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 The argument has been made that of the seven churches Jesus addressed here, the church in Laodicea might very well be the one that's in the worst condition.

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 And there's no question that if we were to rank them, this one would be towards the bottom of the list.

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 But to be honest, some type of qualitative ranking like that probably isn't necessary, and it may not even be all that helpful.

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 Instead, it's best to view these churches categorically.

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 And then after understanding where they are categorically, see how they relate to one another.

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 And through that, we begin to see maybe a more accurate picture of what is happening, at least in Jesus' intention in sending these messages to the churches.

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 What we find is that there's basically two types of churches, two types of categories that we can lump these churches into.

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 There are healthy churches, and there are unhealthy churches.

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 And as you read through, you find very quickly that the majority of these churches would fit the category of being unhealthy.

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 And within the grouping of unhealthy churches, there is a spectrum of severity regarding the nature of their sin and the judgment that they receive from the Lord.

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 The church in Laodicea most closely relates to the churches of Ephesus and Sardis.

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 It relates to Sardis in that those are the only two churches that Jesus has absolutely no commendation at all for them.

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 Most of even the unhealthy churches, when Jesus comes, in perfect honesty and transparency,

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 he delivers some type of positive commendation that he delivers to them.

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 Sardis and Laodicea receive no commendation.

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 And it's not because Jesus is being vengeful and just doesn't want them to feel good about anything in that particular moment.

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 He doesn't act like we act.

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 There's no commendation because there's nothing worth commending with these two churches.

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 That's how they relate to one another, at least as we begin to understand it.

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 They both seem to represent the final stage in the progression of doctrinal and moral impurity.

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 And the messages to these two churches, Sardis and Laodicea, they read like a final call to repent,

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 like a final moment for Jesus to call them to repentance before he comes.

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 And that's the phrase he uses very often in these sermons, that I will come.

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 And when he comes, he wants to come as their Lord and Savior, not as their judge.

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 Both of these churches, however, seem to receive a message that is a final call,

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 a final call, so to speak, before Jesus unleashes his judgment.

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 And the chiastic structure of these chapters helps us to understand

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 that what the particular sins were that dominated these churches.

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 I think I have this actually on the screen for you to see if you just want to be reminded of it.

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 So those of you visiting with us, a chiasm is a literary device.

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 It's built off of or it's named after the letter in the Greek alphabet named chi,

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 which looks like a big capital X.

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 And the reason it's called that is because of the narrowing effect.

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 So basically, a chiasm starts broadly.

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 It works itself in to establish its main point.

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 That's where we looked at chapter two just a moment ago.

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 And then it works its way back out.

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 As we're looking at these seven churches,

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 this chiasm not only points to this primary dynamic of Jesus

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 as knowing the truth about them and having authority over them,

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 but there are parallels that we draw between the churches.

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 So these three churches in the middle, Pergamum, Thyatira, and Sardis,

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 are all dealing with the same sin.

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 It is a sin of spiritual compromise.

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 And the churches, as you read their messages, seem to progress from bad to worst.

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 So there's a subtle compromise in Pergamum.

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 Then there is a more blatant compromise in Thyatira.

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 Finally, we get to Sardis, and the compromise has run its full course.

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 And Jesus says, you think you're alive, but you're dead.

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 You're dead.

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 It's the church of unsaved Christians.

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 They think they're alive, but they don't know Christ.

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 They're unsaved.

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 But the sin for those churches, primarily, as we read, is spiritual compromise.

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 Laodicea parallels the church in Ephesus.

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 Ephesus, the primary sin dealing with these two churches was the sin of spiritual complacency.

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 And you'll remember, Ephesus was faithful.

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 They had lots of commendation from the Lord,

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 but his one complaint was that they had abandoned first love.

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 They had grown cold in their orthodoxy.

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 Jesus calls them to repent of that.

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 And what we find in the structure is that an Ephesian kind of church that doesn't repent of that issue of abandoning first love

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 will ultimately become a Laodicean church, completely lukewarm,

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 with Jesus on the outside looking in.

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 And the worst part about it with Laodicea is that they were totally blind to their own reality.

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 They thought they were rich.

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 They thought they were prosperous.

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 Jesus says, no, you're actually quite destitute, spiritually speaking, destitute.

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 The condition of the church in Laodicea made Jesus sick.

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 But the plea for them to respond to his gospel message is as strong here as it is anywhere else in these chapters,

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 which tells us that so long as Jesus is sending out his word,

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 there is hope for mercy and grace and forgiveness.

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 And we see that come through clearly here.

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 So let's look here at the warnings in order that we might rejoice in the promises as well.

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 Let's consider first the church identity and Christ title as we have followed this pattern each week.

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 Look with me at verse 14.

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 To the angel of the church in Laodicea write,

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 the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation.

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 So first, the church identity we find is in Laodicea.

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 The ancient city of Laodicea belonged to a tri-city region.

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 I spent my high school years in the tri-cities in East Tennessee,

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 which if you're familiar at all with that area, includes three cities, Johnson City, Kingsport, Bristol.

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 I lived closely to Johnson City, which is the southernmost part,

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 but not too far up north is Kingsport, and then northeast of there is Bristol, Virginia.

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 We call it the tri-cities.

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 There's a similar dynamic happening with the location of Laodicea.

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 Laodicea would be the Johnson City,

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 and up just a little bit to the north of them is a city called Hierapolis,

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 which would be your Kingsport.

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 And then just over northeast of them, or perhaps due east of them,

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 is a city called Colossae,

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 which you would recognize from Paul's letter to the Colossian church.

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 It was a tri-city area.

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 There's a few significant notes even about this particular church and its location

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 that Jesus seems to allude to throughout his sermon.

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 It was situated on an important crossroad for travel,

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 and that made the city actually quite prosperous and wealthy.

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 Many have even suggested that it was a banking center for Asia Minor for that region.

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 It boasted of a thriving textile industry

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 and even became known as something of a center for style

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 with its specialty-made black glossy fabrics.

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 Laodicea was also a major player in the area of medicine,

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 particularly ophthalmology or eye care.

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 It had the world's leading eye care specialist of their day were in Laodicea.

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 All of these things is what the city was known for.

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 And these industries made the city itself very prosperous,

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 and their wealth was a source of great pride for them.

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 In fact, where the city was situated,

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 it was situated on a fault line,

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 and it was prone to destruction from occasional earthquakes.

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 In AD 60, there was a major earthquake that shook the area,

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 and a lot of Ephesus, not Ephesus, but Laodicea was destroyed.

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 Rome, as was their habit, offered to finance the rebuilding of Laodicea,

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 but the city was so prideful in their wealth

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 that they refused to accept any money from the government.

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 They refused to accept any money from Rome

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 because they wanted to do the rebuilding based on their own backs.

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 It was a message they were sending.

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 We can take care of ourselves.

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 Look how prosperous we are.

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 This is a major part of the identity of those who live in the city.

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 And all of these identifying markers show up in Jesus's words to the church.

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 Now, let's look at the Christ titles.

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 There's two of them.

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 First, he refers to himself as the Amen,

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 which he then explains with that second phrase,

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 the faithful and true witness.

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 Faithful and true witness is an explanation of the Amen.

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 Now, this use of Amen is unique

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 because it's the only time it's used in the Scriptures as a title.

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 It's a statement of affirmation.

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 It means something like,

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 so be it, or let it be so, or that's true.

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 Think about the ways we even use it today in English,

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 in the Christian world.

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 We use Amen at the end of our prayers.

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 Why?

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 Because it means let it be so.

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 In the name of Christ, Lord,

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 all that we have brought before you,

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 let it be so according to your will.

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 And it's a request for God's intervention

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 and that he would actually provide the things that we have asked him for.

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 Some of you have said it already this morning at various times during the service.

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 You've given an Amen to the things that you thought,

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 yes, that's true.

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 Praise the Lord.

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 So be it.

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 That's true.

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 It was used in the Old Testament times to seal a covenant.

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 There was the double Amen that we read.

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 Amen, Amen.

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 So that two sides coming in covenant together,

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 it was sealed, the contract sealed with this,

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 so be it.

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 Let everything we have said be true.

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 So when Jesus says that he is the Amen,

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 he means that everything he says is absolutely true.

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 Everything he says will indeed come to pass,

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 which is further supported by the next phrase.

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 Look at it with me.

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 He is the faithful and true witness.

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 In other words, everything that Jesus testifies to

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 is divine revelation that is true and faithful.

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 And this is critical in this particular sermon

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 because Jesus is about to accuse this church of something that they were totally blind to.

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 So before he ever tells them what his complaint is against them,

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 he reminds them who he is,

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 that I am the true one.

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 I am the faithful witness.

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 What I say is true and what I say will come to pass

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 will inevitably come to pass.

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 He is truth.

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 The second title is that he is the beginning of God's creation.

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 The beginning of God's creation.

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 Now don't be confused by this.

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 This doesn't mean to say that Jesus is a created being

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 or that he was the first thing that God created.

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 That's not the sense of what he's saying.

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 The scripture is very clear in other places that that isn't the case.

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 Jesus himself has identified himself as one with the Father,

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 eternally existing as the second person of the triune God.

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 So it doesn't mean that he was a created being.

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 The word for beginning here, it means ruler or originator.

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 It's similar to the way that Revelation uses that phrase alpha and omega.

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 You're probably familiar with that.

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 Alpha is the A of the Greek alphabet.

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 Omega is the Z of the Greek alphabet.

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 In other words, everything that Jesus is,

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 he is the beginning and the end.

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 He is the first and the last.

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 Nothing precedes him.

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 Nothing will come after him.

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 In other words, everything that you see,

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 all of creation proceeds from Jesus Christ as creator.

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 And if everything that proceeds from Christ as creator,

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 it proceeds from him as creator,

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 that means he is the ruler of all that he has created.

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 Another significant issue, not only to these two chapters,

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 but especially to this church.

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 I know what's true of you, Laodicea.

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 And I am the one that has authority over you in Laodicea.

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 So hear me, he says.

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 Together, they emphasize his truth and authority.

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 He knows what's true of us.

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 And he is the one before whom each of us will stand in judgment.

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 So whether you belong to the church in Laodicea,

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 or you belong to the church in Lake Norman,

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 or you belong to the church in Ash County or Wilkesboro,

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 wherever it is that you're from, Atlanta, Georgia,

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 no matter where you're from,

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 whatever church it is that you belong to,

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 Jesus demands that you hear his message

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 because of who he is.

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 He is truth.

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 He is creator and ruler.

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 Let's consider the complaint and the consequence,

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 which we find in verses 15 to 17.

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 Let me just remind you quickly

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 that at the heart of the sin in Ephesus and Laodicea

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 is spiritual complacency.

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 That's the kind of bottom line,

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 the foundation of what we're building off of in this sermon.

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 Ephesus represents the early stages of that sin.

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 Laodicea represents the final stages of that sin.

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 But what does it actually look like

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 to be a Laodicean church,

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 or a lukewarm church,

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 or complacent church?

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 That's what we want to see here.

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 First, we find that their works were useless.

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 Their works were useless.

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 Look at verse 15.

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 I know your works, Jesus says.

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 You are neither cold nor hot.

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 Would that you were either cold or hot.

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 So because you're lukewarm and neither hot nor cold,

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 I will spit you out of my mouth.

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 Now, to correctly understand and interpret this

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 requires that we understand something

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 about the water supply in Laodicea.

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 This city did not have its own natural springs,

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 at least not the natural springs

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 that were capable of providing water

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 necessary for the entire population.

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 So they had to import water

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 from the neighboring cities

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 of Hierapolis and Colossae.

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 In fact, you can even still,

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 today, you could pull it up on Google

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 if you'd like.

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 There's a city of ancient aqueducts,

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 especially coming from the city of Hierapolis,

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 where they would usher water

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 from that city that was full of rich,

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 mineral-rich content.

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 It had hot springs that,

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 even at the spring itself,

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 was measuring 95, 96 degrees Fahrenheit.

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 And then this would push itself down.

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 In Hierapolis, at least,

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 this had healing properties to it.

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 The hot water,

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 it was useful for cleansing and purifying

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 and all of the things

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 that we use hot water for here,

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 even still today.

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 Colossae, on the other hand,

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 boasted of cool springs.

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 It was completely pure water.

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 It was mineral-free,

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 the best that they understood.

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 And it was cold.

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 It was immediately available

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 and useful for drinking, refreshment.

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 But by the time water from Hierapolis

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 or Colossae made it to Laodicea,

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 it had lost the benefit

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 of either the purifying qualities

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 of hot water

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 or the refreshing qualities of cold water.

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 It was lukewarm.

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 It was basically useless at that point,

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 at least in the terms of how we would understand

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 hot and cold water.

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 The key idea that Jesus is getting across here

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 in this metaphor

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 is that just as this lukewarm water

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 was useless to them

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 in contrast to cold and hot,

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 so also the works of the Laodiceans

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 are useless to him.

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 The lukewarm complacency of the church in Laodicea

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 had rendered them useless to Christ and his gospel.

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 Nothing about the way that they lived

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 was of any benefit to glorifying God

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 or declaring his truth.

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 They were useless,

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 says Grant Osborne.

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 The church should not have matched its water supply.

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 The Laodiceans should have been

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 known for their spiritual healing

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 like Hierapolis

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 or their refreshing,

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 life-giving ministry like Colossae.

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 Instead, they were lukewarm.

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 They were devoid of works,

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 useless to the Lord.

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 Well, if that's true

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 and if lukewarm Christianity,

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 if we're going to call it that this morning,

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 causes Jesus to vomit,

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 what does it actually mean

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 to be a lukewarm Christian then?

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 What does it mean to be a Laodicean church?

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 I have a few ideas for you.

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 Think about this.

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 What does it look like

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 to be a Laodicean Christian?

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 Well, first, let's think about

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 the dynamic of prayer.

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 The prayers of a lukewarm Christian

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 are generally inauthentic,

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 selfishly motivated prayers.

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 They do not view prayer

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 as a means of communing with God

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 and as a means of communing

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 with their Savior.

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 They view prayer as a means

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 of getting something that they want.

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 In fact, that's probably generally

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 the only time that they do pray.

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 They face some type of existential crisis

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 and it's not that they are

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 daily communing with the Lord.

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 It's just whenever something

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 really goes wrong in their life,

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 they finally go to prayer

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 hoping that God will intervene

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 and do something.

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 This God with which they have

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 basically no relationship

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 in real communion.

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 Perhaps it's just something

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 that they really want.

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 Their wife has said no,

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 but they go to God.

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 Lord, change her heart

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 because I really want it.

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 Treat God like a genie in a bottle,

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 like a spiritual bellhop.

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 It's not real communion.

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 It's just based on my subscription

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 to Christianity.

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 This is what you're supposed to do

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 when things are bad

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 and what you're supposed to do

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 when you really want things to be good.

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 So that's what prayer is useful for.

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 Same is true for lukewarm Christians

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 and when they approach the Bible.

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 Lukewarm Christians,

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 they don't come to the word to know God.

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 They don't come to the word

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 to be transformed by his spirit

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 and his truth.

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 If they care about the scriptures,

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 it's superficial,

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 sentimental maybe.

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 They come to the scriptures

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 because they've just had a really bad day

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 and they're just hoping

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 there's a good word there.

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 They can open up to the psalms

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 and surely in the psalms

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 there's going to be something

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 that just makes me feel good today.

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 And then you make the mistake

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 of turning to a psalm like Psalm 32

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 that says,

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 the hand of the Lord is hard against me.

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 And it's about,

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 you know what I mean?

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 It's not really about knowing God.

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 It's not really about

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 understanding his truth.

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 It's just like,

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 I kind of need a shot

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 of something today.

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 Maybe there's something positive

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 I can find there.

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 Mostly though,

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 they probably don't really bother

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 with the Bible at all.

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 Probably not really that concerned

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 about reading or understanding

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 or studying or anything.

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 That's what a lukewarm Christian is like.

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 Let's think about it

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 in terms of worship.

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 Lukewarm Christians

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 view regular worship gatherings

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 as a matter of convenience

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 rather than having a genuine desire

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 to express their worship to God

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 in the company of God's people.

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 I'm going to ask you,

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 why are you here?

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 Why are you here?

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 And I don't just mean here

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 in this particular church today.

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 I just mean,

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 like if you're going to go

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 to a church gathering,

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 why?

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 What's the motivation behind that?

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 Is it that,

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 well,

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 this is just kind of like

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 our family tradition.

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 This is what we're supposed to do.

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 After all,

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 we're Christian

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 and Christians go to church

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 whenever the other things

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 aren't happening

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 and aren't more important.

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 And so we go

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 and we do the thing.

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 That's really why you're here.

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 Or are you here

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 because you want to worship God?

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 You see the value

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 in gathering with God's people

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 in order that you may

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 express praise to him,

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 hear from his word,

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 fellowship and discipleship

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 with his people.

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 That's the difference

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 between genuine Christianity

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 and lukewarm Christianity.

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 Lukewarm Christians

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 are generally

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 happy to recognize Jesus

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 as a savior,

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 but not very interested

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 in thinking of Jesus

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 as a Lord

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 to which they must submit

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 and obey.

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 If you were to speak

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 with the people

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 who are closest to them,

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 maybe their family

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 or their friends

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 or their colleagues at work,

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 there would be

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 a general unawareness

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 that they have

00:22:13.539 --> 00:22:14.559
 any Christian commitment

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 at all.

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 They certainly aren't

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 going to be the ones

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 to bring it up

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 in a conversation

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 unless they're forced to.

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 Lukewarm Christians.

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 And what do we find

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 at the end

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 in thinking about

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 what is it like

00:22:26.400 --> 00:22:28.799
 to be a Laodicean Christian?

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 The bottom line is

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 lukewarm Christianity

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 isn't Christianity at all.

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 That's the thing.

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 There's no such thing

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 as a lukewarm Christian.

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 There's no such thing

00:22:46.799 --> 00:22:50.119
 as a nominal Christian.

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 The two don't fit together.

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 Even if you subscribe

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 to the things

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 and you do all the stuff

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 and you go to all the places

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 and you do all the stuff

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 that you're supposed to do

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 without any genuine communion

00:23:04.940 --> 00:23:07.220
 and reconciliation with God

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 through the person of Christ,

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 there is nothing Christian

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 about you.

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 You're a Laodicean Christian.

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 Jesus is on the outside

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 looking in,

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 hoping somebody

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 will open the door.

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 is further supported

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 by the fact

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 of what Jesus says

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 he will do with them

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 if they don't repent.

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 I will spit you out of my mouth.

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 I will spew you out.

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 I will vomit you out.

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 It's graphic.

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 It's dramatic.

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 And it's a kind of action

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 that the scripture

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 never,

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 never

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 directs

00:23:47.100 --> 00:23:47.960
 between Jesus

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 and his people.

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 Jesus never threatens

00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:53.980
 this type of behavior

00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:54.880
 to those

00:23:54.880 --> 00:23:55.920
 who really belong

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 to him.

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 Essentially,

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 what Jesus is saying,

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 if you show no signs

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 of repentance

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 in your life,

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 you do not belong

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 to me

00:24:05.380 --> 00:24:06.279
 and you prove it

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 and I will spit you out.

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 You will face

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 my judgment,

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 not receive my mercy.

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 And remember,

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 I'm the true one.

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 I'm the one

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 before whom

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 you will stand.

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 Their works

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 were useless.

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 Second,

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 we find here

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 that they had

00:24:27.099 --> 00:24:27.679
 an attitude

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 of self-sufficiency.

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 An attitude

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 of self-sufficiency.

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 Look at verse 17.

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 For you say,

00:24:34.459 --> 00:24:35.279
 I am rich,

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 I have prospered,

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 and I need nothing.

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 Not realizing

00:24:41.679 --> 00:24:42.699
 that you are wretched,

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 pitiable,

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 poor,

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 blind,

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 and naked.

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 Do you remember

00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:53.419
 what I said

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 was the Laodicean

00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:56.379
 response to Rome

00:24:56.379 --> 00:24:57.299
 regarding funding

00:24:57.299 --> 00:24:58.019
 for rebuilding

00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:58.460
 the city?

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 Why would they

00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:01.159
 reject that?

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.740
 Even a crooked

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.279
 businessman

00:25:04.279 --> 00:25:05.379
 would accept that today.

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 Because you don't want

00:25:07.059 --> 00:25:07.859
 to use your own money

00:25:07.859 --> 00:25:08.299
 for it.

00:25:09.059 --> 00:25:09.679
 And here comes

00:25:09.679 --> 00:25:10.159
 the government

00:25:10.159 --> 00:25:10.679
 and they're saying,

00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:12.119
 hey, we'll fund this.

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 You say,

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 sign me up.

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 Send me all

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 the Trump checks.

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 Whatever it is

00:25:16.899 --> 00:25:17.379
 that's happening,

00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:17.700
 right?

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 Most businessmen,

00:25:19.179 --> 00:25:20.079
 this is what we would do,

00:25:20.139 --> 00:25:20.319
 right?

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 Laodicea doesn't do that.

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 There's only one

00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:23.460
 real reason

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 why you wouldn't

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 do that.

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 It's to make a statement,

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 isn't it?

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 It's to make a statement.

00:25:29.720 --> 00:25:30.539
 It's pride.

00:25:31.659 --> 00:25:32.779
 We're self-sufficient

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 and we want Rome

00:25:33.619 --> 00:25:34.299
 to know it.

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 We don't need them.

00:25:35.920 --> 00:25:38.500
 Now, I don't know

00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:39.140
 if this is

00:25:39.140 --> 00:25:40.700
 Jesus' intention

00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:43.080
 for us to primarily

00:25:43.080 --> 00:25:44.140
 have this in view here,

00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:44.779
 but it certainly

00:25:44.779 --> 00:25:45.920
 is a helpful illustration

00:25:45.920 --> 00:25:46.740
 of this church,

00:25:46.820 --> 00:25:47.220
 isn't it?

00:25:48.500 --> 00:25:49.779
 They considered themselves

00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:50.580
 to be prosperous.

00:25:51.320 --> 00:25:52.080
 Jesus saw them

00:25:52.080 --> 00:25:52.940
 as destitute.

00:25:54.019 --> 00:25:55.220
 They had the world's

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:56.620
 leading ophthalmologists.

00:25:57.640 --> 00:25:58.259
 Jesus says

00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:58.880
 they're blind

00:25:58.880 --> 00:25:59.440
 to their own

00:25:59.440 --> 00:26:00.360
 spiritual condition.

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:03.200
 Given the city's

00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:03.700
 prosperity,

00:26:03.700 --> 00:26:04.940
 it's likely

00:26:04.940 --> 00:26:05.740
 that a significant

00:26:05.740 --> 00:26:06.559
 number of people

00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:07.299
 in the church

00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:08.259
 were probably

00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:09.240
 wealthy members,

00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:10.299
 wealthy people.

00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:11.600
 There's nothing

00:26:11.600 --> 00:26:12.340
 inherently wrong

00:26:12.340 --> 00:26:12.900
 with wealth

00:26:12.900 --> 00:26:13.420
 or comfort,

00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:15.539
 but we don't always

00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:16.360
 in our pursuit

00:26:16.360 --> 00:26:17.299
 of wealth and comfort

00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:17.860
 in life,

00:26:17.980 --> 00:26:19.420
 we don't always realize

00:26:19.420 --> 00:26:20.779
 how dangerous,

00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:22.019
 spiritually dangerous

00:26:22.019 --> 00:26:22.600
 those things

00:26:22.600 --> 00:26:23.460
 can actually be.

00:26:24.640 --> 00:26:25.920
 There is a reason

00:26:25.920 --> 00:26:27.660
 that Jesus said

00:26:27.660 --> 00:26:28.319
 it's harder

00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:29.460
 for a camel

00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:30.059
 to go through

00:26:30.059 --> 00:26:30.940
 the eye of a needle

00:26:30.940 --> 00:26:32.759
 than for a rich man

00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:33.660
 to enter the kingdom

00:26:33.660 --> 00:26:34.220
 of God.

00:26:34.940 --> 00:26:35.660
 There's a reason

00:26:35.660 --> 00:26:36.680
 Jesus said that.

00:26:37.580 --> 00:26:38.220
 Because wealth

00:26:38.220 --> 00:26:38.800
 and comfort,

00:26:38.920 --> 00:26:39.540
 they have a way

00:26:39.540 --> 00:26:40.980
 of doling

00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:42.279
 our sense of need

00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:43.000
 for God

00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:43.660
 and the gospel.

00:26:45.420 --> 00:26:46.440
 They can easily

00:26:46.440 --> 00:26:47.860
 provide a false sense

00:26:47.860 --> 00:26:50.840
 of spiritual security even.

00:26:51.120 --> 00:26:52.019
 Maybe we would

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:53.000
 not say this,

00:26:53.060 --> 00:26:53.740
 but we would have

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.840
 some type of functional

00:26:54.840 --> 00:26:55.960
 reality in our life

00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:56.400
 that says,

00:26:56.660 --> 00:26:57.100
 look at how God

00:26:57.100 --> 00:26:57.700
 has blessed me.

00:26:57.900 --> 00:26:58.960
 How could he possibly

00:26:58.960 --> 00:26:59.800
 be against me?

00:27:00.080 --> 00:27:01.220
 How could I be God's enemy?

00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:02.820
 Look at all that I have.

00:27:02.819 --> 00:27:05.019
 Look at all that he has done.

00:27:05.659 --> 00:27:07.019
 We become blind.

00:27:08.579 --> 00:27:09.759
 It's also easy

00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:10.599
 for the pursuit

00:27:10.599 --> 00:27:11.319
 of wealth

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:11.980
 and comfort

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:13.240
 to dwarf

00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:15.399
 a pursuit for God.

00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:19.059
 The Laodicean church

00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:20.200
 shows us once again

00:27:20.200 --> 00:27:20.960
 as the New Testament

00:27:20.960 --> 00:27:21.919
 does again and again.

00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:23.639
 It shows us once again

00:27:23.639 --> 00:27:24.439
 that you can have

00:27:24.439 --> 00:27:25.859
 absolutely everything

00:27:25.859 --> 00:27:27.259
 and not realize

00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:27.879
 that ultimately

00:27:27.879 --> 00:27:28.819
 you don't have anything

00:27:28.819 --> 00:27:29.299
 at all.

00:27:30.619 --> 00:27:31.659
 Which is exactly

00:27:31.659 --> 00:27:32.740
 what Jesus was getting

00:27:32.740 --> 00:27:33.879
 at in Mark chapter 8

00:27:33.879 --> 00:27:34.839
 when he says,

00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:36.159
 what does it profit

00:27:36.159 --> 00:27:36.639
 a man

00:27:36.639 --> 00:27:38.399
 to gain the whole world

00:27:38.399 --> 00:27:40.359
 and forfeit his soul?

00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:42.099
 They say,

00:27:42.159 --> 00:27:42.759
 we're rich.

00:27:43.159 --> 00:27:43.960
 We're prosperous.

00:27:44.399 --> 00:27:45.339
 We're good.

00:27:46.119 --> 00:27:46.879
 Jesus says,

00:27:47.019 --> 00:27:48.179
 you're blind.

00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:50.000
 You don't even know it.

00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:53.279
 There's also a kind

00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:55.359
 of self-sufficiency

00:27:55.359 --> 00:27:56.460
 that relies

00:27:56.460 --> 00:27:58.099
 on religious observance

00:27:58.099 --> 00:28:00.299
 to secure God's favor.

00:28:03.380 --> 00:28:04.400
 It doesn't look

00:28:04.400 --> 00:28:06.000
 to trust wholly

00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:06.759
 in what Christ

00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:07.380
 has done

00:28:07.380 --> 00:28:08.180
 for salvation,

00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:08.920
 but it relies

00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:10.180
 actually on

00:28:10.180 --> 00:28:11.259
 the self-sufficiency

00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:12.180
 of our religious doings.

00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:14.720
 It says,

00:28:14.839 --> 00:28:15.559
 I do the thing.

00:28:15.619 --> 00:28:16.299
 I go to the church.

00:28:16.440 --> 00:28:17.700
 I give the money.

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:18.819
 I serve

00:28:18.819 --> 00:28:19.860
 in the nursery.

00:28:20.299 --> 00:28:21.059
 I don't know why

00:28:21.059 --> 00:28:21.319
 I breathe out.

00:28:21.360 --> 00:28:21.920
 We don't even have a nursery.

00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:22.980
 I serve

00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:24.819
 in the stuff.

00:28:24.900 --> 00:28:25.559
 I do the stuff.

00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:29.880
 And I'm not like Josh.

00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:30.480
 I don't mix

00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:31.400
 my secular music

00:28:31.400 --> 00:28:32.420
 with my Christian music.

00:28:32.600 --> 00:28:33.140
 They're completely

00:28:33.140 --> 00:28:34.180
 different playlists.

00:28:36.779 --> 00:28:37.980
 Only patch the pirate

00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:38.480
 for me.

00:28:38.900 --> 00:28:39.680
 Whatever it is.

00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:42.160
 We say we do

00:28:42.160 --> 00:28:42.660
 all the things

00:28:42.660 --> 00:28:43.299
 and basically

00:28:43.299 --> 00:28:44.019
 what we're saying

00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:44.799
 to God

00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:45.600
 in one sense

00:28:45.600 --> 00:28:46.019
 and the way

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:46.819
 that we're functionally

00:28:46.819 --> 00:28:47.240
 living out

00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:47.900
 this Christianity

00:28:47.900 --> 00:28:49.019
 is I have need

00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:49.599
 of nothing.

00:28:50.359 --> 00:28:51.039
 Even Jesus.

00:28:51.740 --> 00:28:52.460
 Look at all

00:28:52.460 --> 00:28:53.079
 that I do.

00:28:53.880 --> 00:28:55.120
 Look at what I've done.

00:28:56.079 --> 00:28:57.339
 How could he possibly

00:28:57.339 --> 00:28:59.180
 judge me?

00:29:01.420 --> 00:29:01.920
 And perhaps

00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:02.500
 this is what

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:03.339
 Jesus primarily

00:29:03.339 --> 00:29:04.220
 had in view here.

00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:05.859
 They had all

00:29:05.859 --> 00:29:07.099
 the outward signs

00:29:07.099 --> 00:29:07.819
 of Christianity

00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:08.799
 but inwardly

00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:09.920
 in their hearts

00:29:09.920 --> 00:29:10.759
 they were wretched,

00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:12.039
 pitiable,

00:29:12.900 --> 00:29:13.559
 blind,

00:29:14.220 --> 00:29:14.680
 poor,

00:29:15.299 --> 00:29:15.759
 naked.

00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:17.259
 They thought

00:29:17.259 --> 00:29:17.799
 they had need

00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:18.319
 of nothing.

00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:20.200
 Functionally

00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:20.680
 they lived

00:29:20.680 --> 00:29:21.079
 as if they

00:29:21.079 --> 00:29:21.500
 didn't even

00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:22.099
 need Jesus.

00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:23.779
 They were good.

00:29:25.119 --> 00:29:25.700
 Let's look

00:29:25.700 --> 00:29:26.319
 at the correction.

00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:28.279
 We're going

00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:28.819
 to see this

00:29:28.819 --> 00:29:29.180
 in verses

00:29:29.180 --> 00:29:30.119
 18 through 20

00:29:30.119 --> 00:29:30.460
 but I want

00:29:30.460 --> 00:29:30.799
 to start

00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:31.660
 with verse 19.

00:29:32.819 --> 00:29:33.180
 Look at it

00:29:33.180 --> 00:29:33.500
 with me.

00:29:34.180 --> 00:29:34.720
 Those whom

00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:35.259
 I love

00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:36.079
 Jesus says

00:29:36.079 --> 00:29:37.960
 I reprove

00:29:37.960 --> 00:29:39.200
 and discipline

00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:41.579
 so be zealous

00:29:41.579 --> 00:29:42.140
 and repent.

00:29:42.140 --> 00:29:42.220
 repent.

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:45.220
 The solution

00:29:45.220 --> 00:29:46.160
 for Laodicea

00:29:46.160 --> 00:29:46.860
 is the same

00:29:46.860 --> 00:29:47.340
 solution

00:29:47.340 --> 00:29:48.000
 Jesus has

00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:48.440
 given to

00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:49.320
 every church.

00:29:49.640 --> 00:29:50.480
 It's the same

00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:51.040
 solution

00:29:51.040 --> 00:29:52.180
 that belongs

00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:52.800
 to us.

00:29:53.680 --> 00:29:54.480
 The only way

00:29:54.480 --> 00:29:54.800
 for them

00:29:54.800 --> 00:29:55.400
 to avoid

00:29:55.400 --> 00:29:56.520
 being metaphorically

00:29:56.520 --> 00:29:57.100
 vomited

00:29:57.100 --> 00:29:57.840
 out of Jesus'

00:29:58.080 --> 00:29:58.360
 mouth

00:29:58.360 --> 00:29:59.660
 is to repent.

00:30:01.060 --> 00:30:02.160
 To turn

00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:02.800
 from their

00:30:02.800 --> 00:30:03.560
 useless

00:30:03.560 --> 00:30:04.580
 complacency,

00:30:04.780 --> 00:30:05.800
 their prideful

00:30:05.800 --> 00:30:06.700
 self-sufficiency.

00:30:06.700 --> 00:30:07.500
 That's the only

00:30:07.500 --> 00:30:08.040
 answer.

00:30:08.640 --> 00:30:09.200
 Turn

00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:10.279
 from this

00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:10.680
 thing

00:30:10.680 --> 00:30:11.900
 to the

00:30:11.900 --> 00:30:12.460
 person of

00:30:12.460 --> 00:30:12.759
 Christ

00:30:12.759 --> 00:30:13.240
 and Jesus

00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:13.759
 says it

00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:14.900
 again here.

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:16.059
 Be zealous

00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:17.539
 and repent.

00:30:17.980 --> 00:30:18.380
 Turn

00:30:18.380 --> 00:30:19.840
 and indeed

00:30:19.840 --> 00:30:20.799
 the only way

00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:22.019
 any of us

00:30:22.019 --> 00:30:22.559
 can escape

00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:23.279
 God's judgment

00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:24.559
 is to hear

00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:25.259
 his word

00:30:25.259 --> 00:30:26.519
 and turn

00:30:26.519 --> 00:30:27.200
 to him

00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:28.380
 in repentance

00:30:28.380 --> 00:30:29.000
 and faith.

00:30:29.319 --> 00:30:29.940
 But notice

00:30:29.940 --> 00:30:30.740
 in this verse

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:32.319
 before Jesus

00:30:32.319 --> 00:30:33.039
 calls them

00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:33.660
 to repent

00:30:33.660 --> 00:30:35.740
 he affirms

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.819
 that this call

00:30:36.819 --> 00:30:37.580
 is an act

00:30:37.580 --> 00:30:38.340
 of love.

00:30:38.339 --> 00:30:39.199
 Look at it.

00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:40.980
 Those whom

00:30:40.980 --> 00:30:42.599
 I love

00:30:42.599 --> 00:30:44.439
 I reprove

00:30:44.439 --> 00:30:46.059
 and discipline.

00:30:47.740 --> 00:30:48.459
 Perhaps you've

00:30:48.459 --> 00:30:49.099
 tried to communicate

00:30:49.099 --> 00:30:49.879
 this to your kids

00:30:49.879 --> 00:30:50.199
 before.

00:30:50.579 --> 00:30:51.079
 This is hard

00:30:51.079 --> 00:30:51.740
 to do isn't it?

00:30:52.899 --> 00:30:53.819
 You sit them

00:30:53.819 --> 00:30:54.359
 down for

00:30:54.359 --> 00:30:55.099
 whatever form

00:30:55.099 --> 00:30:55.599
 of discipline

00:30:55.599 --> 00:30:56.159
 you're about

00:30:56.159 --> 00:30:57.179
 to achieve

00:30:57.179 --> 00:30:58.279
 you say

00:30:58.279 --> 00:30:58.659
 I'm doing

00:30:58.659 --> 00:30:59.879
 this Ashlyn

00:30:59.879 --> 00:31:01.399
 because I love

00:31:01.399 --> 00:31:01.659
 you.

00:31:02.579 --> 00:31:03.339
 And she says

00:31:03.339 --> 00:31:03.959
 if you loved

00:31:03.959 --> 00:31:04.220
 me

00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:05.139
 you wouldn't

00:31:05.139 --> 00:31:05.500
 do this

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:05.899
 to me.

00:31:08.339 --> 00:31:10.839
 the fact

00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:11.220
 is that

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:13.000
 no parent

00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:13.559
 is perfect

00:31:13.559 --> 00:31:14.339
 and all parents

00:31:14.339 --> 00:31:15.159
 ultimately do

00:31:15.159 --> 00:31:16.099
 sometimes fail

00:31:16.099 --> 00:31:16.659
 in discipline

00:31:16.659 --> 00:31:17.240
 with a loving

00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:17.819
 motivation

00:31:17.819 --> 00:31:18.279
 don't we?

00:31:19.619 --> 00:31:20.139
 Sometimes

00:31:20.139 --> 00:31:21.199
 our discipline

00:31:21.199 --> 00:31:22.179
 is a reaction

00:31:22.179 --> 00:31:22.899
 it's an angry

00:31:22.899 --> 00:31:23.419
 reaction

00:31:23.419 --> 00:31:24.359
 sometimes it's

00:31:24.359 --> 00:31:25.259
 it's more

00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:25.779
 about

00:31:25.779 --> 00:31:27.740
 correcting

00:31:27.740 --> 00:31:28.399
 what our kids

00:31:28.399 --> 00:31:28.759
 are doing

00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:29.339
 in order that

00:31:29.339 --> 00:31:30.119
 we might not

00:31:30.119 --> 00:31:30.659
 be embarrassed

00:31:30.659 --> 00:31:31.319
 and that we

00:31:31.319 --> 00:31:32.059
 might maintain

00:31:32.059 --> 00:31:32.559
 some kind

00:31:32.559 --> 00:31:32.899
 of honor

00:31:32.899 --> 00:31:33.659
 really more

00:31:33.659 --> 00:31:34.139
 than it is

00:31:34.139 --> 00:31:34.799
 about helping

00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:35.319
 them to honor

00:31:35.319 --> 00:31:35.759
 the Lord

00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:36.720
 and we

00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:37.119
 do that

00:31:37.119 --> 00:31:37.639
 we fail

00:31:37.639 --> 00:31:38.179
 in that way

00:31:38.179 --> 00:31:38.899
 that's a sin

00:31:38.899 --> 00:31:40.019
 we fail

00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:41.179
 in that way

00:31:41.179 --> 00:31:41.859
 many times

00:31:41.859 --> 00:31:44.299
 but here's

00:31:44.299 --> 00:31:44.779
 the thing

00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:46.599
 we can always

00:31:46.599 --> 00:31:47.119
 count on

00:31:47.119 --> 00:31:48.339
 Jesus's reproof

00:31:48.339 --> 00:31:49.259
 and discipline

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:51.059
 being motivated

00:31:51.059 --> 00:31:52.059
 by his perfect

00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:52.779
 love

00:31:52.779 --> 00:31:54.819
 and his desire

00:31:54.819 --> 00:31:55.460
 for what is

00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:56.319
 best for us

00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:57.379
 always

00:31:57.379 --> 00:31:58.879
 always

00:31:58.880 --> 00:32:01.200
 in fact

00:32:01.200 --> 00:32:01.780
 the only

00:32:01.780 --> 00:32:02.280
 reason

00:32:02.280 --> 00:32:02.700
 that a

00:32:02.700 --> 00:32:03.040
 holy

00:32:03.040 --> 00:32:03.560
 God

00:32:03.560 --> 00:32:03.800
 would

00:32:03.800 --> 00:32:04.440
 ever

00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:05.000
 give

00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:05.500
 sinful

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:05.920
 people

00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:06.300
 time

00:32:06.300 --> 00:32:06.760
 to repent

00:32:06.760 --> 00:32:07.680
 of anything

00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:10.120
 is love

00:32:10.120 --> 00:32:12.020
 it's love

00:32:12.020 --> 00:32:14.560
 and I want you

00:32:14.560 --> 00:32:15.340
 to see now

00:32:15.340 --> 00:32:16.520
 how Jesus's

00:32:16.520 --> 00:32:17.280
 love is put

00:32:17.280 --> 00:32:17.820
 on display

00:32:17.820 --> 00:32:18.140
 in this

00:32:18.140 --> 00:32:18.580
 correction

00:32:18.580 --> 00:32:19.460
 verse 18

00:32:19.460 --> 00:32:21.260
 I counsel

00:32:21.260 --> 00:32:21.700
 you

00:32:21.700 --> 00:32:22.800
 to buy

00:32:22.800 --> 00:32:23.600
 from me

00:32:23.600 --> 00:32:25.020
 gold

00:32:25.020 --> 00:32:25.500
 refined

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:26.180
 by fire

00:32:26.180 --> 00:32:26.920
 so that

00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:27.560
 you may

00:32:27.560 --> 00:32:28.120
 be rich

00:32:28.119 --> 00:32:29.579
 buy from me

00:32:29.579 --> 00:32:30.319
 garments

00:32:30.319 --> 00:32:31.159
 white garments

00:32:31.159 --> 00:32:31.799
 that you may

00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:33.179
 clothe yourself

00:32:33.179 --> 00:32:34.479
 and the shame

00:32:34.479 --> 00:32:35.500
 of your nakedness

00:32:35.500 --> 00:32:36.500
 may not be seen

00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:38.299
 buy from me

00:32:38.299 --> 00:32:39.159
 salve

00:32:39.159 --> 00:32:39.639
 to anoint

00:32:39.639 --> 00:32:40.239
 your eyes

00:32:40.239 --> 00:32:40.759
 so that

00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:41.839
 you may

00:32:41.839 --> 00:32:43.319
 see

00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:43.819
 remember

00:32:43.819 --> 00:32:44.459
 all of those

00:32:44.459 --> 00:32:45.239
 were significant

00:32:45.239 --> 00:32:45.879
 allusions

00:32:45.879 --> 00:32:47.059
 to the culture

00:32:47.059 --> 00:32:47.899
 in Laodicea

00:32:47.899 --> 00:32:50.439
 I think it was

00:32:50.439 --> 00:32:51.079
 Johnny Lee

00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:51.839
 that was looking

00:32:51.839 --> 00:32:52.399
 for love

00:32:52.399 --> 00:32:52.979
 in all the wrong

00:32:52.979 --> 00:32:53.579
 places

00:32:53.579 --> 00:32:56.919
 Laodicean

00:32:56.919 --> 00:32:57.319
 Christians

00:32:57.319 --> 00:32:57.919
 were looking

00:32:57.920 --> 00:32:58.740
 for fulfillment

00:32:58.740 --> 00:32:59.960
 in all

00:32:59.960 --> 00:33:00.259
 the wrong

00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:00.740
 places

00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:02.980
 we heard it

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:03.420
 in Kara's

00:33:03.420 --> 00:33:03.779
 testimony

00:33:03.779 --> 00:33:04.420
 just a moment

00:33:04.420 --> 00:33:04.660
 ago

00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:05.560
 I was trying

00:33:05.560 --> 00:33:05.840
 to find

00:33:05.840 --> 00:33:06.360
 fulfillment

00:33:06.360 --> 00:33:06.700
 in my

00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:07.160
 friendships

00:33:07.160 --> 00:33:07.680
 I'm trying

00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:08.039
 to find

00:33:08.039 --> 00:33:08.480
 fulfillment

00:33:08.480 --> 00:33:08.900
 in my

00:33:08.900 --> 00:33:09.380
 career

00:33:09.380 --> 00:33:10.120
 trying to

00:33:10.120 --> 00:33:10.300
 find

00:33:10.300 --> 00:33:10.900
 fulfillment

00:33:10.900 --> 00:33:11.960
 in wealth

00:33:11.960 --> 00:33:12.660
 or whatever

00:33:12.660 --> 00:33:12.920
 it is

00:33:12.920 --> 00:33:13.300
 I'm just

00:33:13.300 --> 00:33:13.740
 constantly

00:33:13.740 --> 00:33:14.259
 looking for

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:14.680
 fulfillment

00:33:14.680 --> 00:33:15.300
 we saw

00:33:15.300 --> 00:33:15.580
 it in

00:33:15.580 --> 00:33:16.340
 Psalm 32

00:33:16.340 --> 00:33:17.700
 constantly

00:33:17.700 --> 00:33:18.340
 looking for

00:33:18.340 --> 00:33:18.900
 what can

00:33:18.900 --> 00:33:19.360
 actually

00:33:19.360 --> 00:33:19.960
 help me

00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:20.580
 what can

00:33:20.580 --> 00:33:20.880
 actually

00:33:20.880 --> 00:33:21.480
 bring me

00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:22.019
 peace

00:33:22.019 --> 00:33:22.660
 and joy

00:33:22.660 --> 00:33:24.019
 and happiness

00:33:24.019 --> 00:33:24.460
 happiness

00:33:24.460 --> 00:33:26.339
 the Laodiceans

00:33:26.339 --> 00:33:26.920
 were no different

00:33:26.920 --> 00:33:27.779
 than anyone else

00:33:27.779 --> 00:33:28.599
 and they're thinking

00:33:28.599 --> 00:33:29.799
 that they can find

00:33:29.799 --> 00:33:30.559
 those things

00:33:30.559 --> 00:33:31.700
 in whatever they

00:33:31.700 --> 00:33:32.559
 mean by being

00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:33.220
 rich

00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:33.680
 whether it's

00:33:33.680 --> 00:33:34.240
 their physical

00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:34.619
 richness

00:33:34.619 --> 00:33:35.220
 or whether it's

00:33:35.220 --> 00:33:35.779
 just a religious

00:33:35.779 --> 00:33:36.480
 program that they're

00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:36.879
 following

00:33:36.879 --> 00:33:38.220
 they might have

00:33:38.220 --> 00:33:38.779
 had material

00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:39.339
 wealth

00:33:39.339 --> 00:33:40.980
 stylish clothes

00:33:40.980 --> 00:33:41.519
 and a premier

00:33:41.519 --> 00:33:42.139
 eye doctors

00:33:42.139 --> 00:33:43.539
 but what Jesus

00:33:43.539 --> 00:33:44.519
 offers is better

00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:45.200
 than anything

00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:46.019
 we can receive

00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:46.660
 in this world

00:33:46.660 --> 00:33:47.480
 it's better

00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:49.120
 he says

00:33:49.120 --> 00:33:49.799
 come and get

00:33:49.799 --> 00:33:51.200
 true riches

00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:52.000
 from me

00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:53.059
 get true

00:33:53.059 --> 00:33:53.759
 purity

00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:54.380
 that's the white

00:33:54.380 --> 00:33:54.740
 garments

00:33:54.740 --> 00:33:55.559
 from me

00:33:55.559 --> 00:33:56.339
 true cleansing

00:33:56.339 --> 00:33:56.940
 from me

00:33:56.940 --> 00:33:57.460
 he says

00:33:57.460 --> 00:33:58.819
 come to me

00:33:58.819 --> 00:33:59.680
 I'll open

00:33:59.680 --> 00:34:00.440
 your eyes

00:34:00.440 --> 00:34:02.579
 the blind

00:34:02.579 --> 00:34:03.759
 spiritual eyes

00:34:03.759 --> 00:34:04.240
 of your heart

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:05.000
 I'll open them

00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:05.880
 come to me

00:34:05.880 --> 00:34:06.420
 for that

00:34:06.420 --> 00:34:07.700
 this is love

00:34:07.700 --> 00:34:08.460
 friends

00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:09.380
 it's love

00:34:09.380 --> 00:34:12.639
 this is not

00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:13.800
 vengeance

00:34:13.800 --> 00:34:14.619
 or jealousy

00:34:14.619 --> 00:34:15.599
 he's not

00:34:15.599 --> 00:34:16.559
 trying to rob

00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:17.099
 the world

00:34:17.099 --> 00:34:17.699
 in order to

00:34:17.699 --> 00:34:18.199
 build something

00:34:18.199 --> 00:34:18.699
 for himself

00:34:18.699 --> 00:34:19.199
 he's saying

00:34:19.199 --> 00:34:20.000
 if you really

00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:20.559
 want these

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:20.860
 things

00:34:20.860 --> 00:34:21.579
 you can only

00:34:21.579 --> 00:34:21.960
 get it

00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:22.360
 from me

00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:23.259
 and I want

00:34:23.259 --> 00:34:23.819
 to give it

00:34:23.819 --> 00:34:24.239
 to you

00:34:24.239 --> 00:34:25.079
 just come

00:34:25.079 --> 00:34:25.639
 and receive

00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:26.039
 it

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:26.679
 he says

00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:28.079
 it's love

00:34:28.079 --> 00:34:29.400
 true riches

00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:31.000
 pure adornment

00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:32.299
 spiritual sight

00:34:32.299 --> 00:34:33.059
 can only come

00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:33.719
 from Christ

00:34:33.719 --> 00:34:35.639
 and he offers

00:34:35.639 --> 00:34:36.400
 his limitless

00:34:36.400 --> 00:34:36.900
 blessing

00:34:36.900 --> 00:34:38.219
 to everyone

00:34:38.219 --> 00:34:38.739
 who will

00:34:38.739 --> 00:34:39.360
 abandon

00:34:39.360 --> 00:34:40.699
 worldly pursuits

00:34:40.699 --> 00:34:42.440
 to come to

00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:43.099
 faith in him

00:34:43.099 --> 00:34:44.400
 says Jim

00:34:44.400 --> 00:34:45.159
 Hamilton

00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:46.579
 Jesus is

00:34:46.579 --> 00:34:47.759
 inexhaustible

00:34:47.759 --> 00:34:49.719
 in offering

00:34:49.719 --> 00:34:50.139
 gold

00:34:50.139 --> 00:34:50.759
 he's promising

00:34:50.759 --> 00:34:51.340
 to meet

00:34:51.340 --> 00:34:52.159
 every need

00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:53.319
 in offering

00:34:53.319 --> 00:34:54.139
 white garments

00:34:54.139 --> 00:34:54.920
 he's promising

00:34:54.920 --> 00:34:55.900
 to make those

00:34:55.900 --> 00:34:56.719
 who trust him

00:34:56.719 --> 00:34:57.659
 and live by

00:34:57.659 --> 00:34:58.340
 what he says

00:34:58.340 --> 00:34:59.380
 presentable

00:34:59.380 --> 00:35:00.420
 acceptable

00:35:00.420 --> 00:35:01.840
 even beautiful

00:35:01.840 --> 00:35:03.819
 where will you

00:35:03.819 --> 00:35:04.420
 find a better

00:35:04.420 --> 00:35:04.819
 offer

00:35:04.819 --> 00:35:06.279
 than this

00:35:06.279 --> 00:35:07.920
 look at verse

00:35:07.920 --> 00:35:08.239
 20

00:35:08.239 --> 00:35:09.119
 gets better

00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:11.119
 behold

00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:12.679
 I stand

00:35:12.679 --> 00:35:13.159
 at the door

00:35:13.159 --> 00:35:13.679
 and knock

00:35:13.679 --> 00:35:15.839
 if anyone

00:35:15.839 --> 00:35:16.480
 hears my

00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:16.980
 voice

00:35:16.980 --> 00:35:18.099
 and opens

00:35:18.099 --> 00:35:18.659
 the door

00:35:18.659 --> 00:35:20.159
 I will

00:35:20.159 --> 00:35:20.679
 come into

00:35:20.679 --> 00:35:21.039
 him

00:35:21.039 --> 00:35:22.059
 and eat

00:35:22.059 --> 00:35:22.639
 with him

00:35:22.639 --> 00:35:23.880
 and he

00:35:23.880 --> 00:35:24.380
 with me

00:35:24.380 --> 00:35:30.039
 Robert

00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:30.380
 Mount

00:35:30.380 --> 00:35:30.800
 said

00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:31.220
 in their

00:35:31.220 --> 00:35:32.559
 blind

00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:33.660
 self-sufficiency

00:35:33.660 --> 00:35:35.599
 they had

00:35:35.599 --> 00:35:36.519
 as it were

00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:38.119
 excommunicated

00:35:38.119 --> 00:35:38.680
 the risen

00:35:38.680 --> 00:35:39.019
 Lord

00:35:39.019 --> 00:35:39.420
 from their

00:35:39.420 --> 00:35:40.019
 congregation

00:35:40.019 --> 00:35:41.340
 it's the

00:35:41.340 --> 00:35:41.640
 picture

00:35:41.640 --> 00:35:41.960
 here

00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:43.619
 the church

00:35:43.619 --> 00:35:44.880
 made up

00:35:44.880 --> 00:35:45.119
 of

00:35:45.119 --> 00:35:46.240
 individuals

00:35:46.240 --> 00:35:46.740
 okay

00:35:46.740 --> 00:35:47.280
 this is an

00:35:47.280 --> 00:35:47.660
 individual

00:35:47.660 --> 00:35:48.260
 application

00:35:48.260 --> 00:35:48.599
 here

00:35:48.599 --> 00:35:50.140
 has

00:35:50.140 --> 00:35:51.700
 functionally

00:35:51.699 --> 00:35:53.259
 excommunicated

00:35:53.259 --> 00:35:53.679
 Jesus

00:35:53.679 --> 00:35:55.139
 they felt

00:35:55.139 --> 00:35:55.419
 they had

00:35:55.419 --> 00:35:55.839
 no need

00:35:55.839 --> 00:35:56.179
 for him

00:35:56.179 --> 00:35:57.579
 but then

00:35:57.579 --> 00:35:57.819
 Mount

00:35:57.819 --> 00:35:58.219
 goes on

00:35:58.219 --> 00:35:58.639
 to say

00:35:58.639 --> 00:35:59.659
 it is

00:35:59.659 --> 00:36:00.159
 an act

00:36:00.159 --> 00:36:00.339
 of

00:36:00.339 --> 00:36:01.379
 unbelievable

00:36:01.379 --> 00:36:02.939
 condescension

00:36:02.939 --> 00:36:04.799
 that Jesus

00:36:04.799 --> 00:36:05.379
 requests

00:36:05.379 --> 00:36:05.919
 permission

00:36:05.919 --> 00:36:06.799
 to enter

00:36:06.799 --> 00:36:08.980
 and reestablish

00:36:08.980 --> 00:36:09.439
 fellowship

00:36:09.439 --> 00:36:10.659
 you know

00:36:10.659 --> 00:36:11.079
 what we do

00:36:11.079 --> 00:36:11.439
 when people

00:36:11.439 --> 00:36:11.839
 walk out

00:36:11.839 --> 00:36:12.079
 of our

00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:12.379
 lives

00:36:12.379 --> 00:36:13.480
 we shut

00:36:13.480 --> 00:36:13.779
 the door

00:36:13.779 --> 00:36:14.339
 behind them

00:36:14.339 --> 00:36:16.960
 you know

00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:17.219
 what our

00:36:17.219 --> 00:36:17.579
 tendency

00:36:17.579 --> 00:36:18.059
 to do

00:36:18.059 --> 00:36:18.319
 is

00:36:18.319 --> 00:36:18.739
 when people

00:36:18.739 --> 00:36:18.980
 say

00:36:18.980 --> 00:36:19.439
 they don't

00:36:19.439 --> 00:36:19.960
 want us

00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:20.399
 in their

00:36:20.399 --> 00:36:20.839
 life

00:36:20.840 --> 00:36:21.900
 we grant

00:36:21.900 --> 00:36:22.120
 their

00:36:22.120 --> 00:36:22.700
 request

00:36:22.700 --> 00:36:25.079
 here the

00:36:25.079 --> 00:36:25.500
 church

00:36:25.500 --> 00:36:26.480
 excommunicates

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:26.840
 Jesus

00:36:26.840 --> 00:36:27.280
 from their

00:36:27.280 --> 00:36:27.940
 congregation

00:36:27.940 --> 00:36:28.740
 metaphorically

00:36:28.740 --> 00:36:29.200
 speaking

00:36:29.200 --> 00:36:30.220
 and what

00:36:30.220 --> 00:36:30.700
 does Jesus

00:36:30.700 --> 00:36:31.019
 do

00:36:31.019 --> 00:36:32.360
 he stands

00:36:32.360 --> 00:36:32.600
 at the

00:36:32.600 --> 00:36:32.860
 door

00:36:32.860 --> 00:36:34.100
 and he

00:36:34.100 --> 00:36:34.460
 knocks

00:36:34.460 --> 00:36:35.980
 he says

00:36:35.980 --> 00:36:36.539
 if anyone

00:36:36.539 --> 00:36:36.920
 will just

00:36:36.920 --> 00:36:37.320
 open the

00:36:37.320 --> 00:36:37.539
 door

00:36:37.539 --> 00:36:39.260
 I will

00:36:39.260 --> 00:36:39.700
 come in

00:36:39.700 --> 00:36:41.100
 I will

00:36:41.100 --> 00:36:41.500
 eat with

00:36:41.500 --> 00:36:41.740
 him

00:36:41.740 --> 00:36:42.860
 and he

00:36:42.860 --> 00:36:43.200
 will eat

00:36:43.200 --> 00:36:43.660
 with me

00:36:43.660 --> 00:36:47.420
 spiritual

00:36:47.420 --> 00:36:48.240
 complacent

00:36:48.240 --> 00:36:49.340
 complacency

00:36:49.340 --> 00:36:50.720
 ultimately

00:36:50.720 --> 00:36:51.539
 rejects

00:36:51.539 --> 00:36:51.860
 communion

00:36:51.860 --> 00:36:52.120
 with

00:36:52.120 --> 00:36:52.380
 God

00:36:52.380 --> 00:36:52.740
 that's

00:36:52.740 --> 00:36:52.960
 the

00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:53.220
 point

00:36:53.220 --> 00:36:53.400
 that

00:36:53.400 --> 00:36:53.539
 we

00:36:53.539 --> 00:36:53.900
 discovered

00:36:53.900 --> 00:36:54.340
 earlier

00:36:54.340 --> 00:36:56.079
 prayer

00:36:56.079 --> 00:36:56.420
 is not

00:36:56.420 --> 00:36:56.640
 about

00:36:56.640 --> 00:36:56.960
 talking

00:36:56.960 --> 00:36:57.140
 to

00:36:57.140 --> 00:36:57.380
 God

00:36:57.380 --> 00:36:57.660
 prayer

00:36:57.660 --> 00:36:58.000
 is about

00:36:58.000 --> 00:36:58.400
 receiving

00:36:58.400 --> 00:36:58.740
 something

00:36:58.740 --> 00:36:59.000
 from

00:36:59.000 --> 00:36:59.280
 God

00:36:59.280 --> 00:37:00.019
 Bible

00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:00.420
 study

00:37:00.420 --> 00:37:00.800
 is not

00:37:00.800 --> 00:37:01.039
 about

00:37:01.039 --> 00:37:01.519
 knowing

00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:01.900
 God

00:37:01.900 --> 00:37:02.360
 and having

00:37:02.360 --> 00:37:02.600
 his

00:37:02.600 --> 00:37:02.860
 work

00:37:02.860 --> 00:37:03.539
 communicated

00:37:03.539 --> 00:37:04.039
 in our

00:37:04.039 --> 00:37:04.280
 hearts

00:37:04.280 --> 00:37:04.579
 by the

00:37:04.579 --> 00:37:04.760
 work

00:37:04.760 --> 00:37:04.860
 of

00:37:04.860 --> 00:37:04.960
 the

00:37:04.960 --> 00:37:05.100
 Holy

00:37:05.100 --> 00:37:05.440
 Spirit

00:37:05.440 --> 00:37:06.000
 Bible

00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:06.380
 study

00:37:06.380 --> 00:37:06.740
 if we

00:37:06.740 --> 00:37:06.900
 do

00:37:06.900 --> 00:37:07.019
 it

00:37:07.019 --> 00:37:07.120
 at

00:37:07.120 --> 00:37:07.360
 all

00:37:07.360 --> 00:37:07.680
 is

00:37:07.680 --> 00:37:08.460
 selfishly

00:37:08.460 --> 00:37:08.940
 motivated

00:37:08.940 --> 00:37:09.300
 we just

00:37:09.300 --> 00:37:09.579
 want to

00:37:09.579 --> 00:37:09.900
 try to

00:37:09.900 --> 00:37:10.280
 get

00:37:10.280 --> 00:37:10.620
 something

00:37:10.620 --> 00:37:10.820
 to

00:37:10.820 --> 00:37:11.200
 justify

00:37:11.200 --> 00:37:11.420
 a

00:37:11.420 --> 00:37:11.760
 decision

00:37:11.760 --> 00:37:11.940
 or

00:37:11.940 --> 00:37:12.220
 whatever

00:37:12.220 --> 00:37:12.440
 it

00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:12.640
 is

00:37:12.640 --> 00:37:13.780
 worship

00:37:13.780 --> 00:37:14.100
 is

00:37:14.100 --> 00:37:14.340
 not

00:37:14.340 --> 00:37:15.019
 worship

00:37:15.019 --> 00:37:16.199
 it's

00:37:16.199 --> 00:37:16.619
 tradition

00:37:16.619 --> 00:37:17.079
 it is

00:37:17.079 --> 00:37:17.460
 whatever

00:37:17.460 --> 00:37:17.940
 it is

00:37:17.940 --> 00:37:18.119
 that

00:37:18.119 --> 00:37:18.360
 you've

00:37:18.360 --> 00:37:18.559
 made

00:37:18.559 --> 00:37:18.699
 it

00:37:18.699 --> 00:37:18.900
 out

00:37:18.900 --> 00:37:19.440
 to

00:37:19.440 --> 00:37:19.719
 be

00:37:19.719 --> 00:37:21.940
 spiritual

00:37:21.940 --> 00:37:22.699
 complacency

00:37:22.699 --> 00:37:23.400
 rejects

00:37:23.400 --> 00:37:23.940
 communion

00:37:23.940 --> 00:37:25.519
 but

00:37:25.519 --> 00:37:26.219
 personal

00:37:26.219 --> 00:37:27.179
 intimate

00:37:27.179 --> 00:37:27.800
 communion

00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:28.920
 is

00:37:28.920 --> 00:37:29.719
 precisely

00:37:29.719 --> 00:37:30.179
 what

00:37:30.179 --> 00:37:30.679
 Jesus

00:37:30.679 --> 00:37:31.259
 offers

00:37:31.259 --> 00:37:31.500
 the

00:37:31.500 --> 00:37:31.960
 church

00:37:31.960 --> 00:37:32.840
 and

00:37:32.840 --> 00:37:33.000
 what

00:37:33.000 --> 00:37:33.099
 he

00:37:33.099 --> 00:37:33.420
 offers

00:37:33.420 --> 00:37:33.840
 you

00:37:33.840 --> 00:37:34.599
 through

00:37:34.599 --> 00:37:34.840
 the

00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:35.300
 gospel

00:37:35.300 --> 00:37:37.179
 through

00:37:37.179 --> 00:37:37.420
 the

00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:37.800
 gospel

00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:38.099
 he

00:37:38.099 --> 00:37:38.699
 says

00:37:38.699 --> 00:37:39.460
 I'm

00:37:39.460 --> 00:37:39.900
 standing

00:37:39.900 --> 00:37:40.179
 at

00:37:40.179 --> 00:37:40.360
 the

00:37:40.360 --> 00:37:40.699
 door

00:37:40.699 --> 00:37:41.539
 I'm

00:37:41.539 --> 00:37:41.940
 knocking

00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:42.880
 if

00:37:42.880 --> 00:37:43.039
 you

00:37:43.039 --> 00:37:43.239
 will

00:37:43.239 --> 00:37:43.539
 just

00:37:43.539 --> 00:37:44.099
 open

00:37:44.099 --> 00:37:52.279
 the

00:37:52.279 --> 00:37:52.759
 door

00:37:52.759 --> 00:37:55.179
 through

00:37:55.179 --> 00:37:55.400
 his

00:37:55.400 --> 00:37:55.779
 death

00:37:55.779 --> 00:37:55.940
 and

00:37:55.940 --> 00:37:56.539
 resurrection

00:37:56.539 --> 00:37:57.059
 Jesus

00:37:57.059 --> 00:37:57.880
 did

00:37:57.880 --> 00:37:58.079
 not

00:37:58.079 --> 00:37:58.420
 merely

00:37:58.420 --> 00:37:58.839
 make

00:37:58.839 --> 00:37:59.119
 a

00:37:59.119 --> 00:37:59.339
 way

00:37:59.339 --> 00:37:59.539
 for

00:37:59.539 --> 00:37:59.679
 you

00:37:59.679 --> 00:37:59.819
 to

00:37:59.819 --> 00:37:59.940
 go

00:37:59.940 --> 00:38:00.139
 to

00:38:00.139 --> 00:38:00.519
 heaven

00:38:00.519 --> 00:38:01.339
 he

00:38:01.339 --> 00:38:02.039
 provides

00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:02.219
 a

00:38:02.219 --> 00:38:02.420
 way

00:38:02.420 --> 00:38:02.619
 for

00:38:02.619 --> 00:38:02.739
 you

00:38:02.739 --> 00:38:02.860
 to

00:38:02.860 --> 00:38:03.059
 be

00:38:03.059 --> 00:38:04.079
 reconciled

00:38:04.079 --> 00:38:04.239
 to

00:38:04.239 --> 00:38:04.900
 God

00:38:04.900 --> 00:38:06.059
 heaven

00:38:06.059 --> 00:38:06.339
 is

00:38:06.339 --> 00:38:07.000
 secondary

00:38:07.000 --> 00:38:07.779
 hell

00:38:07.779 --> 00:38:08.059
 is

00:38:08.059 --> 00:38:08.759
 secondary

00:38:08.759 --> 00:38:10.219
 primary

00:38:10.219 --> 00:38:10.679
 to

00:38:10.679 --> 00:38:10.839
 our

00:38:10.839 --> 00:38:11.400
 relationship

00:38:11.400 --> 00:38:11.639
 to

00:38:11.639 --> 00:38:11.880
 God

00:38:11.880 --> 00:38:12.039
 is

00:38:12.039 --> 00:38:12.179
 the

00:38:12.179 --> 00:38:12.400
 fact

00:38:12.400 --> 00:38:12.799
 that

00:38:12.799 --> 00:38:13.000
 our

00:38:13.000 --> 00:38:13.259
 sin

00:38:13.259 --> 00:38:14.039
 separates

00:38:14.039 --> 00:38:14.239
 us

00:38:14.239 --> 00:38:14.420
 from

00:38:14.420 --> 00:38:14.619
 him

00:38:14.619 --> 00:38:15.019
 it

00:38:15.019 --> 00:38:15.320
 makes

00:38:15.320 --> 00:38:15.519
 us

00:38:15.519 --> 00:38:15.719
 his

00:38:15.719 --> 00:38:16.039
 enemy

00:38:16.039 --> 00:38:16.539
 and

00:38:16.539 --> 00:38:16.820
 what

00:38:16.820 --> 00:38:17.039
 he

00:38:17.039 --> 00:38:17.460
 does

00:38:17.460 --> 00:38:17.880
 in

00:38:17.880 --> 00:38:18.480
 Christ

00:38:18.480 --> 00:38:18.920
 as

00:38:18.920 --> 00:38:19.300
 Christ

00:38:19.300 --> 00:38:20.000
 absorbs

00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:20.320
 the

00:38:20.320 --> 00:38:20.619
 wrath

00:38:20.619 --> 00:38:20.820
 of

00:38:20.820 --> 00:38:21.059
 God

00:38:21.059 --> 00:38:21.420
 against

00:38:21.420 --> 00:38:21.880
 our

00:38:21.880 --> 00:38:22.259
 sin

00:38:22.259 --> 00:38:22.400
 on

00:38:22.400 --> 00:38:22.539
 the

00:38:22.539 --> 00:38:22.940
 cross

00:38:22.940 --> 00:38:23.360
 and

00:38:23.360 --> 00:38:23.519
 as

00:38:23.519 --> 00:38:23.659
 he

00:38:23.659 --> 00:38:24.079
 raises

00:38:24.079 --> 00:38:24.400
 from

00:38:24.400 --> 00:38:24.539
 the

00:38:24.539 --> 00:38:24.719
 dead

00:38:24.719 --> 00:38:25.320
 proving

00:38:25.320 --> 00:38:25.880
 victory

00:38:25.880 --> 00:38:26.259
 over

00:38:26.259 --> 00:38:26.659
 death

00:38:26.659 --> 00:38:27.039
 the

00:38:27.039 --> 00:38:27.320
 one

00:38:27.320 --> 00:38:27.579
 enemy

00:38:27.579 --> 00:38:27.820
 that

00:38:27.820 --> 00:38:28.000
 we

00:38:28.000 --> 00:38:28.179
 will

00:38:28.179 --> 00:38:28.519
 never

00:38:28.519 --> 00:38:28.759
 be

00:38:28.759 --> 00:38:28.940
 able

00:38:28.940 --> 00:38:29.139
 to

00:38:29.139 --> 00:38:29.599
 defeat

00:38:29.599 --> 00:38:31.380
 the

00:38:31.380 --> 00:38:31.539
 enemy

00:38:31.539 --> 00:38:31.739
 will

00:38:31.739 --> 00:38:31.980
 never

00:38:31.980 --> 00:38:32.380
 what

00:38:32.380 --> 00:38:32.800
 Jesus

00:38:32.800 --> 00:38:33.039
 is

00:38:33.039 --> 00:38:33.239
 doing

00:38:33.239 --> 00:38:33.360
 there

00:38:33.360 --> 00:38:33.539
 what

00:38:33.539 --> 00:38:33.880
 God

00:38:33.880 --> 00:38:34.019
 is

00:38:34.019 --> 00:38:34.219
 doing

00:38:34.219 --> 00:38:34.579
 he

00:38:34.579 --> 00:38:35.300
 pursuing

00:38:35.300 --> 00:38:35.300


00:38:35.300 --> 00:38:35.920
 sinners

00:38:35.920 --> 00:38:36.380
 and

00:38:36.380 --> 00:38:36.519
 he

00:38:36.519 --> 00:38:36.719
 says

00:38:36.719 --> 00:38:36.880
 if

00:38:36.880 --> 00:38:37.019
 you

00:38:37.019 --> 00:38:37.139
 will

00:38:37.139 --> 00:38:37.360
 just

00:38:37.360 --> 00:38:37.659
 come

00:38:44.039 --> 00:38:44.199
 the

00:38:44.199 --> 00:38:44.579
 great

00:38:44.579 --> 00:38:45.360
 shalom

00:38:45.360 --> 00:38:45.679
 that

00:38:45.679 --> 00:38:45.880
 Paul

00:38:45.880 --> 00:38:46.179
 talked

00:38:46.179 --> 00:38:46.380
 about

00:38:46.380 --> 00:38:46.759
 so

00:38:46.759 --> 00:38:47.219
 often

00:38:47.219 --> 00:38:47.759
 in

00:38:47.759 --> 00:38:47.880
 the

00:38:47.880 --> 00:38:48.039
 new

00:38:48.039 --> 00:38:48.380
 testament

00:38:48.380 --> 00:38:48.920
 true

00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:49.380
 peace

00:38:49.380 --> 00:38:50.079
 true

00:38:50.079 --> 00:38:50.800
 reconciliation

00:38:50.800 --> 00:38:51.360
 with

00:38:51.360 --> 00:38:51.679
 God

00:38:51.679 --> 00:38:52.500
 Christianity

00:38:52.500 --> 00:38:53.019
 it's

00:38:53.019 --> 00:38:53.619
 not

00:38:53.619 --> 00:38:54.079
 about

00:38:54.079 --> 00:38:54.759
 systems

00:38:54.759 --> 00:38:55.159
 it's

00:38:55.159 --> 00:38:55.440
 not

00:38:55.440 --> 00:38:55.920
 about

00:38:55.920 --> 00:38:56.699
 doing

00:38:56.699 --> 00:38:57.599
 stuff

00:38:57.599 --> 00:38:59.000
 Christianity

00:38:59.000 --> 00:39:00.780
 is

00:39:00.780 --> 00:39:01.059
 about

00:39:01.059 --> 00:39:01.639
 genuine

00:39:01.639 --> 00:39:02.139
 communion

00:39:02.139 --> 00:39:02.420
 with

00:39:02.420 --> 00:39:02.900
 God

00:39:02.900 --> 00:39:03.760
 through

00:39:03.760 --> 00:39:04.219
 the

00:39:04.219 --> 00:39:04.579
 work

00:39:04.579 --> 00:39:05.400
 of

00:39:05.400 --> 00:39:05.679
 Jesus

00:39:05.679 --> 00:39:06.199
 Christ

00:39:06.199 --> 00:39:07.659
 and

00:39:07.659 --> 00:39:07.840
 out

00:39:07.840 --> 00:39:07.940
 of

00:39:07.940 --> 00:39:08.099
 his

00:39:08.099 --> 00:39:08.519
 infinite

00:39:08.519 --> 00:39:09.019
 love

00:39:09.019 --> 00:39:10.500
 Jesus

00:39:10.500 --> 00:39:11.059
 offers

00:39:11.059 --> 00:39:11.480
 you

00:39:11.480 --> 00:39:12.320
 salvation

00:39:12.320 --> 00:39:13.360
 in

00:39:13.360 --> 00:39:13.659
 order

00:39:13.659 --> 00:39:14.000
 that

00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:14.420
 he

00:39:14.420 --> 00:39:14.780
 might

00:39:14.780 --> 00:39:15.260
 commune

00:39:15.260 --> 00:39:15.440
 with

00:39:15.440 --> 00:39:15.860
 you

00:39:15.860 --> 00:39:18.000
 it's

00:39:18.000 --> 00:39:18.199
 not

00:39:18.199 --> 00:39:18.380
 that

00:39:18.380 --> 00:39:18.579
 we

00:39:18.579 --> 00:39:18.820
 come

00:39:18.820 --> 00:39:18.960
 to

00:39:18.960 --> 00:39:19.219
 him

00:39:19.219 --> 00:39:19.559
 saying

00:39:19.559 --> 00:39:19.920
 God

00:39:19.920 --> 00:39:20.119
 if

00:39:20.119 --> 00:39:20.300
 you'll

00:39:20.300 --> 00:39:20.500
 just

00:39:20.500 --> 00:39:20.820
 make

00:39:20.820 --> 00:39:21.000
 a

00:39:21.000 --> 00:39:21.239
 way

00:39:21.239 --> 00:39:21.480
 for

00:39:21.480 --> 00:39:21.860
 us

00:39:21.860 --> 00:39:23.460
 we

00:39:23.460 --> 00:39:23.659
 want

00:39:23.659 --> 00:39:23.800
 to

00:39:23.800 --> 00:39:24.179
 commune

00:39:24.179 --> 00:39:24.360
 with

00:39:24.360 --> 00:39:24.480
 you

00:39:24.480 --> 00:39:24.880
 nobody

00:39:24.880 --> 00:39:25.420
 does

00:39:25.420 --> 00:39:25.860
 that

00:39:25.860 --> 00:39:27.340
 no

00:39:27.340 --> 00:39:27.760
 he

00:39:27.760 --> 00:39:28.199
 does

00:39:28.199 --> 00:39:28.699
 that

00:39:28.699 --> 00:39:29.639
 he

00:39:29.639 --> 00:39:30.159
 stands

00:39:30.159 --> 00:39:30.359
 at

00:39:30.359 --> 00:39:30.500
 the

00:39:30.500 --> 00:39:30.799
 door

00:39:30.799 --> 00:39:31.639
 he

00:39:31.639 --> 00:39:32.079
 brings

00:39:32.079 --> 00:39:32.279
 the

00:39:32.279 --> 00:39:32.679
 offer

00:39:32.679 --> 00:39:33.339
 he

00:39:33.339 --> 00:39:33.859
 says

00:39:33.859 --> 00:39:34.379
 open

00:39:34.379 --> 00:39:34.599
 it

00:39:34.599 --> 00:39:34.919
 up

00:39:34.919 --> 00:39:35.599
 I

00:39:35.599 --> 00:39:35.819
 want

00:39:35.819 --> 00:39:35.960
 to

00:39:35.960 --> 00:39:36.419
 commune

00:39:36.419 --> 00:39:36.619
 with

00:39:36.619 --> 00:39:36.879
 you

00:39:36.879 --> 00:39:38.599
 we

00:39:38.599 --> 00:39:39.119
 respond

00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:39.339
 to

00:39:39.339 --> 00:39:39.699
 him

00:39:39.699 --> 00:39:40.579
 we

00:39:40.579 --> 00:39:40.879
 love

00:39:40.879 --> 00:39:41.239
 him

00:39:41.239 --> 00:39:41.879
 because

00:39:41.879 --> 00:39:42.119
 he

00:39:42.119 --> 00:39:42.399
 first

00:39:42.399 --> 00:39:42.739
 loved

00:39:42.739 --> 00:39:43.259
 us

00:39:43.259 --> 00:39:46.239
 he

00:39:46.239 --> 00:39:46.759
 wants

00:39:46.759 --> 00:39:47.939
 you

00:39:47.939 --> 00:39:49.339
 he

00:39:49.339 --> 00:39:49.939
 loves

00:39:49.939 --> 00:39:51.460
 you

00:39:51.460 --> 00:39:52.659
 he

00:39:52.659 --> 00:39:53.379
 stands

00:39:53.379 --> 00:39:54.679
 knocking

00:39:54.679 --> 00:39:56.759
 open

00:39:56.759 --> 00:39:56.980
 the

00:39:56.980 --> 00:39:57.279
 door

00:39:57.280 --> 00:39:59.019
 open

00:39:59.019 --> 00:39:59.220
 the

00:39:59.220 --> 00:39:59.440
 door

00:39:59.440 --> 00:40:00.820
 let's

00:40:00.820 --> 00:40:01.080
 finish

00:40:01.080 --> 00:40:01.280
 with

00:40:01.280 --> 00:40:01.400
 the

00:40:01.400 --> 00:40:01.660
 call

00:40:01.660 --> 00:40:01.820
 and

00:40:01.820 --> 00:40:02.100
 conquer

00:40:02.100 --> 00:40:02.680
 formulas

00:40:02.680 --> 00:40:02.920
 here

00:40:02.920 --> 00:40:03.080
 in

00:40:03.080 --> 00:40:03.300
 verses

00:40:03.300 --> 00:40:03.700
 21

00:40:03.700 --> 00:40:03.880
 and

00:40:03.880 --> 00:40:04.280
 22

00:40:04.280 --> 00:40:06.080
 the

00:40:06.080 --> 00:40:06.240
 one

00:40:06.240 --> 00:40:06.420
 who

00:40:06.420 --> 00:40:07.019
 conquers

00:40:07.019 --> 00:40:08.320
 I

00:40:08.320 --> 00:40:08.519
 will

00:40:08.519 --> 00:40:08.880
 grant

00:40:08.880 --> 00:40:09.200
 him

00:40:09.200 --> 00:40:09.440
 to

00:40:09.440 --> 00:40:09.800
 sit

00:40:09.800 --> 00:40:10.140
 with

00:40:10.140 --> 00:40:10.320
 me

00:40:10.320 --> 00:40:10.500
 on

00:40:10.500 --> 00:40:10.700
 my

00:40:10.700 --> 00:40:11.060
 throne

00:40:11.060 --> 00:40:13.180
 as

00:40:13.180 --> 00:40:13.300
 I

00:40:13.300 --> 00:40:13.580
 also

00:40:13.580 --> 00:40:14.040
 conquered

00:40:14.040 --> 00:40:14.340
 and

00:40:14.340 --> 00:40:14.560
 sat

00:40:14.560 --> 00:40:14.800
 down

00:40:14.800 --> 00:40:14.960
 with

00:40:14.960 --> 00:40:15.140
 my

00:40:15.140 --> 00:40:15.460
 father

00:40:15.460 --> 00:40:15.660
 on

00:40:15.660 --> 00:40:15.900
 his

00:40:15.900 --> 00:40:16.280
 throne

00:40:16.280 --> 00:40:17.840
 he

00:40:17.840 --> 00:40:18.000
 who

00:40:18.000 --> 00:40:18.160
 has

00:40:18.160 --> 00:40:18.280
 an

00:40:18.280 --> 00:40:18.500
 ear

00:40:18.500 --> 00:40:18.740
 let

00:40:18.740 --> 00:40:18.840
 him

00:40:18.840 --> 00:40:19.220
 hear

00:40:19.220 --> 00:40:20.340
 what

00:40:20.340 --> 00:40:20.500
 the

00:40:20.500 --> 00:40:20.740
 spirit

00:40:20.740 --> 00:40:21.080
 says

00:40:21.080 --> 00:40:21.240
 to

00:40:21.240 --> 00:40:21.400
 the

00:40:21.400 --> 00:40:21.900
 churches

00:40:21.900 --> 00:40:24.000
 as

00:40:24.000 --> 00:40:24.180
 with

00:40:24.180 --> 00:40:24.340
 all

00:40:24.340 --> 00:40:24.519
 the

00:40:24.519 --> 00:40:24.920
 sermons

00:40:24.920 --> 00:40:25.320
 Jesus

00:40:25.320 --> 00:40:25.980
 concludes

00:40:25.980 --> 00:40:26.519
 with

00:40:26.519 --> 00:40:27.519
 a

00:40:27.519 --> 00:40:28.019
 promise

00:40:28.019 --> 00:40:28.800
 to

00:40:28.800 --> 00:40:29.460
 the

00:40:29.460 --> 00:40:29.700
 one

00:40:29.700 --> 00:40:29.880
 who

00:40:29.880 --> 00:40:30.460
 conquers

00:40:30.460 --> 00:40:32.160
 and

00:40:32.160 --> 00:40:32.460
 to

00:40:32.460 --> 00:40:32.840
 conquer

00:40:32.840 --> 00:40:33.099
 in

00:40:33.099 --> 00:40:33.340
 this

00:40:33.340 --> 00:40:33.760
 case

00:40:33.760 --> 00:40:34.180
 means

00:40:34.180 --> 00:40:34.519
 to

00:40:34.519 --> 00:40:35.160
 reject

00:40:35.160 --> 00:40:35.559
 the

00:40:35.559 --> 00:40:36.760
 counterfeit

00:40:36.760 --> 00:40:37.420
 Christianity

00:40:37.420 --> 00:40:37.860
 that

00:40:37.860 --> 00:40:38.280
 produces

00:40:38.280 --> 00:40:39.280
 lukewarmness

00:40:39.280 --> 00:40:41.200
 and

00:40:41.200 --> 00:40:41.559
 wholly

00:40:41.559 --> 00:40:42.059
 embrace

00:40:42.059 --> 00:40:42.539
 Jesus

00:40:42.539 --> 00:40:43.320
 the

00:40:43.320 --> 00:40:43.579
 one

00:40:43.579 --> 00:40:43.820
 who

00:40:43.820 --> 00:40:44.320
 conquered

00:40:44.320 --> 00:40:44.720
 for

00:40:44.720 --> 00:40:45.280
 us

00:40:45.280 --> 00:40:46.440
 conquers

00:40:46.440 --> 00:40:46.660
 our

00:40:46.660 --> 00:40:46.980
 sin

00:40:46.980 --> 00:40:47.440
 conquers

00:40:47.440 --> 00:40:47.639
 our

00:40:47.639 --> 00:40:47.880
 death

00:40:47.880 --> 00:40:50.619
 the

00:40:50.619 --> 00:40:51.240
 promise

00:40:51.240 --> 00:40:51.640
 then

00:40:51.640 --> 00:40:52.940
 is

00:40:52.940 --> 00:40:53.180
 that

00:40:53.180 --> 00:40:53.599
 those

00:40:53.599 --> 00:40:54.079
 who

00:40:54.079 --> 00:40:54.860
 conquer

00:40:54.860 --> 00:40:55.539
 by

00:40:55.539 --> 00:40:55.940
 faith

00:40:55.940 --> 00:40:56.119
 in

00:40:56.119 --> 00:40:56.599
 Christ

00:40:56.599 --> 00:40:57.340
 will

00:40:57.340 --> 00:40:57.660
 sit

00:40:57.660 --> 00:40:57.860
 with

00:40:57.860 --> 00:40:58.000
 him

00:40:58.000 --> 00:40:58.119
 on

00:40:58.119 --> 00:40:58.280
 his

00:40:58.280 --> 00:40:58.619
 throne

00:40:58.619 --> 00:40:59.900
 let's

00:40:59.900 --> 00:41:00.079
 be

00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:00.480
 honest

00:41:00.480 --> 00:41:01.200
 that's

00:41:01.200 --> 00:41:01.559
 weird

00:41:01.559 --> 00:41:03.280
 what does

00:41:03.280 --> 00:41:03.380
 that

00:41:03.380 --> 00:41:03.640
 actually

00:41:03.640 --> 00:41:04.180
 mean

00:41:04.180 --> 00:41:06.099
 does

00:41:06.099 --> 00:41:06.340
 this

00:41:06.340 --> 00:41:06.640
 mean

00:41:06.640 --> 00:41:06.920
 that

00:41:06.920 --> 00:41:07.140
 we

00:41:07.140 --> 00:41:07.360
 will

00:41:07.360 --> 00:41:07.700
 literally

00:41:07.700 --> 00:41:08.039
 share

00:41:08.039 --> 00:41:08.200
 a

00:41:08.200 --> 00:41:08.380
 throne

00:41:08.380 --> 00:41:08.579
 with

00:41:08.579 --> 00:41:08.880
 Jesus

00:41:08.880 --> 00:41:09.340
 that

00:41:09.340 --> 00:41:09.900
 what

00:41:09.900 --> 00:41:10.119
 we

00:41:10.119 --> 00:41:10.400
 say

00:41:10.400 --> 00:41:10.680
 will

00:41:10.680 --> 00:41:11.019
 go

00:41:11.019 --> 00:41:11.320
 in

00:41:11.320 --> 00:41:12.119
 eternity

00:41:12.119 --> 00:41:12.519
 or

00:41:12.519 --> 00:41:12.660
 in

00:41:12.660 --> 00:41:12.800
 the

00:41:12.800 --> 00:41:13.099
 kingdom

00:41:13.099 --> 00:41:13.400
 or

00:41:13.400 --> 00:41:13.579
 how

00:41:13.579 --> 00:41:13.740
 it

00:41:13.740 --> 00:41:13.860
 is

00:41:13.860 --> 00:41:13.960
 that

00:41:13.960 --> 00:41:14.079
 you

00:41:14.079 --> 00:41:14.240
 may

00:41:14.240 --> 00:41:14.420
 view

00:41:14.420 --> 00:41:14.619
 this

00:41:14.619 --> 00:41:15.059
 particular

00:41:15.059 --> 00:41:16.300
 context

00:41:16.300 --> 00:41:18.160
 the

00:41:18.160 --> 00:41:18.440
 picture

00:41:18.440 --> 00:41:18.720
 here

00:41:18.720 --> 00:41:18.900
 is

00:41:18.900 --> 00:41:19.019
 of

00:41:19.019 --> 00:41:19.180
 a

00:41:19.180 --> 00:41:19.760
 delegated

00:41:19.760 --> 00:41:20.220
 authority

00:41:20.220 --> 00:41:21.320
 it's

00:41:21.320 --> 00:41:21.840
 qualified

00:41:21.840 --> 00:41:22.180
 when

00:41:22.180 --> 00:41:22.460
 Jesus

00:41:22.460 --> 00:41:22.840
 says

00:41:22.840 --> 00:41:23.380
 I

00:41:23.380 --> 00:41:23.580
 will

00:41:23.580 --> 00:41:23.840
 share

00:41:23.840 --> 00:41:24.039
 my

00:41:24.039 --> 00:41:24.240
 throne

00:41:24.240 --> 00:41:24.420
 with

00:41:24.420 --> 00:41:24.519
 you

00:41:24.519 --> 00:41:24.780
 just

00:41:24.780 --> 00:41:24.960
 as

00:41:24.960 --> 00:41:25.120
 the

00:41:25.120 --> 00:41:25.400
 father

00:41:25.400 --> 00:41:25.700
 shared

00:41:25.700 --> 00:41:25.900
 his

00:41:25.900 --> 00:41:26.080
 throne

00:41:26.080 --> 00:41:26.260
 with

00:41:26.260 --> 00:41:26.519
 me

00:41:26.519 --> 00:41:26.680
 and

00:41:26.680 --> 00:41:26.820
 as

00:41:26.820 --> 00:41:26.940
 we

00:41:26.940 --> 00:41:27.519
 study

00:41:27.519 --> 00:41:27.700
 the

00:41:27.700 --> 00:41:27.840
 new

00:41:27.840 --> 00:41:28.140
 testament

00:41:28.140 --> 00:41:28.340
 we

00:41:28.340 --> 00:41:28.740
 find

00:41:28.740 --> 00:41:28.980
 that

00:41:28.980 --> 00:41:29.260
 there

00:41:29.260 --> 00:41:29.620
 is

00:41:29.620 --> 00:41:30.039
 this

00:41:30.039 --> 00:41:30.880
 secession

00:41:30.880 --> 00:41:31.380
 in

00:41:31.380 --> 00:41:31.560
 the

00:41:31.560 --> 00:41:31.860
 trinity

00:41:31.860 --> 00:41:32.380
 itself

00:41:32.380 --> 00:41:32.620
 and

00:41:32.620 --> 00:41:33.100
 God

00:41:33.100 --> 00:41:33.280
 the

00:41:33.280 --> 00:41:33.580
 father

00:41:33.580 --> 00:41:34.060
 after

00:41:34.060 --> 00:41:34.400
 Jesus

00:41:34.400 --> 00:41:34.660
 his

00:41:34.660 --> 00:41:35.100
 resurrection

00:41:35.100 --> 00:41:35.720
 grants

00:41:35.720 --> 00:41:36.220
 all

00:41:36.220 --> 00:41:36.660
 authority

00:41:36.660 --> 00:41:36.980
 to him

00:41:36.980 --> 00:41:37.280
 he

00:41:37.280 --> 00:41:37.480
 says

00:41:37.480 --> 00:41:38.000
 all

00:41:38.000 --> 00:41:38.519
 authority

00:41:38.519 --> 00:41:38.960
 belongs

00:41:38.960 --> 00:41:39.160
 to

00:41:39.160 --> 00:41:39.360
 me

00:41:39.360 --> 00:41:39.700
 now

00:41:39.700 --> 00:41:40.600
 he

00:41:40.600 --> 00:41:40.740
 is

00:41:40.740 --> 00:41:41.220
 exalted

00:41:41.220 --> 00:41:41.240
!

00:41:41.240 --> 00:41:41.480
 with

00:41:46.300 --> 00:41:46.680
 in that

00:41:46.680 --> 00:41:46.980
 sense

00:41:46.980 --> 00:41:47.240
 that

00:41:47.240 --> 00:41:47.720
 picture

00:41:47.720 --> 00:41:48.640
 that

00:41:48.640 --> 00:41:48.980
 Jesus

00:41:48.980 --> 00:41:49.560
 offers

00:41:49.560 --> 00:41:49.820
 for

00:41:49.820 --> 00:41:50.060
 those

00:41:50.060 --> 00:41:50.220
 who

00:41:50.220 --> 00:41:50.600
 conquer

00:41:50.600 --> 00:41:51.500
 a

00:41:51.500 --> 00:41:52.080
 delegated

00:41:52.080 --> 00:41:52.620
 authority

00:41:52.620 --> 00:41:53.120
 and

00:41:53.120 --> 00:41:53.260
 I

00:41:53.260 --> 00:41:53.480
 think

00:41:53.480 --> 00:41:53.780
 really

00:41:53.780 --> 00:41:54.180
 what

00:41:54.180 --> 00:41:54.400
 this

00:41:54.400 --> 00:41:55.000
 means

00:41:55.000 --> 00:41:57.780
 is

00:41:57.780 --> 00:41:58.200
 that

00:41:58.200 --> 00:41:59.220
 just

00:41:59.220 --> 00:41:59.480
 as

00:41:59.480 --> 00:41:59.900
 God

00:41:59.900 --> 00:42:00.260
 has

00:42:00.260 --> 00:42:00.860
 delegated

00:42:00.860 --> 00:42:01.200
 all

00:42:01.200 --> 00:42:01.580
 authority

00:42:01.580 --> 00:42:01.820
 to

00:42:01.820 --> 00:42:02.019
 the

00:42:02.019 --> 00:42:02.400
 son

00:42:02.400 --> 00:42:04.019
 so

00:42:04.019 --> 00:42:04.300
 does

00:42:04.300 --> 00:42:04.500
 the

00:42:04.500 --> 00:42:04.800
 son

00:42:04.800 --> 00:42:05.380
 delegate

00:42:05.380 --> 00:42:05.880
 kingdom

00:42:05.880 --> 00:42:06.300
 authority

00:42:06.300 --> 00:42:06.519
 to

00:42:06.519 --> 00:42:06.700
 his

00:42:06.700 --> 00:42:07.120
 people

00:42:07.120 --> 00:42:08.720
 so

00:42:08.720 --> 00:42:08.940
 that

00:42:08.940 --> 00:42:09.120
 in

00:42:09.120 --> 00:42:09.780
 eternity

00:42:09.780 --> 00:42:10.860
 the

00:42:10.860 --> 00:42:11.240
 amen

00:42:11.240 --> 00:42:12.440
 who

00:42:12.440 --> 00:42:12.600
 is

00:42:12.600 --> 00:42:12.740
 the

00:42:12.740 --> 00:42:13.080
 beginning

00:42:13.080 --> 00:42:13.320
 of

00:42:13.320 --> 00:42:13.640
 God's

00:42:13.640 --> 00:42:14.120
 creation

00:42:14.120 --> 00:42:14.400
 the

00:42:14.400 --> 00:42:14.820
 supreme

00:42:14.820 --> 00:42:15.240
 ruler

00:42:15.239 --> 00:42:16.419
 will

00:42:16.419 --> 00:42:16.759
 make

00:42:16.759 --> 00:42:17.519
 us

00:42:17.519 --> 00:42:18.639
 instruments

00:42:18.639 --> 00:42:20.079
 of

00:42:20.079 --> 00:42:20.299
 his

00:42:20.299 --> 00:42:20.939
 perfectly

00:42:20.939 --> 00:42:22.000
 righteous

00:42:22.000 --> 00:42:22.679
 rule

00:42:22.679 --> 00:42:25.119
 we

00:42:25.119 --> 00:42:25.479
 will

00:42:25.479 --> 00:42:25.879
 share

00:42:25.879 --> 00:42:26.099
 in

00:42:26.099 --> 00:42:26.500
 eternity

00:42:26.500 --> 00:42:26.899
 with

00:42:26.899 --> 00:42:27.219
 him

00:42:27.219 --> 00:42:28.259
 and

00:42:28.259 --> 00:42:28.500
 we

00:42:28.500 --> 00:42:28.739
 will

00:42:28.739 --> 00:42:28.939
 be

00:42:28.939 --> 00:42:29.519
 used

00:42:29.519 --> 00:42:30.079
 by

00:42:30.079 --> 00:42:30.559
 him

00:42:30.559 --> 00:42:31.379
 in

00:42:31.379 --> 00:42:32.019
 total

00:42:32.019 --> 00:42:33.319
 righteousness

00:42:33.319 --> 00:42:35.279
 so

00:42:35.279 --> 00:42:35.459
 that

00:42:35.459 --> 00:42:36.039
 not only

00:42:36.039 --> 00:42:36.359
 are we

00:42:36.359 --> 00:42:36.699
 looking

00:42:36.699 --> 00:42:37.199
 ahead

00:42:37.199 --> 00:42:37.579
 to

00:42:37.579 --> 00:42:37.899
 heaven

00:42:37.899 --> 00:42:38.099
 in

00:42:38.099 --> 00:42:38.500
 eternity

00:42:38.500 --> 00:42:39.000
 as a

00:42:39.000 --> 00:42:39.319
 perfect

00:42:39.319 --> 00:42:39.719
 place

00:42:39.719 --> 00:42:39.899
 with

00:42:39.899 --> 00:42:40.239
 perfect

00:42:40.239 --> 00:42:40.679
 righteousness

00:42:40.679 --> 00:42:41.439
 but

00:42:41.439 --> 00:42:42.119
 Christ

00:42:42.119 --> 00:42:42.439
 work

00:42:42.439 --> 00:42:42.719
 in

00:42:42.719 --> 00:42:43.179
 us

00:42:43.179 --> 00:42:43.779
 is

00:42:43.779 --> 00:42:44.039
 what

00:42:44.039 --> 00:42:44.539
 makes

00:42:44.539 --> 00:42:44.759
 it

00:42:44.759 --> 00:42:45.199
 perfectly

00:42:45.199 --> 00:42:45.819
 righteous

00:42:45.819 --> 00:42:47.199
 and

00:42:47.199 --> 00:42:47.619
 perfectly

00:42:47.619 --> 00:42:48.119
 peaceful

00:42:48.119 --> 00:42:49.199
 he

00:42:49.199 --> 00:42:49.779
 transforms

00:42:49.779 --> 00:42:50.279
 us

00:42:50.279 --> 00:42:51.639
 he

00:42:51.639 --> 00:42:51.960
 takes

00:42:51.960 --> 00:42:52.219
 away

00:42:52.219 --> 00:42:52.659
 sin

00:42:52.659 --> 00:42:53.579
 and

00:42:53.579 --> 00:42:53.980
 sorrow

00:42:53.980 --> 00:42:54.659
 and

00:42:54.659 --> 00:42:55.059
 death

00:42:55.059 --> 00:42:55.939
 and

00:42:55.939 --> 00:42:56.099
 we

00:42:56.099 --> 00:42:56.339
 live

00:42:56.339 --> 00:42:56.439
 in

00:42:56.439 --> 00:42:56.779
 eternal

00:42:56.779 --> 00:42:57.239
 communion

00:42:57.239 --> 00:42:57.500
 with

00:42:57.500 --> 00:42:57.739
 him

00:42:57.739 --> 00:42:59.359
 well

00:42:59.359 --> 00:42:59.559
 let's

00:42:59.559 --> 00:42:59.899
 finish

00:42:59.899 --> 00:43:02.299
 the

00:43:02.299 --> 00:43:02.579
 sermon

00:43:02.579 --> 00:43:02.939
 to the

00:43:02.939 --> 00:43:03.259
 church

00:43:03.259 --> 00:43:03.399
 of

00:43:03.399 --> 00:43:04.099
 Laodicea

00:43:04.099 --> 00:43:05.339
 is a

00:43:05.339 --> 00:43:05.759
 warning

00:43:05.759 --> 00:43:07.039
 to

00:43:07.039 --> 00:43:07.339
 every

00:43:07.339 --> 00:43:07.819
 congregation

00:43:07.819 --> 00:43:08.659
 that is

00:43:08.659 --> 00:43:09.199
 essentially

00:43:09.199 --> 00:43:09.879
 functioning

00:43:09.879 --> 00:43:10.379
 without

00:43:10.379 --> 00:43:10.779
 Jesus

00:43:10.779 --> 00:43:11.199
 okay

00:43:11.199 --> 00:43:11.480
 we've

00:43:11.480 --> 00:43:11.779
 got all

00:43:11.779 --> 00:43:11.980
 of our

00:43:11.980 --> 00:43:12.279
 marketing

00:43:12.279 --> 00:43:12.819
 strategies

00:43:12.819 --> 00:43:13.259
 and we've

00:43:13.259 --> 00:43:13.519
 got all

00:43:13.519 --> 00:43:13.859
 the stuff

00:43:13.859 --> 00:43:14.159
 that we're

00:43:14.159 --> 00:43:14.439
 doing

00:43:14.440 --> 00:43:15.179
 we don't

00:43:15.179 --> 00:43:15.599
 really need

00:43:15.599 --> 00:43:15.880
 Jesus

00:43:15.880 --> 00:43:16.260
 because we've

00:43:16.260 --> 00:43:16.480
 got all

00:43:16.480 --> 00:43:16.860
 this other

00:43:16.860 --> 00:43:17.260
 stuff

00:43:17.260 --> 00:43:18.599
 we're

00:43:18.599 --> 00:43:18.820
 doing

00:43:18.820 --> 00:43:19.039
 this

00:43:19.039 --> 00:43:19.360
 stuff

00:43:19.360 --> 00:43:20.480
 why

00:43:20.480 --> 00:43:20.679
 would

00:43:20.679 --> 00:43:20.800
 we

00:43:20.800 --> 00:43:21.000
 need

00:43:21.000 --> 00:43:21.179
 him

00:43:21.179 --> 00:43:21.320
 so

00:43:21.320 --> 00:43:21.639
 warning

00:43:21.639 --> 00:43:21.840
 to

00:43:21.840 --> 00:43:22.039
 those

00:43:22.039 --> 00:43:22.280
 kinds

00:43:22.280 --> 00:43:22.400
 of

00:43:22.400 --> 00:43:23.280
 congregations

00:43:23.280 --> 00:43:24.380
 and it

00:43:24.380 --> 00:43:24.760
 should be

00:43:24.760 --> 00:43:25.200
 a wake

00:43:25.200 --> 00:43:25.619
 up call

00:43:25.619 --> 00:43:26.139
 to every

00:43:26.139 --> 00:43:26.980
 professing

00:43:26.980 --> 00:43:27.420
 Christian

00:43:27.420 --> 00:43:29.059
 who is

00:43:29.059 --> 00:43:29.599
 subscribing

00:43:29.599 --> 00:43:30.380
 to elements

00:43:30.380 --> 00:43:30.619
 of the

00:43:30.619 --> 00:43:30.960
 Christian

00:43:30.960 --> 00:43:31.400
 religion

00:43:31.400 --> 00:43:31.780
 without

00:43:31.780 --> 00:43:32.480
 actually

00:43:32.480 --> 00:43:32.900
 walking

00:43:32.900 --> 00:43:33.179
 in

00:43:33.179 --> 00:43:33.700
 fellowship

00:43:33.700 --> 00:43:34.019
 and

00:43:34.019 --> 00:43:34.360
 communion

00:43:34.360 --> 00:43:34.579
 with

00:43:34.579 --> 00:43:34.960
 Christ

00:43:34.960 --> 00:43:36.740
 should

00:43:36.740 --> 00:43:37.019
 be a

00:43:37.019 --> 00:43:37.260
 wake

00:43:37.260 --> 00:43:37.440
 up

00:43:37.440 --> 00:43:37.740
 call

00:43:37.739 --> 00:43:39.239
 bottom

00:43:39.239 --> 00:43:39.479
 line

00:43:39.479 --> 00:43:39.639
 is

00:43:39.639 --> 00:43:39.799
 that

00:43:39.799 --> 00:43:40.119
 Jesus

00:43:40.119 --> 00:43:40.559
 calls

00:43:40.559 --> 00:43:40.779
 each

00:43:40.779 --> 00:43:40.899
 of

00:43:40.899 --> 00:43:41.039
 us

00:43:41.039 --> 00:43:41.159
 to

00:43:41.159 --> 00:43:41.339
 hear

00:43:41.339 --> 00:43:41.579
 this

00:43:41.579 --> 00:43:42.039
 message

00:43:42.039 --> 00:43:42.679
 because

00:43:42.679 --> 00:43:42.939
 it

00:43:42.939 --> 00:43:43.299
 may

00:43:43.299 --> 00:43:43.639
 be

00:43:43.639 --> 00:43:44.239
 that

00:43:44.239 --> 00:43:44.459
 while

00:43:44.459 --> 00:43:44.959
 thinking

00:43:44.959 --> 00:43:45.199
 you're

00:43:45.199 --> 00:43:45.619
 spiritually

00:43:45.619 --> 00:43:46.179
 rich

00:43:46.179 --> 00:43:47.579
 you're

00:43:47.579 --> 00:43:47.799
 really

00:43:47.799 --> 00:43:48.500
 destitute

00:43:48.500 --> 00:43:49.939
 and blind

00:43:49.939 --> 00:43:51.019
 without

00:43:51.019 --> 00:43:51.539
 Christ

00:43:51.539 --> 00:43:53.739
 and if

00:43:53.739 --> 00:43:54.299
 for you

00:43:54.299 --> 00:43:54.859
 Christianity

00:43:54.859 --> 00:43:55.439
 is really

00:43:55.439 --> 00:43:56.000
 just your

00:43:56.000 --> 00:43:56.859
 family

00:43:56.859 --> 00:43:57.379
 tradition

00:43:57.379 --> 00:43:58.539
 or a

00:43:58.539 --> 00:43:58.799
 system

00:43:58.799 --> 00:43:58.979
 of

00:43:58.979 --> 00:43:59.419
 rituals

00:43:59.419 --> 00:44:01.419
 something

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 that you

00:44:01.779 --> 00:44:02.179
 hope will

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 just be

00:44:02.500 --> 00:44:03.019
 effective

00:44:03.019 --> 00:44:03.859
 for giving

00:44:03.859 --> 00:44:04.219
 you

00:44:04.219 --> 00:44:05.079
 whatever

00:44:05.079 --> 00:44:05.500
 blessing

00:44:05.500 --> 00:44:06.119
 may come

00:44:06.119 --> 00:44:07.239
 after death

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 I hope

00:44:08.900 --> 00:44:09.099
 you'll

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 look closely

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 at what

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 Jesus

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 has to

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 say

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 here

00:44:11.639 --> 00:44:13.599
 he's

00:44:13.599 --> 00:44:13.960
 offering

00:44:13.960 --> 00:44:14.199
 you

00:44:14.199 --> 00:44:14.839
 himself

00:44:14.839 --> 00:44:16.380
 he's

00:44:16.380 --> 00:44:16.679
 offering

00:44:16.679 --> 00:44:16.859
 you

00:44:16.859 --> 00:44:17.400
 himself

00:44:17.400 --> 00:44:18.940
 communion

00:44:18.940 --> 00:44:19.420
 with him

00:44:19.420 --> 00:44:20.219
 by his

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 grace

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 through

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 faith

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 and only

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 those who

00:44:24.359 --> 00:44:24.719
 will

00:44:24.719 --> 00:44:25.719
 receive

00:44:25.719 --> 00:44:26.400
 him

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 will

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 understand

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 what it

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 really

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 means

00:44:29.460 --> 00:44:30.500
 to be

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 rich

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 and

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 prosperous

00:44:32.400 --> 00:44:33.539
 in need

00:44:33.539 --> 00:44:33.679
 of

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 nothing

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 he who

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 has

00:44:35.960 --> 00:44:36.120
 an

00:44:36.120 --> 00:44:36.420
 ear

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 let

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 him

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 hear

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 what

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 the

00:44:39.000 --> 00:44:39.240
 spirit

00:44:39.240 --> 00:44:39.580
 says

00:44:39.580 --> 00:44:39.720
 to

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 the

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 churches

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 let's

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 pray