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 Do you sometimes need reminders?

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 Boy, I do.

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 You know, those appointments to the doctor or to the dentist or wherever will creep up on you.

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 And you just know you're going to remember them.

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 But then you get that phone call.

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 Mr. Brown, you do know you have an appointment today.

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 You know, those kind of phone calls.

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 And I'm grateful that now they're really good.

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 They'll text you several times or they'll make a phone call.

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 Sometimes just putting it on the calendar doesn't necessarily work.

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 But we all really, let's just, a group of us today, let's just admit we need reminders.

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 Well, God has placed reminders in His Word that if we'll just read them, we'll say,

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 Oh, that's what He thinks is really important.

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 And I do that all the time, don't you?

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 It's like you'll be reading a passage you know you've read several times before.

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 And you'll think, that's what God needs to do in my life.

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 He needs to continue working through scriptures like that to change me and change my mind.

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 And those reminders can be very powerful.

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 And today is no different.

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 I just need to remind you.

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 And maybe a different voice reminding you of something that you have heard before

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 might be the one thing that you need today.

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 That reminder from God's Word.

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 Today, I need to remind you that every believer is a minister.

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 And so I want to talk about the ministry of the believer today.

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 But I need to ask you the question right at the beginning.

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 Do you really believe, I mean deep down in your heart, do you really believe that every believer is a minister?

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 Now, most of us grew up knowing that the minister was the person who stood behind the pulpit on Sunday morning.

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 And eventually, they finally got around to calling the choir leader the minister of music.

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 So you got included in that minister.

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 And then, of all people, the person who works with the youth, the teenagers,

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 do they call you a youth minister here or minister to youth?

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 It doesn't really matter.

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 So, you know, for most people who are sitting in a pew on Sunday morning,

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 the minister are the professional people who probably get paid to do what they're doing.

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 That's how we grew up.

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 Those were the ministers.

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 Those were the ministers who's the minister at your church.

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 I'd say, well, Dr. Batson.

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 I mean, that's just how we grew up.

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 But it doesn't match what the scripture says.

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 In fact, I don't know who put it on that old brick sign over there in front of the Sunday school building.

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 Just right over there in the grass.

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 It says, Pastor Fred Stone, right?

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 But then it also says right below that, as a reminder, if you'll notice, every member, a minister.

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 I hope you'll see that more often and be reminded.

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 Every time you come to church, I hope it reminds you that you, as well as those who stand up and do leadership type things,

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 you are a minister of God's church.

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 Now, I know that for many of us, it's not that easy to see ourselves that way.

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 But let me show you from a couple of scriptures where God says we are all ministers.

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 Starting with Ephesians chapter 4, verse 12.

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 Ephesians 4, 12.

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 Now, focus on that verse, but let me begin reading in verse 11.

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 It describes how God has given people to the church to lead and to guide and to equip.

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 And so, beginning in verse 11, it says,

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 And he himself, meaning God, gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers.

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 And then it tells us why God gave those to the church.

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 Verse 12,

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 For the equipping of the saints, for the work of ministry, for the edifying or the building up of the body of Christ.

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 Let me just stop here just for a moment.

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 As I was young, growing up, and probably long before that,

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 most people would have read that particular verse in scripture,

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 seeing that it was the job of the minister of the church

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 to equip the church and to do the work of ministry and to build up the body of Christ.

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 I mean, that's just how we looked at it early on.

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 As if God had put a comma after the building up or the equipping of the saints.

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 But God didn't put a comma there.

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 No, the job of the leaders of a church are to equip each of you,

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 as a believer in Jesus Christ,

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 to do the work of ministry,

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 so that the body of Christ can be healthy and strong and effective and vibrant.

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 That's how God designed it.

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 And I give thanks for all of those who are leaders in this church.

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 And they work tirelessly, well, I started to say tirelessly,

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 but that's not necessarily true, is it?

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 If you're a leader, I know that you do sometimes get weary,

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 but you are already leading this church to do and to be what it is.

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 And I'm so, so grateful.

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 But God also speaks in places like 2 Corinthians

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 about this ministry that He has given to every believer.

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 This is 2 Corinthians 5, verse 18.

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 It talks about how God has reconciled us to Himself.

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 But there's more to it.

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 2 Corinthians 5, 18 says it this way.

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 Now, all things are of God or from God,

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 who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ.

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 And there's so much we could say about that.

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 Thank God He did that.

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 But it continues.

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 And has given us the ministry of reconciliation.

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 Reconciling.

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 That's what God has done, isn't it?

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 He has reached out in His love to us.

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 Those of us who were just sinners,

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 who did not trust in Him yet.

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 He reached out because of His love for us.

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 And He revealed Himself to us.

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 And He called us to Himself.

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 And He called us to believe in Him

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 and trust Him for salvation.

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 That's what He called us to.

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 But then, when we responded by faith,

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 He also said that needs to continue.

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 There are others who need to be reconciled.

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 And I want to give you, the believer,

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 the ministry of reconciliation.

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 Now, it is true that we don't reconcile people to God.

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 It would be great if we could.

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 I know some relatives that I have

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 that if I could reconcile them to God,

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 I would do it right now.

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 Knowing that they would have a good standing of faith in God.

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 But I can't do that.

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 Only God is able to reconcile things

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 so that we have a right standing before Him.

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 But, we can bring people toward God

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 that He may reconcile them

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 if they'll respond in faith.

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 In a very real sense,

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 what God has called us to be

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 are bridge builders.

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 Bridge builders.

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 In fact, the Bible actually tells us

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 that we are a kingdom of priests.

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 I won't go into that passage,

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 but I just want you to know,

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 not only does God call you to ministry,

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 or to be a minister,

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 He's called you to be a priest.

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 You know what the word priest actually means?

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 That's where you get the word in Latin.

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 It's pontifex.

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 You know what it really means?

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 A bridge builder.

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 That's what a priest does.

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 He drills bridges.

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 Not literal bridges,

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 but spiritual bridges

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 so that those who do not yet know God

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 in a personal way through faith

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 may find a way,

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 may somehow be led toward God

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 by someone who knows Him.

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 That's how we are bridge builders.

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 In fact, more deeply,

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 we are the bridge.

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 For many people to come to know God

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 by trusting Him,

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 by faith.

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 Bridge builders.

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 The ministry of reconciliation.

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 But do you see

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 how this ministry is almost formed

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 by two bookends?

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 Ministry of all believers

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 is about building up the church

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 and reconciling people to God

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 so that they may have eternal life.

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 But there's a word of warning

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 and it comes really from

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 a young man named Matt Carter.

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 He's a pastor out in Texas

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 from Austin Stone Church.

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 And he said this,

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 I found this.

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 I thought it might be helpful

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 for you to see it.

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 The church, any church,

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 won't grow in a biblically healthy way.

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 It will not happen

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 unless

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 each part of the body,

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 meaning the congregation,

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 is fulfilling their personal calling

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 to the Great Commission.

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 The personal call

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 of ministry to

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 the Great Commission.

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 Now just a reminder,

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 when he says the body,

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 he's talking about the body of Christ.

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 Now, the body of Christ

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 is the group of believers

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 all around the world.

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 But more locally,

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 it's this congregation.

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 And the congregation

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 that I guess is still meeting,

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 I don't know what time they're out,

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 the Methodist Church over here

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 and the Presbyterian Church down here

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 and the Church of God down there

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 and all these other local congregations

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 are also

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 the body

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 of Christ.

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 It's that

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 gathering of believers

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 that

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 trust in God

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 and have trusted Him

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 for salvation.

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 Each

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 part of the body

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 fulfilling

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 their personal calling

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 to the Great Commission.

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 Now,

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 basically,

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 the Bible is saying

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 that we're body parts.

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 If we're,

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 if this is the body,

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 you're a part of it.

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 A very,

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 very important part

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 of this

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 particular body

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 of Christ.

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 Paul uses

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 a whole chapter

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 of Scripture

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 to talk about this.

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 In Romans,

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 excuse me,

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 in 1 Corinthians 12.

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 1 Corinthians 12,

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 whole chapter.

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 Now,

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 I'm not going to read

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 the whole chapter,

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 but I challenge you

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 sometime this afternoon,

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 maybe after your nap,

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 read

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 1 Corinthians 12.

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 He's talking about

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 spiritual gifts,

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 those gifts

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 that are given

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 to every believer

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 through the Holy Spirit.

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 And let me just

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 begin reading

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 in verse 4

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 of 1 Corinthians 12.

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 Paul says

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 there are

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 diversities of gifts,

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 but it's the same spirit.

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 There are differences

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 of ministries,

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 but the same Lord.

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 There are diversities

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 of activities,

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 but it's the same God

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 who works all in all.

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 But the manifestation

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 of the Spirit

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 is given to each one

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 for the profit

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 of all.

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 The whole congregation,

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 this particular body.

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 And then he begins

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 to name some of them.

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 Now,

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 when I read these,

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 I want you to listen

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 carefully to see

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 if anything sounds

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 familiar to your own

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 gifts,

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 passions,

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 strengths,

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 or skills.

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 Listen to this.

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 For to one

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 is given the word

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 of wisdom

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 through the Spirit.

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 To another,

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 the word of knowledge

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 by that same Spirit.

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 To another,

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 the gift is faith

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 by the same Spirit.

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 To another,

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 gifts of healings,

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 by the same Spirit.

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 Another,

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 the working of miracles.

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 To another,

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 prophecy.

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 To another,

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 discerning of spirits.

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 And to another,

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 different kinds of tongues.

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 And to another,

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 the interpretation

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 of tongues.

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 Now,

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 I know that many of you

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 have done a study

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 of spiritual gifts,

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 and you're very familiar

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 with all of these.

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 And there are good resources

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 on the internet

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 and through books

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 and CDs.

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 CDs.

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 Does anybody still

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 use CDs?

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 Maybe a podcast

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 or something somewhere?

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 But I encourage you,

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 look more deeply.

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 But this is a short list,

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 isn't it?

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 I don't think God

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 ever intended on

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 this representing

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 all the gifts.

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 In fact,

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 even in Romans

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 chapter 12,

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 you'll find that

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 he lists even more.

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 Romans 12.

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 He talks about

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 having gifts.

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 This is verse 6

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 and following.

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 Having then gifts

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 differing according

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 to the grace

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 that is given to us.

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 Listen to this.

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 Let us use them.

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 Sounds like a biblical command.

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 So he said,

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 if it's prophecy,

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 let us prophesy

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 in proportion to our faith.

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 Or is it ministry?

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 Let us use it

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 in our ministering.

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 He who teaches,

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 use your gift

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 in teaching.

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 He who exhorts

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 or encourages.

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 He who gives.

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 There are some

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 who are especially blessed

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 to give

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 with liberality.

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 He who leads,

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 lead with diligence.

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 He who shows mercy,

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 do it with cheerfulness.

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 Now again,

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 that's a short list

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 because there are

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 many gifts

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 that are not necessarily

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 just named

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 specifically in Scripture.

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 You see people

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 every Sunday

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 who are using

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 a gift

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 when they sing

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 or play an instrument

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 up here.

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 That's a gift

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 that they use

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 for the glory of God.

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 It's not listed here.

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 But we all know

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 that it's part

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 of the giftedness

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 that God

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 has given to us.

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 The gifts

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 can be

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 wide variety.

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 I was told this morning,

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 I did not know this

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 until this morning,

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 that Ray Reese

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 had a gift

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 of woodworking.

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 Somebody told me

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 he made that.

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 I mean,

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 literally made it.

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 Is that a gift

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 that he could use

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 for the glory of God?

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 Absolutely.

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 What do you do well?

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 What do you enjoy doing?

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 What is your passion?

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 What is your,

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 what skill do you have

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 that you could use

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 to build up

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 the body of Christ

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 and to bring people

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 toward God

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 so that they may

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 be reconciled?

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 Whatever it is

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 that you have

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 that comes

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 from God's spirit

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 as a gift,

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 use it.

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 It doesn't even

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 have to be named

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 right here

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 in these short verses.

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 Make sure you know

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 what it is.

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 Make sure you're willing

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 to use it.

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 Well, let's get back

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 to this idea

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 of the Great Commission.

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 Let me show you

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 another slide

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 by Matt Carter.

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 I sometimes

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 just call it

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 the mission

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 and it looks like

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 that's what he is

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 doing as well.

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 This is what he says

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 and I agree with him

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 wholeheartedly.

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 The responsibility

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 for the mission

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 that I'm talking about

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 doesn't,

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 and I would add

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 the word just,

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 doesn't just fall

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 on the shoulders

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 of the pastors,

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 but every person

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 in the church

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 that names

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 the name of Christ.

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 The responsibility

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 for the mission

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 is not just

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 for those

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 who stand up front

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 and do things.

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 The responsibility

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 for God's mission

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 is yours

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 from the youngest

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 to the oldest.

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 It's still yours.

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 Whether you're young

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 and have a lot of energy

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 or whether you're tired

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 and you want to quit

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 and sit down,

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 you still have

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 the responsibility

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 for the mission.

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 Now, I don't know

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 if anybody's asking

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 the question or not,

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 but let me ask this.

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 But isn't the Great Commission

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 given to the church?

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 Haven't we talked

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 about that?

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 If you've been in church,

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 you know it's been

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 talked about all the time.

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 The Great Commission

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 or the mission

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 of the church.

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 We put it in the context

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 of the church.

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 Well, the answer

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 to the question is,

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 yes,

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 it has been given

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 to the church.

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 But no,

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 it's not just simply

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 to the church

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 as a whole.

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 In other words,

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 if it was just

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 to the church,

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 you could say,

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 well, I'll just give

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 my money to the church

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 and let them

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 do the mission.

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 That'd be easy,

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 wouldn't it?

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 In fact,

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 the truth is,

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 many people do that.

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 Let somebody else

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 do it.

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 But no,

00:19:03.920 --> 00:19:04.580
 God's given

00:19:04.580 --> 00:19:05.860
 to every believer

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 ministry

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 of building up

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 the body,

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 reconciling

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 the world

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 to Christ.

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 I think our problem

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 has been this.

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 And it's a problem

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 that I think

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 has been true

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 for a long time.

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 Is that our definition

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 of church

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 can sometimes

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 hinder or distort

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 our view

00:19:34.339 --> 00:19:35.079
 of God's call

00:19:35.079 --> 00:19:35.599
 to ministry,

00:19:36.099 --> 00:19:37.039
 meaning our personal

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 call to ministry.

00:19:39.680 --> 00:19:40.039
 You know,

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 it's when we say,

00:19:41.339 --> 00:19:42.079
 where are you going

00:19:42.079 --> 00:19:42.599
 this morning?

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 I'm going to church.

00:19:44.940 --> 00:19:45.960
 What are they doing

00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:47.079
 up there at the church?

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 Right?

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 We use that language

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 and there's really

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 nothing terribly wrong

00:19:52.339 --> 00:19:52.779
 with it,

00:19:52.779 --> 00:19:55.279
 except that church

00:19:55.279 --> 00:19:56.420
 began to mean

00:19:56.420 --> 00:19:57.700
 building

00:19:57.700 --> 00:19:59.960
 or organization.

00:20:01.180 --> 00:20:02.039
 When God

00:20:02.039 --> 00:20:02.779
 never intended

00:20:02.779 --> 00:20:03.480
 for church

00:20:03.480 --> 00:20:04.220
 to be some

00:20:04.220 --> 00:20:05.160
 brick and mortar

00:20:05.160 --> 00:20:06.940
 and beautiful

00:20:06.940 --> 00:20:07.900
 decorations

00:20:07.900 --> 00:20:08.660
 and stuff,

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 I mean,

00:20:09.620 --> 00:20:10.259
 he's not against

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 this by any means,

00:20:12.340 --> 00:20:13.559
 but church

00:20:13.559 --> 00:20:14.900
 is you.

00:20:16.019 --> 00:20:16.799
 In fact,

00:20:16.840 --> 00:20:17.480
 you don't go

00:20:17.480 --> 00:20:18.019
 to church,

00:20:18.100 --> 00:20:18.539
 the church

00:20:18.539 --> 00:20:19.259
 comes here.

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 You are the church.

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 I mean,

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 you know,

00:20:23.399 --> 00:20:23.500
 the,

00:20:24.740 --> 00:20:25.319
 I don't even know

00:20:25.319 --> 00:20:25.779
 my fingers

00:20:25.779 --> 00:20:26.119
 are letting me,

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 you know,

00:20:26.519 --> 00:20:26.639
 the,

00:20:27.279 --> 00:20:27.920
 here's the church

00:20:27.920 --> 00:20:28.700
 and here's the steeple

00:20:28.700 --> 00:20:29.119
 and open.

00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:29.599
 Well,

00:20:29.639 --> 00:20:29.819
 no,

00:20:29.940 --> 00:20:30.279
 actually,

00:20:30.379 --> 00:20:31.359
 this is the church.

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 All the people.

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 So we need to get

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 our head around

00:20:36.500 --> 00:20:37.359
 the fact that we

00:20:37.359 --> 00:20:38.339
 are the church

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 and as the church,

00:20:41.099 --> 00:20:42.599
 we are responsible

00:20:42.599 --> 00:20:44.420
 for the mission

00:20:44.420 --> 00:20:45.460
 that God has given

00:20:45.460 --> 00:20:48.720
 to every single believer.

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 it's not just

00:20:52.160 --> 00:20:52.960
 an organization,

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 it's more like

00:20:54.079 --> 00:20:54.799
 an organism,

00:20:55.259 --> 00:20:57.100
 a body of people

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 working together.

00:20:58.839 --> 00:20:59.960
 Some of you are hands

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 and some are feet,

00:21:01.519 --> 00:21:02.480
 some are mouths,

00:21:02.660 --> 00:21:03.360
 you know them,

00:21:03.440 --> 00:21:04.420
 they're always talking.

00:21:05.740 --> 00:21:06.620
 Thank God

00:21:06.620 --> 00:21:07.339
 that some of you

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 are ears

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 because you're willing

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 to listen.

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 Some of you can smell

00:21:11.160 --> 00:21:12.240
 a problem.

00:21:13.220 --> 00:21:14.319
 Some of you see

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 a little bit further

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 than others

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 about what we need

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 to do ahead,

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 like next year

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 or something.

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 You see,

00:21:21.439 --> 00:21:23.099
 we all have a part

00:21:23.099 --> 00:21:24.279
 in this body

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 and that's the way

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 God designed it.

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 We're an organism.

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 Imagine with me

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 just for a moment.

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 And I know

00:21:32.199 --> 00:21:33.259
 that God is blessed,

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 First Baptist,

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 in really,

00:21:35.319 --> 00:21:35.619
 I think,

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 unusual ways.

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 But you are not

00:21:38.979 --> 00:21:40.459
 all that you could be.

00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:44.859
 I think it's probably true

00:21:44.859 --> 00:21:45.919
 that I've heard it

00:21:45.919 --> 00:21:46.819
 most of my life

00:21:46.819 --> 00:21:48.819
 that in any given church

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 about 20% of the people

00:21:50.960 --> 00:21:51.859
 do about 80%

00:21:51.859 --> 00:21:52.439
 of the work.

00:21:54.179 --> 00:21:54.559
 Now,

00:21:54.599 --> 00:21:54.960
 I don't know

00:21:54.960 --> 00:21:55.659
 if that percentage

00:21:55.659 --> 00:21:56.159
 is correct.

00:21:56.279 --> 00:21:57.460
 I really have no idea,

00:21:57.579 --> 00:21:58.740
 but I do know this.

00:21:59.139 --> 00:21:59.919
 And this is from,

00:22:00.259 --> 00:22:00.759
 I don't know,

00:22:00.859 --> 00:22:01.679
 30-something years

00:22:01.679 --> 00:22:02.159
 in ministry.

00:22:03.980 --> 00:22:04.899
 In any church

00:22:04.899 --> 00:22:05.759
 you go to,

00:22:06.759 --> 00:22:08.259
 it's a few people

00:22:08.259 --> 00:22:09.319
 who do most

00:22:09.319 --> 00:22:10.559
 of what needs

00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:11.119
 to be done.

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 It's not the majority.

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 I don't know

00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:16.579
 why that's true.

00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:17.400
 It shouldn't be.

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 And I don't even know

00:22:18.740 --> 00:22:19.240
 if it's true

00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:20.079
 for First Baptist.

00:22:21.319 --> 00:22:22.599
 But here's what I do know,

00:22:23.599 --> 00:22:25.720
 that even in your church,

00:22:26.259 --> 00:22:28.140
 most people

00:22:28.140 --> 00:22:30.420
 are not fulfilling

00:22:30.420 --> 00:22:32.799
 their call of God

00:22:32.799 --> 00:22:34.240
 to do the mission

00:22:34.240 --> 00:22:34.960
 of the church.

00:22:37.400 --> 00:22:38.640
 If it were true,

00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:39.680
 you'd have to have

00:22:39.680 --> 00:22:42.019
 more room.

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 If it were true,

00:22:43.859 --> 00:22:44.440
 you'd have to have

00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:45.160
 more services.

00:22:45.660 --> 00:22:46.279
 If it were true,

00:22:46.379 --> 00:22:47.139
 you'd be having

00:22:47.139 --> 00:22:47.960
 so many people,

00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:48.700
 you'd have to start

00:22:48.700 --> 00:22:49.339
 another church

00:22:49.339 --> 00:22:50.299
 on the other side

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 of town

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 as a,

00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:53.400
 what do they call,

00:22:53.599 --> 00:22:55.500
 like a satellite church

00:22:55.500 --> 00:22:56.680
 somewhere else.

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 Do you hear

00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:57.619
 what I'm saying?

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 If every one of you

00:23:00.099 --> 00:23:00.660
 were to take

00:23:00.660 --> 00:23:01.559
 your responsibility

00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:02.420
 seriously

00:23:02.420 --> 00:23:03.980
 and a full commitment

00:23:03.980 --> 00:23:04.539
 to it,

00:23:04.859 --> 00:23:05.579
 God would grow

00:23:05.579 --> 00:23:06.119
 this church

00:23:06.119 --> 00:23:06.720
 in ways that

00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:08.180
 you never imagined.

00:23:08.799 --> 00:23:09.839
 That's how I know.

00:23:09.839 --> 00:23:12.859
 So what if

00:23:12.859 --> 00:23:13.740
 every believer

00:23:13.740 --> 00:23:14.919
 read the Great Commission

00:23:14.919 --> 00:23:17.159
 as that personal call

00:23:17.159 --> 00:23:18.980
 to make disciples?

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 What a transformation

00:23:21.819 --> 00:23:22.819
 would happen.

00:23:24.259 --> 00:23:25.519
 What a revival

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 would happen.

00:23:28.519 --> 00:23:29.619
 At my last church,

00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:30.699
 they asked me one time,

00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:31.139
 they said,

00:23:31.199 --> 00:23:31.720
 what do you think

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 it's going to take

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 for Griffith Baptist Church

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 to experience revival?

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 And I told them

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 very simply

00:23:40.679 --> 00:23:41.460
 and plainly

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 and they didn't

00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:43.200
 necessarily appreciate it

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 but I said,

00:23:44.399 --> 00:23:45.439
 when every member

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 does what God

00:23:47.539 --> 00:23:48.599
 told them to do

00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:49.359
 in the scriptures.

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 And they said,

00:23:53.179 --> 00:23:55.119
 maybe,

00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:56.460
 maybe there's something else.

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 Don't we need

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 some revival services

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 or something?

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 And I said,

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 no.

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 If every member

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 would do just what

00:24:02.899 --> 00:24:04.000
 God tells them to do

00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:04.659
 in the Bible,

00:24:04.660 --> 00:24:06.600
 then you couldn't

00:24:06.600 --> 00:24:07.180
 contain

00:24:07.180 --> 00:24:08.880
 the revival

00:24:08.880 --> 00:24:10.920
 that would happen.

00:24:12.660 --> 00:24:13.600
 Let me finish

00:24:13.600 --> 00:24:14.620
 by saying this.

00:24:16.140 --> 00:24:16.980
 And by the way,

00:24:17.120 --> 00:24:17.759
 I think that somebody

00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:18.660
 told me that we can

00:24:18.660 --> 00:24:20.160
 stop at around 1230.

00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:24.140
 They may not

00:24:24.140 --> 00:24:24.900
 have been correct.

00:24:27.660 --> 00:24:28.720
 Don't start leaving.

00:24:28.860 --> 00:24:29.840
 I'm not going that long.

00:24:29.940 --> 00:24:30.519
 I promise.

00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:32.340
 Let me just share

00:24:32.340 --> 00:24:33.160
 some observations.

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 And these are just

00:24:34.160 --> 00:24:35.880
 observations from

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 having been in ministry

00:24:37.400 --> 00:24:39.019
 from this side

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:39.560
 of the pulpit

00:24:39.560 --> 00:24:41.700
 and having been

00:24:41.700 --> 00:24:42.500
 around God's people

00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:43.340
 for a long time.

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 This is observations

00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:47.019
 that I think

00:24:47.019 --> 00:24:47.880
 may help you

00:24:47.880 --> 00:24:48.519
 understand

00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:49.720
 what God is saying

00:24:49.720 --> 00:24:51.400
 in the scriptures

00:24:51.400 --> 00:24:52.220
 we've looked at.

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 Number one observation

00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:54.500
 is this.

00:24:55.340 --> 00:24:55.600
 You,

00:24:56.160 --> 00:24:57.080
 in order to make

00:24:57.080 --> 00:24:57.160
 disciples,

00:24:58.160 --> 00:24:59.779
 you have to

00:24:59.779 --> 00:25:01.100
 be a disciple.

00:25:01.099 --> 00:25:03.919
 Now,

00:25:04.559 --> 00:25:06.240
 I may be wrong

00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:06.679
 in this.

00:25:06.779 --> 00:25:08.019
 I can't say this

00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:09.719
 that I'm right

00:25:09.719 --> 00:25:10.480
 100%.

00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:12.439
 But not every

00:25:12.439 --> 00:25:14.079
 believer

00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:16.379
 is a disciple.

00:25:20.379 --> 00:25:21.339
 There are believers

00:25:21.339 --> 00:25:21.980
 who will come,

00:25:22.139 --> 00:25:23.079
 I saw some faces.

00:25:24.039 --> 00:25:25.079
 There are people

00:25:25.079 --> 00:25:27.279
 who truly trust Christ

00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:28.279
 for their salvation.

00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:29.279
 100%.

00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:29.839
 100%.

00:25:29.839 --> 00:25:30.740
 And they'll come

00:25:30.740 --> 00:25:31.200
 to church

00:25:31.200 --> 00:25:31.940
 and they'll sit

00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:32.960
 and they may even

00:25:32.960 --> 00:25:33.819
 smile at the preacher

00:25:33.819 --> 00:25:34.740
 sometimes and shake

00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:35.680
 his hand on the way out

00:25:35.680 --> 00:25:36.859
 but they never

00:25:36.859 --> 00:25:37.700
 make any other

00:25:37.700 --> 00:25:38.559
 kind of contribution

00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:39.180
 to the health

00:25:39.180 --> 00:25:39.759
 of the church.

00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:41.779
 To the mission

00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:42.339
 of God.

00:25:43.660 --> 00:25:44.980
 They believe in God.

00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:46.220
 They believe in Christ.

00:25:46.359 --> 00:25:47.099
 They're saved.

00:25:48.399 --> 00:25:49.440
 But that's all.

00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:51.180
 They're basically

00:25:51.180 --> 00:25:51.940
 pew sitters.

00:25:51.940 --> 00:25:54.160
 And that's not

00:25:54.160 --> 00:25:54.759
 a bad thing.

00:25:54.840 --> 00:25:55.660
 It's good to come.

00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:58.120
 But what if that's

00:25:58.120 --> 00:25:58.840
 all you do?

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.160
 No,

00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:01.259
 a disciple is really

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:03.059
 a learner.

00:26:04.340 --> 00:26:05.059
 It's someone

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:05.980
 who faithfully

00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:07.279
 follows

00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:08.519
 a leader

00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:09.340
 or a mentor.

00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:11.200
 A disciple

00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:11.640
 is someone

00:26:11.640 --> 00:26:12.240
 who's learning

00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:13.160
 and growing

00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:14.279
 and changing.

00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:16.799
 That's a real

00:26:16.799 --> 00:26:18.080
 biblical disciple.

00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:19.720
 And you can

00:26:19.720 --> 00:26:20.599
 disagree on the

00:26:20.599 --> 00:26:21.079
 definition

00:26:21.079 --> 00:26:22.460
 if you need to.

00:26:22.779 --> 00:26:23.259
 In fact,

00:26:23.899 --> 00:26:24.519
 thank God

00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:24.980
 for the guys

00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:26.199
 up in the booth.

00:26:26.419 --> 00:26:27.559
 I saw a picture

00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:28.379
 this morning

00:26:28.379 --> 00:26:29.779
 between services

00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:30.619
 that I wanted

00:26:30.619 --> 00:26:31.299
 to show to you.

00:26:31.319 --> 00:26:32.139
 And I want you to

00:26:32.139 --> 00:26:33.000
 see this picture

00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:33.519
 that I found.

00:26:34.139 --> 00:26:34.799
 I hope you can

00:26:34.799 --> 00:26:35.439
 see it all.

00:26:35.759 --> 00:26:35.879
 Yeah.

00:26:37.159 --> 00:26:38.099
 It says this.

00:26:38.159 --> 00:26:38.439
 I'm going to have

00:26:38.439 --> 00:26:38.779
 to read it

00:26:38.779 --> 00:26:39.339
 because I haven't

00:26:39.339 --> 00:26:39.460
 met.

00:26:40.099 --> 00:26:40.740
 A disciple

00:26:40.740 --> 00:26:41.339
 is someone

00:26:41.339 --> 00:26:42.199
 who has moved

00:26:42.199 --> 00:26:42.799
 from being

00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:44.119
 the recipient

00:26:44.119 --> 00:26:45.139
 of the church's

00:26:45.139 --> 00:26:45.539
 mission

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:47.839
 to being

00:26:47.839 --> 00:26:48.799
 responsible

00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:51.639
 for the church's

00:26:51.639 --> 00:26:52.319
 mission.

00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:54.059
 Would you

00:26:54.059 --> 00:26:54.819
 consider yourself

00:26:54.819 --> 00:26:55.399
 a disciple

00:26:55.399 --> 00:26:56.679
 or just a

00:26:56.679 --> 00:26:58.000
 Christian

00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:58.699
 who attends

00:26:58.699 --> 00:26:59.159
 church?

00:27:01.159 --> 00:27:02.159
 If you really

00:27:02.159 --> 00:27:02.639
 want to take

00:27:02.639 --> 00:27:03.519
 seriously this

00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:05.480
 mission to

00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:06.179
 make disciples,

00:27:06.419 --> 00:27:06.959
 then make sure

00:27:06.959 --> 00:27:08.159
 you are

00:27:08.159 --> 00:27:09.599
 a disciple.

00:27:09.740 --> 00:27:10.220
 In fact,

00:27:10.359 --> 00:27:11.099
 you need to be

00:27:11.099 --> 00:27:12.019
 a disciple

00:27:12.019 --> 00:27:13.339
 that is learning

00:27:13.339 --> 00:27:14.199
 to grow

00:27:14.199 --> 00:27:15.419
 in Christ's

00:27:15.419 --> 00:27:15.939
 likeness.

00:27:15.940 --> 00:27:18.360
 What does

00:27:18.360 --> 00:27:18.860
 God want

00:27:18.860 --> 00:27:19.340
 from every

00:27:19.340 --> 00:27:19.860
 disciple?

00:27:22.360 --> 00:27:23.180
 To be more

00:27:23.180 --> 00:27:23.420
 and more

00:27:23.420 --> 00:27:24.120
 like Jesus.

00:27:24.860 --> 00:27:25.720
 To resemble

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:26.380
 him

00:27:26.380 --> 00:27:27.860
 more

00:27:27.860 --> 00:27:29.460
 and more.

00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:30.980
 We can't

00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:31.500
 do it alone.

00:27:31.600 --> 00:27:31.920
 That's why

00:27:31.920 --> 00:27:32.600
 God gave us

00:27:32.600 --> 00:27:33.039
 the Spirit

00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:33.539
 and that's

00:27:33.539 --> 00:27:34.019
 why God

00:27:34.019 --> 00:27:34.420
 gave us

00:27:34.420 --> 00:27:35.039
 other Christians

00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:35.759
 to encourage

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:36.180
 us.

00:27:37.180 --> 00:27:38.000
 But are you

00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:39.480
 growing more

00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:40.480
 in Christ's

00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:40.840
 likeness?

00:27:40.900 --> 00:27:41.100
 Do you

00:27:41.100 --> 00:27:42.019
 resemble him

00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:43.559
 more?

00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:46.339
 Just read

00:27:46.339 --> 00:27:46.799
 the scriptures

00:27:46.799 --> 00:27:47.279
 and it'll

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:47.619
 tell you

00:27:47.619 --> 00:27:48.019
 what he's

00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:49.420
 like.

00:27:51.220 --> 00:27:52.359
 Just spend

00:27:52.359 --> 00:27:53.000
 time with

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:53.420
 God in

00:27:53.420 --> 00:27:53.799
 prayer.

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:54.440
 Spend time

00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:55.000
 reading his

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:55.359
 word.

00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:56.160
 Spend time

00:27:56.160 --> 00:27:57.759
 putting your

00:27:57.759 --> 00:27:58.599
 gift into

00:27:58.599 --> 00:27:59.379
 practice.

00:28:00.599 --> 00:28:01.039
 You become

00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:01.599
 more like

00:28:01.599 --> 00:28:01.980
 him.

00:28:02.559 --> 00:28:03.599
 Little by

00:28:03.599 --> 00:28:04.079
 little.

00:28:05.299 --> 00:28:05.720
 It's a

00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:06.059
 supernatural

00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:06.920
 happening.

00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:10.000
 But God

00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:10.400
 has given

00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:11.039
 us a

00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:11.900
 great task

00:28:11.900 --> 00:28:12.460
 in making

00:28:12.460 --> 00:28:12.980
 disciples

00:28:12.980 --> 00:28:13.580
 because he

00:28:13.580 --> 00:28:14.400
 expects us

00:28:14.400 --> 00:28:15.620
 not just

00:28:15.620 --> 00:28:16.039
 to lead

00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:16.580
 someone to

00:28:16.580 --> 00:28:17.140
 Christ.

00:28:17.820 --> 00:28:18.279
 There's more

00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:18.860
 to it than

00:28:18.860 --> 00:28:19.740
 just leading

00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:20.340
 people to

00:28:20.340 --> 00:28:20.800
 God.

00:28:21.620 --> 00:28:21.960
 You need

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:22.600
 to continue

00:28:22.600 --> 00:28:23.640
 your opportunity

00:28:23.640 --> 00:28:25.340
 because when

00:28:25.340 --> 00:28:25.860
 we make

00:28:25.860 --> 00:28:26.660
 disciples we

00:28:26.660 --> 00:28:27.100
 are supposed

00:28:27.100 --> 00:28:27.500
 to make

00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:29.259
 disciples who

00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:30.200
 also make

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:31.620
 disciples.

00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:33.060
 A quick

00:28:33.060 --> 00:28:33.700
 word from

00:28:33.700 --> 00:28:35.019
 2 Timothy.

00:28:35.500 --> 00:28:36.320
 Paul is

00:28:36.319 --> 00:28:36.740
 talking to

00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:37.279
 Timothy when

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:37.659
 he says

00:28:37.659 --> 00:28:37.939
 this.

00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:38.659
 He says

00:28:38.659 --> 00:28:40.359
 Timothy the

00:28:40.359 --> 00:28:40.779
 things that

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:41.079
 you have

00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:41.579
 heard from

00:28:41.579 --> 00:28:42.099
 me among

00:28:42.099 --> 00:28:42.939
 many witnesses

00:28:42.939 --> 00:28:45.139
 commit these

00:28:45.139 --> 00:28:45.819
 to faithful

00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:46.740
 men and

00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:47.059
 women.

00:28:48.339 --> 00:28:48.799
 Well that

00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:49.379
 makes sense

00:28:49.379 --> 00:28:49.960
 doesn't it?

00:28:50.599 --> 00:28:50.960
 What you've

00:28:50.960 --> 00:28:51.279
 heard from

00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:51.559
 me?

00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:52.700
 Pass it

00:28:52.700 --> 00:28:53.000
 on to

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:53.480
 others.

00:28:54.419 --> 00:28:54.779
 But Paul

00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:55.599
 didn't stop

00:28:55.599 --> 00:28:56.279
 with that

00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:57.119
 word.

00:28:57.659 --> 00:28:58.179
 He says

00:28:58.179 --> 00:28:59.139
 commit them

00:28:59.139 --> 00:28:59.740
 to faithful

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:01.139
 persons who

00:29:01.139 --> 00:29:02.319
 will be able

00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:03.079
 to teach

00:29:03.079 --> 00:29:04.439
 others also.

00:29:04.440 --> 00:29:06.740
 it's God's

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:07.660
 great way of

00:29:07.660 --> 00:29:08.960
 multiplying the

00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:10.580
 ministry so

00:29:10.580 --> 00:29:11.140
 that we're not

00:29:11.140 --> 00:29:11.620
 just leading

00:29:11.620 --> 00:29:12.160
 people to

00:29:12.160 --> 00:29:13.299
 Christ and

00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:13.680
 not just

00:29:13.680 --> 00:29:14.259
 building up

00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:14.680
 the body

00:29:14.680 --> 00:29:15.299
 of Christ,

00:29:15.299 --> 00:29:16.019
 not just

00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:16.640
 bringing people

00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:17.680
 into a

00:29:17.680 --> 00:29:18.539
 reconciling

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:19.180
 relationship

00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:19.820
 with God.

00:29:21.900 --> 00:29:22.580
 Those

00:29:22.580 --> 00:29:23.840
 disciples also

00:29:23.840 --> 00:29:24.880
 go and

00:29:24.880 --> 00:29:26.320
 make disciples

00:29:26.320 --> 00:29:26.860
 as well.

00:29:28.200 --> 00:29:28.779
 It's this

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:29.519
 great process

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:30.259
 that God

00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:31.000
 has set up.

00:29:32.099 --> 00:29:32.779
 So our

00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:34.200
 making

00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:34.819
 disciples

00:29:34.819 --> 00:29:35.500
 ministry

00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:37.599
 is never

00:29:37.599 --> 00:29:37.940
 ending.

00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:39.240
 It's

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:39.920
 multiplying

00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:41.319
 in the way

00:29:41.319 --> 00:29:41.700
 that God

00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:42.240
 does it.

00:29:43.099 --> 00:29:43.500
 Another

00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:44.440
 observation is

00:29:44.440 --> 00:29:44.799
 this.

00:29:46.660 --> 00:29:47.200
 Making

00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:47.740
 disciples

00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:48.980
 can be done

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:49.440
 within the

00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:50.119
 church schedule

00:29:50.119 --> 00:29:52.440
 by all

00:29:52.440 --> 00:29:52.879
 means.

00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:54.119
 It is

00:29:54.119 --> 00:29:54.940
 often done

00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:55.440
 within the

00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:56.139
 church schedule

00:29:56.139 --> 00:29:56.460
 in the

00:29:56.460 --> 00:29:57.200
 church building.

00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:59.279
 Thank God

00:29:59.279 --> 00:29:59.640
 for that.

00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:00.140
 Thank God

00:30:00.140 --> 00:30:00.799
 for the

00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:01.500
 Sunday school

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:02.160
 classes that

00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:02.519
 are making

00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:03.299
 disciples and

00:30:03.299 --> 00:30:04.039
 the youth

00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:04.740
 ministry that's

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:05.480
 making disciples.

00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:06.160
 Thank God

00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:06.860
 for Awana.

00:30:07.500 --> 00:30:08.240
 I was

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:10.360
 amazed at

00:30:10.360 --> 00:30:10.920
 what God is

00:30:10.920 --> 00:30:11.380
 doing through

00:30:11.380 --> 00:30:12.340
 those children.

00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:14.100
 I was here

00:30:14.100 --> 00:30:14.779
 Wednesday night

00:30:14.779 --> 00:30:15.160
 at the big

00:30:15.160 --> 00:30:16.000
 celebration and

00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:17.080
 I just sat

00:30:17.080 --> 00:30:17.559
 back there and

00:30:17.559 --> 00:30:17.900
 was just

00:30:17.900 --> 00:30:18.539
 thankful and

00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:19.319
 amazed and

00:30:19.319 --> 00:30:20.740
 grateful for

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:21.319
 what God is

00:30:21.319 --> 00:30:21.580
 doing.

00:30:21.960 --> 00:30:22.380
 All those

00:30:22.380 --> 00:30:22.840
 things are

00:30:22.840 --> 00:30:23.559
 happening within

00:30:23.559 --> 00:30:24.519
 the schedule in

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:25.299
 this church.

00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:27.660
 But there are

00:30:27.660 --> 00:30:28.640
 opportunities beyond

00:30:28.640 --> 00:30:29.279
 this church.

00:30:30.840 --> 00:30:31.559
 In fact some

00:30:31.559 --> 00:30:31.860
 of those

00:30:31.860 --> 00:30:32.700
 opportunities may

00:30:32.700 --> 00:30:33.059
 be more

00:30:33.059 --> 00:30:35.460
 effective than

00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:36.420
 what happens

00:30:36.420 --> 00:30:37.799
 within the

00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:38.240
 church.

00:30:39.100 --> 00:30:40.039
 More effective

00:30:40.039 --> 00:30:40.700
 because it's

00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:42.240
 more personal.

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:43.380
 What if you

00:30:43.380 --> 00:30:44.360
 take a

00:30:44.360 --> 00:30:45.700
 classmate that

00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:46.460
 you have been

00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:47.380
 talking to

00:30:47.380 --> 00:30:49.299
 lately and

00:30:49.299 --> 00:30:50.720
 begin that

00:30:50.720 --> 00:30:51.740
 process of

00:30:51.740 --> 00:30:52.279
 bringing them

00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:53.059
 toward God

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:54.660
 with a

00:30:54.660 --> 00:30:55.680
 hopefully for

00:30:55.680 --> 00:30:56.380
 the end result

00:30:56.380 --> 00:30:57.700
 is to make

00:30:57.700 --> 00:30:58.300
 a disciple

00:30:58.300 --> 00:31:00.180
 that they

00:31:00.180 --> 00:31:00.920
 may become

00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:01.540
 a disciple

00:31:01.540 --> 00:31:02.140
 maker.

00:31:03.060 --> 00:31:03.660
 What about

00:31:03.660 --> 00:31:04.340
 a person at

00:31:04.340 --> 00:31:04.660
 work?

00:31:04.780 --> 00:31:05.080
 What about

00:31:05.080 --> 00:31:05.780
 a person out

00:31:05.780 --> 00:31:06.620
 on the golf

00:31:06.620 --> 00:31:07.260
 course or at

00:31:07.260 --> 00:31:07.860
 the lake or

00:31:07.860 --> 00:31:08.360
 wherever you

00:31:08.360 --> 00:31:08.760
 are?

00:31:10.080 --> 00:31:11.100
 Why not

00:31:11.100 --> 00:31:12.720
 use those

00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:13.300
 opportunities

00:31:13.300 --> 00:31:14.340
 outside of

00:31:14.340 --> 00:31:14.640
 church?

00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:15.800
 The truth is

00:31:15.800 --> 00:31:16.580
 there's a

00:31:16.580 --> 00:31:17.200
 number of

00:31:17.200 --> 00:31:17.820
 people in

00:31:17.820 --> 00:31:18.460
 this community

00:31:18.460 --> 00:31:18.900
 that will

00:31:18.900 --> 00:31:19.980
 never walk

00:31:19.980 --> 00:31:20.420
 into a

00:31:20.420 --> 00:31:21.100
 church on

00:31:21.100 --> 00:31:21.740
 their own.

00:31:22.780 --> 00:31:23.120
 They're just

00:31:23.120 --> 00:31:23.520
 not going to

00:31:23.520 --> 00:31:23.940
 do it.

00:31:25.300 --> 00:31:25.740
 But you can

00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:26.000
 go to

00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:26.279
 them.

00:31:26.900 --> 00:31:27.259
 I think

00:31:27.259 --> 00:31:27.620
 that's why

00:31:27.620 --> 00:31:27.940
 the Great

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:28.279
 Commission

00:31:28.279 --> 00:31:28.720
 says,

00:31:29.259 --> 00:31:29.680
 go,

00:31:30.120 --> 00:31:30.420
 therefore,

00:31:31.299 --> 00:31:33.000
 not invite,

00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:33.579
 therefore.

00:31:34.539 --> 00:31:35.200
 It tells us

00:31:35.200 --> 00:31:35.640
 to go.

00:31:36.680 --> 00:31:37.339
 Use those

00:31:37.339 --> 00:31:37.900
 opportunities

00:31:37.900 --> 00:31:38.920
 beyond the

00:31:38.920 --> 00:31:39.680
 church services

00:31:39.680 --> 00:31:40.640
 to make

00:31:40.640 --> 00:31:41.059
 disciples.

00:31:41.220 --> 00:31:41.579
 The last

00:31:41.579 --> 00:31:42.059
 thing is

00:31:42.059 --> 00:31:42.380
 this.

00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:42.940
 Well,

00:31:42.980 --> 00:31:43.180
 actually,

00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:43.420
 I've got

00:31:43.420 --> 00:31:43.700
 two.

00:31:44.299 --> 00:31:44.579
 Very

00:31:44.579 --> 00:31:44.980
 quickly.

00:31:46.859 --> 00:31:47.519
 Are you

00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:48.099
 using your

00:31:48.099 --> 00:31:48.620
 natural

00:31:48.620 --> 00:31:49.559
 relationships

00:31:49.559 --> 00:31:51.400
 to make

00:31:51.400 --> 00:31:51.839
 disciples?

00:31:51.839 --> 00:31:54.240
 I know

00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:54.599
 that God

00:31:54.599 --> 00:31:55.079
 calls us

00:31:55.079 --> 00:31:55.619
 outside of

00:31:55.619 --> 00:31:56.079
 our comfort

00:31:56.079 --> 00:31:56.759
 zone sometimes.

00:31:56.879 --> 00:31:57.299
 I understand

00:31:57.299 --> 00:31:57.740
 that.

00:31:57.799 --> 00:31:58.199
 He needs

00:31:58.199 --> 00:31:58.500
 to.

00:31:59.859 --> 00:32:00.139
 Right?

00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:01.419
 The Bible

00:32:01.419 --> 00:32:01.879
 does say,

00:32:01.939 --> 00:32:02.319
 by the way,

00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:03.159
 spur one

00:32:03.159 --> 00:32:03.759
 another on

00:32:03.759 --> 00:32:04.059
 to good

00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:04.480
 works.

00:32:05.199 --> 00:32:05.399
 So,

00:32:05.459 --> 00:32:06.000
 sometimes it's

00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:06.480
 uncomfortable.

00:32:07.919 --> 00:32:08.659
 But why

00:32:08.659 --> 00:32:09.699
 not actually

00:32:09.699 --> 00:32:12.279
 use your

00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:12.899
 comfort zone,

00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:13.740
 your natural

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:14.519
 relationships

00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:15.519
 within your

00:32:15.519 --> 00:32:15.980
 family,

00:32:16.500 --> 00:32:16.980
 within your

00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:17.579
 friendship

00:32:17.579 --> 00:32:18.839
 circles?

00:32:18.839 --> 00:32:21.480
 in fact,

00:32:21.639 --> 00:32:22.000
 Fred,

00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:22.959
 Pastor Fred

00:32:22.959 --> 00:32:23.919
 handed out

00:32:23.919 --> 00:32:24.279
 the first

00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:24.759
 of the year

00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:26.099
 that concentric

00:32:26.099 --> 00:32:28.899
 circles of

00:32:28.899 --> 00:32:29.480
 concern.

00:32:29.639 --> 00:32:30.159
 Remember that?

00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:30.599
 Do you have

00:32:30.599 --> 00:32:30.899
 it in your

00:32:30.899 --> 00:32:31.159
 Bible?

00:32:32.439 --> 00:32:32.839
 It's in the

00:32:32.839 --> 00:32:33.139
 front of

00:32:33.139 --> 00:32:33.439
 mine.

00:32:34.639 --> 00:32:35.240
 That's using

00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:35.740
 natural

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:36.559
 relationships.

00:32:37.379 --> 00:32:37.919
 I know of

00:32:37.919 --> 00:32:38.480
 people that I

00:32:38.480 --> 00:32:39.779
 can think of

00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:40.579
 right now that

00:32:40.579 --> 00:32:41.220
 I want to use a

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:41.959
 very natural

00:32:41.959 --> 00:32:42.939
 relationship to

00:32:42.939 --> 00:32:44.179
 begin moving

00:32:44.179 --> 00:32:45.059
 them closer to

00:32:45.059 --> 00:32:45.379
 God.

00:32:46.799 --> 00:32:47.379
 And you have

00:32:47.379 --> 00:32:48.039
 people like that

00:32:48.039 --> 00:32:48.379
 too.

00:32:48.380 --> 00:32:49.260
 You'd love to

00:32:49.260 --> 00:32:50.080
 see them come

00:32:50.080 --> 00:32:50.860
 to know Christ

00:32:50.860 --> 00:32:52.080
 and maybe even

00:32:52.080 --> 00:32:52.980
 come to church.

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:54.920
 Use those

00:32:54.920 --> 00:32:56.120
 natural relationships.

00:32:56.300 --> 00:32:56.720
 It's a great

00:32:56.720 --> 00:32:57.520
 place to start.

00:32:57.820 --> 00:32:58.500
 That's within

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:59.440
 your comfort zone.

00:32:59.960 --> 00:33:00.940
 So why not?

00:33:02.160 --> 00:33:03.060
 One more thing

00:33:03.060 --> 00:33:03.380
 that I want to

00:33:03.380 --> 00:33:03.720
 share with you.

00:33:03.780 --> 00:33:04.220
 It's really good

00:33:04.220 --> 00:33:04.500
 news.

00:33:04.560 --> 00:33:04.820
 You ready?

00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:05.920
 If you were to

00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:06.480
 take all this

00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:07.520
 seriously and

00:33:07.520 --> 00:33:08.360
 say, I want to

00:33:08.360 --> 00:33:08.760
 do that.

00:33:08.920 --> 00:33:09.560
 I want to be

00:33:09.560 --> 00:33:10.100
 what the Bible

00:33:10.100 --> 00:33:10.720
 describes.

00:33:12.360 --> 00:33:13.000
 Here's the good

00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:13.200
 news.

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:13.480
 You ready?

00:33:13.880 --> 00:33:14.400
 You don't have

00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:14.940
 to be perfect

00:33:14.940 --> 00:33:15.520
 to start.

00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:18.139
 I know what

00:33:18.139 --> 00:33:18.599
 it's like.

00:33:18.680 --> 00:33:19.240
 I know most

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:19.420
 of you.

00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:20.200
 I still say

00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:20.339
 that.

00:33:20.539 --> 00:33:21.139
 I don't really

00:33:21.139 --> 00:33:21.539
 want to do

00:33:21.539 --> 00:33:22.119
 that until I

00:33:22.119 --> 00:33:22.480
 get a little

00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:23.200
 bit better at

00:33:23.200 --> 00:33:23.539
 something.

00:33:24.440 --> 00:33:25.039
 I don't want

00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:25.579
 to embarrass

00:33:25.579 --> 00:33:26.460
 myself because

00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:27.119
 I'm not really

00:33:27.119 --> 00:33:27.839
 that prepared.

00:33:28.099 --> 00:33:28.599
 I want to

00:33:28.599 --> 00:33:29.099
 study some

00:33:29.099 --> 00:33:29.220
 more.

00:33:29.299 --> 00:33:29.599
 Can't we

00:33:29.599 --> 00:33:30.000
 have some

00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:30.559
 more courses

00:33:30.559 --> 00:33:31.220
 at church

00:33:31.220 --> 00:33:32.259
 before I try

00:33:32.259 --> 00:33:32.960
 and do this?

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:34.079
 Can't we have

00:33:34.079 --> 00:33:34.859
 another program?

00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:35.379
 Can't we have

00:33:35.379 --> 00:33:36.019
 another something?

00:33:36.819 --> 00:33:37.420
 We're always

00:33:37.420 --> 00:33:38.079
 waiting to where

00:33:38.079 --> 00:33:39.019
 something more

00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:39.839
 than we are

00:33:39.839 --> 00:33:41.539
 to start

00:33:41.539 --> 00:33:44.000
 being a

00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:44.480
 disciple

00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:45.240
 maker.

00:33:46.599 --> 00:33:47.319
 Truth is,

00:33:47.359 --> 00:33:47.779
 he needs you

00:33:47.779 --> 00:33:48.079
 now.

00:33:49.459 --> 00:33:50.179
 What if we

00:33:50.179 --> 00:33:50.639
 don't have

00:33:50.639 --> 00:33:51.039
 tomorrow?

00:33:52.639 --> 00:33:53.179
 The time is

00:33:53.179 --> 00:33:53.579
 now.

00:33:54.859 --> 00:33:55.599
 What does the

00:33:55.599 --> 00:33:56.240
 old cartoon

00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:56.759
 used to say?

00:33:56.839 --> 00:33:57.359
 Time's a

00:33:57.359 --> 00:33:57.799
 wasting.

00:33:59.480 --> 00:34:00.379
 It's time to

00:34:00.379 --> 00:34:01.059
 be busy about

00:34:01.059 --> 00:34:01.599
 the father's

00:34:01.599 --> 00:34:02.079
 business.

00:34:03.459 --> 00:34:03.980
 Now.

00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:05.720
 The world

00:34:05.720 --> 00:34:06.519
 cannot wait.

00:34:07.839 --> 00:34:08.920
 They need you

00:34:08.920 --> 00:34:09.900
 to share the

00:34:09.900 --> 00:34:10.300
 good news

00:34:10.300 --> 00:34:10.680
 of Jesus

00:34:10.680 --> 00:34:11.240
 Christ.

00:34:11.940 --> 00:34:12.360
 And to move

00:34:12.360 --> 00:34:13.119
 people toward

00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:13.780
 God that he

00:34:13.780 --> 00:34:14.460
 may reconcile

00:34:14.460 --> 00:34:16.500
 them and

00:34:16.500 --> 00:34:17.760
 make them his

00:34:17.760 --> 00:34:18.320
 child.

00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:20.519
 That they may

00:34:20.519 --> 00:34:21.639
 become a

00:34:21.639 --> 00:34:23.559
 disciple who

00:34:23.559 --> 00:34:24.480
 makes disciples.

00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:28.180
 Are you

00:34:28.180 --> 00:34:28.720
 willing to

00:34:28.720 --> 00:34:29.460
 embrace this

00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:29.880
 truth?

00:34:30.880 --> 00:34:32.559
 To refresh

00:34:32.559 --> 00:34:33.800
 your commitment

00:34:33.800 --> 00:34:36.039
 to this

00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:37.320
 call of God

00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:38.840
 given to us

00:34:38.840 --> 00:34:39.100
 and his

00:34:39.100 --> 00:34:39.440
 word.

00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:41.079
 I know

00:34:41.079 --> 00:34:41.579
 many of

00:34:41.579 --> 00:34:42.100
 you work

00:34:42.100 --> 00:34:43.579
 so hard

00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:45.220
 at doing

00:34:45.220 --> 00:34:45.680
 what God

00:34:45.680 --> 00:34:46.019
 has called

00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:46.500
 you to do.

00:34:47.320 --> 00:34:47.660
 And I

00:34:47.660 --> 00:34:48.120
 thank God

00:34:48.120 --> 00:34:48.559
 for you.

00:34:49.160 --> 00:34:49.800
 But most

00:34:49.800 --> 00:34:50.579
 of us have

00:34:50.579 --> 00:34:51.700
 room for

00:34:51.700 --> 00:34:52.260
 improvement.

00:34:52.960 --> 00:34:53.539
 Room for

00:34:53.539 --> 00:34:54.160
 growth.

00:34:54.920 --> 00:34:55.480
 We can make

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:56.019
 that fresh

00:34:56.019 --> 00:34:56.519
 commitment.

00:34:57.519 --> 00:34:57.860
 Would you

00:34:57.860 --> 00:34:58.539
 consider doing

00:34:58.539 --> 00:34:59.019
 that today?

00:34:59.200 --> 00:34:59.860
 I'm going to

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 pray just for

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 a moment and

00:35:02.880 --> 00:35:03.660
 ask you to

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 pray along

00:35:05.460 --> 00:35:06.039
 with me.

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 and maybe

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 my words

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 just simply

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 don't fit

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 what your

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 heart is

00:35:09.599 --> 00:35:10.099
 telling you.

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 So just

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 ignore my

00:35:11.880 --> 00:35:12.420
 words if you

00:35:12.420 --> 00:35:13.059
 need to and

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 pray your

00:35:14.659 --> 00:35:15.179
 prayer to

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 God.

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 Refresh that

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 commitment to

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 being a

00:35:20.119 --> 00:35:21.759
 minister in

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 God's kingdom.

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 If you

00:35:36.240 --> 00:35:36.760
 send

00:35:36.760 --> 00:35:37.099
 me

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 to

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 the

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 node

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 of

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 the

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 hell

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 of

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 the

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 of

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 God's kingdom.

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 And I

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 ask

00:35:46.280 --> 00:35:46.780
 you

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 and