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Hey, if you got a Bible, we're going to be in Luke chapter 6, and we're going to look at the, I'm backing up just a little bit from last time.

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We're going to go ahead and look at the blessings, the aka Beatitudes.

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So there's four blessings in this passage and four woes.

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And we're going to look at that this morning.

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So if you have a Bible, Luke 6, we'll read verses 20 through 26.

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So it says, then he, Jesus, lifted up his eyes towards his disciples and said,

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Blessed are you poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

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Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be filled.

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Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

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Blessed are you when men hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and cast out your name as evil for the son of man's sake.

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Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for indeed your reward is great in heaven.

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Let's pray.

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Lord, thank you.

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Thank you for your word that's alive and it's real and it applies to our life, Lord, on a daily basis.

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And so, Father, I just pray that you would teach us just some applicable truths, Lord, that we can apply to our life as we look at these blessings and these woes.

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And knowing that they come from you, Lord Jesus, and that your word to us is life and it is spirit.

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And we pray that we pray that we would be those who build our lives up on the rock and not upon the shifting sand of this world.

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In Jesus' name.

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Amen.

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So, here we have the four blessings and the four woes.

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And we're just going to look at them at face value and we'll continue on our Sunday.

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Some of you are going to go play a little ball this afternoon, maybe, and baseball.

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And I got to go see some Major League Baseball last week.

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And the Dodgers throttled the Yankees.

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18-2.

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But then the Yankees came back the next day and beat them.

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I don't get this thing.

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It's, you know, the whole Major League Baseball thing is kind of psychotic.

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But the game we were at, both teams pulled in outfielders to pitch the last two innings.

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I've never seen that before.

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I mean, these guys are like junior hires just Chuck getting it across a plate, barely.

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You know, it was probably going 45 miles an hour or something like that.

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I guess they're saving their pitchers.

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I didn't know they did that.

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But you learn something.

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Every day.

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So hopefully we'll learn something today.

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So he starts off here.

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Jesus does.

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It says he lifted up his eyes towards his disciples.

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Right?

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So he's specifically teaching his followers these truths here in these six verses.

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And he starts off with,

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Blessed are you poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

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Most believe that he's talking spiritually here.

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He's not talking necessarily those who are poor materially.

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And so those who are poor in spirit, says David Guzik, recognize that they have no spiritual assets.

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They know they are spiritually bankrupt.

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They know they are spiritually bankrupt.

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Poverty of spirit cannot be artificially induced by self-hatred.

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It comes as the Holy Spirit works in our heart and we respond to him.

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And so it's acknowledging the fact that I have nothing to offer God.

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He has to breathe life into me.

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Because in my flesh, right?

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Paul said, you were dead in sins and trespasses.

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Absolutely dead.

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Not even seemingly conscious of God.

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Any consciousness of God that I had in my life before I surrendered my life to Jesus

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was probably the prayer of my grandmother.

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And the hounds of heaven wouldn't leave me alone.

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And I was never totally satisfied in my sin.

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Though it was fun.

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Woohoo!

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Right?

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The Bible says there's pleasure in sin for a season.

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But Jesus said whoever sins is a slave to sin.

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And so I had become this slave.

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And I didn't even realize it.

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And then the Holy Spirit came along and began to convict me.

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And I was overwhelmed with my spiritual poverty.

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And that's what Jesus is talking about here.

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These beatitudes, they kind of remind me of a chain linked together.

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Right?

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When once I realized how poor I was in spirit,

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I started to become hungry.

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Which leads you to the next blessed.

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It says, blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be filled.

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And so all of a sudden I became hungry.

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Spiritually hungry.

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And I pray that that hunger never fades.

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And that I stay in that place of being hungry.

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I had a hunger to know how does a person become righteous.

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I want to know.

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It becomes like a passion.

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God, I want to be right with you.

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And so that came with starters that I was spiritually bankrupt.

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And then how do I make this right?

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And how do I stay in this relationship with this God of heaven?

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It is interesting when Paul's talking to the Corinthians and he says that nobody can even say that Jesus is Lord,

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but by the spirit of God.

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And so it's like God comes along and he whispers to us,

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hey, I got this life for you.

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Do you want it?

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Do you want it?

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And if you want it, I'll stir up that hunger in you where you'll want to seek me.

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And so this hunger, it is.

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It's a real passion because physical hunger is real.

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Have you ever been physically hungry?

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If you haven't, then maybe fast today.

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Feel what it's like.

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Remember when we were in Africa, there were some little kids there.

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Their meals, they would have like three to five meals a week.

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And it was shocking.

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How these little guys would be hungry and what it would do to them.

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And how they would treat each other and treat you if you had food.

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Right?

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They'd take you out if you had food.

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And for a bite.

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And so that's the kind of hunger that this is talking about.

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And that you and I, when we're hungry for the Lord, it's a good thing.

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Luke implies here a kind of longing.

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Right?

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And I think in men's lives, when we want to be righteous and we long for that.

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Right?

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We want to have this righteous nature that we're very well aware of our sinful nature.

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And when we're born again, all of a sudden there's this sense of rightness.

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But it still fights with the wickedness.

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Right?

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I feel like sometimes we're Jekyll and Hyde.

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In fact, my boy was just sharing with me about his little boy, Hiddy's mommy, and made her cry.

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And now, all of a sudden, first he's mean.

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And now he wants to be nice.

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And then he doesn't just want to be nice to her.

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He wants to be nice to others.

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But with exception.

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So he has cousins.

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And he's got one that is his rival.

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He's not quite two.

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He's a little bit younger than Towns.

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And Towns is like, I like Tizer and I like Noah, but I don't like Fisher.

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And so he has this struggle in his heart.

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And so his dad's correcting him with his treatment of his mother.

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And he's saying, well, Daddy, I'll be nice now.

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And I'll go to Auntie Shai's and be nice to Fisho.

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And I'll be mean to Tizer and Noah.

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There it is.

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Displayed in a two-year-old, a struggle that we all have.

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But we long.

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We have this longing to be, I long to be right with God.

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I want to be holy.

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The problem is my flesh.

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And so to be hungry simply is just a good way to say, you know what?

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You're in for a fight.

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So until you take your last breath, just put your dukes up every day that you're awake.

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And pray that the Lord would be in your dreams when you're asleep.

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Because even they could be desperately wicked.

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And so we have this desire.

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And Jesus is saying, here, you stay hungry.

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And guess what?

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You shall be filled.

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You can be filled.

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But it's a continual filling.

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It's not a one-time filling.

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So many people say, I got saved 20 years ago.

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Yeah, but what's been happening since then?

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Has it been continual?

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Continual?

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Or are you just kind of stuck?

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No, I need continual feeling.

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Filling.

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Feeling comes and goes.

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But filling of the Holy Spirit.

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So he says there in Matthew 6, verse 33.

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But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness.

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And all these things will be added to you.

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You'll be filled up.

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But what do you got to do?

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You got to seek.

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You got to seek first.

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It's interesting that he uses the word now there on a couple of these blessings.

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It says, blessed are you who hunger now.

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Blessed are you who weep now.

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It's almost like he's suggesting that there's a future.

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There's a future when you're going to be totally filled.

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There's a future when you're going to not weep anymore.

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It's like every tear is going to be wiped away.

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And we know that.

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Those who study God's word.

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You're well aware that says every tear will be wiped away.

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But I don't know about you.

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The older I get, the more tears that I shed.

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The hungrier I get for the Lord, the more I long to be in his presence.

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Thirdly, the third blessed, and I just kind of mentioned it here.

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Blessed are you who weep now.

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For one day you will laugh.

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This life is full of tears, is it not?

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Full of tears.

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Whether it's getting whacked in the head by a two-year-old.

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Right?

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Or going broke, or losing your job, or losing your marriage, and your family.

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Tears are just seems to be always there.

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Just the thought sometimes of the trouble that my children and my grandchildren have gone through

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has brought me to tears.

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The thought of my own sin and my own failure brings tears.

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And Moses and Jesus both promised,

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you're going to have a gut full of this.

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You're going to have a life full.

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In Psalm 90, when Moses mentions, you know, that man lives three score and ten,

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or if by reason of strength he lives to be 80 years,

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their only boast, all of them, is labor and sorrow.

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That's their only boast.

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Some of you might be saying,

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well, Pastor Scott, this is pretty depressing.

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But I think that heaven is going to be such a contrast to this life, you guys.

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Right?

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This is as bad as it gets for us.

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But sadly to say, this is the best that it is for some.

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This is the best that they ever going to have.

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This is their heaven.

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That's why the elite want to live forever.

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Because this is their heaven.

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They can't see anything beyond.

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They have no faith.

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They're trusting in themselves.

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And Jesus said,

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in the world you're going to have trouble.

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You're going to have tribulation.

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You're going to have tears.

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But be of good courage.

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The psalmist wrote,

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weeping may endure for a night,

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but joy comes in the morning.

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Amen?

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Do you have joy in the Lord,

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even in the midst of your crying?

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I do.

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I remember being at the bedside of one of our loved ones,

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our family members that died.

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It was funny.

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It wasn't funny, but it was funny.

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Because we were weeping.

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And then seconds later,

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we were laughing and joking.

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And it's like this juggling act

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in this life that we live.

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Some have said that this life is,

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it's a tragic life.

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Life is tragic.

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Tragedy comes all the time.

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You just kind of have to get your gear on

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and have your catcher's mitt

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and get ready to catch it

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because it's coming.

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But in the midst of it,

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praise God,

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he can give us joy.

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He can be with us.

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He can see us through.

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And then the fourth blessed here is,

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it's like it's,

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it's so counter to the world

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that it seems insane

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when he says,

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blessed are you when men hate you

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and when they exclude you

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and revile you

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and cast out your name as evil

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for the son of man's sake.

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Rejoice in that day

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and leap for joy

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for indeed,

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your reward is great in heaven

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for in like manner

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their fathers did to the prophets.

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Really rejoice that people hate me?

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Yeah.

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Blessed are you.

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Listen,

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they hated Jesus.

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Okay.

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Why,

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why would we ever expect

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anything different?

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He experienced this,

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this persecution

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that it talks about here

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in verse 22.

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And so would his disciples,

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right?

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But how can we rejoice

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when men attack us?

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By remembering

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that it is a privilege

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to suffer for his sake.

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This week we were reading

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in the book of Acts,

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correct?

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And in chapter five,

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the religious leaders

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were wanting to keep

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the apostles quiet about Jesus.

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You remember,

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because of the incredible miracle

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of the guy,

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the poor man

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at the gate beautiful.

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And they were wanting

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to,

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to keep him in check.

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And so it says,

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and when they had called

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the apostles

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and beaten them,

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they commanded

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that they should not

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speak in the name

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of Jesus

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and let them go.

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And so they departed

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from the presence

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of the council,

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rejoicing that they

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were counted worthy

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to suffer shame

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for his name.

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And daily in the temple

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and in every house,

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they did not cease

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teaching and preaching

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Jesus as the Christ.

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These guys,

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they were kind of

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excited.

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See that bruise

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right there?

329
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Right?

330
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I don't know if you've seen

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pictures of our youth group.

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They got caught

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in a hailstorm

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in Colorado.

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And I mean,

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they got,

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these were almost

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golf ball size

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hail

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stones.

341
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And,

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and these kids

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have welts

344
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and stuff all over them.

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that's maybe

346
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the closest

347
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we've got

348
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to being wounded

349
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for Jesus.

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They were at a

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Christian concert.

352
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However,

353
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it did,

354
00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:50,540
it did wake them up.

355
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They,

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they,

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they were rattled.

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It's,

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it was,

360
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you know,

361
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it,

362
00:18:55,020 --> 00:18:56,680
any act of nature

363
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like that,

364
00:18:57,140 --> 00:18:57,840
doesn't it just kind of

365
00:18:57,840 --> 00:18:58,720
take your breath away?

366
00:18:58,760 --> 00:18:59,820
just like makes you feel

367
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so little.

368
00:19:00,860 --> 00:19:05,200
But they thought,

369
00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:06,000
hey,

370
00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:06,680
cool.

371
00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:08,580
The world hates us.

372
00:19:08,580 --> 00:19:09,840
I,

373
00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:10,880
I had somebody tell me

374
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the other day about,

375
00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:13,100
about a guy that,

376
00:19:13,100 --> 00:19:14,620
that doesn't like me

377
00:19:14,620 --> 00:19:15,320
because of something

378
00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:15,960
I've said.

379
00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:16,660
And I'm just like,

380
00:19:16,660 --> 00:19:17,120
well,

381
00:19:17,120 --> 00:19:18,120
praise the Lord.

382
00:19:18,120 --> 00:19:22,940
I was telling

383
00:19:22,940 --> 00:19:23,960
some guys this morning

384
00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:24,580
out in the foyer,

385
00:19:24,580 --> 00:19:25,780
I about got in a fight

386
00:19:25,780 --> 00:19:26,500
on Friday.

387
00:19:26,500 --> 00:19:30,820
It's been a while

388
00:19:30,820 --> 00:19:32,120
since I've had a fisticuff.

389
00:19:32,120 --> 00:19:34,320
And I would have got

390
00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:35,560
my clock cleaned.

391
00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:38,120
I was jogging

392
00:19:38,120 --> 00:19:39,040
and this guy

393
00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:41,340
pulls by me

394
00:19:41,340 --> 00:19:42,040
when I'm jogging.

395
00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:42,440
He honks,

396
00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:43,260
he's turning

397
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and pedestrians

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have the right of way.

399
00:19:45,380 --> 00:19:45,860
Is that right?

400
00:19:45,860 --> 00:19:47,420
Is that correct?

401
00:19:47,420 --> 00:19:48,860
Anyway,

402
00:19:48,860 --> 00:19:50,300
so I think I cut him off.

403
00:19:50,300 --> 00:19:51,160
He's in a big pickup

404
00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:52,760
and he,

405
00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:54,160
he pulled by me

406
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and I just,

407
00:19:55,700 --> 00:19:56,480
he honked at me

408
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and I ignored him.

409
00:19:57,180 --> 00:20:00,060
And then I look back

410
00:20:00,060 --> 00:20:01,340
and I recognize

411
00:20:01,340 --> 00:20:02,280
the truck

412
00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:03,520
and I thought

413
00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:04,420
it was a friend of mine

414
00:20:04,420 --> 00:20:05,940
and so he was

415
00:20:05,940 --> 00:20:06,760
waving his arms

416
00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:07,680
and so I waved at him.

417
00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:12,080
And,

418
00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:14,000
and I went a few more steps

419
00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:15,140
and I'm jogging along

420
00:20:15,140 --> 00:20:15,700
and I look back

421
00:20:15,700 --> 00:20:16,540
and he pulls over

422
00:20:16,540 --> 00:20:16,860
and I thought,

423
00:20:16,860 --> 00:20:17,640
that's my friend,

424
00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:18,600
he wants to talk to me.

425
00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:21,660
So I go jogging up there,

426
00:20:21,660 --> 00:20:22,400
running,

427
00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:23,960
I'm running to the truck.

428
00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:25,100
I don't,

429
00:20:25,100 --> 00:20:25,720
have no idea

430
00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:26,220
what's going on

431
00:20:26,220 --> 00:20:27,100
in this guy's mind

432
00:20:27,100 --> 00:20:28,260
but he gets out

433
00:20:28,260 --> 00:20:29,180
and it's not my friend.

434
00:20:29,180 --> 00:20:31,060
But I think

435
00:20:31,060 --> 00:20:31,980
it's another guy,

436
00:20:31,980 --> 00:20:33,720
another friend of mine.

437
00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:34,980
And,

438
00:20:34,980 --> 00:20:36,180
you know,

439
00:20:36,180 --> 00:20:36,860
I'm smiling

440
00:20:36,860 --> 00:20:37,820
and he's getting out

441
00:20:37,820 --> 00:20:38,980
and he's said something

442
00:20:38,980 --> 00:20:40,080
about flipping him off.

443
00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:40,280
I go,

444
00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:40,520
yeah,

445
00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:41,500
I flipped you off,

446
00:20:41,500 --> 00:20:42,000
joking.

447
00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:42,880
Right?

448
00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:44,620
And,

449
00:20:44,620 --> 00:20:46,280
this guy puffed up,

450
00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:47,280
got quite a bit bigger

451
00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:48,560
and I,

452
00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:49,940
and then I'm jogging up there

453
00:20:49,940 --> 00:20:50,180
and I think,

454
00:20:50,180 --> 00:20:50,560
oh no,

455
00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:51,380
this ain't that guy.

456
00:20:54,180 --> 00:20:55,160
And so I get up there

457
00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:55,700
and he goes,

458
00:20:55,700 --> 00:20:56,760
did you flip me off?

459
00:20:56,760 --> 00:20:58,760
And I said,

460
00:20:58,760 --> 00:20:58,960
no,

461
00:20:58,960 --> 00:20:59,880
I waved at you.

462
00:20:59,880 --> 00:21:00,860
He said,

463
00:21:00,860 --> 00:21:01,020
no,

464
00:21:01,020 --> 00:21:01,700
you flipped me off.

465
00:21:01,700 --> 00:21:02,040
I said,

466
00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:03,240
no,

467
00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:05,060
I waved at you.

468
00:21:05,060 --> 00:21:08,000
And I didn't explain

469
00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:09,360
why I would have waved.

470
00:21:09,360 --> 00:21:11,000
But I would not have

471
00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:11,780
flipped the guy off

472
00:21:11,780 --> 00:21:12,400
and then ran up

473
00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:13,140
to his truck.

474
00:21:13,140 --> 00:21:16,580
I mean,

475
00:21:16,580 --> 00:21:17,440
I would have got

476
00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:18,180
my butt kicked.

477
00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:21,120
and,

478
00:21:21,120 --> 00:21:22,060
you know,

479
00:21:22,060 --> 00:21:23,500
God's word always works.

480
00:21:23,500 --> 00:21:26,400
And the thought hit me,

481
00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:26,960
Proverbs,

482
00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:27,300
right?

483
00:21:27,300 --> 00:21:28,200
That says,

484
00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:29,240
a soft answer

485
00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:30,080
turns away wrath.

486
00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:31,840
And the guy was pretty hot.

487
00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:33,080
He's a pretty good sized fella.

488
00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:35,640
You guys would have

489
00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:36,820
probably come visit me

490
00:21:36,820 --> 00:21:37,340
in ICU.

491
00:21:37,340 --> 00:21:40,960
Hope you would have.

492
00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:44,620
And I finally just looked at him

493
00:21:44,620 --> 00:21:44,780
and said,

494
00:21:44,780 --> 00:21:45,100
man,

495
00:21:45,100 --> 00:21:45,900
you know what?

496
00:21:45,900 --> 00:21:46,860
I am really sorry.

497
00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:48,820
And I put my hand out

498
00:21:48,820 --> 00:21:49,640
and he shook my hand.

499
00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:50,660
And then all of a sudden

500
00:21:50,660 --> 00:21:50,940
he said,

501
00:21:50,940 --> 00:21:51,320
well,

502
00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:52,800
you got to watch out,

503
00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:53,020
man.

504
00:21:53,020 --> 00:21:53,960
You might get killed.

505
00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:54,980
All of a sudden

506
00:21:54,980 --> 00:21:55,980
he has pity for me,

507
00:21:55,980 --> 00:21:56,320
right?

508
00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:59,260
I don't know why

509
00:21:59,260 --> 00:22:00,100
I told you that story,

510
00:22:00,100 --> 00:22:00,320
but

511
00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:03,420
it was quite the life experience.

512
00:22:03,420 --> 00:22:04,080
Listen,

513
00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:05,160
I haven't flipped

514
00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:06,100
anybody off

515
00:22:06,100 --> 00:22:07,660
for at least

516
00:22:07,660 --> 00:22:08,780
10 or 12 days.

517
00:22:08,780 --> 00:22:13,600
I'm just kidding.

518
00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:16,840
It's been over 30 years.

519
00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:17,240
so

520
00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:21,460
mistaken identity.

521
00:22:21,460 --> 00:22:22,100
Wow.

522
00:22:22,100 --> 00:22:28,800
But people are going to,

523
00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:30,040
the world

524
00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:31,320
hates Jesus.

525
00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:33,040
He encouraged us.

526
00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:34,080
He let us know

527
00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:35,220
it was going to

528
00:22:35,220 --> 00:22:36,260
hate him.

529
00:22:36,260 --> 00:22:37,580
And it is a great,

530
00:22:37,580 --> 00:22:39,100
it is a great

531
00:22:39,100 --> 00:22:40,540
barometer

532
00:22:40,540 --> 00:22:41,340
of what,

533
00:22:41,340 --> 00:22:43,200
where we are in life.

534
00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:46,100
If somebody hates us,

535
00:22:46,100 --> 00:22:48,800
because of his sake,

536
00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:49,300
it says,

537
00:22:49,300 --> 00:22:49,700
listen,

538
00:22:49,700 --> 00:22:51,920
for in like manner

539
00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:53,180
their fathers

540
00:22:53,180 --> 00:22:54,780
did to the prophets.

541
00:22:54,780 --> 00:22:55,840
The fathers of who?

542
00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:57,140
The fathers of those

543
00:22:57,140 --> 00:22:58,040
who hate the lovers

544
00:22:58,040 --> 00:22:58,560
of God.

545
00:22:58,560 --> 00:22:59,880
That's who it is.

546
00:22:59,880 --> 00:23:01,340
And

547
00:23:01,340 --> 00:23:03,680
we see it

548
00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:04,420
in the book

549
00:23:04,420 --> 00:23:05,620
of Hebrews

550
00:23:05,620 --> 00:23:06,720
chapter 11.

551
00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:06,960
In fact,

552
00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:07,780
if you got your Bible,

553
00:23:07,780 --> 00:23:08,780
turn there real quickly,

554
00:23:08,780 --> 00:23:09,140
would you?

555
00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:10,760
Hebrews chapter 11.

556
00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:13,640
And I so forget

557
00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:14,640
this sometimes,

558
00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:16,700
but what they

559
00:23:16,700 --> 00:23:17,620
experienced,

560
00:23:17,620 --> 00:23:18,660
the Old Testament

561
00:23:18,660 --> 00:23:19,220
saints.

562
00:23:19,220 --> 00:23:19,860
And now they were

563
00:23:19,860 --> 00:23:20,540
looking forward

564
00:23:20,540 --> 00:23:21,760
to Jesus coming,

565
00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:23,300
the Messiah to come.

566
00:23:23,300 --> 00:23:24,460
They didn't see it.

567
00:23:24,460 --> 00:23:25,860
They didn't see that

568
00:23:25,860 --> 00:23:26,780
he went to the cross

569
00:23:26,780 --> 00:23:27,320
for them

570
00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:29,520
and propitiated

571
00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:30,360
their sins.

572
00:23:30,360 --> 00:23:31,060
Right?

573
00:23:31,100 --> 00:23:31,820
they didn't see

574
00:23:31,820 --> 00:23:33,020
that he had risen

575
00:23:33,020 --> 00:23:33,860
from the dead,

576
00:23:33,860 --> 00:23:34,780
though many of them

577
00:23:34,780 --> 00:23:35,340
knew it,

578
00:23:35,340 --> 00:23:37,260
but they never saw it.

579
00:23:37,260 --> 00:23:39,060
And they were still

580
00:23:39,060 --> 00:23:40,720
willing to die

581
00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:41,800
for it.

582
00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:46,060
Looking forward

583
00:23:46,060 --> 00:23:46,880
to it.

584
00:23:47,300 --> 00:23:47,700
And so,

585
00:23:47,700 --> 00:23:48,700
in verse 32,

586
00:23:48,700 --> 00:23:49,960
I'm just going to

587
00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:51,360
read it for you,

588
00:23:51,360 --> 00:23:52,900
but it talks about

589
00:23:52,900 --> 00:23:54,400
all the exploits

590
00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:55,320
of the Old Testament

591
00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:56,660
saints that were,

592
00:23:56,660 --> 00:23:57,420
you know,

593
00:23:57,420 --> 00:23:59,820
made strong,

594
00:23:59,820 --> 00:24:01,300
were valiant in battle,

595
00:24:01,300 --> 00:24:03,080
turned to flight

596
00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:04,280
armies and aliens,

597
00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:05,260
women received their

598
00:24:05,260 --> 00:24:06,560
dead to life again.

599
00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:07,580
But it says,

600
00:24:07,580 --> 00:24:08,280
others,

601
00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:09,680
verse 32,

602
00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:11,120
were tortured,

603
00:24:11,120 --> 00:24:12,720
not accepting

604
00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:13,460
deliverance,

605
00:24:13,460 --> 00:24:14,740
that they might

606
00:24:14,740 --> 00:24:15,920
obtain a better

607
00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:16,580
resurrection.

608
00:24:17,140 --> 00:24:18,100
Still others

609
00:24:18,100 --> 00:24:18,980
had trial

610
00:24:18,980 --> 00:24:20,040
of mockings

611
00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:21,500
and scourgings,

612
00:24:21,500 --> 00:24:22,000
yes,

613
00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:23,360
and of chains

614
00:24:23,360 --> 00:24:24,580
and imprisonment.

615
00:24:24,580 --> 00:24:25,580
They were stoned,

616
00:24:25,580 --> 00:24:27,200
they were sawn in two,

617
00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:28,860
were tempted,

618
00:24:28,860 --> 00:24:30,120
were slain

619
00:24:30,120 --> 00:24:30,840
with a sword.

620
00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:32,200
They wandered about

621
00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:33,080
in sheep's clothing

622
00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:34,020
and goat skins,

623
00:24:34,020 --> 00:24:35,540
being destitute,

624
00:24:35,540 --> 00:24:36,300
afflicted,

625
00:24:36,300 --> 00:24:36,860
tormented,

626
00:24:36,860 --> 00:24:38,300
of whom the world

627
00:24:38,300 --> 00:24:39,260
was not worthy.

628
00:24:39,260 --> 00:24:40,480
They wandered

629
00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:41,580
in deserts

630
00:24:41,580 --> 00:24:42,560
and mountains

631
00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:43,180
and dens

632
00:24:43,180 --> 00:24:44,420
and caves of the earth.

633
00:24:44,420 --> 00:24:45,200
And all these

634
00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:46,240
having obtained

635
00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:47,680
a good testimony

636
00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:48,760
through faith

637
00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:50,260
did not receive

638
00:24:50,260 --> 00:24:50,980
the promise.

639
00:24:50,980 --> 00:24:52,640
They were looking

640
00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:53,460
forward to it.

641
00:24:53,460 --> 00:24:54,420
You and I

642
00:24:54,420 --> 00:24:55,280
have received it.

643
00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:56,940
God having provided

644
00:24:56,940 --> 00:24:58,140
something perfect

645
00:24:58,140 --> 00:24:59,880
should not

646
00:24:59,880 --> 00:25:01,340
be made perfect

647
00:25:01,340 --> 00:25:02,660
apart from us.

648
00:25:02,660 --> 00:25:03,460
And so,

649
00:25:03,460 --> 00:25:04,460
how much more,

650
00:25:04,460 --> 00:25:05,800
if these guys

651
00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:06,560
were willing

652
00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:07,420
to do this,

653
00:25:07,420 --> 00:25:08,820
how much more

654
00:25:08,820 --> 00:25:09,560
should we

655
00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:10,700
heed

656
00:25:10,700 --> 00:25:11,980
need the encouragement

657
00:25:11,980 --> 00:25:13,340
and the exhortation

658
00:25:13,340 --> 00:25:14,160
of the Lord

659
00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:16,600
to be those people?

660
00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:22,480
For in like manner

661
00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:23,360
their fathers did

662
00:25:23,360 --> 00:25:24,040
to the prophets.

663
00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:25,420
It's just part

664
00:25:25,420 --> 00:25:26,000
of this life.

665
00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:28,700
Not popular.

666
00:25:28,700 --> 00:25:30,880
Jesus isn't popular.

667
00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:32,760
He's popular

668
00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:33,660
to persecute.

669
00:25:35,820 --> 00:25:36,720
And so,

670
00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:40,140
we have to,

671
00:25:40,140 --> 00:25:40,820
as believers,

672
00:25:40,820 --> 00:25:41,780
be okay with that.

673
00:25:41,780 --> 00:25:43,620
And I believe

674
00:25:43,620 --> 00:25:44,120
that's what we're

675
00:25:44,120 --> 00:25:44,600
called to.

676
00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:45,520
We're called to this

677
00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:47,260
life that is tragic

678
00:25:47,260 --> 00:25:48,260
and it does

679
00:25:48,260 --> 00:25:49,540
involve torment.

680
00:25:49,540 --> 00:25:50,940
It does involve

681
00:25:50,940 --> 00:25:52,400
suffering.

682
00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:53,900
And then he

683
00:25:53,900 --> 00:25:54,980
transitions from

684
00:25:54,980 --> 00:25:56,280
blessed are those

685
00:25:56,280 --> 00:25:57,240
to

686
00:25:57,240 --> 00:25:58,840
woe.

687
00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:01,340
Woe.

688
00:26:01,340 --> 00:26:03,440
Woe.

689
00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:04,540
Woe.

690
00:26:05,420 --> 00:26:08,580
Now,

691
00:26:08,580 --> 00:26:10,120
this woe

692
00:26:10,120 --> 00:26:10,900
in the cowboy

693
00:26:10,900 --> 00:26:11,560
world

694
00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:12,440
means that

695
00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:13,360
everything needs

696
00:26:13,360 --> 00:26:14,040
to come to

697
00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:15,080
a screeching halt

698
00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:16,240
like right now.

699
00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:19,280
In fact,

700
00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:19,880
I know some

701
00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:20,560
horse trainers,

702
00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:22,200
they won't even

703
00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:23,180
say the word

704
00:26:23,180 --> 00:26:24,060
unless they're

705
00:26:24,060 --> 00:26:24,780
asking a horse

706
00:26:24,780 --> 00:26:25,380
to stop.

707
00:26:25,380 --> 00:26:26,220
They spell it.

708
00:26:26,220 --> 00:26:29,240
But they spell

709
00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:29,760
it different.

710
00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:30,240
It's a

711
00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:32,040
W-H-O-A.

712
00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:33,020
Woe.

713
00:26:33,020 --> 00:26:34,980
But it means

714
00:26:34,980 --> 00:26:35,720
to stop.

715
00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:37,120
Right?

716
00:26:37,120 --> 00:26:38,840
And Jesus

717
00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:39,740
gives four

718
00:26:39,740 --> 00:26:40,560
woes here.

719
00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:41,900
Four woes.

720
00:26:41,900 --> 00:26:43,280
Let's

721
00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:44,560
look at the

722
00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:44,980
first one.

723
00:26:44,980 --> 00:26:45,420
The first

724
00:26:45,420 --> 00:26:45,860
woe.

725
00:26:45,860 --> 00:26:49,380
Well, let me

726
00:26:49,380 --> 00:26:49,960
back up a

727
00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:50,220
second.

728
00:26:50,220 --> 00:26:52,280
In the reading

729
00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:52,820
this week,

730
00:26:52,820 --> 00:26:53,280
we were in

731
00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:53,900
Deuteronomy

732
00:26:53,900 --> 00:26:54,740
and something

733
00:26:54,740 --> 00:26:55,540
struck me

734
00:26:55,540 --> 00:26:56,700
that sandwiched

735
00:26:56,700 --> 00:26:57,700
that sandwiched

736
00:26:57,700 --> 00:26:59,700
in between

737
00:26:59,700 --> 00:27:00,420
the woe

738
00:27:00,420 --> 00:27:01,040
and the

739
00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:01,820
blessing

740
00:27:01,820 --> 00:27:02,280
and the

741
00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:02,740
woe,

742
00:27:02,740 --> 00:27:03,740
we see

743
00:27:03,740 --> 00:27:05,260
Deuteronomy

744
00:27:05,260 --> 00:27:05,940
chapter 11

745
00:27:05,940 --> 00:27:06,480
where Moses

746
00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:07,200
is talking to

747
00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:07,660
the people.

748
00:27:07,660 --> 00:27:08,260
And so

749
00:27:08,260 --> 00:27:09,620
this isn't

750
00:27:09,620 --> 00:27:10,420
something new,

751
00:27:10,420 --> 00:27:11,500
the blessings

752
00:27:11,500 --> 00:27:12,360
and the woe.

753
00:27:12,360 --> 00:27:14,140
Moses called it

754
00:27:14,140 --> 00:27:15,880
the blessing

755
00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:16,780
and the curse.

756
00:27:16,780 --> 00:27:18,640
Right?

757
00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:19,540
There in

758
00:27:19,540 --> 00:27:20,320
Deuteronomy

759
00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:21,040
chapter 11

760
00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:22,000
verses 26

761
00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:22,560
to 28

762
00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:22,880
where it

763
00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:23,080
says,

764
00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:24,240
Behold,

765
00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:24,760
I set

766
00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:25,260
before you

767
00:27:25,260 --> 00:27:25,560
today

768
00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:26,080
blessing

769
00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:27,120
and a

770
00:27:27,120 --> 00:27:27,460
curse.

771
00:27:27,460 --> 00:27:28,860
Blessing

772
00:27:28,860 --> 00:27:29,160
if you

773
00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:29,720
obey the

774
00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:30,240
commandment

775
00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:30,620
of the

776
00:27:30,620 --> 00:27:31,060
Lord your

777
00:27:31,060 --> 00:27:31,480
God,

778
00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:32,900
which I

779
00:27:32,900 --> 00:27:33,380
command you

780
00:27:33,380 --> 00:27:33,780
today,

781
00:27:33,780 --> 00:27:34,600
and the

782
00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:35,480
curse if

783
00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:35,760
you do

784
00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:36,560
not obey

785
00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:36,800
the

786
00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:37,260
commandment

787
00:27:37,260 --> 00:27:37,620
of the

788
00:27:37,620 --> 00:27:37,920
Lord your

789
00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:38,240
God,

790
00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:39,040
and turn

791
00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:39,940
aside from

792
00:27:39,940 --> 00:27:40,340
the way

793
00:27:40,340 --> 00:27:40,780
which I

794
00:27:40,780 --> 00:27:41,280
command you

795
00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:41,660
today,

796
00:27:41,660 --> 00:27:42,320
to go

797
00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:43,060
after other

798
00:27:43,060 --> 00:27:43,620
gods which

799
00:27:43,620 --> 00:27:43,880
you have

800
00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:44,440
not known.

801
00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:45,760
A blessing

802
00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:46,720
and a

803
00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:47,060
curse.

804
00:27:47,060 --> 00:27:48,820
And

805
00:27:48,820 --> 00:27:50,600
these woes

806
00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:51,780
are the

807
00:27:51,780 --> 00:27:52,100
Lord

808
00:27:52,100 --> 00:27:52,560
calling

809
00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:53,300
people to

810
00:27:53,300 --> 00:27:53,640
you know

811
00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:54,100
what,

812
00:27:54,100 --> 00:27:54,420
you better

813
00:27:54,420 --> 00:27:55,260
stop right

814
00:27:55,260 --> 00:27:55,600
now.

815
00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:57,520
Stop.

816
00:27:57,520 --> 00:27:58,600
And it

817
00:27:58,600 --> 00:27:59,000
says the

818
00:27:59,000 --> 00:27:59,680
first woe,

819
00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:00,660
woe to

820
00:28:00,660 --> 00:28:01,140
you who

821
00:28:01,140 --> 00:28:01,760
are rich

822
00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:02,600
for you

823
00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:03,360
have received

824
00:28:03,360 --> 00:28:03,580
your

825
00:28:03,580 --> 00:28:04,340
consolation.

826
00:28:04,340 --> 00:28:06,400
Woe to

827
00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:07,540
you who

828
00:28:07,540 --> 00:28:08,180
are rich.

829
00:28:08,180 --> 00:28:09,940
Now,

830
00:28:09,940 --> 00:28:12,340
I believe

831
00:28:12,340 --> 00:28:12,780
that this

832
00:28:12,780 --> 00:28:13,580
is talking

833
00:28:13,580 --> 00:28:14,660
about the

834
00:28:14,660 --> 00:28:15,860
material things

835
00:28:15,860 --> 00:28:16,220
of this

836
00:28:16,220 --> 00:28:16,620
world.

837
00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:23,980
it's

838
00:28:23,980 --> 00:28:27,840
something

839
00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:28,400
that

840
00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:30,880
woos

841
00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:31,520
all of

842
00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:31,880
us

843
00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:33,280
in this,

844
00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:33,800
especially

845
00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:34,200
in this

846
00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:34,580
country.

847
00:28:34,580 --> 00:28:35,620
So,

848
00:28:35,620 --> 00:28:36,460
I think

849
00:28:36,460 --> 00:28:37,080
the average,

850
00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:38,260
I got

851
00:28:38,260 --> 00:28:38,740
online and

852
00:28:38,740 --> 00:28:39,580
got the

853
00:28:39,580 --> 00:28:40,760
average

854
00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:41,520
income

855
00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:42,640
for an

856
00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:42,900
American

857
00:28:42,900 --> 00:28:43,400
household

858
00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:44,300
is I

859
00:28:44,300 --> 00:28:44,600
think it's

860
00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:45,000
between

861
00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:45,900
75 and

862
00:28:45,900 --> 00:28:46,660
85,000.

863
00:28:46,660 --> 00:28:48,340
Right?

864
00:28:48,540 --> 00:28:48,960
that's

865
00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:49,140
the

866
00:28:49,140 --> 00:28:49,500
average

867
00:28:49,500 --> 00:28:50,100
income

868
00:28:50,100 --> 00:28:51,140
of a

869
00:28:51,140 --> 00:28:51,620
household.

870
00:28:51,620 --> 00:28:52,580
Okay?

871
00:28:52,580 --> 00:28:54,440
That's

872
00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:55,060
in America.

873
00:28:55,060 --> 00:28:57,720
The

874
00:28:57,720 --> 00:28:58,360
average

875
00:28:58,360 --> 00:28:59,640
income

876
00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:00,400
for a

877
00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:01,060
household

878
00:29:01,060 --> 00:29:01,920
around

879
00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:02,220
the

880
00:29:02,220 --> 00:29:02,720
world,

881
00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:04,040
okay,

882
00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:04,940
around

883
00:29:04,940 --> 00:29:05,260
the

884
00:29:05,260 --> 00:29:05,720
world

885
00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:07,060
is

886
00:29:07,060 --> 00:29:08,140
12 to

887
00:29:08,140 --> 00:29:09,160
15,000

888
00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:10,180
annually

889
00:29:10,180 --> 00:29:11,540
per year.

890
00:29:13,540 --> 00:29:14,460
woe

891
00:29:14,460 --> 00:29:14,960
to you

892
00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:15,160
who

893
00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:15,340
are

894
00:29:15,340 --> 00:29:15,860
rich.

895
00:29:15,860 --> 00:29:18,460
We

896
00:29:18,460 --> 00:29:19,040
Americans.

897
00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:19,560
Now,

898
00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:20,100
you say

899
00:29:20,100 --> 00:29:20,420
people,

900
00:29:20,420 --> 00:29:20,660
well,

901
00:29:20,660 --> 00:29:21,600
income

902
00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:22,080
is,

903
00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:22,480
you know,

904
00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:22,700
it's

905
00:29:22,700 --> 00:29:23,060
relative

906
00:29:23,060 --> 00:29:24,000
to your

907
00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:24,560
economy.

908
00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:26,680
Maybe.

909
00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:30,580
But the

910
00:29:30,580 --> 00:29:31,260
Lord is

911
00:29:31,260 --> 00:29:31,780
really,

912
00:29:31,780 --> 00:29:32,180
I think,

913
00:29:32,180 --> 00:29:32,720
encouraging

914
00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:33,100
us.

915
00:29:33,100 --> 00:29:34,320
Every

916
00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:35,100
person,

917
00:29:35,100 --> 00:29:36,020
every

918
00:29:36,020 --> 00:29:36,580
human

919
00:29:36,580 --> 00:29:38,020
has to

920
00:29:38,020 --> 00:29:38,380
ask

921
00:29:38,380 --> 00:29:38,800
themselves

922
00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:39,020
the

923
00:29:39,020 --> 00:29:39,340
question

924
00:29:39,340 --> 00:29:39,600
is,

925
00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:40,080
how

926
00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:40,380
much

927
00:29:40,380 --> 00:29:40,520
is

928
00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:40,920
enough?

929
00:29:42,060 --> 00:29:42,580
How

930
00:29:42,580 --> 00:29:42,820
much

931
00:29:42,820 --> 00:29:42,940
is

932
00:29:42,940 --> 00:29:43,320
enough?

933
00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:44,240
And do

934
00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:44,680
you know

935
00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:45,200
that right

936
00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:45,540
now?

937
00:29:45,540 --> 00:29:47,060
Because if

938
00:29:47,060 --> 00:29:47,840
you don't,

939
00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:49,060
this might

940
00:29:49,060 --> 00:29:49,740
just be

941
00:29:49,740 --> 00:29:50,180
you.

942
00:29:50,180 --> 00:29:54,420
Because

943
00:29:54,420 --> 00:29:55,460
riches

944
00:29:55,460 --> 00:29:56,380
just have

945
00:29:56,380 --> 00:29:57,200
this way

946
00:29:57,200 --> 00:29:58,000
to make

947
00:29:58,000 --> 00:29:58,820
us forget

948
00:29:58,820 --> 00:29:59,380
God.

949
00:29:59,380 --> 00:30:03,400
You know,

950
00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:03,860
when you're

951
00:30:03,860 --> 00:30:04,820
poor,

952
00:30:04,820 --> 00:30:06,280
and your

953
00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:06,840
car's on

954
00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:07,400
its last

955
00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:07,700
leg,

956
00:30:07,700 --> 00:30:08,100
it's got

957
00:30:08,100 --> 00:30:08,980
1.5

958
00:30:08,980 --> 00:30:09,260
million

959
00:30:09,260 --> 00:30:09,760
miles.

960
00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:12,160
right?

961
00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:13,080
And you

962
00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:13,520
go out

963
00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:13,760
and you

964
00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:14,200
get in

965
00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:14,300
it,

966
00:30:14,300 --> 00:30:14,540
what do

967
00:30:14,540 --> 00:30:14,880
you do?

968
00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:15,500
You pray

969
00:30:15,500 --> 00:30:15,860
that it

970
00:30:15,860 --> 00:30:16,500
will start.

971
00:30:16,500 --> 00:30:18,420
But when

972
00:30:18,420 --> 00:30:19,480
you have

973
00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:19,800
enough

974
00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:20,360
resources,

975
00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:21,040
you go

976
00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:21,640
buy yourself

977
00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:21,940
a new

978
00:30:21,940 --> 00:30:22,140
car.

979
00:30:22,140 --> 00:30:22,420
When you

980
00:30:22,420 --> 00:30:22,680
get in

981
00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:23,020
that new

982
00:30:23,020 --> 00:30:23,380
car,

983
00:30:23,380 --> 00:30:24,480
guess

984
00:30:24,480 --> 00:30:24,760
what?

985
00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:26,440
You don't

986
00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:26,820
pray that

987
00:30:26,820 --> 00:30:27,340
it starts.

988
00:30:27,340 --> 00:30:32,080
You take

989
00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:32,380
it for

990
00:30:32,380 --> 00:30:32,700
granted

991
00:30:32,700 --> 00:30:33,120
that it's

992
00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:33,380
going to

993
00:30:33,380 --> 00:30:33,760
start.

994
00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:37,800
I've

995
00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:37,980
had

996
00:30:37,980 --> 00:30:38,480
people

997
00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:39,160
ask me,

998
00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:39,480
why do

999
00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:40,680
you drive

1000
00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:41,220
cars that

1001
00:30:41,220 --> 00:30:41,940
look so

1002
00:30:41,940 --> 00:30:42,300
terrible?

1003
00:30:42,300 --> 00:30:46,220
Well,

1004
00:30:46,220 --> 00:30:47,260
because I

1005
00:30:47,260 --> 00:30:47,520
know it's

1006
00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:47,680
going to

1007
00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:48,080
get beat

1008
00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:48,400
up,

1009
00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:48,820
so I'm

1010
00:30:48,820 --> 00:30:49,080
not going

1011
00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:49,300
to buy

1012
00:30:49,300 --> 00:30:49,580
anything

1013
00:30:49,580 --> 00:30:50,180
nice.

1014
00:30:50,180 --> 00:30:52,680
But

1015
00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:57,840
I got

1016
00:30:57,840 --> 00:30:58,160
to tell

1017
00:30:58,160 --> 00:30:58,280
you,

1018
00:30:58,280 --> 00:30:58,540
as a

1019
00:30:58,540 --> 00:30:58,900
pastor,

1020
00:30:58,900 --> 00:31:00,420
I get

1021
00:31:00,420 --> 00:31:00,920
watched,

1022
00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:01,640
right?

1023
00:31:01,640 --> 00:31:03,280
I get

1024
00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:03,640
watched.

1025
00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:04,400
Grocery

1026
00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:04,640
store,

1027
00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:05,280
see people

1028
00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:05,620
from the

1029
00:31:05,620 --> 00:31:05,900
church.

1030
00:31:06,260 --> 00:31:06,460
Hey,

1031
00:31:06,460 --> 00:31:06,800
Pastor

1032
00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:07,260
Scotty,

1033
00:31:07,260 --> 00:31:07,920
what you

1034
00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:08,160
buying

1035
00:31:08,160 --> 00:31:08,460
there?

1036
00:31:08,460 --> 00:31:12,540
It's

1037
00:31:12,540 --> 00:31:12,880
apple

1038
00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:13,320
cider,

1039
00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:14,340
you know,

1040
00:31:14,340 --> 00:31:15,160
the sparkly

1041
00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:15,540
cider.

1042
00:31:15,540 --> 00:31:19,140
We had

1043
00:31:19,140 --> 00:31:19,400
our

1044
00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:19,980
secretary

1045
00:31:19,980 --> 00:31:20,500
buy that

1046
00:31:20,500 --> 00:31:21,300
one time

1047
00:31:21,300 --> 00:31:21,520
and she

1048
00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:21,940
saw some

1049
00:31:21,940 --> 00:31:22,140
people,

1050
00:31:22,140 --> 00:31:22,760
she was

1051
00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:23,320
horrified.

1052
00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:26,740
But I

1053
00:31:26,740 --> 00:31:26,980
do,

1054
00:31:26,980 --> 00:31:27,860
there's a

1055
00:31:27,860 --> 00:31:28,320
flip side

1056
00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:28,700
to that.

1057
00:31:28,700 --> 00:31:29,040
It is

1058
00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:29,600
fun to

1059
00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:30,080
walk into

1060
00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:30,480
a store

1061
00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:30,760
and run

1062
00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:31,340
into people

1063
00:31:31,340 --> 00:31:31,740
and go

1064
00:31:31,740 --> 00:31:32,060
hey,

1065
00:31:32,060 --> 00:31:32,620
what do

1066
00:31:32,620 --> 00:31:32,960
you guys

1067
00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:33,160
buy?

1068
00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:33,360
Oh,

1069
00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:33,720
a couple

1070
00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:34,160
cases,

1071
00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:34,560
huh?

1072
00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:39,560
You get

1073
00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:40,040
under the

1074
00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:41,040
microscope.

1075
00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:43,200
But woe

1076
00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:43,600
to you

1077
00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:44,060
who are

1078
00:31:44,060 --> 00:31:44,580
rich.

1079
00:31:44,580 --> 00:31:46,140
The

1080
00:31:46,140 --> 00:31:46,680
Lord is

1081
00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:47,880
so concerned

1082
00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:48,800
about our

1083
00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:49,660
attitude towards

1084
00:31:49,660 --> 00:31:50,000
money.

1085
00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:50,840
It's so

1086
00:31:50,840 --> 00:31:51,320
important.

1087
00:31:51,320 --> 00:31:52,480
The rich

1088
00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:53,080
young ruler,

1089
00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:53,500
you guys

1090
00:31:53,500 --> 00:31:54,040
remember this

1091
00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:54,480
story when

1092
00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:54,840
he comes

1093
00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:55,380
to Jesus.

1094
00:31:55,380 --> 00:31:55,880
Hey,

1095
00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:56,360
what must

1096
00:31:56,360 --> 00:31:56,940
I do?

1097
00:31:56,940 --> 00:31:58,080
He was a

1098
00:31:58,080 --> 00:31:58,620
good guy,

1099
00:31:58,620 --> 00:31:59,220
probably a

1100
00:31:59,220 --> 00:31:59,540
tithe

1101
00:31:59,540 --> 00:32:00,000
payer,

1102
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:00,500
right?

1103
00:32:00,500 --> 00:32:00,780
Probably

1104
00:32:00,780 --> 00:32:01,820
paid 10%,

1105
00:32:01,820 --> 00:32:02,840
maybe 20.

1106
00:32:04,420 --> 00:32:04,900
Jesus

1107
00:32:04,900 --> 00:32:05,160
goes,

1108
00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:05,480
you know

1109
00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:05,620
the

1110
00:32:05,620 --> 00:32:05,920
commandments.

1111
00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:07,440
It's

1112
00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:07,860
interesting,

1113
00:32:07,860 --> 00:32:08,480
the commandments

1114
00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:09,020
that Jesus

1115
00:32:09,020 --> 00:32:09,560
mentioned.

1116
00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:10,400
He didn't

1117
00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:11,240
mention any

1118
00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:12,120
of the

1119
00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:14,360
first four,

1120
00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:14,900
which is our

1121
00:32:14,900 --> 00:32:15,620
relationship with

1122
00:32:15,620 --> 00:32:15,920
God,

1123
00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:16,460
right?

1124
00:32:16,460 --> 00:32:17,200
Have no

1125
00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:17,740
gods before

1126
00:32:17,740 --> 00:32:18,080
me,

1127
00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:18,980
right?

1128
00:32:18,980 --> 00:32:20,480
Don't make

1129
00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:20,820
under the

1130
00:32:20,820 --> 00:32:21,200
self any

1131
00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:21,400
grave

1132
00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:21,760
enemies,

1133
00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:22,300
don't take

1134
00:32:22,300 --> 00:32:22,740
the Lord's

1135
00:32:22,740 --> 00:32:23,140
name in

1136
00:32:23,140 --> 00:32:23,360
vain,

1137
00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:23,700
run the

1138
00:32:23,700 --> 00:32:24,060
Sabbath day

1139
00:32:24,060 --> 00:32:24,260
and keep

1140
00:32:24,260 --> 00:32:24,500
it holy.

1141
00:32:24,500 --> 00:32:24,880
That's your

1142
00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:25,260
relationship

1143
00:32:25,260 --> 00:32:25,800
with God.

1144
00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:26,720
He didn't

1145
00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:27,560
mention those

1146
00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:27,860
four.

1147
00:32:27,860 --> 00:32:28,880
And then he

1148
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:29,480
didn't mention

1149
00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:30,360
the last

1150
00:32:30,360 --> 00:32:30,620
one.

1151
00:32:30,620 --> 00:32:31,740
The ones

1152
00:32:31,740 --> 00:32:31,960
that he

1153
00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:32,460
mentioned to

1154
00:32:32,460 --> 00:32:32,880
the kid,

1155
00:32:33,420 --> 00:32:34,300
he got

1156
00:32:34,300 --> 00:32:34,540
pretty

1157
00:32:34,540 --> 00:32:35,160
puffed up.

1158
00:32:35,160 --> 00:32:36,200
All these

1159
00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:36,640
I've done

1160
00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:37,060
since I

1161
00:32:37,060 --> 00:32:37,340
was a

1162
00:32:37,340 --> 00:32:37,780
child.

1163
00:32:37,780 --> 00:32:40,060
And Jesus

1164
00:32:40,060 --> 00:32:40,300
said,

1165
00:32:40,300 --> 00:32:40,700
you lack

1166
00:32:40,700 --> 00:32:41,440
one thing.

1167
00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:43,060
If you

1168
00:32:43,060 --> 00:32:43,420
want to be

1169
00:32:43,420 --> 00:32:43,920
great in

1170
00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:44,220
God's

1171
00:32:44,220 --> 00:32:44,540
kingdom,

1172
00:32:44,540 --> 00:32:45,620
go and

1173
00:32:45,620 --> 00:32:46,340
sell everything

1174
00:32:46,340 --> 00:32:46,760
that you

1175
00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:47,620
have and

1176
00:32:47,620 --> 00:32:47,920
give it

1177
00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:49,220
away to

1178
00:32:49,220 --> 00:32:49,660
the poor

1179
00:32:49,660 --> 00:32:50,640
and then

1180
00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:50,940
you'll be

1181
00:32:50,940 --> 00:32:51,360
rich in

1182
00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:51,600
heaven.

1183
00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:56,060
and it

1184
00:32:56,060 --> 00:32:56,320
says he

1185
00:32:56,320 --> 00:32:56,660
went away

1186
00:32:56,660 --> 00:32:57,220
sorrowful

1187
00:32:57,220 --> 00:32:58,340
because he

1188
00:32:58,340 --> 00:32:58,720
has so

1189
00:32:58,720 --> 00:32:59,100
much.

1190
00:32:59,100 --> 00:33:00,280
I have

1191
00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:00,940
so much.

1192
00:33:00,940 --> 00:33:02,520
I have

1193
00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:02,880
more than

1194
00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:03,360
I need.

1195
00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:08,600
And I

1196
00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:09,080
don't know

1197
00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:09,560
that it's

1198
00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:10,380
necessarily a

1199
00:33:10,380 --> 00:33:10,840
sin to

1200
00:33:10,840 --> 00:33:11,640
have things,

1201
00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:13,300
but it is a

1202
00:33:13,300 --> 00:33:13,640
sin for

1203
00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:14,020
things to

1204
00:33:14,020 --> 00:33:14,440
have you

1205
00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:15,780
and for

1206
00:33:15,780 --> 00:33:16,720
your bank

1207
00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:18,520
account and

1208
00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:19,620
your investment

1209
00:33:19,620 --> 00:33:21,280
portfolio to

1210
00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:21,940
have you.

1211
00:33:23,940 --> 00:33:24,980
You can

1212
00:33:24,980 --> 00:33:25,580
learn a lot

1213
00:33:25,580 --> 00:33:26,180
about people

1214
00:33:26,180 --> 00:33:26,540
when the

1215
00:33:26,540 --> 00:33:27,140
stock market

1216
00:33:27,140 --> 00:33:27,820
goes down

1217
00:33:27,820 --> 00:33:28,840
a couple

1218
00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:29,160
thousand

1219
00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:29,620
points.

1220
00:33:29,620 --> 00:33:32,660
Right?

1221
00:33:32,660 --> 00:33:33,920
People are

1222
00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:34,500
scrambling.

1223
00:33:34,500 --> 00:33:35,580
Talk to a

1224
00:33:35,580 --> 00:33:36,120
stockbroker,

1225
00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:36,440
would you,

1226
00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:37,060
after that

1227
00:33:37,060 --> 00:33:37,460
happens?

1228
00:33:37,460 --> 00:33:39,280
Right?

1229
00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:40,120
Their poor

1230
00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:40,700
lives is

1231
00:33:40,700 --> 00:33:41,240
absolute

1232
00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:41,820
misery.

1233
00:33:41,820 --> 00:33:42,340
They're

1234
00:33:42,340 --> 00:33:42,520
going,

1235
00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:42,820
oh,

1236
00:33:42,820 --> 00:33:43,140
Jesus,

1237
00:33:43,140 --> 00:33:43,820
please come

1238
00:33:43,820 --> 00:33:44,100
and get

1239
00:33:44,100 --> 00:33:44,400
me out

1240
00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:44,720
of this.

1241
00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:47,340
You know,

1242
00:33:47,340 --> 00:33:47,860
Jesus talked

1243
00:33:47,860 --> 00:33:48,400
about money

1244
00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:48,800
more than

1245
00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:49,360
any one

1246
00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:49,700
single

1247
00:33:49,700 --> 00:33:50,160
subject.

1248
00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:52,020
Why?

1249
00:33:52,020 --> 00:33:52,460
Because it

1250
00:33:52,460 --> 00:33:53,160
rivals us.

1251
00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:54,480
for our

1252
00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:54,900
attention,

1253
00:33:54,900 --> 00:33:56,180
away from

1254
00:33:56,180 --> 00:33:56,500
God.

1255
00:33:56,500 --> 00:34:00,500
And so,

1256
00:34:00,500 --> 00:34:02,900
James says

1257
00:34:02,900 --> 00:34:03,280
something

1258
00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:03,920
similar when

1259
00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:04,200
he says,

1260
00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:04,780
come now,

1261
00:34:04,780 --> 00:34:05,400
you rich,

1262
00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:06,180
weep and

1263
00:34:06,180 --> 00:34:07,080
howl for

1264
00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:08,200
your miseries

1265
00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:09,560
that are

1266
00:34:09,560 --> 00:34:10,220
coming upon

1267
00:34:10,220 --> 00:34:10,580
you.

1268
00:34:10,580 --> 00:34:16,460
Notice,

1269
00:34:16,460 --> 00:34:16,860
he says,

1270
00:34:16,860 --> 00:34:17,260
you have

1271
00:34:17,260 --> 00:34:17,420
your

1272
00:34:17,420 --> 00:34:18,160
consolation.

1273
00:34:18,160 --> 00:34:18,680
What does

1274
00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:19,080
that mean?

1275
00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:20,420
Does that

1276
00:34:20,420 --> 00:34:20,840
mean when

1277
00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:22,260
you serve

1278
00:34:22,260 --> 00:34:22,620
money,

1279
00:34:22,820 --> 00:34:24,280
that's

1280
00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:24,520
all you

1281
00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:24,780
get?

1282
00:34:24,780 --> 00:34:26,620
That's

1283
00:34:26,620 --> 00:34:26,860
all you

1284
00:34:26,860 --> 00:34:27,120
get.

1285
00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:29,860
You don't

1286
00:34:29,860 --> 00:34:30,360
get heaven.

1287
00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:32,620
I remember

1288
00:34:32,620 --> 00:34:33,240
hearing of a

1289
00:34:33,240 --> 00:34:34,120
pastor's kid

1290
00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:34,320
who,

1291
00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:34,960
in his

1292
00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:35,320
teens,

1293
00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:35,720
he says,

1294
00:34:35,720 --> 00:34:36,000
by the

1295
00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:36,460
time I'm

1296
00:34:36,460 --> 00:34:36,720
30,

1297
00:34:36,720 --> 00:34:37,240
I'm going

1298
00:34:37,240 --> 00:34:37,620
to be a

1299
00:34:37,620 --> 00:34:37,920
millionaire.

1300
00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:40,480
And he

1301
00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:40,900
did what it

1302
00:34:40,900 --> 00:34:41,160
took.

1303
00:34:41,160 --> 00:34:42,020
By the

1304
00:34:42,020 --> 00:34:42,320
time he

1305
00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:42,700
was 30,

1306
00:34:42,700 --> 00:34:43,320
he had a

1307
00:34:43,320 --> 00:34:43,920
million dollars.

1308
00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:44,840
Totally

1309
00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:45,440
destroyed his

1310
00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:45,780
family.

1311
00:34:45,780 --> 00:34:47,080
Destroyed his

1312
00:34:47,080 --> 00:34:47,420
witness.

1313
00:34:47,420 --> 00:34:48,620
Destroyed his

1314
00:34:48,620 --> 00:34:48,920
walk.

1315
00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:53,520
And just

1316
00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:53,860
now,

1317
00:34:53,860 --> 00:34:54,360
I believe,

1318
00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:54,920
in his

1319
00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:55,880
late 40s,

1320
00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:56,800
is he coming

1321
00:34:56,800 --> 00:34:57,960
back to the

1322
00:34:57,960 --> 00:34:58,520
things of the

1323
00:34:58,520 --> 00:34:58,760
Lord.

1324
00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:00,000
Now,

1325
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,560
if riches is

1326
00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:03,360
all you want,

1327
00:35:03,360 --> 00:35:04,380
it appears that

1328
00:35:04,380 --> 00:35:05,660
riches in this

1329
00:35:05,660 --> 00:35:06,280
life is all

1330
00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:06,700
you get.

1331
00:35:06,700 --> 00:35:10,300
So,

1332
00:35:10,300 --> 00:35:11,980
be generous with

1333
00:35:11,980 --> 00:35:12,400
what God's

1334
00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:12,900
giving you.

1335
00:35:12,900 --> 00:35:13,940
Because who

1336
00:35:13,940 --> 00:35:14,360
gave it to

1337
00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:14,500
you?

1338
00:35:14,500 --> 00:35:15,180
God did.

1339
00:35:15,180 --> 00:35:16,380
No,

1340
00:35:16,380 --> 00:35:17,480
I worked

1341
00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:18,060
hard.

1342
00:35:18,940 --> 00:35:20,000
who

1343
00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:20,460
puts the

1344
00:35:20,460 --> 00:35:20,820
breath in

1345
00:35:20,820 --> 00:35:21,280
your lungs?

1346
00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:21,480
Who

1347
00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:22,160
allows the

1348
00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:23,080
blood to

1349
00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:23,640
pump through

1350
00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:24,340
your veins?

1351
00:35:24,340 --> 00:35:25,100
God does.

1352
00:35:25,100 --> 00:35:26,020
So,

1353
00:35:26,020 --> 00:35:26,440
he should

1354
00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:26,900
get all

1355
00:35:26,900 --> 00:35:27,440
the credit.

1356
00:35:27,440 --> 00:35:28,420
It's all

1357
00:35:28,420 --> 00:35:29,760
his anyway.

1358
00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:32,520
Now,

1359
00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:32,960
there were

1360
00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:33,680
rich people

1361
00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:34,040
in the

1362
00:35:34,040 --> 00:35:34,620
Bible that

1363
00:35:34,620 --> 00:35:35,200
God used

1364
00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:35,740
mightily.

1365
00:35:35,740 --> 00:35:36,640
Job was

1366
00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:37,480
a man of

1367
00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:37,800
wealth.

1368
00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:38,700
Abraham had

1369
00:35:38,700 --> 00:35:39,520
multiple

1370
00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:40,020
riches.

1371
00:35:40,020 --> 00:35:41,020
Joseph of

1372
00:35:41,020 --> 00:35:41,580
Arimathea

1373
00:35:41,580 --> 00:35:42,260
was a rich

1374
00:35:42,260 --> 00:35:42,620
man.

1375
00:35:42,620 --> 00:35:44,400
It's one

1376
00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:45,120
thing to have

1377
00:35:45,120 --> 00:35:45,480
riches.

1378
00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:46,040
It's quite

1379
00:35:46,040 --> 00:35:46,660
another when

1380
00:35:46,660 --> 00:35:47,280
riches have

1381
00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:47,580
you.

1382
00:35:48,600 --> 00:35:53,440
And

1383
00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:54,360
isn't it

1384
00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:54,860
interesting?

1385
00:35:54,860 --> 00:35:56,000
Only you

1386
00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:56,780
know the

1387
00:35:56,780 --> 00:35:57,260
truth about

1388
00:35:57,260 --> 00:35:57,580
that.

1389
00:35:57,580 --> 00:36:02,620
Secondly,

1390
00:36:02,620 --> 00:36:03,080
he says,

1391
00:36:03,080 --> 00:36:04,140
bless it,

1392
00:36:04,140 --> 00:36:04,620
or excuse

1393
00:36:04,620 --> 00:36:04,840
me,

1394
00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:05,500
woe,

1395
00:36:05,500 --> 00:36:06,700
woe to

1396
00:36:06,700 --> 00:36:07,400
you who

1397
00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:07,980
are full.

1398
00:36:07,980 --> 00:36:08,760
Full of

1399
00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:09,060
what?

1400
00:36:09,060 --> 00:36:10,100
Themselves.

1401
00:36:10,100 --> 00:36:16,740
They want,

1402
00:36:16,740 --> 00:36:17,300
they want,

1403
00:36:17,300 --> 00:36:17,900
they want it,

1404
00:36:17,980 --> 00:36:18,420
they want it

1405
00:36:18,420 --> 00:36:18,800
now,

1406
00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:19,320
right?

1407
00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:21,200
This,

1408
00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:22,180
this attitude

1409
00:36:22,180 --> 00:36:23,040
really starts

1410
00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:23,960
within gratitude.

1411
00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:25,520
When you're not

1412
00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:26,280
thankful for what

1413
00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:26,860
you have.

1414
00:36:26,860 --> 00:36:28,180
What are you

1415
00:36:28,180 --> 00:36:28,840
thankful for?

1416
00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:30,700
Don Isham,

1417
00:36:30,700 --> 00:36:31,440
before he took

1418
00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:32,320
his last breath,

1419
00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:33,960
I got to talk

1420
00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:34,340
to him.

1421
00:36:34,340 --> 00:36:35,460
And it was

1422
00:36:35,460 --> 00:36:36,060
after his son,

1423
00:36:36,060 --> 00:36:36,320
Jeff,

1424
00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:37,220
had gotten

1425
00:36:37,220 --> 00:36:37,760
killed in a

1426
00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:38,560
motorcycle accident.

1427
00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:39,940
And Don told me

1428
00:36:39,940 --> 00:36:40,500
that he had a

1429
00:36:40,500 --> 00:36:41,080
night where,

1430
00:36:41,080 --> 00:36:41,760
that he spent

1431
00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:42,340
with the Lord.

1432
00:36:42,340 --> 00:36:42,740
He couldn't

1433
00:36:42,740 --> 00:36:43,100
sleep.

1434
00:36:43,820 --> 00:36:44,580
And Don said,

1435
00:36:44,580 --> 00:36:45,820
I thank God

1436
00:36:45,820 --> 00:36:46,480
for things that

1437
00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:47,060
I have never

1438
00:36:47,060 --> 00:36:47,580
thanked him

1439
00:36:47,580 --> 00:36:48,300
for in my

1440
00:36:48,300 --> 00:36:49,400
entire life.

1441
00:36:49,400 --> 00:36:51,360
Bingo.

1442
00:36:51,360 --> 00:36:52,760
That's where

1443
00:36:52,760 --> 00:36:53,240
all of our

1444
00:36:53,240 --> 00:36:53,740
hearts needs

1445
00:36:53,740 --> 00:36:54,180
to be.

1446
00:36:54,180 --> 00:36:54,820
This,

1447
00:36:54,820 --> 00:36:55,520
this heart

1448
00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:56,620
of gratefulness

1449
00:36:56,620 --> 00:36:57,640
and thankfulness.

1450
00:36:58,160 --> 00:36:59,820
when we forget

1451
00:36:59,820 --> 00:37:00,420
him and,

1452
00:37:00,420 --> 00:37:01,200
and all we

1453
00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:01,840
can pursue

1454
00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:02,540
is our own

1455
00:37:02,540 --> 00:37:02,860
life.

1456
00:37:02,860 --> 00:37:03,240
And Jesus

1457
00:37:03,240 --> 00:37:03,680
says,

1458
00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:04,660
he who would

1459
00:37:04,660 --> 00:37:05,320
save his

1460
00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:05,980
life will

1461
00:37:05,980 --> 00:37:07,260
lose it.

1462
00:37:07,260 --> 00:37:12,400
But he

1463
00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:12,620
would,

1464
00:37:12,620 --> 00:37:13,080
who would

1465
00:37:13,080 --> 00:37:13,600
lose his

1466
00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:14,300
life for my

1467
00:37:14,300 --> 00:37:14,700
sake will

1468
00:37:14,700 --> 00:37:15,220
find it.

1469
00:37:15,220 --> 00:37:18,140
Whoa.

1470
00:37:18,140 --> 00:37:21,780
Forgetting

1471
00:37:21,780 --> 00:37:22,200
what God

1472
00:37:22,200 --> 00:37:22,740
has done.

1473
00:37:22,740 --> 00:37:26,320
The Israelites

1474
00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:26,960
had forgotten

1475
00:37:26,960 --> 00:37:27,600
the work of

1476
00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:27,920
God.

1477
00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:29,320
Psalm 106

1478
00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:30,260
verse 13.

1479
00:37:30,260 --> 00:37:31,180
They soon

1480
00:37:31,180 --> 00:37:31,900
forgot his

1481
00:37:31,900 --> 00:37:32,320
works.

1482
00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:32,940
They did not

1483
00:37:32,940 --> 00:37:33,640
wait for his

1484
00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:34,120
counsel,

1485
00:37:34,120 --> 00:37:35,200
but lusted

1486
00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:36,260
exceedingly in

1487
00:37:36,260 --> 00:37:36,760
the wilderness

1488
00:37:36,760 --> 00:37:37,720
and tested God

1489
00:37:37,720 --> 00:37:38,320
in the desert.

1490
00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:39,640
And he gave

1491
00:37:39,640 --> 00:37:40,080
them their

1492
00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:40,660
request,

1493
00:37:40,660 --> 00:37:41,540
but sent

1494
00:37:41,540 --> 00:37:42,400
leanness of

1495
00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:42,860
soul.

1496
00:37:42,860 --> 00:37:44,260
It's not an,

1497
00:37:44,260 --> 00:37:45,600
it's not as

1498
00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:46,400
important to

1499
00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:46,940
have your

1500
00:37:46,940 --> 00:37:48,360
barns or

1501
00:37:48,360 --> 00:37:49,260
your mouth full

1502
00:37:49,260 --> 00:37:50,180
as it is to

1503
00:37:50,180 --> 00:37:51,240
have your soul

1504
00:37:51,240 --> 00:37:51,980
filled with the

1505
00:37:51,980 --> 00:37:52,660
Holy Spirit.

1506
00:37:57,360 --> 00:37:58,680
woe to you

1507
00:37:58,680 --> 00:38:03,300
who are

1508
00:38:03,300 --> 00:38:03,620
full.

1509
00:38:03,620 --> 00:38:06,800
And that

1510
00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:07,260
can simply

1511
00:38:07,260 --> 00:38:07,800
be by

1512
00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:08,180
humbling

1513
00:38:08,180 --> 00:38:08,720
yourself and

1514
00:38:08,720 --> 00:38:09,040
asking,

1515
00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:09,700
Lord, I

1516
00:38:09,700 --> 00:38:10,060
need to be

1517
00:38:10,060 --> 00:38:10,440
filled with

1518
00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:10,780
your Holy

1519
00:38:10,780 --> 00:38:11,120
Spirit.

1520
00:38:11,120 --> 00:38:12,340
He says

1521
00:38:12,340 --> 00:38:13,100
that if we

1522
00:38:13,100 --> 00:38:14,420
ask, he'll

1523
00:38:14,420 --> 00:38:14,940
give it to

1524
00:38:14,940 --> 00:38:15,220
us.

1525
00:38:15,220 --> 00:38:16,720
But the

1526
00:38:16,720 --> 00:38:17,240
thing about it

1527
00:38:17,240 --> 00:38:17,800
is, is God

1528
00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:18,320
will give you

1529
00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:18,660
what you

1530
00:38:18,660 --> 00:38:19,240
request.

1531
00:38:19,240 --> 00:38:20,100
Here, he

1532
00:38:20,100 --> 00:38:20,520
gave them

1533
00:38:20,520 --> 00:38:20,840
what they

1534
00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:21,140
wanted.

1535
00:38:21,140 --> 00:38:21,660
You

1536
00:38:21,660 --> 00:38:22,080
remember, they

1537
00:38:22,080 --> 00:38:24,260
wanted meat.

1538
00:38:24,260 --> 00:38:25,200
So he

1539
00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:25,660
goes, here,

1540
00:38:25,660 --> 00:38:26,940
get your

1541
00:38:26,940 --> 00:38:27,740
full, get

1542
00:38:27,740 --> 00:38:28,320
your fill,

1543
00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:29,040
right?

1544
00:38:29,040 --> 00:38:29,420
And it was

1545
00:38:29,420 --> 00:38:29,940
coming out

1546
00:38:29,940 --> 00:38:30,740
their nostrils

1547
00:38:30,740 --> 00:38:31,640
they had so

1548
00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:31,980
much.

1549
00:38:31,980 --> 00:38:32,700
And then he

1550
00:38:32,700 --> 00:38:33,160
killed them.

1551
00:38:33,160 --> 00:38:36,060
What do you

1552
00:38:36,060 --> 00:38:36,400
want?

1553
00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:38,220
What do you

1554
00:38:38,220 --> 00:38:38,580
want from

1555
00:38:38,580 --> 00:38:38,840
God?

1556
00:38:38,840 --> 00:38:42,740
Whatever you

1557
00:38:42,740 --> 00:38:43,340
really want

1558
00:38:43,340 --> 00:38:43,760
from God,

1559
00:38:43,760 --> 00:38:44,640
he's willing

1560
00:38:44,640 --> 00:38:45,240
to give you.

1561
00:38:45,240 --> 00:38:52,600
be filled

1562
00:38:52,600 --> 00:38:52,920
with the

1563
00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:53,600
Holy Spirit.

1564
00:38:53,600 --> 00:38:55,580
Thirdly,

1565
00:38:55,580 --> 00:38:56,920
woe to you

1566
00:38:56,920 --> 00:38:57,600
who laugh.

1567
00:38:57,600 --> 00:38:59,740
Laugh what?

1568
00:38:59,740 --> 00:39:00,640
Probably laugh

1569
00:39:00,640 --> 00:39:01,080
in the face

1570
00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:01,440
of God.

1571
00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:03,580
People give

1572
00:39:03,580 --> 00:39:03,940
God the

1573
00:39:03,940 --> 00:39:04,400
finger all

1574
00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:04,780
the time.

1575
00:39:04,780 --> 00:39:07,180
Right?

1576
00:39:07,180 --> 00:39:08,940
Just by the

1577
00:39:08,940 --> 00:39:09,300
way they

1578
00:39:09,300 --> 00:39:09,660
live their

1579
00:39:09,660 --> 00:39:10,040
life.

1580
00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:11,100
Like Titus

1581
00:39:11,100 --> 00:39:11,540
tells us,

1582
00:39:11,540 --> 00:39:12,380
you say you

1583
00:39:12,380 --> 00:39:12,940
love God,

1584
00:39:12,940 --> 00:39:14,280
but by your

1585
00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:14,940
works you

1586
00:39:14,940 --> 00:39:15,600
deny him.

1587
00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:19,280
And he

1588
00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:20,140
will wipe

1589
00:39:20,140 --> 00:39:21,160
that smirk

1590
00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:22,080
off of their

1591
00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:22,620
faces.

1592
00:39:22,620 --> 00:39:25,660
Revelation 3.17,

1593
00:39:25,660 --> 00:39:26,260
many of you

1594
00:39:26,260 --> 00:39:26,660
know this

1595
00:39:26,660 --> 00:39:27,040
scripture,

1596
00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:28,000
talking to

1597
00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:28,500
the church

1598
00:39:28,500 --> 00:39:29,520
at Laodicea.

1599
00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:30,080
He says,

1600
00:39:30,080 --> 00:39:30,740
because you

1601
00:39:30,740 --> 00:39:31,620
say I am

1602
00:39:31,620 --> 00:39:31,980
rich,

1603
00:39:31,980 --> 00:39:32,540
I have

1604
00:39:32,540 --> 00:39:32,900
become

1605
00:39:32,900 --> 00:39:33,340
wealthy,

1606
00:39:33,340 --> 00:39:33,960
I have

1607
00:39:33,960 --> 00:39:34,360
need of

1608
00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:34,740
nothing,

1609
00:39:34,740 --> 00:39:35,160
and do

1610
00:39:35,160 --> 00:39:35,840
not know

1611
00:39:35,840 --> 00:39:36,520
that you

1612
00:39:36,520 --> 00:39:37,100
are wretched,

1613
00:39:37,100 --> 00:39:37,700
miserable,

1614
00:39:37,700 --> 00:39:38,180
poor,

1615
00:39:38,180 --> 00:39:38,620
blind,

1616
00:39:38,620 --> 00:39:39,100
and naked.

1617
00:39:39,100 --> 00:39:40,920
That's the

1618
00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:41,800
reality of it.

1619
00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:43,560
And so many

1620
00:39:43,560 --> 00:39:44,200
people in the

1621
00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:44,380
world,

1622
00:39:44,380 --> 00:39:44,640
they can't

1623
00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:45,400
see it.

1624
00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:55,220
Many

1625
00:39:55,220 --> 00:39:56,700
laugh at

1626
00:39:56,700 --> 00:39:57,060
the things

1627
00:39:57,060 --> 00:39:57,520
of God.

1628
00:39:57,520 --> 00:39:58,200
They

1629
00:39:58,200 --> 00:39:59,000
laugh at

1630
00:39:59,000 --> 00:39:59,460
people of

1631
00:39:59,460 --> 00:39:59,780
faith.

1632
00:39:59,780 --> 00:40:06,500
Jesus said

1633
00:40:06,500 --> 00:40:06,840
this would

1634
00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:07,160
happen.

1635
00:40:07,160 --> 00:40:07,940
It would

1636
00:40:07,940 --> 00:40:08,380
happen to

1637
00:40:08,380 --> 00:40:08,740
us.

1638
00:40:12,980 --> 00:40:13,520
And I

1639
00:40:13,520 --> 00:40:13,960
say to

1640
00:40:13,960 --> 00:40:14,180
you,

1641
00:40:14,180 --> 00:40:14,880
that many

1642
00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:15,340
will come

1643
00:40:15,340 --> 00:40:15,660
from the

1644
00:40:15,660 --> 00:40:16,080
east and

1645
00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:16,480
the west

1646
00:40:16,480 --> 00:40:16,860
and sit

1647
00:40:16,860 --> 00:40:17,280
down with

1648
00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:17,600
Abraham,

1649
00:40:17,600 --> 00:40:18,020
Isaac,

1650
00:40:18,020 --> 00:40:18,500
and Jacob

1651
00:40:18,500 --> 00:40:18,820
in the

1652
00:40:18,820 --> 00:40:19,260
kingdom of

1653
00:40:19,260 --> 00:40:19,520
heaven.

1654
00:40:19,520 --> 00:40:20,200
But the

1655
00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:20,620
sons of

1656
00:40:20,620 --> 00:40:21,060
the kingdom

1657
00:40:21,060 --> 00:40:21,520
will be

1658
00:40:21,520 --> 00:40:22,440
cast into

1659
00:40:22,440 --> 00:40:22,860
outer

1660
00:40:22,860 --> 00:40:23,440
darkness.

1661
00:40:23,440 --> 00:40:24,160
There will

1662
00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:24,700
be weeping

1663
00:40:24,700 --> 00:40:25,140
and gnashing

1664
00:40:25,140 --> 00:40:25,660
of teeth.

1665
00:40:25,660 --> 00:40:26,780
He's talking

1666
00:40:26,780 --> 00:40:27,120
about his

1667
00:40:27,120 --> 00:40:27,800
brothers here.

1668
00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:29,820
He's talking

1669
00:40:29,820 --> 00:40:32,800
about the

1670
00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:33,580
Jewish people

1671
00:40:33,580 --> 00:40:34,360
that rejected

1672
00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:34,780
him.

1673
00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:35,820
They

1674
00:40:35,820 --> 00:40:37,980
shook their

1675
00:40:37,980 --> 00:40:38,560
fist in the

1676
00:40:38,560 --> 00:40:38,900
face of

1677
00:40:38,900 --> 00:40:39,040
God.

1678
00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:39,240
They

1679
00:40:39,240 --> 00:40:39,940
laughed

1680
00:40:39,940 --> 00:40:42,420
as they

1681
00:40:42,420 --> 00:40:42,940
nailed Jesus

1682
00:40:42,940 --> 00:40:43,320
to the

1683
00:40:43,320 --> 00:40:43,700
cross.

1684
00:40:43,700 --> 00:40:44,720
Save

1685
00:40:44,720 --> 00:40:45,380
yourself.

1686
00:40:45,380 --> 00:40:51,060
Fourth,

1687
00:40:51,060 --> 00:40:51,560
woe.

1688
00:40:51,560 --> 00:40:55,220
Woe to

1689
00:40:55,220 --> 00:40:55,800
you when

1690
00:40:55,800 --> 00:40:56,260
all men

1691
00:40:56,260 --> 00:40:56,840
speak well

1692
00:40:56,840 --> 00:40:57,220
of you.

1693
00:40:57,220 --> 00:41:00,300
Woe to

1694
00:41:00,300 --> 00:41:00,680
you when

1695
00:41:00,680 --> 00:41:01,420
all men

1696
00:41:01,420 --> 00:41:01,940
speak well

1697
00:41:01,940 --> 00:41:02,240
of you.

1698
00:41:02,580 --> 00:41:02,900
That's

1699
00:41:02,900 --> 00:41:03,340
scary.

1700
00:41:03,340 --> 00:41:07,400
For so

1701
00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:08,040
did what?

1702
00:41:08,040 --> 00:41:09,900
So did

1703
00:41:09,900 --> 00:41:10,620
their fathers

1704
00:41:10,620 --> 00:41:11,080
to the

1705
00:41:11,080 --> 00:41:11,400
false

1706
00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:12,020
prophets.

1707
00:41:12,020 --> 00:41:15,840
Flattery.

1708
00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:17,720
Oh,

1709
00:41:17,720 --> 00:41:18,100
you got to

1710
00:41:18,100 --> 00:41:18,520
listen to

1711
00:41:18,520 --> 00:41:19,040
this guy.

1712
00:41:19,040 --> 00:41:19,720
You got to

1713
00:41:19,720 --> 00:41:20,140
listen to

1714
00:41:20,140 --> 00:41:20,680
that guy.

1715
00:41:20,680 --> 00:41:21,580
Please just

1716
00:41:21,580 --> 00:41:21,920
listen to

1717
00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:22,160
the word

1718
00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:22,520
of God.

1719
00:41:22,520 --> 00:41:32,100
So,

1720
00:41:32,100 --> 00:41:34,060
as believers,

1721
00:41:34,060 --> 00:41:34,740
we don't

1722
00:41:34,740 --> 00:41:35,380
look for a

1723
00:41:35,380 --> 00:41:35,900
pat on the

1724
00:41:35,900 --> 00:41:36,320
back from

1725
00:41:36,320 --> 00:41:36,820
the world.

1726
00:41:36,820 --> 00:41:37,520
In due

1727
00:41:37,520 --> 00:41:38,180
time,

1728
00:41:38,180 --> 00:41:39,420
you will

1729
00:41:39,420 --> 00:41:40,320
receive one

1730
00:41:40,320 --> 00:41:40,860
from the

1731
00:41:40,860 --> 00:41:41,120
Lord.

1732
00:41:41,120 --> 00:41:42,740
And I

1733
00:41:42,740 --> 00:41:43,140
think that

1734
00:41:43,140 --> 00:41:43,960
all of us

1735
00:41:43,960 --> 00:41:45,000
are looking

1736
00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:45,680
forward to

1737
00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:46,380
that day

1738
00:41:46,380 --> 00:41:48,560
when we

1739
00:41:48,560 --> 00:41:48,880
hear that

1740
00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:49,320
Lord say,

1741
00:41:49,320 --> 00:41:49,620
right?

1742
00:41:49,620 --> 00:41:50,760
Well done.

1743
00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:52,520
Well done.

1744
00:41:52,520 --> 00:41:53,460
I was at a

1745
00:41:53,460 --> 00:41:53,940
little funeral

1746
00:41:53,940 --> 00:41:54,640
service over

1747
00:41:54,640 --> 00:41:55,100
at the

1748
00:41:55,100 --> 00:41:55,540
Shelton

1749
00:41:55,540 --> 00:41:56,160
Ryrie

1750
00:41:56,160 --> 00:41:56,600
Cemetery

1751
00:41:56,600 --> 00:41:57,140
yesterday.

1752
00:41:58,760 --> 00:41:59,420
And I

1753
00:41:59,420 --> 00:42:00,000
know that

1754
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:00,440
woman

1755
00:42:00,440 --> 00:42:02,400
heard those

1756
00:42:02,400 --> 00:42:02,900
words.

1757
00:42:02,900 --> 00:42:05,460
She heard

1758
00:42:05,460 --> 00:42:06,020
those words,

1759
00:42:06,020 --> 00:42:06,700
well done,

1760
00:42:06,700 --> 00:42:07,640
thou good

1761
00:42:07,640 --> 00:42:08,180
and faithful

1762
00:42:08,180 --> 00:42:08,660
servant.

1763
00:42:08,660 --> 00:42:09,320
Enter into

1764
00:42:09,320 --> 00:42:09,800
the joy

1765
00:42:09,800 --> 00:42:10,120
of your

1766
00:42:10,120 --> 00:42:10,540
Lord.

1767
00:42:10,540 --> 00:42:11,940
It's so

1768
00:42:11,940 --> 00:42:12,840
exciting to

1769
00:42:12,840 --> 00:42:13,440
do funerals

1770
00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:14,360
for people

1771
00:42:14,360 --> 00:42:14,880
like that

1772
00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:16,480
because you

1773
00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:16,900
can just

1774
00:42:16,900 --> 00:42:18,040
share the

1775
00:42:18,040 --> 00:42:18,480
gospel.

1776
00:42:18,480 --> 00:42:19,240
You said,

1777
00:42:19,240 --> 00:42:19,440
man,

1778
00:42:19,440 --> 00:42:19,940
this woman

1779
00:42:19,940 --> 00:42:20,580
is dancing

1780
00:42:20,580 --> 00:42:21,360
a jig

1781
00:42:21,360 --> 00:42:21,740
in the

1782
00:42:21,740 --> 00:42:22,060
presence

1783
00:42:22,060 --> 00:42:22,520
of her

1784
00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:22,880
king.

1785
00:42:24,720 --> 00:42:25,240
It's

1786
00:42:25,240 --> 00:42:25,720
awesome.

1787
00:42:25,720 --> 00:42:31,820
So,

1788
00:42:31,820 --> 00:42:33,680
where's

1789
00:42:33,680 --> 00:42:34,100
your life

1790
00:42:34,100 --> 00:42:34,340
at?

1791
00:42:34,340 --> 00:42:36,160
Do you

1792
00:42:36,160 --> 00:42:36,500
need a

1793
00:42:36,500 --> 00:42:36,860
woe?

1794
00:42:36,860 --> 00:42:40,600
Okay,

1795
00:42:40,600 --> 00:42:41,020
when I was

1796
00:42:41,020 --> 00:42:41,540
studying for

1797
00:42:41,540 --> 00:42:41,740
this,

1798
00:42:41,740 --> 00:42:42,160
I had to

1799
00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:42,580
look up

1800
00:42:42,580 --> 00:42:43,280
Yosemite

1801
00:42:43,280 --> 00:42:43,640
Sam.

1802
00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:46,560
That

1803
00:42:46,560 --> 00:42:46,860
great

1804
00:42:46,860 --> 00:42:47,500
theologian.

1805
00:42:47,500 --> 00:42:50,840
Some of

1806
00:42:50,840 --> 00:42:51,320
you remember

1807
00:42:51,320 --> 00:42:51,800
the Looney

1808
00:42:51,800 --> 00:42:52,080
Tunes

1809
00:42:52,080 --> 00:42:53,740
episode where

1810
00:42:53,740 --> 00:42:54,260
he's chasing

1811
00:42:54,260 --> 00:42:54,880
Bugs Bunny

1812
00:42:54,880 --> 00:42:55,200
has got

1813
00:42:55,200 --> 00:42:55,740
the camel.

1814
00:42:55,740 --> 00:42:57,240
And he's

1815
00:42:57,240 --> 00:42:57,640
sitting on

1816
00:42:57,640 --> 00:42:57,900
the hump

1817
00:42:57,900 --> 00:42:58,120
of the

1818
00:42:58,120 --> 00:42:58,380
camel.

1819
00:42:58,380 --> 00:42:59,180
Whoa!

1820
00:42:59,180 --> 00:43:00,380
Whoa,

1821
00:43:00,380 --> 00:43:00,820
mule!

1822
00:43:00,820 --> 00:43:02,080
Whoa!

1823
00:43:02,080 --> 00:43:03,480
And the

1824
00:43:03,480 --> 00:43:03,940
camel just

1825
00:43:03,940 --> 00:43:04,480
keeps going.

1826
00:43:04,480 --> 00:43:06,200
And Yosemite

1827
00:43:06,200 --> 00:43:06,800
gets his

1828
00:43:06,800 --> 00:43:08,720
gun and

1829
00:43:08,720 --> 00:43:09,340
takes the

1830
00:43:09,340 --> 00:43:09,740
butt end

1831
00:43:09,740 --> 00:43:10,360
of it and

1832
00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:11,080
whacks the

1833
00:43:11,080 --> 00:43:11,440
head on

1834
00:43:11,440 --> 00:43:11,840
the mule

1835
00:43:11,840 --> 00:43:12,560
and stops

1836
00:43:12,560 --> 00:43:12,960
him dead

1837
00:43:12,960 --> 00:43:13,200
in his

1838
00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:13,540
tracks.

1839
00:43:13,540 --> 00:43:14,580
When I

1840
00:43:14,580 --> 00:43:15,440
say whoa,

1841
00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:16,680
I mean

1842
00:43:16,680 --> 00:43:17,440
whoa!

1843
00:43:17,440 --> 00:43:22,320
And then

1844
00:43:22,320 --> 00:43:23,500
he gets

1845
00:43:23,500 --> 00:43:23,800
on the

1846
00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:24,100
mule,

1847
00:43:24,100 --> 00:43:25,640
camel.

1848
00:43:25,640 --> 00:43:27,360
He calls

1849
00:43:27,360 --> 00:43:27,600
it a

1850
00:43:27,600 --> 00:43:27,840
mule.

1851
00:43:27,840 --> 00:43:30,600
He gets

1852
00:43:30,600 --> 00:43:30,800
on,

1853
00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:31,780
go mule,

1854
00:43:31,780 --> 00:43:32,480
go!

1855
00:43:32,480 --> 00:43:33,320
And the

1856
00:43:33,320 --> 00:43:34,860
camel don't

1857
00:43:34,860 --> 00:43:35,160
go.

1858
00:43:35,160 --> 00:43:35,960
So he

1859
00:43:35,960 --> 00:43:36,440
gets off

1860
00:43:36,440 --> 00:43:36,660
and he

1861
00:43:36,660 --> 00:43:37,120
whacks it

1862
00:43:37,120 --> 00:43:37,280
in the

1863
00:43:37,280 --> 00:43:37,740
hind end

1864
00:43:37,740 --> 00:43:38,000
and the

1865
00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:38,560
camel leaves

1866
00:43:38,560 --> 00:43:38,820
him in

1867
00:43:38,820 --> 00:43:39,340
the dust.

1868
00:43:39,340 --> 00:43:40,860
And I'm

1869
00:43:40,860 --> 00:43:41,180
just thinking,

1870
00:43:41,180 --> 00:43:41,760
man,

1871
00:43:41,760 --> 00:43:42,120
that's just

1872
00:43:42,120 --> 00:43:42,460
like so

1873
00:43:42,460 --> 00:43:42,800
many of

1874
00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:43,160
us.

1875
00:43:43,160 --> 00:43:44,300
Right?

1876
00:43:44,300 --> 00:43:45,820
We won't

1877
00:43:45,820 --> 00:43:46,340
listen to

1878
00:43:46,340 --> 00:43:46,960
the woe

1879
00:43:46,960 --> 00:43:47,560
or the

1880
00:43:47,560 --> 00:43:47,820
go.

1881
00:43:47,820 --> 00:43:49,020
Right?

1882
00:43:49,020 --> 00:43:49,400
We always

1883
00:43:49,400 --> 00:43:49,680
get them

1884
00:43:49,680 --> 00:43:50,080
backwards.

1885
00:43:50,080 --> 00:43:51,420
We're

1886
00:43:51,420 --> 00:43:51,620
going to

1887
00:43:51,620 --> 00:43:52,040
woe or

1888
00:43:52,040 --> 00:43:52,220
are we

1889
00:43:52,220 --> 00:43:52,440
going to

1890
00:43:52,440 --> 00:43:52,720
go?

1891
00:43:53,340 --> 00:43:54,420
And I

1892
00:43:54,420 --> 00:43:54,760
think the

1893
00:43:54,760 --> 00:43:55,180
Lord has

1894
00:43:55,180 --> 00:43:55,780
called us,

1895
00:43:55,780 --> 00:43:57,260
he's called

1896
00:43:57,260 --> 00:43:57,700
us to go,

1897
00:43:57,700 --> 00:43:57,980
right?

1898
00:43:57,980 --> 00:43:58,760
Go ye

1899
00:43:58,760 --> 00:43:59,500
therefore into

1900
00:43:59,500 --> 00:44:00,040
all the

1901
00:44:00,040 --> 00:44:00,360
world,

1902
00:44:00,360 --> 00:44:01,220
preaching the

1903
00:44:01,220 --> 00:44:01,840
gospel to

1904
00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:02,580
every creature,

1905
00:44:02,580 --> 00:44:03,740
baptizing them

1906
00:44:03,740 --> 00:44:04,240
in the name of

1907
00:44:04,240 --> 00:44:04,840
the Father and

1908
00:44:04,840 --> 00:44:05,760
the Son and

1909
00:44:05,760 --> 00:44:06,060
the Holy

1910
00:44:06,060 --> 00:44:06,480
Spirit.

1911
00:44:06,480 --> 00:44:08,860
So simple,

1912
00:44:08,860 --> 00:44:12,200
but so hard

1913
00:44:12,200 --> 00:44:12,920
sometimes.

1914
00:44:14,440 --> 00:44:16,300
may we be

1915
00:44:16,300 --> 00:44:16,980
encouraged.

1916
00:44:16,980 --> 00:44:19,100
May we

1917
00:44:19,100 --> 00:44:20,780
be those who

1918
00:44:20,780 --> 00:44:21,740
as we

1919
00:44:21,740 --> 00:44:22,200
looked at

1920
00:44:22,200 --> 00:44:22,420
the

1921
00:44:22,420 --> 00:44:23,340
Beatitudes.

1922
00:44:23,340 --> 00:44:24,000
May we

1923
00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:25,000
heed and

1924
00:44:25,000 --> 00:44:26,020
learn from

1925
00:44:26,020 --> 00:44:26,680
the woes.

1926
00:44:26,680 --> 00:44:27,940
Because I

1927
00:44:27,940 --> 00:44:28,360
don't want to

1928
00:44:28,360 --> 00:44:29,040
get before the

1929
00:44:29,040 --> 00:44:29,700
Lord and

1930
00:44:29,700 --> 00:44:30,120
have him

1931
00:44:30,120 --> 00:44:31,000
tell me,

1932
00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:31,680
you know

1933
00:44:31,680 --> 00:44:31,900
what?

1934
00:44:31,900 --> 00:44:33,000
Just get

1935
00:44:33,000 --> 00:44:33,360
away from

1936
00:44:33,360 --> 00:44:33,540
me.

1937
00:44:33,540 --> 00:44:34,180
I don't

1938
00:44:34,180 --> 00:44:34,600
even know

1939
00:44:34,600 --> 00:44:34,820
you.

1940
00:44:34,820 --> 00:44:36,540
That,

1941
00:44:36,540 --> 00:44:36,940
I don't

1942
00:44:36,940 --> 00:44:37,260
know about

1943
00:44:37,260 --> 00:44:37,420
you,

1944
00:44:37,420 --> 00:44:37,760
but that

1945
00:44:37,760 --> 00:44:38,420
scares me.

1946
00:44:38,420 --> 00:44:39,360
And that

1947
00:44:39,360 --> 00:44:39,900
is a good

1948
00:44:39,900 --> 00:44:40,300
fear.

1949
00:44:40,300 --> 00:44:41,060
Right?

1950
00:44:41,140 --> 00:44:41,660
the fear

1951
00:44:41,660 --> 00:44:41,960
of the

1952
00:44:41,960 --> 00:44:42,360
Lord is

1953
00:44:42,360 --> 00:44:42,780
the beginning

1954
00:44:42,780 --> 00:44:43,300
of wisdom.

1955
00:44:43,300 --> 00:44:44,360
May we

1956
00:44:44,360 --> 00:44:45,040
be wise

1957
00:44:45,040 --> 00:44:45,500
in these

1958
00:44:45,500 --> 00:44:45,840
days,

1959
00:44:45,840 --> 00:44:46,240
folks.

1960
00:44:46,240 --> 00:44:46,940
It's

1961
00:44:46,940 --> 00:44:47,320
short.

1962
00:44:47,320 --> 00:44:48,360
Time is

1963
00:44:48,360 --> 00:44:48,760
short.

1964
00:44:48,760 --> 00:44:49,780
The Lord

1965
00:44:49,780 --> 00:44:50,340
is coming.

1966
00:44:50,340 --> 00:44:51,400
We need

1967
00:44:51,400 --> 00:44:51,840
to be

1968
00:44:51,840 --> 00:44:53,980
right in

1969
00:44:53,980 --> 00:44:54,500
tune and

1970
00:44:54,500 --> 00:44:55,120
in step

1971
00:44:55,120 --> 00:44:56,020
with his

1972
00:44:56,020 --> 00:44:56,820
every call

1973
00:44:56,820 --> 00:44:57,180
and his

1974
00:44:57,180 --> 00:44:57,900
every move.

1975
00:44:57,900 --> 00:45:00,760
And we

1976
00:45:00,760 --> 00:45:01,220
do that

1977
00:45:01,220 --> 00:45:02,880
by heeding

1978
00:45:02,880 --> 00:45:03,380
his word.

1979
00:45:03,380 --> 00:45:03,920
Shall we

1980
00:45:03,920 --> 00:45:04,100
pray?

1981
00:45:04,100 --> 00:45:04,580
Father,

1982
00:45:04,580 --> 00:45:05,120
thank you.

1983
00:45:05,120 --> 00:45:06,640
Lord,

1984
00:45:06,640 --> 00:45:07,060
we ask

1985
00:45:07,060 --> 00:45:07,420
that you

1986
00:45:07,420 --> 00:45:07,660
would,

1987
00:45:07,660 --> 00:45:08,740
by your

1988
00:45:08,740 --> 00:45:09,260
spirit,

1989
00:45:10,260 --> 00:45:11,400
you

1990
00:45:11,400 --> 00:45:11,540
would

1991
00:45:11,540 --> 00:45:11,640
be

1992
00:45:11,640 --> 00:45:11,880
with

1993
00:45:11,880 --> 00:45:12,180
us.

1994
00:45:12,180 --> 00:45:14,280
That you

1995
00:45:14,280 --> 00:45:15,260
would fill

1996
00:45:15,260 --> 00:45:16,620
us to

1997
00:45:16,620 --> 00:45:17,300
overflowing.

1998
00:45:17,300 --> 00:45:18,800
Lord,

1999
00:45:18,800 --> 00:45:19,280
I know I

2000
00:45:19,280 --> 00:45:19,800
need to ask

2001
00:45:19,800 --> 00:45:20,100
you to

2002
00:45:20,100 --> 00:45:20,640
forgive me.

2003
00:45:20,640 --> 00:45:20,940
Lord,

2004
00:45:20,940 --> 00:45:22,100
I've been

2005
00:45:22,100 --> 00:45:23,140
preoccupied at

2006
00:45:23,140 --> 00:45:23,780
times with

2007
00:45:23,780 --> 00:45:25,020
my account

2008
00:45:25,020 --> 00:45:27,000
in the

2009
00:45:27,000 --> 00:45:27,380
bank

2010
00:45:27,380 --> 00:45:29,120
instead of

2011
00:45:29,120 --> 00:45:29,320
being

2012
00:45:29,320 --> 00:45:30,060
preoccupied

2013
00:45:30,060 --> 00:45:30,420
with my

2014
00:45:30,420 --> 00:45:30,940
account in

2015
00:45:30,940 --> 00:45:31,160
heaven.

2016
00:45:31,160 --> 00:45:32,420
So,

2017
00:45:32,420 --> 00:45:32,640
Lord,

2018
00:45:32,640 --> 00:45:33,020
I just

2019
00:45:33,020 --> 00:45:33,440
pray that

2020
00:45:33,440 --> 00:45:33,880
you would

2021
00:45:33,880 --> 00:45:35,180
redirect us

2022
00:45:35,180 --> 00:45:35,760
and fill

2023
00:45:35,760 --> 00:45:36,080
us with

2024
00:45:36,080 --> 00:45:36,460
your Holy

2025
00:45:36,460 --> 00:45:36,780
Spirit,

2026
00:45:36,780 --> 00:45:37,160
that we

2027
00:45:37,160 --> 00:45:37,500
would be

2028
00:45:37,500 --> 00:45:37,880
able to

2029
00:45:37,880 --> 00:45:38,320
complete

2030
00:45:38,320 --> 00:45:38,720
all that

2031
00:45:38,720 --> 00:45:38,920
you've

2032
00:45:38,920 --> 00:45:39,340
called us

2033
00:45:39,340 --> 00:45:39,740
to do

2034
00:45:39,740 --> 00:45:40,320
as

2035
00:45:40,320 --> 00:45:40,460
your

2036
00:45:40,460 --> 00:45:40,820
people.

2037
00:45:40,820 --> 00:45:41,420
Lord,

2038
00:45:41,420 --> 00:45:41,760
we know

2039
00:45:41,760 --> 00:45:42,160
that our

2040
00:45:42,160 --> 00:45:43,120
sphere is

2041
00:45:43,120 --> 00:45:43,900
so small

2042
00:45:43,900 --> 00:45:44,740
in the

2043
00:45:44,740 --> 00:45:45,320
big picture,

2044
00:45:45,320 --> 00:45:46,440
and yet

2045
00:45:46,440 --> 00:45:46,780
there's

2046
00:45:46,780 --> 00:45:47,480
souls that

2047
00:45:47,480 --> 00:45:48,160
you long

2048
00:45:48,160 --> 00:45:48,820
to save,

2049
00:45:48,820 --> 00:45:50,020
that know

2050
00:45:50,020 --> 00:45:50,680
that we

2051
00:45:50,680 --> 00:45:51,280
know you.

2052
00:45:51,280 --> 00:45:52,260
And so,

2053
00:45:52,260 --> 00:45:52,500
Lord,

2054
00:45:52,500 --> 00:45:53,120
use us

2055
00:45:53,120 --> 00:45:53,680
and pray

2056
00:45:53,680 --> 00:45:54,340
that we

2057
00:45:54,340 --> 00:45:55,040
would have

2058
00:45:55,040 --> 00:45:55,780
those encounters

2059
00:45:55,780 --> 00:45:56,440
with those

2060
00:45:56,440 --> 00:45:57,140
who need

2061
00:45:57,140 --> 00:45:57,440
to know

2062
00:45:57,440 --> 00:45:57,860
who you

2063
00:45:57,860 --> 00:45:58,180
are.

2064
00:45:58,180 --> 00:45:58,920
And we

2065
00:45:58,920 --> 00:45:59,280
pray it

2066
00:45:59,280 --> 00:45:59,580
in Jesus'

2067
00:45:59,580 --> 00:46:00,280
mighty name.

2068
00:46:00,280 --> 00:46:00,760
Amen.

2069
00:46:00,760 --> 00:46:01,360
Saul,

2070
00:46:01,360 --> 00:46:01,680
stand.

2071
00:46:01,680 --> 00:46:31,660
Thank you.