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 Is Connie in here?

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 That's a pretty serious thing.

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 You know, it's like...

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 Turn in your Bibles this morning to John chapter 4, verse 25.

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 Last week I was asked a question that I was reflecting on here just a couple minutes ago as I was praying.

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 An individual asked me the question, so when are you finished preparing to preach?

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 And my answer was when I walk away from the pulpit.

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 The truth of the matter is, is that the process of preparing to preach is one that is, for a pastor, kind of a life-consuming responsibility and blessing.

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 And the work of preaching is one that depends heavily upon time with the Lord, time in the Word, and your prayers.

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 And so there is a sense in which I don't know how it's going to go until it's done.

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 But having said that, I've got to tell you, this is an awful good passage.

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 Oh, I mean that.

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 Let me read it to you.

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 Beginning in verse 24, Jesus said this.

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 He said,

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 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.

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 The woman said to him,

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 I know that Messiah is coming, he who is called Christ.

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 When he comes, he will tell us all things.

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 Jesus said to her,

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 I, who speak to you, am he.

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 Just then that his disciples came back,

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 they marveled that he was talking with a woman,

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 but no one said,

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 What do you seek?

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 Or why are you talking with her?

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 So the woman left her water jar and went away into town and said to the people,

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 Come, see the man who told me all that I ever did.

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 Can this be the Christ?

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 They went out of the town and were coming to him.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father God, this morning, our hearts, as we take this passage in mind and we read it,

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 we are drawn to remember the passage in Zechariah where you,

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 through the mouth of your prophet,

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 declared that it's not by might nor by power but by your spirit.

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 And so it is my prayer,

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 and I know it is the prayer of your people who sit here this morning that know Christ

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 and are informed by the scriptures,

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 that your word would have free course this morning,

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 that it would produce fruit that brings glory to the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 that it would be used by you to continue the process of shaping and forming our frail lives

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 to look more like the Lord Jesus.

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 So as the result of our seeing the Lord Jesus in this passage,

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 that we would be less consumed with ourself,

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 less afflicted by the challenges and hardships of life,

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 more earnest and affectionate for the things of eternity,

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 more passionate for the souls of lost mankind,

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 more humble,

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 more joyful,

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 more tender in our relationships with others,

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 so that in all things,

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 the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 who is the one who has redeemed us from the pit

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 and who is actively engaged in changing us

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 from who we used to be to who we will be,

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 in that process of progressive sanctification,

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 would be the one who is glorified not only in saving us,

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 but also in this wonderful, unbelievable work

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 of changing us.

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 So allow your word to do a wonderful work today,

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 that this day, the Lord's day, March 22nd,

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 will be one that,

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 while maybe not written in the fly leaf of our Bible,

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 will be one written on the pages of our heart

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 as a day when your word

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 and your spirit affected your child deeply,

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 to the glory of Christ.

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 Amen.

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 I want you to think back just for a moment

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 as we take this passage in mind,

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 that when John the Baptist saw Jesus coming

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 earlier in the book of John,

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 he made that statement,

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 behold the Lamb of God that takes away

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 the sins of the world.

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 Clear, undeniable announcement

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 of who the Lord Jesus Christ was

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 and what he had come to do.

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 Behind that opening statement

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 that John the Baptist made,

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 then we find a series of incidents

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 in which we find the Lamb of God

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 interacting with people.

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 The first one is Nicodemus.

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 And you remember he was the ruler of the Jews

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 who came to Jesus by night.

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 And I would probably say that

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 Nicodemus didn't get it at that time.

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 That's pretty clear.

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 And the spiritual truths,

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 the matter that was in the Bible,

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 even though he was a scholar

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 and understood all of the Old Testament pretty well,

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 he just didn't understand

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 that the issues of spiritual life,

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 in fact, more important than that,

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 the issue of salvation and conversion

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 was not just a matter of improving your behavior

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 and kind of following all the rules and regalia

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 that went with being a Jew.

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 It was really the matter of the work of the Holy Spirit

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 and bringing conviction

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 and then the transformation of the heart.

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 But we have Nicodemus on one side

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 and then we have, guess what?

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 We go from a Jew of all Jews,

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 a classic illustration of the perfect Jewish man,

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 and then we go to what?

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 A Samaritan woman.

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 I mean, and we're not talking

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 about one of the prima donnas

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 of Samaritan culture, are we?

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 We're talking about an absolute low life,

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 a person who was shunned by her culture

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 and her community

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 and who was afraid, in some sense,

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 of being around the rest of the crowd

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 because she knew she wasn't liked.

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 And here we have Jesus

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 meeting this woman at the well.

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 And as we look at this passage

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 and we break it down in verse 25 on through 30,

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 since one of the responsibilities of preaching

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 is to be clear,

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 I'm going to give you the outline ahead of time.

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 That doesn't mean you can go home and say,

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 well, I know the three points.

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 And I can't always say that in every case

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 the outline is just this easy,

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 but today, for whatever reason,

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 it works fairly simply.

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 So it comes down to three Cs.

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 And you who know me know that

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 I am not one of those guys

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 who got a major in alliteration.

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 It's just like, here it happened,

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 it's a blind hug finds acorn time.

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 Here we go.

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 Confrontation, confusion, and conversion.

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 Confrontation is the first thing.

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 Confusion is the second thing.

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 Conversion is the third thing.

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 And so you kind of track your way

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 through the passage

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 and you see these things

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 and actually it wasn't forced.

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 It's there.

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 Confrontation.

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 Verse 25.

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 The woman said to him,

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 I know that Messiah is coming.

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 He who is called Christ,

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 when he comes,

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 he will tell us all things.

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 Jesus said to her,

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 I who speak to you am he.

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 The story of the Samaritan woman

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 as it kind of rolls out in front of us

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 in John chapter 4

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 is broken down in several steps

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 as we worked our way through it.

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 We saw, first of all,

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 a tired Jesus sitting down by the well

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 at Sychar

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 and engaging a woman in conversation.

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 That interchange led

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 to spiritual things.

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 And Jesus actually exposed

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 her sinful heart

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 with a fairly simple little statement

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 of saying,

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 go call your husband.

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 We do know that what the woman did

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 after she was convicted

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 of her sinfulness

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 is that she did what is usual

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 and normal

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 when people are convicted.

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 The first thing that happens

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 is they try to avoid the subject

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 and move away from the conviction.

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 And she tried to do that

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 by bringing up

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 a theological distinction

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 between the Jews

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 and the Samaritans

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 and she hoped that

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 that would kind of divert

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 the attention away

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 from her own heart

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 and it didn't.

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 Instead, what Jesus did

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 was he really address

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 the issue of what

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 genuine worship is.

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 And if you look there

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 in John chapter 4,

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 just mark what Jesus said

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 in verse 23,

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 the hour is coming

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 and now is here

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 when the true worshipers

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 will worship the Father

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 in spirit and in truth,

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 for the Father

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 is seeking such people

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 to worship him.

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 Well, what Jesus was saying

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 in that passage

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 and we don't want

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 to move away from it,

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 it has to be part

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 of our understanding

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 of the frame

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 in which Jesus

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 was ministering

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 to this Samaritan woman

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 and the frame

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 in which actually

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 all of us engage

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 in ministry

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 to other people.

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 He was saying this,

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 true worship

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 is really all

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 of who you are

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 invested in the glory

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 of who he is.

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 And can I tell you

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 something at the end

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 of the day,

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 think with me,

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 we are either engaged

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 in worshiping him

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 or we're engaged

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 in worshiping ourself.

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 We're all worshipers

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 all the time.

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 Do you understand that?

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 And how do you know

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 when you're worshiping yourself?

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 Everybody smile.

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 Everybody look at me.

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 Hey, up here.

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 Come on.

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 Up.

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 Look here.

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 When we're worshiping

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 ourself,

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 we're kind of given

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 to being moody

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 when things aren't

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 going our way.

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 I mean, hey,

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 you know how in the,

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 you know,

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 Dagon was really upset

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 when people weren't

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 doing the things he wanted

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 and Dagon would do what?

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 I mean,

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 everybody knew

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 when Dagon wasn't

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 be worshiped.

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 How did we know

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 that Dagon wasn't happy?

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 What did he do?

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 I mean,

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 there was thunder

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 and clouds

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 and all kinds of,

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 if you're worshiping him,

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 you're not so caught up

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 by how other people

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 are treating you

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 and all of God's people

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 who are not

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 the least convicted

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 by this thought

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 said, amen.

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 Right?

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 When we're engaged

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 in self-worship

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 and things aren't

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 going the way

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 self-thinks

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 they ought to be,

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 guess how we act?

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 Moody,

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 a little pouty,

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 a little unhappy,

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 very easily offended.

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 There's a little phrase

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 that we've used

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 over here in Maranatha

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 called high OI.

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 Does anybody know

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 what high OI is?

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 It's called

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 a high offendability index.

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 And people who have

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 a high OI

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 are people that are

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 specialists in self-worship.

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 Coming back around

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 to the circle

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 so we understand

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 where we are,

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 we find here is Jesus

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 helping this woman

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 understand that true worship

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 is really all about God

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 and means putting

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 all that you are

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 into it.

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 And as she

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 addresses this problem

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 or as Jesus

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 addresses this problem,

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 we find that the woman

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 tried to step away from it

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 and when Jesus

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 made that statement

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 about listen,

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 true worship is really

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 all of who you are

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 being caught up

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 with who God is,

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 she tries one more time

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 to dodge the subject.

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 How do I know that?

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 The woman said to him,

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 verse 25,

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 I know that Messiah

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 is coming,

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 he who is called Christ,

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 when he comes

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 he will tell us

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 all things.

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 It's like,

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 hey, I heard you

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 but I'm not real sure

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 I have to buy into

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 what you say

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 but I'm going to wait

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 until the authority comes,

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 that's the Messiah.

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 Don't press me right now

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 with spiritual truth,

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 I'm waiting to hear it from

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 and what does Jesus say?

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 I'm glad you brought that up.

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 I'm him!

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 I like that.

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 You got it,

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 I'm the one!

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 You know,

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 here is

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 the woman

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 saying,

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 I'm feeling uncomfortable

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 with this

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 business of sin first,

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 you know,

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 the husband deal,

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 and I'm feeling uncomfortable

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 with this worship thing

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 but we're going to try

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 to wait,

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 we'll kind of delay

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 until the real Messiah

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 shows up.

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 And what does Jesus say?

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 let me tell you something,

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 you're thinking about

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 distracting me first

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 with an argument

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 about location

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 and then you're kind of

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 dodging the subject

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 and here's the reality

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 is true worship,

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 true worship

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 is all about

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 who God really is

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 and what he wants

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 from our heart

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 and that's what

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 Jesus was drawing

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 this woman to understand

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 in this moment

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 is,

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 hey listen,

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 it's about

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 who I am

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 and who you are

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 that is on the

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 cusp of the moment.

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 Now as you look

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 at this passage

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 and you recognize

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 what Jesus says

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 in verse 26,

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 I want you to understand

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 that it is one

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 of only two places

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 in the New Testament

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 where Jesus

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 explicitly

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 declares

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 who he is.

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 That's pretty interesting

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 because you'll remember

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 over and over again

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 the Jews were,

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 they kept on coming

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 to Jesus

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 and saying,

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 you know,

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 tell us,

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 are you really

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 the Messiah?

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 Their understanding

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 of the Messiah,

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 by the way,

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 was not the Savior

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 of mankind's sins

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 but they were looking

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 for someone

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 to kind of rescue them

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 from their political problems.

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 Hey,

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 everybody out there,

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 it's kind of like

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 in the Jewish culture

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 all of their Facebook posts

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 were about politics

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 not about spirit issues.

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 How many of you

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 understood what I just said?

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 That's it.

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 Everybody understand

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 that one?

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 It's like they were

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 all caught up

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 in concern

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 for the political condition.

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 I mean,

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 and let me tell you something,

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 Rome was absolute trash

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 and by that extension

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 the Jews were living

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 in a pretty repressive environment

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 and so if Facebook

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 had been around

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 in the ancient world,

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 I bet you that 99.8%,

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 2%, 0.10%,

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 forget it.

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 How many of you know

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 that I don't do well at math?

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 Is that a secret?

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 Okay.

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 There was a very,

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 very, very, very,

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 very, very, very,

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 very small part

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 of the Jewish population

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 that would have been

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 concerned about anything

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 but politics

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 and Jesus,

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 when he would

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 do these miracles,

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 they'd say,

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 well,

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 are you the Messiah?

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 And what they were

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 really saying is,

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 are you the one

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 that's going to

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 clean up Washington?

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 Washington.

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 And Jesus would come back

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 and say,

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 well, hey, listen,

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 I'm not about

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 cleaning up Washington,

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 I'm about taking care

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 of your heart.

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 That's what he did

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 with this woman, okay?

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 And that's not in my notes

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 in case you want to

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 email me about that one later.

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 Here's Jesus,

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 he says,

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 I'm the one,

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 I'm the one,

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 I'm the one.

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 And it's pretty interesting

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 because here is this woman,

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 she's been convicted

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 by her immorality,

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 she's been convicted

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 by the fact

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 that her worship

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 is just kind of ritual

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 and being in the right place,

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 you know,

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 doing the right kind of thing

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 and whatever,

00:17:01.080 --> 00:17:01.639
 and Jesus says,

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 hey, listen,

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 real worship's about the heart.

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 And then she tries

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 to dodge that one

00:17:06.940 --> 00:17:07.619
 and Jesus says,

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 hey,

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 you want to hear

00:17:09.160 --> 00:17:10.200
 what the Messiah thinks?

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 I'm here.

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 I'm here.

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 And so I want you

00:17:14.440 --> 00:17:14.980
 to understand

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 as you look at this passage

00:17:16.039 --> 00:17:17.599
 that you can't step away

00:17:17.599 --> 00:17:19.039
 from the illustration

00:17:19.039 --> 00:17:21.019
 we have of the grace of God

00:17:21.019 --> 00:17:21.960
 in getting a hold

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 of the hardness

00:17:23.000 --> 00:17:23.700
 and the darkness

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 of man's heart.

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 I like that.

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 And that's one of the reasons

00:17:29.799 --> 00:17:31.140
 why in the process

00:17:31.140 --> 00:17:32.140
 of witnessing

00:17:32.140 --> 00:17:33.120
 and sharing the gospel

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 with other people,

00:17:34.360 --> 00:17:35.480
 when I was younger,

00:17:35.680 --> 00:17:37.640
 I used to become

00:17:37.640 --> 00:17:38.620
 pretty animated

00:17:38.620 --> 00:17:39.600
 in winning arguments

00:17:39.600 --> 00:17:40.220
 for Jesus.

00:17:40.400 --> 00:17:41.400
 How many of you

00:17:41.400 --> 00:17:42.319
 have been there?

00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:43.819
 Winning arguments

00:17:43.819 --> 00:17:44.460
 for Jesus.

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 I took class one

00:17:45.740 --> 00:17:46.559
 and class two,

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 did pretty well in it,

00:17:47.860 --> 00:17:48.920
 and I could persuade

00:17:48.920 --> 00:17:49.759
 anybody

00:17:49.759 --> 00:17:51.100
 to drink fire water

00:17:51.099 --> 00:17:51.879
 on a moment's notice.

00:17:52.339 --> 00:17:52.699
 Hey,

00:17:52.959 --> 00:17:53.219
 you know,

00:17:53.339 --> 00:17:54.240
 I'm in your space

00:17:54.240 --> 00:17:55.179
 and you better believe

00:17:55.179 --> 00:17:56.119
 in Jesus or else.

00:17:59.359 --> 00:17:59.939
 I've learned

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 that that doesn't work.

00:18:01.000 --> 00:18:01.139
 You know,

00:18:01.519 --> 00:18:02.359
 how many of you know

00:18:02.359 --> 00:18:03.639
 what a reversionary clause

00:18:03.639 --> 00:18:05.039
 is when you sign a contract?

00:18:05.319 --> 00:18:06.059
 How many of you know that?

00:18:07.179 --> 00:18:07.639
 I mean,

00:18:07.679 --> 00:18:08.740
 I had people pray the prayer

00:18:08.740 --> 00:18:09.279
 in front of me

00:18:09.279 --> 00:18:11.019
 and the minute I left,

00:18:11.099 --> 00:18:11.719
 guess what happened?

00:18:12.719 --> 00:18:13.059
 Whew.

00:18:13.899 --> 00:18:14.719
 He's gone.

00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:17.480
 Jesus wasn't that way.

00:18:18.819 --> 00:18:20.440
 He just allowed

00:18:20.440 --> 00:18:22.480
 the work of grace

00:18:22.480 --> 00:18:23.519
 to do its part

00:18:23.519 --> 00:18:25.120
 in affecting the heart

00:18:25.120 --> 00:18:25.740
 of people,

00:18:25.900 --> 00:18:27.240
 and here's this woman.

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 She says,

00:18:27.839 --> 00:18:28.319
 yeah, well,

00:18:28.519 --> 00:18:29.920
 I want to dodge this one too,

00:18:29.960 --> 00:18:30.259
 and he says,

00:18:30.299 --> 00:18:31.180
 you can't dodge me.

00:18:31.600 --> 00:18:32.279
 I'm right here.

00:18:33.240 --> 00:18:34.299
 And so we understand

00:18:34.299 --> 00:18:36.000
 that grace is what convicts us

00:18:36.000 --> 00:18:36.519
 of our sins

00:18:36.519 --> 00:18:37.940
 and opens blinds eyes

00:18:37.940 --> 00:18:38.920
 so people can see Jesus.

00:18:39.120 --> 00:18:40.339
 He's got to do that work.

00:18:40.539 --> 00:18:41.839
 We can't force it,

00:18:41.839 --> 00:18:44.699
 but there is convicting power

00:18:44.699 --> 00:18:46.240
 when the Spirit of God

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 is at work in people's lives,

00:18:47.539 --> 00:18:48.119
 and you'll see it.

00:18:49.119 --> 00:18:50.519
 Let's come to a second part.

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 I want you to read this here,

00:18:54.059 --> 00:18:55.579
 and I don't want you

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 to think about low lives.

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 They didn't get it.

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 If I was a disciple,

00:19:01.980 --> 00:19:02.539
 I would have been

00:19:02.539 --> 00:19:04.240
 all over this spiritual moment.

00:19:04.919 --> 00:19:05.500
 Follow me?

00:19:05.959 --> 00:19:06.879
 I want you to look now

00:19:06.879 --> 00:19:07.699
 in verse 27.

00:19:08.419 --> 00:19:09.480
 Then, just then,

00:19:09.539 --> 00:19:11.059
 his disciples came back.

00:19:11.839 --> 00:19:12.899
 Where had they been?

00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:15.059
 They went into town

00:19:15.059 --> 00:19:16.299
 to get a McDonald's, you know?

00:19:16.399 --> 00:19:17.199
 I mean, they were hungry,

00:19:17.439 --> 00:19:18.500
 and so they went

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 to get a little snack

00:19:19.480 --> 00:19:21.319
 from Samaritans, you know?

00:19:21.659 --> 00:19:23.359
 And snacking from Samaritans

00:19:23.359 --> 00:19:23.839
 was okay,

00:19:23.980 --> 00:19:25.339
 just don't be at the well.

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 And so here they are.

00:19:27.099 --> 00:19:27.779
 They come back,

00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:28.639
 and they marveled,

00:19:28.659 --> 00:19:29.659
 and that word marveled

00:19:29.659 --> 00:19:30.220
 is pretty interesting.

00:19:30.299 --> 00:19:30.779
 We'll get to that

00:19:30.779 --> 00:19:31.199
 in just a minute.

00:19:31.519 --> 00:19:32.240
 They marveled

00:19:32.240 --> 00:19:32.980
 that he was talking

00:19:32.980 --> 00:19:34.399
 with a woman,

00:19:34.779 --> 00:19:36.299
 and no one said to him,

00:19:36.379 --> 00:19:37.240
 what do you seek?

00:19:38.279 --> 00:19:39.699
 Or, why are you talking

00:19:39.699 --> 00:19:40.179
 with her?

00:19:40.180 --> 00:19:42.480
 So, confusion.

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 We have confused disciples.

00:19:46.759 --> 00:19:47.279
 Now, look at me.

00:19:47.779 --> 00:19:49.299
 Look at me.

00:19:50.420 --> 00:19:52.240
 These disciples were confused

00:19:52.240 --> 00:19:55.440
 because they didn't understand

00:19:55.440 --> 00:19:58.380
 what Jesus' work was.

00:20:02.460 --> 00:20:03.900
 Why did Jesus come?

00:20:04.900 --> 00:20:05.299
 Come on.

00:20:05.299 --> 00:20:08.899
 If you know the answer,

00:20:09.220 --> 00:20:09.740
 look up.

00:20:12.440 --> 00:20:13.639
 For the Son of Man

00:20:13.639 --> 00:20:15.000
 came to seek and to save

00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:17.079
 Samaritan women.

00:20:18.159 --> 00:20:18.819
 Am I right?

00:20:22.019 --> 00:20:23.299
 And here are the disciples.

00:20:23.480 --> 00:20:24.460
 They come scampering back

00:20:24.460 --> 00:20:25.819
 from having gotten their hamburgers

00:20:25.819 --> 00:20:26.519
 and whatever else,

00:20:26.599 --> 00:20:26.879
 and they come,

00:20:27.099 --> 00:20:27.879
 and here is Jesus

00:20:27.879 --> 00:20:28.779
 talking to a woman

00:20:28.779 --> 00:20:31.019
 at the well

00:20:31.019 --> 00:20:32.519
 in Samaria.

00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:35.259
 And so,

00:20:36.359 --> 00:20:36.900
 by the way,

00:20:37.420 --> 00:20:38.099
 none of us here

00:20:38.099 --> 00:20:39.279
 are the disciples.

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 Am I right?

00:20:40.359 --> 00:20:41.539
 We're a lot more mature

00:20:41.539 --> 00:20:43.099
 and a lot more spiritually advanced

00:20:43.099 --> 00:20:43.819
 than the disciples,

00:20:44.119 --> 00:20:45.420
 and we understand

00:20:45.420 --> 00:20:46.480
 that this business

00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:47.379
 of drawing breath,

00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:48.319
 this side of glory,

00:20:48.460 --> 00:20:50.019
 is really all about one thing,

00:20:50.039 --> 00:20:51.359
 and it's about seeing people

00:20:51.359 --> 00:20:52.680
 come to Jesus, right?

00:20:53.660 --> 00:20:54.579
 That's why you invite

00:20:54.579 --> 00:20:55.319
 your neighbors over,

00:20:55.519 --> 00:20:56.559
 and that's why you minister

00:20:56.559 --> 00:20:57.700
 to the people around you,

00:20:57.819 --> 00:20:58.579
 and that's why

00:20:58.579 --> 00:20:59.539
 when you go to work

00:20:59.539 --> 00:21:00.119
 on Monday,

00:21:00.119 --> 00:21:01.759
 the ambition of your heart

00:21:01.759 --> 00:21:03.139
 is not to earn a living,

00:21:03.479 --> 00:21:04.199
 but to see people

00:21:04.199 --> 00:21:05.299
 come to Jesus, right?

00:21:10.119 --> 00:21:11.419
 Low life disciples.

00:21:13.419 --> 00:21:14.639
 They come booking in,

00:21:14.699 --> 00:21:15.459
 and they see Jesus

00:21:15.459 --> 00:21:16.479
 talking to this woman.

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 Now look at that word.

00:21:17.819 --> 00:21:18.639
 Put your finger on it.

00:21:19.659 --> 00:21:20.919
 There's something about translation.

00:21:21.079 --> 00:21:21.839
 They marveled.

00:21:23.939 --> 00:21:24.379
 Okay?

00:21:25.159 --> 00:21:27.239
 The word that is used here

00:21:27.239 --> 00:21:28.039
 talks about like,

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 what is this?

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 It's the same word

00:21:32.659 --> 00:21:34.379
 used in Acts chapter 7

00:21:34.379 --> 00:21:36.200
 where Stephen is preaching

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 about how Moses

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 was blown away

00:21:38.980 --> 00:21:41.000
 when the bush was on fire

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 and it wasn't burning, right?

00:21:44.139 --> 00:21:44.779
 Marveling,

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 in a biblical sense right here,

00:21:46.779 --> 00:21:47.599
 is not kind of this,

00:21:48.059 --> 00:21:48.399
 huh.

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 It's like,

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 whoa!

00:21:51.839 --> 00:21:53.039
 What is this?

00:21:53.039 --> 00:21:53.639
 What is this?

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 And the thing that was just

00:21:56.840 --> 00:21:58.100
 beyond their little

00:21:58.100 --> 00:21:59.580
 pea-brained grasp

00:21:59.580 --> 00:22:04.580
 was that their teacher,

00:22:06.080 --> 00:22:07.900
 the one that they had left

00:22:07.900 --> 00:22:09.300
 their profitable careers

00:22:09.300 --> 00:22:10.860
 to follow fishermen,

00:22:11.320 --> 00:22:11.580
 you know,

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 I mean,

00:22:12.080 --> 00:22:12.920
 whatever they were doing,

00:22:13.180 --> 00:22:14.800
 they had sold it all out

00:22:14.800 --> 00:22:15.620
 to follow Jesus

00:22:15.620 --> 00:22:17.440
 and the one they were following

00:22:17.440 --> 00:22:18.920
 was at a well

00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:20.420
 talking to a woman.

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 Oh.

00:22:27.279 --> 00:22:28.120
 By the way,

00:22:29.860 --> 00:22:31.060
 Jewish culture

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 drew a strong line

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 between the sexes.

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 An open conversation

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 between a man and a woman

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 that was not a man's wife,

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 child, or blood

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 was absolutely unacceptable.

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 Crass and wicked men

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 and women did flirt.

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 Happened all the time.

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 But men and women

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 that were each,

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 that were at least sensitive

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 to the civil decorum

00:23:03.099 --> 00:23:03.639
 of the day

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 and to the relationships

00:23:04.819 --> 00:23:08.000
 that were marked

00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:09.659
 by Old Testament purity,

00:23:10.699 --> 00:23:11.819
 and Scripture as well,

00:23:12.879 --> 00:23:13.859
 were pretty careful.

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 And so,

00:23:18.299 --> 00:23:19.179
 truth of the matter is

00:23:19.179 --> 00:23:19.959
 is that rabbis

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 just didn't talk to women,

00:23:21.740 --> 00:23:21.979
 period.

00:23:23.819 --> 00:23:24.419
 By the way,

00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:25.479
 just as a sidebar,

00:23:27.579 --> 00:23:28.659
 ladies,

00:23:29.319 --> 00:23:30.439
 I like all of you.

00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:31.599
 Do you understand that?

00:23:32.459 --> 00:23:33.299
 But I know some

00:23:33.299 --> 00:23:33.899
 on occasion

00:23:33.899 --> 00:23:34.339
 have thought

00:23:34.339 --> 00:23:34.799
 that I've been

00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:36.719
 just a little standoffish.

00:23:37.399 --> 00:23:38.679
 I'm not a rabbi,

00:23:39.099 --> 00:23:40.519
 but I am pretty careful.

00:23:41.699 --> 00:23:41.959
 Okay?

00:23:42.639 --> 00:23:43.099
 Enough said?

00:23:43.099 --> 00:23:45.579
 Here was Jesus

00:23:45.579 --> 00:23:46.980
 talking to a woman.

00:23:47.139 --> 00:23:47.399
 I mean,

00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:48.079
 a woman.

00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:50.179
 A woman who was

00:23:50.179 --> 00:23:51.279
 a Samaritan.

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 I mean,

00:23:51.879 --> 00:23:52.279
 it was like

00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:53.500
 over the top.

00:23:54.419 --> 00:23:55.099
 How do we know

00:23:55.099 --> 00:23:55.819
 it was over the top?

00:23:56.039 --> 00:23:56.219
 Well,

00:23:56.879 --> 00:23:58.240
 can we read verse 27

00:23:58.240 --> 00:23:58.959
 with a little bit

00:23:58.959 --> 00:23:59.959
 of realism in it?

00:24:02.679 --> 00:24:03.759
 I'm going to do that for you.

00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:05.240
 Everybody listen.

00:24:05.339 --> 00:24:05.939
 Don't be offended.

00:24:06.899 --> 00:24:07.719
 At the end of the day,

00:24:07.779 --> 00:24:08.500
 if you have a question

00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:09.599
 about what a pastor says,

00:24:09.659 --> 00:24:10.439
 at the end of the day,

00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:11.579
 what you really ought to do

00:24:11.579 --> 00:24:12.759
 is not check

00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:14.220
 what your sensibilities are,

00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:15.659
 but how it fits the Bible.

00:24:16.299 --> 00:24:17.079
 Everybody agrees,

00:24:17.199 --> 00:24:17.419
 right?

00:24:18.259 --> 00:24:18.659
 Okay,

00:24:18.699 --> 00:24:19.919
 so we're going to do this

00:24:19.919 --> 00:24:20.799
 and you can go back home

00:24:20.799 --> 00:24:21.199
 and kind of,

00:24:21.639 --> 00:24:22.559
 you can Google it.

00:24:25.399 --> 00:24:26.359
 That means you don't have

00:24:26.359 --> 00:24:27.000
 to be a specialist

00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:27.519
 in Hebrew

00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:28.539
 or Greek

00:24:28.539 --> 00:24:29.119
 to get it.

00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:29.519
 Okay?

00:24:29.519 --> 00:24:30.240
 Here we go.

00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:31.379
 Verse 27.

00:24:32.279 --> 00:24:33.099
 No one said,

00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:34.399
 what do you seek

00:24:34.399 --> 00:24:35.500
 or what are you,

00:24:35.619 --> 00:24:36.899
 why are you talking with her?

00:24:36.900 --> 00:24:38.320
 Can you kind of parse

00:24:38.320 --> 00:24:38.920
 that a little bit

00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:39.500
 for yourself?

00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:41.480
 Let me do it for you.

00:24:42.580 --> 00:24:43.640
 Why are you flirting with her?

00:24:44.700 --> 00:24:46.420
 Is that a fair rendition?

00:24:47.100 --> 00:24:47.519
 Nod your head

00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:47.900
 if you think

00:24:47.900 --> 00:24:48.280
 there's probably

00:24:48.280 --> 00:24:48.820
 a good chance

00:24:48.820 --> 00:24:49.940
 that that's a little bit

00:24:49.940 --> 00:24:50.680
 of what they were thinking.

00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:51.660
 They didn't say it.

00:24:52.820 --> 00:24:53.560
 Do you follow that?

00:24:55.800 --> 00:24:58.340
 Men didn't talk with women.

00:24:59.480 --> 00:25:00.220
 Case closed.

00:25:01.300 --> 00:25:02.340
 The only time

00:25:02.340 --> 00:25:03.600
 that men talked to women

00:25:03.600 --> 00:25:04.200
 were,

00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:05.880
 if they were courteous,

00:25:05.880 --> 00:25:07.120
 blood relative,

00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:08.940
 not blood relative,

00:25:09.540 --> 00:25:10.380
 off page

00:25:10.380 --> 00:25:11.780
 where they shouldn't be.

00:25:14.460 --> 00:25:15.740
 And here is Jesus

00:25:15.740 --> 00:25:17.780
 doing something

00:25:17.780 --> 00:25:19.360
 that stepped beyond

00:25:19.360 --> 00:25:19.880
 the bounds

00:25:19.880 --> 00:25:20.800
 of what these people

00:25:20.800 --> 00:25:21.200
 understood.

00:25:21.860 --> 00:25:23.120
 And they were kind

00:25:23.120 --> 00:25:23.940
 of taken back by it.

00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:24.180
 They did,

00:25:24.260 --> 00:25:25.080
 what's going on?

00:25:26.760 --> 00:25:27.180
 Well,

00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:28.820
 here's the heart

00:25:28.820 --> 00:25:30.320
 of the issue

00:25:30.320 --> 00:25:31.980
 for the disciples.

00:25:33.100 --> 00:25:34.060
 And the truth of the matter

00:25:34.060 --> 00:25:35.140
 is that the disciples

00:25:35.140 --> 00:25:36.400
 had a small view

00:25:36.400 --> 00:25:37.520
 of Christ's mission.

00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:39.100
 I want you to mark

00:25:39.100 --> 00:25:39.540
 that out.

00:25:40.400 --> 00:25:42.020
 They had a small view

00:25:42.020 --> 00:25:43.759
 of Christ's mission.

00:25:45.040 --> 00:25:45.660
 And see,

00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:46.520
 they had drawn

00:25:46.520 --> 00:25:47.700
 a tight circle

00:25:47.700 --> 00:25:49.280
 around what they

00:25:49.280 --> 00:25:50.860
 thought ministry was.

00:25:54.860 --> 00:25:56.240
 And that tight circle

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:57.160
 did not include

00:25:57.160 --> 00:25:58.040
 Samaritans,

00:25:58.420 --> 00:25:59.500
 and it didn't include

00:25:59.500 --> 00:25:59.800
 women.

00:26:01.400 --> 00:26:02.460
 End of discussion.

00:26:02.460 --> 00:26:04.819
 And so here

00:26:04.819 --> 00:26:05.360
 they come,

00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:06.100
 they find their

00:26:06.100 --> 00:26:06.539
 rabbi,

00:26:06.640 --> 00:26:07.160
 their teacher,

00:26:07.259 --> 00:26:07.700
 the one who

00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:08.400
 they're following,

00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:10.420
 engaged in a conversation

00:26:10.420 --> 00:26:11.079
 with a woman,

00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:12.180
 and it just literally

00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:13.279
 blew their socks off.

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:15.519
 Now,

00:26:16.680 --> 00:26:17.799
 forget flirting,

00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:21.539
 but stop and recognize

00:26:21.539 --> 00:26:21.980
 something.

00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:23.680
 It's a fair question

00:26:23.680 --> 00:26:24.680
 we can ask ourselves.

00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:25.660
 Have we drawn

00:26:25.660 --> 00:26:26.940
 unchrist-like circles

00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:28.380
 that exclude some people

00:26:28.380 --> 00:26:29.559
 that Jesus came to save?

00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:31.359
 I want you to think

00:26:31.359 --> 00:26:31.839
 about that.

00:26:32.819 --> 00:26:33.119
 Hey,

00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:34.659
 what about the kids

00:26:34.659 --> 00:26:36.220
 that don't respect

00:26:36.220 --> 00:26:36.919
 your lawn?

00:26:39.679 --> 00:26:40.639
 Or mess up

00:26:40.639 --> 00:26:41.619
 in your parking lot?

00:26:42.819 --> 00:26:43.819
 Or the neighbors

00:26:43.819 --> 00:26:44.639
 that are just

00:26:44.639 --> 00:26:45.599
 too loud?

00:26:47.399 --> 00:26:48.339
 I moved into

00:26:48.339 --> 00:26:48.740
 a neighborhood

00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:49.399
 that has people

00:26:49.399 --> 00:26:49.779
 closer.

00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:55.039
 And some of the songs

00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:55.519
 that I

00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:58.099
 would care to forget,

00:26:58.099 --> 00:27:00.219
 they happen to love.

00:27:01.599 --> 00:27:02.319
 And so I've got

00:27:02.319 --> 00:27:03.000
 to decide,

00:27:03.639 --> 00:27:05.119
 am I going next door

00:27:05.119 --> 00:27:06.059
 and knock on their door

00:27:06.059 --> 00:27:06.379
 and say,

00:27:06.459 --> 00:27:06.719
 listen,

00:27:06.879 --> 00:27:08.019
 I paid taxes here

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:08.879
 and I don't have to

00:27:08.879 --> 00:27:09.980
 listen to that junk.

00:27:11.899 --> 00:27:12.819
 People drive down

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:13.279
 the street,

00:27:13.719 --> 00:27:13.980
 you know,

00:27:14.079 --> 00:27:15.379
 and I don't understand it.

00:27:15.399 --> 00:27:16.019
 I understand why

00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:16.799
 people are deaf

00:27:16.799 --> 00:27:17.339
 today.

00:27:19.899 --> 00:27:20.719
 But I mean,

00:27:20.939 --> 00:27:22.059
 when your windows

00:27:22.059 --> 00:27:22.679
 are rattling,

00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:23.899
 I was at the

00:27:23.899 --> 00:27:24.439
 stoplight

00:27:24.439 --> 00:27:25.199
 and I could hear

00:27:25.199 --> 00:27:26.219
 every word

00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:27.259
 that was being said

00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:28.160
 in the car

00:27:28.160 --> 00:27:28.920
 next to me.

00:27:30.160 --> 00:27:31.640
 And I looked over

00:27:31.640 --> 00:27:31.960
 and I thought,

00:27:32.019 --> 00:27:32.400
 maybe he's got

00:27:32.400 --> 00:27:33.019
 his windows down.

00:27:33.100 --> 00:27:33.980
 He had his windows

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:35.200
 up and they were

00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:36.079
 literally shaking

00:27:36.079 --> 00:27:36.600
 with the,

00:27:36.860 --> 00:27:37.420
 how many of you

00:27:37.420 --> 00:27:37.740
 know what I'm

00:27:37.740 --> 00:27:38.160
 talking about,

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:38.440
 right?

00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:39.360
 Okay,

00:27:39.380 --> 00:27:39.860
 here's the deal.

00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:40.400
 We're not talking

00:27:40.400 --> 00:27:40.759
 about that.

00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:41.339
 We're talking

00:27:41.339 --> 00:27:41.960
 about the attitude

00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:42.640
 we have towards

00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:44.000
 people that aren't

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:44.779
 in our circle.

00:27:47.900 --> 00:27:48.940
 Don't be small-minded

00:27:48.940 --> 00:27:49.980
 with your prejudices.

00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:52.819
 I want to encourage

00:27:52.819 --> 00:27:53.319
 you to look for

00:27:53.319 --> 00:27:54.400
 gospel opportunities

00:27:54.400 --> 00:27:56.539
 in those moments

00:27:56.539 --> 00:27:57.099
 at the well.

00:27:58.720 --> 00:27:59.680
 When you're driving,

00:28:00.339 --> 00:28:02.039
 you're in the mall,

00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:04.460
 you're across the fence,

00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:06.579
 and you're talking

00:28:06.579 --> 00:28:07.460
 with people who

00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:09.059
 have no hope

00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:11.019
 and you're the one

00:28:11.019 --> 00:28:12.019
 representative that

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:13.140
 Jesus put in their

00:28:13.140 --> 00:28:14.039
 space to make a

00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:15.420
 difference for all

00:28:15.420 --> 00:28:16.120
 of eternity

00:28:16.120 --> 00:28:17.339
 and you want to

00:28:17.339 --> 00:28:18.140
 have an attitude

00:28:18.140 --> 00:28:19.380
 over their music.

00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:24.940
 I got to tell you,

00:28:25.460 --> 00:28:27.000
 he came looking

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:27.519
 for sinners

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:28.460
 and he found me

00:28:28.460 --> 00:28:33.980
 at the well.

00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:38.420
 And if I understand

00:28:38.420 --> 00:28:39.559
 what he did for me,

00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:40.900
 it means I don't

00:28:40.900 --> 00:28:41.640
 get all bent out

00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:42.220
 of shape over

00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:42.900
 little issues

00:28:42.900 --> 00:28:44.160
 that in the scope

00:28:44.160 --> 00:28:45.019
 of things don't

00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:45.860
 count for a hill

00:28:45.860 --> 00:28:46.259
 of beans.

00:28:46.400 --> 00:28:47.339
 Oh, let's stop

00:28:47.339 --> 00:28:47.740
 for a minute

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.860
 so we understand

00:28:48.860 --> 00:28:49.700
 something, by the way.

00:28:50.960 --> 00:28:51.779
 You're not going

00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:52.740
 to do very well

00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:53.960
 at the momentary

00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:55.299
 moments at the well

00:28:55.299 --> 00:28:56.779
 if you can't do

00:28:56.779 --> 00:28:57.880
 reasonably well

00:28:57.880 --> 00:28:58.880
 with people that

00:28:58.880 --> 00:28:59.759
 you get to practice

00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:01.519
 with over and over

00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:02.140
 again.

00:29:02.559 --> 00:29:03.059
 How many of you

00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:03.680
 understood what I

00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:04.339
 just said?

00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:06.960
 Let me say it again

00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:07.960
 slowly because I know

00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:08.460
 it's a tough one.

00:29:09.460 --> 00:29:10.079
 You're not going

00:29:10.079 --> 00:29:10.940
 to do well,

00:29:11.460 --> 00:29:14.019
 you're not going

00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:14.579
 to do properly.

00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:15.440
 Forget the well part.

00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:16.160
 You're not going

00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:17.240
 to do properly,

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:17.720
 you're not going

00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:18.380
 to be effective

00:29:18.380 --> 00:29:19.700
 at those little

00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:20.640
 moments when you

00:29:20.640 --> 00:29:21.620
 get to bump into

00:29:21.620 --> 00:29:22.799
 low-life sinners

00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:23.500
 that desperately

00:29:23.500 --> 00:29:24.400
 need Jesus

00:29:24.400 --> 00:29:26.680
 in those rare

00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:27.660
 incidents at the

00:29:27.660 --> 00:29:29.019
 well if you can't

00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:30.220
 do well practicing

00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:30.980
 with people you

00:29:30.980 --> 00:29:32.019
 see every day

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:33.640
 at home or here

00:29:33.640 --> 00:29:34.500
 in the body of

00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:35.180
 Christ.

00:29:36.660 --> 00:29:37.380
 Everybody smile.

00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:38.200
 This is one of

00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:39.059
 those smile moments.

00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:41.379
 if you're sitting

00:29:41.379 --> 00:29:42.460
 there and you

00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:43.220
 tell me you care

00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:44.139
 about lost mankind

00:29:44.139 --> 00:29:45.679
 but you're torqued

00:29:45.679 --> 00:29:46.720
 out about somebody

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.519
 else in the bride

00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:47.960
 of Christ,

00:29:48.259 --> 00:29:48.819
 there's something

00:29:48.819 --> 00:29:49.799
 wrong and it's

00:29:49.799 --> 00:29:50.639
 not with Jesus.

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:52.960
 It's your heart.

00:29:56.019 --> 00:29:57.139
 And having smack

00:29:57.139 --> 00:29:58.000
 talk about the fact

00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:58.980
 that well we're not

00:29:58.980 --> 00:29:59.679
 doing real well

00:29:59.679 --> 00:30:00.919
 at evangelism and

00:30:00.919 --> 00:30:01.579
 you're over there

00:30:01.579 --> 00:30:02.899
 just complaining

00:30:02.899 --> 00:30:03.919
 about someone else

00:30:03.919 --> 00:30:04.539
 in the family

00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:05.440
 and say get over

00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:05.720
 it.

00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:07.200
 Practice here.

00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:09.120
 Go out there

00:30:09.120 --> 00:30:09.920
 and light it up.

00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:11.860
 All God's people

00:30:11.860 --> 00:30:12.160
 said,

00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:13.980
 Oh wow,

00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:15.420
 I need a Kleenex.

00:30:21.600 --> 00:30:22.600
 Convict me Lord

00:30:22.600 --> 00:30:24.279
 of being petty

00:30:24.279 --> 00:30:25.900
 at the cost

00:30:25.900 --> 00:30:26.700
 of the gospel.

00:30:29.140 --> 00:30:30.080
 Can you write that

00:30:30.080 --> 00:30:30.539
 on your paper?

00:30:31.580 --> 00:30:32.259
 I'll say it again

00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:32.620
 slowly.

00:30:32.900 --> 00:30:33.680
 Convict me Lord

00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:35.160
 of being petty

00:30:35.160 --> 00:30:36.200
 at the cost

00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:37.019
 of the gospel.

00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:44.779
 Now do you

00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:45.519
 understand why

00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:46.200
 when you preach

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:47.059
 you don't know

00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:47.500
 what's going to

00:30:47.500 --> 00:30:48.200
 happen until it

00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:48.720
 happens?

00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:53.240
 Well,

00:30:53.620 --> 00:30:54.340
 let's come to

00:30:54.340 --> 00:30:54.880
 the best part.

00:30:56.420 --> 00:30:56.860
 Conversion.

00:30:59.900 --> 00:31:00.720
 The Samaritan

00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:01.539
 woman had come

00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:02.220
 to this well

00:31:02.220 --> 00:31:03.120
 at the off hour.

00:31:03.120 --> 00:31:03.120


00:31:03.120 --> 00:31:01.539
 woman had come

00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:02.220
 to this well

00:31:02.220 --> 00:31:03.140
 at the off hour.

00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:07.980
 Because she

00:31:07.980 --> 00:31:08.360
 wanted to

00:31:08.360 --> 00:31:08.799
 avoid

00:31:08.799 --> 00:31:13.180
 the people

00:31:13.180 --> 00:31:13.980
 who disliked

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:14.140
 her.

00:31:17.940 --> 00:31:18.600
 And she

00:31:18.600 --> 00:31:19.039
 came with

00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:19.700
 one agenda

00:31:19.700 --> 00:31:21.460
 and Jesus

00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:21.980
 found her.

00:31:24.340 --> 00:31:25.160
 And we know

00:31:25.160 --> 00:31:25.940
 that as a result

00:31:25.940 --> 00:31:26.380
 of Jesus

00:31:26.380 --> 00:31:27.039
 finding her

00:31:27.039 --> 00:31:27.380
 everything

00:31:27.380 --> 00:31:28.180
 changed.

00:31:28.940 --> 00:31:29.720
 Verse 28.

00:31:29.720 --> 00:31:31.279
 So the woman

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:31.779
 left her

00:31:31.779 --> 00:31:32.440
 water jar

00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:33.059
 and went

00:31:33.059 --> 00:31:33.600
 away into

00:31:33.600 --> 00:31:33.920
 town

00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:34.299
 and said

00:31:34.299 --> 00:31:34.539
 to the

00:31:34.539 --> 00:31:34.779
 people,

00:31:34.920 --> 00:31:35.140
 come,

00:31:35.539 --> 00:31:36.660
 see a man

00:31:36.660 --> 00:31:37.240
 who told

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:37.819
 me all

00:31:37.819 --> 00:31:38.200
 that I

00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:38.980
 ever did.

00:31:40.819 --> 00:31:41.600
 Can this

00:31:41.600 --> 00:31:42.000
 be the

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:42.500
 Christ?

00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:45.779
 Let me say

00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:46.460
 this and mark

00:31:46.460 --> 00:31:46.600
 it.

00:31:47.220 --> 00:31:47.620
 And I want

00:31:47.620 --> 00:31:47.940
 you to hear

00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:48.500
 this clearly

00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:49.420
 because one

00:31:49.420 --> 00:31:49.860
 of the things

00:31:49.859 --> 00:31:52.319
 that is a

00:31:52.319 --> 00:31:52.859
 problem in

00:31:52.859 --> 00:31:53.399
 our culture.

00:31:53.599 --> 00:31:54.000
 How many

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:54.139
 of you

00:31:54.139 --> 00:31:54.519
 understand

00:31:54.519 --> 00:31:54.919
 that coming

00:31:54.919 --> 00:31:55.419
 to Christ

00:31:55.419 --> 00:31:56.779
 is simple?

00:32:00.659 --> 00:32:01.379
 But just

00:32:01.379 --> 00:32:02.000
 because you

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:02.639
 say a prayer

00:32:02.639 --> 00:32:03.319
 doesn't mean

00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:03.819
 you have

00:32:03.819 --> 00:32:04.399
 the deal.

00:32:07.699 --> 00:32:08.419
 If there

00:32:08.419 --> 00:32:09.219
 is no

00:32:09.219 --> 00:32:10.159
 evidence of

00:32:10.159 --> 00:32:10.799
 a genuine

00:32:10.799 --> 00:32:11.639
 change in

00:32:11.639 --> 00:32:12.240
 your life

00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:12.839
 and your

00:32:12.839 --> 00:32:13.599
 affections,

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:14.679
 don't fool

00:32:14.679 --> 00:32:15.439
 yourself to

00:32:15.439 --> 00:32:15.899
 think that

00:32:15.899 --> 00:32:17.339
 saying 17

00:32:17.339 --> 00:32:18.079
 or 31

00:32:18.079 --> 00:32:19.259
 words made

00:32:19.259 --> 00:32:19.940
 any difference

00:32:19.940 --> 00:32:20.619
 at all.

00:32:23.079 --> 00:32:23.759
 Well,

00:32:23.839 --> 00:32:24.059
 anyway,

00:32:24.359 --> 00:32:24.879
 salvation

00:32:24.879 --> 00:32:25.879
 changes our

00:32:25.879 --> 00:32:26.879
 values and

00:32:26.879 --> 00:32:27.379
 our life

00:32:27.379 --> 00:32:27.920
 agenda.

00:32:29.180 --> 00:32:30.200
 I love

00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:31.700
 2 Corinthians

00:32:31.700 --> 00:32:32.519
 chapter 5

00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:33.160
 verse 17.

00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:33.700
 Let me say

00:32:33.700 --> 00:32:34.019
 it to you

00:32:34.019 --> 00:32:34.200
 here.

00:32:34.599 --> 00:32:35.000
 It says,

00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:36.140
 if any

00:32:36.140 --> 00:32:36.960
 man be

00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:37.859
 in Christ

00:32:37.859 --> 00:32:38.259
 Jesus,

00:32:38.420 --> 00:32:39.599
 he is a

00:32:39.599 --> 00:32:40.940
 new

00:32:40.940 --> 00:32:42.039
 creation.

00:32:43.920 --> 00:32:44.839
 And that

00:32:44.839 --> 00:32:45.400
 word that

00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:45.920
 is used

00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:46.259
 there,

00:32:47.660 --> 00:32:48.140
 creation,

00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:48.799
 is a

00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:49.200
 word that

00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:50.200
 conversion

00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:50.500
 is used

00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:51.380
 exclusively

00:32:51.380 --> 00:32:53.340
 for God's

00:32:53.340 --> 00:32:54.519
 activity in

00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:55.480
 doing something

00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:56.420
 supernatural.

00:32:57.360 --> 00:32:57.920
 Conversion

00:32:57.920 --> 00:32:59.480
 is not a

00:32:59.480 --> 00:33:00.460
 decision to

00:33:00.460 --> 00:33:01.299
 kind of improve

00:33:01.299 --> 00:33:02.080
 yourself by

00:33:02.080 --> 00:33:02.680
 following a

00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:03.200
 new set of

00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:03.640
 rules.

00:33:05.080 --> 00:33:06.180
 It is the

00:33:06.180 --> 00:33:07.039
 power of God

00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:07.600
 that gets a

00:33:07.600 --> 00:33:08.559
 hold of a

00:33:08.559 --> 00:33:09.019
 nasty,

00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:09.940
 broken,

00:33:10.400 --> 00:33:10.840
 ruined

00:33:10.840 --> 00:33:11.960
 sinner whose

00:33:11.960 --> 00:33:12.860
 life is an

00:33:12.860 --> 00:33:14.120
 absolute mess

00:33:14.120 --> 00:33:15.140
 and comes with

00:33:15.140 --> 00:33:16.039
 broken humility

00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:16.500
 and says,

00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:18.000
 I am desperate

00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:18.399
 in my

00:33:18.399 --> 00:33:18.899
 condition.

00:33:19.299 --> 00:33:20.119
 I need you

00:33:20.119 --> 00:33:20.920
 to do

00:33:20.920 --> 00:33:21.980
 something in

00:33:21.980 --> 00:33:22.779
 me and

00:33:22.779 --> 00:33:23.980
 salvation takes

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:24.420
 us from

00:33:24.420 --> 00:33:25.440
 death to

00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:26.339
 life and

00:33:26.339 --> 00:33:26.519
 we're

00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:26.960
 different.

00:33:27.759 --> 00:33:28.339
 We're

00:33:28.339 --> 00:33:28.700
 different.

00:33:33.339 --> 00:33:34.259
 I think it's

00:33:34.259 --> 00:33:34.659
 frustrating

00:33:34.659 --> 00:33:35.359
 sometimes to

00:33:35.359 --> 00:33:35.960
 listen to people

00:33:35.960 --> 00:33:36.539
 talk about their

00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:37.299
 faith in Christ

00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:37.639
 and their

00:33:37.639 --> 00:33:38.139
 conversion,

00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:39.559
 but Matt,

00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:40.079
 there's no

00:33:40.079 --> 00:33:40.559
 evidence.

00:33:41.899 --> 00:33:42.359
 There's no

00:33:42.359 --> 00:33:42.839
 evidence.

00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:43.859
 Turn in your

00:33:43.859 --> 00:33:44.959
 Bibles to

00:33:44.959 --> 00:33:45.599
 Romans chapter,

00:33:45.839 --> 00:33:46.139
 you're in

00:33:46.139 --> 00:33:47.240
 John, go to

00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:47.659
 the right,

00:33:48.899 --> 00:33:49.439
 John chapter

00:33:49.439 --> 00:33:51.659
 6, John

00:33:51.659 --> 00:33:52.539
 chapter 6,

00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:54.539
 Romans.

00:33:55.459 --> 00:33:56.179
 I want

00:33:56.179 --> 00:33:56.799
 Romans, not

00:33:56.799 --> 00:33:57.099
 John.

00:33:57.699 --> 00:33:58.119
 It's a habit

00:33:58.119 --> 00:33:58.679
 right now, we're

00:33:58.679 --> 00:33:59.119
 in the John

00:33:59.119 --> 00:33:59.379
 part.

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:00.419
 But we're

00:34:00.419 --> 00:34:00.759
 going to

00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:01.319
 Romans chapter

00:34:01.319 --> 00:34:02.579
 6, verse 1

00:34:02.579 --> 00:34:03.139
 through 5.

00:34:04.699 --> 00:34:06.019
 Salvation is

00:34:06.019 --> 00:34:06.740
 change.

00:34:07.919 --> 00:34:08.860
 Salvation is

00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:09.559
 change.

00:34:10.619 --> 00:34:11.440
 Let me read

00:34:11.440 --> 00:34:12.940
 Romans chapter

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:13.280
 6.

00:34:13.380 --> 00:34:13.820
 What shall we

00:34:13.820 --> 00:34:14.200
 say then?

00:34:14.240 --> 00:34:14.579
 Are we to

00:34:14.579 --> 00:34:15.139
 continue in

00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:15.940
 sin that

00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:16.440
 grace may

00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:16.800
 abound?

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:17.119
 In other

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:17.539
 words, hey,

00:34:18.240 --> 00:34:18.740
 since we've

00:34:18.740 --> 00:34:19.159
 been saved,

00:34:19.220 --> 00:34:19.639
 can we just

00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:20.840
 kind of, you

00:34:20.840 --> 00:34:21.840
 know, bebop

00:34:21.840 --> 00:34:22.280
 our way

00:34:22.280 --> 00:34:22.840
 through, acting

00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:23.420
 just like we

00:34:23.420 --> 00:34:24.200
 did before, but

00:34:24.200 --> 00:34:24.639
 you know, at

00:34:24.639 --> 00:34:25.099
 least we said

00:34:25.099 --> 00:34:25.700
 the prayer and

00:34:25.700 --> 00:34:26.300
 we got, you

00:34:26.300 --> 00:34:26.679
 know, kind of

00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:26.980
 some of the

00:34:26.980 --> 00:34:27.760
 vocabulary, we're

00:34:27.760 --> 00:34:28.639
 learning songs and

00:34:28.639 --> 00:34:29.240
 all that kind of

00:34:29.240 --> 00:34:29.519
 stuff.

00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:31.099
 He says, by no

00:34:31.099 --> 00:34:31.619
 means.

00:34:32.200 --> 00:34:33.400
 How can we who

00:34:33.400 --> 00:34:34.320
 died to sin still

00:34:34.320 --> 00:34:34.780
 live in it?

00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:36.920
 Do you not know

00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:37.619
 that all of us who

00:34:37.619 --> 00:34:38.159
 have been baptized

00:34:38.159 --> 00:34:39.280
 into Christ, Jesus,

00:34:39.400 --> 00:34:40.159
 were baptized into

00:34:40.159 --> 00:34:40.659
 his death?

00:34:41.440 --> 00:34:42.800
 In other words, in

00:34:42.800 --> 00:34:43.960
 his death, our

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:44.940
 death took place.

00:34:46.960 --> 00:34:47.960
 We were buried

00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:48.800
 therefore with him

00:34:48.800 --> 00:34:50.159
 in baptism in order

00:34:50.159 --> 00:34:51.260
 that just as Christ

00:34:51.260 --> 00:34:52.059
 was raised from the

00:34:52.059 --> 00:34:52.840
 dead by the glory of

00:34:52.840 --> 00:34:53.679
 the Father, so we

00:34:53.679 --> 00:34:54.519
 too might walk in

00:34:54.519 --> 00:34:55.200
 newness of life.

00:34:56.260 --> 00:34:56.960
 Underline that.

00:34:57.099 --> 00:34:57.659
 Circle that in your

00:34:57.659 --> 00:34:57.940
 Bible.

00:34:58.039 --> 00:34:58.679
 Newness of life.

00:34:58.760 --> 00:34:59.420
 So that we might

00:34:59.420 --> 00:35:00.659
 walk in newness of

00:35:00.659 --> 00:35:00.860
 life.

00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:02.039
 If you cannot

00:35:02.039 --> 00:35:03.539
 recognize something

00:35:03.539 --> 00:35:05.420
 significantly different

00:35:05.420 --> 00:35:06.780
 from where you used

00:35:06.780 --> 00:35:07.740
 to be to where you

00:35:07.740 --> 00:35:09.099
 are now as the

00:35:09.099 --> 00:35:10.059
 result of your faith

00:35:10.059 --> 00:35:10.759
 in the Lord Jesus

00:35:10.759 --> 00:35:11.820
 Christ, there's

00:35:11.820 --> 00:35:13.639
 something wrong.

00:35:18.579 --> 00:35:19.559
 Salvation changes

00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:20.539
 our view of self.

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:22.920
 I want you to

00:35:22.920 --> 00:35:24.059
 mark that down.

00:35:24.219 --> 00:35:24.920
 I want you to

00:35:24.920 --> 00:35:25.559
 underline that.

00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:26.719
 I want you to

00:35:26.719 --> 00:35:27.219
 bold that.

00:35:28.900 --> 00:35:30.000
 Go back to John

00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:30.759
 chapter 4.

00:35:30.760 --> 00:35:35.060
 the woman left

00:35:35.060 --> 00:35:35.940
 her water jar and

00:35:35.940 --> 00:35:36.800
 went away into town

00:35:36.800 --> 00:35:37.320
 and said to the

00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:39.860
 people, I'll never

00:35:39.860 --> 00:35:40.180
 forget.

00:35:41.900 --> 00:35:42.720
 There's an excellent

00:35:42.720 --> 00:35:45.980
 book by Stuart Scott

00:35:45.980 --> 00:35:48.160
 called From Pride to

00:35:48.160 --> 00:35:48.580
 Humility.

00:35:50.760 --> 00:35:51.820
 And I remember

00:35:51.820 --> 00:35:53.420
 several years ago

00:35:53.420 --> 00:35:54.140
 when I gave a copy

00:35:54.140 --> 00:35:54.980
 of it to the deacons.

00:35:56.300 --> 00:35:57.120
 Asked them to just

00:35:57.120 --> 00:35:57.900
 read a little part of

00:35:57.900 --> 00:35:57.960
 it.

00:35:57.960 --> 00:35:59.079
 We were working

00:35:59.079 --> 00:35:59.519
 on something

00:35:59.519 --> 00:36:00.880
 together and I

00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:01.579
 said, so let me

00:36:01.579 --> 00:36:02.400
 have you fill in

00:36:02.400 --> 00:36:03.960
 this little statement.

00:36:04.940 --> 00:36:05.840
 If people really

00:36:05.840 --> 00:36:07.320
 knew me, they

00:36:07.320 --> 00:36:09.740
 wouldn't, guess

00:36:09.740 --> 00:36:10.559
 what all the deacons

00:36:10.559 --> 00:36:11.280
 thought would be the

00:36:11.280 --> 00:36:11.840
 next word?

00:36:13.199 --> 00:36:14.440
 Like me.

00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:16.619
 If people really

00:36:16.619 --> 00:36:17.059
 knew you.

00:36:17.599 --> 00:36:19.099
 If people really

00:36:19.099 --> 00:36:19.699
 knew you.

00:36:22.280 --> 00:36:23.460
 Because of the

00:36:23.460 --> 00:36:24.659
 nastiness of our

00:36:24.659 --> 00:36:25.340
 hearts.

00:36:26.880 --> 00:36:27.460
 Do you understand

00:36:27.460 --> 00:36:27.900
 what I'm saying?

00:36:31.440 --> 00:36:32.300
 Here's a woman

00:36:32.300 --> 00:36:34.699
 who went into

00:36:34.699 --> 00:36:37.260
 town and what

00:36:37.260 --> 00:36:37.940
 did she say?

00:36:38.820 --> 00:36:39.699
 You follow me?

00:36:40.980 --> 00:36:41.840
 This is a woman

00:36:41.840 --> 00:36:42.760
 who was a serial

00:36:42.760 --> 00:36:43.579
 adulterer.

00:36:46.179 --> 00:36:46.980
 You follow me?

00:36:48.139 --> 00:36:49.019
 Did she have a

00:36:49.019 --> 00:36:49.699
 good reputation?

00:36:49.860 --> 00:36:50.440
 Everybody really

00:36:50.440 --> 00:36:51.260
 liked this girl.

00:36:51.579 --> 00:36:52.240
 They loved to

00:36:52.240 --> 00:36:53.139
 invite her over for

00:36:53.139 --> 00:36:54.539
 family fun because

00:36:54.539 --> 00:36:58.699
 while they were in

00:36:58.699 --> 00:36:59.400
 the kitchen, they

00:36:59.400 --> 00:37:00.059
 were worried what

00:37:00.059 --> 00:37:00.960
 this girl was doing

00:37:00.960 --> 00:37:02.719
 with their husband.

00:37:05.519 --> 00:37:06.179
 Got that?

00:37:08.159 --> 00:37:09.099
 This woman runs

00:37:09.099 --> 00:37:10.059
 back into town and

00:37:10.059 --> 00:37:13.159
 she says, you

00:37:13.159 --> 00:37:14.039
 got to meet him.

00:37:15.719 --> 00:37:17.179
 He knows all

00:37:17.179 --> 00:37:17.739
 about me.

00:37:19.340 --> 00:37:19.940
 There's a little

00:37:19.940 --> 00:37:20.679
 part in the story

00:37:20.679 --> 00:37:21.199
 that's missing.

00:37:21.360 --> 00:37:21.719
 You know what it

00:37:21.719 --> 00:37:21.899
 is?

00:37:22.359 --> 00:37:23.359
 He still loves me.

00:37:24.559 --> 00:37:25.199
 He's ready to

00:37:25.199 --> 00:37:25.919
 forgive me for all

00:37:25.919 --> 00:37:26.239
 of that.

00:37:27.599 --> 00:37:28.459
 He's ready to give

00:37:28.459 --> 00:37:28.959
 me complete

00:37:28.959 --> 00:37:29.759
 forgiveness for all

00:37:29.759 --> 00:37:30.339
 of my sin.

00:37:30.419 --> 00:37:31.219
 He accepts me

00:37:31.219 --> 00:37:32.000
 unconditionally.

00:37:32.619 --> 00:37:34.819
 I love what it

00:37:34.819 --> 00:37:35.599
 says in Ephesians

00:37:35.599 --> 00:37:36.519
 chapter 1 where it

00:37:36.519 --> 00:37:37.279
 says, we are

00:37:37.279 --> 00:37:38.239
 accepted in the

00:37:38.239 --> 00:37:38.559
 beloved.

00:37:39.559 --> 00:37:40.599
 I love being able

00:37:40.599 --> 00:37:41.459
 to say to people

00:37:41.459 --> 00:37:42.579
 as I share the

00:37:42.579 --> 00:37:43.379
 gospel with them,

00:37:43.459 --> 00:37:44.279
 Romans chapter 10

00:37:44.279 --> 00:37:45.059
 verse 11 says,

00:37:45.379 --> 00:37:46.299
 whosoever believes

00:37:46.299 --> 00:37:47.419
 in him, can anybody

00:37:47.419 --> 00:37:48.439
 finish the rest of it?

00:37:48.440 --> 00:37:49.220
 You ought to know

00:37:49.220 --> 00:37:51.380
 this, shall not be

00:37:51.380 --> 00:37:52.380
 ashamed.

00:37:56.900 --> 00:37:57.900
 Salvation changes

00:37:57.900 --> 00:37:59.019
 our view of self.

00:37:59.300 --> 00:38:00.659
 By the way, mark

00:38:00.659 --> 00:38:00.980
 this.

00:38:02.200 --> 00:38:03.659
 Just because salvation

00:38:03.659 --> 00:38:04.800
 changes our view of

00:38:04.800 --> 00:38:05.820
 self doesn't mean that

00:38:05.820 --> 00:38:06.679
 the enemy of our

00:38:06.679 --> 00:38:07.800
 souls does not want

00:38:07.800 --> 00:38:08.940
 to keep on torquing

00:38:08.940 --> 00:38:10.519
 us back to the way

00:38:10.519 --> 00:38:11.400
 we used to be.

00:38:11.760 --> 00:38:12.480
 Satan is always

00:38:12.480 --> 00:38:13.320
 there saying, do

00:38:13.320 --> 00:38:13.820
 you remember the

00:38:13.820 --> 00:38:14.500
 value system you

00:38:14.500 --> 00:38:15.119
 used to work under?

00:38:15.539 --> 00:38:16.300
 Do you remember how

00:38:16.300 --> 00:38:16.940
 bad you felt about

00:38:16.940 --> 00:38:17.200
 yourself?

00:38:17.199 --> 00:38:18.119
 I want to bring

00:38:18.119 --> 00:38:18.619
 you back to that

00:38:18.619 --> 00:38:18.980
 place.

00:38:21.279 --> 00:38:22.319
 How many of you

00:38:22.319 --> 00:38:22.819
 understand what I

00:38:22.819 --> 00:38:23.139
 just said?

00:38:24.500 --> 00:38:25.279
 That's what Satan's

00:38:25.279 --> 00:38:25.619
 all about.

00:38:27.699 --> 00:38:28.579
 Here's a woman who

00:38:28.579 --> 00:38:29.779
 ran into town and

00:38:29.779 --> 00:38:30.519
 said, let me tell you

00:38:30.519 --> 00:38:31.279
 something, I want you

00:38:31.279 --> 00:38:32.279
 to meet the man who

00:38:32.279 --> 00:38:33.779
 is the hero in my

00:38:33.779 --> 00:38:34.179
 story.

00:38:34.299 --> 00:38:35.119
 It's not me, it's

00:38:35.119 --> 00:38:35.939
 him, it's Jesus.

00:38:37.519 --> 00:38:38.279
 Jesus knew her

00:38:38.279 --> 00:38:39.239
 secrets and her sin

00:38:39.239 --> 00:38:41.919
 and yet he was

00:38:41.919 --> 00:38:42.599
 ready to give her

00:38:42.599 --> 00:38:43.460
 complete forgiveness

00:38:43.460 --> 00:38:45.339
 for everything and

00:38:45.339 --> 00:38:45.980
 that was all that

00:38:45.980 --> 00:38:46.219
 counted.

00:38:47.199 --> 00:38:48.899
 that's the way it

00:38:48.899 --> 00:38:49.219
 is.

00:38:50.639 --> 00:38:51.739
 What Jesus thought

00:38:51.739 --> 00:38:52.579
 about her life

00:38:52.579 --> 00:38:54.679
 trumped every other

00:38:54.679 --> 00:38:55.199
 thing.

00:38:55.259 --> 00:38:55.739
 Can I say that

00:38:55.739 --> 00:38:56.079
 slowly?

00:38:56.319 --> 00:38:57.819
 Because I know

00:38:57.819 --> 00:38:58.960
 that Satan plays

00:38:58.960 --> 00:38:59.659
 this card.

00:39:00.699 --> 00:39:02.179
 What Jesus thought

00:39:02.179 --> 00:39:03.159
 about her life

00:39:03.159 --> 00:39:04.980
 trumped every other

00:39:04.980 --> 00:39:05.599
 thing.

00:39:06.319 --> 00:39:07.579
 I like that.

00:39:07.579 --> 00:39:12.259
 to have the burden

00:39:12.259 --> 00:39:13.259
 and the shame of

00:39:13.259 --> 00:39:14.880
 your life lifted by

00:39:14.880 --> 00:39:15.880
 the forgiveness of

00:39:15.880 --> 00:39:18.619
 Christ is

00:39:18.619 --> 00:39:19.159
 overwhelming.

00:39:19.159 --> 00:39:19.259
 healing.

00:39:26.699 --> 00:39:28.500
 I recited the passages in

00:39:28.500 --> 00:39:29.399
 Romans chapter 10

00:39:29.399 --> 00:39:31.899
 verse 11 and Ephesians

00:39:31.899 --> 00:39:33.199
 chapter 1 verse 6 and

00:39:33.199 --> 00:39:33.899
 I want you to mark

00:39:33.899 --> 00:39:34.719
 them for your later

00:39:34.719 --> 00:39:35.299
 education.

00:39:36.719 --> 00:39:37.799
 But one other thing I

00:39:37.799 --> 00:39:38.679
 want you to see here is

00:39:38.679 --> 00:39:39.719
 the woman's view of

00:39:39.719 --> 00:39:40.759
 Jesus changed.

00:39:42.259 --> 00:39:43.279
 Back she went into

00:39:43.279 --> 00:39:45.339
 town and she makes an

00:39:45.339 --> 00:39:46.440
 interesting statement

00:39:46.440 --> 00:39:47.399
 that may be a little

00:39:47.400 --> 00:39:48.579
 confusing on the surface

00:39:48.579 --> 00:39:49.260
 but we need to think

00:39:49.260 --> 00:39:49.619
 with us.

00:39:49.760 --> 00:39:50.200
 Think it through.

00:39:50.900 --> 00:39:51.960
 She goes into town.

00:39:52.860 --> 00:39:54.619
 She says can this be the

00:39:54.619 --> 00:39:54.960
 Christ?

00:39:55.380 --> 00:39:57.160
 Was she asking a kind of

00:39:57.160 --> 00:39:58.240
 a democratic answer?

00:39:58.820 --> 00:39:59.900
 Let's take a poll.

00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:00.820
 What do you think?

00:40:01.160 --> 00:40:02.220
 Is that what's going on?

00:40:02.480 --> 00:40:02.860
 No.

00:40:02.860 --> 00:40:05.059
 How do we know that?

00:40:05.660 --> 00:40:06.539
 Well if you look at

00:40:06.539 --> 00:40:09.280
 verse 39 many Samaritans

00:40:09.280 --> 00:40:10.480
 from the town believed

00:40:10.480 --> 00:40:11.380
 in him because of the

00:40:11.380 --> 00:40:12.300
 woman's testimony.

00:40:12.940 --> 00:40:13.599
 She didn't go around

00:40:13.599 --> 00:40:14.840
 saying I have a question

00:40:14.840 --> 00:40:15.220
 for you.

00:40:15.280 --> 00:40:15.980
 Do you think this is

00:40:15.980 --> 00:40:16.260
 Jesus?

00:40:16.400 --> 00:40:17.019
 Do you think it's a

00:40:17.019 --> 00:40:17.280
 Christ?

00:40:17.400 --> 00:40:17.559
 No.

00:40:17.800 --> 00:40:18.640
 She was going around

00:40:18.640 --> 00:40:19.680
 saying I want you to

00:40:19.680 --> 00:40:20.640
 meet the one who is the

00:40:20.640 --> 00:40:22.099
 Messiah who has given me

00:40:22.099 --> 00:40:23.140
 complete forgiveness for

00:40:23.140 --> 00:40:24.280
 all of my sins and

00:40:24.280 --> 00:40:25.039
 everybody's looking at

00:40:25.039 --> 00:40:26.260
 her saying all of your

00:40:26.260 --> 00:40:26.579
 sins?

00:40:26.780 --> 00:40:28.760
 Do you know that we know

00:40:28.760 --> 00:40:30.000
 what kind of sinner you

00:40:30.000 --> 00:40:30.320
 are?

00:40:30.320 --> 00:40:32.280
 All of your sins?

00:40:33.780 --> 00:40:34.800
 Verse 42.

00:40:35.500 --> 00:40:36.240
 They said to the woman

00:40:36.240 --> 00:40:37.460
 it's no longer because of

00:40:37.460 --> 00:40:38.700
 what you have said that

00:40:38.700 --> 00:40:39.320
 we believe.

00:40:39.680 --> 00:40:40.800
 She couldn't have been

00:40:40.800 --> 00:40:42.480
 just saying is this the

00:40:42.480 --> 00:40:42.860
 Christ?

00:40:43.039 --> 00:40:44.220
 Now why did she ask it

00:40:44.220 --> 00:40:45.559
 this way in the passage

00:40:45.559 --> 00:40:46.559
 we're looking at there

00:40:46.559 --> 00:40:48.559
 in verse 29.

00:40:50.019 --> 00:40:51.580
 You remember this woman

00:40:51.580 --> 00:40:53.140
 had a testimony in town

00:40:53.140 --> 00:40:54.780
 of being fast and loose

00:40:54.780 --> 00:40:55.440
 with sex.

00:40:55.500 --> 00:40:55.940
 Agreed?

00:40:57.000 --> 00:40:58.600
 Would she have been the

00:40:58.600 --> 00:41:00.300
 perfect person to be

00:41:00.300 --> 00:41:01.920
 bear testimony to the

00:41:01.920 --> 00:41:03.660
 deity of Christ and to

00:41:03.660 --> 00:41:04.840
 the holiness and glory

00:41:04.840 --> 00:41:06.240
 of the Savior of lost

00:41:06.240 --> 00:41:06.680
 mankind?

00:41:06.820 --> 00:41:07.460
 Answer is no.

00:41:09.460 --> 00:41:11.240
 And so she exercised a

00:41:11.240 --> 00:41:12.960
 little decency and

00:41:12.960 --> 00:41:14.320
 caution in speaking

00:41:14.320 --> 00:41:14.860
 gently.

00:41:15.240 --> 00:41:15.820
 And by the way,

00:41:16.860 --> 00:41:17.800
 questions are a pretty

00:41:17.800 --> 00:41:18.640
 good way of bringing

00:41:18.640 --> 00:41:19.180
 conviction.

00:41:19.340 --> 00:41:19.940
 Do you know that?

00:41:20.840 --> 00:41:21.360
 It works.

00:41:22.360 --> 00:41:23.480
 Is your life a mess?

00:41:24.980 --> 00:41:26.420
 You mean what I'm living

00:41:26.420 --> 00:41:27.400
 isn't the way it's

00:41:27.400 --> 00:41:27.880
 supposed to be?

00:41:28.960 --> 00:41:29.720
 Questions work.

00:41:30.300 --> 00:41:31.140
 So here's the woman

00:41:31.140 --> 00:41:31.920
 comes into town.

00:41:32.000 --> 00:41:33.600
 She says, hey, is this

00:41:33.600 --> 00:41:34.160
 the Christ?

00:41:36.940 --> 00:41:37.740
 So I want you to

00:41:37.740 --> 00:41:38.640
 understand this morning

00:41:38.640 --> 00:41:39.620
 that you sit here

00:41:39.620 --> 00:41:44.180
 maybe like Nicodemus.

00:41:45.240 --> 00:41:46.260
 Remember Nicodemus?

00:41:48.039 --> 00:41:49.840
 Curious but not convicted.

00:41:49.840 --> 00:41:52.340
 He knew something was

00:41:52.340 --> 00:41:53.240
 missing in his life.

00:41:53.240 --> 00:41:54.280
 There was a void and an

00:41:54.280 --> 00:41:55.940
 emptiness but he really

00:41:55.940 --> 00:41:56.960
 was too caught up in

00:41:56.960 --> 00:41:59.160
 himself to come to

00:41:59.160 --> 00:42:00.320
 grips with the desperate

00:42:00.320 --> 00:42:01.539
 condition of his soul.

00:42:02.700 --> 00:42:03.440
 And can I tell you?

00:42:04.400 --> 00:42:06.059
 Until Jesus brings you to

00:42:06.059 --> 00:42:07.220
 the place of brokenness

00:42:07.220 --> 00:42:08.240
 where you see the

00:42:08.240 --> 00:42:09.920
 bankruptcy of your soul,

00:42:10.280 --> 00:42:12.420
 there will be no remedy.

00:42:12.920 --> 00:42:13.660
 There will be no

00:42:13.660 --> 00:42:14.300
 conversion.

00:42:14.300 --> 00:42:17.080
 bad news,

00:42:17.600 --> 00:42:19.380
 you've got stage

00:42:19.380 --> 00:42:20.280
 four cancer and

00:42:20.280 --> 00:42:20.840
 you're dying.

00:42:22.300 --> 00:42:23.240
 Good news,

00:42:23.900 --> 00:42:25.019
 Jesus is the only

00:42:25.019 --> 00:42:26.440
 solution and you

00:42:26.440 --> 00:42:27.600
 have to trust in him

00:42:27.600 --> 00:42:28.680
 or you're going to

00:42:28.680 --> 00:42:28.940
 hell.

00:42:31.360 --> 00:42:32.280
 Well, some of you

00:42:32.280 --> 00:42:33.220
 could be sitting here,

00:42:33.320 --> 00:42:34.460
 not like Nicodemus,

00:42:34.960 --> 00:42:36.260
 but like the woman

00:42:36.260 --> 00:42:37.440
 before she knew Jesus

00:42:37.440 --> 00:42:39.000
 and every time a little

00:42:39.000 --> 00:42:40.080
 bit of conviction comes

00:42:40.080 --> 00:42:40.780
 into your life,

00:42:40.960 --> 00:42:41.980
 you kind of try to skate

00:42:41.980 --> 00:42:42.619
 away from it.

00:42:43.619 --> 00:42:44.760
 Oh, I'm uncomfortable.

00:42:45.460 --> 00:42:46.300
 I didn't like that.

00:42:46.880 --> 00:42:47.800
 That kind of makes me

00:42:47.800 --> 00:42:49.059
 feel bad about myself.

00:42:49.559 --> 00:42:50.820
 And the woman dodged

00:42:50.820 --> 00:42:51.840
 and dodged and dodged

00:42:51.840 --> 00:42:52.840
 and what did Jesus do?

00:42:52.880 --> 00:42:53.900
 He kept on chasing her

00:42:53.900 --> 00:42:54.219
 down.

00:42:54.539 --> 00:42:55.400
 And so some of you have

00:42:55.400 --> 00:42:56.519
 been sitting here and

00:42:56.519 --> 00:42:57.519
 every time you turn

00:42:57.519 --> 00:42:58.400
 around, the spirit of

00:42:58.400 --> 00:43:01.280
 God is still convicting.

00:43:02.199 --> 00:43:03.019
 Can I tell you there's a

00:43:03.019 --> 00:43:03.719
 way to stop that?

00:43:04.860 --> 00:43:05.039
 Huh?

00:43:05.699 --> 00:43:07.119
 It's like, I get it.

00:43:07.699 --> 00:43:08.559
 I need him.

00:43:09.460 --> 00:43:11.260
 I can't undo the mess.

00:43:11.980 --> 00:43:12.380
 All right.

00:43:14.860 --> 00:43:16.019
 And here's the woman.

00:43:17.199 --> 00:43:18.579
 After she knew Jesus

00:43:18.579 --> 00:43:19.740
 and she knew that she

00:43:19.740 --> 00:43:20.860
 was loved by Jesus

00:43:20.860 --> 00:43:22.139
 and she knew that she

00:43:22.139 --> 00:43:23.320
 was forgiven by Jesus

00:43:23.320 --> 00:43:24.400
 and she was overwhelmed

00:43:24.400 --> 00:43:25.280
 by his grace,

00:43:25.679 --> 00:43:27.119
 she spent the rest of

00:43:27.119 --> 00:43:28.400
 that day doing the

00:43:28.400 --> 00:43:29.840
 very simple and logical

00:43:29.840 --> 00:43:31.480
 thing of letting other

00:43:31.480 --> 00:43:34.820
 people know who he is.

00:43:34.820 --> 00:43:34.940
 grace.

00:43:44.940 --> 00:43:46.019
 Let me tell you something.

00:43:46.620 --> 00:43:48.200
 What we do together is

00:43:48.200 --> 00:43:51.580
 enjoyable, but it's really

00:43:51.580 --> 00:43:52.920
 not the main event of

00:43:52.920 --> 00:43:53.260
 worship.

00:43:56.400 --> 00:43:58.039
 The main event of worship

00:43:58.039 --> 00:43:59.580
 will be when we who know

00:43:59.580 --> 00:44:01.260
 Christ gather together in

00:44:01.260 --> 00:44:02.580
 the presence of the Lord

00:44:02.579 --> 00:44:04.279
 Jesus, the Savior of our

00:44:04.279 --> 00:44:06.480
 souls and we without any

00:44:06.480 --> 00:44:07.980
 impediment, without any

00:44:07.980 --> 00:44:10.599
 cloud over the struggles

00:44:10.599 --> 00:44:12.679
 we have in life, we will

00:44:12.679 --> 00:44:14.619
 worship him with unending

00:44:14.619 --> 00:44:15.319
 glory.

00:44:17.119 --> 00:44:20.880
 What we do here is kind of

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 encourage our souls for what

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 he wants us to do out there.

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 Do you follow that?

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 There are women at the

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 well.

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 There are men in your

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 neighborhoods.

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 There are children in your

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 school.

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 There are mothers in your

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 group.

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 There are people where you

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 work whose lives are broken

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 and ruined by sin.

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 And if you have been caught

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 up with the sweetness of

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 Jesus, you know what you

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 do?

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 Come see the man who told me

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 all that I ever did is not

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 this the Christ.

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 Let's pray.

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 Holy Father, the truth of

00:45:23.440 --> 00:45:24.700
 matter is, is the Lord Jesus

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 is the supreme lover of our

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 soul and the one who has

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 called us to redeem us from

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 the pit.

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 And it is so unbecoming for

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 us who know the Lord Jesus

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 Christ to have our lives

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 clouded by the ugliness of

00:45:45.519 --> 00:45:48.380
 our own ill-spirited thoughts.

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 When we in the presence of

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 Christ may enjoy true worship

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 and go out to a world that is

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 broken and dying and plead with

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 them with tenderness and

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 passion that they know the one

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 who knows us.

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 Today's a day of conviction.

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 Some are here and don't know

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 Christ and I would plead with

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 you, Lord, that you would draw

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 them to see their sin and to

00:46:20.320 --> 00:46:22.240
 confess their brokenness and

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 trust in Jesus.

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 There are some here today that

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 are believers whose lives are

00:46:28.680 --> 00:46:30.660
 clouded by issues that have

00:46:30.660 --> 00:46:32.280
 compromised the sweetness of

00:46:32.280 --> 00:46:33.019
 their testimony.

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 And it really comes down to

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 this.

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 They need to be repentant and

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 humble.

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 And ask you to renew their

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 affection for the Lord Jesus

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 that they may minister to the

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 world around them.

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 And we ask this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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