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 Good morning, church. Today we'll be reading from Revelation chapter 3, verse 14 to 22.

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! If you're reading from our church Bible, it's on page 967.

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 To the church in Laodicea, and to the angel of the church in Laodicea, write,

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

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 I know your works. You are neither cold nor hot. With that, you are either cold or hot.

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 So because you are lukewarm and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth.

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 For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched,

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 pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire so that you may be

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 rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself, and the shame of your nakedness may not

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 be seen, and soft to anoint your eyes so that you may see. To those whom I love, I reprove and

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 discipline, so be zealous and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my

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 voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. The one who conquers,

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 I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, so as I also conquered and sat down with my

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 father on his throne. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 Thank you, Lydia. Good morning, everyone. Hi. If you don't know me, my name is Oscar.

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 I am one of the... What am I? I am one of the non-staff elders here at Watermark.

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 Please join me. Let's pray as we look into God's word.

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 Father God, Lord Jesus, gracious Holy Spirit, as we consider your word and come under your word today,

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 please open up our hearts to receive what you want to tell us today. Help us to be sensitive to your word

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 and to be open to what you want to tell us. Help me, God, as I share and speak. May my words be yours.

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 Help me to have the conviction and the gentleness and humility that you desire. We give this time to you.

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 May you be praised, glorified, and honored now and always. In Jesus' name, amen.

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 So if you didn't know, at Watermark, usually we speak through...we preach through one book of the Bible,

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 one passage at a time. We just finished 18 weeks, 10 chapters in the book of John, and today and next Sunday,

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 we will have two stand-alone sermons. Maybe you're wondering, why are we preaching on Laodicea today?

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 Well, here's some background. It's been three or so months since we moved here to Viva, our new venue,

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 and the resounding feedback from all of you and from the venue team has been positive. Everyone is very excited

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 about this new venue. It's new. It's nicely renovated. Thank you, Colin Co., wherever you are.

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 It has great classrooms. Finally, we have an MTR and parking. We have the mall that we can hang out at

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 Viva. It's a great place. It's a great place. It's a great place. It's a great place.

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 It really has been such a wonderful gift, this venue here at Viva. Everything that we were hoping

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 and praying for 18 months ago has come to pass. All praise to Jesus. And so as I was asking God for a

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 message for today, this passage came to me because we are at this interesting and unique season here at

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 Watermark. And looking ahead, I can envision two different paths for Watermark, specifically relating

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 to this venue. The first is that we can use this venue for good, for us to go deeper in the gospel

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 and to love Jesus more through meeting here, understanding his word, and praying with each

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 other. Our children can love and trust Jesus and grow in their faith here in this venue. We can invite

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 our friends who don't know Jesus yet to come, hear the gospel, and believe in Jesus and have life in his

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 name. But there's also another path. We can think of this venue as convenient and comfortable, and we

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 can sit back and be consumers. We can take it and enjoy this gift, but forget the creator and the giver of

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 this gift. It's like when you give your child a toy for their birthday. When you open up that toy and start

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 playing with it, you open up your arms to expect a big hug, but your child just ignores you because

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 they're playing with that toy. We can accept gifts, but forget the creator and the giver of the gift.

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 And so it was with this in my mind and heart that I share from this passage today. Because as I hope you'll see in this passage,

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 on the outside, this church in Laodicea, they were materially very successful. They were very blessed.

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 They loved their gifts, but they abandoned the giver, Jesus Christ. So as we dive into this passage,

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 we'll examine it in two parts. The danger of lukewarmness and the antidote to lukewarmness.

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 Let's get in there. The danger of lukewarmness. Now in today's passage that lady just read, Jesus,

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 he offers quite a stern rebuke to this church in Laodicea. In Revelation chapters two and three,

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 Jesus writes seven letters to churches in Asia Minor. In the first six letters, Jesus offers words

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 of encouragement alongside some rebukes. But in this last letter to Laodicea, Jesus does nothing good

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 to say about them at all. In verse 15, Jesus starts off saying, I know your works. You're neither cold

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 nor hot. Would that you are either cold or hot. Verse 16, so because you're lukewarm and neither cold

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 nor hot, I will spit you out of my mouth. Can I just say ouch? That is a punch in the gut on a Sunday

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 morning. But Jesus is saying, because you're lukewarm, I'm going to reject you. Now what did Jesus mean

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 with all these symbols, cold, hot, lukewarm? Well here, Jesus references the geology of the land.

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 Laodicea was set between two cities. If you can see the map there, Heropolis was in the north,

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 Colossae to the east. Heropolis was famous for its hot springs. Colossae's water was cold and pure.

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 But Laodicea did not have its own water supply. And so they had to pipe water in from many miles

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 away through these stone pipes. But the problem was that water that started off pure and clean,

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 by the time it got piped through those stone pipes many miles away, it picked up all these impurities.

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 And so when it got to Laodicea, the water was undrinkable. It was disgusting. If you drank it

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 right from the source pipe, you'd be so sick, you'd vomit. And Jesus compares the impure, repulsive water

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 with the Laodicean church. You make me want to vomit. You nauseate me. Your lukewarmness towards me

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 makes me sick. Again, the language Jesus uses is very strong. And so now let's ask the question,

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 why is Jesus calling this church lukewarm? When we hear the word lukewarm, what's the first thing we

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 think about? We think about luensoi, lukewarm water, which isn't that bad, actually. It's quite drinkable.

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 Or maybe we think that it's Christians who are maybe a bit apathetic or indifferent towards Jesus.

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 Is it that we think that there are Christians or people over here who are hot for Jesus and

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 passionate for Jesus? And then there are other people over here who don't know him at all and

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 are cold. And then in the middle, we have these lukewarm Christians who maybe profess faith in Jesus,

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 but are unaffected or apathetic towards him, which, you know, maybe isn't that bad.

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 Is that what we think lukewarm means? Well, actually, if we continue on in this passage,

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 although apathy or indifference may be symptoms of lukewarmness, the root cause or disease is

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 something much deeper and insidious. Let's consider Laodicea. This city was known for three things.

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 First, it was famous for its textiles. Native to Laodicea was black wool, which would be made into

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 rugs and clothing. The city was also known for its medicine, particularly this eye salve or ointment,

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 which was famous across the region. And third, they were a wealthy banking hub.

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 Laodicea was so wealthy that in AD 60, when the city was destroyed by an earthquake,

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 when Rome offered to help rebuild the city, Laodiceans said,

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 Ah, we don't need your help, Rome. We're good. The Roman historian Taxetus wrote this,

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 Laodicea arose from the ruins by the strength of her own reserves, with no help from us.

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 The broader Laodicean people, and by extension, the church, were quite successful in a worldly sense.

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 Do you see where I'm going with this, right? Do you see any similarities between Laodicea and Hong Kong today?

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 Perhaps as a city, we're not as textile savvy as we used to be, other than Henry, our resident fashion expert over there.

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 But Hong Kong is still a solid banking and finance hub. We have fantastic medical institutions

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 and many fantastic doctors here at Watermark. We also have top universities.

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 Many Watermarkers have come from abroad to study and to work in our great city.

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 So how does a church that has so much material wealth and success engage with Jesus?

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 See, on the surface, the Laodicean church probably said and did all the right things.

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 They probably went to church service. They probably lived in community.

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 They probably gave money to the church.

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 But Jesus looks past the surface and knows the condition of their hearts.

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 In verse 17, Jesus says this about the Laodicean church.

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 For you say, I am rich. I have prospered. I need nothing.

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 I need nothing.

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 I don't have a prayer request because I already have everything I need.

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 And Jesus says to them, because of all your wealth and success,

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 you think you have everything you need.

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 Money, resources, influence, good looks, comfort.

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 You're self-sufficient and self-reliant.

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 You're too comfortable and you don't think you need me.

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 But then, Jesus looks at all the resources, talents, and money,

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 and he flips it upside down.

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 In the second half of verse 17, Jesus says,

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 You say, I'm rich. I have prospered. I need nothing.

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 Not realizing that you're wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.

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 On the outside, you're a wealthy banking hub.

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 But because you so highly value money,

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 you're actually spiritually bankrupt.

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 You may have experts in medicine,

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 but because you think that your eye ointment is so supreme,

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 you're actually spiritually blind.

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 You think you're so well-dressed because you wear these black wool garments.

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 The reality is you're spiritually naked.

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 Jesus is saying you lean on all your resources, talents, and money.

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 You think you're rich.

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 You're actually spiritually bankrupt.

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 And this is not just a theme in Revelation.

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 Throughout the Gospels, Jesus is constantly imploring us to flee from self-sufficiency and run to him.

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 Recall the story of the rich young ruler.

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 A wealthy young man, he goes to Jesus and he asks him,

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 What must I do to inherit eternal life?

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 And Jesus responds and says,

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 Well, you know the law.

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 You know the commandments.

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 Do not murder.

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 Do not commit adultery.

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 Do not steal.

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 Do not steal.

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 Do not steal.

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 Do not steal.

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 And the man's all excited.

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 He says,

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 Great, I have kept all of these.

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 But the last words of Jesus hit him hard.

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 Jesus says,

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 You lack one thing.

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 Give away all your money to the poor.

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 And then you'll have treasures in heaven.

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 And then come follow me.

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 but the young man couldn't do it

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 for he had great possessions

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 and he loved his stuff above Jesus

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 well look at Matthew 5

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 Jesus said

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 blessed are the poor in spirit

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 for theirs is the kingdom of heaven

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 to be poor in spirit

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 is to acknowledge that

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 without Jesus

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 we have nothing

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 if we're liars on in him

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 if we're not abiding in him

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 we have nothing

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 to be poor in spirit

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 to be dependent

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 not on ourselves

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 but fully in him

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 and so

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 for us

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 if we examine our own lives

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 to what extent

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 do we also desire

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 to be self-sufficient

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 and self-reliant

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 we Hong Kongers

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 we're known to study hard

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 to work hard

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 to build up our careers

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 and our bank accounts

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 so that in the future

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 if a rainy day happens

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 we'll be okay

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 we send our kids

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 to tough schools

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 and give them extra classes

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 to set them up

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 so that they're in control

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 of their destiny

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 but in the process

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 how many of us

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 actually don't need

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 to exercise faith

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 or trust

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 in God

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 we think we're already

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 in control of everything

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 maybe that's why

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 our prayer life

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 is so stagnant

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 maybe it's why

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 we feel God

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 is so distant

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 Jesus' charge

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 against the lay of the sea

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 in church

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 was that their lukewarmness

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 was due to their

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 self-sufficiency

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 and yet

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 they were still part

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 of a church

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 maybe they even

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 served in church

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 on Monday morning

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 in the office

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 when the topic

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 of religion came up

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 they probably said

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 yeah I'm a Christian

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 and this is

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 the scary part

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 for this letter

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 was not written

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 to people

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 who rejected Jesus

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 or don't know him

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 at all

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 Jesus pours out

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 his heart

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 in this letter

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 to people

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 who profess

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 that they're Christians

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 but Jesus says

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 to them

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 because of your

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 lukewarmness

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 I will reject you

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 and then down

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 in verse 20

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 Jesus says

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 behold I stand

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 at the door

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 and knock

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 think about this picture

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 Jesus is saying

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 you guys are gathering

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 you're in community

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 I'm not even

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 present with you

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 it's like a picture

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 of a wedding

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 where

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 as the bride

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 is giving her vows

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 the groom is

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 outside the chapel

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 knocking on the door

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 trying to come in

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 the ladies see

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 in lukewarm

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 Christians

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 or actually

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 not Christians

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 at all

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 and this is why

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 I believe

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 if we go back

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 to verse 15

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 Jesus says this

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 I know your works

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 you're neither cold

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 nor hot

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 I'd rather that

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 you were cold

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 or hot

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 I'd rather you

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 be cold

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 or hot

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 this is quite

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 a mysterious sentence

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 let's think about it

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 to be hot

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 seems quite clear

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 if you take

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 a quick glance

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 down to verse 19

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 in your Bibles

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 Jesus says

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 be zealous

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 and repent

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 being zealous

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 means to have

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 passion

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 to adore

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 to have an intense

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 love for

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 it's not simply

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 raw emotion

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 it means being

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 wholeheartedly devoted

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 to Jesus

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 such that we respond

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 to him

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 in worship

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 and surrender

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 but then why

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 would Jesus

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 rather someone

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 be cold

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 towards him

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 versus being

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 lukewarm

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 someone who is

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 cold towards

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 Jesus

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 has explicitly

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 rejected him

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 at least if you're

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 lukewarm

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 and maybe you come

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 to church a little

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 bit

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 maybe you know

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 a little bit

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 about the Bible

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 but consider this

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 comparison

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 between two people

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 the first is

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 my friend

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 my friend

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 who has never

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 been to church

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 in his entire

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 life

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 according to this

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 passage

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 that he will be

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 cold towards

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 Jesus

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 well we met up

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 one day

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 and when my friend

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 asked me to explain

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 the gospel

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 I said to him

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 that all of us

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 all human beings

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 have this

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 secret and darkness

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 in our hearts

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 and we're all in need

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 of a savior

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 and I saw that

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 something in him

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 clicked

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 and then he shared

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 that he struggled

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 with sin

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 he didn't call it sin

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 as he doesn't know

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 what sin is

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 but he knew

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 of this darkness

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 in his heart

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 that needed fixing

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 my friend is not

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 yet a believer

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 in Jesus

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 but I really

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 believe he's close

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 but then

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 think about person

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 two

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 a lukewarm

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 Christian

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 a lukewarm

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 Christian

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 has one foot

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 in church

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 and one foot

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 out

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 we think

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 we're a lot

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 better than

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 we really are

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 many years ago

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 when I played

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 college tennis

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 we had three

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 kinds of teammates

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 the first

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 kind of teammate

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 came into school

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 really talented

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 and just

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 was excellent

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 did really well

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 the second kind of player

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 came into the school

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 first year

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 was kind of weak

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 but knew they needed

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 to improve

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 listened to good coaching

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 got better

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 and added value

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 to the team

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 the third

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 that was kind of like me

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 actually

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 the third kind of player

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 came in weak

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 but thought they were

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 Roger Federer

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 the problem with that

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 is that when the coach

00:18:32.840 --> 00:18:33.320
 said hey

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 your serve needs work

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 or your forehand's

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 a bit shaky

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 the third kind of player

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 would say no coach

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 you're wrong

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 I'm good

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 put me in

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 but then

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 they never took

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 good coaching

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 they never improved

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 they thought they were

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 better than they really are

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 and they never added

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 value to the team

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 if this is the danger

00:18:51.960 --> 00:18:54.180
 of being a lukewarm Christian

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 we think we're a lot better

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 than we really are

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 perhaps this

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 is you

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 maybe you're a cultural Christian

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 through your family

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 maybe you think you're a Christian

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 because you come to church

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 on Sunday

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 but if you're really honest

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 with yourself

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 you don't really think

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 you need Jesus at all

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 or maybe you used to have

00:19:20.039 --> 00:19:20.859
 zeal for Jesus

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 but because of the busyness

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 and the struggles of life

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 Jesus is now somewhere

00:19:26.160 --> 00:19:27.819
 on the back burner

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 does the gospel bounce off

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 your heart

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 like the words of my old

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 tennis coach

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 and if this is you

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 please know this

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 no one here at Watermark

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 can nor will

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 judge you

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 only God knows

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 the true condition

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 of your heart

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 but if somehow

00:19:46.140 --> 00:19:48.300
 God is speaking to you today

00:19:48.300 --> 00:19:50.360
 prompting you

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 respond to him

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 come back to him

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 come back to Jesus

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 surrender your life to him

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 and for the rest of us

00:19:58.420 --> 00:20:01.260
 do you wrestle with

00:20:01.260 --> 00:20:02.740
 the tension between

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 being self-sufficient

00:20:03.760 --> 00:20:04.740
 on one hand

00:20:04.740 --> 00:20:05.900
 and being desperate

00:20:05.900 --> 00:20:06.980
 for Jesus on the other

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 is it just me

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 only me here in this room

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 okay

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 yeah

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 four people

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 over there

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 on this side

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 I admit all my life

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 I've been privileged

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 ever since I graduated

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 university

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 I've been

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 financially independent

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 I never admit it publicly

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 but I've been

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 dependent on my

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 work ethic

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 my education

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 and my career

00:20:32.620 --> 00:20:34.059
 for most of my adult life

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 but I'm learning

00:20:36.700 --> 00:20:37.960
 that self-sufficiency

00:20:37.960 --> 00:20:38.880
 is a lie

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 I'm not in control

00:20:40.559 --> 00:20:41.880
 I'm in control

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 of very little

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 and the more

00:20:43.960 --> 00:20:44.579
 I rely on my

00:20:44.579 --> 00:20:45.180
 own abilities

00:20:45.180 --> 00:20:46.259
 actually the heavier

00:20:46.259 --> 00:20:46.940
 my burdens

00:20:46.940 --> 00:20:47.539
 become

00:20:47.539 --> 00:20:49.059
 and as God

00:20:49.059 --> 00:20:50.059
 has stripped away

00:20:50.059 --> 00:20:50.660
 stuff

00:20:50.660 --> 00:20:51.680
 that I've been

00:20:51.680 --> 00:20:52.420
 depending on

00:20:52.420 --> 00:20:54.920
 I've been realizing

00:20:54.920 --> 00:20:55.619
 that trusting

00:20:55.619 --> 00:20:56.640
 and relying on Jesus

00:20:56.640 --> 00:20:58.039
 is so much better

00:20:58.039 --> 00:21:00.200
 how about you

00:21:00.200 --> 00:21:02.259
 we at Watermark

00:21:02.259 --> 00:21:03.619
 I think for the most part

00:21:03.619 --> 00:21:05.460
 are educated

00:21:05.460 --> 00:21:06.059
 talented

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 and fairly well off

00:21:07.400 --> 00:21:08.940
 I don't think

00:21:08.940 --> 00:21:09.660
 many people here

00:21:09.660 --> 00:21:10.259
 are worried

00:21:10.259 --> 00:21:11.220
 about our next meal

00:21:11.220 --> 00:21:12.720
 how desperate

00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:13.240
 are you

00:21:13.240 --> 00:21:14.720
 for Jesus

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 and now more recently

00:21:16.859 --> 00:21:17.839
 we have this new venue

00:21:17.839 --> 00:21:19.180
 which is wonderful

00:21:19.180 --> 00:21:21.359
 even my children

00:21:21.359 --> 00:21:21.920
 are more excited

00:21:21.920 --> 00:21:22.599
 to come to church

00:21:22.599 --> 00:21:23.220
 these days

00:21:23.220 --> 00:21:23.680
 I feel

00:21:23.680 --> 00:21:25.759
 it's a wonderful gift

00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:26.720
 but we can also get

00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:28.220
 complacent

00:21:28.220 --> 00:21:29.119
 and comfortable

00:21:29.119 --> 00:21:30.019
 thinking that church

00:21:30.019 --> 00:21:30.839
 is great

00:21:30.839 --> 00:21:31.720
 because we have

00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:33.180
 a wonderful new building

00:21:33.180 --> 00:21:35.700
 but across the world

00:21:35.700 --> 00:21:36.740
 there are beautiful

00:21:36.740 --> 00:21:37.720
 church buildings

00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:38.759
 with no worshippers

00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:39.480
 inside

00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:41.620
 so as I was

00:21:41.620 --> 00:21:42.680
 preparing this message

00:21:42.680 --> 00:21:44.480
 this is what my heart

00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:45.000
 longs for

00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:45.980
 this is what I've been

00:21:45.980 --> 00:21:46.640
 praying for

00:21:46.640 --> 00:21:49.039
 that for myself

00:21:49.039 --> 00:21:50.080
 that for Celeste

00:21:50.080 --> 00:21:50.680
 my wife

00:21:50.680 --> 00:21:51.500
 for our three children

00:21:51.500 --> 00:21:52.440
 and for all

00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:54.340
 of Watermark Community Church

00:21:54.340 --> 00:21:56.000
 may we run away

00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:57.000
 from self-sufficiency

00:21:57.000 --> 00:21:58.440
 throw it out the window

00:21:58.440 --> 00:21:59.080
 drop it

00:21:59.080 --> 00:22:00.720
 and run to Jesus

00:22:00.720 --> 00:22:01.779
 and to be dependent

00:22:01.779 --> 00:22:02.420
 on him

00:22:02.420 --> 00:22:04.380
 may we not just

00:22:04.380 --> 00:22:06.019
 hear about Jesus

00:22:06.019 --> 00:22:07.840
 may we know Jesus

00:22:07.840 --> 00:22:09.279
 may we not just

00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:11.039
 experience Christianity

00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:11.820
 may we

00:22:11.820 --> 00:22:12.880
 may we experience

00:22:12.880 --> 00:22:13.779
 Christ

00:22:13.779 --> 00:22:15.019
 our Savior

00:22:15.019 --> 00:22:15.560
 himself

00:22:15.560 --> 00:22:17.560
 that's been my prayer

00:22:17.560 --> 00:22:20.039
 for Jesus warns us

00:22:20.039 --> 00:22:21.200
 against lukewarmness

00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:21.539
 because

00:22:21.539 --> 00:22:23.019
 he so desires

00:22:23.019 --> 00:22:23.920
 to shower us

00:22:23.920 --> 00:22:24.400
 with something

00:22:24.400 --> 00:22:25.940
 which is infinitely superior

00:22:25.940 --> 00:22:27.140
 to all this

00:22:27.140 --> 00:22:27.880
 earthy stuff

00:22:27.880 --> 00:22:28.880
 that we adore

00:22:28.880 --> 00:22:30.680
 all this stuff

00:22:30.680 --> 00:22:31.240
 that makes us

00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:32.279
 so self-reliant

00:22:32.279 --> 00:22:33.339
 we'll never

00:22:33.339 --> 00:22:34.259
 ever feel

00:22:34.259 --> 00:22:35.500
 the deep ache

00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:36.799
 and longing

00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:37.399
 in our hearts

00:22:37.399 --> 00:22:38.079
 for purpose

00:22:38.079 --> 00:22:38.879
 and meaning

00:22:38.879 --> 00:22:40.039
 and acceptance

00:22:40.039 --> 00:22:42.000
 but Jesus

00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:42.839
 wants to offer us

00:22:42.839 --> 00:22:43.779
 the antidote

00:22:43.779 --> 00:22:45.119
 to lukewarmness

00:22:45.119 --> 00:22:46.680
 and it's beautiful

00:22:46.680 --> 00:22:49.859
 so what is

00:22:49.859 --> 00:22:50.359
 the solution

00:22:50.359 --> 00:22:52.440
 to this problem

00:22:52.440 --> 00:22:53.420
 of lukewarmness

00:22:53.420 --> 00:22:55.299
 maybe you think

00:22:55.299 --> 00:22:56.200
 Jesus is calling you

00:22:56.200 --> 00:22:57.700
 to put in a ton

00:22:57.700 --> 00:22:58.200
 of effort

00:22:58.200 --> 00:22:59.000
 and to experience

00:22:59.000 --> 00:22:59.920
 a lot of stress

00:22:59.920 --> 00:23:01.039
 to throw away

00:23:01.039 --> 00:23:01.820
 your self-sufficiency

00:23:01.820 --> 00:23:03.519
 well it's just

00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:04.080
 the opposite

00:23:04.080 --> 00:23:04.880
 in fact

00:23:04.880 --> 00:23:06.400
 he's calling you

00:23:06.400 --> 00:23:07.039
 to throw away

00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:07.840
 self-sufficiency

00:23:07.840 --> 00:23:09.200
 and to collapse

00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:10.259
 into his arms

00:23:10.259 --> 00:23:11.160
 to find all your

00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:11.580
 sufficiency

00:23:11.580 --> 00:23:12.480
 in him

00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:14.200
 and look what

00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:14.960
 Jesus offers

00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:17.660
 in verses 18 to 21

00:23:17.660 --> 00:23:18.759
 of our passage

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 Jesus urges

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 the lady to see

00:23:20.500 --> 00:23:20.900
 in church

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 to repent

00:23:21.539 --> 00:23:22.600
 and come back

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 to him

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 and Jesus offers

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 to heal

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 the lukewarmness

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 in verse 18

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 Jesus says

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 I counsel you

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 to buy from me

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 gold refined

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 by fire

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 that you may be rich

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 white garments

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 that you may

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 clothe yourself

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 and the shame

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 of your nakedness

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 may not be seen

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 and salve

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 to anoint your eyes

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 so that you

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 may see

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 what did Jesus offer

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 when we repent

00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:53.799
 and run back

00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:54.220
 to him

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 when we go back

00:23:57.539 --> 00:23:57.879
 to Jesus

00:23:57.879 --> 00:23:58.500
 in repentance

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 he may allow us

00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:01.459
 to go through

00:24:01.459 --> 00:24:02.339
 some trials

00:24:02.339 --> 00:24:03.939
 and difficult times

00:24:03.939 --> 00:24:05.379
 so that our faith

00:24:05.379 --> 00:24:05.899
 in him

00:24:05.899 --> 00:24:07.099
 is like gold

00:24:07.099 --> 00:24:08.439
 refined by fire

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 we then come

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 to a place

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 of such strong

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 faith

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 and trust

00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:15.079
 in Jesus

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 such that

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 whatever happens

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 in life

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 and life

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 will go up

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 and down

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 but good

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 bad and ugly

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 we're still good

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 the peace

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 of Christ

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 is in us

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 this

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 is true

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 spiritual gold

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 and infinitely

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 better than

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 physical gold

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 money

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 or bitcoin

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 he offers us

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 white garments

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 this is a symbol

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 many of us

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 carry shame

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 and guilt

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 from our past

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 these white garments

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 are a symbol

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 to tell us

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 when we come

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 to Jesus

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 he covers us

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 with his purity

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 and his righteousness

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 because that's

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 who he is

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 and he removes

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 all of our shame

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 ointment for our eyes

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 Laodicea was blinded

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 by her own

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 self-sufficiency

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 and often times

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 we're the same

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 our Lord says

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 come to me

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 I'll open up

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 the eyes of your heart

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 to see your own sin

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 and to see my beauty

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 and Jesus

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 gives all of these

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 gifts to us

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 out of love

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 verse 19

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 those whom I love

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 I'll reprove

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 and discipline

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 so be zealous

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 and repent

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 despite

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 this church

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 this Laodicean church

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 being so self-sufficient

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 and actually

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 repulsive

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 repulsive to Jesus

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 Jesus loves

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 them so much

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 and the word love

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 here is

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 the translation

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 is not the fatherly

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 commanding kind of love

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 it's the brotherly love

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 I love you so much

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 as my friend

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 and brother

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 that I'm urging you

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 I'm begging you

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 to repent

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 and come back to me

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 and look at verse 20 now

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 Jesus offers such a

00:26:01.899 --> 00:26:02.779
 a close

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 and personal relationship

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 with those who come to him

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 he's saying to the church

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 I'm outside the doors

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:11.000
 of your sanctuary

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 I'm knocking

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 will you let me in

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 will you let me into your life

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 and if you do

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 I will dine with you

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 and you with me

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 in those days

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 and in our day

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 when you eat

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 and dine with someone

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 and commune with someone

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 it's someone that you care about

00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:29.960
 Jesus desires

00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:31.359
 intimacy

00:26:31.359 --> 00:26:33.279
 and relationship with us

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 and finally

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 Jesus offers honor

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 I love this verse

00:26:38.220 --> 00:26:39.380
 verse 21

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 to the one who conquers

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 I will grant him

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 to sit with me

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 on my throne

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 as I also conquered

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 and sat down

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 with my father

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 on his throne

00:26:46.800 --> 00:26:48.960
 when we throw off

00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:50.400
 self-sufficiency

00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:51.660
 and self-reliance

00:26:51.660 --> 00:26:52.740
 we go from being

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 wretched

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 pitiable

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 poor

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 blind

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 and naked

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 to conquering

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 alongside Jesus

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 and how do we conquer?

00:26:59.180 --> 00:27:00.020
 do we do it ourselves?

00:27:01.020 --> 00:27:01.540
 no

00:27:01.540 --> 00:27:02.540
 because we can't

00:27:02.540 --> 00:27:03.900
 but if you love

00:27:03.900 --> 00:27:04.840
 and trust Jesus

00:27:04.840 --> 00:27:05.960
 if we bank

00:27:05.960 --> 00:27:06.819
 our lives on him

00:27:06.819 --> 00:27:07.440
 we conquer

00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:08.980
 because he conquered

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 for you see

00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:12.240
 Jesus

00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:14.000
 on the cross

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 he defeated

00:27:15.140 --> 00:27:16.059
 that which we could

00:27:16.059 --> 00:27:16.840
 never overcome

00:27:16.840 --> 00:27:17.840
 sin

00:27:17.840 --> 00:27:19.180
 and death

00:27:19.180 --> 00:27:20.940
 by ourselves

00:27:20.940 --> 00:27:21.740
 we can never

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:22.759
 rid ourselves

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:23.980
 of the deep darkness

00:27:23.980 --> 00:27:24.980
 inside here

00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:26.779
 and we can never

00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:27.620
 prevent death

00:27:27.620 --> 00:27:28.519
 from coming

00:27:28.519 --> 00:27:29.319
 to our doorstep

00:27:29.319 --> 00:27:29.880
 one day

00:27:29.880 --> 00:27:31.259
 but Jesus

00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:32.360
 conquered both

00:27:32.359 --> 00:27:34.379
 and because of his death

00:27:34.379 --> 00:27:35.379
 and resurrection

00:27:35.379 --> 00:27:36.379
 he conquered the grave

00:27:36.379 --> 00:27:37.039
 and deserves

00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:38.079
 all glory

00:27:38.079 --> 00:27:39.059
 and honor

00:27:39.059 --> 00:27:39.819
 and praise

00:27:39.819 --> 00:27:40.500
 and if we continue

00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:41.519
 reading on Revelation

00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:42.859
 we will see

00:27:42.859 --> 00:27:44.199
 where he is today

00:27:44.199 --> 00:27:45.559
 he is seated

00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:46.439
 on the throne

00:27:46.439 --> 00:27:47.619
 in heaven

00:27:47.619 --> 00:27:48.779
 with his father

00:27:48.779 --> 00:27:49.699
 and if we love

00:27:49.699 --> 00:27:50.439
 and trust him

00:27:50.439 --> 00:27:52.039
 we will sit with him

00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:52.539
 one day

00:27:52.539 --> 00:27:54.359
 on that same throne

00:27:54.359 --> 00:27:55.759
 we conquer

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.259
 because

00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:57.219
 he conquered

00:27:57.219 --> 00:28:00.199
 so

00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:02.779
 how can we

00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:04.180
 respond

00:28:04.180 --> 00:28:05.779
 to this today

00:28:05.779 --> 00:28:06.799
 how can we respond

00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:07.860
 to the call of Jesus

00:28:07.860 --> 00:28:08.779
 today

00:28:08.779 --> 00:28:10.059
 well here's three

00:28:10.059 --> 00:28:11.120
 ways we can respond

00:28:11.120 --> 00:28:12.180
 take stock

00:28:12.180 --> 00:28:13.080
 of your own heart

00:28:13.080 --> 00:28:14.340
 and life

00:28:14.340 --> 00:28:16.220
 many of us

00:28:16.220 --> 00:28:17.140
 do health checks

00:28:17.140 --> 00:28:18.019
 to examine

00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:18.860
 the inner workings

00:28:18.860 --> 00:28:20.000
 of our physical bodies

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:21.900
 I think some of us here

00:28:21.900 --> 00:28:22.960
 many many of us here

00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:24.160
 check our bank accounts

00:28:24.160 --> 00:28:24.779
 or our stock

00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:25.840
 and crypto portfolios

00:28:25.840 --> 00:28:26.539
 to check the

00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:27.779
 financial health

00:28:27.779 --> 00:28:28.980
 of ourselves

00:28:28.980 --> 00:28:30.500
 but how often

00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:31.039
 do we actually

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:31.680
 stop

00:28:31.680 --> 00:28:33.079
 and reflect

00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:34.200
 on the health

00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:35.079
 of our heart

00:28:35.079 --> 00:28:36.799
 our control center

00:28:36.799 --> 00:28:38.440
 our inner compass

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:39.599
 the source

00:28:39.599 --> 00:28:40.620
 of all our desires

00:28:40.620 --> 00:28:42.240
 what am I putting

00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:43.000
 all my hope

00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:44.220
 and trust in

00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:45.819
 is it my work

00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:47.299
 and career

00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:48.860
 is it

00:28:48.860 --> 00:28:49.500
 all my

00:28:49.500 --> 00:28:50.299
 is it my grit

00:28:50.299 --> 00:28:51.960
 and my hard work

00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:53.799
 is it my health

00:28:53.799 --> 00:28:55.640
 is it my relationships

00:28:55.640 --> 00:28:57.940
 or my children's education

00:28:57.940 --> 00:28:59.440
 and when I don't

00:28:59.440 --> 00:29:00.000
 have them

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.880
 it causes so much

00:29:00.880 --> 00:29:01.500
 stress

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:02.539
 and fear

00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:03.259
 which indicates

00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:03.980
 I'm putting way

00:29:03.980 --> 00:29:04.640
 too much hope

00:29:04.640 --> 00:29:05.000
 in them

00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:07.039
 or if I do have them

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:07.980
 and I depend

00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:09.220
 so much on them

00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:11.240
 if I think about it

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:12.420
 actually I don't need God

00:29:12.420 --> 00:29:13.140
 and I put God

00:29:13.140 --> 00:29:13.940
 way over there

00:29:13.940 --> 00:29:15.340
 into a box

00:29:15.340 --> 00:29:17.140
 take stock

00:29:17.140 --> 00:29:18.360
 of your own heart

00:29:18.360 --> 00:29:19.340
 and life

00:29:19.340 --> 00:29:20.920
 number two

00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:21.420
 repent

00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:24.160
 one of the first

00:29:24.160 --> 00:29:26.440
 and crucial steps

00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:27.240
 to throwing out

00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:27.940
 self-sufficiency

00:29:27.940 --> 00:29:30.120
 is to confess it

00:29:30.120 --> 00:29:30.480
 to God

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:31.360
 and to own it

00:29:31.360 --> 00:29:32.720
 see God isn't

00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:33.240
 asking us

00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:34.140
 to solve it

00:29:34.140 --> 00:29:35.700
 but he is asking us

00:29:35.700 --> 00:29:37.140
 to confess

00:29:37.140 --> 00:29:38.060
 and repent of it

00:29:38.060 --> 00:29:39.720
 and if something

00:29:39.720 --> 00:29:40.920
 today has convicted

00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:42.100
 you to go back

00:29:42.100 --> 00:29:42.600
 to God

00:29:42.600 --> 00:29:43.180
 to repent

00:29:43.180 --> 00:29:44.720
 take that step

00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:46.340
 perhaps approach

00:29:46.340 --> 00:29:47.000
 one of our prayer

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:47.640
 team members

00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:48.000
 afterwards

00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:48.519
 and ask them

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:49.360
 to pray with you

00:29:49.359 --> 00:29:51.039
 because you can't

00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:52.039
 repent passively

00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:53.679
 and you can't

00:29:53.679 --> 00:29:55.639
 repent by osmosis

00:29:55.639 --> 00:29:57.359
 maybe you think

00:29:57.359 --> 00:29:58.199
 repentance is

00:29:58.199 --> 00:30:00.139
 something shameful

00:30:00.139 --> 00:30:01.159
 or embarrassing

00:30:01.159 --> 00:30:02.240
 oh no

00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:03.419
 just the opposite

00:30:03.419 --> 00:30:04.879
 it is one of the

00:30:04.879 --> 00:30:05.579
 most wonderful

00:30:05.579 --> 00:30:06.339
 experiences

00:30:06.339 --> 00:30:07.959
 of being a Christian

00:30:07.959 --> 00:30:09.979
 and I know this

00:30:09.979 --> 00:30:10.639
 from experience

00:30:10.639 --> 00:30:12.039
 I'm a serial repenter

00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:14.039
 I've always been

00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:14.979
 and will be

00:30:14.979 --> 00:30:16.199
 all my life

00:30:16.199 --> 00:30:17.959
 see we can repent

00:30:17.959 --> 00:30:19.139
 of our self-reliance

00:30:19.140 --> 00:30:19.800
 we can throw it out

00:30:19.800 --> 00:30:20.560
 and receive what

00:30:20.560 --> 00:30:21.380
 Jesus offers

00:30:21.380 --> 00:30:22.759
 such relief

00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:23.480
 in knowing that

00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:24.120
 we don't have to

00:30:24.120 --> 00:30:24.720
 be perfect

00:30:24.720 --> 00:30:26.220
 such assurance

00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:26.980
 in knowing that

00:30:26.980 --> 00:30:27.840
 he forgives

00:30:27.840 --> 00:30:29.259
 and loves us

00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:32.100
 we must repent

00:30:32.100 --> 00:30:33.800
 and third and final

00:30:33.800 --> 00:30:35.380
 live out gospel

00:30:35.380 --> 00:30:36.100
 community

00:30:36.100 --> 00:30:38.060
 many of us here

00:30:38.060 --> 00:30:38.920
 are part of

00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:39.780
 a community group

00:30:39.780 --> 00:30:41.480
 we spend time

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:42.259
 and hang out

00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:43.140
 with our church

00:30:43.140 --> 00:30:44.000
 family

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 that's wonderful

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 but that may or may

00:30:47.019 --> 00:30:48.720
 not be gospel

00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:49.220
 community

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 who knows

00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:52.420
 the real you

00:30:52.420 --> 00:30:54.720
 who knows

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:55.700
 what's going on

00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:57.680
 inside of your heart

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 living out gospel

00:30:59.339 --> 00:31:00.200
 community means

00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:01.620
 we're vulnerable

00:31:01.620 --> 00:31:03.759
 we are open

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 with someone

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 in our church

00:31:05.220 --> 00:31:05.799
 family

00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:06.380
 actively

00:31:06.380 --> 00:31:07.700
 confessing

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 and repenting

00:31:08.799 --> 00:31:09.759
 with each other

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 of the stuff

00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:11.160
 that makes us

00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:11.940
 self-reliant

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 and self-sufficient

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 and then

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 reminding each other

00:31:15.559 --> 00:31:16.839
 of the riches

00:31:16.839 --> 00:31:17.839
 of Christ

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 and helping each other

00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:20.480
 to run back to him

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 live out gospel

00:31:23.159 --> 00:31:23.659
 community

00:31:23.659 --> 00:31:26.960
 now let me close

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 with this quote

00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:28.679
 from

00:31:28.679 --> 00:31:31.000
 Charles Spurgeon

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:32.579
 this is one of

00:31:32.579 --> 00:31:33.039
 Kevin's

00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:34.019
 favorite quotes

00:31:34.019 --> 00:31:34.399
 I think

00:31:34.399 --> 00:31:35.960
 I have a great

00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:36.759
 need for Christ

00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:38.079
 and I have a

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 and I have a

00:31:39.319 --> 00:31:39.980
 great Christ

00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:40.980
 for my need

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 it is in our

00:31:43.120 --> 00:31:43.460
 nature

00:31:43.460 --> 00:31:44.019
 to try to

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 figure things

00:31:44.720 --> 00:31:45.059
 out

00:31:45.059 --> 00:31:45.960
 ourselves

00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:47.000
 to rely

00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:47.460
 on our own

00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:48.140
 abilities

00:31:48.140 --> 00:31:49.740
 on our own

00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:50.319
 resources

00:31:50.319 --> 00:31:50.819
 our own

00:31:50.819 --> 00:31:51.180
 skills

00:31:51.180 --> 00:31:51.799
 and talents

00:31:51.799 --> 00:31:53.160
 but that's

00:31:53.160 --> 00:31:53.640
 not freedom

00:31:53.640 --> 00:31:54.960
 that's a life

00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:55.799
 of heavy burden

00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:57.839
 but when the

00:31:57.839 --> 00:31:58.480
 penny drops

00:31:58.480 --> 00:32:00.019
 when we realize

00:32:00.019 --> 00:32:00.940
 that self-sufficiency

00:32:00.940 --> 00:32:01.660
 is a lie

00:32:01.660 --> 00:32:02.759
 we run back

00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:03.319
 to Jesus

00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:04.440
 bank our lives

00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:04.759
 on him

00:32:04.759 --> 00:32:05.160
 and become

00:32:05.160 --> 00:32:06.120
 desperate for him

00:32:06.120 --> 00:32:08.000
 that is a life

00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:08.960
 of freedom

00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:11.200
 unspeakable peace

00:32:11.200 --> 00:32:12.460
 and joy

00:32:12.460 --> 00:32:13.860
 in all seasons

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 and this is what

00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:16.600
 the apostle John

00:32:16.600 --> 00:32:17.019
 meant

00:32:17.019 --> 00:32:18.039
 we studied this

00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:19.660
 for 18 weeks

00:32:19.660 --> 00:32:20.680
 this is what

00:32:20.680 --> 00:32:21.380
 the apostle John

00:32:21.380 --> 00:32:22.220
 meant when he said

00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:23.380
 when you believe

00:32:23.380 --> 00:32:23.880
 in Jesus

00:32:23.880 --> 00:32:25.279
 you have life

00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:26.559
 in his name

00:32:26.559 --> 00:32:29.079
 when we realize

00:32:29.079 --> 00:32:29.519
 we have a great

00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:30.299
 need for Christ

00:32:30.299 --> 00:32:31.299
 and we realize

00:32:31.299 --> 00:32:31.920
 we have a great

00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:32.380
 Christ

00:32:32.380 --> 00:32:33.340
 for our need

00:32:33.340 --> 00:32:34.720
 so may

00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:35.920
 Watermark Church

00:32:35.920 --> 00:32:37.279
 be a church

00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:40.339
 that lays down

00:32:40.339 --> 00:32:41.279
 our self-sufficiency

00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:43.160
 and self-reliance

00:32:43.160 --> 00:32:44.980
 runs back to Jesus

00:32:44.980 --> 00:32:46.160
 to receive

00:32:46.160 --> 00:32:47.500
 the riches of God

00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:49.259
 let's pray together

00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:52.960
 Father God

00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:53.339
 Lord Jesus

00:32:53.339 --> 00:32:53.940
 Holy Spirit

00:32:53.940 --> 00:32:55.680
 you are

00:32:55.680 --> 00:32:56.940
 you are great

00:32:56.940 --> 00:32:57.480
 and greatly

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:58.420
 to be praised

00:32:58.420 --> 00:32:59.559
 and honored

00:32:59.559 --> 00:33:01.019
 we are humbled

00:33:01.019 --> 00:33:01.759
 by your word

00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:02.779
 God

00:33:02.779 --> 00:33:05.859
 pray that as we

00:33:05.859 --> 00:33:07.480
 digest

00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:08.160
 and

00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:09.440
 meditate

00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:10.759
 and contemplate

00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:11.319
 your word

00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:13.839
 open up our hearts

00:33:13.839 --> 00:33:14.879
 to respond to you

00:33:14.879 --> 00:33:15.200
 right now

00:33:15.200 --> 00:33:15.500
 Lord

00:33:15.500 --> 00:33:16.940
 help us God

00:33:16.940 --> 00:33:18.720
 to see the self-sufficient

00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:19.799
 aspects of our lives

00:33:19.799 --> 00:33:20.740
 whatever it is

00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:21.379
 not just money

00:33:21.379 --> 00:33:22.779
 but other aspects

00:33:22.779 --> 00:33:23.379
 or hard work

00:33:23.379 --> 00:33:23.980
 or work ethic

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:24.740
 what I've been putting

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:25.599
 too much hope into

00:33:25.599 --> 00:33:25.899
 Lord

00:33:25.899 --> 00:33:27.420
 help us to

00:33:27.420 --> 00:33:29.380
 give it to you

00:33:29.380 --> 00:33:29.600
 God

00:33:29.600 --> 00:33:30.420
 lay at your feet

00:33:30.420 --> 00:33:32.440
 and may we receive

00:33:32.440 --> 00:33:33.480
 such wonderful

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:34.019
 assurance

00:33:34.019 --> 00:33:35.620
 and goodness

00:33:35.620 --> 00:33:36.140
 from you

00:33:36.140 --> 00:33:37.300
 even now

00:33:37.300 --> 00:33:38.060
 may we experience

00:33:38.060 --> 00:33:38.720
 you now God

00:33:38.720 --> 00:33:40.580
 be with us

00:33:40.580 --> 00:33:41.200
 for the rest of our

00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:41.720
 service

00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:42.920
 as we

00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:43.920
 continue to worship

00:33:43.920 --> 00:33:44.220
 you

00:33:44.220 --> 00:33:45.560
 for you are the only

00:33:45.560 --> 00:33:46.220
 one worthy

00:33:46.220 --> 00:33:47.420
 to be worshipped

00:33:47.420 --> 00:33:49.460
 in Jesus name

00:33:49.460 --> 00:33:49.900
 we pray

00:33:49.900 --> 00:33:50.960
 Amen