March 26, 2023
Just A Voice - Bring
What if you already possessed the most powerful weapon in your arsenal to bring people to Jesus? What if bringing people to Jesus was less about having the right words or strategy, but something much simpler. Discover today how God used John the Baptist, Andrew, and John to simply leverage their voice to point others to Jesus.
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Welcome to another inspirational
podcast at Real Life, Church for
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more great content and updates,
visit Real Life, Church kc.com,
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hey good morning and welcome to
Real Life Church man.
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We are still expecting of all
that God is going to do and this
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Replace today.
So whether you're with us here
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at Kentucky Trail, are you are
joining us online, go ahead and
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stand to your feet.
We're going to worship God, they
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together today.
So soon for like I did, I saw
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Darkness Run for Cover.
Yes, I do.
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Very cool.
Get I just can't get away.
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My name is registered in his
grace rewrote, my story.
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This Is My Testimony.
The Praises of the spirit shown
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your father, I got will finish
what you started.
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We believe I got will finish
what he started.
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This is my sister-in-law.
This is my testimony
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this morning.
From Death To Life his grace
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rewrote my story.
I'll take the fall Jesus Christ.
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This morning.
I'm so glad that, that is my
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story.
The story of our savior that he
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died on the cross, so that we
can have a story of life.
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And so, we're going to continue
and praise our God today,
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because he is worthy.
Rumors of the stories of the
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savior.
Holiness with you and treasure
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for the traitor.
No, wait.
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Until heaven to live with me.
A rescue like no other.
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Lift him up.
He's worthy today, shoe.
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You did not speak.
Because you're my, my Ransom, My
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Savior, my refuge, my Hiding
Place.
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Enjoy my My healer, my Blessed
Redeemer, my answer, my Saving
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Grace.
We're not done yet.
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I love your name, my G.
Jesus.
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Praise him together.
We need to give God the one
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thing you can't do.
So as we sing this next song of
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surrender, really this prayer of
surrender to him.
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Don't let it be just words that
you say.
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Me and shake up the ground
today.
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Break down a wall or something
that is holding
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This is my surrender.
This is my survey.
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How do we say we make room for
you in our hearts and our lives?
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Are we have?
We are.
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Thanks to you God.
Father, take every selfish
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ambition, every distraction out
of the way from getting to you
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today that we want nothing else
than you.
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So can we give us back to you
today as a sign of surrender?
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Rather, all we are all we have
is yours got all the glory, and
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all the honor is yours today in
Jesus name.
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Amen.
Amen.
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Let's give God some praise this
morning.
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Me and I know you make room for
God to move in your life.
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And he shows up, he can move
there and you don't know what we
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are making room for God to move
in this face.
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You may have noticed some extra
chairs in here this morning.
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And we are expecting for all God
is doing and want every person
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who walks in know, there's room
for them here, room for them to
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experience.
God, so find a seed.
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Come up front student.
It's a lot of fun.
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Thank you guys for being here
today.
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I'm excited to see you all
excited to see you in the house
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today.
And let's give a quick shout out
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to our friends who are real life
church kc.com, all my Church
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online.
Let him hear you today.
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Yeah, man, we're excited that
you're joining with us.
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So hey, we're take a second
before you sit down, reach out.
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Give somebody a high five, a
fist bump, but wave smile, and
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then have a seat in just a
couple minutes.
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All right, you guys can have a
seat.
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Hey if you're new with us today
it means the world to us that
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you have chosen to come out and
worship with us today to spend
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your Sunday and so I hope that
you have felt welcomed but we
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would love also to connect with
you and there's a couple ways
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that we can do that in.
The first one is this you can
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take out your phone.
You can text RL new tonight.
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2,000.
There is a queue are on the back
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of the seat in front of you.
You can scan that that's gonna
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give you a place where I'd love
to invite you to fill out our
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digital connection card, so we
can just connect with you.
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Thank you for coming out praying
for you and we would just love
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to welcome in the next you in
that way.
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And also, if you're here with us
in person head on out to the new
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here Booth, right after this
gathering in the hub, our team
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there would love to welcome you
as well, but we have a free gift
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for you.
Just to thank you as a small
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token to say, thanks for coming
out and spending your Sunday
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with us here.
At real life.
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And why do we do that?
Why do we do all this?
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Because we believe that Souls
matter to God, The Souls of
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people are so important and that
is really it's our mission.
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It's why we exist for people who
are far from God, to discover
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real life and purpose in.
Jesus, man, God's heart is
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people loves people in the
messy, the lost the broken, the
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hurting, those people who are
just searching for something God
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loves those people.
We love those people.
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We are those people.
Those people, right?
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We are messy and God loves us
and so we get to come together
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on Sundays.
Just as a place where prodigals
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can come home, come here, get
filled up and then scatter back
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out across our city to help
people who don't know the love
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of God, help people who are far
from, that is why we exist.
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And so, I hope that you're
encouraged and inspired by being
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here today.
To leave this place on fire to
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be able to bring the people of
God and we have these empty
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chairs.
So thank you.
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For those of you who've been
inviting, we have so much coming
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up with ease.
Stir.
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And just it's an exciting time
to be bringing somebody to sit
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alongside you next week because
sometimes I think it's kind of
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hard maybe to bring her invite
somebody with you, right?
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It feels weird, but I think that
maybe it might be not as
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complicated as we make in.
What if bringing somebody to
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Jesus wasn't about saying the
right words or having the right
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strategy, maybe it's a lot
simpler than that.
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And, you know, it might be that
the most powerful Arsenal that
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you have in the toolbox of your
weapons against, or Your weapons
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for bringing people to, Jesus is
something that you already
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possess, it might be the simple
way that you use your voice to
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show others.
Jesus and so today, Sean is
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going to walk us through as we
discover how God uses people.
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Like John the Baptist and Andrew
and John to Simply use their
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voice to help people, come to
see Jesus.
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And so let's continue our series
bring, that's what babe.
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Good morning, guys, how you
doing?
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Does alive out there.
Well, maybe we'll get a good
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week, praying.
They really planting seeds for
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the gospel were in the series
called bring it about, bringing
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people to Jesus.
And today we're going to make it
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a loose complicate as possible
and we'll get to the heart of
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the gospel.
And I'll start with a question
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today ever been in a room with
somebody that's famous me like
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an icon or maybe it has a lot of
followers and you'd recognize
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and you couldn't help but to
meet them maybe in that space
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maybe it's after a football game
or backstage at the concert or
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maybe you're at the airport and
a lot of people, a lot of people
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Famous the airport at the stall.
Next to him, come on somebody,
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right?
You couldn't help but shake
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their hand, right, I know about
you but I've had this happen in
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my life until 15.
I was in Colorado.
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I was hoping buddy.
Just launched a church on a
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Sunday.
It was as cool thing.
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We end up by God's Providence at
the red rocks and Denver and
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just so have to be worshipped in
America.
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So here's Chris Tom and Louie
Giglio Kari Jobe at Mar all
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these other guys, and this
mazing concert venue.
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And we are the hotel and the
next morning wake up and
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meantime, reporter luggage out
of the front.
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And Lo and behold who's there?
There's Kari Jobe and the crew
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eating the breakfast, right?
And it's like, that'd be kind of
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weird like to go over.
And so were like, hey, let's go
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for the door.
You know, I'm not going to go
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bother people but on the way out
the door, there's this little
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short guy.
Come on somebody, and it was
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Chris Tomlin you stand right
there.
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I was like, oh, this is awesome.
So like, hey, babe, we gotta go
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meet Chris and you know, I'm
going to die or not but she's a
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complete introvert.
She really get bamboo shoved
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under her fingernails, then go
meet Chris Tomlin, right?
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And so I'm just like, no, no,
no.
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We're going to do it.
So I grabbed her hand like going
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to be Chris, right?
So I'm like, hey Hey Chris.
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I'm Sean's wife.
Diane and man, would incredible
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concert last night.
It was awesome.
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And little small talk.
I said you great job.
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And how do you, how do you the
passion?
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Try all your songs niggers, man,
I just got to give some credit
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to David.
I think one day when I get in
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heaven, we have a little
conversation about me stealing
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all his words, you know, I
thought.
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Wow, he's thought about this a
few times right?
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Gets all the time, right?
And so, without missing a beat,
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I don't know what is wrong with
me, but literally chrisstambo
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I'm like, Hey, where's Louie
Giglio, right?
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I mean, he spoke last night, I
love Lou.
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He's like, man, you know.
Diane.
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She's like this like just like
what an idiot right?
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He's like, he went home last
night to Atlanta.
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I was like oh that's cool.
It was great talking.
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Chris, you know.
And so I walk off and Diane.
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She's just next to me.
She's just like, what an idiot.
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What is wrong with you?
You know, like where's Louis
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right?
And so I'll know again awkward,
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but I told Diana's it look who
can say that they've met Chris
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Tomlin.
Come on somebody, right?
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It was weird, but we can always
say we did it, right?
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And so I would encourage you to
think about this, if Jesus were
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to walk into To this gathering.
At any moment, come down the
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aisle.
What would it be?
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Like, what would it be like for
you?
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Matter of fact, I think it's
going to happen is you can say,
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forget this Pony preacher, come
on somebody.
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The word of God is here.
The presence of guys here, and
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you're going to get to Jesus.
Amen.
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You're going to gathered around
Jesus, matter of fact, I don't
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think you just go by yourself.
I think in a grab the house and
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the Hand of your spouse with a
lost or whatever, they think
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about God and you can just bring
them to Jesus.
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Amen.
And there's gonna be a line
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forming Around Jesus.
You're Bade, the kids program
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come on somebody.
You're gonna go through the
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doors, break through security
and get your kids.
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You're going to be on your
phone.
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You're going to lift your voice
and you're going to start
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calling people.
Hey Mom, you got to get to real
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life.
Today, Jesus is here in person.
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You're going to be in line or
you start taking selfies with
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Jesus, right?
Your hashtag presence of God and
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manuals here, you're going to
have all this energy to share
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just all of a sudden.
The news is going to spread the
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lines going to go out to the hub
and announce the parking lot in
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the world.
You know Jesus here that fast.
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Amen.
That's would be like Jesus came
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in.
We forget the entire Programs,
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the presence of God.
And today's, just a reminder
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that Jesus is Alive, that he's
to want you to bring people who
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maybe can't see him in this
moment, we share the same
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passion, obviously walked in the
room today.
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Amen.
It's a reminder of what it is to
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be a follower of Christ or
minor.
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How to bring people to Jesus and
not some like fake strategy or
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some phony.
Like, oh, here's the words to
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say, here's the thing to do, but
the heart of some of you is an
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evangelist.
That's what today is all about
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and what it looks like for
somebody when they actually beat
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Jesus, For the first time.
And so I'm just praying that God
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moves in this room and more than
that.
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I'm praying that you and be a
part of the movement of God.
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This next two weeks that you'd
be just focused and praying and
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planting seeds and investing,
and inviting and Redemptive
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relationships to bring people to
Jesus and let them get in his
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presence.
Let them see who Jesus is and
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let God get into them because
they can't help, but the humble
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ourselves and follow him.
And so, they were start with a
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story another video.
This is a young couple that just
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began a relationship.
And ship with Jesus.
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They've overcome skepticism and
doubts.
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And really, the little things,
the world puts out and have just
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taken a step of faith.
And today, we're going to
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celebrate the voices that played
a part of the story to find
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Jesus.
So check this out.
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My name's Gavin Mackenzie in
this is our story.
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When I was growing up, I thought
there's it just doesn't make
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sense.
A man died and came back to life
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it just doesn't make sense.
But as I grew I just kind of
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grew further and further away
from the church from God from
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Jesus because of that battle
between logic and faith.
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I think it was just losing part
of myself.
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The parts that I enjoyed the fun
parts of my life, it was a
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battle between that and logic.
And at the end of the day, what
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I believed in as I Growing up, I
went to church with my
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grandparents and my parents but
after a while we kind of stopped
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going.
So that was the time for me to
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kind of question Christianity.
As a whole, I was wondering just
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different stuff.
So I wanted to Branch off on my
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own and kind of learn at my own
way, not the way my parents and
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my family.
See it, my best friend was Logan
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growing up, and I spent
countless nights hours days
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weeks at a time at Logan's house
and And what Logan does on
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Sunday, he gets up at like 5:00
in the morning goes and sets up
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for real life.
I'm like, Okay, Kevin you want
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to go with me to real life, set
up with me, tear down with him,
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I guess, eventually, I kind of
got tired of it because as a
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kid, I wasn't as into the faith
last year.
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Christmas Eve, I think I was on
the wrong end of Noah's Ark
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because we went out having
Christmas eve lunch with her
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family and we get back and And
as we pull into the parking lot
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where like what is, there's
water all over our parking lot,
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where did this come from and we
get closer and see the patio
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it's just pouring and I'm
thinking somebody's pipe busted.
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So I was all freaked out about
water being everywhere sighs,
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you know, I was crying like an
but I didn't really have The
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seeing how he was handling it.
I wanted to handle it as well as
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he was and then we open the door
and everything is ruined.
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It's been running for hours but
the pipe bursts between our
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floor and the upstairs floor and
everything got ruined and I
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think it was a point for me to
take me out of the logical, the
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physical mindset.
None of this stuff matters.
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It's not the point of life.
And so then I calling Insurance
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calling the apartment calling
maintenance calling everybody.
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Nobody really had a good answer
because it was Christmas Eve.
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Everybody was with their family.
They weren't answering the phone
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insurance.
They just gave me a claim and
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put a bunch of work on me.
So that night, I decided to call
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the one line that I hadn't
called, and I've sat down.
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And I, she was asleep and I just
laid next to him prayed, and I
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got I got a feeling of comfort
and like I was forgiven, that
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was my sign.
That was my goal against time to
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go back to church.
Gavin if God is willing to let
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everything, you think you love
get ruined.
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Maybe it's time to start loving
something else.
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He really wanted to go back to
real life.
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This these over these past few
months, I was like okay that
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sounds like a cool church.
I would enjoy going to.
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It just took me a while to
really start to believe in it
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more.
So, I've been trying to read the
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Bible and trying to just keep
Christian values in my life.
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I think God is trying to tell me
that.
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What where do we need to work
through?
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Is we need to have both of us
against what we need, and have
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God on, you know, on our
shoulders, helping us through.
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Nothing feels whole like your
whole life, no matter what you
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do, how much money you make, how
many girls you sleep, whatever
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it is.
Nothing feels whole until you
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find God.
You have to put logic aside.
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Coming to real life with Gavin,
knowing the Hardy.
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So having someone I know they're
kind of helped me because I'm
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more shy, but I'm just really
grateful that I wasn't forced,
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but he greatly encouraged me to
come to church.
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And when we got there, I just
fell in love.
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Everyone was so nice.
You know, meeting, Sean, and
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Diane, and Brian.
They all just so welcoming and
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it was really awesome to see and
be a part of thankful for God,
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for fighting my apartment, I'm
thankful for all the Earnings
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Logan, woke me up early even
though I didn't notice it at the
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time he was he was teaching me
the most important things.
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Logan brought me to church,
Gavin brought me to church.
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Now we invite you to bring
somebody to Come on, give it up
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for Gavin.
Mackenzie how cool is that?
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There's one of the voices is
life, right there weeks at your
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house Mary, it's amazing and I
just love the story because you
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got a really growing up through
normal education, right?
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And playing those seeds of doubt
and skepticism and this young
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man finds Jesus and he could
point back to say, there's some
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voices in my life, the Hardy
family.
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Let me crash there and mash out
till Logan right for pouring,
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the him Logan, and he's at March
Madness.
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That dog, right?
Man, but can you get for the
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Hardy family for being a voice
that pulling the Jesus?
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Come on.
I think Barry was tearing up
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over there.
I was sitting next to him, but
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man, it's cool to be a part of
story, and I love how he called
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on Jesus and Jesus answered,
amen.
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It's just how Jesus works.
There was a calling him Lord
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shall be saved and in that
moment, like, just desperation
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for the one thing you know can
be sure isn't Jesus and how God
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is always faithful to show up.
And today I believe some of you
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guys are going to put your faith
in Jesus today.
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I'll send you guys going to make
that call.
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You pick up that phone, you're
going to say, Jesus.
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I need you.
If you have to do my own way of
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and follow my own path but
today, I believe you were the
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one.
True, Son of God and you gotta
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cross for my sins gonna change
everything for you.
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What's really cool is Gavin in
McKinsey.
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They were signed up to get
baptized on Easter.
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Come all somebody is that
amazing, man, it's full circle,
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but God is going to do.
And so today we're going to
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celebrate and really, look at it
talks about like to bring
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somebody to Jesus.
What's the heartbeat have to
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have inside of you to get
somebody to the Cross?
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Like what's the heartbeat of
evangelist?
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We're all called to share Jesus.
I'm not give you some kind of
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some Method, or strategy, or
whatever, but we'll look at the
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heart of somebody that what they
look like on the inside and get
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some of the Cross and what it
looks like when somebody finds
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Jesus.
And so, they were going to jump
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in, really, to a story of a man
named John, the Baptist, John is
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a cousin of Jesus and he uses
voice to point people to the
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cross.
And so if you have your Bible
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and I hope you do, I don't you
turn to John chapter 1 and it
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will be in verse 19.
Will start out says this.
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Now, this was John's testimony.
Now, anytime you see the name
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John in the Book of John?
He's not talk about.
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Self, he's talked about John the
Baptist and so it says this was
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John the Baptist testimony.
When the Jewish leaders in
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Jerusalem sent priests and
Levites to ask him who he was.
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You think about these Jewish
leaders?
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These are maybe the Temple
Police, maybe part of the
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Sanhedrin, the family of the
high priest, these people would
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hostile things of God, hostile,
things of Jesus and they're
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definitely hostile to John the
Baptist and so they sent them to
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ask.
John the Baptist who he was,
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they say did not fail to confess
but confessed freely this is
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John the Baptist he said I'm not
the Messiah.
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They asked him, who are you?
So are you Elijah?
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They would have known this out
of Malachi chapter 4.
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There's a prophecy that would
say Elijah was going to come and
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John.
The Baptist said he said, I am
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not Elijah but you know, in the
New Testament that John the
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Baptist had the spirit of Elijah
on him but he was not Elijah.
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He goes on to say, are you the
prophet?
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Not, are you a prophet?
But are you the prophets?
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And the referring back to
Deuteronomy 18:15 ra says, this
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Prophet will rise up.
His voice will rise and the word
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of God will come out as mouth.
Mouth.
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And it's we're talking about
Jesus, the Messiah, and so John
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the Baptist replies.
No verse 22 says this finally.
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They said well, who are you?
Give us an answer to take back
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to those who sent us?
What do you say about yourself?
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Who are you, what who sent you?
Why are you on a mission?
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What is going on in John, says
something that's so profound is.
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So prolific is so important that
even speaks to us today.
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John humbly replies, this he
says, in the words of Isaiah,
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the prophet Prophet.
See John the Baptist we're back
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to the scripture.
So Jesus was done and he quotes
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Isaiah 40:3, like, almost
verbatim and he says this, I am
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the what?
I'm the I'm the voice, I'm just
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a voice, he didn't call himself,
John the Baptist, even call
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myself a person.
He said, I'm a voice calling in
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the wilderness to make straight
the way for the Lord.
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Here's the first thing you're
going to bring people to Jesus
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and play part of the story.
You have to answer the question,
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who are you Are you a
businessman?
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Are you a concrete Guy?
Come on, Barry?
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Right?
Are you a pickleball player?
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Are you a son or a dad?
Are you a hard-working American?
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What?
What are you who are you?
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And so for John, the Baptist to
answer this question, his reply
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was simply this I am a voice,
that's all I am.
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I'm just the one that's going to
point people to Jesus and I'm
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going to fade away Into
Obscurity.
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I'm not even anything else.
Do you recognize anything else
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about my life?
I'm just a voice.
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That's going to point people to
Jesus, to 9, and 12 the Messiah.
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I'm my whole life is leveraging
for the kingdom of God.
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So people know his name and not
my name.
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I'm simply just a voice thing
about this voice calling out in
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the wilderness.
He was actually quoted a prophet
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in Isaiah 40 verse 3.
He literally quoted another
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person who said this this was
spoken to the to really the
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Jewish people that are in
captivity in Babylon.
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He said that your A voice
calling out in the wilderness.
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Make straight the way to the
Lord.
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What's Happening Here is he's
quoting this Prophet that said
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hey these Jewish people that are
in captivity, they're being
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persecuted.
They've been exiled out of their
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country in Babylon.
I want you to make a straight
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path home through the Eastern
desert.
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I want you to level out the sand
dunes to bring these people out
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of captivity.
You see, this is going I mean
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for John the Baptist this was so
profound that he was going to
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level the ground.
He's going to move barriers and
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obstacles and make a path of
Freedom leads directly to Jesus.
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And for us as Christians, is
there any better terminology
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that we should have in our life
to say that?
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We are making straight the path
to the Lord?
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Amen.
That removing barriers and
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obstacles and the things that
stop people from seeing God
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including her own pride and we
move out of the way just humbly
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say There's Jesus there's Jesus
I'm going to make a path to the
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freedom found in Jesus and level
the ground so people can find
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and know Jesus and lift my voice
so people can find him.
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So who are you today?
You're just You're just a voice.
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You're just a voice.
It's more important than
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anything.
You do is more important, they
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need toddler.
You have it's more important
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than anything that you Proclaim
is more important.
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Your name on lights and your
name being successful and people
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knowing you and erecting a
statue that you're just a voice
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in this generation to point
people.
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To Jesus, to lift the banner
High men, to flatten the path of
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freedom to Jesus, remove, all
obstacles for Freedom, so other
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people can know him.
It says, in verse 24 says, now
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the Pharisees who had been since
So, the question that I said,
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why do you baptize?
If you're not the Messiah or
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Elijah or the prophet is that,
baptized with water, John
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replied, but among you stands
one who you do?
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Not know.
He is the one who comes after me
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and says the straps of whose
sandals.
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I am not worthy to untie.
He imagined the humility for
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John to say this met.
John the Baptist and I'm worthy
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to unstrap his sandals.
So what you have to realize is
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this and that custom that
culture, the job of and tying,
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somebody sandals was a job of a
Slave.
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Like you go into somebody's
house in a slave with a strap,
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your sandals and take your
sandals, off your feet, that was
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the job of somebody.
Those are indentured servant and
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what John the Baptist saying is,
I'm not even worthy to be a
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slave of the one that's to come.
I'm not even worthy to be a
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slave of Jesus, because he is so
great.
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He is so mad.
He's so powerful.
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I'm not worthy but only by God's
grace.
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Amen.
That I could serve Jesus.
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It's all by God's grace, that I
can baptize.
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So my God's grace, I can
proclaim the voice that there is
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Jesus.
Imagine humility would take to
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call yourself, unworthy to
slave.
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I mean, James is half-brother.
I'm a slave of Jesus, John the
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past, I'm not even worthy
because it's late.
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It says the first one, a, this
all happened in Bethany on the
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other side of the Jordan, which
the Jordan River where John was
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baptizing, that's rights at
verse. 29 says the next day.
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So with this is day one.
Now, we're in the day to John
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saw All Jesus.
Now this was the first time that
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John recognizes who Jesus is, he
saw Jesus coming toward him and
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he said, look behold what to say
the what the Lamb of God, Behold
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the Lamb of God who God who
takes away the sin of the world
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made what an incredible
introduction to Jesus.
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Amen.
The Lamb of God, who takes away
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the sin of the world, of all the
things that John, the Baptist
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could have started out with.
He says there's the That's going
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to come for the world.
You think about the Lamb of God?
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00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:24,800
These people around him in that
culture, or custom and culture
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would have understood what it
meant to be a lamb of God.
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They understood that the lamb
Was An Old Testament sacrifice
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every single day in the temple.
They would take lamb and it
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killed lambs, and they would
shed the blood over the altar in
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that shed blood would pay for
the sins of God's people every
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single day.
And what what simply saying is
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John, the Baptist, saying
there's the Lamb of God, there's
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the innocent one of God.
That there's the permanent.
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Perfect sacrifice for our sins.
Amen.
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It's a very first thing.
I'm John.
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The Baptist says, prepared the
way playing the way he didn't
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know what was going to happen.
Matter of fact, he had no idea
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that Jesus was the Messiah.
He had no idea that the Messiah
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was in his family.
I mean, he had no idea who's
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gonna prepare the way and then
God was revealed to him and
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revealed to the nation of
Israel.
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He said this is the Lamb of God
who's going to die for the sins
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of the world.
I know what kind of In that we
509
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have for Jesus.
But if you're going to bring
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people to Jesus, you have to
recognize the sacrifice that
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Jesus made, amen.
It never can leave your heart,
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you can never get past the
cross.
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If your Christian walk is more
about like Conformity and people
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looking a certain way and you
forgotten about the cross of
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Jesus that's called religion
that that's called Ferris
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itical, right?
And we can never get past the
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point of that moment.
We know Jesus died for me like
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Behold the Lamb of God, Amen.
Like That's the name that we
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first know by Jesus, don't we?
I mean, when you first came to
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00:40:50,900 --> 00:40:54,200
Jesus, did you know him as a
savior of the sacrificial?
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One that died for you, we never
get past that name of God, the
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Lamb of God, the anointed one
that died for us, that his blood
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shed for us that paid the price
for our sins that made us whole.
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00:41:07,100 --> 00:41:09,300
We could never get past that
moment where it clung to the
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Cross as on by God's grace that
were alive today.
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Amen.
So Jesus is the Lamb of God who
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00:41:15,500 --> 00:41:16,800
takes Away The Sins.
He removes it.
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He Bears, the sins.
He carries off our since he
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lifts Away The Sins for us.
This is exactly what John the
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Baptist came through.
Was to Proclaim Jesus, his voice
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and lift up Jesus and then, Fade
Into Obscurity.
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00:41:30,600 --> 00:41:34,200
So, who are you today?
You're a voice, a voice that
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recognizes the sacrifice of
Jesus.
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00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:38,300
You're a needed voice in this
culture.
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You know, your voice matters in
this culture.
536
00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:44,200
You know, most people don't
understand the things of God,
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00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:48,400
they see churches, the kind of a
relic and an Me and an outdated
538
00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:51,700
retreaded, institution of a dead
God, but it's a good kind of
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00:41:51,707 --> 00:41:54,000
thing to do, but that's not the
truth.
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00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:56,400
Amen.
The with the presence of God
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that that shows as into people's
lives and see them Souls change
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00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:02,400
their sins, forgiven and people
are in desperate need of
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relationship with Jesus.
They need the Hope found in
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Christ and we are the voice with
a mouthpiece.
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The soundtrack of pointing
people to God.
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Because you realize the
sacrifice that Jesus has made
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for us John.
The Baptist goes on to say this
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00:42:15,600 --> 00:42:19,200
in verse 30 says, this is the
One, I meant when I said a man
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who comes after me has surpassed
me, he's greater than he's a
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00:42:22,408 --> 00:42:25,800
higher rank than me because he
was before me that this man was
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00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:29,700
before all things in the
beginning, God, Jesus always was
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and is and is to come.
He says, I myself did not know
553
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him but the reason I came
baptizing with water was that he
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might be revealed to Israel.
He won the movement of God.
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He started baptizing and leading
the way and doing the things of
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God because he He wanted God to
reveal himself to the nation and
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00:42:49,500 --> 00:42:51,700
I just can't think of a better
thing you should do in your
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Christian Life.
The be the kind of person
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there's once the will of God and
the presence of God to come and
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our generation.
Amen, that we live in such a
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00:42:59,508 --> 00:43:03,800
way, we're God, reveals himself,
Revival breaks out, where people
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00:43:03,800 --> 00:43:05,600
know Jesus, their lives are
changed.
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00:43:05,600 --> 00:43:08,900
We do all, we can to, to
magnify, to lift up to point
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people to Christ, and our
generation is see things change.
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For God, he won the move of God.
Verse 32 says this, then John
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gave this test.
John the Baptist gave this
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00:43:18,100 --> 00:43:19,900
testimony.
He said, I saw the Spirit came
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down from heaven as a dove and
remain on him.
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Remain on Jesus.
Now this would be the really the
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remaining on Jesus, was this
permanent possession that Jesus
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would have had that.
This Holy Spirit would have just
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00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:36,900
fallen on Jesus and would enjoy
well, Jesus and a compass cheese
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00:43:36,900 --> 00:43:39,700
and stay with Jesus every step
of the way.
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He says, I myself did not know
him but the one who sent me to
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baptize with water told me the
man on whom you see the Spirit
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00:43:46,600 --> 00:43:47,800
come.
Come down here.
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Remain is the one who will
baptize with the Holy Spirit.
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And I have seen and testify that
this is God's chosen one and
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00:43:57,300 --> 00:43:59,400
maybe you have your Bible open,
you might see this as God's
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00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:01,900
chosen, son.
And what's amazing In this
581
00:44:01,900 --> 00:44:05,800
passage is that John the Baptist
is baptizing with water but it's
582
00:44:05,800 --> 00:44:09,000
a picture of the one that said,
come that's going to baptize was
583
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what the Holy Spirit.
And for those of you guys do to
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00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:15,800
get baptized in two weeks, for
those who have been baptized,
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00:44:15,800 --> 00:44:19,800
this is exactly what happened
when you were baptized by water
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00:44:19,800 --> 00:44:23,300
is a picture of what the Holy
Spirit has already done in you.
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00:44:23,300 --> 00:44:27,400
Amen.
Baptism by water is not
588
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salvation.
It has zero to do with
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00:44:29,400 --> 00:44:32,300
salvation, it really has to be
about something will get to.
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00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:36,100
It's really just a picture of
the Holy Spirit coming into your
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00:44:36,100 --> 00:44:38,100
life.
The moment you called on Jesus.
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00:44:38,400 --> 00:44:41,800
The moment you said, yes.
Lord, I believe that you died on
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the cross for me.
The Holy Spirit, invaded your
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life.
Amen.
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00:44:45,700 --> 00:44:48,600
It came into your life and what
your life in a washed, your sin
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00:44:48,600 --> 00:44:51,600
as white as snow as far as the
East is from the west and it
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00:44:51,607 --> 00:44:53,900
made you pure.
And so when you get water,
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00:44:53,900 --> 00:44:57,400
baptized what you're doing is
you are just saying this is what
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00:44:57,400 --> 00:45:00,700
God has done in sided with me,
this is a picture of what's
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00:45:00,700 --> 00:45:03,600
already taken place and
ultimately as John the Baptist
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00:45:03,600 --> 00:45:07,100
says right here he says I
testify that this is God's
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00:45:07,100 --> 00:45:09,100
chosen one.
This is God's son that why I'm
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00:45:09,100 --> 00:45:11,600
getting baptized, I'm sorry.
I believe in Jesus and he is
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God's son.
Amen.
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00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:15,500
You come out the waters.
Like, Behold the Lamb, amen?
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00:45:15,900 --> 00:45:18,000
Like this is all about Jesus,
I'm Lynn for him.
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00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:19,800
I'm on a shame for the cause of
Christ.
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And so I would encourage you
today.
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00:45:21,100 --> 00:45:24,100
If you have not been baptized
and, you know, Jesus made to get
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baptized, there is a cards and
stuff on your seats around you
611
00:45:27,900 --> 00:45:29,300
and me just indicate let us
know.
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00:45:29,300 --> 00:45:31,200
Maybe you're baptized before.
He knew Jesus.
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00:45:31,600 --> 00:45:33,600
That's not the order of which
the Bible talks about getting
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baptized is not something you do
as a kind of rite of passage or
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00:45:37,100 --> 00:45:40,100
confirmation or some kind of you
know thing you do.
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Little baby.
I would encourage you that you
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00:45:43,100 --> 00:45:44,400
get baptized after news of
Jesus.
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That's a picture of what God has
done in you.
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If you get baptized for, you
know, Jesus, it's really just
620
00:45:48,300 --> 00:45:50,300
getting wet.
Come all somebody right.
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00:45:50,500 --> 00:45:52,300
You just got wet and that's
cool, right?
622
00:45:52,600 --> 00:45:54,600
But if you're curious or you
have questions because I don't
623
00:45:54,600 --> 00:45:57,100
there's so much that goes around
this and everything's you know
624
00:45:57,100 --> 00:45:59,500
individual stories just mark on
there that you want to get
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00:45:59,508 --> 00:46:02,100
baptized and will reach out to
you begin this week and just
626
00:46:02,100 --> 00:46:04,600
just work with you talk to you
see if it's something that it's
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00:46:04,600 --> 00:46:07,600
a step you want to take or need
to take and so we'd love to help
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00:46:07,600 --> 00:46:08,800
you on that Journey.
But there's nothing more
629
00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:12,200
exciting than really See, new
Believers take that step, it's
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00:46:12,200 --> 00:46:15,700
not just I know Jesus, but I'm
on ashamed of Jesus because
631
00:46:15,700 --> 00:46:18,500
you've done something inside my
heart inside my life.
632
00:46:19,000 --> 00:46:23,600
So who are you today?
You are a, your voice, your
633
00:46:23,600 --> 00:46:25,900
voice matters.
It's the most important thing
634
00:46:25,900 --> 00:46:29,300
you can do is to share Jesus.
Now, we live in a world that
635
00:46:29,300 --> 00:46:32,600
likes to say, hey, just by
osmosis people know Jesus,
636
00:46:32,600 --> 00:46:35,500
because I'm a good person, I'm
living it out.
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00:46:35,500 --> 00:46:38,900
I go to church on Sundays or a
Bible like my lifestyle
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00:46:38,900 --> 00:46:41,700
evangelism is going.
To lead people to Jesus and in
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00:46:41,700 --> 00:46:43,900
yes, you should walk the walk
right there.
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00:46:43,900 --> 00:46:48,300
You talk talk, talk, talk, talk,
right, but in a day, you have to
641
00:46:48,300 --> 00:46:49,800
Proclaim Jesus.
Amen.
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00:46:50,600 --> 00:46:53,800
You have to bring it up.
Is it didn't happen by osmosis
643
00:46:53,800 --> 00:46:55,800
folks like you never be good
enough?
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00:46:55,800 --> 00:46:57,300
People go.
Hey, tell us about your God.
645
00:46:57,600 --> 00:47:00,000
You know, you've got to share
Jesus.
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00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:02,900
You gotta make this, a porn your
life, to sure the be a voice for
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00:47:02,900 --> 00:47:05,400
the cause of Christ.
So, you are voice today, the
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00:47:05,400 --> 00:47:08,200
recognize sacrifice of Christ
verse 35 says this.
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Then the next day.
This is the third day.
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John was there against John the
Baptist with two of his
651
00:47:17,000 --> 00:47:19,400
disciples?
This is amazing story.
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As soon as they saw Jesus
passing by, he said, look the
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00:47:23,900 --> 00:47:29,300
Lamb of God and the two
disciples help me out.
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They what they they heard him
say it's not when they saw Jesus
655
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but when they heard the voice of
John, the Baptist They followed
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Jesus.
This verse is so significant for
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00:47:45,500 --> 00:47:47,900
us.
This verse is beyond
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significant.
Now, in fact, John the Baptist
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this woman the first time that
he got to invite other people to
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Jesus.
He imagined having a Ministry of
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just preparation.
It's like Noah come all somebody
662
00:48:00,500 --> 00:48:02,600
right?
You building the ark for 100,
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some years just preparing the
way.
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I mean he's baptizing, he's got
followers.
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I mean he Must have purely.
Convince these guys, the Messiah
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was coming because all John, the
had all job as had to do, was
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point out and said, Behold the
Lamb of God and these boys pack
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00:48:19,000 --> 00:48:21,400
their stuff up and started
stalking Jesus.
669
00:48:21,400 --> 00:48:23,500
Amen, that's the kind of guy
John.
670
00:48:23,500 --> 00:48:27,500
The Baptist was he was full-on.
He was all in like they knew he
671
00:48:27,500 --> 00:48:31,800
was a follower of God and he
prepared the way for them to
672
00:48:31,808 --> 00:48:33,500
know Jesus.
Now, what's interesting about
673
00:48:33,500 --> 00:48:36,200
the story is this is that these
two followers, these two
674
00:48:36,200 --> 00:48:38,700
disciples, they didn't recognize
God.
675
00:48:39,700 --> 00:48:42,900
They didn't recognize Jesus as
the Son of God, didn't recognize
676
00:48:42,900 --> 00:48:47,200
Jesus as the Lamb of God, then
recognize Jesus, as the ones
677
00:48:47,200 --> 00:48:49,200
going to die on the cross.
For our sins, didn't recognize
678
00:48:49,200 --> 00:48:51,500
Jesus the Messiah, the anointed
one.
679
00:48:51,500 --> 00:48:53,300
The chosen one.
They didn't recognize Jesus
680
00:48:53,300 --> 00:48:56,400
because they saw him.
They recognize Jesus because
681
00:48:56,400 --> 00:49:02,800
John the Baptist, Told them.
Amen.
682
00:49:03,800 --> 00:49:07,400
He told them do, we honestly
believe that people are going to
683
00:49:07,400 --> 00:49:11,000
show up to God because they see
us we get to help people
684
00:49:11,000 --> 00:49:13,900
understand like that's the work
of God in their life.
685
00:49:14,300 --> 00:49:16,300
Like you got to get around
people and you guys say Hey you
686
00:49:16,300 --> 00:49:18,800
know, I feel like Josh trying to
show you something like what do
687
00:49:18,800 --> 00:49:20,100
you mean by that?
They're not even Christians
688
00:49:20,100 --> 00:49:21,500
right?
Well thank you guys trying to
689
00:49:21,508 --> 00:49:23,500
get your attention.
What do you say that?
690
00:49:23,800 --> 00:49:26,200
Well if you ever thought about
going to church like if you ever
691
00:49:26,200 --> 00:49:28,200
need a church, we have a church
for you.
692
00:49:28,400 --> 00:49:31,800
Like I seems like you're
struggling like I love you.
693
00:49:32,200 --> 00:49:35,200
Like man, I just tell you what,
made the difference in my life
694
00:49:35,200 --> 00:49:36,700
and maybe makes difference here
life.
695
00:49:36,700 --> 00:49:39,600
I'm not really sure.
But could we present Jesus and
696
00:49:39,600 --> 00:49:43,000
like a conversation, amen.
Like we don't have some try
697
00:49:43,000 --> 00:49:45,900
silly, whatever thing.
But we're just doing like with
698
00:49:45,900 --> 00:49:48,000
people.
People need your voice, amen.
699
00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:52,500
Like there's nobody is going to
show up to God without somebody
700
00:49:52,500 --> 00:49:54,800
going.
We into this last week, with the
701
00:49:54,800 --> 00:49:58,800
passage in Romans 10, right?
14 and 15, how beautiful feet of
702
00:49:58,800 --> 00:50:01,900
those who proclaim, the good
news of the Gospel, right?
703
00:50:02,100 --> 00:50:04,300
They're supposed to know unless
somebody tell them house was
704
00:50:04,300 --> 00:50:07,100
telling was somebody sense.
How beautiful are the feet of
705
00:50:07,107 --> 00:50:08,900
those?
Who go with the gospel?
706
00:50:09,200 --> 00:50:10,600
That's what were called to do.
Amen.
707
00:50:11,100 --> 00:50:14,500
So the question is a Christian
is whose voice like where we
708
00:50:14,500 --> 00:50:16,900
taking her voice?
I really kind of people that get
709
00:50:16,900 --> 00:50:19,400
back and say, to thank you.
Jesus, you brought a few of my
710
00:50:19,400 --> 00:50:23,200
life, this stranger.
I'm going to point in the Jesus.
711
00:50:23,300 --> 00:50:25,900
And so, you guys had the
opportunity last week to share.
712
00:50:25,900 --> 00:50:27,400
I was just bragging on Tim
little bit.
713
00:50:27,400 --> 00:50:30,200
He was held me off my truck
yesterday and he was telling me.
714
00:50:30,200 --> 00:50:33,400
He's like, man by six people.
To real life and to Shared share
715
00:50:33,400 --> 00:50:35,400
a little bit at Bank of America
Kamal.
716
00:50:35,400 --> 00:50:38,300
Somebody Bank of Doom, I mean,
Bank of America, right?
717
00:50:39,000 --> 00:50:40,800
They love you so much.
So take your money but I'll know
718
00:50:40,800 --> 00:50:42,800
if they help a lot, right?
I love you.
719
00:50:42,808 --> 00:50:45,300
Make America right?
But the reality the reality is
720
00:50:45,300 --> 00:50:47,500
this is he's just in there, just
sharing Jesus and some people
721
00:50:47,500 --> 00:50:50,100
were interested in the one that
he talked to said you don't
722
00:50:50,100 --> 00:50:52,600
thank you for inviting me to
church because I've never in my
723
00:50:52,600 --> 00:50:54,900
entire life, been invited to
church.
724
00:50:56,000 --> 00:51:01,900
Dude this is our city, right?
This is our city, this isn't the
725
00:51:01,900 --> 00:51:07,000
Backwoods of Bangladesh, this
isn't some crazy Mission work,
726
00:51:07,800 --> 00:51:12,000
this is Belton.
Come on somebody, right?
727
00:51:12,800 --> 00:51:16,500
Like how in the world I mean it
wouldn't be that hard for us to
728
00:51:16,500 --> 00:51:20,600
get out there and invite every
single person to God.
729
00:51:20,800 --> 00:51:22,900
Ultimately your goal is not to
bring in the real life, your
730
00:51:22,900 --> 00:51:24,500
goal to bring the Jesus.
Amen.
731
00:51:25,000 --> 00:51:27,500
And this game too.
Presence, but you don't have to
732
00:51:27,500 --> 00:51:29,900
like, leading the Jesus.
I feel like you just give them
733
00:51:29,900 --> 00:51:32,700
to the cross and died around
God's presence enough that God's
734
00:51:32,700 --> 00:51:36,100
presence just gets in them
because Jesus has a way of just
735
00:51:36,300 --> 00:51:38,000
capturing.
It's amazing.
736
00:51:38,000 --> 00:51:40,000
Jesus hung out with Sinners all
the time.
737
00:51:40,200 --> 00:51:41,800
They loved hanging out with
Jesus.
738
00:51:42,100 --> 00:51:45,500
Jesus is not some stuck-up
snooty whatever thing, right?
739
00:51:45,800 --> 00:51:49,900
Like he calls people that are in
Desperate darkness and in need
740
00:51:49,900 --> 00:51:52,600
and he surrounds with his grace
and then we could proclaim the
741
00:51:52,600 --> 00:51:55,100
gospel and he works in their
heart and they get changed
742
00:51:55,100 --> 00:51:57,700
because the spirit God comes in
them and they're baptized by the
743
00:51:57,700 --> 00:51:58,900
spirit of God.
Like, John the Baptist talk
744
00:51:58,900 --> 00:52:01,600
about it.
What greater message do we have?
745
00:52:01,800 --> 00:52:03,100
We are a voice.
Amen.
746
00:52:03,900 --> 00:52:06,200
Maybe we can take Jesus to Bank
of America.
747
00:52:06,400 --> 00:52:09,400
We can take juices of scooters
and Starbucks needs Jesus.
748
00:52:09,400 --> 00:52:12,900
Come on somebody, we know they
need Jesus, right?
749
00:52:13,000 --> 00:52:15,000
I mean, you can go around the
whole city, just just make a
750
00:52:15,008 --> 00:52:16,700
thing of it.
Just be that guy that voice.
751
00:52:16,700 --> 00:52:19,000
You feels like you're caught
crying on the Wilderness, right?
752
00:52:19,200 --> 00:52:20,900
Because you might feel like the
only one by Mattel.
753
00:52:20,900 --> 00:52:24,700
You today, your voice matters
more than you think.
754
00:52:25,400 --> 00:52:27,300
So, You're staying.
Think about this if you're going
755
00:52:27,300 --> 00:52:29,900
to bring people to Jesus, not
only do you have to ask the
756
00:52:29,908 --> 00:52:33,100
question who you are, that your
voice it recognized, that the
757
00:52:33,100 --> 00:52:37,400
sacrifice Jesus made, you have
to recognize that your voice is
758
00:52:37,400 --> 00:52:40,100
so important.
You have to use your voice to
759
00:52:40,100 --> 00:52:43,300
bring people to Jesus.
You have to have those moments
760
00:52:43,300 --> 00:52:45,700
in your life, where you say?
I think God's, trying to get
761
00:52:45,700 --> 00:52:48,700
your attention.
You can grab a stack of cards,
762
00:52:48,700 --> 00:52:51,900
come all somebody, and you could
just humbly invite, somebody,
763
00:52:52,600 --> 00:52:56,500
you can go out and you can go on
social media and You can share.
764
00:52:56,700 --> 00:52:58,100
You can use that and leverage
that.
765
00:52:58,100 --> 00:52:59,900
Imagine that Jesus walked in
today.
766
00:53:00,300 --> 00:53:02,300
I bet your social media account
people of different today.
767
00:53:02,400 --> 00:53:04,600
Come on somebody.
I mean you might be hiding a
768
00:53:04,607 --> 00:53:06,700
little bit little quiet with
Jesus.
769
00:53:06,900 --> 00:53:09,000
But today, if you walked in this
room, it is going to be the
770
00:53:09,008 --> 00:53:11,200
headline.
Come on somebody, it's not going
771
00:53:11,200 --> 00:53:13,600
to make.
Local news is not going to make
772
00:53:13,600 --> 00:53:15,800
Kansas City news or United
States news.
773
00:53:15,800 --> 00:53:18,400
It's gonna make World Wide News
that Jesus was here.
774
00:53:18,400 --> 00:53:21,000
Amen.
And that's the kind of movement
775
00:53:21,300 --> 00:53:25,000
that God is calling us to have
with Jesus every single day of
776
00:53:25,000 --> 00:53:27,600
our life.
How to make much of Jesus.
777
00:53:27,600 --> 00:53:30,800
You're like, that's weird.
That's weird, that's weird, but
778
00:53:30,800 --> 00:53:32,400
that's the call of God.
Amen.
779
00:53:32,900 --> 00:53:36,900
That we were voice and then we
humbly Fade Into Obscurity.
780
00:53:37,100 --> 00:53:38,900
I don't you, check this out.
This is amazing.
781
00:53:39,600 --> 00:53:44,000
First 38, here's what happens
when other people find Jesus.
782
00:53:44,500 --> 00:53:46,400
I'll say this about John, the
Baptist real quick.
783
00:53:46,500 --> 00:53:49,600
This is the last time you see,
John the Baptist meeting with
784
00:53:49,600 --> 00:53:52,800
these two disciples.
This is the last time you see,
785
00:53:52,800 --> 00:53:55,900
John the Baptist, they were
followers of John the Baptist,
786
00:53:56,200 --> 00:53:59,000
their Disciples of John the
Baptist, but then became
787
00:53:59,000 --> 00:54:02,900
followers of Jesus.
And John, the Baptist goes
788
00:54:02,900 --> 00:54:05,100
behind the curtain and
disappears.
789
00:54:06,100 --> 00:54:08,500
Is that not the perfect picture?
What is be Christian Life?
790
00:54:09,400 --> 00:54:11,400
Like at the end of the day?
It's not like I'm not Sean, it
791
00:54:11,400 --> 00:54:13,300
was a great preacher.
Oh man you were this cool books
792
00:54:13,300 --> 00:54:15,100
and manuscripts was awesome blah
blah blah.
793
00:54:15,100 --> 00:54:18,900
It's like dude Jesus I just
brought people to Jesus
794
00:54:19,400 --> 00:54:21,100
disappeared.
Anytime you read about, John the
795
00:54:21,100 --> 00:54:24,000
Baptist in the Bible, anywhere
in the Bible, he's always making
796
00:54:24,000 --> 00:54:28,100
much of Jesus.
He's never boasted Thomas, L,
797
00:54:28,200 --> 00:54:29,700
not talking.
All things that God is doing his
798
00:54:29,700 --> 00:54:31,900
life.
He's just saying there's God,
799
00:54:32,100 --> 00:54:36,600
Behold the Lamb of God and then
Fades Into Obscurity.
800
00:54:37,200 --> 00:54:39,900
Verse 38 says this, those two
disciples are stocking Jesus.
801
00:54:39,900 --> 00:54:42,700
This what happens for 38,
Turning Around Jesus.
802
00:54:43,300 --> 00:54:47,800
He saw them, he saw these two
disciples, They're following
803
00:54:47,800 --> 00:54:49,400
him.
He says what do you want?
804
00:54:49,800 --> 00:54:52,400
I noticed you behind me, you
know, Jesus has eyes of doctors
805
00:54:52,400 --> 00:54:53,500
head.
Come on somebody.
806
00:54:54,300 --> 00:54:58,000
And I saw you and they said
Rabbi which means teacher, what
807
00:54:58,000 --> 00:55:01,700
do you or where are you staying?
And he said this, I love this.
808
00:55:01,700 --> 00:55:05,800
He said come he replied and you
will see this is significant to
809
00:55:05,800 --> 00:55:09,700
note that any time somebody
asked Jesus where he is going,
810
00:55:09,900 --> 00:55:12,600
it made calls on Jesus.
The first thing you'll see Jesus
811
00:55:12,600 --> 00:55:18,300
do often, do he often says hey,
we'll come and see for Jesus
812
00:55:18,300 --> 00:55:21,500
until the cleanup through mass
or be perfect or they have to
813
00:55:21,500 --> 00:55:23,300
qualify themselves to be in his
presence.
814
00:55:23,400 --> 00:55:25,000
No, Jesus is a humble invite all
the time.
815
00:55:25,000 --> 00:55:26,700
He says come and see just come
and see.
816
00:55:26,700 --> 00:55:29,500
Come on with me because he knows
if they get into his presence
817
00:55:29,500 --> 00:55:32,500
long enough that the presence of
God is going to give in to them,
818
00:55:32,500 --> 00:55:35,100
amen.
It is this going to happen, you
819
00:55:35,100 --> 00:55:36,600
see, Jesus.
He says all the time, hey, come
820
00:55:36,600 --> 00:55:39,200
and see and then they get in the
presence of God and God just
821
00:55:39,200 --> 00:55:41,300
doesn't work in their life and
Jesus calls.
822
00:55:41,300 --> 00:55:44,000
Nice, as Follow Me, Be My
disciple.
823
00:55:44,200 --> 00:55:46,300
Like, lay down yourself.
He called him to higher calling,
824
00:55:46,500 --> 00:55:48,300
and then he does one of the
highest Cause you never having a
825
00:55:48,308 --> 00:55:50,100
Christian.
He looks at them and says now
826
00:55:50,100 --> 00:55:52,800
that you've come and now that
you lay down your life as a
827
00:55:52,800 --> 00:55:55,700
disciple.
Now, I want you to go until
828
00:55:56,100 --> 00:55:58,400
amen.
And that's what this message is
829
00:55:58,400 --> 00:56:00,500
about.
Those that are saying, you know
830
00:56:00,500 --> 00:56:01,500
what?
God is calling me.
831
00:56:01,500 --> 00:56:05,300
He is sending you out to reach
the world so he said, come and
832
00:56:05,300 --> 00:56:08,200
see for yourself and so when
they saw where he was staying,
833
00:56:08,700 --> 00:56:11,800
they spent that day with him,
and it was about what time.
834
00:56:13,300 --> 00:56:18,100
Is about for an afternoon.
Now, this is so significant that
835
00:56:18,100 --> 00:56:21,100
this this piece of scripture,
that mentions the time you're
836
00:56:21,100 --> 00:56:24,300
going to realize that the next
verse that, one of the disciples
837
00:56:24,300 --> 00:56:26,500
that's following Jesus is
Andrew.
838
00:56:26,900 --> 00:56:30,500
He's one of the ones that's
mentioned, but the second one is
839
00:56:30,500 --> 00:56:33,300
not mentioned in scripture.
But there's no name.
840
00:56:33,500 --> 00:56:36,500
Like, who is this second
disciple and what's so unique
841
00:56:36,500 --> 00:56:39,400
about this passage and you can't
get past this because this is
842
00:56:39,400 --> 00:56:42,800
what happens when somebody meets
Jesus, see, who else would have
843
00:56:42,800 --> 00:56:45,900
known.
It was 4:00 in the afternoon
844
00:56:46,300 --> 00:56:49,100
with a bat.
Jesus, who would have known
845
00:56:49,100 --> 00:56:51,500
that?
well, the only person well-known
846
00:56:51,500 --> 00:56:55,900
that when the person who wrote
the book, John, you know, John
847
00:56:55,900 --> 00:56:59,800
the Beloved jail, the one that
Jesus loved, we don't know, John
848
00:56:59,800 --> 00:57:03,300
Wright that he took care of Mary
right?
849
00:57:03,300 --> 00:57:06,700
When Jesus crucified here, the
same John that wrote the Book of
850
00:57:06,700 --> 00:57:10,100
John, the first second, third
John, in Revelation, which
851
00:57:10,100 --> 00:57:11,200
understand about this.
It was make it.
852
00:57:11,200 --> 00:57:16,200
So significant is that when
John, that Jesus would have been
853
00:57:16,200 --> 00:57:23,600
like 30 ad somewhere around that
in John didn't write this book
854
00:57:23,600 --> 00:57:28,900
until 90 ad.
It's been 60 years since this
855
00:57:28,900 --> 00:57:34,300
boy that Jesus and he still
remembers the exact moment in
856
00:57:34,300 --> 00:57:39,800
time that he met Jesus Is that
incredible?
857
00:57:40,800 --> 00:57:44,200
And when you bring somebody to
Jesus and yours a voice crying
858
00:57:44,200 --> 00:57:47,800
in the wilderness of your life.
And so he meets Jesus, you have
859
00:57:47,800 --> 00:57:52,300
forever Frozen.
A moment in time for them
860
00:57:53,200 --> 00:57:55,200
because they realized that they
were a sinner in need of a
861
00:57:55,200 --> 00:57:58,300
savior, and they put my eyes on
Jesus and God forgave them, and
862
00:57:58,300 --> 00:57:59,900
that moment changed their
eternity.
863
00:58:00,000 --> 00:58:01,200
That's a story.
Read the Play.
864
00:58:01,200 --> 00:58:04,200
Amen.
This is so significant for clock
865
00:58:04,200 --> 00:58:05,500
after and just read through
that.
866
00:58:05,600 --> 00:58:10,000
Oh no, forever marked a turning.
There's people in your life that
867
00:58:10,000 --> 00:58:13,000
you could pour into.
And for 50 years later, they go
868
00:58:13,000 --> 00:58:15,700
man, that one Sunday or that
time at that dinner in the
869
00:58:15,800 --> 00:58:19,000
dining room table, that moment
that pipe burst in the house.
870
00:58:20,200 --> 00:58:24,600
Janki, the apartment building I
was at God, broke a pipe like
871
00:58:24,600 --> 00:58:28,500
all the name of Jesus for the
rest of his life.
872
00:58:29,200 --> 00:58:31,800
He's going to point that moment
in time and we get to be people
873
00:58:31,800 --> 00:58:36,900
that make a path that level the
grounds for people to call on
874
00:58:36,900 --> 00:58:37,800
Jesus.
Amen.
875
00:58:38,300 --> 00:58:41,200
That's the Call.
I mean, John the Baptist Mission
876
00:58:41,400 --> 00:58:43,100
complete.
Come on somebody.
877
00:58:43,400 --> 00:58:46,800
Like I pointed the way and then
somebody followed Christ and
878
00:58:46,800 --> 00:58:50,300
they remember their entire lives
and change them from the inside
879
00:58:50,400 --> 00:58:52,200
out.
It doesn't get better than this
880
00:58:52,200 --> 00:58:54,800
can tell, your voice matters
more than you think.
881
00:58:55,300 --> 00:58:57,200
Matter of fact, this is really
cool is when you when you get
882
00:58:57,207 --> 00:59:00,200
the opportunity to bring
somebody to Jesus most of the
883
00:59:00,207 --> 00:59:03,100
time, most often they bring
somebody back with them.
884
00:59:03,600 --> 00:59:05,700
It's so incredible.
Check it out in verse 40.
885
00:59:06,200 --> 00:59:08,700
It says Andrew this is the other
one though.
886
00:59:08,900 --> 00:59:10,900
Following John.
The Baptist who walked with
887
00:59:10,900 --> 00:59:12,700
Jesus.
This is Simon Peters.
888
00:59:12,700 --> 00:59:16,100
Brother was one of the two who
heard what John had said and
889
00:59:16,100 --> 00:59:17,500
followed Jesus.
He had heard John.
890
00:59:17,500 --> 00:59:21,000
The Baptist Behold the Lamb of
God and he went and stock.
891
00:59:21,000 --> 00:59:24,600
Jesus verse 41, says, this don't
miss it.
892
00:59:24,800 --> 00:59:31,800
It says, the first thing and
your did was to what was to find
893
00:59:32,000 --> 00:59:35,200
his brother, Simon, and tell
him.
894
00:59:35,700 --> 00:59:38,500
Tell him we have found the
Messiah.
895
00:59:38,800 --> 00:59:46,100
This is the Christ and he
brought him to Jesus and how
896
00:59:46,100 --> 00:59:50,400
incredible the first thing he
spends a day with Jesus, a few
897
00:59:50,400 --> 00:59:52,800
hours with Jesus.
I don't know what Jesus says,
898
00:59:53,300 --> 00:59:55,500
you know, it's not in the Bible,
whatever.
899
00:59:55,500 --> 01:00:00,100
Jesus said to Andrew and John
was so compelling was so
900
01:00:00,100 --> 01:00:03,100
heartfelt.
It was so Soul shaping then when
901
01:00:03,100 --> 01:00:07,100
Andrew left that moment, he
stalked down his brother Simon,
902
01:00:07,300 --> 01:00:10,200
he went everywhere to find Them
really got him.
903
01:00:10,200 --> 01:00:12,600
He grabbed by the arm and said
you're gonna get your butt to
904
01:00:12,600 --> 01:00:15,300
Jesus.
Come on somebody, he brought him
905
01:00:15,300 --> 01:00:19,700
to Jesus, it has so incredible.
We we could never get past this
906
01:00:19,700 --> 01:00:22,500
in our Christian Life.
We bring people to Jesus.
907
01:00:23,000 --> 01:00:25,900
No statistics say that most
Christians will leave one person
908
01:00:25,900 --> 01:00:28,900
that Jesus and the entire lives
one person.
909
01:00:29,400 --> 01:00:32,400
So you can be Krishna since
you're 15 or 20 years old and
910
01:00:32,400 --> 01:00:35,200
spend their entire life with a
different title than a voice,
911
01:00:35,800 --> 01:00:37,500
the different tile, the
submission, who on the
912
01:00:37,500 --> 01:00:41,000
Wilderness and Proclaim, God.
We get so wrapped up in all the
913
01:00:41,000 --> 01:00:45,900
minutiae, all the phony, right?
All things that have pipes burst
914
01:00:45,900 --> 01:00:49,600
and break and we forget about
Jesus.
915
01:00:49,900 --> 01:00:53,200
And so they just a reminder of
what it is, where people find
916
01:00:53,200 --> 01:00:55,100
Jesus.
They're so excited.
917
01:00:55,100 --> 01:00:58,400
They found Jesus, that they Lily
find the most important thing,
918
01:00:58,900 --> 01:01:01,100
some in their life.
That's far from God, the
919
01:01:01,100 --> 01:01:03,800
brother, and then bring them to
Christ.
920
01:01:04,400 --> 01:01:07,900
Goodnight credible that
generational change.
921
01:01:08,000 --> 01:01:11,700
Amen, generational change
without John the Baptist, you
922
01:01:11,700 --> 01:01:16,000
have no job, right?
And God knew, and God used
923
01:01:16,000 --> 01:01:18,700
John's Voice without John the
Baptist.
924
01:01:18,700 --> 01:01:21,300
You have.
No Andrew, you know, Andrew, you
925
01:01:21,300 --> 01:01:25,100
have no Peter right in
assignment.
926
01:01:26,300 --> 01:01:29,100
You have no church that launches
because of a voice.
927
01:01:29,100 --> 01:01:32,300
Amen.
God will use your voice.
928
01:01:32,500 --> 01:01:35,500
Just a single voice.
This is probably the best part
929
01:01:35,500 --> 01:01:37,200
of the story.
Verse for you to this, what
930
01:01:37,200 --> 01:01:41,300
happens when Simon meets Jesus
verse 42, second half.
931
01:01:41,600 --> 01:01:47,600
This is Jesus looked at Simon
and said, you are Simon son of
932
01:01:47,600 --> 01:01:49,700
John summary version.
Say son of Jonah.
933
01:01:49,700 --> 01:01:53,800
That's the Aramaic form of John
says, you're a Simon son of John
934
01:01:54,000 --> 01:01:57,400
and you be called you will Be
called cephas, which is Aramaic,
935
01:01:57,400 --> 01:02:02,700
which when translated is, Peter
may think about this.
936
01:02:02,700 --> 01:02:07,500
The very first moment that Simon
who is now drug by his brother
937
01:02:07,500 --> 01:02:12,100
to Jesus, the very first
interaction that Jesus has, he
938
01:02:12,100 --> 01:02:16,300
looks over at Simon and says
you, my friend, are given a new
939
01:02:16,300 --> 01:02:20,200
name, your name is Peter because
of a purpose for your life.
940
01:02:20,200 --> 01:02:24,000
You can be a rock.
You're gonna walk on water boy.
941
01:02:24,000 --> 01:02:25,600
You're going to go out and make
a difference.
942
01:02:25,800 --> 01:02:29,000
Difference.
Cut that guy's ear off, right?
943
01:02:29,400 --> 01:02:32,100
The crowd that's going to take
Jesus down and fusion throw
944
01:02:32,100 --> 01:02:34,000
after him.
You give me the guy that's gonna
945
01:02:34,000 --> 01:02:38,300
deny me we restore, you know on
you boy.
946
01:02:38,900 --> 01:02:43,100
We're going to change the world
and relaunched the church first
947
01:02:43,100 --> 01:02:45,800
time he met.
Mmm, is that incredible?
948
01:02:46,600 --> 01:02:49,700
I just can't think about.
Wow, crazy is all the empty
949
01:02:49,700 --> 01:02:53,700
seats, right?
All the people we walked by,
950
01:02:54,300 --> 01:02:58,100
everybody tried to the highway
with and got Ari has a new name
951
01:02:58,900 --> 01:03:02,900
and a new purpose playing for
this is an incredible.
952
01:03:04,200 --> 01:03:08,100
Who are we?
Today we're a voice and your
953
01:03:08,100 --> 01:03:09,600
voice matters more than you
think.
954
01:03:10,300 --> 01:03:14,100
John the Baptist's rows of a
voice in his generation and the
955
01:03:14,100 --> 01:03:17,000
winter security, but we're a
voice.
956
01:03:17,800 --> 01:03:20,100
In season and out of season.
Amen.
957
01:03:20,900 --> 01:03:23,500
We're a voice that maybe has
little faith.
958
01:03:24,100 --> 01:03:27,200
We're a voice that struggling,
we're voice, that has messed up
959
01:03:27,200 --> 01:03:29,700
lives, the voice to have an
altogether.
960
01:03:29,900 --> 01:03:33,200
The, the voice that Satan wants
to tell you to keep quiet.
961
01:03:33,400 --> 01:03:37,800
The rule says, your Relic or
relevance were the voice that
962
01:03:37,800 --> 01:03:39,300
point people to Jesus.
Amen.
963
01:03:39,800 --> 01:03:43,700
We're the voice that says God is
a lamb, a died for us.
964
01:03:43,700 --> 01:03:46,200
We recognize the sacrifice he
made and every moment, every
965
01:03:46,200 --> 01:03:48,400
chance we get, we point People
to Jesus.
966
01:03:48,400 --> 01:03:51,100
Amen.
And we humbly our voices, humble
967
01:03:51,100 --> 01:03:55,900
enough to say, I'm not even
worthy to untie the sandal of
968
01:03:55,900 --> 01:03:58,900
Jesus and I really be slave of
Jesus.
969
01:03:59,000 --> 01:04:05,300
But by his grace I am saved.
And so the day we're a voice
970
01:04:05,500 --> 01:04:09,600
that goes after people that we
love it, people that we even
971
01:04:09,600 --> 01:04:13,000
don't love.
Come on somebody, we should love
972
01:04:13,000 --> 01:04:16,400
and we bring in the Jesus and
where the voice that sits back
973
01:04:16,400 --> 01:04:19,200
and watches.
It multiplies disciples because
974
01:04:19,200 --> 01:04:22,000
those people are so excited.
You know, somebody visits
975
01:04:22,000 --> 01:04:24,400
Church, they often come back
with somebody else.
976
01:04:24,700 --> 01:04:27,200
Do you know that people don't
come back alone?
977
01:04:27,500 --> 01:04:29,700
And so when you're like, making
a difference, it may feel like a
978
01:04:29,700 --> 01:04:32,300
little conversation.
You are, you're the voice of
979
01:04:32,300 --> 01:04:34,200
generational change.
Amen.
980
01:04:34,700 --> 01:04:37,700
You're the voice that is forever
changed the course of history
981
01:04:37,800 --> 01:04:40,900
for that family.
Maybe even for a city, or for a
982
01:04:40,908 --> 01:04:42,900
nation because you just stood
up.
983
01:04:43,100 --> 01:04:45,000
So you're the voice that maybe
feels like you're in the
984
01:04:45,008 --> 01:04:47,400
wilderness for the voice that
makes a pathan.
985
01:04:47,600 --> 01:04:49,600
Jesus.
And so, that's why I do all this
986
01:04:49,600 --> 01:04:51,900
remove obstacles for people to
know Christ.
987
01:04:52,200 --> 01:04:54,700
And so today, I just want to
know, are you ready to raise
988
01:04:54,700 --> 01:04:57,200
your voice in this generation?
Amen.
989
01:04:57,800 --> 01:04:59,100
I read a lift.
Your voice with thanks to
990
01:04:59,100 --> 01:05:01,500
Christ.
Those are baby little timid and
991
01:05:01,600 --> 01:05:03,800
a little like Diane.
You want some, you know, bamboo
992
01:05:03,800 --> 01:05:06,600
shoots under your fingernails
before you get out there, right?
993
01:05:06,600 --> 01:05:09,500
You're introverted right?
Bone encourage you.
994
01:05:09,600 --> 01:05:13,100
There's a way to share a man and
it is moments where people all
995
01:05:13,100 --> 01:05:14,500
day long.
You have moments.
996
01:05:14,700 --> 01:05:18,600
So I'm not praying for a moment.
I'm praying for bold. - I'm
997
01:05:18,600 --> 01:05:21,600
praying just to say, you know
what, I'm just a voice today.
998
01:05:22,100 --> 01:05:25,500
It's going to humbly serve God
and I can put my Name In Lights,
999
01:05:25,600 --> 01:05:28,300
can be servant.
And the point people to Jesus
1000
01:05:28,400 --> 01:05:33,200
and they follow Jesus, yes.
I stayed off and then they
1001
01:05:33,200 --> 01:05:37,800
return the cycle over and over
and over Ray's.
1002
01:05:37,800 --> 01:05:45,800
Definition The Voice, father,
come before you gotta pray, got
1003
01:05:45,800 --> 01:05:48,900
our church of rise up as a voice
in our community that
1004
01:05:48,900 --> 01:05:51,500
individuals today.
Gotta pray for the speak to
1005
01:05:51,500 --> 01:05:55,400
somebody day and it's been timid
as put everything else in front
1006
01:05:55,400 --> 01:06:00,100
of this has been keeping the
voice quiet and hiding it under
1007
01:06:00,300 --> 01:06:01,300
a basket.
Basket.
1008
01:06:01,400 --> 01:06:04,400
The light is not shining today.
I pray this rise up.
1009
01:06:04,400 --> 01:06:07,900
People got a raise up, people
gathered proclaim, the good
1010
01:06:07,900 --> 01:06:10,400
news, the gospel everywhere they
go.
1011
01:06:10,800 --> 01:06:14,200
I pray that we would be able to
bring people to Jesus got who is
1012
01:06:14,200 --> 01:06:17,200
the person who life that you've
called us to bring what lost
1013
01:06:17,200 --> 01:06:20,100
siblings people in our block and
her co-workers doing you bring
1014
01:06:20,100 --> 01:06:22,000
today.
And so you got it will pray for
1015
01:06:22,008 --> 01:06:24,100
those that are speaking that
you're speaking to data raise
1016
01:06:24,100 --> 01:06:27,100
their voice up in this
generation, just like you did in
1017
01:06:27,107 --> 01:06:30,600
John the Baptist in danger of
Peter gotten John.
1018
01:06:31,300 --> 01:06:34,200
Can we play the Harvest story
that pause the moment?
1019
01:06:34,200 --> 01:06:37,800
I'm from people as they meet you
that tourney be changed so that
1020
01:06:37,800 --> 01:06:39,400
that's unions.
They don't need to raise a voice
1021
01:06:39,400 --> 01:06:42,300
higher.
I got God speaking to me Holy
1022
01:06:42,300 --> 01:06:44,500
Spirit speaking to me I've been
on the back burner but Salman
1023
01:06:44,500 --> 01:06:47,900
I'm a little front burner for
Jesus like I gotta find some
1024
01:06:47,900 --> 01:06:49,800
people.
I've got a lift my voice up.
1025
01:06:50,000 --> 01:06:52,400
All the platforms are leveraged
my life for Christ so that you
1026
01:06:52,400 --> 01:06:53,700
use, raise your hand high, this
place.
1027
01:06:54,000 --> 01:06:55,500
Come on.
These me, the gods of use my
1028
01:06:55,500 --> 01:06:57,000
voice.
Come on, put your hand up that
1029
01:06:57,000 --> 01:06:59,000
you today sir.
He is all around.
1030
01:06:59,200 --> 01:07:00,500
Father.
You see the hands?
1031
01:07:00,900 --> 01:07:04,000
Got thanks for calling people.
Not to be the voice just
1032
01:07:04,000 --> 01:07:07,600
preparing Hearts God, just
leveling out paths and is
1033
01:07:07,600 --> 01:07:10,800
pulling people to you.
Maybe it's on the maybe it's we
1034
01:07:10,800 --> 01:07:13,900
were the garage working on my
car or it's out in the world.
1035
01:07:13,900 --> 01:07:15,600
God, maybe it's real.
Pulping.
1036
01:07:15,900 --> 01:07:18,200
Got you've just given a
mouthpiece, God, we can lift up
1037
01:07:18,200 --> 01:07:21,500
your voice this generation, but
pray for one more group people
1038
01:07:21,500 --> 01:07:24,800
and that's those of you that
you're like, Simon somebody
1039
01:07:24,800 --> 01:07:27,900
brought you here today.
So maybe drug you here today.
1040
01:07:28,300 --> 01:07:30,800
So missing you get to real life.
You need to be a part of this.
1041
01:07:30,900 --> 01:07:34,500
Is in the realized today that
God wants to give you a new name
1042
01:07:34,500 --> 01:07:36,600
that I want to give you a
purpose, a day.
1043
01:07:37,000 --> 01:07:40,300
You realize who Jesus is, he's a
lamb of God.
1044
01:07:40,600 --> 01:07:43,800
They died on the cross for you.
And today, you need new life in
1045
01:07:43,800 --> 01:07:46,100
him.
You need to, you need a word
1046
01:07:46,100 --> 01:07:48,800
from the word today.
You need to call on him.
1047
01:07:49,000 --> 01:07:51,900
You made every phone call today.
But today, you're gonna call him
1048
01:07:51,900 --> 01:07:55,600
Jesus, instead of that you've
need forgiveness and new life,
1049
01:07:55,600 --> 01:07:58,300
also has a calls, him Lord
should be saved for a given, it
1050
01:07:58,300 --> 01:08:00,300
made new.
So, that's you day that I be
1051
01:08:00,300 --> 01:08:01,500
looking around.
They need Jesus.
1052
01:08:01,500 --> 01:08:02,700
We Salute Your Hand high this
place.
1053
01:08:02,700 --> 01:08:04,800
I need Jesus.
Today, I'll put the hand up with
1054
01:08:04,800 --> 01:08:06,800
that to you.
I need Jesus.
1055
01:08:08,000 --> 01:08:10,000
That's you down with you to pray
this prayer and say, father God,
1056
01:08:10,000 --> 01:08:14,200
thanks so much for sending Jesus
for senior best design across
1057
01:08:14,300 --> 01:08:16,200
for me.
God God, thank you so much for
1058
01:08:16,200 --> 01:08:19,800
being the Lamb of God.
The sacrifice yourself.
1059
01:08:20,300 --> 01:08:24,000
You do it without protesting
your suffering.
1060
01:08:24,600 --> 01:08:26,600
Got the you do that.
Protesting to sacrifice.
1061
01:08:26,600 --> 01:08:29,399
For me God you've made me clean
dealt with spirits come into my
1062
01:08:29,399 --> 01:08:32,399
life.
Wash away my sins white as snow.
1063
01:08:32,399 --> 01:08:34,899
Got, thank you so much for
loving me enough.
1064
01:08:35,500 --> 01:08:38,800
It's in Jesus and raising voices
in my life.
1065
01:08:39,200 --> 01:08:40,800
It was so humbly point me to
you.
1066
01:08:41,200 --> 01:08:42,300
God, we love you and thank you.
Pray?
1067
01:08:42,300 --> 01:08:45,800
This in Jesus name and everybody
said, amen.
1068
01:08:45,800 --> 01:08:47,399
Come on scooter for God today.
Come on.
1069
01:08:51,100 --> 01:08:54,500
Made it if that's you today, you
made that decision for Jesus.
1070
01:08:54,500 --> 01:08:58,100
You pray that prayer what you to
know that we are so excited for
1071
01:08:58,100 --> 01:08:59,899
you.
Congratulations, we are all in
1072
01:08:59,899 --> 01:09:02,200
for you.
We can't wait to see what's
1073
01:09:02,200 --> 01:09:03,200
going to happen next in your
life.
1074
01:09:03,200 --> 01:09:05,100
What God's got for you?
So, if that's you today, whether
1075
01:09:05,100 --> 01:09:07,399
you're in the online or you're
with us in person, I've got a
1076
01:09:07,399 --> 01:09:10,200
couple great next steps for you.
The first one is let us know
1077
01:09:10,200 --> 01:09:14,200
about your decision by texting
our own next 29. 7000 what we
1078
01:09:14,200 --> 01:09:17,100
want to do is when you fill out
that information card, we want
1079
01:09:17,100 --> 01:09:19,500
to bless you with this little
book called begin.
1080
01:09:19,500 --> 01:09:21,800
And it's got a big blessing and
It's a great way to get you
1081
01:09:21,800 --> 01:09:24,800
started off on the right foot.
It's a short little book, but
1082
01:09:24,800 --> 01:09:27,700
it's a great step to get you
guys started off to follow.
1083
01:09:27,700 --> 01:09:30,700
Jesus, become a disciple, become
a follower, in the way that the
1084
01:09:30,700 --> 01:09:33,500
Bible would have you.
So when you fill that out, we
1085
01:09:33,500 --> 01:09:35,600
would love to send that to you
in the mail.
1086
01:09:35,600 --> 01:09:37,399
If you were with this in person,
the other thing we've got for
1087
01:09:37,399 --> 01:09:39,399
you is on your way out.
There's a red bag.
1088
01:09:39,399 --> 01:09:41,100
So, grab one of those inside.
There's a Bible.
1089
01:09:41,300 --> 01:09:42,600
So I'll talk about having a
Bible.
1090
01:09:42,600 --> 01:09:44,700
Take it.
Bring it back next week.
1091
01:09:44,700 --> 01:09:47,000
It's awesome.
It's just how you find God's
1092
01:09:47,000 --> 01:09:49,700
purpose for you and your life.
And so take that their the re
1093
01:09:49,700 --> 01:09:52,300
great resource in there.
We're so excited for you.
1094
01:09:52,300 --> 01:09:54,900
Thank you so much, and we're
excited to partner with you and
1095
01:09:54,900 --> 01:09:58,400
to see what God's got for you.
I love how sean talked about
1096
01:09:58,400 --> 01:10:00,800
your voice and there's a lot of
different voices in here.
1097
01:10:00,800 --> 01:10:03,500
Some of us have deep voices,
some of us have High voices,
1098
01:10:03,500 --> 01:10:06,500
some of us are quiet, some of us
are loud, but can it tell no
1099
01:10:06,500 --> 01:10:08,500
matter where you fall on that
Spectrum, your voice is
1100
01:10:08,500 --> 01:10:10,600
important.
You guys going to use it in his
1101
01:10:10,600 --> 01:10:14,400
Sovereign way, just to reach the
circles that you have in your
1102
01:10:14,400 --> 01:10:16,300
lives because there's people in
your circles that none of us are
1103
01:10:16,300 --> 01:10:18,900
ever going to meet.
So the best way that you can use
1104
01:10:18,900 --> 01:10:20,500
your voice in the next couple
weeks is your and have an
1105
01:10:20,500 --> 01:10:22,500
awesome.
Opportunity just to lift that
1106
01:10:22,500 --> 01:10:25,200
voice and reach into those
circles and invite people out to
1107
01:10:25,200 --> 01:10:26,800
Easter.
And you can do that in several
1108
01:10:26,800 --> 01:10:29,100
different ways and on your
chairs for the chair next to
1109
01:10:29,100 --> 01:10:30,800
theirs.
These Easter cards, grab one of
1110
01:10:30,800 --> 01:10:34,700
those you can just make a simple
invite, just talk to somebody
1111
01:10:34,700 --> 01:10:37,300
about hey, I know what's going
on in your life guys, got
1112
01:10:37,300 --> 01:10:41,300
something for you in that come
hang out with this Easter, you
1113
01:10:41,300 --> 01:10:43,300
can share the event on
Eventbrite.
1114
01:10:43,400 --> 01:10:45,900
So there's so many ways that you
can use your voice just to just
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to tie into people.
And we're going to blow this
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place.
Up is so exciting.
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I don't know.
You guys can't.
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We're going to have three
special Gatherings at 8:30,
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10:00 and 11:30, just to make
room for the new people that God
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is going to bring into the room.
And we're not leaving the kids
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out there, going to have an
awesome, an awesome, awesome
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time bacteria that got through
own their own egg, hunt
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photobooth.
So it is going to be cool what
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an awesome opportunity to invite
families with with kids.
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So we can't wait to see how how
God is going to use that.
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And bless that, one of the
things we're going to do next
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week as we prepare for Easter,
we're gonna do something called
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communion.
It's a way that we can time too.
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The it's going to give us a time
to sit and reflect on what God
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did for us in that moment
leading up to his death burial
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and Resurrection, we can reflect
on his suffering, what he did
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for us to bring Redemption into
our lives.
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So prepare your hearts next week
for that as well as we all
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participate in communion.
So, if you're new at real life,
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can I let you guys know?
We don't want anything from you?
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We want something for you.
This Gathering is our gift to
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you, but if you call yourself a
member in your, your home here
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at your life, there's still
three ways you can participate
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in generosity in the One is by
going online at Real Life Church
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01:11:52,900 --> 01:11:56,100
kc.com, you can take steam out,
see four, three, two, one, or if
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you want to use cash or check,
you can drop that in the box at
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the back or use one of these
buckets.
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As it is, they come back also.
As these buckets past, if your
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family find yourself in
immediate need of food, clothing
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01:12:07,500 --> 01:12:10,000
or shelter please reach in and
grab any loose cash.
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Just you see just to help your
family in the time of need.
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So I want to give your attention
one more thing on your chair.
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The chair next to you.
Sean talked about these cards.
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We're about to watch a video in
a second.
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Is God's leading you.
Or you have something or
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questions about baptism, you've
never done that.
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You never taken that next step
because you're watching this
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01:12:25,900 --> 01:12:29,200
video, grab one of these cards,
fill it out and drop it off at
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the baptism booth and we would
love just to talk to you about
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if this is the next step for you
and your life.
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So take a second, check out this
video Hey, we're alive with
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something so special, and so
significant Happening Here in a
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lifer Church in just two
Sundays.
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Of course, it's Easter Sunday,
but something significant this
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happening each and every
gathering on that Sunday.
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We are baptizing here at Real
Life Church in Jesus.
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He don't only commands as to,
they actually models for us,
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what is he baptized in?
So important, the life of a
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Believer to take this stem is
over.
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As you may wonder, what is this
all about?
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It's simply a picture of what
Jesus did for us on Easter
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Sunday that he was buried.
He was dead, and he resurrected
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for life.
And so for us, we were dead to
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send our may live, the Jesus and
sought invite you to sign up
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today.
You were just curious, maybe a
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little nervous to be afraid of
what to expect.
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We're going to help you every
step along the way for this
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journey from just giving
knowledge about it to walk you
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through it.
You can even see what happens on
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Sunday.
How excited we are for you.
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And so, this is a step of abuse
Source.
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Christ is just saying, Hey to
the whole world, on the love of
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Jesus.
I'm passionate about Jesus now
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with the world to know that I
love Jesus.
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And so, get signed up today, go,
our website, click on Advanced
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and let us know.
You're interested.
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We love to help you.
Your next step in your faith
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Journey, this Easter Sunday, And
I'm so excited for Easter for
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baptism.
Come hang out with this next
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week as we conclude our series
on bring tearin'.
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The roof off is to bring to
people to the feet of Jesus,
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were going to hear some more
stories about prodigals that
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have come home.
So, don't miss next week, you
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need if you need prayer for a
reason, we'll have a team
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record.
We would love to pray with you
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and it's always that you guys
leave remember whoever finds
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Jesus discovers real life and
purpose.
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See you next week.
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Welcome to another inspirational
podcast at Real Life, Church for
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more great content and updates,
visit Real Life, Church kc.com,
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hey good morning and welcome to
Real Life Church man.
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We are still expecting of all
that God is going to do and this
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Replace today.
So whether you're with us here
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at Kentucky Trail, are you are
joining us online, go ahead and
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stand to your feet.
We're going to worship God, they
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together today.
So soon for like I did, I saw
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Darkness Run for Cover.
Yes, I do.
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Very cool.
Get I just can't get away.
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My name is registered in his
grace rewrote, my story.
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This Is My Testimony.
The Praises of the spirit shown
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your father, I got will finish
what you started.
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We believe I got will finish
what he started.
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This is my sister-in-law.
This is my testimony
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this morning.
From Death To Life his grace
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rewrote my story.
I'll take the fall Jesus Christ.
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This morning.
I'm so glad that, that is my
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story.
The story of our savior that he
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died on the cross, so that we
can have a story of life.
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And so, we're going to continue
and praise our God today,
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because he is worthy.
Rumors of the stories of the
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savior.
Holiness with you and treasure
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for the traitor.
No, wait.
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Until heaven to live with me.
A rescue like no other.
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Lift him up.
He's worthy today, shoe.
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You did not speak.
Because you're my, my Ransom, My
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Savior, my refuge, my Hiding
Place.
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Enjoy my My healer, my Blessed
Redeemer, my answer, my Saving
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Grace.
We're not done yet.
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I love your name, my G.
Jesus.
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Praise him together.
We need to give God the one
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thing you can't do.
So as we sing this next song of
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surrender, really this prayer of
surrender to him.
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Don't let it be just words that
you say.
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Me and shake up the ground
today.
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Break down a wall or something
that is holding
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This is my surrender.
This is my survey.
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How do we say we make room for
you in our hearts and our lives?
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Are we have?
We are.
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Thanks to you God.
Father, take every selfish
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ambition, every distraction out
of the way from getting to you
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today that we want nothing else
than you.
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So can we give us back to you
today as a sign of surrender?
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Rather, all we are all we have
is yours got all the glory, and
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all the honor is yours today in
Jesus name.
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Amen.
Amen.
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Let's give God some praise this
morning.
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Me and I know you make room for
God to move in your life.
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And he shows up, he can move
there and you don't know what we
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are making room for God to move
in this face.
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You may have noticed some extra
chairs in here this morning.
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And we are expecting for all God
is doing and want every person
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who walks in know, there's room
for them here, room for them to
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experience.
God, so find a seed.
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Come up front student.
It's a lot of fun.
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Thank you guys for being here
today.
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I'm excited to see you all
excited to see you in the house
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today.
And let's give a quick shout out
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to our friends who are real life
church kc.com, all my Church
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online.
Let him hear you today.
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Yeah, man, we're excited that
you're joining with us.
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So hey, we're take a second
before you sit down, reach out.
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Give somebody a high five, a
fist bump, but wave smile, and
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then have a seat in just a
couple minutes.
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All right, you guys can have a
seat.
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Hey if you're new with us today
it means the world to us that
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you have chosen to come out and
worship with us today to spend
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your Sunday and so I hope that
you have felt welcomed but we
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would love also to connect with
you and there's a couple ways
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that we can do that in.
The first one is this you can
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take out your phone.
You can text RL new tonight.
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2,000.
There is a queue are on the back
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of the seat in front of you.
You can scan that that's gonna
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give you a place where I'd love
to invite you to fill out our
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digital connection card, so we
can just connect with you.
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Thank you for coming out praying
for you and we would just love
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to welcome in the next you in
that way.
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And also, if you're here with us
in person head on out to the new
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here Booth, right after this
gathering in the hub, our team
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there would love to welcome you
as well, but we have a free gift
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for you.
Just to thank you as a small
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token to say, thanks for coming
out and spending your Sunday
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with us here.
At real life.
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And why do we do that?
Why do we do all this?
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Because we believe that Souls
matter to God, The Souls of
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people are so important and that
is really it's our mission.
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It's why we exist for people who
are far from God, to discover
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real life and purpose in.
Jesus, man, God's heart is
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people loves people in the
messy, the lost the broken, the
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hurting, those people who are
just searching for something God
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loves those people.
We love those people.
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We are those people.
Those people, right?
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We are messy and God loves us
and so we get to come together
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on Sundays.
Just as a place where prodigals
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can come home, come here, get
filled up and then scatter back
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out across our city to help
people who don't know the love
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of God, help people who are far
from, that is why we exist.
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And so, I hope that you're
encouraged and inspired by being
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here today.
To leave this place on fire to
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be able to bring the people of
God and we have these empty
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chairs.
So thank you.
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For those of you who've been
inviting, we have so much coming
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up with ease.
Stir.
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And just it's an exciting time
to be bringing somebody to sit
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alongside you next week because
sometimes I think it's kind of
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hard maybe to bring her invite
somebody with you, right?
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It feels weird, but I think that
maybe it might be not as
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complicated as we make in.
What if bringing somebody to
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Jesus wasn't about saying the
right words or having the right
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strategy, maybe it's a lot
simpler than that.
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And, you know, it might be that
the most powerful Arsenal that
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you have in the toolbox of your
weapons against, or Your weapons
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for bringing people to, Jesus is
something that you already
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possess, it might be the simple
way that you use your voice to
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show others.
Jesus and so today, Sean is
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going to walk us through as we
discover how God uses people.
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Like John the Baptist and Andrew
and John to Simply use their
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voice to help people, come to
see Jesus.
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And so let's continue our series
bring, that's what babe.
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Good morning, guys, how you
doing?
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Does alive out there.
Well, maybe we'll get a good
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week, praying.
They really planting seeds for
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the gospel were in the series
called bring it about, bringing
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people to Jesus.
And today we're going to make it
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a loose complicate as possible
and we'll get to the heart of
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the gospel.
And I'll start with a question
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today ever been in a room with
somebody that's famous me like
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an icon or maybe it has a lot of
followers and you'd recognize
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and you couldn't help but to
meet them maybe in that space
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maybe it's after a football game
or backstage at the concert or
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maybe you're at the airport and
a lot of people, a lot of people
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Famous the airport at the stall.
Next to him, come on somebody,
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right?
You couldn't help but shake
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their hand, right, I know about
you but I've had this happen in
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my life until 15.
I was in Colorado.
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I was hoping buddy.
Just launched a church on a
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Sunday.
It was as cool thing.
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We end up by God's Providence at
the red rocks and Denver and
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just so have to be worshipped in
America.
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So here's Chris Tom and Louie
Giglio Kari Jobe at Mar all
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these other guys, and this
mazing concert venue.
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And we are the hotel and the
next morning wake up and
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meantime, reporter luggage out
of the front.
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And Lo and behold who's there?
There's Kari Jobe and the crew
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eating the breakfast, right?
And it's like, that'd be kind of
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weird like to go over.
And so were like, hey, let's go
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for the door.
You know, I'm not going to go
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bother people but on the way out
the door, there's this little
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short guy.
Come on somebody, and it was
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Chris Tomlin you stand right
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I was like, oh, this is awesome.
So like, hey, babe, we gotta go
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meet Chris and you know, I'm
going to die or not but she's a
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complete introvert.
She really get bamboo shoved
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under her fingernails, then go
meet Chris Tomlin, right?
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And so I'm just like, no, no,
no.
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We're going to do it.
So I grabbed her hand like going
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to be Chris, right?
So I'm like, hey Hey Chris.
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I'm Sean's wife.
Diane and man, would incredible
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concert last night.
It was awesome.
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And little small talk.
I said you great job.
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And how do you, how do you the
passion?
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Try all your songs niggers, man,
I just got to give some credit
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to David.
I think one day when I get in
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heaven, we have a little
conversation about me stealing
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all his words, you know, I
thought.
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Wow, he's thought about this a
few times right?
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Gets all the time, right?
And so, without missing a beat,
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I don't know what is wrong with
me, but literally chrisstambo
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I'm like, Hey, where's Louie
Giglio, right?
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I mean, he spoke last night, I
love Lou.
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He's like, man, you know.
Diane.
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She's like this like just like
what an idiot right?
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He's like, he went home last
night to Atlanta.
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I was like oh that's cool.
It was great talking.
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Chris, you know.
And so I walk off and Diane.
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She's just next to me.
She's just like, what an idiot.
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What is wrong with you?
You know, like where's Louis
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right?
And so I'll know again awkward,
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but I told Diana's it look who
can say that they've met Chris
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Tomlin.
Come on somebody, right?
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It was weird, but we can always
say we did it, right?
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And so I would encourage you to
think about this, if Jesus were
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to walk into To this gathering.
At any moment, come down the
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aisle.
What would it be?
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Like, what would it be like for
you?
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Matter of fact, I think it's
going to happen is you can say,
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forget this Pony preacher, come
on somebody.
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The word of God is here.
The presence of guys here, and
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you're going to get to Jesus.
Amen.
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You're going to gathered around
Jesus, matter of fact, I don't
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think you just go by yourself.
I think in a grab the house and
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the Hand of your spouse with a
lost or whatever, they think
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about God and you can just bring
them to Jesus.
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Amen.
And there's gonna be a line
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forming Around Jesus.
You're Bade, the kids program
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come on somebody.
You're gonna go through the
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doors, break through security
and get your kids.
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You're going to be on your
phone.
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You're going to lift your voice
and you're going to start
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calling people.
Hey Mom, you got to get to real
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life.
Today, Jesus is here in person.
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You're going to be in line or
you start taking selfies with
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Jesus, right?
Your hashtag presence of God and
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manuals here, you're going to
have all this energy to share
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just all of a sudden.
The news is going to spread the
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lines going to go out to the hub
and announce the parking lot in
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the world.
You know Jesus here that fast.
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Amen.
That's would be like Jesus came
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in.
We forget the entire Programs,
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the presence of God.
And today's, just a reminder
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that Jesus is Alive, that he's
to want you to bring people who
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maybe can't see him in this
moment, we share the same
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passion, obviously walked in the
room today.
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Amen.
It's a reminder of what it is to
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be a follower of Christ or
minor.
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How to bring people to Jesus and
not some like fake strategy or
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some phony.
Like, oh, here's the words to
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say, here's the thing to do, but
the heart of some of you is an
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evangelist.
That's what today is all about
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and what it looks like for
somebody when they actually beat
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Jesus, For the first time.
And so I'm just praying that God
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moves in this room and more than
that.
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I'm praying that you and be a
part of the movement of God.
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This next two weeks that you'd
be just focused and praying and
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planting seeds and investing,
and inviting and Redemptive
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relationships to bring people to
Jesus and let them get in his
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presence.
Let them see who Jesus is and
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let God get into them because
they can't help, but the humble
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ourselves and follow him.
And so, they were start with a
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story another video.
This is a young couple that just
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began a relationship.
And ship with Jesus.
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They've overcome skepticism and
doubts.
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And really, the little things,
the world puts out and have just
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taken a step of faith.
And today, we're going to
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celebrate the voices that played
a part of the story to find
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Jesus.
So check this out.
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My name's Gavin Mackenzie in
this is our story.
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When I was growing up, I thought
there's it just doesn't make
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sense.
A man died and came back to life
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it just doesn't make sense.
But as I grew I just kind of
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grew further and further away
from the church from God from
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Jesus because of that battle
between logic and faith.
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I think it was just losing part
of myself.
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The parts that I enjoyed the fun
parts of my life, it was a
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battle between that and logic.
And at the end of the day, what
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I believed in as I Growing up, I
went to church with my
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grandparents and my parents but
after a while we kind of stopped
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going.
So that was the time for me to
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kind of question Christianity.
As a whole, I was wondering just
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different stuff.
So I wanted to Branch off on my
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own and kind of learn at my own
way, not the way my parents and
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my family.
See it, my best friend was Logan
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growing up, and I spent
countless nights hours days
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weeks at a time at Logan's house
and And what Logan does on
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Sunday, he gets up at like 5:00
in the morning goes and sets up
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for real life.
I'm like, Okay, Kevin you want
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to go with me to real life, set
up with me, tear down with him,
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I guess, eventually, I kind of
got tired of it because as a
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kid, I wasn't as into the faith
last year.
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Christmas Eve, I think I was on
the wrong end of Noah's Ark
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because we went out having
Christmas eve lunch with her
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family and we get back and And
as we pull into the parking lot
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where like what is, there's
water all over our parking lot,
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where did this come from and we
get closer and see the patio
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it's just pouring and I'm
thinking somebody's pipe busted.
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So I was all freaked out about
water being everywhere sighs,
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you know, I was crying like an
but I didn't really have The
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seeing how he was handling it.
I wanted to handle it as well as
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he was and then we open the door
and everything is ruined.
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It's been running for hours but
the pipe bursts between our
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floor and the upstairs floor and
everything got ruined and I
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think it was a point for me to
take me out of the logical, the
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physical mindset.
None of this stuff matters.
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It's not the point of life.
And so then I calling Insurance
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calling the apartment calling
maintenance calling everybody.
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Nobody really had a good answer
because it was Christmas Eve.
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Everybody was with their family.
They weren't answering the phone
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insurance.
They just gave me a claim and
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put a bunch of work on me.
So that night, I decided to call
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the one line that I hadn't
called, and I've sat down.
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And I, she was asleep and I just
laid next to him prayed, and I
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got I got a feeling of comfort
and like I was forgiven, that
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was my sign.
That was my goal against time to
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go back to church.
Gavin if God is willing to let
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everything, you think you love
get ruined.
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Maybe it's time to start loving
something else.
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He really wanted to go back to
real life.
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This these over these past few
months, I was like okay that
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sounds like a cool church.
I would enjoy going to.
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It just took me a while to
really start to believe in it
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more.
So, I've been trying to read the
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Bible and trying to just keep
Christian values in my life.
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I think God is trying to tell me
that.
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What where do we need to work
through?
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Is we need to have both of us
against what we need, and have
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God on, you know, on our
shoulders, helping us through.
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Nothing feels whole like your
whole life, no matter what you
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do, how much money you make, how
many girls you sleep, whatever
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it is.
Nothing feels whole until you
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find God.
You have to put logic aside.
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Coming to real life with Gavin,
knowing the Hardy.
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So having someone I know they're
kind of helped me because I'm
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more shy, but I'm just really
grateful that I wasn't forced,
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but he greatly encouraged me to
come to church.
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And when we got there, I just
fell in love.
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Everyone was so nice.
You know, meeting, Sean, and
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Diane, and Brian.
They all just so welcoming and
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it was really awesome to see and
be a part of thankful for God,
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for fighting my apartment, I'm
thankful for all the Earnings
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Logan, woke me up early even
though I didn't notice it at the
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time he was he was teaching me
the most important things.
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Logan brought me to church,
Gavin brought me to church.
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Now we invite you to bring
somebody to Come on, give it up
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for Gavin.
Mackenzie how cool is that?
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There's one of the voices is
life, right there weeks at your
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house Mary, it's amazing and I
just love the story because you
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got a really growing up through
normal education, right?
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And playing those seeds of doubt
and skepticism and this young
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man finds Jesus and he could
point back to say, there's some
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voices in my life, the Hardy
family.
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Let me crash there and mash out
till Logan right for pouring,
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the him Logan, and he's at March
Madness.
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That dog, right?
Man, but can you get for the
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Hardy family for being a voice
that pulling the Jesus?
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Come on.
I think Barry was tearing up
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over there.
I was sitting next to him, but
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man, it's cool to be a part of
story, and I love how he called
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on Jesus and Jesus answered,
amen.
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It's just how Jesus works.
There was a calling him Lord
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shall be saved and in that
moment, like, just desperation
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for the one thing you know can
be sure isn't Jesus and how God
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is always faithful to show up.
And today I believe some of you
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guys are going to put your faith
in Jesus today.
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I'll send you guys going to make
that call.
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You pick up that phone, you're
going to say, Jesus.
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I need you.
If you have to do my own way of
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and follow my own path but
today, I believe you were the
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one.
True, Son of God and you gotta
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cross for my sins gonna change
everything for you.
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What's really cool is Gavin in
McKinsey.
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They were signed up to get
baptized on Easter.
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Come all somebody is that
amazing, man, it's full circle,
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but God is going to do.
And so today we're going to
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celebrate and really, look at it
talks about like to bring
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somebody to Jesus.
What's the heartbeat have to
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have inside of you to get
somebody to the Cross?
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Like what's the heartbeat of
evangelist?
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We're all called to share Jesus.
I'm not give you some kind of
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some Method, or strategy, or
whatever, but we'll look at the
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heart of somebody that what they
look like on the inside and get
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some of the Cross and what it
looks like when somebody finds
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Jesus.
And so, they were going to jump
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in, really, to a story of a man
named John, the Baptist, John is
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a cousin of Jesus and he uses
voice to point people to the
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cross.
And so if you have your Bible
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and I hope you do, I don't you
turn to John chapter 1 and it
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will be in verse 19.
Will start out says this.
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Now, this was John's testimony.
Now, anytime you see the name
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John in the Book of John?
He's not talk about.
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Self, he's talked about John the
Baptist and so it says this was
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John the Baptist testimony.
When the Jewish leaders in
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Jerusalem sent priests and
Levites to ask him who he was.
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You think about these Jewish
leaders?
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These are maybe the Temple
Police, maybe part of the
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Sanhedrin, the family of the
high priest, these people would
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hostile things of God, hostile,
things of Jesus and they're
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definitely hostile to John the
Baptist and so they sent them to
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ask.
John the Baptist who he was,
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they say did not fail to confess
but confessed freely this is
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John the Baptist he said I'm not
the Messiah.
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They asked him, who are you?
So are you Elijah?
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They would have known this out
of Malachi chapter 4.
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There's a prophecy that would
say Elijah was going to come and
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John.
The Baptist said he said, I am
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not Elijah but you know, in the
New Testament that John the
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Baptist had the spirit of Elijah
on him but he was not Elijah.
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He goes on to say, are you the
prophet?
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Not, are you a prophet?
But are you the prophets?
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And the referring back to
Deuteronomy 18:15 ra says, this
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Prophet will rise up.
His voice will rise and the word
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of God will come out as mouth.
Mouth.
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And it's we're talking about
Jesus, the Messiah, and so John
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the Baptist replies.
No verse 22 says this finally.
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They said well, who are you?
Give us an answer to take back
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to those who sent us?
What do you say about yourself?
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Who are you, what who sent you?
Why are you on a mission?
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What is going on in John, says
something that's so profound is.
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So prolific is so important that
even speaks to us today.
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John humbly replies, this he
says, in the words of Isaiah,
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the prophet Prophet.
See John the Baptist we're back
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to the scripture.
So Jesus was done and he quotes
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Isaiah 40:3, like, almost
verbatim and he says this, I am
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the what?
I'm the I'm the voice, I'm just
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a voice, he didn't call himself,
John the Baptist, even call
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myself a person.
He said, I'm a voice calling in
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the wilderness to make straight
the way for the Lord.
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Here's the first thing you're
going to bring people to Jesus
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and play part of the story.
You have to answer the question,
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who are you Are you a
businessman?
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Are you a concrete Guy?
Come on, Barry?
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Right?
Are you a pickleball player?
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Are you a son or a dad?
Are you a hard-working American?
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What?
What are you who are you?
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And so for John, the Baptist to
answer this question, his reply
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was simply this I am a voice,
that's all I am.
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I'm just the one that's going to
point people to Jesus and I'm
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going to fade away Into
Obscurity.
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I'm not even anything else.
Do you recognize anything else
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about my life?
I'm just a voice.
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That's going to point people to
Jesus, to 9, and 12 the Messiah.
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I'm my whole life is leveraging
for the kingdom of God.
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So people know his name and not
my name.
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I'm simply just a voice thing
about this voice calling out in
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the wilderness.
He was actually quoted a prophet
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in Isaiah 40 verse 3.
He literally quoted another
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person who said this this was
spoken to the to really the
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Jewish people that are in
captivity in Babylon.
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He said that your A voice
calling out in the wilderness.
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Make straight the way to the
Lord.
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What's Happening Here is he's
quoting this Prophet that said
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hey these Jewish people that are
in captivity, they're being
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persecuted.
They've been exiled out of their
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country in Babylon.
I want you to make a straight
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path home through the Eastern
desert.
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I want you to level out the sand
dunes to bring these people out
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of captivity.
You see, this is going I mean
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for John the Baptist this was so
profound that he was going to
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level the ground.
He's going to move barriers and
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obstacles and make a path of
Freedom leads directly to Jesus.
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And for us as Christians, is
there any better terminology
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that we should have in our life
to say that?
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We are making straight the path
to the Lord?
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Amen.
That removing barriers and
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obstacles and the things that
stop people from seeing God
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including her own pride and we
move out of the way just humbly
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say There's Jesus there's Jesus
I'm going to make a path to the
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freedom found in Jesus and level
the ground so people can find
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and know Jesus and lift my voice
so people can find him.
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So who are you today?
You're just You're just a voice.
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You're just a voice.
It's more important than
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anything.
You do is more important, they
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need toddler.
You have it's more important
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than anything that you Proclaim
is more important.
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Your name on lights and your
name being successful and people
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knowing you and erecting a
statue that you're just a voice
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in this generation to point
people.
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To Jesus, to lift the banner
High men, to flatten the path of
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freedom to Jesus, remove, all
obstacles for Freedom, so other
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people can know him.
It says, in verse 24 says, now
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the Pharisees who had been since
So, the question that I said,
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why do you baptize?
If you're not the Messiah or
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Elijah or the prophet is that,
baptized with water, John
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replied, but among you stands
one who you do?
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Not know.
He is the one who comes after me
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and says the straps of whose
sandals.
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I am not worthy to untie.
He imagined the humility for
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John to say this met.
John the Baptist and I'm worthy
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to unstrap his sandals.
So what you have to realize is
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this and that custom that
culture, the job of and tying,
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somebody sandals was a job of a
Slave.
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Like you go into somebody's
house in a slave with a strap,
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your sandals and take your
sandals, off your feet, that was
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the job of somebody.
Those are indentured servant and
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what John the Baptist saying is,
I'm not even worthy to be a
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slave of the one that's to come.
I'm not even worthy to be a
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slave of Jesus, because he is so
great.
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He is so mad.
He's so powerful.
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I'm not worthy but only by God's
grace.
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Amen.
That I could serve Jesus.
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It's all by God's grace, that I
can baptize.
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So my God's grace, I can
proclaim the voice that there is
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Jesus.
Imagine humility would take to
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call yourself, unworthy to
slave.
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I mean, James is half-brother.
I'm a slave of Jesus, John the
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past, I'm not even worthy
because it's late.
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It says the first one, a, this
all happened in Bethany on the
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other side of the Jordan, which
the Jordan River where John was
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baptizing, that's rights at
verse. 29 says the next day.
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So with this is day one.
Now, we're in the day to John
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saw All Jesus.
Now this was the first time that
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John recognizes who Jesus is, he
saw Jesus coming toward him and
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he said, look behold what to say
the what the Lamb of God, Behold
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the Lamb of God who God who
takes away the sin of the world
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made what an incredible
introduction to Jesus.
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Amen.
The Lamb of God, who takes away
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the sin of the world, of all the
things that John, the Baptist
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could have started out with.
He says there's the That's going
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to come for the world.
You think about the Lamb of God?
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These people around him in that
culture, or custom and culture
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would have understood what it
meant to be a lamb of God.
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They understood that the lamb
Was An Old Testament sacrifice
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every single day in the temple.
They would take lamb and it
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killed lambs, and they would
shed the blood over the altar in
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that shed blood would pay for
the sins of God's people every
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single day.
And what what simply saying is
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John, the Baptist, saying
there's the Lamb of God, there's
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the innocent one of God.
That there's the permanent.
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Perfect sacrifice for our sins.
Amen.
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It's a very first thing.
I'm John.
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00:39:53,900 --> 00:39:56,700
The Baptist says, prepared the
way playing the way he didn't
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know what was going to happen.
Matter of fact, he had no idea
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that Jesus was the Messiah.
He had no idea that the Messiah
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was in his family.
I mean, he had no idea who's
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gonna prepare the way and then
God was revealed to him and
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revealed to the nation of
Israel.
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He said this is the Lamb of God
who's going to die for the sins
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of the world.
I know what kind of In that we
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have for Jesus.
But if you're going to bring
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people to Jesus, you have to
recognize the sacrifice that
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Jesus made, amen.
It never can leave your heart,
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you can never get past the
cross.
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If your Christian walk is more
about like Conformity and people
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00:40:32,100 --> 00:40:35,000
looking a certain way and you
forgotten about the cross of
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00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:38,300
Jesus that's called religion
that that's called Ferris
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itical, right?
And we can never get past the
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point of that moment.
We know Jesus died for me like
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Behold the Lamb of God, Amen.
Like That's the name that we
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first know by Jesus, don't we?
I mean, when you first came to
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00:40:50,900 --> 00:40:54,200
Jesus, did you know him as a
savior of the sacrificial?
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One that died for you, we never
get past that name of God, the
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Lamb of God, the anointed one
that died for us, that his blood
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00:41:02,700 --> 00:41:07,100
shed for us that paid the price
for our sins that made us whole.
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We could never get past that
moment where it clung to the
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Cross as on by God's grace that
were alive today.
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Amen.
So Jesus is the Lamb of God who
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takes Away The Sins.
He removes it.
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He Bears, the sins.
He carries off our since he
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lifts Away The Sins for us.
This is exactly what John the
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Baptist came through.
Was to Proclaim Jesus, his voice
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and lift up Jesus and then, Fade
Into Obscurity.
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So, who are you today?
You're a voice, a voice that
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recognizes the sacrifice of
Jesus.
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You're a needed voice in this
culture.
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You know, your voice matters in
this culture.
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00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:44,200
You know, most people don't
understand the things of God,
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they see churches, the kind of a
relic and an Me and an outdated
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00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:51,700
retreaded, institution of a dead
God, but it's a good kind of
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00:41:51,707 --> 00:41:54,000
thing to do, but that's not the
truth.
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Amen.
The with the presence of God
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that that shows as into people's
lives and see them Souls change
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00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:02,400
their sins, forgiven and people
are in desperate need of
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relationship with Jesus.
They need the Hope found in
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Christ and we are the voice with
a mouthpiece.
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00:42:07,900 --> 00:42:10,500
The soundtrack of pointing
people to God.
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Because you realize the
sacrifice that Jesus has made
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for us John.
The Baptist goes on to say this
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in verse 30 says, this is the
One, I meant when I said a man
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who comes after me has surpassed
me, he's greater than he's a
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higher rank than me because he
was before me that this man was
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before all things in the
beginning, God, Jesus always was
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and is and is to come.
He says, I myself did not know
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him but the reason I came
baptizing with water was that he
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might be revealed to Israel.
He won the movement of God.
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He started baptizing and leading
the way and doing the things of
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God because he He wanted God to
reveal himself to the nation and
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I just can't think of a better
thing you should do in your
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Christian Life.
The be the kind of person
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there's once the will of God and
the presence of God to come and
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our generation.
Amen, that we live in such a
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00:42:59,508 --> 00:43:03,800
way, we're God, reveals himself,
Revival breaks out, where people
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00:43:03,800 --> 00:43:05,600
know Jesus, their lives are
changed.
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We do all, we can to, to
magnify, to lift up to point
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people to Christ, and our
generation is see things change.
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For God, he won the move of God.
Verse 32 says this, then John
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gave this test.
John the Baptist gave this
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00:43:18,100 --> 00:43:19,900
testimony.
He said, I saw the Spirit came
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00:43:19,900 --> 00:43:23,500
down from heaven as a dove and
remain on him.
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Remain on Jesus.
Now this would be the really the
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00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:31,900
remaining on Jesus, was this
permanent possession that Jesus
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would have had that.
This Holy Spirit would have just
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00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:36,900
fallen on Jesus and would enjoy
well, Jesus and a compass cheese
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00:43:36,900 --> 00:43:39,700
and stay with Jesus every step
of the way.
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He says, I myself did not know
him but the one who sent me to
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00:43:42,700 --> 00:43:46,600
baptize with water told me the
man on whom you see the Spirit
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come.
Come down here.
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Remain is the one who will
baptize with the Holy Spirit.
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And I have seen and testify that
this is God's chosen one and
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maybe you have your Bible open,
you might see this as God's
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chosen, son.
And what's amazing In this
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00:44:01,900 --> 00:44:05,800
passage is that John the Baptist
is baptizing with water but it's
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a picture of the one that said,
come that's going to baptize was
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what the Holy Spirit.
And for those of you guys do to
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get baptized in two weeks, for
those who have been baptized,
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this is exactly what happened
when you were baptized by water
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is a picture of what the Holy
Spirit has already done in you.
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Amen.
Baptism by water is not
588
00:44:27,400 --> 00:44:29,400
salvation.
It has zero to do with
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00:44:29,400 --> 00:44:32,300
salvation, it really has to be
about something will get to.
590
00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:36,100
It's really just a picture of
the Holy Spirit coming into your
591
00:44:36,100 --> 00:44:38,100
life.
The moment you called on Jesus.
592
00:44:38,400 --> 00:44:41,800
The moment you said, yes.
Lord, I believe that you died on
593
00:44:41,800 --> 00:44:44,400
the cross for me.
The Holy Spirit, invaded your
594
00:44:44,400 --> 00:44:45,200
life.
Amen.
595
00:44:45,700 --> 00:44:48,600
It came into your life and what
your life in a washed, your sin
596
00:44:48,600 --> 00:44:51,600
as white as snow as far as the
East is from the west and it
597
00:44:51,607 --> 00:44:53,900
made you pure.
And so when you get water,
598
00:44:53,900 --> 00:44:57,400
baptized what you're doing is
you are just saying this is what
599
00:44:57,400 --> 00:45:00,700
God has done in sided with me,
this is a picture of what's
600
00:45:00,700 --> 00:45:03,600
already taken place and
ultimately as John the Baptist
601
00:45:03,600 --> 00:45:07,100
says right here he says I
testify that this is God's
602
00:45:07,100 --> 00:45:09,100
chosen one.
This is God's son that why I'm
603
00:45:09,100 --> 00:45:11,600
getting baptized, I'm sorry.
I believe in Jesus and he is
604
00:45:11,600 --> 00:45:12,800
God's son.
Amen.
605
00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:15,500
You come out the waters.
Like, Behold the Lamb, amen?
606
00:45:15,900 --> 00:45:18,000
Like this is all about Jesus,
I'm Lynn for him.
607
00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:19,800
I'm on a shame for the cause of
Christ.
608
00:45:19,900 --> 00:45:21,000
And so I would encourage you
today.
609
00:45:21,100 --> 00:45:24,100
If you have not been baptized
and, you know, Jesus made to get
610
00:45:24,100 --> 00:45:27,700
baptized, there is a cards and
stuff on your seats around you
611
00:45:27,900 --> 00:45:29,300
and me just indicate let us
know.
612
00:45:29,300 --> 00:45:31,200
Maybe you're baptized before.
He knew Jesus.
613
00:45:31,600 --> 00:45:33,600
That's not the order of which
the Bible talks about getting
614
00:45:33,600 --> 00:45:37,000
baptized is not something you do
as a kind of rite of passage or
615
00:45:37,100 --> 00:45:40,100
confirmation or some kind of you
know thing you do.
616
00:45:40,300 --> 00:45:43,100
Little baby.
I would encourage you that you
617
00:45:43,100 --> 00:45:44,400
get baptized after news of
Jesus.
618
00:45:44,400 --> 00:45:46,000
That's a picture of what God has
done in you.
619
00:45:46,100 --> 00:45:48,300
If you get baptized for, you
know, Jesus, it's really just
620
00:45:48,300 --> 00:45:50,300
getting wet.
Come all somebody right.
621
00:45:50,500 --> 00:45:52,300
You just got wet and that's
cool, right?
622
00:45:52,600 --> 00:45:54,600
But if you're curious or you
have questions because I don't
623
00:45:54,600 --> 00:45:57,100
there's so much that goes around
this and everything's you know
624
00:45:57,100 --> 00:45:59,500
individual stories just mark on
there that you want to get
625
00:45:59,508 --> 00:46:02,100
baptized and will reach out to
you begin this week and just
626
00:46:02,100 --> 00:46:04,600
just work with you talk to you
see if it's something that it's
627
00:46:04,600 --> 00:46:07,600
a step you want to take or need
to take and so we'd love to help
628
00:46:07,600 --> 00:46:08,800
you on that Journey.
But there's nothing more
629
00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:12,200
exciting than really See, new
Believers take that step, it's
630
00:46:12,200 --> 00:46:15,700
not just I know Jesus, but I'm
on ashamed of Jesus because
631
00:46:15,700 --> 00:46:18,500
you've done something inside my
heart inside my life.
632
00:46:19,000 --> 00:46:23,600
So who are you today?
You are a, your voice, your
633
00:46:23,600 --> 00:46:25,900
voice matters.
It's the most important thing
634
00:46:25,900 --> 00:46:29,300
you can do is to share Jesus.
Now, we live in a world that
635
00:46:29,300 --> 00:46:32,600
likes to say, hey, just by
osmosis people know Jesus,
636
00:46:32,600 --> 00:46:35,500
because I'm a good person, I'm
living it out.
637
00:46:35,500 --> 00:46:38,900
I go to church on Sundays or a
Bible like my lifestyle
638
00:46:38,900 --> 00:46:41,700
evangelism is going.
To lead people to Jesus and in
639
00:46:41,700 --> 00:46:43,900
yes, you should walk the walk
right there.
640
00:46:43,900 --> 00:46:48,300
You talk talk, talk, talk, talk,
right, but in a day, you have to
641
00:46:48,300 --> 00:46:49,800
Proclaim Jesus.
Amen.
642
00:46:50,600 --> 00:46:53,800
You have to bring it up.
Is it didn't happen by osmosis
643
00:46:53,800 --> 00:46:55,800
folks like you never be good
enough?
644
00:46:55,800 --> 00:46:57,300
People go.
Hey, tell us about your God.
645
00:46:57,600 --> 00:47:00,000
You know, you've got to share
Jesus.
646
00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:02,900
You gotta make this, a porn your
life, to sure the be a voice for
647
00:47:02,900 --> 00:47:05,400
the cause of Christ.
So, you are voice today, the
648
00:47:05,400 --> 00:47:08,200
recognize sacrifice of Christ
verse 35 says this.
649
00:47:08,500 --> 00:47:11,200
Then the next day.
This is the third day.
650
00:47:11,900 --> 00:47:16,500
John was there against John the
Baptist with two of his
651
00:47:17,000 --> 00:47:19,400
disciples?
This is amazing story.
652
00:47:19,800 --> 00:47:23,900
As soon as they saw Jesus
passing by, he said, look the
653
00:47:23,900 --> 00:47:29,300
Lamb of God and the two
disciples help me out.
654
00:47:29,300 --> 00:47:35,300
They what they they heard him
say it's not when they saw Jesus
655
00:47:35,800 --> 00:47:40,500
but when they heard the voice of
John, the Baptist They followed
656
00:47:40,800 --> 00:47:45,500
Jesus.
This verse is so significant for
657
00:47:45,500 --> 00:47:47,900
us.
This verse is beyond
658
00:47:47,900 --> 00:47:50,000
significant.
Now, in fact, John the Baptist
659
00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:55,200
this woman the first time that
he got to invite other people to
660
00:47:55,200 --> 00:47:57,600
Jesus.
He imagined having a Ministry of
661
00:47:57,600 --> 00:48:00,500
just preparation.
It's like Noah come all somebody
662
00:48:00,500 --> 00:48:02,600
right?
You building the ark for 100,
663
00:48:02,600 --> 00:48:05,100
some years just preparing the
way.
664
00:48:05,400 --> 00:48:07,900
I mean he's baptizing, he's got
followers.
665
00:48:07,900 --> 00:48:11,700
I mean he Must have purely.
Convince these guys, the Messiah
666
00:48:11,700 --> 00:48:14,400
was coming because all John, the
had all job as had to do, was
667
00:48:14,400 --> 00:48:19,000
point out and said, Behold the
Lamb of God and these boys pack
668
00:48:19,000 --> 00:48:21,400
their stuff up and started
stalking Jesus.
669
00:48:21,400 --> 00:48:23,500
Amen, that's the kind of guy
John.
670
00:48:23,500 --> 00:48:27,500
The Baptist was he was full-on.
He was all in like they knew he
671
00:48:27,500 --> 00:48:31,800
was a follower of God and he
prepared the way for them to
672
00:48:31,808 --> 00:48:33,500
know Jesus.
Now, what's interesting about
673
00:48:33,500 --> 00:48:36,200
the story is this is that these
two followers, these two
674
00:48:36,200 --> 00:48:38,700
disciples, they didn't recognize
God.
675
00:48:39,700 --> 00:48:42,900
They didn't recognize Jesus as
the Son of God, didn't recognize
676
00:48:42,900 --> 00:48:47,200
Jesus as the Lamb of God, then
recognize Jesus, as the ones
677
00:48:47,200 --> 00:48:49,200
going to die on the cross.
For our sins, didn't recognize
678
00:48:49,200 --> 00:48:51,500
Jesus the Messiah, the anointed
one.
679
00:48:51,500 --> 00:48:53,300
The chosen one.
They didn't recognize Jesus
680
00:48:53,300 --> 00:48:56,400
because they saw him.
They recognize Jesus because
681
00:48:56,400 --> 00:49:02,800
John the Baptist, Told them.
Amen.
682
00:49:03,800 --> 00:49:07,400
He told them do, we honestly
believe that people are going to
683
00:49:07,400 --> 00:49:11,000
show up to God because they see
us we get to help people
684
00:49:11,000 --> 00:49:13,900
understand like that's the work
of God in their life.
685
00:49:14,300 --> 00:49:16,300
Like you got to get around
people and you guys say Hey you
686
00:49:16,300 --> 00:49:18,800
know, I feel like Josh trying to
show you something like what do
687
00:49:18,800 --> 00:49:20,100
you mean by that?
They're not even Christians
688
00:49:20,100 --> 00:49:21,500
right?
Well thank you guys trying to
689
00:49:21,508 --> 00:49:23,500
get your attention.
What do you say that?
690
00:49:23,800 --> 00:49:26,200
Well if you ever thought about
going to church like if you ever
691
00:49:26,200 --> 00:49:28,200
need a church, we have a church
for you.
692
00:49:28,400 --> 00:49:31,800
Like I seems like you're
struggling like I love you.
693
00:49:32,200 --> 00:49:35,200
Like man, I just tell you what,
made the difference in my life
694
00:49:35,200 --> 00:49:36,700
and maybe makes difference here
life.
695
00:49:36,700 --> 00:49:39,600
I'm not really sure.
But could we present Jesus and
696
00:49:39,600 --> 00:49:43,000
like a conversation, amen.
Like we don't have some try
697
00:49:43,000 --> 00:49:45,900
silly, whatever thing.
But we're just doing like with
698
00:49:45,900 --> 00:49:48,000
people.
People need your voice, amen.
699
00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:52,500
Like there's nobody is going to
show up to God without somebody
700
00:49:52,500 --> 00:49:54,800
going.
We into this last week, with the
701
00:49:54,800 --> 00:49:58,800
passage in Romans 10, right?
14 and 15, how beautiful feet of
702
00:49:58,800 --> 00:50:01,900
those who proclaim, the good
news of the Gospel, right?
703
00:50:02,100 --> 00:50:04,300
They're supposed to know unless
somebody tell them house was
704
00:50:04,300 --> 00:50:07,100
telling was somebody sense.
How beautiful are the feet of
705
00:50:07,107 --> 00:50:08,900
those?
Who go with the gospel?
706
00:50:09,200 --> 00:50:10,600
That's what were called to do.
Amen.
707
00:50:11,100 --> 00:50:14,500
So the question is a Christian
is whose voice like where we
708
00:50:14,500 --> 00:50:16,900
taking her voice?
I really kind of people that get
709
00:50:16,900 --> 00:50:19,400
back and say, to thank you.
Jesus, you brought a few of my
710
00:50:19,400 --> 00:50:23,200
life, this stranger.
I'm going to point in the Jesus.
711
00:50:23,300 --> 00:50:25,900
And so, you guys had the
opportunity last week to share.
712
00:50:25,900 --> 00:50:27,400
I was just bragging on Tim
little bit.
713
00:50:27,400 --> 00:50:30,200
He was held me off my truck
yesterday and he was telling me.
714
00:50:30,200 --> 00:50:33,400
He's like, man by six people.
To real life and to Shared share
715
00:50:33,400 --> 00:50:35,400
a little bit at Bank of America
Kamal.
716
00:50:35,400 --> 00:50:38,300
Somebody Bank of Doom, I mean,
Bank of America, right?
717
00:50:39,000 --> 00:50:40,800
They love you so much.
So take your money but I'll know
718
00:50:40,800 --> 00:50:42,800
if they help a lot, right?
I love you.
719
00:50:42,808 --> 00:50:45,300
Make America right?
But the reality the reality is
720
00:50:45,300 --> 00:50:47,500
this is he's just in there, just
sharing Jesus and some people
721
00:50:47,500 --> 00:50:50,100
were interested in the one that
he talked to said you don't
722
00:50:50,100 --> 00:50:52,600
thank you for inviting me to
church because I've never in my
723
00:50:52,600 --> 00:50:54,900
entire life, been invited to
church.
724
00:50:56,000 --> 00:51:01,900
Dude this is our city, right?
This is our city, this isn't the
725
00:51:01,900 --> 00:51:07,000
Backwoods of Bangladesh, this
isn't some crazy Mission work,
726
00:51:07,800 --> 00:51:12,000
this is Belton.
Come on somebody, right?
727
00:51:12,800 --> 00:51:16,500
Like how in the world I mean it
wouldn't be that hard for us to
728
00:51:16,500 --> 00:51:20,600
get out there and invite every
single person to God.
729
00:51:20,800 --> 00:51:22,900
Ultimately your goal is not to
bring in the real life, your
730
00:51:22,900 --> 00:51:24,500
goal to bring the Jesus.
Amen.
731
00:51:25,000 --> 00:51:27,500
And this game too.
Presence, but you don't have to
732
00:51:27,500 --> 00:51:29,900
like, leading the Jesus.
I feel like you just give them
733
00:51:29,900 --> 00:51:32,700
to the cross and died around
God's presence enough that God's
734
00:51:32,700 --> 00:51:36,100
presence just gets in them
because Jesus has a way of just
735
00:51:36,300 --> 00:51:38,000
capturing.
It's amazing.
736
00:51:38,000 --> 00:51:40,000
Jesus hung out with Sinners all
the time.
737
00:51:40,200 --> 00:51:41,800
They loved hanging out with
Jesus.
738
00:51:42,100 --> 00:51:45,500
Jesus is not some stuck-up
snooty whatever thing, right?
739
00:51:45,800 --> 00:51:49,900
Like he calls people that are in
Desperate darkness and in need
740
00:51:49,900 --> 00:51:52,600
and he surrounds with his grace
and then we could proclaim the
741
00:51:52,600 --> 00:51:55,100
gospel and he works in their
heart and they get changed
742
00:51:55,100 --> 00:51:57,700
because the spirit God comes in
them and they're baptized by the
743
00:51:57,700 --> 00:51:58,900
spirit of God.
Like, John the Baptist talk
744
00:51:58,900 --> 00:52:01,600
about it.
What greater message do we have?
745
00:52:01,800 --> 00:52:03,100
We are a voice.
Amen.
746
00:52:03,900 --> 00:52:06,200
Maybe we can take Jesus to Bank
of America.
747
00:52:06,400 --> 00:52:09,400
We can take juices of scooters
and Starbucks needs Jesus.
748
00:52:09,400 --> 00:52:12,900
Come on somebody, we know they
need Jesus, right?
749
00:52:13,000 --> 00:52:15,000
I mean, you can go around the
whole city, just just make a
750
00:52:15,008 --> 00:52:16,700
thing of it.
Just be that guy that voice.
751
00:52:16,700 --> 00:52:19,000
You feels like you're caught
crying on the Wilderness, right?
752
00:52:19,200 --> 00:52:20,900
Because you might feel like the
only one by Mattel.
753
00:52:20,900 --> 00:52:24,700
You today, your voice matters
more than you think.
754
00:52:25,400 --> 00:52:27,300
So, You're staying.
Think about this if you're going
755
00:52:27,300 --> 00:52:29,900
to bring people to Jesus, not
only do you have to ask the
756
00:52:29,908 --> 00:52:33,100
question who you are, that your
voice it recognized, that the
757
00:52:33,100 --> 00:52:37,400
sacrifice Jesus made, you have
to recognize that your voice is
758
00:52:37,400 --> 00:52:40,100
so important.
You have to use your voice to
759
00:52:40,100 --> 00:52:43,300
bring people to Jesus.
You have to have those moments
760
00:52:43,300 --> 00:52:45,700
in your life, where you say?
I think God's, trying to get
761
00:52:45,700 --> 00:52:48,700
your attention.
You can grab a stack of cards,
762
00:52:48,700 --> 00:52:51,900
come all somebody, and you could
just humbly invite, somebody,
763
00:52:52,600 --> 00:52:56,500
you can go out and you can go on
social media and You can share.
764
00:52:56,700 --> 00:52:58,100
You can use that and leverage
that.
765
00:52:58,100 --> 00:52:59,900
Imagine that Jesus walked in
today.
766
00:53:00,300 --> 00:53:02,300
I bet your social media account
people of different today.
767
00:53:02,400 --> 00:53:04,600
Come on somebody.
I mean you might be hiding a
768
00:53:04,607 --> 00:53:06,700
little bit little quiet with
Jesus.
769
00:53:06,900 --> 00:53:09,000
But today, if you walked in this
room, it is going to be the
770
00:53:09,008 --> 00:53:11,200
headline.
Come on somebody, it's not going
771
00:53:11,200 --> 00:53:13,600
to make.
Local news is not going to make
772
00:53:13,600 --> 00:53:15,800
Kansas City news or United
States news.
773
00:53:15,800 --> 00:53:18,400
It's gonna make World Wide News
that Jesus was here.
774
00:53:18,400 --> 00:53:21,000
Amen.
And that's the kind of movement
775
00:53:21,300 --> 00:53:25,000
that God is calling us to have
with Jesus every single day of
776
00:53:25,000 --> 00:53:27,600
our life.
How to make much of Jesus.
777
00:53:27,600 --> 00:53:30,800
You're like, that's weird.
That's weird, that's weird, but
778
00:53:30,800 --> 00:53:32,400
that's the call of God.
Amen.
779
00:53:32,900 --> 00:53:36,900
That we were voice and then we
humbly Fade Into Obscurity.
780
00:53:37,100 --> 00:53:38,900
I don't you, check this out.
This is amazing.
781
00:53:39,600 --> 00:53:44,000
First 38, here's what happens
when other people find Jesus.
782
00:53:44,500 --> 00:53:46,400
I'll say this about John, the
Baptist real quick.
783
00:53:46,500 --> 00:53:49,600
This is the last time you see,
John the Baptist meeting with
784
00:53:49,600 --> 00:53:52,800
these two disciples.
This is the last time you see,
785
00:53:52,800 --> 00:53:55,900
John the Baptist, they were
followers of John the Baptist,
786
00:53:56,200 --> 00:53:59,000
their Disciples of John the
Baptist, but then became
787
00:53:59,000 --> 00:54:02,900
followers of Jesus.
And John, the Baptist goes
788
00:54:02,900 --> 00:54:05,100
behind the curtain and
disappears.
789
00:54:06,100 --> 00:54:08,500
Is that not the perfect picture?
What is be Christian Life?
790
00:54:09,400 --> 00:54:11,400
Like at the end of the day?
It's not like I'm not Sean, it
791
00:54:11,400 --> 00:54:13,300
was a great preacher.
Oh man you were this cool books
792
00:54:13,300 --> 00:54:15,100
and manuscripts was awesome blah
blah blah.
793
00:54:15,100 --> 00:54:18,900
It's like dude Jesus I just
brought people to Jesus
794
00:54:19,400 --> 00:54:21,100
disappeared.
Anytime you read about, John the
795
00:54:21,100 --> 00:54:24,000
Baptist in the Bible, anywhere
in the Bible, he's always making
796
00:54:24,000 --> 00:54:28,100
much of Jesus.
He's never boasted Thomas, L,
797
00:54:28,200 --> 00:54:29,700
not talking.
All things that God is doing his
798
00:54:29,700 --> 00:54:31,900
life.
He's just saying there's God,
799
00:54:32,100 --> 00:54:36,600
Behold the Lamb of God and then
Fades Into Obscurity.
800
00:54:37,200 --> 00:54:39,900
Verse 38 says this, those two
disciples are stocking Jesus.
801
00:54:39,900 --> 00:54:42,700
This what happens for 38,
Turning Around Jesus.
802
00:54:43,300 --> 00:54:47,800
He saw them, he saw these two
disciples, They're following
803
00:54:47,800 --> 00:54:49,400
him.
He says what do you want?
804
00:54:49,800 --> 00:54:52,400
I noticed you behind me, you
know, Jesus has eyes of doctors
805
00:54:52,400 --> 00:54:53,500
head.
Come on somebody.
806
00:54:54,300 --> 00:54:58,000
And I saw you and they said
Rabbi which means teacher, what
807
00:54:58,000 --> 00:55:01,700
do you or where are you staying?
And he said this, I love this.
808
00:55:01,700 --> 00:55:05,800
He said come he replied and you
will see this is significant to
809
00:55:05,800 --> 00:55:09,700
note that any time somebody
asked Jesus where he is going,
810
00:55:09,900 --> 00:55:12,600
it made calls on Jesus.
The first thing you'll see Jesus
811
00:55:12,600 --> 00:55:18,300
do often, do he often says hey,
we'll come and see for Jesus
812
00:55:18,300 --> 00:55:21,500
until the cleanup through mass
or be perfect or they have to
813
00:55:21,500 --> 00:55:23,300
qualify themselves to be in his
presence.
814
00:55:23,400 --> 00:55:25,000
No, Jesus is a humble invite all
the time.
815
00:55:25,000 --> 00:55:26,700
He says come and see just come
and see.
816
00:55:26,700 --> 00:55:29,500
Come on with me because he knows
if they get into his presence
817
00:55:29,500 --> 00:55:32,500
long enough that the presence of
God is going to give in to them,
818
00:55:32,500 --> 00:55:35,100
amen.
It is this going to happen, you
819
00:55:35,100 --> 00:55:36,600
see, Jesus.
He says all the time, hey, come
820
00:55:36,600 --> 00:55:39,200
and see and then they get in the
presence of God and God just
821
00:55:39,200 --> 00:55:41,300
doesn't work in their life and
Jesus calls.
822
00:55:41,300 --> 00:55:44,000
Nice, as Follow Me, Be My
disciple.
823
00:55:44,200 --> 00:55:46,300
Like, lay down yourself.
He called him to higher calling,
824
00:55:46,500 --> 00:55:48,300
and then he does one of the
highest Cause you never having a
825
00:55:48,308 --> 00:55:50,100
Christian.
He looks at them and says now
826
00:55:50,100 --> 00:55:52,800
that you've come and now that
you lay down your life as a
827
00:55:52,800 --> 00:55:55,700
disciple.
Now, I want you to go until
828
00:55:56,100 --> 00:55:58,400
amen.
And that's what this message is
829
00:55:58,400 --> 00:56:00,500
about.
Those that are saying, you know
830
00:56:00,500 --> 00:56:01,500
what?
God is calling me.
831
00:56:01,500 --> 00:56:05,300
He is sending you out to reach
the world so he said, come and
832
00:56:05,300 --> 00:56:08,200
see for yourself and so when
they saw where he was staying,
833
00:56:08,700 --> 00:56:11,800
they spent that day with him,
and it was about what time.
834
00:56:13,300 --> 00:56:18,100
Is about for an afternoon.
Now, this is so significant that
835
00:56:18,100 --> 00:56:21,100
this this piece of scripture,
that mentions the time you're
836
00:56:21,100 --> 00:56:24,300
going to realize that the next
verse that, one of the disciples
837
00:56:24,300 --> 00:56:26,500
that's following Jesus is
Andrew.
838
00:56:26,900 --> 00:56:30,500
He's one of the ones that's
mentioned, but the second one is
839
00:56:30,500 --> 00:56:33,300
not mentioned in scripture.
But there's no name.
840
00:56:33,500 --> 00:56:36,500
Like, who is this second
disciple and what's so unique
841
00:56:36,500 --> 00:56:39,400
about this passage and you can't
get past this because this is
842
00:56:39,400 --> 00:56:42,800
what happens when somebody meets
Jesus, see, who else would have
843
00:56:42,800 --> 00:56:45,900
known.
It was 4:00 in the afternoon
844
00:56:46,300 --> 00:56:49,100
with a bat.
Jesus, who would have known
845
00:56:49,100 --> 00:56:51,500
that?
well, the only person well-known
846
00:56:51,500 --> 00:56:55,900
that when the person who wrote
the book, John, you know, John
847
00:56:55,900 --> 00:56:59,800
the Beloved jail, the one that
Jesus loved, we don't know, John
848
00:56:59,800 --> 00:57:03,300
Wright that he took care of Mary
right?
849
00:57:03,300 --> 00:57:06,700
When Jesus crucified here, the
same John that wrote the Book of
850
00:57:06,700 --> 00:57:10,100
John, the first second, third
John, in Revelation, which
851
00:57:10,100 --> 00:57:11,200
understand about this.
It was make it.
852
00:57:11,200 --> 00:57:16,200
So significant is that when
John, that Jesus would have been
853
00:57:16,200 --> 00:57:23,600
like 30 ad somewhere around that
in John didn't write this book
854
00:57:23,600 --> 00:57:28,900
until 90 ad.
It's been 60 years since this
855
00:57:28,900 --> 00:57:34,300
boy that Jesus and he still
remembers the exact moment in
856
00:57:34,300 --> 00:57:39,800
time that he met Jesus Is that
incredible?
857
00:57:40,800 --> 00:57:44,200
And when you bring somebody to
Jesus and yours a voice crying
858
00:57:44,200 --> 00:57:47,800
in the wilderness of your life.
And so he meets Jesus, you have
859
00:57:47,800 --> 00:57:52,300
forever Frozen.
A moment in time for them
860
00:57:53,200 --> 00:57:55,200
because they realized that they
were a sinner in need of a
861
00:57:55,200 --> 00:57:58,300
savior, and they put my eyes on
Jesus and God forgave them, and
862
00:57:58,300 --> 00:57:59,900
that moment changed their
eternity.
863
00:58:00,000 --> 00:58:01,200
That's a story.
Read the Play.
864
00:58:01,200 --> 00:58:04,200
Amen.
This is so significant for clock
865
00:58:04,200 --> 00:58:05,500
after and just read through
that.
866
00:58:05,600 --> 00:58:10,000
Oh no, forever marked a turning.
There's people in your life that
867
00:58:10,000 --> 00:58:13,000
you could pour into.
And for 50 years later, they go
868
00:58:13,000 --> 00:58:15,700
man, that one Sunday or that
time at that dinner in the
869
00:58:15,800 --> 00:58:19,000
dining room table, that moment
that pipe burst in the house.
870
00:58:20,200 --> 00:58:24,600
Janki, the apartment building I
was at God, broke a pipe like
871
00:58:24,600 --> 00:58:28,500
all the name of Jesus for the
rest of his life.
872
00:58:29,200 --> 00:58:31,800
He's going to point that moment
in time and we get to be people
873
00:58:31,800 --> 00:58:36,900
that make a path that level the
grounds for people to call on
874
00:58:36,900 --> 00:58:37,800
Jesus.
Amen.
875
00:58:38,300 --> 00:58:41,200
That's the Call.
I mean, John the Baptist Mission
876
00:58:41,400 --> 00:58:43,100
complete.
Come on somebody.
877
00:58:43,400 --> 00:58:46,800
Like I pointed the way and then
somebody followed Christ and
878
00:58:46,800 --> 00:58:50,300
they remember their entire lives
and change them from the inside
879
00:58:50,400 --> 00:58:52,200
out.
It doesn't get better than this
880
00:58:52,200 --> 00:58:54,800
can tell, your voice matters
more than you think.
881
00:58:55,300 --> 00:58:57,200
Matter of fact, this is really
cool is when you when you get
882
00:58:57,207 --> 00:59:00,200
the opportunity to bring
somebody to Jesus most of the
883
00:59:00,207 --> 00:59:03,100
time, most often they bring
somebody back with them.
884
00:59:03,600 --> 00:59:05,700
It's so incredible.
Check it out in verse 40.
885
00:59:06,200 --> 00:59:08,700
It says Andrew this is the other
one though.
886
00:59:08,900 --> 00:59:10,900
Following John.
The Baptist who walked with
887
00:59:10,900 --> 00:59:12,700
Jesus.
This is Simon Peters.
888
00:59:12,700 --> 00:59:16,100
Brother was one of the two who
heard what John had said and
889
00:59:16,100 --> 00:59:17,500
followed Jesus.
He had heard John.
890
00:59:17,500 --> 00:59:21,000
The Baptist Behold the Lamb of
God and he went and stock.
891
00:59:21,000 --> 00:59:24,600
Jesus verse 41, says, this don't
miss it.
892
00:59:24,800 --> 00:59:31,800
It says, the first thing and
your did was to what was to find
893
00:59:32,000 --> 00:59:35,200
his brother, Simon, and tell
him.
894
00:59:35,700 --> 00:59:38,500
Tell him we have found the
Messiah.
895
00:59:38,800 --> 00:59:46,100
This is the Christ and he
brought him to Jesus and how
896
00:59:46,100 --> 00:59:50,400
incredible the first thing he
spends a day with Jesus, a few
897
00:59:50,400 --> 00:59:52,800
hours with Jesus.
I don't know what Jesus says,
898
00:59:53,300 --> 00:59:55,500
you know, it's not in the Bible,
whatever.
899
00:59:55,500 --> 01:00:00,100
Jesus said to Andrew and John
was so compelling was so
900
01:00:00,100 --> 01:00:03,100
heartfelt.
It was so Soul shaping then when
901
01:00:03,100 --> 01:00:07,100
Andrew left that moment, he
stalked down his brother Simon,
902
01:00:07,300 --> 01:00:10,200
he went everywhere to find Them
really got him.
903
01:00:10,200 --> 01:00:12,600
He grabbed by the arm and said
you're gonna get your butt to
904
01:00:12,600 --> 01:00:15,300
Jesus.
Come on somebody, he brought him
905
01:00:15,300 --> 01:00:19,700
to Jesus, it has so incredible.
We we could never get past this
906
01:00:19,700 --> 01:00:22,500
in our Christian Life.
We bring people to Jesus.
907
01:00:23,000 --> 01:00:25,900
No statistics say that most
Christians will leave one person
908
01:00:25,900 --> 01:00:28,900
that Jesus and the entire lives
one person.
909
01:00:29,400 --> 01:00:32,400
So you can be Krishna since
you're 15 or 20 years old and
910
01:00:32,400 --> 01:00:35,200
spend their entire life with a
different title than a voice,
911
01:00:35,800 --> 01:00:37,500
the different tile, the
submission, who on the
912
01:00:37,500 --> 01:00:41,000
Wilderness and Proclaim, God.
We get so wrapped up in all the
913
01:00:41,000 --> 01:00:45,900
minutiae, all the phony, right?
All things that have pipes burst
914
01:00:45,900 --> 01:00:49,600
and break and we forget about
Jesus.
915
01:00:49,900 --> 01:00:53,200
And so they just a reminder of
what it is, where people find
916
01:00:53,200 --> 01:00:55,100
Jesus.
They're so excited.
917
01:00:55,100 --> 01:00:58,400
They found Jesus, that they Lily
find the most important thing,
918
01:00:58,900 --> 01:01:01,100
some in their life.
That's far from God, the
919
01:01:01,100 --> 01:01:03,800
brother, and then bring them to
Christ.
920
01:01:04,400 --> 01:01:07,900
Goodnight credible that
generational change.
921
01:01:08,000 --> 01:01:11,700
Amen, generational change
without John the Baptist, you
922
01:01:11,700 --> 01:01:16,000
have no job, right?
And God knew, and God used
923
01:01:16,000 --> 01:01:18,700
John's Voice without John the
Baptist.
924
01:01:18,700 --> 01:01:21,300
You have.
No Andrew, you know, Andrew, you
925
01:01:21,300 --> 01:01:25,100
have no Peter right in
assignment.
926
01:01:26,300 --> 01:01:29,100
You have no church that launches
because of a voice.
927
01:01:29,100 --> 01:01:32,300
Amen.
God will use your voice.
928
01:01:32,500 --> 01:01:35,500
Just a single voice.
This is probably the best part
929
01:01:35,500 --> 01:01:37,200
of the story.
Verse for you to this, what
930
01:01:37,200 --> 01:01:41,300
happens when Simon meets Jesus
verse 42, second half.
931
01:01:41,600 --> 01:01:47,600
This is Jesus looked at Simon
and said, you are Simon son of
932
01:01:47,600 --> 01:01:49,700
John summary version.
Say son of Jonah.
933
01:01:49,700 --> 01:01:53,800
That's the Aramaic form of John
says, you're a Simon son of John
934
01:01:54,000 --> 01:01:57,400
and you be called you will Be
called cephas, which is Aramaic,
935
01:01:57,400 --> 01:02:02,700
which when translated is, Peter
may think about this.
936
01:02:02,700 --> 01:02:07,500
The very first moment that Simon
who is now drug by his brother
937
01:02:07,500 --> 01:02:12,100
to Jesus, the very first
interaction that Jesus has, he
938
01:02:12,100 --> 01:02:16,300
looks over at Simon and says
you, my friend, are given a new
939
01:02:16,300 --> 01:02:20,200
name, your name is Peter because
of a purpose for your life.
940
01:02:20,200 --> 01:02:24,000
You can be a rock.
You're gonna walk on water boy.
941
01:02:24,000 --> 01:02:25,600
You're going to go out and make
a difference.
942
01:02:25,800 --> 01:02:29,000
Difference.
Cut that guy's ear off, right?
943
01:02:29,400 --> 01:02:32,100
The crowd that's going to take
Jesus down and fusion throw
944
01:02:32,100 --> 01:02:34,000
after him.
You give me the guy that's gonna
945
01:02:34,000 --> 01:02:38,300
deny me we restore, you know on
you boy.
946
01:02:38,900 --> 01:02:43,100
We're going to change the world
and relaunched the church first
947
01:02:43,100 --> 01:02:45,800
time he met.
Mmm, is that incredible?
948
01:02:46,600 --> 01:02:49,700
I just can't think about.
Wow, crazy is all the empty
949
01:02:49,700 --> 01:02:53,700
seats, right?
All the people we walked by,
950
01:02:54,300 --> 01:02:58,100
everybody tried to the highway
with and got Ari has a new name
951
01:02:58,900 --> 01:03:02,900
and a new purpose playing for
this is an incredible.
952
01:03:04,200 --> 01:03:08,100
Who are we?
Today we're a voice and your
953
01:03:08,100 --> 01:03:09,600
voice matters more than you
think.
954
01:03:10,300 --> 01:03:14,100
John the Baptist's rows of a
voice in his generation and the
955
01:03:14,100 --> 01:03:17,000
winter security, but we're a
voice.
956
01:03:17,800 --> 01:03:20,100
In season and out of season.
Amen.
957
01:03:20,900 --> 01:03:23,500
We're a voice that maybe has
little faith.
958
01:03:24,100 --> 01:03:27,200
We're a voice that struggling,
we're voice, that has messed up
959
01:03:27,200 --> 01:03:29,700
lives, the voice to have an
altogether.
960
01:03:29,900 --> 01:03:33,200
The, the voice that Satan wants
to tell you to keep quiet.
961
01:03:33,400 --> 01:03:37,800
The rule says, your Relic or
relevance were the voice that
962
01:03:37,800 --> 01:03:39,300
point people to Jesus.
Amen.
963
01:03:39,800 --> 01:03:43,700
We're the voice that says God is
a lamb, a died for us.
964
01:03:43,700 --> 01:03:46,200
We recognize the sacrifice he
made and every moment, every
965
01:03:46,200 --> 01:03:48,400
chance we get, we point People
to Jesus.
966
01:03:48,400 --> 01:03:51,100
Amen.
And we humbly our voices, humble
967
01:03:51,100 --> 01:03:55,900
enough to say, I'm not even
worthy to untie the sandal of
968
01:03:55,900 --> 01:03:58,900
Jesus and I really be slave of
Jesus.
969
01:03:59,000 --> 01:04:05,300
But by his grace I am saved.
And so the day we're a voice
970
01:04:05,500 --> 01:04:09,600
that goes after people that we
love it, people that we even
971
01:04:09,600 --> 01:04:13,000
don't love.
Come on somebody, we should love
972
01:04:13,000 --> 01:04:16,400
and we bring in the Jesus and
where the voice that sits back
973
01:04:16,400 --> 01:04:19,200
and watches.
It multiplies disciples because
974
01:04:19,200 --> 01:04:22,000
those people are so excited.
You know, somebody visits
975
01:04:22,000 --> 01:04:24,400
Church, they often come back
with somebody else.
976
01:04:24,700 --> 01:04:27,200
Do you know that people don't
come back alone?
977
01:04:27,500 --> 01:04:29,700
And so when you're like, making
a difference, it may feel like a
978
01:04:29,700 --> 01:04:32,300
little conversation.
You are, you're the voice of
979
01:04:32,300 --> 01:04:34,200
generational change.
Amen.
980
01:04:34,700 --> 01:04:37,700
You're the voice that is forever
changed the course of history
981
01:04:37,800 --> 01:04:40,900
for that family.
Maybe even for a city, or for a
982
01:04:40,908 --> 01:04:42,900
nation because you just stood
up.
983
01:04:43,100 --> 01:04:45,000
So you're the voice that maybe
feels like you're in the
984
01:04:45,008 --> 01:04:47,400
wilderness for the voice that
makes a pathan.
985
01:04:47,600 --> 01:04:49,600
Jesus.
And so, that's why I do all this
986
01:04:49,600 --> 01:04:51,900
remove obstacles for people to
know Christ.
987
01:04:52,200 --> 01:04:54,700
And so today, I just want to
know, are you ready to raise
988
01:04:54,700 --> 01:04:57,200
your voice in this generation?
Amen.
989
01:04:57,800 --> 01:04:59,100
I read a lift.
Your voice with thanks to
990
01:04:59,100 --> 01:05:01,500
Christ.
Those are baby little timid and
991
01:05:01,600 --> 01:05:03,800
a little like Diane.
You want some, you know, bamboo
992
01:05:03,800 --> 01:05:06,600
shoots under your fingernails
before you get out there, right?
993
01:05:06,600 --> 01:05:09,500
You're introverted right?
Bone encourage you.
994
01:05:09,600 --> 01:05:13,100
There's a way to share a man and
it is moments where people all
995
01:05:13,100 --> 01:05:14,500
day long.
You have moments.
996
01:05:14,700 --> 01:05:18,600
So I'm not praying for a moment.
I'm praying for bold. - I'm
997
01:05:18,600 --> 01:05:21,600
praying just to say, you know
what, I'm just a voice today.
998
01:05:22,100 --> 01:05:25,500
It's going to humbly serve God
and I can put my Name In Lights,
999
01:05:25,600 --> 01:05:28,300
can be servant.
And the point people to Jesus
1000
01:05:28,400 --> 01:05:33,200
and they follow Jesus, yes.
I stayed off and then they
1001
01:05:33,200 --> 01:05:37,800
return the cycle over and over
and over Ray's.
1002
01:05:37,800 --> 01:05:45,800
Definition The Voice, father,
come before you gotta pray, got
1003
01:05:45,800 --> 01:05:48,900
our church of rise up as a voice
in our community that
1004
01:05:48,900 --> 01:05:51,500
individuals today.
Gotta pray for the speak to
1005
01:05:51,500 --> 01:05:55,400
somebody day and it's been timid
as put everything else in front
1006
01:05:55,400 --> 01:06:00,100
of this has been keeping the
voice quiet and hiding it under
1007
01:06:00,300 --> 01:06:01,300
a basket.
Basket.
1008
01:06:01,400 --> 01:06:04,400
The light is not shining today.
I pray this rise up.
1009
01:06:04,400 --> 01:06:07,900
People got a raise up, people
gathered proclaim, the good
1010
01:06:07,900 --> 01:06:10,400
news, the gospel everywhere they
go.
1011
01:06:10,800 --> 01:06:14,200
I pray that we would be able to
bring people to Jesus got who is
1012
01:06:14,200 --> 01:06:17,200
the person who life that you've
called us to bring what lost
1013
01:06:17,200 --> 01:06:20,100
siblings people in our block and
her co-workers doing you bring
1014
01:06:20,100 --> 01:06:22,000
today.
And so you got it will pray for
1015
01:06:22,008 --> 01:06:24,100
those that are speaking that
you're speaking to data raise
1016
01:06:24,100 --> 01:06:27,100
their voice up in this
generation, just like you did in
1017
01:06:27,107 --> 01:06:30,600
John the Baptist in danger of
Peter gotten John.
1018
01:06:31,300 --> 01:06:34,200
Can we play the Harvest story
that pause the moment?
1019
01:06:34,200 --> 01:06:37,800
I'm from people as they meet you
that tourney be changed so that
1020
01:06:37,800 --> 01:06:39,400
that's unions.
They don't need to raise a voice
1021
01:06:39,400 --> 01:06:42,300
higher.
I got God speaking to me Holy
1022
01:06:42,300 --> 01:06:44,500
Spirit speaking to me I've been
on the back burner but Salman
1023
01:06:44,500 --> 01:06:47,900
I'm a little front burner for
Jesus like I gotta find some
1024
01:06:47,900 --> 01:06:49,800
people.
I've got a lift my voice up.
1025
01:06:50,000 --> 01:06:52,400
All the platforms are leveraged
my life for Christ so that you
1026
01:06:52,400 --> 01:06:53,700
use, raise your hand high, this
place.
1027
01:06:54,000 --> 01:06:55,500
Come on.
These me, the gods of use my
1028
01:06:55,500 --> 01:06:57,000
voice.
Come on, put your hand up that
1029
01:06:57,000 --> 01:06:59,000
you today sir.
He is all around.
1030
01:06:59,200 --> 01:07:00,500
Father.
You see the hands?
1031
01:07:00,900 --> 01:07:04,000
Got thanks for calling people.
Not to be the voice just
1032
01:07:04,000 --> 01:07:07,600
preparing Hearts God, just
leveling out paths and is
1033
01:07:07,600 --> 01:07:10,800
pulling people to you.
Maybe it's on the maybe it's we
1034
01:07:10,800 --> 01:07:13,900
were the garage working on my
car or it's out in the world.
1035
01:07:13,900 --> 01:07:15,600
God, maybe it's real.
Pulping.
1036
01:07:15,900 --> 01:07:18,200
Got you've just given a
mouthpiece, God, we can lift up
1037
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your voice this generation, but
pray for one more group people
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01:07:21,500 --> 01:07:24,800
and that's those of you that
you're like, Simon somebody
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01:07:24,800 --> 01:07:27,900
brought you here today.
So maybe drug you here today.
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So missing you get to real life.
You need to be a part of this.
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Is in the realized today that
God wants to give you a new name
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that I want to give you a
purpose, a day.
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You realize who Jesus is, he's a
lamb of God.
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They died on the cross for you.
And today, you need new life in
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01:07:43,800 --> 01:07:46,100
him.
You need to, you need a word
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01:07:46,100 --> 01:07:48,800
from the word today.
You need to call on him.
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01:07:49,000 --> 01:07:51,900
You made every phone call today.
But today, you're gonna call him
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Jesus, instead of that you've
need forgiveness and new life,
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also has a calls, him Lord
should be saved for a given, it
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made new.
So, that's you day that I be
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looking around.
They need Jesus.
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We Salute Your Hand high this
place.
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I need Jesus.
Today, I'll put the hand up with
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that to you.
I need Jesus.
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That's you down with you to pray
this prayer and say, father God,
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thanks so much for sending Jesus
for senior best design across
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for me.
God God, thank you so much for
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being the Lamb of God.
The sacrifice yourself.
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You do it without protesting
your suffering.
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Got the you do that.
Protesting to sacrifice.
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For me God you've made me clean
dealt with spirits come into my
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life.
Wash away my sins white as snow.
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Got, thank you so much for
loving me enough.
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It's in Jesus and raising voices
in my life.
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It was so humbly point me to
you.
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God, we love you and thank you.
Pray?
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This in Jesus name and everybody
said, amen.
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Come on scooter for God today.
Come on.
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Made it if that's you today, you
made that decision for Jesus.
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You pray that prayer what you to
know that we are so excited for
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01:08:58,100 --> 01:08:59,899
you.
Congratulations, we are all in
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01:08:59,899 --> 01:09:02,200
for you.
We can't wait to see what's
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01:09:02,200 --> 01:09:03,200
going to happen next in your
life.
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What God's got for you?
So, if that's you today, whether
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you're in the online or you're
with us in person, I've got a
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01:09:07,399 --> 01:09:10,200
couple great next steps for you.
The first one is let us know
1077
01:09:10,200 --> 01:09:14,200
about your decision by texting
our own next 29. 7000 what we
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01:09:14,200 --> 01:09:17,100
want to do is when you fill out
that information card, we want
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01:09:17,100 --> 01:09:19,500
to bless you with this little
book called begin.
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01:09:19,500 --> 01:09:21,800
And it's got a big blessing and
It's a great way to get you
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01:09:21,800 --> 01:09:24,800
started off on the right foot.
It's a short little book, but
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01:09:24,800 --> 01:09:27,700
it's a great step to get you
guys started off to follow.
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01:09:27,700 --> 01:09:30,700
Jesus, become a disciple, become
a follower, in the way that the
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01:09:30,700 --> 01:09:33,500
Bible would have you.
So when you fill that out, we
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01:09:33,500 --> 01:09:35,600
would love to send that to you
in the mail.
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If you were with this in person,
the other thing we've got for
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01:09:37,399 --> 01:09:39,399
you is on your way out.
There's a red bag.
1088
01:09:39,399 --> 01:09:41,100
So, grab one of those inside.
There's a Bible.
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01:09:41,300 --> 01:09:42,600
So I'll talk about having a
Bible.
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Take it.
Bring it back next week.
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01:09:44,700 --> 01:09:47,000
It's awesome.
It's just how you find God's
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01:09:47,000 --> 01:09:49,700
purpose for you and your life.
And so take that their the re
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01:09:49,700 --> 01:09:52,300
great resource in there.
We're so excited for you.
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01:09:52,300 --> 01:09:54,900
Thank you so much, and we're
excited to partner with you and
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01:09:54,900 --> 01:09:58,400
to see what God's got for you.
I love how sean talked about
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01:09:58,400 --> 01:10:00,800
your voice and there's a lot of
different voices in here.
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01:10:00,800 --> 01:10:03,500
Some of us have deep voices,
some of us have High voices,
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01:10:03,500 --> 01:10:06,500
some of us are quiet, some of us
are loud, but can it tell no
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01:10:06,500 --> 01:10:08,500
matter where you fall on that
Spectrum, your voice is
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01:10:08,500 --> 01:10:10,600
important.
You guys going to use it in his
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01:10:10,600 --> 01:10:14,400
Sovereign way, just to reach the
circles that you have in your
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01:10:14,400 --> 01:10:16,300
lives because there's people in
your circles that none of us are
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01:10:16,300 --> 01:10:18,900
ever going to meet.
So the best way that you can use
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01:10:18,900 --> 01:10:20,500
your voice in the next couple
weeks is your and have an
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01:10:20,500 --> 01:10:22,500
awesome.
Opportunity just to lift that
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01:10:22,500 --> 01:10:25,200
voice and reach into those
circles and invite people out to
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01:10:25,200 --> 01:10:26,800
Easter.
And you can do that in several
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01:10:26,800 --> 01:10:29,100
different ways and on your
chairs for the chair next to
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01:10:29,100 --> 01:10:30,800
theirs.
These Easter cards, grab one of
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01:10:30,800 --> 01:10:34,700
those you can just make a simple
invite, just talk to somebody
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01:10:34,700 --> 01:10:37,300
about hey, I know what's going
on in your life guys, got
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01:10:37,300 --> 01:10:41,300
something for you in that come
hang out with this Easter, you
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01:10:41,300 --> 01:10:43,300
can share the event on
Eventbrite.
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01:10:43,400 --> 01:10:45,900
So there's so many ways that you
can use your voice just to just
1115
01:10:45,900 --> 01:10:48,300
to tie into people.
And we're going to blow this
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01:10:48,300 --> 01:10:49,700
place.
Up is so exciting.
1117
01:10:49,700 --> 01:10:50,600
I don't know.
You guys can't.
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01:10:50,900 --> 01:10:53,300
We're going to have three
special Gatherings at 8:30,
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01:10:53,300 --> 01:10:56,900
10:00 and 11:30, just to make
room for the new people that God
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01:10:56,900 --> 01:10:59,400
is going to bring into the room.
And we're not leaving the kids
1121
01:10:59,400 --> 01:11:01,600
out there, going to have an
awesome, an awesome, awesome
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01:11:01,600 --> 01:11:05,700
time bacteria that got through
own their own egg, hunt
1123
01:11:05,900 --> 01:11:08,300
photobooth.
So it is going to be cool what
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01:11:08,300 --> 01:11:11,600
an awesome opportunity to invite
families with with kids.
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01:11:11,900 --> 01:11:14,400
So we can't wait to see how how
God is going to use that.
1126
01:11:14,400 --> 01:11:16,500
And bless that, one of the
things we're going to do next
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01:11:16,500 --> 01:11:18,700
week as we prepare for Easter,
we're gonna do something called
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01:11:18,700 --> 01:11:20,700
communion.
It's a way that we can time too.
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01:11:20,800 --> 01:11:24,200
The it's going to give us a time
to sit and reflect on what God
1130
01:11:24,200 --> 01:11:27,600
did for us in that moment
leading up to his death burial
1131
01:11:27,600 --> 01:11:29,900
and Resurrection, we can reflect
on his suffering, what he did
1132
01:11:29,900 --> 01:11:31,700
for us to bring Redemption into
our lives.
1133
01:11:32,000 --> 01:11:35,300
So prepare your hearts next week
for that as well as we all
1134
01:11:35,300 --> 01:11:39,500
participate in communion.
So, if you're new at real life,
1135
01:11:39,500 --> 01:11:41,500
can I let you guys know?
We don't want anything from you?
1136
01:11:41,800 --> 01:11:43,900
We want something for you.
This Gathering is our gift to
1137
01:11:43,900 --> 01:11:48,000
you, but if you call yourself a
member in your, your home here
1138
01:11:48,000 --> 01:11:49,900
at your life, there's still
three ways you can participate
1139
01:11:49,900 --> 01:11:52,800
in generosity in the One is by
going online at Real Life Church
1140
01:11:52,900 --> 01:11:56,100
kc.com, you can take steam out,
see four, three, two, one, or if
1141
01:11:56,108 --> 01:11:59,200
you want to use cash or check,
you can drop that in the box at
1142
01:11:59,200 --> 01:12:01,100
the back or use one of these
buckets.
1143
01:12:01,700 --> 01:12:05,400
As it is, they come back also.
As these buckets past, if your
1144
01:12:05,400 --> 01:12:07,500
family find yourself in
immediate need of food, clothing
1145
01:12:07,500 --> 01:12:10,000
or shelter please reach in and
grab any loose cash.
1146
01:12:10,000 --> 01:12:13,000
Just you see just to help your
family in the time of need.
1147
01:12:13,200 --> 01:12:15,900
So I want to give your attention
one more thing on your chair.
1148
01:12:15,900 --> 01:12:17,800
The chair next to you.
Sean talked about these cards.
1149
01:12:18,300 --> 01:12:19,700
We're about to watch a video in
a second.
1150
01:12:19,700 --> 01:12:21,600
Is God's leading you.
Or you have something or
1151
01:12:21,600 --> 01:12:23,700
questions about baptism, you've
never done that.
1152
01:12:23,700 --> 01:12:25,900
You never taken that next step
because you're watching this
1153
01:12:25,900 --> 01:12:29,200
video, grab one of these cards,
fill it out and drop it off at
1154
01:12:29,200 --> 01:12:32,600
the baptism booth and we would
love just to talk to you about
1155
01:12:32,700 --> 01:12:34,700
if this is the next step for you
and your life.
1156
01:12:34,800 --> 01:12:46,300
So take a second, check out this
video Hey, we're alive with
1157
01:12:46,300 --> 01:12:50,400
something so special, and so
significant Happening Here in a
1158
01:12:50,400 --> 01:12:53,100
lifer Church in just two
Sundays.
1159
01:12:53,300 --> 01:12:56,300
Of course, it's Easter Sunday,
but something significant this
1160
01:12:56,300 --> 01:12:58,800
happening each and every
gathering on that Sunday.
1161
01:12:59,000 --> 01:13:02,900
We are baptizing here at Real
Life Church in Jesus.
1162
01:13:02,900 --> 01:13:06,800
He don't only commands as to,
they actually models for us,
1163
01:13:06,800 --> 01:13:09,700
what is he baptized in?
So important, the life of a
1164
01:13:09,700 --> 01:13:12,400
Believer to take this stem is
over.
1165
01:13:12,500 --> 01:13:14,600
As you may wonder, what is this
all about?
1166
01:13:14,700 --> 01:13:18,700
It's simply a picture of what
Jesus did for us on Easter
1167
01:13:18,700 --> 01:13:22,600
Sunday that he was buried.
He was dead, and he resurrected
1168
01:13:22,600 --> 01:13:24,600
for life.
And so for us, we were dead to
1169
01:13:24,600 --> 01:13:28,200
send our may live, the Jesus and
sought invite you to sign up
1170
01:13:28,200 --> 01:13:30,100
today.
You were just curious, maybe a
1171
01:13:30,108 --> 01:13:33,000
little nervous to be afraid of
what to expect.
1172
01:13:33,100 --> 01:13:35,600
We're going to help you every
step along the way for this
1173
01:13:35,600 --> 01:13:38,400
journey from just giving
knowledge about it to walk you
1174
01:13:38,400 --> 01:13:40,400
through it.
You can even see what happens on
1175
01:13:40,400 --> 01:13:42,300
Sunday.
How excited we are for you.
1176
01:13:42,600 --> 01:13:44,100
And so, this is a step of abuse
Source.
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01:13:44,100 --> 01:13:46,700
Christ is just saying, Hey to
the whole world, on the love of
1178
01:13:46,700 --> 01:13:48,800
Jesus.
I'm passionate about Jesus now
1179
01:13:48,800 --> 01:13:50,800
with the world to know that I
love Jesus.
1180
01:13:50,900 --> 01:13:53,700
And so, get signed up today, go,
our website, click on Advanced
1181
01:13:54,000 --> 01:13:55,400
and let us know.
You're interested.
1182
01:13:55,400 --> 01:13:58,100
We love to help you.
Your next step in your faith
1183
01:13:58,100 --> 01:14:06,100
Journey, this Easter Sunday, And
I'm so excited for Easter for
1184
01:14:06,100 --> 01:14:08,500
baptism.
Come hang out with this next
1185
01:14:08,500 --> 01:14:10,700
week as we conclude our series
on bring tearin'.
1186
01:14:10,700 --> 01:14:13,800
The roof off is to bring to
people to the feet of Jesus,
1187
01:14:13,800 --> 01:14:16,000
were going to hear some more
stories about prodigals that
1188
01:14:16,000 --> 01:14:18,300
have come home.
So, don't miss next week, you
1189
01:14:18,300 --> 01:14:20,200
need if you need prayer for a
reason, we'll have a team
1190
01:14:20,200 --> 01:14:21,800
record.
We would love to pray with you
1191
01:14:22,000 --> 01:14:24,100
and it's always that you guys
leave remember whoever finds
1192
01:14:24,100 --> 01:14:26,200
Jesus discovers real life and
purpose.
1193
01:14:26,300 --> 01:14:27,100
See you next week.