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Thank you for joining us at Key 
Life Fellowship for our Pulpit 

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Ministry Podcast. 
Each sermon on this podcast is 

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from our 11:00 AM Sunday 
service. 

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We are glad that you have joined
us digitally, but would love to 

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see you in person on Sunday 
mornings at either 9:00 AM or 

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11:00 AM. 
Now let's open God's word and 

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ask Him to reveal His truths for
our lives. 

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Turn to the Gospel of Matthew, 
Gospel of Matthew, and go ahead 

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and flip all the way to the end 
to Chapter 28 as we are 

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continuing our series that we 
began a couple of weeks ago when

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we began to talk. 
About Christchurch, the dearest 

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place on earth and isn't it? 
Look around you. 

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This is the dearest place on 
earth, the body of believers, to

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which Christ is the head. 
I wake up, as I told you last 

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week, every Sunday morning, 
excited about seeing each and 

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every one of you to receive 
those handshakes, those hugs to 

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have people just simply say 
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I love you and I'm praying for 
you this week. 

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What a blessing it is to know 
that we are a part of such a 

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wonderful, wonderful group of 
blood bought believers in 

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Christ. 
We are continuing to talk about 

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the dearest place on earth. 
As we began, we talked about in 

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the last few lessons, the basic 
attributes of the Church. 

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What should the true church look
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But this week we're going to 
switch gears a little bit and 

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and. 
Leave the attributes of the 

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Church. 
And look at the biblical 

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assignment. 
Of the Church. 

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We're leaving the basic 
attributes, the characteristics 

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that we all ought to possess as 
individuals that make up the 

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whole, and the whole ought to 
possess those characteristics. 

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We looked at that in depth the 
last couple of weeks, but today 

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we're going to look at the 
biblical assignment of 

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Christchurch. 
What are we here to do? 

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How many people are confused 
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Why? 
Why do we exist? 

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Do we exist because we just want
to be a part of the club? 

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Do we exist because we got 
nothing better to do? 

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Nothing else to do? 
We exist because people are just

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bored and want to get together. 
There's so much more to it than 

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that. 
We have an assignment, and Jesus

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makes that assignment very clear
in the two verses that we're 

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going to look at today. 
But before we get to that 

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assignment, what I want to tell 
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And I want you to write this 
down because so many people in 

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our day are confused about this.
So many socalled churches are 

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confused about this. 
I want us to look at before we 

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move into the biblical 
assignment of Christchurch, what

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he commanded us and told us 
where we are to do while we are 

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left here on this earth. 
But have you ever wondered why 

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are we left here? 
We're left here for a purpose. 

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Because if we didn't have a 
purpose, the the moment that you

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were saved, you would have just 
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But you're left here with a 
purpose I don't want. 

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To tell you what that purpose is
not, as the church write this 

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down, the Church's assignment is
not to fix all of the social 

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social problems or social 
injustices in this fallen world.

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This world is tainted by sin. 
In fact, Romans chapter 8 says 

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the very earth the world is 
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For redemption. 
That's not the church's job. 

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When Adam fell, the whole world 
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And our job as the Church is not
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All of the social injustices and
all of the things that so many 

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people spend all of their time 
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One day Jesus Christ will return
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everyone receives a justice. 
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restored back to the Eden type 
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fall of man. 
But until then, the earth is 

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going to become progressively 
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There's nothing you can do about
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This earth has a death sentence 
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to sin, death entered in upon 
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There's nothing you can do to 
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Many people in the socalled 
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trying to fix social injustices.
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It's not our assignment. 
Jesus is going to make our 

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assignment very clear and 
concise and simple in just a 

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moment. 
But secondly, it's not to make 

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Pagan sinners feel accepted. 
Many people think that the duty 

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of the Church, the assignment of
the church, is to make pagans 

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feel accepted, to to embrace all
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idolatry and paganism and just 
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It's not okay. 
In fact, the Church is called to

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abstain and to avoid even the 
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How could the Church ever fall 
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their job was to make every 
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accepted? 
It's not our job. 

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It's not our duty when a person 
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It's not our job to make them 
feel comfortable on their way to

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hell. 
It is our job to tell them the 

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truth that they are on their way
to hell. 

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Yes, and that is a fact. 
Apart from Jesus Christ, we are 

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all condemned already. 
Unless God graciously intervenes

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and saves their wretched soul, 
they will be judged for all 

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eternity. 
I know people get upset when you

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talk that kind of biblical. 
Talk these days. 

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But our assignment is not to 
make people feel comfortable on 

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their way to hell and accept it.
Because, you know, in this 

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world, the church can make those
people feel accepted all that 

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they want, but they're never 
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eternal Kingdom apart from Jesus
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It's high time we let them know 
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So it's not to. 
Make the Pagan center feel 

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accepted. 
It's not to fix social problems 

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or injustices in this fallen 
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You know what else is not the 
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we're seeing so often and 
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in the culture that we live in. 
And that is to blend in with the

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culture in a non offensive way, 
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Change the church into a rock 
concert so that the lost world 

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won't be offended. 
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Cut all the lights, get a smoke 
machine, make it look like a 

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rock concert, and everybody's 
coming. 

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And they will. 
That's not the assignment of the

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church. 
Make people feel like they're 

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out of a heavy metal concert. 
Make the people feel like 

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they're at something worldly 
just so that they'll stick 

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around a little while. 
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Not only that, our assignment is
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being a better place. 
As I've already said, world in 

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the state that which she is in 
right now will never be a better

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place. 
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He destroys the earth as we know
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back to what he intended for it 
to be. 

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Also, the church and her 
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inclusive. 
Not to be inclusive. 

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I just the other day my wife was
in a conversation with a lady at

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the grocery store who was asking
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He had a Christian T-shirt on 
and the lady asked about shirt 

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church. 
You know, lady? 

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Let her know well, I go to this 
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everyone. 
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That means in today's society, 
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They include everyone. 
That means they're an all 

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inclusive church, and the lady 
began to tell her they accept 

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the L GB, TQ Plus community, as 
if my wife was going to somehow 

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be impressed with that type of 
immorality. 

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And she let her know real 
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of this church because they're 
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Because the church in today's 
messed up church culture, thinks

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that we have to be inclusive. 
We have to include everyone and 

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everything, right? 
They had that conversation 

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shortly before her same sex 
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she was thankful that she had a 
church that was all inclusive. 

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Can I insert this at the risk of
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The church is exclusive, not 
inclusive. 

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It is only for those who are in 
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ushered out of darkness. 
I don't care what lifestyle of 

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darkness it was. 
You have come out of that 

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lifestyle of darkness. 
You have been ushered into 

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marvelous light, and that light 
is Christ. 

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It's exclusive. 
The church is exclusive to the 

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believers. 
If you're here today and you dub

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yourself, please don't a seeker.
You have no place in his church.

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You're not seeking anything. 
In fact, the Bible is very 

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clear. 
There's none righteous. 

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No, not one. 
No one seeks after him. 

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Stop being deceived and 
deceiving yourselves. 

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You're not seeking God, you're 
seeking something else. 

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Because when a person is truly 
born again and saved it as God 

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who seeks them out of their sin,
no one seeks him. 

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We seek self indulgence. 
We seek self fulfillment. 

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We seek. 
Pleasure for our flesh and sin. 

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So our duty is not to be 
inclusive as our assignment. 

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Nowhere does Jesus say go ye 
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But no, it is an exclusive 
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It is the place of the elect 
those were purchased by the 

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precious blood of Jesus Christ. 
I don't say that to be arrogant.

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I say that to be biblically 
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This is. 
An assembly of blood bought 

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spirit filled Christ followers 
and no one else should feel at 

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home here, but blood bought 
spirit filled Christ. 

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So the assignment of the church 
is not to make everyone feel 

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included. 
In fact, if you go back to the 

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New Testament church, at times 
they were excluding people for 

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open immorality. 
They were removing them from 

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fellowship. 
They were disciplining them 

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because of their waywardness. 
I would say things like mark 

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them and have nothing to do with
them because of their 

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immorality. 
That's the New Testament church.

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The problem is, in America, we 
don't even know what a New 

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Testament church really is 
supposed to look like. 

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I'll give you a hint, go back to
the New Testament and read it. 

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Stop throwing your opinions and 
your ideas out there and go look

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at what the scripture says the 
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It's when we look at the 
assignment of the church, the 

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biblical assignment we must go 
back to when it was given. 

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When we go back to Matthew 
chapter 28, what we know as the 

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Great Commission, where Jesus is
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after he was here on this earth 
where he died, he was buried. 

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He rose again. 
He spent some days on the earth 

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teaching his disciples all the 
Old Testament scriptures that 

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pointed to him, teaching them 
things that even John said. 

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If I wrote them all down, there 
wouldn't, there wouldn't be 

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enough room in the world to hold
all the books. 

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But now Jesus is about to ascend
into heaven. 

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And he gives them their 
assignment. 

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Here's what I am leaving you 
here to do. 

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Look at this. 
If you would with me in Matthew 

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chapter 28, verse 19, we will 
look at 2 verses today and then 

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these two verses. 
Let me just go ahead and tell 

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you this, there is a lot there. 
Unfortunately, many times we 

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skip over it and miss the 
Nuggets of truth that are here. 

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We will not do that today. 
Verse 19 it says therefore. 

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Go and make disciples of all 
nations. 

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That, therefore, is because He 
has told them that I'm giving 

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you authority to go. 
Do this. 

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Therefore go and do it. 
Therefore go and make disciples 

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of all nations, baptizing them 
in the name of the Father and of

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the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 
and teaching them to obey 

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everything I have commanded you.
And surely I am with you. 

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Always to the very end of the 
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Oh, there's so much there that 
we have to jump in quickly and 

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talk about this. 
But before we do, I want you to 

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see something here that that if 
you would pay close attention to

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this, this will change these two
verses to where you don't just 

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read over them and think that 
there's not a lot there. 

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You read them and say this is 
the last request in the 

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assignment given to the Church 
by Christ him cell and in this 

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text when he says make 
disciples. 

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In those two verses, that is the
only direct command. 

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In this whole statement known as
the Great Commission, it is in 

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the imperative mood. 
In the Greek language it says 

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make disciples. 
It's not optional. 

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It is the command. 
Now, what Jesus does with the 

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rest of these surrounding words 
and the rest of this text, He 

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uses present participles such as
go. 

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Baptize, trust, teach. 
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participles to show these 
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go and make disciples. 
He gives them the resources to 

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accomplish the assignment that 
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this text. 
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look at today. 
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converts. 
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in a certain denomination, all 
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the Great Commission was talk 
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Then they have a bunch of little
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around, tossed to and fro from 
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them standing in pulpits 
delivering pep. 

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Talks each week. 
That's not the assignment of the

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Church. 
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not go make converts to Christ, 
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That's a part of it. 
We're going to see that the 

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assignment of the church is 
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Disciples. 
That is the command here. 

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This is the imperative here. 
Make disciples. 

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I want you to focus on that in 
this whole lesson today. 

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There's one strict command here.
Make disciples. 

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And so if you knew this as a 
follower of Christ, because we 

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know this, that if you love him,
you're what obey him, you ought 

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to be asking the question 
immediately. 

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What do I have to do to make 
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So that I can be obedient to the
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Disciples, what must I? 
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graciously, and I'm thankful for
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us, so that we don't settle for 
making converts focusing on only

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the go part, but that we make 
disciples in accordance with His

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will and obedience to His 
command. 

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He's simply telling them. 
To make disciples. 

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And here's how. 
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important. 
John MacArthur rightfully calls 

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disciples of Christ, believing, 
learners and learning. 

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Believers. 
Isn't that what we are? 

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Believing, learning learners and
learning believers? 

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That's what a disciple of Christ
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We're believers who continue to 
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continue to believe. 
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basic definition of make 
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ourselves, are we making 
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believers? 
Because that is the biblical 

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assignment of the church. 
It's to make disciples. 

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And today what we're going to do
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how we are to do that. 
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Am I preaching this message 
because we are not a church who 

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makes disciples? 
No, I'm preaching this message 

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to say thankfully we are a 
church who makes disciples. 

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But I'm also aware of this. 
A church who forgets what their 

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assignment is will quickly run 
down the wrong path and end up 

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not making disciples. 
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At a horrible and astounding 
rate, churches across our 

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country in the last three years 
have began to padlock their 

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doors. 
No longer making disciples, they

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have lost sight of what they are
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and what Jesus. 
Has given them as their 

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assignment. 
People ask all the time. 

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Why do you think key line 
fellowship grows when other 

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churches don't? 
Because we're making. 

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Disciples. 
We're making disciples. 

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We're not just making converts, 
We're making disciples. 

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And you know what? 
When we make disciples, you know

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what disciples do? 
They make more disciples. 

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And you know what happens to 
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They make more disciples. 
That's what we see by design. 

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Because 2000 years ago when 
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these men were obedient to this 
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I stand here before you today 
saying we too must be obedient 

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to this assignment. 
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Because if the Lord tarried 2000
more years, and I hope that he 

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doesn't and it doesn't look like
he could, that's all up to him. 

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But if he tarried 2000 more 
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I pray that we would make 
disciples, true disciples who 

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make true disciples. 
You make true disciples. 

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I pray that you dads would 
become a disciple maker in your 

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home. 
That you would disciple your 

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wife and you would disciple your
children together. 

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That you would teach them the 
truth of the word of God. 

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Teach them the importance of 
what we're going to see today. 

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Any organization that calls 
themselves a church that isn't 

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making disciples is not a church
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They're a social group. 
They're a Country Club. 

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They're an organization. 
They're gathering. 

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But don't dare call them a 
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Why? 
Because the church will be on 

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assignment. 
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It is to make disciples. 
Let's learn how this morning as 

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the master teacher, the Lord 
Jesus teaches us and how we do 

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this. 
He says this in verse 19. 

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As we break this text down, he 
says, therefore go and make 

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disciples. 
Therefore go. 

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I want you to pay attention to 
this part because this is an 

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important part of making 
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There has to be a going if 
you're going to make disciples. 

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There must be a going. 
Go here is not, as I've already 

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said, a direct command. 
It's a present participle. 

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It is a given. 
Jesus isn't commanding them to 

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go. 
He's communicating to them that 

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I know that you're going to be 
going. 

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How does he know that? 
Because he knows us. 

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We go, go, go, go, go. 
Don't we? 

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Some of you have a hard time 
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Listen to me preach for 30 
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Because you want to go, right? 
I'll give you a sermonette if 

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you want one, but it'll do 
neither one of us good. 

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You want to go? 
You want to move, You want to do

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something, right. 
We understand that he's making. 

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An emphasis here to the fact 
that they are going to be going 

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right when you get done here, 
you're going, where are you 

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going? 
Come on. 

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You're going to lunch. 
I don't know where you're going,

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right. 
You're the reason that when I 

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get there an hour and a half 
later, everything's already out.

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He's talking about the fact that
we're going to be going. 

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He's not giving a command here. 
He's given a given and as we 

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are. 
Going we have a responsibility. 

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And what is that responsibility?
That responsibility is the 

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gospel. 
The gospel. 

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Because you can't make disciples
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Isn't that square one? 
We have to share the gospel as 

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we go. 
You're going to leave here in 

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just a little while. 
You're going to go to lunch. 

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You can go to lunch and you can 
talk about how horrible the 

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sermon was. 
And when I walk in, stop 

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talking. 
I would probably agree with you.

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Just let me in on the 
conversation or what you could 

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do is this. 
You can understand that Jesus is

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teaching here. 
As you are going, you need to be

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proactive in your attitude and 
sharing the gospel. 

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A proactive attitude and sharing
the gospel. 

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What is that? 
It's a willingness to at any 

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place and anytime share the 
gospel. 

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That's what proactive means. 
It is a proactive attitude where

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you say I'm going to do what 
Paul told Timothy and Second 

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Timothy chapter 4, verse 2, 
where he told him to preach the 

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word in season and out of 
season. 

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When it's popular, when it's not
popular all the time, be ready 

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to share the gospel. 
So now life begins to look 

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different as you go from this 
place as you have been reminded 

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that you are what light and you 
were going out into. 

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Now you go out into the 
darkness, shining the light of 

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Jesus Christ because you were 
going anyways. 

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And when you go to that 
particular place, that 

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restaurant where you're going to
eat, that home that you're going

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to eat with friends, let there 
be a willingness to share the 

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gospel at all times, in season 
and out of season, when you 

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think. 
It will be accepted when you 

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think that it won't, when it's 
popular, when it's unpopular. 

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We as Christians have to be 
active in sharing the good news 

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of Jesus Christ. 
Why? 

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Because by design. 
Did you know it's by design. 

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And I didn't design it. 
I didn't make it up. 

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I just attempt to follow it. 
It is by God's design that we 

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have been entrusted with the 
method and the means to make 

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disciples. 
The first thing is to evangelize

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the lost as we go. 
And that comes with a 

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willingness to at every turn all
times share the glorious gospel 

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of Jesus Christ. 
Why? 

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Because he designed it this way 
that we get to preach the gospel

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that we have received. 
Well, if the gospel means 

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something to you, if when you 
were saved you heard the gospel,

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and in the gospel you know that 
God used that to rescue you from

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judgment and wrath and hell, If 
you really understand that, how 

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can you keep someone else from 
hearing that message? 

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In fact, Romans chapter 10 tells
us this is God's design for it 

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as we go. 
He says in verse 13 to chapter 

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10 for everyone who calls on the
name of the Lord will be saved. 

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We love that verse. 
We leave it by itself all the 

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time. 
Don't. 

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For everyone who calls in the 
name of the Lord shall be saved.

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Yes. 
Watch what he says next. 

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How then can they call on the 
1:00 they have not believed in? 

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How can they call on the 1:00 
they have not believed in? 

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How can they believe in the one 
of whom they have not heard? 

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And how can they hear without 
someone preaching to them? 

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I know what you do now. 
You say, yeah, preaching, that's

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your job. 
No, that's your job. 

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Go back and study Romans. 
He's riding to the entire church

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and he's letting them know that 
as you are going, as the Lord 

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told us you would be, make sure 
that you are diligent and 

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preaching the good news of the 
gospel of Jesus Christ to the 

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Sinner. 
He goes on to saying, how can 

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they preach unless they are 
sent? 

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He said, well, I'm not sent to 
preach every week. 

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Go preach that message. 
You're sent to preach. 

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Your pastor sends you out every 
week. 

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Go be the light in darkness. 
And when they ask what are you 

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to do, when they ask and they 
inquire about the hope that you 

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have, what do I tell you? 
Week after week after week, 

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share with them the glorious 
gospel because Rome is 116, says

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it is the power of God unto 
salvation for all who. 

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Without Jesus there is no hope 
and there's only hope in Jesus. 

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And they must repented their sin
by faith, trust in Jesus and 

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Jesus alone, and trusting in 
Christ and Christ alone. 

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They are then freed from the 
wrath, judgment of God and they 

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have been given eternal life. 
Oh, you have eternal life. 

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What person who really, truly 
understands eternal life would 

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withhold that from anyone else? 
Be they friend, be the enemy. 

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Share with them the good news. 
Preach to them the gospel. 

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And should be ingrained in our 
lives. 

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Proactive attitude and sharing 
the good news. 

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A lifestyle of looking for every
opportunity to share that 

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glorious message that we have 
been entrusted with. 

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What a treasure, you know, 
Scripture says he's entrusted 

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that treasure and jars of clay 
were nothing. 

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But the message of the gospel 
that we carry around with us is 

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everything. 
Share that with others. 

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Be proactive in your attitude 
and sharing the gospel. 

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It will also be marked not only 
by proactivity in your attitude,

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but also by a passionate appeal 
to those who were lost. 

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You will be passionate about 
seeing sinners saved. 

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In fact, you will seek them as 
you're going. 

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You go to that restaurant that 
we spoke of earlier. 

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You sit down at your table. 
You ask the waitress, and I hope

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you do. 
I hope you don't treat them as 

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slaves. 
I hope you treat them as souls. 

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But as you ask that waitress, 
how's your day going? 

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Pay attention to what she says. 
She begins to complain and she 

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begins to tear up and tell you 
how horrible her life is right 

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now. 
Nothing seems to be going right.

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You know what she needs? 
She needs an ear at that moment 

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in time to hear where she is so 
that you can then turn and share

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the gospel with her. 
Because what the world's going 

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to do, the world's going to hear
her. 

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The world's going to say, hey, 
why don't you come over tonight 

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we'll have a party and and we'll
we'll get some booze and we'll 

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liquor it up and feel bad 
together. 

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We have the glorious message of 
the gospel and what we can do in

457
00:25:56,050 --> 00:25:57,650
that situation. 
When she says my life's falling 

458
00:25:57,650 --> 00:26:02,530
apart, you can actually, kindly 
and gently speak to her about 

459
00:26:02,530 --> 00:26:05,170
the fact that you know what? 
You may feel like your life is 

460
00:26:05,170 --> 00:26:07,290
falling apart, but the reason 
that you feel that is because 

461
00:26:07,290 --> 00:26:08,690
your life is really no life at 
all. 

462
00:26:08,690 --> 00:26:11,210
There is no life apart from 
Christ because he is the way, 

463
00:26:11,610 --> 00:26:14,210
the truth, and the life. 
He's the true life. 

464
00:26:14,210 --> 00:26:17,170
And you began to share with the 
same individual about Jesus 

465
00:26:17,170 --> 00:26:19,610
Christ and what he did for you 
at the cross and how he rescued 

466
00:26:19,610 --> 00:26:23,230
you from your miserable state. 
Being just a wicked Sinner 

467
00:26:23,230 --> 00:26:26,430
scoundrel or for you females, a 
scoundret. 

468
00:26:26,710 --> 00:26:28,630
I think that's the female 
version of a scoundrel. 

469
00:26:30,510 --> 00:26:35,190
Just share with her how there is
hope beyond this life, beyond 

470
00:26:35,190 --> 00:26:38,550
the agony that we face in this 
world, beyond just the daytoday 

471
00:26:38,550 --> 00:26:41,030
struggles. 
If you passionately share that 

472
00:26:41,030 --> 00:26:43,030
with her, share the message of 
Christ. 

473
00:26:43,950 --> 00:26:46,270
In doing this, you mirror Christ
in the apostles. 

474
00:26:46,270 --> 00:26:49,230
Christ himself said in Luke 
chapter 19 verse 20 that he came

475
00:26:49,230 --> 00:26:53,030
to seek and to save that which 
was lost. 

476
00:26:54,070 --> 00:26:57,710
I'm so thankful for the people 
in my life who sought that which

477
00:26:57,710 --> 00:27:00,750
was lost and poured in the 
gospel to me, whether that was 

478
00:27:00,990 --> 00:27:03,550
was the preaching of the gospel 
from the pulpit, or the 

479
00:27:03,550 --> 00:27:05,990
preaching of the gospel from 
from dinner tables, or the 

480
00:27:05,990 --> 00:27:08,510
preaching of the gospel when we 
were driving in vehicles. 

481
00:27:08,630 --> 00:27:12,900
Wherever it was, I'm thankful 
for those obedient disciple 

482
00:27:12,900 --> 00:27:19,100
makers who, as they were going 
passionately, appeal to this 

483
00:27:19,100 --> 00:27:22,220
lost Sinner calling me to faith 
and. 

484
00:27:22,220 --> 00:27:24,300
Repentance and Christ and Christ
alone. 

485
00:27:24,820 --> 00:27:28,100
And so as we look at this. 
Going as a part of making 

486
00:27:28,100 --> 00:27:31,660
disciples as you're going, be 
proactive in your attitude and 

487
00:27:31,660 --> 00:27:33,860
sharing the gospel. 
Be passionate in your appeal to 

488
00:27:33,860 --> 00:27:37,260
those who are lost. 
Approach every soul as if it is 

489
00:27:37,260 --> 00:27:40,100
your dearest loved one who will 
perish and spend an eternity in 

490
00:27:40,100 --> 00:27:42,330
hell. 
Because wouldn't you want that 

491
00:27:42,370 --> 00:27:45,930
someone to do that for your 
loved one who you love so much? 

492
00:27:45,930 --> 00:27:50,370
Of course you would. 
And then let that approach be a 

493
00:27:50,370 --> 00:27:56,130
practical approach. 
As we are going, there must be a

494
00:27:56,130 --> 00:27:58,850
proactive attitude ensuring the 
gospel, passing an appeal to 

495
00:27:58,850 --> 00:28:01,410
those who are lost. 
But also a practical approach. 

496
00:28:01,410 --> 00:28:03,570
Approach this thing practically.
Don't complicate it. 

497
00:28:04,410 --> 00:28:07,370
This is evangelism 101 Dash 
Easy. 

498
00:28:07,730 --> 00:28:10,530
Pay attention to it. 
Be practical in your approach. 

499
00:28:11,490 --> 00:28:16,010
It's just simple. 
Everywhere God sends me How many

500
00:28:16,010 --> 00:28:17,610
of you believe in the 
providential hand of God? 

501
00:28:17,610 --> 00:28:20,130
Raise your hand. 
You believe that you were here 

502
00:28:20,130 --> 00:28:21,770
this morning. 
Not by coincidence, not by 

503
00:28:21,770 --> 00:28:22,850
accident. 
You were here this morning 

504
00:28:22,850 --> 00:28:25,250
because God providentially made 
sure that you were here. 

505
00:28:25,250 --> 00:28:28,170
How many of you believe that? 
If you don't believe that, I 

506
00:28:28,170 --> 00:28:29,370
would encourage you to study the
scriptures. 

507
00:28:29,370 --> 00:28:31,650
You will find out very quickly 
that nothing happens that he 

508
00:28:31,650 --> 00:28:34,330
doesn't cause or allow. 
He's sovereign and in control of

509
00:28:34,330 --> 00:28:38,130
everything. 
But if that be the case, let's 

510
00:28:38,130 --> 00:28:40,530
keep our end of it very 
practical and very simple. 

511
00:28:41,390 --> 00:28:48,150
Everywhere I go, God sends me, 
and everywhere I find myself I 

512
00:28:48,150 --> 00:28:52,990
have a message and a mission. 
That message is the gospel, the 

513
00:28:52,990 --> 00:28:55,910
death, the burial and the 
resurrection of Jesus Christ. 

514
00:28:56,110 --> 00:28:59,910
The fact that He atone for 
sinners on the cross 2000 years 

515
00:28:59,910 --> 00:29:02,070
ago. 
That He stood in the place of 

516
00:29:02,070 --> 00:29:05,910
wickedness, my wickedness, and 
He bore the wrath of God upon 

517
00:29:05,910 --> 00:29:08,070
his back that belonged upon my 
back. 

518
00:29:08,230 --> 00:29:11,430
And then what he did in that 
great exchange change we know as

519
00:29:11,430 --> 00:29:13,430
grace. 
He then imputed his 

520
00:29:13,430 --> 00:29:17,550
righteousness to me, He bore my 
sin, imputed his righteousness 

521
00:29:17,550 --> 00:29:19,990
to me, and I am in right 
standing with God. 

522
00:29:20,110 --> 00:29:22,550
And He took the punishment for 
my sin. 

523
00:29:23,030 --> 00:29:26,070
And by trusting in Christ and 
Christ alone, I am completely 

524
00:29:26,070 --> 00:29:29,430
washed of all of my defilement, 
all of my wickedness. 

525
00:29:29,590 --> 00:29:33,430
I am granted a place at the 
table of God for all eternity, 

526
00:29:33,510 --> 00:29:36,990
and I will live in His presence 
forever because of what Jesus 

527
00:29:36,990 --> 00:29:41,110
Christ did for me at the cross. 
That's the message that we have.

528
00:29:51,470 --> 00:29:54,310
And you're mad because you're 
going to be late to work now. 

529
00:29:41,110 --> 00:29:44,870
That's the message we should 
share everywhere we go. 

530
00:29:45,910 --> 00:29:47,710
Looking for the opportunity to 
share that message. 

531
00:29:47,710 --> 00:29:49,990
And when you break down on the 
side of the road with the. 

532
00:29:54,310 --> 00:29:58,710
Could God ever let this happen? 
And the triple-A man shows up 

533
00:29:59,710 --> 00:30:01,950
with his tools that you didn't 
have in your car? 

534
00:30:02,150 --> 00:30:05,570
Perhaps you didn't know how to 
change a flat, and instead of 

535
00:30:05,570 --> 00:30:08,370
seeing it as this big 
inconvenience, maybe you should 

536
00:30:08,370 --> 00:30:10,810
start seeing things. 
If you're a disciple maker 

537
00:30:10,810 --> 00:30:14,090
following the assignment of 
Christ, saying that you believe 

538
00:30:14,090 --> 00:30:16,810
in the providential hand and 
guidance of God, and do you 

539
00:30:16,810 --> 00:30:18,410
believe in that in all 
situations? 

540
00:30:18,730 --> 00:30:20,930
So when you have a flat on the 
side of the road, guess what? 

541
00:30:20,930 --> 00:30:23,410
God providentially allowed you 
to have a flat for what? 

542
00:30:24,050 --> 00:30:26,730
Joe, the mechanic who works for 
triple-A, who pulled up. 

543
00:30:29,130 --> 00:30:30,490
He gets out of his car. 
You know what? 

544
00:30:30,490 --> 00:30:32,170
Joe's lost and he's on his way 
to hell. 

545
00:30:33,490 --> 00:30:35,210
And he can never believe. 
He can never hear the truth 

546
00:30:35,210 --> 00:30:38,210
unless a preacher tell him. 
And there you are on the side of

547
00:30:38,210 --> 00:30:42,170
the road. 
Oh, if you are truly 

548
00:30:42,170 --> 00:30:44,970
understanding Jesus assignment 
here as you were going 

549
00:30:46,090 --> 00:30:49,850
practically share the gospel 
before Joe leaves that day, 

550
00:30:49,850 --> 00:30:52,770
you're going to come to your 
senses and you're going to 

551
00:30:52,770 --> 00:30:55,890
realize that God left you on the
side of the road, stranded. 

552
00:30:55,890 --> 00:31:01,850
Why? 
Because he loved Joe so much. 

553
00:31:03,060 --> 00:31:08,740
That he would even inconvenience
you with a flat tire so that Joe

554
00:31:08,740 --> 00:31:11,980
could hear the glorious gospel 
of Jesus Christ and be saved 

555
00:31:11,980 --> 00:31:13,660
right there on the side of the 
road. 

556
00:31:14,100 --> 00:31:15,660
Is that what Kirk? 
Does that happen? 

557
00:31:15,660 --> 00:31:17,500
Yes. 
You continue to share the 

558
00:31:17,500 --> 00:31:19,740
gospel. 
I will make you this guarantee 

559
00:31:19,860 --> 00:31:23,900
that will happen. 
That's my God's design. 

560
00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:26,160
How well they know. 
Let's the preacher tell them, 

561
00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:28,040
oh, we ought to be practical in 
that, looking for every 

562
00:31:28,040 --> 00:31:31,240
opportunity to share the gospel,
realizing that every moment of 

563
00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:34,720
every day we are on a mission. 
And what is that mission? 

564
00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:39,840
The mission is to make 
disciples. 

565
00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:41,560
It starts with sharing the 
gospel with them. 

566
00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:46,160
Look for those opportunities, 
they are all around you all the 

567
00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:50,760
time. 
Be a part of Jesus assignment 

568
00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:54,280
making disciples as you were 
going, share the good news. 

569
00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:57,040
Share the good news of Jesus 
Christ because we know the world

570
00:31:57,040 --> 00:32:00,560
has plenty of bad news. 
Share with them the good news 

571
00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:01,880
that there's hope beyond this 
life. 

572
00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:04,640
There's hope beyond this world. 
There's hope beyond the grave. 

573
00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:06,440
There's hope in Christ and 
Christ alone. 

574
00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:09,320
The second thing that we look at
here in Jesus teaching us how to

575
00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:11,440
make disciples and assigning us 
that task. 

576
00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:17,120
He says therefore go and make 
disciples of all nations, 

577
00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:22,830
baptizing them, baptizing them 
in the name of the Father and of

578
00:32:22,830 --> 00:32:27,350
the Son and of the Holy Spirit. 
That's not some formula or serum

579
00:32:27,350 --> 00:32:29,830
that you use to baptize. 
There's many people who argue 

580
00:32:29,830 --> 00:32:32,310
about it. 
Should we be baptized in Jesus 

581
00:32:32,310 --> 00:32:33,910
name? 
Should we be baptized in the 

582
00:32:33,910 --> 00:32:35,750
name of the Father, the Son, the
Holy Spirit? 

583
00:32:35,910 --> 00:32:38,870
Here's the thing, the Father, 
the Son and the Holy Spirit are 

584
00:32:38,870 --> 00:32:41,310
always in agreeance. 
It doesn't matter what terms you

585
00:32:41,310 --> 00:32:44,160
use. 
If you're baptized into Christ, 

586
00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:46,280
you're baptized into the Father.
You're baptized into the Holy 

587
00:32:46,280 --> 00:32:47,440
Spirit. 
You're baptized into the Son. 

588
00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:49,320
If you're baptized in the name 
of Jesus, you're baptized into 

589
00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:51,040
the name of the Son, the Father,
and the Holy Spirit. 

590
00:32:51,040 --> 00:32:53,160
They are one working together. 
They always have. 

591
00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:57,280
They always will. 
So let's not get caught up in 

592
00:32:57,320 --> 00:33:01,520
all of those silly discussions. 
What we realize is what Jesus is

593
00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:04,000
saying here. 
The emphasis here is baptizing 

594
00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:06,120
them. 
Wait a second, Kirk. 

595
00:33:06,120 --> 00:33:09,120
We we always have approached 
baptism as if it's just some 

596
00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:12,550
secondary option. 
Not if you believe what Jesus is

597
00:33:12,550 --> 00:33:16,110
teaching here. 
Jesus is saying this as you're 

598
00:33:16,110 --> 00:33:20,390
going make disciples, so as 
you're going share the gospel. 

599
00:33:20,470 --> 00:33:23,230
That's where it starts, right? 
It is the power of God unto 

600
00:33:23,230 --> 00:33:27,350
salvation for all who believe. 
Then he goes into baptizing them

601
00:33:27,350 --> 00:33:29,670
in the name of the Father, the 
Son, and the Holy Spirit. 

602
00:33:30,230 --> 00:33:32,990
This is their first act of 
obedience. 

603
00:33:32,990 --> 00:33:35,950
You are actually pointing this 
new convert. 

604
00:33:36,110 --> 00:33:37,510
To obedience in Christ. 
Why? 

605
00:33:37,510 --> 00:33:39,470
So that they don't abuse, grace 
their whole Christian life. 

606
00:33:42,550 --> 00:33:46,430
You were showing them. 
Now that you are a Christian, 

607
00:33:47,310 --> 00:33:51,710
here's what Christians do. 
You know what a Christian does? 

608
00:33:51,710 --> 00:33:57,830
First, he or she publicly 
professes Christ. 

609
00:33:58,230 --> 00:34:00,230
And how do they do that? 
Baptism. 

610
00:34:00,270 --> 00:34:02,430
Go back all the way to Acts. 
Chapter 2, verse 41. 

611
00:34:02,430 --> 00:34:05,670
The day of Pentecost. 
Holy Spirit came upon those who 

612
00:34:05,670 --> 00:34:07,070
were there. 
Many were saved. 

613
00:34:07,070 --> 00:34:09,739
In fact, thousands. 
And it says this in verse 41. 

614
00:34:09,940 --> 00:34:13,420
Those who accepted his message 
were baptized and about 3000 

615
00:34:13,420 --> 00:34:15,139
were added to their number that 
day. 

616
00:34:15,380 --> 00:34:18,620
All 3000 who were added to their
number were baptized. 

617
00:34:18,900 --> 00:34:20,940
Why? 
That is their public profession 

618
00:34:21,139 --> 00:34:24,179
of Christ. 
Now, in our time, no big deal. 

619
00:34:24,260 --> 00:34:26,659
We're going to see some people 
in just a moment, They're going 

620
00:34:26,659 --> 00:34:28,980
to publicly profess Christ and 
they're going to walk out the 

621
00:34:28,980 --> 00:34:31,739
door and their life is seemingly
going to be the same. 

622
00:34:32,540 --> 00:34:36,489
I hope not internally, but in 
the culture that Jesus is 

623
00:34:36,489 --> 00:34:38,810
addressing here, he knew this. 
When they publicly professed 

624
00:34:38,810 --> 00:34:40,330
Christ, they're going to be 
disowned by their family 

625
00:34:40,330 --> 00:34:41,449
members. 
They're going to be disowned by 

626
00:34:41,449 --> 00:34:43,969
their friends that the Roman 
persecution was coming. 

627
00:34:43,969 --> 00:34:46,489
They were going to be tortured 
and even killed by the Romans 

628
00:34:46,489 --> 00:34:48,969
for openly, publicly professing 
Christ. 

629
00:34:49,090 --> 00:34:51,170
Now baptism just became a big 
deal, didn't it? 

630
00:34:51,770 --> 00:34:55,330
Why is baptism such a big deal? 
Because it is an introduction of

631
00:34:55,330 --> 00:34:57,890
the Saint into the visible 
church. 

632
00:34:58,690 --> 00:35:00,530
The introduction of the Saint 
into. 

633
00:35:00,930 --> 00:35:05,940
The visible church. 
Through public profession of 

634
00:35:05,940 --> 00:35:08,900
Christ, We do this through 
baptism. 

635
00:35:11,220 --> 00:35:14,940
I say this boldly An unbaptized 
individual cannot be a member of

636
00:35:14,940 --> 00:35:16,620
the local visible church. 
Why? 

637
00:35:16,620 --> 00:35:19,220
Because we have no idea if 
they're truly saved. 

638
00:35:19,300 --> 00:35:23,740
You ever seen anyone get saved? 
No, you haven't. 

639
00:35:25,260 --> 00:35:29,140
You seen people come forward. 
You never seen anyone saved. 

640
00:35:29,140 --> 00:35:30,180
Why? 
Because it's a transaction that 

641
00:35:30,180 --> 00:35:31,980
you can't see. 
In fact, John Chapter 3, Jesus 

642
00:35:31,980 --> 00:35:33,900
made this very clear. 
It's like the wind. 

643
00:35:34,060 --> 00:35:36,740
When when one is born of the 
Spirit, the wind comes in. 

644
00:35:36,740 --> 00:35:39,580
You don't see the wind. 
You see what the wind does or 

645
00:35:39,580 --> 00:35:42,540
what the wind causes. 
The first thing that the wind 

646
00:35:42,540 --> 00:35:44,780
ought to cause in the true 
disciple of Christ, it ought to 

647
00:35:44,780 --> 00:35:47,660
cause them to publicly profess 
Christ in baptism. 

648
00:35:47,660 --> 00:35:48,420
Why? 
Because that's what they're 

649
00:35:48,420 --> 00:35:52,220
commanded to do, that first act 
of obedience through that public

650
00:35:52,220 --> 00:35:57,260
profession known as baptism. 
It is in that ordinance. 

651
00:35:59,100 --> 00:36:02,780
That person is saying I'm no 
longer of the world, I'm of the 

652
00:36:02,780 --> 00:36:04,620
blood bought Church of Jesus 
Christ. 

653
00:36:04,620 --> 00:36:08,100
I have left the world and I am 
now in the church. 

654
00:36:09,260 --> 00:36:11,820
They're offering themselves to 
be held accountable, to be 

655
00:36:11,860 --> 00:36:15,300
loved, to be encouraged, to be 
admonished, to be exhorted, to 

656
00:36:16,180 --> 00:36:20,420
be reproved by the church. 
It is in baptism that we 

657
00:36:20,420 --> 00:36:23,100
recognize that, because that is 
the only way that we can see if 

658
00:36:23,100 --> 00:36:25,500
a person was saved, they say to 
the world. 

659
00:36:25,950 --> 00:36:29,430
As we ask them, and they will be
asking a moment, you announce 

660
00:36:29,430 --> 00:36:31,270
sin and Satan, and they say yes,
they've turned, they've 

661
00:36:31,270 --> 00:36:32,470
repented. 
Who is Jesus Christ? 

662
00:36:32,470 --> 00:36:36,750
He's my Lord and Savior. 
It is a visible recognition of 

663
00:36:36,750 --> 00:36:39,950
an invisible thing. 
Your positional baptism is 

664
00:36:40,030 --> 00:36:44,790
invisible. 
Water baptism is visible. 

665
00:36:45,430 --> 00:36:47,590
And so we see not only is it an 
introduction of the Saint into 

666
00:36:47,590 --> 00:36:50,670
the visible church, it's an 
invisible reality expressed. 

667
00:36:51,070 --> 00:36:56,590
Water baptism is expressing the 
reality of positional baptism 

668
00:36:56,790 --> 00:37:00,110
that we have in Christ. 
We have been immersed in Christ,

669
00:37:00,230 --> 00:37:00,950
right? 
That word. 

670
00:37:00,950 --> 00:37:03,150
Baptizo in the Greek, That's 
what it means. 

671
00:37:03,390 --> 00:37:07,070
Immersed. 
We have been immersed in Christ 

672
00:37:07,070 --> 00:37:08,990
through his death is burial in 
resurrection. 

673
00:37:10,550 --> 00:37:13,390
That is why when we baptize 
people, we don't sprinkle them. 

674
00:37:13,390 --> 00:37:15,750
They've not been sprinkled into 
Christ positionally. 

675
00:37:15,750 --> 00:37:17,790
They have been immersed into 
Christ. 

676
00:37:19,590 --> 00:37:23,710
And so we immersed them. 
As a symbol of that recognizing 

677
00:37:23,710 --> 00:37:26,510
the death of the burial and the 
resurrection of Christ, and that

678
00:37:26,510 --> 00:37:30,430
belief in that being applied to 
that person who is professing 

679
00:37:30,430 --> 00:37:35,990
Christ publicly, it simply 
expresses this that we died with

680
00:37:35,990 --> 00:37:39,470
Christ, we were buried with 
Christ, and we've been raised to

681
00:37:39,470 --> 00:37:43,470
new life with Christ. 
In fact, Romans chapter 6 verse 

682
00:37:43,470 --> 00:37:45,990
three says this. 
Or do you not know that all of 

683
00:37:45,990 --> 00:37:48,830
us who were baptized into Christ
Jesus were baptized into his 

684
00:37:48,830 --> 00:37:50,980
death? 
We were therefore buried with 

685
00:37:50,980 --> 00:37:54,140
him through baptism into death, 
in order that just as Christ was

686
00:37:54,140 --> 00:37:57,140
raised from the dead through the
glory of the Father, we too may 

687
00:37:57,140 --> 00:38:02,300
live a new life. 
Our baptism is identifying with 

688
00:38:02,300 --> 00:38:03,740
Christ. 
If we're going to follow Christ 

689
00:38:03,740 --> 00:38:06,100
in the assignment of making 
disciples, we will encourage 

690
00:38:06,100 --> 00:38:09,620
those who profess Christ to 
publicly profess Him in baptism,

691
00:38:10,580 --> 00:38:15,860
where that invisible reality is 
expressed in a visible way. 

692
00:38:16,830 --> 00:38:19,430
Let me be very clear on this 
before we move on from this 

693
00:38:19,430 --> 00:38:21,990
topic. 
We are not regenerated due to 

694
00:38:21,990 --> 00:38:26,550
baptism. 
We are baptized due to 

695
00:38:26,550 --> 00:38:29,430
regeneration. 
Because we have been 

696
00:38:29,430 --> 00:38:33,270
regenerated, we now have a new 
hunger and a new thirst in us to

697
00:38:33,270 --> 00:38:35,790
be obedient to Christ. 
And the first thing that Christ 

698
00:38:35,790 --> 00:38:43,350
commands is to be baptized. 
So the ritual of baptism is not 

699
00:38:43,350 --> 00:38:47,540
a work that saves you. 
That's very clear. 

700
00:38:47,540 --> 00:38:50,620
Throughout all of the New 
Testament, we are saved by grace

701
00:38:50,620 --> 00:38:53,940
alone, through faith alone, in 
Christ alone, and not in any 

702
00:38:53,940 --> 00:38:59,540
work that we could ever do or 
that anyone could do for us and 

703
00:38:59,540 --> 00:39:01,420
so to. 
Reconcile the arguments that 

704
00:39:01,420 --> 00:39:04,780
have taken place throughout the 
ages about this particular 

705
00:39:04,860 --> 00:39:09,220
subject. 
It is because we have been saved

706
00:39:09,220 --> 00:39:11,940
that we follow the Lord in 
believers baptism. 

707
00:39:11,940 --> 00:39:15,420
We don't follow the Lord in 
baptism so that we can be saved.

708
00:39:17,540 --> 00:39:22,700
But I have a hard time believing
that a true convert will not 

709
00:39:22,700 --> 00:39:25,940
publicly profess Christ in 
baptism, right? 

710
00:39:25,940 --> 00:39:27,420
Wouldn't there be a spiritual 
problem? 

711
00:39:27,420 --> 00:39:29,140
They're still existing. 
If someone said yes, I know 

712
00:39:29,260 --> 00:39:30,740
Jesus died for me. 
I know that he was buried for 

713
00:39:30,740 --> 00:39:31,780
me. 
I know that he rose again for 

714
00:39:31,780 --> 00:39:33,060
me. 
But I don't want to let everyone

715
00:39:33,060 --> 00:39:36,420
else know that we got a problem 
there, don't we? 

716
00:39:36,790 --> 00:39:38,390
And here's the problem. 
The problem is the teachings of 

717
00:39:38,390 --> 00:39:39,550
Christ. 
When we go back to the teachings

718
00:39:39,550 --> 00:39:41,910
of Christ, we find a problem 
with that. 

719
00:39:41,910 --> 00:39:43,550
What did Jesus teach? 
You said, if you're ashamed of 

720
00:39:43,550 --> 00:39:46,750
me on this earth, I'll be 
ashamed of you before my Father 

721
00:39:46,750 --> 00:39:48,350
who is in heaven. 
You can't rewrite that. 

722
00:39:48,350 --> 00:39:49,750
You can't make that say anything
else. 

723
00:39:49,870 --> 00:39:51,350
That is exactly what Christ 
says. 

724
00:39:51,510 --> 00:39:54,310
And when we enter into the 
baptismal pool and we are 

725
00:39:54,310 --> 00:39:56,510
identifying with the death, the 
burial, the resurrection of 

726
00:39:56,550 --> 00:40:00,910
Jesus Christ, we are saying that
we are different because of 

727
00:40:00,910 --> 00:40:03,350
Christ. 
And we are not ashamed of that. 

728
00:40:03,510 --> 00:40:06,270
And we are publicly professing 
that and obedience to what? 

729
00:40:06,270 --> 00:40:08,190
The Lord. 
Has commanded he has saved us 

730
00:40:08,390 --> 00:40:11,430
and we are identifying with 
Christ. 

731
00:40:11,910 --> 00:40:14,430
It's invisible reality expressed
in a visible way. 

732
00:40:14,870 --> 00:40:17,670
It's also an identifying mark 
distinguishing the believer. 

733
00:40:18,470 --> 00:40:20,310
An identifying mark 
distinguishing the believer from

734
00:40:20,310 --> 00:40:24,990
what, but from many things. 
Just as circumcision was an 

735
00:40:24,990 --> 00:40:29,150
identifying mark under the old 
Covenant to Israel, right? 

736
00:40:29,150 --> 00:40:33,830
Remember Abram? 
He was commanded, circumcised 

737
00:40:33,830 --> 00:40:36,950
his children. 
The generations followed after 

738
00:40:36,950 --> 00:40:40,270
with that why it was to set them
apart, to distinguish them from 

739
00:40:40,270 --> 00:40:44,870
the rest of the Pagan world. 
And just as that sign of 

740
00:40:44,870 --> 00:40:49,390
circumcision was an outward 
expression of a God-given 

741
00:40:49,390 --> 00:40:51,750
covenant, baptism is the same 
thing. 

742
00:40:51,750 --> 00:40:54,110
It is that outward expression of
an invisible. 

743
00:40:54,110 --> 00:40:58,150
God-given covenant through the 
work of Jesus Christ. 

744
00:40:58,790 --> 00:41:01,640
Baptism distinguishes you. 
Please know that if you're a 

745
00:41:01,840 --> 00:41:04,200
socalled believer here today, 
and you haven't been 

746
00:41:04,200 --> 00:41:07,440
distinguished through a public 
profession through baptism, you 

747
00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:10,400
need to be distinguished. 
You can't figure out why the 

748
00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:13,000
world doesn't think there's any 
difference between you and them.

749
00:41:13,440 --> 00:41:15,320
You've not been distinguished 
yet. 

750
00:41:16,080 --> 00:41:19,440
Be obedient to Christ. 
Today be distinguished, said 

751
00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:23,440
identifying Mark. 
Or you going together in public 

752
00:41:23,440 --> 00:41:26,840
with the assembly of the Saints,
and you openly say this. 

753
00:41:26,840 --> 00:41:28,480
I am now a new creation in 
Christ. 

754
00:41:28,480 --> 00:41:31,960
Hold me to that. 
I am identifying with Christ, 

755
00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:35,120
make sure that I look like that,
and I live like that. 

756
00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:41,480
It's a distinguishing mark 
distinguishes the believer from 

757
00:41:41,480 --> 00:41:45,360
the unbeliever, the Pagan from 
the Christian, the world from 

758
00:41:45,360 --> 00:41:50,520
the Church. 
The Sinner from the Saint is 

759
00:41:50,520 --> 00:41:54,000
baptism that distinguishes us. 
It identifies us as being 

760
00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:57,280
cleansed not by the water of 
baptism. 

761
00:41:58,100 --> 00:42:03,060
This Carrie Underwood and error 
sang about baptismal 

762
00:42:03,060 --> 00:42:06,620
regeneration is the heresy. 
It has been for hundreds upon 

763
00:42:06,620 --> 00:42:10,940
hundreds of years. 
It's not the water that cleanses

764
00:42:10,940 --> 00:42:12,660
you. 
Go read the rest of scripture. 

765
00:42:12,660 --> 00:42:14,620
It is the blood of Jesus Christ 
that cleanses you. 

766
00:42:14,740 --> 00:42:17,500
It is the water that symbolizes 
that cleansing. 

767
00:42:17,500 --> 00:42:21,260
Where would we be without the 
blood of Jesus? 

768
00:42:23,010 --> 00:42:25,050
That baptism identifies that we 
have been cleansed through the 

769
00:42:25,050 --> 00:42:27,530
washing of the water, through 
the Word, through the sacrifice 

770
00:42:27,530 --> 00:42:31,890
of Jesus Christ, through faith 
and acceptance of the truth of 

771
00:42:31,890 --> 00:42:36,930
the gospel. 
X-238-A verse that's many times 

772
00:42:36,930 --> 00:42:41,250
taken out of context and become 
the topic of much controversy, 

773
00:42:41,250 --> 00:42:42,850
even in the Church, which it 
shouldn't be. 

774
00:42:43,050 --> 00:42:45,770
It's beautifully laid out. 
This is, Peter replied. 

775
00:42:45,770 --> 00:42:49,250
Repent and be baptized. 
I love the order of that repent.

776
00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:53,000
Depend is that turning from sin 
and self and turning to Christ. 

777
00:42:53,680 --> 00:42:57,440
It says and be baptized every 
one of you in the name of Jesus 

778
00:42:57,440 --> 00:42:59,800
Christ. 
Now these people who jump into 

779
00:42:59,800 --> 00:43:02,520
this baptized in Jesus Christ 
name, they don't understand 

780
00:43:02,520 --> 00:43:06,120
unity among the Trinity. 
They say see there it says Jesus

781
00:43:06,120 --> 00:43:06,960
Christ. 
Well see there. 

782
00:43:06,960 --> 00:43:10,080
Matthew 28 says Father, Son, 
Holy Spirit, what's going on 

783
00:43:10,080 --> 00:43:11,760
here? 
When Jesus speaks, the Father 

784
00:43:11,760 --> 00:43:13,200
speaks. 
When the Father speaks Jesus 

785
00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:14,600
speaks. 
When the Spirit speaks, they all

786
00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:20,200
three speak as one everyone of 
you in the name of Jesus Christ 

787
00:43:20,200 --> 00:43:23,480
for the forgiveness of your sins
and you will be, will receive 

788
00:43:23,480 --> 00:43:25,800
the gift of the Holy Spirit. 
I've heard people many times 

789
00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:29,480
take this and say, see, you're 
baptized for the forgiveness of 

790
00:43:29,480 --> 00:43:31,000
sin. 
Yeah. 

791
00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:34,360
And what you reveal there is 
that you don't really understand

792
00:43:34,720 --> 00:43:37,520
the original language and you 
don't really even understand 

793
00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:40,600
English. 
What he's saying here is this. 

794
00:43:40,600 --> 00:43:42,980
Pay attention. 
Very closely, he says be 

795
00:43:42,980 --> 00:43:45,180
baptized everyone, repent, and 
be baptized everyone of you in 

796
00:43:45,180 --> 00:43:50,900
the name of Jesus Christ for the
forgiveness of your sins. 

797
00:43:51,180 --> 00:43:55,940
Now if we were to take that and 
we were to say okay for the 

798
00:43:55,940 --> 00:43:58,540
forgiveness of sins, I have to 
be baptized so that I can be 

799
00:43:58,540 --> 00:44:00,940
forgiven. 
There are many people in 

800
00:44:00,940 --> 00:44:05,060
Scripture who are in deep, deep 
trouble, aren't they? 

801
00:44:06,580 --> 00:44:10,080
Yes, Steve on the cross being 
one of them, and I know well, 

802
00:44:10,080 --> 00:44:11,720
that's an exception. 
There are no exceptions. 

803
00:44:11,720 --> 00:44:14,640
God doesn't make exceptions. 
There's a hole in your theology 

804
00:44:14,640 --> 00:44:18,680
there. 
Oh, here's what happens here. 

805
00:44:20,040 --> 00:44:21,800
He's saying this, if you will 
pay close attention. 

806
00:44:21,800 --> 00:44:27,160
He's saying to be baptized 
because of the forgiveness of 

807
00:44:27,160 --> 00:44:28,680
sins. 
Remember what happened first. 

808
00:44:28,680 --> 00:44:31,120
Repentance and faith. 
And in faith and repentance, 

809
00:44:31,120 --> 00:44:36,500
you're forgiven of all your sins
and because of that be baptized.

810
00:44:36,500 --> 00:44:40,180
Now, because you have been 
forgiven, show the world, Show 

811
00:44:40,180 --> 00:44:43,380
the Church publicly that you've 
been washed through the blood of

812
00:44:43,500 --> 00:44:45,660
Jesus Christ, that you are 
forgiven. 

813
00:44:45,660 --> 00:44:49,660
We are baptized because of the 
forgiveness of sin. 

814
00:44:49,860 --> 00:44:51,420
You say, well, why would they 
use for? 

815
00:44:51,580 --> 00:44:52,780
Well, think about this for a 
moment. 

816
00:44:53,580 --> 00:44:56,780
I'm married to Brandy. 
I'm married to Brandy. 

817
00:44:56,780 --> 00:44:59,020
For I love her. 
Oh, you would think there was 

818
00:44:59,020 --> 00:45:01,970
nothing wrong with that if I 
didn't use the word, because you

819
00:45:01,970 --> 00:45:04,690
would understand very quickly 
that the reason that I devoted 

820
00:45:04,690 --> 00:45:07,650
myself to her was because I 
love. 

821
00:45:07,850 --> 00:45:17,250
Her For I love her be baptized. 
For because of the forgiveness 

822
00:45:17,250 --> 00:45:19,530
of sin. 
Now when we interpret it 

823
00:45:19,530 --> 00:45:23,210
correctly, then everything else 
in all of Scripture lines up. 

824
00:45:23,330 --> 00:45:26,050
It is now grace alone through 
faith alone in Christ alone, and

825
00:45:26,050 --> 00:45:28,810
not works that we do or that 
others do for us. 

826
00:45:32,230 --> 00:45:36,270
So we see that baptism is very 
important to making disciples. 

827
00:45:36,270 --> 00:45:37,390
Why? 
It's their first act of 

828
00:45:37,390 --> 00:45:38,750
obedience. 
The true church will point to 

829
00:45:38,750 --> 00:45:43,390
those who have been saved to 
identify with Christ publicly. 

830
00:45:43,390 --> 00:45:45,870
Why? 
So that the invisible becomes 

831
00:45:45,870 --> 00:45:49,230
visible, so that all will see in
just a moment some are going to 

832
00:45:49,230 --> 00:45:51,150
be baptized. 
What they are saying is this and

833
00:45:51,150 --> 00:45:53,910
this has been explained to them.
They're saying I'm a new 

834
00:45:53,910 --> 00:45:58,310
creation in Christ Church. 
I publicly profess in Christ, as

835
00:45:58,310 --> 00:46:03,230
many of you have, and I need you
to hold me accountable. 

836
00:46:03,230 --> 00:46:04,990
I need you to lift me up in 
prayer. 

837
00:46:04,990 --> 00:46:09,270
I need you to be my family and 
my support on this earth as we 

838
00:46:09,270 --> 00:46:12,790
walk through darkness together, 
shining the light of Jesus 

839
00:46:12,790 --> 00:46:14,270
Christ. 
That's what baptism is. 

840
00:46:14,270 --> 00:46:16,790
It's important that in making 
disciples we point people to 

841
00:46:16,790 --> 00:46:18,750
baptism. 
And then he goes on and he says,

842
00:46:18,750 --> 00:46:25,150
this verse 20 He says, and 
teaching them to obey everything

843
00:46:25,430 --> 00:46:28,810
I have commanded you, and 
teaching them to obey everything

844
00:46:28,930 --> 00:46:32,130
I have commanded you. 
He tells his disciples, if 

845
00:46:32,130 --> 00:46:35,330
you're going to make disciples, 
you got to teach them right. 

846
00:46:35,530 --> 00:46:37,850
And this discipleship doesn't 
happen by proxy. 

847
00:46:38,410 --> 00:46:40,370
Discipleship doesn't happen by 
osmosis. 

848
00:46:40,370 --> 00:46:42,970
You can't just take your Bible 
and go lay your head on your 

849
00:46:42,970 --> 00:46:44,970
Bible at night while you sleep, 
and it's going to be somehow 

850
00:46:44,970 --> 00:46:49,530
transferred into your mind. 
So if we're going to follow the 

851
00:46:49,530 --> 00:46:53,250
Lord's assignment in making 
disciples, He includes teaching 

852
00:46:53,410 --> 00:46:55,840
them, teaching them. 
How do we teach them? 

853
00:46:55,840 --> 00:47:01,200
Through scriptural exposition, 
Expository teaching, strengthens

854
00:47:01,200 --> 00:47:06,200
and matures. 
The Church doesn't make carnal 

855
00:47:06,200 --> 00:47:09,080
or worldly sense, I know that. 
It doesn't make sense how a man 

856
00:47:09,080 --> 00:47:12,560
can get up here and take the 
scriptures and and squeeze them 

857
00:47:12,560 --> 00:47:16,920
for everything that they have in
them and that go out into your 

858
00:47:16,920 --> 00:47:20,600
ears, into your mind, into your 
heart, and then be used by God 

859
00:47:20,600 --> 00:47:23,440
to transform you. 
It is supernatural. 

860
00:47:24,680 --> 00:47:26,760
That's God's intended way, 
wasn't it? 

861
00:47:26,800 --> 00:47:30,680
Jesus himself and John 1717 who 
said Lord sanctify them by 

862
00:47:30,680 --> 00:47:33,120
truth. 
Your word is truth. 

863
00:47:33,920 --> 00:47:35,280
What is the truth of the Word of
God? 

864
00:47:35,280 --> 00:47:38,360
When it is taught, when it is 
preached, it is the truth of the

865
00:47:38,360 --> 00:47:41,960
Word of God that begins to set 
you apart from the world. 

866
00:47:41,960 --> 00:47:44,840
It is that exposition of 
Scripture. 

867
00:47:45,920 --> 00:47:48,840
That's why Paul reminded Timothy
and Second Timothy chapter two. 

868
00:47:48,840 --> 00:47:53,080
He said do your best to present 
yourself good as one approved 

869
00:47:53,830 --> 00:47:56,470
presenting yourself to God. 
A Workman who does not need to 

870
00:47:56,470 --> 00:47:59,830
be ashamed and who correctly 
handles the word of truth. 

871
00:48:00,790 --> 00:48:02,390
One who correctly handles the 
word of truth. 

872
00:48:02,390 --> 00:48:05,590
You don't just pull something 
out of context to preach 

873
00:48:05,590 --> 00:48:07,990
whatever topical message you 
decide You want to preach that 

874
00:48:07,990 --> 00:48:10,160
Sunday. 
You know what you do. 

875
00:48:10,160 --> 00:48:13,160
You diligently study the 
scriptures and you exposit those

876
00:48:13,160 --> 00:48:16,400
truths. 
You take Matthew 28 versus 19 

877
00:48:16,400 --> 00:48:19,040
and 20, and you look at 
everything that's there for the 

878
00:48:19,040 --> 00:48:21,880
believer and knowing what their 
assignment is, and that 

879
00:48:21,880 --> 00:48:25,640
assignment is to make disciples.
How do you do that? 

880
00:48:25,640 --> 00:48:28,840
You teach, You teach. 
You teach the scripture verse by

881
00:48:28,840 --> 00:48:30,920
verse, word by word, line by 
line. 

882
00:48:32,480 --> 00:48:36,400
What a sad state the socalled 
church is in when this consumer 

883
00:48:36,400 --> 00:48:42,930
driven culture. 
Has exchanged the expositing of 

884
00:48:42,930 --> 00:48:48,170
scripture for entertaining the 
sinners in the socalled church. 

885
00:48:49,490 --> 00:48:52,290
Oh, I don't want to go to that 
church because all they do, I've

886
00:48:52,290 --> 00:49:00,610
heard it is teach the Bible. 
What do you expect them to do? 

887
00:49:02,010 --> 00:49:04,810
Well, I want to know how this 
affects my life. 

888
00:49:07,870 --> 00:49:09,150
And that you reveal your 
ignorance. 

889
00:49:10,710 --> 00:49:13,870
The life of the believer will be
affected tremendously through 

890
00:49:13,870 --> 00:49:16,430
the exposition of the word of 
God. 

891
00:49:17,110 --> 00:49:21,190
When you see these truths and 
these truths come alive, your 

892
00:49:21,190 --> 00:49:24,790
mind is renewed through those 
truths, and you leave your 

893
00:49:24,790 --> 00:49:28,950
humanistic, practical, worldly 
way of thinking, and you begin 

894
00:49:29,670 --> 00:49:32,470
to exercise the mind of Christ, 
which you've been given. 

895
00:49:34,670 --> 00:49:39,600
Oh, we need to in the church. 
I'm thankful that we're part of 

896
00:49:39,600 --> 00:49:44,240
the church who's committed to 
the exposition of scripture. 

897
00:49:45,000 --> 00:49:49,800
Everything that we do in our 
Bible studies, men's studies, 

898
00:49:50,480 --> 00:49:55,280
ladies studies, the pulpit, 
enriched Bible studies that are 

899
00:49:55,280 --> 00:49:57,800
going on right now. 
Your children, the ministries 

900
00:49:57,800 --> 00:49:59,560
that they're in, you know what 
your children are not getting 

901
00:49:59,560 --> 00:50:01,600
right now? 
Flashy lights and jumpy games. 

902
00:50:03,640 --> 00:50:06,400
They're having the scriptures 
talk to them. 

903
00:50:07,180 --> 00:50:09,900
In their proper context, in the 
proper way, as they are written 

904
00:50:09,900 --> 00:50:13,260
to whom they are written to 
exactly what they mean according

905
00:50:13,260 --> 00:50:17,100
to the word of God. 
And in that you're making 

906
00:50:17,140 --> 00:50:19,500
disciples. 
You're not making a bunch of 

907
00:50:19,500 --> 00:50:23,820
people who just want to jump 
around for Jesus a bunch of 

908
00:50:23,820 --> 00:50:25,780
hype. 
You know what happens to those 

909
00:50:25,780 --> 00:50:27,980
people that grow up and they 
become adults and they go into a

910
00:50:27,980 --> 00:50:29,620
church where? 
There's a expository preaching 

911
00:50:29,620 --> 00:50:30,860
and they say, well, it's kind of
boring. 

912
00:50:30,860 --> 00:50:33,340
I want to go back to the rock 
concert I used to go to when I 

913
00:50:33,340 --> 00:50:37,150
was in youth group. 
Well, you know what our students

914
00:50:37,150 --> 00:50:38,430
are going to do here? 
7th through 12th grade? 

915
00:50:38,430 --> 00:50:42,310
There's going to be a teacher, a
man who stands before them, who 

916
00:50:42,310 --> 00:50:46,670
exposes the word of truth week 
in and week out, verse by verse 

917
00:50:46,670 --> 00:50:49,870
by verse, teaching them what it 
means, how to apply it to their 

918
00:50:49,870 --> 00:50:53,110
lives. 
Scriptural exposition is very 

919
00:50:53,110 --> 00:50:55,310
important in teaching, but also 
sound doctrine and theology. 

920
00:50:55,310 --> 00:50:58,630
I'll move quickly, I promise 
Sound doctrine and theology, 

921
00:50:59,030 --> 00:51:03,870
Titus, 19, Paul tells Titus And 
his pastoral pistol, he says. 

922
00:51:04,400 --> 00:51:06,600
He must hold talking about the 
elder or the overseer of the 

923
00:51:06,600 --> 00:51:08,560
Bishop, he said. 
He must hold firmly to the 

924
00:51:08,560 --> 00:51:11,240
trustworthy message as it has 
been taught, so that he can 

925
00:51:11,240 --> 00:51:15,000
encourage others by watch this 
sound doctrine and refute those 

926
00:51:15,000 --> 00:51:17,440
who oppose it. 
And Titus, chapter 2, verse one.

927
00:51:17,720 --> 00:51:20,760
He says this again to Titus you 
must teach what is in accord 

928
00:51:20,760 --> 00:51:24,960
with sound doctrine. 
First Timothy chapter 4, verse 

929
00:51:24,960 --> 00:51:27,520
16, Another pastoral epistle 
riding to young Timothy. 

930
00:51:27,520 --> 00:51:30,000
He says watch your life and 
doctrine closely. 

931
00:51:30,680 --> 00:51:33,200
Persevere in them, because if 
you do, you will save both 

932
00:51:33,200 --> 00:51:38,000
yourself and your hearers. 
This is for all those people who

933
00:51:38,000 --> 00:51:41,000
refuse to be interested in 
doctrine and theology. 

934
00:51:42,480 --> 00:51:45,360
I just want Jesus. 
Why do we have to have doctrine 

935
00:51:45,360 --> 00:51:48,960
and theology? 
You can't separate Jesus and 

936
00:51:48,960 --> 00:51:52,840
theology. 
He is God, and the doctrines 

937
00:51:52,840 --> 00:51:57,480
that surround Christ are truth. 
That's why they are called sound

938
00:51:57,840 --> 00:52:01,030
doctrines. 
And in the two pastoral epistles

939
00:52:01,030 --> 00:52:04,070
that I have mentioned here 
today, Titus and First Timothy, 

940
00:52:04,710 --> 00:52:08,390
and both of those pastoral 
epistles, he encourages them to 

941
00:52:08,390 --> 00:52:12,270
dedicate and devote themselves 
to sound doctrine, sound 

942
00:52:12,430 --> 00:52:16,830
teaching, sound theology. 
Why is that important? 

943
00:52:17,430 --> 00:52:20,630
Weak theology makes weak 
disciples. 

944
00:52:21,950 --> 00:52:24,230
You want to be a weak disciple? 
Go to some place where they 

945
00:52:24,230 --> 00:52:26,950
water it down. 
It's not even milk. 

946
00:52:26,950 --> 00:52:28,950
It's water. 
Go there. 

947
00:52:30,030 --> 00:52:33,270
No produce weakness if they 
produce anything at all. 

948
00:52:34,270 --> 00:52:40,150
Learn sound doctrine. 
Be willing to endure sound 

949
00:52:40,270 --> 00:52:42,470
doctrine and theology. 
Why? 

950
00:52:42,870 --> 00:52:46,150
So that you can use it in making
other disciples. 

951
00:52:46,190 --> 00:52:47,590
I told you, this is our 
assignment. 

952
00:52:47,910 --> 00:52:49,950
Make disciples. 
And if in order to make 

953
00:52:49,950 --> 00:52:52,390
disciples we have to exposite 
description, we have to be 

954
00:52:52,390 --> 00:52:58,310
dedicated to sound doctrine and 
theology, not only that solid 

955
00:52:58,310 --> 00:53:03,740
application. 
Teach others how to apply what 

956
00:53:03,740 --> 00:53:09,060
they have learned. 
True biblical teaching always 

957
00:53:09,060 --> 00:53:13,140
leads to holy living. 
You can write that down. 

958
00:53:14,660 --> 00:53:16,860
True biblical teaching leads to 
holy living. 

959
00:53:16,860 --> 00:53:18,660
Why? 
Because a good teacher is not 

960
00:53:18,660 --> 00:53:21,100
only going to tell you what, 
they're going to tell you how. 

961
00:53:21,420 --> 00:53:24,300
Here's how you do this. 
This is what Jesus is doing here

962
00:53:24,300 --> 00:53:25,860
in this text. 
Make disciples. 

963
00:53:25,860 --> 00:53:28,540
Here's how you do it. 
Go as you're going. 

964
00:53:29,180 --> 00:53:32,820
Share the gospel, point them to 
follow the Lord in the public 

965
00:53:32,820 --> 00:53:36,860
profession known as baptism, and
then teach them everything I've 

966
00:53:36,860 --> 00:53:40,220
commanded you. 
Continue to exposit the truth. 

967
00:53:40,380 --> 00:53:45,420
That I have given you. 
Show them those things in that 

968
00:53:45,420 --> 00:53:51,700
you will make disciples. 
Solid application requires that 

969
00:53:51,700 --> 00:53:56,340
we live in consistency with what
we teach and what we preach. 

970
00:53:56,340 --> 00:54:00,700
That's why. 
New Testament is full of 

971
00:54:00,700 --> 00:54:06,060
instruction and warnings to 
those who would teach letting 

972
00:54:06,060 --> 00:54:08,860
them understand that you are 
going to be held to a higher 

973
00:54:09,140 --> 00:54:10,780
standard. 
It's important that you know 

974
00:54:10,780 --> 00:54:14,260
that and teaching you're held to
a higher standard. 

975
00:54:14,860 --> 00:54:16,980
You have to live a life that is 
above reproach. 

976
00:54:17,060 --> 00:54:19,420
Blameless. 
Why? 

977
00:54:19,940 --> 00:54:24,780
Because you are actively showing
others how you are to obediently

978
00:54:24,780 --> 00:54:26,940
live out the things that 
scripture. 

979
00:54:27,530 --> 00:54:30,450
Teaches First Timothy chapter 4,
verse 12. 

980
00:54:31,170 --> 00:54:34,290
He tells Timothy this Don't let 
anyone look down on you because 

981
00:54:34,290 --> 00:54:38,010
you are young, but set an 
example for the believers. 

982
00:54:38,210 --> 00:54:42,090
Watch what he says, what area in
speech, what you say, how you 

983
00:54:42,090 --> 00:54:49,210
say it in life, where you go, 
what you do in love, how you 

984
00:54:49,210 --> 00:54:55,330
love others, in faith, how you 
trust God, and in purity, 

985
00:54:55,490 --> 00:54:59,470
holiness. 
He tells Timothy, hey, devote 

986
00:54:59,470 --> 00:55:05,230
your life to being an example of
what you teach, good doctrine 

987
00:55:05,230 --> 00:55:07,990
and good theology if it's really
good doctrine and good theology 

988
00:55:07,990 --> 00:55:11,510
always results in holy living, 
because you will see God more 

989
00:55:11,510 --> 00:55:15,350
clearly and you'll see how holy 
he is and you cannot then stand 

990
00:55:15,430 --> 00:55:19,110
unholiness in your life. 
In fact, First Corinthians 

991
00:55:19,110 --> 00:55:22,030
Chapter 9, verse 27, The Apostle
Paul and using the analogy of 

992
00:55:22,030 --> 00:55:25,870
boxing, he says so he doesn't 
abuse his freedom that he's been

993
00:55:25,870 --> 00:55:28,480
given. 
By grace, your faith in Jesus 

994
00:55:28,480 --> 00:55:32,200
Christ, he says, I beat my own 
body into subjection. 

995
00:55:32,840 --> 00:55:36,200
I discipline myself to the point
that I am obedient. 

996
00:55:36,200 --> 00:55:38,280
Why? 
You know what his thinking was 

997
00:55:38,280 --> 00:55:41,600
So that I'm not disqualified. 
What did he mean by that? 

998
00:55:41,720 --> 00:55:44,920
So that when others look at me, 
they don't see that I practice 

999
00:55:45,160 --> 00:55:47,760
differently than what I preach. 
They don't look at me and say. 

1000
00:55:48,260 --> 00:55:50,020
Hey man, what a quack. 
What a hoax. 

1001
00:55:50,100 --> 00:55:53,100
He says one thing, but he lives 
another thing. 

1002
00:55:53,260 --> 00:55:55,260
You're going to be effective in 
disciple making. 

1003
00:55:55,260 --> 00:55:57,180
You have to give solid 
application. 

1004
00:55:57,180 --> 00:56:02,980
And you give solid application 
by living it, not just teaching 

1005
00:56:02,980 --> 00:56:05,180
or preaching it. 
In fact, parents, I want to give

1006
00:56:05,180 --> 00:56:09,620
you a freebie this morning. 
Don't tell your children how to 

1007
00:56:09,620 --> 00:56:13,100
live. 
If you're not willing to live 

1008
00:56:13,100 --> 00:56:16,870
that tell your children to live 
godly lives. 

1009
00:56:16,870 --> 00:56:19,670
If you're not willing to live a 
godly life, you're going to 

1010
00:56:19,670 --> 00:56:23,630
confuse them. 
If you're going to make 

1011
00:56:23,630 --> 00:56:26,430
disciples, show them the 
application. 

1012
00:56:26,430 --> 00:56:28,670
Here's what I taught you, and 
here's how we apply it in life. 

1013
00:56:28,670 --> 00:56:30,590
Sit them down. 
Walk them through it. 

1014
00:56:31,710 --> 00:56:34,270
This is Deuteronomy 6. 
When God gave the commands to 

1015
00:56:34,270 --> 00:56:39,510
Moses, he told them to teach the
people this, to impress them 

1016
00:56:39,950 --> 00:56:43,150
upon their children. 
That means to emboss them into 

1017
00:56:43,150 --> 00:56:46,190
their children. 
That comes with consistency, 

1018
00:56:46,190 --> 00:56:48,550
That comes with time, that comes
with effort. 

1019
00:56:49,070 --> 00:56:51,510
It's you being constant in your 
walk with Christ. 

1020
00:56:51,510 --> 00:56:53,390
Not not. 
We walk for cry with Christ for 

1021
00:56:53,390 --> 00:56:54,870
a season and we jump back in the
world. 

1022
00:56:55,030 --> 00:56:57,710
And then we get tired of the 
world and we walk for Christ for

1023
00:56:57,710 --> 00:57:00,070
a moment, with Christ for a 
moment and in the church. 

1024
00:57:00,070 --> 00:57:01,590
And then we jump back in the 
world again. 

1025
00:57:01,790 --> 00:57:04,470
There's no consistency there. 
You know what's going to happen 

1026
00:57:04,470 --> 00:57:06,430
to the next generation? 
They're not going to step into 

1027
00:57:06,430 --> 00:57:08,750
Christ at all. 
Why? 

1028
00:57:08,750 --> 00:57:11,230
Because you didn't tell them and
teach them the truth. 

1029
00:57:11,230 --> 00:57:14,960
By your life. 
True Church will be constantly 

1030
00:57:14,960 --> 00:57:16,600
teaching those who have been 
saved. 

1031
00:57:17,120 --> 00:57:19,400
They'll be teaching them the 
full counsel of the word of God,

1032
00:57:19,400 --> 00:57:22,960
that not only are we to learn 
and to know these truths and 

1033
00:57:22,960 --> 00:57:26,920
these principles, but we are to 
apply them actively in our daily

1034
00:57:26,920 --> 00:57:30,920
lives. 
Last thing you say, Last thing I

1035
00:57:30,920 --> 00:57:31,920
thought we were done. 
Yeah. 

1036
00:57:31,920 --> 00:57:33,960
This is the one that so many 
times we miss. 

1037
00:57:36,030 --> 00:57:38,110
He is therefore go and make 
disciples of all nations, 

1038
00:57:38,110 --> 00:57:40,150
baptizing them in the name of 
the Father and of the Son and of

1039
00:57:40,150 --> 00:57:42,710
the Holy Spirit, and teaching 
them to obey everything I have 

1040
00:57:42,710 --> 00:57:45,870
commanded you. 
Watch what Jesus says next, and 

1041
00:57:45,870 --> 00:57:53,190
surely I am with you always to 
the very end of the age. 

1042
00:57:53,430 --> 00:57:57,430
Surely I'm with you. 
Always to the very end of the 

1043
00:57:57,430 --> 00:57:59,230
age. 
What is Jesus teaching here? 

1044
00:57:59,230 --> 00:58:01,350
What is He showing us? 
He's showing us that in making 

1045
00:58:01,350 --> 00:58:07,160
disciples we must trust and 
teach others the trust in the 

1046
00:58:07,160 --> 00:58:12,880
promises of God. 
Surely I am with you always. 

1047
00:58:13,240 --> 00:58:16,360
We must first trust and to teach
others to trust in the promise 

1048
00:58:16,360 --> 00:58:18,040
and the presence of the Lord. 
Right. 

1049
00:58:18,040 --> 00:58:19,760
The Lord is just giving them 
this big task. 

1050
00:58:19,760 --> 00:58:22,160
What did he say? 
Carry on what I've started. 

1051
00:58:22,960 --> 00:58:25,760
Did they have big shoes to fill?
You bet. 

1052
00:58:26,800 --> 00:58:29,320
And he's saying carry on what 
I've started as you're going. 

1053
00:58:30,600 --> 00:58:33,950
Carry on when I've started. 
Remember when I was baptized And

1054
00:58:33,950 --> 00:58:36,190
there you witness my baptism 
right? 

1055
00:58:36,350 --> 00:58:37,550
The Spirit descending like a 
dove. 

1056
00:58:37,550 --> 00:58:39,870
The Father speaking from heaven.
This is my Son who I am well 

1057
00:58:39,870 --> 00:58:41,670
pleased. 
The three working in one accord.

1058
00:58:42,270 --> 00:58:44,310
Wow, that's Trinitarian, isn't 
it? 

1059
00:58:46,430 --> 00:58:49,030
He said. 
Baptize these disciples. 

1060
00:58:49,030 --> 00:58:51,510
Name the Father and Son and Holy
Spirit, letting them know that 

1061
00:58:51,510 --> 00:58:52,990
we're still working in one 
accord. 

1062
00:58:54,630 --> 00:58:56,830
And then teach them everything 
that I have commanded you. 

1063
00:58:56,830 --> 00:58:59,910
Continue to expose it the truths
from the Scriptures and teach 

1064
00:58:59,990 --> 00:59:04,460
them. 
But also remind them to trust in

1065
00:59:04,460 --> 00:59:08,220
my faithfulness. 
Jesus said, you have a big task 

1066
00:59:08,220 --> 00:59:11,380
ahead of you, heavy task, but 
I'm not leaving you by yourself.

1067
00:59:12,220 --> 00:59:18,300
I'm so thankful that in this 
life and what I do, what we do 

1068
00:59:18,300 --> 00:59:22,940
as believers and sharing the 
gospel, we are never alone, he 

1069
00:59:22,940 --> 00:59:23,740
says. 
I'm there with you. 

1070
00:59:25,210 --> 00:59:27,090
I must trust in that. 
I must teach others to trust in 

1071
00:59:27,090 --> 00:59:28,930
that right? 
The new believer who struggles 

1072
00:59:28,930 --> 00:59:30,290
for the first time as a new 
believer. 

1073
00:59:30,370 --> 00:59:31,690
I don't know what's happening. 
I was. 

1074
00:59:31,690 --> 00:59:33,170
I was saved. 
I was baptizing. 

1075
00:59:33,330 --> 00:59:34,690
It seems like nothing's getting 
better. 

1076
00:59:34,810 --> 00:59:37,610
He's there with you. 
He's going to carry you through 

1077
00:59:37,610 --> 00:59:39,370
this. 
He's never going to leave you. 

1078
00:59:39,370 --> 00:59:40,410
Who's never going to part from 
you. 

1079
00:59:40,410 --> 00:59:42,610
He's never going to forsake you.
Hasn't left you as an orphan. 

1080
00:59:43,890 --> 00:59:44,810
Trust. 
Keep trusting. 

1081
00:59:45,890 --> 00:59:51,170
He has not ever, and he will not
ever abandon any of his 

1082
00:59:51,170 --> 00:59:52,730
children. 
You want to make disciples? 

1083
00:59:52,730 --> 00:59:55,820
Teach people to trust in that. 
Trust in that young believer 

1084
00:59:56,100 --> 00:59:57,740
person who was just baptized 
last week. 

1085
00:59:57,740 --> 01:00:00,580
Trust in that God is with you 
when you go back to school 

1086
01:00:00,580 --> 01:00:02,740
students, because I know some of
you have just recently been 

1087
01:00:02,740 --> 01:00:04,740
baptized. 
Last week we baptized many. 

1088
01:00:05,580 --> 01:00:08,220
When you go back to school and 
things are dark and things are 

1089
01:00:08,220 --> 01:00:11,460
difficult, remember this trust 
in Christ. 

1090
01:00:11,460 --> 01:00:13,940
He's there with you. 
He's not abandoned you. 

1091
01:00:13,940 --> 01:00:19,660
He's walking the halls with you.
Trust in the promise of his 

1092
01:00:19,660 --> 01:00:21,420
presence. 
How is he always present? 

1093
01:00:22,470 --> 01:00:24,470
Well, it's a mystery that we 
can't even hardly wrap our brain

1094
01:00:24,470 --> 01:00:25,470
around. 
But He's present through the 

1095
01:00:25,470 --> 01:00:28,270
power of the Holy Spirit, living
in those of us who are truly 

1096
01:00:28,590 --> 01:00:31,230
believers. 
In fact, John chapter 14. 

1097
01:00:31,230 --> 01:00:34,870
When we were back in the Gospel 
of John, we learned this verse 

1098
01:00:34,870 --> 01:00:37,550
15 If you love me, you will obey
what I command, Jesus said, and 

1099
01:00:37,550 --> 01:00:39,950
I will ask the Father and he 
will give you another counselor.

1100
01:00:39,950 --> 01:00:42,350
He's talking about the Holy 
Spirit to be with you forever, 

1101
01:00:43,070 --> 01:00:45,590
the Spirit of Truth. 
The world cannot accept Him 

1102
01:00:45,590 --> 01:00:47,230
because it neither sees him nor 
knows Him. 

1103
01:00:47,510 --> 01:00:49,230
But you know Him, for He lives 
with you. 

1104
01:00:49,230 --> 01:00:54,210
Watch us and will be in you. 
I will not leave you as orphans.

1105
01:00:54,890 --> 01:00:58,130
I will come to you before long. 
The world will not see me 

1106
01:00:58,130 --> 01:01:00,610
anymore, but you will see me 
because I live. 

1107
01:01:00,610 --> 01:01:03,530
You also will live. 
On that day you will realize 

1108
01:01:03,530 --> 01:01:07,570
that I am in my father, and you 
are in me, and I am in you all 

1109
01:01:07,570 --> 01:01:11,770
working as one. 
There again, what is he saying 

1110
01:01:12,210 --> 01:01:14,930
in the near picture for them? 
He's saying I'm going to rise 

1111
01:01:14,930 --> 01:01:17,530
from the grave, but the bigger 
picture was this. 

1112
01:01:17,530 --> 01:01:22,170
He's going to indwell them 
through his Holy Spirit forever.

1113
01:01:23,050 --> 01:01:25,330
He's going to live in the true 
believer. 

1114
01:01:25,330 --> 01:01:29,010
In fact, Romans tells us that if
you're in Christ, the Spirit 

1115
01:01:29,010 --> 01:01:30,930
lives in you. 
The Spirit doesn't live in you. 

1116
01:01:30,930 --> 01:01:32,610
You're not in Christ. 
That's for all the people who 

1117
01:01:32,610 --> 01:01:34,690
want to try to say that the Holy
Spirit is second blessing. 

1118
01:01:35,250 --> 01:01:36,890
If you got the Holy Spirit, let 
me just help you out. 

1119
01:01:36,890 --> 01:01:40,610
You got saved, then you receive 
the Holy Spirit of salvation 

1120
01:01:40,610 --> 01:01:44,610
according to the word of God. 
We need to remind people of the 

1121
01:01:44,610 --> 01:01:46,730
power of the Holy Spirit. 
I know that's when those of us 

1122
01:01:46,730 --> 01:01:49,420
who believe what we believe 
theologically, we kind of get 

1123
01:01:49,420 --> 01:01:51,140
weird and go, oh, if we talk 
about the Holy Spirit too much, 

1124
01:01:51,140 --> 01:01:54,740
people are going to think we're 
charismatic and don't dare call 

1125
01:01:54,740 --> 01:01:56,420
him the Holy Ghost, because 
that's when things just get 

1126
01:01:56,420 --> 01:01:59,500
really weird. 
Scripture calls him both. 

1127
01:02:00,700 --> 01:02:02,740
We can't just forget about the 
power of the Holy Spirit that 

1128
01:02:02,740 --> 01:02:04,140
lives in us. 
We have to teach young 

1129
01:02:04,140 --> 01:02:06,740
believers, as we're making 
disciples, to trust in the power

1130
01:02:06,740 --> 01:02:08,540
of the Holy Spirit that indwells
them. 

1131
01:02:09,820 --> 01:02:12,660
He is the promise that counselor
that Jesus gives in John 14 

1132
01:02:12,660 --> 01:02:14,870
verse 26. 
But the Counselor, the Holy 

1133
01:02:14,870 --> 01:02:17,110
Spirit and the Father will send 
in my name, will teach you all 

1134
01:02:17,110 --> 01:02:19,150
things and remind you of 
everything I have said to you. 

1135
01:02:19,270 --> 01:02:23,190
He is that Counselor and that 
Teacher who lives and abides in 

1136
01:02:23,190 --> 01:02:24,710
us. 
Don't forsake the Holy Spirit 

1137
01:02:24,710 --> 01:02:26,430
just because you're afraid of 
being charismatic. 

1138
01:02:28,070 --> 01:02:29,870
Walk in the power of the Holy 
Spirit according to the word of 

1139
01:02:29,870 --> 01:02:31,190
God and you'll never be 
charismatic. 

1140
01:02:32,390 --> 01:02:34,070
You'll only be charismatic in 
the true sense of the Word, 

1141
01:02:34,070 --> 01:02:35,910
which means gifted. 
You operate in the gifts of the 

1142
01:02:35,910 --> 01:02:42,310
Spirit, bringing glory to God. 
The power of the Holy Spirit 

1143
01:02:43,030 --> 01:02:45,410
must be trusted. 
Going to make disciples. 

1144
01:02:45,410 --> 01:02:46,930
Teach people to trust in the 
power of the Holy Spirit. 

1145
01:02:46,930 --> 01:02:48,050
Why? 
Because they need to make more 

1146
01:02:48,050 --> 01:02:48,850
disciples. 
Don't think. 

1147
01:02:48,850 --> 01:02:50,930
Aren't you thankful that others 
have trusted in the power of the

1148
01:02:50,930 --> 01:02:53,130
Holy Spirit to make disciples 
throughout the ages? 

1149
01:02:54,410 --> 01:02:55,530
Right. 
Because Jesus said in Acts 

1150
01:02:55,530 --> 01:02:56,370
chapter one. 
What did he say? 

1151
01:02:56,370 --> 01:02:57,890
Verse eight. 
He said, But but you will 

1152
01:02:57,890 --> 01:02:59,530
receive power when the Holy 
Spirit comes on you. 

1153
01:02:59,530 --> 01:03:01,930
And you will be my witnesses in 
Jerusalem and in all Judea and 

1154
01:03:01,930 --> 01:03:03,130
Samaria into the ends of the 
earth. 

1155
01:03:03,250 --> 01:03:05,010
I am thankful that they were 
obedient to that. 

1156
01:03:07,130 --> 01:03:10,370
Because the apostles who have 
long been in the presence of God

1157
01:03:10,370 --> 01:03:15,230
in heaven, they are still making
disciples through their message.

1158
01:03:15,750 --> 01:03:19,910
Because they were obedient to 
Christ, both the Lord delay 

1159
01:03:19,910 --> 01:03:24,830
another 2000 years. 
May the people of key life 

1160
01:03:24,830 --> 01:03:27,550
fellowship still be making 
disciples 2000 years from now. 

1161
01:03:28,750 --> 01:03:31,790
How do we do that? 
Just as we've seen today. 

1162
01:03:32,430 --> 01:03:35,610
We go, we share the good news to
point others to obedience and 

1163
01:03:35,610 --> 01:03:37,530
identifying with Christ through 
public profession. 

1164
01:03:37,530 --> 01:03:39,690
We then teach them everything 
that the Lord has commanded. 

1165
01:03:39,690 --> 01:03:42,050
And then we continue to teach 
them by teaching them to trust, 

1166
01:03:42,290 --> 01:03:44,090
trust in the power of the Holy 
Spirit. 

1167
01:03:44,330 --> 01:03:46,850
This is the Holy Spirit who will
give you the power to be my 

1168
01:03:46,850 --> 01:03:48,610
witness. 
I've heard it time and time 

1169
01:03:48,610 --> 01:03:50,130
again that young. 
Believer who goes in an 

1170
01:03:50,130 --> 01:03:52,050
evangelism class to learn how to
show their faith that I just 

1171
01:03:52,050 --> 01:03:55,930
thought that I can talk to 
people and they go out on the 

1172
01:03:55,930 --> 01:03:59,530
streets. 
It's like this person has now 

1173
01:03:59,530 --> 01:04:01,850
been a. 
Totally possessed by the Apostle

1174
01:04:01,850 --> 01:04:03,250
Paul. 
They're they're shucking the 

1175
01:04:03,250 --> 01:04:06,530
corn and sharing the gospel, and
people are turning their hearts 

1176
01:04:06,530 --> 01:04:09,210
and faith to Jesus Christ. 
And you're going, what got into 

1177
01:04:09,210 --> 01:04:10,610
them? 
The power of the Holy Spirit. 

1178
01:04:10,610 --> 01:04:12,450
We taught them to trust in the 
power of the Holy Spirit. 

1179
01:04:12,610 --> 01:04:15,650
You're not going to have the 
words to say, but he's going to 

1180
01:04:15,650 --> 01:04:18,810
give you the words to say. 
Open your mouth and watch. 

1181
01:04:19,330 --> 01:04:23,530
Because whatever you shake when 
you open the lid, whatever's in 

1182
01:04:23,530 --> 01:04:26,590
there's coming out. 
When you open that lid, the 

1183
01:04:26,590 --> 01:04:29,430
gospel's going to come out. 
The truth of the scripture is 

1184
01:04:29,430 --> 01:04:31,990
going to come out and people are
going to be saved. 

1185
01:04:31,990 --> 01:04:33,950
Why? 
It's it's God's design and 

1186
01:04:33,950 --> 01:04:36,630
making disciples. 
He didn't mess up. 

1187
01:04:37,390 --> 01:04:39,950
It's a perfect design. 
Trust in it, Trust in the Holy 

1188
01:04:39,950 --> 01:04:41,190
Spirit and empowering you to do 
it. 

1189
01:04:42,310 --> 01:04:45,630
Not only that, when we look at 
the topic of trusting as part of

1190
01:04:45,630 --> 01:04:48,950
making disciples, we've seen the
promise and presence of the 

1191
01:04:48,950 --> 01:04:50,230
Lord. 
We must remind people of that to

1192
01:04:50,230 --> 01:04:51,550
trust in that. 
The power of the Holy Spirit. 

1193
01:04:51,550 --> 01:04:54,870
Trust in that. 
But also the preordained plan of

1194
01:04:54,870 --> 01:04:57,150
God. 
The preordained plan of God. 

1195
01:04:57,150 --> 01:04:58,310
Where do you get that in this 
text? 

1196
01:04:58,310 --> 01:04:59,710
Pay attention to what Jesus says
here. 

1197
01:05:01,510 --> 01:05:02,750
He goes on and he tells him 
this. 

1198
01:05:02,750 --> 01:05:05,510
He says that I'm with you 
always. 

1199
01:05:05,510 --> 01:05:12,310
And then he says this to the 
very end of the age. 

1200
01:05:13,390 --> 01:05:16,830
What was he talking about? 
He's talking about the end of 

1201
01:05:16,830 --> 01:05:18,670
the church age. 
Did you know this? 

1202
01:05:18,670 --> 01:05:21,470
Contrary to popular belief, 
Jesus is coming back. 

1203
01:05:22,810 --> 01:05:26,130
And he's letting his followers 
know this, that as you are 

1204
01:05:26,130 --> 01:05:31,490
waiting for my return, as you 
are waiting for his return, you 

1205
01:05:31,490 --> 01:05:33,970
have an assignment. 
That assignment is to make 

1206
01:05:33,970 --> 01:05:37,330
disciples. 
And in making disciples, we must

1207
01:05:37,490 --> 01:05:42,170
trust in the preordained plan of
God to the very end of the age 

1208
01:05:42,330 --> 01:05:47,170
that at one time in the future 
my prayers is in the near future

1209
01:05:47,900 --> 01:05:51,660
the consummation of all things 
surrounding the age of the 

1210
01:05:51,660 --> 01:05:56,220
church will end, and Christ will
return for His Bride. 

1211
01:05:57,460 --> 01:06:01,700
And what a glorious day that is 
going to be. 

1212
01:06:01,700 --> 01:06:04,860
We have to trust that. 
We have to teach others to trust

1213
01:06:04,860 --> 01:06:08,140
that. 
That this time on earth as the 

1214
01:06:08,140 --> 01:06:13,340
Church, is just a moment in the 
large redemptive plan of God. 

1215
01:06:14,300 --> 01:06:17,540
But the whole time that you were
here, as the church in this 

1216
01:06:17,540 --> 01:06:21,420
world, suffering as you may, 
struggling as you may, facing 

1217
01:06:21,420 --> 01:06:24,900
trials as you may, you have this
promise. 

1218
01:06:26,220 --> 01:06:28,020
And God's plan is bigger than 
all this. 

1219
01:06:29,380 --> 01:06:34,140
And the Christ is with you until
he comes to rescue you and your 

1220
01:06:34,140 --> 01:06:38,300
face to face with him for all 
eternity, wiping every tear from

1221
01:06:38,300 --> 01:06:42,700
your eye, taking every sorrow 
away from you, eliminating death

1222
01:06:43,590 --> 01:06:58,150
once and for all. 
I'm going through a difficult 

1223
01:06:58,230 --> 01:06:47,910
time. 
You must trust and teach others 

1224
01:06:47,910 --> 01:06:50,950
to trust in the preordained plan
of God. 

1225
01:06:52,270 --> 01:06:55,550
That's part of making disciples 
to teach them trust God. 

1226
01:06:56,550 --> 01:07:01,270
You don't. 
Keep trusting may be difficult, 

1227
01:07:01,270 --> 01:07:02,230
but you're not deserted. 
Oh. 

1228
01:07:02,670 --> 01:07:04,110
Isn't that what the Apostle Paul
said? 

1229
01:07:04,110 --> 01:07:09,310
We're perplexed, hard pressed, 
beat down, but never forsaken. 

1230
01:07:09,830 --> 01:07:12,990
Oh, what promise? 
Never forsaken. 

1231
01:07:12,990 --> 01:07:18,630
He's always there with us and he
will be with us in this entire 

1232
01:07:18,630 --> 01:07:22,830
age, known as the age of the 
Church. 

1233
01:07:23,750 --> 01:07:28,030
That is that span of time. 
We don't know what it is. 

1234
01:07:28,670 --> 01:07:30,430
So far. 
It's been roughly 2000 years 

1235
01:07:30,430 --> 01:07:32,590
from the ascension of Christ 
into the return of Christ, and 

1236
01:07:32,590 --> 01:07:36,740
we are in that in between time. 
And what are we doing that in 

1237
01:07:36,740 --> 01:07:37,580
between time? 
Right? 

1238
01:07:37,580 --> 01:07:39,340
When you turn on the news and 
everything's falling apart, 

1239
01:07:39,340 --> 01:07:40,140
rejoice. 
Why? 

1240
01:07:40,140 --> 01:07:41,860
Because Christ is with you, and 
he will always be with you, and 

1241
01:07:41,860 --> 01:07:44,140
he will return and he will 
rescue you just as he promised 

1242
01:07:45,180 --> 01:07:46,740
and make disciples point others 
to that. 

1243
01:07:46,740 --> 01:07:48,620
We don't even hear about the 
return of Christ being preached 

1244
01:07:48,620 --> 01:07:50,540
in the pulpits or taught in any 
classes anymore. 

1245
01:07:51,820 --> 01:07:53,100
We get to it. 
We all Let's just don't talk 

1246
01:07:53,100 --> 01:07:54,340
about this. 
It's kind of controversial. 

1247
01:07:54,340 --> 01:07:55,820
Is it really? 
Christ is coming back. 

1248
01:07:56,660 --> 01:08:00,060
I don't care what side of the 
eschatological calendar you lay 

1249
01:08:00,060 --> 01:08:03,620
on where you land. 
Christ is coming back. 

1250
01:08:03,700 --> 01:08:04,860
True believers will all agree on
that. 

1251
01:08:04,860 --> 01:08:06,060
At some point in time. 
He's coming back. 

1252
01:08:06,220 --> 01:08:08,660
Let's rejoice in the fact that 
when this age is over, Christ 

1253
01:08:08,660 --> 01:08:10,620
will return and point others to 
trust in that. 

1254
01:08:10,620 --> 01:08:12,180
You want to make disciples. 
Give them hope. 

1255
01:08:12,180 --> 01:08:14,940
Beyond this life. 
Who is the hope beyond this 

1256
01:08:14,940 --> 01:08:16,100
life? 
Christ and his return. 

1257
01:08:17,899 --> 01:08:19,500
We're making disciples. 
We'll be teaching people to 

1258
01:08:19,500 --> 01:08:21,100
trust in that. 
The preordained plan of God, 

1259
01:08:21,100 --> 01:08:23,220
that he's already worked 
everything out in accordance 

1260
01:08:23,220 --> 01:08:25,220
with his good, pleasing and 
perfect will. 

1261
01:08:26,819 --> 01:08:28,540
Why don't you grow when you hear
those things? 

1262
01:08:30,819 --> 01:08:34,220
I clip with this. 
This is a letter that I 

1263
01:08:34,220 --> 01:08:37,700
received. 
Don't even know who I received 

1264
01:08:37,700 --> 01:08:41,300
it from. 
Thankful for it sits on my desk 

1265
01:08:41,300 --> 01:08:46,140
every day to remind me stay the 
course and teaching the word of 

1266
01:08:46,140 --> 01:08:51,580
God and to making disciples. 
It says this dear Kurt, the Lord

1267
01:08:51,580 --> 01:08:54,060
has put you very heavy on my 
heart the last few days. 

1268
01:08:54,859 --> 01:08:57,779
I'm not sure why, but I'm sure 
there are no coincidences. 

1269
01:08:57,779 --> 01:09:01,540
Me too, When it comes to the 
sovereign hand of God. 

1270
01:09:02,040 --> 01:09:03,560
Think that's a growing, maturing
believer? 

1271
01:09:03,560 --> 01:09:05,760
You bet it is. 
They're no coincidence When it 

1272
01:09:05,760 --> 01:09:09,000
comes to the sovereign hand of 
God, I believe it has put you on

1273
01:09:09,000 --> 01:09:11,520
my heart so I may provide some 
encouragement to you. 

1274
01:09:12,120 --> 01:09:14,240
I've contemplated not writing 
this note to you. 

1275
01:09:14,680 --> 01:09:19,359
So glad that the Spirit won. 
But if I know the good I ought 

1276
01:09:19,359 --> 01:09:21,680
to do and do not do it, it is 
sin for me. 

1277
01:09:22,920 --> 01:09:24,640
Think that's a growing, maturing
believer? 

1278
01:09:25,720 --> 01:09:27,240
Disciple. 
Yeah. 

1279
01:09:27,240 --> 01:09:29,319
They understood. 
If I don't encourage you, the 

1280
01:09:29,319 --> 01:09:30,800
Spirit has prompted me to 
encourage you. 

1281
01:09:30,800 --> 01:09:34,250
I'm in sin, so I'd like to be 
obedient to the Lord and 

1282
01:09:34,250 --> 01:09:36,649
spurring you on as my pastor. 
Thank you so much. 

1283
01:09:39,130 --> 01:09:41,370
I'm not the slightest clue the 
amount of pressure you are under

1284
01:09:41,370 --> 01:09:43,689
week to week. 
I can only imagine the enemy's 

1285
01:09:43,689 --> 01:09:46,170
attempts at having a field day 
with you because of your 

1286
01:09:46,170 --> 01:09:50,010
faithfulness and declaring thus 
saith the Lord week in and week 

1287
01:09:50,010 --> 01:09:52,529
out. 
I will never in my life know the

1288
01:09:52,529 --> 01:09:55,530
weight of standing behind the 
pulpit, but I thank you for 

1289
01:09:55,530 --> 01:09:57,810
bearing that weight for this 
flock. 

1290
01:09:59,330 --> 01:10:02,420
As one of your sheep, I want to 
thank you for sticking your neck

1291
01:10:02,420 --> 01:10:04,700
out and saying what needs to be 
said. 

1292
01:10:05,460 --> 01:10:08,260
The pulpit should be the creator
of anxious hearts. 

1293
01:10:08,900 --> 01:10:12,220
I know I'm saved, but I would be
lying if I said I haven't left 

1294
01:10:12,220 --> 01:10:16,780
on a Sunday or many with a heavy
heart burden to look more like 

1295
01:10:16,780 --> 01:10:18,460
Christ. 
You think this is a growing, 

1296
01:10:18,460 --> 01:10:21,660
maturing believer wanting to 
look more like Christ? 

1297
01:10:22,620 --> 01:10:24,820
The word of God. 
You have been so bold and 

1298
01:10:24,820 --> 01:10:29,540
preaching cuts to my very soul. 
Mine too, and I thank you for 

1299
01:10:29,540 --> 01:10:34,460
your faithfulness, and that I 
know you don't preach for the 

1300
01:10:34,460 --> 01:10:39,620
applause of men for the Amen, 
but I thank you anyway for 

1301
01:10:39,620 --> 01:10:41,060
fearlessly preaching the word of
God. 

1302
01:10:42,060 --> 01:10:45,180
The Lord has definitely used you
to grow me in my walk with him, 

1303
01:10:45,660 --> 01:10:48,020
and I am thankful to God. 
He brought me to key life 

1304
01:10:48,020 --> 01:10:51,140
fellowship. 
My soul now craves the deeper 

1305
01:10:51,140 --> 01:10:54,660
truth of Scripture. 
When all the church growth 

1306
01:10:54,660 --> 01:10:57,460
experts tell you that in order 
to make disciples you you got to

1307
01:10:57,460 --> 01:10:59,700
get away from the Bible a little
bit, me let it be a little more 

1308
01:10:59,700 --> 01:11:02,310
entertaining. 
Let it be more appealing to 

1309
01:11:02,310 --> 01:11:05,310
their flesh. 
That's the world's tactics. 

1310
01:11:06,590 --> 01:11:10,230
This believer here is saying no.
Because of the dedication to 

1311
01:11:10,230 --> 01:11:13,310
preaching the truth of the Word 
of God, I've grown deeper in my 

1312
01:11:13,310 --> 01:11:17,030
walk. 
I don't want milk alone like I 

1313
01:11:17,030 --> 01:11:19,910
once did. 
I know there's absolutely 

1314
01:11:19,910 --> 01:11:23,950
nothing good within Kirk Hall. 
You're 100% right about that, 

1315
01:11:25,430 --> 01:11:28,150
but rather Christ in you. 
Yes, he's the only good in me. 

1316
01:11:29,880 --> 01:11:32,360
I can't help but be filled with 
a burning thankfulness to God 

1317
01:11:32,360 --> 01:11:35,120
and his goodness and using you 
for this king, his Kingdom. 

1318
01:11:35,680 --> 01:11:38,520
I know it is far from easy or 
glamorous, but please do not 

1319
01:11:38,520 --> 01:11:41,120
grow weary. 
Keep your spiritual fervor. 

1320
01:11:41,600 --> 01:11:43,640
Keep preaching Christ and him 
crucified. 

1321
01:11:43,640 --> 01:11:45,400
Keep calling sin out for what it
is. 

1322
01:11:45,800 --> 01:11:53,760
Us sheep need good shepherds 
like you to constantly point us 

1323
01:11:54,240 --> 01:11:58,080
to the Good Shepherd. 
You are in our prayers Solely 

1324
01:11:58,080 --> 01:12:02,420
Dale Gloria then. 
If you didn't think that this 

1325
01:12:02,420 --> 01:12:04,620
was a growing and maturing 
Christian, they then quote 

1326
01:12:04,620 --> 01:12:09,380
Spurgeon to prove it. 
They wrote at the bottom. 

1327
01:12:10,180 --> 01:12:14,060
Never was a man blamed in heaven
for preaching Christ too much, 

1328
01:12:14,700 --> 01:12:17,940
Ch Spurgeon. 
Don't say those things to 

1329
01:12:17,940 --> 01:12:20,300
highlight Kirk Hall, because 
Kirk Hall is not worth 

1330
01:12:20,300 --> 01:12:24,500
highlighting as this person 
already notated. 

1331
01:12:24,500 --> 01:12:25,900
Thank you so much, whoever you 
are. 

1332
01:12:28,660 --> 01:12:34,100
Say those things because we are 
a church who is faithful and 

1333
01:12:34,100 --> 01:12:37,460
making disciples who get it, you
say. 

1334
01:12:37,460 --> 01:12:39,900
Well, Kirk, if you're a church 
who's faithful and making 

1335
01:12:39,900 --> 01:12:41,620
disciples, you get it. 
Why are you preaching us this 

1336
01:12:41,620 --> 01:12:45,260
message? 
So that we don't forget, So that

1337
01:12:45,260 --> 01:12:49,300
we don't forget. 
We as humans are prone to forget

1338
01:12:49,820 --> 01:12:52,820
what brought us to where we are 
so quickly. 

1339
01:12:53,980 --> 01:13:00,040
May we be ever diligent, see the
assignment that Christ has given

1340
01:13:00,040 --> 01:13:06,760
us, and may be forever. 
Go make disciples, baptizing 

1341
01:13:06,760 --> 01:13:09,280
them in the name of the Father, 
the Son, and the Holy Spirit, 

1342
01:13:09,280 --> 01:13:13,560
and teaching them to obey 
everything that Christ has 

1343
01:13:13,560 --> 01:13:17,240
commanded us. 
While we trust He will never 

1344
01:13:17,240 --> 01:13:21,600
leave us and never forsake us 
until he returns to rescue us, 

1345
01:13:21,600 --> 01:13:24,440
let's pray together. 
Father, in the name of Jesus, we

1346
01:13:24,440 --> 01:13:28,480
thank you so much for your word 
because it is truth. 

1347
01:13:29,520 --> 01:13:32,320
And I pray for the soul who's 
here today who is not a disciple

1348
01:13:32,320 --> 01:13:33,920
of Christ. 
They have never surrendered 

1349
01:13:33,920 --> 01:13:37,720
their life to Christ. 
I pray today that they heard the

1350
01:13:37,720 --> 01:13:42,280
gospel as it was proclaimed in 
this message that Lord, you 

1351
01:13:42,280 --> 01:13:45,440
would draw them to receive 
Christ as Lord and Savior today,

1352
01:13:45,440 --> 01:13:48,720
saving them and washing them and
cleansing them and God. 

1353
01:13:48,720 --> 01:13:51,280
I pray for each believer here 
today that they would examine 

1354
01:13:51,280 --> 01:13:55,200
their life in light of this. 
They would simply ask that 

1355
01:13:55,200 --> 01:13:59,410
question. 
Am I obeying the assignment, the

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biblical assignment that Christ 
has left for the members of this

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church to accomplish? 
Am I making disciples? 

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But I pray that you convict 
hearts. 

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I pray that you break and that 
you mold, and that you humble. 

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Because I know in that the balm 
of Gilead Christ will then be 

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applied into their lives. 
That you will heal them. 

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That you will raise them up 
strong disciple makers for your 

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glory. 
That the next generation will 

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hear about Christ and will 
receive the gospel and the 

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teachings that you taught. 
As your Word is proclaimed, as 

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your Holy Spirit is trusted and 
your will be done, we give you 

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all the glory for it. 
In Jesus name, Amen. 

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Thank you for listening to the 
Key Life Fellowship Pulpit 

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Ministry Podcast. 
If you would like to talk with 

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one of our pastors, please 
e-mail us at 

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info@keylifefellowship.org or 
call us at 281-689-1604. 

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You can also visit our website 
at www.keylifefellowship.com. 

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We hope and pray you have a 
blessed week and remember you 

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are light. 
In the buildings.