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 Today's scripture reading comes from Luke, chapter 19, verses 10 to 27.

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 Please follow along in your bulletin as I read.

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 For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.

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 While they were listening to these things, Jesus went on to tell a parable.

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 Because he was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.

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 So he said,

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 So that he might know what business they had done.

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 The first appeared, saying,

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 Master, your mina has made ten minas more.

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 And he said to him,

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 Well done, good slave, because you have been faithful in a very little thing.

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 You are to be in authority over ten cities.

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 The second came, saying,

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 Your mina, master, has made five minas.

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 And he said to him also,

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 And you are to be over five cities.

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 Another came, saying,

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 Master, here is your mina,

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 Which I kept put away in a handkerchief,

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 For I was afraid of you,

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 Because you are an exacting man.

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 You take up what you did not lay down,

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 And reap what you did not sow.

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 He said to him,

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 By your own words I will judge you,

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 You worthless slave.

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 Did you know that I am an exacting man,

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 Taking up what I did not lay down,

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 And reaping what I did not sow?

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 Then why did you not put my money in the bank?

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 And having come,

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 I would have collected it with interest.

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 Then he said to the bystanders,

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 Take the mina away from him,

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 And give it to the one who has the ten minas.

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 And they said to him,

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 Master, he has ten minas already.

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 I tell you that to everyone who has,

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 More shall be given.

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 But from the one who does not have,

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 Even what he does have shall be taken away.

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 But these enemies of mine,

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 And who did not want me to reign over them,

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 Bring them here,

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 And slay them in my presence.

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 This is the reading of God's word.

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 Thank you, Taylor.

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 That was excellent reading

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 Of the passage today.

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 How are you guys doing?

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 Oh, come on.

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 That's terrible.

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 I've been gone for four weeks,

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 And that's all I get is good.

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 How are you guys doing?

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 Good?

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 Great.

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 Great.

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 Great.

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 That's good.

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 You know, it's great to be back.

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 And as you can tell,

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 We stayed out a little in the sun in the States.

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 It was very hot where we were.

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 For my Australian friends,

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 Yes, I wore sunscreen.

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 I get nagged about that all the time.

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 But then I was informed that anything below 50 is just suntanning oil.

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 So it has to be a 50 or above for it to count in Australia.

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 So I wasn't near the 50 mark,

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 But we had sunscreen on.

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 We had a great time.

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 And so it's good to be back.

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 And,

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 But when I looked at the passage that I have to preach on today,

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 I was like,

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 Whoa!

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 Wow, what a fun passage to come back to.

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 But that's one of the things we love about as we go through the gospel of Luke.

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 We don't,

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 Can't skip passages.

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 We have to follow them the way that God spoke them to the authors.

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 And so we're going to kind of attempt to look at this and see what God can teach us today.

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 As I come up here,

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 If you hadn't seen me in four weeks,

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 You've never seen me before.

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 My name is Tobin.

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 I'm one of the pastors here.

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 And I just want to start off by saying that I will probably offend you in this sermon.

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 Okay?

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 So I just,

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 And I'll probably bother you in this sermon.

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 Because I,

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 I've bothered myself.

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 Reading this sermon and thinking about it.

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 And so we're on this journey in the gospel of Luke for the last two years.

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 Some of you are wondering when this is going to end.

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 Today,

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 We are in the last week of Jesus' life.

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 Okay?

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 So he is heading towards Jerusalem.

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 And it's going to end one week from now.

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 And so as we look at what he has to tell us in this journey,

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 I think that there's a lot of things we can,

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 Can apply to our life.

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 And a lot of questions.

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 And so what,

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 What my intentions are is,

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 We're going to look at this passage really quickly.

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 I'm going to draw out some points that I have been struggling with in my life.

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 I'm going to ask you some questions.

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 And then we're going to lead right into a communion time.

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 I'm going to lead you in communion.

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 We're going to pray.

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 And then we're going to dismiss everybody.

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 There's going to be no announcements.

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 There's no,

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 If you want to stay here and spend some time praying,

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 That the worship team will be up here and they'll play some music.

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 If you need somebody to pray with you,

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 There'll be elders and leaders and small group leaders around.

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 Grab us.

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 If you're ready just to go and go eat,

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 Please be mindful of the people who are staying here.

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 And they're going to be praying.

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 And just walk out quietly and gather out back and get a Diet Coke.

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 If you need to.

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 But that's kind of where we're heading here.

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 Okay.

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 Is that good?

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 So we're going to try something new here.

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 So Jesus is in Jericho.

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 Last time we talked,

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 We looked at this story of Zacchaeus,

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 Who was a tax collector.

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 He was a chief tax collector.

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 And salvation came to his house.

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 And then we get to this passage in Luke 19,

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 10 and 11 to 27.

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 And we see right away why Jesus puts it there.

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 It's in verse 11.

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 If you follow it.

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 So Jericho is about 17 miles east of Jerusalem.

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 The Passover is coming.

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 Jesus is being followed by about 500 people.

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 Some of the authors,

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 Extra Biblical authors,

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 Josephus and other people say that it's like a rock concert.

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 They're all following Jesus.

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 They're going to Jerusalem.

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 Because they believe that at the Passover time,

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 The king, who is Jesus,

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 Is going to make himself known.

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 And everything will be made right.

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 When we talk about the Bible,

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 We talk in segments of time.

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 We talk about there's a creation,

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 Where God creates everything.

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 There's a fall,

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 Where our ancestors made poor choices.

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 They only had to obey one rule.

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 They couldn't do that.

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 And because of their disobedience,

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 Corruption spread throughout the whole creation.

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 Then we have this story of redemption,

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 Where the king comes back,

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 And he buys back his people.

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 He buys back creation.

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 And he makes all things new.

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 And then we have this story of restoration,

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 Where things are made new when the king comes.

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 And in the Jewish mind,

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 Redemption and restoration were one.

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 And so they're thinking,

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 If Jesus is going to come back,

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 He's going to make himself known king.

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 He's going to,

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 It's going to be like apocalypse,

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 Or it's going to be like opening the sacred cradle,

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 And God's wrath is going to come out,

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 And all the enemies are going to melt,

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 And all of God's people are going to be there,

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 And they're going to rule,

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 And it's going to be amen,

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 And that's the end of time.

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 So that's what they're thinking here.

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 And Jesus tells them that it's not like that.

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 We hear a lot in the Bible,

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 Where it says stuff like,

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 There's a king,

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 And there's a kingdom,

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 But it's now,

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 But it's not yet.

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 There's this hope,

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 And there's grace,

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 And it's now,

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 But it's not fully seen.

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 That we still walk in darkness,

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 Even though we see glimpses of these things.

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 But to the people on Jesus' day,

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 They didn't see that.

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 They just thought that when Jesus came,

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 Everything, Messiah came,

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 Everything was going to be made right.

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 And so they just kind of listened to Him.

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 I mean, the story we're going to look at today,

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 He said over and over and over.

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 And the people still don't understand it.

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 They still kind of just nod their head,

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 Go, yeah, yeah, yeah.

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 Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah.

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 Great, go Jesus.

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 Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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 Okay, yeah, yeah.

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 And they don't understand anything that He's saying.

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 Because in their worldview,

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 In their grid,

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 They just can't comprehend

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 That there's not going to be a king

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 Who comes and makes everything right immediately.

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 And so they just nod and go,

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 Okay, yeah, yeah, okay.

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 Wives,

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 Your husbands do that sometimes, right?

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 I'm guilty of that.

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 I was on Skype last night with Christina,

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 And she was using her 45,000 words that day

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 To catch me up on what was going on in our family.

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 And most guys' brains can only handle about 5,000 words.

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 And there got to a point in the Skype session

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 Where I'm like,

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 Yeah, yeah, uh-huh.

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 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

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 And if she had said,

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 And so my mother-in-law is going to come live with us for five years,

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 I would be like,

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 Yeah, yeah, yeah, uh-huh, uh-huh.

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 So just realize that there's something in guys' brains,

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 But there's something in every one of our brains that does that.

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 There was a famous president in America, FDR,

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 Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

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 He felt like that.

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 He felt like that whatever he said,

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 No one really listened.

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 And he felt like all these state dinners were worthless and useless

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 Because he would have these deep conversations

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 And no one would ever listen to what he was going to say.

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 So he devised a plan.

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 His next heads of state dinner,

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 In the line,

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 As people gave and recepted him and asked him,

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 How are you doing, Mr. President?

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 He was going to say with a big smile,

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 I'm doing very good.

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 I killed my mother-in-law last night.

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 And he was going to see what people's reactions were.

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 And so the people started coming up there,

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 And they said,

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 How are you doing, Mr. President?

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 He goes, I'm doing very good.

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 I killed my mother-in-law last night.

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 And the reactions were as he expected.

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 Oh, that's really good.

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 We're so proud of you.

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 We're praying for you.

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 We think you're doing a great job.

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 You're doing absolutely fine.

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 Just keep it in there.

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 Keep going.

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 Person after person.

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 How are you doing, Mr. President?

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 I did very well.

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 I killed my mother-in-law last night.

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 The story goes that finally,

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 The Bolivian president came up there.

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 And he shook his hand.

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 He said, How are you doing, Mr. President?

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 And he goes, I'm doing very well.

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 I killed my mother-in-law last night.

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 And the Bolivian president was in shock.

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 And it was clear to FDR that he heard for the first time what 40 people did not hear.

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 And the Bolivian president looked at him up and down, kind of nervous.

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 And he said, Well, Mr. President, I suppose she deserved it.

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 It's a true story.

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 Sometimes we talk and we do things and we don't listen to what we're saying.

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 And it's true with the story today.

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 We're going to talk about a story that you've heard over and over and over again.

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 We talk about it all the time at Watermark.

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 There's nothing new under the sun.

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 And for most of us, we just kind of nod and go, Yeah, uh-huh.

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 Yeah, yeah.

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 That's great.

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 Good, good.

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 And we don't let it sink in.

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 But my prayer is that today as we spend time in communion and think about why this is the last parable Jesus told his disciples.

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 What is so important about this parable?

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 That this is the last thing he's going to tell them before they go to Jerusalem.

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 This is the last major teaching point for them.

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 Why is he teaching this thing to them?

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 And what do we need to learn from it?

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 And again, I think that you, my prayer is that you will be challenged.

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 I have been challenged.

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 My prayer is that you would be offended.

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 If you come to church and the things that we say from God's word don't challenge you or offend you or make you angry at us or the teachers or at God,

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 then you're not listening to what God's word says.

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 Because there are some very hard things in it.

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 And most of us just kind of go, uh-huh, yeah, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh, yeah, okay, okay, let's go eat.

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 Me included.

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 Verse 11.

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 They were listening to these things and Jesus went on to tell them a story.

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 They're going to Jerusalem.

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 So he tells the story because they're going to Jerusalem and they suppose, they think, that the kingdom of God is going to come.

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 And it's going to appear immediately.

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 So they think that when Jesus comes, he's going to be the Messiah.

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 And he is the Messiah.

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 And he's going to change everything but what he wants to try to tell them that it's not like that.

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 It's going to be different.

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 That my kingdom is going to be now but it's not fully now.

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 It's going to be later too.

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 And that I'm going to be the king and I'm always the king but one day I'm going to come back and receive this kingdom.

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 He goes on and he says, there was a noble man who went to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself and then return.

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 So there's this rich, noble, aristocratic man and he has been given a kingship and he needs to go away to this other place to receive the scepter.

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 And then he'll return to rule.

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 And in verse 13 when he does that, he calls ten of his slaves.

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 The word there, slave, is doulos.

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 It's a special word for slaves.

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 It means someone who's a slave voluntarily.

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 I mean slaves are not like what we think today.

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 A lot of times he became a slave because your city got captured.

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 A lot of times he became a slave because you owed a debt to somebody.

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 And then after five years you paid that debt off.

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 If your master was so good to you, you could become a doulos.

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 You would go to your master and say, you are kind and you are gentle and I want to be your servant forever.

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 And the master would take your ear to the doorpost of the house.

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 He'd put an earring in it.

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 And that basically signified that you are his servant and you have done it.

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 You've chosen to do it.

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 You've become a special servant because you love your master so much.

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 And so this guy calls his ten servants and he gives each of them a mina, as Taylor said so well.

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 It's basically the equivalent of three months salary.

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 And he says in the passage when he gives it to them, he basically says to them, do business with this.

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 And in Greek it says, I will return.

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 So he calls his ten servants together.

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 He gives them three months of salary.

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 And he says, do business with this.

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 The Greek word is very specific.

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 It says pragmitsa.

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 And it basically means to make known, to bring forth fruit, to set up a shingle, to occupy.

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 And so he's calling his servants there.

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 He's given these mina, this talent, this resource.

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 And he says, I'm going away to get a kingdom.

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 I want you to take this and use it to make my name great.

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 I want you to take it.

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 I want you to take it and use it to expend and extend my kingdom and bear fruit.

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 And when I come back, I'll ask you how you did.

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 Verse 14.

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 Verse 14.

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 But the citizens of that land hated him.

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 And they sent a delegation after him saying, we do not want this man to reign over us.

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 So you have a master.

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 You have the doulos who love him.

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 And you have the citizens who hate him.

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 Now, the minute Jesus told this story, everyone in the audience would have known exactly what he was talking about.

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 Because this is actually a true story.

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 It happened twice in Jesus' lifetime.

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 Well, once before Jesus' lifetime and once during Jesus' lifetime.

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 In 40 BC, Herod the Great, who's the Edomite, an enemy of the Israeli people, the Jewish people.

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 He became king.

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 And to receive his kingship, he had to go to Rome and get his official title put on him.

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 Then when Herod the Great died, his son Archelaus in 4 BC did the same thing.

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 Now, Archelaus was an incredibly, and Herod was also incredibly cruel, incredibly bad.

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 He was a tyrant.

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 And no one wanted him to be king.

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 And so historians tell us that when he went to Rome to receive his kingship, the Jewish people sent 50 of their leaders after him to plead before Caesar not to make this man their king.

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 So everybody hearing Jesus' parable would have automatically associated it with what had happened historically.

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 Well, it didn't happen for Archelaus.

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 Caesar listened to the people, and so he only got one-fourth of the kingship.

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 His brothers got the rest of the kingship.

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 And so he comes back, and he's angry with everybody.

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 So he says the citizens hated him, and after the delegation, they said, what shall we do?

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 So what do we know?

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 There's a king.

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 He's about to receive a kingship.

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 He gives money or stewardship or resources to his helpers and says, make my name great, put up shot, expand my world, expand the kingdom so everybody knows it.

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 And everybody around him, all the other citizens of the land, hated him.

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 You got that?

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 Okay.

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 Question.

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 Why did the king give the resources to the stewards?

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 Think about it.

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 He's going to be king.

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 Everything is going to be his.

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 When he comes back, he can do anything he wants.

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 Why did God give you and I resources?

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 Why did he give us talents?

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 Why did he give us money?

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 Why did he give us knowledge?

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 Why did he give us families?

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 Why did he give us spouses?

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 Why did he give us friends?

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 Why did he give us all these things?

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 Why did the ruler give all of these things to his servants?

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 Because it was going to be his anyway when he came back.

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 What's the answer?

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 Anyone?

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 It's a test.

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 It's a test.

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 The ruler, God, the rich man, the noble man, he gave his servants these minas, these talents,

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 all of these things to test them.

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 To see if they would pragmetsai.

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 To see if they would trust him.

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 To see if they believed in him.

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 To see if they believed that he was good and that he was going to come back and that everything he had was theirs.

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 To see if they were willing to sacrifice everything.

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 Because one day the king was going to come back and when the king came back, he was going to make everything right.

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 I mean, he was going to see if they really believed what he said.

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 Did they really believe that when he came back that they would rule with him?

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 Did they really believe that everything that he was giving them right now was nothing?

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 Compared to what they were going to get when the king returned?

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 He's testing them.

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 He wants to see if they're going to do business.

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 He wants to see if they're going to be faithful.

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 He wants to see if they're going to believe that God is good.

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 And that he gave us all these things so that we can make his name great.

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 And bring forth spiritual fruit.

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 Jesus says there's three types of people who receive the gifts.

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 There's three reactions to the people.

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 There's three ways that we, you and I, respond.

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 The first way is found in verses 15 through 19.

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 And there are these two servants.

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 These two servants, he calls them faithful servants.

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 In Greek he actually says they're generous.

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 They're generous, they're good, and they're faithful.

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 And these first two servants come and they basically, and you notice what they say?

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 Look at what they said.

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 Verse 16.

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 It first appeared and he said, Master, your mina, your mina has made ten more.

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 He doesn't say, I've been so talented.

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 I was so good.

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 I was able to use all these things.

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 I was so skillful.

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 I was able to make this, make it to a profit of a thousand percent.

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 He says, your mina has made it.

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 Where does the power come from?

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 Does it come from our ability?

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 It comes from God's gift.

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 God's gift.

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 So he said to that first one, well done, good slave, good doulos, because you have been faithful in a very little thing.

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 Very little thing.

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 All the resources, everything that he's given them, all the things that we have now, our money, our houses, our skills, our jobs, our families, all of these things are minas to us, the Bible says.

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 And the master says that they're very little compared to what he wants to give us.

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 But he's only going to give faithful servants.

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 And so he goes on and he says, because you've been faithful in a little thing, verse 17, I will give you authority over ten cities.

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 Think about that.

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 So he goes from being a slave to a ruler.

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 He goes from having a little things to having the wealth of ten cities.

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 He goes from getting three months' salary.

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 And actually it says that he keeps the three-month salary and he keeps the profit.

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 The master doesn't take that away from him.

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 The master just goes, wow, great job.

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 And he gives them more.

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 In the same way the Bible says that you and I will have that same thing happen to us.

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 That if God comes again as a ruler and he sees that we've been faithful with everything that he's given us,

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 if he sees that we've been responsible, if he sees that we've been generous, if he sees that we've been good,

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 that what we have now is nothing compared to what he wants to give us.

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 Do you understand that?

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 I don't.

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 I have a hard time sometimes.

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 Because sometimes I just think here and now is all there really is.

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 What the passage says is that here and now is a test.

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 To see if we're going to believe that God is good and if we can trust him.

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 And if we believe that he's good and that we can trust him, that he's going to come back and that one day we're going to rule with him,

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 then no matter what we sacrifice here and now,

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 it's nothing.

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 It's nothing.

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 Compared to what the ruler wants to give us when he comes back.

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 Then we have a second guy who's also faithful and he came and he said,

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 your mina master has given five minas.

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 And he said to him also, you are over five cities.

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 Same reaction, same response.

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 The mina did it.

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 The guy basically just trusted God to be good.

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 Trusted God.

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 Whatever he gave him, I'm going to give this to you and you're going to use it.

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 You're going to make your name great.

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 You're going to do great things in your kingdom.

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 And I'm going to trust you.

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 Whatever that is in my life, whatever those resources are,

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 they're mine, but they're not mine.

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 They're yours and you gave me them so that I can use them.

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 The passage says that the master is incredibly generous.

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 I mean, he gives all these things to everybody.

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 They don't deserve it.

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 They don't earn it.

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 He doesn't watch over their shoulder to see how they're doing it.

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 He just has one request.

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 Whatever you do with it, pragmitsa.

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 Make my name great.

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 Expand the kingdom.

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 Show people Jesus.

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 Do things that are going to open up people's ears to the gospel.

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 It's this message, and the message is what changes people.

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 Whatever you do with the resources, just do it, but make sure that people hear.

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 And so the passage says over and over that the master is incredibly generous

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 and incredibly good, and he's just bestowing all these things on his servants.

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 Then the second type of servant comes.

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 Verse 20, it says, another came.

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 In Greek, it's not a good word.

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 It basically means another of a different type.

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 A wicked one.

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 A selfish one.

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 An evil one.

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 And this other one came, and he basically said,

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 Master, here is your mina, which I have kept away in a handkerchief.

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 In Greek, the word actually is snot cloth or sweat cloth.

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 So the guy's been, and he's had this mina in it the whole time.

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 And he's mina in it the whole time.

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 And then the master comes back, and he goes, here's your mina.

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 He's a different type of servant.

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 He makes an excuse for himself.

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 I was afraid of you because you weren't exactly a man.

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 You take up what you did not lay down, and you reap what you did not sow.

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 Does he know the master?

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 Is the master like that?

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 According to this passage, no.

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 Because the master is incredibly generous.

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 He's incredibly good.

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 He gives us all of these things.

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 He allows us to use them the way he wants,

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 and that when we come back, and if we trust him,

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 and we believe in him, he's going to give us something so amazing.

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 I don't know what you guys think about heaven.

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 I mean, as a guy,

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 what I hear about heaven in churches is not very attractive to me.

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 Sitting on a cloud,

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 playing harps,

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 and just kind of doing that forever.

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 I mean, I have a hard time singing anyway,

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 but doing it forever?

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 I just,

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 but the Bible doesn't say that's what heaven's going to be like.

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 The Bible says heaven's going to be like a new heaven and a new earth.

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 It's going to be,

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 you're going to come.

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 You're going to have responsibilities.

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 You're going to rule with God over his creation.

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 You're going to be judged by how faithful you are right now.

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 And, you know,

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 I think of like,

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 you know,

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 it'd be like you do your job performance review this year,

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 and the guy says,

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 you've been amazing.

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 You've been great.

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 You've,

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 you've been overseeing $50 million,

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 and that's,

00:25:41.059 --> 00:25:42.059
 you've been our best employee.

00:25:42.159 --> 00:25:42.379
 You are,

00:25:42.459 --> 00:25:43.099
 it's incredible.

00:25:43.899 --> 00:25:44.459
 Next year,

00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:45.159
 we're going to give you 20.

00:25:48.459 --> 00:25:49.379
 What would you think?

00:25:50.659 --> 00:25:51.259
 You think,

00:25:51.539 --> 00:25:52.539
 that's,

00:25:52.539 --> 00:25:54.259
 that's not a reward.

00:25:54.259 --> 00:25:57.059
 That's a punishment.

00:25:59.059 --> 00:25:59.500
 Next year,

00:25:59.559 --> 00:26:00.099
 you can just rest.

00:26:00.160 --> 00:26:00.859
 You can go on vacation.

00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:02.160
 Well,

00:26:02.160 --> 00:26:04.779
 sometimes that might be a reward for part of a time.

00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:07.539
 But he says here,

00:26:07.619 --> 00:26:09.259
 that's not what heaven's going to be like.

00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:12.000
 And so that when we're faithful and we do good,

00:26:12.099 --> 00:26:12.319
 God,

00:26:12.379 --> 00:26:15.180
 it comes back and he rewards us for those things.

00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:16.379
 He gives us responsibilities.

00:26:16.539 --> 00:26:18.400
 He doesn't necessarily give us a vacation,

00:26:18.539 --> 00:26:19.259
 but he gives us more responsibility.

00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:21.160
 And this servant,

00:26:21.299 --> 00:26:22.420
 this different type of servant,

00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:24.440
 this servant who didn't know the master,

00:26:24.599 --> 00:26:26.440
 this selfish servant,

00:26:27.420 --> 00:26:32.460
 this one who hung out with Jesus in his crowd.

00:26:33.700 --> 00:26:36.240
 He was on the journey for three years.

00:26:37.680 --> 00:26:39.500
 Whenever the two by two went out,

00:26:39.619 --> 00:26:40.839
 he went out with them.

00:26:41.879 --> 00:26:45.240
 He was actually the money counter of the disciples.

00:26:46.379 --> 00:26:47.480
 So whenever I looked at him,

00:26:47.480 --> 00:26:47.920
 they would say,

00:26:47.920 --> 00:26:50.980
 surely he is a follower of Jesus.

00:26:52.360 --> 00:26:56.640
 But when Jesus didn't give Judas what he wanted,

00:26:58.380 --> 00:27:01.560
 the passage says that Judas betrayed Christ

00:27:01.560 --> 00:27:04.660
 for 30 pieces of silver.

00:27:06.400 --> 00:27:08.180
 Because Judas hung around the master,

00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:10.000
 but he didn't really know the master.

00:27:10.100 --> 00:27:12.320
 He didn't have a relationship with the master.

00:27:12.440 --> 00:27:16.120
 He just wanted to use the master.

00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:23.620
 Jesus says that some of us are like that.

00:27:25.560 --> 00:27:27.680
 That we come to church.

00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:30.660
 We're involved in activities.

00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:35.640
 We are pastors and elders,

00:27:36.360 --> 00:27:38.560
 small group leaders.

00:27:39.360 --> 00:27:41.840
 We count the money like Judas did.

00:27:41.839 --> 00:27:45.839
 We're introducing people to the church.

00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:49.039
 But when the master comes back,

00:27:49.079 --> 00:27:49.980
 it's going to be clear

00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:52.459
 that we didn't really know him.

00:27:55.159 --> 00:27:57.519
 We didn't have a relationship with him.

00:27:58.559 --> 00:28:00.559
 We just wanted things from him.

00:28:01.459 --> 00:28:03.159
 And the master's reaction is very,

00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:05.899
 very, very strong to the servant here.

00:28:05.900 --> 00:28:07.519
 He says in verse 22,

00:28:07.580 --> 00:28:08.180
 by your own words,

00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:08.759
 I will judge you.

00:28:08.800 --> 00:28:10.420
 You are a worthless slave.

00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:12.940
 Did you know that I'm an exacting man,

00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:14.100
 taking up what I didn't lay down

00:28:14.100 --> 00:28:14.840
 and reaping what I did not?

00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:15.940
 So that's not true.

00:28:17.340 --> 00:28:18.840
 But that's what the slave thinks.

00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:19.620
 And so Jesus says,

00:28:19.700 --> 00:28:20.720
 okay, let's play that game.

00:28:21.880 --> 00:28:23.140
 If you think God is really like that,

00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:25.519
 well, what if God is really like that?

00:28:26.580 --> 00:28:28.440
 If you really believed that he was like that,

00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:29.480
 the master was that hard,

00:28:29.560 --> 00:28:31.860
 you would be working like a madman

00:28:31.859 --> 00:28:34.639
 before he came back

00:28:34.639 --> 00:28:38.299
 because you knew that he would expect something of you.

00:28:40.379 --> 00:28:42.000
 So he says, by your own words,

00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:43.399
 I'm going to judge you,

00:28:43.479 --> 00:28:44.279
 you worthless slave.

00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:46.079
 Did you not know that I'm an exacting man?

00:28:46.899 --> 00:28:49.740
 Then why did you not put the money in the bank

00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:51.119
 instead of your snot cloth?

00:28:52.019 --> 00:28:52.779
 And having come,

00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:53.899
 I would have collected interest.

00:28:54.919 --> 00:28:56.159
 And then he said to the bystanders,

00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:57.359
 take this mina away from him

00:28:57.359 --> 00:28:58.979
 and give it to the one who has 10 minas.

00:28:59.419 --> 00:29:00.079
 And they said to him,

00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:01.599
 master, he already has 10 minas.

00:29:02.619 --> 00:29:04.019
 And in verse 26, he says,

00:29:04.659 --> 00:29:06.319
 I tell you to everyone who has,

00:29:06.419 --> 00:29:07.079
 more shall be given,

00:29:07.179 --> 00:29:08.259
 but from the one who does not have,

00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:09.179
 even what he does not have,

00:29:09.219 --> 00:29:10.039
 shall be taken away.

00:29:11.199 --> 00:29:12.339
 Now let's deal with these enemies,

00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:13.099
 the third people.

00:29:13.919 --> 00:29:15.019
 But these enemies of mine

00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:17.479
 who did not want me to be lord over them,

00:29:17.879 --> 00:29:19.639
 in Greek, to reign over them,

00:29:20.199 --> 00:29:20.939
 bring them here,

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:24.619
 let me slay them in my presence.

00:29:27.619 --> 00:29:28.299
 The end.

00:29:28.299 --> 00:29:35.240
 What does this passage mean for us today?

00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:42.079
 What does it mean for me?

00:29:44.819 --> 00:29:46.879
 What is Jesus trying to teach us?

00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:50.000
 Because the Bible says the story is the same

00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:52.279
 for these people as it is for you and me.

00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:55.279
 We have a king who went far away to a kingdom.

00:29:55.399 --> 00:29:56.399
 He went as far as you could go.

00:29:56.460 --> 00:29:57.079
 He went to heaven

00:29:57.079 --> 00:30:00.359
 to receive his kingdom from the Lord.

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:01.700
 And when he left,

00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:04.740
 he left his people gifts and talents and minas,

00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:06.480
 the word of God,

00:30:07.059 --> 00:30:07.559
 the gospel.

00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:09.920
 And he said to us,

00:30:09.920 --> 00:30:13.019
 do business for me while I'm gone.

00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:15.880
 Make my name great.

00:30:16.360 --> 00:30:17.200
 Bear fruit.

00:30:17.880 --> 00:30:20.660
 Do things that will make people look at the master

00:30:20.660 --> 00:30:22.360
 and go, wow, he's amazing.

00:30:23.840 --> 00:30:25.560
 He's trusted us with family

00:30:25.560 --> 00:30:27.700
 and relationships.

00:30:29.120 --> 00:30:30.500
 He's trusted us with money.

00:30:32.160 --> 00:30:33.640
 He's trusted us with jobs.

00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:34.700
 He's trusted us with house.

00:30:34.800 --> 00:30:36.300
 Everything, everything that we have,

00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:36.759
 everything,

00:30:37.259 --> 00:30:38.660
 you list out all your assets,

00:30:38.660 --> 00:30:39.600
 everything that you are,

00:30:39.680 --> 00:30:40.600
 everything that's about you,

00:30:40.840 --> 00:30:42.240
 all of these, the Bible says,

00:30:42.300 --> 00:30:43.420
 is a gift from God.

00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:46.519
 And it's a gift to you

00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:48.600
 because God loves you,

00:30:49.540 --> 00:30:51.360
 but he also wants to test

00:30:51.360 --> 00:30:53.880
 and see if you believe him.

00:30:56.160 --> 00:30:58.080
 Do you really believe that he's good?

00:31:00.660 --> 00:31:02.700
 Do you really believe that he's coming back?

00:31:05.100 --> 00:31:06.759
 All of these things are going to be seen

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:07.820
 by our hands,

00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:10.159
 not necessarily by our words

00:31:10.159 --> 00:31:12.099
 because sometimes our words are cheap,

00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:13.539
 but our hands show these things.

00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:16.039
 So what does it mean to be faithful?

00:31:17.200 --> 00:31:18.019
 To be faithful means

00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:19.519
 you take everything that God's given us,

00:31:19.559 --> 00:31:20.279
 our health, our mind,

00:31:20.359 --> 00:31:21.159
 our body, our ability,

00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:22.019
 our family, our time,

00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:22.419
 our money,

00:31:22.919 --> 00:31:24.179
 everything that he's given us,

00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:26.200
 and we realize that it's a gift from him.

00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:29.720
 We realize that everything that he's given us,

00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:31.379
 he calls us to bear fruit in it.

00:31:31.380 --> 00:31:33.900
 So when God gave me Christina,

00:31:34.540 --> 00:31:36.860
 when the king comes back,

00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:38.160
 he's going to ask me,

00:31:38.700 --> 00:31:41.320
 what did I do with Christina

00:31:41.320 --> 00:31:43.820
 as a fellow follower of Christ?

00:31:45.220 --> 00:31:47.960
 Did I encourage her in her walk with the Lord?

00:31:49.040 --> 00:31:50.420
 Was I good to her?

00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:54.519
 Is she better off now than when I first met her?

00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:56.980
 Am I serving her?

00:31:58.019 --> 00:31:59.660
 Do people see from the relationship

00:31:59.660 --> 00:32:00.519
 that we have together

00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:02.980
 an amazing God who's full of grace

00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:05.740
 and mercy and goodness in our life?

00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:08.940
 Do people see that?

00:32:11.060 --> 00:32:12.180
 When God comes back,

00:32:12.220 --> 00:32:13.200
 he's going to ask the wife,

00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:14.279
 I've given you your husband.

00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:17.099
 How have you treated him?

00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:20.960
 Do you realize that it's this precious gift,

00:32:21.180 --> 00:32:22.940
 this thing that you didn't deserve,

00:32:23.139 --> 00:32:24.480
 you didn't work for,

00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:26.539
 you don't earn it.

00:32:26.859 --> 00:32:27.779
 I gave it to you.

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:31.059
 And I ask you to use it,

00:32:31.680 --> 00:32:33.480
 to help it flourish,

00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:35.899
 to make it grow in the kingdom.

00:32:36.220 --> 00:32:37.119
 Did you do that?

00:32:37.259 --> 00:32:39.079
 Were you responsible with those things?

00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:41.680
 I gave you your kids.

00:32:44.279 --> 00:32:45.460
 Were you a good parent?

00:32:47.460 --> 00:32:48.960
 Did you point them to Christ?

00:32:50.160 --> 00:32:51.839
 Did people looking at your family realize

00:32:51.839 --> 00:32:53.619
 that this is what the kingdom of God is like?

00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:56.279
 I gave you your friends.

00:32:57.660 --> 00:32:59.279
 Did you use your friends?

00:33:00.899 --> 00:33:02.519
 Or did you serve your friends?

00:33:04.299 --> 00:33:06.639
 Did you help them walk closer to God?

00:33:09.180 --> 00:33:10.420
 Or did you hurt them?

00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:13.399
 I gave you your money.

00:33:15.139 --> 00:33:16.059
 It's not your money.

00:33:16.139 --> 00:33:16.819
 It's God's money.

00:33:18.279 --> 00:33:19.839
 How did you use that money?

00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:22.279
 When the king comes back

00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:23.599
 and he looks at our bank books

00:33:23.599 --> 00:33:27.420
 and he compares how we used our money

00:33:27.420 --> 00:33:29.599
 to how he wanted us to use our money

00:33:29.599 --> 00:33:31.940
 or how we could have used our money

00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:33.059
 to make his name great,

00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:35.740
 will we be embarrassed?

00:33:38.139 --> 00:33:41.119
 Or will we be happy and proud and glad?

00:33:41.119 --> 00:33:41.199
 God.

00:33:43.079 --> 00:33:44.479
 The faithful servant realizes

00:33:44.479 --> 00:33:45.259
 that God is good

00:33:45.259 --> 00:33:45.839
 and he's generous

00:33:45.839 --> 00:33:47.359
 and he's given everything to us

00:33:47.359 --> 00:33:49.299
 and we're in this journey together

00:33:49.299 --> 00:33:49.899
 as a church

00:33:49.899 --> 00:33:50.739
 learning what it means

00:33:50.739 --> 00:33:51.759
 to use those things

00:33:51.759 --> 00:33:52.979
 and to help those things flourish.

00:33:53.799 --> 00:33:54.619
 And we need each other.

00:33:54.699 --> 00:33:55.299
 We need accountability.

00:33:55.579 --> 00:33:56.839
 We need people speaking into our lives.

00:33:57.259 --> 00:33:58.319
 We need people to look at our lives

00:33:58.319 --> 00:33:58.599
 and say,

00:33:58.979 --> 00:33:59.779
 hey, you need help here

00:33:59.779 --> 00:34:00.459
 or you need help there

00:34:00.459 --> 00:34:01.119
 or how are you doing there?

00:34:01.139 --> 00:34:01.979
 You're doing amazing here.

00:34:02.379 --> 00:34:03.019
 God's really honored

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:03.759
 by what's going on.

00:34:03.919 --> 00:34:05.000
 But all of these things,

00:34:05.319 --> 00:34:06.519
 the faithful servant realizes

00:34:06.519 --> 00:34:07.519
 that they're gifts from God

00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:08.599
 and that one day he's going to return.

00:34:08.920 --> 00:34:10.360
 He's going to look at all those things

00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:12.039
 and he's going to give us a reward

00:34:12.039 --> 00:34:13.559
 compared to how we use those things.

00:34:17.239 --> 00:34:18.699
 Then there's the unfaithful servant.

00:34:20.279 --> 00:34:21.380
 They've come to church.

00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:22.759
 They've been involved in the community.

00:34:23.960 --> 00:34:26.019
 They've basically been connected to the church.

00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:27.000
 The scripture's really clear.

00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:27.420
 It's basically,

00:34:27.559 --> 00:34:28.639
 they're talking about Judas

00:34:28.639 --> 00:34:31.519
 and there's a lot of Old Testament stories.

00:34:32.519 --> 00:34:33.599
 And so the person who comes in,

00:34:33.659 --> 00:34:34.460
 they like the fellowship.

00:34:34.599 --> 00:34:35.279
 They like the community.

00:34:35.360 --> 00:34:36.699
 They like to be a part of God's family.

00:34:36.699 --> 00:34:37.739
 And so they sit here

00:34:37.739 --> 00:34:38.759
 and they're a part of God's family.

00:34:39.019 --> 00:34:40.000
 They do all these things.

00:34:40.839 --> 00:34:41.559
 Most of the time,

00:34:41.639 --> 00:34:42.819
 their focus is on themselves.

00:34:43.179 --> 00:34:44.619
 They don't want to really be responsible.

00:34:46.099 --> 00:34:47.679
 They're just a different type of servant.

00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:49.500
 If you really look at their heart,

00:34:50.199 --> 00:34:51.399
 you see that their actions

00:34:51.399 --> 00:34:53.699
 are focused more on themselves.

00:34:53.819 --> 00:34:55.259
 They don't really understand the master.

00:34:55.639 --> 00:34:56.299
 And when you ask them,

00:34:56.439 --> 00:34:57.799
 why aren't you doing some of these things

00:34:57.799 --> 00:34:59.259
 because God's called us to do these things,

00:34:59.299 --> 00:34:59.679
 they say,

00:35:00.199 --> 00:35:00.639
 yeah, but you know,

00:35:00.679 --> 00:35:01.339
 God is kind of,

00:35:01.879 --> 00:35:02.939
 he's kind of tough.

00:35:02.940 --> 00:35:06.900
 I mean,

00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:08.280
 if God were nicer,

00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:11.280
 he would let me do some of these things

00:35:11.280 --> 00:35:12.740
 because I need to do these things

00:35:12.740 --> 00:35:14.800
 because that's just how I'm made

00:35:14.800 --> 00:35:16.539
 and it's what I need.

00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:19.519
 And the faithless servant

00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:21.179
 doesn't realize God's graciousness

00:35:21.179 --> 00:35:22.500
 and they call God harsh

00:35:22.500 --> 00:35:25.099
 and they make excuses

00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:29.599
 and they're more worried about their kingdom

00:35:29.599 --> 00:35:32.480
 than God's kingdom.

00:35:34.039 --> 00:35:35.779
 The passage says that when they come,

00:35:35.960 --> 00:35:38.839
 they will be separated from the kingdom of God.

00:35:43.219 --> 00:35:44.659
 Everything will be taken away

00:35:44.659 --> 00:35:46.259
 and they'll be kind of pushed out.

00:35:49.219 --> 00:35:51.360
 We realize that they weren't really followers

00:35:51.360 --> 00:35:52.400
 in the first place.

00:35:52.559 --> 00:35:53.639
 They just kind of hung out

00:35:53.639 --> 00:35:54.579
 and they thought it was cool

00:35:54.579 --> 00:35:55.259
 and it was neat,

00:35:55.779 --> 00:35:58.259
 but they didn't have a relationship with God.

00:35:58.360 --> 00:35:59.440
 They didn't love Christ

00:35:59.440 --> 00:36:01.220
 they didn't use the resources

00:36:01.220 --> 00:36:03.000
 and all of these things God is looking at

00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:04.659
 and seeing what do we do with our hands

00:36:04.659 --> 00:36:07.380
 and how did we use the resources

00:36:07.380 --> 00:36:09.760
 that he's given us.

00:36:10.860 --> 00:36:11.880
 The story says,

00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:12.659
 the Bible says,

00:36:12.740 --> 00:36:13.840
 that everything is from God.

00:36:15.099 --> 00:36:16.880
 Everything that he's given us is a gift.

00:36:17.579 --> 00:36:19.700
 He's graciously allowed us to use it.

00:36:20.420 --> 00:36:22.860
 He doesn't ask hardly anything from us for it.

00:36:23.240 --> 00:36:23.920
 All he's saying is,

00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:24.740
 I want you to do one thing.

00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:25.840
 I want you to do pragmitsa.

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:28.800
 I want you to make my kingdom flourish.

00:36:29.440 --> 00:36:30.260
 Whatever you're doing,

00:36:30.360 --> 00:36:32.400
 I want you to make people see that I'm great.

00:36:32.900 --> 00:36:34.619
 I want you to let people hear the gospel

00:36:34.619 --> 00:36:35.659
 because it changes lives.

00:36:35.740 --> 00:36:36.900
 It's the power of salvation.

00:36:37.740 --> 00:36:39.880
 So when people hear God's word being proclaimed,

00:36:40.019 --> 00:36:40.579
 they're changed.

00:36:40.900 --> 00:36:41.460
 And so whatever you do

00:36:41.460 --> 00:36:42.760
 with all these resources I'm giving you,

00:36:43.139 --> 00:36:45.099
 please make sure that you allow people

00:36:45.099 --> 00:36:46.240
 to hear the gospel

00:36:46.240 --> 00:36:49.179
 if you want to be faithful.

00:36:49.179 --> 00:36:58.039
 It's not a fun message, is it?

00:36:59.579 --> 00:37:01.899
 It's not a sexy message

00:37:01.899 --> 00:37:02.440
 where you say,

00:37:02.500 --> 00:37:03.319
 ooh, good, that's great.

00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:04.599
 God's going to give me a Rolex

00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:05.339
 if I follow him

00:37:05.339 --> 00:37:06.099
 and everything's great

00:37:06.099 --> 00:37:06.960
 and it's going to be perfect.

00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:09.379
 But the message is that

00:37:09.379 --> 00:37:11.419
 you and I are sent out into a world

00:37:11.419 --> 00:37:14.099
 and the world hates God.

00:37:14.099 --> 00:37:17.960
 And if the world hated Christ

00:37:17.960 --> 00:37:19.199
 and they hated him so much

00:37:19.199 --> 00:37:20.559
 that they crucified him,

00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:21.360
 we shouldn't be surprised

00:37:21.360 --> 00:37:22.279
 when people hate us.

00:37:23.699 --> 00:37:24.639
 And the question is,

00:37:24.759 --> 00:37:25.739
 what are we going to do?

00:37:25.799 --> 00:37:27.519
 Are we going to act out

00:37:27.519 --> 00:37:29.639
 and serve amongst the hard

00:37:29.639 --> 00:37:30.480
 and difficult times

00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:31.299
 and be found faithful?

00:37:32.839 --> 00:37:33.619
 Or are we going to say,

00:37:33.719 --> 00:37:34.759
 no, this is not convenient,

00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:35.440
 it's too difficult,

00:37:35.519 --> 00:37:36.400
 I don't want to do it.

00:37:36.819 --> 00:37:38.360
 And surely God meant something else.

00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:43.960
 Maybe I can pragmitsai another way

00:37:43.960 --> 00:37:46.539
 instead of giving up these things

00:37:46.539 --> 00:37:47.840
 that I like to cling to.

00:37:50.360 --> 00:37:51.320
 Here's some questions

00:37:51.320 --> 00:37:53.180
 I've been asking myself,

00:37:53.700 --> 00:37:54.880
 so I'm not just asking you.

00:37:56.300 --> 00:37:57.220
 What does it look like

00:37:57.220 --> 00:37:58.480
 for us to be faithful to God?

00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:03.019
 What does it look like

00:38:03.019 --> 00:38:04.079
 for you to be faithful to God

00:38:04.079 --> 00:38:05.640
 and do business for him right now?

00:38:08.360 --> 00:38:12.420
 Do you think about those things?

00:38:14.400 --> 00:38:15.480
 Now, if you're not thinking

00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:15.980
 about those things,

00:38:16.039 --> 00:38:17.340
 I'm not saying that you're not a Christian.

00:38:18.780 --> 00:38:19.720
 But I am saying,

00:38:20.039 --> 00:38:21.680
 if you consider yourself a Christian

00:38:21.680 --> 00:38:22.680
 and you're not thinking

00:38:22.680 --> 00:38:23.500
 about those things,

00:38:23.900 --> 00:38:25.039
 that should be like

00:38:25.039 --> 00:38:26.680
 a massive red flag.

00:38:29.840 --> 00:38:31.180
 You should be asking yourself

00:38:31.180 --> 00:38:31.620
 some questions,

00:38:31.720 --> 00:38:32.900
 well, why doesn't that bother me

00:38:32.900 --> 00:38:34.740
 that I'm not using

00:38:34.740 --> 00:38:35.620
 any of these resources

00:38:35.620 --> 00:38:36.700
 towards God's kingdom,

00:38:36.920 --> 00:38:38.039
 but I'm using all these resources

00:38:38.039 --> 00:38:39.539
 towards my kingdom?

00:38:41.440 --> 00:38:42.980
 Because the Bible says really clearly

00:38:42.980 --> 00:38:44.559
 that we are to make his name great,

00:38:44.639 --> 00:38:45.139
 to be generous,

00:38:45.219 --> 00:38:45.860
 to be kind,

00:38:46.380 --> 00:38:47.219
 and to use everything

00:38:47.219 --> 00:38:48.059
 that he's given us.

00:38:48.239 --> 00:38:49.619
 All the minas are for him.

00:38:52.519 --> 00:38:53.639
 How do I react

00:38:53.639 --> 00:38:54.940
 when I read a Bible passage

00:38:54.940 --> 00:38:55.619
 like today

00:38:55.619 --> 00:38:58.239
 where I hear a tough sermon?

00:38:59.820 --> 00:39:00.960
 Do I honestly

00:39:00.960 --> 00:39:03.539
 examine my life?

00:39:03.539 --> 00:39:07.259
 Or am I sitting there going,

00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:08.320
 yeah, yeah, uh-huh, uh-huh,

00:39:08.420 --> 00:39:09.239
 okay, yeah, mother-in-law,

00:39:09.360 --> 00:39:09.840
 okay, yeah, great,

00:39:09.920 --> 00:39:10.920
 yeah, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh.

00:39:12.300 --> 00:39:13.880
 Do I really examine my life?

00:39:13.920 --> 00:39:16.219
 Do I seek to live a holy life?

00:39:16.279 --> 00:39:17.199
 Do I seek to live a life

00:39:17.199 --> 00:39:18.099
 that's pleasing to God?

00:39:18.940 --> 00:39:19.800
 Or do I say, yeah, yeah,

00:39:19.820 --> 00:39:20.259
 I know that's,

00:39:20.340 --> 00:39:20.739
 but you know,

00:39:20.800 --> 00:39:22.139
 that's just church stuff,

00:39:22.219 --> 00:39:23.059
 and God and I,

00:39:23.119 --> 00:39:24.099
 we have this special agreement,

00:39:24.519 --> 00:39:25.480
 and he just allows me

00:39:25.480 --> 00:39:26.480
 to do whatever I want,

00:39:26.539 --> 00:39:27.619
 and in the end,

00:39:27.659 --> 00:39:28.420
 it's all gonna be okay

00:39:28.420 --> 00:39:29.400
 because he's gonna come back,

00:39:29.480 --> 00:39:30.680
 and we're really close,

00:39:30.780 --> 00:39:33.900
 and you're laughing,

00:39:34.079 --> 00:39:34.599
 but I've had people

00:39:34.599 --> 00:39:35.159
 tell me that

00:39:35.159 --> 00:39:38.019
 over and over and over.

00:39:39.860 --> 00:39:40.780
 Now, if you've said that,

00:39:40.820 --> 00:39:41.180
 I'm not saying

00:39:41.180 --> 00:39:42.099
 that you're not a Christian,

00:39:42.940 --> 00:39:44.940
 but I am saying

00:39:44.940 --> 00:39:46.559
 you need to be very careful

00:39:46.559 --> 00:39:48.480
 because Scripture

00:39:48.480 --> 00:39:49.260
 is really clear

00:39:49.260 --> 00:39:49.880
 that when the Master

00:39:49.880 --> 00:39:50.500
 comes back,

00:39:50.599 --> 00:39:51.579
 he's going to expect

00:39:51.579 --> 00:39:52.519
 certain things

00:39:52.519 --> 00:39:53.260
 from his children,

00:39:54.400 --> 00:39:55.340
 and if we're not

00:39:55.340 --> 00:39:56.579
 about pragmitesizing,

00:39:57.539 --> 00:39:58.099
 if we're not about

00:39:58.099 --> 00:39:59.199
 making his name great,

00:39:59.779 --> 00:40:01.259
 then we're being disobedient

00:40:01.259 --> 00:40:04.039
 to what he's called us to do,

00:40:04.339 --> 00:40:06.279
 and we're losing out

00:40:06.279 --> 00:40:07.699
 on the reward

00:40:07.699 --> 00:40:10.739
 that he wants to give us

00:40:10.739 --> 00:40:12.619
 for eternity.

00:40:14.119 --> 00:40:14.819
 You ever thought that?

00:40:15.880 --> 00:40:17.159
 I know it's gonna sound weird,

00:40:17.239 --> 00:40:18.319
 but I do weird things sometimes,

00:40:18.380 --> 00:40:18.599
 but I think,

00:40:19.059 --> 00:40:20.239
 what if everything

00:40:20.239 --> 00:40:21.299
 we have right now,

00:40:21.639 --> 00:40:25.019
 if we're not good stewards of it,

00:40:25.299 --> 00:40:26.380
 we get the exact opposite

00:40:26.380 --> 00:40:27.259
 in heaven forever?

00:40:28.099 --> 00:40:30.440
 So what if we have

00:40:30.440 --> 00:40:31.360
 this amazing house,

00:40:31.420 --> 00:40:32.059
 but we never use it

00:40:32.059 --> 00:40:32.759
 for God's kingdom,

00:40:32.880 --> 00:40:34.000
 we never invite people into it,

00:40:34.019 --> 00:40:35.500
 we never tell people about Christ,

00:40:35.559 --> 00:40:36.619
 we never gather fellowship,

00:40:36.759 --> 00:40:37.380
 we never do community,

00:40:37.619 --> 00:40:38.739
 we just have this amazing house,

00:40:38.779 --> 00:40:39.259
 and we like it

00:40:39.259 --> 00:40:40.400
 because it's our amazing house.

00:40:42.799 --> 00:40:43.639
 And then when the judge

00:40:43.639 --> 00:40:44.119
 comes back,

00:40:44.179 --> 00:40:44.920
 the king comes back,

00:40:44.940 --> 00:40:45.219
 and he says,

00:40:45.299 --> 00:40:47.179
 hey, you had your amazing house there,

00:40:47.759 --> 00:40:48.779
 here's this little cubicle

00:40:48.779 --> 00:40:49.299
 I'm gonna give you

00:40:49.299 --> 00:40:49.819
 for eternity.

00:40:51.559 --> 00:40:54.380
 What if that's reality?

00:40:54.380 --> 00:41:00.840
 The Bible says that is.

00:41:03.840 --> 00:41:05.519
 You maybe never heard

00:41:05.519 --> 00:41:06.519
 this message before,

00:41:07.380 --> 00:41:09.440
 but if you're a child of God,

00:41:09.559 --> 00:41:11.280
 God expects certain things of us

00:41:11.280 --> 00:41:12.180
 as we walk with him.

00:41:13.700 --> 00:41:14.360
 And the biggest thing

00:41:14.360 --> 00:41:15.180
 is to take that mina,

00:41:15.640 --> 00:41:16.340
 that gospel,

00:41:16.480 --> 00:41:16.960
 that message,

00:41:17.079 --> 00:41:18.079
 that resource he's given us,

00:41:18.099 --> 00:41:19.200
 and to use it for his glory,

00:41:19.199 --> 00:41:21.799
 to bear fruit.

00:41:23.480 --> 00:41:24.279
 Because if we don't,

00:41:24.319 --> 00:41:25.619
 then he's going to take it away.

00:41:27.419 --> 00:41:28.739
 Where do I focus mostly

00:41:28.739 --> 00:41:29.719
 as I go through my day?

00:41:31.299 --> 00:41:32.659
 Am I focused on myself?

00:41:34.559 --> 00:41:35.839
 Or am I focused on God?

00:41:36.719 --> 00:41:37.559
 Or other people?

00:41:39.980 --> 00:41:41.599
 Am I the hero of my story?

00:41:44.079 --> 00:41:45.779
 I mean, every time I talk about things

00:41:45.779 --> 00:41:46.519
 and things go on,

00:41:46.819 --> 00:41:48.379
 is it me who comes to the rescue?

00:41:48.380 --> 00:41:49.700
 Is it me who does the right things?

00:41:49.760 --> 00:41:51.099
 Is it me who fixes everything?

00:41:51.180 --> 00:41:52.099
 Is it me who knows

00:41:52.099 --> 00:41:52.740
 how to get things done?

00:41:52.800 --> 00:41:54.680
 Is it me who should be listened to?

00:41:54.720 --> 00:41:55.079
 Is it me?

00:41:55.400 --> 00:41:56.880
 Are we the heroes of our story?

00:42:00.640 --> 00:42:02.280
 The Bible says that we're servants.

00:42:05.539 --> 00:42:07.039
 And God's the hero of our story.

00:42:10.160 --> 00:42:10.880
 Now I'm not saying

00:42:10.880 --> 00:42:11.760
 if you're always the hero

00:42:11.760 --> 00:42:12.640
 that you don't know God,

00:42:12.700 --> 00:42:13.260
 but I am saying that

00:42:13.260 --> 00:42:14.380
 if you're always the hero,

00:42:14.480 --> 00:42:14.960
 that should be

00:42:14.960 --> 00:42:16.700
 an amazing red flag

00:42:16.700 --> 00:42:17.660
 that's sticking up before you

00:42:17.659 --> 00:42:19.719
 because God is the only hero

00:42:19.719 --> 00:42:20.279
 in Scripture.

00:42:23.239 --> 00:42:24.699
 And he's called us to be faithful.

00:42:25.799 --> 00:42:26.519
 One last question.

00:42:26.599 --> 00:42:27.480
 When I see my sin,

00:42:27.539 --> 00:42:28.239
 am I sad?

00:42:31.059 --> 00:42:32.079
 When I sin,

00:42:33.019 --> 00:42:34.000
 and yes, as a pastor,

00:42:34.500 --> 00:42:35.139
 I sin.

00:42:36.099 --> 00:42:37.059
 I probably sin more

00:42:37.059 --> 00:42:38.259
 than all the rest of you in here.

00:42:39.359 --> 00:42:40.440
 When I see that,

00:42:40.500 --> 00:42:41.500
 does that make me sad?

00:42:41.500 --> 00:42:45.059
 Do I understand

00:42:45.059 --> 00:42:46.179
 how that affects God?

00:42:48.639 --> 00:42:49.320
 Or do I just go,

00:42:49.519 --> 00:42:49.760
 well, yeah,

00:42:49.900 --> 00:42:50.099
 you know,

00:42:50.139 --> 00:42:51.219
 God and I have a special agreement.

00:42:51.320 --> 00:42:51.659
 It's okay.

00:42:52.239 --> 00:42:53.239
 It's not going to affect anybody.

00:42:53.440 --> 00:42:53.980
 It's okay.

00:42:55.219 --> 00:42:57.039
 Do I plan out sin?

00:42:58.519 --> 00:42:59.920
 Okay, my boss is not going to be here,

00:43:00.000 --> 00:43:00.559
 so if he's not here,

00:43:00.599 --> 00:43:01.460
 I can do all these things

00:43:01.460 --> 00:43:02.340
 and not worry about it.

00:43:02.340 --> 00:43:03.059
 No, I'm not supposed to do that,

00:43:03.099 --> 00:43:03.400
 but that's okay.

00:43:03.559 --> 00:43:04.460
 My wife's not going to be here

00:43:04.460 --> 00:43:05.340
 or my husband's not going to be here.

00:43:05.380 --> 00:43:06.119
 Well, they're not here.

00:43:06.159 --> 00:43:06.840
 I can do all these things.

00:43:06.880 --> 00:43:07.739
 I can plan these things out

00:43:07.739 --> 00:43:08.679
 and I'll be okay in the end.

00:43:08.679 --> 00:43:10.079
 Okay, no one's looking,

00:43:10.179 --> 00:43:10.819
 so if no one's looking,

00:43:10.879 --> 00:43:11.659
 I can do these things

00:43:11.659 --> 00:43:12.460
 and it's okay.

00:43:12.779 --> 00:43:14.259
 Do I plan out sin?

00:43:18.139 --> 00:43:19.339
 1 John 4 says,

00:43:19.440 --> 00:43:20.859
 no one who's in the fellowship of God

00:43:20.859 --> 00:43:21.919
 habitually sins.

00:43:22.919 --> 00:43:24.099
 Am I habitually sinning?

00:43:26.519 --> 00:43:28.059
 Or do I just stumble into sin?

00:43:30.019 --> 00:43:32.599
 It finds me as a lion's crashing out my door.

00:43:33.259 --> 00:43:34.299
 There's a big difference there.

00:43:36.339 --> 00:43:37.739
 Now, if you are planning out your sin,

00:43:37.739 --> 00:43:39.219
 I'm not saying that you're not a children of God,

00:43:39.239 --> 00:43:40.859
 but I am saying that you need to be really careful

00:43:40.859 --> 00:43:42.779
 because God wants something from us

00:43:42.779 --> 00:43:44.059
 and it's so much different than that

00:43:44.059 --> 00:43:46.819
 and he expects something from us.

00:43:50.599 --> 00:43:51.199
 How are we doing?

00:43:56.779 --> 00:43:57.939
 The passage says

00:43:57.939 --> 00:44:00.699
 that there are no neutral people in God's kingdom.

00:44:02.059 --> 00:44:02.919
 That each one of us,

00:44:02.979 --> 00:44:03.919
 we're either the faithful,

00:44:03.920 --> 00:44:06.059
 we're the worthless,

00:44:06.579 --> 00:44:08.340
 or we're the hostile.

00:44:10.079 --> 00:44:10.820
 Which one are you?

00:44:13.300 --> 00:44:14.300
 Now, when I hear this

00:44:14.300 --> 00:44:15.300
 and I think that I start going,

00:44:15.420 --> 00:44:16.159
 well, I'm over here

00:44:16.159 --> 00:44:17.200
 and I'm right on this line,

00:44:17.280 --> 00:44:19.220
 so I'm kind of like 85% faithful

00:44:19.220 --> 00:44:20.440
 and like 15% worthless,

00:44:21.019 --> 00:44:22.360
 so I just want to stop that for a second.

00:44:22.360 --> 00:44:27.059
 What if we're all worthless?

00:44:33.240 --> 00:44:34.800
 What if the king came back tomorrow

00:44:34.800 --> 00:44:36.180
 and he looked down at our money

00:44:36.180 --> 00:44:38.420
 and he said,

00:44:38.720 --> 00:44:39.760
 worthless.

00:44:41.960 --> 00:44:43.280
 What if the king came back tomorrow

00:44:43.280 --> 00:44:45.220
 and he looked down at how we treated people in our lives

00:44:45.219 --> 00:44:47.739
 and he said,

00:44:47.980 --> 00:44:49.879
 worthless.

00:44:51.879 --> 00:44:54.039
 What if the king looked at how we used our resources

00:44:54.039 --> 00:44:55.119
 and our family

00:44:55.119 --> 00:44:57.000
 and how we treated our husbands and our wives

00:44:57.000 --> 00:44:59.659
 and he said,

00:44:59.739 --> 00:44:59.980
 worthless.

00:45:02.119 --> 00:45:03.480
 The amazing thing about this story

00:45:03.480 --> 00:45:04.679
 is the story doesn't end here

00:45:04.679 --> 00:45:06.500
 because even though he says,

00:45:06.719 --> 00:45:08.419
 get these people and slay them in my presence,

00:45:09.000 --> 00:45:10.480
 it hasn't happened yet.

00:45:10.480 --> 00:45:14.179
 I mean, if that had happened one day

00:45:14.179 --> 00:45:15.280
 before I came to Christ

00:45:15.280 --> 00:45:16.260
 and I would have been worthless

00:45:16.260 --> 00:45:17.240
 and I would have been lost.

00:45:18.360 --> 00:45:19.380
 But the passage says

00:45:19.380 --> 00:45:22.900
 that the master continually seeks out his servants.

00:45:23.260 --> 00:45:25.519
 He continually shows them how gracious he is.

00:45:25.800 --> 00:45:27.659
 He continually shows them how kind he is.

00:45:27.940 --> 00:45:29.820
 He continually shows them how much he loves them

00:45:29.820 --> 00:45:32.300
 and he's begging us to trust him

00:45:32.300 --> 00:45:33.500
 and to walk with him

00:45:33.500 --> 00:45:36.179
 and allow him to be God in our life.

00:45:38.300 --> 00:45:40.000
 And so our action point for here today

00:45:40.000 --> 00:45:42.000
 is I just want you to look at a couple things in your life.

00:45:42.059 --> 00:45:42.760
 Whatever that is,

00:45:42.840 --> 00:45:43.519
 as we pray,

00:45:43.619 --> 00:45:45.099
 we're about to enter into communion now.

00:45:46.340 --> 00:45:47.480
 As we enter into communion

00:45:47.480 --> 00:45:48.800
 and the stewards come forward

00:45:48.800 --> 00:45:51.519
 and the worship team comes up right now,

00:45:52.260 --> 00:45:53.900
 I just want you to come before the Lord

00:45:53.900 --> 00:45:54.679
 and spend a couple minutes

00:45:54.679 --> 00:45:56.079
 thinking about your life

00:45:56.079 --> 00:45:57.760
 and the meanness that God has given you

00:45:57.760 --> 00:46:00.500
 and assume that you are worthless

00:46:00.500 --> 00:46:02.019
 in every one of those areas

00:46:02.019 --> 00:46:04.880
 and ask the Lord,

00:46:06.079 --> 00:46:09.500
 what does it look like for me to change this year?

00:46:10.980 --> 00:46:12.039
 Now when I did that,

00:46:12.519 --> 00:46:15.000
 I put out a list of 50 things

00:46:15.000 --> 00:46:16.699
 because I needed to change 50 things,

00:46:17.099 --> 00:46:19.199
 but maybe you just pick two things

00:46:19.199 --> 00:46:22.360
 and you ask God,

00:46:22.480 --> 00:46:24.280
 okay, my spouse,

00:46:25.559 --> 00:46:29.300
 I've been a worthless spouse.

00:46:31.559 --> 00:46:32.820
 How do I become better?

00:46:32.820 --> 00:46:35.980
 The first thing you realize

00:46:35.980 --> 00:46:38.200
 is it's not about doing and doing and doing

00:46:38.200 --> 00:46:39.620
 because you will never do enough.

00:46:40.800 --> 00:46:41.980
 The first thing you realize

00:46:41.980 --> 00:46:43.620
 is that it's about being.

00:46:45.380 --> 00:46:46.940
 That Christ has already done everything

00:46:46.940 --> 00:46:49.880
 for us on the cross.

00:46:51.320 --> 00:46:52.559
 And for us as his children,

00:46:52.700 --> 00:46:54.880
 it's understanding what that means in our life

00:46:54.880 --> 00:46:58.160
 and surrendering those things to him.

00:46:58.159 --> 00:47:02.079
 All these resources that God's given us.

00:47:02.119 --> 00:47:02.819
 I'm just going to pick something.

00:47:04.839 --> 00:47:07.960
 My watch collection of five watches.

00:47:09.539 --> 00:47:13.639
 How is that helping the kingdom of God

00:47:13.639 --> 00:47:16.899
 being pushed out to all the world?

00:47:16.900 --> 00:47:21.240
 If God were to come back

00:47:21.240 --> 00:47:22.300
 and go to the lake house

00:47:22.300 --> 00:47:23.160
 and Christina's house

00:47:23.160 --> 00:47:25.820
 and he found my comic book collection

00:47:25.820 --> 00:47:27.240
 of 5,000 comic books

00:47:27.240 --> 00:47:29.019
 that I've kept

00:47:29.019 --> 00:47:30.099
 because I want to keep them

00:47:30.099 --> 00:47:31.599
 because I want my sons to read them

00:47:31.599 --> 00:47:32.960
 and I thought they were cool

00:47:32.960 --> 00:47:34.079
 and my dad collected them.

00:47:34.480 --> 00:47:35.519
 And it might be a great thing

00:47:35.519 --> 00:47:37.180
 and God might be okay with it.

00:47:39.480 --> 00:47:41.460
 But the question I have to ask myself is,

00:47:41.460 --> 00:47:46.500
 is that resource which God has given me

00:47:46.500 --> 00:47:50.659
 being used for his kingdom?

00:47:52.760 --> 00:47:55.300
 Or can I be using it a different way?

00:47:56.880 --> 00:47:58.360
 I don't know what God's going to tell you

00:47:58.360 --> 00:47:58.980
 to think about,

00:47:59.099 --> 00:48:00.920
 but my prayer is as we go into communion

00:48:00.920 --> 00:48:01.980
 that you would ask him,

00:48:02.340 --> 00:48:04.320
 what are the things that he's given you

00:48:04.320 --> 00:48:05.139
 as his child

00:48:05.139 --> 00:48:08.940
 and how does he want you to use those

00:48:08.940 --> 00:48:10.599
 going forward?

00:48:11.460 --> 00:48:13.300
 We talk a lot about on a journey.

00:48:14.559 --> 00:48:16.199
 We're not saying we're all there,

00:48:16.320 --> 00:48:17.340
 we're never going to be there

00:48:17.340 --> 00:48:18.059
 until we get to heaven,

00:48:18.179 --> 00:48:19.240
 but what this passage says

00:48:19.240 --> 00:48:20.639
 is what is the next step?

00:48:22.519 --> 00:48:24.480
 Because the master's going to come back

00:48:24.480 --> 00:48:28.199
 and he's going to ask us how we do

00:48:28.199 --> 00:48:30.760
 with the minas that he's given us.

00:48:31.679 --> 00:48:33.159
 My prayer is that you'd be uncomfortable.

00:48:34.840 --> 00:48:36.159
 My prayer is I offended you.

00:48:36.340 --> 00:48:37.519
 I don't know if I can pray that.

00:48:37.519 --> 00:48:42.219
 I pray that you would be greatly disturbed

00:48:42.219 --> 00:48:44.340
 by God's word

00:48:44.340 --> 00:48:46.460
 and not by my mannerisms,

00:48:46.860 --> 00:48:47.460
 my words.

00:48:49.239 --> 00:48:50.780
 And that you would use this time

00:48:50.780 --> 00:48:51.940
 and this week to ask God,

00:48:52.099 --> 00:48:53.539
 what does it mean to come before him?

00:48:54.880 --> 00:48:56.259
 When we think about communion,

00:48:56.400 --> 00:48:58.679
 we realize that in one week from now,

00:48:59.460 --> 00:49:01.239
 Christ is going to go to Jerusalem.

00:49:02.719 --> 00:49:04.579
 He's going to be amongst the angry people.

00:49:04.579 --> 00:49:07.400
 500 people are following him right now.

00:49:08.019 --> 00:49:10.759
 When he refuses to make the kingdom come,

00:49:11.639 --> 00:49:13.420
 everyone will forsake him.

00:49:14.319 --> 00:49:16.219
 He had a movement of 500 people

00:49:16.219 --> 00:49:17.380
 and one week he's going to have

00:49:17.380 --> 00:49:18.179
 a movement of nothing.

00:49:19.420 --> 00:49:21.599
 He's going to be crucified and beaten

00:49:21.599 --> 00:49:24.219
 and die on a cross all by himself.

00:49:25.539 --> 00:49:27.199
 And the passage says that he does that

00:49:27.199 --> 00:49:30.099
 because he's buying back a kingdom.

00:49:30.099 --> 00:49:34.000
 He's buying back his servants.

00:49:35.319 --> 00:49:37.139
 And until we understand that,

00:49:37.659 --> 00:49:40.079
 we're never going to be able to be

00:49:40.079 --> 00:49:41.500
 the servants that he wants us to be.

00:49:43.139 --> 00:49:44.839
 We're never going to understand the gospel

00:49:44.839 --> 00:49:46.880
 and the power of it to change our lives.

00:49:47.440 --> 00:49:49.199
 It doesn't just save us from eternity.

00:49:50.199 --> 00:49:51.500
 But every moment we walk,

00:49:51.579 --> 00:49:52.179
 we realize,

00:49:52.739 --> 00:49:53.400
 man, I am,

00:49:53.759 --> 00:49:54.960
 I'm broken,

00:49:55.159 --> 00:49:55.539
 but you know,

00:49:55.599 --> 00:49:56.480
 God is amazing

00:49:56.480 --> 00:49:58.199
 and God loves me so much

00:49:58.199 --> 00:50:00.860
 that he gave his son for me.

00:50:02.000 --> 00:50:03.539
 And he gave me these resources

00:50:03.539 --> 00:50:05.159
 that he wants me to use for his kingdom.

00:50:07.280 --> 00:50:08.920
 How can I use those resources?

00:50:10.980 --> 00:50:12.320
 Communion is a celebration

00:50:12.320 --> 00:50:15.539
 of what God has done for us.

00:50:17.019 --> 00:50:18.699
 Communion is a memory

00:50:18.699 --> 00:50:20.579
 that God has entrusted you with

00:50:20.579 --> 00:50:21.900
 minas and resources

00:50:21.900 --> 00:50:24.920
 to use and do business for his name.

00:50:26.280 --> 00:50:27.260
 Communion is a reminder

00:50:27.260 --> 00:50:28.619
 that we're in a hostile world,

00:50:29.119 --> 00:50:31.460
 that we're drinking the blood

00:50:31.460 --> 00:50:33.059
 and the body that was broken for us

00:50:33.059 --> 00:50:34.940
 because the people all around him

00:50:34.940 --> 00:50:35.579
 hated him.

00:50:37.240 --> 00:50:37.960
 More importantly,

00:50:38.099 --> 00:50:38.539
 communion

00:50:38.539 --> 00:50:40.960
 is a reminder

00:50:40.960 --> 00:50:43.559
 that if we're faithful

00:50:43.559 --> 00:50:46.160
 and we serve

00:50:46.160 --> 00:50:48.360
 and we trust that he's good

00:50:48.360 --> 00:50:49.639
 and we realize

00:50:49.639 --> 00:50:50.800
 that everything he's given us

00:50:50.800 --> 00:50:53.000
 is really only a test

00:50:53.000 --> 00:50:54.420
 for something so much greater

00:50:54.420 --> 00:50:56.860
 and that he's going to come back

00:50:56.860 --> 00:50:57.880
 and that we're going to rule with him.

00:50:58.120 --> 00:50:59.100
 And if we really trust him,

00:50:59.140 --> 00:51:00.680
 if we really believe that,

00:51:00.800 --> 00:51:01.760
 then we really believe

00:51:01.760 --> 00:51:02.280
 that he's good,

00:51:02.340 --> 00:51:03.580
 then we can do all these things

00:51:03.580 --> 00:51:04.660
 even amongst the hardness

00:51:04.660 --> 00:51:05.340
 of our office

00:51:05.340 --> 00:51:06.080
 and in our family

00:51:06.080 --> 00:51:07.539
 and wherever he puts us.

00:51:09.220 --> 00:51:10.460
 And communion is a reminder

00:51:10.460 --> 00:51:12.460
 that he's going to come back.

00:51:14.620 --> 00:51:15.700
 Father, we just thank you

00:51:15.700 --> 00:51:16.800
 for this day

00:51:16.800 --> 00:51:17.320
 and we thank you

00:51:17.320 --> 00:51:18.700
 for your word

00:51:18.700 --> 00:51:20.700
 that you cared about

00:51:20.699 --> 00:51:21.419
 us so much

00:51:21.419 --> 00:51:22.699
 that you put things in there

00:51:22.699 --> 00:51:23.719
 that make us uncomfortable.

00:51:25.319 --> 00:51:26.619
 How terrible would it be

00:51:26.619 --> 00:51:27.559
 to follow a God

00:51:27.559 --> 00:51:29.759
 who doesn't tell us

00:51:29.759 --> 00:51:30.719
 all the story

00:51:30.719 --> 00:51:32.059
 until the very, very end

00:51:32.059 --> 00:51:33.119
 and then we are left

00:51:33.119 --> 00:51:35.159
 lacking.

00:51:36.719 --> 00:51:38.159
 But we come before you now

00:51:38.159 --> 00:51:38.819
 and we just realize

00:51:38.819 --> 00:51:39.519
 that you've given us

00:51:39.519 --> 00:51:40.519
 everything we need.

00:51:40.719 --> 00:51:41.879
 You've given us your son.

00:51:42.819 --> 00:51:43.779
 You've given us the gospel

00:51:43.779 --> 00:51:44.960
 that changes our lives

00:51:44.960 --> 00:51:46.419
 and doesn't just assure us

00:51:46.419 --> 00:51:48.599
 eternity with you,

00:51:48.599 --> 00:51:49.519
 but it assures us

00:51:49.519 --> 00:51:50.360
 walking with you

00:51:50.360 --> 00:51:51.159
 day by day

00:51:51.159 --> 00:51:53.500
 and the power to change.

00:51:53.599 --> 00:51:55.779
 It's not a self-help thing.

00:51:55.900 --> 00:51:56.480
 We're not called

00:51:56.480 --> 00:51:56.980
 to go out

00:51:56.980 --> 00:51:58.380
 and do five different things,

00:51:58.440 --> 00:51:59.019
 but we're called

00:51:59.019 --> 00:52:01.880
 to examine our lives

00:52:01.880 --> 00:52:05.940
 to see what the power

00:52:05.940 --> 00:52:07.319
 of the gospel means to us

00:52:07.319 --> 00:52:08.239
 as we walk with you

00:52:08.239 --> 00:52:08.980
 and to trust you

00:52:08.980 --> 00:52:09.500
 as good

00:52:09.500 --> 00:52:10.179
 and realize that

00:52:10.179 --> 00:52:11.779
 no matter what happens

00:52:11.779 --> 00:52:13.079
 today or tomorrow,

00:52:13.079 --> 00:52:15.639
 that you're in control

00:52:15.639 --> 00:52:18.239
 and all these resources

00:52:18.239 --> 00:52:18.940
 that you've given us,

00:52:18.960 --> 00:52:19.940
 even precious ones

00:52:19.940 --> 00:52:20.900
 like our children

00:52:20.900 --> 00:52:23.880
 or resources you've given us

00:52:23.880 --> 00:52:24.900
 because you're so good

00:52:24.900 --> 00:52:26.319
 and so gracious to us

00:52:26.319 --> 00:52:28.599
 and that you have something

00:52:28.599 --> 00:52:30.099
 even greater for us planned.

00:52:31.519 --> 00:52:32.159
 And one day you're going

00:52:32.159 --> 00:52:32.639
 to come back

00:52:32.639 --> 00:52:33.539
 and you're going to ask us,

00:52:33.699 --> 00:52:33.960
 Tobin,

00:52:34.960 --> 00:52:37.019
 what do you do

00:52:37.019 --> 00:52:37.699
 with your kids?

00:52:37.699 --> 00:52:40.839
 I didn't give them

00:52:40.839 --> 00:52:41.480
 just for you,

00:52:41.559 --> 00:52:42.059
 but I gave them

00:52:42.059 --> 00:52:42.739
 so that you would

00:52:42.739 --> 00:52:44.259
 do something amazing

00:52:44.259 --> 00:52:45.219
 for my kingdom

00:52:45.219 --> 00:52:46.919
 that you would teach them

00:52:46.919 --> 00:52:47.659
 and you would point them

00:52:47.659 --> 00:52:48.319
 to Christ

00:52:48.319 --> 00:52:49.839
 and you would love them

00:52:49.839 --> 00:52:50.559
 and you would show them

00:52:50.559 --> 00:52:51.519
 mercy and grace

00:52:51.519 --> 00:52:52.219
 and you would show them

00:52:52.219 --> 00:52:52.679
 they don't need

00:52:52.679 --> 00:52:54.000
 a perfect parent

00:52:54.000 --> 00:52:54.579
 because they have

00:52:54.579 --> 00:52:55.500
 a perfect God.

00:52:56.719 --> 00:52:57.739
 Are you pointing them

00:52:57.739 --> 00:52:58.579
 to a perfect God?

00:53:01.179 --> 00:53:02.059
 For some of us,

00:53:02.159 --> 00:53:03.839
 it's our relationships here.

00:53:06.279 --> 00:53:07.159
 God has given us

00:53:07.159 --> 00:53:08.279
 amazing connections

00:53:08.279 --> 00:53:08.960
 and people

00:53:08.960 --> 00:53:09.639
 and friendships

00:53:09.639 --> 00:53:11.219
 and we typically

00:53:11.219 --> 00:53:12.239
 we just use them

00:53:12.239 --> 00:53:13.219
 like a piece of tissue.

00:53:14.239 --> 00:53:15.279
 We blow in them

00:53:15.279 --> 00:53:15.859
 and when we're done

00:53:15.859 --> 00:53:16.739
 we throw it away.

00:53:19.460 --> 00:53:20.960
 Lord, I pray for us

00:53:20.960 --> 00:53:21.739
 that we would not

00:53:21.739 --> 00:53:23.399
 be caught

00:53:23.399 --> 00:53:24.679
 and judged

00:53:24.679 --> 00:53:25.379
 in that manner

00:53:25.379 --> 00:53:26.319
 when you come back

00:53:26.319 --> 00:53:26.879
 because it is going

00:53:26.879 --> 00:53:28.299
 to be hard

00:53:28.299 --> 00:53:31.399
 for many of us.

00:53:31.460 --> 00:53:31.960
 It's our money

00:53:31.960 --> 00:53:32.679
 and our resources.

00:53:32.859 --> 00:53:33.699
 It's our greatest idol.

00:53:34.619 --> 00:53:36.159
 I wonder how many of us

00:53:36.159 --> 00:53:36.980
 really feel like

00:53:36.980 --> 00:53:37.699
 we're doing well

00:53:37.699 --> 00:53:38.599
 with our resources

00:53:38.599 --> 00:53:39.159
 to you.

00:53:39.240 --> 00:53:40.000
 If we really feel like

00:53:40.000 --> 00:53:40.619
 we're tithing

00:53:40.619 --> 00:53:41.219
 what we should.

00:53:41.300 --> 00:53:41.980
 If we really feel like

00:53:41.980 --> 00:53:44.000
 we're using our time

00:53:44.000 --> 00:53:44.659
 and our gifts

00:53:44.659 --> 00:53:46.099
 and serving

00:53:46.099 --> 00:53:47.579
 for your kingdom,

00:53:47.740 --> 00:53:48.699
 I wonder if we really

00:53:48.699 --> 00:53:49.659
 feel like we're involved

00:53:49.659 --> 00:53:50.400
 in a community

00:53:50.400 --> 00:53:52.519
 like you've called us

00:53:52.519 --> 00:53:52.900
 to be.

00:53:55.900 --> 00:53:57.000
 I wonder if we knew

00:53:57.000 --> 00:53:57.599
 that you were going

00:53:57.599 --> 00:53:58.699
 to come back tomorrow.

00:54:00.699 --> 00:54:01.579
 How many of us

00:54:01.579 --> 00:54:02.280
 would be nervous

00:54:02.280 --> 00:54:03.700
 and worried?

00:54:09.340 --> 00:54:09.940
 Father, let's pray

00:54:09.940 --> 00:54:11.060
 for these next moments

00:54:11.060 --> 00:54:12.660
 now that we could

00:54:12.660 --> 00:54:13.360
 come before you

00:54:13.360 --> 00:54:13.980
 and we could just

00:54:13.980 --> 00:54:15.940
 do business with you

00:54:15.940 --> 00:54:17.840
 as you've asked us

00:54:17.840 --> 00:54:19.040
 to do business for you.

00:54:20.500 --> 00:54:21.420
 Lord, would you

00:54:21.420 --> 00:54:24.400
 speak to us,

00:54:24.519 --> 00:54:25.500
 show us areas

00:54:25.500 --> 00:54:26.120
 that we're not

00:54:26.120 --> 00:54:26.800
 very faithful

00:54:26.800 --> 00:54:27.480
 and help us

00:54:27.480 --> 00:54:28.280
 to confess those

00:54:28.280 --> 00:54:28.720
 to you

00:54:28.720 --> 00:54:30.240
 and come about

00:54:30.240 --> 00:54:30.760
 a plan

00:54:30.760 --> 00:54:31.340
 of what it looks

00:54:31.340 --> 00:54:32.240
 like to be different.

00:54:33.800 --> 00:54:34.500
 Father, for some

00:54:34.500 --> 00:54:35.000
 of us, I know

00:54:35.000 --> 00:54:38.019
 that if statistics

00:54:38.019 --> 00:54:38.460
 are right,

00:54:38.560 --> 00:54:39.080
 some of us

00:54:39.080 --> 00:54:39.860
 are in here

00:54:39.860 --> 00:54:41.180
 and we are hostile

00:54:41.180 --> 00:54:42.680
 and we hate you.

00:54:43.500 --> 00:54:44.180
 We are not

00:54:44.180 --> 00:54:44.760
 in the family.

00:54:46.240 --> 00:54:47.480
 We want to be God.

00:54:47.600 --> 00:54:49.180
 We want to determine

00:54:49.180 --> 00:54:49.780
 what is right

00:54:49.780 --> 00:54:50.480
 in our lives.

00:54:52.040 --> 00:54:52.760
 Our idol

00:54:52.760 --> 00:54:53.560
 is ourselves.

00:54:54.800 --> 00:54:55.480
 The passage

00:54:55.480 --> 00:54:56.100
 says so.

00:54:57.500 --> 00:54:58.240
 Lord, I pray

00:54:58.239 --> 00:54:59.000
 for those of us

00:54:59.000 --> 00:54:59.739
 in here like that

00:54:59.739 --> 00:55:00.359
 that you would

00:55:00.359 --> 00:55:01.519
 just show us

00:55:01.519 --> 00:55:02.000
 your goodness

00:55:02.000 --> 00:55:02.819
 and your mercy,

00:55:04.379 --> 00:55:05.179
 that you would

00:55:05.179 --> 00:55:05.579
 show us

00:55:05.579 --> 00:55:06.139
 that you

00:55:06.139 --> 00:55:07.719
 withheld nothing

00:55:07.719 --> 00:55:08.539
 to bring us back,

00:55:08.639 --> 00:55:09.459
 that you sacrificed

00:55:09.459 --> 00:55:10.379
 even your son

00:55:10.379 --> 00:55:12.159
 to pay for us,

00:55:13.119 --> 00:55:13.639
 that your son

00:55:13.639 --> 00:55:14.419
 was found faithful

00:55:14.419 --> 00:55:15.359
 because he received

00:55:15.359 --> 00:55:15.759
 the kingdom

00:55:15.759 --> 00:55:16.439
 and that one day

00:55:16.439 --> 00:55:17.319
 he'll come back.

00:55:19.359 --> 00:55:19.759
 And I pray

00:55:19.759 --> 00:55:20.219
 for those

00:55:20.219 --> 00:55:20.879
 who are hostile

00:55:20.879 --> 00:55:21.419
 right now

00:55:21.419 --> 00:55:21.879
 and that you

00:55:21.879 --> 00:55:22.739
 would break their heart

00:55:22.739 --> 00:55:23.979
 and melt their words

00:55:23.979 --> 00:55:24.699
 and eyes

00:55:24.699 --> 00:55:26.419
 and they would just

00:55:26.419 --> 00:55:27.639
 feel your presence here.

00:55:28.239 --> 00:55:29.399
 know that you

00:55:29.399 --> 00:55:29.939
 are gracious

00:55:29.939 --> 00:55:30.719
 and you're good.

00:55:34.000 --> 00:55:35.239
 Help us to repent

00:55:35.239 --> 00:55:37.579
 of our blindedness

00:55:37.579 --> 00:55:38.419
 because I realize

00:55:38.419 --> 00:55:41.000
 that most of us

00:55:41.000 --> 00:55:41.539
 are blinded

00:55:41.539 --> 00:55:42.379
 to how blinded

00:55:42.379 --> 00:55:42.879
 we are.

00:55:44.459 --> 00:55:45.639
 I pray that this week,

00:55:45.799 --> 00:55:45.919
 Lord,

00:55:45.979 --> 00:55:47.000
 as we repent

00:55:47.000 --> 00:55:47.519
 of that,

00:55:47.859 --> 00:55:49.079
 of our self-sufficiency

00:55:49.079 --> 00:55:50.739
 and what we think

00:55:50.739 --> 00:55:51.779
 is faithfulness,

00:55:52.679 --> 00:55:54.159
 that you would change us

00:55:54.159 --> 00:55:54.899
 and that we would feel

00:55:54.900 --> 00:55:55.400
 your mercy

00:55:55.400 --> 00:55:56.360
 and your grace

00:55:56.360 --> 00:55:58.340
 and we would be

00:55:58.340 --> 00:55:59.000
 with you,

00:55:59.099 --> 00:56:00.420
 the God of second chances

00:56:00.420 --> 00:56:01.280
 and we'd realize

00:56:01.280 --> 00:56:02.139
 just how precious

00:56:02.139 --> 00:56:03.780
 we are to you

00:56:03.780 --> 00:56:05.940
 and how much

00:56:05.940 --> 00:56:07.139
 you desire for us.

00:56:09.119 --> 00:56:10.539
 Help us to trust you,

00:56:11.860 --> 00:56:13.440
 to believe that you're God,

00:56:14.760 --> 00:56:16.780
 that you're coming back

00:56:16.780 --> 00:56:17.300
 for us.

00:56:27.140 --> 00:56:27.920
 And what I know

00:56:27.920 --> 00:56:29.800
 that if statistics

00:56:29.800 --> 00:56:30.380
 are true,

00:56:30.480 --> 00:56:31.480
 if my life is true,

00:56:31.580 --> 00:56:32.240
 that we've all

00:56:32.240 --> 00:56:33.220
 been unfaithful

00:56:33.220 --> 00:56:33.840
 and faithful

00:56:33.840 --> 00:56:34.620
 and hostile

00:56:34.620 --> 00:56:36.140
 in different areas

00:56:36.140 --> 00:56:37.100
 at different times

00:56:37.100 --> 00:56:38.000
 and we've all

00:56:38.000 --> 00:56:39.780
 carried massive

00:56:39.780 --> 00:56:41.300
 amounts of guilt

00:56:41.300 --> 00:56:41.940
 and shame.

00:56:41.940 --> 00:56:44.039
 I know that.

00:56:45.639 --> 00:56:46.599
 Sometimes I can't even

00:56:46.599 --> 00:56:47.179
 look at myself

00:56:47.179 --> 00:56:47.740
 in the mirror

00:56:47.740 --> 00:56:50.019
 because I realize

00:56:50.019 --> 00:56:50.639
 how much I've

00:56:50.639 --> 00:56:51.400
 disappointed you.

00:56:53.440 --> 00:56:54.420
 I pray for those

00:56:54.420 --> 00:56:55.220
 of us in here

00:56:55.220 --> 00:56:56.700
 who are the shame holders

00:56:56.700 --> 00:56:59.880
 and the guilt keepers

00:56:59.880 --> 00:57:02.599
 that we would

00:57:02.599 --> 00:57:03.599
 release that to you

00:57:03.599 --> 00:57:04.280
 and realize that

00:57:04.280 --> 00:57:04.960
 you're not a God

00:57:04.960 --> 00:57:05.960
 of shame and guilt

00:57:05.960 --> 00:57:07.579
 but you're a God

00:57:07.579 --> 00:57:08.059
 of forgiveness

00:57:08.059 --> 00:57:08.820
 and love

00:57:08.820 --> 00:57:10.340
 and mercy

00:57:10.340 --> 00:57:12.320
 and grace.

00:57:16.100 --> 00:57:16.500
 Lord,

00:57:16.539 --> 00:57:16.780
 I just pray

00:57:16.780 --> 00:57:17.140
 that whenever

00:57:17.140 --> 00:57:18.200
 we feel that over

00:57:18.200 --> 00:57:18.720
 that we would

00:57:18.720 --> 00:57:19.800
 release it to you now

00:57:19.800 --> 00:57:20.480
 and just realize

00:57:20.480 --> 00:57:21.440
 that you've already

00:57:21.440 --> 00:57:21.940
 taken it

00:57:21.940 --> 00:57:22.579
 at the cross.

00:57:22.700 --> 00:57:23.320
 It's already been

00:57:23.320 --> 00:57:24.600
 washed away

00:57:24.600 --> 00:57:26.400
 and by the very fact

00:57:26.400 --> 00:57:26.820
 of us trying

00:57:26.820 --> 00:57:27.559
 to hold on to it

00:57:27.559 --> 00:57:28.460
 we've basically said

00:57:28.460 --> 00:57:29.300
 that we are God

00:57:29.300 --> 00:57:31.160
 and that your forgiveness

00:57:31.160 --> 00:57:31.900
 isn't good enough.

00:57:32.000 --> 00:57:32.780
 We need somebody else

00:57:32.780 --> 00:57:33.480
 to forgive us

00:57:33.480 --> 00:57:34.220
 and we need to forgive

00:57:34.220 --> 00:57:34.680
 ourselves

00:57:34.680 --> 00:57:35.260
 and we need them

00:57:35.260 --> 00:57:35.920
 to apologize

00:57:35.920 --> 00:57:37.900
 and Lord,

00:57:38.079 --> 00:57:39.820
 you've already fixed

00:57:39.820 --> 00:57:40.600
 all those things

00:57:40.600 --> 00:57:41.260
 and so help us

00:57:41.260 --> 00:57:41.940
 just to rest

00:57:41.940 --> 00:57:42.400
 in that.

00:57:50.640 --> 00:57:51.460
 And what I realize

00:57:51.460 --> 00:57:52.120
 there's some of us

00:57:52.120 --> 00:57:52.380
 in here

00:57:52.380 --> 00:57:52.980
 who probably

00:57:52.980 --> 00:57:53.539
 don't need

00:57:53.539 --> 00:57:54.080
 to get up

00:57:54.080 --> 00:57:54.580
 right away

00:57:54.580 --> 00:57:55.220
 and run out

00:57:55.220 --> 00:57:55.660
 but they need

00:57:55.660 --> 00:57:56.300
 to sit here

00:57:56.300 --> 00:57:57.420
 and just spend

00:57:57.420 --> 00:57:58.000
 another minute

00:57:58.000 --> 00:57:58.900
 or two praying

00:57:58.900 --> 00:57:59.380
 and thinking

00:57:59.380 --> 00:58:01.400
 as the music goes

00:58:01.400 --> 00:58:01.980
 and I pray

00:58:01.980 --> 00:58:02.519
 that they would

00:58:02.519 --> 00:58:03.039
 do that.

00:58:03.140 --> 00:58:03.840
 They would meet you.

00:58:03.960 --> 00:58:04.340
 They would spend

00:58:04.340 --> 00:58:05.059
 time with you.

00:58:05.760 --> 00:58:06.660
 They would do

00:58:06.660 --> 00:58:07.580
 business with you.

00:58:07.579 --> 00:58:09.759
 They would fall

00:58:09.759 --> 00:58:10.619
 in love with you.

00:58:14.119 --> 00:58:15.139
 For the rest of us

00:58:15.139 --> 00:58:16.079
 as we leave

00:58:16.079 --> 00:58:16.420
 Lord,

00:58:16.460 --> 00:58:17.139
 I pray for us

00:58:17.139 --> 00:58:17.860
 that we would remember

00:58:17.860 --> 00:58:18.940
 just how merciful

00:58:18.940 --> 00:58:19.579
 and gentle

00:58:19.579 --> 00:58:20.559
 and good you are

00:58:20.559 --> 00:58:21.500
 and help us

00:58:21.500 --> 00:58:22.139
 not to think

00:58:22.139 --> 00:58:23.059
 like the third servant

00:58:23.059 --> 00:58:23.559
 but help us

00:58:23.559 --> 00:58:24.039
 to realize

00:58:24.039 --> 00:58:25.199
 that everything

00:58:25.199 --> 00:58:25.759
 we have

00:58:25.759 --> 00:58:26.099
 and everything

00:58:26.099 --> 00:58:26.579
 we are

00:58:26.579 --> 00:58:26.940
 and everything

00:58:26.940 --> 00:58:27.539
 we do

00:58:27.539 --> 00:58:29.400
 is a gift

00:58:29.400 --> 00:58:30.980
 from you.

00:58:30.980 --> 00:58:34.280
 you do it

00:58:34.280 --> 00:58:34.980
 because you love us

00:58:34.980 --> 00:58:35.559
 but you do it

00:58:35.559 --> 00:58:36.460
 because you want us

00:58:36.460 --> 00:58:37.059
 to see

00:58:37.059 --> 00:58:37.940
 if we are faithful

00:58:37.940 --> 00:58:38.519
 or not.

00:58:38.639 --> 00:58:39.579
 You already know that.

00:58:39.860 --> 00:58:40.719
 You already know that.

00:58:41.019 --> 00:58:41.539
 We can't hide

00:58:41.539 --> 00:58:42.360
 anything from you.

00:58:43.900 --> 00:58:44.940
 So if we are

00:58:44.940 --> 00:58:45.619
 we rejoice

00:58:45.619 --> 00:58:46.760
 and we come before you

00:58:46.760 --> 00:58:47.219
 because it's all

00:58:47.219 --> 00:58:47.800
 because of you

00:58:47.800 --> 00:58:48.440
 and if we're not

00:58:48.440 --> 00:58:49.699
 we repent

00:58:49.699 --> 00:58:50.860
 and we come before you

00:58:50.860 --> 00:58:51.400
 because it's all

00:58:51.400 --> 00:58:52.039
 because of you.

00:58:55.219 --> 00:58:55.940
 We thank you

00:58:55.940 --> 00:58:56.340
 that you are

00:58:56.340 --> 00:58:56.980
 a good God.

00:58:56.980 --> 00:59:01.260
 we pray

00:59:01.260 --> 00:59:01.719
 that the rest

00:59:01.719 --> 00:59:02.380
 of this world

00:59:02.380 --> 00:59:02.840
 and the rest

00:59:02.840 --> 00:59:03.420
 of our world

00:59:03.420 --> 00:59:03.960
 and Hong Kong

00:59:03.960 --> 00:59:04.659
 would be different

00:59:04.659 --> 00:59:09.119
 as they see

00:59:09.119 --> 00:59:10.199
 servants who walk

00:59:10.199 --> 00:59:10.800
 and struggle

00:59:10.800 --> 00:59:11.780
 and who are broken

00:59:11.780 --> 00:59:13.320
 but who strive

00:59:13.320 --> 00:59:14.519
 to trust you

00:59:14.519 --> 00:59:15.740
 and to live

00:59:15.740 --> 00:59:16.480
 their lives

00:59:16.480 --> 00:59:18.079
 for your glory

00:59:18.079 --> 00:59:18.699
 and your kingdom

00:59:18.699 --> 00:59:19.480
 and not our own.

00:59:21.659 --> 00:59:22.219
 Father thank you

00:59:22.219 --> 00:59:22.800
 for friends

00:59:22.800 --> 00:59:23.400
 around us

00:59:23.400 --> 00:59:24.320
 who speak truth

00:59:24.320 --> 00:59:26.480
 even when it hurts.

00:59:26.980 --> 00:59:29.159
 thank you

00:59:29.159 --> 00:59:29.740
 for your word

00:59:29.740 --> 00:59:30.639
 that speaks truth

00:59:30.639 --> 00:59:31.420
 even when it's

00:59:31.420 --> 00:59:33.260
 not fun to hear.

00:59:35.059 --> 00:59:35.699
 But we know

00:59:35.699 --> 00:59:36.480
 that you give it to us

00:59:36.480 --> 00:59:37.420
 because you love us

00:59:37.420 --> 00:59:39.719
 and you want something

00:59:39.719 --> 00:59:40.840
 so much more for us

00:59:40.840 --> 00:59:41.760
 than what we have now.

00:59:42.900 --> 00:59:43.539
 So much more.

00:59:52.380 --> 00:59:53.519
 Help us to want you

00:59:53.519 --> 00:59:54.119
 and help us

00:59:54.119 --> 00:59:54.820
 to want your son.

00:59:54.820 --> 00:59:58.240
 Father we love you

00:59:58.240 --> 00:59:59.980
 and we desperately

00:59:59.980 --> 01:00:00.900
 need you.

01:00:02.539 --> 01:00:03.019
 So we pray

01:00:03.019 --> 01:00:03.580
 that we would not

01:00:03.580 --> 01:00:04.380
 be the same

01:00:04.380 --> 01:00:05.039
 when we leave here

01:00:05.039 --> 01:00:06.019
 that we would be different

01:00:06.019 --> 01:00:07.880
 and that you would

01:00:07.880 --> 01:00:09.559
 continue to transform us

01:00:09.559 --> 01:00:10.620
 as we walk with you.

01:00:12.580 --> 01:00:13.760
 We pray these things

01:00:13.760 --> 01:00:14.620
 in your son Jesus

01:00:14.620 --> 01:00:15.320
 holy name.

01:00:17.000 --> 01:00:17.340
 Amen.

01:00:17.340 --> 01:00:18.760
 Amen.

01:00:18.760 --> 01:00:19.340
 Amen.

01:00:20.120 --> 01:00:21.180
 Amen.

01:00:21.180 --> 01:00:22.240
 Amen.

01:00:22.400 --> 01:00:23.000
 Amen.

01:00:24.980 --> 01:00:25.180
 Amen.

01:00:25.180 --> 01:00:25.360
 Amen.

01:00:25.360 --> 01:00:27.079
 Amen.

01:00:27.079 --> 01:00:34.420
 Amen.

01:00:34.440 --> 01:00:34.640
 Amen.

01:00:43.640 --> 01:00:44.600
 Amen.

01:00:44.600 --> 01:00:45.260
 Amen.