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If you remember from the first 
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the fourth chapter, a couple of 
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that time and I'll make it 
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I am convinced that for the most
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this statement without 
exception, I realize there are 

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exceptions to the rule that I'm 
about to state but what I have 

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found at least in my own 
personal perception whatever 

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that's worth in looking at the 
child of God today. 

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Day at least for those that 
aspire to come and assemble on a

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regular basis with the Lord's 
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I am convinced that for the most
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desire to live the Christian 
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Now, many times, they stub their
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astray many times, they fall 
down, and they need to stand 

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back up and that really happens.
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part, most Christians desire to 
live the Christian Life. 

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And that being said, I will say 
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I think, for the most part 
people would love nothing more 

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than to talk to others about the
Lord about their soul salvation,

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but the problem is many times 
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They don't know what to say. 
They're afraid because they 

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think they might say the wrong 
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What if they ask me, a question 
that I'm not able to answer if I

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cannot respond to them. 
I've actually heard people say 

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this Frank, I would love nothing
more than to talk to somebody 

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about the Lord. 
But what if I get into a 

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discussion and they bring up a 
point that I'm not capable of 

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responding to if I cannot 
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fashion? 
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they will leave and we will lose
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And the only chance we might 
have had we lost But listen, you

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know, Jesus talks about the fact
that you and I have a 

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responsibility to those that are
lost they have a responsibility 

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with regards to their own soul 
salvation and God has the 

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greatest responsibility of all 
he gets the credit, he gets the 

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praise and he gets the glory 
because he gives the increase 

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later on in John chapter 4 as we
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later on in our sermon. 
Going to talk about some very 

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encouraging words that we need 
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many things that sometimes we 
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regards to, whether a work is 
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In a particular area, how many 
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many people have attended gospel
meetings, and so on and so 

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forth? 
But, you know, Jesus hit it 

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right on the head at the latter 
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And we'll talk about that in 
just a little while, but if 

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there are some encouraging words
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personal evangelism, it is the 
words that Jesus spoke at the 

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end of our sermon today. 
But those of you that were here,

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remember that, the first four 
things that Jesus did are on the

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board and we can look to the 
master teacher today, and we can

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glean actually seven principles 
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Jesus Christ was a was the 
greatest teacher of all time and

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ever will be. 
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public Preaching. 
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but notice the very first thing 
he does is he goes and he makes 

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a very unlikely social contact. 
You know, the Bible says that on

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purpose. 
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through Samaria and Jesus comes 
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Well, and he comes to that. 
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is, we read because of his 
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mouthful right there. 
He As we read about his journey,

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he purposely on purpose went and
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went into an area where he by 
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every single thing that he had 
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Jews. 
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to the Samaritans as with great 
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unworthy in their eyes. 
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journey and yet he It's the time
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Bible says, as he comes there, 
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Well, and on the scene comes a 
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for the purpose of drawing 
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We just sang that song, and 
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do. 
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contact with her, but he takes 
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He is going to establish a 
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Common interest don't have to be
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Things, they can be very, very 
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Jesus came and established a 
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interest was water, he was 
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to draw water. 
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to her. 
He's going to say, woman, give 

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me to drink. 
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Why is that? 
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of water with her. 
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knew that and she being a woman 
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going to have a conversation 
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caused her to be interested 
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You might think why? 
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really know anybody that I might
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I don't really know what to say.
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before you today that not 
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speak to other sometimes, folks 
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Sometimes folks don't have 
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is. 
Sometimes people just don't have

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that as one of their strong 
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Have you ever met somebody 
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Have you ever talked to anybody?
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Have you ever had any 
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you didn't know prior to the 
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Why surely you have? 
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Have you ever had a common 
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Well, you might say, well I'm a 
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in a lost and dying world and I 
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workplace that are sinful people
in more people and so on and so 

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forth. 
I have nothing in common with 

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them but Yes, you do. 
You have children? 

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Do they have children? 
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Are you a grandparent? 
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You have something in common. 
Are you looking at someone that 

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has an ailment and maybe you've 
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else in your family or somebody 
that, you know, you have a 

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common interest. 
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a common interest? 
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that pulls together or ties two,
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unrelated people and folks. 
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like Jesus said, we must do and 
we don't establish social 

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contacts and common interests 
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world and we just go along. 
And the only people we associate

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with our other members of the 
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You will never, ever, ever 
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You will never bring anyone to 
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Just and you will never have the
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about God's word. 
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to make social contacts, and 
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What if you said well, I just 
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May I ask you this. 
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modestly. 
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interest in those that you come 
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woman wears, her hair is going 
to arouse a interest in somebody

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else. 
If somebody that you know you're

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going you're going to go about 
and talk about something that 

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they've invited you to do on 
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I worship on Sunday. 
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ask the question, they might 
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And now, all you may be able to 
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Christ over there. 22:15 plans, 
Road, why don't you come and 

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join us? 
We'd love to have you. 

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Everyone is welcome. 
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can do, you're doing your part, 
but Jesus aroused, a spiritual 

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interest in her by his actions. 
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him, he's a Jewish man, and he 
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with And he asks of water with 
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Like you are asking me a woman 
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said by his words. 
Now if you knew who I was, you'd

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be asking me of water and I 
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I would give you the kind of 
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you will never ever thirst 
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There it is a spiritual 
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She says, give it to me. 
Can I have it if you've got that

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water? 
That I'll never thirst again. 

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Can I have it? 
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knew not to go too far too fast,
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I'll tell you something. 
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about the lord, it's very 
tempting to give them the whole 

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thing, all at one time, but you 
have to give it to them in 

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increments that they can digest,
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understand if you give it too 
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Fast, you're not going to be 
successful and Jesus in His 

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Infinite Wisdom. 
He said to her, call thy 

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husband, You know, when I was a 
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does that have to do with what 
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Maybe you've always understood 
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I have not always understood 
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he's talking about and what the 
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far too fast. 
You know why he knew she needed 

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the Messiah, but he also knew 
that she needed proof and see me

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to conviction that he was the 
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So he established it by saying 
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Go and get thy husband. 
And she says, I have no husband 

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and he says, he says that's 
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In fact, he had five and the one
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Now, is not your husband. 
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prophet. 
He established some ground rules

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and some ground now. 
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the position as the one who can 
give her living water where life

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comes from. 
But number 5, and that's the 

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next thing. 
And I don't want you to 

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misunderstand me. 
When I write this on the board, 

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I'll spend a little time on this
on number 5, but that is don't 

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condemn unnecessarily. 
Is it true that sin will keep a 

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person out of Heaven? 
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Isn't it true? 
That if somebody is living an 

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immoral life in the world that 
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Lifestyles, the answer to that 
question is in fatica Lee and 

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100%. 
Yes. 

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But did you know or I'm sure you
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Maybe you haven't realized it in
a while but listen. 

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We as in society, as human 
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classify If I various types of 
sin, we look at it like this, an

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immoral person is worse than a 
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And an immoral persons, not as 
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That's the emphasis. 
We place a lot of times on money

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and possessions and the thief is
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But I'm gonna tell you 
something, you can be a murderer

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or a little white liar. 
And if you have never had the 

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blood of Jesus applied at 
baptism, you're in exactly the 

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same place. 
You're in exactly the same 

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position and Jesus could have 
spent and dwelt all manner of 

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time on her in moral life, but 
he didn't He talked about his 

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offer of Living Water. 
He talked about the fact that 

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when one would have this living 
water, they will never thirst 

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again. 
He's talking about salvation. 

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Here's my point when Jesus says,
I came not to judge but are and 

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I came not to condemn, but I 
came to save and I came to call 

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those that are, that are living 
in a lost and Dying World. 

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I came to call them toward their
salvation and all of that. 

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Jesus, when he was here before, 
did just that he's left his word

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and we need to do the same but 
make no mistake. 

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There's going to come a day when
Jesus will not be the Lamb of 

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God, when Jesus will not be our 
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who he is now over his kingdom, 
there's going to come a day when

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Jesus is going to be the judge 
and he's going to sit on his 

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throne and he's worthy of such. 
For he was the one with the nail

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prints in his hands and Jesus is
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he's going to judge the world. 
You know, I don't know if 

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there's going to be discussion 
at the Judgment, I'll just tell 

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you what I've read, I've read 
like, for example, in Matthew, 

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25 various Scholars discussing 
the idea of the Judgment scene 

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and really there's a difference 
of opinion whether or not 

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there's actually going to be a 
discussion on that last and 

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final day. 
Like for example, when Jesus 

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comes back, The dead in Christ, 
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on and so forth. 
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a conversation with him back and
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said is, what would be said if 
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happening on that day. 
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more I've studied that idea. 
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I'm not sure, but I do know this
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I do know for a fact. 
It's a day of sentencing. 

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I do also know as a fact that 
death seals your fate. 

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I know that too. 
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is the place that it is prepared
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whether you are saved. 
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believe, you know that when you 
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you die, I Believe, you know 
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But Jesus says, now before that 
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to them. 
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the world, it makes no 
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and any sin of any kind at any 
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taken away, washed away at 
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lose their soul in our 
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We preach against sin. 
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things that are righteous and we
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right. 
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their The lifestyle because if 
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sinful lifestyle, and if they 
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reason to change and we know 
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lifestyle, if they don't change 
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their soul in a devil's. 
Hell, and I don't care if it's a

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little white liar or a mass 
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That's just the way it is. 
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and we need to take the gospel 
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the Waters of baptism. 
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Waters of baptism and we get 
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Apostle Paul in writing to the 
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chapter of the book of Romans, 
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into something else and how do 
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Renewing our mind with the word 
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The Apostle Paul further states 
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with Christ or when you are 
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with Christ. 
Now it's time to seek the things

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which are above where Christ 
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and set your affections on 
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of the Earth are focused though 
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About the Forgiveness that God 
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You ever talk to somebody? 
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Oh, I don't know how to put it. 
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They've been carried away and 
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they've done some awful things. 
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there's no greater person in the
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And somebody like that. 
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specific sin in their life. 
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sins. 
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I've sat there across from a 
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just start bawling right there. 
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dreams, they ever believed that 
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all that away and put that all 
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thing, it is, when somebody 
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message that will help them to 
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Hell. 
Take the message to the Lost 

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next though. 
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anybody about the Bible you will
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right now and this is 
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You must stick with the main 
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Do you remember when? 
She asks him he speaks about her

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husband. 
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uncomfortable and then all of a 
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worship. 
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brings her right back. 
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he brings her right back on who 
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That's coming and what he offers
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study the Bible with anybody, do
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excursions, do not let them pull
away and go off into in this Get

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over here or go off on that 
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Now, I got to tell you to be 
very honest with you, this is 

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not a problem with me because 
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and I have a very outspoken guy 
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I don't have a problem with 
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them back on Focus. 
But what if you weren't as 

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annoying as I am? 
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What if you were just as 
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And you are a person that was 
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What about that? 
Just say this stop them. 

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That's a great Point. 
That's a great question. 

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That's a great topic. 
One that deserves its do. 

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Let's do this though. 
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another time. 
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the main issue. 
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study the Bible with someone and
you will get know where they'll 

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be all over the map. 
You got to stick with the main 

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issue. 
Back to our text in the fourth 

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chapter of the Book of John 
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The woman saith unto him. 
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I perceive that thou art a 
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in this mountain. 
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the place where men ought to 
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responds to that. 
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Believe me the hour cometh when 
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mountain, nor in Jerusalem 
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you know, not what we know what 
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the Jews, but the hour cometh 
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worshipers shall worship the 
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for the father Father, seeketh 
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God is a spirit and they that 
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spirit. 
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this to This is just a helpful 
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something. 
I freely admit that I will and 

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have and always will. 
I have stood on the shoulders of

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successful men, you better 
believe it. 

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I will stand on the shoulders of
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a pride of authorship. 
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If I originated the idea of the 
thought, if somebody's been 

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successful doing something in 
the cause of Christ, I'm going 

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to copy it. 
Want to find out what that guys 

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doing. 
I want to find out, I don't want

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to be one like this. 
Well, I think I'm doing as much 

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as somebody else. 
I think I'm doing as good as 

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most Christians do. 
I don't want to be that guy. 

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I want to be the guy that wants 
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greater success than I have ever
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And I want to do what he did. 
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wheel, I want to follow what he 
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So what I'm about to tell you is
something that I use all the 

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time. 
I'm and I didn't originate it. 

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I got it from another preacher 
and here it is. 

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A number of years ago. 
What I've learned is, I often 

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struggled in a Bible study with 
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their interpretation of whether 
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not in time past. 
Now, when you're sitting there 

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and I don't mean to call out 
names but I need to give you an 

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example because this Doctrine 
does not believe in baptism as 

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being essential for salvation. 
The Baptist folks are Baptist 

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friends that we come in contact 
with. 

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They believed that a person is 
saved before they're baptized 

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and therefore, when the baptized
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Baptist Church, there's a great 
way and I'm sure there are other

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ways to maybe you have other 
ways, but this is a great way to

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never go down that problem and 
get caught in the Trap, sit 

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down, sit back, pull the guard 
down and say, Are you saved? 

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I'm going to tell you something,
they're going to say one of a 

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couple of things. 
Most people will say this, yes I

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am. 
I think I am. 

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Or I really hope so. 
But very few people are going to

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say. 
No, I'm going to hell on a 

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freight train. 
Very few. 

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People are going to say that 
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Yes I am. 
I think I am or I sure hope I am

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and get them to commit to that 
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I hope so. 
I think so. 

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It's time now for you to sit 
back and ask them. 

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This would you share with me 
when that happened and how that 

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happened? 
Now, you're interested in them 

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and they know that you sit back 
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well, one day, I just accepted 
the Lord, I was driving down the

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road, and there was a religious 
program on the radio, and when 

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it came to on, I listened to it 
and I it should accept Jesus, 

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and I did, and I was saved that 
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Don't mention baptism yet at 
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When they commit to that, listen
carefully and attentively, and 

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show them that respect and 
courtesy. 

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And then say this, thank you for
sharing that with me. 

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Such a personal thing in your 
life. 

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Would it be okay if I shared 
with you how I was saved? 

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Sure, you've listened to them. 
Now, they're going to listen to 

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you, and that's the time that 
you take this Bible, That's the 

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time that you take the New 
Testament and you preach unto 

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them. 
Jesus, and every single place 

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that you go to when it shows 
that a person was saved at 

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baptism in immersion with water,
to rise to walk in newness of 

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Life, by the authority of Jesus 
Christ added to his church. 

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When you do that, they're going 
to say, no wait a minute. 

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Everything that he's saying he 
did. 

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I I did not do, but the Bible 
says, that's what you got to do 

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in order to be saved. 
And that's when you can bring 

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them along and share with them, 
how you really are saved. 

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And now, they know I'm not, how 
do I know that folks? 

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I stub my toe. 
One time I spoke to a person for

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over two hours and I didn't do 
it that way and I just went to 

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baptism, and I went to pounding 
baptism here. 

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It was after two hours. 
I was baptized, I did that. 

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Yes, but this is baptism for the
remission of sins. 

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Here it is, isn't that why 
everybody gets Baptized. 

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That's what I thought I was 
doing but let me ask you this, 

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did they put you on a waiting 
list and two weeks later have 25

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of your lineup and go down and 
get baptized two or three weeks 

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after you decided to do it. 
Yeah that's what happened. 

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And then you tell them this. 
Well, if they believed it was 

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necessary for salvation, they 
have taken you the same hour of 

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the night. 
Like the Bible says, but they 

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didn't believe that it was 
necessary for salvation. 

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Now that might work But I've had
it not work still and I've had 

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people say well I believe that's
why I was baptized. 

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Where do you go from there? 
Establish that first and stick 

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with the main issue. 
Don't go off in every different 

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direction. 
Keep them on Focus. 

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Keep them on the right issue. 
Keep them from bouncing around 

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and jumping ahead and lead the 
study where you want that to go 

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next though. 
And lastly there was something 

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that Jesus did she ask for it 
before he got there? 

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This was something that actually
happened, she wanted it, he knew

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it wasn't time and he goes 
through 25 verses of text before

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he tells her in verse 26 I am he
and that's the last point when 

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you do all of this then confront
directly. 

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You know, I hate to reduce 
preaching the word of God to 

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people to common example like 
sales. 

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I don't know how else to put it 
though. 

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I've known people in sales, that
could give a great presentation.

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In fact, they could give a 
presentation so good that they 

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gave it over and over and over 
again and they wouldn't stop and

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close. 
And therefore, they sold 

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nothing. 
They wore the person out when 

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they were interested. 
Now, they no longer are and 

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you've lost a sale. 
But you know, I'll tell you 

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something with regards to 
studying the Bible with people, 

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you have to be direct when it's 
time, you have to be specific 

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when it's time and you have to 
close hate to say that word. 

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But you have to close when it's 
time. 

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00:27:51,300 --> 00:27:54,900
Let me just say this to you too.
I held a meeting one time. 

450
00:27:56,300 --> 00:27:58,300
And during the course of that 
meeting, there were two 

451
00:27:58,300 --> 00:28:01,500
brothers. 
And they one of them was a young

452
00:28:01,500 --> 00:28:03,500
fellow that they just, they 
couldn't keep out of the water 

453
00:28:03,500 --> 00:28:04,700
he wanted. 
He was so interested. 

454
00:28:04,700 --> 00:28:06,800
He wanted to get baptized for 
years even when he was a little 

455
00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:10,000
tiny guy, so that was easy. 
But what about the brother? 

456
00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:12,800
The brother was several years 
older than he was and I couldn't

457
00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:15,400
understand, his whole family was
raised in the church. 

458
00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:17,600
They had come to services the 
whole life. 

459
00:28:17,700 --> 00:28:22,000
And yet the older son showed no 
interest apparently in obeying 

460
00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:25,300
the gospel. 
And I thought, well, how hot is 

461
00:28:25,300 --> 00:28:27,400
that? 
I asked a few of the members, 

462
00:28:27,500 --> 00:28:30,200
what does he say when you talked
to him, you know what they said,

463
00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:34,000
bless their heart they said we 
don't want to discourage him or 

464
00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:38,600
push him. 
So we're waiting for him to come

465
00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:42,700
around Jill. 
Hisle was holding a meeting in 

466
00:28:42,700 --> 00:28:45,400
Lodi. 
I don't know the kid's name, but

467
00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:47,700
this I guess this young fellow 
was huge. 

468
00:28:47,700 --> 00:28:51,100
Big stocky kid. 
You know what Joe did he walks 

469
00:28:51,100 --> 00:28:52,400
right? 
He knew the kid was ready. 

470
00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:55,100
He knew the kid was down here, 
ready for number seven and you 

471
00:28:55,108 --> 00:28:57,800
know what? 
He does he walks up and says you

472
00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:01,300
may not get another man, my size
is big enough to baptize a kid, 

473
00:29:01,300 --> 00:29:03,900
your size and a long time. 
So why don't we do it today? 

474
00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:11,400
Okay. when I talk to this fellow
that I'm speaking about, I said,

475
00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:13,100
how come you not? 
Why aren't you obeying the 

476
00:29:13,100 --> 00:29:16,500
gospel? 
Are you saved in your condition?

477
00:29:16,500 --> 00:29:19,400
He said, no. 
I said if the Lord came back 

478
00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:21,200
today, would you lose your soul?
He said, yes. 

479
00:29:22,500 --> 00:29:23,900
I said do you want to go to 
hell? 

480
00:29:24,100 --> 00:29:27,600
He said no. 
And I said, well, why haven't 

481
00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:29,600
you obeyed the gospel? 
And this is what he said. 

482
00:29:30,500 --> 00:29:36,400
I'm waiting to be worthy. 
Although if he would ask that 

483
00:29:36,500 --> 00:29:39,000
made that statement years 
before, maybe we wouldn't have 

484
00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:43,600
had a all this trouble. 
And I said, well, that's it. 

485
00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:47,500
None of us are getting in 
because none of us are worthy 

486
00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:49,700
and you will never get there. 
And I'm not there. 

487
00:29:49,700 --> 00:29:51,700
And I've been a member of the 
Lord's church for 30 years and 

488
00:29:51,700 --> 00:29:53,000
I'm not there. 
Never will be. 

489
00:29:53,300 --> 00:29:57,100
Nobody is worthy of what Jesus 
did for us and his offer of 

490
00:29:57,100 --> 00:30:02,000
Salvation, no one. 
That was enough, okay? 

491
00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:06,600
You want to do it? 
Sure going to get baptized now. 

492
00:30:06,700 --> 00:30:10,300
Yes, Baptized him on the last 
day, the meeting. 

493
00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:14,400
There does come a time when you 
must confront directly, but 

494
00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:18,300
don't confront directly until 
you've done all of these. 

495
00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:21,900
You got to build a little 
Rapport, let me just give you a 

496
00:30:21,900 --> 00:30:25,600
little example to show you kind 
of how this really works in in a

497
00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:29,400
practical case Doyle Elliot 
called me the other day. 

498
00:30:29,500 --> 00:30:31,900
The other evening on the phone, 
he said, Frankie said, would you

499
00:30:31,900 --> 00:30:34,600
be interested in going to see an
elderly couple that lives out in

500
00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:37,800
the southwest, by kind of where 
the church building is over 

501
00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:39,100
there? 
I said, sure, let's go. 

502
00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:42,500
So we set it up and this fellow 
was A 89 turning 90. 

503
00:30:42,500 --> 00:30:45,300
And he has no legs. 
He was a diabetic and his legs 

504
00:30:45,300 --> 00:30:48,000
were removed. 
He's bedridden, he is in a 

505
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,700
hospital bed. 
Here's the connection though. 

506
00:30:50,700 --> 00:30:54,000
Here's the social contact. 
It goes all the way back to when

507
00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:56,700
he lived in Lebanon. 
Missouri, he's her gone. 

508
00:30:56,700 --> 00:30:59,900
He weighed and Saul Ronnie wait 
on television programs, he's 

509
00:30:59,900 --> 00:31:03,000
come to gospel meetings. 
He's a Baptist but he's come to 

510
00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:05,900
gospel meetings and he loves 
music. 

511
00:31:05,900 --> 00:31:08,600
So naturally you go to one of 
our big meetings and he just 

512
00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:12,200
loved the singing. 
And he's always said for years, 

513
00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:14,600
I would love to go to the Church
of Christ. 

514
00:31:15,900 --> 00:31:18,100
Well, now he's in bed and I 
don't know if that's ever 

515
00:31:18,100 --> 00:31:20,700
possible. 
We're going to rig up some sort 

516
00:31:20,700 --> 00:31:23,600
of special harness type thing to
get him in a wheelchair and 

517
00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:25,300
maybe he'll come. 
I don't know. 

518
00:31:26,300 --> 00:31:28,300
We go to see this man. 
I have nothing in common with 

519
00:31:28,300 --> 00:31:29,700
him. 
Nothing whatsoever. 

520
00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:33,400
Doyle doesn't either accept the 
Brethren back there. 

521
00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:35,600
That knew this man, when they 
were neighbors, that's it. 

522
00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:38,100
So what do they do? 
You know Doyle he can just sit 

523
00:31:38,100 --> 00:31:39,600
down and start talking and he 
did. 

524
00:31:39,900 --> 00:31:43,300
And I'm glad and Nancy start 
talking to this elderly lady in 

525
00:31:43,300 --> 00:31:44,600
here. 
Here was over in the corner, 

526
00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:49,000
just just sitting there not 
doing a thing, but my time was 

527
00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:52,900
about to come and as they talk 
and as the guards came down, 

528
00:31:52,900 --> 00:31:56,400
they made a social contact. 
They made a common interest of 

529
00:31:56,400 --> 00:32:01,500
Missouri and Ronnie Wade and the
singing in the Church of Christ.

530
00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:05,500
The spiritual interest was 
aroused because they started 

531
00:32:05,500 --> 00:32:08,400
talking about preachers Frank's 
a preacher. 

532
00:32:08,700 --> 00:32:11,600
Oh, is he now? 
I'm sweetheart from this little 

533
00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:14,000
old lady. 
Now I got a friend. 

534
00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:18,100
And before we left, we were 
praying together and they wanted

535
00:32:18,100 --> 00:32:21,200
me to pray with them. 
And we did, you know what else 

536
00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:23,200
they said? 
I didn't know these people from 

537
00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:26,400
anywhere but I said, let me ask 
you this. 

538
00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:29,000
I hate to be so personal but did
your husband lose his legs 

539
00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:32,400
because of diabetes and she said
yes, that's right. 

540
00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:37,800
I said my dad had that We got a 
wonderful conversation now we're

541
00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:40,100
old friends. 
You know what they said? 

542
00:32:40,500 --> 00:32:43,100
You bring that Greg, a by, we 
talked about that. 

543
00:32:43,100 --> 00:32:45,500
When he's here, holding the 
meeting, he's got Missouri ties 

544
00:32:45,500 --> 00:32:48,800
to have a great time, and if we 
can go to the meeting, we're 

545
00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:51,500
coming, if I can figure out a 
way to get there, but if not, 

546
00:32:51,500 --> 00:32:54,600
would you bring me a recording 
of all the singing and all the 

547
00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:58,300
preaching and at the very end, 
as we walked out, they said, 

548
00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:05,000
please come back. 
One hour, one hour invested. 

549
00:33:05,500 --> 00:33:08,400
Now I'll tell you, it wasn't 
time to close. 

550
00:33:09,500 --> 00:33:13,600
They are at the very beginning, 
we were building up some, as I 

551
00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:17,500
like to say Equity, we were 
building up a rapport. 

552
00:33:17,700 --> 00:33:21,200
We were building a bridge into 
their life, and I don't know 

553
00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:24,600
what the outcome will be. 
I really don't, but it may be 

554
00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:27,600
wonderful. 
I don't know, we just have to do

555
00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:29,500
our part. 
That's what the Lord expects 

556
00:33:29,500 --> 00:33:30,500
your part. 
That's it. 

557
00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:36,500
It. 
But finally, when you get down 

558
00:33:36,500 --> 00:33:40,900
to hear, what do you say? 
Why? 

559
00:33:40,900 --> 00:33:43,200
No one thing you don't say this,
you don't really want to get 

560
00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:44,400
baptized today. 
Do you? 

561
00:33:45,900 --> 00:33:48,800
I know it's not that. 
What is it? 

562
00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:53,100
That we say I didn't originate. 
This idea, I say something along

563
00:33:53,100 --> 00:33:57,100
this line, any form of this, I 
would imagine we'll do four 

564
00:33:57,100 --> 00:33:58,200
things. 
Here it is. 

565
00:33:58,900 --> 00:34:01,600
Ask them when you get to the 
point, and it's time. 

566
00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:06,000
Now, ask them, does this make 
sense to you? 

567
00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:09,600
If it doesn't make sense to 
them, ask him, what doesn't make

568
00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:12,199
sense? 
And then going address that and 

569
00:34:12,199 --> 00:34:15,500
take care of that issue. 
But if they say this makes total

570
00:34:15,500 --> 00:34:19,800
sense. 
Go to the next question, is 

571
00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:22,900
there anything that we have 
talked about that? 

572
00:34:22,900 --> 00:34:26,400
You don't understand and if they
say well I didn't really 

573
00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:28,699
understand the point that you 
made about X Y or Z. 

574
00:34:28,699 --> 00:34:32,000
Then you go back and discuss 
that if they say no I understand

575
00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:34,400
all of it. 
You move on to number three and 

576
00:34:34,400 --> 00:34:36,900
here it is. 
Notice how you start bringing it

577
00:34:36,900 --> 00:34:39,600
around. 
Have I been teaching you 

578
00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:43,699
anything other than what the 
Bible teaches? 

579
00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:48,300
We'll know everything that 
you've said is right from the 

580
00:34:48,300 --> 00:34:49,600
Bible. 
And then, here it is. 

581
00:34:50,199 --> 00:34:53,000
Here's the directly part asked 
him. 

582
00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:59,000
This would you like to obey 
Christ now? 

583
00:34:59,300 --> 00:35:05,600
Did you get that obey Christ? 
Now, by being baptized for the 

584
00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:12,300
remission of your sins? 
If folks say no to that what 

585
00:35:12,300 --> 00:35:17,800
they do say no to, I'm not going
to obey Christ now I believe 

586
00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:20,000
everything you said it was in 
the Bible, but I'm rejecting it.

587
00:35:21,500 --> 00:35:24,900
And I'm going to leave this 
place and I'm not going to have 

588
00:35:24,900 --> 00:35:31,000
the Forgiveness of my sins. 
All you were was the messenger. 

589
00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:35,300
Putting it out to them. 
That's it. 

590
00:35:36,900 --> 00:35:39,100
But in conclusion, let me just 
say this. 

591
00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:42,800
You know, the result of the 
conversation that Jesus had with

592
00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:46,700
the Samaritan woman, was a 
conversation that many people of

593
00:35:46,700 --> 00:35:50,900
the city of sychar benefited 
from in John Chapter 4, verses 

594
00:35:50,900 --> 00:35:57,000
39 through 42. 
Many people benefited because of

595
00:35:57,000 --> 00:36:00,700
his efforts and personal 
evangelism, you will never know 

596
00:36:00,900 --> 00:36:04,700
the far-reaching influence of 
what will come when you talk to 

597
00:36:04,700 --> 00:36:09,000
somebody about the Lord, you 
never know, but the point is 

598
00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:12,000
Jesus says, don't look and say 
the Harvest is four months away 

599
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:14,800
and so on and so forth. 
No, he says, the fields are 

600
00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:18,900
white unto Harvest now. 
But then he gives us some very 

601
00:36:18,900 --> 00:36:23,600
encouraging words. 
He says you're going to reap 

602
00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:28,200
where other men have sold. 
He said some have sold and some 

603
00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:31,400
will reap. 
That's all we do. 

604
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:35,200
I realized in the Philippines we
reaped a wonderful Harvest but 

605
00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:37,700
listen, there was a lot of so 
and going on to but you know 

606
00:36:37,700 --> 00:36:41,600
what, the best part is the best 
part Don and I didn't leave 

607
00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:43,600
feeling great about our self 
know. 

608
00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:47,800
We knew this, all those people 
that have done everything that 

609
00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:50,100
they could to get those people 
to come and attend and talk to 

610
00:36:50,100 --> 00:36:52,600
them about the Lord, they were 
in it with this all the way and 

611
00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:54,400
you know what else? 
All? 

612
00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:56,200
This is the greatest part. 
This is why we don't get 

613
00:36:56,200 --> 00:37:00,100
discouraged. 
We all Rejoice together. 

614
00:37:00,300 --> 00:37:02,800
Either. 
If you've talked to somebody 

615
00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:05,800
about the Lord, one time in your
life and you planted a seed, 

616
00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:09,200
you've sowed the seed, 20 years 
later, they obeyed the gospel, 

617
00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:10,500
you had something to do with 
that. 

618
00:37:11,700 --> 00:37:14,800
You had something. 
To do with that. 

619
00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:18,300
Don't be discouraged if we don't
see results. 

620
00:37:19,300 --> 00:37:23,700
Realize this, the word of God 
has the power to save. 

621
00:37:23,700 --> 00:37:26,500
How do we know that? 
We know that because all over 

622
00:37:26,500 --> 00:37:30,700
the world people are still 
obeying the gospel if we focus 

623
00:37:30,700 --> 00:37:35,400
in not on our numbers. 
But all our work, are we talking

624
00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:37,600
to people? 
Are we preaching the gospel if 

625
00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:41,900
we're doing that, we're doing 
our part. and if we can say that

626
00:37:41,900 --> 00:37:47,300
we've done that, Someday somehow
all will reap, we will reap what

627
00:37:47,300 --> 00:37:50,000
others have sowed and we will 
sew and others will reap. 

628
00:37:50,700 --> 00:37:55,300
But on that last and final day, 
we can say, we talked to him, we

629
00:37:55,300 --> 00:37:58,500
did our part. 
And we will never hear the 

630
00:37:58,500 --> 00:38:01,100
words. 
You never mentioned. 

631
00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:05,800
Him to me. 
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