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Welcome to the Liberty Baptist 
Sermon Archives. 

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The message you're about to hear
was preached at Liberty Baptist 

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Church in Easton, MA. 
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And now we hope that this 

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message from God's Word will be 
a blessing to you. 

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Matthew Chapter 11, if you would
in the word of God, please, 

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Matthew Chapter 11 this morning,
as I just alluded to a few 

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moments ago, the title of the 
message today as we look at the 

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next characteristic of Christ is
that Christ is meek. 

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Christ is meek. 
You know, if you call a man 

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knowledgeable, he'll probably be
pleased. 

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If you call a man wise, you'll 
probably shake your hand. 

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You call him joyful, he'll 
probably give you a pat on the 

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back. 
But if you call a guy meek, 

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you'll probably punch you in the
mouth just to prove that he's 

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not meek. 
That's kind of the way people 

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feel about meekness, isn't it? 
I mean, meekness isn't exactly 

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something that people usually 
use as a way to, you know, be 

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kind to somebody. 
But you know, you know, one of 

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the things I love about you, 
you're just so meek. 

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It's really not something that 
people would say 1 to another. 

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But yet we're going to find in 
our text this morning that it's 

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not just that Christ is called 
meek, but that Christ calls 

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himself meek. 
And so that means this, there's 

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got to be something good about 
it. 

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There must be something right 
and righteous about this issue 

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of meekness, that Christ calls 
himself meek and lowly of heart.

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And so as we go through our 
series and we continue to go 

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through looking at these 
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as we saw he was healer this 
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going to look at this issue of 
Christ being meek this morning 

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and why we should be so thrilled
that Christ is meek when he 

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deals with us in our lives. 
Would you stand pleased for the 

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reading of God's Word? 
We're going to read 3 verses 

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this morning. 
Matthew Chapter 11, beginning in

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verse #28 And just as we read 
from Matthew chapter 8 a few 

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moments ago, these verses, these
3 verses are also what I would 

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call some of the pinnacle verses
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New Testament, often quoted, 
often used as a comfort and 

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encouragement. 
And you'll see why in just a 

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moment. 
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Matthew Chapter 11 verse #28 
says, Come unto me, all you that

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labor, and are heavy laden, and 
I will give you rest. 

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Take my yoke upon you and learn 
of Me, for I am meek and lowly 

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in heart, and you shall find 
rest unto your souls. 

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For my yoke is easy and My 
burden is light. 

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Now if you have one of those 
Bibles that have red letters, 

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you'll find everything that we 
just read is in red letters, 

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isn't it? 
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is speaking is none other than 
Jesus Christ. 

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So this is Jesus who says, come 
unto me all you that labor and 

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are heavy laden. 
Remember I just asked a few 

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moments ago who needed 
encouragement, maybe a labor. 

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You're heavy laden. 
He said, I will give you rest. 

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Take my yoke upon you and learn 
of Me, for I am meek, I am meek 

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and lowly in heart. 
You shall find rest unto your 

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souls, for my yoke is easy and 
my burden is light. 

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We be seated as we get into the 
message this morning. 

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Heavenly Father, we do thank you
for Your word. 

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We thank You for Your great love
for us. 

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We're undeserving of that which 
we just heard sung a few moments

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ago, and we know we're 
undeserving of it because of 

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Your word, but yet we know You 
also give it to us that great 

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love because of your word. 
So Lord, as we look at the issue

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of Christ being meek this 
morning, help us to truly 

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understand what meekness is, 
understand how it applies to 

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Christ and how it applies to us 
as well in our lives. 

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And we ask it in Jesus name, 
Amen. 

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The verses we just read 
represent some of the most 

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comforting and beautiful verses 
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Word of God. 
And nestled right into middle of

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these verses is this 
proclamation that Jesus makes of

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himself when He says these 3 
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I am meek. 
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how Christ is meek, and I just 
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need to actually understand what
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don't feel like meekness is a 
very good quality, certainly not

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one that would be applied to 
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way that we normally think about
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Now meekness, if you were to 
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really boil it down to what the 
dictionary would teach, and this

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is just about any dictionary 
looked at several this week that

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would try to define what 
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It would really it down to this 
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Gentleness is meekness. 
Now listen, this is true. 

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There is no doubt within my mind
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go together. 
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meekness is gentleness does not 
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of what meekness is. 
I have defined it before here in

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this church. 
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preaching as this, and I believe
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saying this, that meekness is 
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rather meekness is power under 
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I'll say that again. 
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gentleness, but rather meekness 
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We can put it this way, Meekness
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And that's really what it comes 
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That's why a lot of us don't 
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we think inherently meekness is 
weakness and so we don't really 

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want to think of it anymore. 
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considered to be weak, well, he 
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But what you know about the Word
of God and what I know about the

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Word of God this morning, we can
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Jesus was not weak. 
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No, he has all power within him.
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is gentle. 
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understanding that it must be 
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control, that those two going 
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together. 
You know, I think of a fire that

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would take place. 
And, you know, even this time of

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year, it's sometimes ironic that
there could be large fires that 

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take place even with all the 
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But sometimes some of the worst 
fires can take place during this

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time of year. 
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ravages, the power of a fire 
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It's uncontrollable, isn't it? 
It's unquenchable in a lot of 

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ways. 
It will eat up everything that's

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around. 
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it. 
It's wild. 

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It just goes in every direction 
until it has consumed everything

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that it can possibly consume. 
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There's no meekness that's 
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But maybe a better way for us to
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weakness, but rather the 
firefighters that would go and 

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would take care of that fire. 
You know, I imagine when that 

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fire bell rings that they're not
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fire, What do we do? 
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You know, they're not running 
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I've never done that church. 
That was kind of fun. 

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They're not running or what do 
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There's an orderliness to what 
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bell rings. 
They get to the trucks, they get

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to the fire. 
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the equipment that they need out
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going into the home, from going 
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There's a lot of power that 
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that power is different than the
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This is power that is under 
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Every movement, every thought, 
every action has discipline and 

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control. 
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that those firefighters serving 
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are the ones who really 
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all about. 
And wouldn't that say what our 

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Savior is? 
Wouldn't that explain to us who 

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our Savior is? 
Because Jesus Christ is not 

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weak. 
Jesus Christ is not one who has 

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no power, no, but rather Jesus 
Christ has power which was and 

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is under his control. 
Now, there's a passage that can 

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really help us to understand 
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So put your ribbon here in 
Matthew Chapter 11, if you 

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happen to have one. 
If not, put your finger in there

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for just a minute. 
We'll go back to it. 

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But go to 2nd Corinthians 
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Second Corinthians chapter #10 
you can go a couple 100 pages 

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maybe in your Bible here or 
there ahead to 2nd Corinthians 

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chapter #10 you're not sure 
where that is right after First 

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Corinthians. 
All right, you got that. 

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All right, good. 
Second Corinthians chapter #10 

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And Paul says this. 
Now I, Paul myself, beseech you 

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by the meekness and gentleness 
of Christ. 

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So here it is, the word 
gentleness. 

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There it's associated with 
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No one is trying to deny that 
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Who in presence and base among 
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toward you. 
But I beseech you that I may not

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be bold when I am present with 
that confidence that we'll stop 

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right there. 
Paul is ascribing to himself as 

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he is writing to the people of 
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talk to you with the meekness of
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But as soon as he says that he 
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as well. 
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people of Corinthus meekness, he
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obviously in gentleness. 
That's number one, but he also 

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deals with them in humility. 
Do you see where it says he says

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who in presence and base among 
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says when I'm among you, I have 
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When I'm among you, I don't act 
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act with humility. 
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And wouldn't that again describe
who Jesus Christ is, that he was

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the humble one who humbled 
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of heaven to be able to be with 
sinful man and walk this earth 

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and die on the cross. 
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Who's ever been more humble than
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But he also says this, but being
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So this means that Paul says you
can have meekness and boldness 

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at the same time. 
A lot of times the idea we have 

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of meekness, I think of someone 
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goes around corners and maybe 
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nobody knows anything that's 
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But Jesus Christ was meek and he
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Jesus Christ was meek, and he 
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whited sepulchers. 
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Jesus Christ, even in His 
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But it wasn't brashness. 
It wasn't out of control like 

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our boldness often can be. 
No, Jesus Christ in His meekness

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showed power under control, 
which gave what? 

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Give confidence. 
Verse #2 I beseech you that I 

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may not be bold when I'm present
with that confidence, the idea 

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that this is not a cockiness, 
that Jesus Christ, when we put 

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it this way, knew who He was and
that as such, He showed and 

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exemplified these things to 
those who He was around. 

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Now this isn't my message this 
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meekness is the way we're 
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Wow, that didn't go over well. 
The spirit of meekness is how 

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we're supposed to live with 
gentleness, humility, boldness 

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and confidence in who confidence
in me. 

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I have no confidence in my 
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My confidence is in him. 
And we're called to have this 

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type of meekness within our 
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And again, that's not my message
this morning because the message

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is about Christ is meek and how 
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But I do think it's important 
for us to take a moment and say,

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yes, we should be meek as well 
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let this mind be in you, which 
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Now, last week we saw that 
Christ was healer, and our 

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understanding of this was 
broaden not just by looking at 

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the word heal, but also looking 
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I want to be careful when we're 
in this series that we're not 

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just taking one word and 
plucking it out and then just 

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going to wherever we want in the
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connections. 
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context. 
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the context helps us to broaden 
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about. 
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word of being meek in and of 
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things that he was talking about
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so important? 
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where your ribbon was, or where 
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Chapter 11, and let's read this 
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It wasn't just that He was meek.
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this. 
Come unto me, all ye that labor,

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and are heavy laden, and I will 
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Take my yoke upon you and learn 
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in heart, and ye shall find rest
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For my yoke is easy, and my 
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meekness to a crowd, but rather 
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call to a crowd and the call is 
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heart. 
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He is speaking to an entire 
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come to me and you can come to 
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the meek and lowly one of heart.
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broaden it out even more. 
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then we broaden it out to see 
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speaking about His meekness. 
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more. 
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Who is He speaking to? 
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people to come, but who's 
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Well, the good news is all the 
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in Matthew Chapter 11. 
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beginning. 
We're reading the whole chapter.

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Just kidding. 
All right? 

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But some of you are really quite
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Should I say Amen to that? 
I don't know what I should say. 

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We're going to read some 
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quickly, and I want to explain 
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want us to see here. 
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And it came to pass when Jesus 
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His 12 disciples. 
He departed thence to teach and 

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preach in their cities. 
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doesn't it? 
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that He was healing to teach and
preach because the healing was 

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to authenticate the message in 
the messenger. 

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Well, here he is again. 
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still preaching. 
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Now when John had heard in 
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sent two of his disciples. 
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You may ask? 
John the Baptist. 

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Not John the Baptizer, but John 
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last week. 
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his disciples to Jesus, and look
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Some of you may never even seen 
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you might be surprised about 
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to ask. 
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one who said, Behold the Lamb of
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the world. 
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was supposed to be baptizing 
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by Jesus about this, he says I'm
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shoe. 
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to do this, for I am to follow 
to give an example to others. 

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John had great faith, but look 
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said unto him, Art thou he that 
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for another? 
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ramifications of what we just 
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John is starting to question his
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preached to the masses. 
Say, Pastor, how's that 

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possible? 
You've never doubted your faith 

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before. 
Don't make me come down there. 

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I'm coming all the way down. 
All right? 

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I'm about to go to the sound 
booth. 

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You've never doubted your faith?
No, no. 

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Let's get down to brass tacks 
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Some of you just looking at me 
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stuff here that we're just. 
This is what pastor has to do. 

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Because, you know, it was even 
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was going to be a storm. 
Was he? 

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Did he have a sermon ready? 
Yeah, I had a sermon ready. 

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I got one for tonight, too. 
And I had one for this morning 

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for Sunday school. 
Right. 

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I was ready for all of it. 
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But understand, have you ever 
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You were just in your face. 
They got. 

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Are you good? 
Because I don't feel like it. 

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God, are you watching? 
Because it doesn't feel like you

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know where I'm at. 
What are what are you doing? 

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What I love about it is that 
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he also didn't leave him in that
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What John told him to do is so 
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Look at it. 
I could probably quote it for 

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you, but I want to make sure I 
say it correctly. 

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Look at what it says. 
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Go and show John again the 
things which you do here, and 

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see. 
The blind receive their sight, 

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the lame walk, the lepers are 
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dead are raised up, the poor of 
the Gospel preached unto them, 

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and blessed is he whosoever 
shall not be offended in me. 

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His answer was this. 
Go tell him again the things 

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that he saw. 
Could I maybe help you with what

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you deal with when you deal with
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What do I need to do? 
Go back to those things that you

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know God has already taught you.
Go back to those times you had 

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spiritual victories. 
Go all the way back to the time 

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that you got saved if you need 
to. 

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I can't tell you how many times 
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when when Satan has tried to get
me twisted up in my own mind or 

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my flesh has gotten me into 
trouble and I start to question 

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if is there something within me 
that's wrong or did I maybe that

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I never even get saved in the 
first place. 

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That I get taken back to that 
office at 5121 Kelly Rd. in 

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Tampa, FL where I was in the 
office of Steve Baker, where I 

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knelt down in front of a chair 
and asked Jesus Christ to save 

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me. 
I have to go back again. 

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But then I wondered, did I 
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Did that really happen? 
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myself, but what about when God 
spoke to me during these 

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messages and I got things right?
Who's speaking to me then? 

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The Holy Spirit is inside of me.
What's the Holy Spirit inside of

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you? 
Proof of your salvation, It says

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go tell him again. 
Go back to those passages you've

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read in your Bible. 
You ought to have a, you ought 

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to have a top ten list in your 
Bible reading top 10 passages 

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that have blessed you in the 
past. 

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By the way, doesn't have to be 
10. 

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But do you understand what I'm 
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That when you start doubting 
certain things and you start 

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having trouble, that you go back
to some old favorites. 

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You know, don't turn on the same
old song that makes you feel 

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sorry again. 
Go back to the book of Psalms or

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to some other book in this book 
that reminds you of what Jesus 

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has done in your life. 
So who is he speaking to? 

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Well, he's speaking to John 
through his disciples, but then 

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it says in verse number 7. 
And as they departed, Jesus 

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began to say to the multitudes 
concerning John, meaning that as

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soon as he said this to the 
disciples and they left, Jesus 

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then turned to the crowd who had
already been there, and now he 

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speaks to them. 
This is one event that's taking 

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place. 
This isn't several events that 

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are taking place. 
It's one event. 

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Are you following me right now? 
This means yes, and this means 

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no. 
All right. 

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Are we following? 
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All right, he said. 
What went ye into the wilderness

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to see a Reed shaken with the 
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It's almost as if the crowd 
starts murmuring to themselves 

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like, what's John? 
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Why is John doubting that? 
It's almost like they're 

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starting to wonder if John the 
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And Jesus. 
Starts to explain to them don't 

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you take this out on John. 
That's what explains them. 

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Look at what he says but when 
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clothed and soft raiment. 
Behold, they that wear soft 

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clothing are in King's houses. 
But what we out to see a 

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prophet. 
Yeah, I say unto you and more 

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than a prophet for this is he of
whom it is written. 

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Behold, I send my messenger 
before thy face which shall 

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prepare the way before me. 
He even goes back to Malachi 

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chapter 3 verse 1. 
He said John and his mission and

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his ministry was biblically 
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Don't look down on him because 
of his doubts. 

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And he continues on, and he 
finishes. 

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Verse #15 He says, He the hath 
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Then verse 16 he continues, But 
we're in too shy like in this 

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generation. 
It's like unto children sitting 

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in the markets and calling under
their fellows, and saying, We 

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have piped unto you. 
We've not, you've not danced, 

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we've moored with you, and 
you've not lamented. 

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For John came neither eating nor
drinking. 

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And they say He had the devil, 
the Son of man came eating and 

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drinking. 
And they say, behold, a man 

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gluttonous and a wine bib, or a 
friend of publicans and sinners.

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But wisdom is justifies of her 
children. 

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And Jesus now exposes the 
duplicitous of the people. 

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He says this, you can't ever be 
satisfied. 

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You didn't like John and so one 
came with a different spirit 

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than John. 
And you didn't like me. 

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He says, like someone saying, 
Hey, did you? 

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Why don't you rejoice with me? 
And they turn around and say, 

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why don't you mourn with me? 
And you'd kind of say, well, 

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what do you want? 
And that's what Jesus is 

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exposing to the people. 
He says, what do you want? 

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And he's showing them how fickle
they truly are. 

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And then it says in verse #20 
then began he to upbraid the 

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cities wherein most of his 
mighty works were done because 

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they repented not. 
What does that word then mean? 

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It's just still the same 
conversation. 

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Now I'm going somewhere with 
this. 

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All right? 
If you think I'm not going 

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anywhere with this, I am getting
there. 

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It just may take a while to get 
there. 

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All right. 
So he's talking about John the 

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Baptist, and then he talks to 
the people who are complaining 

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about John the Baptist. 
And then he talks about how 

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fickle the people are in their 
complaints. 

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And then in the same 
conversation, he starts to bring

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condemnation on three towns in 
particular, Cherazin and Besadia

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and Capernaum. 
And he says, in essence, he says

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if the works that were done here
were done in Sodom and Gomorrah,

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they would have repented. 
He says, you are so hard in your

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heart that what's been done in 
front of you, you don't even 

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recognize it. 
And he's talking to these what 

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could only be called unsaved 
people. 

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And he says this, why don't you 
get it? 

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And then verse 25, it says at 
that time, no, at that time. 

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Does that mean at a later time 
or at the same time? 

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A later time or the same time? 
OK, good. 

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Some of you want to participate.
All this time I'm giving you a 

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chance, and now you don't want 
to take it at the same time. 

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This is the same conversation 
that's taking place all the way 

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from verse one to now. 
And so he says, I thank thee, O 

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Father, Lord of heaven and 
earth, because thou hast hid 

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these things from the wise, and 
the prudent has revealed them 

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unto babes. 
Even so, Father, for it seemed 

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good in thy sight. 
All things are delivered unto me

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and my father. 
And no man knoweth the Son but 

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the Father, and neither knoweth 
any man by the Father save the 

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Son, and he to whomsoever the 
Son will reveal him to. 

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And then after all that he says,
come unto me, all you that 

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labor, and are heavy laden, and 
I will give you rest. 

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Take my yoke upon you, and learn
of me, for I meek and lowly in 

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heart, and ye shall find rest 
unto your souls, For my yoke is 

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easy, and my burden is light. 
So you see how we expanded it. 

447
00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:10,400
We took the word meek and we 
asked ourselves, what? 

448
00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:12,040
What is he saying about 
meekness? 

449
00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:14,480
It's really a conversation about
coming to him. 

450
00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:17,600
And then we asked ourselves, 
well, who's supposed to come to 

451
00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:19,480
him? 
And we enlarged it to the whole 

452
00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:22,120
chapter. 
And then the chapter we found 

453
00:24:22,120 --> 00:24:26,640
that he was talking about John. 
And then he was talking to the 

454
00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:31,000
people and calls out their 
hypocrisy and brings 

455
00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:33,760
condemnation upon them because 
of their unbelief. 

456
00:24:34,760 --> 00:24:38,920
And then in the same 
conversation he says, come. 

457
00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:43,920
So who was he talking to? 
Two groups of people. 

458
00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:46,960
First of all, he's obviously 
talking to the unsaved. 

459
00:24:48,120 --> 00:24:49,480
What was he saying to the 
unsaved? 

460
00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:53,360
Come, you know what the message 
is today? 

461
00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:57,200
Come unto him. 
You know what's interesting? 

462
00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:02,880
After all that took place and 
Jesus exposes the fickleness of 

463
00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:07,480
the people, brings condemnation 
upon them, and still he follows 

464
00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:13,600
that up with come unto me. 
This message is unique to Jesus 

465
00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:15,920
over every other person in 
history. 

466
00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:19,400
My message to you this morning 
is run to him. 

467
00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:22,840
Peter's message in Acts was 
believe on him. 

468
00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:26,880
Paul's message in the epistles 
was consider him and look unto 

469
00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:29,200
him. 
John the apostles message was to

470
00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:32,520
have fellowship with him. 
The author of Hebrews message 

471
00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:36,440
was to diligently seek him. 
When man preaches, the finger 

472
00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:40,360
should always point to him. 
But Jesus is unique because he 

473
00:25:40,360 --> 00:25:42,600
didn't say to go seek someone 
else. 

474
00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:47,240
Jesus said this come to me and 
that ought to make us excited 

475
00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:49,120
this morning. 
Then I make a dead Baptist 

476
00:25:49,120 --> 00:25:53,240
excited this morning. 
Then everyone else says go to 

477
00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:55,480
him. 
But Jesus says come to me. 

478
00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:59,560
And he's the only one who 
legitimately can say come unto 

479
00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:01,920
me. 
For my yoke is easy. 

480
00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:05,720
My burden is light. 
The yoke of sin is heavy. 

481
00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:10,840
The yoke of bondage is heavy. 
The yoke of condemnation that is

482
00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:15,200
upon you as unsaved is so heavy 
you can't even fathom it. 

483
00:26:16,120 --> 00:26:18,480
How heavy is it? 
It's as heavy as the lake of 

484
00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:24,440
fire for all eternity. 
And yet people would say, what 

485
00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:30,320
an angry God, what an unjust 
God, what a miserable God, when 

486
00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:36,240
that God is saying, come, come 
unto me, because only He can 

487
00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:37,920
lift that condemnation that's 
upon you. 

488
00:26:39,120 --> 00:26:42,360
No, only He can lift the 
condemnation that's upon you for

489
00:26:42,360 --> 00:26:44,200
your sins. 
The wrath of God abideth on 

490
00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:47,840
those who are unsaved. 
You know what cannot remove the 

491
00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:52,000
wrath of God? 
The Eucharist, you know it 

492
00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:56,200
cannot remove the wrath of God, 
the baptismal waters, you said 

493
00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:58,360
when you're talking about the 
the other denominations, because

494
00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:01,480
that pool that you have here, 
that horse through that can 

495
00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:06,040
remove that one can't remove it 
either because that's a picture 

496
00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:10,280
of what Christ has already done 
in the heart, not the actual 

497
00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:13,760
removal of sins. 
Your good works cannot remove 

498
00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:18,080
the condemnation. 
The heavy burden of sin and 

499
00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:22,280
judgment is upon you, and the 
Bible says that the wrath of God

500
00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:27,080
abideth on you, and the only way
that can be lifted is to come. 

501
00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:30,440
He didn't say come unto me in 
your works. 

502
00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:33,800
He didn't say come unto me with 
your excuses. 

503
00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:38,800
He just didn't say come unto me 
and be a good person says come 

504
00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:44,880
unto me, take my yoke upon you. 
He carried the burden for us. 

505
00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:49,120
You thought the cross was heavy.
The cross was light compared to 

506
00:27:49,120 --> 00:27:52,040
the weight of your sins and the 
weight of my sins. 

507
00:27:53,360 --> 00:27:57,360
Come unto me. 
I'm meek and lowly of heart. 

508
00:27:58,360 --> 00:27:59,960
He showed His meekness on the 
cross. 

509
00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:02,520
One commentator said. 
His meekness shone brightest at 

510
00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:07,560
the cross where love restrained.
His omnipotence and patience 

511
00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:12,200
triumphed over power. 
The literal embodiment of power 

512
00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:14,080
under control was Jesus on the 
cross. 

513
00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:18,000
That is meekness. 
First Peter 223 who when he was 

514
00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:20,800
reviled, reviled not. 
Again, when he suffered, he 

515
00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:23,480
threatened not, but committed 
himself to him. 

516
00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:27,960
That judges righteously. 
Yes, we considered John the 

517
00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:32,400
Baptist, yet rather we consider 
John the Baptist that the 

518
00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:35,160
message of come was to the 
unsaved. 

519
00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:38,080
But remember, the same 
conversation started with what 

520
00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:42,600
John, who was John? 
A believer. 

521
00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:49,360
So the message of Come, come 
unto me was not just to the 

522
00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:52,440
unsaved, but also goes all the 
way back to the beginning of 

523
00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:56,840
that chapter, and it goes to 
John the Baptist and to all the 

524
00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:58,880
saved. 
Wouldn't it be great that after 

525
00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:00,320
you got saved, you had no more 
burdens? 

526
00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:04,360
Listen, the greatest burden has 
been lifted from you when you're

527
00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:06,760
saved. 
But the trials and troubles of 

528
00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:08,360
life still weigh upon us, don't 
they? 

529
00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:12,720
Sickness is still real 
difficulties, still real 

530
00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:19,200
hardships, finances, work 
situations, family situations, 

531
00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:24,600
they all weigh upon the soul and
your need to come to Christ is 

532
00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:28,240
true in salvation, but it never 
truly ends in your life. 

533
00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:30,000
I'm not saying you lose your 
salvation. 

534
00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:32,480
The Bible doesn't say that. 
It says quite the opposite. 

535
00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:35,440
But I will tell you this is that
you still need to come to Him 

536
00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:37,480
every day. 
Like the old hymn says, I need 

537
00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:42,120
the every hour, every hour. 
And if you're saved this 

538
00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:45,480
morning, aren't you glad that 
the call for come unto me isn't 

539
00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:48,000
just to the unsaved, but that 
he's still calling you this 

540
00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:50,240
morning? 
And I could be so bold to even 

541
00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:53,960
tell you this morning, Jesus 
Christ is calling you today at 

542
00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:58,840
this moment, and says, Come unto
me, all ye that labor and are 

543
00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:04,120
heavy laden, for I will give you
rest if you're discouraged. 

544
00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:08,320
He says come unto me if your 
faith wavers. 

545
00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:13,400
He says, come unto me. 
When you have doubts, He says, 

546
00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:17,680
Come unto me. 
When you're confused, He says, 

547
00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:21,920
Come unto me. 
When you're tempted, he says, 

548
00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:25,360
Come unto me. 
Why is it so important to read 

549
00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:28,400
your Bible every day? 
Well, it's because it's an 

550
00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:30,560
extension of the call come unto 
me. 

551
00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:33,760
Why is it important to have an 
active prayer life? 

552
00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:36,440
Because it's an extension of the
call. 

553
00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:39,640
Come unto me. 
He calls us through His word. 

554
00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:41,720
He beckons us to meet with Him 
every day. 

555
00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:46,520
He calls to us to pray. 
He He beckons to fellowship with

556
00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:48,960
us. 
Why is it important to be in a 

557
00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:53,440
vibrant Bible preaching church? 
Because we come together to be 

558
00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:57,240
able to fellowship with Him and 
to fellowship with one another 

559
00:30:57,240 --> 00:31:02,520
so we can encourage one another.
But all of that is to come unto 

560
00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:06,280
each other. 
No, the call is to come unto 

561
00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:09,360
Him. 
You can come that confidence 

562
00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:14,200
because he's meek. 
Really, all this comes down to 

563
00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:17,640
the fact that Jesus Christ is 
meek and because of his 

564
00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:20,800
meekness, you can meet with him.
In fact, I would put it this 

565
00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:24,320
way, you can meet with Christ 
because of the meekness of 

566
00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:26,440
Christ. 
If you remember one thing this 

567
00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:30,320
morning, remember this, You can 
meet with Christ because of the 

568
00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:34,600
meekness of Christ, because 
there's a lot of people who 

569
00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:36,440
would tell you, hey, if you need
something, come see me. 

570
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:41,480
And then you need something and 
you're like, where'd they go? 

571
00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:46,480
As a pastor, it's often 
something that I will say if 

572
00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:49,360
someone extends to me the need 
that they have trouble, I'll say

573
00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:51,080
if you need anything, let me 
know. 

574
00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:55,160
But something I've learned very 
quickly in ministry is if you 

575
00:31:55,160 --> 00:32:01,360
say that, you better mean it 
because everybody will tell you,

576
00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:03,960
hey, you need something, call me
and all of a sudden the phone's 

577
00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:06,600
off the hook. 
Wait, there's no hooks anymore, 

578
00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:09,080
But you understand the phone's 
on silent. 

579
00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:12,520
Is that better? 
The phones on do not disturb 

580
00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:16,240
people And I look, I understand 
that sometimes we can't be 

581
00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:18,920
available to everyone 24 hours a
day, seven days a week. 

582
00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:21,160
I understand that. 
I'm not trying to say that we 

583
00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:24,080
are. 
But there is that element that 

584
00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:26,840
man will say come and then push 
away. 

585
00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:32,320
But Christ is so meek and lowly 
in heart that to every person 

586
00:32:32,320 --> 00:32:35,320
he's ever said come, He has 
never turned away. 

587
00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:40,960
That's a beautiful thing. 
Say well, you don't understand 

588
00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:44,200
what my life has been like. 
Jesus Christ couldn't save me. 

589
00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:49,760
He said come. 
He said come, you can be saved 

590
00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:52,800
today. 
He paid the penalty for your sin

591
00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:55,240
on the cross. 
You can come to him today and 

592
00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:58,040
call upon him in salvation and 
you can be saved. 

593
00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:02,840
I'll ask you when it was truly 
the last time saved person here 

594
00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:06,600
this morning that you really 
went to him and had a real 

595
00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:10,800
fellowship with him. 
No, I mean that you, you read 

596
00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:14,240
your Bible and maybe just read a
few verses and you just stopped.

597
00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:15,880
So, you know, I'm going to sit 
here and think about this for a 

598
00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:19,440
while and maybe your mind starts
to wander because our minds do, 

599
00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:21,240
don't they? 
And they kind of just bring it 

600
00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:26,040
back and bring it back again. 
When was the last time you were 

601
00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:28,400
in church and you felt like you 
really met with God? 

602
00:33:29,520 --> 00:33:36,040
Now he's here, He wants to meet 
with you, but that doesn't mean 

603
00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:39,600
we meet with him. 
That your heart was ready for 

604
00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:43,840
the Word of God, that as the 
word was preached, you thought I

605
00:33:43,840 --> 00:33:46,720
need to respond to this. 
And again, that doesn't mean 

606
00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:49,440
that meeting with him means 
everyone has to flood the altar.

607
00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:51,240
It just means this. 
You need to be responsive to the

608
00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:53,000
word of God. 
Now, if you pray here at the 

609
00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:54,960
altar, that's a wonderful thing.
We encourage that. 

610
00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:56,640
But we're not counting numbers 
here. 

611
00:33:56,640 --> 00:33:59,240
You know, I'd much rather have 
people who show lives that 

612
00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:02,200
they've met with God, not having
numbers of people that have come

613
00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:05,520
to the front. 
If you're weary, if you have 

614
00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:08,040
difficulty, you don't know where
to turn. 

615
00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:12,560
Come unto him. 
He's meek and he's lowly of 

616
00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:14,920
heart. 
I remember when I was in first 

617
00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:18,920
grade, I don't remember the name
of the teacher because I was in 

618
00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:21,159
her classroom for maybe a couple
months. 

619
00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:29,400
It's a long story, one that no, 
all right, my teacher supposed 

620
00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:31,880
to be available. 
She's supposed to help students,

621
00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:36,440
and for whatever reason, my 
teacher probably did not have 

622
00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:40,280
the real desire to teach. 
I'm not saying that everyone 

623
00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:42,120
that's in the teaching 
profession really has that 

624
00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:45,199
desire, and she certainly did 
not for whatever reason. 

625
00:34:45,199 --> 00:34:47,440
I remember very few things about
this, but I do remember a little

626
00:34:47,440 --> 00:34:48,880
bit. 
But I just remember thinking 

627
00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:53,000
that, well, I don't really like 
this class. 

628
00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:56,239
And apparently my parents saw 
enough that made them 

629
00:34:56,239 --> 00:34:58,960
uncomfortable that they wanted 
me out of the class and actually

630
00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:00,760
changed me to a different class 
with a teacher that I do 

631
00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:03,160
remember whose name was Miss 
Lutheran, that was a Miss 

632
00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:05,280
Luthan's class. 
I loved Miss Luthan's class. 

633
00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:08,840
But then I got to 2nd grade. 
I had a teacher named Missus 

634
00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:12,160
Noriega. 
Now I love to read today. 

635
00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:15,400
And the reason I love to read is
because of Missus Noriega. 

636
00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:18,680
And I remember she would read to
us as all teachers are supposed 

637
00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:20,320
to. 
They read to you at that age. 

638
00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:25,360
But she had this bookshelf just 
filled with books. 

639
00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:28,920
And she said if you want some 
books, just come and get them. 

640
00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:33,120
And I remember after school I 
would stay in her classroom 

641
00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:36,400
sometimes and and read, grab a 
book. 

642
00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:38,800
I'd grab a book on Friday and 
bring it back on Monday and get 

643
00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:42,120
a new book. 
And I'd love to read today 

644
00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:46,920
because I would read in those 
little 5060 page books back in 

645
00:35:46,920 --> 00:35:48,560
Miss Noriega's class in second 
grade. 

646
00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:53,120
Now I read 607 hundred page 
books that still sometimes test 

647
00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:55,400
me. 
But was there more pictures in 

648
00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:56,400
them? 
Be honest with you. 

649
00:35:56,400 --> 00:36:01,200
But but 500 pages of pictures 
and 200 pages of reading might 

650
00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:05,080
be better. 
But I just remember that the 

651
00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:10,200
spirit of the two teachers was 
so different that I wanted to 

652
00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:12,520
stay with Miss Noriega. 
It was interesting. 

653
00:36:12,520 --> 00:36:14,400
When I was in 3rd grade, after 
school, I'd go back to Miss 

654
00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:16,280
Noriega's class. 
I didn't get passed over. 

655
00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:20,480
I'm just saying I went back and 
get more books and she became a 

656
00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:23,720
friend of our family by the time
I was in fifth grade there at 

657
00:36:23,720 --> 00:36:27,560
Westgate or at Woodbridge 
Elementary School in Tampa. 

658
00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:31,240
I just remember, well, both of 
them were supposed to be 

659
00:36:31,240 --> 00:36:32,560
available. 
They're teachers, right? 

660
00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:38,840
Well, the spirit of one said I'm
good, In fact, I want to get out

661
00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:40,880
of here. 
The spirit of the other kept 

662
00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:45,080
bringing me back over and over 
and over again. 

663
00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:52,800
If you don't feel like you can 
come to Christ, is it because of

664
00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:57,640
something that he has done in 
his posture or in his character 

665
00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:01,240
that would push you away? 
Well, he's not fair. 

666
00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:04,520
I can't be around him. 
Boy, He is so angry. 

667
00:37:04,560 --> 00:37:08,760
I can't be around him. 
Oh boy, He, he is not worthy of 

668
00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:10,240
faith. 
I can't be around him. 

669
00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:16,280
Or is it that he's always said 
come and he's meek and lowly of 

670
00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:19,720
heart and the reason you don't 
want to be around him as much as

671
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because of you? 
That's tough talk, but it's not 

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meant to be mean. 
I'm just trying to present to 

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you what the Bible says. 
I'm not here to make you feel 

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good. 
I'm here to be your pastor. 

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Now, if I make you feel good 
along the way, that's good. 

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But sometimes we got to feel bad
before we feel good. 

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And I'm saying if we go, I don't
know what you said, Ralph, but I

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like it. 
All right. 

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And if we don't want to be 
around him, is it because he's 

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not meek, he's not lowly? 
Because the whole central 

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message of come because his yoke
is easy, it's his burden is 

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light is you can come to me 
because I'm meek and I'm lowly 

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and again, not weakness, but 
that meek Savior is so powerful 

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that he can help you with 
whatever you need, including and

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most importantly your salvation.
And if he can help you with your

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salvation, you think he can help
you with your bank account. 

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You know, I'm not going to be 
flipping. 

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I'm just saying, if he could 
save your soul for all eternity,

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you think he can help your bank 
account or he can help you at 

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the job, or he can help you with
a with a physical illness, or he

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can bring you grace to be able 
to sustain you through those 

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things. 
Even if he doesn't solve them 

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the way you want them to be 
solved. 

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He can do it. 
But it all comes down to this 

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phrase. 
Come and you can come to him 

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because He's meek and lowly of 
heart. 

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I'll leave you with this verse. 
And we end the word of God with 

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it just two verses shy of the 
end of the Bible. 

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The Spirit and the Bride say 
come, but him that Heareth say 

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come and let him that is athirst
come, and whosoever will let him

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take the water of life freely. 
The very end of the Bible, Jesus

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reminds us you need to come. 
Come to him in salvation. 

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And once you get saved, don't 
stop coming to Him. 

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Keep coming to Him because he is
meek and lowly of heart. 

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Thank you for listening to the 
sermon from the pulpit of 

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Liberty Baptist Church. 
If this message was a blessing 

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to you, or if there's any way we
can serve you, please let us 

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know by contacting us at 
info@mylibertybaptist.org. 

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Or you can visit us this Sunday 
at 800 Washington St. in Easton,

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MA. 
May the Lord bless you as you 

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grow in His Word.