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 When you have greeted one or two people, just take a seat.

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 Welcome again to Watermark.

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 My name is Mike.

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 I work with the university students here at Watermark.

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 And being a German this week has not been very interesting.

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 It's just there's a German pope after a long time,

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 and then after 800 years, he's the first one to just step down.

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 That's not the way we would expect him to go.

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 But in light of the events, I want to tell you another story about a pope.

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 Because exactly 500 years ago, in February of 1513,

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 Pope Julius II died, and he was the last pope to die

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 before the Reformation took its full force

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 and changed the face of the church forever.

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 And as a response to the pope's death,

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 one of the key figures of the reform, Erasmus of Rotterdam,

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 he wrote a little booklet.

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 And the booklet was called Julius Excluded from Heaven.

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 Now today we are talking about heaven and hell,

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 and it's not a topic that we talk about a lot.

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 And even at the time 500 years ago, it's a topic that was sensitive,

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 especially when you write a booklet about Julius the Pope

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 being excluded from heaven.

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 And so there was a lot of uproar about this writing.

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 It actually highlighted that you couldn't enter heaven

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 just because of your power and your achievements,

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 but just because of the grace of Christ.

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 So in the booklet, Erasmus actually describes a little fictional encounter

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 that Julius and his closest advisor have at Heaven's Gate with St. Peter.

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 And I want to read to you a few lines of that booklet.

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 So here we go.

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 So Julius and his advisor stand at Heaven's Gate,

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 and there Julius says,

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 What the devil is this?

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 The doors don't open.

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 Somebody must have changed the lock or broken it.

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 To which his servant says,

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 It seems more likely that you didn't bring the proper key.

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 Why didn't you bring both of the keys that you have?

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 This is the key of power, not the one of wisdom.

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 To which Julius says,

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 I didn't have any other key but this one.

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 I don't see why we need a different key

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 when we have this one, the key of power.

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 And his servant says,

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 I don't know either,

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 but the fact is we are still on the outside.

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 And Julius is getting really mad and says,

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 I'll knock down the door.

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 Hey, somebody come up and open this door right away.

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 What's the matter with the doorman?

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 Is he asleep or else even drunk?

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 At this point, Peter shows up at the door and says,

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 Who are you and what do you want?

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 And Julius says,

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 Open the door, will you?

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 And if you were doing your job properly,

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 it should have been open long ago,

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 and it should have been decorated with the most beauty of Heaven.

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 And Peter says,

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 That's pretty lordly of you,

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 but first tell me,

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 who are you?

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 Now Julius says,

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 As if you couldn't see for yourself.

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 And Peter says,

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 See, what do I see?

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 What I see is new to me.

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 And then Julius says,

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 But if you're not stone blind,

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 can you not see the triple crown,

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 as well as my cloak gleaming with gold and gemstones?

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 And Peter says,

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 And if you were triply great,

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 you still wouldn't get in here

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 unless you were supremely good,

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 that is holy.

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 Julius says to this,

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 Well, if it comes down to comparative holiness,

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 you have got some nerve to keep me waiting outside.

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 Because for years,

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 nobody has called me anything but the most holy.

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 And Peter says,

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 The holiness I am talking about

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 is not given to you by fallen,

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 is only given to you by fallen men.

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 But the holiness I am talking about

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 is the one that the Holy Lord gives you,

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 that is the Christ.

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 Now, it's the key of wisdom,

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 the key of the wisdom of Christ

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 for the gate of heaven.

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 It's not by our power and our achievement

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 that we will gain access to heaven.

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 It's the grace of Christ.

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 And the grace of Christ was seen in his crucifixion

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 and his rising from the dead.

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 And today we are entering into a time of communion.

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 We have the elements,

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 the blood and the bread,

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 which represents Christ's sacrifice.

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 And that by his grace,

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 he has given us access to heaven.

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 So as we prepare for this time,

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 I want to highlight three things.

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 First,

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 if you are here

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 and you're not a Christian yet,

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 if you hold on to the key of power

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 that you say by my achievements,

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 but what I am doing,

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 by the control over my life,

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 I want to try to gain access to heaven,

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 then we would ask you

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 not to take part of the elements.

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 We believe that the elements are taken

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 by people that have said,

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 I'm surrendering my power to Christ.

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 And I'm relying on the wisdom

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 that is in knowing Christ

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 and knowing his sacrifice on the cross

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 that we participate in this meal.

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 Secondly,

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 if you are here

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 and you have children with you,

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 then you probably know the best

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 where they are spiritually,

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 whether they have accepted Christ

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 in their lives or not.

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 And so if they have not done that step,

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 then we would ask you

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 to bring them to the front

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 and explain to them

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 what this meal is about,

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 but not for them to participate.

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 And finally,

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 if you're here

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 and you're a Christian

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 and you're about to participate,

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 we would ask you

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 to take a moment

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 to think about where you are,

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 examining your heart,

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 see how the journey has been,

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 and come before the Lord

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 in renewing that relationship with him.

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 So as the communion stewards

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 get ready,

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 we'll just take a minute

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 and pray

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 and prepare your heart

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 for communion.

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 on that night

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 before Jesus was betrayed,

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 he had a last meal

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 with his disciples

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 and in that meal

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 he took a piece of bread

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 and he broke it

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 and he gave it to his disciples

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 and he said,

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 this is my body

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 broken for you,

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 the body of Christ,

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 take and eat.

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 And in that same meal

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 he took a cup

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 and he held it up

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 and he said,

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 this is my blood

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 shed for you

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 for the forgiveness of sins,

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 the blood of Christ.

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 Let me pray.

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 Father,

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 we live in a city

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 that so often relies

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 on the key of power

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 and achievements

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 to open every door.

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 We just repent from that,

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 we repent that,

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 we just try to do everything

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 by our own strengths

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 and try to be in control

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 of our lives so often

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 and just pray that

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 we would so much more

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 turn to the key of wisdom

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 that is you

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 and realizing that only you

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 could close that gap

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 between us and God

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 and so just pray that I,

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 yes,

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 as we go out

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 into this week

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 that just that

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 the sacrifice

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 that you brought

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 would be penetrating

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 every area of our lives,

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 our marriages,

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 our friendships,

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 our jobs,

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 our decisions,

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 and that we would rely

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 on that key of wisdom

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 of your death

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 and resurrection

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 and how it reconciles us

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 to us.

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 We pray this in Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 We now want to

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 dismiss the kids

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 to their classes.

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 So,

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 if you are

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 10 or under,

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 then go this way

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 and Eric,

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 the youth are with you

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 as well.

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 Okay.

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 Let me pray

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 for the kids

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 as well as they go.

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 Father,

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 just pray for the kids

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 as they go to class

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 that they would see you

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 more brightly

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 and that you just do

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 your work in their lives.

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 Amen.

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 The scripture reading today

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 comes from the Gospel of Luke.

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 Please follow along

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 in your bulletin.

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 Now,

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 there was a rich man

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 and he habitually dressed

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 in purple and fine linen,

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 joyously living in splendor

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 every day.

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 And a poor man

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 named Lazarus

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 was laid at his gate

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 covered with sores

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 and longing to be fed

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 with the crumbs

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 which were falling

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 from the rich man's table.

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 And besides,

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 even the dogs

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 were coming

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 and licking his sores.

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 Now,

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 the poor man died

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 and was carried away

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 by the angels

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 to Abraham's bosom.

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 And the rich man

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 also died

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 and was buried.

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 In Hades,

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 he lifted up his eyes,

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 being in torment,

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 and saw Abraham far away

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 and Lazarus

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 in his bosom.

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 And he cried out

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 and said,

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 Father Abraham,

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 have mercy on me

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 and send Lazarus

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 so that he may dip

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 the tip of his finger

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 in water

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 and cool off my tongue

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 for I am in agony

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 in this flame.

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 But Abraham said,

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 Child,

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 remember that during your life

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 you received

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 your good things

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 and likewise

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 Lazarus received

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 bad things.

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 but now he is being

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 comforted here

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 and you are in agony.

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 And besides all this

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 between us and you

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 there is a great chasm

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 fixed

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 so that those who wish

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 to come over

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 from here to you

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 will not be able

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 and that none may cross over

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 from there to us.

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 And he said,

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 Then I beg you,

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 Father,

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 that you send him

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 to my father's house

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 for I have five brothers

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 in order that he may

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 warn them

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 so that they will not

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 come to this place

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 of torment.

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 But Abraham said,

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 They have Moses

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 and the prophets.

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 Let them hear them.

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 But he said,

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 No,

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 Father Abraham,

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 but if someone goes

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 to them from the dead,

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 they will repent.

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 But he said to them,

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 If they do not listen

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 to Moses

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 and the prophets,

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 they will not be persuaded

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 even if someone rises

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 from the dead.

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 This is God's word.

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 How are you guys doing?

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 Come on.

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 How are you guys doing?

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 Good?

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 Is everybody back

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 from a great

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 Chinese New Year holiday?

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 Seems like people

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 are kind of trickling back in.

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 I met some people today

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 the first time here

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 and they're kind of

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 trickling back in.

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 If you are here

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 for the first time,

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 wow,

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 you are like

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 the nightmare sermon ever,

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 right?

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 So you heard it read out there,

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 it's my first time ever

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 and we're going to talk

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 about hell today,

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 which is everybody's

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 favorite topic, right?

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 My name is Tobin Miller.

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 I'm one of the pastors

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 here at Watermark.

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 Watermark has been around

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 for about two and a half years.

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 We're kind of on a journey

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 exploring and walking

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 with the Lord

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 and seeing what that means

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 to fall in love with Christ

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 as we walk with Him.

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 If you know anything about me,

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 a couple things

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 to start off with.

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 I'm deaf in one ear.

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 So I'm deaf in my left ear.

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 So if you're talking to me

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 on my left side

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 and I ignore you

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 and I walk away,

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 it's not a guy thing.

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 It's just a,

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 I just cannot hear.

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 I had a massive staph infection

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 and so,

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 and even today it happened

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 and so it's great in bed

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 because you're sleeping

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 and you're really tired

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 and you just lay

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 on your right side

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 and you can't hear

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 what your wife is saying,

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 right?

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 And so you go,

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 I love you.

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 You go to sleep really well.

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 So that's,

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 it's good from that standpoint.

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 So another thing

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 that you need to know

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 about me besides

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 that I love Diet Coke

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 occasionally

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 is that I'm a creature

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 of habit.

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 I don't really watch TV

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 that much,

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 but when I do,

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 I usually end up

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 watching series

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 or because I want

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 to understand the journey

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 into people's stories

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 and get to know

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 the characters

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 and so I get hooked

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 every once in a while

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 on a series

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 and before Christina

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 and I got married,

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 I was in seminary

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 studying

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 and I got hooked

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 on this TV show

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 that I thought

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 was really unusual.

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 The idea behind it

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 was very unique.

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 The show is called

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 Early Edition.

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 I don't know

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 if you've ever heard of it.

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 It was 1996

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 to about 2000.

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 It lasted four years

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 and in this movie show,

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 it takes place

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 in Chicago

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 and this guy

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 named Gary,

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 Gary is a stock trader,

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 broker,

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 and he gets fired.

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 So I know that never happens

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 in Hong Kong at all,

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 but he gets fired

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 and so he's trying

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 to figure out

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 what he wants to do

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 with his life.

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 He comes home

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 and he's no longer interesting

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 so his girlfriend

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 leaves him

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 and so one day

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 he wakes up

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 and there is

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 a morning edition

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 of Chicago Tribune

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 in his front door.

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 And when he pulls

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 that Tribune out,

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 he realizes

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 for some weird reason

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 that it's the next day's

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 newspaper.

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 And so he looks in it

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 and he sees the news

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 that hasn't already

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 happened yet.

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 He knows what's going

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 to happen the next day

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 and so the series

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 evolves as,

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 and he still doesn't know

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 how it gets there,

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 this orange card

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 just drops it off

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 and it's there

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 and so he spends

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 the next 24 hours

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 trying to right

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 all the wrongs

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 that are going to happen

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 that next day

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 because he already

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 knows all the wrongs

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 that are going to happen

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 in the city

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 and so he's just

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 chasing around

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 trying to get things done

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 and get people

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 from getting killed

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 and corruption

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 and all these things.

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 He's trying to prevent

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 all these things

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 and it's really interesting.

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 He has two characters,

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 two friends.

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 One is a blind lady

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 and it's interesting

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 because it's the blind lady

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 who always sets him straight

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 and talks to him

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 about truth

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 and then he has

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 one friend named Chuck

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 and Chuck always wants

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 to know

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 the lottery ticket number.

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 He wants to know

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 who won the game

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 the next day.

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 He wants to know

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 what the big lottery number is

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 so he can place a bet on it

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 and he can just make millions, right?

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 He wants to know

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 what stocks go up 40%

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 the next day

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 so he can place money on that

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 and so Gary is,

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 he's just kind of

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 going through life

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 trying to figure out

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 and how to stop

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 and how to change

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 all these things

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 that are happening

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 and I thought about

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 that passage, you know,

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 what if we had

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 an early edition

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 in our life,

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 what if you could figure out

00:14:15.679 --> 00:14:16.519
 what was going to happen

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 to you

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 the next day?

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 Would you want to know?

00:14:24.099 --> 00:14:25.579
 What if you could figure out

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 what was going to happen

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 to you

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 five minutes

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 after you died?

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 Would you want to know that?

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 That's what the passage

00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:40.000
 is about today.

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 The passage today

00:14:41.960 --> 00:14:44.000
 is an early edition

00:14:44.000 --> 00:14:45.659
 of Scripture.

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 Remember,

00:14:47.480 --> 00:14:48.259
 we're on this journey

00:14:48.259 --> 00:14:48.799
 in Luke

00:14:48.799 --> 00:14:49.840
 and we're in Luke 16

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 and so far,

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 right now,

00:14:52.120 --> 00:14:52.840
 contextually,

00:14:53.419 --> 00:14:54.500
 Jesus is talking

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 to the Pharisees

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 and he's getting

00:14:56.779 --> 00:14:57.720
 in this big argument

00:14:57.720 --> 00:14:58.320
 and discussion

00:14:58.320 --> 00:14:59.460
 with the Pharisees.

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 I didn't write

00:15:00.360 --> 00:15:00.980
 the verse in here.

00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:01.860
 I probably should have

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 verse 15

00:15:02.500 --> 00:15:03.779
 but verse 15

00:15:03.779 --> 00:15:05.940
 basically encapsulizes

00:15:05.940 --> 00:15:07.460
 this whole passage

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 and Jesus is talking

00:15:08.820 --> 00:15:10.280
 to these Pharisees,

00:15:10.360 --> 00:15:10.879
 these leaders

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 and they're debating them

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 and they want to live

00:15:14.120 --> 00:15:14.879
 their life

00:15:14.879 --> 00:15:17.720
 not according to God's word.

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 They want to change

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 God's word

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 to fit their life.

00:15:23.680 --> 00:15:24.860
 And Jesus is talking

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 to them over and over again

00:15:26.060 --> 00:15:27.300
 that you need to allow

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 God's word

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 to change you.

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 I don't know

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 if you've ever experienced

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 that in your life

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 but usually

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 as you're talking

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 or you're journeying

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 or you're going on a walk

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 and something happens

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 and you have this choice

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 and you know

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 that it's not against,

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 you know that it's against

00:15:44.700 --> 00:15:45.900
 what God wants you to do

00:15:45.900 --> 00:15:46.900
 but inside,

00:15:47.080 --> 00:15:47.600
 in your heart,

00:15:47.700 --> 00:15:48.680
 you feel these words

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 come up,

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 but I really want

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 to do this.

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 and if I do this,

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 I will,

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 I'll be happy.

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 And it's important

00:15:58.680 --> 00:15:59.200
 to be happy

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 and I want

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 to be happy

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 and so often

00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:03.980
 I

00:16:03.980 --> 00:16:07.100
 change God's word

00:16:07.100 --> 00:16:09.759
 to fit my life

00:16:09.759 --> 00:16:10.500
 and my desires.

00:16:12.560 --> 00:16:13.340
 And Jesus says

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 that's not how

00:16:14.259 --> 00:16:14.879
 it should be.

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 We should allow

00:16:16.399 --> 00:16:17.500
 God's word

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 to change us.

00:16:20.000 --> 00:16:20.779
 In verse 15,

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 he yells out

00:16:21.659 --> 00:16:22.360
 at the Pharisees

00:16:22.360 --> 00:16:23.320
 and he basically

00:16:23.320 --> 00:16:24.019
 says to them,

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 you are just men

00:16:25.439 --> 00:16:26.759
 who are trying

00:16:26.759 --> 00:16:28.139
 to self-justify

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 yourselves.

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 You're trying

00:16:30.519 --> 00:16:31.379
 to find your identity,

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 you're trying

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 to find your value,

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 you're trying

00:16:33.019 --> 00:16:33.759
 to find your worth,

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 you're trying

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 to find your significance

00:16:35.220 --> 00:16:36.100
 in what men

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 think about you.

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 And then he goes on

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 and he says,

00:16:43.500 --> 00:16:43.679
 you know,

00:16:43.679 --> 00:16:47.799
 God sees your heart

00:16:47.799 --> 00:16:49.759
 and the things

00:16:49.759 --> 00:16:51.019
 that please men

00:16:51.019 --> 00:16:53.899
 are not necessarily

00:16:53.899 --> 00:16:54.719
 the things

00:16:54.719 --> 00:16:57.699
 that please God.

00:16:59.599 --> 00:17:00.519
 Be careful

00:17:00.519 --> 00:17:01.439
 when you try

00:17:01.439 --> 00:17:02.620
 to self-justify

00:17:02.620 --> 00:17:03.959
 yourself.

00:17:04.659 --> 00:17:05.179
 Be careful

00:17:05.179 --> 00:17:05.639
 when you try

00:17:05.639 --> 00:17:07.039
 to get your acceptance

00:17:07.039 --> 00:17:07.859
 in your identity

00:17:07.859 --> 00:17:08.879
 from things

00:17:08.879 --> 00:17:11.000
 besides God.

00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:12.379
 In verse 19,

00:17:12.480 --> 00:17:12.980
 he starts off

00:17:12.980 --> 00:17:13.480
 this story.

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 And he tells

00:17:14.259 --> 00:17:14.740
 this story,

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 it's a parable,

00:17:15.720 --> 00:17:16.340
 and it's a parable

00:17:16.340 --> 00:17:17.160
 about a rich man

00:17:17.160 --> 00:17:17.860
 and a poor man,

00:17:18.100 --> 00:17:19.019
 and it's about hell,

00:17:19.100 --> 00:17:19.740
 and I know we don't

00:17:19.740 --> 00:17:20.720
 like to talk about hell.

00:17:21.140 --> 00:17:21.580
 Most people,

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 I think if we took

00:17:22.100 --> 00:17:22.440
 a survey,

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 most people don't

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 believe in hell.

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 Hell's uncomfortable,

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 and if there is a hell,

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 for sure I'm not

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 going to go there.

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 Other bad,

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 bad,

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 bad people

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 are going to go there

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 because I'm 51% good,

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 and 51% good

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 is a pass,

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 and God and I

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 have this thing

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 going on,

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 and God understands me,

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 and so no one

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 wants to talk about hell,

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 but Jesus wants

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 to talk about hell.

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 In fact,

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 he talks about it

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 more than almost

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 anything else in the Bible.

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 He talks about it

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 over and over and over.

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 40% of the time

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 he talks about things.

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 He talks about money,

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 he talks about his

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 kingdom coming,

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 and he talks about hell,

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 and so I want to

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 really briefly look

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 at this passage,

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 and the intent of this

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 is I want to kind of

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 talk a little fast.

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 I want to put this

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 out there.

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 I want to talk about

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 three points that I see

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 in this passage

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 that are significant.

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 We will come back

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 to this passage again,

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 I promise you.

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 I won't tell you when

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 because you won't

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 want to come if we

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 come back to it

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 because you don't

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 want to talk about hell,

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 but I think there's

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 three things that we

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 see here,

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 and then my hope is

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 at the end,

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 we'll have a Q&A time

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 because we want the

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 church to be a family.

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 We want you to be able

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 to ask questions.

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 No question is a bad

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 question,

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 so if I say something

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 that confuses you

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 or doesn't make sense,

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 write that down,

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 ask a question at the end,

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 so my hope is that

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 we'll have enough time

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 to go about talking

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 and having questions

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 at the end,

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 and let's see how that

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 goes.

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 There's three things

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 that stick out to me

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 in this passage.

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 The first thing is

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 that we all have

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 eternal destinies.

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 The second thing is

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 that the choices

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 that we make today

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 determine that destiny,

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 and the third thing

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 is that Jesus is very,

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 very concerned

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 about our destiny.

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 We all have

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 eternal destinies.

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 The choices that we

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 make today determine

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 that destiny,

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 and Jesus is very,

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 very concerned

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 about that destiny.

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 The story goes

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 that there's a rich man

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 and a poor man.

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 They're living very,

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 very different lives

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 in verses 19 and 20,

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 and then they die,

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 Lazarus,

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 the poor man,

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 his body is probably,

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 according to Hebrew tradition,

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 his body is probably

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 picked up,

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 and it's thrown

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 in a dump heap,

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 physically.

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 But spiritually,

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 we're told that

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 he's lifted up by angels

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 and he's taken to heaven,

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 and he's in Abraham's bosom.

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 He's in heaven.

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 The imagery there

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 is just like the Last Supper,

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 that Jesus is laying down

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 and he's reclining,

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 and John is laying

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 on his chest,

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 and there's this banquet,

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 there's this party,

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 and everybody's excited

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 and they're rejoicing,

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 and it's an amazing,

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 amazing time.

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 And he's being comforted.

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 It's very interesting.

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 It doesn't say

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 he's given a lot of things.

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 It says he's given comfort.

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 Now, I don't know

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 if we think about heaven

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 very much.

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 I mean, just think of

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 the greatest place

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 you could ever imagine,

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 the neatest thing

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 here on earth,

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 and heaven is a billion

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 times greater than that

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 because you're in the

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 presence of God.

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 We're going to have jobs.

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 We're going to have chores.

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 We're going to do things.

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 We're going to have fun.

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 All the great things

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 that are on earth

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 are going to be in heaven.

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 Diet Coke's going to be

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 in heaven,

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 and M&M's are going

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 to be in heaven,

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 York peppermint patties,

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 please,

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 they're going to be in heaven.

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 All the great things

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 will be there.

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 And so,

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 but our imagination,

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 God is using these words,

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 and our minds are like this,

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 and God's mind is like this,

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 and he's using these words

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 that we can try to grasp

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 our minds around these things.

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 But he's speaking God talk,

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 but he's talking to us

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 as a little child.

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 And so Lazarus is there,

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 and he's being comforted.

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 And then we're told

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 the story about the rich man.

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 And the rich man dies,

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 and he probably has

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 this incredibly impressive funeral

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 because as you look

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 at his lifestyle

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 and the way he dressed,

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 he dressed like a king.

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 He acted like a king.

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 He ate banquets every day.

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 He was so busy

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 with his lifestyle

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 that he didn't even have time

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 to go to the church

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 or to the synagogue.

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 It says in Scripture

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 that every day he feasted,

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 and he did these amazing,

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 amazing things.

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 But spiritually,

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 what we see is that

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 he runs up,

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 he ends up in hell.

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 Now when Jesus' listeners

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 heard this story,

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 they would have been

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 very, very, very disturbed.

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 They would have been offended.

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 Because what they would have

00:21:07.620 --> 00:21:08.380
 wanted to hear was

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 there was a poor man,

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 he was poor because

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 he was sinful,

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 he was bad,

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 he didn't trust the Lord,

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 and when he died,

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 he went to hell.

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 And then there was a rich man,

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 and he dressed finely,

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 and he had great parties,

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 and everybody loved to go to them.

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 He did those things,

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 of course,

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 because he was righteous,

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 and because God loves them,

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 and God loves righteous people,

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 and God blesses people with money.

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 And so when he dies,

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 he goes to heaven.

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 I don't know if you think that way,

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 but a lot of people think that way today

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 in our world,

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 and the Pharisees really,

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 really thought that way.

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 But it says that the Pharisees

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 went to hell,

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 and that would have really

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 disturbed Jesus' listeners.

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 There's some things that stick out to me

00:21:43.500 --> 00:21:44.020
 about this passage

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 that I want to share with them.

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 Here's my observations.

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 The first thing is that hell exists.

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 It's a real place.

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 But Jesus isn't just talking about

00:21:51.140 --> 00:21:51.940
 to scare people.

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 I mean,

00:21:53.360 --> 00:21:55.019
 it's not talked about much

00:21:55.019 --> 00:21:55.559
 in the Bible,

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 but almost every time

00:21:56.620 --> 00:21:57.740
 that hell is talked about,

00:21:58.120 --> 00:21:59.720
 Jesus is the one talking about it.

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 Did you know that?

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 Jesus is the one

00:22:02.660 --> 00:22:03.519
 who talks about love,

00:22:03.579 --> 00:22:04.019
 and peace,

00:22:04.079 --> 00:22:04.360
 and joy,

00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:05.200
 and compassion.

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 He's the one who's almost

00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:07.480
 always talking about hell.

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 He's balancing out those things,

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 and so it's a real place.

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 We see that it's a real place.

00:22:13.140 --> 00:22:14.079
 It's not just an imaginary place.

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 We see also that it's a place

00:22:15.660 --> 00:22:16.500
 of pain and suffering.

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 Verse 24,

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 he's in agony.

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 The word is just like

00:22:21.640 --> 00:22:22.500
 you're getting your skin

00:22:22.500 --> 00:22:23.119
 flayed off.

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 There's fire,

00:22:24.279 --> 00:22:25.460
 but the fire doesn't consume

00:22:25.460 --> 00:22:26.119
 the person

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 because the person

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 is still there.

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 He's in pain.

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 Incredible,

00:22:32.319 --> 00:22:33.519
 incredible pain

00:22:33.519 --> 00:22:34.779
 and suffering

00:22:34.779 --> 00:22:35.839
 and destruction,

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 but he doesn't get destroyed.

00:22:37.400 --> 00:22:38.099
 He just continues.

00:22:38.539 --> 00:22:39.460
 It's like a Greek tragedy.

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 He just continues

00:22:40.359 --> 00:22:40.920
 to be renewed

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 and to be destroyed

00:22:41.539 --> 00:22:42.099
 and renewed

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 and to be destroyed,

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 and it's your worst nightmare.

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 Just think of your worst place

00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:46.480
 ever you could be.

00:22:47.000 --> 00:22:48.619
 Think of that terrible place

00:22:48.619 --> 00:22:49.460
 like South Africa

00:22:49.460 --> 00:22:50.559
 or Australia.

00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:52.220
 Where's Graham?

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 I heard you picked on me

00:22:54.460 --> 00:22:55.079
 last week, dude.

00:22:55.779 --> 00:22:56.299
 Or yeah,

00:22:56.319 --> 00:22:56.920
 even Texas.

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 Think of the worst place

00:22:58.000 --> 00:22:58.440
 you could be.

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 Hell is so much worse

00:23:02.059 --> 00:23:04.039
 than that.

00:23:06.599 --> 00:23:07.900
 Hell is so much worse

00:23:07.900 --> 00:23:08.319
 than that.

00:23:09.819 --> 00:23:11.000
 Verse 26 says

00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:11.740
 that hell is a place

00:23:11.740 --> 00:23:12.359
 of separation.

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 There's this massive chasm

00:23:13.900 --> 00:23:14.519
 that separates

00:23:14.519 --> 00:23:15.980
 good people

00:23:15.980 --> 00:23:17.240
 from people

00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:18.120
 who are lost.

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 And it's eternal.

00:23:20.960 --> 00:23:21.759
 It's there.

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 It can't be moved.

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 People can't go back

00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:24.380
 and forth.

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 And when they read this,

00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:25.940
 people were thinking,

00:23:26.019 --> 00:23:26.440
 well, who would want

00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:27.259
 to go back there

00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:28.800
 to help them?

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 And there's almost

00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:31.120
 this understanding

00:23:31.120 --> 00:23:31.900
 in the literature

00:23:31.900 --> 00:23:33.240
 that Lazarus

00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:34.880
 would have done it

00:23:34.880 --> 00:23:37.060
 if he could have.

00:23:37.059 --> 00:23:40.720
 but he didn't

00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:42.200
 because he can't.

00:23:43.179 --> 00:23:43.519
 And so there's

00:23:43.519 --> 00:23:44.539
 this massive separation.

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 You're all by yourself.

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 It's not that you're

00:23:46.679 --> 00:23:47.159
 partying there

00:23:47.159 --> 00:23:47.740
 with all your buddies

00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:48.579
 and it's a great time

00:23:48.579 --> 00:23:49.099
 and hell is this

00:23:49.099 --> 00:23:49.740
 great place,

00:23:49.899 --> 00:23:51.200
 but you're by yourself

00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:51.859
 and you're separated.

00:23:52.119 --> 00:23:53.319
 We also see in this passage

00:23:53.319 --> 00:23:54.059
 and throughout scripture

00:23:54.059 --> 00:23:55.460
 that hell is a place

00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:56.519
 of self-denial,

00:23:57.039 --> 00:23:58.259
 self-deception.

00:23:59.359 --> 00:24:00.220
 In verse 28,

00:24:00.299 --> 00:24:01.039
 he says it over

00:24:01.039 --> 00:24:01.799
 and over again.

00:24:02.139 --> 00:24:02.879
 C.S. Lewis wrote

00:24:02.879 --> 00:24:03.460
 a great book.

00:24:03.539 --> 00:24:03.779
 It's called

00:24:03.779 --> 00:24:04.639
 The Great Divorce.

00:24:04.640 --> 00:24:06.500
 I got it on my Amazon.

00:24:06.640 --> 00:24:07.280
 I've been reading it again.

00:24:07.600 --> 00:24:08.220
 Probably the fifth time

00:24:08.220 --> 00:24:08.640
 I've read it.

00:24:08.940 --> 00:24:09.660
 I probably should read

00:24:09.660 --> 00:24:10.800
 about once a year,

00:24:10.880 --> 00:24:11.520
 once every other year.

00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:12.920
 It's 144 pages.

00:24:13.440 --> 00:24:14.080
 It's a very quick

00:24:14.080 --> 00:24:14.660
 and easy read

00:24:14.660 --> 00:24:15.160
 and the story

00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:16.160
 talks about people

00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:17.040
 who take a bus ride

00:24:17.040 --> 00:24:18.200
 from hell to heaven

00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:19.620
 and what C.S. Lewis says

00:24:19.620 --> 00:24:20.100
 in hell

00:24:20.100 --> 00:24:20.680
 is that everybody

00:24:20.680 --> 00:24:21.700
 is angry

00:24:21.700 --> 00:24:22.320
 and arguing

00:24:22.320 --> 00:24:22.960
 with each other.

00:24:23.900 --> 00:24:24.960
 Everybody blames

00:24:24.960 --> 00:24:25.740
 each other

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:26.340
 for the reason

00:24:26.340 --> 00:24:26.940
 that they're there

00:24:26.940 --> 00:24:27.820
 and the passage

00:24:27.820 --> 00:24:28.880
 says the same thing

00:24:28.880 --> 00:24:29.640
 in verse 28.

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:31.600
 Abraham is blamed

00:24:31.600 --> 00:24:33.020
 for the rich man

00:24:33.020 --> 00:24:33.600
 being there.

00:24:34.200 --> 00:24:34.500
 He says,

00:24:34.500 --> 00:24:35.319
 if you had told me

00:24:35.319 --> 00:24:36.039
 all these things,

00:24:36.119 --> 00:24:36.599
 if you had sent

00:24:36.599 --> 00:24:37.579
 an image to me,

00:24:37.619 --> 00:24:37.940
 if you had sent

00:24:37.940 --> 00:24:38.660
 somebody from the dead

00:24:38.660 --> 00:24:39.480
 like I want you

00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:40.240
 to do to my brother,

00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:41.079
 then surely

00:24:41.079 --> 00:24:41.900
 I wouldn't be here.

00:24:42.099 --> 00:24:42.759
 It's your fault

00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:43.299
 that I'm here.

00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:44.740
 It's not my fault.

00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:45.740
 You didn't give me a sign.

00:24:45.940 --> 00:24:46.839
 I wish you had given me

00:24:46.839 --> 00:24:47.420
 a sign.

00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:50.160
 We also see that

00:24:50.160 --> 00:24:50.859
 hell is this place

00:24:50.859 --> 00:24:52.839
 where you're

00:24:52.839 --> 00:24:54.039
 totally self-deceived.

00:24:55.099 --> 00:24:55.980
 You notice the rich man,

00:24:56.059 --> 00:24:57.359
 he's still ordering

00:24:57.359 --> 00:24:58.119
 Lazarus around?

00:24:59.500 --> 00:24:59.960
 Do you see that

00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:00.400
 in the passage?

00:25:01.319 --> 00:25:01.980
 He's still saying,

00:25:02.059 --> 00:25:02.500
 hey, send him here,

00:25:02.579 --> 00:25:03.039
 send him there,

00:25:03.299 --> 00:25:03.880
 do these things.

00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:04.280
 I mean,

00:25:04.300 --> 00:25:04.660
 it's almost like

00:25:04.660 --> 00:25:05.660
 your boss who's fired,

00:25:05.760 --> 00:25:06.220
 he comes back

00:25:06.220 --> 00:25:06.760
 into your office

00:25:06.760 --> 00:25:07.780
 and he keeps ordering

00:25:07.780 --> 00:25:08.300
 you around

00:25:08.300 --> 00:25:08.740
 and you're like,

00:25:09.060 --> 00:25:12.120
 you're fired.

00:25:13.460 --> 00:25:14.100
 But that's what

00:25:14.100 --> 00:25:14.700
 Lazarus does.

00:25:14.820 --> 00:25:14.940
 I mean,

00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:15.480
 the rich man,

00:25:15.540 --> 00:25:16.360
 he thinks he's still

00:25:16.360 --> 00:25:17.680
 in control.

00:25:18.440 --> 00:25:19.800
 He's totally self-deceived.

00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:20.740
 He doesn't realize

00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:21.420
 where he's at.

00:25:23.400 --> 00:25:24.180
 Do you see the rich man?

00:25:24.520 --> 00:25:25.260
 And this really

00:25:25.260 --> 00:25:25.920
 is amazing.

00:25:26.300 --> 00:25:26.800
 The rich man,

00:25:26.840 --> 00:25:27.760
 you see what he doesn't do?

00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:27.839
 Abraham,

00:25:28.319 --> 00:25:30.900
 he never asks

00:25:30.900 --> 00:25:31.599
 for forgiveness

00:25:31.599 --> 00:25:35.259
 from Abraham

00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:36.740
 or Lazarus.

00:25:37.660 --> 00:25:38.700
 Do you notice that?

00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:40.000
 He never asks

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:40.599
 for forgiveness.

00:25:40.859 --> 00:25:42.259
 He never apologizes

00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:42.920
 to Lazarus

00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:43.839
 for how he treated him.

00:25:47.099 --> 00:25:48.619
 He doesn't ask

00:25:48.619 --> 00:25:50.200
 to get out of hell.

00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:54.299
 I mean,

00:25:54.360 --> 00:25:55.080
 he can ask

00:25:55.080 --> 00:25:55.920
 any question

00:25:55.920 --> 00:25:58.900
 and he doesn't ask

00:25:58.900 --> 00:26:00.700
 to get out of hell.

00:26:00.880 --> 00:26:01.640
 It's almost as if

00:26:01.640 --> 00:26:02.680
 he's happy

00:26:02.680 --> 00:26:04.840
 to be there.

00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:08.519
 Paul in the book

00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:08.940
 of Romans

00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:09.759
 says it this way.

00:26:09.819 --> 00:26:10.180
 He says that

00:26:10.180 --> 00:26:11.460
 people are in hell

00:26:11.460 --> 00:26:13.799
 because they want to be.

00:26:18.460 --> 00:26:19.480
 People are in hell

00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:21.860
 because they choose it.

00:26:23.860 --> 00:26:24.819
 We see later on

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:25.140
 that he says

00:26:25.140 --> 00:26:26.360
 that hell is eternal

00:26:26.360 --> 00:26:27.180
 and it means

00:26:27.180 --> 00:26:28.900
 that there's no universalism.

00:26:29.839 --> 00:26:30.720
 Sometimes in the church

00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:31.380
 you hear these words

00:26:31.380 --> 00:26:32.380
 called universalism

00:26:32.380 --> 00:26:33.240
 and it basically is

00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:33.940
 God is love

00:26:33.940 --> 00:26:34.960
 and in the end

00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:35.779
 love wins

00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:36.400
 and eventually

00:26:36.400 --> 00:26:38.200
 everybody goes to heaven.

00:26:38.640 --> 00:26:39.259
 No one goes

00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:40.140
 to the bad place.

00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:41.079
 It's great.

00:26:41.620 --> 00:26:42.799
 We're all universalist.

00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:44.099
 But the Bible

00:26:44.099 --> 00:26:45.099
 doesn't say that.

00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:48.240
 The Bible doesn't say that.

00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:48.680
 The Bible says

00:26:48.680 --> 00:26:49.039
 it's appointed

00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:49.460
 on the man

00:26:49.460 --> 00:26:50.259
 once to live

00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:51.139
 and then judgment.

00:26:54.779 --> 00:26:55.379
 The passage

00:26:55.379 --> 00:26:55.799
 doesn't say

00:26:55.799 --> 00:26:56.220
 that we're just

00:26:56.220 --> 00:26:56.920
 annihilated.

00:26:57.359 --> 00:26:58.259
 Sometimes in church

00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:58.639
 and especially

00:26:58.639 --> 00:26:59.279
 in the mission field

00:26:59.279 --> 00:26:59.940
 when you see people

00:26:59.940 --> 00:27:00.519
 and they're lost

00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:01.460
 and you're crying

00:27:01.460 --> 00:27:02.000
 and you're hurting

00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:02.680
 and you're thinking

00:27:02.680 --> 00:27:03.440
 how can this happen?

00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:04.159
 I don't understand this.

00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:05.139
 Maybe God's just

00:27:05.139 --> 00:27:05.619
 going to send people

00:27:05.619 --> 00:27:06.039
 for a while

00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:06.359
 and he's going

00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:06.799
 to suffer them

00:27:06.799 --> 00:27:07.200
 for a while.

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:08.899
 My family

00:27:08.899 --> 00:27:09.960
 and my mom's side

00:27:09.960 --> 00:27:11.599
 are all Jehovah Witnesses

00:27:11.599 --> 00:27:12.099
 and this is what

00:27:12.099 --> 00:27:12.639
 they believe about

00:27:12.639 --> 00:27:13.119
 everybody else

00:27:13.119 --> 00:27:13.920
 who's not a Jehovah Witness.

00:27:14.299 --> 00:27:14.659
 Eventually

00:27:14.659 --> 00:27:15.839
 you just get annihilated.

00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:17.839
 You just get destroyed.

00:27:18.459 --> 00:27:19.759
 Which isn't that bad, right?

00:27:20.619 --> 00:27:21.220
 I mean it's better

00:27:21.220 --> 00:27:22.879
 than burning forever.

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:24.759
 But the Bible

00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:25.439
 doesn't say that.

00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:25.819
 The passage

00:27:25.819 --> 00:27:26.500
 doesn't say that.

00:27:26.579 --> 00:27:27.480
 There's no such thing

00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:28.220
 as annihilation.

00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:29.779
 The passage

00:27:29.779 --> 00:27:30.359
 doesn't say that

00:27:30.359 --> 00:27:30.799
 there's such thing

00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:31.559
 as purgatory.

00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:33.240
 Maybe some of you

00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:33.899
 grew up in a church

00:27:33.899 --> 00:27:34.439
 and you realize

00:27:34.439 --> 00:27:35.139
 I died.

00:27:35.259 --> 00:27:35.659
 I go to this little

00:27:35.659 --> 00:27:36.240
 holding area

00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:37.419
 and then I work off

00:27:37.419 --> 00:27:37.899
 my sins.

00:27:38.019 --> 00:27:38.959
 We were walking

00:27:38.959 --> 00:27:39.579
 through Switzerland

00:27:39.579 --> 00:27:40.579
 right after Christine

00:27:40.579 --> 00:27:41.220
 and I got married

00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:42.139
 and we walked up

00:27:42.139 --> 00:27:43.519
 to this Catholic church

00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:44.519
 and on the outside

00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:44.839
 it said

00:27:44.839 --> 00:27:45.679
 this is the year

00:27:45.679 --> 00:27:46.240
 of Jubilee

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:47.259
 and everybody

00:27:47.259 --> 00:27:47.699
 who enters

00:27:47.699 --> 00:27:48.359
 into this church

00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:49.079
 you get

00:27:49.079 --> 00:27:50.119
 two million years

00:27:50.119 --> 00:27:50.819
 off of purgatory.

00:27:52.139 --> 00:27:52.740
 I figured

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:53.439
 well hey

00:27:53.439 --> 00:27:54.899
 what's going on in?

00:27:55.899 --> 00:27:56.759
 I got that going

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:57.399
 for me, right?

00:27:59.740 --> 00:28:00.480
 Purgatory's the place

00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:00.859
 where you go

00:28:00.859 --> 00:28:01.500
 when you work off

00:28:01.500 --> 00:28:02.359
 your bad deeds.

00:28:03.859 --> 00:28:04.539
 But the Bible

00:28:04.539 --> 00:28:05.119
 never says

00:28:05.119 --> 00:28:06.279
 anything like that.

00:28:08.139 --> 00:28:09.220
 That's adding on

00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:10.319
 to grace

00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:11.460
 in Christ.

00:28:11.899 --> 00:28:12.220
 And the Bible

00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:12.679
 doesn't say

00:28:12.679 --> 00:28:13.899
 we can go to purgatory.

00:28:14.179 --> 00:28:14.799
 The Bible says

00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:15.539
 that there's no such thing

00:28:15.539 --> 00:28:16.579
 as reincarnation.

00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:17.899
 That when you die

00:28:17.899 --> 00:28:19.659
 there's just a judgment.

00:28:20.099 --> 00:28:20.939
 It's final.

00:28:21.439 --> 00:28:22.399
 It's just there.

00:28:23.899 --> 00:28:24.519
 And the last thing

00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:25.119
 I want us to see

00:28:25.119 --> 00:28:25.700
 about hell

00:28:25.700 --> 00:28:26.619
 when you go there

00:28:26.619 --> 00:28:27.679
 and I think we need

00:28:27.679 --> 00:28:28.259
 to talk about this

00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:28.599
 in a church

00:28:28.599 --> 00:28:29.879
 because I have

00:28:29.879 --> 00:28:30.839
 a really hard time

00:28:30.839 --> 00:28:31.179
 with this.

00:28:32.899 --> 00:28:34.099
 God isn't laughing

00:28:34.099 --> 00:28:36.359
 at people in hell.

00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:39.519
 I mean I think

00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:40.279
 sometimes in a church

00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:41.420
 we get so prideful

00:28:41.420 --> 00:28:42.220
 and smug

00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:43.399
 and I'm there

00:28:43.399 --> 00:28:44.379
 so you should be there

00:28:44.379 --> 00:28:44.859
 and if you're not there

00:28:44.859 --> 00:28:45.779
 you deserve to go to hell

00:28:45.779 --> 00:28:46.839
 and the pictures

00:28:46.839 --> 00:28:47.700
 we see in the museums

00:28:47.700 --> 00:28:48.200
 are God

00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:49.079
 dinging people

00:28:49.079 --> 00:28:49.740
 over the fire

00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:50.379
 and oh no no

00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:51.079
 don't burn me up

00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:52.839
 and we just think

00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:53.680
 well God's really happy

00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:54.399
 that everybody's burning

00:28:54.399 --> 00:28:55.200
 and everybody's going to hell

00:28:55.200 --> 00:28:56.200
 and the Bible

00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:57.400
 and the Bible doesn't say that.

00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:00.620
 The Bible says

00:29:00.620 --> 00:29:01.440
 that God weeps

00:29:01.440 --> 00:29:02.380
 at people going to hell

00:29:02.380 --> 00:29:07.700
 and we need to also.

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:11.580
 So everybody has a destination.

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:12.700
 The next thing

00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:13.420
 that sticks out to me

00:29:13.420 --> 00:29:14.960
 is that our choices today

00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:16.740
 determine our destination.

00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:18.460
 It's very interesting

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:18.880
 because again

00:29:18.880 --> 00:29:19.819
 he's almost going back

00:29:19.819 --> 00:29:20.740
 to verse 15

00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:21.799
 about where are you

00:29:21.799 --> 00:29:22.799
 finding your identity?

00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:23.879
 Who are you finding

00:29:23.879 --> 00:29:24.839
 your significance in?

00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:25.879
 These are the choices

00:29:25.879 --> 00:29:26.899
 that justify yourself.

00:29:27.379 --> 00:29:28.339
 There's almost a sense

00:29:28.339 --> 00:29:29.180
 what he's asking is

00:29:29.180 --> 00:29:30.359
 what names you?

00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:33.240
 What names you?

00:29:34.299 --> 00:29:35.220
 Because Lazarus

00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:35.879
 in this passage

00:29:35.879 --> 00:29:37.200
 he's the only person

00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:38.220
 in 38 parables

00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:38.619
 and stories

00:29:38.619 --> 00:29:39.759
 that Jesus gives a name to.

00:29:42.119 --> 00:29:43.019
 Lazarus' name

00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:43.599
 Eleazar

00:29:43.599 --> 00:29:44.480
 Lazarus' name

00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:44.779
 means

00:29:44.779 --> 00:29:46.879
 God is my help.

00:29:46.880 --> 00:29:49.800
 And when you look

00:29:49.800 --> 00:29:50.540
 at Lazarus' life

00:29:50.540 --> 00:29:51.760
 he has nothing.

00:29:52.120 --> 00:29:53.220
 He has no choices.

00:29:53.360 --> 00:29:54.240
 He has no significance.

00:29:54.520 --> 00:29:55.280
 The only thing he knows

00:29:55.280 --> 00:29:56.280
 is he's laid at the door

00:29:56.280 --> 00:29:57.300
 and he's praying

00:29:57.300 --> 00:29:57.780
 that someone

00:29:57.780 --> 00:29:58.580
 would take care of him

00:29:58.580 --> 00:29:59.300
 and I always

00:29:59.300 --> 00:30:00.440
 that weird

00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:01.820
 that name weirds me out

00:30:01.820 --> 00:30:02.680
 because you go up to him

00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:04.040
 and he's covered with sores

00:30:04.040 --> 00:30:04.600
 and he's begging

00:30:04.600 --> 00:30:05.220
 and you go

00:30:05.220 --> 00:30:05.500
 hey dude

00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:06.600
 here's some food.

00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:07.600
 What's your name?

00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:08.600
 Lazarus.

00:30:09.360 --> 00:30:09.640
 What?

00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:12.380
 God is your help?

00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:13.420
 Come on.

00:30:13.580 --> 00:30:13.860
 Your parents

00:30:13.860 --> 00:30:14.440
 could pick a better name

00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:14.880
 than that.

00:30:14.880 --> 00:30:14.940
 What?

00:30:16.880 --> 00:30:17.760
 But Lazarus knew

00:30:17.760 --> 00:30:18.400
 that the only thing

00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:19.340
 that he had to rely on

00:30:19.340 --> 00:30:19.680
 the only thing

00:30:19.680 --> 00:30:20.500
 that he could depend on

00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:21.020
 the only thing

00:30:21.020 --> 00:30:21.600
 that he could trust

00:30:21.600 --> 00:30:24.220
 was God.

00:30:25.420 --> 00:30:26.040
 The only thing

00:30:26.040 --> 00:30:26.620
 that he could find

00:30:26.620 --> 00:30:27.640
 his identity in

00:30:27.640 --> 00:30:28.320
 the only thing

00:30:28.320 --> 00:30:28.820
 he could find

00:30:28.820 --> 00:30:29.820
 his significance in

00:30:29.820 --> 00:30:30.480
 the only thing

00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:30.980
 he could find

00:30:30.980 --> 00:30:31.940
 his purpose in

00:30:31.940 --> 00:30:34.380
 was God.

00:30:36.940 --> 00:30:38.160
 He had nothing else.

00:30:41.700 --> 00:30:43.020
 I often ask my questions

00:30:43.020 --> 00:30:43.860
 like myself

00:30:43.860 --> 00:30:44.340
 this question

00:30:44.340 --> 00:30:45.080
 when I go through my day

00:30:45.080 --> 00:30:45.240
 is

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:47.420
 who is my help?

00:30:51.460 --> 00:30:52.640
 What am I depending on?

00:30:53.819 --> 00:30:54.640
 What am I asking

00:30:54.640 --> 00:30:55.620
 to get my significance

00:30:55.620 --> 00:30:56.000
 out of?

00:30:56.039 --> 00:30:56.480
 What do I want

00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:57.720
 to get my approval from?

00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:00.500
 Who's my help?

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:03.759
 Well the rich man

00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:04.140
 you know where

00:31:04.140 --> 00:31:05.140
 his help is.

00:31:05.920 --> 00:31:07.220
 We're told in verse 19

00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:08.539
 that his help

00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:10.000
 his hope

00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:11.240
 his identity

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:12.420
 is found in his wealth

00:31:12.420 --> 00:31:13.360
 and in his lifestyle

00:31:13.360 --> 00:31:14.140
 and his comfort

00:31:14.140 --> 00:31:15.220
 his status

00:31:15.220 --> 00:31:16.140
 his reputation

00:31:16.140 --> 00:31:17.360
 his heritage

00:31:17.360 --> 00:31:17.680
 he says

00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:18.240
 Father Abraham

00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:18.740
 I'm a Jew

00:31:18.740 --> 00:31:19.300
 come save me

00:31:19.300 --> 00:31:19.820
 Father Abraham

00:31:19.820 --> 00:31:21.120
 he's playing the race card

00:31:21.120 --> 00:31:22.080
 he's playing the heritage card

00:31:22.080 --> 00:31:22.560
 save me

00:31:22.560 --> 00:31:23.220
 save me

00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:25.019
 I mean he dresses

00:31:25.019 --> 00:31:25.880
 in such a way

00:31:25.880 --> 00:31:26.920
 that only kings

00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:27.660
 would dress this way

00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:28.840
 habitually means

00:31:28.840 --> 00:31:30.039
 always continually

00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:31.860
 purple was a very rare color

00:31:31.860 --> 00:31:32.740
 only for kings

00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:33.539
 the linen

00:31:33.539 --> 00:31:34.920
 when he says fine linen

00:31:34.920 --> 00:31:35.759
 the Greek word

00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:36.320
 is busos

00:31:36.320 --> 00:31:36.920
 which it actually

00:31:36.920 --> 00:31:37.880
 means is his underwear

00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:40.460
 so his underwear

00:31:40.460 --> 00:31:41.960
 is from the finest linen

00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:43.140
 in Egypt

00:31:43.140 --> 00:31:44.880
 the linen

00:31:44.880 --> 00:31:45.960
 was so fine

00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:47.080
 that one ounce

00:31:47.080 --> 00:31:47.779
 of that linen

00:31:47.779 --> 00:31:49.060
 cost more than

00:31:49.060 --> 00:31:50.200
 one ounce of gold

00:31:50.200 --> 00:31:52.580
 in Jesus' day

00:31:52.580 --> 00:31:55.539
 so he's wearing

00:31:55.539 --> 00:31:56.759
 expensive underwear

00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:57.580
 he's wearing

00:31:57.580 --> 00:31:59.360
 expensive everything else

00:31:59.360 --> 00:32:00.360
 and his hope

00:32:00.360 --> 00:32:01.259
 his significance

00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:02.340
 his personality

00:32:02.339 --> 00:32:03.339
 his identity

00:32:03.339 --> 00:32:04.599
 are all found

00:32:04.599 --> 00:32:05.059
 in what people

00:32:05.059 --> 00:32:06.199
 think about him

00:32:06.199 --> 00:32:09.299
 and how he's viewed

00:32:09.299 --> 00:32:10.399
 and what he does

00:32:10.399 --> 00:32:14.539
 why is the rich man

00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:14.919
 in hell?

00:32:19.079 --> 00:32:20.459
 is it because he's rich?

00:32:22.359 --> 00:32:22.959
 no

00:32:22.959 --> 00:32:25.579
 Abraham was one

00:32:25.579 --> 00:32:26.459
 of the richest people

00:32:26.459 --> 00:32:27.399
 in the Bible

00:32:27.399 --> 00:32:29.199
 he's talking to Abraham

00:32:29.199 --> 00:32:30.179
 Abraham had money

00:32:30.179 --> 00:32:30.899
 more money

00:32:30.899 --> 00:32:31.699
 than you could count

00:32:31.700 --> 00:32:34.420
 he's in hell

00:32:34.420 --> 00:32:35.860
 because he turned

00:32:35.860 --> 00:32:37.059
 away from God's word

00:32:37.059 --> 00:32:37.539
 he turned away

00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:38.240
 from God

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:40.019
 his actions

00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:40.840
 and how he lived

00:32:40.840 --> 00:32:41.539
 out his life

00:32:41.539 --> 00:32:42.860
 pointed to a problem

00:32:42.860 --> 00:32:43.860
 that was in his heart

00:32:43.860 --> 00:32:49.980
 God gave him

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:51.440
 God gave us

00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:52.840
 all these resources

00:32:52.840 --> 00:32:56.900
 and he wants us

00:32:56.900 --> 00:32:58.220
 to use these resources

00:32:58.220 --> 00:32:59.440
 to love

00:32:59.440 --> 00:33:00.039
 and care

00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:00.740
 and reach out

00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:01.220
 to the people

00:33:01.220 --> 00:33:01.779
 who don't

00:33:01.779 --> 00:33:02.240
 have

00:33:02.240 --> 00:33:04.180
 those resources

00:33:04.180 --> 00:33:07.720
 and the rich man

00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:08.120
 didn't want

00:33:08.120 --> 00:33:08.799
 to do that

00:33:08.799 --> 00:33:12.460
 why is Lazarus

00:33:12.460 --> 00:33:13.099
 laid out his door

00:33:13.099 --> 00:33:13.579
 every day?

00:33:14.500 --> 00:33:15.079
 in Greek

00:33:15.079 --> 00:33:15.319
 it says

00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:15.720
 every day

00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:16.339
 he's laid there

00:33:16.339 --> 00:33:17.660
 why?

00:33:19.279 --> 00:33:20.160
 because culturally

00:33:20.160 --> 00:33:21.140
 everybody expected

00:33:21.140 --> 00:33:21.640
 the rich man

00:33:21.640 --> 00:33:22.559
 to take care of him

00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:24.500
 it's the reason

00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:25.180
 God gave him

00:33:25.180 --> 00:33:25.640
 an abundance

00:33:25.640 --> 00:33:26.339
 of everything

00:33:26.339 --> 00:33:27.740
 not so that

00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:28.279
 he can keep it

00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:28.720
 for himself

00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:29.220
 and spend it

00:33:29.220 --> 00:33:29.640
 on himself

00:33:29.640 --> 00:33:30.360
 and use it

00:33:30.360 --> 00:33:31.059
 on himself

00:33:31.059 --> 00:33:32.660
 like he did

00:33:32.660 --> 00:33:34.339
 but it was so

00:33:34.339 --> 00:33:34.940
 he could take care

00:33:34.940 --> 00:33:36.000
 of people around him

00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:37.220
 who couldn't

00:33:37.220 --> 00:33:38.180
 take care of themselves

00:33:38.180 --> 00:33:40.079
 that's why Lazarus

00:33:40.079 --> 00:33:40.839
 is laid at his door

00:33:40.839 --> 00:33:41.319
 every day

00:33:41.319 --> 00:33:44.940
 that's why Lazarus

00:33:44.940 --> 00:33:45.380
 is laid

00:33:45.380 --> 00:33:48.299
 at our door

00:33:48.299 --> 00:33:48.779
 every day

00:33:48.779 --> 00:33:54.240
 I wonder what

00:33:54.240 --> 00:33:54.759
 the rich man

00:33:54.759 --> 00:33:55.160
 felt

00:33:55.160 --> 00:33:55.700
 or thought

00:33:55.700 --> 00:33:56.460
 when he saw

00:33:56.460 --> 00:33:57.519
 Lazarus

00:33:57.519 --> 00:33:57.759
 there

00:33:57.759 --> 00:33:58.240
 every day

00:33:58.240 --> 00:33:58.759
 and he walked

00:33:58.759 --> 00:33:59.319
 over him

00:33:59.319 --> 00:34:00.799
 I wonder

00:34:00.799 --> 00:34:01.539
 what the excuses

00:34:01.539 --> 00:34:02.579
 were that he used

00:34:02.579 --> 00:34:03.940
 every day

00:34:03.940 --> 00:34:06.680
 not to reach out

00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:07.180
 to him

00:34:07.180 --> 00:34:09.219
 you know

00:34:09.219 --> 00:34:09.980
 if I help him

00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:11.259
 who knows

00:34:11.259 --> 00:34:11.779
 how many more

00:34:11.779 --> 00:34:12.159
 people are going

00:34:12.159 --> 00:34:12.519
 to come

00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:13.679
 because you just

00:34:13.679 --> 00:34:14.199
 help a beggar

00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:14.719
 and more beggars

00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:15.139
 come

00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:15.940
 and if I help

00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:16.340
 Lazarus

00:34:16.340 --> 00:34:16.739
 then just how

00:34:16.739 --> 00:34:16.980
 many more

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:17.300
 people are going

00:34:17.300 --> 00:34:17.660
 to come

00:34:17.660 --> 00:34:18.539
 it's going

00:34:18.539 --> 00:34:19.000
 to get overwhelming

00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:19.320
 I'm not going

00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:19.420
 to be able

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:20.060
 to control it

00:34:20.060 --> 00:34:21.180
 I mean

00:34:21.180 --> 00:34:22.400
 if I really

00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:22.880
 don't have

00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:23.340
 the time

00:34:23.340 --> 00:34:23.880
 for this

00:34:23.880 --> 00:34:25.680
 I'm so busy

00:34:25.680 --> 00:34:26.820
 running from

00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:27.260
 appointment

00:34:27.260 --> 00:34:28.000
 to appointment

00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:28.620
 in banquet

00:34:28.620 --> 00:34:29.260
 in food

00:34:29.260 --> 00:34:29.960
 I just don't

00:34:29.960 --> 00:34:30.640
 have the time

00:34:30.640 --> 00:34:31.380
 to focus

00:34:31.380 --> 00:34:31.820
 on him

00:34:31.820 --> 00:34:34.100
 what if

00:34:34.100 --> 00:34:34.680
 he's cheating

00:34:34.680 --> 00:34:35.000
 me

00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:37.519
 what if

00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:38.060
 he's really

00:34:38.060 --> 00:34:39.539
 not sick

00:34:39.539 --> 00:34:42.100
 won't I

00:34:42.100 --> 00:34:42.880
 look foolish

00:34:42.880 --> 00:34:46.039
 what if

00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:46.720
 it's God's

00:34:46.720 --> 00:34:47.100
 will

00:34:47.099 --> 00:34:48.339
 for him

00:34:48.339 --> 00:34:48.579
 to be

00:34:48.579 --> 00:34:48.940
 starving

00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:49.559
 that's it

00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:49.860
 God's

00:34:49.860 --> 00:34:49.960
 will

00:34:49.960 --> 00:34:50.199
 for him

00:34:50.199 --> 00:34:50.380
 to be

00:34:50.380 --> 00:34:50.619
 starving

00:34:50.619 --> 00:34:50.900
 if I

00:34:50.900 --> 00:34:51.099
 help

00:34:51.099 --> 00:34:51.299
 I'm

00:34:51.299 --> 00:34:51.380
 going

00:34:51.380 --> 00:34:51.420
 to

00:34:51.420 --> 00:34:51.559
 mess

00:34:51.559 --> 00:34:51.659
 up

00:34:51.659 --> 00:34:51.920
 God's

00:34:51.920 --> 00:34:52.039
 will

00:34:52.039 --> 00:34:52.159
 I

00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:52.279
 better

00:34:52.279 --> 00:34:52.440
 not

00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:52.599
 do it

00:34:52.599 --> 00:34:52.719
 I'm

00:34:52.719 --> 00:34:52.839
 going to

00:34:52.839 --> 00:34:53.039
 walk

00:34:53.039 --> 00:34:53.259
 on

00:34:53.259 --> 00:34:57.480
 I wonder

00:34:57.480 --> 00:34:58.179
 what excuses

00:34:58.179 --> 00:34:58.819
 the rich man

00:34:58.819 --> 00:34:59.279
 used

00:34:59.279 --> 00:35:00.059
 every day

00:35:00.059 --> 00:35:01.480
 as God

00:35:01.480 --> 00:35:02.019
 continued to

00:35:02.019 --> 00:35:02.360
 give him

00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:02.920
 resources

00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:03.599
 to reach out

00:35:03.599 --> 00:35:03.819
 to the

00:35:03.819 --> 00:35:04.079
 people

00:35:04.079 --> 00:35:04.420
 and he

00:35:04.420 --> 00:35:04.860
 hoarded

00:35:04.860 --> 00:35:05.239
 them

00:35:05.239 --> 00:35:06.799
 to himself

00:35:06.799 --> 00:35:08.960
 we're told

00:35:08.960 --> 00:35:09.259
 in verse

00:35:09.259 --> 00:35:09.819
 25

00:35:09.819 --> 00:35:10.519
 as Abraham

00:35:10.519 --> 00:35:11.079
 talks to

00:35:11.079 --> 00:35:11.579
 the rich man

00:35:11.579 --> 00:35:12.639
 you've made

00:35:12.639 --> 00:35:13.460
 your choices

00:35:13.460 --> 00:35:15.259
 remember child

00:35:15.259 --> 00:35:15.880
 that during

00:35:15.880 --> 00:35:16.519
 your life

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:17.360
 you receive

00:35:17.360 --> 00:35:18.579
 these things

00:35:18.579 --> 00:35:23.059
 and now

00:35:23.059 --> 00:35:23.460
 Lazarus

00:35:23.460 --> 00:35:23.739
 is

00:35:23.739 --> 00:35:26.380
 the rich man's

00:35:26.380 --> 00:35:27.059
 problem was

00:35:27.059 --> 00:35:27.900
 his heart

00:35:27.900 --> 00:35:29.619
 his heart

00:35:29.619 --> 00:35:30.420
 was cold

00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:31.039
 and hard

00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:32.400
 to God

00:35:32.400 --> 00:35:34.280
 it wasn't

00:35:34.280 --> 00:35:34.739
 that he

00:35:34.739 --> 00:35:36.340
 was wealthy

00:35:36.340 --> 00:35:38.840
 the book of

00:35:38.840 --> 00:35:39.259
 Romans says

00:35:39.259 --> 00:35:39.719
 it like this

00:35:39.719 --> 00:35:40.239
 that eventually

00:35:40.239 --> 00:35:41.679
 God gives

00:35:41.679 --> 00:35:42.139
 everybody

00:35:42.139 --> 00:35:42.819
 their heart's

00:35:42.819 --> 00:35:43.259
 desire

00:35:43.259 --> 00:35:46.619
 whatever

00:35:46.619 --> 00:35:47.480
 you desire

00:35:47.480 --> 00:35:49.599
 eventually

00:35:49.599 --> 00:35:51.159
 God will

00:35:51.159 --> 00:35:51.539
 give that

00:35:51.539 --> 00:35:52.219
 to you

00:35:52.219 --> 00:35:54.500
 C.S. Lewis

00:35:54.500 --> 00:35:54.960
 in his book

00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:55.419
 again says

00:35:55.419 --> 00:35:56.019
 that's what

00:35:56.019 --> 00:35:56.699
 hell is

00:35:56.699 --> 00:36:00.039
 sin is

00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:00.399
 saying

00:36:00.399 --> 00:36:00.940
 go away

00:36:00.940 --> 00:36:01.179
 God

00:36:01.179 --> 00:36:01.480
 I want to

00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:01.679
 do this

00:36:01.679 --> 00:36:02.059
 by myself

00:36:02.059 --> 00:36:02.339
 I don't

00:36:02.339 --> 00:36:02.719
 need you

00:36:02.719 --> 00:36:03.159
 and hell

00:36:03.159 --> 00:36:03.639
 is eventually

00:36:03.639 --> 00:36:04.239
 God saying

00:36:04.239 --> 00:36:05.099
 okay

00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:06.399
 you can do

00:36:06.399 --> 00:36:06.819
 whatever you

00:36:06.819 --> 00:36:07.099
 want

00:36:07.099 --> 00:36:09.119
 I'm not

00:36:09.119 --> 00:36:09.259
 going to

00:36:09.259 --> 00:36:09.619
 be around

00:36:09.619 --> 00:36:10.139
 you anymore

00:36:10.139 --> 00:36:19.380
 the rich man

00:36:19.380 --> 00:36:19.860
 struggled

00:36:19.860 --> 00:36:20.299
 with the

00:36:20.299 --> 00:36:20.779
 resources

00:36:20.779 --> 00:36:21.239
 that God

00:36:21.239 --> 00:36:21.940
 gave him

00:36:21.940 --> 00:36:23.659
 he didn't

00:36:23.659 --> 00:36:24.279
 want God

00:36:24.279 --> 00:36:24.619
 to be

00:36:24.619 --> 00:36:25.039
 Lord

00:36:25.039 --> 00:36:25.719
 or King

00:36:25.719 --> 00:36:25.960
 or he

00:36:25.960 --> 00:36:26.159
 didn't

00:36:26.159 --> 00:36:26.619
 want to

00:36:26.619 --> 00:36:27.159
 obey

00:36:27.159 --> 00:36:28.360
 God

00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:32.099
 and God

00:36:32.099 --> 00:36:32.239
 said

00:36:32.239 --> 00:36:32.500
 okay

00:36:32.500 --> 00:36:34.559
 you don't

00:36:34.559 --> 00:36:35.000
 have to

00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:38.380
 some people

00:36:38.380 --> 00:36:38.699
 would say

00:36:38.699 --> 00:36:39.159
 that hell

00:36:39.159 --> 00:36:39.559
 is your

00:36:39.559 --> 00:36:40.559
 final choice

00:36:40.559 --> 00:36:41.000
 that God

00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:41.719
 gives you

00:36:41.719 --> 00:36:43.280
 fully

00:36:43.280 --> 00:36:45.840
 and truly

00:36:45.840 --> 00:36:49.559
 my experience

00:36:49.559 --> 00:36:50.159
 in life

00:36:50.159 --> 00:36:50.519
 is

00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:51.460
 that if I

00:36:51.460 --> 00:36:51.780
 live

00:36:51.780 --> 00:36:52.860
 with my

00:36:52.860 --> 00:36:53.380
 eye on

00:36:53.380 --> 00:36:53.860
 comfort

00:36:53.860 --> 00:36:57.719
 if I

00:36:57.719 --> 00:36:58.159
 live with

00:36:58.159 --> 00:36:58.880
 my eye

00:36:58.880 --> 00:36:59.940
 on comfort

00:36:59.940 --> 00:37:00.699
 and wealth

00:37:00.699 --> 00:37:03.059
 I tend

00:37:03.059 --> 00:37:03.539
 to bend

00:37:03.539 --> 00:37:04.059
 God's

00:37:04.059 --> 00:37:04.339
 word

00:37:04.339 --> 00:37:08.199
 and I

00:37:08.199 --> 00:37:08.399
 don't

00:37:08.399 --> 00:37:08.859
 obey

00:37:08.859 --> 00:37:10.539
 what he

00:37:10.539 --> 00:37:11.199
 wants me

00:37:11.199 --> 00:37:12.460
 to do

00:37:12.460 --> 00:37:15.779
 the other

00:37:15.779 --> 00:37:16.179
 thing that I

00:37:16.179 --> 00:37:16.599
 see in this

00:37:16.599 --> 00:37:17.259
 passage is

00:37:17.259 --> 00:37:18.039
 basically that

00:37:18.039 --> 00:37:19.439
 your outward

00:37:19.439 --> 00:37:20.579
 appearances

00:37:20.579 --> 00:37:23.659
 are not

00:37:23.659 --> 00:37:24.119
 very good

00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:24.699
 indicators

00:37:24.699 --> 00:37:26.699
 of our

00:37:26.699 --> 00:37:27.059
 eternal

00:37:27.059 --> 00:37:27.639
 reality

00:37:27.639 --> 00:37:32.799
 your outward

00:37:32.799 --> 00:37:33.900
 appearances

00:37:33.900 --> 00:37:36.139
 are not

00:37:36.139 --> 00:37:36.359
 good

00:37:36.359 --> 00:37:36.879
 indicators

00:37:36.879 --> 00:37:38.879
 of where

00:37:38.879 --> 00:37:39.339
 you spend

00:37:39.339 --> 00:37:39.900
 eternity

00:37:39.900 --> 00:37:44.019
 the choices

00:37:44.019 --> 00:37:44.960
 you make

00:37:44.960 --> 00:37:45.799
 today

00:37:45.799 --> 00:37:48.799
 determine

00:37:48.799 --> 00:37:51.339
 your destiny

00:37:51.339 --> 00:37:53.699
 and the

00:37:53.699 --> 00:37:54.059
 last thing

00:37:54.059 --> 00:37:54.339
 that sticks

00:37:54.339 --> 00:37:54.839
 out to me

00:37:54.839 --> 00:37:55.079
 and it

00:37:55.079 --> 00:37:56.119
 sticks out

00:37:56.119 --> 00:37:56.359
 to me

00:37:56.359 --> 00:37:56.599
 and hits

00:37:56.599 --> 00:37:57.039
 me in the

00:37:57.039 --> 00:37:57.279
 head

00:37:57.280 --> 00:37:58.519
 is basically

00:37:58.519 --> 00:37:58.820
 this

00:37:58.820 --> 00:37:59.340
 is that

00:37:59.340 --> 00:37:59.680
 Jesus

00:37:59.680 --> 00:38:00.240
 is very

00:38:00.240 --> 00:38:00.740
 concerned

00:38:00.740 --> 00:38:01.100
 about our

00:38:01.100 --> 00:38:01.700
 destinies

00:38:01.700 --> 00:38:04.260
 he's so

00:38:04.260 --> 00:38:05.220
 concerned

00:38:05.220 --> 00:38:05.460
 I mean

00:38:05.460 --> 00:38:05.900
 think about

00:38:05.900 --> 00:38:06.100
 this

00:38:06.100 --> 00:38:06.580
 Jesus

00:38:06.580 --> 00:38:07.140
 is telling

00:38:07.140 --> 00:38:07.680
 this story

00:38:07.680 --> 00:38:08.420
 he's telling

00:38:08.420 --> 00:38:08.940
 it to us

00:38:08.940 --> 00:38:09.200
 and he's

00:38:09.200 --> 00:38:09.500
 telling it

00:38:09.500 --> 00:38:09.920
 to men

00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:10.760
 who eventually

00:38:10.760 --> 00:38:11.280
 within a

00:38:11.280 --> 00:38:11.480
 week

00:38:11.480 --> 00:38:12.019
 they're going

00:38:12.019 --> 00:38:12.580
 to crucify

00:38:12.580 --> 00:38:12.920
 him

00:38:12.920 --> 00:38:16.400
 so he's

00:38:16.400 --> 00:38:16.640
 basically

00:38:16.640 --> 00:38:17.240
 telling this

00:38:17.240 --> 00:38:17.600
 story

00:38:17.600 --> 00:38:18.360
 as a

00:38:18.360 --> 00:38:18.640
 warning

00:38:18.640 --> 00:38:19.360
 as an

00:38:19.360 --> 00:38:19.660
 early

00:38:19.660 --> 00:38:20.080
 addition

00:38:20.080 --> 00:38:21.260
 to men

00:38:21.260 --> 00:38:21.840
 who are

00:38:21.840 --> 00:38:22.160
 eventually

00:38:22.160 --> 00:38:22.760
 going to

00:38:22.760 --> 00:38:23.320
 kill him

00:38:23.320 --> 00:38:26.120
 we're told

00:38:26.120 --> 00:38:26.500
 that he's

00:38:26.500 --> 00:38:26.720
 going to

00:38:26.719 --> 00:38:27.199
 approach

00:38:27.199 --> 00:38:27.719
 Jerusalem

00:38:27.719 --> 00:38:28.519
 and when

00:38:28.519 --> 00:38:29.000
 he sees

00:38:29.000 --> 00:38:29.459
 this city

00:38:29.459 --> 00:38:31.059
 he laughs

00:38:31.059 --> 00:38:32.319
 at everybody

00:38:32.319 --> 00:38:32.679
 in it

00:38:32.679 --> 00:38:32.959
 who's going

00:38:32.959 --> 00:38:33.119
 to go

00:38:33.119 --> 00:38:33.500
 to hell

00:38:33.500 --> 00:38:35.859
 no

00:38:35.859 --> 00:38:37.959
 we're told

00:38:37.959 --> 00:38:38.279
 that he

00:38:38.279 --> 00:38:38.859
 weeps

00:38:38.859 --> 00:38:40.599
 when he

00:38:40.599 --> 00:38:40.980
 sees how

00:38:40.980 --> 00:38:41.500
 lost

00:38:41.500 --> 00:38:43.179
 people are

00:38:43.179 --> 00:38:44.459
 without

00:38:44.459 --> 00:38:44.879
 God

00:38:44.879 --> 00:38:47.179
 he enters

00:38:47.179 --> 00:38:47.659
 the city

00:38:47.659 --> 00:38:48.599
 he weeps

00:38:48.599 --> 00:38:49.739
 he's falsely

00:38:49.739 --> 00:38:50.239
 accused

00:38:50.239 --> 00:38:50.859
 he's beaten

00:38:50.859 --> 00:38:51.599
 he's tortured

00:38:51.599 --> 00:38:52.459
 he's mocked

00:38:52.459 --> 00:38:53.339
 he's crucified

00:38:53.340 --> 00:38:54.180
 we're told

00:38:54.180 --> 00:38:54.460
 that the

00:38:54.460 --> 00:38:55.059
 physical pain

00:38:55.059 --> 00:38:55.420
 which is

00:38:55.420 --> 00:38:56.140
 amazing

00:38:56.140 --> 00:38:57.120
 and incredible

00:38:57.120 --> 00:38:57.539
 if you ever

00:38:57.539 --> 00:38:58.039
 study about

00:38:58.039 --> 00:38:58.820
 being crucified

00:38:58.820 --> 00:39:00.000
 it's terrible

00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:00.640
 but we're

00:39:00.640 --> 00:39:01.059
 told in

00:39:01.059 --> 00:39:01.300
 scripture

00:39:01.300 --> 00:39:02.000
 is that the

00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:02.740
 physical pain

00:39:02.740 --> 00:39:03.700
 is nothing

00:39:03.700 --> 00:39:04.640
 compared to

00:39:04.640 --> 00:39:05.220
 the spiritual

00:39:05.220 --> 00:39:05.760
 pain

00:39:05.760 --> 00:39:09.000
 he's on the

00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:09.300
 cross

00:39:09.300 --> 00:39:15.660
 my God

00:39:15.660 --> 00:39:17.440
 my God

00:39:17.440 --> 00:39:19.600
 why have you

00:39:19.600 --> 00:39:20.580
 forsaken me

00:39:20.580 --> 00:39:23.760
 he doesn't say

00:39:23.760 --> 00:39:24.720
 the nails hurt

00:39:24.720 --> 00:39:25.420
 really bad

00:39:25.420 --> 00:39:27.640
 he doesn't say

00:39:27.640 --> 00:39:28.460
 the crown makes me

00:39:28.460 --> 00:39:29.160
 feel uncomfortable

00:39:29.159 --> 00:39:33.000
 he says

00:39:33.000 --> 00:39:33.420
 God

00:39:33.420 --> 00:39:35.699
 how come

00:39:35.699 --> 00:39:36.039
 you've turned

00:39:36.039 --> 00:39:36.399
 your back

00:39:36.399 --> 00:39:36.839
 on me

00:39:36.839 --> 00:39:41.619
 and as he

00:39:41.619 --> 00:39:41.920
 does that

00:39:41.920 --> 00:39:42.339
 he's looking

00:39:42.339 --> 00:39:43.000
 at us

00:39:43.000 --> 00:39:46.359
 and you

00:39:46.359 --> 00:39:46.659
 can almost

00:39:46.659 --> 00:39:46.879
 hear

00:39:46.879 --> 00:39:48.739
 for Tobin

00:39:48.739 --> 00:39:52.799
 for Susie

00:39:52.799 --> 00:39:55.219
 for Andrew

00:39:55.219 --> 00:39:57.579
 for Mike

00:39:57.579 --> 00:39:59.960
 for Gary

00:39:59.960 --> 00:40:03.840
 the passage

00:40:03.840 --> 00:40:04.639
 says that

00:40:04.639 --> 00:40:05.199
 Christ

00:40:05.199 --> 00:40:07.119
 is totally

00:40:07.119 --> 00:40:08.159
 forsaken

00:40:08.159 --> 00:40:09.799
 by God

00:40:09.799 --> 00:40:11.940
 he dies

00:40:11.940 --> 00:40:13.139
 and many

00:40:13.139 --> 00:40:13.819
 people believe

00:40:13.819 --> 00:40:14.420
 that for three

00:40:14.420 --> 00:40:15.380
 days he goes

00:40:15.380 --> 00:40:15.900
 to hell

00:40:15.900 --> 00:40:18.380
 so that you

00:40:18.380 --> 00:40:18.860
 and I

00:40:18.860 --> 00:40:19.699
 will never

00:40:19.699 --> 00:40:20.139
 have to

00:40:20.139 --> 00:40:25.860
 the question

00:40:25.860 --> 00:40:26.279
 is

00:40:26.280 --> 00:40:28.340
 do we

00:40:28.340 --> 00:40:29.060
 accept that

00:40:29.060 --> 00:40:34.180
 do we

00:40:34.180 --> 00:40:34.720
 accept it

00:40:34.720 --> 00:40:38.060
 we all

00:40:38.060 --> 00:40:38.620
 have a

00:40:38.620 --> 00:40:39.040
 destiny

00:40:39.040 --> 00:40:40.519
 the choices

00:40:40.519 --> 00:40:41.080
 we make

00:40:41.080 --> 00:40:41.600
 today

00:40:41.600 --> 00:40:42.760
 determine

00:40:42.760 --> 00:40:43.400
 our destiny

00:40:43.400 --> 00:40:45.120
 Jesus

00:40:45.120 --> 00:40:46.540
 is very

00:40:46.540 --> 00:40:47.880
 very

00:40:47.880 --> 00:40:48.480
 very

00:40:48.480 --> 00:40:49.100
 concerned

00:40:49.100 --> 00:40:51.320
 about our

00:40:51.320 --> 00:40:51.660
 destiny

00:40:51.660 --> 00:40:54.340
 so what

00:40:54.340 --> 00:40:54.580
 does this

00:40:54.580 --> 00:40:54.960
 tell us

00:40:54.960 --> 00:40:55.340
 about Jesus

00:40:55.340 --> 00:40:56.140
 love for us

00:40:56.139 --> 00:41:00.719
 you know

00:41:00.719 --> 00:41:01.039
 if hell

00:41:01.039 --> 00:41:01.719
 isn't real

00:41:01.719 --> 00:41:04.000
 then Jesus

00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:04.559
 love and

00:41:04.559 --> 00:41:05.059
 sacrifice

00:41:05.059 --> 00:41:05.599
 on the cross

00:41:05.599 --> 00:41:06.019
 it really

00:41:06.019 --> 00:41:06.839
 doesn't mean

00:41:06.839 --> 00:41:08.639
 that much

00:41:08.639 --> 00:41:09.119
 does it

00:41:09.119 --> 00:41:11.119
 I mean

00:41:11.119 --> 00:41:11.420
 if we're all

00:41:11.420 --> 00:41:11.679
 just going to

00:41:11.679 --> 00:41:12.259
 get to heaven

00:41:12.259 --> 00:41:14.119
 it's kind

00:41:14.119 --> 00:41:14.599
 of stupid

00:41:14.599 --> 00:41:16.319
 I mean

00:41:16.319 --> 00:41:16.819
 his love

00:41:16.819 --> 00:41:17.719
 if it doesn't

00:41:17.719 --> 00:41:18.759
 involve a

00:41:18.759 --> 00:41:19.279
 sacrifice

00:41:19.279 --> 00:41:19.879
 all true

00:41:19.879 --> 00:41:20.339
 love

00:41:20.339 --> 00:41:21.400
 involves

00:41:21.400 --> 00:41:21.920
 sacrifice

00:41:21.920 --> 00:41:22.339
 just try to

00:41:22.339 --> 00:41:22.599
 love your

00:41:22.599 --> 00:41:22.900
 kids

00:41:22.900 --> 00:41:23.159
 and love

00:41:23.159 --> 00:41:23.579
 your wife

00:41:23.579 --> 00:41:23.819
 and love

00:41:23.819 --> 00:41:24.259
 your husband

00:41:24.260 --> 00:41:26.140
 but if

00:41:26.140 --> 00:41:26.480
 his love

00:41:26.480 --> 00:41:26.740
 for us

00:41:26.740 --> 00:41:26.960
 doesn't

00:41:26.960 --> 00:41:27.460
 involve a

00:41:27.460 --> 00:41:27.880
 sacrifice

00:41:27.880 --> 00:41:28.520
 then it

00:41:28.520 --> 00:41:29.060
 means nothing

00:41:29.060 --> 00:41:29.520
 but if

00:41:29.520 --> 00:41:30.200
 hell is

00:41:30.200 --> 00:41:30.640
 real

00:41:30.640 --> 00:41:31.360
 and the

00:41:31.360 --> 00:41:31.900
 crucifixion

00:41:31.900 --> 00:41:32.320
 is real

00:41:32.320 --> 00:41:32.960
 then his

00:41:32.960 --> 00:41:33.500
 sacrifice

00:41:33.500 --> 00:41:33.800
 and his

00:41:33.800 --> 00:41:34.100
 love

00:41:34.100 --> 00:41:34.560
 is

00:41:34.560 --> 00:41:37.640
 everything

00:41:37.639 --> 00:41:47.559
 how does

00:41:47.559 --> 00:41:47.920
 that affect

00:41:47.920 --> 00:41:48.440
 us today

00:41:48.440 --> 00:41:56.500
 as we walk

00:41:56.500 --> 00:41:56.839
 out here

00:41:56.839 --> 00:41:57.139
 do we

00:41:57.139 --> 00:41:57.619
 choose to

00:41:57.619 --> 00:41:58.199
 draw our

00:41:58.199 --> 00:41:58.559
 identity

00:41:58.559 --> 00:41:58.960
 from what

00:41:58.960 --> 00:41:59.440
 people think

00:41:59.440 --> 00:41:59.940
 of us

00:41:59.940 --> 00:42:01.259
 and the

00:42:01.259 --> 00:42:01.539
 amount of

00:42:01.539 --> 00:42:01.799
 money in

00:42:01.799 --> 00:42:02.099
 our bank

00:42:02.099 --> 00:42:02.460
 account

00:42:02.460 --> 00:42:03.739
 and how

00:42:03.739 --> 00:42:04.139
 smart and

00:42:04.139 --> 00:42:04.599
 clever we

00:42:04.599 --> 00:42:04.900
 are

00:42:04.900 --> 00:42:06.420
 and how

00:42:06.420 --> 00:42:06.760
 good we

00:42:06.760 --> 00:42:07.019
 are and

00:42:07.019 --> 00:42:07.340
 how much

00:42:07.340 --> 00:42:07.660
 we're into

00:42:07.660 --> 00:42:07.960
 social

00:42:07.960 --> 00:42:08.480
 status

00:42:08.480 --> 00:42:11.860
 or do we

00:42:11.860 --> 00:42:12.380
 draw our

00:42:12.380 --> 00:42:12.980
 identity from

00:42:12.980 --> 00:42:14.559
 him who

00:42:14.559 --> 00:42:14.980
 died on

00:42:14.980 --> 00:42:15.500
 the cross

00:42:15.500 --> 00:42:16.099
 and sacrificed

00:42:16.099 --> 00:42:18.360
 himself for

00:42:18.360 --> 00:42:18.860
 us

00:42:18.860 --> 00:42:27.019
 how does

00:42:27.019 --> 00:42:27.760
 God's love

00:42:27.760 --> 00:42:28.579
 change our

00:42:28.579 --> 00:42:29.160
 love for

00:42:29.160 --> 00:42:29.840
 people around

00:42:29.840 --> 00:42:30.200
 us

00:42:30.199 --> 00:42:34.919
 do we

00:42:34.919 --> 00:42:35.559
 understand in

00:42:35.559 --> 00:42:36.099
 this parable

00:42:36.099 --> 00:42:36.500
 that there's

00:42:36.500 --> 00:42:36.839
 only two

00:42:36.839 --> 00:42:37.359
 choices of

00:42:37.359 --> 00:42:37.619
 the people

00:42:37.619 --> 00:42:37.899
 that we

00:42:37.899 --> 00:42:38.299
 are at

00:42:38.299 --> 00:42:41.099
 and that

00:42:41.099 --> 00:42:42.000
 God actually

00:42:42.000 --> 00:42:42.639
 sees all of

00:42:42.639 --> 00:42:42.939
 us as

00:42:42.939 --> 00:42:43.559
 Lazarus

00:42:43.559 --> 00:42:47.919
 a beggar

00:42:47.919 --> 00:42:48.559
 broken

00:42:48.559 --> 00:42:49.199
 needy

00:42:49.199 --> 00:42:49.619
 helpless

00:42:49.619 --> 00:42:52.119
 and that

00:42:52.119 --> 00:42:52.439
 our only

00:42:52.439 --> 00:42:52.960
 hope is

00:42:52.960 --> 00:42:53.379
 him

00:42:53.379 --> 00:42:57.579
 do we

00:42:57.579 --> 00:42:58.099
 understand

00:42:58.099 --> 00:42:58.659
 that

00:42:58.659 --> 00:43:01.460
 or do

00:43:01.460 --> 00:43:01.839
 we walk

00:43:01.839 --> 00:43:02.139
 out of

00:43:02.139 --> 00:43:02.480
 here after

00:43:02.480 --> 00:43:02.899
 today and

00:43:02.899 --> 00:43:03.159
 we see

00:43:03.159 --> 00:43:03.599
 a Lazarus

00:43:03.599 --> 00:43:03.859
 laying on

00:43:03.859 --> 00:43:04.119
 the ground

00:43:04.119 --> 00:43:04.299
 and he's

00:43:04.299 --> 00:43:04.480
 kind of

00:43:04.480 --> 00:43:07.679
 walk past

00:43:07.679 --> 00:43:07.980
 him

00:43:07.980 --> 00:43:14.599
 how does

00:43:14.599 --> 00:43:15.019
 God's

00:43:15.019 --> 00:43:15.940
 love for

00:43:15.940 --> 00:43:16.399
 you

00:43:16.399 --> 00:43:17.639
 today

00:43:17.639 --> 00:43:19.940
 affect

00:43:19.940 --> 00:43:20.500
 your love

00:43:20.500 --> 00:43:21.179
 for those

00:43:21.179 --> 00:43:21.659
 around

00:43:21.659 --> 00:43:22.019
 you

00:43:22.019 --> 00:43:26.519
 you look

00:43:26.519 --> 00:43:26.759
 at this

00:43:26.759 --> 00:43:27.279
 passage and

00:43:27.279 --> 00:43:27.599
 you see that

00:43:27.599 --> 00:43:28.599
 Jesus is

00:43:28.599 --> 00:43:29.099
 incredibly

00:43:29.099 --> 00:43:29.659
 generous

00:43:29.659 --> 00:43:29.920
 he's

00:43:29.920 --> 00:43:30.420
 incredibly

00:43:30.420 --> 00:43:31.819
 sacrificial

00:43:31.819 --> 00:43:32.839
 God gives

00:43:32.839 --> 00:43:33.319
 everything

00:43:33.319 --> 00:43:34.440
 for you

00:43:34.440 --> 00:43:39.159
 does that

00:43:39.159 --> 00:43:39.480
 make you

00:43:39.480 --> 00:43:39.980
 more generous

00:43:39.980 --> 00:43:40.400
 today

00:43:40.400 --> 00:43:47.980
 does it

00:43:47.980 --> 00:43:48.219
 make you

00:43:48.219 --> 00:43:48.699
 more willing

00:43:48.699 --> 00:43:49.360
 to serve

00:43:49.360 --> 00:43:53.599
 now I know

00:43:53.599 --> 00:43:53.980
 your husband

00:43:53.980 --> 00:43:54.519
 is an idiot

00:43:54.519 --> 00:43:55.519
 and he makes

00:43:55.519 --> 00:43:55.860
 your life

00:43:55.860 --> 00:43:56.279
 miserable

00:43:56.280 --> 00:43:58.080
 but when

00:43:58.080 --> 00:43:58.360
 you think

00:43:58.360 --> 00:43:58.940
 of God's

00:43:58.940 --> 00:43:59.340
 love for

00:43:59.340 --> 00:43:59.480
 you

00:43:59.480 --> 00:43:59.720
 and the

00:43:59.720 --> 00:44:00.100
 sacrifice

00:44:00.100 --> 00:44:00.560
 that Christ

00:44:00.560 --> 00:44:01.000
 gave for

00:44:01.000 --> 00:44:01.220
 you

00:44:01.220 --> 00:44:01.740
 does it

00:44:01.740 --> 00:44:02.019
 make you

00:44:02.019 --> 00:44:02.400
 more willing

00:44:02.400 --> 00:44:02.760
 to come

00:44:02.760 --> 00:44:03.280
 towards him

00:44:03.280 --> 00:44:03.620
 and love

00:44:03.620 --> 00:44:03.960
 him like

00:44:03.960 --> 00:44:04.540
 Christ loves

00:44:04.540 --> 00:44:04.800
 you

00:44:04.800 --> 00:44:07.680
 I know

00:44:07.680 --> 00:44:08.120
 your boss

00:44:08.120 --> 00:44:08.519
 is mean

00:44:08.519 --> 00:44:08.820
 and he's

00:44:08.820 --> 00:44:09.160
 terrible

00:44:09.160 --> 00:44:09.480
 and he's

00:44:09.480 --> 00:44:09.660
 just

00:44:09.660 --> 00:44:10.920
 he needs

00:44:10.920 --> 00:44:11.360
 to be in

00:44:11.360 --> 00:44:11.519
 hell

00:44:11.519 --> 00:44:12.000
 yeah sure

00:44:12.000 --> 00:44:12.380
 he has a

00:44:12.380 --> 00:44:12.900
 special place

00:44:12.900 --> 00:44:13.120
 there

00:44:13.120 --> 00:44:13.540
 but when

00:44:13.540 --> 00:44:13.820
 you think

00:44:13.820 --> 00:44:14.320
 of God's

00:44:14.320 --> 00:44:14.680
 love

00:44:14.680 --> 00:44:16.100
 for you

00:44:16.100 --> 00:44:19.600
 does it

00:44:19.600 --> 00:44:20.100
 change how

00:44:20.100 --> 00:44:20.540
 you treat

00:44:20.540 --> 00:44:21.140
 your boss

00:44:21.140 --> 00:44:21.560
 and the people

00:44:21.560 --> 00:44:22.180
 around you

00:44:22.179 --> 00:44:25.799
 does Christ's

00:44:25.799 --> 00:44:26.259
 sacrifice

00:44:26.259 --> 00:44:27.279
 on the cross

00:44:27.279 --> 00:44:28.359
 make us

00:44:28.359 --> 00:44:28.960
 more generous

00:44:28.960 --> 00:44:29.339
 with our

00:44:29.339 --> 00:44:29.779
 finances

00:44:29.779 --> 00:44:32.899
 or do we

00:44:32.899 --> 00:44:33.199
 still feel

00:44:33.199 --> 00:44:33.399
 like we

00:44:33.399 --> 00:44:33.619
 need to

00:44:33.619 --> 00:44:34.039
 cling to

00:44:34.039 --> 00:44:34.819
 some things

00:44:34.819 --> 00:44:36.899
 because maybe

00:44:36.899 --> 00:44:37.500
 God isn't

00:44:37.500 --> 00:44:38.019
 my hope

00:44:38.019 --> 00:44:39.859
 maybe my

00:44:39.859 --> 00:44:40.559
 hope is

00:44:40.559 --> 00:44:41.919
 HSBC

00:44:41.919 --> 00:44:42.599
 or

00:44:42.599 --> 00:44:44.539
 Apple

00:44:44.539 --> 00:44:45.480
 or something

00:44:45.480 --> 00:44:46.139
 like that

00:44:46.139 --> 00:44:50.199
 how does it

00:44:50.199 --> 00:44:50.819
 affect us

00:44:50.820 --> 00:44:54.280
 this is the

00:44:54.280 --> 00:44:54.640
 gospel

00:44:54.640 --> 00:44:56.740
 this is the

00:44:56.740 --> 00:44:57.440
 gospel message

00:44:57.440 --> 00:44:59.160
 and the point

00:44:59.160 --> 00:44:59.800
 of this passage

00:44:59.800 --> 00:45:00.539
 is as we look

00:45:00.539 --> 00:45:01.039
 at Christ

00:45:01.039 --> 00:45:01.380
 we see

00:45:01.380 --> 00:45:02.000
 everything he's

00:45:02.000 --> 00:45:02.240
 done

00:45:02.240 --> 00:45:03.280
 that it has

00:45:03.280 --> 00:45:04.000
 to change

00:45:04.000 --> 00:45:04.160
 us

00:45:04.160 --> 00:45:04.880
 it has

00:45:04.880 --> 00:45:05.420
 to affect

00:45:05.420 --> 00:45:05.640
 us

00:45:05.640 --> 00:45:06.380
 as we put

00:45:06.380 --> 00:45:06.920
 our identity

00:45:06.920 --> 00:45:07.380
 in him

00:45:07.380 --> 00:45:08.039
 as we look

00:45:08.039 --> 00:45:08.360
 for our

00:45:08.360 --> 00:45:08.780
 significance

00:45:08.780 --> 00:45:09.180
 in him

00:45:09.180 --> 00:45:09.720
 as we

00:45:09.720 --> 00:45:10.000
 realize

00:45:10.000 --> 00:45:10.200
 that he

00:45:10.200 --> 00:45:10.700
 took hell

00:45:10.700 --> 00:45:11.160
 for us

00:45:11.160 --> 00:45:11.660
 as we

00:45:11.660 --> 00:45:11.960
 realize

00:45:11.960 --> 00:45:12.640
 how incredible

00:45:12.640 --> 00:45:13.120
 his love

00:45:13.120 --> 00:45:13.660
 is for us

00:45:13.660 --> 00:45:14.360
 it should

00:45:14.360 --> 00:45:14.780
 change

00:45:14.780 --> 00:45:15.200
 everything

00:45:15.200 --> 00:45:15.880
 we do

00:45:15.880 --> 00:45:17.000
 it should

00:45:17.000 --> 00:45:17.320
 change

00:45:17.320 --> 00:45:17.559
 how we

00:45:17.559 --> 00:45:17.860
 walk

00:45:17.860 --> 00:45:18.220
 into our

00:45:18.220 --> 00:45:18.539
 school

00:45:18.539 --> 00:45:18.820
 it should

00:45:18.820 --> 00:45:19.100
 change

00:45:19.100 --> 00:45:19.300
 how we

00:45:19.300 --> 00:45:19.559
 walk

00:45:19.559 --> 00:45:19.860
 into our

00:45:19.860 --> 00:45:20.059
 work

00:45:20.059 --> 00:45:20.460
 it should

00:45:20.460 --> 00:45:20.680
 change

00:45:20.679 --> 00:45:20.859
 how we

00:45:20.859 --> 00:45:21.139
 walk

00:45:21.139 --> 00:45:21.460
 into our

00:45:21.460 --> 00:45:21.739
 place

00:45:21.739 --> 00:45:22.139
 it should

00:45:22.139 --> 00:45:22.399
 change

00:45:22.399 --> 00:45:22.659
 how we

00:45:22.659 --> 00:45:23.079
 engage

00:45:23.079 --> 00:45:23.399
 people

00:45:23.399 --> 00:45:23.899
 all around

00:45:23.899 --> 00:45:24.199
 us

00:45:24.199 --> 00:45:24.619
 it's

00:45:24.619 --> 00:45:24.940
 allowing

00:45:24.940 --> 00:45:25.500
 God's

00:45:25.500 --> 00:45:25.759
 love

00:45:25.759 --> 00:45:26.219
 and truth

00:45:26.219 --> 00:45:26.460
 of the

00:45:26.460 --> 00:45:26.759
 gospel

00:45:26.759 --> 00:45:27.339
 to be

00:45:27.339 --> 00:45:27.759
 lived out

00:45:27.759 --> 00:45:28.119
 through our

00:45:28.119 --> 00:45:28.500
 life

00:45:28.500 --> 00:45:29.139
 and to

00:45:29.139 --> 00:45:29.559
 change

00:45:29.559 --> 00:45:29.779
 us

00:45:29.779 --> 00:45:29.940
 through

00:45:29.940 --> 00:45:30.079
 his

00:45:30.079 --> 00:45:30.299
 Holy

00:45:30.299 --> 00:45:30.819
 Spirit

00:45:30.819 --> 00:45:36.179
 does it

00:45:36.179 --> 00:45:39.339
 I mean

00:45:39.339 --> 00:45:39.659
 really

00:45:39.659 --> 00:45:44.679
 I'm going

00:45:44.679 --> 00:45:44.899
 to stop

00:45:44.899 --> 00:45:45.139
 here

00:45:45.139 --> 00:45:46.399
 we got

00:45:46.399 --> 00:45:46.579
 a couple

00:45:46.579 --> 00:45:46.940
 minutes

00:45:46.940 --> 00:45:47.859
 I thought

00:45:47.859 --> 00:45:48.139
 maybe

00:45:48.139 --> 00:45:49.400
 I don't

00:45:49.400 --> 00:45:49.519
 know

00:45:49.519 --> 00:45:52.339
 I don't

00:45:52.339 --> 00:45:53.319
 know

00:45:53.319 --> 00:45:54.019
 as you

00:45:54.019 --> 00:45:54.199
 look at

00:45:54.199 --> 00:45:54.299
 the

00:45:54.299 --> 00:45:54.819
 passage

00:45:54.819 --> 00:45:56.319
 and this

00:45:56.319 --> 00:45:56.619
 passage

00:45:56.619 --> 00:45:57.000
 is about

00:45:57.000 --> 00:45:57.339
 a lot

00:45:57.339 --> 00:45:57.599
 more

00:45:57.599 --> 00:45:57.879
 things

00:45:57.879 --> 00:45:58.019
 we'll

00:45:58.019 --> 00:45:58.159
 come

00:45:58.159 --> 00:45:58.359
 back

00:45:58.359 --> 00:45:58.519
 to

00:45:58.519 --> 00:45:58.719
 later

00:45:58.719 --> 00:45:59.119
 on

00:45:59.119 --> 00:46:00.039
 but

00:46:00.039 --> 00:46:00.179
 as you

00:46:00.179 --> 00:46:00.339
 look at

00:46:00.339 --> 00:46:00.480
 this

00:46:00.480 --> 00:46:00.819
 passage

00:46:00.819 --> 00:46:01.239
 you think

00:46:01.239 --> 00:46:01.579
 about

00:46:01.579 --> 00:46:01.940
 hell

00:46:01.940 --> 00:46:02.980
 you think

00:46:02.980 --> 00:46:03.319
 about

00:46:03.319 --> 00:46:03.879
 things

00:46:03.879 --> 00:46:04.699
 you have

00:46:04.699 --> 00:46:05.119
 questions

00:46:05.119 --> 00:46:05.819
 is there

00:46:05.819 --> 00:46:05.980
 any

00:46:05.980 --> 00:46:06.420
 question

00:46:06.420 --> 00:46:06.879
 here

00:46:06.879 --> 00:46:08.139
 that you

00:46:08.139 --> 00:46:08.719
 would

00:46:08.719 --> 00:46:08.960
 want

00:46:08.960 --> 00:46:09.519
 to ask

00:46:09.519 --> 00:46:10.139
 and you

00:46:10.139 --> 00:46:10.339
 just

00:46:10.339 --> 00:46:11.119
 stand up

00:46:11.119 --> 00:46:11.480
 and yell

00:46:11.480 --> 00:46:11.739
 it out

00:46:11.739 --> 00:46:11.940
 and I'll

00:46:11.940 --> 00:46:12.219
 repeat

00:46:12.219 --> 00:46:12.940
 it

00:46:12.940 --> 00:46:22.000
 Chris

00:46:22.000 --> 00:46:29.219
 good

00:46:29.219 --> 00:46:29.539
 that's

00:46:29.539 --> 00:46:30.380
 that's

00:46:30.380 --> 00:46:30.579
 that's

00:46:30.579 --> 00:46:30.819
 that's

00:46:30.819 --> 00:46:31.099
 like one

00:46:31.099 --> 00:46:31.219
 of the

00:46:31.219 --> 00:46:31.380
 hard

00:46:31.380 --> 00:46:31.719
 questions

00:46:31.719 --> 00:46:32.000
 right

00:46:32.000 --> 00:46:32.940
 so

00:46:32.940 --> 00:46:33.319
 what we

00:46:33.319 --> 00:46:33.659
 would say

00:46:33.659 --> 00:46:33.880
 as

00:46:33.880 --> 00:46:34.299
 Christians

00:46:34.299 --> 00:46:34.699
 sometimes

00:46:34.699 --> 00:46:35.039
 you would

00:46:35.039 --> 00:46:35.319
 say

00:46:35.319 --> 00:46:35.940
 oh

00:46:35.940 --> 00:46:36.219
 there's

00:46:36.219 --> 00:46:36.659
 a special

00:46:36.659 --> 00:46:37.299
 dispensation

00:46:37.299 --> 00:46:37.659
 before

00:46:37.659 --> 00:46:38.000
 Christ

00:46:38.000 --> 00:46:38.139
 is

00:46:38.139 --> 00:46:38.460
 born

00:46:38.460 --> 00:46:39.019
 but

00:46:39.019 --> 00:46:39.539
 ultimately

00:46:39.539 --> 00:46:40.199
 the way

00:46:40.199 --> 00:46:40.480
 we get

00:46:40.480 --> 00:46:40.619
 to

00:46:40.619 --> 00:46:40.879
 heaven

00:46:40.879 --> 00:46:41.719
 is

00:46:41.719 --> 00:46:41.879
 by

00:46:41.879 --> 00:46:42.419
 faith

00:46:42.419 --> 00:46:43.039
 in

00:46:43.039 --> 00:46:43.460
 God

00:46:43.460 --> 00:46:44.179
 and

00:46:44.179 --> 00:46:44.379
 his

00:46:44.379 --> 00:46:44.859
 word

00:46:44.859 --> 00:46:45.960
 before

00:46:45.960 --> 00:46:46.539
 the only

00:46:46.539 --> 00:46:47.019
 way I can

00:46:47.019 --> 00:46:47.379
 understand

00:46:47.379 --> 00:46:47.619
 this

00:46:47.619 --> 00:46:47.819
 and this

00:46:47.819 --> 00:46:48.000
 is

00:46:48.000 --> 00:46:48.659
 a lot

00:46:48.659 --> 00:46:48.779
 of

00:46:48.779 --> 00:46:49.059
 greater

00:46:49.059 --> 00:46:49.659
 theologians

00:46:49.659 --> 00:46:50.279
 can explain

00:46:50.279 --> 00:46:50.579
 it a lot

00:46:50.579 --> 00:46:50.759
 better

00:46:50.759 --> 00:46:51.059
 than I

00:46:51.059 --> 00:46:51.279
 could

00:46:51.279 --> 00:46:51.939
 that

00:46:51.939 --> 00:46:52.339
 anybody

00:46:52.339 --> 00:46:53.379
 pre-Christ

00:46:53.379 --> 00:46:54.279
 like

00:46:54.279 --> 00:46:54.679
 Abraham

00:46:54.679 --> 00:46:55.939
 took

00:46:55.939 --> 00:46:56.239
 God

00:46:56.239 --> 00:46:56.519
 at his

00:46:56.519 --> 00:46:56.759
 word

00:46:56.759 --> 00:46:56.960
 they

00:46:56.960 --> 00:46:57.339
 trusted

00:46:57.339 --> 00:46:57.819
 God

00:46:57.819 --> 00:46:58.419
 and

00:46:58.419 --> 00:46:59.019
 basically

00:46:59.019 --> 00:46:59.460
 because

00:46:59.460 --> 00:46:59.879
 Christ

00:46:59.879 --> 00:47:00.179
 hadn't

00:47:00.179 --> 00:47:00.460
 come

00:47:00.460 --> 00:47:00.639
 and

00:47:00.639 --> 00:47:01.279
 sacrificed

00:47:01.279 --> 00:47:02.000
 it'd be

00:47:02.000 --> 00:47:02.159
 kind of

00:47:02.159 --> 00:47:02.379
 like you

00:47:02.379 --> 00:47:02.739
 going to

00:47:02.739 --> 00:47:03.359
 a store

00:47:03.359 --> 00:47:03.919
 on a

00:47:03.919 --> 00:47:04.239
 sale

00:47:04.239 --> 00:47:04.919
 and the

00:47:04.919 --> 00:47:05.119
 item

00:47:05.119 --> 00:47:05.559
 you want

00:47:05.559 --> 00:47:05.879
 there

00:47:05.879 --> 00:47:06.879
 is sold

00:47:06.879 --> 00:47:07.239
 out

00:47:07.239 --> 00:47:08.159
 but the

00:47:08.159 --> 00:47:08.339
 person

00:47:08.339 --> 00:47:08.699
 says hey

00:47:08.699 --> 00:47:08.879
 if you

00:47:08.880 --> 00:47:09.420
 come back

00:47:09.420 --> 00:47:09.920
 next week

00:47:09.920 --> 00:47:10.340
 we'll have

00:47:10.340 --> 00:47:10.700
 that

00:47:10.700 --> 00:47:11.460
 here

00:47:11.460 --> 00:47:11.720
 let me

00:47:11.720 --> 00:47:11.920
 give you

00:47:11.920 --> 00:47:12.260
 this little

00:47:12.260 --> 00:47:12.619
 chit

00:47:12.619 --> 00:47:12.980
 right here

00:47:12.980 --> 00:47:13.300
 this little

00:47:13.300 --> 00:47:13.800
 disc

00:47:13.800 --> 00:47:15.019
 you bring

00:47:15.019 --> 00:47:15.480
 this back

00:47:15.480 --> 00:47:16.099
 it's proof

00:47:16.099 --> 00:47:17.420
 that you've

00:47:17.420 --> 00:47:17.880
 been here

00:47:17.880 --> 00:47:18.420
 and when you

00:47:18.420 --> 00:47:18.740
 bring this

00:47:18.740 --> 00:47:19.260
 back in

00:47:19.260 --> 00:47:19.559
 you can

00:47:19.559 --> 00:47:20.059
 turn this

00:47:20.059 --> 00:47:20.420
 in

00:47:20.420 --> 00:47:22.380
 and you

00:47:22.380 --> 00:47:22.720
 get what

00:47:22.720 --> 00:47:23.240
 you want

00:47:23.240 --> 00:47:24.780
 and that's

00:47:24.780 --> 00:47:25.059
 how we

00:47:25.059 --> 00:47:25.579
 understand

00:47:25.579 --> 00:47:26.660
 Old Testament

00:47:26.660 --> 00:47:27.119
 believers

00:47:27.119 --> 00:47:27.660
 and how

00:47:27.660 --> 00:47:28.200
 they are

00:47:28.200 --> 00:47:28.660
 saved

00:47:28.660 --> 00:47:29.059
 it's still

00:47:29.059 --> 00:47:29.720
 by faith

00:47:29.720 --> 00:47:30.320
 it's still

00:47:30.320 --> 00:47:30.800
 by faith

00:47:30.800 --> 00:47:31.420
 in Christ

00:47:31.420 --> 00:47:32.340
 it's still

00:47:32.340 --> 00:47:32.720
 by faith

00:47:32.720 --> 00:47:33.200
 in God's

00:47:33.200 --> 00:47:33.599
 promises

00:47:33.599 --> 00:47:34.460
 they just

00:47:34.460 --> 00:47:35.000
 haven't seen

00:47:35.000 --> 00:47:35.539
 God's

00:47:35.539 --> 00:47:35.960
 promises

00:47:35.960 --> 00:47:36.940
 realized

00:47:36.940 --> 00:47:38.579
 like we

00:47:38.579 --> 00:47:38.880
 did

00:47:38.880 --> 00:47:39.740
 and do

00:47:39.740 --> 00:47:40.860
 that's

00:47:40.860 --> 00:47:41.079
 why when you

00:47:41.079 --> 00:47:41.320
 think of

00:47:41.320 --> 00:47:41.840
 the faith

00:47:41.840 --> 00:47:42.280
 that Abraham

00:47:42.280 --> 00:47:42.820
 had

00:47:42.820 --> 00:47:43.920
 it's

00:47:43.920 --> 00:47:44.440
 amazing

00:47:44.440 --> 00:47:47.240
 us

00:47:47.240 --> 00:47:47.940
 looking back

00:47:47.940 --> 00:47:48.159
 and we

00:47:48.159 --> 00:47:48.440
 see the

00:47:48.440 --> 00:47:49.139
 crucifixion

00:47:49.139 --> 00:47:49.380
 and we

00:47:49.380 --> 00:47:49.760
 see all

00:47:49.760 --> 00:47:50.159
 that God

00:47:50.159 --> 00:47:50.639
 has done

00:47:50.639 --> 00:47:51.519
 we say

00:47:51.519 --> 00:47:51.760
 oh

00:47:51.760 --> 00:47:52.579
 that makes

00:47:52.579 --> 00:47:52.840
 a lot

00:47:52.840 --> 00:47:53.500
 more sense

00:47:53.500 --> 00:47:55.539
 but in

00:47:55.539 --> 00:47:56.159
 Abraham's

00:47:56.159 --> 00:47:56.460
 day

00:47:56.460 --> 00:47:57.659
 all people

00:47:57.659 --> 00:47:58.320
 had was

00:47:58.320 --> 00:47:59.059
 the Lord

00:47:59.059 --> 00:48:00.480
 and to

00:48:00.480 --> 00:48:00.840
 take him

00:48:00.840 --> 00:48:01.179
 at his

00:48:01.179 --> 00:48:01.619
 word

00:48:01.619 --> 00:48:03.500
 to walk

00:48:03.500 --> 00:48:04.039
 in faith

00:48:04.039 --> 00:48:04.360
 so it's

00:48:04.360 --> 00:48:04.720
 still by

00:48:04.719 --> 00:48:05.179
 faith

00:48:05.179 --> 00:48:05.859
 in God

00:48:05.859 --> 00:48:06.959
 through

00:48:06.959 --> 00:48:07.399
 Christ

00:48:07.399 --> 00:48:07.799
 who was

00:48:07.799 --> 00:48:08.239
 to come

00:48:08.239 --> 00:48:10.019
 hopefully I

00:48:10.019 --> 00:48:10.480
 answered that

00:48:10.480 --> 00:48:11.779
 other

00:48:11.779 --> 00:48:12.359
 questions

00:48:12.359 --> 00:48:16.919
 yeah

00:48:16.919 --> 00:48:17.239
 Becky

00:48:17.239 --> 00:48:31.059
 right

00:48:31.059 --> 00:48:31.299
 that's

00:48:31.299 --> 00:48:31.559
 great

00:48:31.559 --> 00:48:32.219
 so how

00:48:32.219 --> 00:48:32.379
 do we

00:48:32.379 --> 00:48:32.500
 know

00:48:32.500 --> 00:48:32.639
 that

00:48:32.639 --> 00:48:32.899
 Bible

00:48:32.899 --> 00:48:33.079
 is

00:48:33.079 --> 00:48:33.500
 what

00:48:33.500 --> 00:48:33.639
 we

00:48:33.639 --> 00:48:33.899
 talked

00:48:33.899 --> 00:48:34.139
 about

00:48:34.139 --> 00:48:34.419
 in one

00:48:34.420 --> 00:48:34.619
 of our

00:48:34.619 --> 00:48:34.880
 guerrilla

00:48:34.880 --> 00:48:35.260
 sermons

00:48:35.260 --> 00:48:35.599
 about

00:48:35.599 --> 00:48:35.800
 the

00:48:35.800 --> 00:48:36.079
 scripture

00:48:36.079 --> 00:48:36.659
 and Bible

00:48:36.659 --> 00:48:37.320
 and so

00:48:37.320 --> 00:48:37.659
 what we're

00:48:37.659 --> 00:48:37.880
 going to

00:48:37.880 --> 00:48:38.360
 say as

00:48:38.360 --> 00:48:38.920
 a church

00:48:38.920 --> 00:48:39.280
 is that

00:48:39.280 --> 00:48:39.480
 we're

00:48:39.480 --> 00:48:39.760
 going to

00:48:39.760 --> 00:48:40.039
 say

00:48:40.039 --> 00:48:40.740
 that we

00:48:40.740 --> 00:48:41.019
 believe

00:48:41.019 --> 00:48:41.440
 that Jesus

00:48:41.440 --> 00:48:41.920
 is who

00:48:41.920 --> 00:48:42.320
 he says

00:48:42.320 --> 00:48:42.840
 he is

00:48:42.840 --> 00:48:44.119
 that Jesus

00:48:44.119 --> 00:48:44.519
 is the

00:48:44.519 --> 00:48:44.800
 son of

00:48:44.800 --> 00:48:45.159
 God

00:48:45.159 --> 00:48:45.800
 that you

00:48:45.800 --> 00:48:45.880
 know

00:48:45.880 --> 00:48:46.480
 you think

00:48:46.480 --> 00:48:46.920
 about it

00:48:46.920 --> 00:48:47.579
 if there

00:48:47.579 --> 00:48:48.000
 if there

00:48:48.000 --> 00:48:48.519
 is no

00:48:48.519 --> 00:48:49.019
 hell

00:48:49.019 --> 00:48:50.840
 the crucifixion

00:48:50.840 --> 00:48:51.559
 means nothing

00:48:51.559 --> 00:48:53.380
 right

00:48:53.380 --> 00:48:55.300
 there's no

00:48:55.300 --> 00:48:55.900
 punishment

00:48:55.900 --> 00:48:57.980
 the crucifixion

00:48:57.980 --> 00:48:58.440
 seems

00:48:58.440 --> 00:48:59.559
 stupid

00:48:59.559 --> 00:49:01.440
 but if

00:49:01.440 --> 00:49:02.079
 if the

00:49:02.079 --> 00:49:02.720
 crucifixion

00:49:02.720 --> 00:49:03.280
 is real

00:49:03.280 --> 00:49:03.820
 and Christ

00:49:03.820 --> 00:49:04.400
 is real

00:49:04.400 --> 00:49:04.740
 and true

00:49:04.740 --> 00:49:05.019
 and he

00:49:05.019 --> 00:49:05.500
 is God

00:49:05.500 --> 00:49:05.720
 and we

00:49:05.720 --> 00:49:06.080
 take him

00:49:06.080 --> 00:49:06.400
 at his

00:49:06.400 --> 00:49:06.760
 word

00:49:06.760 --> 00:49:07.380
 then we

00:49:07.380 --> 00:49:07.760
 would say

00:49:07.760 --> 00:49:07.980
 that

00:49:07.980 --> 00:49:10.260
 to our

00:49:10.260 --> 00:49:10.519
 Muslim

00:49:10.519 --> 00:49:10.840
 friends

00:49:10.840 --> 00:49:11.140
 and to

00:49:11.140 --> 00:49:11.280
 our

00:49:11.280 --> 00:49:11.500
 Buddhist

00:49:11.500 --> 00:49:11.920
 friends

00:49:11.920 --> 00:49:12.940
 that we

00:49:12.940 --> 00:49:13.340
 believe that

00:49:13.340 --> 00:49:13.660
 Christ

00:49:13.660 --> 00:49:14.260
 is God

00:49:14.260 --> 00:49:14.560
 that our

00:49:14.560 --> 00:49:14.900
 faith

00:49:14.900 --> 00:49:15.540
 I had this

00:49:15.540 --> 00:49:16.100
 discussion on

00:49:16.100 --> 00:49:16.500
 the beach

00:49:16.500 --> 00:49:17.700
 Tuesday night

00:49:17.700 --> 00:49:18.840
 McPherson's and us

00:49:18.840 --> 00:49:19.360
 went camping

00:49:19.360 --> 00:49:20.360
 and the first

00:49:20.360 --> 00:49:20.920
 thing we do is a

00:49:20.920 --> 00:49:21.560
 pull up and there's a

00:49:21.560 --> 00:49:22.240
 Hong Kong U student

00:49:22.240 --> 00:49:22.780
 there who's just

00:49:22.780 --> 00:49:23.519
 graduating he's

00:49:23.519 --> 00:49:24.680
 Muslim he's kind of

00:49:24.680 --> 00:49:25.740
 fake Muslim

00:49:25.740 --> 00:49:26.360
 he's this kind of

00:49:26.360 --> 00:49:27.160
 cultural Muslim

00:49:27.160 --> 00:49:28.100
 from Sri Lanka

00:49:28.100 --> 00:49:29.780
 and he's getting a job

00:49:29.780 --> 00:49:30.260
 here and we start

00:49:30.260 --> 00:49:31.140
 talking and I

00:49:31.139 --> 00:49:32.279
 I don't know for

00:49:32.279 --> 00:49:32.960
 some reason whenever I

00:49:32.960 --> 00:49:33.619
 say he goes what do

00:49:33.619 --> 00:49:34.119
 you do and I'm

00:49:34.119 --> 00:49:35.779
 like I'm a

00:49:35.779 --> 00:49:36.779
 pastor and he

00:49:36.779 --> 00:49:37.339
 just starts talking

00:49:37.339 --> 00:49:38.539
 about God and

00:49:38.539 --> 00:49:39.839
 heaven and I

00:49:39.839 --> 00:49:40.519
 didn't start talking

00:49:40.519 --> 00:49:41.159
 about it he starts

00:49:41.159 --> 00:49:42.319
 talking about it and

00:49:42.319 --> 00:49:43.400
 and he said we

00:49:43.400 --> 00:49:44.299
 know basically we're

00:49:44.299 --> 00:49:45.139
 all the same like

00:49:45.139 --> 00:49:45.679
 we're all just

00:49:45.679 --> 00:49:46.719
 believing the same

00:49:46.719 --> 00:49:47.619
 God we're all just

00:49:47.619 --> 00:49:48.440
 believing the same

00:49:48.440 --> 00:49:49.400
 truth we're all just

00:49:49.400 --> 00:49:49.980
 believing the same

00:49:49.980 --> 00:49:51.279
 destination and I'm

00:49:51.279 --> 00:49:52.480
 like the first thing I

00:49:52.480 --> 00:49:54.000
 said was dude you're

00:49:54.000 --> 00:49:54.900
 not a Muslim because

00:49:54.900 --> 00:49:56.359
 any true Muslim I

00:49:56.359 --> 00:49:57.299
 know would never

00:49:57.299 --> 00:49:59.839
 say that you're just

00:49:59.840 --> 00:50:00.920
 worshiping a God that

00:50:00.920 --> 00:50:01.480
 you've kind of

00:50:01.480 --> 00:50:02.539
 constructed in your

00:50:02.539 --> 00:50:04.860
 your head your God

00:50:04.860 --> 00:50:06.420
 maybe it's you I

00:50:06.420 --> 00:50:06.980
 mean that's that's

00:50:06.980 --> 00:50:07.559
 one of the things when

00:50:07.559 --> 00:50:08.440
 you come to the Bible

00:50:08.440 --> 00:50:10.000
 in the passages don't

00:50:10.000 --> 00:50:12.640
 bother you there might

00:50:12.640 --> 00:50:14.900
 be something wrong maybe

00:50:14.900 --> 00:50:16.000
 maybe your God is too

00:50:16.000 --> 00:50:17.539
 small or you've kind of

00:50:17.539 --> 00:50:18.500
 constructed him in a way

00:50:18.500 --> 00:50:21.220
 that he not really is but

00:50:21.220 --> 00:50:21.840
 we would say that we

00:50:21.840 --> 00:50:22.780
 believe that Christ is

00:50:22.780 --> 00:50:23.960
 God and he sacrificed

00:50:23.960 --> 00:50:25.620
 for us and that we take

00:50:25.620 --> 00:50:26.920
 him at his word that he

00:50:26.920 --> 00:50:28.180
 is the way the truth in

00:50:28.180 --> 00:50:29.039
 the life and that he is

00:50:29.039 --> 00:50:29.960
 the only way to do the

00:50:29.960 --> 00:50:31.480
 father but there's not

00:50:31.480 --> 00:50:32.579
 a there's not a back

00:50:32.579 --> 00:50:33.679
 door like in the Hobbit

00:50:33.679 --> 00:50:34.099
 where you get through

00:50:34.099 --> 00:50:35.000
 the misty mountain with

00:50:35.000 --> 00:50:36.420
 a little key there's not

00:50:36.420 --> 00:50:38.599
 that type of thing it's

00:50:38.599 --> 00:50:40.579
 Christ is is the only way

00:50:40.579 --> 00:50:42.079
 and if he's not the only

00:50:42.079 --> 00:50:43.719
 way then if Christ isn't

00:50:43.719 --> 00:50:44.820
 the only way guys don't

00:50:44.820 --> 00:50:45.820
 come to church next week

00:50:45.820 --> 00:50:48.880
 please don't you're

00:50:48.880 --> 00:50:51.259
 wasting your time go

00:50:51.259 --> 00:50:53.619
 camping have fun with

00:50:53.619 --> 00:50:55.639
 your kids I mean if

00:50:55.639 --> 00:50:57.099
 Jesus isn't if you're

00:50:57.099 --> 00:50:58.019
 not going to take God at

00:50:58.019 --> 00:50:59.699
 his word and if you

00:50:59.699 --> 00:51:00.360
 don't believe that he

00:51:00.360 --> 00:51:01.280
 is who he says he is

00:51:01.280 --> 00:51:02.259
 that his sacrifice is

00:51:02.259 --> 00:51:03.840
 real that atone for

00:51:03.840 --> 00:51:04.840
 everything that you need

00:51:04.840 --> 00:51:05.920
 that we're sinful we're

00:51:05.920 --> 00:51:07.420
 broken you're wasting your

00:51:07.420 --> 00:51:12.039
 time in church but if

00:51:12.039 --> 00:51:12.880
 you're on a journey and

00:51:12.880 --> 00:51:13.800
 you're like I don't know I

00:51:13.800 --> 00:51:15.039
 want to understand help me

00:51:15.039 --> 00:51:15.860
 understand I want to look

00:51:15.860 --> 00:51:16.519
 at these things I want to

00:51:16.519 --> 00:51:17.759
 examine scripture can you

00:51:17.759 --> 00:51:19.320
 answer my questions we

00:51:19.320 --> 00:51:22.539
 want you here but you

00:51:22.539 --> 00:51:23.179
 need to know that we're

00:51:23.179 --> 00:51:24.739
 going to say that Bible is

00:51:24.739 --> 00:51:26.139
 God's word and Jesus is the

00:51:26.139 --> 00:51:27.879
 son of God and he died for

00:51:27.879 --> 00:51:30.059
 you and he's the only way

00:51:30.059 --> 00:51:32.379
 that you can get to be with

00:51:32.379 --> 00:51:35.879
 a father and I apologize

00:51:35.879 --> 00:51:38.439
 for crying this passage and

00:51:38.439 --> 00:51:39.399
 when I think about lost

00:51:39.399 --> 00:51:41.299
 people really bothers me

00:51:41.299 --> 00:51:44.959
 it's one of the reasons I

00:51:44.959 --> 00:51:45.699
 didn't go into medicine

00:51:45.699 --> 00:51:48.000
 because I love medicine I

00:51:48.000 --> 00:51:49.719
 love trauma medicine and I

00:51:49.719 --> 00:51:50.839
 read this passage I thought

00:51:50.839 --> 00:51:51.939
 you know this person's going

00:51:51.940 --> 00:51:52.760
 to come I'm going to fix

00:51:52.760 --> 00:51:53.700
 them up I did two years in

00:51:53.700 --> 00:51:54.980
 a trauma unit I want to

00:51:54.980 --> 00:51:57.019
 fix them up but eventually

00:51:57.019 --> 00:52:00.400
 they're going to die what

00:52:00.400 --> 00:52:05.539
 happens to him after that so

00:52:05.539 --> 00:52:07.000
 these passages don't bother

00:52:07.000 --> 00:52:09.659
 you then you don't

00:52:09.659 --> 00:52:14.360
 understand grace you don't

00:52:14.360 --> 00:52:18.079
 understand love you don't

00:52:18.079 --> 00:52:19.400
 understand Christ's sacrifice

00:52:19.400 --> 00:52:25.800
 any other questions one more

00:52:25.800 --> 00:52:26.119
 question

00:52:26.119 --> 00:52:46.559
 okay everyone has a destiny

00:52:46.559 --> 00:52:49.639
 it's one of two places

00:52:49.639 --> 00:52:54.179
 choices you make today are

00:52:54.179 --> 00:52:54.980
 going to determine that

00:52:54.980 --> 00:52:59.860
 destiny Jesus Christ really

00:52:59.860 --> 00:53:01.840
 cares about your choices in

00:53:01.840 --> 00:53:05.099
 your destiny and he sacrificed

00:53:05.099 --> 00:53:08.000
 himself so that you wouldn't

00:53:08.000 --> 00:53:10.719
 have to go to where the rich man

00:53:10.719 --> 00:53:13.739
 went and be there separated

00:53:13.739 --> 00:53:15.299
 another interesting thing is you

00:53:15.299 --> 00:53:17.539
 know the rich man doesn't want

00:53:17.539 --> 00:53:19.179
 his brothers to be there you

00:53:19.179 --> 00:53:21.899
 notice that I mean it was all a

00:53:21.899 --> 00:53:23.000
 party you want all your friends

00:53:23.000 --> 00:53:25.179
 to come and hang out but he's

00:53:25.179 --> 00:53:28.099
 like tell my brothers it's kind of

00:53:28.099 --> 00:53:29.539
 like Dickens you know and the you

00:53:29.539 --> 00:53:32.500
 know you know the Christmas carol go

00:53:32.500 --> 00:53:34.359
 back and tell them because this is

00:53:34.359 --> 00:53:36.759
 terrible I don't want them to be

00:53:36.759 --> 00:53:37.319
 here

00:53:37.320 --> 00:53:43.140
 Abraham says you know you can't

00:53:43.140 --> 00:53:44.080
 help your brothers

00:53:44.080 --> 00:53:48.460
 you can help the people at

00:53:48.460 --> 00:53:49.460
 watermark church today

00:53:49.460 --> 00:53:54.300
 you can help the people in Hong

00:53:54.300 --> 00:53:54.559
 Kong

00:53:54.559 --> 00:53:57.760
 father we just thank you for this

00:53:57.760 --> 00:53:58.660
 day we thank you for your

00:53:58.660 --> 00:54:00.500
 goodness and mercy in our life we

00:54:00.500 --> 00:54:02.480
 thank you for your words we thank

00:54:02.480 --> 00:54:04.820
 you most of all for your son who

00:54:04.820 --> 00:54:06.340
 brings us truth who brings us

00:54:06.340 --> 00:54:12.440
 identity who brings us purpose who

00:54:12.440 --> 00:54:14.079
 brings our lives meaning and true

00:54:14.079 --> 00:54:18.160
 satisfaction who brings us to your

00:54:18.160 --> 00:54:23.140
 throne where we worship you

00:54:23.140 --> 00:54:26.440
 forever in heaven well I pray for

00:54:26.440 --> 00:54:27.840
 those of us in here who've never

00:54:27.840 --> 00:54:29.600
 heard these words before I pray that

00:54:29.600 --> 00:54:31.440
 you would not allow the evil one to

00:54:31.440 --> 00:54:32.900
 come in and steal those words from

00:54:32.900 --> 00:54:35.000
 them but they would ponder these

00:54:35.000 --> 00:54:36.739
 things they would ask questions

00:54:36.739 --> 00:54:40.780
 what I pray for those in here who

00:54:40.780 --> 00:54:42.639
 think hell is a joke and they're

00:54:42.639 --> 00:54:44.420
 offended by me even saying things

00:54:44.420 --> 00:54:45.900
 like that how primitive how

00:54:45.900 --> 00:54:50.260
 unscientific how unmodern or I pray

00:54:50.260 --> 00:54:51.920
 that you would open their eyes in the

00:54:51.920 --> 00:54:54.719
 only way that you could that they

00:54:54.719 --> 00:54:58.739
 would see that they are in slavery to

00:54:58.739 --> 00:55:02.219
 their lifestyle that they are trying to

00:55:02.219 --> 00:55:04.159
 justify themselves through their work

00:55:04.159 --> 00:55:06.159
 through their money through their

00:55:06.159 --> 00:55:08.179
 relationships through the stuff they

00:55:08.179 --> 00:55:10.139
 have through their friendships through

00:55:10.139 --> 00:55:12.219
 their families the same way that the

00:55:12.219 --> 00:55:15.459
 rich man did and what I pray that you

00:55:15.459 --> 00:55:16.779
 would show them that all of these

00:55:16.779 --> 00:55:21.679
 things will ultimately fail them might

00:55:21.679 --> 00:55:24.779
 not fail them here in this life they

00:55:24.779 --> 00:55:26.219
 might have a couple million they can make

00:55:26.219 --> 00:55:29.519
 it through but it's going to fail them

00:55:29.519 --> 00:55:34.359
 five minutes after this life I pray

00:55:34.359 --> 00:55:35.639
 that all of us would look to these

00:55:35.639 --> 00:55:37.719
 words and see your son and how amazing

00:55:37.719 --> 00:55:39.419
 he is and we would fall in love with

00:55:39.419 --> 00:55:41.919
 him again and we allow the message of

00:55:41.919 --> 00:55:46.039
 the gospel that Christ saves lost people

00:55:46.039 --> 00:55:50.039
 to permeate everything that we do and

00:55:50.039 --> 00:55:53.299
 who we are father help us to be a

00:55:53.300 --> 00:55:56.039
 different church help us to be different

00:55:56.039 --> 00:55:57.920
 as we focus on your love and your

00:55:57.920 --> 00:56:00.760
 grace and your mercy for us may it

00:56:00.760 --> 00:56:02.680
 really bother us when we're mean to

00:56:02.680 --> 00:56:05.340
 people may it really bother us when

00:56:05.340 --> 00:56:08.560
 we're unkind because you were none of

00:56:08.560 --> 00:56:13.660
 those things to us you are none of

00:56:13.660 --> 00:56:18.900
 those things to us so Lord we come

00:56:18.900 --> 00:56:20.260
 before you as your people and we

00:56:20.260 --> 00:56:24.640
 worship you we thank you we desperately

00:56:24.640 --> 00:56:29.780
 we desperately need you may our name

00:56:29.780 --> 00:56:37.340
 be forever God is our help in hope

00:56:37.340 --> 00:56:41.940
 we pray these things your son Jesus

00:56:41.940 --> 00:56:47.020
 holy name amen how you guys doing

00:56:47.019 --> 00:56:53.820
 my hope is that you would think of the

00:56:53.820 --> 00:56:55.239
 song and the words we are saying and

00:56:55.239 --> 00:56:56.840
 question yourself where is your hope

00:56:56.840 --> 00:56:57.340
 today

00:56:57.340 --> 00:57:01.900
 our hope in our prayers it would be in

00:57:01.900 --> 00:57:04.699
 Christ in Christ alone that you would

00:57:04.699 --> 00:57:06.519
 find your identity there realizing that

00:57:06.519 --> 00:57:08.159
 that's the only thing that's not going

00:57:08.159 --> 00:57:11.320
 to fail you in this world everything

00:57:11.320 --> 00:57:15.039
 else is going to fail you not today or

00:57:15.039 --> 00:57:19.199
 next week when you die Christ never

00:57:19.199 --> 00:57:24.139
 fails you today tomorrow for eternity

00:57:24.139 --> 00:57:27.099
 I don't know how to do announcements

00:57:27.099 --> 00:57:28.199
 some people say I didn't hear this

00:57:28.199 --> 00:57:29.099
 announcement I don't know these

00:57:29.099 --> 00:57:30.400
 announcements what about this

00:57:30.400 --> 00:57:32.279
 announcement we put the announcements in

00:57:32.279 --> 00:57:33.739
 the bulletin we put them up on the

00:57:33.739 --> 00:57:36.579
 screen we put them on the website in

00:57:36.579 --> 00:57:38.940
 your bulletin there are four really

00:57:38.940 --> 00:57:40.440
 important announcements we want you

00:57:40.440 --> 00:57:42.980
 that they're basically the first four the

00:57:42.980 --> 00:57:45.260
 first one is just tomorrow night at 7

00:57:45.260 --> 00:57:46.780
 o'clock we want all the men of

00:57:46.780 --> 00:57:48.099
 watermark to come together to the

00:57:48.099 --> 00:57:49.579
 community center there's gonna be food

00:57:49.579 --> 00:57:51.940
 fellowship and we're just gonna talk

00:57:51.940 --> 00:57:53.139
 about what does it mean to walk with

00:57:53.139 --> 00:57:54.380
 the Lord as a man what does that look

00:57:54.380 --> 00:57:57.740
 like for us as men in Hong Kong and just

00:57:57.740 --> 00:58:00.139
 talk and pray about how we can encourage

00:58:00.139 --> 00:58:05.199
 each other in that step on Wednesday the

00:58:05.199 --> 00:58:07.360
 women's ministry is starting a book

00:58:07.360 --> 00:58:10.240
 study I'm really really excited about

00:58:10.239 --> 00:58:14.699
 this it's the book Tiger Mom and so it's

00:58:14.699 --> 00:58:16.539
 I've listened to parts of it I think

00:58:16.539 --> 00:58:17.719
 it's gonna be some very interesting

00:58:17.719 --> 00:58:19.479
 to studies and discussions these

00:58:19.479 --> 00:58:21.139
 these brochures out there in the back

00:58:21.139 --> 00:58:23.039
 it starts at the community center on

00:58:23.039 --> 00:58:24.519
 Wednesday morning grab a couple of

00:58:24.519 --> 00:58:26.419
 these pass them out to your friends

00:58:26.419 --> 00:58:28.599
 this is an opportunity for you to

00:58:28.599 --> 00:58:31.039
 invest in those who aren't in church

00:58:31.039 --> 00:58:34.019
 yet invite them into the community and

00:58:34.019 --> 00:58:36.039
 enter into a discussion about what does

00:58:36.039 --> 00:58:39.860
 it mean to be a tiger mom so that's

00:58:39.860 --> 00:58:41.440
 Wednesday those are out there on

00:58:42.119 --> 00:58:43.559
 Saturday there's an old testament

00:58:43.559 --> 00:58:45.940
 class at the community center as we

00:58:45.940 --> 00:58:47.719
 continue to do this part of equipping

00:58:47.719 --> 00:58:49.400
 you as saints we're gonna start

00:58:49.400 --> 00:58:51.239
 talking through the scripture and

00:58:51.239 --> 00:58:52.400
 teaching you about how to read the

00:58:52.400 --> 00:58:53.440
 Old Testament and what does that look

00:58:53.440 --> 00:58:55.239
 like and how does that apply to our

00:58:55.239 --> 00:58:57.139
 life so Chris and Alfie and I will be

00:58:57.139 --> 00:58:58.699
 there and we'll we'll do that this

00:58:58.699 --> 00:59:00.079
 Saturday and teach each other in that

00:59:00.079 --> 00:59:03.739
 area and then next Sunday we have a new

00:59:03.739 --> 00:59:06.379
 membership class so if you want to come

00:59:06.379 --> 00:59:07.539
 and ask questions about what's it

00:59:07.539 --> 00:59:09.459
 mean to be a part of watermark you'll

00:59:09.459 --> 00:59:11.659
 be right after this service we want

00:59:11.659 --> 00:59:13.159
 there'll be some food again it's all

00:59:13.159 --> 00:59:14.739
 centers around food it seems like so

00:59:14.739 --> 00:59:16.939
 there's always food so hang out for

00:59:16.939 --> 00:59:19.039
 about 30 minutes after the church

00:59:19.039 --> 00:59:21.559
 service is over so that means next

00:59:21.559 --> 00:59:24.119
 week you'd be out of here by one if

00:59:24.119 --> 00:59:26.000
 you were doing it today so next Sunday

00:59:26.000 --> 00:59:30.959
 we'll do the new member class also we've

00:59:30.959 --> 00:59:33.099
 been talking about taking Israel trip

00:59:33.099 --> 00:59:36.139
 with people of watermark we have about

00:59:36.139 --> 00:59:39.000
 a week left for signups the brochures

00:59:39.000 --> 00:59:41.860
 are back there we probably will not do

00:59:41.860 --> 00:59:43.619
 this trip again for about four years

00:59:43.619 --> 00:59:44.619
 Christine I've been doing it for about

00:59:44.619 --> 00:59:46.779
 every other year and we just feel like

00:59:46.779 --> 00:59:49.500
 oh wow it's and so we feel like this

00:59:49.500 --> 00:59:51.360
 probably our last trip for about four

00:59:51.360 --> 00:59:53.639
 years so if you have any questions you

00:59:53.639 --> 00:59:55.900
 can talk to us we have about one more

00:59:55.900 --> 00:59:57.619
 week of signup we have about five more

00:59:57.619 --> 00:59:59.880
 places left so we would love for you

00:59:59.880 --> 01:00:01.519
 this is a money-back guarantee if you

01:00:01.519 --> 01:00:02.960
 hate it I'll give you your money back

01:00:02.960 --> 01:00:05.159
 you're going with my mentor you're

01:00:05.159 --> 01:00:06.980
 going to an amazing place and you're

01:00:06.980 --> 01:00:08.119
 going to be at the places where Jesus

01:00:08.119 --> 01:00:11.500
 spoke and taught and talked about all

01:00:11.500 --> 01:00:12.900
 of these things so there's a brochure

01:00:12.900 --> 01:00:15.940
 here out on the table please grab one or

01:00:15.940 --> 01:00:18.639
 ask Christine and I questions and then

01:00:18.639 --> 01:00:20.880
 finally we made these Lent devotions

01:00:20.880 --> 01:00:23.139
 available for you guys they're for free

01:00:23.139 --> 01:00:25.599
 just grab one one per adult they're out

01:00:25.599 --> 01:00:28.679
 back Lent is these 40 days moving

01:00:28.679 --> 01:00:31.819
 towards Easter and so we want to

01:00:31.819 --> 01:00:33.599
 encourage you there's in English and in

01:00:33.599 --> 01:00:36.739
 Mandarin so grab those on the way out

01:00:36.739 --> 01:00:39.079
 and I think that I have exhausted all my

01:00:39.079 --> 01:00:42.179
 announcements let me pray for us and

01:00:42.179 --> 01:00:46.460
 thank you for your patience and yeah I

01:00:46.460 --> 01:00:47.759
 think that before you go to bed tonight

01:00:47.759 --> 01:00:49.339
 just encourage you to read this passage

01:00:49.339 --> 01:00:53.659
 whenever Jesus taught he taught very

01:00:53.659 --> 01:00:56.420
 specifically he didn't just say there

01:00:56.420 --> 01:00:58.420
 were two people just for no reason or

01:00:59.059 --> 01:01:00.480
 there were three people for no reason

01:01:00.480 --> 01:01:03.019
 but what he meant for his listeners in

01:01:03.019 --> 01:01:06.480
 his time in for you and I is always ask

01:01:06.480 --> 01:01:09.559
 the question which one of these people

01:01:09.559 --> 01:01:15.239
 am I really I mean who where really is my

01:01:15.239 --> 01:01:17.579
 hope and you can tell where that is

01:01:17.579 --> 01:01:18.799
 because if that thing gets taken away

01:01:18.799 --> 01:01:21.539
 you get angry if that thing gets taken

01:01:21.539 --> 01:01:25.079
 away you get depressed nothing gets

01:01:25.079 --> 01:01:29.659
 blocked you get mad the Bible calls

01:01:29.659 --> 01:01:33.460
 those things idols our prayer is that as

01:01:33.460 --> 01:01:35.239
 you walk out these door and this week

01:01:35.239 --> 01:01:37.000
 you would ask the Lord to search your

01:01:37.000 --> 01:01:40.059
 heart and to show you where your idols

01:01:40.059 --> 01:01:44.400
 are and what your hope is in if it's

01:01:44.400 --> 01:01:46.900
 anything but Christ there's a real easy

01:01:46.900 --> 01:01:49.259
 remedy for that the Bible just says you

01:01:49.260 --> 01:01:50.660
 come before the Lord say God I'm so

01:01:50.660 --> 01:01:54.260
 sorry I repent of my selfishness my

01:01:54.260 --> 01:01:57.260
 sin will you please forgive me will

01:01:57.260 --> 01:01:59.760
 you please change my heart help me to

01:01:59.760 --> 01:02:05.840
 love your son I need you amen and that's

01:02:05.840 --> 01:02:08.540
 all it takes scripture says and your sins

01:02:08.540 --> 01:02:10.120
 are as far as the east is from the west

01:02:10.120 --> 01:02:13.600
 it's why Christ came to die for us father

01:02:13.600 --> 01:02:14.900
 we thank you for this day I thank you for

01:02:14.900 --> 01:02:16.260
 my brothers and sisters and their

01:02:16.260 --> 01:02:18.760
 patience but father I think mostly just

01:02:18.760 --> 01:02:21.720
 for their journeys that they're on pray

01:02:21.720 --> 01:02:24.400
 for their hearts I pray that every one

01:02:24.400 --> 01:02:26.120
 of us in here would have tender hearts

01:02:26.120 --> 01:02:29.040
 but I pray for our hearts that every one

01:02:29.040 --> 01:02:30.760
 of us in here would have generous hearts

01:02:30.760 --> 01:02:33.420
 but I pray for our hearts that every one

01:02:33.420 --> 01:02:34.800
 of us in here would have hearts that

01:02:34.800 --> 01:02:40.760
 are fully in love and focused on you may

01:02:41.580 --> 01:02:43.100
 Hong Kong be different because of our

01:02:43.100 --> 01:02:46.260
 gathering today as we walk out of here may

01:02:46.260 --> 01:02:49.400
 this western side of the island see your

01:02:49.400 --> 01:02:51.540
 mercy and grace through our hands and our

01:02:51.540 --> 01:02:53.500
 actions and our lives lived out in our

01:02:53.500 --> 01:02:56.460
 neighborhood in the nursing homes in the

01:02:56.460 --> 01:03:00.020
 university in our work wherever you have

01:03:00.020 --> 01:03:02.840
 us and Lord we just come before you and we

01:03:02.840 --> 01:03:05.620
 just thank you for your son who always

01:03:05.620 --> 01:03:09.840
 comes right when we need him who's the

01:03:09.840 --> 01:03:13.280
 hero of your story who's the hero of our

01:03:13.280 --> 01:03:16.040
 story we pray these things your son Jesus

01:03:16.040 --> 01:03:19.480
 name amen God bless you get some food and

01:03:19.480 --> 01:03:21.180
 drinks on the way out and we'll see you

01:03:21.180 --> 01:03:21.920
 next Sunday here

01:03:21.920 --> 01:03:22.280
 you

01:03:22.280 --> 01:03:23.280
 you