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 Title of the message is Holding Nothing Back.

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! Holding Nothing Back.

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 If you've got your Bibles, we're going to start off in Genesis 22.

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 I'm going to start reading.

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 After these things, God tested Abraham and said to him,

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 Abraham!

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 He said, Here I am.

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 He said, Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love,

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 and go to the land of Moriah,

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 and offer him there as a burnt offering

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 on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.

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 So Abraham rose early in the morning,

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 saddled his donkey,

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 and took two of his young men with him and his son Isaac.

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 And he cut the wood for the burnt offering and arose

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 and went to the place of which God had told him.

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 On the third day, Abraham lifted up his eyes

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 and saw the place from afar.

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 Then Abraham said to his young men,

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 Stay here with the donkey,

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 and I and the boy will go over there

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 and worship and come again to you.

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 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering

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 and laid it on Isaac his son.

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 And he took in his hand the fire and the knife,

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 so they went both of them together.

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 And Isaac said to his father,

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 Abraham, my father.

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 And he said, Here I am, my son.

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 He said, Behold, the fire and the wood,

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 but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?

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 Abraham said, God will provide for himself

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 the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.

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 So they went both of them together.

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 When they came to the place in which God had told him,

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 Abraham built the altar there

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 and laid the wood in order

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 and bound Isaac his son

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 and laid him on the altar on top of the wood.

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 Then Abraham reached out his hand

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 and took the knife to slaughter his son.

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 But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven

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 and said, Abraham, Abraham.

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 And he said, Here I am.

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 He said, Do not lay your hand on the boy

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 or do anything to him.

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 For now I know that you fear God,

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 seeing you have not withheld your son,

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 your only son, from me.

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 And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked,

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 and behold, behind him was a ram

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 caught in a thicket by his thorns.

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 And Abraham went and took the ram

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 and offered it up as a burnt offering

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 instead of his son.

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 So Abraham called the name of that place

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 the Lord will provide.

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 As it is said to this day,

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 on the mount of the Lord it shall be provided.

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 And the angel of the Lord called to Abraham

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 a second time from heaven and said,

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 By myself I have sworn,

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 declares the Lord,

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 because you have done this

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 and have not withheld your son,

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 your only son,

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 I will surely bless you

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 and I will surely multiply your offspring

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 as the stars of heaven

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 and as the sand that is on the seashore.

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 And your offspring shall possess

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 the gates of his enemies

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 and your offspring shall all the nations

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 of the earth be blessed

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 because you have obeyed my voice.

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 Okay?

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 So that's a story I think most of us

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 who've been walking with Jesus

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 for a long time are fairly familiar with.

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 I was meditating on this story,

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 just thinking of what to speak on

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 in light of Seth's sermon from last week.

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 And the thing that really jumped out to me

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 is in light of him having to offer up his son,

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 which that's an unusual sacrifice.

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 I think we could all agree on that, right?

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 It's not every day that God asks you

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 to sacrifice your son.

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 And he's offering up his son

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 and not only is it his son,

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 he's the son of the promise.

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 This is the son he was not able to have

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 for a hundred years, right?

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 He gets pregnant,

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 has this kid.

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 This is the son that the promise

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 is going to come through.

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 And then in this weird turn of events,

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 he says, hey,

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 the one that the promise

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 is supposed to come through,

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 I actually want you to sacrifice him to me.

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 Okay?

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 So very interesting thing.

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 You would say,

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 no one would ever say,

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 you know,

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 Abraham was committed to the Lord,

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 but you know,

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 he kind of just gave God his leftovers.

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 You know,

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 it's like, no,

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 it's a son,

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 his only son.

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 Like no one would ever say,

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 Abraham's not really given much.

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 Anybody would say,

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 Abraham,

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 if there's a guy who's given,

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 if there's a guy who's in,

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 it would be Abraham.

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 Okay?

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 But I think what we're going to see here,

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 and this is what I want to focus on,

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 is God didn't comment on what he gave.

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 God comment on what he didn't withhold.

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 You might say,

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 well,

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 that's just semantics.

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 And I want to suggest to you,

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 it's not semantics.

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 That wording is important.

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 Okay?

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 He says,

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 in verse 12,

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 when he says,

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 don't lay your hand on the boy,

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 he says,

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 now I know that you fear God,

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 seeing you have not withheld your son,

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 your only son for me.

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 And what I want to look at in the scriptures here,

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 and I believe is a theme that is all throughout the scriptures,

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 is God pointing to what is withheld or what is not withheld.

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 And that's not the way we think.

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 When we think,

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 we think what someone's giving or not giving.

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 God is thinking what is withheld or not withheld.

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 And I'll explain that more in a second here.

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 But Proverbs 11,

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 24,

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 it says,

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 one gives freely,

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 it grows all the richer.

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 Another withholds what he should give,

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 and only suffers once.

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 Okay?

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 Proverbs 21,

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 26,

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 says,

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 the righteous gives and does not hold back.

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 The Amplified says,

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 the righteous gives and does not withhold.

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 Okay?

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 And then,

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 Matthew 10,

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 37 to 39,

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 says,

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 whoever loves father and mother more than me is not worthy of me.

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 Whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

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 Whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

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 Whoever finds his life will lose it.

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 Whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

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 You see,

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 it's not what you give,

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 it's what you hold back.

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 That is the thing that is important here.

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 Because you can have a pretty good reputation,

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 so to speak,

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 of giving.

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 On the outside,

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 it can look like,

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 hey,

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 that person is a giver.

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 That person is,

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 and this would include finances,

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 but this isn't a message on finances.

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 This is more,

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 you know,

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 pervasive,

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 more all-inclusive,

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 right?

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 So,

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 you could say,

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 that's a giving person.

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 That's a generous person.

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 That's a person who's an all-in type of guy or girl.

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 That's a,

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 that's a,

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 that's a Christian who's really giving.

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 But,

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 God's not looking what's being given.

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 He's looking,

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 is there anything that's withheld?

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 He knew that Abraham feared the Lord because he did not withhold his son.

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 The righteous gives and does not hold back.

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 And what I'm asking the Lord to show us this morning,

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 Lord,

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 please help us.

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 Is there anything we're holding back?

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 Because,

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 I mean,

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 I think it'd be,

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 I would have no problem saying,

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 probably everyone in this room is giving to a certain degree to the Lord,

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 in their time,

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 their talents,

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 their treasure,

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 you know,

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 good on the list,

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 right?

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 We could all say that.

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 We would all say that of ourselves,

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 I would think,

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 right?

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 But,

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 the question is not,

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 are we giving?

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 Because that's not what Jesus,

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 or what God brings up.

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 He brings up,

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 is there anything we're holding back?

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 Is it,

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 I'm going this far,

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 but,

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 ah,

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 not that,

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 not that.

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 Okay,

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 so,

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 it's not what you give necessarily,

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 but it's what you hold back.

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 Let's look at,

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 this hypothesis,

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 in the Bible,

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 and see if we're not seeing this as a theme.

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 Okay?

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 Well,

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 right away,

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 also in Genesis,

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 you see the first sacrifices brought to the Lord,

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 with Cain and Abel,

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 right?

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 It said,

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 in Genesis 4,

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 3 to 5,

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 in the course of time,

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 Cain brought to the Lord,

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 an offering of the fruit of the ground,

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 and Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock,

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 and of their fat portions.

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 And the Lord had regard for Abel,

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 and his offering,

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 but for Cain and his offering,

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 he had no regard,

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 so Cain was very angry,

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 and his face fell.

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 Hebrews 11,

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 4 gives us a little more insight on that.

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 It says,

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 by faith,

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 Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain.

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 Well,

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 maybe some of you wondered,

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 what's the deal with that?

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 They both offered sacrifices.

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 Again,

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 it's not just that they,

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 you might say,

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 they both offered sacrifices.

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 God isn't looking to see,

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 are you sacrificing?

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 He's saying,

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 what are you withholding?

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 Abel gave of his firstfruits.

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 Cain,

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 it just says,

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 he brought an offering.

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 It doesn't say it was his firstfruits.

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 Okay?

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 So,

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 I would venture to say that Cain

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 was withholding something.

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 Cain was withholding something.

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 But they both gave.

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 They both sacrificed.

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 That's not what God's looking at.

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 God was not pleased

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 with Cain's sacrifice.

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 And what we find too,

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 that,

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 is those who are withholding,

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 what is the response

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 to a person

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 who's withholding from God

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 when someone calls them out on it?

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 What do they do?

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 They get angry.

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 Right?

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 And we know how that is.

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 Even last week

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 when Seth was talking

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 and he wrapped up,

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 you know,

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 he's preaching a really good message.

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 You think,

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 that's a great message.

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 And then Seth has to do that Seth thing

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 and just really go at it

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 at the end there,

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 right?

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 Which I love about Seth.

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 Appreciate that about Seth.

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 That's part of the body we need,

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 right?

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 And he brings up a list

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 of bad ultimate reasons

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 to go to a church.

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 And what does that do in us?

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 I mean,

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 I'm listening to it

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 and you can almost feel it

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 coming up inside of you

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 like,

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 oh,

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 he's hitting the stuff.

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 He's hitting the things

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 that are difficult.

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 And you either get mad or sad

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 typically with those kind of things.

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 It stirs things up in you.

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 And that's what happened

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 with Cain here.

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 It says,

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 Cain was very angry.

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 Cain was very angry.

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 And so we got to watch ourselves

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 and say,

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 hey,

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 is there anything I'm holding back?

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 Cain held something back.

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 Another one was Saul.

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 Remember the story

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 when Saul was told

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 to go,

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 was it the Amalekites?

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 I can't remember who it was,

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 but yeah,

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 the Amalekites.

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 He was supposed to go there

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 and destroy everything,

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 kill everything,

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 destroy everything.

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 Like that was the command,

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 right?

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 And

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 Sam,

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 God calls Samuel

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 to go to Saul.

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 Samuel comes to Saul.

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 This is 1 Samuel 15,

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 verse 13.

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 Samuel comes to Saul.

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 Saul says to him,

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 blessed be the name of the Lord.

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 Blessed be the name of the Lord,

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 brother.

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 Good to see you, Samuel.

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 Everything's cool, man.

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 I'm doing the thing.

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 You're doing the thing.

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 We're godly people,

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 right?

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 Aren't we?

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 And Saul,

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 I mean,

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 Samuel is not,

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 Samuel's not cool.

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 He's not having it, right?

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 He says,

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 blessed be the Lord.

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 I have performed

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 the commandment of the Lord.

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 And then Samuel says,

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 what then is this bleeding

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 of the sheep in my ears

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 and the lowing of the oxen

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 that I hear?

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 Okay,

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 why is he saying that?

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 Because he's supposed

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 to kill all those things.

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 Why is he hearing

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 animal sounds

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 and telling him,

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 I have obeyed

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 the voice of the Lord.

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 And Samuel's like,

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 no, you didn't.

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 Then why do I hear

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 these animal noises?

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 Okay,

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 and again,

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 Saul's thinking

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 he's tough stuff.

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 He's all good

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 because what did Saul do?

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 He did some things

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 for the Lord.

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 He killed some things.

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 But he withheld

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 certain things back.

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 You see,

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 Saul says,

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 they have brought them

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 from the Amokites

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 for the people

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 spared the best

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 of the sheep

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 and of the oxen.

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 And then he spiritualizes it.

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 And oh,

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 do we love to spiritualize

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 our withholding from God.

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 And Saul does the same thing,

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 right?

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 He says,

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 I have spared,

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 we have spared

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 the best of the sheep

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 and of the oxen

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 to sacrifice

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 to the Lord,

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 of course,

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 you know,

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 because that's

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 what we're doing here.

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 This is all

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 for the Lord.

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 And Samuel's

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 not having it.

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 Samuel's a prophet.

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 He's not playing games here

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 and he never really did

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 as you look at Samuel's life.

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 Samuel says to Saul,

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 stop with a cap

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 with an exclamation point

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 at the end there.

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 So I'm,

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 he's saying this pretty firm,

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 I'm sure.

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 Like,

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 stop!

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 I will tell you

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 what the Lord said

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 to me this night.

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 And he said to him,

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 speak.

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 And Samuel said,

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 though you are

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 little in your own eyes,

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 you're not ahead

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 of the tribes of Israel.

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 The Lord anointed you

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 king over Israel

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 and the Lord sent you

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 on a mission

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 and said,

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 go devote to destruction

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 the sinners,

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 the Amalekites

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 and fight against them

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 until they are consumed.

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 Why then?

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 Did you not obey

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 the voice of the Lord?

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 Why did you pounce

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 on the spoil

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 and do what was evil

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 in the sight of the Lord?

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 And then Saul doubles down.

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 He still says,

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 I obeyed the voice

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 of the Lord.

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 I've gone on the mission

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 the Lord has sent me.

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 I've brought Agag

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 the king of Amalek

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 and have devoted

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 the Amalekites

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 to destruction.

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 But the people,

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 and then there he goes,

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 right?

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 But the people,

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 the people took

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 the spoil sheep

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 and auction,

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 the best of the things

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 devoted to destruction,

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 to sacrifice to the Lord

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 your God at Gilgal.

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 So,

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 here you have this example

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 where God is not,

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 again,

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 it's not that Saul

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 didn't give to the Lord,

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 it's not that Saul

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 didn't do things

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 for the Lord.

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 And this is the thing

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 we have to be careful of.

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 You can do great things

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 for God.

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 You can do things

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 for the Lord,

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 look like you're giving

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 and sacrificial.

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 You can even spiritualize

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 your own selfishness

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 and say,

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 oh,

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 it's for the Lord.

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 And God would say,

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 you withheld

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 some of the obedience

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 that I required of you.

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 You withheld.

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 You didn't give me

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 all that I wanted.

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 You took some of it

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 for yourself.

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 Okay?

00:14:12.259 --> 00:14:13.220
 We see the same thing

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 in Malachi chapter 3.

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 You have this

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 fascinating conversation

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 with the people of Israel

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 and the Lord

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 through the prophet Malachi.

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 and chapter 3,

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 verse 8,

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 he asks this kind

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 of question

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 that seems rather odd

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 at the onset.

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 It says,

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 will man rob God?

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 Will man rob God?

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 And you're thinking,

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 what do you mean

00:14:35.960 --> 00:14:37.539
 will man rob God?

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 How do you rob God?

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 And he says,

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 you are robbing me.

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 And then he anticipates

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 the question.

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 He says,

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 but you say,

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 how have we robbed you?

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 And he says,

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 in your tithes

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 and contributions,

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 you are cursed

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 with a curse

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 for you are robbing me,

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 the whole nation of you.

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 He's rebuking

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 the whole nation of Israel.

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 He says,

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 bring the full tithe

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 into the storehouse

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 that there may be

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 food in my house

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 and thereby put me

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 to the test,

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 says the Lord of hosts,

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 if I will not open

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 the windows of heaven

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 for you

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 and pour down

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 for you a blessing

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 until there is

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 no more need.

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 So,

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 here again,

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 it's not that Israel

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 wasn't giving.

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 Israel was giving.

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 It's not so much

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 about what you're giving.

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 It's about what

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 you're withholding.

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 You understand,

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 this is a theme

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 that we're seeing

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 over and over again.

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 So,

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 he says,

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 you're robbing me.

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 Well,

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 robbing you,

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 the only way

00:15:29.220 --> 00:15:30.259
 you can rob someone

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 is if you're taking

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 what is theirs.

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 And he's saying,

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 that full tithe

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 was mine.

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 You withholding

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 some of it

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 is robbing me.

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 You're taking

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 what's mine

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 and keeping it

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 for yourself.

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 And he would say,

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 but we're giving.

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 We're giving.

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 He's saying,

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 no,

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 but you withheld

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 the full tithe.

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 You withheld

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 the full tithe.

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 You see the same thing

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 in Luke chapter 18.

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 Now we're in the New Testament.

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 Jesus is on the scene

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 and you know,

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 you guys know the story

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 of the rich young ruler,

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 right?

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 Rich young ruler

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 comes to him.

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 Luke 18 verse 18.

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 Good teacher.

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 What must I do

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 to inherit eternal life?

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 Jesus said to him,

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 why do you call me good?

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 No one is good

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 except God alone.

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 And he says,

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 you know the commandments.

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 Do not commit adultery.

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 Do not murder.

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 Do not steal.

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 Do not give false tests.

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 Witness on your father and mother.

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 And then,

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 of course,

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 the guy says,

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 all these

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 I have kept

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 since my youth.

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 Again,

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 I'm good.

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 I'm a command keeper.

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 Right?

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 You should,

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 you and I,

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 God,

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 should be good

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 because I'm a command keeper.

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 I'm giving.

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 I'm giving it myself.

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 What does Jesus respond?

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 When Jesus heard this,

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 he said to him,

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 one thing

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 you still lack.

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 Sell all that you have

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 and distribute to the poor

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 and you will have treasure in heaven

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 and

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 come follow me.

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 When he heard these things,

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 he became very sad

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 for he was extremely rich.

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 Jesus,

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 seeing that he had become sad,

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 said,

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 how difficult is it

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 for those who have wealth

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 to enter the kingdom of God?

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 That it's easier

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 for a camel to go through

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 the eye of a needle

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 than for a rich person

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 to enter the kingdom of God.

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 Those who heard it said,

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 then,

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 who can be saved?

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 But he said,

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 what is impossible with man

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 is possible with God?

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 And Peter said,

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 see,

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 we have left our homes

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 and followed you.

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 And he said to them,

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 truly I say to you,

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 there is no one

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 who has left house or wife

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 or brothers

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 or parents

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 or children

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 for the sake

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 of the kingdom of God

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 who will not receive

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 many times more

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 in this time

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 and in the age to come.

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 So again,

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 you have another story

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 of a guy coming to God

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 who is doing the stuff.

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 He's obeying commandments.

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 He's giving God

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 certain things.

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 And he says,

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 one thing you lack.

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 Another way you could have said it is,

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 there's still one thing

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 you're withholding from God.

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 There's one thing that you love

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 that you are not willing

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 to give up.

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 And someone else

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 on the outside mind

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 looking like,

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 this guy's,

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 he's a good guy.

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 Like he's obeying

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 the commandments.

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 But God

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 in the person of Jesus here

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 is discerning

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 that there was

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 an idolatrous love

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 of money

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 and it required him

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 to repent of that

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 and to believe

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 that Jesus

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 is his treasure.

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 And to prove that

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 he calls him

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 to give

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 of his possessions.

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 He knew

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 that he loved

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 his wealth.

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 In Matthew

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 it says

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 Jesus looked at him

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 and loved him

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 when he gave

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 that response.

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 He looked at him

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 and loved him.

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 He knew

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 that this guy

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 was finding

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 his identity

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 in his good works

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 but he was still

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 withholding

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 from the Lord.

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 And this is a good

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 warning for us.

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 You see the same thing

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 in the book of Acts.

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 Acts chapter 5.

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 Story of Ananias

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 and Sapphira.

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 Sapphira.

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 A man named Ananias

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 with his wife Sapphira

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 they sold a piece

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 of property

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 which was what

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 people were doing

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 back then.

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 If you look earlier

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 than that

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 a bunch of people

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 were selling

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 their property

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 and giving the proceeds

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 to the Lord

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 at the time.

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 And so

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 Ananias does

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 the same thing.

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 He sells a property

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 with his wife Sapphira

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 but in verse 2

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 of Acts 5

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 it says

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 with his wife's knowledge

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 he kept back

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 for himself

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 some of the proceeds

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 and brought only

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 a part of it.

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 So he held back.

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 He didn't give it all

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 but he was given

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 the impression

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 that he was giving all.

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 He was

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 a little bit

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 deceptive there.

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 Peter said

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 Ananias

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 why has Satan

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 filled your heart

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 to lie to the Holy Spirit

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 and to keep back

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 for yourself

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 part of the proceeds

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 of the land?

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 Well it remained unsold

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 did it not remain

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 your own?

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 And after it was sold

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 was it not at your disposal?

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 Why is it that

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 you have contrived

00:19:58.220 --> 00:19:59.100
 this deed in your heart?

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 You have not lied

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 to man

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 but to God.

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 When Ananias

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 heard these words

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 he fell down

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 and breathed his last

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 and great fear

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 came upon all

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 who heard it.

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 The young man

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 rose and wrapped him up

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 and carried him out

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 and buried him.

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 Okay?

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 Another story

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 same

00:20:14.779 --> 00:20:16.180
 but it's the same story.

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 It's the same story

00:20:17.360 --> 00:20:18.000
 from Genesis.

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 It's just the same

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 old thing.

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 I think you can

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 start to see

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 that there is something

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 in the heart of man

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 that wants to appear good.

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 that wants to appear

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 sacrificial.

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 That wants to appear

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 giving.

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 And yet

00:20:36.040 --> 00:20:37.279
 the Lord

00:20:37.279 --> 00:20:38.000
 is not looking

00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:38.519
 so much

00:20:38.519 --> 00:20:39.300
 at what we're giving

00:20:39.300 --> 00:20:40.140
 he's looking

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 at what we're withholding.

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 And he looked

00:20:42.900 --> 00:20:43.640
 at Ananias

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 and said

00:20:44.380 --> 00:20:45.560
 hey you've kept back.

00:20:46.920 --> 00:20:47.940
 You're presenting

00:20:47.940 --> 00:20:49.180
 an image of something

00:20:49.180 --> 00:20:50.100
 and yet you've

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 kept something back.

00:20:52.860 --> 00:20:54.000
 You see the same thing

00:20:54.000 --> 00:20:55.900
 in 1 Corinthians chapter 13.

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 The great love chapter

00:20:57.460 --> 00:20:57.759
 right?

00:20:58.339 --> 00:20:58.920
 The one you see

00:20:58.920 --> 00:21:00.440
 on the wedding cards.

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 And

00:21:01.640 --> 00:21:03.720
 sometimes

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 some of the stuff

00:21:04.380 --> 00:21:05.619
 we put on these cute things

00:21:05.619 --> 00:21:06.319
 are some of the most

00:21:06.319 --> 00:21:07.039
 cutting things

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 and it's kind of weird

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 how we do that.

00:21:08.599 --> 00:21:08.799
 You know?

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 Like

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 let's just put this

00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:11.180
 cute little love verse

00:21:11.180 --> 00:21:11.539
 on there.

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 It's like you read it

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 you're thinking

00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:13.839
 this is actually

00:21:13.839 --> 00:21:14.779
 pretty life or death

00:21:14.779 --> 00:21:15.519
 kind of thing here.

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 This is

00:21:15.980 --> 00:21:17.059
 kind of heavy.

00:21:18.119 --> 00:21:19.539
 But in 1 Corinthians 13

00:21:19.539 --> 00:21:19.920
 3

00:21:19.920 --> 00:21:21.119
 he says

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 if I give away

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 all I have

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 and if I deliver up

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 my body to be burned

00:21:25.699 --> 00:21:26.959
 now you would say

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 let's just stop there.

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 What if someone

00:21:29.159 --> 00:21:30.500
 gave up all they had

00:21:30.500 --> 00:21:32.239
 and delivered up

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 their body to be burned

00:21:33.199 --> 00:21:33.679
 and say

00:21:33.679 --> 00:21:34.539
 okay

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 I mean

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 I haven't given up

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 my body to be burned

00:21:38.279 --> 00:21:39.639
 and that might be

00:21:39.639 --> 00:21:40.339
 a hard one.

00:21:40.679 --> 00:21:41.099
 That would be

00:21:41.099 --> 00:21:41.979
 a difficult one.

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 I'd say

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 on the list

00:21:43.899 --> 00:21:44.359
 of things

00:21:44.359 --> 00:21:45.159
 that you gave up

00:21:45.159 --> 00:21:45.619
 and done

00:21:45.619 --> 00:21:46.839
 that would be

00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:47.479
 pretty high.

00:21:48.199 --> 00:21:48.779
 I'd say

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 if I'm going to make

00:21:49.400 --> 00:21:49.840
 a list of

00:21:49.840 --> 00:21:50.680
 like people

00:21:50.680 --> 00:21:51.140
 who are doing

00:21:51.140 --> 00:21:52.140
 a good job

00:21:52.140 --> 00:21:52.680
 I'd say

00:21:52.680 --> 00:21:53.640
 yeah I'd probably

00:21:53.640 --> 00:21:54.300
 put them high

00:21:54.300 --> 00:21:54.880
 on the list

00:21:54.880 --> 00:21:55.380
 you know

00:21:55.380 --> 00:21:56.860
 doing the

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 giving away

00:21:58.240 --> 00:21:58.980
 all you have

00:21:58.980 --> 00:21:59.820
 and then giving

00:21:59.820 --> 00:22:00.480
 yourself up

00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:01.080
 to be burned

00:22:01.080 --> 00:22:02.800
 that seems

00:22:02.800 --> 00:22:03.500
 pretty good.

00:22:04.100 --> 00:22:04.900
 Seems pretty

00:22:04.900 --> 00:22:05.460
 admirable

00:22:05.460 --> 00:22:07.280
 and yet it's

00:22:07.280 --> 00:22:07.980
 not enough.

00:22:09.300 --> 00:22:09.820
 Why?

00:22:11.100 --> 00:22:12.080
 But have not

00:22:12.080 --> 00:22:12.420
 love

00:22:12.420 --> 00:22:13.440
 I gain nothing.

00:22:13.840 --> 00:22:14.320
 Wow.

00:22:15.360 --> 00:22:15.920
 Wow.

00:22:16.500 --> 00:22:17.320
 If I have not

00:22:17.320 --> 00:22:18.019
 love I gain

00:22:18.019 --> 00:22:18.400
 nothing.

00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:19.300
 You can give

00:22:19.300 --> 00:22:20.040
 all that

00:22:20.040 --> 00:22:20.519
 but if you

00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:21.220
 withhold your

00:22:21.220 --> 00:22:21.720
 love

00:22:21.720 --> 00:22:23.560
 you don't

00:22:23.560 --> 00:22:24.300
 gain anything.

00:22:25.540 --> 00:22:26.220
 This is

00:22:26.220 --> 00:22:26.780
 incredible.

00:22:28.220 --> 00:22:28.880
 This is

00:22:28.880 --> 00:22:29.340
 incredible.

00:22:30.259 --> 00:22:31.040
 That's giving

00:22:31.040 --> 00:22:31.700
 a lot

00:22:31.700 --> 00:22:33.220
 and yet

00:22:33.220 --> 00:22:34.019
 if we

00:22:34.019 --> 00:22:34.600
 withhold

00:22:34.600 --> 00:22:35.400
 God's still

00:22:35.400 --> 00:22:36.180
 focusing on

00:22:36.180 --> 00:22:36.820
 the withholding

00:22:36.820 --> 00:22:37.120
 thing

00:22:37.120 --> 00:22:38.019
 and this is

00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:38.460
 not the way

00:22:38.460 --> 00:22:38.980
 we think

00:22:38.980 --> 00:22:39.340
 is it?

00:22:39.400 --> 00:22:39.740
 We're just

00:22:39.740 --> 00:22:40.540
 we would

00:22:40.540 --> 00:22:41.060
 celebrate

00:22:41.060 --> 00:22:41.759
 someone like

00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:42.220
 that like

00:22:42.220 --> 00:22:42.600
 oh my

00:22:42.600 --> 00:22:43.060
 goodness

00:22:43.060 --> 00:22:44.200
 I mean

00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:44.519
 could it

00:22:44.519 --> 00:22:44.920
 even be

00:22:44.920 --> 00:22:45.360
 that there's

00:22:45.360 --> 00:22:46.120
 biographies

00:22:46.120 --> 00:22:47.000
 of people

00:22:47.000 --> 00:22:47.440
 who've done

00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:47.920
 stuff like

00:22:47.920 --> 00:22:48.220
 that

00:22:48.220 --> 00:22:49.039
 and they've

00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:49.299
 gained

00:22:49.299 --> 00:22:49.799
 nothing

00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:53.380
 because

00:22:53.380 --> 00:22:54.340
 everything we

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 see looks

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 good.

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 Man this

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 person was

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 sacrificial

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 but God

00:22:58.360 --> 00:22:58.779
 knows that

00:22:58.779 --> 00:22:59.019
 they were

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 withholding

00:22:59.559 --> 00:23:00.180
 their love

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 so they

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 gained

00:23:01.720 --> 00:23:02.160
 nothing.

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 It's

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 incredible.

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 Okay one

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 more.

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 I think I

00:23:07.059 --> 00:23:07.320
 made my

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 point but

00:23:07.660 --> 00:23:08.180
 we'll do

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 one more.

00:23:09.620 --> 00:23:10.259
 Matthew

00:23:10.259 --> 00:23:11.340
 chapter 25

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 the parable

00:23:12.580 --> 00:23:12.820
 of the

00:23:12.820 --> 00:23:13.299
 talents

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 Jesus

00:23:13.839 --> 00:23:14.339
 tells.

00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:15.460
 25

00:23:15.460 --> 00:23:16.180
 verse 24

00:23:16.180 --> 00:23:17.500
 says you

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 know I'm

00:23:18.079 --> 00:23:18.279
 not going

00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:18.419
 to go

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 through the

00:23:18.639 --> 00:23:18.779
 whole

00:23:18.779 --> 00:23:19.159
 parable but

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 he gives

00:23:19.419 --> 00:23:19.839
 them different

00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:20.419
 talents and

00:23:20.419 --> 00:23:20.639
 then he

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 expects them

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 to steward

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 the talents

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 that are

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 given.

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 There's

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 different

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 amounts

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 given.

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 Verse 24

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 he says

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 he also

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 who had

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 received

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 the one

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 talent

00:23:28.940 --> 00:23:29.639
 came forward

00:23:29.639 --> 00:23:29.940
 saying

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 master I

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 knew you

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 to be a

00:23:31.339 --> 00:23:32.200
 hard man

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 reaping

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 where you

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 did not

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 sow and

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 gathering

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 where you

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 scattered

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 no seed.

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 So I

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 was afraid

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 and I

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 went and

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 hid your

00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:41.980
 talent in

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 the ground.

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 Here you

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 have what

00:23:44.379 --> 00:23:44.939
 is yours.

00:23:45.599 --> 00:23:45.919
 But his

00:23:45.919 --> 00:23:46.259
 master

00:23:46.259 --> 00:23:46.899
 answered him

00:23:46.899 --> 00:23:47.879
 you wicked

00:23:47.879 --> 00:23:48.960
 and slothful

00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:49.460
 servant.

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 Okay.

00:23:51.919 --> 00:23:52.399
 God gives

00:23:52.399 --> 00:23:52.919
 the talents

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 the other

00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:53.899
 guys multiply

00:23:53.899 --> 00:23:54.359
 the talents

00:23:54.359 --> 00:23:54.819
 this guy

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 just gives

00:23:55.259 --> 00:23:55.699
 it back.

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 So there's

00:23:56.399 --> 00:23:57.079
 no loss

00:23:57.079 --> 00:23:57.579
 to the

00:23:57.579 --> 00:24:00.059
 one who

00:24:00.059 --> 00:24:00.460
 gave the

00:24:00.460 --> 00:24:00.759
 money.

00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:01.859
 Why would

00:24:01.859 --> 00:24:02.220
 you say

00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:02.799
 you wicked

00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:03.899
 and slothful

00:24:03.899 --> 00:24:04.279
 servant?

00:24:05.599 --> 00:24:05.859
 He says

00:24:05.859 --> 00:24:06.139
 you knew

00:24:06.139 --> 00:24:06.419
 what I

00:24:06.419 --> 00:24:06.759
 reap

00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:07.079
 where I

00:24:07.079 --> 00:24:07.480
 have not

00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:07.759
 sown

00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:08.199
 and gather

00:24:08.199 --> 00:24:08.460
 where I

00:24:08.460 --> 00:24:08.779
 scatter

00:24:08.779 --> 00:24:09.299
 no seed

00:24:09.299 --> 00:24:10.019
 then you

00:24:10.019 --> 00:24:10.259
 ought to

00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:10.379
 have

00:24:10.379 --> 00:24:11.019
 invested

00:24:11.019 --> 00:24:11.500
 my money

00:24:11.500 --> 00:24:11.819
 with the

00:24:11.819 --> 00:24:12.279
 bankers

00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:12.579
 and at

00:24:12.579 --> 00:24:13.079
 my coming

00:24:13.079 --> 00:24:13.779
 I should

00:24:13.779 --> 00:24:13.899
 have

00:24:13.899 --> 00:24:14.279
 received

00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:14.559
 what was

00:24:14.559 --> 00:24:14.899
 my own

00:24:14.899 --> 00:24:15.059
 with

00:24:15.059 --> 00:24:15.539
 interest.

00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:16.500
 So take

00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:16.879
 the talent

00:24:16.879 --> 00:24:17.299
 from him

00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:17.599
 and give

00:24:17.599 --> 00:24:17.960
 it to him

00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:18.259
 who has

00:24:18.259 --> 00:24:19.019
 ten talents.

00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:19.899
 For everyone

00:24:19.899 --> 00:24:21.819
 who has

00:24:21.819 --> 00:24:22.500
 will be

00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:22.759
 given

00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:23.079
 and more

00:24:23.079 --> 00:24:23.379
 will be

00:24:23.379 --> 00:24:23.639
 given

00:24:23.639 --> 00:24:24.460
 and he

00:24:24.460 --> 00:24:24.859
 will have

00:24:24.859 --> 00:24:25.319
 an abundance.

00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:25.819
 But from

00:24:25.819 --> 00:24:26.079
 the one

00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:26.480
 who has

00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:27.000
 not

00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:27.859
 even what

00:24:27.859 --> 00:24:28.259
 he has

00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:28.460
 will be

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:28.740
 taken

00:24:28.740 --> 00:24:29.119
 away

00:24:29.119 --> 00:24:31.259
 and cast

00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:31.720
 the worthless

00:24:31.720 --> 00:24:32.200
 servant

00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:32.980
 into the

00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:33.639
 outer darkness

00:24:33.639 --> 00:24:34.079
 in that

00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:34.500
 place

00:24:34.500 --> 00:24:35.180
 there will be

00:24:35.180 --> 00:24:35.539
 weeping

00:24:35.539 --> 00:24:36.000
 and gnashing

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:36.539
 of tea.

00:24:37.680 --> 00:24:38.299
 And sometimes

00:24:38.299 --> 00:24:38.680
 we think

00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:39.220
 well God's

00:24:39.220 --> 00:24:39.619
 just too

00:24:39.619 --> 00:24:40.039
 hard.

00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:41.039
 I'm just

00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:41.480
 going to

00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:42.119
 withhold

00:24:42.119 --> 00:24:43.539
 the risk

00:24:43.539 --> 00:24:44.440
 of giving

00:24:44.440 --> 00:24:44.940
 it all.

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:45.700
 And I'll

00:24:45.700 --> 00:24:46.460
 just give

00:24:46.460 --> 00:24:46.759
 him

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:49.339
 what's

00:24:49.339 --> 00:24:49.659
 easy.

00:24:50.740 --> 00:24:51.379
 God was

00:24:51.379 --> 00:24:52.019
 not happy

00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:52.379
 with this

00:24:52.379 --> 00:24:52.680
 person.

00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:52.960
 Do you

00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:53.460
 see that?

00:24:54.019 --> 00:24:54.700
 You wicked

00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:55.480
 and slothful

00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:55.839
 servant.

00:24:56.339 --> 00:24:57.039
 He gives

00:24:57.039 --> 00:24:57.480
 it away to

00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:57.940
 those who

00:24:57.940 --> 00:24:58.720
 have and

00:24:58.720 --> 00:24:58.940
 then he

00:24:58.940 --> 00:24:59.420
 casts the

00:24:59.420 --> 00:24:59.680
 worthless

00:24:59.680 --> 00:25:00.019
 servant

00:25:00.019 --> 00:25:00.319
 into the

00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:00.500
 outer

00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:01.119
 darkness.

00:25:01.799 --> 00:25:02.339
 God has

00:25:02.339 --> 00:25:02.839
 given us

00:25:02.839 --> 00:25:03.240
 talents.

00:25:03.379 --> 00:25:03.579
 He has

00:25:03.579 --> 00:25:04.079
 given us

00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:05.139
 resources,

00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:06.019
 time,

00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:06.559
 talent,

00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:07.059
 treasure.

00:25:07.379 --> 00:25:07.799
 He's given

00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:08.579
 them to us.

00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:09.500
 And he's

00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:09.919
 saying I

00:25:09.919 --> 00:25:10.259
 want you

00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:10.519
 to go

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:10.919
 all in

00:25:10.919 --> 00:25:11.319
 on this.

00:25:11.379 --> 00:25:11.619
 I want

00:25:11.619 --> 00:25:11.819
 you to

00:25:11.819 --> 00:25:12.319
 take risks

00:25:12.319 --> 00:25:12.579
 with what

00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:12.699
 I'm

00:25:12.699 --> 00:25:13.139
 giving you.

00:25:13.639 --> 00:25:13.980
 It is

00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:14.539
 not okay

00:25:14.539 --> 00:25:14.879
 for you

00:25:14.879 --> 00:25:15.259
 to sit

00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:15.579
 on them,

00:25:15.879 --> 00:25:16.399
 bury them.

00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:17.099
 It's not

00:25:17.099 --> 00:25:17.559
 okay for

00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:17.779
 you to

00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:18.279
 have some

00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:18.799
 semblance

00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.399
 of being

00:25:19.399 --> 00:25:19.899
 a spiritual

00:25:19.899 --> 00:25:20.480
 person,

00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:21.559
 to spiritually

00:25:21.559 --> 00:25:22.519
 sanctify your

00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:23.299
 selfishness,

00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:23.919
 and to

00:25:23.919 --> 00:25:24.579
 withhold from

00:25:24.579 --> 00:25:24.980
 God.

00:25:25.439 --> 00:25:26.399
 God wants

00:25:26.399 --> 00:25:27.000
 it all.

00:25:27.539 --> 00:25:28.019
 He wants

00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:28.539
 it all.

00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:29.679
 He wants

00:25:29.679 --> 00:25:30.179
 it all.

00:25:31.939 --> 00:25:32.500
 And

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:33.299
 oftentimes

00:25:33.299 --> 00:25:34.639
 you know

00:25:34.639 --> 00:25:37.119
 when we're

00:25:37.119 --> 00:25:37.740
 withholding,

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:38.559
 it's not,

00:25:39.620 --> 00:25:40.940
 it's the

00:25:40.940 --> 00:25:41.680
 good things.

00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:42.099
 It's the

00:25:42.099 --> 00:25:42.539
 good things

00:25:42.539 --> 00:25:42.799
 that are

00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:43.339
 the things.

00:25:43.839 --> 00:25:44.019
 Right?

00:25:44.900 --> 00:25:45.500
 It's almost

00:25:45.500 --> 00:25:45.980
 always the

00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:46.380
 good things.

00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:46.620
 Like,

00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:47.460
 even thinking

00:25:47.460 --> 00:25:47.799
 of Luke

00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:48.299
 14,

00:25:48.400 --> 00:25:48.559
 you know

00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:49.099
 the parable

00:25:49.099 --> 00:25:50.920
 of the

00:25:50.920 --> 00:25:51.799
 great banquet?

00:25:52.900 --> 00:25:53.420
 It says

00:25:53.420 --> 00:25:53.779
 he threw

00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:54.120
 a great

00:25:54.120 --> 00:25:54.500
 banquet,

00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:55.259
 and then

00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:55.559
 he sent

00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:56.019
 his servants

00:25:56.019 --> 00:25:56.480
 to say to

00:25:56.480 --> 00:25:56.700
 those who

00:25:56.700 --> 00:25:56.819
 have been

00:25:56.819 --> 00:25:57.079
 invited,

00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:57.539
 come for

00:25:57.539 --> 00:25:57.759
 everything

00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:58.079
 is now

00:25:58.079 --> 00:25:58.380
 ready.

00:25:58.799 --> 00:25:59.019
 But they

00:25:59.019 --> 00:25:59.339
 will like

00:25:59.339 --> 00:25:59.720
 began to

00:25:59.720 --> 00:26:00.480
 make excuses.

00:26:00.940 --> 00:26:01.420
 The first

00:26:01.420 --> 00:26:01.740
 one said

00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:02.039
 I bought

00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:02.539
 a field.

00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:03.359
 The second

00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:03.759
 one said

00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:04.099
 I bought

00:26:04.099 --> 00:26:04.620
 five yoke

00:26:04.620 --> 00:26:05.259
 of oxen.

00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:05.819
 And the

00:26:05.819 --> 00:26:06.180
 third one

00:26:06.180 --> 00:26:06.480
 said I

00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:06.880
 married a

00:26:06.880 --> 00:26:07.240
 wife.

00:26:07.820 --> 00:26:08.260
 Three

00:26:08.260 --> 00:26:08.960
 things you

00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:09.300
 think,

00:26:09.580 --> 00:26:09.960
 wait a

00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:10.300
 second,

00:26:10.820 --> 00:26:11.240
 those are

00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:11.620
 all good

00:26:11.620 --> 00:26:12.160
 things.

00:26:12.760 --> 00:26:13.380
 A field,

00:26:14.420 --> 00:26:14.780
 yoke of

00:26:14.780 --> 00:26:15.320
 oxen,

00:26:15.440 --> 00:26:15.760
 and a

00:26:15.760 --> 00:26:16.040
 wife.

00:26:16.400 --> 00:26:16.840
 Basically,

00:26:17.360 --> 00:26:17.880
 a home,

00:26:18.020 --> 00:26:18.600
 a job,

00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:19.860
 and a wife.

00:26:20.400 --> 00:26:20.700
 A home,

00:26:20.780 --> 00:26:21.000
 a job,

00:26:21.040 --> 00:26:21.560
 and a family.

00:26:22.300 --> 00:26:22.760
 What's wrong

00:26:22.760 --> 00:26:23.200
 with a home?

00:26:23.380 --> 00:26:23.540
 Nothing

00:26:23.540 --> 00:26:23.800
 wrong with

00:26:23.800 --> 00:26:24.020
 a home.

00:26:24.680 --> 00:26:25.240
 What's wrong

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:25.800
 with a job?

00:26:26.100 --> 00:26:26.440
 You should

00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:27.120
 work a job.

00:26:27.580 --> 00:26:27.980
 What about

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.440
 a family?

00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:28.900
 Yeah,

00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:29.400
 that's good

00:26:29.400 --> 00:26:29.660
 too.

00:26:29.820 --> 00:26:31.780
 You receive

00:26:31.780 --> 00:26:32.280
 faith from

00:26:32.280 --> 00:26:32.700
 the Lord,

00:26:32.820 --> 00:26:33.360
 says Proverbs

00:26:33.360 --> 00:26:33.740
 18.

00:26:34.400 --> 00:26:34.700
 So,

00:26:34.900 --> 00:26:35.240
 wait a

00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:35.560
 second.

00:26:36.880 --> 00:26:37.660
 And the

00:26:37.660 --> 00:26:38.160
 servant came

00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:38.480
 and reported

00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:38.860
 these things

00:26:38.860 --> 00:26:39.060
 to the

00:26:39.060 --> 00:26:39.380
 master.

00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:39.640
 And the

00:26:39.640 --> 00:26:40.160
 master of the

00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:41.080
 house became

00:26:41.080 --> 00:26:41.740
 angry and

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:42.140
 said to his

00:26:42.140 --> 00:26:42.380
 servant,

00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:43.100
 go out quickly

00:26:43.100 --> 00:26:44.060
 to the streets

00:26:44.060 --> 00:26:44.580
 and lanes of

00:26:44.580 --> 00:26:45.060
 the city and

00:26:45.060 --> 00:26:45.460
 bring in the

00:26:45.460 --> 00:26:45.800
 poor,

00:26:46.160 --> 00:26:46.640
 the crippled,

00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:47.140
 the blind,

00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:47.660
 the lame.

00:26:48.040 --> 00:26:48.340
 And the

00:26:48.340 --> 00:26:48.780
 servant said,

00:26:48.860 --> 00:26:49.340
 sir, what you

00:26:49.340 --> 00:26:49.800
 commanded has

00:26:49.800 --> 00:26:50.300
 been done and

00:26:50.300 --> 00:26:50.780
 still there's

00:26:50.780 --> 00:26:51.020
 room.

00:26:51.080 --> 00:26:51.420
 And then the

00:26:51.420 --> 00:26:52.040
 master said to

00:26:52.040 --> 00:26:52.480
 the servant,

00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:53.440
 go out to the

00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:54.040
 highways and

00:26:54.040 --> 00:26:54.620
 the hedges and

00:26:54.620 --> 00:26:55.460
 compel people to

00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:56.460
 come that my

00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:57.020
 house may be

00:26:57.020 --> 00:26:57.260
 filled.

00:26:57.360 --> 00:26:58.380
 For I tell you,

00:26:59.080 --> 00:26:59.800
 none of those

00:26:59.800 --> 00:27:00.720
 men who are

00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:01.360
 invited shall

00:27:01.360 --> 00:27:01.860
 taste my

00:27:01.860 --> 00:27:02.260
 banquet.

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:03.619
 And it's

00:27:03.619 --> 00:27:04.019
 the good

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:04.619
 things that

00:27:04.619 --> 00:27:05.299
 often keep

00:27:05.299 --> 00:27:05.779
 us,

00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:07.619
 the things that

00:27:07.619 --> 00:27:08.079
 keep us,

00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:09.720
 that we withhold

00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:10.140
 from the

00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:10.480
 Lord.

00:27:11.119 --> 00:27:11.440
 We say,

00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:12.079
 well, that's my

00:27:12.079 --> 00:27:12.759
 excuse.

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:14.140
 And God's

00:27:14.140 --> 00:27:14.480
 saying, no,

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:15.039
 you have to

00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:15.680
 give it all.

00:27:16.680 --> 00:27:17.359
 You have to

00:27:17.359 --> 00:27:17.920
 give it all.

00:27:18.359 --> 00:27:19.039
 What are you

00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:19.680
 withholding?

00:27:20.859 --> 00:27:21.440
 What are you

00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:22.079
 withholding?

00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:22.900
 Are you withholding

00:27:22.900 --> 00:27:23.519
 your time?

00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:25.420
 Are you giving a

00:27:25.420 --> 00:27:25.900
 bunch of time,

00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:26.460
 but there's some

00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:27.039
 time it's like,

00:27:27.099 --> 00:27:28.119
 this is me time.

00:27:28.639 --> 00:27:29.419
 This is my

00:27:29.419 --> 00:27:29.719
 time.

00:27:29.939 --> 00:27:30.479
 You can have

00:27:30.479 --> 00:27:31.079
 all this time,

00:27:31.139 --> 00:27:31.739
 but you can't

00:27:31.739 --> 00:27:32.339
 have that.

00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:33.959
 And you have

00:27:33.959 --> 00:27:34.519
 this semblance

00:27:34.519 --> 00:27:34.979
 of I'm giving

00:27:34.979 --> 00:27:35.719
 all my time.

00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:36.319
 And God

00:27:36.319 --> 00:27:36.899
 says, but what

00:27:36.899 --> 00:27:37.819
 are you withholding?

00:27:38.979 --> 00:27:39.500
 Maybe it's

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:39.879
 your money.

00:27:39.979 --> 00:27:40.379
 It's like, I

00:27:40.379 --> 00:27:41.099
 give this money,

00:27:41.419 --> 00:27:41.899
 but then this,

00:27:42.159 --> 00:27:43.459
 I give money to

00:27:43.459 --> 00:27:43.959
 the church I've

00:27:43.959 --> 00:27:44.419
 been giving all

00:27:44.419 --> 00:27:44.679
 the time.

00:27:44.719 --> 00:27:45.139
 I've been giving

00:27:45.139 --> 00:27:45.799
 my whole life.

00:27:45.879 --> 00:27:46.259
 Like, this is

00:27:46.259 --> 00:27:46.919
 what I do.

00:27:47.959 --> 00:27:48.359
 But what are

00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:48.779
 you doing with

00:27:48.779 --> 00:27:49.259
 the money you

00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:49.639
 keep?

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:50.579
 Is that the

00:27:50.579 --> 00:27:51.179
 Lord's too?

00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:52.339
 Or are you

00:27:52.339 --> 00:27:53.099
 withholding that

00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:53.579
 from him?

00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:54.419
 Maybe you're

00:27:54.419 --> 00:27:54.939
 withholding what

00:27:54.939 --> 00:27:55.299
 you're supposed

00:27:55.299 --> 00:27:55.799
 to give to

00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:56.059
 him.

00:27:56.599 --> 00:27:57.239
 But are you

00:27:57.240 --> 00:27:57.900
 withholding what

00:27:57.900 --> 00:27:59.200
 you are keeping

00:27:59.200 --> 00:27:59.759
 in the sense

00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:00.120
 that you're

00:28:00.120 --> 00:28:01.359
 just using it

00:28:01.359 --> 00:28:01.859
 for your own

00:28:01.859 --> 00:28:02.519
 self and it's

00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:03.319
 not seen as

00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:03.720
 his?

00:28:04.940 --> 00:28:05.640
 Maybe it's our

00:28:05.640 --> 00:28:06.099
 career and our

00:28:06.099 --> 00:28:06.500
 job.

00:28:07.079 --> 00:28:07.460
 Maybe the

00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:07.759
 career and the

00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:08.319
 job is something

00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:08.680
 we've been

00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:09.539
 fighting for and

00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:10.720
 wrestling for for

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:11.359
 a whole life and

00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:12.200
 I finally got it.

00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:12.740
 This is what I

00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:13.099
 wanted.

00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:14.019
 And yet it's

00:28:14.019 --> 00:28:14.620
 standing in the

00:28:14.620 --> 00:28:15.059
 way of what

00:28:15.059 --> 00:28:15.620
 God wants.

00:28:15.700 --> 00:28:16.099
 Are we willing

00:28:16.099 --> 00:28:16.779
 to let it go?

00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:18.420
 Are we willing

00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:18.920
 to let it go?

00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:19.620
 Are we withholding?

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:20.019
 It's like, yeah,

00:28:20.059 --> 00:28:20.940
 you can have all

00:28:20.940 --> 00:28:21.359
 the things.

00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:22.140
 I'll sacrifice

00:28:22.140 --> 00:28:23.460
 time and money,

00:28:23.579 --> 00:28:24.500
 but no, not that

00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:25.259
 career, not that

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:25.660
 job.

00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:26.620
 That's mine.

00:28:26.619 --> 00:28:27.419
 I worked hard

00:28:27.419 --> 00:28:27.939
 for that.

00:28:28.739 --> 00:28:29.119
 And I'm not

00:28:29.119 --> 00:28:29.559
 saying everybody

00:28:29.559 --> 00:28:30.079
 has to give up

00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:30.599
 their career or

00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:31.539
 job, but there's

00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:32.059
 going to be some

00:28:32.059 --> 00:28:32.659
 people who do.

00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:35.039
 Some people are

00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:35.359
 going to have to

00:28:35.359 --> 00:28:35.839
 leave some money

00:28:35.839 --> 00:28:36.519
 on the table to

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:37.099
 follow Jesus.

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:38.399
 Some people are

00:28:38.399 --> 00:28:38.899
 going to have to

00:28:38.899 --> 00:28:39.899
 leave certain

00:28:39.899 --> 00:28:40.439
 things that they

00:28:40.439 --> 00:28:41.659
 want to do and

00:28:41.659 --> 00:28:42.459
 not withhold them

00:28:42.459 --> 00:28:43.079
 from the Lord.

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:44.179
 Sometimes it's

00:28:44.179 --> 00:28:45.279
 family and friends.

00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:47.159
 Sometimes it's

00:28:47.159 --> 00:28:47.899
 our kids.

00:28:48.539 --> 00:28:49.519
 Kids can become a

00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:50.479
 very easy way to

00:28:50.479 --> 00:28:51.359
 spiritualize our

00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:52.219
 selfishness.

00:28:53.199 --> 00:28:53.359
 Okay?

00:28:53.839 --> 00:28:54.399
 Some people are

00:28:54.399 --> 00:28:54.659
 going to have to

00:28:54.660 --> 00:28:55.040
 give up their

00:28:55.040 --> 00:28:55.259
 kids'

00:28:55.400 --> 00:28:55.880
 bedtime.

00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:57.980
 As if God can

00:28:57.980 --> 00:28:58.540
 have everything

00:28:58.540 --> 00:28:59.140
 but my kids'

00:28:59.259 --> 00:28:59.660
 bedtime.

00:29:00.380 --> 00:29:01.060
 Everything is

00:29:01.060 --> 00:29:01.900
 nothing sacred

00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:02.640
 except the time

00:29:02.640 --> 00:29:03.380
 my kids go to

00:29:03.380 --> 00:29:03.680
 bed.

00:29:04.040 --> 00:29:04.240
 Why?

00:29:04.340 --> 00:29:04.759
 Because it

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:05.779
 inconveniences me

00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:06.560
 to put them to

00:29:06.560 --> 00:29:07.220
 bed at different

00:29:07.220 --> 00:29:07.900
 times in order to

00:29:07.900 --> 00:29:08.340
 have fellowship

00:29:08.340 --> 00:29:09.080
 with the saints.

00:29:09.640 --> 00:29:10.560
 Well, that sacred

00:29:10.560 --> 00:29:11.340
 cow's got to go

00:29:11.340 --> 00:29:11.640
 too.

00:29:12.100 --> 00:29:12.980
 You can't withhold

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:13.440
 that.

00:29:14.620 --> 00:29:15.580
 You can't withhold

00:29:15.580 --> 00:29:16.440
 anything from the

00:29:16.440 --> 00:29:16.680
 Lord.

00:29:17.320 --> 00:29:18.360
 What is he calling

00:29:18.360 --> 00:29:19.279
 you to give up?

00:29:20.040 --> 00:29:20.960
 What is he calling

00:29:20.960 --> 00:29:21.620
 you to give?

00:29:21.940 --> 00:29:22.519
 Some of us,

00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:23.039
 it's our very

00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:23.460
 freedom.

00:29:23.619 --> 00:29:23.839
 It's like,

00:29:23.900 --> 00:29:24.480
 I love my

00:29:24.480 --> 00:29:24.900
 freedom,

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:26.180
 my time,

00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:26.940
 and my choices.

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:29.180
 I don't ever

00:29:29.180 --> 00:29:29.599
 want to limit

00:29:29.599 --> 00:29:30.559
 my options.

00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:31.660
 Okay?

00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:31.879
 Do you know

00:29:31.879 --> 00:29:32.339
 what the word

00:29:32.339 --> 00:29:33.359
 decide means

00:29:33.359 --> 00:29:33.900
 to cut off?

00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:35.019
 The root word

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:35.859
 of decide in the

00:29:35.859 --> 00:29:36.660
 Latin means to

00:29:36.660 --> 00:29:37.440
 cut off.

00:29:38.379 --> 00:29:39.319
 A decision by

00:29:39.319 --> 00:29:40.079
 nature means

00:29:40.079 --> 00:29:40.539
 you're cutting

00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:41.119
 off other

00:29:41.119 --> 00:29:41.660
 options.

00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:43.039
 We live in a

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:43.539
 generation,

00:29:43.740 --> 00:29:44.220
 especially with

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:44.799
 young people,

00:29:45.160 --> 00:29:45.579
 where all we

00:29:45.579 --> 00:29:46.019
 want to do is

00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:46.599
 keep as many

00:29:46.599 --> 00:29:47.500
 options open as

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:48.000
 possible.

00:29:48.279 --> 00:29:48.779
 And it keeps

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:49.639
 us uncommitted.

00:29:50.039 --> 00:29:50.639
 It makes us

00:29:50.639 --> 00:29:51.079
 flaky.

00:29:51.079 --> 00:29:52.359
 What ends up

00:29:52.359 --> 00:29:53.179
 happening is

00:29:53.179 --> 00:29:54.720
 we're withholding

00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:55.720
 this sense of

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:56.299
 freedom to the

00:29:56.299 --> 00:29:56.500
 Lord.

00:29:56.579 --> 00:29:56.859
 We're not

00:29:56.859 --> 00:29:57.659
 bond slaves to

00:29:57.659 --> 00:29:57.919
 Jesus.

00:29:58.099 --> 00:29:58.500
 We're saying,

00:29:58.859 --> 00:29:59.319
 God, you can

00:29:59.319 --> 00:30:00.019
 have everything

00:30:00.019 --> 00:30:00.619
 except my

00:30:00.619 --> 00:30:01.019
 options.

00:30:01.119 --> 00:30:01.639
 I got to keep

00:30:01.639 --> 00:30:02.199
 my options

00:30:02.199 --> 00:30:02.579
 open.

00:30:03.099 --> 00:30:03.779
 My commitments

00:30:03.779 --> 00:30:04.519
 will only go

00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:05.159
 this far.

00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:06.139
 And if it goes

00:30:06.139 --> 00:30:06.759
 to a point where

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:07.379
 I have to limit

00:30:07.379 --> 00:30:08.079
 my options,

00:30:08.339 --> 00:30:09.139
 you can't have

00:30:09.139 --> 00:30:09.599
 that Lord.

00:30:10.139 --> 00:30:10.759
 No, he needs

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:11.279
 that too.

00:30:12.639 --> 00:30:13.500
 We have to limit

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:14.299
 our options for

00:30:14.299 --> 00:30:14.639
 Jesus.

00:30:15.399 --> 00:30:16.139
 We have to give

00:30:16.139 --> 00:30:16.759
 up comfort.

00:30:17.539 --> 00:30:18.319
 We have to give

00:30:18.319 --> 00:30:19.179
 up our secrets.

00:30:19.379 --> 00:30:19.919
 The things like,

00:30:20.259 --> 00:30:20.799
 well, I'll tell

00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:21.460
 people this, but

00:30:21.460 --> 00:30:22.139
 that's the one

00:30:22.139 --> 00:30:22.700
 thing I'm never

00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:23.119
 going to tell

00:30:23.119 --> 00:30:23.299
 anyone.

00:30:23.379 --> 00:30:23.899
 I'll go to my

00:30:23.899 --> 00:30:24.879
 grave not telling

00:30:24.879 --> 00:30:25.819
 someone that

00:30:25.819 --> 00:30:26.180
 thing.

00:30:28.159 --> 00:30:29.099
 Is God calling

00:30:29.099 --> 00:30:29.639
 us to give up

00:30:29.639 --> 00:30:30.079
 some of our

00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:30.599
 privacy?

00:30:31.559 --> 00:30:32.500
 What is it that

00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:33.180
 we're withholding

00:30:33.180 --> 00:30:33.720
 from God?

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:34.980
 What secret?

00:30:36.059 --> 00:30:36.799
 What level of

00:30:36.799 --> 00:30:37.299
 privacy?

00:30:37.579 --> 00:30:38.259
 What level of

00:30:38.259 --> 00:30:38.599
 freedom?

00:30:39.159 --> 00:30:39.579
 We're saying,

00:30:39.639 --> 00:30:42.000
 God, I don't

00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:42.559
 want to withhold

00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:44.480
 anything to you.

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:46.480
 God, I don't

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:46.480


00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:46.480


00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:46.640
 And then you

00:30:46.640 --> 00:30:47.259
 hear a sermon

00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:48.200
 like Seth

00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:48.779
 brought last

00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:49.900
 weekend, and

00:30:49.900 --> 00:30:50.740
 he brings up

00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:52.360
 bad ultimate

00:30:52.360 --> 00:30:53.279
 reasons to join

00:30:53.279 --> 00:30:53.860
 a church.

00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:57.700
 Like, what are

00:30:57.700 --> 00:30:58.160
 we willing to

00:30:58.160 --> 00:30:58.460
 do?

00:30:58.920 --> 00:30:59.819
 Will we only be

00:30:59.819 --> 00:31:00.299
 in a small

00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:00.740
 church?

00:31:00.819 --> 00:31:01.180
 It's like what

00:31:01.180 --> 00:31:01.759
 he said last

00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:02.059
 week.

00:31:02.360 --> 00:31:02.680
 Well, what

00:31:02.680 --> 00:31:03.279
 happens if we

00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:03.700
 do what we're

00:31:03.700 --> 00:31:04.480
 supposed to do

00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:05.640
 and preach the

00:31:05.640 --> 00:31:06.319
 gospel to people

00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:06.680
 and they get

00:31:06.680 --> 00:31:07.160
 saved and the

00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:07.640
 church is no

00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:08.339
 longer small?

00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:11.620
 Well, is my

00:31:11.620 --> 00:31:12.299
 commitment to the

00:31:12.299 --> 00:31:12.740
 Lord with a

00:31:12.740 --> 00:31:13.460
 little clause on

00:31:13.460 --> 00:31:14.000
 the side that

00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:14.680
 says, I'm

00:31:14.680 --> 00:31:15.120
 committed to

00:31:15.120 --> 00:31:15.660
 your church as

00:31:15.660 --> 00:31:16.059
 long as your

00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:16.799
 church stays a

00:31:16.799 --> 00:31:18.039
 certain size where

00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:18.559
 I'm comfortable

00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:19.180
 and I don't have

00:31:19.180 --> 00:31:20.240
 to interact with

00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:20.779
 people that I

00:31:20.779 --> 00:31:21.400
 don't like or I

00:31:21.400 --> 00:31:22.000
 don't know as

00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:22.319
 well.

00:31:23.059 --> 00:31:23.860
 As long as it's

00:31:23.860 --> 00:31:24.840
 not a size that

00:31:24.840 --> 00:31:26.720
 is too difficult

00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:27.360
 for me.

00:31:28.299 --> 00:31:29.340
 As long as I

00:31:29.340 --> 00:31:30.640
 get to put my

00:31:30.640 --> 00:31:31.420
 friends and family

00:31:31.420 --> 00:31:31.960
 first.

00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:33.400
 As long as I

00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:33.860
 have the

00:31:33.860 --> 00:31:34.340
 leadership

00:31:34.340 --> 00:31:36.019
 opportunities that

00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:37.019
 I want and as

00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:37.519
 long as it's

00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:38.720
 close and has a

00:31:38.720 --> 00:31:39.600
 proximity to me

00:31:39.600 --> 00:31:40.259
 that I like.

00:31:41.160 --> 00:31:41.740
 Some of us,

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:42.740
 you know, with

00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:43.059
 the church

00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:43.340
 moving,

00:31:43.460 --> 00:31:43.960
 thinking, oh,

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:44.579
 that sucks.

00:31:44.720 --> 00:31:45.960
 That's further

00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:46.400
 away.

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:46.799
 Some of you are

00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:47.340
 like, yeah,

00:31:47.420 --> 00:31:47.860
 that's great.

00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:48.539
 This is closer.

00:31:49.579 --> 00:31:50.140
 But that's the

00:31:50.140 --> 00:31:50.559
 thing.

00:31:51.380 --> 00:31:51.960
 It can always

00:31:51.960 --> 00:31:52.680
 change.

00:31:53.940 --> 00:31:54.400
 And the

00:31:54.400 --> 00:31:55.720
 posture of a

00:31:55.720 --> 00:31:56.319
 disciple of

00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:56.860
 Jesus should

00:31:56.860 --> 00:31:57.360
 say, God,

00:31:57.600 --> 00:31:58.340
 nothing is

00:31:58.340 --> 00:31:59.079
 withheld from

00:31:59.079 --> 00:31:59.340
 you.

00:32:00.100 --> 00:32:00.640
 I won't

00:32:00.640 --> 00:32:01.460
 withhold anything

00:32:01.460 --> 00:32:02.000
 from you.

00:32:02.160 --> 00:32:02.960
 No matter what

00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:03.799
 you ask of me,

00:32:03.819 --> 00:32:04.380
 I'll give it to

00:32:04.380 --> 00:32:04.600
 you.

00:32:04.880 --> 00:32:05.140
 All right,

00:32:05.380 --> 00:32:06.180
 offer your son

00:32:06.180 --> 00:32:06.920
 as a sacrifice.

00:32:07.600 --> 00:32:08.279
 I'll give you

00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:08.759
 my son.

00:32:09.360 --> 00:32:10.079
 Whatever it may

00:32:10.079 --> 00:32:10.579
 take.

00:32:11.380 --> 00:32:11.819
 Offer your

00:32:11.819 --> 00:32:12.220
 career.

00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:12.900
 Offer your

00:32:12.900 --> 00:32:13.280
 time.

00:32:13.480 --> 00:32:13.920
 Offer your

00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:14.440
 options.

00:32:14.800 --> 00:32:15.200
 Offer your

00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:15.519
 freedom.

00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:16.160
 Offer your

00:32:16.160 --> 00:32:16.440
 money.

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:17.140
 Offer your

00:32:17.140 --> 00:32:17.500
 talents.

00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:18.480
 Yes, I'm not

00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:19.200
 withholding anything

00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:19.600
 from you,

00:32:19.640 --> 00:32:19.900
 Jesus.

00:32:20.300 --> 00:32:21.040
 I don't want to

00:32:21.040 --> 00:32:22.019
 be some guy who's

00:32:22.019 --> 00:32:23.460
 renowned for being

00:32:23.460 --> 00:32:24.400
 a giving spiritual

00:32:24.400 --> 00:32:25.780
 person, yet when it

00:32:25.780 --> 00:32:26.460
 gets to the end,

00:32:26.540 --> 00:32:27.240
 the Lord says,

00:32:27.580 --> 00:32:28.460
 you withheld from

00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:28.680
 me.

00:32:29.840 --> 00:32:30.980
 You withheld from

00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:31.140
 me.

00:32:31.300 --> 00:32:32.340
 You had a reputation

00:32:32.340 --> 00:32:33.500
 for being alive.

00:32:33.880 --> 00:32:35.080
 You gave so much,

00:32:35.400 --> 00:32:36.259
 and yet what I wanted

00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:36.880
 you to give,

00:32:37.160 --> 00:32:37.880
 you withheld,

00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:38.880
 and you took it

00:32:38.880 --> 00:32:39.880
 all to the end

00:32:39.880 --> 00:32:40.500
 with the praises

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:41.800
 of man keeping

00:32:41.800 --> 00:32:42.620
 you, but you

00:32:42.620 --> 00:32:43.400
 did not have my

00:32:43.400 --> 00:32:44.020
 praise because I

00:32:44.020 --> 00:32:44.880
 was not pleased.

00:32:48.340 --> 00:32:49.280
 And what ends up

00:32:49.280 --> 00:32:50.140
 happening is we

00:32:50.140 --> 00:32:51.080
 get mad or sad.

00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:51.740
 We think God

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:52.700
 asked too much.

00:32:53.080 --> 00:32:53.740
 We think God is

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:55.120
 too hard or that

00:32:55.120 --> 00:32:56.320
 God won't mind.

00:32:58.140 --> 00:32:58.960
 And that's the one

00:32:58.960 --> 00:32:59.740
 we don't talk about

00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:00.040
 a lot.

00:33:00.140 --> 00:33:00.780
 People will talk

00:33:00.780 --> 00:33:01.720
 about, yeah, I

00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:02.520
 feel like it's just

00:33:02.520 --> 00:33:03.920
 too much or it's

00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:04.600
 too hard.

00:33:04.599 --> 00:33:04.819
 God won't mind.

00:33:04.980 --> 00:33:06.079
 That guy in the

00:33:06.079 --> 00:33:06.759
 parable said, I

00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:07.199
 thought you were

00:33:07.199 --> 00:33:08.139
 too hard, God, so I

00:33:08.139 --> 00:33:08.859
 buried the talent.

00:33:09.359 --> 00:33:10.279
 But what about God

00:33:10.279 --> 00:33:10.939
 won't mind?

00:33:11.879 --> 00:33:12.859
 God won't mind is a

00:33:12.859 --> 00:33:13.579
 lack of the fear of

00:33:13.579 --> 00:33:13.980
 the Lord.

00:33:14.439 --> 00:33:15.480
 God won't mind is

00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:16.819
 Ananias and Sapphira

00:33:16.819 --> 00:33:17.500
 saying, you know,

00:33:17.719 --> 00:33:18.419
 he's not going to

00:33:18.419 --> 00:33:18.759
 mind.

00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:19.639
 He knows we're

00:33:19.639 --> 00:33:19.959
 giving.

00:33:20.339 --> 00:33:21.299
 If we keep back a

00:33:21.299 --> 00:33:21.719
 little bit from

00:33:21.719 --> 00:33:23.039
 ourselves, God won't

00:33:23.039 --> 00:33:24.119
 mind is Saul saying,

00:33:24.399 --> 00:33:25.539
 hey, I mean, what's

00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:26.259
 the big deal?

00:33:27.179 --> 00:33:28.839
 I did, we destroyed

00:33:28.839 --> 00:33:30.159
 a bunch of it, and

00:33:30.159 --> 00:33:30.679
 now we're going to

00:33:30.679 --> 00:33:31.819
 sacrifice the stuff to

00:33:31.819 --> 00:33:32.279
 the Lord.

00:33:32.699 --> 00:33:33.659
 God won't mind.

00:33:33.660 --> 00:33:35.060
 Well, God minds.

00:33:35.580 --> 00:33:36.720
 God minds when we

00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:37.720
 withhold from him.

00:33:38.400 --> 00:33:39.279
 God minds.

00:33:40.560 --> 00:33:41.620
 Someone who doesn't

00:33:41.620 --> 00:33:42.580
 fear the Lord says

00:33:42.580 --> 00:33:44.060
 something consciously

00:33:44.060 --> 00:33:45.300
 or subconsciously like

00:33:45.300 --> 00:33:46.120
 God doesn't mind.

00:33:47.380 --> 00:33:48.740
 When it comes down to

00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:51.759
 it, Jesus wants what

00:33:51.759 --> 00:33:52.980
 he paid for.

00:33:54.120 --> 00:33:55.279
 Jesus wants what he

00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:55.800
 paid for.

00:33:57.060 --> 00:33:58.460
 And Jesus should get

00:33:58.460 --> 00:33:59.240
 what he paid for.

00:33:59.240 --> 00:34:04.079
 Psalm 49, verse 7

00:34:04.079 --> 00:34:05.279
 says, truly no man

00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:06.440
 can ransom another

00:34:06.440 --> 00:34:08.179
 or give to God the

00:34:08.179 --> 00:34:09.219
 price of his life.

00:34:09.679 --> 00:34:10.659
 For the ransom of

00:34:10.659 --> 00:34:11.780
 their life is costly

00:34:11.780 --> 00:34:13.139
 and can never suffice,

00:34:13.139 --> 00:34:14.519
 that he should live on

00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:15.440
 forever and never see

00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:15.900
 the pit.

00:34:16.260 --> 00:34:17.559
 So you can't pay the

00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:18.739
 ransom that is required

00:34:18.739 --> 00:34:20.139
 to pay the debt that

00:34:20.139 --> 00:34:20.559
 we owe.

00:34:21.019 --> 00:34:21.699
 That's what he's

00:34:21.699 --> 00:34:22.320
 saying here.

00:34:23.659 --> 00:34:25.019
 So what did Jesus do?

00:34:25.159 --> 00:34:27.260
 Well, 1 Peter 1, 17-19

00:34:27.260 --> 00:34:28.300
 says, if you call on

00:34:28.300 --> 00:34:29.780
 him as father who

00:34:29.780 --> 00:34:30.800
 judges impartially

00:34:30.800 --> 00:34:31.500
 according to each

00:34:31.500 --> 00:34:32.960
 one's deeds, conduct

00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:33.980
 yourselves with fear

00:34:33.980 --> 00:34:34.780
 throughout the time of

00:34:34.780 --> 00:34:36.100
 your exile, knowing

00:34:36.100 --> 00:34:37.660
 that you were ransomed

00:34:37.660 --> 00:34:38.960
 from the futile ways

00:34:38.960 --> 00:34:39.840
 inherited from your

00:34:39.840 --> 00:34:41.460
 forefathers, not with

00:34:41.460 --> 00:34:42.500
 perishable things such

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:43.940
 as silver or gold, but

00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:44.940
 with the precious blood

00:34:44.940 --> 00:34:46.640
 of Christ, like that of

00:34:46.640 --> 00:34:47.820
 a lamb without blemish

00:34:47.820 --> 00:34:48.560
 or spot.

00:34:49.540 --> 00:34:50.600
 You were ransomed.

00:34:51.300 --> 00:34:53.960
 You were ransomed with

00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:54.960
 the precious blood of

00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:55.480
 Christ.

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:57.920
 Mark 10, 45 says, even

00:34:57.920 --> 00:34:58.820
 the son of man came

00:34:58.820 --> 00:34:59.639
 not to be served, but

00:34:59.639 --> 00:35:00.860
 to serve and to give

00:35:00.860 --> 00:35:01.900
 his life as a ransom

00:35:01.900 --> 00:35:02.500
 for many.

00:35:02.860 --> 00:35:03.820
 He paid our debt.

00:35:04.820 --> 00:35:06.800
 1 Corinthians 6, 19-20

00:35:06.800 --> 00:35:08.460
 says, you are not your

00:35:08.460 --> 00:35:08.900
 own.

00:35:09.240 --> 00:35:10.280
 You were bought with a

00:35:10.280 --> 00:35:12.139
 price, so glorify God

00:35:12.139 --> 00:35:13.059
 in your body.

00:35:14.260 --> 00:35:15.240
 He goes on in 1

00:35:15.240 --> 00:35:17.880
 Corinthians 7, verse 22

00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:18.880
 and he says, he who

00:35:18.880 --> 00:35:20.559
 has called in the Lord

00:35:20.559 --> 00:35:22.380
 as a bondservant is a

00:35:22.380 --> 00:35:23.539
 freed man of the Lord.

00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:25.300
 Likewise, he who was

00:35:25.300 --> 00:35:26.980
 free when called is a

00:35:26.980 --> 00:35:28.320
 bondservant of Christ.

00:35:28.579 --> 00:35:29.519
 You were bought with a

00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:29.960
 price.

00:35:30.860 --> 00:35:31.779
 Do not become bonds

00:35:31.779 --> 00:35:32.500
 servants of men.

00:35:32.820 --> 00:35:33.699
 God bought us.

00:35:33.980 --> 00:35:35.039
 He purchased us.

00:35:35.880 --> 00:35:36.719
 We were in debt.

00:35:36.800 --> 00:35:37.579
 We couldn't pay it.

00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:39.059
 God said, I will pay your

00:35:39.059 --> 00:35:40.880
 debt and then you are

00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:41.279
 mine.

00:35:42.279 --> 00:35:43.259
 I own you.

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:45.000
 You're no longer your

00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:45.340
 own.

00:35:45.599 --> 00:35:46.800
 So glorify God with your

00:35:46.800 --> 00:35:47.199
 body.

00:35:47.480 --> 00:35:48.239
 You've been bought with a

00:35:48.239 --> 00:35:48.659
 price.

00:35:48.880 --> 00:35:49.880
 We don't live like we're

00:35:49.880 --> 00:35:50.199
 on our own.

00:35:50.440 --> 00:35:50.960
 You know how you live

00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:51.900
 like your own when you

00:35:51.900 --> 00:35:52.840
 withhold from the one

00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:53.679
 who owns you.

00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:55.880
 Withholding from the one

00:35:55.880 --> 00:35:57.460
 who owns you is not

00:35:57.460 --> 00:35:58.280
 living like you've been

00:35:58.280 --> 00:35:59.340
 bought with a price.

00:36:00.840 --> 00:36:02.760
 Acts 20, 28 in the CSB

00:36:02.760 --> 00:36:03.659
 says, be on your guard

00:36:03.659 --> 00:36:05.079
 for yourselves and for

00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:05.940
 all the flock of which

00:36:05.940 --> 00:36:07.199
 the Holy Spirit has

00:36:07.199 --> 00:36:07.960
 appointed you as

00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:09.240
 overseers, speaking to

00:36:09.240 --> 00:36:10.920
 elders, to shepherd the

00:36:10.920 --> 00:36:11.900
 church of God, which he

00:36:11.900 --> 00:36:13.780
 purchased with his own

00:36:13.780 --> 00:36:14.220
 blood.

00:36:14.420 --> 00:36:15.820
 He purchased the church.

00:36:16.059 --> 00:36:16.820
 It's his.

00:36:18.019 --> 00:36:19.619
 Colossians 2, 13 to 14

00:36:19.619 --> 00:36:21.039
 says, you were dead in

00:36:21.039 --> 00:36:22.719
 your trespasses and the

00:36:22.719 --> 00:36:24.339
 uncircumcision of your

00:36:24.339 --> 00:36:24.819
 flesh.

00:36:25.500 --> 00:36:26.460
 God made you alive

00:36:26.460 --> 00:36:27.519
 together with him, having

00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:28.500
 forgiven us all our

00:36:28.500 --> 00:36:30.420
 trespasses by canceling

00:36:30.420 --> 00:36:31.859
 the record of debt that

00:36:31.859 --> 00:36:33.000
 stood against us with its

00:36:33.000 --> 00:36:33.739
 legal demands.

00:36:34.159 --> 00:36:35.599
 This he set aside, nailing

00:36:35.599 --> 00:36:36.400
 it to the cross.

00:36:36.699 --> 00:36:37.960
 How did he cancel the

00:36:37.960 --> 00:36:38.279
 debt?

00:36:38.559 --> 00:36:39.559
 With the cross.

00:36:39.980 --> 00:36:41.000
 The cross was the

00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:42.319
 payment for your debt.

00:36:42.699 --> 00:36:43.739
 The cross canceled the

00:36:43.739 --> 00:36:44.599
 debt because it was the

00:36:44.599 --> 00:36:44.920
 payment.

00:36:45.980 --> 00:36:47.239
 Do you believe that?

00:36:47.239 --> 00:36:49.199
 If he purchased your

00:36:49.199 --> 00:36:50.839
 debt with the cross, he

00:36:50.839 --> 00:36:51.539
 purchased you.

00:36:52.039 --> 00:36:53.039
 You're not your own

00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:53.439
 anymore.

00:36:54.879 --> 00:36:56.239
 This is why we sing like

00:36:56.239 --> 00:36:58.000
 the hymn this, my sin, oh

00:36:58.000 --> 00:36:59.219
 the bliss of this glorious

00:36:59.219 --> 00:37:01.099
 thought, my sin not in

00:37:01.099 --> 00:37:02.599
 part but the whole, was

00:37:02.599 --> 00:37:03.979
 nailed to the cross and I

00:37:03.979 --> 00:37:04.859
 bear it no more.

00:37:05.219 --> 00:37:06.539
 Praise the Lord, praise the

00:37:06.539 --> 00:37:08.219
 Lord, oh my soul.

00:37:09.239 --> 00:37:10.179
 Or the other hymn that

00:37:10.179 --> 00:37:12.799
 says, Jesus paid it all, all

00:37:12.799 --> 00:37:13.739
 to him I owe.

00:37:14.279 --> 00:37:15.559
 Sin had left a crimson

00:37:15.559 --> 00:37:16.019
 stain.

00:37:16.019 --> 00:37:18.019
 He washed it white as

00:37:18.019 --> 00:37:18.480
 snow.

00:37:18.820 --> 00:37:20.400
 If Jesus paid it all, then

00:37:20.400 --> 00:37:21.639
 all to him we owe.

00:37:22.099 --> 00:37:23.099
 We give it gladly.

00:37:23.239 --> 00:37:23.900
 We don't withhold.

00:37:24.059 --> 00:37:25.960
 We say, Jesus, if you ask

00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:27.280
 it, I give it.

00:37:27.519 --> 00:37:29.199
 If you ask it, there's no

00:37:29.199 --> 00:37:29.940
 conversation.

00:37:30.539 --> 00:37:31.320
 I'm having short

00:37:31.320 --> 00:37:32.400
 conversations with the

00:37:32.400 --> 00:37:32.820
 flesh.

00:37:33.059 --> 00:37:34.119
 They look like this.

00:37:34.440 --> 00:37:34.880
 No.

00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:37.440
 I'm not negotiating with

00:37:37.440 --> 00:37:38.099
 the flesh.

00:37:38.619 --> 00:37:40.039
 I'm not negotiating with

00:37:40.039 --> 00:37:40.980
 my flesh to say, well

00:37:40.980 --> 00:37:41.820
 God, I'll give you this

00:37:41.820 --> 00:37:43.300
 much but not all of it.

00:37:43.380 --> 00:37:43.619
 No.

00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:45.239
 He paid for it on the

00:37:45.239 --> 00:37:45.639
 cross.

00:37:45.699 --> 00:37:46.379
 It's paid for.

00:37:46.439 --> 00:37:47.219
 He owns me.

00:37:48.479 --> 00:37:49.899
 Jesus paid it all, so all

00:37:49.899 --> 00:37:50.759
 to him I owe.

00:37:52.599 --> 00:37:54.299
 And from that comes the

00:37:54.299 --> 00:37:56.639
 kind of love that is a

00:37:56.639 --> 00:37:57.000
 joy.

00:37:57.539 --> 00:38:00.239
 Luke 7, 41 to 47 says a

00:38:00.239 --> 00:38:01.259
 certain money lender had

00:38:01.259 --> 00:38:02.019
 two debtors.

00:38:02.359 --> 00:38:04.619
 One owed 500 denarii.

00:38:05.359 --> 00:38:06.879
 A denarii was a day's

00:38:06.879 --> 00:38:07.439
 wage.

00:38:08.219 --> 00:38:08.439
 Okay.

00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:11.280
 So 500 denarii, if you're

00:38:11.280 --> 00:38:13.559
 working 250 days out of the

00:38:13.559 --> 00:38:16.039
 year, that's two years wages

00:38:16.039 --> 00:38:16.579
 right there.

00:38:16.940 --> 00:38:17.139
 Okay.

00:38:17.599 --> 00:38:18.920
 So one was forgiven two

00:38:18.920 --> 00:38:19.579
 years wages.

00:38:20.099 --> 00:38:23.079
 The other was forgiven 50,

00:38:23.179 --> 00:38:24.260
 which is 10 weeks.

00:38:24.679 --> 00:38:24.920
 Okay.

00:38:26.059 --> 00:38:27.240
 And when they could not pay,

00:38:27.360 --> 00:38:28.659
 he canceled the debt of both.

00:38:28.820 --> 00:38:30.079
 One was 10 weeks pay.

00:38:30.159 --> 00:38:31.480
 One was two years of pay.

00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:33.079
 And he says to him,

00:38:33.079 --> 00:38:34.179
 which one will love more?

00:38:35.139 --> 00:38:36.440
 Simon answered and said,

00:38:36.559 --> 00:38:38.840
 the one I suppose for whom

00:38:38.840 --> 00:38:40.440
 he canceled the larger debt.

00:38:41.340 --> 00:38:42.400
 And he said to him, you have

00:38:42.400 --> 00:38:42.980
 judged rightly.

00:38:43.719 --> 00:38:44.460
 Then turning toward the

00:38:44.460 --> 00:38:45.460
 woman, he said to Simon,

00:38:45.679 --> 00:38:46.679
 do you see this woman?

00:38:47.019 --> 00:38:48.260
 I entered your house.

00:38:48.699 --> 00:38:49.980
 You gave me no water for my

00:38:49.980 --> 00:38:51.800
 feet, but she has wet my feet

00:38:51.800 --> 00:38:53.320
 with her tears and wiped them

00:38:53.320 --> 00:38:53.960
 with her hair.

00:38:54.260 --> 00:38:55.519
 You gave me no kiss.

00:38:55.519 --> 00:38:57.239
 But from the time I came in,

00:38:57.519 --> 00:38:59.340
 she has not ceased to kiss my

00:38:59.340 --> 00:38:59.780
 feet.

00:39:00.059 --> 00:39:01.500
 You did not anoint my head

00:39:01.500 --> 00:39:03.179
 with oil, but she has anointed

00:39:03.179 --> 00:39:04.239
 my feet with ointment.

00:39:04.579 --> 00:39:06.460
 Therefore, I tell you her sins,

00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:08.079
 which are many are forgiven for

00:39:08.079 --> 00:39:09.460
 she loved much, but he was

00:39:09.460 --> 00:39:09.960
 forgiven.

00:39:10.119 --> 00:39:11.559
 Little loves little.

00:39:14.119 --> 00:39:16.259
 She gave because she was

00:39:16.259 --> 00:39:17.179
 forgiven much.

00:39:17.340 --> 00:39:19.000
 She knew that Jesus has paid it

00:39:19.000 --> 00:39:19.199
 all.

00:39:19.480 --> 00:39:20.579
 She's not withholding.

00:39:20.940 --> 00:39:22.679
 Simon withheld from the Lord.

00:39:23.019 --> 00:39:24.619
 The Lord himself was standing

00:39:24.619 --> 00:39:26.159
 in front of Simon and he

00:39:26.159 --> 00:39:26.659
 withheld.

00:39:27.559 --> 00:39:29.299
 He didn't give extravagantly.

00:39:29.719 --> 00:39:30.699
 He didn't even give him

00:39:30.699 --> 00:39:31.920
 anything to wash his feet.

00:39:32.420 --> 00:39:34.739
 And this woman, she gives

00:39:34.739 --> 00:39:35.799
 water for the feet.

00:39:35.960 --> 00:39:36.639
 She's wetting.

00:39:37.119 --> 00:39:38.699
 She's wetting his feet with

00:39:38.699 --> 00:39:40.359
 her hair and her tears.

00:39:41.799 --> 00:39:44.219
 He didn't give any kiss, but

00:39:44.219 --> 00:39:45.799
 she has not ceased kissing.

00:39:46.559 --> 00:39:47.859
 And people who look at that

00:39:47.859 --> 00:39:48.960
 and say that's extravagant,

00:39:49.019 --> 00:39:49.659
 that's too much.

00:39:49.779 --> 00:39:51.179
 No, that's the only thing

00:39:51.179 --> 00:39:51.900
 that's appropriate.

00:39:52.920 --> 00:39:54.119
 And the only time it's

00:39:54.119 --> 00:39:55.339
 inappropriate for us is if

00:39:55.339 --> 00:39:57.980
 we've forgotten how much

00:39:57.980 --> 00:39:58.679
 we've been forgiven.

00:39:59.900 --> 00:40:01.559
 We've forgotten the debt

00:40:01.559 --> 00:40:02.259
 that's been paid.

00:40:02.599 --> 00:40:04.139
 He didn't just make our debt

00:40:04.139 --> 00:40:04.739
 less.

00:40:05.259 --> 00:40:06.759
 He paid it all.

00:40:07.500 --> 00:40:08.539
 He paid it all.

00:40:09.319 --> 00:40:10.579
 And so an extravagant

00:40:10.579 --> 00:40:12.279
 response is natural.

00:40:12.639 --> 00:40:13.380
 It's normal.

00:40:14.480 --> 00:40:16.099
 It's evidence that you've been

00:40:16.099 --> 00:40:17.980
 forgiven of much.

00:40:18.819 --> 00:40:19.659
 Because if you've been

00:40:19.659 --> 00:40:20.619
 forgiven much, you love

00:40:20.619 --> 00:40:20.880
 much.

00:40:20.940 --> 00:40:21.579
 If you've been forgiven

00:40:21.579 --> 00:40:23.019
 little, you love little.

00:40:23.019 --> 00:40:24.659
 And when you know this

00:40:24.659 --> 00:40:25.699
 and you believe this,

00:40:26.000 --> 00:40:27.559
 you can say as they sing

00:40:27.559 --> 00:40:30.000
 in Revelation chapter 5

00:40:30.000 --> 00:40:30.639
 verse 9,

00:40:31.039 --> 00:40:32.079
 the new song saying,

00:40:32.239 --> 00:40:33.300
 worthy are you to take

00:40:33.300 --> 00:40:34.800
 the scroll and to open

00:40:34.800 --> 00:40:35.360
 its seals.

00:40:35.500 --> 00:40:37.099
 For you were slain and by

00:40:37.099 --> 00:40:38.159
 your blood you ransomed

00:40:38.159 --> 00:40:39.960
 people for God from every

00:40:39.960 --> 00:40:41.500
 tribe and language and

00:40:41.500 --> 00:40:42.579
 people and nation.

00:40:43.099 --> 00:40:43.880
 You have made them a

00:40:43.880 --> 00:40:45.000
 kingdom of priests to our

00:40:45.000 --> 00:40:46.480
 God that they shall reign on

00:40:46.480 --> 00:40:47.019
 this earth.

00:40:47.759 --> 00:40:49.179
 You say worthy is the

00:40:49.179 --> 00:40:49.519
 lamb.

00:40:50.219 --> 00:40:50.940
 You say worthy.

00:40:50.940 --> 00:40:51.740
 Lord, you're worthy.

00:40:52.139 --> 00:40:53.079
 I will not withhold

00:40:53.079 --> 00:40:54.159
 anything from you because

00:40:54.159 --> 00:40:54.720
 you're worthy.

00:40:55.240 --> 00:40:56.480
 You're worth it all.

00:40:57.280 --> 00:40:58.240
 Like, it's worth it.

00:40:58.300 --> 00:40:59.840
 It's not a bad deal for me.

00:41:00.179 --> 00:41:01.039
 This isn't a bad

00:41:01.039 --> 00:41:01.820
 transaction.

00:41:02.380 --> 00:41:03.720
 I'm giving to you and

00:41:03.720 --> 00:41:04.720
 actually it's a bad

00:41:04.720 --> 00:41:05.800
 transaction for you.

00:41:06.039 --> 00:41:07.119
 It's totally unfair.

00:41:07.920 --> 00:41:09.720
 It seems ridiculous for me

00:41:09.720 --> 00:41:11.840
 to give my life after all

00:41:11.840 --> 00:41:12.920
 that you've given to me.

00:41:13.220 --> 00:41:14.500
 It's an unfair trade.

00:41:15.320 --> 00:41:17.179
 It's totally out of the

00:41:17.179 --> 00:41:17.599
 whack.

00:41:17.599 --> 00:41:20.159
 Like, my sacrifice to you,

00:41:20.480 --> 00:41:22.039
 it doesn't even look like

00:41:22.039 --> 00:41:22.619
 a sacrifice.

00:41:23.059 --> 00:41:24.259
 It seems so small and

00:41:24.259 --> 00:41:26.099
 petty in comparison because

00:41:26.099 --> 00:41:26.960
 of the lamb who was

00:41:26.960 --> 00:41:27.839
 slain, who was worthy,

00:41:28.219 --> 00:41:29.500
 who redeemed all over the

00:41:29.500 --> 00:41:30.440
 earth, who ransomed the

00:41:30.440 --> 00:41:31.759
 people from the earth.

00:41:32.079 --> 00:41:32.960
 He paid their debt.

00:41:33.019 --> 00:41:33.860
 He purchased them.

00:41:34.239 --> 00:41:35.219
 You purchased me and the

00:41:35.219 --> 00:41:36.500
 least I can give you is

00:41:36.500 --> 00:41:36.960
 everything.

00:41:37.860 --> 00:41:38.480
 Is everything.

00:41:38.839 --> 00:41:39.860
 How dare I withhold

00:41:39.860 --> 00:41:40.860
 anything from you?

00:41:42.579 --> 00:41:44.199
 See, when you know that

00:41:44.199 --> 00:41:44.980
 God didn't withhold

00:41:44.980 --> 00:41:46.659
 anything for us, it says in

00:41:46.659 --> 00:41:48.399
 Psalm 84 11, the Lord

00:41:48.399 --> 00:41:49.639
 God is a sun and shield.

00:41:49.759 --> 00:41:51.099
 The Lord bestows favor and

00:41:51.099 --> 00:41:51.319
 honor.

00:41:51.759 --> 00:41:53.099
 No good thing does he

00:41:53.099 --> 00:41:54.460
 withhold from those who

00:41:54.460 --> 00:41:55.219
 walk uprightly.

00:41:55.299 --> 00:41:56.279
 Do you know that he's not

00:41:56.279 --> 00:41:57.299
 withholding anything from

00:41:57.299 --> 00:41:57.559
 you?

00:41:58.619 --> 00:41:59.940
 He never has.

00:42:00.399 --> 00:42:01.619
 He doesn't withhold.

00:42:02.119 --> 00:42:03.619
 He's given extravagantly.

00:42:04.699 --> 00:42:06.219
 And the devil lies to us

00:42:06.219 --> 00:42:07.039
 and whispers and says,

00:42:07.139 --> 00:42:08.299
 God's not, God's

00:42:08.299 --> 00:42:09.139
 withholding from you.

00:42:09.219 --> 00:42:10.159
 Are you kidding me?

00:42:11.059 --> 00:42:12.399
 When you ever think that,

00:42:12.480 --> 00:42:13.579
 just look at the cross.

00:42:14.259 --> 00:42:15.279
 Look at the cross.

00:42:15.280 --> 00:42:16.540
 Did he withhold anything

00:42:16.540 --> 00:42:17.300
 on the cross?

00:42:17.940 --> 00:42:19.220
 No, he gave it all.

00:42:20.740 --> 00:42:21.700
 Jesus gave it all.

00:42:22.080 --> 00:42:23.000
 Jesus paid it all.

00:42:23.300 --> 00:42:24.240
 Jesus gave it all.

00:42:24.820 --> 00:42:26.040
 And he asked that in view

00:42:26.040 --> 00:42:27.220
 of this, in light of this,

00:42:27.260 --> 00:42:28.040
 that we would offer our

00:42:28.040 --> 00:42:28.820
 bodies as a living

00:42:28.820 --> 00:42:29.440
 sacrifice.

00:42:31.480 --> 00:42:32.480
 Have you seen this

00:42:32.480 --> 00:42:32.820
 treasure?

00:42:33.280 --> 00:42:34.220
 Is he your treasure?

00:42:34.640 --> 00:42:35.620
 Is he your joy?

00:42:36.120 --> 00:42:37.900
 Is he of exceeding value

00:42:37.900 --> 00:42:39.080
 and worth so that when you

00:42:39.080 --> 00:42:41.040
 see all the things that

00:42:41.040 --> 00:42:42.240
 he's calling you to give

00:42:42.240 --> 00:42:43.700
 to him, the things you

00:42:43.699 --> 00:42:45.059
 naturally want to withhold?

00:42:45.339 --> 00:42:46.460
 You look at it and say,

00:42:46.699 --> 00:42:48.179
 this is so cheap compared

00:42:48.179 --> 00:42:49.379
 to what I get when I sell

00:42:49.379 --> 00:42:49.819
 this.

00:42:50.619 --> 00:42:51.859
 If I sell all I have,

00:42:51.919 --> 00:42:52.859
 the treasure that I get

00:42:52.859 --> 00:42:54.299
 is so much more worth it.

00:42:54.879 --> 00:42:57.119
 I'm not only not fighting

00:42:57.119 --> 00:43:00.960
 to keep these things,

00:43:01.419 --> 00:43:03.199
 I'm so excited to get rid

00:43:03.199 --> 00:43:04.659
 of them because what I'm

00:43:04.659 --> 00:43:06.039
 getting is so beautiful.

00:43:06.039 --> 00:43:07.619
 It's so precious.

00:43:08.159 --> 00:43:09.340
 It's such a great treasure

00:43:09.340 --> 00:43:10.679
 because the kingdom of

00:43:10.679 --> 00:43:11.619
 heaven is like a treasure

00:43:11.619 --> 00:43:12.599
 hidden in a field which a

00:43:12.599 --> 00:43:14.400
 man found and covered up.

00:43:14.800 --> 00:43:16.360
 That in his joy he goes and

00:43:16.360 --> 00:43:18.619
 sells all that he has and

00:43:18.619 --> 00:43:19.539
 buys that field.

00:43:19.980 --> 00:43:21.039
 He sells all that he has.

00:43:21.099 --> 00:43:21.739
 He doesn't withhold.

00:43:23.159 --> 00:43:24.000
 Again, the kingdom of

00:43:24.000 --> 00:43:25.119
 heaven is like a merchant in

00:43:25.119 --> 00:43:26.259
 search of fine pearls.

00:43:26.860 --> 00:43:28.219
 Who on finding one pearl of

00:43:28.219 --> 00:43:29.559
 great value went and sold

00:43:29.559 --> 00:43:31.420
 all he had and bought it.

00:43:31.679 --> 00:43:32.519
 In his joy.

00:43:32.519 --> 00:43:33.420
 In his joy.

00:43:37.980 --> 00:43:40.539
 So like in 1 Thessalonians 2,

00:43:40.599 --> 00:43:42.480
 11 to 12, I say to you,

00:43:42.739 --> 00:43:43.699
 like a father with his

00:43:43.699 --> 00:43:45.380
 children, we exhorted each

00:43:45.380 --> 00:43:47.219
 of you, we encouraged you

00:43:47.219 --> 00:43:49.739
 and charged you to walk in a

00:43:49.739 --> 00:43:52.119
 manner worthy of God.

00:43:52.619 --> 00:43:53.639
 Worthy of God.

00:43:54.619 --> 00:43:55.920
 And that's my exhortation to

00:43:55.920 --> 00:43:56.500
 you today.

00:43:56.960 --> 00:43:58.259
 My exhortation, my

00:43:58.259 --> 00:44:00.119
 encouragement, my charge to

00:44:00.119 --> 00:44:01.539
 you is don't withhold

00:44:01.539 --> 00:44:02.500
 anything from him.

00:44:02.940 --> 00:44:04.179
 Don't keep anything back.

00:44:04.599 --> 00:44:05.280
 Don't withhold your

00:44:05.280 --> 00:44:06.099
 evangelism.

00:44:06.420 --> 00:44:07.619
 Don't withhold your time.

00:44:08.039 --> 00:44:09.099
 Don't withhold anything.

00:44:09.719 --> 00:44:10.840
 Don't withhold anything

00:44:10.840 --> 00:44:11.820
 that's in front of you.

00:44:12.259 --> 00:44:13.340
 Give it all to him.

00:44:13.579 --> 00:44:14.559
 Because he's worthy.

00:44:15.199 --> 00:44:15.780
 He's worthy.

00:44:16.800 --> 00:44:17.900
 And he said to us in Luke

00:44:17.900 --> 00:44:20.099
 14, 33, those of you who

00:44:20.099 --> 00:44:21.219
 do not give up everything

00:44:21.219 --> 00:44:23.539
 you have cannot be my

00:44:23.539 --> 00:44:24.000
 disciples.

00:44:24.420 --> 00:44:25.619
 This is discipleship.

00:44:26.840 --> 00:44:28.179
 But I'm not telling you to

00:44:28.179 --> 00:44:29.759
 do something that makes no

00:44:29.759 --> 00:44:30.179
 sense.

00:44:30.480 --> 00:44:31.639
 I'm not calling you to do

00:44:31.639 --> 00:44:32.759
 something and charging you

00:44:32.759 --> 00:44:34.519
 to do something that is not

00:44:34.519 --> 00:44:35.799
 the most joyful thing you

00:44:35.799 --> 00:44:36.839
 could possibly do.

00:44:37.619 --> 00:44:39.420
 I'm telling you to sell all

00:44:39.420 --> 00:44:40.539
 to get the treasure.

00:44:41.059 --> 00:44:42.719
 I'm telling you to give your

00:44:42.719 --> 00:44:44.879
 worthless life in comparison

00:44:44.879 --> 00:44:46.759
 to the worth of Jesus and to

00:44:46.759 --> 00:44:47.379
 gain all.

00:44:47.380 --> 00:44:49.519
 I'm telling you to lose your life so

00:44:49.519 --> 00:44:50.440
 you can find it.

00:44:51.539 --> 00:44:52.960
 This is the good news.

00:44:53.539 --> 00:44:54.559
 This is good news.

00:44:54.940 --> 00:44:57.500
 And yet, how often do we say no

00:44:57.500 --> 00:44:59.440
 to Jesus and we withhold things

00:44:59.440 --> 00:45:01.360
 back and say, God, I want to keep

00:45:01.360 --> 00:45:01.960
 this thing.

00:45:02.300 --> 00:45:03.000
 This is better.

00:45:03.460 --> 00:45:04.480
 This is better than what you

00:45:04.480 --> 00:45:05.240
 offer Jesus.

00:45:06.000 --> 00:45:07.260
 Me keeping this is better.

00:45:07.640 --> 00:45:08.900
 Me holding back is better.

00:45:09.119 --> 00:45:10.000
 It's never better.

00:45:10.000 --> 00:45:11.460
 This is the faith that God

00:45:11.460 --> 00:45:12.659
 requires for salvation.

00:45:13.119 --> 00:45:14.159
 That Jesus is better.

00:45:14.420 --> 00:45:15.280
 He's always better.

00:45:15.599 --> 00:45:17.380
 And therefore, I keep, I bear

00:45:17.380 --> 00:45:18.380
 fruit in keeping with

00:45:18.380 --> 00:45:20.099
 repentance by turning from all

00:45:20.099 --> 00:45:21.380
 these things that I want to

00:45:21.380 --> 00:45:23.199
 withhold and I gladly give them

00:45:23.199 --> 00:45:24.559
 because he is the treasure.

00:45:25.860 --> 00:45:26.800
 He is the treasure.

00:45:27.280 --> 00:45:28.059
 And he is greater.

00:45:28.760 --> 00:45:29.920
 And we have a church where the

00:45:29.920 --> 00:45:31.679
 normal flow of life, the

00:45:31.679 --> 00:45:33.039
 normal culture of the church

00:45:33.039 --> 00:45:34.599
 is one of, I don't withhold

00:45:34.599 --> 00:45:34.980
 anything.

00:45:35.099 --> 00:45:36.039
 It's all Jesus's.

00:45:36.039 --> 00:45:38.199
 And when he says do it, it's

00:45:38.199 --> 00:45:39.719
 such a joyful yes.

00:45:40.779 --> 00:45:41.219
 Yes.

00:45:41.320 --> 00:45:42.539
 Whatever you want, Lord.

00:45:43.119 --> 00:45:44.239
 Whatever you want.

00:45:44.940 --> 00:45:46.079
 Whatever you want.

00:45:46.279 --> 00:45:47.079
 I don't want to withhold

00:45:47.079 --> 00:45:49.239
 anything from you because the

00:45:49.239 --> 00:45:50.739
 lamb who was slain is worthy to

00:45:50.739 --> 00:45:52.759
 receive the reward that is

00:45:52.759 --> 00:45:53.179
 suffering.

00:45:53.500 --> 00:45:54.619
 And I want to give it to him.

00:45:54.900 --> 00:45:55.139
 Amen.