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I'm not interested, but find out
who is interested in our latest 

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episode of Liberty at Home. 
Hello, Eastonite citizens of the

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Commonwealth and well, everyone 
else. 

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Welcome to our latest edition of
Liberty at Home. 

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My name is Pastor Adam Rivero 
from the Liberty Baptist Church 

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here in Easton over on 
Washington Street. 

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And Speaking of Easton, today, 
as always, we're broadcasting 

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from Easton, MA, where we 
reside, just minutes away from 

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MBTA Commuter Rail stations in 
Stoughton and Mansfield. 

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And I can tell you haven't lived
until you stand on the Mansfield

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Station platform, as the Acela 
goes by 150 miles an hour. 

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Well, this week I want to 
consider a phrase I hear quite 

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often as a pastor. 
I'm not interested and give it a

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bit of A twist. 
But first, let's read today's 

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text in Romans chapter 5, verses
7 through 9. 

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For scarcely for a righteous man
will one die yet per adventure. 

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For a good man, some will even 
dare to die. 

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But God commendeth His love 
toward us, in that while we're 

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yet sinners, Christ died for us 
much more than being now 

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justified by His blood. 
We shall be saved from wrath 

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through Him. 
Whenever I'm asked what our 

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church's mission statement is, I
always respond with Matthew 2819

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and 20. 
Go ye therefore, and teach all 

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nations, baptizing Him in the 
name of the Father, and of the 

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Son, and of the Holy Ghost, 
teaching them to observe all 

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things whatsoever I have 
commanded you. 

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The mission of our church is the
Great Commission which compels 

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us to reach our community with 
the Gospel. 

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Now, we do this on a regular 
basis through house to house 

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visitation, gospel literature, 
and special days at our church, 

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amongst many other things. 
We're not looking to start 

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arguments on people's doorsteps 
as some groups are prone to do. 

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Rather, we're simply wanting to 
express the love and truth of 

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Christ and to let folks know 
they are always welcome at 

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Liberty Baptist Church. 
Now, inevitably when I walk up 

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to someone's house, every once 
in a while I'll get a curt not 

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interested from the person at 
home. 

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It's humorous to me that 
oftentimes folks will tell me 

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they aren't interested not even 
knowing who I am or what I'm 

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even doing. 
I could have been coming with a 

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sweepstakes prize. 
They don't know. 

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Of course, we always respect the
wishes rather and privacy of 

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anyone who asks us to leave, but
that pithy phrase always sticks 

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out in my mind. 
Not interested In my maybe 

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overactive mind. 
I wonder, what's the person not 

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interested in? 
Are they not interested in 

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talking? 
Are they not interested in 

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church? 
Are they not interested in God? 

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The vague expression of not 
interested is actually pretty 

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open-ended, leaving a lot to the
imagination. 

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Recently, after having someone 
informed me that they weren't 

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interested as I was walking up 
their driveway, I had a random 

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thought go through my head and 
I'm glad I didn't say it out 

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loud because I don't know that 
it would have been received 

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well, but the thought was true 
nonetheless. 

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My thought was this. 
You may not be interested in 

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God, but God is interested in 
you. 

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The scriptures talk much about 
God's great love for us, even 

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when that love isn't 
reciprocated. 

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Remember Romans 5 verses 7 
through 9 that we just read? 

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And also first John chapter 4 
verses 9 and 10 echoes the 

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sentiment of that passage when 
it says in this was manifested 

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the love of God toward us 
because that God sent his only 

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begotten Son into the world, 
that we might live through him, 

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hearing his love. 
Not that we loved God, but that 

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He loved us and sent His Son to 
be the propitiation for our 

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sins. 
Few verses later, First John 4 

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verse 19 puts it even more 
succinctly when it says we love 

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Him because He first loved us. 
When we weren't interested in 

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Him, He was still interested in 
us. 

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That love is what makes John 316
so powerful. 

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Christ came to earth to be, as 
it says in first John, the 

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propitiation of our sins, 
meaning that His death on the 

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cross settled our sin debt and 
saved us from the wrath to come.

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I'm so glad He was interested in
me and still is today. 

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So if you see me coming one day 
and you tell me you're not 

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interested, listen, I will be 
offended, but you need to ask 

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yourself this question. 
Just what exactly are you not 

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interested in? 
I pray that the answer will lead

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you directly to the one who is 
very interested in you. 

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Well, before I go, I need to do 
one more thing. 

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I need to invite you to visit us
at Liberty Baptist Church. 

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You can find us online via 
podcast at 

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livestream@mylibertybaptist.org,
but you can also find us at 800 

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Washington Street right here in 
Easton. 

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Have questions? 
e-mail us at 

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info@mylibertybaptist.org. 
Time to go. 

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So as I sign off from another 
episode of Liberty at Home, it's

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time to remind you that where 
the Spirit of the Lord is, 

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there's Liberty. 
See you next week on Liberty at 

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Home.