel

00:30:59.420 --> 00:31:00.440
 and now we're going

00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:01.759
 to those who don't know it

00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:03.880
 because you've not embraced

00:31:03.880 --> 00:31:05.259
 the kingdom from the heart.

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:09.279
 and we do other things

00:31:09.279 --> 00:31:10.180
 like think that

00:31:10.180 --> 00:31:12.000
 if we get rid of a petty sin

00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:12.660
 or if we live

00:31:12.660 --> 00:31:14.640
 just in a certain way

00:31:14.640 --> 00:31:19.079
 that that will also show people

00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:20.440
 that we're better than them.

00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:22.200
 I think that's where

00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:23.420
 the idea of Sodom

00:31:23.420 --> 00:31:24.839
 comes in as a very

00:31:24.839 --> 00:31:26.660
 poignant thing for us

00:31:26.660 --> 00:31:29.000
 because in our minds

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:30.180
 the one sin we associate

00:31:30.180 --> 00:31:30.940
 with Sodom

00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:32.519
 is reprobate in our eyes

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:33.019
 and we would never

00:31:33.019 --> 00:31:33.940
 participate in it

00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:34.660
 and we would never

00:31:34.660 --> 00:31:35.799
 condone people who do

00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:36.740
 and we are better

00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:37.259
 than them.

00:31:38.399 --> 00:31:39.759
 And it doesn't stop there.

00:31:39.919 --> 00:31:41.539
 It goes across the board

00:31:41.539 --> 00:31:42.859
 with whatever your thing is.

00:31:42.899 --> 00:31:43.440
 I don't smoke.

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:43.899
 I don't chew.

00:31:43.940 --> 00:31:45.019
 I don't go with girls who do.

00:31:45.379 --> 00:31:47.419
 Whatever the little thing is

00:31:47.419 --> 00:31:48.399
 that you're better

00:31:48.399 --> 00:31:49.720
 than somebody else about

00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:50.680
 is an idol

00:31:50.680 --> 00:31:51.720
 that you are trying

00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:53.119
 to improve yourself on.

00:31:53.180 --> 00:31:53.720
 I have them.

00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:56.880
 I guarantee you,

00:31:56.880 --> 00:31:57.519
 you have them.

00:31:59.160 --> 00:32:00.559
 And the question is not

00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:02.400
 do they exist inside of us?

00:32:02.460 --> 00:32:03.339
 The question is

00:32:03.339 --> 00:32:04.900
 what motivates you

00:32:04.900 --> 00:32:05.660
 towards that?

00:32:05.880 --> 00:32:07.000
 Is it because you need

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:07.819
 to look good

00:32:07.819 --> 00:32:08.620
 from the outside

00:32:08.620 --> 00:32:09.880
 or is it because

00:32:09.880 --> 00:32:11.019
 Christ in you

00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:12.579
 is actively pushing you

00:32:12.579 --> 00:32:13.319
 against sin

00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:15.100
 which should result

00:32:15.100 --> 00:32:15.940
 in some humility

00:32:15.940 --> 00:32:17.759
 when dealing with

00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:18.920
 a situation like that?

00:32:18.920 --> 00:32:21.960
 haughtiness from the outside

00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:22.820
 is a completely

00:32:22.820 --> 00:32:24.180
 different thing.

00:32:25.019 --> 00:32:25.920
 And if you walk

00:32:25.920 --> 00:32:26.500
 into church

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:27.240
 every Sunday

00:32:27.240 --> 00:32:28.279
 or every other Sunday

00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:29.920
 or whenever you can get here

00:32:29.920 --> 00:32:34.759
 woe be unto you

00:32:34.759 --> 00:32:36.360
 if you're not embracing

00:32:36.360 --> 00:32:37.600
 the kingdom from the heart.

00:32:37.599 --> 00:32:42.959
 if you hear the message

00:32:42.959 --> 00:32:44.259
 over and over again

00:32:44.259 --> 00:32:46.359
 and your heart is cold

00:32:46.359 --> 00:32:47.619
 and your heart is stone

00:32:47.619 --> 00:32:49.299
 and you're not turned

00:32:49.299 --> 00:32:50.179
 to the one

00:32:50.179 --> 00:32:52.219
 who came to save you

00:32:52.219 --> 00:32:56.459
 it's terrible news.

00:32:58.619 --> 00:32:59.939
 It is judgment.

00:33:02.099 --> 00:33:03.659
 That's the end result.

00:33:03.660 --> 00:33:07.740
 people come flying

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:08.360
 down that hill

00:33:08.360 --> 00:33:09.140
 all the time.

00:33:13.880 --> 00:33:15.120
 Terrible results

00:33:15.120 --> 00:33:17.240
 can happen like that.

00:33:19.320 --> 00:33:20.460
 And all of a sudden

00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:21.240
 you're there

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:22.920
 to what Jesus is intense

00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:24.360
 and fighting for

00:33:24.360 --> 00:33:25.820
 and equipping his people

00:33:25.820 --> 00:33:27.120
 for eternity.

00:33:29.880 --> 00:33:31.460
 Because you can fool me

00:33:31.460 --> 00:33:32.420
 and you can fool

00:33:32.420 --> 00:33:33.700
 the people around you.

00:33:35.060 --> 00:33:35.840
 You can fool

00:33:35.840 --> 00:33:36.720
 the people at work

00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:37.700
 who think you're pious

00:33:37.700 --> 00:33:38.920
 and that you're good.

00:33:41.300 --> 00:33:42.519
 But if your motivation

00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:44.240
 is from the outside in

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:46.720
 you have no place

00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:47.779
 with our Heavenly Father.

00:33:51.779 --> 00:33:53.140
 And that's a terrifying

00:33:53.140 --> 00:33:54.300
 terrifying thought.

00:33:57.820 --> 00:33:59.240
 And you're not left there.

00:33:59.240 --> 00:34:01.960
 you're not meant

00:34:01.960 --> 00:34:02.920
 to be left there.

00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:04.120
 The fact that you're here

00:34:04.120 --> 00:34:04.700
 today

00:34:04.700 --> 00:34:05.980
 hearing a message

00:34:05.980 --> 00:34:07.400
 about the gospel

00:34:07.400 --> 00:34:08.539
 of Jesus Christ

00:34:08.539 --> 00:34:10.460
 is proof of God's love

00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:10.880
 for you.

00:34:11.980 --> 00:34:13.219
 It's proof of his

00:34:13.219 --> 00:34:14.460
 pursuit of you.

00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:17.000
 It's proof of him

00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:18.320
 saying one more time

00:34:18.320 --> 00:34:20.039
 this is serious.

00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:26.019
 The end result

00:34:26.019 --> 00:34:26.719
 is very,

00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:27.960
 very serious.

00:34:29.239 --> 00:34:30.299
 I love you.

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:32.479
 Embrace

00:34:32.479 --> 00:34:33.359
 my kingdom.

00:34:34.579 --> 00:34:35.259
 Come to me

00:34:35.259 --> 00:34:35.779
 the way

00:34:35.779 --> 00:34:36.939
 that I am coming

00:34:36.939 --> 00:34:37.879
 towards you

00:34:37.879 --> 00:34:39.139
 because I want you

00:34:39.139 --> 00:34:40.479
 to be there.

00:34:42.359 --> 00:34:43.339
 For the repentant

00:34:43.339 --> 00:34:44.339
 this says a lot of

00:34:44.339 --> 00:34:45.500
 really good things.

00:34:45.579 --> 00:34:46.099
 I thought it was neat

00:34:46.099 --> 00:34:46.599
 to read

00:34:46.599 --> 00:34:47.599
 some of the stuff

00:34:47.599 --> 00:34:48.339
 that people were able

00:34:48.339 --> 00:34:48.879
 to say to him

00:34:48.879 --> 00:34:49.619
 when they came back.

00:34:49.699 --> 00:34:49.839
 Lord,

00:34:49.939 --> 00:34:50.479
 even the demons

00:34:50.479 --> 00:34:51.379
 are subject to us

00:34:51.379 --> 00:34:51.839
 in your name.

00:34:53.419 --> 00:34:54.379
 And then Jesus says

00:34:54.379 --> 00:34:55.500
 something that's not

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:56.399
 a remembrance,

00:34:56.619 --> 00:34:57.099
 it's something of

00:34:57.099 --> 00:34:58.099
 a prophetic utterance

00:34:58.099 --> 00:34:58.679
 or a vision.

00:34:58.679 --> 00:34:59.079
 He says,

00:34:59.639 --> 00:35:00.579
 this is happening.

00:35:00.919 --> 00:35:01.460
 You went out

00:35:01.460 --> 00:35:02.299
 in my name

00:35:02.299 --> 00:35:03.179
 and Satan

00:35:03.179 --> 00:35:03.859
 is falling

00:35:03.859 --> 00:35:04.539
 from heaven.

00:35:07.219 --> 00:35:08.379
 It's happening now.

00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:08.919
 The fulfillment

00:35:08.919 --> 00:35:09.719
 is now.

00:35:09.719 --> 00:35:13.739
 I am conquering death.

00:35:13.819 --> 00:35:14.500
 I am conquering

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:15.279
 all of this

00:35:15.279 --> 00:35:16.279
 and you're a part

00:35:16.279 --> 00:35:16.579
 of it.

00:35:18.659 --> 00:35:19.679
 And then he reaches

00:35:19.679 --> 00:35:20.539
 back into some

00:35:20.539 --> 00:35:21.459
 thoughts of the

00:35:21.459 --> 00:35:22.019
 Old Testament.

00:35:22.179 --> 00:35:22.839
 I gave you authority

00:35:22.839 --> 00:35:23.959
 to tread on scorpions

00:35:23.959 --> 00:35:24.639
 and serpents.

00:35:25.039 --> 00:35:26.000
 That's something

00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:26.639
 back from

00:35:26.639 --> 00:35:28.339
 Deuteronomy 9

00:35:28.339 --> 00:35:28.859
 and even if you

00:35:28.859 --> 00:35:29.619
 think about serpents

00:35:29.619 --> 00:35:30.219
 that can take you

00:35:30.219 --> 00:35:30.899
 all the way back

00:35:30.899 --> 00:35:32.980
 to what is said

00:35:32.980 --> 00:35:34.899
 in Genesis 3.15

00:35:34.900 --> 00:35:36.579
 the proto-evangelium

00:35:36.579 --> 00:35:37.740
 the first time

00:35:37.740 --> 00:35:38.280
 that God says

00:35:38.280 --> 00:35:39.660
 I'm not through

00:35:39.660 --> 00:35:40.099
 with you

00:35:40.099 --> 00:35:40.900
 I'm going to crush

00:35:40.900 --> 00:35:41.599
 the head of the serpent

00:35:41.599 --> 00:35:42.059
 and I'm going to

00:35:42.059 --> 00:35:42.880
 chase you down.

00:35:43.059 --> 00:35:43.940
 Is he chasing you

00:35:43.940 --> 00:35:44.420
 down today?

00:35:46.680 --> 00:35:47.380
 Hear it.

00:35:51.220 --> 00:35:52.599
 This is good news.

00:35:52.680 --> 00:35:53.139
 It's the beginning

00:35:53.139 --> 00:35:53.720
 of the end

00:35:53.720 --> 00:35:54.260
 for Satan

00:35:54.260 --> 00:35:55.800
 but then the best news

00:35:55.800 --> 00:35:56.280
 comes there

00:35:56.280 --> 00:35:57.000
 in verse 20.

00:35:57.860 --> 00:35:58.180
 Nevertheless,

00:35:58.559 --> 00:35:59.639
 don't rejoice in this.

00:35:59.639 --> 00:36:03.119
 the power of the spirits

00:36:03.119 --> 00:36:04.219
 are subject to you

00:36:04.219 --> 00:36:05.000
 but rejoice

00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:05.619
 in the fact

00:36:05.619 --> 00:36:06.099
 that your names

00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:06.859
 are written in heaven.

00:36:08.319 --> 00:36:09.119
 I've equipped you

00:36:09.119 --> 00:36:09.599
 to fight

00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:10.579
 but the battle's

00:36:10.579 --> 00:36:11.199
 won for you.

00:36:14.759 --> 00:36:15.699
 You're there.

00:36:17.719 --> 00:36:18.500
 In Luther's

00:36:18.500 --> 00:36:20.879
 commentary on Romans

00:36:20.879 --> 00:36:21.920
 in the preface

00:36:21.920 --> 00:36:22.259
 he says

00:36:22.259 --> 00:36:23.379
 faith is a living

00:36:23.379 --> 00:36:24.719
 daring confidence

00:36:24.719 --> 00:36:25.859
 on God's grace

00:36:25.859 --> 00:36:27.339
 so sure and certain

00:36:27.339 --> 00:36:28.219
 that a man

00:36:28.219 --> 00:36:28.799
 would stake

00:36:28.799 --> 00:36:29.539
 his life

00:36:29.539 --> 00:36:29.820
 on it

00:36:29.820 --> 00:36:30.779
 a thousand times.

00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:32.539
 This confidence

00:36:32.539 --> 00:36:33.360
 in God's grace

00:36:33.360 --> 00:36:34.019
 and knowledge

00:36:34.019 --> 00:36:34.860
 of it

00:36:34.860 --> 00:36:35.519
 makes men

00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:36.579
 glad and bold

00:36:36.579 --> 00:36:37.119
 and happy

00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:38.059
 in dealing with God

00:36:38.059 --> 00:36:39.219
 and all of his creatures

00:36:39.219 --> 00:36:40.920
 and this is the work

00:36:40.920 --> 00:36:41.639
 of the Holy Ghost

00:36:41.639 --> 00:36:42.300
 in faith.

00:36:43.039 --> 00:36:43.099
 Hence,

00:36:43.179 --> 00:36:43.900
 a man is ready

00:36:43.900 --> 00:36:44.460
 and glad

00:36:44.460 --> 00:36:45.480
 without compulsion

00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:46.059
 to do good

00:36:46.059 --> 00:36:46.699
 to everyone

00:36:46.699 --> 00:36:48.880
 and to serve everyone

00:36:48.880 --> 00:36:50.820
 to suffer everything

00:36:50.820 --> 00:36:51.400
 in love

00:36:51.400 --> 00:36:52.440
 and praise God

00:36:52.440 --> 00:36:53.880
 who has shown him

00:36:53.880 --> 00:36:54.519
 this grace

00:36:54.519 --> 00:36:55.659
 and thus

00:36:55.659 --> 00:36:56.279
 it's impossible

00:36:56.279 --> 00:36:57.159
 to separate works

00:36:57.159 --> 00:36:57.719
 from faith

00:36:57.719 --> 00:36:58.900
 quite as impossible

00:36:58.900 --> 00:36:59.500
 as to separate

00:36:59.500 --> 00:37:00.160
 heat and light

00:37:00.160 --> 00:37:00.860
 from fire.

00:37:02.720 --> 00:37:03.180
 And so the same

00:37:03.180 --> 00:37:04.019
 question is posed

00:37:04.019 --> 00:37:05.559
 to us who are repentant

00:37:05.559 --> 00:37:07.180
 what motivates us?

00:37:07.240 --> 00:37:07.579
 Is it coming

00:37:07.579 --> 00:37:08.240
 outside in

00:37:08.240 --> 00:37:09.099
 or inside out?

00:37:11.079 --> 00:37:12.019
 It's more of a question

00:37:12.019 --> 00:37:12.559
 of identity

00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:13.539
 if you're repentant

00:37:13.539 --> 00:37:14.820
 than it is of anything else.

00:37:15.780 --> 00:37:17.000
 What about contentment?

00:37:17.059 --> 00:37:17.920
 What does that look like?

00:37:17.960 --> 00:37:19.079
 We fight for a place

00:37:19.079 --> 00:37:19.740
 America man

00:37:19.740 --> 00:37:20.920
 this is a great place

00:37:20.920 --> 00:37:21.260
 to live

00:37:21.260 --> 00:37:21.720
 Huntsville

00:37:21.720 --> 00:37:22.920
 a great place

00:37:22.920 --> 00:37:23.340
 in America

00:37:23.340 --> 00:37:23.880
 to live.

00:37:23.880 --> 00:37:25.840
 you can get content

00:37:25.840 --> 00:37:26.599
 very quickly

00:37:26.599 --> 00:37:28.260
 and the things

00:37:28.260 --> 00:37:28.940
 we talked about

00:37:28.940 --> 00:37:29.840
 and the instructions

00:37:29.840 --> 00:37:31.740
 leave us quickly

00:37:31.740 --> 00:37:33.320
 because life

00:37:33.320 --> 00:37:34.360
 is kind of okay.

00:37:35.320 --> 00:37:36.579
 My wife and I

00:37:36.579 --> 00:37:37.119
 get along

00:37:37.119 --> 00:37:37.740
 and our kids

00:37:37.740 --> 00:37:38.940
 are insane

00:37:38.940 --> 00:37:39.340
 but they're

00:37:39.340 --> 00:37:40.220
 generally okay.

00:37:43.220 --> 00:37:44.280
 I can be content

00:37:44.280 --> 00:37:44.700
 in that.

00:37:44.699 --> 00:37:49.079
 The passion

00:37:49.079 --> 00:37:50.000
 for my neighbors

00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:50.799
 and the passion

00:37:50.799 --> 00:37:52.139
 for my work

00:37:52.139 --> 00:37:53.039
 and the passion

00:37:53.039 --> 00:37:53.639
 for everything

00:37:53.639 --> 00:37:54.299
 God has set

00:37:54.299 --> 00:37:54.839
 before me

00:37:54.839 --> 00:37:55.939
 in terms of go

00:37:55.939 --> 00:37:56.719
 leaves

00:37:56.719 --> 00:37:58.119
 because I can be content

00:37:58.119 --> 00:38:00.059
 in what I have.

00:38:02.219 --> 00:38:02.739
 And Jesus

00:38:02.739 --> 00:38:03.779
 is throwing in our faces

00:38:03.779 --> 00:38:04.460
 once again

00:38:04.460 --> 00:38:05.779
 no judgment

00:38:05.779 --> 00:38:07.339
 is awaiting souls.

00:38:08.439 --> 00:38:09.579
 Don't be content

00:38:09.579 --> 00:38:09.879
 there.

00:38:12.279 --> 00:38:12.759
 And then there's

00:38:12.759 --> 00:38:13.319
 the idolatry

00:38:13.319 --> 00:38:13.839
 of fear

00:38:13.840 --> 00:38:16.460
 the special

00:38:16.460 --> 00:38:17.059
 dispensations

00:38:17.059 --> 00:38:17.500
 that we see

00:38:17.500 --> 00:38:18.160
 given to these

00:38:18.160 --> 00:38:18.640
 followers

00:38:18.640 --> 00:38:19.440
 and some in Acts

00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:20.260
 are not normative

00:38:20.260 --> 00:38:20.960
 for us

00:38:20.960 --> 00:38:22.519
 and so when things

00:38:22.519 --> 00:38:23.559
 work against us

00:38:23.559 --> 00:38:24.880
 we operate

00:38:24.880 --> 00:38:25.460
 from a place

00:38:25.460 --> 00:38:25.860
 of fear.

00:38:28.500 --> 00:38:29.400
 And the reality

00:38:29.400 --> 00:38:29.980
 of the gospel

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:30.500
 of grace

00:38:30.500 --> 00:38:31.460
 is that our names

00:38:31.460 --> 00:38:31.900
 are written

00:38:31.900 --> 00:38:32.480
 in heaven

00:38:32.480 --> 00:38:33.920
 and when things

00:38:33.920 --> 00:38:34.620
 come at us

00:38:34.620 --> 00:38:35.180
 on earth

00:38:35.180 --> 00:38:36.120
 we've been given

00:38:36.120 --> 00:38:36.860
 the Holy Spirit

00:38:36.860 --> 00:38:37.640
 and Christ

00:38:37.640 --> 00:38:39.360
 to stand in the gap

00:38:39.360 --> 00:38:40.660
 to fight against them.

00:38:41.980 --> 00:38:42.800
 Our sins

00:38:42.800 --> 00:38:43.700
 are not inevitable.

00:38:43.840 --> 00:38:47.100
 Don't hear me

00:38:47.100 --> 00:38:47.640
 saying that you're

00:38:47.640 --> 00:38:47.940
 perfect.

00:38:48.039 --> 00:38:48.539
 That's not what

00:38:48.539 --> 00:38:49.220
 I just said.

00:38:49.480 --> 00:38:50.160
 I just said

00:38:50.160 --> 00:38:50.740
 your sin

00:38:50.740 --> 00:38:51.760
 is not

00:38:51.760 --> 00:38:52.460
 inevitable.

00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:55.019
 You can fight

00:38:55.019 --> 00:38:55.600
 against it.

00:38:55.660 --> 00:38:56.579
 We're not slaves

00:38:56.579 --> 00:38:57.519
 to sin anymore.

00:38:57.519 --> 00:38:58.620
 We've been given

00:38:58.620 --> 00:38:59.600
 the power

00:38:59.600 --> 00:39:00.480
 of Christ

00:39:00.480 --> 00:39:01.860
 living within us.

00:39:03.800 --> 00:39:05.420
 Do you trust that?

00:39:05.900 --> 00:39:07.079
 Do I trust that?

00:39:09.400 --> 00:39:10.440
 Listen to me.

00:39:10.740 --> 00:39:11.440
 Your name

00:39:11.440 --> 00:39:12.460
 is written

00:39:12.460 --> 00:39:13.539
 in heaven.

00:39:16.079 --> 00:39:16.519
 Fear

00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:17.519
 does not

00:39:17.519 --> 00:39:18.000
 have to be

00:39:18.000 --> 00:39:18.599
 the answer.

00:39:21.559 --> 00:39:22.619
 Hard situations

00:39:22.619 --> 00:39:23.300
 come on us

00:39:23.300 --> 00:39:24.139
 all the time

00:39:24.139 --> 00:39:25.179
 and our faithful

00:39:25.179 --> 00:39:25.539
 God

00:39:25.539 --> 00:39:26.400
 the same one

00:39:26.400 --> 00:39:27.619
 who pursued us

00:39:27.619 --> 00:39:28.400
 and guarantees

00:39:28.400 --> 00:39:29.059
 that our names

00:39:29.059 --> 00:39:29.820
 are written in heaven

00:39:29.820 --> 00:39:30.980
 is ready to stand

00:39:30.980 --> 00:39:31.519
 in that gap

00:39:31.519 --> 00:39:32.200
 for us.

00:39:34.420 --> 00:39:35.500
 Fighting our battles

00:39:35.500 --> 00:39:36.800
 for us

00:39:36.800 --> 00:39:38.019
 so that we may

00:39:38.019 --> 00:39:39.440
 be his righteousness.

00:39:39.440 --> 00:39:43.440
 That's a great

00:39:43.440 --> 00:39:44.099
 thing to be able

00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:44.800
 to trust in.

00:39:45.460 --> 00:39:46.260
 We make hard

00:39:46.260 --> 00:39:46.920
 decisions all

00:39:46.920 --> 00:39:47.480
 the time

00:39:47.480 --> 00:39:49.579
 and we don't

00:39:49.579 --> 00:39:49.980
 know what the

00:39:49.980 --> 00:39:50.579
 outcome is going

00:39:50.579 --> 00:39:50.860
 to be

00:39:50.860 --> 00:39:51.280
 so we get

00:39:51.280 --> 00:39:51.679
 paralyzed

00:39:51.679 --> 00:39:52.280
 or we run

00:39:52.280 --> 00:39:52.980
 away from it.

00:39:58.460 --> 00:39:59.440
 And then the rest

00:39:59.440 --> 00:40:00.480
 and I'll go

00:40:00.480 --> 00:40:01.059
 through this quickly

00:40:01.059 --> 00:40:01.420
 I'm sorry

00:40:01.420 --> 00:40:01.880
 I've taken up

00:40:01.880 --> 00:40:02.380
 so much of your

00:40:02.380 --> 00:40:02.579
 time.

00:40:02.659 --> 00:40:03.059
 I'm not sorry

00:40:03.059 --> 00:40:04.019
 I just had to say

00:40:04.019 --> 00:40:04.260
 that.

00:40:05.119 --> 00:40:05.599
 Luke 10

00:40:05.599 --> 00:40:06.659
 20 through 24

00:40:06.659 --> 00:40:07.940
 it starts

00:40:07.940 --> 00:40:08.279
 with that

00:40:08.279 --> 00:40:08.739
 nevertheless

00:40:08.739 --> 00:40:09.759
 do not rejoice

00:40:09.759 --> 00:40:10.239
 in this

00:40:10.239 --> 00:40:10.819
 that the spirits

00:40:10.819 --> 00:40:11.359
 are subjected

00:40:11.359 --> 00:40:11.739
 to you

00:40:11.739 --> 00:40:12.359
 but rejoice

00:40:12.359 --> 00:40:12.920
 that your names

00:40:12.920 --> 00:40:13.219
 are written

00:40:13.219 --> 00:40:13.659
 in heaven.

00:40:14.539 --> 00:40:15.279
 Then the Holy

00:40:15.279 --> 00:40:16.159
 Spirit comes

00:40:16.159 --> 00:40:16.859
 into Jesus

00:40:16.859 --> 00:40:17.559
 and in that

00:40:17.559 --> 00:40:18.159
 same hour

00:40:18.159 --> 00:40:19.159
 he rejoiced

00:40:19.159 --> 00:40:20.359
 in the Holy

00:40:20.359 --> 00:40:20.779
 Spirit

00:40:20.779 --> 00:40:21.420
 and said

00:40:21.420 --> 00:40:22.819
 I thank you

00:40:22.819 --> 00:40:23.159
 Father

00:40:23.159 --> 00:40:23.980
 Lord of heaven

00:40:23.980 --> 00:40:24.480
 and earth

00:40:24.480 --> 00:40:25.799
 that you've

00:40:25.799 --> 00:40:26.179
 hidden these

00:40:26.179 --> 00:40:26.559
 things from

00:40:26.559 --> 00:40:27.179
 the wise

00:40:27.179 --> 00:40:28.719
 in understanding

00:40:28.719 --> 00:40:29.379
 and revealed

00:40:29.379 --> 00:40:30.019
 them to little

00:40:30.019 --> 00:40:30.500
 children.

00:40:30.699 --> 00:40:31.719
 Then the intimacy

00:40:31.719 --> 00:40:32.739
 shows again

00:40:32.739 --> 00:40:33.639
 he repeats

00:40:33.639 --> 00:40:34.239
 his father's

00:40:34.239 --> 00:40:34.480
 name

00:40:34.480 --> 00:40:35.179
 yes Father

00:40:35.179 --> 00:40:36.500
 for such

00:40:36.500 --> 00:40:36.880
 was your

00:40:36.880 --> 00:40:37.240
 gracious

00:40:37.240 --> 00:40:37.679
 will

00:40:37.679 --> 00:40:39.000
 all things

00:40:39.000 --> 00:40:39.240
 have been

00:40:39.240 --> 00:40:39.679
 handed over

00:40:39.679 --> 00:40:39.980
 to me

00:40:39.980 --> 00:40:40.380
 by my

00:40:40.380 --> 00:40:40.740
 father

00:40:40.740 --> 00:40:41.659
 and no one

00:40:41.659 --> 00:40:42.000
 knows who

00:40:42.000 --> 00:40:42.320
 the son

00:40:42.320 --> 00:40:42.740
 is except

00:40:42.740 --> 00:40:43.240
 the father

00:40:43.240 --> 00:40:43.699
 who the

00:40:43.699 --> 00:40:44.199
 father is

00:40:44.199 --> 00:40:44.780
 except the

00:40:44.780 --> 00:40:45.139
 son

00:40:45.139 --> 00:40:45.920
 and anyone

00:40:45.920 --> 00:40:46.360
 to whom

00:40:46.360 --> 00:40:46.740
 the son

00:40:46.740 --> 00:40:47.139
 chooses

00:40:47.139 --> 00:40:47.679
 to reveal

00:40:47.679 --> 00:40:48.179
 himself

00:40:48.179 --> 00:40:49.679
 and then

00:40:49.679 --> 00:40:50.099
 turning to

00:40:50.099 --> 00:40:50.599
 his disciples

00:40:50.599 --> 00:40:51.059
 he says

00:40:51.059 --> 00:40:51.559
 privately

00:40:51.559 --> 00:40:52.840
 blessed are

00:40:52.840 --> 00:40:53.300
 the eyes

00:40:53.300 --> 00:40:53.679
 that see

00:40:53.679 --> 00:40:54.059
 what you

00:40:54.059 --> 00:40:54.480
 see

00:40:54.480 --> 00:40:55.340
 for I

00:40:55.340 --> 00:40:55.719
 tell you

00:40:55.719 --> 00:40:56.039
 that many

00:40:56.039 --> 00:40:56.440
 prophets

00:40:56.440 --> 00:40:57.039
 and kings

00:40:57.039 --> 00:40:58.280
 desired to

00:40:58.280 --> 00:40:58.659
 see what

00:40:58.659 --> 00:40:59.159
 you see

00:40:59.159 --> 00:41:00.480
 and didn't

00:41:00.480 --> 00:41:00.960
 see it

00:41:00.960 --> 00:41:01.960
 and to

00:41:01.960 --> 00:41:02.360
 hear what

00:41:02.360 --> 00:41:02.960
 you hear

00:41:02.960 --> 00:41:04.460
 but they

00:41:04.460 --> 00:41:04.980
 never heard

00:41:04.980 --> 00:41:05.220
 it

00:41:05.220 --> 00:41:07.039
 I'm going

00:41:07.039 --> 00:41:07.400
 to reiterate

00:41:07.400 --> 00:41:08.220
 from verse

00:41:08.220 --> 00:41:08.599
 20

00:41:08.599 --> 00:41:09.860
 it says

00:41:09.860 --> 00:41:11.500
 rejoice

00:41:11.500 --> 00:41:11.940
 that your

00:41:11.940 --> 00:41:12.400
 names are

00:41:12.400 --> 00:41:12.800
 written in

00:41:12.800 --> 00:41:13.059
 heaven

00:41:13.059 --> 00:41:13.840
 that is a

00:41:13.840 --> 00:41:14.300
 word

00:41:14.300 --> 00:41:15.260
 rejoice

00:41:15.260 --> 00:41:15.740
 that can

00:41:15.740 --> 00:41:16.059
 read

00:41:16.059 --> 00:41:17.099
 rejoicing

00:41:17.099 --> 00:41:18.039
 constantly

00:41:18.039 --> 00:41:19.260
 it's a

00:41:19.260 --> 00:41:19.900
 reminder to

00:41:19.900 --> 00:41:20.300
 you all

00:41:20.300 --> 00:41:20.860
 the time

00:41:20.860 --> 00:41:22.519
 your names

00:41:22.519 --> 00:41:23.400
 are written

00:41:23.400 --> 00:41:24.059
 in heaven

00:41:24.059 --> 00:41:26.079
 rejoice in

00:41:26.079 --> 00:41:26.360
 it

00:41:26.360 --> 00:41:27.720
 live in

00:41:27.720 --> 00:41:28.199
 it

00:41:28.199 --> 00:41:31.699
 verse 22

00:41:31.699 --> 00:41:32.139
 what does

00:41:32.139 --> 00:41:32.440
 it look

00:41:32.440 --> 00:41:32.720
 like

00:41:32.719 --> 00:41:33.879
 to rest

00:41:33.879 --> 00:41:35.559
 in the

00:41:35.559 --> 00:41:36.019
 idea

00:41:36.019 --> 00:41:36.559
 that

00:41:36.559 --> 00:41:37.799
 you're a

00:41:37.799 --> 00:41:38.279
 child of

00:41:38.279 --> 00:41:38.739
 the father

00:41:38.739 --> 00:41:41.519
 you're a

00:41:41.519 --> 00:41:42.000
 beloved

00:41:42.000 --> 00:41:42.919
 child of

00:41:42.919 --> 00:41:43.379
 father

00:41:43.379 --> 00:41:43.959
 god

00:41:43.959 --> 00:41:46.759
 that's

00:41:46.759 --> 00:41:47.019
 who you

00:41:47.019 --> 00:41:47.359
 are

00:41:47.359 --> 00:41:51.759
 verse 22

00:41:51.759 --> 00:41:53.199
 rest in

00:41:53.199 --> 00:41:53.699
 the sovereign

00:41:53.699 --> 00:41:54.799
 grace of

00:41:54.799 --> 00:41:55.339
 the father

00:41:55.339 --> 00:41:57.000
 I want to

00:41:57.000 --> 00:41:57.439
 be careful

00:41:57.439 --> 00:41:57.899
 to those

00:41:57.899 --> 00:41:58.299
 of you

00:41:58.299 --> 00:41:58.939
 who may

00:41:58.939 --> 00:41:59.359
 not be

00:41:59.359 --> 00:41:59.819
 feeling

00:41:59.819 --> 00:42:00.739
 like

00:42:00.739 --> 00:42:01.699
 you're

00:42:01.699 --> 00:42:02.099
 embracing

00:42:02.099 --> 00:42:03.219
 the spirit

00:42:03.219 --> 00:42:03.639
 from the

00:42:03.639 --> 00:42:03.980
 heart

00:42:03.980 --> 00:42:04.860
 the idea

00:42:04.860 --> 00:42:05.500
 of God's

00:42:05.500 --> 00:42:05.920
 sovereignty

00:42:05.920 --> 00:42:06.920
 is a

00:42:06.920 --> 00:42:07.199
 God

00:42:07.199 --> 00:42:07.759
 concept

00:42:07.759 --> 00:42:08.259
 that our

00:42:08.259 --> 00:42:08.539
 minds

00:42:08.539 --> 00:42:08.940
 can't

00:42:08.940 --> 00:42:09.539
 understand

00:42:09.539 --> 00:42:09.940
 we just

00:42:09.940 --> 00:42:10.179
 see it

00:42:10.179 --> 00:42:10.579
 revealed to

00:42:10.579 --> 00:42:10.839
 us in

00:42:10.839 --> 00:42:11.339
 places like

00:42:11.339 --> 00:42:11.719
 this in

00:42:11.719 --> 00:42:12.059
 scripture

00:42:12.059 --> 00:42:14.119
 if you

00:42:14.119 --> 00:42:16.159
 if you

00:42:16.159 --> 00:42:16.900
 actively choose

00:42:16.900 --> 00:42:17.380
 against the

00:42:17.380 --> 00:42:17.699
 kingdom

00:42:17.699 --> 00:42:18.519
 that is

00:42:18.519 --> 00:42:18.840
 not

00:42:18.840 --> 00:42:19.679
 an

00:42:19.679 --> 00:42:20.420
 indemnifying

00:42:20.420 --> 00:42:20.779
 thing

00:42:20.779 --> 00:42:21.099
 against

00:42:21.099 --> 00:42:21.579
 God's

00:42:21.579 --> 00:42:22.019
 sovereignty

00:42:22.019 --> 00:42:22.779
 that is

00:42:22.779 --> 00:42:23.079
 against

00:42:23.079 --> 00:42:23.500
 us

00:42:23.500 --> 00:42:23.759
 as

00:42:23.759 --> 00:42:24.239
 individuals

00:42:24.239 --> 00:42:27.920
 so the

00:42:27.920 --> 00:42:28.440
 question is

00:42:28.440 --> 00:42:29.059
 never has

00:42:29.059 --> 00:42:29.420
 God

00:42:29.420 --> 00:42:30.079
 chosen you

00:42:30.079 --> 00:42:30.579
 the question

00:42:30.579 --> 00:42:31.119
 is a very

00:42:31.119 --> 00:42:31.699
 simple one

00:42:31.699 --> 00:42:32.259
 actually do

00:42:32.259 --> 00:42:32.880
 you believe

00:42:32.880 --> 00:42:34.440
 do you

00:42:34.440 --> 00:42:34.940
 embrace the

00:42:34.940 --> 00:42:35.400
 kingdom from

00:42:35.400 --> 00:42:35.840
 the heart

00:42:35.840 --> 00:42:39.119
 the answer

00:42:39.119 --> 00:42:39.679
 is yes or

00:42:39.679 --> 00:42:40.039
 no and

00:42:40.039 --> 00:42:40.299
 then the

00:42:40.299 --> 00:42:40.799
 explanation

00:42:40.800 --> 00:42:41.280
 gets more

00:42:41.280 --> 00:42:41.760
 complicated

00:42:41.760 --> 00:42:44.400
 but it's as

00:42:44.400 --> 00:42:44.800
 simple as

00:42:44.800 --> 00:42:45.460
 starting there

00:42:45.460 --> 00:42:46.660
 do you

00:42:46.660 --> 00:42:47.140
 believe

00:42:47.140 --> 00:42:48.960
 have you

00:42:48.960 --> 00:42:49.500
 embraced the

00:42:49.500 --> 00:42:49.780
 kingdom

00:42:49.780 --> 00:42:51.420
 I pray that

00:42:51.420 --> 00:42:51.780
 you will

00:42:51.780 --> 00:42:54.480
 and then we

00:42:54.480 --> 00:42:55.080
 see what time

00:42:55.080 --> 00:42:55.460
 is it in

00:42:55.460 --> 00:42:55.860
 history

00:42:55.860 --> 00:42:57.480
 Jesus pulls

00:42:57.480 --> 00:42:57.920
 the disciples

00:42:57.920 --> 00:42:58.420
 aside and

00:42:58.420 --> 00:42:58.900
 says guys

00:42:58.900 --> 00:42:59.320
 you wouldn't

00:42:59.320 --> 00:42:59.740
 believe the

00:42:59.740 --> 00:43:00.400
 awesome folks

00:43:00.400 --> 00:43:00.980
 who came

00:43:00.980 --> 00:43:01.420
 before you

00:43:01.420 --> 00:43:01.740
 that didn't

00:43:01.740 --> 00:43:02.140
 get to see

00:43:02.140 --> 00:43:02.460
 this

00:43:02.460 --> 00:43:04.920
 you wouldn't

00:43:04.920 --> 00:43:05.460
 believe that

00:43:05.460 --> 00:43:08.639
 so after

00:43:08.639 --> 00:43:09.300
 six hours

00:43:09.300 --> 00:43:09.900
 of fighting

00:43:09.900 --> 00:43:11.000
 Captain

00:43:11.000 --> 00:43:11.400
 Swenson

00:43:11.400 --> 00:43:12.079
 was still

00:43:12.079 --> 00:43:12.519
 alive

00:43:12.519 --> 00:43:13.440
 but three

00:43:13.440 --> 00:43:13.720
 of those

00:43:13.720 --> 00:43:14.179
 marines

00:43:14.179 --> 00:43:14.519
 the Navy

00:43:14.519 --> 00:43:14.980
 corpsmen

00:43:14.980 --> 00:43:16.699
 his good

00:43:16.699 --> 00:43:17.340
 friend who

00:43:17.340 --> 00:43:18.199
 was the

00:43:18.199 --> 00:43:18.639
 other army

00:43:18.639 --> 00:43:20.000
 guy who

00:43:20.000 --> 00:43:21.220
 was supervising

00:43:21.220 --> 00:43:21.720
 and advising

00:43:21.720 --> 00:43:22.340
 the Afghan

00:43:22.340 --> 00:43:22.860
 soldiers

00:43:22.860 --> 00:43:23.220
 eight of

00:43:23.220 --> 00:43:23.699
 those Afghan

00:43:23.699 --> 00:43:24.260
 soldiers

00:43:24.260 --> 00:43:25.320
 had all

00:43:25.320 --> 00:43:25.760
 died and

00:43:25.760 --> 00:43:26.400
 the firefighting

00:43:26.400 --> 00:43:26.720
 had ended

00:43:26.720 --> 00:43:27.119
 and they'd

00:43:27.119 --> 00:43:27.699
 been pulled

00:43:27.699 --> 00:43:28.000
 out

00:43:28.000 --> 00:43:30.559
 and there's

00:43:30.559 --> 00:43:30.800
 a really

00:43:30.800 --> 00:43:31.219
 interesting

00:43:31.219 --> 00:43:32.579
 video which

00:43:32.579 --> 00:43:32.880
 was hard

00:43:32.880 --> 00:43:33.400
 to watch

00:43:33.400 --> 00:43:33.820
 but it

00:43:33.820 --> 00:43:34.420
 was one

00:43:34.420 --> 00:43:34.659
 of the

00:43:34.659 --> 00:43:35.019
 medics

00:43:35.019 --> 00:43:35.340
 that came

00:43:35.340 --> 00:43:35.659
 in on a

00:43:35.659 --> 00:43:36.099
 medevac

00:43:36.099 --> 00:43:37.039
 had a

00:43:37.039 --> 00:43:37.559
 GoPro on

00:43:37.559 --> 00:43:37.920
 his helmet

00:43:37.920 --> 00:43:39.300
 and showed

00:43:39.300 --> 00:43:40.300
 some of the

00:43:40.300 --> 00:43:41.019
 action of

00:43:41.019 --> 00:43:41.559
 him going

00:43:41.559 --> 00:43:41.800
 in and

00:43:41.800 --> 00:43:42.420
 pulling people

00:43:42.420 --> 00:43:42.760
 out

00:43:42.760 --> 00:43:44.820
 and then

00:43:44.820 --> 00:43:46.480
 the most

00:43:46.480 --> 00:43:46.920
 dominant

00:43:46.920 --> 00:43:47.480
 scene to

00:43:47.480 --> 00:43:48.039
 me is

00:43:48.039 --> 00:43:49.300
 his partner

00:43:49.300 --> 00:43:50.820
 his first

00:43:50.820 --> 00:43:51.960
 he was

00:43:51.960 --> 00:43:53.579
 I'm sorry

00:43:53.579 --> 00:43:53.780
 I don't

00:43:53.780 --> 00:43:54.159
 remember his

00:43:54.159 --> 00:43:54.420
 name but

00:43:54.420 --> 00:43:54.699
 at any rate

00:43:54.699 --> 00:43:55.059
 he picked

00:43:55.059 --> 00:43:55.420
 him up and

00:43:55.420 --> 00:43:55.780
 carried him

00:43:55.780 --> 00:43:56.039
 and set

00:43:56.039 --> 00:43:56.619
 him on the

00:43:56.619 --> 00:43:58.500
 gurney

00:43:58.500 --> 00:43:58.859
 in the

00:43:58.859 --> 00:43:59.299
 helicopter

00:43:59.299 --> 00:43:59.739
 and just

00:43:59.739 --> 00:44:00.000
 gave him

00:44:00.000 --> 00:44:00.299
 a sweet

00:44:00.299 --> 00:44:00.719
 kiss on

00:44:00.719 --> 00:44:01.119
 the cheek

00:44:01.119 --> 00:44:04.259
 and that

00:44:04.259 --> 00:44:04.819
 man succumbed

00:44:04.819 --> 00:44:05.019
 to his

00:44:05.019 --> 00:44:05.480
 injuries

00:44:05.480 --> 00:44:06.559
 a couple

00:44:06.559 --> 00:44:07.159
 months later

00:44:07.159 --> 00:44:08.500
 leaving a

00:44:08.500 --> 00:44:08.819
 wife and

00:44:08.819 --> 00:44:09.339
 three kids

00:44:09.339 --> 00:44:09.679
 I believe

00:44:09.679 --> 00:44:09.980
 behind

00:44:09.980 --> 00:44:10.239
 he was

00:44:10.239 --> 00:44:10.500
 set to

00:44:10.500 --> 00:44:10.940
 retire

00:44:10.940 --> 00:44:11.480
 a month

00:44:11.480 --> 00:44:12.099
 after that

00:44:12.099 --> 00:44:16.480
 it's

00:44:16.480 --> 00:44:17.000
 amazing

00:44:17.000 --> 00:44:17.460
 to think

00:44:17.460 --> 00:44:17.880
 of the

00:44:17.880 --> 00:44:18.239
 heroic

00:44:18.239 --> 00:44:18.639
 nature

00:44:18.639 --> 00:44:19.500
 of Captain

00:44:19.500 --> 00:44:19.900
 Swenson

00:44:19.900 --> 00:44:20.500
 as he went

00:44:20.500 --> 00:44:20.679
 through

00:44:20.679 --> 00:44:20.960
 it's no

00:44:20.960 --> 00:44:21.339
 wonder he

00:44:21.339 --> 00:44:21.819
 received

00:44:21.819 --> 00:44:22.980
 the medal

00:44:22.980 --> 00:44:23.420
 of honor

00:44:23.420 --> 00:44:26.079
 we see

00:44:26.079 --> 00:44:26.400
 that type

00:44:26.400 --> 00:44:26.800
 of love

00:44:26.800 --> 00:44:27.019
 and that

00:44:27.019 --> 00:44:27.180
 type

00:44:27.180 --> 00:44:27.639
 of resolve

00:44:27.639 --> 00:44:28.059
 out of

00:44:28.059 --> 00:44:28.660
 a man

00:44:28.660 --> 00:44:30.700
 and this

00:44:30.700 --> 00:44:31.119
 story is

00:44:31.119 --> 00:44:31.880
 actually about

00:44:31.880 --> 00:44:32.720
 the love

00:44:32.720 --> 00:44:33.160
 and the

00:44:33.160 --> 00:44:33.579
 resolve

00:44:33.579 --> 00:44:33.960
 of the

00:44:33.960 --> 00:44:34.240
 God

00:44:34.240 --> 00:44:34.579
 man

00:44:34.579 --> 00:44:36.900
 who came

00:44:36.900 --> 00:44:37.519
 for you

00:44:37.519 --> 00:44:39.980
 who died

00:44:39.980 --> 00:44:40.460
 for you

00:44:40.460 --> 00:44:40.940
 who rose

00:44:40.940 --> 00:44:41.639
 again for

00:44:41.639 --> 00:44:42.059
 you so

00:44:42.059 --> 00:44:42.400
 that your

00:44:42.400 --> 00:44:43.000
 name might

00:44:43.000 --> 00:44:43.420
 be written

00:44:43.420 --> 00:44:43.960
 in heaven

00:44:43.960 --> 00:44:46.039
 so that as

00:44:46.039 --> 00:44:46.639
 you approach

00:44:46.639 --> 00:44:47.380
 the task

00:44:47.380 --> 00:44:48.099
 of going

00:44:48.099 --> 00:44:49.119
 through the

00:44:49.119 --> 00:44:49.680
 instructions

00:44:49.680 --> 00:44:50.380
 of praying

00:44:50.380 --> 00:44:50.820
 and going

00:44:50.820 --> 00:44:51.519
 and declaring

00:44:51.519 --> 00:44:52.820
 that's coming

00:44:52.820 --> 00:44:53.380
 from actually

00:44:53.380 --> 00:44:53.800
 a place

00:44:53.800 --> 00:44:54.480
 of rest

00:44:54.480 --> 00:44:56.740
 resting

00:44:56.740 --> 00:44:57.079
 in the

00:44:57.079 --> 00:44:57.599
 reality

00:44:57.599 --> 00:44:58.159
 of who

00:44:58.159 --> 00:44:58.460
 you

00:44:58.460 --> 00:44:58.940
 are

00:44:58.940 --> 00:45:03.780
 be a

00:45:03.780 --> 00:45:04.019
 child

00:45:04.019 --> 00:45:04.559
 of God

00:45:04.559 --> 00:45:07.440
 and I

00:45:07.440 --> 00:45:07.719
 pray that

00:45:07.719 --> 00:45:08.340
 all of us

00:45:08.340 --> 00:45:08.639
 when we

00:45:08.639 --> 00:45:09.079
 go out

00:45:09.079 --> 00:45:09.360
 of here

00:45:09.360 --> 00:45:09.980
 today

00:45:09.980 --> 00:45:11.880
 can be

00:45:11.880 --> 00:45:12.219
 willing

00:45:12.219 --> 00:45:12.760
 to

00:45:12.760 --> 00:45:13.539
 declare

00:45:13.539 --> 00:45:14.059
 that the

00:45:14.059 --> 00:45:14.280
 kingdom

00:45:14.280 --> 00:45:14.860
 is near

00:45:14.860 --> 00:45:16.139
 that it's

00:45:16.139 --> 00:45:16.719
 come near

00:45:16.719 --> 00:45:18.920
 and that

00:45:18.920 --> 00:45:19.360
 Jesus is

00:45:19.360 --> 00:45:19.579
 coming

00:45:19.579 --> 00:45:19.940
 again

00:45:19.940 --> 00:45:21.500
 pray with

00:45:21.500 --> 00:45:21.619
 me

00:45:21.619 --> 00:45:21.859
 and let's

00:45:21.859 --> 00:45:22.099
 finish

00:45:22.099 --> 00:45:22.319
 up

00:45:22.319 --> 00:45:24.819
 father

00:45:24.819 --> 00:45:25.179
 god

00:45:25.179 --> 00:45:25.960
 we are

00:45:25.960 --> 00:45:26.639
 grateful

00:45:26.639 --> 00:45:27.019
 and humbled

00:45:27.019 --> 00:45:27.420
 by your

00:45:27.420 --> 00:45:27.859
 words

00:45:27.859 --> 00:45:29.359
 I pray

00:45:29.359 --> 00:45:29.519
 that you

00:45:29.519 --> 00:45:30.039
 would bless

00:45:30.039 --> 00:45:30.940
 the going

00:45:30.940 --> 00:45:31.420
 forth of

00:45:31.420 --> 00:45:31.940
 all of us

00:45:31.940 --> 00:45:32.619
 as we

00:45:32.619 --> 00:45:33.019
 leave here

00:45:33.019 --> 00:45:33.500
 today

00:45:33.500 --> 00:45:35.199
 troubled

00:45:35.199 --> 00:45:36.099
 and

00:45:36.099 --> 00:45:37.339
 confident

00:45:37.339 --> 00:45:38.940
 in the

00:45:38.940 --> 00:45:39.219
 love that

00:45:39.219 --> 00:45:39.400
 you've

00:45:39.400 --> 00:45:39.980
 shown us

00:45:39.980 --> 00:45:41.420
 I pray

00:45:41.420 --> 00:45:41.719
 that we

00:45:41.719 --> 00:45:42.039
 would

00:45:42.039 --> 00:45:43.359
 embrace

00:45:43.359 --> 00:45:43.659
 your

00:45:43.659 --> 00:45:43.980
 kingdom

00:45:43.980 --> 00:45:44.500
 from the

00:45:44.500 --> 00:45:44.799
 heart

00:45:44.799 --> 00:45:46.559
 and truly

00:45:46.559 --> 00:45:47.039
 move to

00:45:47.039 --> 00:45:47.659
 a place

00:45:47.659 --> 00:45:48.139
 of being

00:45:48.139 --> 00:45:48.719
 motivated

00:45:48.719 --> 00:45:49.199
 from the

00:45:49.199 --> 00:45:49.639
 inside

00:45:49.639 --> 00:45:50.400
 by Christ

00:45:50.400 --> 00:45:52.360
 our

00:45:52.360 --> 00:45:52.639
 great

00:45:52.639 --> 00:45:52.940
 king

00:45:52.940 --> 00:45:53.280
 in whose

00:45:53.280 --> 00:45:53.460
 name

00:45:53.460 --> 00:45:53.619
 we

00:45:53.619 --> 00:45:53.860
 pray

00:45:53.860 --> 00:45:54.539
 amen

00:45:54.539 --> 00:45:58.639
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00:45:58.639 --> 00:45:59.160
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00:45:59.160 --> 00:45:59.960
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