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Welcome to another inspirational
podcast at Real Life, Church for

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more great content and updates, 
visit Real Life, Church kc.com, 

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hey good morning and welcome to 
Real Life Church man. 

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We are still expecting of all 
that God is going to do and this

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Replace today. 
So whether you're with us here 

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at Kentucky Trail, are you are 
joining us online, go ahead and 

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stand to your feet. 
We're going to worship God, they

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together today. 
So soon for like I did, I saw 

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Darkness Run for Cover. 
Yes, I do. 

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Very cool. 
Get I just can't get away. 

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My name is registered in his 
grace rewrote, my story. 

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This Is My Testimony. 
The Praises of the spirit shown 

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your father, I got will finish 
what you started. 

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We believe I got will finish 
what he started. 

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This is my sister-in-law. 
This is my testimony 

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this morning. 
From Death To Life his grace 

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rewrote my story. 
I'll take the fall Jesus Christ.

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This morning. 
I'm so glad that, that is my 

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story. 
The story of our savior that he 

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died on the cross, so that we 
can have a story of life. 

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And so, we're going to continue 
and praise our God today, 

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because he is worthy. 
Rumors of the stories of the 

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savior. 
Holiness with you and treasure 

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for the traitor. 
No, wait. 

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Until heaven to live with me. 
A rescue like no other. 

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Lift him up. 
He's worthy today, shoe. 

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You did not speak. 
Because you're my, my Ransom, My

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Savior, my refuge, my Hiding 
Place. 

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Enjoy my My healer, my Blessed 
Redeemer, my answer, my Saving 

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Grace. 
We're not done yet. 

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I love your name, my G. 
Jesus. 

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Praise him together. 
We need to give God the one 

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thing you can't do. 
So as we sing this next song of 

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surrender, really this prayer of
surrender to him. 

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Don't let it be just words that 
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Me and shake up the ground 
today. 

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Break down a wall or something 
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This is my surrender. 
This is my survey. 

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How do we say we make room for 
you in our hearts and our lives?

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Are we have? 
We are. 

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Thanks to you God. 
Father, take every selfish 

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ambition, every distraction out 
of the way from getting to you 

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today that we want nothing else 
than you. 

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So can we give us back to you 
today as a sign of surrender? 

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Rather, all we are all we have 
is yours got all the glory, and 

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all the honor is yours today in 
Jesus name. 

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Amen. 
Amen. 

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Let's give God some praise this 
morning. 

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Me and I know you make room for 
God to move in your life. 

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And he shows up, he can move 
there and you don't know what we

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are making room for God to move 
in this face. 

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You may have noticed some extra 
chairs in here this morning. 

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And we are expecting for all God
is doing and want every person 

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who walks in know, there's room 
for them here, room for them to 

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experience. 
God, so find a seed. 

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Come up front student. 
It's a lot of fun. 

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Thank you guys for being here 
today. 

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I'm excited to see you all 
excited to see you in the house 

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today. 
And let's give a quick shout out

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to our friends who are real life
church kc.com, all my Church 

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online. 
Let him hear you today. 

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Yeah, man, we're excited that 
you're joining with us. 

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So hey, we're take a second 
before you sit down, reach out. 

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Give somebody a high five, a 
fist bump, but wave smile, and 

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then have a seat in just a 
couple minutes. 

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All right, you guys can have a 
seat. 

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Hey if you're new with us today 
it means the world to us that 

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you have chosen to come out and 
worship with us today to spend 

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your Sunday and so I hope that 
you have felt welcomed but we 

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would love also to connect with 
you and there's a couple ways 

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that we can do that in. 
The first one is this you can 

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take out your phone. 
You can text RL new tonight. 

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2,000. 
There is a queue are on the back

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of the seat in front of you. 
You can scan that that's gonna 

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give you a place where I'd love 
to invite you to fill out our 

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digital connection card, so we 
can just connect with you. 

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Thank you for coming out praying
for you and we would just love 

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to welcome in the next you in 
that way. 

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And also, if you're here with us
in person head on out to the new

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here Booth, right after this 
gathering in the hub, our team 

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there would love to welcome you 
as well, but we have a free gift

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for you. 
Just to thank you as a small 

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token to say, thanks for coming 
out and spending your Sunday 

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with us here. 
At real life. 

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And why do we do that? 
Why do we do all this? 

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Because we believe that Souls 
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people are so important and that
is really it's our mission. 

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It's why we exist for people who
are far from God, to discover 

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real life and purpose in. 
Jesus, man, God's heart is 

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people loves people in the 
messy, the lost the broken, the 

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hurting, those people who are 
just searching for something God

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loves those people. 
We love those people. 

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We are those people. 
Those people, right? 

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We are messy and God loves us 
and so we get to come together 

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on Sundays. 
Just as a place where prodigals 

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can come home, come here, get 
filled up and then scatter back 

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out across our city to help 
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of God, help people who are far 
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And so, I hope that you're 
encouraged and inspired by being

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here today. 
To leave this place on fire to 

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be able to bring the people of 
God and we have these empty 

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chairs. 
So thank you. 

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For those of you who've been 
inviting, we have so much coming

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up with ease. 
Stir. 

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And just it's an exciting time 
to be bringing somebody to sit 

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alongside you next week because 
sometimes I think it's kind of 

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hard maybe to bring her invite 
somebody with you, right? 

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It feels weird, but I think that
maybe it might be not as 

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complicated as we make in. 
What if bringing somebody to 

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Jesus wasn't about saying the 
right words or having the right 

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strategy, maybe it's a lot 
simpler than that. 

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And, you know, it might be that 
the most powerful Arsenal that 

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you have in the toolbox of your 
weapons against, or Your weapons

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for bringing people to, Jesus is
something that you already 

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possess, it might be the simple 
way that you use your voice to 

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show others. 
Jesus and so today, Sean is 

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going to walk us through as we 
discover how God uses people. 

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Like John the Baptist and Andrew
and John to Simply use their 

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voice to help people, come to 
see Jesus. 

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And so let's continue our series
bring, that's what babe. 

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Good morning, guys, how you 
doing? 

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Does alive out there. 
Well, maybe we'll get a good 

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week, praying. 
They really planting seeds for 

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the gospel were in the series 
called bring it about, bringing 

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people to Jesus. 
And today we're going to make it

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a loose complicate as possible 
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the gospel. 
And I'll start with a question 

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today ever been in a room with 
somebody that's famous me like 

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an icon or maybe it has a lot of
followers and you'd recognize 

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and you couldn't help but to 
meet them maybe in that space 

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maybe it's after a football game
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maybe you're at the airport and 
a lot of people, a lot of people

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Famous the airport at the stall.
Next to him, come on somebody, 

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right? 
You couldn't help but shake 

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their hand, right, I know about 
you but I've had this happen in 

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my life until 15. 
I was in Colorado. 

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I was hoping buddy. 
Just launched a church on a 

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Sunday. 
It was as cool thing. 

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We end up by God's Providence at
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just so have to be worshipped in
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So here's Chris Tom and Louie 
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these other guys, and this 
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And we are the hotel and the 
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meantime, reporter luggage out 
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And Lo and behold who's there? 
There's Kari Jobe and the crew 

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eating the breakfast, right? 
And it's like, that'd be kind of

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weird like to go over. 
And so were like, hey, let's go 

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for the door. 
You know, I'm not going to go 

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bother people but on the way out
the door, there's this little 

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short guy. 
Come on somebody, and it was 

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Chris Tomlin you stand right 
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I was like, oh, this is awesome.
So like, hey, babe, we gotta go 

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meet Chris and you know, I'm 
going to die or not but she's a 

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complete introvert. 
She really get bamboo shoved 

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under her fingernails, then go 
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And so I'm just like, no, no, 
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We're going to do it. 
So I grabbed her hand like going

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to be Chris, right? 
So I'm like, hey Hey Chris. 

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I'm Sean's wife. 
Diane and man, would incredible 

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concert last night. 
It was awesome. 

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And little small talk. 
I said you great job. 

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And how do you, how do you the 
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Try all your songs niggers, man,
I just got to give some credit 

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to David. 
I think one day when I get in 

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heaven, we have a little 
conversation about me stealing 

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all his words, you know, I 
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Wow, he's thought about this a 
few times right? 

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Gets all the time, right? 
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I don't know what is wrong with 
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I'm like, Hey, where's Louie 
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I mean, he spoke last night, I 
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He's like, man, you know. 
Diane. 

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She's like this like just like 
what an idiot right? 

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He's like, he went home last 
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I was like oh that's cool. 
It was great talking. 

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Chris, you know. 
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She's just next to me. 
She's just like, what an idiot. 

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What is wrong with you? 
You know, like where's Louis 

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right? 
And so I'll know again awkward, 

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but I told Diana's it look who 
can say that they've met Chris 

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Tomlin. 
Come on somebody, right? 

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It was weird, but we can always 
say we did it, right? 

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And so I would encourage you to 
think about this, if Jesus were 

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to walk into To this gathering. 
At any moment, come down the 

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aisle. 
What would it be? 

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Like, what would it be like for 
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Matter of fact, I think it's 
going to happen is you can say, 

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forget this Pony preacher, come 
on somebody. 

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The word of God is here. 
The presence of guys here, and 

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you're going to get to Jesus. 
Amen. 

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You're going to gathered around 
Jesus, matter of fact, I don't 

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think you just go by yourself. 
I think in a grab the house and 

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the Hand of your spouse with a 
lost or whatever, they think 

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about God and you can just bring
them to Jesus. 

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Amen. 
And there's gonna be a line 

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forming Around Jesus. 
You're Bade, the kids program 

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come on somebody. 
You're gonna go through the 

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doors, break through security 
and get your kids. 

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You're going to be on your 
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You're going to lift your voice 
and you're going to start 

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calling people. 
Hey Mom, you got to get to real 

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life. 
Today, Jesus is here in person. 

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You're going to be in line or 
you start taking selfies with 

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Jesus, right? 
Your hashtag presence of God and

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manuals here, you're going to 
have all this energy to share 

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just all of a sudden. 
The news is going to spread the 

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lines going to go out to the hub
and announce the parking lot in 

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the world. 
You know Jesus here that fast. 

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Amen. 
That's would be like Jesus came 

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in. 
We forget the entire Programs, 

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the presence of God. 
And today's, just a reminder 

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that Jesus is Alive, that he's 
to want you to bring people who 

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maybe can't see him in this 
moment, we share the same 

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passion, obviously walked in the
room today. 

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Amen. 
It's a reminder of what it is to

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be a follower of Christ or 
minor. 

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How to bring people to Jesus and
not some like fake strategy or 

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some phony. 
Like, oh, here's the words to 

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say, here's the thing to do, but
the heart of some of you is an 

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evangelist. 
That's what today is all about 

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and what it looks like for 
somebody when they actually beat

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Jesus, For the first time. 
And so I'm just praying that God

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moves in this room and more than
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I'm praying that you and be a 
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This next two weeks that you'd 
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planting seeds and investing, 
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relationships to bring people to
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let God get into them because 
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ourselves and follow him. 
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story another video. 
This is a young couple that just

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began a relationship. 
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And really, the little things, 
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taken a step of faith. 
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celebrate the voices that played
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Jesus. 
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My name's Gavin Mackenzie in 
this is our story. 

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When I was growing up, I thought
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sense. 
A man died and came back to life

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it just doesn't make sense. 
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grew further and further away 
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Jesus because of that battle 
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I think it was just losing part 
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The parts that I enjoyed the fun
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battle between that and logic. 
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I believed in as I Growing up, I
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grandparents and my parents but 
after a while we kind of stopped

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going. 
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kind of question Christianity. 
As a whole, I was wondering just

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different stuff. 
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own and kind of learn at my own 
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my family. 
See it, my best friend was Logan

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growing up, and I spent 
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weeks at a time at Logan's house
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Sunday, he gets up at like 5:00 
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for real life. 
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to go with me to real life, set 
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I guess, eventually, I kind of 
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kid, I wasn't as into the faith 
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Christmas Eve, I think I was on 
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because we went out having 
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family and we get back and And 
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where like what is, there's 
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where did this come from and we 
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it's just pouring and I'm 
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So I was all freaked out about 
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you know, I was crying like an 
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seeing how he was handling it. 
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he was and then we open the door
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It's been running for hours but 
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floor and the upstairs floor and
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think it was a point for me to 
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physical mindset. 
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It's not the point of life. 
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calling the apartment calling 
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Nobody really had a good answer 
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Everybody was with their family.
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insurance. 
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put a bunch of work on me. 
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the one line that I hadn't 
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And I, she was asleep and I just
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got I got a feeling of comfort 
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was my sign. 
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go back to church. 
Gavin if God is willing to let 

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everything, you think you love 
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Maybe it's time to start loving 
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He really wanted to go back to 
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This these over these past few 
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sounds like a cool church. 
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It just took me a while to 
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more. 
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Bible and trying to just keep 
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I think God is trying to tell me
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What where do we need to work 
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Is we need to have both of us 
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God on, you know, on our 
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Nothing feels whole like your 
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do, how much money you make, how
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it is. 
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find God. 
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Coming to real life with Gavin, 
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So having someone I know they're
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more shy, but I'm just really 
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but he greatly encouraged me to 
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And when we got there, I just 
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Everyone was so nice. 
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Diane, and Brian. 
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it was really awesome to see and
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for fighting my apartment, I'm 
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Logan, woke me up early even 
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time he was he was teaching me 
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Logan brought me to church, 
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Now we invite you to bring 
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for Gavin. 
Mackenzie how cool is that? 

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There's one of the voices is 
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house Mary, it's amazing and I 
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got a really growing up through 
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And playing those seeds of doubt
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man finds Jesus and he could 
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voices in my life, the Hardy 
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Let me crash there and mash out 
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the him Logan, and he's at March
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That dog, right? 
Man, but can you get for the 

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Hardy family for being a voice 
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Come on. 
I think Barry was tearing up 

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over there. 
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man, it's cool to be a part of 
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on Jesus and Jesus answered, 
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It's just how Jesus works. 
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shall be saved and in that 
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for the one thing you know can 
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is always faithful to show up. 
And today I believe some of you 

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guys are going to put your faith
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I'll send you guys going to make
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You pick up that phone, you're 
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I need you. 
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and follow my own path but 
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one. 
True, Son of God and you gotta 

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cross for my sins gonna change 
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What's really cool is Gavin in 
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They were signed up to get 
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Come all somebody is that 
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but God is going to do. 
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celebrate and really, look at it
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somebody to Jesus. 
What's the heartbeat have to 

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have inside of you to get 
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Like what's the heartbeat of 
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We're all called to share Jesus.
I'm not give you some kind of 

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some Method, or strategy, or 
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heart of somebody that what they
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some of the Cross and what it 
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Jesus. 
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in, really, to a story of a man 
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a cousin of Jesus and he uses 
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cross. 
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and I hope you do, I don't you 
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will be in verse 19. 
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Now, this was John's testimony. 
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John in the Book of John? 
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Self, he's talked about John the
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John the Baptist testimony. 
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Jerusalem sent priests and 
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You think about these Jewish 
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Sanhedrin, the family of the 
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hostile things of God, hostile, 
things of Jesus and they're 

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definitely hostile to John the 
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ask. 
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they say did not fail to confess
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John the Baptist he said I'm not
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They asked him, who are you? 
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They would have known this out 
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There's a prophecy that would 
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John. 
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not Elijah but you know, in the 
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Baptist had the spirit of Elijah
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He goes on to say, are you the 
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Not, are you a prophet? 
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And the referring back to 
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Prophet will rise up. 
His voice will rise and the word

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of God will come out as mouth. 
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And it's we're talking about 
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the Baptist replies. 
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They said well, who are you? 
Give us an answer to take back 

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to those who sent us? 
What do you say about yourself? 

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Who are you, what who sent you? 
Why are you on a mission? 

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What is going on in John, says 
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So prolific is so important that
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John humbly replies, this he 
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the prophet Prophet. 
See John the Baptist we're back 

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to the scripture. 
So Jesus was done and he quotes 

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Isaiah 40:3, like, almost 
verbatim and he says this, I am 

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the what? 
I'm the I'm the voice, I'm just 

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a voice, he didn't call himself,
John the Baptist, even call 

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myself a person. 
He said, I'm a voice calling in 

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the wilderness to make straight 
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Here's the first thing you're 
going to bring people to Jesus 

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and play part of the story. 
You have to answer the question,

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who are you Are you a 
businessman? 

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Are you a concrete Guy? 
Come on, Barry? 

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Right? 
Are you a pickleball player? 

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Are you a son or a dad? 
Are you a hard-working American?

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What? 
What are you who are you? 

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And so for John, the Baptist to 
answer this question, his reply 

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was simply this I am a voice, 
that's all I am. 

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I'm just the one that's going to
point people to Jesus and I'm 

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going to fade away Into 
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I'm not even anything else. 
Do you recognize anything else 

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about my life? 
I'm just a voice. 

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That's going to point people to 
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I'm my whole life is leveraging 
for the kingdom of God. 

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So people know his name and not 
my name. 

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I'm simply just a voice thing 
about this voice calling out in 

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the wilderness. 
He was actually quoted a prophet

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in Isaiah 40 verse 3. 
He literally quoted another 

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person who said this this was 
spoken to the to really the 

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Jewish people that are in 
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He said that your A voice 
calling out in the wilderness. 

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Make straight the way to the 
Lord. 

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What's Happening Here is he's 
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hey these Jewish people that are
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persecuted. 
They've been exiled out of their

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country in Babylon. 
I want you to make a straight 

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path home through the Eastern 
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I want you to level out the sand
dunes to bring these people out 

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of captivity. 
You see, this is going I mean 

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for John the Baptist this was so
profound that he was going to 

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level the ground. 
He's going to move barriers and 

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obstacles and make a path of 
Freedom leads directly to Jesus.

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And for us as Christians, is 
there any better terminology 

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that we should have in our life 
to say that? 

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We are making straight the path 
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Amen. 
That removing barriers and 

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obstacles and the things that 
stop people from seeing God 

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including her own pride and we 
move out of the way just humbly 

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say There's Jesus there's Jesus 
I'm going to make a path to the 

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freedom found in Jesus and level
the ground so people can find 

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and know Jesus and lift my voice
so people can find him. 

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So who are you today? 
You're just You're just a voice.

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You're just a voice. 
It's more important than 

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anything. 
You do is more important, they 

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need toddler. 
You have it's more important 

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than anything that you Proclaim 
is more important. 

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Your name on lights and your 
name being successful and people

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knowing you and erecting a 
statue that you're just a voice 

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in this generation to point 
people. 

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00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:10,700
To Jesus, to lift the banner 
High men, to flatten the path of

449
00:37:10,700 --> 00:37:14,700
freedom to Jesus, remove, all 
obstacles for Freedom, so other 

450
00:37:14,700 --> 00:37:17,700
people can know him. 
It says, in verse 24 says, now 

451
00:37:17,700 --> 00:37:20,700
the Pharisees who had been since
So, the question that I said, 

452
00:37:20,700 --> 00:37:23,200
why do you baptize? 
If you're not the Messiah or 

453
00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:26,600
Elijah or the prophet is that, 
baptized with water, John 

454
00:37:26,600 --> 00:37:29,500
replied, but among you stands 
one who you do? 

455
00:37:29,500 --> 00:37:32,400
Not know. 
He is the one who comes after me

456
00:37:32,700 --> 00:37:34,900
and says the straps of whose 
sandals. 

457
00:37:34,900 --> 00:37:39,200
I am not worthy to untie. 
He imagined the humility for 

458
00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:42,200
John to say this met. 
John the Baptist and I'm worthy 

459
00:37:42,200 --> 00:37:44,700
to unstrap his sandals. 
So what you have to realize is 

460
00:37:44,700 --> 00:37:47,500
this and that custom that 
culture, the job of and tying, 

461
00:37:47,500 --> 00:37:50,200
somebody sandals was a job of a 
Slave. 

462
00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:54,300
Like you go into somebody's 
house in a slave with a strap, 

463
00:37:54,300 --> 00:37:57,300
your sandals and take your 
sandals, off your feet, that was

464
00:37:57,300 --> 00:38:01,100
the job of somebody. 
Those are indentured servant and

465
00:38:01,100 --> 00:38:03,400
what John the Baptist saying is,
I'm not even worthy to be a 

466
00:38:03,408 --> 00:38:08,200
slave of the one that's to come.
I'm not even worthy to be a 

467
00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:11,800
slave of Jesus, because he is so
great. 

468
00:38:12,100 --> 00:38:13,900
He is so mad. 
He's so powerful. 

469
00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:15,900
I'm not worthy but only by God's
grace. 

470
00:38:15,900 --> 00:38:19,000
Amen. 
That I could serve Jesus. 

471
00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:21,800
It's all by God's grace, that I 
can baptize. 

472
00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:25,100
So my God's grace, I can 
proclaim the voice that there is

473
00:38:25,300 --> 00:38:28,100
Jesus. 
Imagine humility would take to 

474
00:38:28,100 --> 00:38:30,000
call yourself, unworthy to 
slave. 

475
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,400
I mean, James is half-brother. 
I'm a slave of Jesus, John the 

476
00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:34,300
past, I'm not even worthy 
because it's late. 

477
00:38:34,900 --> 00:38:36,700
It says the first one, a, this 
all happened in Bethany on the 

478
00:38:36,707 --> 00:38:39,600
other side of the Jordan, which 
the Jordan River where John was 

479
00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:43,100
baptizing, that's rights at 
verse. 29 says the next day. 

480
00:38:43,300 --> 00:38:46,400
So with this is day one. 
Now, we're in the day to John 

481
00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:49,800
saw All Jesus. 
Now this was the first time that

482
00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:54,400
John recognizes who Jesus is, he
saw Jesus coming toward him and 

483
00:38:54,400 --> 00:39:00,800
he said, look behold what to say
the what the Lamb of God, Behold

484
00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:06,400
the Lamb of God who God who 
takes away the sin of the world 

485
00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:08,700
made what an incredible 
introduction to Jesus. 

486
00:39:08,700 --> 00:39:12,100
Amen. 
The Lamb of God, who takes away 

487
00:39:12,100 --> 00:39:14,300
the sin of the world, of all the
things that John, the Baptist 

488
00:39:14,300 --> 00:39:17,800
could have started out with. 
He says there's the That's going

489
00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:21,400
to come for the world. 
You think about the Lamb of God?

490
00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:24,800
These people around him in that 
culture, or custom and culture 

491
00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:27,000
would have understood what it 
meant to be a lamb of God. 

492
00:39:27,300 --> 00:39:30,100
They understood that the lamb 
Was An Old Testament sacrifice 

493
00:39:30,300 --> 00:39:33,400
every single day in the temple. 
They would take lamb and it 

494
00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:36,100
killed lambs, and they would 
shed the blood over the altar in

495
00:39:36,100 --> 00:39:39,800
that shed blood would pay for 
the sins of God's people every 

496
00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:42,400
single day. 
And what what simply saying is 

497
00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:45,200
John, the Baptist, saying 
there's the Lamb of God, there's

498
00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:48,100
the innocent one of God. 
That there's the permanent. 

499
00:39:48,100 --> 00:39:51,800
Perfect sacrifice for our sins. 
Amen. 

500
00:39:52,500 --> 00:39:53,900
It's a very first thing. 
I'm John. 

501
00:39:53,900 --> 00:39:56,700
The Baptist says, prepared the 
way playing the way he didn't 

502
00:39:56,700 --> 00:39:59,300
know what was going to happen. 
Matter of fact, he had no idea 

503
00:39:59,300 --> 00:40:02,800
that Jesus was the Messiah. 
He had no idea that the Messiah 

504
00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:05,500
was in his family. 
I mean, he had no idea who's 

505
00:40:05,500 --> 00:40:08,500
gonna prepare the way and then 
God was revealed to him and 

506
00:40:08,500 --> 00:40:10,400
revealed to the nation of 
Israel. 

507
00:40:10,500 --> 00:40:14,400
He said this is the Lamb of God 
who's going to die for the sins 

508
00:40:14,500 --> 00:40:18,000
of the world. 
I know what kind of In that we 

509
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:19,900
have for Jesus. 
But if you're going to bring 

510
00:40:19,900 --> 00:40:22,700
people to Jesus, you have to 
recognize the sacrifice that 

511
00:40:22,700 --> 00:40:26,000
Jesus made, amen. 
It never can leave your heart, 

512
00:40:26,300 --> 00:40:28,600
you can never get past the 
cross. 

513
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:32,100
If your Christian walk is more 
about like Conformity and people

514
00:40:32,100 --> 00:40:35,000
looking a certain way and you 
forgotten about the cross of 

515
00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:38,300
Jesus that's called religion 
that that's called Ferris 

516
00:40:38,300 --> 00:40:40,500
itical, right? 
And we can never get past the 

517
00:40:40,500 --> 00:40:44,300
point of that moment. 
We know Jesus died for me like 

518
00:40:44,300 --> 00:40:48,000
Behold the Lamb of God, Amen. 
Like That's the name that we 

519
00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:50,900
first know by Jesus, don't we? 
I mean, when you first came to 

520
00:40:50,900 --> 00:40:54,200
Jesus, did you know him as a 
savior of the sacrificial? 

521
00:40:54,200 --> 00:40:58,000
One that died for you, we never 
get past that name of God, the 

522
00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:02,700
Lamb of God, the anointed one 
that died for us, that his blood

523
00:41:02,700 --> 00:41:07,100
shed for us that paid the price 
for our sins that made us whole.

524
00:41:07,100 --> 00:41:09,300
We could never get past that 
moment where it clung to the 

525
00:41:09,300 --> 00:41:12,300
Cross as on by God's grace that 
were alive today. 

526
00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:15,500
Amen. 
So Jesus is the Lamb of God who 

527
00:41:15,500 --> 00:41:16,800
takes Away The Sins. 
He removes it. 

528
00:41:17,400 --> 00:41:20,400
He Bears, the sins. 
He carries off our since he 

529
00:41:20,400 --> 00:41:24,700
lifts Away The Sins for us. 
This is exactly what John the 

530
00:41:24,700 --> 00:41:27,500
Baptist came through. 
Was to Proclaim Jesus, his voice

531
00:41:27,500 --> 00:41:30,400
and lift up Jesus and then, Fade
Into Obscurity. 

532
00:41:30,600 --> 00:41:34,200
So, who are you today? 
You're a voice, a voice that 

533
00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:36,400
recognizes the sacrifice of 
Jesus. 

534
00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:38,300
You're a needed voice in this 
culture. 

535
00:41:38,700 --> 00:41:40,600
You know, your voice matters in 
this culture. 

536
00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:44,200
You know, most people don't 
understand the things of God, 

537
00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:48,400
they see churches, the kind of a
relic and an Me and an outdated 

538
00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:51,700
retreaded, institution of a dead
God, but it's a good kind of 

539
00:41:51,707 --> 00:41:54,000
thing to do, but that's not the 
truth. 

540
00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:56,400
Amen. 
The with the presence of God 

541
00:41:56,400 --> 00:42:00,200
that that shows as into people's
lives and see them Souls change 

542
00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:02,400
their sins, forgiven and people 
are in desperate need of 

543
00:42:02,408 --> 00:42:04,500
relationship with Jesus. 
They need the Hope found in 

544
00:42:04,500 --> 00:42:07,800
Christ and we are the voice with
a mouthpiece. 

545
00:42:07,900 --> 00:42:10,500
The soundtrack of pointing 
people to God. 

546
00:42:10,500 --> 00:42:13,500
Because you realize the 
sacrifice that Jesus has made 

547
00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:15,600
for us John. 
The Baptist goes on to say this 

548
00:42:15,600 --> 00:42:19,200
in verse 30 says, this is the 
One, I meant when I said a man 

549
00:42:19,200 --> 00:42:22,400
who comes after me has surpassed
me, he's greater than he's a 

550
00:42:22,408 --> 00:42:25,800
higher rank than me because he 
was before me that this man was 

551
00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:29,700
before all things in the 
beginning, God, Jesus always was

552
00:42:29,700 --> 00:42:33,900
and is and is to come. 
He says, I myself did not know 

553
00:42:33,900 --> 00:42:36,600
him but the reason I came 
baptizing with water was that he

554
00:42:36,600 --> 00:42:42,200
might be revealed to Israel. 
He won the movement of God. 

555
00:42:42,400 --> 00:42:46,200
He started baptizing and leading
the way and doing the things of 

556
00:42:46,200 --> 00:42:49,500
God because he He wanted God to 
reveal himself to the nation and

557
00:42:49,500 --> 00:42:51,700
I just can't think of a better 
thing you should do in your 

558
00:42:51,700 --> 00:42:53,800
Christian Life. 
The be the kind of person 

559
00:42:53,800 --> 00:42:56,800
there's once the will of God and
the presence of God to come and 

560
00:42:56,800 --> 00:42:59,500
our generation. 
Amen, that we live in such a 

561
00:42:59,508 --> 00:43:03,800
way, we're God, reveals himself,
Revival breaks out, where people

562
00:43:03,800 --> 00:43:05,600
know Jesus, their lives are 
changed. 

563
00:43:05,600 --> 00:43:08,900
We do all, we can to, to 
magnify, to lift up to point 

564
00:43:08,900 --> 00:43:12,000
people to Christ, and our 
generation is see things change.

565
00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:15,900
For God, he won the move of God.
Verse 32 says this, then John 

566
00:43:15,900 --> 00:43:18,100
gave this test. 
John the Baptist gave this 

567
00:43:18,100 --> 00:43:19,900
testimony. 
He said, I saw the Spirit came 

568
00:43:19,900 --> 00:43:23,500
down from heaven as a dove and 
remain on him. 

569
00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:27,000
Remain on Jesus. 
Now this would be the really the

570
00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:31,900
remaining on Jesus, was this 
permanent possession that Jesus 

571
00:43:31,900 --> 00:43:34,000
would have had that. 
This Holy Spirit would have just

572
00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:36,900
fallen on Jesus and would enjoy 
well, Jesus and a compass cheese

573
00:43:36,900 --> 00:43:39,700
and stay with Jesus every step 
of the way. 

574
00:43:39,900 --> 00:43:42,700
He says, I myself did not know 
him but the one who sent me to 

575
00:43:42,700 --> 00:43:46,600
baptize with water told me the 
man on whom you see the Spirit 

576
00:43:46,600 --> 00:43:47,800
come. 
Come down here. 

577
00:43:47,800 --> 00:43:52,100
Remain is the one who will 
baptize with the Holy Spirit. 

578
00:43:52,200 --> 00:43:57,300
And I have seen and testify that
this is God's chosen one and 

579
00:43:57,300 --> 00:43:59,400
maybe you have your Bible open, 
you might see this as God's 

580
00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:01,900
chosen, son. 
And what's amazing In this 

581
00:44:01,900 --> 00:44:05,800
passage is that John the Baptist
is baptizing with water but it's

582
00:44:05,800 --> 00:44:09,000
a picture of the one that said, 
come that's going to baptize was

583
00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:12,800
what the Holy Spirit. 
And for those of you guys do to 

584
00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:15,800
get baptized in two weeks, for 
those who have been baptized, 

585
00:44:15,800 --> 00:44:19,800
this is exactly what happened 
when you were baptized by water 

586
00:44:19,800 --> 00:44:23,300
is a picture of what the Holy 
Spirit has already done in you. 

587
00:44:23,300 --> 00:44:27,400
Amen. 
Baptism by water is not 

588
00:44:27,400 --> 00:44:29,400
salvation. 
It has zero to do with 

589
00:44:29,400 --> 00:44:32,300
salvation, it really has to be 
about something will get to. 

590
00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:36,100
It's really just a picture of 
the Holy Spirit coming into your

591
00:44:36,100 --> 00:44:38,100
life. 
The moment you called on Jesus. 

592
00:44:38,400 --> 00:44:41,800
The moment you said, yes. 
Lord, I believe that you died on

593
00:44:41,800 --> 00:44:44,400
the cross for me. 
The Holy Spirit, invaded your 

594
00:44:44,400 --> 00:44:45,200
life. 
Amen. 

595
00:44:45,700 --> 00:44:48,600
It came into your life and what 
your life in a washed, your sin 

596
00:44:48,600 --> 00:44:51,600
as white as snow as far as the 
East is from the west and it 

597
00:44:51,607 --> 00:44:53,900
made you pure. 
And so when you get water, 

598
00:44:53,900 --> 00:44:57,400
baptized what you're doing is 
you are just saying this is what

599
00:44:57,400 --> 00:45:00,700
God has done in sided with me, 
this is a picture of what's 

600
00:45:00,700 --> 00:45:03,600
already taken place and 
ultimately as John the Baptist 

601
00:45:03,600 --> 00:45:07,100
says right here he says I 
testify that this is God's 

602
00:45:07,100 --> 00:45:09,100
chosen one. 
This is God's son that why I'm 

603
00:45:09,100 --> 00:45:11,600
getting baptized, I'm sorry. 
I believe in Jesus and he is 

604
00:45:11,600 --> 00:45:12,800
God's son. 
Amen. 

605
00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:15,500
You come out the waters. 
Like, Behold the Lamb, amen? 

606
00:45:15,900 --> 00:45:18,000
Like this is all about Jesus, 
I'm Lynn for him. 

607
00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:19,800
I'm on a shame for the cause of 
Christ. 

608
00:45:19,900 --> 00:45:21,000
And so I would encourage you 
today. 

609
00:45:21,100 --> 00:45:24,100
If you have not been baptized 
and, you know, Jesus made to get

610
00:45:24,100 --> 00:45:27,700
baptized, there is a cards and 
stuff on your seats around you 

611
00:45:27,900 --> 00:45:29,300
and me just indicate let us 
know. 

612
00:45:29,300 --> 00:45:31,200
Maybe you're baptized before. 
He knew Jesus. 

613
00:45:31,600 --> 00:45:33,600
That's not the order of which 
the Bible talks about getting 

614
00:45:33,600 --> 00:45:37,000
baptized is not something you do
as a kind of rite of passage or 

615
00:45:37,100 --> 00:45:40,100
confirmation or some kind of you
know thing you do. 

616
00:45:40,300 --> 00:45:43,100
Little baby. 
I would encourage you that you 

617
00:45:43,100 --> 00:45:44,400
get baptized after news of 
Jesus. 

618
00:45:44,400 --> 00:45:46,000
That's a picture of what God has
done in you. 

619
00:45:46,100 --> 00:45:48,300
If you get baptized for, you 
know, Jesus, it's really just 

620
00:45:48,300 --> 00:45:50,300
getting wet. 
Come all somebody right. 

621
00:45:50,500 --> 00:45:52,300
You just got wet and that's 
cool, right? 

622
00:45:52,600 --> 00:45:54,600
But if you're curious or you 
have questions because I don't 

623
00:45:54,600 --> 00:45:57,100
there's so much that goes around
this and everything's you know 

624
00:45:57,100 --> 00:45:59,500
individual stories just mark on 
there that you want to get 

625
00:45:59,508 --> 00:46:02,100
baptized and will reach out to 
you begin this week and just 

626
00:46:02,100 --> 00:46:04,600
just work with you talk to you 
see if it's something that it's 

627
00:46:04,600 --> 00:46:07,600
a step you want to take or need 
to take and so we'd love to help

628
00:46:07,600 --> 00:46:08,800
you on that Journey. 
But there's nothing more 

629
00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:12,200
exciting than really See, new 
Believers take that step, it's 

630
00:46:12,200 --> 00:46:15,700
not just I know Jesus, but I'm 
on ashamed of Jesus because 

631
00:46:15,700 --> 00:46:18,500
you've done something inside my 
heart inside my life. 

632
00:46:19,000 --> 00:46:23,600
So who are you today? 
You are a, your voice, your 

633
00:46:23,600 --> 00:46:25,900
voice matters. 
It's the most important thing 

634
00:46:25,900 --> 00:46:29,300
you can do is to share Jesus. 
Now, we live in a world that 

635
00:46:29,300 --> 00:46:32,600
likes to say, hey, just by 
osmosis people know Jesus, 

636
00:46:32,600 --> 00:46:35,500
because I'm a good person, I'm 
living it out. 

637
00:46:35,500 --> 00:46:38,900
I go to church on Sundays or a 
Bible like my lifestyle 

638
00:46:38,900 --> 00:46:41,700
evangelism is going. 
To lead people to Jesus and in 

639
00:46:41,700 --> 00:46:43,900
yes, you should walk the walk 
right there. 

640
00:46:43,900 --> 00:46:48,300
You talk talk, talk, talk, talk,
right, but in a day, you have to

641
00:46:48,300 --> 00:46:49,800
Proclaim Jesus. 
Amen. 

642
00:46:50,600 --> 00:46:53,800
You have to bring it up. 
Is it didn't happen by osmosis 

643
00:46:53,800 --> 00:46:55,800
folks like you never be good 
enough? 

644
00:46:55,800 --> 00:46:57,300
People go. 
Hey, tell us about your God. 

645
00:46:57,600 --> 00:47:00,000
You know, you've got to share 
Jesus. 

646
00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:02,900
You gotta make this, a porn your
life, to sure the be a voice for

647
00:47:02,900 --> 00:47:05,400
the cause of Christ. 
So, you are voice today, the 

648
00:47:05,400 --> 00:47:08,200
recognize sacrifice of Christ 
verse 35 says this. 

649
00:47:08,500 --> 00:47:11,200
Then the next day. 
This is the third day. 

650
00:47:11,900 --> 00:47:16,500
John was there against John the 
Baptist with two of his 

651
00:47:17,000 --> 00:47:19,400
disciples? 
This is amazing story. 

652
00:47:19,800 --> 00:47:23,900
As soon as they saw Jesus 
passing by, he said, look the 

653
00:47:23,900 --> 00:47:29,300
Lamb of God and the two 
disciples help me out. 

654
00:47:29,300 --> 00:47:35,300
They what they they heard him 
say it's not when they saw Jesus

655
00:47:35,800 --> 00:47:40,500
but when they heard the voice of
John, the Baptist They followed 

656
00:47:40,800 --> 00:47:45,500
Jesus. 
This verse is so significant for

657
00:47:45,500 --> 00:47:47,900
us. 
This verse is beyond 

658
00:47:47,900 --> 00:47:50,000
significant. 
Now, in fact, John the Baptist 

659
00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:55,200
this woman the first time that 
he got to invite other people to

660
00:47:55,200 --> 00:47:57,600
Jesus. 
He imagined having a Ministry of

661
00:47:57,600 --> 00:48:00,500
just preparation. 
It's like Noah come all somebody

662
00:48:00,500 --> 00:48:02,600
right? 
You building the ark for 100, 

663
00:48:02,600 --> 00:48:05,100
some years just preparing the 
way. 

664
00:48:05,400 --> 00:48:07,900
I mean he's baptizing, he's got 
followers. 

665
00:48:07,900 --> 00:48:11,700
I mean he Must have purely. 
Convince these guys, the Messiah

666
00:48:11,700 --> 00:48:14,400
was coming because all John, the
had all job as had to do, was 

667
00:48:14,400 --> 00:48:19,000
point out and said, Behold the 
Lamb of God and these boys pack 

668
00:48:19,000 --> 00:48:21,400
their stuff up and started 
stalking Jesus. 

669
00:48:21,400 --> 00:48:23,500
Amen, that's the kind of guy 
John. 

670
00:48:23,500 --> 00:48:27,500
The Baptist was he was full-on. 
He was all in like they knew he 

671
00:48:27,500 --> 00:48:31,800
was a follower of God and he 
prepared the way for them to 

672
00:48:31,808 --> 00:48:33,500
know Jesus. 
Now, what's interesting about 

673
00:48:33,500 --> 00:48:36,200
the story is this is that these 
two followers, these two 

674
00:48:36,200 --> 00:48:38,700
disciples, they didn't recognize
God. 

675
00:48:39,700 --> 00:48:42,900
They didn't recognize Jesus as 
the Son of God, didn't recognize

676
00:48:42,900 --> 00:48:47,200
Jesus as the Lamb of God, then 
recognize Jesus, as the ones 

677
00:48:47,200 --> 00:48:49,200
going to die on the cross. 
For our sins, didn't recognize 

678
00:48:49,200 --> 00:48:51,500
Jesus the Messiah, the anointed 
one. 

679
00:48:51,500 --> 00:48:53,300
The chosen one. 
They didn't recognize Jesus 

680
00:48:53,300 --> 00:48:56,400
because they saw him. 
They recognize Jesus because 

681
00:48:56,400 --> 00:49:02,800
John the Baptist, Told them. 
Amen. 

682
00:49:03,800 --> 00:49:07,400
He told them do, we honestly 
believe that people are going to

683
00:49:07,400 --> 00:49:11,000
show up to God because they see 
us we get to help people 

684
00:49:11,000 --> 00:49:13,900
understand like that's the work 
of God in their life. 

685
00:49:14,300 --> 00:49:16,300
Like you got to get around 
people and you guys say Hey you 

686
00:49:16,300 --> 00:49:18,800
know, I feel like Josh trying to
show you something like what do 

687
00:49:18,800 --> 00:49:20,100
you mean by that? 
They're not even Christians 

688
00:49:20,100 --> 00:49:21,500
right? 
Well thank you guys trying to 

689
00:49:21,508 --> 00:49:23,500
get your attention. 
What do you say that? 

690
00:49:23,800 --> 00:49:26,200
Well if you ever thought about 
going to church like if you ever

691
00:49:26,200 --> 00:49:28,200
need a church, we have a church 
for you. 

692
00:49:28,400 --> 00:49:31,800
Like I seems like you're 
struggling like I love you. 

693
00:49:32,200 --> 00:49:35,200
Like man, I just tell you what, 
made the difference in my life 

694
00:49:35,200 --> 00:49:36,700
and maybe makes difference here 
life. 

695
00:49:36,700 --> 00:49:39,600
I'm not really sure. 
But could we present Jesus and 

696
00:49:39,600 --> 00:49:43,000
like a conversation, amen. 
Like we don't have some try 

697
00:49:43,000 --> 00:49:45,900
silly, whatever thing. 
But we're just doing like with 

698
00:49:45,900 --> 00:49:48,000
people. 
People need your voice, amen. 

699
00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:52,500
Like there's nobody is going to 
show up to God without somebody 

700
00:49:52,500 --> 00:49:54,800
going. 
We into this last week, with the

701
00:49:54,800 --> 00:49:58,800
passage in Romans 10, right? 
14 and 15, how beautiful feet of

702
00:49:58,800 --> 00:50:01,900
those who proclaim, the good 
news of the Gospel, right? 

703
00:50:02,100 --> 00:50:04,300
They're supposed to know unless 
somebody tell them house was 

704
00:50:04,300 --> 00:50:07,100
telling was somebody sense. 
How beautiful are the feet of 

705
00:50:07,107 --> 00:50:08,900
those? 
Who go with the gospel? 

706
00:50:09,200 --> 00:50:10,600
That's what were called to do. 
Amen. 

707
00:50:11,100 --> 00:50:14,500
So the question is a Christian 
is whose voice like where we 

708
00:50:14,500 --> 00:50:16,900
taking her voice? 
I really kind of people that get

709
00:50:16,900 --> 00:50:19,400
back and say, to thank you. 
Jesus, you brought a few of my 

710
00:50:19,400 --> 00:50:23,200
life, this stranger. 
I'm going to point in the Jesus.

711
00:50:23,300 --> 00:50:25,900
And so, you guys had the 
opportunity last week to share. 

712
00:50:25,900 --> 00:50:27,400
I was just bragging on Tim 
little bit. 

713
00:50:27,400 --> 00:50:30,200
He was held me off my truck 
yesterday and he was telling me.

714
00:50:30,200 --> 00:50:33,400
He's like, man by six people. 
To real life and to Shared share

715
00:50:33,400 --> 00:50:35,400
a little bit at Bank of America 
Kamal. 

716
00:50:35,400 --> 00:50:38,300
Somebody Bank of Doom, I mean, 
Bank of America, right? 

717
00:50:39,000 --> 00:50:40,800
They love you so much. 
So take your money but I'll know

718
00:50:40,800 --> 00:50:42,800
if they help a lot, right? 
I love you. 

719
00:50:42,808 --> 00:50:45,300
Make America right? 
But the reality the reality is 

720
00:50:45,300 --> 00:50:47,500
this is he's just in there, just
sharing Jesus and some people 

721
00:50:47,500 --> 00:50:50,100
were interested in the one that 
he talked to said you don't 

722
00:50:50,100 --> 00:50:52,600
thank you for inviting me to 
church because I've never in my 

723
00:50:52,600 --> 00:50:54,900
entire life, been invited to 
church. 

724
00:50:56,000 --> 00:51:01,900
Dude this is our city, right? 
This is our city, this isn't the

725
00:51:01,900 --> 00:51:07,000
Backwoods of Bangladesh, this 
isn't some crazy Mission work, 

726
00:51:07,800 --> 00:51:12,000
this is Belton. 
Come on somebody, right? 

727
00:51:12,800 --> 00:51:16,500
Like how in the world I mean it 
wouldn't be that hard for us to 

728
00:51:16,500 --> 00:51:20,600
get out there and invite every 
single person to God. 

729
00:51:20,800 --> 00:51:22,900
Ultimately your goal is not to 
bring in the real life, your 

730
00:51:22,900 --> 00:51:24,500
goal to bring the Jesus. 
Amen. 

731
00:51:25,000 --> 00:51:27,500
And this game too. 
Presence, but you don't have to 

732
00:51:27,500 --> 00:51:29,900
like, leading the Jesus. 
I feel like you just give them 

733
00:51:29,900 --> 00:51:32,700
to the cross and died around 
God's presence enough that God's

734
00:51:32,700 --> 00:51:36,100
presence just gets in them 
because Jesus has a way of just 

735
00:51:36,300 --> 00:51:38,000
capturing. 
It's amazing. 

736
00:51:38,000 --> 00:51:40,000
Jesus hung out with Sinners all 
the time. 

737
00:51:40,200 --> 00:51:41,800
They loved hanging out with 
Jesus. 

738
00:51:42,100 --> 00:51:45,500
Jesus is not some stuck-up 
snooty whatever thing, right? 

739
00:51:45,800 --> 00:51:49,900
Like he calls people that are in
Desperate darkness and in need 

740
00:51:49,900 --> 00:51:52,600
and he surrounds with his grace 
and then we could proclaim the 

741
00:51:52,600 --> 00:51:55,100
gospel and he works in their 
heart and they get changed 

742
00:51:55,100 --> 00:51:57,700
because the spirit God comes in 
them and they're baptized by the

743
00:51:57,700 --> 00:51:58,900
spirit of God. 
Like, John the Baptist talk 

744
00:51:58,900 --> 00:52:01,600
about it. 
What greater message do we have?

745
00:52:01,800 --> 00:52:03,100
We are a voice. 
Amen. 

746
00:52:03,900 --> 00:52:06,200
Maybe we can take Jesus to Bank 
of America. 

747
00:52:06,400 --> 00:52:09,400
We can take juices of scooters 
and Starbucks needs Jesus. 

748
00:52:09,400 --> 00:52:12,900
Come on somebody, we know they 
need Jesus, right? 

749
00:52:13,000 --> 00:52:15,000
I mean, you can go around the 
whole city, just just make a 

750
00:52:15,008 --> 00:52:16,700
thing of it. 
Just be that guy that voice. 

751
00:52:16,700 --> 00:52:19,000
You feels like you're caught 
crying on the Wilderness, right?

752
00:52:19,200 --> 00:52:20,900
Because you might feel like the 
only one by Mattel. 

753
00:52:20,900 --> 00:52:24,700
You today, your voice matters 
more than you think. 

754
00:52:25,400 --> 00:52:27,300
So, You're staying. 
Think about this if you're going

755
00:52:27,300 --> 00:52:29,900
to bring people to Jesus, not 
only do you have to ask the 

756
00:52:29,908 --> 00:52:33,100
question who you are, that your 
voice it recognized, that the 

757
00:52:33,100 --> 00:52:37,400
sacrifice Jesus made, you have 
to recognize that your voice is 

758
00:52:37,400 --> 00:52:40,100
so important. 
You have to use your voice to 

759
00:52:40,100 --> 00:52:43,300
bring people to Jesus. 
You have to have those moments 

760
00:52:43,300 --> 00:52:45,700
in your life, where you say? 
I think God's, trying to get 

761
00:52:45,700 --> 00:52:48,700
your attention. 
You can grab a stack of cards, 

762
00:52:48,700 --> 00:52:51,900
come all somebody, and you could
just humbly invite, somebody, 

763
00:52:52,600 --> 00:52:56,500
you can go out and you can go on
social media and You can share. 

764
00:52:56,700 --> 00:52:58,100
You can use that and leverage 
that. 

765
00:52:58,100 --> 00:52:59,900
Imagine that Jesus walked in 
today. 

766
00:53:00,300 --> 00:53:02,300
I bet your social media account 
people of different today. 

767
00:53:02,400 --> 00:53:04,600
Come on somebody. 
I mean you might be hiding a 

768
00:53:04,607 --> 00:53:06,700
little bit little quiet with 
Jesus. 

769
00:53:06,900 --> 00:53:09,000
But today, if you walked in this
room, it is going to be the 

770
00:53:09,008 --> 00:53:11,200
headline. 
Come on somebody, it's not going

771
00:53:11,200 --> 00:53:13,600
to make. 
Local news is not going to make 

772
00:53:13,600 --> 00:53:15,800
Kansas City news or United 
States news. 

773
00:53:15,800 --> 00:53:18,400
It's gonna make World Wide News 
that Jesus was here. 

774
00:53:18,400 --> 00:53:21,000
Amen. 
And that's the kind of movement 

775
00:53:21,300 --> 00:53:25,000
that God is calling us to have 
with Jesus every single day of 

776
00:53:25,000 --> 00:53:27,600
our life. 
How to make much of Jesus. 

777
00:53:27,600 --> 00:53:30,800
You're like, that's weird. 
That's weird, that's weird, but 

778
00:53:30,800 --> 00:53:32,400
that's the call of God. 
Amen. 

779
00:53:32,900 --> 00:53:36,900
That we were voice and then we 
humbly Fade Into Obscurity. 

780
00:53:37,100 --> 00:53:38,900
I don't you, check this out. 
This is amazing. 

781
00:53:39,600 --> 00:53:44,000
First 38, here's what happens 
when other people find Jesus. 

782
00:53:44,500 --> 00:53:46,400
I'll say this about John, the 
Baptist real quick. 

783
00:53:46,500 --> 00:53:49,600
This is the last time you see, 
John the Baptist meeting with 

784
00:53:49,600 --> 00:53:52,800
these two disciples. 
This is the last time you see, 

785
00:53:52,800 --> 00:53:55,900
John the Baptist, they were 
followers of John the Baptist, 

786
00:53:56,200 --> 00:53:59,000
their Disciples of John the 
Baptist, but then became 

787
00:53:59,000 --> 00:54:02,900
followers of Jesus. 
And John, the Baptist goes 

788
00:54:02,900 --> 00:54:05,100
behind the curtain and 
disappears. 

789
00:54:06,100 --> 00:54:08,500
Is that not the perfect picture?
What is be Christian Life? 

790
00:54:09,400 --> 00:54:11,400
Like at the end of the day? 
It's not like I'm not Sean, it 

791
00:54:11,400 --> 00:54:13,300
was a great preacher. 
Oh man you were this cool books 

792
00:54:13,300 --> 00:54:15,100
and manuscripts was awesome blah
blah blah. 

793
00:54:15,100 --> 00:54:18,900
It's like dude Jesus I just 
brought people to Jesus 

794
00:54:19,400 --> 00:54:21,100
disappeared. 
Anytime you read about, John the

795
00:54:21,100 --> 00:54:24,000
Baptist in the Bible, anywhere 
in the Bible, he's always making

796
00:54:24,000 --> 00:54:28,100
much of Jesus. 
He's never boasted Thomas, L, 

797
00:54:28,200 --> 00:54:29,700
not talking. 
All things that God is doing his

798
00:54:29,700 --> 00:54:31,900
life. 
He's just saying there's God, 

799
00:54:32,100 --> 00:54:36,600
Behold the Lamb of God and then 
Fades Into Obscurity. 

800
00:54:37,200 --> 00:54:39,900
Verse 38 says this, those two 
disciples are stocking Jesus. 

801
00:54:39,900 --> 00:54:42,700
This what happens for 38, 
Turning Around Jesus. 

802
00:54:43,300 --> 00:54:47,800
He saw them, he saw these two 
disciples, They're following 

803
00:54:47,800 --> 00:54:49,400
him. 
He says what do you want? 

804
00:54:49,800 --> 00:54:52,400
I noticed you behind me, you 
know, Jesus has eyes of doctors 

805
00:54:52,400 --> 00:54:53,500
head. 
Come on somebody. 

806
00:54:54,300 --> 00:54:58,000
And I saw you and they said 
Rabbi which means teacher, what 

807
00:54:58,000 --> 00:55:01,700
do you or where are you staying?
And he said this, I love this. 

808
00:55:01,700 --> 00:55:05,800
He said come he replied and you 
will see this is significant to 

809
00:55:05,800 --> 00:55:09,700
note that any time somebody 
asked Jesus where he is going, 

810
00:55:09,900 --> 00:55:12,600
it made calls on Jesus. 
The first thing you'll see Jesus

811
00:55:12,600 --> 00:55:18,300
do often, do he often says hey, 
we'll come and see for Jesus 

812
00:55:18,300 --> 00:55:21,500
until the cleanup through mass 
or be perfect or they have to 

813
00:55:21,500 --> 00:55:23,300
qualify themselves to be in his 
presence. 

814
00:55:23,400 --> 00:55:25,000
No, Jesus is a humble invite all
the time. 

815
00:55:25,000 --> 00:55:26,700
He says come and see just come 
and see. 

816
00:55:26,700 --> 00:55:29,500
Come on with me because he knows
if they get into his presence 

817
00:55:29,500 --> 00:55:32,500
long enough that the presence of
God is going to give in to them,

818
00:55:32,500 --> 00:55:35,100
amen. 
It is this going to happen, you 

819
00:55:35,100 --> 00:55:36,600
see, Jesus. 
He says all the time, hey, come 

820
00:55:36,600 --> 00:55:39,200
and see and then they get in the
presence of God and God just 

821
00:55:39,200 --> 00:55:41,300
doesn't work in their life and 
Jesus calls. 

822
00:55:41,300 --> 00:55:44,000
Nice, as Follow Me, Be My 
disciple. 

823
00:55:44,200 --> 00:55:46,300
Like, lay down yourself. 
He called him to higher calling,

824
00:55:46,500 --> 00:55:48,300
and then he does one of the 
highest Cause you never having a

825
00:55:48,308 --> 00:55:50,100
Christian. 
He looks at them and says now 

826
00:55:50,100 --> 00:55:52,800
that you've come and now that 
you lay down your life as a 

827
00:55:52,800 --> 00:55:55,700
disciple. 
Now, I want you to go until 

828
00:55:56,100 --> 00:55:58,400
amen. 
And that's what this message is 

829
00:55:58,400 --> 00:56:00,500
about. 
Those that are saying, you know 

830
00:56:00,500 --> 00:56:01,500
what? 
God is calling me. 

831
00:56:01,500 --> 00:56:05,300
He is sending you out to reach 
the world so he said, come and 

832
00:56:05,300 --> 00:56:08,200
see for yourself and so when 
they saw where he was staying, 

833
00:56:08,700 --> 00:56:11,800
they spent that day with him, 
and it was about what time. 

834
00:56:13,300 --> 00:56:18,100
Is about for an afternoon. 
Now, this is so significant that

835
00:56:18,100 --> 00:56:21,100
this this piece of scripture, 
that mentions the time you're 

836
00:56:21,100 --> 00:56:24,300
going to realize that the next 
verse that, one of the disciples

837
00:56:24,300 --> 00:56:26,500
that's following Jesus is 
Andrew. 

838
00:56:26,900 --> 00:56:30,500
He's one of the ones that's 
mentioned, but the second one is

839
00:56:30,500 --> 00:56:33,300
not mentioned in scripture. 
But there's no name. 

840
00:56:33,500 --> 00:56:36,500
Like, who is this second 
disciple and what's so unique 

841
00:56:36,500 --> 00:56:39,400
about this passage and you can't
get past this because this is 

842
00:56:39,400 --> 00:56:42,800
what happens when somebody meets
Jesus, see, who else would have 

843
00:56:42,800 --> 00:56:45,900
known. 
It was 4:00 in the afternoon 

844
00:56:46,300 --> 00:56:49,100
with a bat. 
Jesus, who would have known 

845
00:56:49,100 --> 00:56:51,500
that? 
well, the only person well-known

846
00:56:51,500 --> 00:56:55,900
that when the person who wrote 
the book, John, you know, John 

847
00:56:55,900 --> 00:56:59,800
the Beloved jail, the one that 
Jesus loved, we don't know, John

848
00:56:59,800 --> 00:57:03,300
Wright that he took care of Mary
right? 

849
00:57:03,300 --> 00:57:06,700
When Jesus crucified here, the 
same John that wrote the Book of

850
00:57:06,700 --> 00:57:10,100
John, the first second, third 
John, in Revelation, which 

851
00:57:10,100 --> 00:57:11,200
understand about this. 
It was make it. 

852
00:57:11,200 --> 00:57:16,200
So significant is that when 
John, that Jesus would have been

853
00:57:16,200 --> 00:57:23,600
like 30 ad somewhere around that
in John didn't write this book 

854
00:57:23,600 --> 00:57:28,900
until 90 ad. 
It's been 60 years since this 

855
00:57:28,900 --> 00:57:34,300
boy that Jesus and he still 
remembers the exact moment in 

856
00:57:34,300 --> 00:57:39,800
time that he met Jesus Is that 
incredible? 

857
00:57:40,800 --> 00:57:44,200
And when you bring somebody to 
Jesus and yours a voice crying 

858
00:57:44,200 --> 00:57:47,800
in the wilderness of your life. 
And so he meets Jesus, you have 

859
00:57:47,800 --> 00:57:52,300
forever Frozen. 
A moment in time for them 

860
00:57:53,200 --> 00:57:55,200
because they realized that they 
were a sinner in need of a 

861
00:57:55,200 --> 00:57:58,300
savior, and they put my eyes on 
Jesus and God forgave them, and 

862
00:57:58,300 --> 00:57:59,900
that moment changed their 
eternity. 

863
00:58:00,000 --> 00:58:01,200
That's a story. 
Read the Play. 

864
00:58:01,200 --> 00:58:04,200
Amen. 
This is so significant for clock

865
00:58:04,200 --> 00:58:05,500
after and just read through 
that. 

866
00:58:05,600 --> 00:58:10,000
Oh no, forever marked a turning.
There's people in your life that

867
00:58:10,000 --> 00:58:13,000
you could pour into. 
And for 50 years later, they go 

868
00:58:13,000 --> 00:58:15,700
man, that one Sunday or that 
time at that dinner in the 

869
00:58:15,800 --> 00:58:19,000
dining room table, that moment 
that pipe burst in the house. 

870
00:58:20,200 --> 00:58:24,600
Janki, the apartment building I 
was at God, broke a pipe like 

871
00:58:24,600 --> 00:58:28,500
all the name of Jesus for the 
rest of his life. 

872
00:58:29,200 --> 00:58:31,800
He's going to point that moment 
in time and we get to be people 

873
00:58:31,800 --> 00:58:36,900
that make a path that level the 
grounds for people to call on 

874
00:58:36,900 --> 00:58:37,800
Jesus. 
Amen. 

875
00:58:38,300 --> 00:58:41,200
That's the Call. 
I mean, John the Baptist Mission

876
00:58:41,400 --> 00:58:43,100
complete. 
Come on somebody. 

877
00:58:43,400 --> 00:58:46,800
Like I pointed the way and then 
somebody followed Christ and 

878
00:58:46,800 --> 00:58:50,300
they remember their entire lives
and change them from the inside 

879
00:58:50,400 --> 00:58:52,200
out. 
It doesn't get better than this 

880
00:58:52,200 --> 00:58:54,800
can tell, your voice matters 
more than you think. 

881
00:58:55,300 --> 00:58:57,200
Matter of fact, this is really 
cool is when you when you get 

882
00:58:57,207 --> 00:59:00,200
the opportunity to bring 
somebody to Jesus most of the 

883
00:59:00,207 --> 00:59:03,100
time, most often they bring 
somebody back with them. 

884
00:59:03,600 --> 00:59:05,700
It's so incredible. 
Check it out in verse 40. 

885
00:59:06,200 --> 00:59:08,700
It says Andrew this is the other
one though. 

886
00:59:08,900 --> 00:59:10,900
Following John. 
The Baptist who walked with 

887
00:59:10,900 --> 00:59:12,700
Jesus. 
This is Simon Peters. 

888
00:59:12,700 --> 00:59:16,100
Brother was one of the two who 
heard what John had said and 

889
00:59:16,100 --> 00:59:17,500
followed Jesus. 
He had heard John. 

890
00:59:17,500 --> 00:59:21,000
The Baptist Behold the Lamb of 
God and he went and stock. 

891
00:59:21,000 --> 00:59:24,600
Jesus verse 41, says, this don't
miss it. 

892
00:59:24,800 --> 00:59:31,800
It says, the first thing and 
your did was to what was to find

893
00:59:32,000 --> 00:59:35,200
his brother, Simon, and tell 
him. 

894
00:59:35,700 --> 00:59:38,500
Tell him we have found the 
Messiah. 

895
00:59:38,800 --> 00:59:46,100
This is the Christ and he 
brought him to Jesus and how 

896
00:59:46,100 --> 00:59:50,400
incredible the first thing he 
spends a day with Jesus, a few 

897
00:59:50,400 --> 00:59:52,800
hours with Jesus. 
I don't know what Jesus says, 

898
00:59:53,300 --> 00:59:55,500
you know, it's not in the Bible,
whatever. 

899
00:59:55,500 --> 01:00:00,100
Jesus said to Andrew and John 
was so compelling was so 

900
01:00:00,100 --> 01:00:03,100
heartfelt. 
It was so Soul shaping then when

901
01:00:03,100 --> 01:00:07,100
Andrew left that moment, he 
stalked down his brother Simon, 

902
01:00:07,300 --> 01:00:10,200
he went everywhere to find Them 
really got him. 

903
01:00:10,200 --> 01:00:12,600
He grabbed by the arm and said 
you're gonna get your butt to 

904
01:00:12,600 --> 01:00:15,300
Jesus. 
Come on somebody, he brought him

905
01:00:15,300 --> 01:00:19,700
to Jesus, it has so incredible. 
We we could never get past this 

906
01:00:19,700 --> 01:00:22,500
in our Christian Life. 
We bring people to Jesus. 

907
01:00:23,000 --> 01:00:25,900
No statistics say that most 
Christians will leave one person

908
01:00:25,900 --> 01:00:28,900
that Jesus and the entire lives 
one person. 

909
01:00:29,400 --> 01:00:32,400
So you can be Krishna since 
you're 15 or 20 years old and 

910
01:00:32,400 --> 01:00:35,200
spend their entire life with a 
different title than a voice, 

911
01:00:35,800 --> 01:00:37,500
the different tile, the 
submission, who on the 

912
01:00:37,500 --> 01:00:41,000
Wilderness and Proclaim, God. 
We get so wrapped up in all the 

913
01:00:41,000 --> 01:00:45,900
minutiae, all the phony, right? 
All things that have pipes burst

914
01:00:45,900 --> 01:00:49,600
and break and we forget about 
Jesus. 

915
01:00:49,900 --> 01:00:53,200
And so they just a reminder of 
what it is, where people find 

916
01:00:53,200 --> 01:00:55,100
Jesus. 
They're so excited. 

917
01:00:55,100 --> 01:00:58,400
They found Jesus, that they Lily
find the most important thing, 

918
01:00:58,900 --> 01:01:01,100
some in their life. 
That's far from God, the 

919
01:01:01,100 --> 01:01:03,800
brother, and then bring them to 
Christ. 

920
01:01:04,400 --> 01:01:07,900
Goodnight credible that 
generational change. 

921
01:01:08,000 --> 01:01:11,700
Amen, generational change 
without John the Baptist, you 

922
01:01:11,700 --> 01:01:16,000
have no job, right? 
And God knew, and God used 

923
01:01:16,000 --> 01:01:18,700
John's Voice without John the 
Baptist. 

924
01:01:18,700 --> 01:01:21,300
You have. 
No Andrew, you know, Andrew, you

925
01:01:21,300 --> 01:01:25,100
have no Peter right in 
assignment. 

926
01:01:26,300 --> 01:01:29,100
You have no church that launches
because of a voice. 

927
01:01:29,100 --> 01:01:32,300
Amen. 
God will use your voice. 

928
01:01:32,500 --> 01:01:35,500
Just a single voice. 
This is probably the best part 

929
01:01:35,500 --> 01:01:37,200
of the story. 
Verse for you to this, what 

930
01:01:37,200 --> 01:01:41,300
happens when Simon meets Jesus 
verse 42, second half. 

931
01:01:41,600 --> 01:01:47,600
This is Jesus looked at Simon 
and said, you are Simon son of 

932
01:01:47,600 --> 01:01:49,700
John summary version. 
Say son of Jonah. 

933
01:01:49,700 --> 01:01:53,800
That's the Aramaic form of John 
says, you're a Simon son of John

934
01:01:54,000 --> 01:01:57,400
and you be called you will Be 
called cephas, which is Aramaic,

935
01:01:57,400 --> 01:02:02,700
which when translated is, Peter 
may think about this. 

936
01:02:02,700 --> 01:02:07,500
The very first moment that Simon
who is now drug by his brother 

937
01:02:07,500 --> 01:02:12,100
to Jesus, the very first 
interaction that Jesus has, he 

938
01:02:12,100 --> 01:02:16,300
looks over at Simon and says 
you, my friend, are given a new 

939
01:02:16,300 --> 01:02:20,200
name, your name is Peter because
of a purpose for your life. 

940
01:02:20,200 --> 01:02:24,000
You can be a rock. 
You're gonna walk on water boy. 

941
01:02:24,000 --> 01:02:25,600
You're going to go out and make 
a difference. 

942
01:02:25,800 --> 01:02:29,000
Difference. 
Cut that guy's ear off, right? 

943
01:02:29,400 --> 01:02:32,100
The crowd that's going to take 
Jesus down and fusion throw 

944
01:02:32,100 --> 01:02:34,000
after him. 
You give me the guy that's gonna

945
01:02:34,000 --> 01:02:38,300
deny me we restore, you know on 
you boy. 

946
01:02:38,900 --> 01:02:43,100
We're going to change the world 
and relaunched the church first 

947
01:02:43,100 --> 01:02:45,800
time he met. 
Mmm, is that incredible? 

948
01:02:46,600 --> 01:02:49,700
I just can't think about. 
Wow, crazy is all the empty 

949
01:02:49,700 --> 01:02:53,700
seats, right? 
All the people we walked by, 

950
01:02:54,300 --> 01:02:58,100
everybody tried to the highway 
with and got Ari has a new name 

951
01:02:58,900 --> 01:03:02,900
and a new purpose playing for 
this is an incredible. 

952
01:03:04,200 --> 01:03:08,100
Who are we? 
Today we're a voice and your 

953
01:03:08,100 --> 01:03:09,600
voice matters more than you 
think. 

954
01:03:10,300 --> 01:03:14,100
John the Baptist's rows of a 
voice in his generation and the 

955
01:03:14,100 --> 01:03:17,000
winter security, but we're a 
voice. 

956
01:03:17,800 --> 01:03:20,100
In season and out of season. 
Amen. 

957
01:03:20,900 --> 01:03:23,500
We're a voice that maybe has 
little faith. 

958
01:03:24,100 --> 01:03:27,200
We're a voice that struggling, 
we're voice, that has messed up 

959
01:03:27,200 --> 01:03:29,700
lives, the voice to have an 
altogether. 

960
01:03:29,900 --> 01:03:33,200
The, the voice that Satan wants 
to tell you to keep quiet. 

961
01:03:33,400 --> 01:03:37,800
The rule says, your Relic or 
relevance were the voice that 

962
01:03:37,800 --> 01:03:39,300
point people to Jesus. 
Amen. 

963
01:03:39,800 --> 01:03:43,700
We're the voice that says God is
a lamb, a died for us. 

964
01:03:43,700 --> 01:03:46,200
We recognize the sacrifice he 
made and every moment, every 

965
01:03:46,200 --> 01:03:48,400
chance we get, we point People 
to Jesus. 

966
01:03:48,400 --> 01:03:51,100
Amen. 
And we humbly our voices, humble

967
01:03:51,100 --> 01:03:55,900
enough to say, I'm not even 
worthy to untie the sandal of 

968
01:03:55,900 --> 01:03:58,900
Jesus and I really be slave of 
Jesus. 

969
01:03:59,000 --> 01:04:05,300
But by his grace I am saved. 
And so the day we're a voice 

970
01:04:05,500 --> 01:04:09,600
that goes after people that we 
love it, people that we even 

971
01:04:09,600 --> 01:04:13,000
don't love. 
Come on somebody, we should love

972
01:04:13,000 --> 01:04:16,400
and we bring in the Jesus and 
where the voice that sits back 

973
01:04:16,400 --> 01:04:19,200
and watches. 
It multiplies disciples because 

974
01:04:19,200 --> 01:04:22,000
those people are so excited. 
You know, somebody visits 

975
01:04:22,000 --> 01:04:24,400
Church, they often come back 
with somebody else. 

976
01:04:24,700 --> 01:04:27,200
Do you know that people don't 
come back alone? 

977
01:04:27,500 --> 01:04:29,700
And so when you're like, making 
a difference, it may feel like a

978
01:04:29,700 --> 01:04:32,300
little conversation. 
You are, you're the voice of 

979
01:04:32,300 --> 01:04:34,200
generational change. 
Amen. 

980
01:04:34,700 --> 01:04:37,700
You're the voice that is forever
changed the course of history 

981
01:04:37,800 --> 01:04:40,900
for that family. 
Maybe even for a city, or for a 

982
01:04:40,908 --> 01:04:42,900
nation because you just stood 
up. 

983
01:04:43,100 --> 01:04:45,000
So you're the voice that maybe 
feels like you're in the 

984
01:04:45,008 --> 01:04:47,400
wilderness for the voice that 
makes a pathan. 

985
01:04:47,600 --> 01:04:49,600
Jesus. 
And so, that's why I do all this

986
01:04:49,600 --> 01:04:51,900
remove obstacles for people to 
know Christ. 

987
01:04:52,200 --> 01:04:54,700
And so today, I just want to 
know, are you ready to raise 

988
01:04:54,700 --> 01:04:57,200
your voice in this generation? 
Amen. 

989
01:04:57,800 --> 01:04:59,100
I read a lift. 
Your voice with thanks to 

990
01:04:59,100 --> 01:05:01,500
Christ. 
Those are baby little timid and 

991
01:05:01,600 --> 01:05:03,800
a little like Diane. 
You want some, you know, bamboo 

992
01:05:03,800 --> 01:05:06,600
shoots under your fingernails 
before you get out there, right?

993
01:05:06,600 --> 01:05:09,500
You're introverted right? 
Bone encourage you. 

994
01:05:09,600 --> 01:05:13,100
There's a way to share a man and
it is moments where people all 

995
01:05:13,100 --> 01:05:14,500
day long. 
You have moments. 

996
01:05:14,700 --> 01:05:18,600
So I'm not praying for a moment.
I'm praying for bold. - I'm 

997
01:05:18,600 --> 01:05:21,600
praying just to say, you know 
what, I'm just a voice today. 

998
01:05:22,100 --> 01:05:25,500
It's going to humbly serve God 
and I can put my Name In Lights,

999
01:05:25,600 --> 01:05:28,300
can be servant. 
And the point people to Jesus 

1000
01:05:28,400 --> 01:05:33,200
and they follow Jesus, yes. 
I stayed off and then they 

1001
01:05:33,200 --> 01:05:37,800
return the cycle over and over 
and over Ray's. 

1002
01:05:37,800 --> 01:05:45,800
Definition The Voice, father, 
come before you gotta pray, got 

1003
01:05:45,800 --> 01:05:48,900
our church of rise up as a voice
in our community that 

1004
01:05:48,900 --> 01:05:51,500
individuals today. 
Gotta pray for the speak to 

1005
01:05:51,500 --> 01:05:55,400
somebody day and it's been timid
as put everything else in front 

1006
01:05:55,400 --> 01:06:00,100
of this has been keeping the 
voice quiet and hiding it under 

1007
01:06:00,300 --> 01:06:01,300
a basket. 
Basket. 

1008
01:06:01,400 --> 01:06:04,400
The light is not shining today. 
I pray this rise up. 

1009
01:06:04,400 --> 01:06:07,900
People got a raise up, people 
gathered proclaim, the good 

1010
01:06:07,900 --> 01:06:10,400
news, the gospel everywhere they
go. 

1011
01:06:10,800 --> 01:06:14,200
I pray that we would be able to 
bring people to Jesus got who is

1012
01:06:14,200 --> 01:06:17,200
the person who life that you've 
called us to bring what lost 

1013
01:06:17,200 --> 01:06:20,100
siblings people in our block and
her co-workers doing you bring 

1014
01:06:20,100 --> 01:06:22,000
today. 
And so you got it will pray for 

1015
01:06:22,008 --> 01:06:24,100
those that are speaking that 
you're speaking to data raise 

1016
01:06:24,100 --> 01:06:27,100
their voice up in this 
generation, just like you did in

1017
01:06:27,107 --> 01:06:30,600
John the Baptist in danger of 
Peter gotten John. 

1018
01:06:31,300 --> 01:06:34,200
Can we play the Harvest story 
that pause the moment? 

1019
01:06:34,200 --> 01:06:37,800
I'm from people as they meet you
that tourney be changed so that 

1020
01:06:37,800 --> 01:06:39,400
that's unions. 
They don't need to raise a voice

1021
01:06:39,400 --> 01:06:42,300
higher. 
I got God speaking to me Holy 

1022
01:06:42,300 --> 01:06:44,500
Spirit speaking to me I've been 
on the back burner but Salman 

1023
01:06:44,500 --> 01:06:47,900
I'm a little front burner for 
Jesus like I gotta find some 

1024
01:06:47,900 --> 01:06:49,800
people. 
I've got a lift my voice up. 

1025
01:06:50,000 --> 01:06:52,400
All the platforms are leveraged 
my life for Christ so that you 

1026
01:06:52,400 --> 01:06:53,700
use, raise your hand high, this 
place. 

1027
01:06:54,000 --> 01:06:55,500
Come on. 
These me, the gods of use my 

1028
01:06:55,500 --> 01:06:57,000
voice. 
Come on, put your hand up that 

1029
01:06:57,000 --> 01:06:59,000
you today sir. 
He is all around. 

1030
01:06:59,200 --> 01:07:00,500
Father. 
You see the hands? 

1031
01:07:00,900 --> 01:07:04,000
Got thanks for calling people. 
Not to be the voice just 

1032
01:07:04,000 --> 01:07:07,600
preparing Hearts God, just 
leveling out paths and is 

1033
01:07:07,600 --> 01:07:10,800
pulling people to you. 
Maybe it's on the maybe it's we 

1034
01:07:10,800 --> 01:07:13,900
were the garage working on my 
car or it's out in the world. 

1035
01:07:13,900 --> 01:07:15,600
God, maybe it's real. 
Pulping. 

1036
01:07:15,900 --> 01:07:18,200
Got you've just given a 
mouthpiece, God, we can lift up 

1037
01:07:18,200 --> 01:07:21,500
your voice this generation, but 
pray for one more group people 

1038
01:07:21,500 --> 01:07:24,800
and that's those of you that 
you're like, Simon somebody 

1039
01:07:24,800 --> 01:07:27,900
brought you here today. 
So maybe drug you here today. 

1040
01:07:28,300 --> 01:07:30,800
So missing you get to real life.
You need to be a part of this. 

1041
01:07:30,900 --> 01:07:34,500
Is in the realized today that 
God wants to give you a new name

1042
01:07:34,500 --> 01:07:36,600
that I want to give you a 
purpose, a day. 

1043
01:07:37,000 --> 01:07:40,300
You realize who Jesus is, he's a
lamb of God. 

1044
01:07:40,600 --> 01:07:43,800
They died on the cross for you. 
And today, you need new life in 

1045
01:07:43,800 --> 01:07:46,100
him. 
You need to, you need a word 

1046
01:07:46,100 --> 01:07:48,800
from the word today. 
You need to call on him. 

1047
01:07:49,000 --> 01:07:51,900
You made every phone call today.
But today, you're gonna call him

1048
01:07:51,900 --> 01:07:55,600
Jesus, instead of that you've 
need forgiveness and new life, 

1049
01:07:55,600 --> 01:07:58,300
also has a calls, him Lord 
should be saved for a given, it 

1050
01:07:58,300 --> 01:08:00,300
made new. 
So, that's you day that I be 

1051
01:08:00,300 --> 01:08:01,500
looking around. 
They need Jesus. 

1052
01:08:01,500 --> 01:08:02,700
We Salute Your Hand high this 
place. 

1053
01:08:02,700 --> 01:08:04,800
I need Jesus. 
Today, I'll put the hand up with

1054
01:08:04,800 --> 01:08:06,800
that to you. 
I need Jesus. 

1055
01:08:08,000 --> 01:08:10,000
That's you down with you to pray
this prayer and say, father God,

1056
01:08:10,000 --> 01:08:14,200
thanks so much for sending Jesus
for senior best design across 

1057
01:08:14,300 --> 01:08:16,200
for me. 
God God, thank you so much for 

1058
01:08:16,200 --> 01:08:19,800
being the Lamb of God. 
The sacrifice yourself. 

1059
01:08:20,300 --> 01:08:24,000
You do it without protesting 
your suffering. 

1060
01:08:24,600 --> 01:08:26,600
Got the you do that. 
Protesting to sacrifice. 

1061
01:08:26,600 --> 01:08:29,399
For me God you've made me clean 
dealt with spirits come into my 

1062
01:08:29,399 --> 01:08:32,399
life. 
Wash away my sins white as snow.

1063
01:08:32,399 --> 01:08:34,899
Got, thank you so much for 
loving me enough. 

1064
01:08:35,500 --> 01:08:38,800
It's in Jesus and raising voices
in my life. 

1065
01:08:39,200 --> 01:08:40,800
It was so humbly point me to 
you. 

1066
01:08:41,200 --> 01:08:42,300
God, we love you and thank you. 
Pray? 

1067
01:08:42,300 --> 01:08:45,800
This in Jesus name and everybody
said, amen. 

1068
01:08:45,800 --> 01:08:47,399
Come on scooter for God today. 
Come on. 

1069
01:08:51,100 --> 01:08:54,500
Made it if that's you today, you
made that decision for Jesus. 

1070
01:08:54,500 --> 01:08:58,100
You pray that prayer what you to
know that we are so excited for 

1071
01:08:58,100 --> 01:08:59,899
you. 
Congratulations, we are all in 

1072
01:08:59,899 --> 01:09:02,200
for you. 
We can't wait to see what's 

1073
01:09:02,200 --> 01:09:03,200
going to happen next in your 
life. 

1074
01:09:03,200 --> 01:09:05,100
What God's got for you? 
So, if that's you today, whether

1075
01:09:05,100 --> 01:09:07,399
you're in the online or you're 
with us in person, I've got a 

1076
01:09:07,399 --> 01:09:10,200
couple great next steps for you.
The first one is let us know 

1077
01:09:10,200 --> 01:09:14,200
about your decision by texting 
our own next 29. 7000 what we 

1078
01:09:14,200 --> 01:09:17,100
want to do is when you fill out 
that information card, we want 

1079
01:09:17,100 --> 01:09:19,500
to bless you with this little 
book called begin. 

1080
01:09:19,500 --> 01:09:21,800
And it's got a big blessing and 
It's a great way to get you 

1081
01:09:21,800 --> 01:09:24,800
started off on the right foot. 
It's a short little book, but 

1082
01:09:24,800 --> 01:09:27,700
it's a great step to get you 
guys started off to follow. 

1083
01:09:27,700 --> 01:09:30,700
Jesus, become a disciple, become
a follower, in the way that the 

1084
01:09:30,700 --> 01:09:33,500
Bible would have you. 
So when you fill that out, we 

1085
01:09:33,500 --> 01:09:35,600
would love to send that to you 
in the mail. 

1086
01:09:35,600 --> 01:09:37,399
If you were with this in person,
the other thing we've got for 

1087
01:09:37,399 --> 01:09:39,399
you is on your way out. 
There's a red bag. 

1088
01:09:39,399 --> 01:09:41,100
So, grab one of those inside. 
There's a Bible. 

1089
01:09:41,300 --> 01:09:42,600
So I'll talk about having a 
Bible. 

1090
01:09:42,600 --> 01:09:44,700
Take it. 
Bring it back next week. 

1091
01:09:44,700 --> 01:09:47,000
It's awesome. 
It's just how you find God's 

1092
01:09:47,000 --> 01:09:49,700
purpose for you and your life. 
And so take that their the re 

1093
01:09:49,700 --> 01:09:52,300
great resource in there. 
We're so excited for you. 

1094
01:09:52,300 --> 01:09:54,900
Thank you so much, and we're 
excited to partner with you and 

1095
01:09:54,900 --> 01:09:58,400
to see what God's got for you. 
I love how sean talked about 

1096
01:09:58,400 --> 01:10:00,800
your voice and there's a lot of 
different voices in here. 

1097
01:10:00,800 --> 01:10:03,500
Some of us have deep voices, 
some of us have High voices, 

1098
01:10:03,500 --> 01:10:06,500
some of us are quiet, some of us
are loud, but can it tell no 

1099
01:10:06,500 --> 01:10:08,500
matter where you fall on that 
Spectrum, your voice is 

1100
01:10:08,500 --> 01:10:10,600
important. 
You guys going to use it in his 

1101
01:10:10,600 --> 01:10:14,400
Sovereign way, just to reach the
circles that you have in your 

1102
01:10:14,400 --> 01:10:16,300
lives because there's people in 
your circles that none of us are

1103
01:10:16,300 --> 01:10:18,900
ever going to meet. 
So the best way that you can use

1104
01:10:18,900 --> 01:10:20,500
your voice in the next couple 
weeks is your and have an 

1105
01:10:20,500 --> 01:10:22,500
awesome. 
Opportunity just to lift that 

1106
01:10:22,500 --> 01:10:25,200
voice and reach into those 
circles and invite people out to

1107
01:10:25,200 --> 01:10:26,800
Easter. 
And you can do that in several 

1108
01:10:26,800 --> 01:10:29,100
different ways and on your 
chairs for the chair next to 

1109
01:10:29,100 --> 01:10:30,800
theirs. 
These Easter cards, grab one of 

1110
01:10:30,800 --> 01:10:34,700
those you can just make a simple
invite, just talk to somebody 

1111
01:10:34,700 --> 01:10:37,300
about hey, I know what's going 
on in your life guys, got 

1112
01:10:37,300 --> 01:10:41,300
something for you in that come 
hang out with this Easter, you 

1113
01:10:41,300 --> 01:10:43,300
can share the event on 
Eventbrite. 

1114
01:10:43,400 --> 01:10:45,900
So there's so many ways that you
can use your voice just to just 

1115
01:10:45,900 --> 01:10:48,300
to tie into people. 
And we're going to blow this 

1116
01:10:48,300 --> 01:10:49,700
place. 
Up is so exciting. 

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I don't know. 
You guys can't. 

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We're going to have three 
special Gatherings at 8:30, 

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10:00 and 11:30, just to make 
room for the new people that God

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is going to bring into the room.
And we're not leaving the kids 

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out there, going to have an 
awesome, an awesome, awesome 

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time bacteria that got through 
own their own egg, hunt 

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photobooth. 
So it is going to be cool what 

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an awesome opportunity to invite
families with with kids. 

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So we can't wait to see how how 
God is going to use that. 

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And bless that, one of the 
things we're going to do next 

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week as we prepare for Easter, 
we're gonna do something called 

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communion. 
It's a way that we can time too.

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The it's going to give us a time
to sit and reflect on what God 

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did for us in that moment 
leading up to his death burial 

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and Resurrection, we can reflect
on his suffering, what he did 

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for us to bring Redemption into 
our lives. 

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So prepare your hearts next week
for that as well as we all 

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participate in communion. 
So, if you're new at real life, 

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can I let you guys know? 
We don't want anything from you?

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We want something for you. 
This Gathering is our gift to 

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you, but if you call yourself a 
member in your, your home here 

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at your life, there's still 
three ways you can participate 

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in generosity in the One is by 
going online at Real Life Church

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kc.com, you can take steam out, 
see four, three, two, one, or if

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you want to use cash or check, 
you can drop that in the box at 

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the back or use one of these 
buckets. 

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As it is, they come back also. 
As these buckets past, if your 

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family find yourself in 
immediate need of food, clothing

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01:12:07,500 --> 01:12:10,000
or shelter please reach in and 
grab any loose cash. 

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Just you see just to help your 
family in the time of need. 

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So I want to give your attention
one more thing on your chair. 

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The chair next to you. 
Sean talked about these cards. 

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We're about to watch a video in 
a second. 

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Is God's leading you. 
Or you have something or 

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questions about baptism, you've 
never done that. 

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You never taken that next step 
because you're watching this 

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video, grab one of these cards, 
fill it out and drop it off at 

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the baptism booth and we would 
love just to talk to you about 

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if this is the next step for you
and your life. 

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So take a second, check out this
video Hey, we're alive with 

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something so special, and so 
significant Happening Here in a 

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lifer Church in just two 
Sundays. 

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Of course, it's Easter Sunday, 
but something significant this 

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happening each and every 
gathering on that Sunday. 

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We are baptizing here at Real 
Life Church in Jesus. 

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He don't only commands as to, 
they actually models for us, 

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what is he baptized in? 
So important, the life of a 

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Believer to take this stem is 
over. 

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As you may wonder, what is this 
all about? 

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It's simply a picture of what 
Jesus did for us on Easter 

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Sunday that he was buried. 
He was dead, and he resurrected 

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for life. 
And so for us, we were dead to 

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send our may live, the Jesus and
sought invite you to sign up 

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today. 
You were just curious, maybe a 

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01:13:30,108 --> 01:13:33,000
little nervous to be afraid of 
what to expect. 

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We're going to help you every 
step along the way for this 

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01:13:35,600 --> 01:13:38,400
journey from just giving 
knowledge about it to walk you 

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01:13:38,400 --> 01:13:40,400
through it. 
You can even see what happens on

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01:13:40,400 --> 01:13:42,300
Sunday. 
How excited we are for you. 

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And so, this is a step of abuse 
Source. 

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Christ is just saying, Hey to 
the whole world, on the love of 

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Jesus. 
I'm passionate about Jesus now 

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01:13:48,800 --> 01:13:50,800
with the world to know that I 
love Jesus. 

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And so, get signed up today, go,
our website, click on Advanced 

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01:13:54,000 --> 01:13:55,400
and let us know. 
You're interested. 

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01:13:55,400 --> 01:13:58,100
We love to help you. 
Your next step in your faith 

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Journey, this Easter Sunday, And
I'm so excited for Easter for 

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baptism. 
Come hang out with this next 

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week as we conclude our series 
on bring tearin'. 

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The roof off is to bring to 
people to the feet of Jesus, 

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were going to hear some more 
stories about prodigals that 

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have come home. 
So, don't miss next week, you 

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need if you need prayer for a 
reason, we'll have a team 

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record. 
We would love to pray with you 

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01:14:22,000 --> 01:14:24,100
and it's always that you guys 
leave remember whoever finds 

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Jesus discovers real life and 
purpose. 

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01:14:26,300 --> 01:14:27,100
See you next week.