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 Welcome to Ontario Community Church, where we are encouraging, equipping, and engaging lives for Christ.

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 I'm Pastor Patrick Daly, and each week I share sermons that balance the grace and love of Jesus Christ with the truth of the Word of God.

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 Together, we'll explore Scripture using observation, interpretation, and application.

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 This helps us discover practical ways to live out our faith every single day.

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 Let's dive in together into God's Word.

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 Well, good morning, everyone.

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 Are we keeping warm this morning?

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 It's 20 degrees or less, depending upon which part of town you're at.

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 It's cold, and it's hard to adjust.

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 And I think for every year, for a lot of us, it's definitely hard to adjust to it.

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 Well, today we have a sermon titled, The World of Wheat and Weeds.

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 You know, the world that we do live in is constantly changing.

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 Even when we think of just what's happened in the month time that we've been here in 2025, we had...

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 We have a lot of transitions that are happening, things that are happening in our own world today.

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 From the fires that's happening in California, to the volcano that was going off in Hawaii, to the TikTok ban, to the change or the transition of power and the administration.

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 All these things are happening, and it can certainly be overwhelming for us, especially...

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 It's January.

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 Come on.

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 I mean, you'd think this would happen in June or July kind of thing, these kind of events that are happening.

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 But the reality is, we live in a world where there are wheat and weeds.

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 And we're going to go over this very famous parable, and you'll see here that we're actually skipping a parable.

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 We're going to go specifically over the parable of the weeds.

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 And this is very important for us to recognize, as always, we read the Word of God.

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 And we want to know what the Word of God has to say in its context.

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 We also have to learn to know what are the lessons, what are the things, right?

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 What are the things we can observe?

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 What are the things that we can learn?

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 And what are the things that we can apply to our very lives?

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 For each and every one of us, I hope and pray that you come to know the Lord.

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 That your journey will be the journey to Jesus Christ, to know who He is, the way, the truth, and the life.

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 And upon receiving the free gift of salvation, it should be our prayer, and it is my prayer as well,

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 that you grow in Christ.

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 That you go from milk of the Word to solid food.

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 That you will mature, understanding more of the complexities, and stop worrying about the elementary things,

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 or even the former life that you once lived.

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 To grow and to be transformed.

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 Just like it says to be transformed by the renewal of your mind.

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 Just like when we think of this idea of repentance, the changing of our mind,

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 before we believe in Jesus Christ, and even after.

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 That we are continually being molded by the Lord every single day.

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 And so today, we're going to see that this parable of the weeds, or the world of wheat and weeds,

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 is very real for us today.

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 There's a lot of connections in here, and if you look at your notes, you'll see there's quite a lot.

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 But before we go to our notes, let's open the Word of God.

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 Let's go to that next slide.

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 It's going to be our scripture reading.

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 I have the prayer before that.

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 Go ahead and turn to page 973.

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 It's going to be the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 13, verses 24 through 30.

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 As we're turning there, let's pray.

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 Let's ask for God to reveal truth, wisdom to us, and let transformation happen here.

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 Father God, we thank you for this time and this opportunity for us to gather together.

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 We realize and we recognize that we are in a world that is certainly messy.

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 We live in this world where there's a lot of just strange things that are happening that we may not understand.

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 But may we point to you.

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 May we turn to you in times of crisis.

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 Even when we become Christian and we believe in you and we're saved and we receive the free gift of salvation,

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 may we trust in you and may we become more like you each and every day.

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 Father, I pray that truth is spoken here

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 and that every single person will know that they are loved by you no matter who they are,

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 where they come from,

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 when or where they're watching this,

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 or whatever life is throwing at them,

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 that they are loved by you.

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 You call, you send us this invitation,

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 Father, to receive the free gift of salvation

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 so that we can be saved and upon that salvation we can grow in you

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 and become more like you.

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 So we pray that our ears are open to hear,

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 our hearts are ready to love,

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 live in love,

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 and our minds are open to learn from the word this morning.

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 It is in the name of Jesus that we pray and we all say together,

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 can I get an amen?

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 So let's go to that next slide then.

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 That should have...

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 Oh, we don't have that.

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 That's okay.

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 So the Gospel of Matthew,

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 let's go back to that title slide if we can.

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 We had previously the parable,

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 the purpose of parables, right?

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 The parable of the sower,

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 where we learned about the four soils

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 and how important it is

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 that our hearts are right with the Lord,

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 that we receive the seed representing the word,

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 and that it gets planted into our hearts and it grows.

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 You have a lot of agricultural language, as it were,

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 to grow and to bear fruit.

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 How important it is for us to receive the word.

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 How important it is for us to grow in the Lord

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 and to bear fruit.

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 And so we go into verse 24 then of Matthew chapter 13.

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 Are we all there?

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 Are we all ready to read together?

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 So it goes off by saying,

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 He put another parable before them,

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 saying,

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 The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man

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 who sowed good seed in his field.

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 While his men were sleeping,

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 his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat

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 and went away.

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 So when the plants came up and bore again,

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 the weeds appeared also.

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 And the servants of the master of the house

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 came to him and said,

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 What?

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 Master, did you not sow good seed in your field?

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 How then does it have weeds?

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 I mean, I'd like to know too, right?

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 If you were planting a garden,

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 you have all these weeds,

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 you're planting a tomato garden,

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 or you're planting, you know, apricots or something,

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 or any sort of plant.

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 What are all these weeds doing here?

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 He said to them,

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 An enemy has done this.

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 So the servant said to him,

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 Then do you want us to go and gather them?

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 But he said, No,

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 lest in gathering the weeds

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 you root up the wheat along with them.

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 Let both grow together until the harvest.

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 And at the harvest time,

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 I will tell the reapers,

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 Gather the weeds first

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 and bind them into bundles to be burned,

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 but gather the wheat into where?

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 My barn.

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 Now,

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 here is where we go into the mustard seed.

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 We're skipping that this time.

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 We're going to go into that in another week,

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 two weeks from now.

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 Okay?

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 So then it goes into verse 36.

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 I mean, you can even look at verse 34, right?

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 All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables.

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 He said nothing to them without a parable.

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 This was to fill what was spoken by the prophet.

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 I will open my mouth in parables.

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 I will utter what has been hidden

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 since the foundation of the world.

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 This goes to show the power

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 and yet the simplicity of parables.

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 Verse 36.

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 Then he left the crowds and went into the house,

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 and his disciples came to him, saying,

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 Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.

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 I'd like to know, right?

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 And he answered,

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 The one who sows good seed is who?

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 The son of man.

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 The field is the what?

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 The world.

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 The good seed is the sons of the kingdom.

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 And the weeds are the sons of who?

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 The evil one.

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 And the enemy who sowed them is the devil.

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 The harvest is the end of the age.

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 And the reapers are who?

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 The angels.

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 Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with fire,

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 so will it be at the end of the age.

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 The son of man will send his angels,

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 and they will gather out of his kingdom

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 all causes of sin and lawbreakers.

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 And throw them into the fiery furnace.

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 This gets to really heavy language.

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 Let's be honest here, right?

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 Throw them into the fiery furnace.

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 In that place there will be the weeping

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 and the gnashing of teeth.

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 Then the righteous will shine like the sun

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 in the kingdom of their father.

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 He who has ears, let him hear.

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 And so in your notes here,

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 it's kind of a breakdown of what's happening.

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 It's on the first page here, right?

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 So we have the sower, God,

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 who plants the good seed, right?

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 The word into the field, into the world.

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 You can get this kind of imagery that's happening here.

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 Then you have the enemy sows the weeds among the field.

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 Sin.

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 You're seeing the entrance of sin.

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 And those who reject God.

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 Among the wheat, the children of God.

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 The workers, you have the angels,

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 ask if they should pull up the weeds.

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 The sower tells them to let them grow together

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 and tell the harvest, tell the judgment.

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 And at the harvest, the weeds,

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 the judgment on sin are burned

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 and the wheat believers are gathered into the barn.

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 And you'll see a lot of scripture verses.

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 I challenge you, check those verses out.

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 You will see how embedded in such a simple parable,

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 you're seeing something here that's very deep

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 and hidden, as it were.

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 So let's go to this next slide.

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 One of the things you can notice here

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 is that there is,

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 this actually shows us,

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 in a very simplistic way,

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 the story of redemption.

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 If we think about it,

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 the sower plants good seed.

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 Doesn't God created the world and made it good?

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 Then, the enemy sows weed,

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 representing sin among the wheat.

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 Isn't that interesting?

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 That's where we have the fall.

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 Now redemption then,

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 we have Jesus Christ who comes in.

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 From redemption

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 comes this time period

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 where the wheat and the weeds,

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 they grow together.

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 And it's giving them time.

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 And that's interesting

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 because we've found

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 in a lot of the other parables,

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 there's a time that's allotted

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 before the master returns

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 or before the bridegroom returns,

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 signifying that there's a specific amount of time

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 for you to come to know Jesus.

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 For you to turn to him

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 before it's too late.

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 And this is showing

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 in the redemption part,

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 giving time.

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 And then of course,

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 you have restoration

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 or you could call that judgment

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 and then restoration.

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 The harvest separates the weeds

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 and the wheat.

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 And it's so fascinating

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 when we look at it like that.

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 We have kind of an echo,

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 as it were,

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 of the story

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 throughout all of Scripture,

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 the gospel connection

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 with the parable.

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 And so this is simple,

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 yet it's complex.

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 There's all these verses

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 that are connected into it.

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 So what can we learn from this?

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 Well, the first thing

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 that we can learn

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 is that,

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 let's go to that next slide,

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 is that we live

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 in a world

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 of weeds and wheat.

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 We think about it.

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 In Matthew 5,

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 verse 45,

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 it goes on to say,

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 He causes His Son

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 to rise on evil

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 and the good.

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 In Romans,

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 Romans chapter 8,

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 there's a section in here

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 where it's mentioning

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 that creation is groaning

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 and waiting for redemption.

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 Isn't that interesting?

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 And we have to think

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 to ourselves

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 when we're learning

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 this lesson is,

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 well, then how can

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 we faithfully live

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 while we're surrounded

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 by weeds?

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 Right?

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 You get this image.

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 Many of you,

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 you guys have,

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 some of you guys,

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 I'm not going to say

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 all of you,

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 but some of you guys

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 have gardened before.

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 Sometimes you have weeds

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 that just come out

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 of nowhere.

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 Is it a frustrating thing

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 or has that never

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 happened before?

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 Right?

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 Where did this weed

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 come from?

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 Why is it here?

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 It's going to destroy

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 whatever plant

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 that I've put there.

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 It's a very frustrating thing.

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 And we see this kind

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 of connection

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 with God

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 looking at the world

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 and giving time

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 to happen.

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 Much like how we live

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 in this world

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 where there is sin,

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 there is brokenness,

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 there is those

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 that are saved

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 and those who,

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 well, you have those

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 that are not believers yet.

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 That's why it's so important

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 for us to spread

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 the gospel message

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 to other people.

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 how can you live

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 faithfully

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 while surrounded

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 by brokenness

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 and sin?

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 You continue

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 in your walk

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 in the Lord

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 knowing that

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 no matter what happens,

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 no matter what sin

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 or brokenness,

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 your faith

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 is in the living God.

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 Not in man,

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 not in a government,

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 not in TikTok,

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 but in God.

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 Let us be reminded

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 of that.

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 Despite what happens

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 in our culture,

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 despite what happens

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 in the world,

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 we trust

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 in the living God.

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 The second thing

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 is

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 the Lord

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 is patient

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 and His will prevails.

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 Let's go back.

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 It's still that same thing.

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 That's all right.

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 His will prevails.

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 We are to trust

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 in 2 Peter 3,

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 verse 9.

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 It says that

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 the Lord

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 is patient,

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 not wanting

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 anyone

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 to perish.

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 And that's a very

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 powerful thing

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 because God

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 gives us time

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 for us

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 to come to Him.

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 Not forever,

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 but enough time.

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 Enough time

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 from what

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 He decides

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 is appropriate.

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 Isn't it amazing

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 to know

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 that the God

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 who created

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 heavens and earth

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 gives us

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 not only an opportunity

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 to be restored

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 unto Him,

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 but to return

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 into His presence

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 to be saved

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 and He gives us

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 that choice

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 and He gives us

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 time to do so?

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 Every single day,

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 if you are not

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 a believer,

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 is an opportunity

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 for you

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 to come to Jesus.

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 And for us

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 that are in the church,

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 those who are saved,

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 grow and act

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 upon your faith.

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 Be transformed.

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 Let God work

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 in and through you,

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 putting on the new self,

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 setting aside

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 the elementary things

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 that divide us.

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 Doing good

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 in the name of Christ.

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 We can think of

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 sharing the gospel story

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 with our friends

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 and our families,

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 being ambassadors

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 for Christ

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 in our everyday lives.

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 Our work,

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 our school,

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 right?

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 Our very families.

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 We think of

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 all these things.

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 Sharing in our testimony

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 and how God

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 has worked in our life.

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 Or sometimes

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 it's just

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 being a listening ear.

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 You know,

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 I've had this conversation

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 with many people.

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 the church

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 exists

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 for those

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 who are churched

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 to grow,

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 right?

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 You have

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 to follow

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 God's mission

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 and God's purpose

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 and plan for you.

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 But you also have

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 the church

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 for the unchurched,

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 those who are yet

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 to believe,

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 those who do not believe

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 and they don't

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 understand yet.

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 And finally,

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 the church exists

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 for the de-churched,

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 for healing

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 and restoration,

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 recovery.

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 Because let's face it,

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 for many of us,

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 we get hurt

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 at times.

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 Sometimes we get hurt

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 by the world,

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 sometimes we get hurt

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 by other Christians

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 and we have to remember,

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 we have got to allow

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 for the healing process

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 to happen,

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 much like we've got to allow

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 for the growth process.

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 People need a place

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 to belong.

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 People need a place

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 to heal.

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 And people need a place

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 to grow

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 where they can act

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 upon their faith,

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 becoming the man

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 or the woman

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 that God has for them.

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 Finally,

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 the third thing

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 that we can learn

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 is that the final judgment

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 belongs to who?

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 Not man.

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 Not a government.

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 Certainly not an app,

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 right?

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 I know I'm,

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 that's,

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 we have to think

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 about that.

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 In Romans chapter 12,

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 verse 19,

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 there's a verse in there

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 that we can think of.

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 This is hard.

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 When it says,

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 don't take revenge,

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 leave room

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 for God's wrath

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 or God's judgment.

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 When someone does us wrong,

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 we want to attack.

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 More often than not,

00:19:01.319 --> 00:19:02.039
 let's be honest here.

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 You've wanted to retaliate.

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 You don't have to raise your hand.

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 I know I have.

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 But you're offering it to God.

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 Let God be the judge.

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 I certainly don't want

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 to be the judge.

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 You know how hard it is

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 for us to forgive,

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 let alone forget,

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 and knowing that God forgives you

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 and He loves you

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 and He gives you a chance

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 to come to Him

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 every single day.

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 Think about that.

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 I know I couldn't do that.

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 That's,

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 goes to show the power

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 and the patience

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 of our God

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 and

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 ask yourself,

00:19:41.300 --> 00:19:43.660
 what does it look like

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 to leave

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 judgment for God

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 rather than you taking it

00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:50.660
 upon yourself

00:19:50.660 --> 00:19:52.680
 to retaliate,

00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:52.940
 right?

00:19:55.259 --> 00:19:56.299
 And it also

00:19:56.299 --> 00:19:57.539
 challenges us

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 in how we see

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 the weeds.

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 We think of the weeds

00:20:03.100 --> 00:20:03.820
 representing,

00:20:04.120 --> 00:20:05.120
 now if we go back

00:20:05.120 --> 00:20:05.980
 for a second here,

00:20:06.680 --> 00:20:07.480
 when we learned

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 about the four soils,

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 we learned about

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 the presence

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 of the weeds

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 where the seed

00:20:12.660 --> 00:20:13.480
 was being planted

00:20:13.480 --> 00:20:14.259
 into the ground.

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 When we think of weeds,

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 we can think of

00:20:17.480 --> 00:20:18.440
 two things here.

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 The presence of sin

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 just period,

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 but also

00:20:23.640 --> 00:20:25.460
 for sinners,

00:20:26.160 --> 00:20:27.500
 those who don't know

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 the Lord.

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 We have to focus

00:20:31.720 --> 00:20:32.600
 on our own growth,

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 but we have to

00:20:33.620 --> 00:20:35.380
 scatter the seed

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 as it were

00:20:35.920 --> 00:20:39.019
 so that other hearts,

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 because not only

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 do you see the field

00:20:41.480 --> 00:20:42.500
 representing the world,

00:20:42.660 --> 00:20:43.460
 we have seen

00:20:43.460 --> 00:20:44.299
 in other parables,

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 the field represents

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 our hearts.

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 We allow for God

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 to transform us.

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 And here's the

00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:52.120
 amazing thing.

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 Let's go

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 to the application.

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 So I've got to tell you,

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 this is heavy stuff.

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 A lot of times

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 when this parable

00:21:03.660 --> 00:21:04.319
 is preached,

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 it's like,

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 you're either a weed

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 or you're wheat,

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 and it's a done deal.

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 But do you know

00:21:10.440 --> 00:21:11.259
 what's missing

00:21:11.259 --> 00:21:12.220
 in that section?

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 Is that there's a call

00:21:13.799 --> 00:21:14.660
 for the weeds

00:21:14.660 --> 00:21:15.460
 to come to Christ,

00:21:15.460 --> 00:21:16.259
 because God

00:21:16.259 --> 00:21:18.620
 makes things new.

00:21:20.279 --> 00:21:21.180
 Think about that.

00:21:21.380 --> 00:21:22.079
 Were you not

00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:22.840
 a sinner

00:21:22.840 --> 00:21:24.079
 at one point?

00:21:25.259 --> 00:21:26.579
 We still sin, right?

00:21:26.620 --> 00:21:27.240
 All fall short

00:21:27.240 --> 00:21:28.059
 of the glory of God,

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 but it's a call.

00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:30.519
 Think about it.

00:21:32.740 --> 00:21:33.779
 Create in me

00:21:33.779 --> 00:21:35.000
 a new heart,

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 O God,

00:21:35.960 --> 00:21:37.299
 and renew

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 a right spirit

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 within me.

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 Think about

00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:42.240
 for a second

00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:42.720
 how

00:21:42.720 --> 00:21:46.920
 if anyone

00:21:46.920 --> 00:21:48.279
 is in Christ,

00:21:49.220 --> 00:21:50.400
 he is a what?

00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:52.599
 A new creation.

00:21:53.420 --> 00:21:54.220
 Do you see it?

00:21:55.059 --> 00:21:55.980
 Do you understand?

00:21:56.819 --> 00:21:57.960
 That we go

00:21:57.960 --> 00:21:59.079
 from weeds

00:21:59.079 --> 00:22:00.339
 to wheat.

00:22:01.420 --> 00:22:02.740
 That it is God

00:22:02.740 --> 00:22:04.319
 who transforms us.

00:22:05.839 --> 00:22:06.980
 Removing the sin.

00:22:07.620 --> 00:22:08.759
 That's when we think

00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:10.140
 about the gospel message.

00:22:10.140 --> 00:22:11.480
 the death,

00:22:11.800 --> 00:22:12.100
 burial,

00:22:12.100 --> 00:22:12.860
 and resurrection

00:22:12.860 --> 00:22:13.840
 of Jesus Christ.

00:22:13.940 --> 00:22:14.800
 This is a call.

00:22:15.580 --> 00:22:16.720
 If you are a weed,

00:22:17.640 --> 00:22:18.680
 come to the Lord

00:22:18.680 --> 00:22:20.620
 and be transformed

00:22:20.620 --> 00:22:22.340
 and be saved.

00:22:23.900 --> 00:22:25.240
 Become a wheat.

00:22:26.160 --> 00:22:26.820
 You can't do that

00:22:26.820 --> 00:22:27.280
 on your own.

00:22:28.200 --> 00:22:29.380
 That requires

00:22:29.380 --> 00:22:30.720
 the Lord.

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 And the thing is,

00:22:32.520 --> 00:22:34.900
 it's a call for us

00:22:34.900 --> 00:22:36.220
 to come to God

00:22:36.220 --> 00:22:37.720
 as we are.

00:22:38.460 --> 00:22:39.320
 You hear many churches

00:22:39.319 --> 00:22:40.119
 say that, right?

00:22:40.179 --> 00:22:41.079
 I hope all churches

00:22:41.079 --> 00:22:41.839
 should say that.

00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:43.599
 Come as you are

00:22:43.599 --> 00:22:45.500
 and be transformed, though.

00:22:46.599 --> 00:22:47.720
 Not come as you are

00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:48.879
 and remain as you are.

00:22:49.639 --> 00:22:50.919
 Be transformed.

00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:53.639
 And even if you are saved,

00:22:54.139 --> 00:22:55.460
 continue to be transformed.

00:22:57.079 --> 00:22:57.960
 That's the thing.

00:22:59.460 --> 00:23:00.379
 We don't just

00:23:00.379 --> 00:23:01.859
 come and remain

00:23:01.859 --> 00:23:02.480
 as we are.

00:23:02.559 --> 00:23:03.659
 We are transformed

00:23:03.659 --> 00:23:04.759
 every single day.

00:23:05.119 --> 00:23:06.279
 God invites us

00:23:06.279 --> 00:23:07.539
 and he turns us,

00:23:07.779 --> 00:23:08.439
 let me make this

00:23:08.439 --> 00:23:09.159
 crystal clear,

00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:11.000
 we go from,

00:23:11.639 --> 00:23:13.039
 remember when we went

00:23:13.039 --> 00:23:13.720
 over Ezra?

00:23:14.879 --> 00:23:16.279
 The vessels that were

00:23:16.279 --> 00:23:16.960
 transferred,

00:23:17.599 --> 00:23:18.659
 they were transported

00:23:18.659 --> 00:23:19.419
 from the place

00:23:19.419 --> 00:23:20.259
 they didn't belong

00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:20.879
 to the place

00:23:20.879 --> 00:23:21.460
 they belong.

00:23:22.159 --> 00:23:23.179
 Here we have

00:23:23.179 --> 00:23:24.439
 another layer here.

00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:26.960
 Going from a weed

00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:28.119
 to wheat

00:23:28.119 --> 00:23:29.139
 because God

00:23:29.139 --> 00:23:30.200
 takes that

00:23:30.200 --> 00:23:31.139
 which is broken

00:23:31.139 --> 00:23:32.819
 and restores it.

00:23:33.599 --> 00:23:34.419
 You find this

00:23:34.419 --> 00:23:35.220
 as a pattern

00:23:35.220 --> 00:23:36.079
 through all of Scripture.

00:23:36.079 --> 00:23:37.399
 and if we just say

00:23:37.399 --> 00:23:38.299
 you're either a wheat

00:23:38.299 --> 00:23:38.859
 or a weed

00:23:38.859 --> 00:23:39.480
 and that's it,

00:23:39.539 --> 00:23:40.559
 there's nothing you can do,

00:23:40.699 --> 00:23:42.279
 we're missing the mark here.

00:23:42.519 --> 00:23:44.240
 We're missing the point here

00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:47.139
 that God calls us

00:23:47.139 --> 00:23:48.099
 to be transformed.

00:23:49.159 --> 00:23:49.659
 Now, yeah,

00:23:49.799 --> 00:23:51.059
 it's heavy to think

00:23:51.059 --> 00:23:51.960
 about the judgment

00:23:51.960 --> 00:23:53.220
 and the throwing

00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:54.759
 away of the weeds.

00:23:55.599 --> 00:23:56.759
 But that's why

00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:58.019
 it's so important

00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:58.679
 for us

00:23:58.679 --> 00:24:00.679
 to come to know Christ.

00:24:00.680 --> 00:24:02.500
 So for the weeds,

00:24:02.779 --> 00:24:04.039
 if you are one,

00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:05.700
 come to Christ.

00:24:06.840 --> 00:24:08.180
 Receive that invitation,

00:24:08.420 --> 00:24:09.360
 that free gift

00:24:09.360 --> 00:24:10.220
 of salvation.

00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:11.500
 And the second thing then,

00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:13.840
 for the wheat,

00:24:14.180 --> 00:24:15.600
 if you are saved,

00:24:16.299 --> 00:24:17.259
 is to what?

00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:21.100
 Grow in Christ

00:24:21.100 --> 00:24:23.420
 and live out the faith.

00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:27.519
 Be more like Him.

00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:28.600
 Right?

00:24:28.599 --> 00:24:31.599
 And wait patiently

00:24:31.599 --> 00:24:33.480
 for the harvest.

00:24:34.679 --> 00:24:35.759
 We continue

00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:36.839
 every single day

00:24:36.839 --> 00:24:37.939
 we have the opportunity

00:24:37.939 --> 00:24:39.139
 to scatter the seed

00:24:39.139 --> 00:24:39.679
 as it were.

00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:40.819
 That starts

00:24:40.819 --> 00:24:41.679
 with relationships.

00:24:42.819 --> 00:24:43.599
 It's not about

00:24:43.599 --> 00:24:44.519
 being aggressive

00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:46.099
 or pugnacious, right?

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:47.039
 I love that word,

00:24:47.119 --> 00:24:47.639
 pugnacious.

00:24:47.779 --> 00:24:48.419
 I think of a little

00:24:48.419 --> 00:24:49.459
 pug dog, right?

00:24:49.699 --> 00:24:50.599
 Being aggressive

00:24:50.599 --> 00:24:51.699
 and angry, right?

00:24:52.539 --> 00:24:53.339
 You've seen

00:24:53.339 --> 00:24:54.240
 little pug dogs

00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:55.079
 when they're angry, right?

00:24:55.119 --> 00:24:56.379
 Or if that doesn't help,

00:24:56.459 --> 00:24:57.559
 little chihuahuas, right?

00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:58.440
 The smaller they are,

00:24:58.480 --> 00:24:59.059
 the more aggressive

00:24:59.059 --> 00:24:59.579
 they get.

00:25:00.539 --> 00:25:01.440
 But in that,

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:03.539
 it's all about relationships

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:05.659
 that we have with others

00:25:05.659 --> 00:25:07.079
 or that we cultivate

00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:07.819
 with others.

00:25:08.440 --> 00:25:09.779
 We build relationships

00:25:09.779 --> 00:25:11.240
 and we live out

00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:12.379
 the word.

00:25:13.119 --> 00:25:13.899
 We live out

00:25:13.899 --> 00:25:14.899
 following in the

00:25:14.899 --> 00:25:15.779
 footsteps of Christ,

00:25:15.899 --> 00:25:16.779
 being an example

00:25:16.779 --> 00:25:17.659
 for others to see

00:25:17.659 --> 00:25:18.940
 because how many times

00:25:18.940 --> 00:25:20.099
 have you met someone

00:25:20.099 --> 00:25:21.000
 who is a Christian

00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:21.460
 and you're like,

00:25:21.559 --> 00:25:22.399
 I know they're a Christian

00:25:22.399 --> 00:25:23.399
 and there's no doubt

00:25:23.399 --> 00:25:23.759
 about it.

00:25:23.919 --> 00:25:24.700
 I don't know why,

00:25:24.700 --> 00:25:25.680
 I don't know how,

00:25:25.900 --> 00:25:26.500
 but there's something

00:25:26.500 --> 00:25:27.420
 different about them.

00:25:28.720 --> 00:25:30.460
 You want to live

00:25:30.460 --> 00:25:31.019
 and follow

00:25:31.019 --> 00:25:31.660
 in the footsteps

00:25:31.660 --> 00:25:32.860
 of Christ like that.

00:25:34.340 --> 00:25:35.400
 Being a light

00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:36.259
 unto the world.

00:25:37.340 --> 00:25:38.180
 Being salt,

00:25:38.980 --> 00:25:39.180
 right?

00:25:39.319 --> 00:25:40.259
 Salt and light.

00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:42.160
 And we think about that.

00:25:42.220 --> 00:25:43.140
 We scatter the seeds.

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:44.539
 Now, for some of us,

00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:45.480
 it can be frustrating.

00:25:45.620 --> 00:25:46.400
 I've talked, you know,

00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:47.920
 you talk to your sister

00:25:47.920 --> 00:25:48.819
 or you talk to your uncle

00:25:48.819 --> 00:25:49.640
 or you talk to your neighbor

00:25:49.640 --> 00:25:50.360
 about the Lord,

00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:51.360
 you know,

00:25:51.600 --> 00:25:52.299
 every week

00:25:52.299 --> 00:25:54.279
 and they don't get it.

00:25:55.359 --> 00:25:56.639
 You still scatter the seed.

00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:58.879
 Still scatter the seed.

00:26:00.399 --> 00:26:01.000
 Pray for them.

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:03.899
 Pray for hardened hearts,

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:05.399
 changed minds,

00:26:05.599 --> 00:26:06.440
 changed attitudes,

00:26:07.379 --> 00:26:08.339
 a renewed spirit,

00:26:09.159 --> 00:26:10.500
 the softening of the heart.

00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:13.279
 And what if today

00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:16.500
 is the day you let God

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:17.720
 transform your life

00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:19.139
 and make you new?

00:26:19.140 --> 00:26:21.360
 Think about that

00:26:21.360 --> 00:26:22.540
 as one question.

00:26:22.620 --> 00:26:23.220
 The other question

00:26:23.220 --> 00:26:24.200
 I want you to think about,

00:26:25.520 --> 00:26:27.040
 what does it mean

00:26:27.040 --> 00:26:29.400
 for you to grow in Christ

00:26:29.400 --> 00:26:32.660
 even in difficult circumstances?

00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:34.620
 What we seem to forget

00:26:34.620 --> 00:26:36.500
 at times is

00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:38.600
 we grow

00:26:38.600 --> 00:26:40.500
 and we bear fruit.

00:26:41.780 --> 00:26:43.680
 It's when you're very early on.

00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:45.480
 That's where the whole,

00:26:45.860 --> 00:26:47.140
 well, what about the rocks?

00:26:47.140 --> 00:26:47.720
 What about the rocks?

00:26:47.840 --> 00:26:48.640
 What about the obstacle?

00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:49.560
 What about the sins?

00:26:49.700 --> 00:26:50.520
 As you grow,

00:26:51.380 --> 00:26:53.360
 you become more firmly rooted

00:26:53.360 --> 00:26:54.600
 in God.

00:26:55.320 --> 00:26:56.840
 Just like how we learn

00:26:56.840 --> 00:26:57.840
 about Christ

00:26:57.840 --> 00:26:59.300
 being the firm foundation

00:26:59.300 --> 00:27:00.500
 and building our house

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:02.020
 upon the solid rock

00:27:02.020 --> 00:27:03.020
 and not the sand.

00:27:03.080 --> 00:27:03.740
 Do you see how

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:05.000
 things get connected

00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:05.700
 with each other?

00:27:05.920 --> 00:27:07.740
 That's why it's so important

00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:08.540
 for us to look

00:27:08.540 --> 00:27:09.380
 at the context

00:27:09.380 --> 00:27:10.180
 and connections.

00:27:10.380 --> 00:27:11.060
 We can see

00:27:11.060 --> 00:27:12.480
 sometimes we have to

00:27:12.480 --> 00:27:13.220
 wrestle with the text

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:14.080
 and that's okay.

00:27:14.460 --> 00:27:15.840
 Sometimes we have questions

00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:17.199
 and we're not understanding things.

00:27:17.399 --> 00:27:18.519
 That's okay as well.

00:27:19.139 --> 00:27:20.839
 That's part of the growing process.

00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:22.059
 I mean,

00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:24.000
 didn't you fall a few times

00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:24.959
 when you began to walk?

00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:27.980
 Probably too many, right?

00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:29.500
 Some of us more than others.

00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:30.720
 How many times

00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:32.099
 did you fall off a bike

00:27:32.099 --> 00:27:33.879
 before you figured it out, right?

00:27:35.439 --> 00:27:36.279
 That's how it is

00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:36.959
 when we're growing

00:27:36.959 --> 00:27:38.339
 as a Christian,

00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:39.059
 as believers,

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:40.919
 as ambassadors for Christ.

00:27:42.179 --> 00:27:43.279
 We're going to stumble

00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:44.220
 and fall sometimes,

00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:45.680
 but we continue on that,

00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:46.819
 knowing that God

00:27:46.819 --> 00:27:48.279
 is our firm foundation.

00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:50.920
 So that's how things

00:27:50.920 --> 00:27:51.539
 are connected.

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:53.339
 So we grow

00:27:53.339 --> 00:27:54.480
 and we live out the faith,

00:27:55.200 --> 00:27:56.900
 become more like Him.

00:27:56.960 --> 00:27:57.160
 Wait,

00:27:57.259 --> 00:27:58.180
 we wait for the harvest

00:27:58.180 --> 00:27:59.880
 and we scatter the seed

00:27:59.880 --> 00:28:00.980
 to others.

00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:02.400
 We minister.

00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:04.440
 We evangelize.

00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:07.380
 We let God transform hearts

00:28:07.380 --> 00:28:07.839
 because look,

00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:11.160
 I can't control my kids,

00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:11.559
 you guys.

00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:13.659
 I can't.

00:28:14.859 --> 00:28:15.299
 Okay?

00:28:16.139 --> 00:28:17.519
 I got to be honest here.

00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:19.379
 I can't control

00:28:19.379 --> 00:28:20.519
 all five of my kids,

00:28:20.859 --> 00:28:22.480
 but I can teach them

00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:24.759
 and I can guide them.

00:28:26.159 --> 00:28:27.019
 It's the same thing

00:28:27.019 --> 00:28:27.539
 with my wife.

00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:29.399
 I can't control her, right?

00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:30.940
 I know a lot of us

00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:31.639
 would like to control

00:28:31.639 --> 00:28:32.179
 our spouses,

00:28:32.279 --> 00:28:32.639
 I admit.

00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:34.639
 But in that,

00:28:35.379 --> 00:28:38.079
 you scatter the seed.

00:28:38.079 --> 00:28:40.220
 Let it take root.

00:28:40.980 --> 00:28:41.379
 Again,

00:28:41.619 --> 00:28:42.419
 we pray

00:28:42.419 --> 00:28:44.079
 for those,

00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:44.839
 we minister,

00:28:45.059 --> 00:28:45.859
 we evangelize,

00:28:45.899 --> 00:28:46.720
 and we let God

00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:47.799
 transform the heart.

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:50.579
 That's how things

00:28:50.579 --> 00:28:51.819
 are so connected.

00:28:54.039 --> 00:28:54.659
 When we think

00:28:54.659 --> 00:29:00.460
 in John 15, 5,

00:29:00.579 --> 00:29:01.699
 if you remain in me

00:29:01.699 --> 00:29:02.720
 and I in you,

00:29:02.799 --> 00:29:04.039
 you will bear much fruit.

00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:06.480
 We think of Matthew

00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:07.579
 chapter 28

00:29:07.579 --> 00:29:08.159
 where it says

00:29:08.159 --> 00:29:09.099
 to make disciples

00:29:09.099 --> 00:29:10.220
 of all nations.

00:29:11.779 --> 00:29:13.019
 Not only is the seed

00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:14.899
 planted in our hearts,

00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:15.680
 but it grows

00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:16.779
 and it cultivates.

00:29:18.099 --> 00:29:19.899
 And I love Isaiah 55,

00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:20.940
 10 to 11,

00:29:21.059 --> 00:29:22.099
 my word will not

00:29:22.099 --> 00:29:23.259
 return to me empty,

00:29:23.559 --> 00:29:24.539
 but will accomplish

00:29:24.539 --> 00:29:25.480
 what I desire.

00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:28.460
 Let us think about

00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:28.940
 all these

00:29:28.940 --> 00:29:30.240
 and ask yourself

00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:30.920
 this question,

00:29:30.920 --> 00:29:32.420
 who in your life

00:29:32.420 --> 00:29:34.100
 needs to hear

00:29:34.100 --> 00:29:34.840
 about Christ?

00:29:35.720 --> 00:29:36.900
 Who in your life

00:29:36.900 --> 00:29:37.279
 do you need

00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:37.980
 to pray about?

00:29:38.560 --> 00:29:40.440
 Who is unchurched?

00:29:40.900 --> 00:29:41.620
 Or who is

00:29:41.620 --> 00:29:42.680
 de-churched?

00:29:43.800 --> 00:29:44.279
 Right?

00:29:44.600 --> 00:29:45.680
 We sometimes forget.

00:29:46.360 --> 00:29:47.060
 We like to think

00:29:47.060 --> 00:29:47.840
 of those who,

00:29:48.600 --> 00:29:49.380
 and we should,

00:29:49.880 --> 00:29:50.880
 our primary objective

00:29:50.880 --> 00:29:51.620
 is to get people

00:29:51.620 --> 00:29:52.420
 to believe in Christ,

00:29:52.539 --> 00:29:53.320
 but what about those

00:29:53.320 --> 00:29:53.960
 that have been hurt?

00:29:54.640 --> 00:29:55.460
 What about those

00:29:55.460 --> 00:29:56.380
 who've been discouraged

00:29:56.380 --> 00:29:57.120
 or disgruntled?

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:57.860
 They need Christ

00:29:57.860 --> 00:29:58.560
 just as well,

00:29:58.620 --> 00:29:59.060
 and they need

00:29:59.059 --> 00:30:00.379
 the healing power

00:30:00.379 --> 00:30:01.299
 that comes from Him.

00:30:02.579 --> 00:30:02.960
 You know,

00:30:03.220 --> 00:30:04.839
 it really hits home

00:30:04.839 --> 00:30:05.460
 how many people

00:30:05.460 --> 00:30:06.599
 that I personally know

00:30:06.599 --> 00:30:08.619
 who have deconstructed

00:30:08.619 --> 00:30:10.000
 and have left the faith

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:11.179
 because of some

00:30:11.179 --> 00:30:12.259
 silly thing,

00:30:12.700 --> 00:30:14.079
 some elementary thing.

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:16.379
 I pray for them,

00:30:16.879 --> 00:30:17.899
 for their return,

00:30:18.700 --> 00:30:20.079
 knowing that

00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:21.440
 God loves them.

00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:23.240
 This is why

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:24.319
 it's so important,

00:30:24.940 --> 00:30:25.359
 again,

00:30:25.799 --> 00:30:27.019
 we place our faith

00:30:27.019 --> 00:30:27.659
 and our trust

00:30:27.659 --> 00:30:28.599
 in the living God.

00:30:29.419 --> 00:30:30.379
 Not on man,

00:30:30.859 --> 00:30:32.179
 because man will fail you.

00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:34.159
 How many of us

00:30:34.159 --> 00:30:35.019
 know that to be true?

00:30:36.440 --> 00:30:37.619
 Man fails us.

00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:38.940
 God doesn't.

00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:40.179
 That's why we have

00:30:40.179 --> 00:30:40.899
 so many verses

00:30:40.899 --> 00:30:41.940
 that say that God

00:30:41.940 --> 00:30:42.980
 is the same yesterday,

00:30:43.159 --> 00:30:43.480
 today,

00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:44.599
 and what?

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 Forever.

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 Or everlasting

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 to everlasting,

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 you are God.

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 Or when we think

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 about God

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 as the solid rock,

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 we certainly need

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 a constant

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 in our life.

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 And so ask yourself,

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 who in your life

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 needs to hear about

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 Christ this week?

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 How can you be faithful

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 in scattering the seed?

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 That's a question for you

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 as we close our time today.

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 Whether you feel like,

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 maybe you identify

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 as a weed,

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 let this be a call

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 for you to come to Christ

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 and put off

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 the old self.

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 When you think of a weed,

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 we think of like

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 a hairy and thorny plant.

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 It's quite disgusting

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 when you think about it,

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 right?

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 Put off the old self

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 and become wheat.

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 Become restored.

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 And for those

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 who are wheat,

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 the call is the same.

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 Trust in the living God,

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 grow in faith,

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 and scatter the seed

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 of the gospel

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 wherever you go.

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 Let us remember

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 this parable

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 and how it's connected

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 not only with

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 the story of redemption,

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 but how God

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 transforms lives,

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 taking that which is broken

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 and restoring

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 and renewing it.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Father God,

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 we thank you

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 for this time,

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 this opportunity

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 for us to

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 open your word

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 and to study it.

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 We have observed,

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 we have learned

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 so many lessons.

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 And I pray, Father,

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 if there are any weeds here,

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 they will be transformed.

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 They will come

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 to believe in Jesus Christ,

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 the Son of the living God.

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 And we pray

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 for the wheat here.

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 They will grow.

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 They will bear fruit,

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 just as your word

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 says so much.

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 And Father,

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 I also would like to pray

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 for any person

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 who has deconstructed

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 or anyone who's been

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 hurt by the church,

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 whether they're here

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 or not.

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 I pray for healing

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 in their life.

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 Father,

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 you call all of us

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 to gather together,

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 to sing praises to you,

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 to assemble together

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 as the church.

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 And you have done

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 so much for us.

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 We pray

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 for the unchurched,

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 for a place

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 where they belong,

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 believing in you

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 and being established

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 in the church.

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 We pray for the unchurched,

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 those that are disconnected,

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 disgruntled,

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 or hurt in some capacity.

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 And we pray for the churched

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 to continue to grow

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 and to go on their mission,

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 to make disciples,

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 to scatter the seed,

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 and to become more like you

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 every single day.

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 It is in the name

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 of Jesus Christ,

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 the cornerstone

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 of our faith,

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 that we pray.

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 And we all say together,

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 can I get an amen?

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 Amen.

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 Thank you for listening

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 for this week's message

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 from Ontario Community Church.

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 I pray that you are

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 encouraged and strengthened

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 in your walk with Christ.

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 For more sermons

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 and resources,

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 visit

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 OntarioCommunityChurch.org.

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 May God bless you

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 as you live out

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 His grace and truth

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 every single day.

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NINGNING

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