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Let's open up our Bibles to Luke 6:46.

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One thing we know 
for certain on this night

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when America holds its breath

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about who's going to 
be its next president,

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there is One who is Lord,

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and He's taken a seat on the throne

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of His father David,

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and He is going to rule over Jacob

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and He is going to reign 
forever and forever.

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And they call Him, "Lord."

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Lord of lords.

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Luke 6:46

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Probably most of you are 
familiar with this verse.

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But let's think about it.

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"Why do you call Me, 'Lord, Lord,'

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and not do what I tell you?"

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Now, is that obvious to everybody -

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what's going on in this verse?

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Why do you call Me, "Lord, Lord," -

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well, that's interesting.

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"Lord, Lord," - we don't talk like that.

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We don't say, "Kevin, Kevin."

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Or "Glenn, Glenn."

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"Lord, Lord."

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Why do you call Me, "Lord, Lord?"

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Anybody have any insights into

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that kind of addressing of people?

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That kind of usage?

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Obviously, the original 
here would be in Greek.

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Obviously, Jesus is growing up

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in a Hebrew context which was very much

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influenced by Rome.

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But 2,000 years ago in the Near East,

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what's the significance 
to talking like this?

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"Lord, Lord."

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What does He mean?

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Emphatic. You do have
that idea of repetition.

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And by the way, can you 
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where you get a double repetition?

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You can probably think of other places

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where we even get that same repetition,

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"Lord, Lord."

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Where's another common 
place that shows up?

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Matthew 7.

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Can you think of anywhere else

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where somebody is being addressed

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and their name is said twice?

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Martha, Martha.

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Now, do we talk like that?

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Is that the same?

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Do you get the sense that's the same?

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If somebody says, "Lord, Lord;"

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if somebody says, "Martha, Martha,"

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do you get the sense that it's implying

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the same kind of stress?

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Like, I could imagine 
myself saying to my wife,

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"Ruby, Ruby..."

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See, I say we don't 
address Kevin: "Kevin, Kevin."

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But, in the right nuance of language,

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saying it with a little 
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saying it with different emphasis,

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depending on the context,

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if Kevin said something and it seemed like

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Kevin was speaking in a naive fashion

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or he was speaking in a way where

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he should really know,

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and he's coming across maybe
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if you said, "Kevin, Kevin..."

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Now see, that we can understand.

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That would not be foreign.

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But what do you think here?

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"Martha, Martha."

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Familiarity?

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Yeah, it does seem that way.

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Put it in the context 
of the text that it's in.

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"Why do you call Me, 'Lord, Lord,'

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and not do the things I say?"

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I mean, you have to put it together

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with not doing the things I say.

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In other words, He's stressing

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that you speak in a certain way,

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but your actions don't reflect

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what your lips say.

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Or you think about the other 
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Where else does the
"Lord, Lord," come at us?

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We heard Matthew 7.

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How's it used?

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"Not everyone who says to Me,

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'Lord, Lord...'"

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And then it's used again, right?

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How's it used the second time?

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"In that day, many will 
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Now, maybe there's an emphasis there.

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Obviously: "many will 
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What day? Judgment day.

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And what's happening to them?

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They're being cast away.

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This is kind of a frantic, emphatic:

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"Lord! Lord!"

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Can you think of anywhere else 
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(from the room)

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Even there, He says, "I never knew you."

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Coming back to intimacy 
like, "Martha, Martha."

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Familiarity.

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I didn't think of "Lord, Lord,"

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but Jesus on the cross.

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He said, "Eli, Eli..." 
(My God, My God...)

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Two times in a row.

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"Why have You forsaken Me?"

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Tim: Yeah, emphasis like 
that we understand.

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And what there is

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is whether we want to connect it to

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somebody implying by the way they talk,

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there's a familiarity;

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there's an intimacy;

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there's some kind of emphasis.

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That's what it seems like

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that with your mouth,

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you are actually acknowledging Me as Lord

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in a way that is more 
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You are actually speaking to Me

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in a way that more than just slightly

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seems verbally at least to be recognizing

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My Lordship.

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You call Me "Lord," and you do it

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with a fair degree of significance.

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You do it more than just in passing.

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You do it more than just lightly.

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Maybe you do it repetitiously.

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"...And not do what I tell you."

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It's a very simple concept.

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(incomplete thought)

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Somebody was bringing up

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Jeff Peterson's message from Sunday.

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He was dealing with 
Charles Stanley's book.

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This text just blows that whole idea

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of you can be a true Christian

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and just live any way you want.

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You know, if you just had 
one moment in your life

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where you believed,

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and now you can live any way you want.

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This text just blows it 
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Because if you couple this with Matthew 7,

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you see, this by itself:

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"Why do you call Me 'Lord, Lord,'

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and not do what I tell you?"

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Well, the thing is that 
the very same parable

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that He ends up with over in Matthew 7,

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He ends up with here.

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And He doesn't simply say it's okay.

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It's not: why do you do it?

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I wish you wouldn't do it,

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but after all, it will 
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if that's what you do.

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That's not what He's saying.

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He is basically saying here

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that if you say one thing with your lips

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that seems to say that 
you're acknowledging Me...

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We get people in the church 
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The word "Lord" comes off their lips.

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They read Scripture, they sing the songs,

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they speak to other Christians,

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they speak the Christian lingo.

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And so the word "Lord" 
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with a fair degree of familiarity.

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More than the lost guy out there.

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you get people in the church.

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And it's coming off their lips.

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But what's the problem?

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You look at their life.

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(incomplete thought)

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What Jesus is saying is this:

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It's right you call Me "Lord."

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I am Lord.

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But because I am Lord,

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that means I have a right 
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And if you call Me Lord

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and don't do what I tell you to do,

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you basically are denying what you say

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by your lips with your life.

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You're denying it.

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And He doesn't say:

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Oh, but in the end, it's eternal security,

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and if you believed once, it's all okay,

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so don't worry about it.

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See, He doesn't go there.

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Basically where He goes is to a parable

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where He makes it crystal clear.

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"Everyone who comes to 
Me and hears My words

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and does them, I will 
show you what he is like."

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See, this has everything 
to do with His Lordship.

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"He is like a man building 
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laid the foundation on the rock,

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and when a flood arose,
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It could not shake it, because 
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This is a man's religion.

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Well built.

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What does it look like?

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He believes on the Lord.

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He calls Him Lord.

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He believes He is Lord.

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And that belief doesn't 
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it's reflected in a life.

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"But the ones who hears..."

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See, this is the person in v. 46.

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"...he hears and does not do them."

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He even admits Christ is Lord,

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but then he lives contrary to what he

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seems to say by his lips.

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He doesn't do what Jesus says.

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"The one who hears..." Jesus Christ

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and does not do what Christ as Lord says,

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"this man is like the man who built

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a house on the ground without a foundation

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and the stream broke against it.

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Immediately it fell and the ruin 
of the house was great."

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Like I say, when you 
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what we see is Matthew 7

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parks all this in the 
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So we see exactly what 
storm He's talking about.

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So, let's think for a second.

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Can you think of any 
other places in Scripture

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that make that connection

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between being a genuine child of God

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and what Jesus says or what the Word says?

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The absolute necessity of a life

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that conforms to Christ's commandments

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or Christ's Word or the Word of God

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or the Scriptures,

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if indeed we are genuinely Christians?

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Can you think of other verses?

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This is one. This is certainly one.

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"Why do you call Me, 'Lord, Lord?'"

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And let that ring in your own ears.

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Think with me.

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You can change it a bit.

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"You call Me, 'Lord, Lord.'"

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I do. I call Him Lord.

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I acknowledge Him as Lord.

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I pray to Him as Lord.

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That names comes off my lips

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all the time now that I'm saved.

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And I'm sure many of you in this room

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would say the same.

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That name comes off your lips.

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But now, ask yourself,

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do you live in light of that?

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Do you really believe it?

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See, that's the issue.

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If you say it, you're seeming to indicate

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you believe it.

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But the real proof, Jesus is saying,

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of whether you believe He's Lord

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isn't by good talk.

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It's by the walk.

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And so, where are we at in that?

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Where are we at?

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"Lord..."

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How am I in tune to that word?

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How is it impacting my life right now?

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I mean, today even thinking about this,

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I remember - many of you may remember

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Matt Haney preached.

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More than once I remember 
him telling the story.

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I forget where he got it from.

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Maybe it was a Ravenhill 
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But you may remember,

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the guy was in the service

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and the preacher began to preach,

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and he didn't get very 
far into the message

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and this guy got up and went out.

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He was preaching a series of meetings.

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And the next night, 
the guy began preaching.

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The guy got up and walked out.

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Third night, began preaching,

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the guy got up and walked out.

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And finally the guy said to him,

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"what's going on with you?"

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And he said you would start preaching

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and I would be convicted of something

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that I needed to take care of in my life,

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and I figured there's no reason 
to sit here any longer.

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I need to go take care of that.

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And I always remember that,

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because to my reckoning,

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that was a true story.

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Does the Word of God 
impact us like that still?

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Can you think of other verses

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where we get that kind of emphasis

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that the Word of God

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is not just a matter of hearing?

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James 1.

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Yeah, let's look at that one.

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(incomplete thought)

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James 1:22 says,

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"But be doers..." now notice this one,

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"...be doers of the Word,

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and not hearers only

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deceiving yourselves."

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That's the same truth.

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These people that build 
their house on the sand,

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they're deceiving themselves.

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Because they're building.

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They're those people in Matthew 7.

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They did many mighty works in His name.

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They're deceiving themselves.

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But what does Jesus call 
those people in Matthew 7?

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"Workers of lawlessness."

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Which means, they were living their life

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without any conformity to the spoken,

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expressed will of God.

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Now, in times past, God spoke to us

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by way of the prophets, 
but in these last days,

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God has spoken to us by way of His Son.

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It's His Son who has come to give us

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the expressed will of God.

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Can anybody think of any other verses

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that seem to reflect this truth?

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1 John 2:4.

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"Whoever says, 'I know Him...'"

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Now this is interesting 
because it's again,

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some of these compare hearing to doing.

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And some of these compare

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saying to doing.

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Like, "you call Me, 'Lord, Lord;'

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you don't do what I say."

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Here it's the familiarity is "I know Him."

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But then you don't keep His commandments.

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"Whoever says 'I know Him'

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but does not keep His commandments

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is a liar and the truth is not in him."

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Can I give you one that is definitely

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open for discussion and debate

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at another time,

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but a text that I personally believe

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expresses exactly the same truth,

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and when taken in context,

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I think you can see that 
I'm speaking the truth.

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And I'm speaking namely of Romans 2:13.

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Look at it.

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I know that there are some

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theological voices out there

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that basically would say

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that there are actually 
no doers of the law.

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And so, this is basically saying,

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like the Old Testament commandments:

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do this and live.

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I don't believe at all that this 
is what is being said here.

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I believe that what we have here

350
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is exactly the same thing

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that is being spoken about -

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let's put this in context (verse 13).

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Notice v. 6,

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"God is going to render to each one

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according to his works."

356
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I want you to see what's 
actually in context here.

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It's the judgment.

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And we're being judged 
according to our works.

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It's not talking about justification.

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This is not speaking about

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an imputed righteousness

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apart from our works.

363
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It's not speaking about that.

364
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Notice what it's speaking about.

365
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It's speaking about judgment day

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and the fact that we're going to be 
judged according to our works.

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"To those who by patience..."

368
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Now, it's not talking about just those

369
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who rest in Christ by faith.

370
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You see, faith always works through love,

371
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and that's the issue.

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Judgment day is always based on works.

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Why? Because works show

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whether the faith was true or not.

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And basically what you see here is that.

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Patience in well-doing;

377
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they're seeking for glory,

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honor, immortality.

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And to those people who are seeking that,

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He gives eternal life.

381
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Those who are self-seeking,

382
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do not obey the truth,
obey unrighteousness -

383
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there's wrath and fury.

384
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Tribulation, distress for 
every human being

385
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who does evil - the 
Jew first, also the Greek.

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Glory, honor, and peace for everyone

387
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who does good - the Jew 
first, and also the Greek.

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They do good.

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He's not speaking hypothetically

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about somebody could get to heaven

391
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if they kept the law perfectly.

392
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That's not what he's talking about.

393
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He's talking about the righteous life

394
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of true Christians.

395
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God shows no partiality.

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And see, v. 12, "For..."

397
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It starts with a conjunction.

398
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He's not changing topic here.

399
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He's not going in a different direction.

400
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"All who have sinned without the law,

401
00:20:42,828 --> 00:20:44,238
also perish without the law."

402
00:20:44,238 --> 00:20:45,979
Anyways, you get to v. 13,

403
00:20:45,979 --> 00:20:47,806
"It's not the hearers of the law

404
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who are righteous before God,

405
00:20:49,322 --> 00:20:51,092
but the doers of the law

406
00:20:51,092 --> 00:20:53,092
who will be justified."

407
00:20:53,092 --> 00:20:55,905
And I believe that that's the same way.

408
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Scripture uses that term "justified"

409
00:20:57,891 --> 00:20:59,973
in that way concerning judgment day.

410
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Think of our words, right?

411
00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:02,786
The words that we speak?

412
00:21:02,786 --> 00:21:04,252
What does Scripture say about

413
00:21:04,252 --> 00:21:08,594
how we're going to be 
justified by our words?

414
00:21:08,594 --> 00:21:11,841
What is it? Matthew 12?

415
00:21:11,841 --> 00:21:13,323
Basically, we're told that.

416
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We're going to be justified by our words.

417
00:21:17,566 --> 00:21:19,807
What you find in Matthew 25

418
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is although the term 
"justified" is not there,

419
00:21:23,267 --> 00:21:26,309
clearly we are justified by our works

420
00:21:26,309 --> 00:21:28,692
when we come to stand before God

421
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on judgment day.

422
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Because the books are opened

423
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and it's our works that are examined,

424
00:21:34,899 --> 00:21:36,324
and it's on that basis

425
00:21:36,324 --> 00:21:38,949
that we are justified or condemned.

426
00:21:38,949 --> 00:21:40,573
We're not speaking about

427
00:21:40,573 --> 00:21:43,636
the imputed merits of Christ.

428
00:21:43,636 --> 00:21:46,294
Obviously we recognize 
the doctrine of justification,

429
00:21:46,294 --> 00:21:48,027
the importance of that.

430
00:21:48,027 --> 00:21:54,819
But this appears to be in the context

431
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of people who are 
actually keeping the law.

432
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In fact, if you continue to go down

433
00:22:00,834 --> 00:22:04,507
through Romans 2 and you get to the end,

434
00:22:04,507 --> 00:22:11,338
you see that he actually begins

435
00:22:11,338 --> 00:22:15,017
to talk about the nature of a true Jew

436
00:22:15,017 --> 00:22:17,611
and what true circumcision is.

437
00:22:17,611 --> 00:22:20,351
And in v. 26, he says, 
"if a man who is uncircumcised

438
00:22:20,351 --> 00:22:22,394
keeps the precepts of the law,

439
00:22:22,394 --> 00:22:23,738
will not his uncircumcision

440
00:22:23,738 --> 00:22:25,635
be regarded as circumcision?"

441
00:22:25,635 --> 00:22:27,441
Again, he's not being hypothetical.

442
00:22:27,441 --> 00:22:29,519
He actually is going to tell us here.

443
00:22:29,519 --> 00:22:31,767
He's speaking about a true Jew.

444
00:22:31,767 --> 00:22:33,389
One who is a true Jew inwardly

445
00:22:33,389 --> 00:22:35,658
as circumcision is a matter of the heart.

446
00:22:35,658 --> 00:22:38,600
And so he's speaking very 
practically through these verses.

447
00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:43,646
But, anyway, another 
place I was thinking of.

448
00:22:43,646 --> 00:22:47,161
Look at John 8.

449
00:22:47,161 --> 00:23:04,944
John 8:31.

450
00:23:04,944 --> 00:23:08,433
If you go back to 8:30,

451
00:23:08,433 --> 00:23:13,335
Jesus has been speaking here

452
00:23:13,335 --> 00:23:15,559
and it says, "As He was 
saying these things,

453
00:23:15,559 --> 00:23:19,169
many believed in Him."

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00:23:19,169 --> 00:23:22,543
(incomplete thought)

455
00:23:22,543 --> 00:23:25,590
People can believe that He's Lord.

456
00:23:25,590 --> 00:23:28,285
And so much so, they 
call Him, "Lord, Lord."

457
00:23:28,285 --> 00:23:31,723
But see, He goes further. He says this,

458
00:23:31,723 --> 00:23:36,923
"Jesus said to the Jews 
who had believed in Him,

459
00:23:36,923 --> 00:23:40,567
'If you abide in My Word,

460
00:23:40,567 --> 00:23:42,468
you are truly My disciples.'"

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00:23:42,468 --> 00:23:44,624
To abide in His Word,

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00:23:44,624 --> 00:23:47,825
that means to stay there; to live in them.

463
00:23:47,825 --> 00:23:51,325
They characterize your life.

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00:23:51,325 --> 00:23:53,100
It's only then that you prove

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00:23:53,100 --> 00:23:54,338
to truly be His disciple

466
00:23:54,338 --> 00:23:55,778
and you will know the truth,

467
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and the truth will set you free.

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00:23:59,901 --> 00:24:02,356
So we see this reality.

469
00:24:02,356 --> 00:24:07,886
Now listen,

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"Why do you call Me, 'Lord, Lord,'

471
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and not do the things I say?"

472
00:24:16,284 --> 00:24:17,952
Jesus is our Redeemer.

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He's our Savior.

474
00:24:20,035 --> 00:24:23,150
He's our Sacrifice.

475
00:24:23,150 --> 00:24:30,131
But Jesus is our Teacher,

476
00:24:30,131 --> 00:24:31,857
our Master,

477
00:24:31,857 --> 00:24:35,037
our Rabbi.

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00:24:35,037 --> 00:24:37,260
He's our Lord.

479
00:24:37,260 --> 00:24:39,579
And He came to teach us, to instruct us,

480
00:24:39,579 --> 00:24:41,947
to command us...

481
00:24:41,947 --> 00:24:46,810
and I want to ask you this.

482
00:24:46,810 --> 00:24:50,276
I want you to tell me.

483
00:24:50,276 --> 00:24:55,668
Think about Jesus' words -

484
00:24:55,668 --> 00:24:59,622
the words that He spoke to us.

485
00:24:59,622 --> 00:25:01,338
"Why do you call Me, 'Lord, Lord,'

486
00:25:01,338 --> 00:25:03,496
and do not do the things I say?"

487
00:25:03,496 --> 00:25:08,886
Ok, let's think about the things He says.

488
00:25:08,886 --> 00:25:10,456
Think about the things He says.

489
00:25:10,456 --> 00:25:13,150
What's He implying?

490
00:25:13,150 --> 00:25:17,467
That the things He says

491
00:25:17,467 --> 00:25:23,630
are things that we have 
a responsibility to do.

492
00:25:23,630 --> 00:25:26,514
And that as true Christians,

493
00:25:26,514 --> 00:25:29,018
one of the chief characteristics

494
00:25:29,018 --> 00:25:32,617
is how we respond to what He says.

495
00:25:32,617 --> 00:25:35,446
It has impact. It has power.

496
00:25:35,446 --> 00:25:38,274
It used to not.

497
00:25:38,274 --> 00:25:40,172
We used to be at enmity with God,

498
00:25:40,172 --> 00:25:41,715
and the commandments of God

499
00:25:41,715 --> 00:25:48,653
were something that we chafed against.

500
00:25:48,653 --> 00:25:52,813
But the true characteristic 
of the Christian

501
00:25:52,813 --> 00:25:55,706
is that our lives become impacted

502
00:25:55,706 --> 00:25:59,048
by what He says.

503
00:25:59,048 --> 00:26:01,477
We don't live any longer

504
00:26:01,477 --> 00:26:03,451
as though those things don't matter.

505
00:26:03,451 --> 00:26:05,784
As though I can just blow those off.

506
00:26:05,784 --> 00:26:08,227
They hold weight. They hold sway.

507
00:26:08,227 --> 00:26:09,920
But I want to ask you this:

508
00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:11,747
"The things I say" -

509
00:26:11,747 --> 00:26:13,854
think about that - "the things I say."

510
00:26:13,854 --> 00:26:16,606
What things did He say?

511
00:26:16,606 --> 00:26:20,282
In all the things that Jesus taught us

512
00:26:20,282 --> 00:26:23,541
and He expects us to conform our lives to,

513
00:26:23,541 --> 00:26:30,129
what things did He speak to broadly?

514
00:26:30,129 --> 00:26:35,955
In our lives, what did Jesus speak to?

515
00:26:35,955 --> 00:26:37,628
What did He tell us about?

516
00:26:37,628 --> 00:26:39,219
What did He command us about?

517
00:26:39,219 --> 00:26:41,305
What did He give us instruction about?

518
00:26:41,305 --> 00:26:42,398
Direction about?

519
00:26:42,398 --> 00:26:44,429
What did He say to us?

520
00:26:44,429 --> 00:26:50,313
In what areas of life?

521
00:26:50,313 --> 00:26:52,180
I want to be specific.

522
00:26:52,180 --> 00:27:02,481
General, but generally specific.

523
00:27:02,481 --> 00:27:04,784
(from the room) Sin.

524
00:27:04,784 --> 00:27:07,324
Tim: Sin?

525
00:27:07,324 --> 00:27:10,304
If you're going to say it,

526
00:27:10,304 --> 00:27:15,116
you've got to be able to tell 
me what He said about it.

527
00:27:15,116 --> 00:27:23,137
(from the room) 
To forsake it and follow Him.

528
00:27:23,137 --> 00:27:28,412
Tim: How did He say that?

529
00:27:28,412 --> 00:27:30,262
Now think about this.

530
00:27:30,262 --> 00:27:33,984
He told different people:

531
00:27:33,984 --> 00:27:37,342
"Go and sin no more."

532
00:27:37,342 --> 00:27:39,607
Does He tell us that?

533
00:27:39,607 --> 00:27:42,041
Would He tell those people that

534
00:27:42,041 --> 00:27:43,662
and that doesn't apply to us?

535
00:27:43,662 --> 00:27:51,921
Or does that apply to us?

536
00:27:51,921 --> 00:27:53,673
I mean, you would hardly think

537
00:27:53,673 --> 00:27:56,248
that it's something He's requiring of them

538
00:27:56,248 --> 00:27:57,923
and not of us.

539
00:27:57,923 --> 00:28:00,943
How do you read that when 
He says that to people?

540
00:28:00,943 --> 00:28:03,826
"Go and sin no more,

541
00:28:03,826 --> 00:28:08,341
lest a worse thing happen to you."

542
00:28:08,341 --> 00:28:09,756
How do you read that?

543
00:28:09,756 --> 00:28:11,990
What do you make out of that?

544
00:28:11,990 --> 00:28:15,211
Is that the way He talks to Christians?

545
00:28:15,211 --> 00:28:17,550
Is that the way He talks to lost people?

546
00:28:17,550 --> 00:28:19,047
Is that the way He talks to

547
00:28:19,047 --> 00:28:20,695
somebody He's just healed

548
00:28:20,695 --> 00:28:26,045
that may not be regenerated?

549
00:28:26,045 --> 00:28:40,434
Is that His word to everybody?

550
00:28:40,434 --> 00:28:44,545
I'll tell you my personal thought on that

551
00:28:44,545 --> 00:28:49,197
is that it's basically like 
what He says in Luke 6.

552
00:28:49,197 --> 00:28:51,094
"Why do you call Me, 'Lord, Lord,'

553
00:28:51,094 --> 00:28:52,625
and do not do the things I say?"

554
00:28:52,625 --> 00:28:56,617
In other words, go forth

555
00:28:56,617 --> 00:28:59,068
and do the things I say.

556
00:28:59,068 --> 00:29:01,912
And the things I say never include sin.

557
00:29:01,912 --> 00:29:03,559
You depart from sin.

558
00:29:03,559 --> 00:29:04,761
If you say you know Him,

559
00:29:04,761 --> 00:29:07,955
you keep His commandments.

560
00:29:07,955 --> 00:29:09,964
That doesn't mean that we don't have

561
00:29:09,964 --> 00:29:11,493
an Advocate with the Father.

562
00:29:11,493 --> 00:29:15,622
(incomplete thought)

563
00:29:15,622 --> 00:29:18,687
I think the idea there

564
00:29:18,687 --> 00:29:20,208
when He talks about going forth

565
00:29:20,208 --> 00:29:21,502
and sinning no more

566
00:29:21,502 --> 00:29:28,765
is much like John speaks.

567
00:29:28,765 --> 00:29:30,201
How does John speak?

568
00:29:30,201 --> 00:29:31,957
It sounds very dogmatic.

569
00:29:31,957 --> 00:29:37,212
It sounds very absolute 
when it comes to sin.

570
00:29:37,212 --> 00:29:38,125
(from the room)

571
00:29:38,125 --> 00:29:40,775
Well, the woman, when 
she's caught in adultery,

572
00:29:40,775 --> 00:29:42,235
that's an example.

573
00:29:42,235 --> 00:29:44,051
Tim: I'm talking about 1 John.

574
00:29:44,051 --> 00:29:47,366
See, in our ESV, it talks 
about practicing sin,

575
00:29:47,366 --> 00:29:48,982
but if you go back and you read

576
00:29:48,982 --> 00:29:50,414
the King James Version,

577
00:29:50,414 --> 00:29:52,679
it's like what?

578
00:29:52,679 --> 00:29:54,496
(unintelligible)

579
00:29:54,496 --> 00:29:55,399
Right.

580
00:29:55,399 --> 00:29:57,128
It's like, "if you're born of God,

581
00:29:57,128 --> 00:29:58,992
you don't commit sin."

582
00:29:58,992 --> 00:30:01,275
And you read that and it's "what?"

583
00:30:01,275 --> 00:30:03,816
Well, the ESV puts "practice sin,"

584
00:30:03,816 --> 00:30:06,520
and I think we all feel 
really comfortable with that

585
00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:10,563
because the reality is 
1 John is the very letter

586
00:30:10,563 --> 00:30:18,049
where John concedes that 
if we do fall into sin,

587
00:30:18,049 --> 00:30:20,221
it's not a hopeless situation.

588
00:30:20,221 --> 00:30:22,289
There's a place for confession

589
00:30:22,289 --> 00:30:25,197
and we have an Advocate.

590
00:30:25,197 --> 00:30:28,615
But I think what He's doing

591
00:30:28,615 --> 00:30:31,224
is He's basically pressing these people

592
00:30:31,224 --> 00:30:34,199
to a characterization of life.

593
00:30:34,199 --> 00:30:36,334
Why? Well, think with me.

594
00:30:36,334 --> 00:30:43,217
He speaks in that great

595
00:30:43,217 --> 00:30:45,021
Sermon on the Mount.

596
00:30:45,021 --> 00:30:48,575
He starts it out by talking about

597
00:30:48,575 --> 00:30:50,169
the character of the people

598
00:30:50,169 --> 00:30:52,598
that make up His kingdom.

599
00:30:52,598 --> 00:30:54,938
(incomplete thought)

600
00:30:54,938 --> 00:30:58,088
He ends it up with basically

601
00:30:58,088 --> 00:31:02,805
a parallel passage to what 
we're finding here in Luke 6.

602
00:31:02,805 --> 00:31:04,717
And He ends it up with that parable

603
00:31:04,717 --> 00:31:06,866
about building the house on a rock

604
00:31:06,866 --> 00:31:08,045
versus the sand.

605
00:31:08,045 --> 00:31:09,697
And not everybody that says to me,

606
00:31:09,697 --> 00:31:11,907
"Lord, Lord," is going 
to inherit the kingdom.

607
00:31:11,907 --> 00:31:15,187
Those that do the will of My Father.

608
00:31:15,187 --> 00:31:18,509
Even there - those that 
do the will of My Father.

609
00:31:18,509 --> 00:31:21,621
Do they do the will of 
the Father all the time?

610
00:31:21,621 --> 00:31:23,727
I think the thing that's very encouraging

611
00:31:23,727 --> 00:31:25,557
about Scripture - several things

612
00:31:25,557 --> 00:31:28,129
very encouraging -

613
00:31:28,129 --> 00:31:33,047
if you think about those disciples,

614
00:31:33,047 --> 00:31:34,977
John 17 is very encouraging.

615
00:31:34,977 --> 00:31:36,596
"They have kept Your Word."

616
00:31:36,596 --> 00:31:38,215
I look at these guys.

617
00:31:38,215 --> 00:31:41,975
Look, you might think, oh boy,

618
00:31:41,975 --> 00:31:44,782
if He said that 24 hours after Pentecost

619
00:31:44,782 --> 00:31:47,534
when these guys are shining, glowing,

620
00:31:47,534 --> 00:31:50,975
they've got the flames 
of fire on their heads,

621
00:31:50,975 --> 00:31:54,251
they've spoken and 3,000 are saved

622
00:31:54,251 --> 00:31:56,836
and you think wow, 
the church is so glorious,

623
00:31:56,836 --> 00:31:59,548
and Peter's been transformed.

624
00:31:59,548 --> 00:32:04,365
No. Jesus says this

625
00:32:04,365 --> 00:32:07,160
right before Peter denies Him.

626
00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:08,865
After these guys have been arguing

627
00:32:08,865 --> 00:32:11,216
about who is going to be the greatest.

628
00:32:11,216 --> 00:32:14,627
And He says, "they've kept Your Word."

629
00:32:14,627 --> 00:32:17,407
And then when you come to 
that 11th chapter of Hebrews,

630
00:32:17,407 --> 00:32:20,133
and you read about:
"by faith," "by faith," "by faith..."

631
00:32:20,133 --> 00:32:23,429
And if you go back and look at the 
accounts of some of these people,

632
00:32:23,429 --> 00:32:26,567
they had a lot of blemishes in their life.

633
00:32:26,567 --> 00:32:30,248
What's so encouraging is

634
00:32:30,248 --> 00:32:35,645
our sin is under the blood.

635
00:32:35,645 --> 00:32:37,384
You get these different accounts.

636
00:32:37,384 --> 00:32:38,834
Yes, it's true. God's people

637
00:32:38,834 --> 00:32:40,721
have their sins revealed in Scripture.

638
00:32:40,721 --> 00:32:42,412
But you get these certain accounts

639
00:32:42,412 --> 00:32:46,931
where it says though God 
just covers them over.

640
00:32:46,931 --> 00:32:50,859
But, okay, so He speaks 
to sin in our life.

641
00:32:50,859 --> 00:32:53,489
That's real broad.

642
00:32:53,489 --> 00:32:59,565
What else does He speak to?

643
00:32:59,565 --> 00:33:01,057
Our possessions.

644
00:33:01,057 --> 00:33:03,782
He speaks to our money.

645
00:33:03,782 --> 00:33:06,904
He speaks to how we give.

646
00:33:06,904 --> 00:33:11,921
What else does He speak to?

647
00:33:11,921 --> 00:33:13,271
Our relations.

648
00:33:13,271 --> 00:33:17,859
(incomplete thought)

649
00:33:17,859 --> 00:33:22,194
Luke 9, you've got these two

650
00:33:22,194 --> 00:33:25,971
very specific incidents of apparently

651
00:33:25,971 --> 00:33:28,138
young men who want to be His disciples

652
00:33:28,138 --> 00:33:30,952
and one wants to go home and say goodbye.

653
00:33:30,952 --> 00:33:34,804
One wants to go home and bury his father.

654
00:33:34,804 --> 00:33:36,574
He talks about He didn't come

655
00:33:36,574 --> 00:33:38,430
to bring peace, but a sword,

656
00:33:38,430 --> 00:33:40,739
and He's talking very specifically

657
00:33:40,739 --> 00:33:43,347
about the family.

658
00:33:43,347 --> 00:33:49,809
He talks there in Matthew 10

659
00:33:49,809 --> 00:33:55,004
and Luke 14 about loving

660
00:33:55,004 --> 00:33:56,815
mother or father, husband or wife,

661
00:33:56,815 --> 00:33:57,966
son or daughter.

662
00:33:57,966 --> 00:34:00,304
He talks about our relationships.

663
00:34:00,304 --> 00:34:02,234
He talks about the necessity

664
00:34:02,234 --> 00:34:05,382
of loving Him more than anybody else.

665
00:34:05,382 --> 00:34:07,628
What else does He speak to?

666
00:34:07,628 --> 00:34:09,678
Well, I think about Matthew 15.

667
00:34:09,678 --> 00:34:11,058
He speaks about the fact

668
00:34:11,058 --> 00:34:13,016
that He expects that we would

669
00:34:13,016 --> 00:34:14,364
honor our parents.

670
00:34:14,364 --> 00:34:17,008
Even though there's going to 
be a sword in the family.

671
00:34:17,008 --> 00:34:18,774
He speaks as though He would have us

672
00:34:18,774 --> 00:34:21,431
honor our parents.

673
00:34:21,431 --> 00:34:25,218
What else does He speak to?

674
00:34:25,218 --> 00:34:26,805
He talks about prayer.

675
00:34:26,805 --> 00:34:30,279
"Lord, teach us to pray."

676
00:34:30,279 --> 00:34:32,417
And He did.

677
00:34:32,417 --> 00:34:34,502
You think even in the Sermon on the Mount,

678
00:34:34,502 --> 00:34:36,088
He talks about prayer.

679
00:34:36,088 --> 00:34:39,562
He doesn't want us like the hypocrites.

680
00:34:39,562 --> 00:34:44,118
He talks about even 
some of the basic makeup

681
00:34:44,118 --> 00:34:47,047
of what's important in prayer.

682
00:34:47,047 --> 00:34:50,353
"Our Father, who art in heaven,

683
00:34:50,353 --> 00:34:51,706
hallowed be Thy name.

684
00:34:51,706 --> 00:34:53,125
Thy kingdom come...

685
00:34:53,125 --> 00:34:55,092
Thy will be done."

686
00:34:55,092 --> 00:34:57,587
He's giving us aspects of what

687
00:34:57,587 --> 00:35:04,239
He considers to be essential components

688
00:35:04,239 --> 00:35:05,947
of prayer.

689
00:35:05,947 --> 00:35:07,663
He talks about how to do it.

690
00:35:07,663 --> 00:35:09,905
He talks about the importunity of it.

691
00:35:09,905 --> 00:35:12,133
He talks about the promise -

692
00:35:12,133 --> 00:35:14,801
think about the promises that are given us

693
00:35:14,801 --> 00:35:21,124
concerning prayer in John 14, 15, 16.

694
00:35:21,124 --> 00:35:23,646
"If you abide in Me, and 
My Word abides in you."

695
00:35:23,646 --> 00:35:25,579
Now that comes back to this.

696
00:35:25,579 --> 00:35:27,761
Right?

697
00:35:27,761 --> 00:35:30,187
If My Word abides in you,

698
00:35:30,187 --> 00:35:31,705
you shall ask what you will

699
00:35:31,705 --> 00:35:33,685
and it shall be done unto you.

700
00:35:33,685 --> 00:35:35,043
He talks about the fact

701
00:35:35,043 --> 00:35:38,001
that He wouldn't need to 
ask the Father for us,

702
00:35:38,001 --> 00:35:39,804
because the Father loves us.

703
00:35:39,804 --> 00:35:41,963
He talks about praying in His name.

704
00:35:41,963 --> 00:35:43,488
He talks about praying

705
00:35:43,488 --> 00:35:46,344
so that the Father be 
glorified in the Son.

706
00:35:46,344 --> 00:35:51,478
He talks about praying 
that our joy be full.

707
00:35:51,478 --> 00:35:55,385
What else does He speak to in our life?

708
00:35:55,385 --> 00:35:57,931
Loving others.

709
00:35:57,931 --> 00:36:00,523
He definitely speaks about love.

710
00:36:00,523 --> 00:36:03,639
He speaks about loving the brethren.

711
00:36:03,639 --> 00:36:07,525
He speaks about loving our enemies.

712
00:36:07,525 --> 00:36:13,410
He speaks about giving and lending.

713
00:36:13,410 --> 00:36:16,506
He speaks about not being like lost people

714
00:36:16,506 --> 00:36:20,179
who love their relatives,

715
00:36:20,179 --> 00:36:22,443
but actually loving those

716
00:36:22,443 --> 00:36:30,065
who are unrighteous and unthankful.

717
00:36:30,065 --> 00:36:34,176
What else does He speak to?

718
00:36:34,176 --> 00:36:36,880
Acknowleding Him before men.

719
00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:37,895
Yeah.

720
00:36:37,895 --> 00:36:43,766
How we identify Him

721
00:36:43,766 --> 00:36:45,361
in the face of the public;

722
00:36:45,361 --> 00:36:46,610
in the face of family;

723
00:36:46,610 --> 00:36:49,391
in the face of the onlooking world.

724
00:36:49,391 --> 00:36:51,622
How do we speak for Him?

725
00:36:51,622 --> 00:36:55,243
Do we own Him?

726
00:36:55,243 --> 00:37:00,848
Do we declare Him?

727
00:37:00,848 --> 00:37:05,537
What else does He speak to?

728
00:37:05,537 --> 00:37:08,182
(from the room) Evangelization,
the Great Commission.

729
00:37:08,182 --> 00:37:09,576
Tim: The Great Commission.

730
00:37:09,576 --> 00:37:13,915
He told us what one of the key

731
00:37:13,915 --> 00:37:18,327
responsibilities of the 
church is going to be.

732
00:37:18,327 --> 00:37:24,314
And tells us - commands us to go.

733
00:37:24,314 --> 00:37:27,910
Promises us He'll be with us.

734
00:37:27,910 --> 00:37:30,978
What else does He speak to?

735
00:37:30,978 --> 00:37:32,191
Forgiveness.

736
00:37:32,191 --> 00:37:33,497
That's a huge thing.

737
00:37:33,497 --> 00:37:35,616
Right there in the prayer

738
00:37:35,616 --> 00:37:37,765
where He's teaching us how to pray.

739
00:37:37,765 --> 00:37:40,774
He's teaching us to forgive men

740
00:37:40,774 --> 00:37:43,998
their trespasses (incomplete thought).

741
00:37:43,998 --> 00:37:48,117
He's teaching us to ask

742
00:37:48,117 --> 00:37:51,234
that our trespasses be forgiven us

743
00:37:51,234 --> 00:37:54,098
even as we forgive those 
who trespass against us.

744
00:37:54,098 --> 00:37:56,255
And of course, you remember Matthew 18.

745
00:37:56,255 --> 00:37:59,443
You have the parable there.

746
00:37:59,443 --> 00:38:01,151
Matthew 18 so often known

747
00:38:01,151 --> 00:38:04,730
for how we deal with sin in the church,

748
00:38:04,730 --> 00:38:06,889
but there you have that parable

749
00:38:06,889 --> 00:38:10,940
about the necessity to forgive.

750
00:38:10,940 --> 00:38:12,546
(from the room)

751
00:38:12,546 --> 00:38:16,448
Keep oneself unstained from the world.

752
00:38:16,448 --> 00:38:19,958
Tim: Keep oneself 
unstained from the world.

753
00:38:19,958 --> 00:38:22,515
What text specifically 
do you have in mind?

754
00:38:22,515 --> 00:38:26,831
I'm thinking about Jesus' specific words.

755
00:38:26,831 --> 00:38:30,800
I obviously know James and Paul.

756
00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:35,639
We don't want to downplay those guys,

757
00:38:35,639 --> 00:38:37,653
but let's try to think of

758
00:38:37,653 --> 00:38:41,586
where He specifically spoke to.

759
00:38:41,586 --> 00:38:43,094
Fasting.

760
00:38:43,094 --> 00:38:44,771
He spoke not only to prayer,

761
00:38:44,771 --> 00:38:46,830
He spoke to fasting.

762
00:38:46,830 --> 00:38:50,114
How you do it - not like 
the hypocrites do it.

763
00:38:50,114 --> 00:38:52,089
He wants us to wash our faces.

764
00:38:52,089 --> 00:38:55,149
In other words, He wants us to have

765
00:38:55,149 --> 00:39:00,254
a private walk with the Lord,

766
00:39:00,254 --> 00:39:02,060
with the Father.

767
00:39:02,060 --> 00:39:06,943
Just between us and Him.

768
00:39:06,943 --> 00:39:10,297
What else did He speak to?

769
00:39:10,297 --> 00:39:16,352
Abiding. Abiding in Him.

770
00:39:16,352 --> 00:39:18,696
(from the room) Spiritual realities?

771
00:39:18,696 --> 00:39:20,024
Tim: How so?

772
00:39:20,024 --> 00:39:21,083
(from the room)

773
00:39:21,083 --> 00:39:25,932
Parable of the Sowers

774
00:39:25,932 --> 00:39:28,406
Tim: He definitely spoke to

775
00:39:28,406 --> 00:39:31,010
the different responses that would be

776
00:39:31,010 --> 00:39:33,312
had to the Gospel.

777
00:39:33,312 --> 00:39:35,301
He takes us behind the scenes.

778
00:39:35,301 --> 00:39:36,665
He shows us the kingdom.

779
00:39:36,665 --> 00:39:38,253
He shows us the outworking.

780
00:39:38,253 --> 00:39:40,917
He shows us the devil sowing seed

781
00:39:40,917 --> 00:39:42,736
in the midst of all the wheat.

782
00:39:42,736 --> 00:39:45,071
He shows us these pictures.

783
00:39:45,071 --> 00:39:49,794
He takes us behind the veil so to speak.

784
00:39:49,794 --> 00:39:55,530
And He shows us what is unfolding.

785
00:39:55,530 --> 00:39:58,335
He shows us that not everybody 
that starts out real

786
00:39:58,335 --> 00:39:59,716
finishes well.

787
00:39:59,716 --> 00:40:03,468
He shows us that there are pleasures

788
00:40:03,468 --> 00:40:07,014
and entanglements and thorns in this world

789
00:40:07,014 --> 00:40:10,214
that cause us to not become fruitful.

790
00:40:10,214 --> 00:40:12,359
He speaks to our words, does He not?

791
00:40:12,359 --> 00:40:13,448
Matthew 12?

792
00:40:13,448 --> 00:40:14,537
(incomplete thought)

793
00:40:14,537 --> 00:40:16,157
We are going to stand

794
00:40:16,157 --> 00:40:17,676
and have to give an account

795
00:40:17,676 --> 00:40:19,932
for every idle word we've spoken.

796
00:40:19,932 --> 00:40:22,113
He speaks to marriage.

797
00:40:22,113 --> 00:40:25,483
He says don't let man separate

798
00:40:25,483 --> 00:40:27,057
what God has joined together.

799
00:40:27,057 --> 00:40:28,648
He speaks to lust.

800
00:40:28,648 --> 00:40:30,518
He says gouge out eyes

801
00:40:30,518 --> 00:40:31,852
and chop off hands.

802
00:40:31,852 --> 00:40:33,892
He speaks to life.

803
00:40:33,892 --> 00:40:36,418
What we give our lives to.

804
00:40:36,418 --> 00:40:39,259
He speaks about seeking first the kingdom.

805
00:40:39,259 --> 00:40:41,500
He speaks to the heart.

806
00:40:41,500 --> 00:40:43,979
How often did He deal with the heart?

807
00:40:43,979 --> 00:40:45,739
Their heart is not with Me.

808
00:40:45,739 --> 00:40:47,870
The heart - where the treasure is.

809
00:40:47,870 --> 00:40:49,303
That is where the heart is.

810
00:40:49,303 --> 00:40:53,102
He speaks to what's going on inside a man.

811
00:40:53,102 --> 00:40:54,394
Don't be a hypocrite.

812
00:40:54,394 --> 00:40:56,376
Don't act like the hypocrites.

813
00:40:56,376 --> 00:40:58,477
Your righteousness needs to exceed

814
00:40:58,477 --> 00:40:59,798
that of the hypocrites.

815
00:40:59,798 --> 00:41:01,475
That is all external.

816
00:41:01,475 --> 00:41:03,254
He's looking for the reality.

817
00:41:03,254 --> 00:41:04,544
He goes inside.

818
00:41:04,544 --> 00:41:06,658
He gives us those beatitudes.

819
00:41:06,658 --> 00:41:10,331
And He says this is what 
characterizes My kingdom;

820
00:41:10,331 --> 00:41:14,409
My people. What are they like?

821
00:41:14,409 --> 00:41:22,084
Blessed are the poor in spirit.

822
00:41:22,084 --> 00:41:23,438
What's next?

823
00:41:23,438 --> 00:41:25,369
What does He say next?

824
00:41:25,369 --> 00:41:29,757
In the beatitudes.

825
00:41:29,757 --> 00:41:32,721
Blessed are the mourners.

826
00:41:32,721 --> 00:41:35,228
Blessed are the meek.

827
00:41:35,228 --> 00:41:37,669
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst

828
00:41:37,669 --> 00:41:39,905
after righteousness.

829
00:41:39,905 --> 00:41:41,866
He goes inside.

830
00:41:41,866 --> 00:41:46,482
And He says you're salt and you're light.

831
00:41:46,482 --> 00:41:48,994
He speaks to persecution.

832
00:41:48,994 --> 00:41:52,230
Blessed are the persecuted.

833
00:41:52,230 --> 00:41:53,682
For His name's sake.

834
00:41:53,682 --> 00:41:58,530
For the Gospel's sake.

835
00:41:58,530 --> 00:42:05,129
What else does He speak to?

836
00:42:05,129 --> 00:42:07,080
He speaks to the Holy Spirit.

837
00:42:07,080 --> 00:42:09,003
Promises concerning the Holy Spirit.

838
00:42:09,003 --> 00:42:10,564
The promised Holy Spirit.

839
00:42:10,564 --> 00:42:15,565
The Comforter is coming.
He's not going to leave us orphans.

840
00:42:15,565 --> 00:42:19,894
What else did He speak to?

841
00:42:19,894 --> 00:42:22,186
He spoke to how the 
world's going to treat us.

842
00:42:22,186 --> 00:42:23,914
And He spoke to them about the fact

843
00:42:23,914 --> 00:42:26,315
that they're going to be 
put out of the synagogues

844
00:42:26,315 --> 00:42:33,672
and people are going to kill them
thinking that they're doing God's service.

845
00:42:33,672 --> 00:42:38,964
What else did He speak to?

846
00:42:38,964 --> 00:42:41,057
Judgment.

847
00:42:41,057 --> 00:42:45,536
Well, He does. He gives us 
those pictures of judgment

848
00:42:45,536 --> 00:42:47,660
and what it's going 
to be like on that day.

849
00:42:47,660 --> 00:42:51,769
Repeated parables concerning the judgment

850
00:42:51,769 --> 00:42:53,507
and what it's like.

851
00:42:53,507 --> 00:42:55,810
Picture after picture.

852
00:42:55,810 --> 00:42:57,943
You've got this net.

853
00:42:57,943 --> 00:43:01,765
You've got pictures of these servants.

854
00:43:01,765 --> 00:43:06,494
You've got pictures of when the King

855
00:43:06,494 --> 00:43:08,999
takes His seat and all the nations

856
00:43:08,999 --> 00:43:10,883
are gathered together.

857
00:43:10,883 --> 00:43:13,550
He gives us all these pictures

858
00:43:13,550 --> 00:43:15,846
and these parables and these accounts

859
00:43:15,846 --> 00:43:18,420
where He shows this great coming

860
00:43:18,420 --> 00:43:21,264
day of judgment.

861
00:43:21,264 --> 00:43:24,812
"Well done, good and faithful servant.

862
00:43:24,812 --> 00:43:31,360
Enter into the joy..."

863
00:43:31,360 --> 00:43:35,449
And these are on the outside.

864
00:43:35,449 --> 00:43:36,929
What were they saying?

865
00:43:36,929 --> 00:43:43,014
Did they say, "Lord, Lord," there too?

866
00:43:43,014 --> 00:43:49,343
They're going to say we ate 
and drank in your streets.

867
00:43:49,343 --> 00:43:52,330
What else did He speak to?

868
00:43:52,330 --> 00:43:53,514
(from the room)

869
00:43:53,514 --> 00:43:56,514
He said to watch and 
be ready for His return.

870
00:43:56,514 --> 00:43:58,259
Tim: Oh, He warned that.

871
00:43:58,259 --> 00:44:00,541
He warned: you don't know when I'm coming.

872
00:44:00,541 --> 00:44:02,943
He warned that we need 
to be ready all the time.

873
00:44:02,943 --> 00:44:04,734
He warned that if you're the servant

874
00:44:04,734 --> 00:44:06,616
who gets lazy,

875
00:44:06,616 --> 00:44:08,715
and you begin to slack off,

876
00:44:08,715 --> 00:44:11,336
He's going to come and 
He's going to catch you.

877
00:44:11,336 --> 00:44:14,166
He's going to come like a thief

878
00:44:14,166 --> 00:44:16,402
and He's going to catch you unawares.

879
00:44:16,402 --> 00:44:19,232
And He said what I 
say to you, I say to all:

880
00:44:19,232 --> 00:44:20,893
you watch.

881
00:44:20,893 --> 00:44:24,117
Be watchful.

882
00:44:24,117 --> 00:44:26,776
Be ready.

883
00:44:26,776 --> 00:44:30,446
Listen, Jonathan Edwards,

884
00:44:30,446 --> 00:44:33,960
when he was putting 
together his whole list

885
00:44:33,960 --> 00:44:36,505
of the things that he 
wanted to make certain

886
00:44:36,505 --> 00:44:39,853
that he gave himself to in his life,

887
00:44:39,853 --> 00:44:43,208
when he talks about not wanting to do

888
00:44:43,208 --> 00:44:45,858
anything that he would not want to do

889
00:44:45,858 --> 00:44:48,375
if he knew that Christ was going to return

890
00:44:48,375 --> 00:44:52,225
one hour from now or 24 hours from now.

891
00:44:52,225 --> 00:44:54,239
Listen, he wasn't the one that invented

892
00:44:54,239 --> 00:44:55,354
that kind of thinking.

893
00:44:55,354 --> 00:44:57,734
Jesus was the one that told His people:

894
00:44:57,734 --> 00:44:59,598
you need to be ready.

895
00:44:59,598 --> 00:45:01,783
And you need to live like 
I can come anytime

896
00:45:01,783 --> 00:45:06,454
because the reality is you 
don't know when I'm coming.

897
00:45:06,454 --> 00:45:10,461
What else did He address?

898
00:45:10,461 --> 00:45:12,103
The Lord's Supper.

899
00:45:12,103 --> 00:45:13,885
He definitely introduced that to us

900
00:45:13,885 --> 00:45:18,925
and He said that we are to do that

901
00:45:18,925 --> 00:45:21,404
until He comes.

902
00:45:21,404 --> 00:45:23,769
We're to do that in remembrance of Him.

903
00:45:23,769 --> 00:45:25,193
He definitely spoke to that.

904
00:45:25,193 --> 00:45:28,834
What else does He speak to?

905
00:45:28,834 --> 00:45:30,478
The what?

906
00:45:30,478 --> 00:45:32,249
He did speak to rewards.

907
00:45:32,249 --> 00:45:33,587
How so?

908
00:45:33,587 --> 00:45:43,272
(unintelligible)

909
00:45:43,272 --> 00:45:47,099
Tim: He spoke about laying 
up treasure in heaven.

910
00:45:47,099 --> 00:45:50,408
I mean, think, think.

911
00:45:50,408 --> 00:45:55,668
"Why do you call Me, 'Lord, Lord,'
and do not do the things I say?"

912
00:45:55,668 --> 00:45:57,598
What does He say?

913
00:45:57,598 --> 00:46:00,438
Chop off hands. Cut off feet.

914
00:46:00,438 --> 00:46:01,918
Honor your parents.

915
00:46:01,918 --> 00:46:03,699
Love Me more than your parents.

916
00:46:03,699 --> 00:46:05,287
Love Me more than husband, wife,

917
00:46:05,287 --> 00:46:08,821
girlfriend, boyfriend, sons, or daughters.

918
00:46:08,821 --> 00:46:10,243
Store up treasure in heaven.

919
00:46:10,243 --> 00:46:12,427
Don't lay up your treasure here.

920
00:46:12,427 --> 00:46:15,291
He spoke to having dinners.

921
00:46:15,291 --> 00:46:18,323
Don't take the chief seat.

922
00:46:18,323 --> 00:46:20,555
Take the least seat and get moved up.

923
00:46:20,555 --> 00:46:22,431
When you have a dinner,

924
00:46:22,431 --> 00:46:25,272
don't invite all your family and friends.

925
00:46:25,272 --> 00:46:29,391
Invite those who can't pay you back.

926
00:46:29,391 --> 00:46:32,476
He spoke to money.

927
00:46:32,476 --> 00:46:33,526
Widow comes along,

928
00:46:33,526 --> 00:46:37,457
throws in her last two coins.

929
00:46:37,457 --> 00:46:40,484
She put in more than all the rest.

930
00:46:40,484 --> 00:46:42,055
He watched people give.

931
00:46:42,055 --> 00:46:45,855
He was standing there 
watching the way people give.

932
00:46:45,855 --> 00:46:49,893
He watched how people took seats.

933
00:46:49,893 --> 00:46:53,321
He watched people.

934
00:46:53,321 --> 00:46:58,002
He watched how people spoke.

935
00:46:58,002 --> 00:47:00,103
Speaking to some He said:

936
00:47:00,103 --> 00:47:02,445
you can't speak well.

937
00:47:02,445 --> 00:47:06,512
Why? Because again, it 
comes back to the heart.

938
00:47:06,512 --> 00:47:10,407
The heart shows where your treasure is.

939
00:47:10,407 --> 00:47:12,465
Or where your treasure is shows

940
00:47:12,465 --> 00:47:13,913
the matter of the heart.

941
00:47:13,913 --> 00:47:15,373
What your words say

942
00:47:15,373 --> 00:47:18,506
show what's going on in the heart.

943
00:47:18,506 --> 00:47:21,228
What basically is coming on the outside

944
00:47:21,228 --> 00:47:24,137
is an expression of the heart.

945
00:47:24,137 --> 00:47:26,955
Jesus said, "Why do 
you call Me, 'Lord, Lord,'

946
00:47:26,955 --> 00:47:28,744
and do not do...?

947
00:47:28,744 --> 00:47:31,829
How much are we being 
impressed by what He says to do?

948
00:47:31,829 --> 00:47:35,592
Listen, He speaks to 
so many different aspects

949
00:47:35,592 --> 00:47:36,856
of our life.

950
00:47:36,856 --> 00:47:40,210
Possessions.

951
00:47:40,210 --> 00:47:43,651
Luke 12? He tells us 
to sell your possessions

952
00:47:43,651 --> 00:47:47,866
and give to the poor.

953
00:47:47,866 --> 00:47:53,180
He took the towel and girded Himself

954
00:47:53,180 --> 00:47:55,086
and He washed their feet.

955
00:47:55,086 --> 00:48:01,073
And He said, "I've given you an example."

956
00:48:01,073 --> 00:48:03,075
He spoke to fear.

957
00:48:03,075 --> 00:48:04,827
"Fear not."

958
00:48:04,827 --> 00:48:07,547
Or, "I'll tell you who to fear."

959
00:48:07,547 --> 00:48:10,821
Fear not them. Fear Him.

960
00:48:10,821 --> 00:48:13,214
Don't fear those who can kill the body.

961
00:48:13,214 --> 00:48:16,564
Fear Him who can throw you into hell.

962
00:48:16,564 --> 00:48:19,439
Really? As children of God, 
that's what we should fear?

963
00:48:19,439 --> 00:48:21,484
That's what Jesus said to fear.

964
00:48:21,484 --> 00:48:24,795
That's a fearful thing.

965
00:48:24,795 --> 00:48:26,886
And a lot of people, 
according to Matthew 7,

966
00:48:26,886 --> 00:48:28,489
are going to be thrown into hell

967
00:48:28,489 --> 00:48:31,735
who don't think God would 
throw them into hell.

968
00:48:31,735 --> 00:48:34,254
But see, it comes back to this very thing.

969
00:48:34,254 --> 00:48:39,690
How much are Jesus' words 
impacting your life?

970
00:48:39,690 --> 00:48:41,475
You know what?

971
00:48:41,475 --> 00:48:43,899
A lot of people like to 
explain those words away.

972
00:48:43,899 --> 00:48:45,573
They're going to explain them away

973
00:48:45,573 --> 00:48:49,985
and they're going to 
wake up in hell one day.

974
00:48:49,985 --> 00:48:52,968
I'm not saying that all 
the things that Jesus said

975
00:48:52,968 --> 00:48:55,035
don't have to be thought about

976
00:48:55,035 --> 00:48:56,693
in how they impact our life.

977
00:48:56,693 --> 00:48:59,839
Look, when Jesus says 
when you have a dinner,

978
00:48:59,839 --> 00:49:03,867
don't invite these folks; 
invite these folks -

979
00:49:03,867 --> 00:49:08,775
does that mean that I can 
never invite my family?

980
00:49:08,775 --> 00:49:11,351
Well, even Jesus, when 
He went to dinners -

981
00:49:11,351 --> 00:49:13,382
He went to a wedding with His disciples.

982
00:49:13,382 --> 00:49:20,456
He attended dinners with His disciples.

983
00:49:20,456 --> 00:49:22,836
(incomplete thought)

984
00:49:22,836 --> 00:49:24,820
He's going to throw one in the end,

985
00:49:24,820 --> 00:49:32,892
and He's going to have 
all of His people there.

986
00:49:32,892 --> 00:49:40,417
You see times when

987
00:49:40,417 --> 00:49:47,193
undoubtedly where He and His disciples

988
00:49:47,193 --> 00:49:51,577
were fed at the house of 
Lazarus and Mary and Martha.

989
00:49:51,577 --> 00:49:55,283
And we need to recognize that if 
we're going to love our parents,

990
00:49:55,283 --> 00:49:58,377
we certainly aren't going 
to keep them away

991
00:49:58,377 --> 00:50:03,760
at Thanksgiving or whatever.

992
00:50:03,760 --> 00:50:06,715
But who are you going to 
invite over at Thanksgiving?

993
00:50:06,715 --> 00:50:08,987
The reality is Jesus' words should be

994
00:50:08,987 --> 00:50:11,876
impacting our lives.

995
00:50:11,876 --> 00:50:13,742
What are you doing with your money?

996
00:50:13,742 --> 00:50:16,234
Do His words impact your life?

997
00:50:16,234 --> 00:50:18,592
What are you doing with your possessions?

998
00:50:18,592 --> 00:50:20,335
Do His words impact your life?

999
00:50:20,335 --> 00:50:22,170
Have you ever sold anything so that

1000
00:50:22,170 --> 00:50:23,752
you could give to those in need?

1001
00:50:23,752 --> 00:50:26,394
Do His words impact your life?

1002
00:50:26,394 --> 00:50:31,296
Is there some way to wash feet today?

1003
00:50:31,296 --> 00:50:32,982
Is that impacting your life?

1004
00:50:32,982 --> 00:50:36,534
We should be asking ourselves.

1005
00:50:36,534 --> 00:50:39,075
We should not just be 
going along through life

1006
00:50:39,075 --> 00:50:42,645
not wanting to proactively sin.

1007
00:50:42,645 --> 00:50:45,275
Scripture isn't just about 
what we don't do.

1008
00:50:45,275 --> 00:50:47,639
(incomplete thought)

1009
00:50:47,639 --> 00:50:52,063
If you think about Matthew 25.

1010
00:50:52,063 --> 00:50:57,766
When Jesus gets to separating the nations,

1011
00:50:57,766 --> 00:51:00,428
He doesn't look to those on His right

1012
00:51:00,428 --> 00:51:03,773
and say guys, I am so 
glad you didn't steal.

1013
00:51:03,773 --> 00:51:07,459
I am so glad you didn't commit adultery

1014
00:51:07,459 --> 00:51:09,861
with the lady down the street.

1015
00:51:09,861 --> 00:51:13,547
I'm so glad that you didn't...

1016
00:51:13,547 --> 00:51:15,734
That's not what He does.

1017
00:51:15,734 --> 00:51:19,058
He says I was hungry and you fed Me.

1018
00:51:19,058 --> 00:51:21,018
See, we need to be proactive.

1019
00:51:21,018 --> 00:51:24,348
Christ's commandments 
are not, by and large,

1020
00:51:24,348 --> 00:51:26,816
what you don't do.

1021
00:51:26,816 --> 00:51:30,309
Yes, there is some of that undoubtedly.

1022
00:51:30,309 --> 00:51:32,132
But so much of His commands -

1023
00:51:32,132 --> 00:51:35,965
think about the commands concerning

1024
00:51:35,965 --> 00:51:39,320
the Gospel, the Great Commission.

1025
00:51:39,320 --> 00:51:43,998
You think about the commands 
concerning salt and light.

1026
00:51:43,998 --> 00:51:48,667
What we're told is we're to do our works,

1027
00:51:48,667 --> 00:51:52,304
good works, before the onlooking world.

1028
00:51:52,304 --> 00:51:55,624
To the glory of our Father.

1029
00:51:55,624 --> 00:51:57,586
We're to seek first the kingdom.

1030
00:51:57,586 --> 00:51:59,645
We're to lay up treasure in heaven.

1031
00:51:59,645 --> 00:52:03,840
We're to live lives not just where

1032
00:52:03,840 --> 00:52:07,131
we're constantly trying to not do.

1033
00:52:07,131 --> 00:52:09,922
That's not the life we're called to.

1034
00:52:09,922 --> 00:52:14,975
It's, okay, how can I wash feet today?

1035
00:52:14,975 --> 00:52:17,934
Even though culturally that's not a thing.

1036
00:52:17,934 --> 00:52:19,616
We don't walk around in bare feet

1037
00:52:19,616 --> 00:52:22,453
in sandals on dusty roads.

1038
00:52:22,453 --> 00:52:26,882
We don't typically have 
dirt floors in our house.

1039
00:52:26,882 --> 00:52:30,717
Our feet stay relatively clean.

1040
00:52:30,717 --> 00:52:34,071
But the whole idea was

1041
00:52:34,071 --> 00:52:35,920
that was a menial task

1042
00:52:35,920 --> 00:52:37,999
that a slave would have done.

1043
00:52:37,999 --> 00:52:42,013
And our Lord did it.

1044
00:52:42,013 --> 00:52:46,646
And He said I'm leaving you an example.

1045
00:52:46,646 --> 00:52:51,745
So, you call Me "Lord, Lord,"

1046
00:52:51,745 --> 00:52:54,115
do you do what I say?

1047
00:52:54,115 --> 00:52:57,502
I gave you instruction

1048
00:52:57,502 --> 00:53:03,253
that encompasses a life.

1049
00:53:03,253 --> 00:53:05,286
He who doesn't forsake all that He has

1050
00:53:05,286 --> 00:53:07,209
is not worthy of Me.

1051
00:53:07,209 --> 00:53:10,446
He can't be My disciple.

1052
00:53:10,446 --> 00:53:14,702
He who loves somebody else more than Me,

1053
00:53:14,702 --> 00:53:17,580
He can't be My disciple.

1054
00:53:17,580 --> 00:53:21,992
He who doesn't take up his cross daily

1055
00:53:21,992 --> 00:53:27,554
and die can't be My disciple.

1056
00:53:27,554 --> 00:53:29,490
I mean, are we dying?

1057
00:53:29,490 --> 00:53:32,162
Think about it. What's dying?

1058
00:53:32,162 --> 00:53:35,089
Dying isn't physical death there.

1059
00:53:35,089 --> 00:53:36,251
What is dying?

1060
00:53:36,251 --> 00:53:37,587
It could lead to that,

1061
00:53:37,587 --> 00:53:44,427
but dying is basically when my wants,

1062
00:53:44,427 --> 00:53:47,657
wishes, agendas, goals

1063
00:53:47,657 --> 00:53:51,002
come face to face with those

1064
00:53:51,002 --> 00:53:53,518
that I know that He wants from me.

1065
00:53:53,518 --> 00:53:56,237
That's where we die.

1066
00:53:56,237 --> 00:53:59,518
Where we lay down our own ambitions

1067
00:53:59,518 --> 00:54:04,340
and where there's a 
submission to His will.

1068
00:54:04,340 --> 00:54:08,679
And see, so often, brethren,

1069
00:54:08,679 --> 00:54:14,906
so often we want mystical leadership.

1070
00:54:14,906 --> 00:54:16,959
We can feel like: Oh, Lord, we want You

1071
00:54:16,959 --> 00:54:19,277
to tell us what to do over here.

1072
00:54:19,277 --> 00:54:21,715
I'll tell you, if we 
would concern ourselves

1073
00:54:21,715 --> 00:54:28,796
with the myriad of things 
that He has spoken to,

1074
00:54:28,796 --> 00:54:32,012
and we would apply ourselves there,

1075
00:54:32,012 --> 00:54:36,422
we would be well on our way

1076
00:54:36,422 --> 00:54:44,291
to doing the will of God.

1077
00:54:44,291 --> 00:54:49,459
So often we want God to subjectively

1078
00:54:49,459 --> 00:54:52,077
lead us or point us or guide us,

1079
00:54:52,077 --> 00:54:56,176
and the reality is Jesus doesn't say:

1080
00:54:56,176 --> 00:54:59,849
get frozen, get locked up,

1081
00:54:59,849 --> 00:55:01,810
because you don't have some kind of

1082
00:55:01,810 --> 00:55:04,444
mysterious, subjective leadership.

1083
00:55:04,444 --> 00:55:08,456
He basically speaks 
very plainly repeatedly

1084
00:55:08,456 --> 00:55:11,617
about His commandments,

1085
00:55:11,617 --> 00:55:15,216
His Word;

1086
00:55:15,216 --> 00:55:18,089
about what He's speaking;

1087
00:55:18,089 --> 00:55:21,168
about the fact He's Lord.

1088
00:55:21,168 --> 00:55:24,734
Why do you not do what I say?

1089
00:55:24,734 --> 00:55:27,674
So, the whole point of tonight is:

1090
00:55:27,674 --> 00:55:31,885
think about what He says.

1091
00:55:31,885 --> 00:55:34,920
Why do you not do them?

1092
00:55:34,920 --> 00:55:36,619
Okay, let's be about them.

1093
00:55:36,619 --> 00:55:37,724
Let's do them.

1094
00:55:37,724 --> 00:55:40,970
Let's proactively set ourselves

1095
00:55:40,970 --> 00:55:44,914
about striving to do it.

1096
00:55:44,914 --> 00:55:50,121
So many people like to sit back and argue.

1097
00:55:50,121 --> 00:55:53,325
Luke 6. What a place to say:

1098
00:55:53,325 --> 00:55:58,808
Oh, but I don't know what this means?

1099
00:55:58,808 --> 00:56:01,109
Luke 6:27, "I say to you who hear,

1100
00:56:01,109 --> 00:56:02,039
love your enemies,

1101
00:56:02,039 --> 00:56:03,589
do good to those who hate you,

1102
00:56:03,589 --> 00:56:04,840
bless those who curse you,

1103
00:56:04,840 --> 00:56:06,323
pray for those who abuse you.

1104
00:56:06,323 --> 00:56:08,369
To one who strikes you on the cheek,

1105
00:56:08,369 --> 00:56:09,542
offer the other also."

1106
00:56:09,542 --> 00:56:11,057
What does that mean?

1107
00:56:11,057 --> 00:56:12,753
Does that mean I be like the Amish

1108
00:56:12,753 --> 00:56:14,488
and let the people come in my house

1109
00:56:14,488 --> 00:56:15,963
and steal all my furniture?

1110
00:56:15,963 --> 00:56:17,902
Does that mean I let the people come in

1111
00:56:17,902 --> 00:56:21,430
and rape my wife if that's 
what they want to do?

1112
00:56:21,430 --> 00:56:23,512
So often people get into arguments

1113
00:56:23,512 --> 00:56:27,795
about these things where 
they're so concerned

1114
00:56:27,795 --> 00:56:29,801
about what they don't mean.

1115
00:56:29,801 --> 00:56:31,420
Why?

1116
00:56:31,420 --> 00:56:35,693
Because they just feel like

1117
00:56:35,693 --> 00:56:39,139
these things are almost absurd.

1118
00:56:39,139 --> 00:56:41,648
"Give to everyone who begs from you,

1119
00:56:41,648 --> 00:56:43,692
and from one who takes away your goods,

1120
00:56:43,692 --> 00:56:45,503
do not demand them back." Really?

1121
00:56:45,503 --> 00:56:46,704
Don't demand them back?

1122
00:56:46,704 --> 00:56:48,249
Somebody takes away my goods?

1123
00:56:48,249 --> 00:56:51,653
I shouldn't call the police on the thief?

1124
00:56:51,653 --> 00:56:53,630
"As you wish that others would do to you,

1125
00:56:53,630 --> 00:56:55,175
do so to them.

1126
00:56:55,175 --> 00:56:56,924
If you love those who love you,

1127
00:56:56,924 --> 00:56:58,554
what benefit is that to you?

1128
00:56:58,554 --> 00:57:00,721
For even sinners love those who love them.

1129
00:57:00,721 --> 00:57:02,900
If you do good to those 
who do good to you,

1130
00:57:02,900 --> 00:57:05,457
what benefit is that to you?
Even sinners do the same.

1131
00:57:05,457 --> 00:57:08,190
If you lend to those from 
whom you expect to receive,

1132
00:57:08,190 --> 00:57:09,652
what credit is that to you?

1133
00:57:09,652 --> 00:57:12,618
Even sinners lend to sinners
to get back the same amount.

1134
00:57:12,618 --> 00:57:14,339
Love your enemies.

1135
00:57:14,339 --> 00:57:16,837
Do good and lend 
expecting nothing in return.

1136
00:57:16,837 --> 00:57:18,824
Your reward will be great."

1137
00:57:18,824 --> 00:57:21,072
Oh yeah, we could spend all day long

1138
00:57:21,072 --> 00:57:23,055
arguing about what it doesn't mean,

1139
00:57:23,055 --> 00:57:26,766
what it doesn't mean, 
what it doesn't mean...

1140
00:57:26,766 --> 00:57:30,864
You know, there's a lot of people

1141
00:57:30,864 --> 00:57:33,035
who want to argue about 
what it doesn't mean

1142
00:57:33,035 --> 00:57:38,558
who don't do anything 
that even resembles it.

1143
00:57:38,558 --> 00:57:41,033
The best thing to do is to be striving

1144
00:57:41,033 --> 00:57:45,566
to reach further and further and further,

1145
00:57:45,566 --> 00:57:48,842
and as we're willing to delve into these,

1146
00:57:48,842 --> 00:57:52,303
we can pray:

1147
00:57:52,303 --> 00:57:57,598
Father, if there are boundaries;

1148
00:57:57,598 --> 00:57:59,577
if there are exceptions;

1149
00:57:59,577 --> 00:58:03,895
if like Scripture often does 
speak extremely dogmatic

1150
00:58:03,895 --> 00:58:05,725
when there's obviously times when

1151
00:58:05,725 --> 00:58:07,528
we have to apply wisdom

1152
00:58:07,528 --> 00:58:10,262
and other biblical principals -

1153
00:58:10,262 --> 00:58:14,551
(incomplete thought)

1154
00:58:14,551 --> 00:58:17,137
There is a time when 
there are certain people

1155
00:58:17,137 --> 00:58:20,244
who are not willing to work,

1156
00:58:20,244 --> 00:58:23,327
that they shouldn't eat.

1157
00:58:23,327 --> 00:58:25,804
And so, if you've got a brother

1158
00:58:25,804 --> 00:58:27,390
who's not willing to work

1159
00:58:27,390 --> 00:58:30,397
and he asks - there's a time

1160
00:58:30,397 --> 00:58:32,483
when somebody asks for something

1161
00:58:32,483 --> 00:58:34,111
that you shouldn't give something

1162
00:58:34,111 --> 00:58:36,356
because it's actually more loving.

1163
00:58:36,356 --> 00:58:38,765
There is a place to let love dictate.

1164
00:58:38,765 --> 00:58:40,738
But usually people don't want to argue

1165
00:58:40,738 --> 00:58:42,441
about these things because they're

1166
00:58:42,441 --> 00:58:44,280
trying to figure out how to love more.

1167
00:58:44,280 --> 00:58:46,546
They typically want to 
argue about these things

1168
00:58:46,546 --> 00:58:48,193
because they're stingy, covetous,

1169
00:58:48,193 --> 00:58:53,523
and they want excuses 
for continuing to be so.

1170
00:58:53,523 --> 00:58:58,679
If Jesus said, "love your enemies,"

1171
00:58:58,679 --> 00:58:59,987
then you know what?

1172
00:58:59,987 --> 00:59:01,870
We as people ought to be thinking about

1173
00:59:01,870 --> 00:59:07,223
the people that we're persecuted most by;

1174
00:59:07,223 --> 00:59:09,782
that create the greatest 
difficulties in our life,

1175
00:59:09,782 --> 00:59:12,248
and we ought to be 
actively praying for them.

1176
00:59:12,248 --> 00:59:14,817
We ought to be actively seeking 
to do good for them.

1177
00:59:14,817 --> 00:59:16,725
(incomplete thought)

1178
00:59:16,725 --> 00:59:19,589
Doesn't that reflect 
what the truth is here?

1179
00:59:19,589 --> 00:59:21,583
Rather than getting in our debates

1180
00:59:21,583 --> 00:59:24,776
about what it doesn't mean.

1181
00:59:24,776 --> 00:59:26,679
In all these things,

1182
00:59:26,679 --> 00:59:28,829
we ought to hear Him,

1183
00:59:28,829 --> 00:59:30,744
because listen, He's Lord.

1184
00:59:30,744 --> 00:59:32,017
He's wise.

1185
00:59:32,017 --> 00:59:34,199
He's given us the things

1186
00:59:34,199 --> 00:59:36,938
that are going to make us like Him,

1187
00:59:36,938 --> 00:59:39,028
and that are going to please the Father.

1188
00:59:39,028 --> 00:59:42,968
He's given us the 
standard of righteousness.

1189
00:59:42,968 --> 00:59:46,489
And so, we ought to be venturing out.

1190
00:59:46,489 --> 00:59:47,998
Here Thanksgiving's coming up.

1191
00:59:47,998 --> 00:59:49,497
The holiday's are coming up.

1192
00:59:49,497 --> 00:59:51,293
Listen, even in the church,

1193
00:59:51,293 --> 00:59:53,387
whether you want to observe Thanksgiving

1194
00:59:53,387 --> 00:59:55,765
or observe Christmas or observe New Years,

1195
00:59:55,765 --> 00:59:56,961
you know this,

1196
00:59:56,961 --> 00:59:59,545
it's typically a time 
when people get together,

1197
00:59:59,545 --> 01:00:01,267
family and friends get together.

1198
01:00:01,267 --> 01:00:06,297
And especially, if we're to do good

1199
01:00:06,297 --> 01:00:08,408
especially to the household of God,

1200
01:00:08,408 --> 01:00:11,523
but to all people, we really 
need to be thinking.

1201
01:00:11,523 --> 01:00:14,472
Here's a time when especially those

1202
01:00:14,472 --> 01:00:15,625
who are single,

1203
01:00:15,625 --> 01:00:17,556
it can be a real time of loneliness.

1204
01:00:17,556 --> 01:00:19,414
But see, a lot of you are single.

1205
01:00:19,414 --> 01:00:21,317
The last thing you want to do is say,

1206
01:00:21,317 --> 01:00:22,348
oh, woe is me.

1207
01:00:22,348 --> 01:00:24,565
I need other people to love me.

1208
01:00:24,565 --> 01:00:26,538
But you ought to be just as proactive

1209
01:00:26,538 --> 01:00:28,277
in figuring out how to be creative

1210
01:00:28,277 --> 01:00:29,862
in ways to love other people.

1211
01:00:29,862 --> 01:00:31,922
It can be so easy to say,

1212
01:00:31,922 --> 01:00:34,164
oh, well, I'm the guy or I'm the girl

1213
01:00:34,164 --> 01:00:36,121
that's in the position that really needs

1214
01:00:36,121 --> 01:00:37,938
other people to reach out to me.

1215
01:00:37,938 --> 01:00:39,998
You ought to be in a position

1216
01:00:39,998 --> 01:00:44,847
where you're seeking to 
reach out to others.

1217
01:00:44,847 --> 01:00:46,657
That doesn't mean that other people

1218
01:00:46,657 --> 01:00:50,835
should not be in turn 
seeking to reach out,

1219
01:00:50,835 --> 01:00:57,665
but there's all manner of opportunity.

1220
01:00:57,665 --> 01:00:59,352
Look, the truth is

1221
01:00:59,352 --> 01:01:07,505
that, like the Leiter's just sent me

1222
01:01:07,505 --> 01:01:17,748
a link to a documentary that they did

1223
01:01:17,748 --> 01:01:23,541
on the Dutch Underground 
during World War II.

1224
01:01:23,541 --> 01:01:29,579
And the 120,000 or so - what's that?

1225
01:01:29,579 --> 01:01:32,210
(from the room) 200,000 Dutch.

1226
01:01:32,210 --> 01:01:36,478
It was about a hundred thousand Jews,

1227
01:01:36,478 --> 01:01:39,086
and then a hundred thousand 
of the underground.

1228
01:01:39,086 --> 01:01:42,357
So it was 200,000 who were killed.

1229
01:01:42,357 --> 01:01:47,558
And I watched this documentary last night.

1230
01:01:47,558 --> 01:01:49,744
There's so much evil in this world.

1231
01:01:49,744 --> 01:01:52,451
There's so much hate in this world.

1232
01:01:52,451 --> 01:01:57,097
There's so much cruelty in this world.

1233
01:01:57,097 --> 01:02:00,693
And here you have Jesus telling us:

1234
01:02:00,693 --> 01:02:02,893
Don't lay up treasure in heaven.

1235
01:02:02,893 --> 01:02:05,507
Sell your possessions. Give.

1236
01:02:05,507 --> 01:02:08,146
Love. Love those who hate.

1237
01:02:08,146 --> 01:02:11,270
Do good. Bless, don't curse.

1238
01:02:11,270 --> 01:02:15,018
Go into this world. Be light.

1239
01:02:15,018 --> 01:02:16,818
Don't deny Me.

1240
01:02:16,818 --> 01:02:19,063
Love Me more than anything else.

1241
01:02:19,063 --> 01:02:20,652
Honor your parents, yes.

1242
01:02:20,652 --> 01:02:22,508
Endure the sword.

1243
01:02:22,508 --> 01:02:26,640
Endure to the end.

1244
01:02:26,640 --> 01:02:28,077
But you go out in this world,

1245
01:02:28,077 --> 01:02:32,041
and you love like I loved you.

1246
01:02:32,041 --> 01:02:33,760
Resemble your Father.

1247
01:02:33,760 --> 01:02:36,368
He's merciful to the unjust

1248
01:02:36,368 --> 01:02:37,905
and to the unthankful.

1249
01:02:37,905 --> 01:02:39,495
You go imitate that.

1250
01:02:39,495 --> 01:02:42,013
You imitate Him in that 
in this dark world;

1251
01:02:42,013 --> 01:02:45,540
in this domain of Satan out here.

1252
01:02:45,540 --> 01:02:48,742
You go out and be light.

1253
01:02:48,742 --> 01:02:50,518
You go out and take the Gospel.

1254
01:02:50,518 --> 01:02:55,790
You go out and reach the nations.

1255
01:02:55,790 --> 01:02:57,475
Last thing we want to do

1256
01:02:57,475 --> 01:03:01,240
is hide that candlestick 
under a bushel basket.

1257
01:03:01,240 --> 01:03:03,004
Our time is short.

1258
01:03:03,004 --> 01:03:05,254
We are the light. We are the salt.

1259
01:03:05,254 --> 01:03:08,310
There's nobody else that is.

1260
01:03:08,310 --> 01:03:09,880
There's nobody else that has

1261
01:03:09,880 --> 01:03:11,441
the transformed hearts.

1262
01:03:11,441 --> 01:03:14,325
There's nobody else that has Christ

1263
01:03:14,325 --> 01:03:18,682
being inscribed into the very nature

1264
01:03:18,682 --> 01:03:23,206
and fabric of their being than us.

1265
01:03:23,206 --> 01:03:26,648
There's nobody else who calls Him Lord,

1266
01:03:26,648 --> 01:03:29,861
and then follows what He does

1267
01:03:29,861 --> 01:03:33,867
and what He says, but us.

1268
01:03:33,867 --> 01:03:36,255
There's nobody else who's 
empowered to do that;

1269
01:03:36,255 --> 01:03:40,283
empowered by His Spirit to do that but us.

1270
01:03:40,283 --> 01:03:42,255
And He expects us

1271
01:03:42,255 --> 01:03:45,254
not to shrug off His words.

1272
01:03:45,254 --> 01:03:49,529
He expects us to take His words

1273
01:03:49,529 --> 01:03:53,431
as the most important

1274
01:03:53,431 --> 01:03:56,202
guiding light for our life.

1275
01:03:56,202 --> 01:03:57,382
That's obvious.

1276
01:03:57,382 --> 01:03:59,426
"Why do you call Me, 'Lord, Lord?'

1277
01:03:59,426 --> 01:04:04,440
and do not do the things I say?"

1278
01:04:04,440 --> 01:04:13,605
I just want to impress upon us.

1279
01:04:13,605 --> 01:04:17,922
Just laying our lives on the altar,

1280
01:04:17,922 --> 01:04:19,617
that's really what it's all about.

1281
01:04:19,617 --> 01:04:21,051
We use that kind of figure -

1282
01:04:21,051 --> 01:04:22,328
being in submission,

1283
01:04:22,328 --> 01:04:24,985
or being in subjection to Him.

1284
01:04:24,985 --> 01:04:27,101
This is what it comes down to.

1285
01:04:27,101 --> 01:04:33,731
Does His Word hold sway in my life?

1286
01:04:33,731 --> 01:04:38,725
And we should be often in the Gospels,

1287
01:04:38,725 --> 01:04:42,235
and we should be hearing those words.

1288
01:04:42,235 --> 01:04:45,078
And we should never read over them

1289
01:04:45,078 --> 01:04:48,843
in some careless fashion

1290
01:04:48,843 --> 01:04:51,055
without actually hearing them.

1291
01:04:51,055 --> 01:04:53,758
(incomplete thought)

1292
01:04:53,758 --> 01:04:56,503
Obviously, Paul is just as 
much the Word of God.

1293
01:04:56,503 --> 01:04:58,861
All of Scripture is equally inspired.

1294
01:04:58,861 --> 01:05:02,214
I'm not calling out His 
words in any special way

1295
01:05:02,214 --> 01:05:03,634
other than this:

1296
01:05:03,634 --> 01:05:05,720
you recognize that the epistles basically

1297
01:05:05,720 --> 01:05:07,984
draw off the truth that we have

1298
01:05:07,984 --> 01:05:10,060
in those four Gospels.

1299
01:05:10,060 --> 01:05:13,188
Those four Gospels are the life of Christ

1300
01:05:13,188 --> 01:05:14,814
set before us.

1301
01:05:14,814 --> 01:05:17,290
We hear from His own voice,

1302
01:05:17,290 --> 01:05:20,126
our Lord giving us His words.

1303
01:05:20,126 --> 01:05:22,131
We ought to be often there

1304
01:05:22,131 --> 01:05:23,494
in one of those Gospels.

1305
01:05:23,494 --> 01:05:25,298
We need to be hearing those words.

1306
01:05:25,298 --> 01:05:27,728
We need to be testing our lives by them

1307
01:05:27,728 --> 01:05:30,471
all the time.

1308
01:05:30,471 --> 01:05:32,069
Coming back.

1309
01:05:32,069 --> 01:05:34,022
Confessing where we fall short.

1310
01:05:34,022 --> 01:05:35,699
Asking for grace.

1311
01:05:35,699 --> 01:05:43,628
And really, being like the guy

1312
01:05:43,628 --> 01:05:45,745
that came to the services.

1313
01:05:45,745 --> 01:05:47,258
The preacher began to preach

1314
01:05:47,258 --> 01:05:49,919
and he got up and went out.

1315
01:05:49,919 --> 01:05:51,770
I mean, when we go to reading

1316
01:05:51,770 --> 01:05:56,989
Matthew, Mark, Luke, John,

1317
01:05:56,989 --> 01:06:01,121
we ought to read

1318
01:06:01,121 --> 01:06:07,608
and there ought to be 
ever increasing conformity.

1319
01:06:07,608 --> 01:06:09,718
And if something's not right,

1320
01:06:09,718 --> 01:06:12,817
it ought to stop us in our tracks

1321
01:06:12,817 --> 01:06:14,598
and we ought to deal with it.

1322
01:06:14,598 --> 01:06:20,296
Every time we're reading 
in the Word of God,

1323
01:06:20,296 --> 01:06:25,928
we should be reading so as to see

1324
01:06:25,928 --> 01:06:27,723
God's glory;

1325
01:06:27,723 --> 01:06:30,014
to see our Lord Jesus Christ.

1326
01:06:30,014 --> 01:06:34,404
We should read so that we can believe.

1327
01:06:34,404 --> 01:06:38,823
We should read for the sake of conformity

1328
01:06:38,823 --> 01:06:43,956
to the standard that's 
being set before us

1329
01:06:43,956 --> 01:06:45,530
and where my life is.

1330
01:06:45,530 --> 01:06:48,341
None of our lives are perfectly where

1331
01:06:48,341 --> 01:06:58,430
they ought to be in 
conformity to this Word.

1332
01:06:58,430 --> 01:07:01,658
Okay, brethren.

1333
01:07:01,658 --> 01:07:09,659
Let's pray.

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We do call you, "Lord, Lord."

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And I trust that many in this room

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do Your will.

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Lord, we hear what You tell us.

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01:07:43,262 --> 01:07:47,842
We hear what You say.

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01:07:47,842 --> 01:07:51,695
Lord, I pray that we would 
truly have ears to hear,

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01:07:51,695 --> 01:07:53,881
grace to help.

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01:07:53,881 --> 01:07:56,837
I think of the KJV rendering there

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in the Song of Solomon:

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Lord, draw us and we will run after Thee.

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01:08:07,875 --> 01:08:11,764
But Lord, You gave much promise.

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01:08:11,764 --> 01:08:17,733
You promised that You 
wouldn't leave us orphans.

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01:08:17,733 --> 01:08:27,727
You promised You'd come to us.

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01:08:27,727 --> 01:08:29,914
Lord, I pray, help us,

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01:08:29,914 --> 01:08:33,251
convict us, give us ears to hear.

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01:08:33,251 --> 01:08:38,346
Lord, we pray that the Word

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01:08:38,346 --> 01:08:40,628
would resound in our ears,

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01:08:40,628 --> 01:08:42,634
tug at our hearts,

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01:08:42,634 --> 01:08:44,755
work in our consciences,

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01:08:44,755 --> 01:08:48,227
be ever a guide, move us,

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01:08:48,227 --> 01:08:54,491
impact us, bend us,

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01:08:54,491 --> 01:08:58,787
provoke us to greater 
and greater good works.

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01:08:58,787 --> 01:09:02,243
Lord, may it be like a great gust of wind,

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like a tidal surge in the water.

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May it pull; may it draw;

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may it move; may it be like the things

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01:09:12,199 --> 01:09:14,048
that You say: like a sword,

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01:09:14,048 --> 01:09:15,704
like a hammer,

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living.

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01:09:18,114 --> 01:09:23,654
Lord, I pray that it would be

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like the thunder

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and like a still, small voice.

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01:09:26,620 --> 01:09:28,359
But however it comes,

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01:09:28,359 --> 01:09:30,892
that Lord, it would sway us.

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01:09:30,892 --> 01:09:35,375
It would cause reaction.

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01:09:35,375 --> 01:09:40,430
It would cause conformity.

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01:09:40,430 --> 01:09:50,144
Lord, we pray that we 
would see this increasingly.

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I pray in Christ's name,

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Amen.