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Matthew chapter 28. 
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Creed. 
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looking at he ascended to heaven
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of God the Father Almighty. 
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So we looked at. 
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The third day. 
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then he ascended to Heaven. 
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He didn't Ascend to heaven, 
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He stayed on Earth for 40 days, 
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During that time period, David 
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their eyes. 
They watched him Ascend up into 

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heaven. 
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need for the Apostles Creed and 
why it's been such a valuable 

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resource to the body of Christ 
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part of that we said is because 
it brings Clarity to the most 

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essential doctrines instead of. 
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somebody about God? 
Well, he loves you and he has a 

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wonderful plan for your life. 
Well, those are true statements,

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and yet, there's more to it. 
That should be communicated. 

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Even at a fundamental level and 
the Apostles Creed helps us to 

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say, what matters, most what 
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believe? 
What is it? 

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What do all Christians need to 
have Harmony and unity around in

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the Apostles? 
Creed says, these are essential.

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There's lots of Freedom Beyond 
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can't remove any of these. 
We have boiled it down in the 

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Apostles Creed to say, this is 
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You can't remove anything from 
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Christianity. 
So we've got Clarity and the 

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purpose of this was because 
there was so much false doctrine

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that there Early church leaders 
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There's a lot of misinformation.
There's a lot about teaching. 

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Let's put, let's put something 
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church. 
They can educate new Believers, 

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and disciple them and say, hey, 
I follow Jesus. 

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Oh, did you know, are you filled
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We didn't even know there was a 
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kinds of things that the, the 
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combining the book of Acts of 
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They're not connected. 
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years after the apostles, but 
the point is not that the 

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apostles wrote the Creed. 
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called the Apostles Creed 
because it confirms the teaching

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of the Apostles. 
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taught. 
But one of the big big needs of 

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the Creed was to correct. 
False doctrines decide to say 

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yes to one thing is to say no to
something else to say, yes, to 

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your spouse is to say no to 
billions of other people. 

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Like, I choose you. 
That means, I say, no. 

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You're so, you're rejecting all 
of us. 

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Well, yeah, like that's the 
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That's what makes this thing 
special is because I rejected 

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everything else. 
So, to say yes to these truths 

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of the doctrine in the Apostles 
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kinds of nonsense, I saw in. 
I don't know if you caught the 

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news anymore. 
I saw online this week, that 

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there was some heretical church 
with some heretical Minister who

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led their congregation in 
reciting, what they called the 

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sparkle Creed and it was it was 
an Abomination. 

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And and I won't I thought I was 
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him is like, no, we're not 
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Desecrate, the Lord's service 
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it was, it was just completely 
false Doctrine. 

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It was, it was gross. 
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homosexuality, and in the 
glorification of it and false 

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Doctrine about Christ and so on.
But they but they had taken the 

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framework of the Apostles Creed,
and they had swapped it out and 

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they said, I believe in, and 
then it and then the apostasy 

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gets really bad. 
So, why do we have the Apostles 

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Creed again, to say what is 
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I believe that most Christians 
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called the sparkle Creed and 
said that ain't right. 

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But can those same Christians, 
also say, what is can those same

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Christians? 
Also say, well, I know that's 

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wrong and no, that's wrong. 
I know, that's what, but can you

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say, what is good? 
Can you say what is true? 

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Can you say? 
What is beautiful? 

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Can you say, what's accurate? 
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us a place where we can joyfully
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it's what is true and that's how
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I believe I believe we talked 
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will change the way that you 
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It's different from just knowing
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I know I ought to eat better. 
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Nah, but I know I order you 
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that don't change the silly way 
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Do you believe in something 
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We've said changes the way that 
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I believe that then it'll show 
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be evidence that will be proof 
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So let's start by reading the 
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to your feet, one more time. 
As we not just recite the Creed,

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but we declare we're declaring 
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Here we go. 
I believe in God, the Father 

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Almighty creator of Heaven and 
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I believe in Jesus Christ, his 
only son our Lord who was 

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conceived by the Holy Spirit and
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He suffered under Pontius Pilate
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buried. 
He descended to Hell the third 

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He rose again from the dead. 

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He ascended to heaven and seated
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Father Almighty from there. 
He will come to judge the living

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and the dead, I believe in the 
Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic 

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Church. 
The communion of saints, the 

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Forgiveness of sins, the 
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life Everlasting, amen. 
You may be seated. 

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We join with the Saints 
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As we say, those things is what 
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languages and all time periods. 
To say this is what's true. 

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We're joyfully saying it, why? 
Because we're not ashamed of the

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Gospel. 
It is the power of God unto 

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salvation, for those who 
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So we've also said that the 
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be able to minister the gospel 
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I don't know what to say to 
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If you know the Apostles Creed, 
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you've got a clear 
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about this, if You have this in 
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somebody that there who is god. 
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Almighty, he's the creator of 
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That's simple. 
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But that's important just like 
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few weeks back on the 
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He heard some kids. 
Playing the Holy Spirit, led 

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him, and he went over there and 
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Did you know this? 
He starts to share the gospel 

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with them and he actually used 
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As you minister to somebody? 
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Jesus Christ is God's only son. 
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He was conceived by the Holy 
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He was born of a virgin and 
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things matter. 
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a virgin, just to say poof, look
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anything. 
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but Jesus had to be born of a 
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that sermon. 
He suffered under Pontius 

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Pilate. 
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buried. 
Why for our sins, the punishment

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that brought us peace was upon 
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The chastisement that brought 
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Peace was upon him and it 
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and Crush cry. 
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free. 
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clarified and explained that he 
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word hell represented the place 
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He was with that Thief that day,
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also known as Abraham's bosom, 
where Abraham and all the Old 

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Testament Saints would have 
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heaven, the third day. 
He rose again from the dead. 

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He ascended into heaven. 
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You're sharing with somebody, 
you're you're telling them the 

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story. 
The the truth of God, it is 

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historical. 
It's not just, you need to feel 

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certain feelings. 
You need to think, certain 

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thoughts like, hey, no, no, you 
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Yes, it's by faith but it's also
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This happened. 
This literally happened across 

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that water and Israel in 
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Like it happened. 
There's like a hill that Jesus 

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died on. 
There's a tomb where the stone 

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that rock is still on the earth.
I don't know which one and I'm 

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sure they'll tell you, they know
which one because they want 

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those tourists to come. 
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But regardless it's all, it's 
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It's all happened, and Jesus 
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the mountain, and he ascended 
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He was there and this happened. 
This is the will of God. 

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So you're able to share with 
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historically accurate. 
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now he's seated at the right 
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What's next? 
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discipling. 
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he's coming to judge. 
He's coming back, he will judge 

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the living and the dead. 
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holy spirit. 
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Look at the Creed I believe in 
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only son our Lord final section.
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see the Trinity represented 
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Spirit, the Holy Catholic 
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you and I would think of it. 
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Body of Christ is what we put 
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The Holy Catholic Church. 
The communion of saints, the 

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Forgiveness of sins, the 
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And the life Everlasting. 
This is a useful tool, a 

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powerful tool for you to be able
to communicate what to be able 

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to communicate the word of God. 
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communicating the word of God, 
and the Apostles Creed gives us 

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a framework to be able to do 
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Today, we're in Matthew chapter.
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Once again, you're there and I'm
not Matthew chapter 28, is we 

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look at how he ascended into 
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right hand of God, the Father 
Almighty. 

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Matthew 28 verse 16. 
Now, the eleven disciples went 

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to Galilee to the mountain to, 
which Jesus had directed them, 

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and when they saw him, they 
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And Jesus came and said to them,
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Earth, has been given to me go, 
therefore, and Make Disciples of

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all Nations, baptizing them in 
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the son, and of the Holy Spirit,
teaching them to observe all 

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that. 
I have commanded you and behold.

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I Am With You Always to the End 
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God, we thank you for your word,
for your promise, and for your 

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power. 
Bring us Revelation. 

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Bring us hope and fill us with 
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You make it all to grow and we 
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Jesus name. 
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Here we have Jesus last words 
before he ascends, we know this,

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right? 
We know this intuitively. 

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Your last words are your most 
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especially when you get to 
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I'm dying everyone. 
Here's what I have to say. 

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That's the important thing. 
It's the thing that I maybe I 

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was always too afraid to say, 
it's the thing that I regret, 

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but that you're about to get my 
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you might not, but you're still 
gonna get My best. 

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My best effort. 
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dying. 
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He was raised and now he's been 
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he's been alive for 2,000 years 
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but he's sharing with them. 
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So we pay attention, we think 
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this is significant, this is the
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He could say anything in this 
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What does he emphasized? 
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been given unto me. 
All authority in heaven on 

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I am the king. 
I am. 

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The king all authority in heaven
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Authority on Earth. 
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No, it's not all authority 
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Well, I don't think so. 
And so sees it that way, all 

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authority, everywhere belongs to
Jesus. 

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Jesus is King. 
Jesus is in charge. 

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Everyone should constantly be 
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So, he's, he's waiting himself, 
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Hey, all authority in Heaven and
Earth belongs to me. 

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Okay, therefore, go I command 
you, I'm the king. 

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I'm the one who's accomplished 
everything, I deserve all the 

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Glory and now, I'm giving you a 
command understand who I am 

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before. 
I say what I'm about to say, 

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don't receive this from a 
friend. 

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Don't receive this as a 
suggestion. 

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Don't think I'm saying. 
Hey guys, what do you think 

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about this? 
Isn't a democracy. 

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I'm the king. 
And when the king speaks 

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everybody obeys, so I need to 
clarify and remind you. 

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I'm the king and because I'm the
king. 

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Now, here's what I expect you to
do all authority in Heaven and 

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Earth belongs to me, go and make
disciples of all Nations. 

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Baptizing them in the name of 
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of the Holy Spirit, teaching 
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I have commanded you and behold.
I Am With You Always even unto 

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the end of the age. 
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He doesn't say some Authority in
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given to me, therefore, you 
know, mind your own business and

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just do your own thing because 
because your faith is a personal

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thing. 
You know, faith is deeply. 

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Personal also known as like 
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So, don't bother anybody with 
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You can't teach anybody to obey.
You can't baptize the nation's. 

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Like you can't you can't like 
force Christianity on the world 

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because like they might not like
that very much but instead Jesus

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says go teach everybody to what?
To do what I've commanded. 

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Teach everybody to obey. 
What are you some kind of 

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Christian nationalist? 
Let me clarify something for 

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you. 
I'm a Christian everything. 

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So if you can put Christian on 
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So I'm not a Christian 
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I'm a Christian Universalist 
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the universe is Christ. 
So, am I Christian nationalist? 

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I guess that's supposed to be an
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Christians nowadays, But so was 
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first formed. 
It was used as an insult to mock

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the church to call them. 
Oh, look at those little 

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Christ's, that was how they 
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And now, the newest message to 
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advancing, the gospel of the 
kingdom in the, in the, in the 

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nation that you live in because 
we're not supposed to America, 

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we're not supposed to 
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Apparently, we're only supposed 
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Nations. 
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America, they're trying to 
demonize that with, are you some

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kind of Christian nationalist? 
I'm a When everything, let all 

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the internet here on the podcast
and everywhere else, I hope that

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Jesus would find me is faithful 
as the world Finds Me guilty. 

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But the point is, we're joyfully
telling everybody Jesus is King.

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Jesus is Lord. 
This is good news to you world, 

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this is good news, I haven't 
given you one ounce of bad news.

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Jesus is a good King. 
He Loves You. 

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Jesus isn't the king who killed 
his enemies. 

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Jesus is the one who died for 
his enemies. 

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So now bow, the knee, kiss the 
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he's worthy because he loves 
you. 

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What does Jesus want his church 
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He wants us to invade the world 
with the good news of the 

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Gospel, the world is broken. 
The world has lost the world is 

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hurting, so he says go into the 
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But that when he said this and 
other gospels, bring this out as

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well in the gospel of Mark, when
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he's not just talking about 
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talking geographically. 
Talking about every system. 

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Every single system is where God
wants his kingdom Advance, which

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is why Jesus taught us to pray, 
because Jesus is, my kingdom is 

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not of this world, right? 
But he wants it to be, which is 

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why he says in, that's it, which
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done. 
Your kingdom. 

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Come your will be done. 
Where on Earth? 

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No. 
No guys. 

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What are you doing? 
What are you? 

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Christian nationalist. 
Calm down. 

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Christian, globalist like 
everywhere. 

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Mars needs to be Christian you 
know, like every Brock was to be

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the first man on Mars. 
So he's going to take communion.

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He's going to plan a Christian 
flag. 

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Maybe like you didn't put the 
American fight like, no, I snuck

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another one up here, Mars 
belongs to Jesus, too. 

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Everything is his. 
He invented it. 

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He made it, he holds it 
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He is preeminent. 
We said over everything and 

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everybody, so he wants us to 
invade every system. 

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Political, educational 
entertainment, the workplace, 

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all the world with. 
What? 

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What are you guys trying to get 
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Well, you guessed it. 
We do have a plot. 

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It's it involves love joy. 
Peace, patience, kindness 

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goodness, faithfulness 
gentleness and self-control you 

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caught us. 
Are we under arrest? 

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Well, yes, actually, it's some 
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It's likely even for those of us
in the west, that's okay. 

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Because we know that this world 
is broken and upside down and 

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the Lord's kingdom is right side
up. 

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So we're still going to come and
bring the good news of the 

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Gospel. 
No matter how much we hated 

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were. 
The students are not above the 

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teacher, right? 
If he was hated, what it, what 

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should we expect, he was better 
than us, right? 

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We have not fully become like 
the master. 

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And if the master suffered We 
will as well. 

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But look at the promise that he 
makes this is the great comfort.

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It gives to us that I find kind 
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It's kind of funny last words, 
right before you fly up into the

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air. 
I'm with you always to the End 

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of the Age. 
Goodbye. 

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Wait, which is it? 
I'm with you always. 

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And as he leaves like Jesus, we 
want you to stay. 

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We don't want you to go. 
I'm with you. 

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What do you mean by this? 
But he leaves, but he doesn't 

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leave. 
That's the point. 

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He doesn't leave. 
He actually fills the hearts of 

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his people. 
He hasn't left them. 

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He hasn't left his church. 
He hasn't left you. 

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He does this through the power 
of the Holy Spirit and Jesus 

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feels everything in every way. 
What's the point here? 

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What are you getting at? 
I thought were supposed to talk 

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about the Ascension of Jesus 
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My point. 
Is this the Ascension of Jesus 

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was not abandonment. 
It was empowerment. 

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The whole point was for the 
church to disciple. 

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The nation's, the whole point of
Jesus ascending, he says, it's 

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good for me to leave because if 
I leave them, there's going to 

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be another who comes, who's just
like me. 

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And I'm going to send you out 
the training session has ended 

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and the disciples are released. 
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make disciples who make 
disciples and from those 11, we 

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all sit here today. 
They turned the world upside 

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down, and from those 11. 
It's a pretty cool thought to 

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think that the Lord could you? 
And I couldn't at this point, 

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but you could trace your 
Christianity back to one of 

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those eleven Apostles of the 
Lamb. 

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Somebody LED somebody to the 
Lord who led somebody to the 

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Lord, who eventually came all 
the way down to you eventually. 

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We'll get to see that spiritual 
tree of life. 

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I came through Thomas, you know,
that's crazy, that's so cool 

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because him to him, to him, to 
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her, to them. 
It's a beautiful thing to be a 

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part of the family of God. 
But the Ascension is not Jesus 

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as abandonment of the church. 
The Ascension is Jesus is 

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empowerment to the church to 
say, I've got you and you've got

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this, I'm entrusting my mission 
to my church. 

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Jesus is building his church, he
hasn't left us alone, but Jesus 

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sat down. 
You sit down when the job is 

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done. 
When you've accomplished your 

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work. 
He says, I've accomplished my 

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work and now I have have 
empowered my church to go out 

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and make disciples to glorify my
name. 

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Turn to Acts chapter 1. 
It's wild that he isn't trusted 

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so much to us. 
It's wild to me that he and that

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he's entrusted all of this to 
go. 

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Y'all got the sounds like you 
would think that my thought is 

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you would think he would want to
still be here and to which he 

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would reply, I am I am. 
That's the thing that you don't 

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get. 
Whenever I have that train of 

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thought it and I'm reminded but 
I am, I am the holy spirit's 

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going? 
Excuse me. 

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I am I am here. 
I am present. 

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I'm present in my people and 
through my people to empower my 

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people to make everybody my 
people. 

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Acts chapter 1. 
So you know who wrote Matthew, 

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you know who wrote Mark and you 
know who wrote Luke and you know

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who wrote John, do you know who 
wrote Acts? 

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Now his name was Act. 
Was a guy named act actually 

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very good, Brock? 
Yes, it was Luke. 

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So he's writing to his friend 
Theophilus and he's sharing the 

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gospel with him. 
He says in my first book oh 

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Theophilus I have dealt with all
that Jesus began to do and teach

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until the day when he was taken 
up after he had given commands 

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through the Holy Spirit to the 
apostles whom he had chosen, he 

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presented himself alive to them 
after his suffering by many 

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proofs appearing to them, forty 
days and speaking about the 

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kingdom of God, and while 
staying with them, he ordered 

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them not to depart from 
Jerusalem. 

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Mmm, but to wait for the promise
of the Father, which he said you

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heard from me for, John baptized
with water, but you will be 

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baptized with the Holy Spirit, 
not many days from now. 

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So when they had come together 
they asked him Lord. 

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Will you at this time restore 
the kingdom to Israel? 

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Again, they're still thinking 
about power. 

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We want that political power. 
We want the Messiah to just 

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crush the Romans and we can rule
as Israelites again. 

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He said to them, it's not for 
you to know the times or the 

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seasons that the father has 
fixed by his own authority, but 

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you guys want Power. 
You will receive power. 

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When the Holy Spirit has come 
upon you and you will be my 

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Witnesses in Jerusalem and in 
Judea and in Samaria to the ends

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of the Earth. 
And when he had said these 

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things, as they were looking on,
he was lifted up and a cloud, 

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took him out of their sight. 
When it says he was lifted up, 

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literally he leaves the ground, 
the ground he had been standing 

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on with human feet. 
The he had been eating, he had 

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been drinking with them. 
He is lifted up and a cloud 

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comes and takes him out of their
sight. 

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And while they were gazing into 
heaven, as he went behold, two 

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men stood by them in white. 
Robes to angels and said men of 

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Galilee, why do you stand 
looking into heaven? 

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I like the questions that the 
Angels asked people. 

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They like, why are you looking 
for the living? 

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Among the dead? 
They're like so sarcastic about 

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everything. 
Like hey guys it's going to be 

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just like he said, you know. 
Hey why are you guys staring up 

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in the sky? 
Why do you stand looking into 

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heaven? 
This Jesus, who is taken up from

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you into heaven, will come and 
the same way as you saw. 

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Him. 
Go into heaven, praise God. 

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What do we see going on here? 
Lots of things. 

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Everybody wants power. 
We want power, and we need power

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and God doesn't say how dare 
you. 

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That's not his response. 
He says, I will give you power 

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power to what power to be my 
Witnesses power to be my 

452
00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:10,500
ambassadors power to be my 
representatives in the Earth. 

453
00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:13,500
This is why. 
We need the Holy Spirit. 

454
00:23:13,500 --> 00:23:15,400
I look forward to preaching on 
the holy spirit in a couple 

455
00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:19,900
weeks, but everybody wants Power
and Jesus promises power power 

456
00:23:19,900 --> 00:23:22,000
to be an ambassador for his 
kingdom. 

457
00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,100
And that's how he started his 
ministry with them. 

458
00:23:24,100 --> 00:23:27,100
Three years earlier. 
Remember, he hasn't changed 

459
00:23:27,100 --> 00:23:30,200
anything from the very first 
moment of his invitation to the 

460
00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:33,200
very back and look at the 
bookends of his of his 

461
00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:37,300
invitation, and then his command
come follow me, why? 

462
00:23:37,500 --> 00:23:41,800
I'll make you Fishers of Men. 
I'm leaving Go Make Disciples of

463
00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:44,200
the nation's, he wasn't 
inconsistent. 

464
00:23:44,300 --> 00:23:47,000
There's a lot that happened in 
the middle, all relevant, ol 

465
00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:49,200
important, but all connected to 
the two. 

466
00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:52,500
Bookends here, there was no bait
and switch. 

467
00:23:52,500 --> 00:23:55,900
There was, no, I've got a great 
plan, follow me and six years 

468
00:23:55,900 --> 00:23:58,200
down the road or be like, hey, 
have you thought about sharing 

469
00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:01,100
your faith? 
That was never his angle. 

470
00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:03,900
That was never his approach. 
Its come follow me. 

471
00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:06,400
We're going to disciple the 
whole world to obey me. 

472
00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:10,100
Hey, disciple, the whole world 
to obey me. 

473
00:24:10,300 --> 00:24:13,600
I'm singing the Holy Spirit. 
I'll fill you with power, you 

474
00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:16,500
who are cowards, and who deny me
right now, who scatter? 

475
00:24:16,500 --> 00:24:18,600
When I'm arrested. 
I'm going to fill you with 

476
00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:20,100
power. 
You'll be different people. 

477
00:24:20,300 --> 00:24:22,400
You'll be different men. 
It won't be you. 

478
00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:24,800
I'll send the Holy Spirit, he's 
just like me. 

479
00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:27,800
He's going to glorify me. 
He's going to glorify the father

480
00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:31,300
and you'll have power not power 
to glorify yourself or your own 

481
00:24:31,300 --> 00:24:33,600
name, but there will be a 
supernatural power. 

482
00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:37,300
A boldness, a Clarity, a wisdom 
tooth. 

483
00:24:37,500 --> 00:24:41,200
Actually carry out my mission. 
That's how he started. 

484
00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:44,100
And that's how he finishes I'll 
make you Fishers of Men. 

485
00:24:45,300 --> 00:24:50,000
Now go and John 14, you don't 
have to turn there. 

486
00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:53,800
Verses 12 through 14 is where he
talks about anybody who follows 

487
00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:55,300
and obeys me. 
It's going to actually do 

488
00:24:55,300 --> 00:24:57,400
Greater Works than I do. 
Why? 

489
00:24:57,500 --> 00:25:02,800
Because I go to the father, I go
to the father, so those who 

490
00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:06,000
follow me and obey me or now 
going to do Greater Works than 

491
00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,300
I've done. 
There's a lot that's been said 

492
00:25:08,300 --> 00:25:11,300
and lots of has been debated 
about what these Greater Works. 

493
00:25:11,300 --> 00:25:14,000
Are you look at the context? 
I don't think it's too hard to 

494
00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:17,400
figure out that Expects his 
church to do, the massive works 

495
00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:20,700
that he did to do the 
supernatural works that he did. 

496
00:25:20,700 --> 00:25:23,100
I have to work hard to get out 
of those conclusions and I 

497
00:25:23,100 --> 00:25:26,300
choose not to because I want to 
take the text as I understand 

498
00:25:26,300 --> 00:25:28,900
it, simply. 
And honestly, but Jesus saying, 

499
00:25:28,900 --> 00:25:31,700
it's because I go to the father 
that the church is going to do 

500
00:25:31,700 --> 00:25:34,100
these Greater Works again. 
The Ascension is not 

501
00:25:34,100 --> 00:25:37,000
abandonment, the Ascension is 
Empowerment Church, you're 

502
00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:39,400
empowered. 
You are overqualified to make 

503
00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:42,000
disciples. 
The holy spirit is with you. 

504
00:25:42,500 --> 00:25:44,900
And to be filled with the Holy 
Spirit is the ideal. 

505
00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:48,500
Feel that God calls it for 
obedience to in the book of Acts

506
00:25:48,500 --> 00:25:52,000
as they continue because he says
don't go anywhere until you've 

507
00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,800
received power. 
Don't go anywhere until you've 

508
00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:56,700
received the power that comes 
from on high. 

509
00:25:56,800 --> 00:25:58,500
These men are born again at this
point. 

510
00:25:59,500 --> 00:26:02,300
Is multiple multiple places 
where it's likely that, that it 

511
00:26:02,300 --> 00:26:05,000
already would have happened. 
I think my suspicion is this, 

512
00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:07,700
when Jesus breathed on them, he 
breathed on them and said 

513
00:26:07,700 --> 00:26:10,500
receive the Holy Spirit, but now
he leaves. 

514
00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:15,100
And now ten days go by You mean 
to tell me that the 10 days go 

515
00:26:15,100 --> 00:26:17,500
by and these people aren't 
these, people aren't born again,

516
00:26:17,500 --> 00:26:19,300
they have experienced the new 
creation. 

517
00:26:19,500 --> 00:26:21,100
I don't think what happens on 
the day of Pentecost. 

518
00:26:21,100 --> 00:26:23,800
Pentecost is a new creation. 
I think it's very obvious. 

519
00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:28,000
It's a second and separate event
from salvation and we see that 

520
00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:31,400
throughout the Book of Acts. 
Hey, you guys, are you guys felt

521
00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:33,300
the Holy Spirit? 
We didn't know there was a holy 

522
00:26:33,300 --> 00:26:35,100
spirit, but we love and follow 
Jesus. 

523
00:26:35,100 --> 00:26:37,200
Okay. 
Well then, let's also see that 

524
00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:38,700
you're filled with the Holy 
Spirit, why? 

525
00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:41,100
Because you need the power that 
comes from on high. 

526
00:26:41,900 --> 00:26:44,900
It's good that I go to the 
father because I will fill you 

527
00:26:44,900 --> 00:26:46,400
with the power that comes from 
on high. 

528
00:26:47,300 --> 00:26:50,100
What else do we see going on 
here in acts as there staring up

529
00:26:50,100 --> 00:26:52,400
into the sky? 
We see that we're not supposed 

530
00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:55,300
to just be staring up into the 
sky, we're supposed to be 

531
00:26:55,300 --> 00:26:57,600
working in the field. 
Why are you staring up in the 

532
00:26:57,600 --> 00:26:59,500
sky? 
Get to work. 

533
00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:08,200
You heard the king, didn't you? 
The work is right here in front 

534
00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:10,800
of you down here in the fields. 
This is where the work is. 

535
00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:13,800
We're not supposed to just stare
at the sky, we look forward to 

536
00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:17,300
his return but we should not be 
distracted by it. 

537
00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:20,700
We look forward to his return 
but we should not be distracted 

538
00:27:20,700 --> 00:27:22,500
by it. 
There have been churches. 

539
00:27:22,500 --> 00:27:25,200
There have been whole Ministries
that said we have. 

540
00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:29,300
Got like, we wrote a book on 
like, these are the 97 reasons 

541
00:27:29,300 --> 00:27:32,200
we know that Jesus is God or 88 
reasons, we know Jesus is coming

542
00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:36,500
back in 1988. 
That was a real thing. in case 

543
00:27:36,500 --> 00:27:43,400
you're worried, he didn't come 
back in 1988 but Did they? 

544
00:27:44,100 --> 00:27:47,100
They really did. 
Okay. 

545
00:27:47,900 --> 00:27:50,200
And did they write a new one 
after that 419? 

546
00:27:52,500 --> 00:27:56,100
Wow, yeah. 
So these are very likely our 

547
00:27:56,100 --> 00:28:00,600
brothers and sisters who love 
the Lord, but staring at the 

548
00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:04,400
sky, and instead of the work 
there, there are others who 

549
00:28:04,500 --> 00:28:07,500
pulled all their money together 
and and their resources and work

550
00:28:07,500 --> 00:28:10,000
themselves to broke because they
had predicted the day that he 

551
00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:11,500
would return. 
They knew for sure. 

552
00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:13,800
He's coming back on this day. 
So, we don't need any money past

553
00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:15,900
that day. 
And then a day came, can you 

554
00:28:15,900 --> 00:28:18,000
imagine the discouragement and 
despair? 

555
00:28:19,500 --> 00:28:21,100
That's sad, that's 
heartbreaking. 

556
00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:23,400
Yeah, the world laughs at the 
mocks them but I'm sure there 

557
00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:25,700
are brothers and sisters. 
So we love them and have 

558
00:28:25,700 --> 00:28:28,800
compassion for them. 
And yet be about the business, 

559
00:28:28,900 --> 00:28:31,300
be about the work, this is the 
work. 

560
00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:33,700
Let's let's disciple the 
nation's when they're not going 

561
00:28:33,700 --> 00:28:35,600
to do nothing. 
They're not. 

562
00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:38,300
If we don't tell them, they're 
not if we don't teach them to 

563
00:28:38,300 --> 00:28:41,300
obey, they need us to be the 
salt. 

564
00:28:41,300 --> 00:28:44,800
They need us to be the light, 
it's dark, it's flavorless, it's

565
00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:48,800
bland in its rotting. 
So the salt and the light or the

566
00:28:48,900 --> 00:28:50,900
Gift that we can give. 
It's the way that we can walk in

567
00:28:50,900 --> 00:28:54,400
obedience Jesus said no one 
knows the day or the hour of the

568
00:28:54,408 --> 00:28:57,700
Masters return. 
No one knows the day or the 

569
00:28:57,700 --> 00:29:00,500
hour, the Master has returned. 
And he tells a parable about a 

570
00:29:00,508 --> 00:29:03,600
servant who behaves poorly 
because the master is gone. 

571
00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:07,100
And then the master comes back 
and he says well, the master bi 

572
00:29:07,100 --> 00:29:09,100
please do the master will cut 
him into pieces. 

573
00:29:09,300 --> 00:29:12,100
The point of that, Parable was 
not, hey, do a better job 

574
00:29:12,100 --> 00:29:16,000
looking out for the Masters 
return so that you can hustle up

575
00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:19,000
at the last minute Bob and I, 
when we were kids, whenever we 

576
00:29:19,008 --> 00:29:22,400
had chores for the day and Mom, 
and Dad weren't home, we 

577
00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:26,300
wouldn't do them all day. 
But when Mom's car would pull in

578
00:29:26,300 --> 00:29:31,400
the driveway and you'd be amazed
at what you can accomplish in, 

579
00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:33,900
like 60 seconds, thankfully mom 
is slow. 

580
00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:38,500
So Mom pulls in the driveway and
you I mean you might have a 

581
00:29:38,500 --> 00:29:40,400
minute and a half. 
They get why she's like this 

582
00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:43,800
person, this drink and these 
keys and this stuff and you know

583
00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:47,500
this backpack or whatever else 
you know, whatever else she was 

584
00:29:47,500 --> 00:29:50,200
coming in with, but we hear the 
car TV off. 

585
00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:52,900
You know, we had like three 
channels of course, back then 

586
00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:56,100
three 10 and 13. 
We're like watching Ricky Lake 

587
00:29:56,100 --> 00:29:58,800
after school. 
You know, anybody remember, 

588
00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:03,200
these just trashy afternoon talk
shows but you can get a lot 

589
00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:07,000
done. 
In 45 60 seconds to make it look

590
00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:09,400
like, you've done something at 
least, and Mom's probably come 

591
00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:11,300
in and not pay attention, or 
maybe she saw right through it. 

592
00:30:11,300 --> 00:30:12,800
I don't know, we didn't get beat
for it. 

593
00:30:14,500 --> 00:30:19,700
We got beat for everything else,
but not for that, just every 

594
00:30:19,700 --> 00:30:21,100
day, all we did was get 
beatings. 

595
00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:25,500
But Jesus is point is not hey 
learn to do a better job looking

596
00:30:25,500 --> 00:30:28,100
for the master so you can hustle
up at the last minute. 

597
00:30:28,100 --> 00:30:30,600
No, he's coming back now. 
Get to work. 

598
00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:32,300
Are the nation's disciple? 
No. 

599
00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:33,900
All right. 
Then we've got something to do. 

600
00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:37,000
Does your neighbor know the Lord
to your friends and family know 

601
00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:38,800
the Lord. 
Are you praying for that person 

602
00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:40,200
of Peace. 
Have you started that Bible 

603
00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:42,500
study in your living room? 
Yeah but I really think the 

604
00:30:42,508 --> 00:30:46,400
Lord's coming back if you really
believed if you really believed 

605
00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:49,200
then you'd be working in the 
field because you would want him

606
00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:52,100
to find baskets and baskets and 
baskets of heart. 

607
00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:56,100
Just to go, look, look, we the 
Harvest is ready. 

608
00:30:56,100 --> 00:30:59,300
He says, the laborers are few. 
Let's fill the field with 

609
00:30:59,300 --> 00:31:01,200
laborers. 
We go into the field and harvest

610
00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:03,600
and we say, hey welcomed into 
the kingdom of God. 

611
00:31:03,700 --> 00:31:05,400
God loves you. 
Here's who you are. 

612
00:31:05,700 --> 00:31:07,800
Here's what who the Lord has 
made you to be all these 

613
00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:11,100
important doctrines and also, 
it's your mission. 

614
00:31:11,100 --> 00:31:13,400
It's your duty, it's your 
responsibility. 

615
00:31:13,500 --> 00:31:16,800
And it's your command from King 
Jesus to make disciples. 

616
00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:19,800
I'll help you. 
But now you are a disciple 

617
00:31:19,800 --> 00:31:22,300
maker. 
You are now overqualified You're

618
00:31:22,300 --> 00:31:25,000
ready and able to make disciples
for the glory of God. 

619
00:31:25,300 --> 00:31:27,600
Well, don't I need to be a 
Christian for like 97 years. 

620
00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:31,000
First know where did you get 
that nonsensical idea? 

621
00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:33,200
Are you kidding me? 
No. 

622
00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:34,800
You must, you must be an 
American. 

623
00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:37,500
No. 
Actually we need to get right to

624
00:31:37,500 --> 00:31:40,100
work right away. 
Should there be any kind of 

625
00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:43,000
oversight will sure? 
There can be Brotherhood and 

626
00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:45,100
partnership. 
That's why you're going to be in

627
00:31:45,100 --> 00:31:47,200
the local church. 
You love Jesus. 

628
00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:49,200
You'll obviously loved his 
church. 

629
00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:52,000
You can't have one without the 
other so of course we'll do 

630
00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:53,300
this. 
In Fellowship will do this 

631
00:31:53,300 --> 00:31:58,700
together, but we will do this. 
We will do this Christians live.

632
00:31:58,700 --> 00:32:01,600
A lot Christians often times. 
I think live boring lives 

633
00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:03,200
because they're not on the 
mission of God. 

634
00:32:03,700 --> 00:32:05,400
Christians live boring lives 
because they're just 

635
00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:09,000
navel-gazing and they're only 
looking to the other side. 

636
00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:11,300
It's an important part of our 
faith to look ahead. 

637
00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:13,600
It's an important part of our 
faith to look forward to all 

638
00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:15,000
that Jesus has accomplished and 
all that. 

639
00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:17,800
He has promised, but many 
Christians are bored. 

640
00:32:17,900 --> 00:32:21,400
Many Christians are neurotic. 
Many Christians are anxious. 

641
00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:24,500
Many Those are all caught up in 
themselves because they're not 

642
00:32:24,500 --> 00:32:26,400
caring and thinking about the 
mission of God. 

643
00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:28,400
They think that's like Navy SEAL
Christianity. 

644
00:32:28,700 --> 00:32:31,100
That's like that's you Pastor J.
Mm. 

645
00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:34,700
No, you're wrong. 
This is ABC kindergarten 

646
00:32:34,700 --> 00:32:37,000
Christianity. 
It hasn't been taught that way 

647
00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:39,400
and I'm sorry, but this is why 
we're emphasizing it. 

648
00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:44,000
This is the DNA of salt Church. 
Like it's, I refuse to be a part

649
00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:47,200
of a local body where the Saints
aren't considering themselves as

650
00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:49,100
disciple makers, but where the 
Saints just go? 

651
00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:51,500
You gotta come here. 
Bob preach man. 

652
00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:54,500
You gotta Here. 
Bob no, you got to lead them 

653
00:32:54,700 --> 00:32:56,900
into the kingdom. 
You've got to. 

654
00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:59,000
Well, can they come here Bob 
pre-shoot? 

655
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:00,900
Sure of course they're welcome 
to come here. 

656
00:33:00,900 --> 00:33:05,300
Bob breach like that's important
and good but most people don't 

657
00:33:05,300 --> 00:33:07,600
care about Bob preaching. 
They don't know. 

658
00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:11,200
Bob you love Bob and you care 
about Bob but they don't know. 

659
00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:14,600
He's just some dude he's your 
preacher, he's probably weird. 

660
00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:17,000
He's probably not normally 
probably the know how real life 

661
00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:19,400
works. 
That's how they think about Bob 

662
00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:21,800
so they don't love Bob the way 
you do. 

663
00:33:22,100 --> 00:33:26,900
But they know you and they know 
your normal right. 

664
00:33:28,300 --> 00:33:31,500
You know, they know you're cool.
So your living room is an 

665
00:33:31,500 --> 00:33:32,200
opportunity. 
Go. 

666
00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:34,400
Hey, you want to come look at 
the scriptures with me. 

667
00:33:35,900 --> 00:33:37,600
Hey, you know what? 
I want to write you a letter. 

668
00:33:37,700 --> 00:33:40,300
That's what Luke did. 
Write a letter to a friend, 

669
00:33:40,300 --> 00:33:45,400
write an email to a friend Jeff.
Susie, I've been praying for you

670
00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:46,600
lately. 
I want to share some things with

671
00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:48,800
you that I've never really made 
plain, you got multiple 

672
00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:51,400
opportunities. 
You can send it in a snap, you 

673
00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:54,200
can tweet it Adam. 
You can write a letter, you can 

674
00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:56,100
put it in the mail. 
If you want to, you can send an 

675
00:33:56,100 --> 00:33:58,200
email, you can send a text 
message, you can send a voice 

676
00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:00,800
memo. 
Like we're not limited on tools,

677
00:34:01,100 --> 00:34:05,500
on on means here. 
Are we limited on boldness? 

678
00:34:05,900 --> 00:34:08,800
Are we limited on power? 
Well, the holy spirit is eager 

679
00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:13,199
to fill his people. 
But to be a disciple of Jesus, 

680
00:34:13,500 --> 00:34:19,300
is to make disciples of Jesus. 
So I love my master and I 

681
00:34:19,308 --> 00:34:22,300
Rejoice at his voice and I look 
forward to when he breaks open, 

682
00:34:22,300 --> 00:34:24,000
the sky with the shout of an 
archangel. 

683
00:34:24,300 --> 00:34:26,800
But if I love him, I will obey 
his command to bring in the 

684
00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:29,100
Harvest. 
Jesus ascended. 

685
00:34:29,199 --> 00:34:32,699
And he says go for it and the 
disciples felt that way like 

686
00:34:34,199 --> 00:34:36,500
It's on us now. 
Yeah, that's the point. 

687
00:34:36,500 --> 00:34:40,300
It pleases the Lord, it pleases.
The Lord just like it did with, 

688
00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:43,300
for him with Adam in the garden.
It pleased, the Lord to say 

689
00:34:43,300 --> 00:34:46,300
Adam, it's yours. 
I give it to you. 

690
00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:49,600
That's what a father. 
Does it pleases me to give my 

691
00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:50,300
son stuff? 
They go. 

692
00:34:50,300 --> 00:34:51,300
How do I do this? 
How to do that? 

693
00:34:51,300 --> 00:34:53,199
Go work on it. 
Let me see. 

694
00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:56,100
And I'm watching, I'm present 
with them, I'm not abandoning 

695
00:34:56,100 --> 00:34:59,300
them, but I'm not saying I'm not
giving them every single tiny 

696
00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:02,100
instruction, why? 
Because they're mine and I 

697
00:35:02,108 --> 00:35:04,800
already know they're capable. 
The same way with the Lord. 

698
00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:07,700
He doesn't say Adam. 
Here's how here's where you have

699
00:35:07,700 --> 00:35:10,200
to plant the strawberries 
because it's your guard, it's 

700
00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:12,800
yours. 
Fill the Earth and subdue it. 

701
00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:17,500
Make it yours, make it obey, 
you, it pleases me to give my 

702
00:35:17,500 --> 00:35:19,200
son that opportunity. 
And Jesus said it. 

703
00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:21,300
Pleases me to give authority to 
my church. 

704
00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:23,700
It pleases me to empower and 
elevate. 

705
00:35:23,700 --> 00:35:27,400
My church to say, go go. 
Should we do it this way? 

706
00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:30,300
The Lord will guide us wony. 
The Holy Spirit Will direct us. 

707
00:35:30,300 --> 00:35:33,300
He is our senior partner. 
He's not abandoning us and 

708
00:35:33,300 --> 00:35:36,600
saying, Figure it out. 
He empowers his church. 

709
00:35:36,700 --> 00:35:39,500
He guides his church but that's 
the point. 

710
00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:42,100
He didn't abandon us. 
He empowered us and said go. 

711
00:35:42,600 --> 00:35:45,000
My answer is yes my power is 
with you. 

712
00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:46,900
My presence is with you. 
I'm with you till the end of the

713
00:35:46,900 --> 00:35:49,700
age. 
That means always that means 

714
00:35:49,700 --> 00:35:52,200
forever. 
We will never not be together 

715
00:35:53,500 --> 00:35:57,500
and we'll close with this. 
Scripture says any the the Creed

716
00:35:57,500 --> 00:36:01,300
says, and he sits at the right 
hand of God the Father Almighty,

717
00:36:02,300 --> 00:36:05,500
go to Hebrews. 
Chapter 10. 

718
00:36:07,100 --> 00:36:10,200
We've been Hebrews a lot. 
I feel like we've been coming to

719
00:36:10,208 --> 00:36:14,100
Hebrews more than anything else 
for the past couple months even 

720
00:36:16,500 --> 00:36:21,400
Hebrews chapter 10. 
Verse 11. 

721
00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:31,000
Remember, Hebrews has probably a
sermon, I think it's my theory. 

722
00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:36,100
I think Hebrews was a sermon and
every priest stands daily at his

723
00:36:36,100 --> 00:36:38,500
service, talking about the high 
priest in the temple and the 

724
00:36:38,500 --> 00:36:40,600
priests who would work in the 
temple, all the work. 

725
00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:42,700
That's got to be done. 
All the sacrifice for all of us 

726
00:36:42,700 --> 00:36:47,400
in Hebrews 10 11 and every 
priest stands daily at his 

727
00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:51,700
service offering repeatedly, the
same sacrifices, which can never

728
00:36:51,700 --> 00:36:55,700
take away sins, talk about 
exhausting, but when Christ had 

729
00:36:55,700 --> 00:36:58,900
offered, For all time, a single 
sacrifice for sins. 

730
00:36:59,500 --> 00:37:04,700
He sat down. 
At the right hand of God waiting

731
00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:08,100
from that time until his enemies
should be made a footstool for 

732
00:37:08,100 --> 00:37:10,300
his feet. 
So not only does our King sit 

733
00:37:10,300 --> 00:37:12,100
down. 
All the other priests priests 

734
00:37:12,100 --> 00:37:14,200
got to work priest, gotta work. 
He's got to work. 

735
00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:17,400
This priest comes and says, I 
finished the work. 

736
00:37:17,900 --> 00:37:19,600
Nobody else could finish the 
work. 

737
00:37:19,700 --> 00:37:20,400
Why? 
Because bulls? 

738
00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:22,900
And goats their blood, it could 
never actually take away the 

739
00:37:22,900 --> 00:37:25,700
sins of human humans. 
It was a temporary sacrifice 

740
00:37:25,700 --> 00:37:29,300
that the Lord allowed until the 
Lamb of God would come. 

741
00:37:29,300 --> 00:37:33,300
And when he comes, he says, what
does he say on the Is, it is 

742
00:37:33,300 --> 00:37:37,800
finished and he meant it mission
accomplished Jesus did it. 

743
00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:40,200
Jesus, Paid It all. 
He says, now I'm going to sit 

744
00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:41,800
down, but not only am I going to
sit down. 

745
00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:45,000
I'd like to prop my feet up. 
How shall I prop up my feet? 

746
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:49,300
Oh, on my enemies. 
So, until his enemies be made 

747
00:37:49,300 --> 00:37:52,100
his footstool, why don't want to
be his footstool and don't be as

748
00:37:52,100 --> 00:37:55,500
enemy. 
Well how do I not be as enemy 

749
00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:58,800
respond by faith to the grace? 
That he's so freely. 

750
00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:01,900
Given God loves you. 
He doesn't want anybody to be 

751
00:38:01,900 --> 00:38:04,300
his enemies. 
But there Comes a Day, there 

752
00:38:04,300 --> 00:38:07,400
comes a time where we'll get to 
where he will come to judge the 

753
00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:11,600
living and the dead, the 
spiritually alive and the 

754
00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:15,800
spiritually dead, the physically
dead and the physically alive, 

755
00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:19,700
everyone will be settled and 
sorted by the king and at that 

756
00:38:19,700 --> 00:38:23,000
moment you become footstool or 
you're a child in the father's 

757
00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:26,900
house. 
We're already secure by our 

758
00:38:26,900 --> 00:38:29,800
faith. 
In the grace of God. 

759
00:38:30,100 --> 00:38:32,000
His grace through faith is what 
saved us? 

760
00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:34,900
So, we don't, we don't we're not
stacking up our winds. 

761
00:38:34,900 --> 00:38:37,500
Jesus stacked up the winds, we 
receive them. 

762
00:38:37,500 --> 00:38:40,900
They're credited it unto us as 
righteousness because of our 

763
00:38:40,900 --> 00:38:44,300
faith, but the old priests, they
stood because the work was never

764
00:38:44,300 --> 00:38:46,600
done. 
Jesus sits down because the work

765
00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:49,500
is finished. 
And the right hand symbol 

766
00:38:49,500 --> 00:38:51,800
symbolizes. 
Why is he seated at the right 

767
00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:55,100
hand of God the Father Almighty,
it symbolizes power. 

768
00:38:55,100 --> 00:38:58,200
The right hand symbolizes 
authority, Jesus is not just 

769
00:38:58,200 --> 00:39:04,300
alive but he is reigning over 
his church and because of it we 

770
00:39:04,300 --> 00:39:08,400
rejoice and we don't add to it, 
we add nothing to his kingship, 

771
00:39:08,700 --> 00:39:11,400
he's already complete. 
He's already finished. 

772
00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:15,400
Like we said, the Ascension is 
not abandonment, it is 

773
00:39:15,400 --> 00:39:17,800
empowerment. 
Jesus sits on his throne because

774
00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:21,000
the work was accomplished on the
cross and he is now established 

775
00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:23,000
his church to carry out his 
mission. 

776
00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:35,800
Last verse Ephesians Ephesians 
chapter 1. 

777
00:39:38,200 --> 00:39:42,500
Verse 20 that he worked in 
Christ when he raised him from 

778
00:39:42,500 --> 00:39:45,300
the dead and seated him at his 
own, right hand in Heavenly 

779
00:39:45,300 --> 00:39:48,600
places, the father seated Jesus 
at his right hand in Heavenly 

780
00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:54,600
places verse 21, far above all 
Rule and authority and power and

781
00:39:54,600 --> 00:39:57,500
dominion. 
And every name that is named not

782
00:39:57,500 --> 00:40:01,200
only in this age but also in the
one to come and he put all 

783
00:40:01,200 --> 00:40:05,700
things under his feet. 
And gave him as head over all 

784
00:40:05,700 --> 00:40:08,100
things to the church, which is 
his body. 

785
00:40:08,300 --> 00:40:14,100
The fullness of him who fills 
all in all Jesus is reigning 

786
00:40:14,100 --> 00:40:16,300
over his church. 
He's raining over death. 

787
00:40:16,300 --> 00:40:18,800
He reigns over Hill. 
He reigns over the grave. 

788
00:40:18,900 --> 00:40:21,500
This is why you and I should do 
something about it. 

789
00:40:21,900 --> 00:40:24,200
I told you before we started to,
seriously, how's the apartment 

790
00:40:24,200 --> 00:40:25,200
house? 
The Apostles Creed? 

791
00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:27,100
Is it going to be practical? 
Or is it just going to be like, 

792
00:40:27,100 --> 00:40:30,100
I now know more stuff? 
I have better Doctrine. 

793
00:40:30,300 --> 00:40:33,000
Well, congratulations. 
And yes, it's practical to 

794
00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:35,900
believe that Jesus ascended to 
believe that Jesus is seated at 

795
00:40:35,900 --> 00:40:37,500
the right hand of God the Father
Almighty. 

796
00:40:37,600 --> 00:40:38,900
It's not just a knowing. 
Yeah, I know. 

797
00:40:38,900 --> 00:40:42,400
That's a fact. 
Does your life look like it? 

798
00:40:42,600 --> 00:40:45,700
If you really believe Jesus is 
reigning, if you really believe 

799
00:40:45,700 --> 00:40:48,200
Jesus, is at the right hand, 
then you're going to go do 

800
00:40:48,200 --> 00:40:49,800
something with it. 
This is why you and I should 

801
00:40:49,800 --> 00:40:53,500
tell everyone, it's good news. 
We do that with all kinds of 

802
00:40:53,500 --> 00:40:55,700
news, right? 
When you see stuff in the news, 

803
00:40:55,700 --> 00:40:57,800
I did. 
You see, I did you see where 

804
00:40:57,800 --> 00:41:00,400
they? 
Hey, did you see where Elon Musk

805
00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:01,800
and Mark Zuckerberg? 
I'm going to fight in the 

806
00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:04,100
Octagon. 
Like that's fun. 

807
00:41:04,100 --> 00:41:06,600
That's good news. 
Like I'm excited about that. 

808
00:41:07,100 --> 00:41:10,500
That's probably going to be the 
highest grossing fight. 

809
00:41:10,700 --> 00:41:14,200
In the history of the world. 
Like it's it's going to be super

810
00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:17,600
fun to watch these two guys, 
just I hope it's a good fight. 

811
00:41:18,700 --> 00:41:20,500
But you see what we do. 
You see something? 

812
00:41:20,500 --> 00:41:22,300
You see some good news. 
You see something you're excited

813
00:41:22,300 --> 00:41:24,500
about. 
You tell somebody, we do the 

814
00:41:24,500 --> 00:41:26,300
same thing with Jesus. 
Hey, hey. 

815
00:41:26,300 --> 00:41:29,000
Did you see how did you know 
that Jesus is Lord? 

816
00:41:29,400 --> 00:41:31,100
Yeah, yeah, I know that. 
No, no. 

817
00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:34,100
Did you know that? 
He came to the Earth actually? 

818
00:41:34,300 --> 00:41:36,100
Yeah, I know that but did. 
Yeah. 

819
00:41:36,100 --> 00:41:38,800
But did you see that? 
He's actually ascended. 

820
00:41:39,200 --> 00:41:41,500
Did you see the he's seated at 
the right hand of God the Father

821
00:41:41,500 --> 00:41:42,900
Almighty? 
Did you see that? 

822
00:41:42,900 --> 00:41:45,300
He's coming back to judge the 
living and the dead? 

823
00:41:45,500 --> 00:41:47,800
Yeah, no no. 
But did you? 

824
00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:50,700
If you're excited, if you 
believe in something you'll talk

825
00:41:50,700 --> 00:41:52,700
about it. 
When you're filled with the Holy

826
00:41:52,700 --> 00:41:54,900
Spirit, the holy spirit is 
always going to glorify Jesus 

827
00:41:54,900 --> 00:41:57,300
Through you. 
He will overflow out of you, 

828
00:41:57,300 --> 00:42:00,800
rivers of Living Water. 
You can't contain a river. 

829
00:42:01,300 --> 00:42:05,700
You can't hold it back. 
Holy Spirit won't possess us as 

830
00:42:05,700 --> 00:42:07,800
a, whereas a demon would like 
you to throw someone into the 

831
00:42:07,800 --> 00:42:09,800
fire and try and harm them 
always fear. 

832
00:42:09,800 --> 00:42:15,600
It won't turn you into a puppet 
and yet, When you invite the 

833
00:42:15,600 --> 00:42:17,200
Holy Spirit to fill you, you 
will find a. 

834
00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:19,800
He joyfully fills you with power
and your love. 

835
00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:23,500
For Jesus is swells even more. 
And now man. 

836
00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:26,200
You mean I don't have to White 
Knuckle this whole mission 

837
00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:29,200
thing? 
No, he provides everything. 

838
00:42:29,500 --> 00:42:32,800
He provides the fuel, he 
provides the desire, he provides

839
00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:41,200
the love, he provides it all. 
Hey, did you see the news? 

840
00:42:41,300 --> 00:42:43,100
Did you see the Jesus saved us 
from our sins? 

841
00:42:43,100 --> 00:42:44,600
Chris Kayla. 
Could you please prepare the 

842
00:42:44,700 --> 00:42:48,500
Miss Forrest. 
We're going to receive 

843
00:42:48,500 --> 00:42:54,400
communion. 
Did you see did you believe have

844
00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:57,600
you responded? 
Whenever we come across somebody

845
00:42:57,600 --> 00:43:01,100
who doesn't respond to the 
gospel, if they're resistant to 

846
00:43:01,100 --> 00:43:02,500
it? 
That's okay. 

847
00:43:02,500 --> 00:43:04,400
We don't stop. 
We don't get discouraged. 

848
00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:06,800
We're going to well, I tried 
that one time saying there's a 

849
00:43:06,808 --> 00:43:08,500
whole world who needs the 
gospel. 

850
00:43:08,800 --> 00:43:11,400
There's a whole world who needs 
to walk in deeper faithfulness. 

851
00:43:11,600 --> 00:43:13,900
They're believers who are living
as orphans right now. 

852
00:43:14,300 --> 00:43:17,700
Not connected into the body of 
Christ Living in isolation they 

853
00:43:17,700 --> 00:43:20,200
need restoration they need to be
brought back into the father's 

854
00:43:20,200 --> 00:43:21,800
house as a product. 
Eagles. 

855
00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:24,100
So that we can put the robe on 
them and the ring on their hand 

856
00:43:24,100 --> 00:43:27,300
and sandals on their feet, and 
celebrate them with the Feast of

857
00:43:27,300 --> 00:43:29,400
God. 
And this is the table that we're

858
00:43:29,400 --> 00:43:32,500
getting ready to eat from the 
blood of Jesus in the body of 

859
00:43:32,500 --> 00:43:35,600
Jesus. 
So, let's prepare our hearts as 

860
00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:37,100
Chris and Kayla service the 
elements. 

861
00:43:37,100 --> 00:43:21,800
Now, as we go prayerfully into 
communion, Eagles. 

862
00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:24,100
So that we can put the robe on 
them and the ring on their hand 

863
00:43:24,100 --> 00:43:27,300
and sandals on their feet, and 
celebrate them with the Feast of

864
00:43:27,300 --> 00:43:29,400
God. 
And this is the table that we're

865
00:43:29,400 --> 00:43:32,500
getting ready to eat from the 
blood of Jesus in the body of 

866
00:43:32,500 --> 00:43:35,600
Jesus. 
So, let's prepare our hearts as 

867
00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:37,100
Chris and Kayla service the 
elements. 

868
00:43:37,100 --> 00:43:40,500
Now, as we go prayerfully into 
communion,