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All right guys, well, hey, what 
we've last week we finished our 

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series of spiritual warfare. 
But I want to tell you guys that

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we are still in a war and we 
will be until Jesus comes back. 

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Amen. 
Right of the gate. 

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Here we go. 
So spiritual warfare series was 

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really helpful. 
But I, I want to, I want to 

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continue encourage you over and 
over and over again to be 

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vigilant to know what the enemy 
is doing. 

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I'll also be equipped in all 
those those those points that we

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have talked about, go back and 
review those because the enemy 

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just doesn't stop because we're 
we're we finished a spiritual 

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warfare series. 
So we're going to go back into 

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the Gospel of John, John Chapter
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So go ahead and turn there. 
And I wanted to share with you 

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guys a few stories before we get
started. 

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I think it would be helpful. 
Just this week. 

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It was cool in in our you guys, 
some of you guys already met in 

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your mission teams. 
So we have, we have 7 locations 

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this summer and the Japan team 
met, which was great. 

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And Jessica was just sharing, 
it's a small team, but she had 

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said that everyone went around, 
they shared their testimony. 

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They shared what God was doing 
in their life and what they're 

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hoping for, what they're 
believing for, for for Japan. 

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And a couple of people, Amanda 
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had just honored, they went 
around and shared their 

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testimony and they honored 
people so well. 

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They were again, that that that 
whole idea of like, man, the 40 

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days of encouragement continues.
It's just a powerful some 

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powerful stories came out of 
that just that little small 

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meeting throughout the week. 
And you guys don't know it 

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because that's why I'm here to 
share with you guys some of the 

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things that are happening. 
And Amanda, who's a part of our 

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church, she was honoring Jamie 
from just from the from college 

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tabling. 
We, we table couple times a week

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in the college ministry and we 
just hand out tracks, we hand 

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out information about our 
church. 

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And just so you know that and 
God uses that and he brings 

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people because of that. 
And she's still using the same 

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Bible that Jamie gave her. 
And this is a number of years 

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back. 
I don't know how where Jamie is 

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at, but I don't, I don't know 
how many years ago that was, how

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many years ago was that? 
Just come up with a number. 

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It's about 6 years ago. 
OK, great. 

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And then and then Danny was just
honoring Ainsley for bringing in

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from a some sort of jazz night. 
I didn't know like, OK, like you

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guys, Ainsley, you do jazz 
nights or still is that 

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something you still do? 
I don't know. 

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I don't know where Ainsley's at,
but sounds cool. 

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OK. 
And then and then you also think

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Mike Pabon for inviting the life
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step foot and a Sunday service. 
And so man, people, just you 

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guys are a part of someone's 
story. 

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Amen. 
And then also Sean was just 

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which is Amanda's husband was 
honoring Hunter for just driving

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him in the earlier days. 
Wife. 

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Sorry. 
Yeah. 

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Yeah. 
What? 

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Huh. 
You're not married yet? 

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Beyoncé. 
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the engagement class. 
They're married already. 

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This is they're not married. 
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I'm just kidding. 
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OK. 
OK. 

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Yeah. 
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OK. 
They're getting married in May, 

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so two months. 
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Lily Leestrom was just honoring 
Lily Lydia for inviting her from

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tabling again, another tabling 
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And just if you're a college 
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matters, you never know who's 
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part of the church and not only 
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leading the church. 
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Leestroms are are hosting a 
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I think we have shared that 
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She's here now. 
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just go and say hi to them and, 
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United States and welcomed her 
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And just so thankful that just 
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small little invitations, what 
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I mean, it just literally just 
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And I'm just honestly thankful 
for Jessica for going out of her

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way to, to live out that culture
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then subsequently share them 
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Because man, a lot of times 
you're discouraged, you're at 

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home, you're wondering, is God 
doing anything with me or is God

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doing anything in this church? 
And he is. 

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And that's just one tiny 2 hour 
meeting that happened this week 

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and that came out of that. 
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this week. 
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And I just said, Hey, how does 
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know, he's like, hey, I brought 
he's like, I was just like you. 

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I was just as you brought us on 
trips and everything. 

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I, I brought two guys with me, 
Felly and Anthony and those guys

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rocking an evangelism. 
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story. 
They were going out to lunch 11 

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afternoon and they went into I 
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something, but they, they were, 
they're the only ones in there 

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and they're like, we got to 
share the gospel. 

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This is our opportunity to share
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And so they just shared and this
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going to believe this, but 
somebody like you, you guys 

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shared with me months before and
gave me a Bible and I just 

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hadn't read the Bible, but now 
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And just as this reminder, this 
has got to be God. 

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This has to be God. 
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is this happening in Manhattan, 
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There's hungry people in New 
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And so just, you know, contrary 
to the news and everything else,

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I, one of the things that I love
about this story that I want to 

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just point out, and the reason 
why I'm telling you is that it's

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not an event they didn't go on 
an they, they weren't on a 

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mission trip. 
This is, this is out of their 

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lifestyle. 
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This is who we are. 
We just we, and I love that. 

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It's just, it's our culture. 
It's just, it's not, it's not 

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just planning mission trips and 
then sharing the gospel because 

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we have to. 
This is what we're doing. 

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We're on mission, but we're 
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We're always on mission. 
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next generation leading that 
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And just so thankful for you 
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I don't know where you fella and
Anthony are you guys, you guys 

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where where they at? 
All right there you go. 

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Where's Anthony at? 
OK, thank you, man, way to go. 

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Oh, kids, mystery awesome. 
Just these guys they serve and I

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want to I want to brag on them 
because just and and honor them 

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just because this is who they 
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And we're not like we're not 
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event driven church, but we're 
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It's a it's a lifestyle deal. 
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but it's something we do 
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we say, all right, Lord, give us
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hearts for the loss and give us 
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And so this in light of Awaken 
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about 150 people going this week
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Friday, Some are leaving on 
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Saturday. 
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want to do is continue to put 
before you guys that God's 

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called us to multiply. 
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disciples. 
And so John Chapter 9 speaks 

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about spiritual blindness, but 
it really is about a man sharing

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his testimony and sharing it 
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And the title of the message is 
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And so we're going to, we're 
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we go through this text 
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I'm just excited to get back in 
the Gospel of John. 

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There's something about getting 
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and letting Jesus speak and it, 
it, it breaks our hearts, right?

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I mean, he it it, it breaks down
the pride is, is the text speaks

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to us. 
And so we're just saying right 

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now, Jesus, would you would you 
open up our eyes? 

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Would you clear the 
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I pray that this would be one of
the best ones yet that we would 

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be transformed by the renewing 
of our mind by it says that 

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faith comes by hearing and 
hearing the words concerning 

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Jesus. 
All right, so let's let's start 

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off it's a 41 verses. 
So it's a little bit longer of a

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text, but it'll be good. 
All right, so as he passed by, 

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this is Jesus. 
Jesus saw a man blind from 

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birth, and his disciples asked 
him, Rabbi, who sinned this man 

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or his parents, that he would be
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And Jesus answered, it was 
neither that this man sin nor 

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his parents, but it was so that 
the works of God might be 

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displayed in him. 
We must work the works of him 

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who sent me. 
As long as it is day, night is 

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coming when no one can work. 
While I'm in the world, I'm the 

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light of the world. 
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He spat on the ground and make 
clay of the spittle and apply 

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the clay to his eyes and said to
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Siloam, which has translated 
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So he went away and washed and 
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Seeing therefore the neighbors 
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as a beggar were saying, is not 
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beg? 
Others were saying, this is he, 

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and still others were saying, 
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So they were saying to him, How 
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And he answered, The man who is 
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anointed my eyes, and said to 
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And so I went away and wash and 
I received sight. 

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They said to him, Where is he? 
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Then they brought him to the 
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formerly blind. 
And now it was Sabbath on the 

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day when Jesus made the clay and
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And then the Pharisees also were
asking him again how he received

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his sight. 
And he said to him, he applied 

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clay to my eyes and I washed. 
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Therefore some of the Pharisees 
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from God because he does not 
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But others are were saying, how 
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perform such signs? 
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them. 
So they said to the blind man 

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again, what do you see? 
What do you say about him? 

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Since he opened your eyes? 
And he said, He is a prophet. 

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And the Jews then did not 
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of him. 
And he said, or he and he had 

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been blind and had received 
sight, until they called the 

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parents of the very one who had 
received a sight and questioned 

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them, saying, Is this your son 
who you say was born blind? 

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Then how does he now see? 
His parents answered or answered

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them and said We know that this 
is our son and that he was born 

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blind, but how he now sees we do
not know, or who opened his eyes

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we do not know. 
Ask him. 

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He is of age. 
He will speak for himself. 

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It's just some humor in the 
Bible, right? 

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Yeah. 
His parents said this is because

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they were afraid of the Jews, 
for the Jews had already agreed 

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that if anyone confess Jesus to 
be the Christ, he was to be put 

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out of the synagogue. 
For this reason he is. 

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His parents said he is of age. 
Ask him for a second time. 

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They called the man who had been
born blind, and said to him, 

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Give glory to God. 
We know that this man is a 

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Sinner. 
He then answered, Whether he is 

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a Sinner I do not know. 
One thing I do know that though 

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I was blind, I now see. 
So they said to him, What did he

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do to you? 
How did you open up your eyes? 

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He answered them, I told you 
already, and you do not listen. 

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Why do you want to hear it 
again? 

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Do you not want to become his 
disciples too? 

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Do you? 
They raveled at him and said, 

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You are his disciple, but we are
His disciples of Moses. 

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We know that God has spoken to 
Moses, but As for this man, we 

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do not know where he is from. 
The man answered and said to 

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them, Well here's an amazing 
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he is from, and yet he opened up
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We know that God does not hear 
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fearing and does His will, He 
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Since the beginning of time it 
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open the eyes of a person born 
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And they answered him, You were 
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you're teaching us. 
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said, Do you believe in the Son 
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He answered, Who is he, Lord, 
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And Jesus said to him, You have 
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who is talking with you. 
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and he worship him. 
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came into the world so that 
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and those who see may become 
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Those are the fair. 
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with them, heard these things 
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blind too, are we? 
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blind, you would have no sin. 
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sin remains, it's good, right? 
All right, So hey, I got we're 

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going to we're going to go 
through these points. 

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I got 11 simple points. 
I know you guys like list. 

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I do this for you, OK, not for 
me. 

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So I want to go through this and
they're just, they're simple 

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prepositions that'll help you 
move through this passage. 

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So what I'm trying to do and try
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when you approach a text like 
this, I want you to learn how to

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study the word, OK, line by line
so that it does something to 

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you, it transforms you. 
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application because God doesn't 
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but live it. 
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So the first point is this never
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case. 
Never see people as a project or

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a case. 
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But see people as Jesus sees 
someone who is in need of a 

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savior. 
These guys were trying to do 

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this little theological debate. 
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this did this guy? 
Is he born blind because of sin?

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They're trying to figure it out 
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look, this is not a theological 
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Jesus is with his disciples and 
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theological debate. 
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He's blind and he needs to see. 
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people throughout, whether it's 
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wherever we go overseas, they're
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They're not a case. 
People get hurt by that. 

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I mean, I remember hearing 
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bit more of an extreme case, but
there are stories of like, you 

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know, people that, you know, 
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There may be a little bit more 
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people. 
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say, man, we're going to pursue 
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the shiny things. 
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The shiny things were like 
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in the sun or a wheelchair. 
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to look for people that are in 
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heal them. 
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than looking at them with a 
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Obviously, I don't think anybody
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saying we, these guys, they 
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that if somebody was born blind 
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their parents did or something 
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as a Jewish thought was that you
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So somehow like which sounds so 
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What do you think about it now? 
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but I don't think you can sin in
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your your kid. 
Is he is he is he sinning right 

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now? 
She's like kicking you out. 

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Wham kicking mom? 
You know, like no, so like, so 

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this is a ridiculous thought, 
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that they they when they saw 
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like, dude, that guy is a 
Sinner, not us, but that guy's a

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Sir. 
He did something to deserve 

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that. 
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through because the, the second,
the second point is don't assume

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that you have all the answers to
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And, and I want to just share 
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I'm going to help you see that 
there there are a couple, there 

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are a few causes of, of, of pain
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OK, It's just kind of press 
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But let's not look at people 
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Let's not look at people just 
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friend like frame of mind or 
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Like when you see somebody like 
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you like living under a rock, I 
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But if you're not living under a
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we are at war right now. 
Like we're in a war. 

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Everybody realize that. 
Does that concern anybody? 

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Probably not because you have 
all your stuff, you have 

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everything you need, but it's 
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The American mindset is like, 
it's only going to bother me. 

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And once it touches me, it's now
it's, it's bothering you a 

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little bit because you know, 
your gas is, your gas has gone 

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up a little bit. 
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your wallet just a bit. 
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really care. 
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running the other day, I have an
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He lives a few houses down. 
We don't talk often. 

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I don't really see him all that 
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But as I was running, I felt the
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and turn and go talk to him. 
And I was like, you know how you

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just argue with the Lord? 
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I got to get inside. 
I got all these things to do and

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whatever. 
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what, Lord, I just, whatever you
say, I'll just got to do it 

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right. 
So I, I turned around and he was

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outside. 
He was messing with his hose. 

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And I said, Hey, you know, with,
in light of the war and 

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everything going on, like, how 
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How's your family? 
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aren't our enemies and I just 
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We need to pray for them. 
We need to pray for their 

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salvation. 
We need to believe, we need 

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maybe if the window opens up 
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one day we'll be able to go to 
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I don't know. 
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to keep our hearts soft. 
And so as I asked him, he's 

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like, man, thank you for asking 
me about that. 

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Because I, you know, they shut 
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We can't talk to our family. 
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window. 
I could talk to my mom, my mom's

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I was there a couple years ago. 

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But man, I just, I, I'm, I'm 
torn because I'm excited because

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the bad guys are going down. 
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it's causing a lot of deaths 
and, and unsettling and it's 

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just, you can't go outside. 
Are you hearing there's bombs 

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and what not? 
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I was shocked. 
He's like, man, he he's like, I,

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you don't have to be concerned 
about me because I'm a third 

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generation Christian. 
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church is alive in Iran now if I
want to stop that one, I would 

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have never heard that. 
But also just people aren't 

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projects, right? 
They're not projects. 

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They're not a case. 
They're people. 

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They're people in need. 
You need to see people through 

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the lens of Jesus as he's 
looking at people, he has eyes 

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of compassion saying these are 
people distressed without a 

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shepherd. 
And I want and he was teaching 

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his disciples how to look at 
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It's a discipleship moment. 
It's a teachable moment. 

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Say, hey, hold on a minute, I 
know what you think about this 

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guy, but it's not what you 
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And we'll move on to the second 
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Don't assume we have all the 
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These guys, they just assume 
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sin or the parent said sin. 
And I want to just break this 

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down because I think this is 
helpful because we're all here 

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or, you know, people that are 
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to say that sometimes in the 
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few, sometimes sin is suffering 
is caused by a specific sin in 

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our life, not all the time. 
So Jesus understood that he 

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wasn't saying, he's saying in 
this case, in this case 

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specifically with, because you 
have to have the Holy Spirit 

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with you, right to understand, 
don't just assume things. 

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Don't just judge, make 
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In this case, it's not because 
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And we'll get to why that is. 
That's the Third Point. 

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But I want to show you that in 
Numbers 12, Miriam had leprosy. 

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Because of a direct consequence 
of sin, they rebelled against 

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Moses. 
She got leprosy. 

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You're like, whoa, that's not a 
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By the way, Jesus is not saying 
all the time when someone's born

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blind. 
That's not because of particular

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sin or someone has blindness, I 
should say, because I think it's

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important to know that there 
are, well, I'll just, I'll, 

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I'll, I'll just pause there for 
a second. 

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But the second one is John 5 at 
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The man was healed after 38 
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But do you remember what 
happened when Jesus found that 

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man a little later? 
What did he say? 

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He said don't continue in sin 
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you. 
So there is a direct correlation

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at times that perhaps, and this 
is a this is a moment right now.

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Listen, some moment when if you 
are going through something, it 

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is a moment to say, I don't 
think someone should just I 

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don't think in discipleship 
someone should say, hey, you 

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know, Christian Bravo is on 
crutches just recently and we're

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like Sinner. 
That's why now we all know he's 

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a Sinner. 
We all know that. 

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Everybody knows that. 
But but that's probably not 

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maybe maybe it is why? 
I don't know. 

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I don't know. 
But you should pause. 

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You should pause. 
You should pause and say, Lord, 

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what is it you want me to learn?
And how do you want to use this 

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suffering for your glory? 
Amen. 

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But I don't think we should just
go boom. 

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That's because of sin. 
You know it, I know it, You 

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know, don't do that. 
OK, So it'll I'm saving your 

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French. 
I'm saving you like, from a loss

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of friendships, you know, like 
wisdom. 

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OK, so First Corinthians 11/30, 
it says this, that when they 

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were taking communion in an 
unworthy way, some were sick and

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some fell asleep. 
Which means what? 

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Some died, right? 
Like when's the last time you 

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took communion and you took it 
in an unworthy matter, right? 

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And you found out that someone 
died because of that. 

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I mean, I suppose it could 
happen. 

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I don't know. 
I I mean, it did back then. 

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And then what about Ananias and 
Sapphira? 

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They lied to the Holy Spirit and
said they sold everything, but 

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yet they kept some for 
themselves, right. 

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And they let made it seem like 
every that like how look at how 

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generous Ananias and Sapphira, 
they're so generous, they're so 

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amazing, but yet they kept a lot
for themselves, or at least a 

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portion, and the Holy Spirit 
killed them. 

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So we do know that sin does have
consequences. 

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It does have consequences not 
only just in sickness, but also 

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in death. 
But here's here's the good news.

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James 5 says confess your sins 
to God because we know that when

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you do that, confess your sins 
to the Lord and confess your 

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sins to one another, you'll be 
healed. 

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And it's often known for they're
being healed of, of maybe from 

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God's discipline in their life, 
which he was 12 are you 

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following? 
So that's important to just 

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pause and say word, OK, what's 
going on? 

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Why am I in this situation? 
Just confess your sins to the 

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Lord, confess your sins to God. 
And this in this case, it was it

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wasn't because of his sin and it
wasn't because of his parents 

446
00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:15,200
sin. 
And then in Psalm 119, this is 

447
00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:16,520
one of my favorite verses. 
So good. 

448
00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:25,000
Before I was afflicted, I went 
away, but God afflicted me so 

449
00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:28,600
that I'll come back and that 
beautiful hurts. 

450
00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:31,960
But God is so loving, so 
gracious that he will sometimes 

451
00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:34,000
allow certain things that happen
in your life that are 

452
00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:37,040
uncomfortable because he's 
bringing you back to him. 

453
00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:39,960
Some of you're like, man, I just
want to feel close to God. 

454
00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:42,480
And then you wake up and your 
prayers being answered, your 

455
00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:45,600
prayers being answered through 
suffering because God's drawn 

456
00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:48,000
you back. 
So don't, don't be like, I don't

457
00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:50,440
want anything to do with that. 
I'm, I like this passage because

458
00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:53,240
Jesus is saying it's not because
of sin. 

459
00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:57,400
Sometimes it is OK. 
All right, so then kids do 

460
00:23:57,400 --> 00:23:59,360
suffer because of natural 
consequences. 

461
00:23:59,360 --> 00:24:02,240
We all know that, right? 
Kids do suffer because of 

462
00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:03,640
natural consequences of their 
parents. 

463
00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:07,920
Like for for most. 
Margie, are you smoking right 

464
00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:09,960
now? 
No, It's probably why she's 

465
00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:11,160
pregnant. 
She's not smoking. 

466
00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:13,720
It's probably wise if you're if 
you're not pregnant, don't go 

467
00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:15,840
back to smoking after pregnancy.
I'm just kidding. 

468
00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:18,680
She doesn't. 
She doesn't smoke. 

469
00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:20,320
No Fairmont. 
No Fairmont, No. 

470
00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:30,120
OK, so OK, so but also like if 
you're obviously if you if you 

471
00:24:30,120 --> 00:24:33,640
drink and you're pregnant, you 
know, your kids could have 

472
00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:37,760
issues or problems. 
We do know that kids do suffer 

473
00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:41,880
because of their parents sin. 
And also, I think that disciples

474
00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:47,080
probably got this thought from 
Exodus 34, right, that, you 

475
00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:51,560
know, the God will, will, will 
visit the, the generations of 

476
00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:55,240
those parents who are in sin. 
What that just means is that 

477
00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:58,760
there are natural consequences 
if your dad or your mom struggle

478
00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:00,840
with certain sin. 
And they're very open about that

479
00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:05,000
and they're struggling with the 
likelihood of a kid copying mom 

480
00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:08,800
and dad is high. 
That's that's what I'm saying. 

481
00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:13,280
But still, God could could 
redirect that and change that 

482
00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:15,680
when there's repentance. 
But this is what it says in 

483
00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:19,000
Second Chronicles 25 four. 
Everyone shall be put to death 

484
00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:21,880
for his own sin. 
It's kind of a wake up. 

485
00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:23,760
Good morning. 
There you go. 

486
00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:30,480
But it's that's actually, that's
a good thing, guys, because 

487
00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:33,960
we're everyone's responsible 
ultimately for their own sin. 

488
00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:37,400
Like, we can't blame mom and 
dad, we can't blame our 

489
00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:39,400
teachers. 
We can't blame our pastors. 

490
00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:42,560
We can't blame anyone else but 
ourselves. 

491
00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:44,280
But there's a way out. 
There's grace. 

492
00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:46,040
You can always come back to the 
Father. 

493
00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:47,680
The cross is the great 
equalizer. 

494
00:25:48,360 --> 00:25:53,520
You can all come back. 
OK, So don't be like Job is all 

495
00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:55,880
his friends, right? 
I mean, after the first week, 

496
00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:59,680
the first week is good, right? 
Seven days, quiet, just bringing

497
00:26:00,360 --> 00:26:03,520
coffee to Job, breakfast, 
hanging out, not saying 

498
00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:05,920
anything. 
And then literally that was like

499
00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:09,040
the first two chapters or 
chapter 2 three, I think it's 

500
00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:11,800
chapter 3. 
And then the rest of the 39 

501
00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:16,360
chapters is just they're saying,
well, Job, I mean, literally 

502
00:26:16,360 --> 00:26:18,440
they're I just read through job 
because of McShane plan. 

503
00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:22,120
But it's just it's like, man, 
these jokers, they're like 

504
00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:25,720
constantly on job saying it's 
because of this, because of 

505
00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:29,520
this, because of this, because. 
And Job's just like, you know, 

506
00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:32,440
it's not because of my saying 
I'm, I'm trying my, you know, 

507
00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:33,560
like it has nothing to do with 
that. 

508
00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:35,640
In fact, one of my kids was just
asking me about that on the way 

509
00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:37,640
here. 
He was just saying he was just 

510
00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:42,920
asking questions about Job. 
And he's like, how did did, how 

511
00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:45,000
did that all happened? 
Like, well, I was like, what did

512
00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:49,800
you remember that Satan and God 
had a conversation and Job never

513
00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:52,360
knew about it. 
And we don't know. 

514
00:26:52,360 --> 00:26:56,040
There's a mystery. 
Don't assume you have all the 

515
00:26:56,120 --> 00:27:01,600
answers to people's problems. 
You can hurt your relationships.

516
00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:05,520
Some of you guys are like, man, 
I have discernment. 

517
00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:07,800
No, you don't. 
You have stupidity. 

518
00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:14,560
Like, like, don't just assume 
that you know what's going on in

519
00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:17,160
that person's life and why all 
these things are happening. 

520
00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:20,800
It's good to just pause and say,
Laura, rebuke that thought. 

521
00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:22,320
I don't know what it is, but you
know what it is. 

522
00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:24,600
And I'm not Privy to 
conversations that are happening

523
00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:28,560
in heaven right now. 
OK, All right, so, OK, here we 

524
00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:29,760
go. 
Oh, and then one more, one last 

525
00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:30,600
one. 
This is a good one. 

526
00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:33,320
This is one of my favorites. 
Luke 13. 

527
00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:36,240
Do you remember the, the, the 
tower of Siloam that fell on 

528
00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:38,680
people? 
And they're like, man, those 

529
00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:40,440
sinners. 
That's why the tower fell. 

530
00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:43,400
And she's like, no, that's not 
why the tower fell. 

531
00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:47,920
But Speaking of the tower 
falling, we, we all are going to

532
00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:49,520
be judged one day. 
So you better get right with 

533
00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:53,160
God. 
And the disciples are like, you 

534
00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:59,720
know, just don't assume, OK #3 
no, God has a purpose in your 

535
00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:02,680
suffering. 
No, God has a purpose in your 

536
00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:05,240
suffering. 
For in this case, it was for his

537
00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:07,200
power and glory to be displayed.
Amen. 

538
00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:09,120
That's good. 
If you're suffering right now, 

539
00:28:09,120 --> 00:28:11,960
that is good news for whatever 
reason, whether it is because 

540
00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:14,640
you're sin or it's been for 
God's glory to be displayed or 

541
00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:15,920
whatever. 
And you're not going to know 

542
00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:19,120
until five years from now or 
maybe in until heaven. 

543
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,320
God is not Privy to tell you why
you're suffering. 

544
00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:25,720
But there's a purpose. 
There's a purpose behind it. 

545
00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:28,760
The Bible doesn't ignore 
suffering. 

546
00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:30,120
Thankfully, it doesn't ignore 
suffering. 

547
00:28:30,120 --> 00:28:31,960
You know, the the job 
lamentations. 

548
00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:33,560
There's so many psalms of 
lament. 

549
00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:38,680
I mean, he is sovereign and he 
allows it says here in Exodus 

550
00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:40,200
411. 
This might make people 

551
00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:42,760
uncomfortable, but I just, I 
have to say it because it's 

552
00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:45,280
true. 
OK, so Exodus 411 was to say I 

553
00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:47,240
made the deaf, the mute and the 
blind. 

554
00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:54,040
It doesn't say the devil made 
the deaf mute and the blind. 

555
00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:59,080
Some of you think that that 
would be better news if you if 

556
00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:01,160
you if you saw that the devil 
made those things. 

557
00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:04,400
No, no, no, no. 
It brings ultimately brings more

558
00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:07,000
comfort to know God has allowed 
those things. 

559
00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:13,000
He brings about those things. 
Guys, this is so important to 

560
00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:14,440
our faith. 
I want us to mature. 

561
00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:20,720
God is not, does not owe us 
anything if we have children 

562
00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:26,000
that are born with all sorts of 
problems or we have spouse who 

563
00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:31,200
has young, who has, who has 
medical issues or, or you 

564
00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:35,280
yourself find yourself in some 
sort of whether it's physical or

565
00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:41,120
spiritual, emotional suffering. 
Just know that God is behind 

566
00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:43,560
that. 
He's behind that. 

567
00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:46,840
But at the same time, listen to 
this you, you got to hold 2 

568
00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:50,280
truths at the same time. 
Exodus 411 says this, that he 

569
00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:52,640
allows the blind, the deaf, and 
the mute, and he sells Moses. 

570
00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:58,120
I will help you. 
I've made your mouth and I will 

571
00:29:58,120 --> 00:29:59,680
help you. 
I did not make you mute. 

572
00:29:59,840 --> 00:30:01,560
So you will speak and I will 
help. 

573
00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:05,720
I'll bring your brother to help,
but he, this is the other side 

574
00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:07,760
of the truth, right? 
I love this. 

575
00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:10,720
And Lamentations 3. 
God does not afflict us from the

576
00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:13,600
heart. 
God is both sovereign and our 

577
00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:18,640
suffering, but He's both good 
and compassionate in meeting our

578
00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:25,440
needs during the suffering. 
It's good. 

579
00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:29,840
Genesis 50 verse 20 says what 
man meant for evil. 

580
00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:33,480
God meant for good to there's an
evil purpose from the enemy. 

581
00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:36,960
So remember, God doesn't afflict
from the heart. 

582
00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:40,360
He's not afflicting. 
He's allowing it to happen, but 

583
00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:41,760
he's not afflicting it from the 
heart. 

584
00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:44,960
He's like, I, I got you. 
So anytime you hear a voice in 

585
00:30:44,960 --> 00:30:47,000
your head like man God, why are 
you doing this to me? 

586
00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:51,680
He's not doing this to you. 
That's the enemy He afflicts 

587
00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:55,520
from his evil heart. 
You remember when he says to Job

588
00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:58,200
or it says to Satan, you can 
afflict Job. 

589
00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:00,640
I'm not afflicting him from my 
heart, but you can afflict Job. 

590
00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:04,840
But do not, do not kill him. 
There's limits to your power. 

591
00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:09,360
That is such good news for for 
anyone going through something 

592
00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:11,480
and we all are going through 
something in some level. 

593
00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:15,840
OK, all right, So then he does 
use trials and pain and 

594
00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:18,680
suffering to transform you and 
mature you into the image of 

595
00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:21,200
Christ. 
Sometimes he heals. 

596
00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:24,800
We should contend for that as a 
culture. 

597
00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:28,520
If somebody is hurting in your 
life group, you don't say, hey, 

598
00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:30,840
you're going through this for a 
reason. 

599
00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:34,960
You don't do that. 
They they should theologically 

600
00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:39,800
know that your job is to come 
and comfort them. 

601
00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:43,480
Your job is to put them in the 
middle like we do in life group,

602
00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:44,720
right? 
And pray for them. 

603
00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:47,960
Meet their physical needs, meet 
their emotional needs, meet 

604
00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:52,840
their spiritual needs, be there.
All the while God's working out 

605
00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:56,640
something in their life that is 
something unbeknownst to us. 

606
00:31:57,600 --> 00:31:59,600
That's the culture. 
That's who we are as a people, 

607
00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:02,360
right? 
Sometimes he heals, sometimes he

608
00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:04,880
allows it to remain. 
Like with Paul, He's just prayed

609
00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:06,560
3 times. 
Please get rid of this thorn. 

610
00:32:06,560 --> 00:32:09,040
I don't know how many times I've
prayed things like that. 

611
00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:13,880
And it's like I'm keeping it 
there so that you will know my 

612
00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:17,960
power and strength #4 live your 
life with purpose and urgency. 

613
00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:20,160
I love this. 
He says Jesus is getting their 

614
00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:23,440
focus off analyzing why the guy 
is born blind. 

615
00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:25,640
He's saying, let's move forward.
We need to work the works of 

616
00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:27,560
God. 
So here's here's my admonition. 

617
00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:31,000
Night means this. 
When he says night, he says that

618
00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:33,640
in a verse. 
Where is that in for? 

619
00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:39,560
He says work, the works that 
I've been sent Jesus contrary. 

620
00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:42,560
There's there's a there's a guy 
that said like Jesus was very 

621
00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:44,920
relaxed in his ministry. 
He never ran. 

622
00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:46,720
Where's Kevin at? 
That's that's your message, 

623
00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:49,080
right? 
He never ran God. 

624
00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:53,520
God never ran. 
OK, that's great. 

625
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:57,400
However, he had urgency. 
Maybe he didn't. 

626
00:32:57,520 --> 00:32:59,760
He was relaxed. 
In other words, he knew God's 

627
00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:02,880
timetable and he was walking in 
step with Jesus with God. 

628
00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:05,960
Jesus was walking in step with 
God, but he had an urgency. 

629
00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:09,120
He's like, let's work the works 
because night means death. 

630
00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:13,200
Night is coming for all of you, 
for all of us. 

631
00:33:13,520 --> 00:33:16,360
Death is coming, so let's live 
for the glory of God. 

632
00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:18,840
That's what he say. 
He's like, dude, don't spend 

633
00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:21,320
your life trying to figure out 
someone else's problems. 

634
00:33:21,560 --> 00:33:24,440
Meet the problem, meet it. 
Meet the need. 

635
00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:28,160
Meet the need quickly, like 
whatever it is, and I love this 

636
00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:29,760
verse. 
It's it's such a powerful verse 

637
00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:31,040
in Proverbs. 
You probably missed it in your 

638
00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:32,400
reading plan, but I'll, I'll 
give it to you now. 

639
00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:36,880
OK, so Proverbs 327 says this. 
Don't withhold good from those 

640
00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:41,360
whom it is due when it is in 
your power to do it. 

641
00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:44,680
And by the way, guys, it is in 
your power to do it. 

642
00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:47,560
You have the Holy Spirit living 
in you. 

643
00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:53,000
You have money in your wallet, 
you have time, you have, you 

644
00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:55,720
have time to meet needs. 
And this just says don't say to 

645
00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:59,920
your neighbor, go, I know your 
need, but go and come back 

646
00:33:59,920 --> 00:34:03,720
tomorrow. 
I'll give it when it is when you

647
00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:08,120
have it with you, you're like, 
Oh, I'll have more time 

648
00:34:08,120 --> 00:34:09,679
tomorrow. 
Oh, I'll have more money 

649
00:34:09,679 --> 00:34:11,000
tomorrow. 
And then I have to just 

650
00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:12,960
literally be tomorrow could be 
next month or whatever. 

651
00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:18,040
I think the point is you have if
you see a need, meet it, meet 

652
00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:19,800
it. 
That's what Jesus is saying. 

653
00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:22,679
He's like nights coming. 
Night is coming for everyone. 

654
00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:25,560
It is coming. 
And guys, when you read the 

655
00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:29,239
headlines like there's an 
there's like really a sad part 

656
00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:31,320
of war that's never exciting. 
I mean, it's never really 

657
00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:32,760
exciting. 
We should never get excited 

658
00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:34,560
about that. 
But there is something exciting 

659
00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:37,920
because it it it, it pushes 
people to to realize there's 

660
00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:41,239
eternity before us. 
It's coming at night is coming. 

661
00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:44,560
So let's work the works while it
is still called today and we'll 

662
00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:46,800
while it's daylight, because 
you're going to give an account 

663
00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:48,960
to God one day. 
He's going to say, what did you 

664
00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:53,320
do with the life I gave you? 
Well, I was really selfish with 

665
00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:54,040
it. 
Yes, I know. 

666
00:34:59,880 --> 00:35:06,960
So minister as it is as if it 
was your last day, give as if it

667
00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:10,360
was your last day. 
Preach as if it's if it's your 

668
00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:12,600
last day. 
That moment is like I'm running,

669
00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:15,280
I'm going back to my home and 
the Holy Spirit prompts go talk 

670
00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:19,640
to your neighbor. 
It's just in those moments, are 

671
00:35:19,640 --> 00:35:24,840
we hearing the voice of God? 
Are we listening to Jesus? 

672
00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:26,360
Are we listening to the Holy 
Spirit? 

673
00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:31,760
All right #5 obey the simple 
commands of Jesus even when they

674
00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:32,840
don't make sense. 
I love this. 

675
00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:36,120
It's like he's, why did you just
have to go through all these 

676
00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:37,880
shenanigans to try to get the 
guy? 

677
00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:39,480
Like why didn't you just say 
open eye? 

678
00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:42,840
You know, like he could have 
done that, but he just did it in

679
00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:45,800
such a roundabout way, right? 
I mean, it's kind of a gross way

680
00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:48,560
when you think about it. 
You know, just the dry dirt of 

681
00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:50,960
the Middle East, he spits on it,
right? 

682
00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:54,560
Makes mud, puts it on the dude's
eyes and it says go to the pool.

683
00:35:56,600 --> 00:36:00,680
That's, that's very strange. 
Hey look, please do me a favor 

684
00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:02,360
because we have a reputation in 
Oviedo. 

685
00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:07,520
If someone's blind, please do 
not spit in in the dirt and put 

686
00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:12,760
it on the guy's eyes and go tell
him to go wash in the Oviedo 

687
00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:16,000
lake. 
That would just be really 

688
00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:19,760
disgusting and it they probably 
could get some worse thing from 

689
00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:21,400
washing their eyes from that 
lake. 

690
00:36:21,720 --> 00:36:28,400
So the point, the point of this 
guys, do not miss this. 

691
00:36:28,720 --> 00:36:32,360
The point is obey even when it 
doesn't make sense. 

692
00:36:36,080 --> 00:36:40,360
If God tells you to get baptized
after you get saved, you do 

693
00:36:40,360 --> 00:36:44,880
that. 
If God tells you to go buy a 

694
00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:48,120
Bible for somebody, go do it. 
Do quickly. 

695
00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:51,840
If if you're hearing the voice 
of God telling you to do 

696
00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:55,120
something, if you don't do it 
right away, the next thought 

697
00:36:55,120 --> 00:36:56,720
will be like, this is 
ridiculous. 

698
00:36:57,920 --> 00:37:02,040
Isn't it true? 
It's so true because I as soon 

699
00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:04,680
as I started running, and again,
it's such a simple illustration.

700
00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:06,760
I have hundreds of stories, but 
I just for the sake of 

701
00:37:06,760 --> 00:37:10,160
simplicity, as I was running and
I stopped, I saw the guy. 

702
00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:12,800
I felt like I needed to go talk 
to my Iranian neighbor. 

703
00:37:13,120 --> 00:37:15,880
But it was in that just because 
I had things to do is like, oh, 

704
00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:18,080
I don't want to bother him. 
I don't want to me feel like 

705
00:37:18,080 --> 00:37:19,720
kind of weird. 
This is what my thought process 

706
00:37:19,720 --> 00:37:21,440
is. 
I don't want to be like this 

707
00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:25,760
American suburban guy being 
insensitive and asking this 

708
00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:28,200
Iranian guy. 
I don't know where he is at. 

709
00:37:29,360 --> 00:37:30,720
I don't want to offend him in 
any way. 

710
00:37:30,720 --> 00:37:36,800
I don't want to make it awkward.
But as soon as I start to 

711
00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:40,880
disobey God, the thoughts of 
justifying thoughts come and 

712
00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:42,600
saying, yeah, you know what? 
Maybe I shouldn't do it. 

713
00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:47,600
And what God is saying here is 
simply obey. 

714
00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:48,840
And I love what the Puritans 
say. 

715
00:37:48,840 --> 00:37:51,480
OK, Puritans again, I don't 
think anybody's really reading 

716
00:37:51,480 --> 00:37:52,960
the Puritans other than maybe 
Nesper. 

717
00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:55,720
But, but but right, you're 
reading. 

718
00:37:55,880 --> 00:38:00,200
Yeah, So these are these dudes 
right from England in the 1700s.

719
00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:02,280
They just had their Bibles. 
They didn't have an iPhone. 

720
00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:04,200
They wrote amazing books. 
But this is what I love. 

721
00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:05,480
I love. 
They're just, they're catch. 

722
00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:09,200
They're catchy phrases. 
He says this the this man and 

723
00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:12,080
this blind man, he blindly 
obeyed. 

724
00:38:12,920 --> 00:38:14,960
He blindly obeyed. 
But that was good. 

725
00:38:15,080 --> 00:38:17,520
He blindly obeyed. 
They just, he simply obeyed the 

726
00:38:17,520 --> 00:38:21,440
next thing Jesus told them to 
do, even when it didn't make 

727
00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:24,160
sense. 
And that's why Jesus doesn't 

728
00:38:24,160 --> 00:38:28,600
repeat what the the way he does 
miracles, because we would just 

729
00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:30,560
come up with a formula then and 
just kind of figure out the 

730
00:38:30,560 --> 00:38:34,040
formula and do that. 
And that's not what it's about. 

731
00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:36,560
It's about obedience. 
So what is God telling you to 

732
00:38:36,560 --> 00:38:38,000
do? 
Maybe he's telling you to share 

733
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:39,880
the gospel. 
Maybe he's telling you go to 

734
00:38:39,880 --> 00:38:42,520
awaken when it doesn't make 
sense, whatever it might be. 

735
00:38:43,080 --> 00:38:46,680
Or maybe give to somebody who 
needs it in awaken, but just 

736
00:38:46,680 --> 00:38:49,760
obey that next thing. 
Number six, your testimony is 

737
00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:51,480
powerful. 
Keep it simple. 

738
00:38:52,480 --> 00:38:54,920
This dude kept it really simple.
I love this. 

739
00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:58,160
He's like, OK, they're like, how
did this happen? 

740
00:38:58,160 --> 00:39:01,960
Like who did this? 
He's like, OK, The man applied 

741
00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:04,440
clay to my eyes. 
I washed. 

742
00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:08,200
And now I see some of your 
testimonies. 

743
00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:10,400
Just they're powerful. 
I mean, I can't think of 

744
00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:13,720
anything more powerful other 
than the, the gospel itself, the

745
00:39:13,720 --> 00:39:15,640
anything more powerful than your
testimony. 

746
00:39:16,160 --> 00:39:18,400
Tell people how you were 
transformed. 

747
00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:21,160
Don't glorify evil. 
Don't glorify. 

748
00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:23,680
Go draw it out. 
Like how all these things you 

749
00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:26,720
used to do, nobody really cares.
All they care about is are you 

750
00:39:26,720 --> 00:39:29,480
changed? 
Are you different? 

751
00:39:29,920 --> 00:39:33,520
Is there something different 
about you now because you met 

752
00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:35,080
Jesus? 
So don't be dramatic 

753
00:39:35,080 --> 00:39:37,000
necessarily. 
Just give the facts. 

754
00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:40,480
I love this. 
Like just show people how you've

755
00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:42,760
been transformed and that's all 
the dude did. 

756
00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:44,800
It's like, I don't know, man, 
how many times you want me to 

757
00:39:44,800 --> 00:39:46,920
tell you this? 
You know? 

758
00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:51,200
He told them five times. 
I counted it out like there's 

759
00:39:51,240 --> 00:39:54,600
five times these guys asked the 
question like, so how did it 

760
00:39:54,600 --> 00:39:55,480
happen? 
How did it happen? 

761
00:39:55,480 --> 00:40:00,520
Their hearts were so hard. 
So OK #7 be ready for push back 

762
00:40:00,960 --> 00:40:02,560
when there's new life in the 
church. 

763
00:40:04,120 --> 00:40:07,080
That's a good one. 
Are you ready? 

764
00:40:07,760 --> 00:40:09,200
We just did a spiritual warfare 
series. 

765
00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:13,360
We didn't just do that in vain. 
Are you ready? 

766
00:40:13,880 --> 00:40:15,720
And here, here's the here's the 
kicker. 

767
00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:21,480
OK, it's sadly, sadly the 
pushback comes a lot of times 

768
00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:31,300
from within. 
Do y'all get that? 

769
00:40:33,140 --> 00:40:36,580
Like I'm talking to everybody 
that could possibly easily 

770
00:40:36,580 --> 00:40:39,140
become an older brother when 
good things are happening. 

771
00:40:39,580 --> 00:40:43,060
When the younger brother comes 
home and he got saved, there 

772
00:40:43,060 --> 00:40:45,740
should have been a celebration, 
not just with the dad and the 

773
00:40:45,740 --> 00:40:48,320
mom and whoever else is a part 
of the family. 

774
00:40:48,640 --> 00:40:51,280
But the older brother didn't 
want to come in and celebrate. 

775
00:40:52,440 --> 00:40:58,080
He was a part of the family. 
He wasn't a foreigner. 

776
00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:05,080
He's a part of the family. 
So be ready for pushback when 

777
00:41:05,080 --> 00:41:09,000
there's new life in the church 
and sadly, it comes from within 

778
00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:10,480
the religious spirit. 
Isn't this crazy? 

779
00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:14,600
The accused, they, they, they 
accused Jesus not being from God

780
00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:16,760
because he didn't obey the 
Sabbath rules. 

781
00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:19,240
What were the Sabbath rules? 
Now do you think Jesus had any? 

782
00:41:19,800 --> 00:41:20,720
Is how many? 
How many? 

783
00:41:20,720 --> 00:41:22,720
No, Jesus never sinned. 
So we're not talking about like 

784
00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:25,480
the actual Torah. 
We're not talking about him 

785
00:41:25,480 --> 00:41:27,480
disobeying the first five books 
of the Bible. 

786
00:41:27,640 --> 00:41:34,000
What is he disobeying? 
Man made rules what people think

787
00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:37,080
you should do. 
They've added on more rules. 

788
00:41:37,240 --> 00:41:40,440
And so this guy's like literally
like all these Pharisees. 

789
00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:42,240
They know. 
OK, listen, I mean, there's, 

790
00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:43,480
there's so many things here I 
want to share. 

791
00:41:43,480 --> 00:41:44,920
OK. 
So and I OK. 

792
00:41:44,920 --> 00:41:48,240
In Isaiah, they said this, that 
you, you will know when the 

793
00:41:48,240 --> 00:41:52,520
Messiah comes, when the eyes of 
the blind are open. 

794
00:41:53,840 --> 00:41:55,560
Yeah, that's a good word. 
That's good. 

795
00:41:55,720 --> 00:41:58,560
This is showing you that. 
Hey, I hope you have a 

796
00:41:58,560 --> 00:42:00,920
relationship with Jesus because 
he's showing you right here. 

797
00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:03,240
He's God. 
He's God. 

798
00:42:03,240 --> 00:42:06,920
So please come to Jesus today 
because you need to make you, 

799
00:42:06,960 --> 00:42:08,440
you need to make things right 
with him. 

800
00:42:08,720 --> 00:42:13,160
Like he said, like, listen, the 
eyes of the blind are open. 

801
00:42:13,280 --> 00:42:16,040
They knew the word of God inside
and out. 

802
00:42:16,240 --> 00:42:18,080
These are the Pharisees. 
These are religious leaders. 

803
00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:19,360
They study the Bible all the 
time. 

804
00:42:19,840 --> 00:42:23,320
And when this guy said my eyes 
are open and they're like, well,

805
00:42:23,320 --> 00:42:24,480
how does this happen? 
How does this happen? 

806
00:42:24,800 --> 00:42:26,920
He, oh, he can't be God because 
he broke a rule. 

807
00:42:26,920 --> 00:42:29,480
Yeah, your rule, not God's rule.
Your rule. 

808
00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:34,840
We broke your rule too many 
times, like church splits happen

809
00:42:34,840 --> 00:42:39,480
because people are breaking 
man's rules, relationships that 

810
00:42:39,480 --> 00:42:42,720
are split and the people come 
in, they just want to find new 

811
00:42:42,720 --> 00:42:43,760
life. 
And then they were met with 

812
00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:46,480
religious people. 
That's not good. 

813
00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:49,360
It's just crazy. 
God moves powerfully, heals 

814
00:42:49,360 --> 00:42:51,240
them. 
And yet they said, OK, well, 

815
00:42:51,280 --> 00:42:58,920
hey, he, he, he violated Code 5,
Section 32 rule #485 what is it?

816
00:42:59,400 --> 00:43:07,200
I don't know, let me talk. 
You are not allowed to make mud 

817
00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:13,040
on Saturday. 
The heck is wrong with these 

818
00:43:13,040 --> 00:43:17,680
people? 
But that same spirit resides in 

819
00:43:17,680 --> 00:43:21,680
you. 
Same spirit resides in you. 

820
00:43:21,680 --> 00:43:26,640
Let me ask you something. 
Are you threatened by the life 

821
00:43:26,640 --> 00:43:34,560
of someone else in here? 
Do you resent them? 

822
00:43:34,560 --> 00:43:41,000
It's where jealous and envy 
starts. 

823
00:43:43,040 --> 00:43:49,560
You see life, the life that 
you're losing, You used to have 

824
00:43:49,560 --> 00:43:54,560
this energy, this passion, this 
zeal, and it's waning for some 

825
00:43:54,560 --> 00:43:55,760
reason. 
I don't know, maybe because it's

826
00:43:55,760 --> 00:43:57,800
saying, maybe because of 
something, or maybe because 

827
00:43:57,800 --> 00:44:00,720
God's taking you through 
something and maybe perhaps he's

828
00:44:00,720 --> 00:44:02,840
maturing you and growing you so 
you have more. 

829
00:44:03,840 --> 00:44:07,600
But instead you're jealous of 
somebody else's life, the 

830
00:44:07,600 --> 00:44:10,120
newness of life. 
You're seeing God move in a 

831
00:44:10,120 --> 00:44:12,320
powerful way and that's 
bothering you. 

832
00:44:12,320 --> 00:44:14,320
And you've got to ask the 
question, why is that bothering 

833
00:44:14,320 --> 00:44:16,400
me? 
One of the secret sins in the 

834
00:44:16,400 --> 00:44:21,440
church is a sin of jealousy, sin
of envy, sin of comparison. 

835
00:44:21,880 --> 00:44:24,840
Everybody does it. 
And if it's destroying you, it 

836
00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:27,120
says cut off your arm or gauge 
out your eye. 

837
00:44:27,760 --> 00:44:32,400
If you're new we're that's not 
literal, but by the way, but do 

838
00:44:32,400 --> 00:44:35,000
whatever it takes to stay away 
from that. 

839
00:44:35,000 --> 00:44:38,760
So if social media is messing 
with you right now, if it's 

840
00:44:38,760 --> 00:44:42,800
causing you to compare and 
compare and compare, then 

841
00:44:42,800 --> 00:44:46,240
destroy it. 
Don't do it. 

842
00:44:46,920 --> 00:44:50,520
It's it's going to destroy you. 
It's better off you not have it 

843
00:44:50,760 --> 00:44:54,040
and glorify God and be thankful 
for what you what God's been 

844
00:44:54,040 --> 00:44:56,760
giving them and turning those 
into prayers and bless that 

845
00:44:56,760 --> 00:44:59,600
person that you might be 
comparing yourself with. 

846
00:44:59,920 --> 00:45:05,280
It's not worth it. 
And I just think we got to 

847
00:45:05,280 --> 00:45:09,960
tremble at his word again, 
Isaiah 66, just like taking it 

848
00:45:09,960 --> 00:45:13,120
seriously again saying God, I 
don't want to become religious. 

849
00:45:13,120 --> 00:45:14,480
I don't want to become hard 
hearted. 

850
00:45:15,560 --> 00:45:18,240
I don't want that to be my life.
Amen. 

851
00:45:18,240 --> 00:45:21,360
Do you want that to become? 
Your life will destroy you. 

852
00:45:22,440 --> 00:45:26,720
You'll lose all joy, you'll be 
miserable and someone will 

853
00:45:26,720 --> 00:45:29,040
remind you. 
You used to be so joyful. 

854
00:45:30,040 --> 00:45:32,360
You used to be up here at the 
front just worshipping God. 

855
00:45:33,040 --> 00:45:35,000
Is it because everything just 
went well in your life? 

856
00:45:35,480 --> 00:45:37,360
Or is it because you really 
found God to be true? 

857
00:45:40,120 --> 00:45:41,360
I don't know. 
You got to answer that question,

858
00:45:41,360 --> 00:45:46,160
not me #7 stand firm, be bold 
and courageous in the face of 

859
00:45:46,160 --> 00:45:48,600
opposition. 
Even though there's opposition, 

860
00:45:48,600 --> 00:45:51,480
it might be from even inside. 
You need to stand firm, be bold 

861
00:45:51,480 --> 00:45:53,320
and and courageous in the face 
of opposition. 

862
00:45:53,600 --> 00:45:57,480
Because here's the deal guys. 
Here's the the why we're 

863
00:45:57,480 --> 00:45:58,160
studying this. 
Why? 

864
00:45:58,160 --> 00:46:00,320
Why we're looking at this. 
Why do we lack courage? 

865
00:46:00,640 --> 00:46:04,920
Because your life may or may not
be transformed. 

866
00:46:06,200 --> 00:46:09,960
The reason why we lack courage 
is because we lack conviction. 

867
00:46:11,480 --> 00:46:14,600
We need the and reason why we 
lack conviction is because we 

868
00:46:14,600 --> 00:46:17,840
lack transformation. 
When God transforms our life, 

869
00:46:17,960 --> 00:46:20,800
like does anyone doubt that this
man's life was transformed? 

870
00:46:22,520 --> 00:46:24,120
He's just like, he didn't even 
know what hit him. 

871
00:46:26,720 --> 00:46:29,320
He got transformed. 
His eyes open all he's always, 

872
00:46:29,320 --> 00:46:31,280
he's just saying the same thing 
five times. 

873
00:46:31,280 --> 00:46:33,720
They even asked his parents. 
They're like, hey, you know, 

874
00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:36,520
bring mom and dad in. 
Mom and dad are like freaking 

875
00:46:36,520 --> 00:46:37,920
out. 
They're fearful, right? 

876
00:46:37,920 --> 00:46:40,960
They have fear of man because 
they don't want to be kicked 

877
00:46:40,960 --> 00:46:42,640
out. 
And that was like a big deal to 

878
00:46:42,640 --> 00:46:44,240
get kicked out. 
Basically said like you're no 

879
00:46:44,240 --> 00:46:46,280
longer a Jew. 
And then they kicked him out. 

880
00:46:46,280 --> 00:46:49,320
They kicked the parents out, 
they kicked the son out and he's

881
00:46:49,320 --> 00:46:53,720
just like, what did I do? 
I just, I can see now what I, I 

882
00:46:53,720 --> 00:46:57,280
didn't do anything wrong, like 
right. 

883
00:46:58,640 --> 00:47:00,880
And what did that do though? 
That transformed life? 

884
00:47:00,920 --> 00:47:03,080
It put conviction in him. 
He's like, this is what 

885
00:47:03,080 --> 00:47:05,920
happened. 
And then that conviction of who?

886
00:47:05,920 --> 00:47:07,440
God. 
And then we're watching the 

887
00:47:07,440 --> 00:47:12,600
progression. 
First Jesus was just a man and 

888
00:47:13,080 --> 00:47:17,760
then and then we find out soon 
enough that now he they see that

889
00:47:17,760 --> 00:47:20,320
he's the Messiah and then they 
worship and he worships him as 

890
00:47:20,320 --> 00:47:25,040
God. 
Five times the man was was asked

891
00:47:25,040 --> 00:47:28,640
and he just simply says, I don't
know, I was blind, but now I see

892
00:47:30,640 --> 00:47:34,520
and don't you love this that did
you ever see somebody when 

893
00:47:34,520 --> 00:47:37,400
you're doing when they're doing 
this evangelism? 

894
00:47:37,560 --> 00:47:38,960
Like where do they get that 
boldness from? 

895
00:47:40,720 --> 00:47:44,200
Sometimes if it's an arrogant 
boldness, it's their own flesh 

896
00:47:44,200 --> 00:47:46,640
speaking and they're just trying
to prove something. 

897
00:47:46,640 --> 00:47:48,000
We know there's people that are 
like that. 

898
00:47:48,000 --> 00:47:52,120
So boldness is not being loud. 
Boldness isn't is not trying to 

899
00:47:52,120 --> 00:47:54,920
prove something to anybody else.
Boldness comes from love. 

900
00:47:54,920 --> 00:47:58,600
Boldness comes from conviction. 
It comes a courage comes from 

901
00:47:58,600 --> 00:48:01,560
conviction. 
Like Jesus has indeed changed my

902
00:48:01,560 --> 00:48:03,880
life and I've read the 
scriptures enough to know who he

903
00:48:03,880 --> 00:48:05,360
is. 
And I want to share this with 

904
00:48:05,360 --> 00:48:07,480
you and doesn't have to. 
You don't have to ever raise the

905
00:48:07,480 --> 00:48:10,080
volume. 
You never have to get weird 

906
00:48:10,080 --> 00:48:11,520
about it. 
Actually don't get, just don't 

907
00:48:11,520 --> 00:48:12,840
do that. 
There's no reason for that. 

908
00:48:15,520 --> 00:48:18,200
But I love this. 
He's preaching to the prideful 

909
00:48:18,200 --> 00:48:21,280
leaders. 
Do you know, if you're faithful 

910
00:48:21,640 --> 00:48:25,080
with just your testimony, you 
never know what who God's going 

911
00:48:25,080 --> 00:48:28,000
to have you preach in front of. 
You never know. 

912
00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:29,760
I don't know what's going to 
happen in Baton Rouge. 

913
00:48:29,760 --> 00:48:31,280
You just never know who you're 
going to run into. 

914
00:48:32,320 --> 00:48:34,200
You never know who you're going 
to run into in the city. 

915
00:48:34,400 --> 00:48:37,000
You never know, you might run 
into somebody like, oh, I didn't

916
00:48:37,000 --> 00:48:38,760
know that. 
And like you don't really care. 

917
00:48:38,760 --> 00:48:40,240
Like maybe there's someone 
famous or maybe there's 

918
00:48:40,240 --> 00:48:42,520
something like you just share 
the gospel because this is who 

919
00:48:42,520 --> 00:48:44,200
you are. 
Your life has been transformed. 

920
00:48:45,160 --> 00:48:47,840
Amen. 
And I love this. 

921
00:48:47,840 --> 00:48:51,120
He he preaches to those prideful
leaders and he's like, he has so

922
00:48:51,120 --> 00:48:55,160
much courage and he's basically 
saying like, what does he say in

923
00:48:55,160 --> 00:48:58,440
verse? 
Where is it? 

924
00:48:58,880 --> 00:49:06,800
He says I can't, I lost my spot,
but he basically says, like, you

925
00:49:06,800 --> 00:49:13,200
guys know God, you should know 
that when you see a man come and

926
00:49:13,200 --> 00:49:17,120
open up blind eyes, you should 
know this guy's from God. 

927
00:49:19,040 --> 00:49:21,280
Like the dude's been saved for 
10 minutes. 

928
00:49:23,920 --> 00:49:27,440
That's what I love about this 
gospel is that, look, if you're 

929
00:49:27,440 --> 00:49:29,560
going to, if you're going to 
give your life to a religious 

930
00:49:29,560 --> 00:49:33,520
spirit, God will not use you. 
But if you just simply say, 

931
00:49:33,520 --> 00:49:36,880
thank you God for saving me and 
there's genuine conversion, 

932
00:49:36,880 --> 00:49:40,440
there's genuine salvation. 
There's no telling who God will 

933
00:49:40,440 --> 00:49:48,240
put you in front of and he will 
give you the words, but let God 

934
00:49:48,240 --> 00:49:51,240
transform your heart and he will
produce that kind of conviction 

935
00:49:51,240 --> 00:49:52,920
and confidence. 
A lot of them are like, how do 

936
00:49:52,960 --> 00:49:56,200
I, I don't, I just want to do I 
do I have to read evangelism 

937
00:49:56,200 --> 00:49:57,880
books. 
Don't waste your time with 

938
00:49:57,880 --> 00:49:59,800
evangelism books. 
This dude never read an 

939
00:49:59,800 --> 00:50:02,680
evangelism book. 
You read an evangelism book? 

940
00:50:02,680 --> 00:50:04,720
Somebody find it. 
That's it. 

941
00:50:05,040 --> 00:50:07,080
Did he read an evangelism book? 
No. 

942
00:50:07,400 --> 00:50:10,440
They asked him five times. 
How in the world did this 

943
00:50:10,440 --> 00:50:11,760
happen? 
How do you see? 

944
00:50:11,960 --> 00:50:16,400
I don't know. 
This man came and he caused me 

945
00:50:16,400 --> 00:50:18,440
my eyes to open up. 
That's it. 

946
00:50:19,000 --> 00:50:21,200
How? 
Why do you follow Jesus? 

947
00:50:21,200 --> 00:50:22,760
Why do you give your life to the
church? 

948
00:50:22,920 --> 00:50:24,520
Why are you so involved in your 
church? 

949
00:50:24,760 --> 00:50:25,960
I don't. 
I don't know. 

950
00:50:26,440 --> 00:50:31,040
But I met this man. 
His name is Jesus, He saved my 

951
00:50:31,040 --> 00:50:34,160
life, He's giving me a new life,
He's giving me a family. 

952
00:50:34,160 --> 00:50:36,480
I can't imagine ever not 
following him. 

953
00:50:36,480 --> 00:50:38,480
This is so amazing. 
I'll do whatever he tells me to 

954
00:50:38,480 --> 00:50:40,680
do. 
That's normal. 

955
00:50:42,080 --> 00:50:44,440
What's not normal is to argue 
with God. 

956
00:50:45,760 --> 00:50:48,160
What's not normal is to just to 
believe things in your head 

957
00:50:48,160 --> 00:50:49,560
intellectually and not live them
out. 

958
00:50:50,080 --> 00:50:51,400
That's not the normal Christian 
life. 

959
00:50:52,840 --> 00:50:57,280
Isaiah prophesied 3 times that 
when the Messiah come he would 

960
00:50:57,280 --> 00:51:05,400
open up blind eyes chapter 2935 
and 42 and within 10 minutes he 

961
00:51:05,400 --> 00:51:08,520
just said the the one who opened
up my eyes is of God. 

962
00:51:09,160 --> 00:51:11,200
How else can you explain what 
happened to me? 

963
00:51:11,560 --> 00:51:15,400
It's never happened before. 
You're the professing 

964
00:51:15,400 --> 00:51:17,800
authorities. 
You're the ones who should know 

965
00:51:17,800 --> 00:51:20,640
all this stuff and yet you can't
answer this question. 

966
00:51:23,080 --> 00:51:24,600
Wow. 
I mean, aren't you? 

967
00:51:24,600 --> 00:51:28,160
Are you not, like, just floored 
and marveling at this man's 

968
00:51:28,160 --> 00:51:32,160
boldness? 
How long have you been following

969
00:51:32,160 --> 00:51:33,520
Jesus for? 
I don't know. 

970
00:51:33,520 --> 00:51:36,120
Let's pick somebody. 
Eric, how long you been 

971
00:51:36,120 --> 00:51:40,920
following Jesus for? 
10 years. 

972
00:51:41,400 --> 00:51:44,080
This guy is 10 minutes. 
This guy is more boldness than 

973
00:51:44,080 --> 00:51:46,600
you do in 10 years. 
Next. 

974
00:51:47,160 --> 00:51:49,800
Who else we had? 
Dick, How long have you been? 

975
00:51:50,920 --> 00:51:55,680
100 years. 
OK, 100 years. 100 years you've 

976
00:51:55,680 --> 00:51:58,720
been following Jesus and this 
guy 10 minutes. 

977
00:51:59,120 --> 00:52:01,960
You've got more boldness than 
you do That's amazing. 

978
00:52:02,560 --> 00:52:05,360
Don't lose that fire. 
Some of you guys have just 

979
00:52:05,360 --> 00:52:07,960
recently gotten saved within 
like the last week. 

980
00:52:08,120 --> 00:52:11,480
You know what's sad about the we
we received churches received 

981
00:52:11,480 --> 00:52:14,520
new believers and they literally
just it's it's like they 

982
00:52:14,520 --> 00:52:16,920
disciple it disciple all the 
passion out of them. 

983
00:52:16,920 --> 00:52:23,440
We want to steward passion here.
We want to steward that fire. 

984
00:52:24,040 --> 00:52:27,560
It was just, it's immediately do
not like if the person gets 

985
00:52:27,560 --> 00:52:30,040
saved and they have fire, just 
keep going out, keep sharing the

986
00:52:30,040 --> 00:52:31,840
gospel. 
You got the stuff right as we 

987
00:52:31,840 --> 00:52:34,200
talked about a few weeks ago, 
like they have it. 

988
00:52:34,400 --> 00:52:35,720
Just keep going, keep stewarding
it. 

989
00:52:35,880 --> 00:52:38,120
It's awesome. 
You got the fire of God on you. 

990
00:52:38,120 --> 00:52:40,360
We do not want to quench that. 
We don't want to pour sand on 

991
00:52:40,360 --> 00:52:46,240
that number 9, Thank God that 
Jesus finds us, not the other 

992
00:52:46,240 --> 00:52:49,040
way around. 
That produces confidence that he

993
00:52:49,040 --> 00:52:51,880
found us. 
Jesus went out of the way to 

994
00:52:51,880 --> 00:52:54,680
find him. 
I love what he says is he's like

995
00:52:54,880 --> 00:52:58,320
they've been put, it says 
they've been put out. 

996
00:52:58,920 --> 00:53:01,840
They put him out, they put his 
parents out, but Jesus heard, I 

997
00:53:01,840 --> 00:53:04,480
love this about him. 
Jesus heard that they had been, 

998
00:53:04,680 --> 00:53:08,680
they put him out and then 
finding him because this man 

999
00:53:08,680 --> 00:53:12,560
wasn't he. 
He didn't fully know who Jesus 

1000
00:53:12,560 --> 00:53:15,440
was because he never, he'd never
seen him. 

1001
00:53:15,440 --> 00:53:17,000
He didn't even know what he 
looks like, right? 

1002
00:53:17,000 --> 00:53:19,240
He was blind. 
And then he could see. 

1003
00:53:19,240 --> 00:53:22,360
And Jesus quickly left the scene
and he did that on purpose 

1004
00:53:23,280 --> 00:53:25,120
because now we see this full 
circle. 

1005
00:53:25,760 --> 00:53:29,680
He's like, Jesus finds him as he
finds us and he's finding you 

1006
00:53:29,680 --> 00:53:31,720
right now. 
And this is what he's saying to 

1007
00:53:31,720 --> 00:53:38,240
you and everybody. 
Just pause for a second. 

1008
00:53:39,000 --> 00:53:42,200
He's asking everybody in this 
room, Do you believe in the Son 

1009
00:53:42,200 --> 00:53:49,640
of Man? 
Do you believe you can't just 

1010
00:53:49,640 --> 00:53:56,360
know about this man who opens up
blind eyes, makes you hungry, 

1011
00:53:56,880 --> 00:54:00,040
makes you cum? 
He wants a relationship with 

1012
00:54:00,040 --> 00:54:05,280
you, and he's finding you to 
finish the task in which he 

1013
00:54:05,280 --> 00:54:07,480
saved you for. 
Which is what? 

1014
00:54:08,440 --> 00:54:11,600
Fellowship, which is what we're 
all about at this church. 

1015
00:54:12,440 --> 00:54:15,280
To never forget that intimacy 
with Him makes you great. 

1016
00:54:16,000 --> 00:54:20,640
He's like he answered. 
Who is he, Lord, that I may 

1017
00:54:20,640 --> 00:54:22,400
believe in Him? 
There's hunger. 

1018
00:54:23,360 --> 00:54:26,040
Well, you both seen him and He's
the one talking to you. 

1019
00:54:26,840 --> 00:54:27,920
You know why that's so 
important? 

1020
00:54:28,760 --> 00:54:32,560
Because Jesus is admitting His 
deity. 

1021
00:54:33,200 --> 00:54:35,880
It's the whole purpose of John 
and why He writes this. 

1022
00:54:36,000 --> 00:54:39,000
I love what he does. 
He said Lord, I believe, and 

1023
00:54:39,000 --> 00:54:44,760
then he worshipped him. 
Now any old good Bible student 

1024
00:54:44,760 --> 00:54:48,600
would ask this question. 
Did Jesus stop him from 

1025
00:54:48,600 --> 00:54:52,200
worshipping him? 
No, we are. 

1026
00:54:52,440 --> 00:54:55,760
We are at our happiest in life 
when we worship God. 

1027
00:55:01,620 --> 00:55:04,780
We're at the pinnacle of our 
emotional state. 

1028
00:55:04,780 --> 00:55:07,540
If, if you can have one, when 
we're worshipping God, that's 

1029
00:55:07,540 --> 00:55:11,000
why it, this erupts with praise 
and it's exciting and it's just 

1030
00:55:11,000 --> 00:55:14,200
fun to worship in this house. 
It's fun to worship in the House

1031
00:55:14,200 --> 00:55:16,600
of my father. 
That's what he's saying. 

1032
00:55:17,360 --> 00:55:18,920
And then he says this for 
judgement. 

1033
00:55:18,920 --> 00:55:25,440
I came into the world so that 
those who do not see may see and

1034
00:55:25,440 --> 00:55:27,920
that those who see may become 
blind. 

1035
00:55:27,920 --> 00:55:30,040
What is he saying? 
He's got 2 messages. 

1036
00:55:30,400 --> 00:55:33,400
He's got a message for those who
know they're blind. 

1037
00:55:33,440 --> 00:55:36,160
Message for the prodigal son who
says, man, I'm blind. 

1038
00:55:36,600 --> 00:55:42,600
I'm sitting here in a pit 
feeding pigs, eating carb pods, 

1039
00:55:42,760 --> 00:55:45,160
pods that I can't digest. 
This is awful. 

1040
00:55:45,600 --> 00:55:47,920
I'm blind. 
Do you know your heart should 

1041
00:55:47,920 --> 00:55:51,600
break? 
For people who are blind, the 

1042
00:55:51,600 --> 00:55:55,120
people who are blind right now 
in the Middle East, there's 

1043
00:55:55,120 --> 00:55:57,400
blindness. 
They think they know God. 

1044
00:55:57,400 --> 00:56:01,480
There's blindness. 
And they say those, those, those

1045
00:56:01,480 --> 00:56:04,480
who say I'm blind, I want to go 
back home. 

1046
00:56:04,760 --> 00:56:08,440
God receives them. 
But those who say, ah, there's 

1047
00:56:08,440 --> 00:56:11,520
no blindness. 
I see, What blindness do I have?

1048
00:56:12,600 --> 00:56:14,640
You know what Jesus says? 
You're blind. 

1049
00:56:16,880 --> 00:56:18,320
You're blind and you're going to
hell. 

1050
00:56:19,800 --> 00:56:21,720
That's what he says. 
He says for judgement. 

1051
00:56:22,480 --> 00:56:24,040
That's not why I came. 
I came first. 

1052
00:56:24,040 --> 00:56:26,040
I came for salvation, but for 
judgement. 

1053
00:56:26,200 --> 00:56:29,080
I came into this world. 
What is he judging? 

1054
00:56:29,080 --> 00:56:30,600
He's judging your hearts right 
now. 

1055
00:56:31,200 --> 00:56:33,560
Even as I speak, He's judging 
your hearts. 

1056
00:56:34,760 --> 00:56:36,960
What is it? 
Do you want to admit this 

1057
00:56:36,960 --> 00:56:39,560
morning that you're blind? 
Well, he'll say you know what 

1058
00:56:39,560 --> 00:56:43,280
you see. 
Isn't that crazy? 

1059
00:56:44,000 --> 00:56:46,080
Don't you love Jesus's teaching?
It's like a puzzle trying to 

1060
00:56:46,080 --> 00:56:47,200
figure it out. 
Like what is his name? 

1061
00:56:48,040 --> 00:56:51,480
He's saying if you admit that 
you have a need, a spiritual 

1062
00:56:51,480 --> 00:56:55,200
need, he said no problem. 
You come and I'll I'll fix it. 

1063
00:56:55,560 --> 00:56:57,040
I'll fix it. 
I'll give you life. 

1064
00:56:57,560 --> 00:57:00,200
But if you keep going like this 
and stiff arming God and saying,

1065
00:57:00,200 --> 00:57:04,400
I don't need that I, I see 
perfectly, then he's like, fine,

1066
00:57:05,160 --> 00:57:06,720
you know what? 
He's he's got a message for 

1067
00:57:06,720 --> 00:57:09,360
those kind of people. 
Do you know what he says? 

1068
00:57:11,080 --> 00:57:13,960
Every plant which my heavenly 
Father did not plant shall be 

1069
00:57:13,960 --> 00:57:16,120
uprooted. 
This is what he says. 

1070
00:57:16,520 --> 00:57:22,680
Let them alone. 
Guys. 

1071
00:57:22,680 --> 00:57:27,520
I don't personally know a 
scarier phrase in the Bible, 

1072
00:57:29,000 --> 00:57:30,800
Jesus, by the way, it's red 
letters. 

1073
00:57:31,200 --> 00:57:36,960
He's saying let them alone. 
Do you want Jesus leaving you 

1074
00:57:36,960 --> 00:57:40,440
alone? 
That's honestly the most 

1075
00:57:40,440 --> 00:57:43,520
terrifying thought. 
But you know what he has to say.

1076
00:57:43,520 --> 00:57:45,960
For religious people who 
continually say I see but yet 

1077
00:57:45,960 --> 00:57:50,720
they're blind, let him alone. 
Why does he say that? 

1078
00:57:50,720 --> 00:57:52,640
Let them alone. 
They are blind guides of the 

1079
00:57:52,640 --> 00:57:54,640
blind. 
And if the blind man guides a 

1080
00:57:54,640 --> 00:57:56,720
blind man, both will fall into 
the pit. 

1081
00:57:58,440 --> 00:58:01,600
The religious people of that day
didn't care about people, they 

1082
00:58:01,600 --> 00:58:04,680
just care about themselves. 
They were selfish, good for 

1083
00:58:04,680 --> 00:58:09,560
nothing. 
But God saying that's not you. 

1084
00:58:10,880 --> 00:58:12,440
Recognize your blindness this 
morning. 

1085
00:58:13,320 --> 00:58:16,480
Recognize you have a need and 
just come to the cross, The 

1086
00:58:16,480 --> 00:58:19,280
great equalizer. 
Jesus says this. 

1087
00:58:19,280 --> 00:58:21,760
In Revelation 317. 
Jesus rebuked the lukewarm 

1088
00:58:21,760 --> 00:58:24,000
congregation. 
I hope that's not us. 

1089
00:58:25,600 --> 00:58:29,200
With these words, you say I am 
rich and I've become wealthy and

1090
00:58:29,200 --> 00:58:32,120
I have need of nothing. 
And then he says this, you know,

1091
00:58:32,160 --> 00:58:36,000
do you not know that you're a 
wretched, miserable, poor, blind

1092
00:58:36,000 --> 00:58:39,160
and naked. 
When you recognize that I will 

1093
00:58:39,160 --> 00:58:42,360
come heal your eyes. 
I'll give you gold. 

1094
00:58:43,120 --> 00:58:44,760
We're fine. 
We're fine by fire. 

1095
00:58:44,760 --> 00:58:49,960
And I'll clothe you. 
The only thing, the only 

1096
00:58:49,960 --> 00:58:53,360
response we have is from Luke 18
and just recognizing our need 

1097
00:58:53,440 --> 00:58:55,960
and comes coming to the end of 
ourselves. 

1098
00:58:56,200 --> 00:58:57,520
That's the only time we're 
justified. 

1099
00:58:57,520 --> 00:58:59,080
Love blind Bartimaeus. 
He's like, what? 

1100
00:58:59,640 --> 00:59:02,520
Jesus, please have mercy on me. 
And it's made the disciples so 

1101
00:59:02,520 --> 00:59:04,080
awkward. 
He's like, Oh my goodness, 

1102
00:59:04,080 --> 00:59:05,360
that's awkward. 
Stop it. 

1103
00:59:06,360 --> 00:59:09,520
Like, he's like, no, no, those 
are the people I'm attracted to,

1104
00:59:10,080 --> 00:59:13,800
the ones who cry out for mercy. 
Those are the people I want. 

1105
00:59:14,200 --> 00:59:15,840
Those are the people I want to 
change the world with. 

1106
00:59:16,480 --> 00:59:19,320
Amen. 
All right, Why don't we stand to

1107
00:59:19,320 --> 00:59:21,200
our feet? 
Worship the Lord this morning. 

1108
00:59:40,480 --> 00:59:42,440
All right. 
As we respond to him, I think, 

1109
00:59:42,440 --> 00:59:46,320
all right, I can't think of it. 
There's just two categories 

1110
00:59:46,680 --> 00:59:49,400
really in the room. 
It's just that if you want mercy

1111
00:59:49,400 --> 00:59:51,440
this morning, you're going to 
have to admit that you're blind.

1112
00:59:53,160 --> 00:59:56,120
If you want mercy this morning, 
if you want grace this morning 

1113
00:59:56,120 --> 01:00:00,560
for everything that you need, 
you need to admit that you have 

1114
01:00:00,560 --> 01:00:05,160
a need that you're blind. 
Come as a prodigal. 

1115
01:00:06,240 --> 01:00:09,880
Love the father as he's even 
even though Jesus is harsh 

1116
01:00:09,880 --> 01:00:12,400
towards religious people who 
have a heart and heart, he's 

1117
01:00:12,400 --> 01:00:14,560
still in Luke 15. 
If you remember, he still 

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01:00:14,560 --> 01:00:16,480
pleads. 
You still say come in older 

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01:00:16,480 --> 01:00:21,360
brother, come in and celebrate 
Come in, come in and worship at 

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01:00:21,360 --> 01:00:24,720
the House of my father. 
Come in, come in, come in. 

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01:00:26,480 --> 01:00:30,560
You know, I was listening to a 
story this week I thought was 

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01:00:31,000 --> 01:00:35,320
really helpful just to just to 
seeing that what is our, what is

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01:00:35,320 --> 01:00:38,960
the greatest motivation of 
following Jesus? 

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01:00:40,360 --> 01:00:45,240
You know, there's a, a story of 
people who were invited by their

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01:00:45,240 --> 01:00:49,480
friends to come to a bar, which 
I don't recommend, but just, you

1126
01:00:49,480 --> 01:00:53,080
know, just to hang out in a, a 
bar and there's a sign that said

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01:00:53,080 --> 01:00:55,640
no spitting. 
And how many of you know that 

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01:00:55,840 --> 01:00:59,000
the law is really is really 
powerful? 

1129
01:00:59,840 --> 01:01:03,240
And what is the purpose of the 
law in the Old Testament and 

1130
01:01:03,240 --> 01:01:05,360
even in the New Testament? 
What did Paul say about the law?

1131
01:01:05,360 --> 01:01:07,440
What does the law do? 
Does anyone know? 

1132
01:01:08,600 --> 01:01:12,280
The law reveals our sin. 
The law is a mirror. 

1133
01:01:13,200 --> 01:01:16,920
You know, when you when you look
in the mirror, you know when you

1134
01:01:16,920 --> 01:01:19,440
just see like all, all it's 
going to tell you is something's

1135
01:01:19,440 --> 01:01:22,000
wrong, right? 
There's like a hair out of place

1136
01:01:22,000 --> 01:01:24,840
or your hair's up or whatever, 
or you got a booger or you got 

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01:01:24,840 --> 01:01:27,200
like food on your face or 
whatever, or something in your 

1138
01:01:27,200 --> 01:01:28,640
teeth. 
It just tells you what's wrong. 

1139
01:01:28,640 --> 01:01:31,040
The mirror doesn't like pop 
through and be like, let me take

1140
01:01:31,040 --> 01:01:36,040
that out for you. 
The law is was meant to show you

1141
01:01:36,040 --> 01:01:38,840
you're a sinful person. 
The law was never meant to fix 

1142
01:01:38,840 --> 01:01:44,240
you and bring you back to God. 
So the friends, they're at the 

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01:01:44,240 --> 01:01:47,760
bar and they're looking and it 
says no spitting. 

1144
01:01:48,400 --> 01:01:52,080
And they're like, now I want to 
spit, right? 

1145
01:01:52,200 --> 01:01:54,720
Don't you want to do that? 
Like when you see like before, 

1146
01:01:54,720 --> 01:01:56,800
they're like, no, we're 
chilling, we're good. 

1147
01:01:56,800 --> 01:01:58,360
And then he's like, Oh, no 
spitting. 

1148
01:01:58,440 --> 01:02:01,640
Now I want to spit and it's like
the juices are forming in the 

1149
01:02:01,640 --> 01:02:03,760
mouth even as you're as you're 
reading that, right. 

1150
01:02:05,240 --> 01:02:07,760
Well, let's just say your 
friend, now you know a friend 

1151
01:02:07,760 --> 01:02:10,960
who's in high places and he 
invites you to Buckingham Palace

1152
01:02:11,280 --> 01:02:13,920
in England. 
And he's like, hey, you got to 

1153
01:02:13,920 --> 01:02:17,000
get dressed up for the occasion.
Come, I want you to meet the 

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01:02:17,000 --> 01:02:20,160
king. 
And so he gets all dressed up, 

1155
01:02:20,600 --> 01:02:24,680
flies first class Orlando MCO, 
British Airways lands in London.

1156
01:02:25,280 --> 01:02:27,680
It's out of the car. 
Fancy cars, bring them black 

1157
01:02:27,680 --> 01:02:30,560
vehicles, right? 
Motorcade goes directly to the 

1158
01:02:30,880 --> 01:02:35,280
to the palace. 
How many there are tempted to 

1159
01:02:35,280 --> 01:02:39,440
spit in that moment when you're 
eating all the fancy food and 

1160
01:02:39,440 --> 01:02:41,840
the guys are coming with the 
trays giving you hors d'oeuvres?

1161
01:02:42,160 --> 01:02:47,840
How many guys are like, I just 
have this big urge to spit, but 

1162
01:02:47,840 --> 01:02:51,720
there's no sign, at least as far
as I know, in Buckingham Palace,

1163
01:02:51,720 --> 01:02:53,840
there's no sign that says no 
spitting. 

1164
01:02:54,760 --> 01:02:58,080
Why is it that you don't want to
spit in that environment? 

1165
01:03:00,000 --> 01:03:04,880
Because you're royal and you're 
in the House of the King, and 

1166
01:03:04,880 --> 01:03:08,160
you not wanting to spit comes 
out of love and royalty. 

1167
01:03:08,400 --> 01:03:10,040
You're a part of the House of 
God. 

1168
01:03:11,440 --> 01:03:14,800
You're His. 
The law is good, but the law 

1169
01:03:14,800 --> 01:03:16,520
always shows you your 
sinfulness. 

1170
01:03:17,320 --> 01:03:21,960
The greatest motivation to live 
for God in His Kingdom is a love

1171
01:03:21,960 --> 01:03:26,000
for Him, and He produces that 
deep into your soul. 

1172
01:03:26,200 --> 01:03:28,520
Amen. 
We don't have to go around being

1173
01:03:28,520 --> 01:03:29,360
like, don't do this, don't do 
this. 

1174
01:03:29,360 --> 01:03:30,880
Don't. 
It's not that we throw out our 

1175
01:03:30,880 --> 01:03:36,280
Bibles, it's just we find fire 
and power to live this stuff out

1176
01:03:36,280 --> 01:03:40,240
because God's put a love and 
he's blessed you and transformed

1177
01:03:40,240 --> 01:03:41,960
you from the inside out. 
Amen. 

1178
01:03:41,960 --> 01:03:45,800
That's what he's done. 
So guys, what we're committed to

1179
01:03:46,240 --> 01:03:49,160
is a love relationship with God.
We'll just say, God, I want to 

1180
01:03:49,160 --> 01:03:52,000
obey you. 
I want to live for you because 

1181
01:03:52,000 --> 01:03:53,680
you've transformed me inside 
out. 

1182
01:03:53,680 --> 01:03:55,120
But you know what? 
I'm going to sin. 

1183
01:03:55,120 --> 01:03:57,680
I'm going to spit at times. 
I'm going to do something dumb. 

1184
01:03:57,680 --> 01:04:00,200
I'm going to, I'm going to let 
my, you know, you're going to 

1185
01:04:00,200 --> 01:04:02,240
find yourself there. 
And maybe you found yourself 

1186
01:04:02,240 --> 01:04:05,480
there last night or yesterday or
this week or this morning. 

1187
01:04:05,480 --> 01:04:08,160
Even when you came, you're like,
man, what do I do with that? 

1188
01:04:08,400 --> 01:04:10,840
You come to the cross. 
It's the great equalizer. 

1189
01:04:10,840 --> 01:04:13,400
That means every time there's 
going to be a moment in time 

1190
01:04:13,400 --> 01:04:15,120
where you're just going to want 
to come to the cross in this 

1191
01:04:15,120 --> 01:04:16,720
house. 
And I'm just saying that's the 

1192
01:04:16,720 --> 01:04:19,920
great equalizer. 
Everybody's equaled when they 

1193
01:04:19,920 --> 01:04:22,640
come to the cross. 
People might feel above somebody

1194
01:04:22,640 --> 01:04:24,640
else because there's somebody 
else confessed to them like, oh,

1195
01:04:24,640 --> 01:04:26,880
I've sinned, whatever, and made 
me feel a little bit better. 

1196
01:04:27,000 --> 01:04:28,960
But then when you fall, you come
to the cross. 

1197
01:04:28,960 --> 01:04:31,280
You're like, wow, that just 
leveled everybody in the room. 

1198
01:04:32,200 --> 01:04:33,960
It levels us all. 
We all need Jesus. 

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01:04:34,400 --> 01:04:36,640
We're all children of God. 
We give our lives to him. 

1200
01:04:36,840 --> 01:04:40,360
We're children that come to the 
cross daily, daily. 

1201
01:04:40,960 --> 01:04:42,680
So let's just come to the cross 
this morning. 

1202
01:04:43,240 --> 01:04:45,080
Amen. 
Let's just come to the cross. 

1203
01:04:45,440 --> 01:04:48,480
Come to the cross. 
Come receive forgiveness this 

1204
01:04:48,480 --> 01:04:50,800
morning. 
Receive His touch this morning. 

1205
01:04:51,040 --> 01:04:54,640
Whatever it is that you need, 
whatever it is, let Him convict 

1206
01:04:54,640 --> 01:04:56,720
you of sin. 
Let that conviction come. 

1207
01:04:56,720 --> 01:04:58,760
The Holy Spirit is convicting 
right now. 

1208
01:04:58,760 --> 01:05:00,480
That's great. 
That means you're his. 

1209
01:05:00,760 --> 01:05:02,480
That means the Spirit of God is 
working. 

1210
01:05:02,680 --> 01:05:05,840
Lord, we ask you right now that 
you would soften people's hearts

1211
01:05:05,840 --> 01:05:09,000
by the power of your Spirit. 
Right now we ask you, Lord, that

1212
01:05:09,320 --> 01:05:11,920
evangelism would would never 
seem hard. 

1213
01:05:11,920 --> 01:05:15,080
It would seem easy as this man 
just simply just said the same 

1214
01:05:15,080 --> 01:05:16,280
thing as I robot. 
I don't know. 

1215
01:05:16,280 --> 01:05:18,560
I was blind and why? 
I see, I was blind and now I see

1216
01:05:18,560 --> 01:05:20,960
and now I want to follow Jesus 
for the rest of my life. 

1217
01:05:20,960 --> 01:05:23,080
Why? 
Because he's been transformed 

1218
01:05:23,240 --> 01:05:25,960
from the inside out. 
He's no longer living for law, 

1219
01:05:25,960 --> 01:05:29,040
but he's living for love in 
Jesus name. 

1220
01:05:29,040 --> 01:05:30,680
We thank you Lord, all across 
the room. 

1221
01:05:31,240 --> 01:05:33,200
We just thank you, Lord, just 
thank him. 

1222
01:05:33,640 --> 01:05:36,280
Thank him. 
Just come to him, come to him, 

1223
01:05:36,280 --> 01:05:38,520
confess your sin, whatever it 
is, just confess. 

1224
01:05:38,560 --> 01:05:42,880
He is right, He is faithful and 
just to forgive you of all of 

1225
01:05:42,880 --> 01:05:45,200
your sin and cleanse you from 
all unrighteousness. 

1226
01:05:45,520 --> 01:05:48,720
Lord, we thank you that that 
blood flows from the cross and 

1227
01:05:48,720 --> 01:05:51,840
cleanses us. 
It washes us anew and makes us 

1228
01:05:51,840 --> 01:05:54,000
white as snow. 
We thank you Lord, for the 

1229
01:05:54,000 --> 01:05:55,240
cross. 
We thank you for what you're 

1230
01:05:55,240 --> 01:05:56,880
doing. 
I just pray, Lord, you minister 

1231
01:05:56,880 --> 01:06:00,160
to every person in this room who
wants ministry, every person who

1232
01:06:00,160 --> 01:06:03,600
needs forgiveness, every person 
that needs power to live out all

1233
01:06:03,600 --> 01:06:06,200
you've called us to. 
And he needs the reminding 

1234
01:06:06,200 --> 01:06:09,480
again, a reminder of how good 
you've been to them, how good 

1235
01:06:09,480 --> 01:06:11,920
you are right now, and you'll 
never change that. 

1236
01:06:11,920 --> 01:06:14,440
We could come to the cross every
single time or receive 

1237
01:06:14,440 --> 01:06:16,480
everything that we need in Jesus
name. 

1238
01:06:16,840 --> 01:06:17,480
It's worse of him.