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Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.66,0:00:27.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's open our Bibles one \Nlast time to John 15.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.10,0:00:31.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Beginning in verse 1:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.93,0:00:35.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I am the true vine and My \NFather is the vine dresser.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.76,0:00:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every branch in Me that \Ndoes not bear fruit,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.10,0:00:39.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He takes away;
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.54,0:00:41.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and every branch that bears fruit,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.26,0:00:44.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He prunes it so that it \Nmay bear more fruit.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.66,0:00:46.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are already clean because of the word
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.69,0:00:48.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I have spoken to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.96,0:00:50.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Abide in Me, and I in you,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.59,0:00:52.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.89,0:00:55.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless it abides in the vine,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.02,0:00:58.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so neither can you unless you abide in Me.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.48,0:01:01.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am the vine, you are the branches.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.73,0:01:04.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He who abides in Me and I in him,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.03,0:01:05.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he bears much fruit,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.37,0:01:08.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for apart from Me you can do nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.53,0:01:10.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If anyone does not abide in Me,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.16,0:01:12.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he is thrown away as a \Nbranch and dries up
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.96,0:01:14.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they gather them
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.40,0:01:16.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and cast them into the fire,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.09,0:01:17.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they are burned.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.75,0:01:19.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you abide in Me
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.19,0:01:20.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and My words abide in you,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.62,0:01:21.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ask whatever you wish
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.81,0:01:24.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it will be done for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.02,0:01:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My Father is glorified by this,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.62,0:01:27.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you bear much fruit
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.01,0:01:30.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so prove to be My disciples.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.15,0:01:31.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just as the Father has loved Me,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.99,0:01:35.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have also loved you.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.29,0:01:36.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Abide in My love.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.68,0:01:38.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you keep My commandments,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.07,0:01:39.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will abide in My love,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.41,0:01:41.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just as I have kept My \NFather's commandments
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.68,0:01:43.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and abide in His love.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.62,0:01:45.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These things I have spoken to you
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.32,0:01:47.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that My joy may be in you,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.62,0:01:50.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that your joy may be made full.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.54,0:01:53.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is My commandment, \Nthat you love one another
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.02,0:01:55.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just as I have loved you.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.37,0:01:57.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Greater love has no one than this,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.91,0:02:01.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that one lay down his \Nlife for his friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.02,0:02:05.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are My friends if you \Ndo what I command you.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.42,0:02:12.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's go to the Lord in prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.38,0:02:14.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Father, we come before You
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.39,0:02:16.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the name of Your Son
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.43,0:02:22.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for this last meeting together.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.91,0:02:26.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, we need Your help
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.47,0:02:29.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Your truth may go forward,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.87,0:02:33.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Your people might be edified.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.44,0:02:37.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, direct everything this last meeting.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.97,0:02:40.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Direct our words, our thoughts, Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.84,0:02:45.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lead us in the way You would have us go
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.13,0:02:47.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we would not only begin \Nto understand this passage,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.97,0:02:50.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that it's application to \Nour life would be a reality -
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.95,0:02:55.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a growing reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.47,0:02:57.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, we know so many things
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.16,0:03:01.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so few of them are applied.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.08,0:03:04.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, help us not to be \Nhearers of the Word,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.14,0:03:06.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also doers of the Word
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.40,0:03:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be truly blessed.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.62,0:03:10.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, for those who are here
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.22,0:03:11.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that may not know You,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.86,0:03:13.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that even in this text,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.70,0:03:17.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they might see their \Ngreat need for a Savior.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.92,0:03:20.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, I ask all of this in Jesus' name,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.70,0:03:22.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Amen.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.71,0:03:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the last sermon before \NI began to preach
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.50,0:03:31.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I gave you a summary of all the things
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.34,0:03:33.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we had been studying.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.57,0:03:36.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see little need to do that
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.15,0:03:38.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this evening session
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.96,0:03:41.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it should be \Nstill warm in your mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.66,0:03:46.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the full summary of \Nwhat we've gone through.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.69,0:03:49.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, the notes that I've \Nbeen preaching from
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.35,0:03:52.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were the first sermon I was \Nsupposed to preach on Friday night.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.38,0:03:54.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just that it's all \Nkind of been extended.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.80,0:03:57.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have six more sermons,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.43,0:04:01.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I don't think that we will \Nget to all of them this evening.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.67,0:04:05.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've been talking about the \Nimpossibility of the Christian life.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.33,0:04:07.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is not a cliche. \NIt's not a hyperbole.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.88,0:04:11.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Christian life is an \Nabsolute impossibility
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.51,0:04:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,apart from abiding in Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.00,0:04:20.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and drawing spiritual life \Nand strength from Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.58,0:04:25.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the Christian life, \NChrist and the Gospel
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.32,0:04:27.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are not one element,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.72,0:04:30.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are the element.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.24,0:04:34.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ is everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.32,0:04:38.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the Christian doctrine and the Gospel
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.01,0:04:40.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is truly proclaimed as it \Nought to be proclaimed
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.39,0:04:41.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and men reject it,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.47,0:04:42.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what they need to know is
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.66,0:04:44.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they are not rejecting a religion,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.55,0:04:46.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are not rejecting certain principles,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.59,0:04:49.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are rejecting a Person.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.33,0:04:52.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're here today and you're \Napathetic toward Christianity,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.80,0:04:55.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe you're here out of \Ncoercion, manipulation,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.75,0:04:57.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe you have to because your parents
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.61,0:04:59.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still have authority over you,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.40,0:05:01.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're here, you abide by those rules,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.28,0:05:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but your heart is not here at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.40,0:05:05.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Know this:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.58,0:05:09.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are not rejecting a religion.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.92,0:05:12.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are not rejecting a set of principles.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.89,0:05:15.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now to do that is very, very dangerous
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.12,0:05:18.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because ones who set aside the Law of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.42,0:05:20.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Law of Moses,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.42,0:05:23.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were to be put away.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.51,0:05:25.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I want you to know what you're doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.95,0:05:29.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are apathetic towards the one Person
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.54,0:05:35.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that God loves more than \Nall of creation combined -
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.06,0:05:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His Son.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.82,0:05:41.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you reject Christianity,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.87,0:05:47.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,know this, you are rejecting the One
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.88,0:05:53.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for whom the entire world was created.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.08,0:05:55.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Know this also:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.89,0:06:00.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That God will deal harshly with you
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.51,0:06:05.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for your arrogance against His Son.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.11,0:06:08.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Know this, that maybe in your humanism,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.15,0:06:09.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe in your youth,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.36,0:06:10.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe in your foolishness,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.96,0:06:13.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you've set your heart as stone against God
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.73,0:06:15.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and none of what I'm saying
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.12,0:06:17.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,causes you to tremble.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.60,0:06:19.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like a young man once said:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.16,0:06:21.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm not afraid to stand before God.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.63,0:06:24.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll face Him and my fate."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.50,0:06:26.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the old preacher told him:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.04,0:06:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Young man, you will melt before God
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.98,0:06:33.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like a tiny wax figurine \Nbefore a blast furnace."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.47,0:06:36.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your proud heart demonstrates nothing more
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.14,0:06:40.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than your own stupidity.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.35,0:06:43.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Creation testifies against you.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.24,0:06:44.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you yourself know
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.84,0:06:47.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the very God you are rejecting
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.13,0:06:51.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the One before Whom you will stand.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.93,0:06:53.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I want you to know
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.11,0:06:55.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that when I deal with these texts,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.77,0:06:58.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are two groups of \Npeople here tonight.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.14,0:06:59.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are people who are here
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.94,0:07:02.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they love Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.83,0:07:03.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in loving Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.99,0:07:08.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are seriously concerned \Nfor pleasing Him
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.05,0:07:10.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for growing in holiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.55,0:07:12.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are others here
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.12,0:07:14.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who care not for holiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.32,0:07:16.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the reason why they \Ndo not care for holiness
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.84,0:07:20.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is because the simply \Ndo not care for Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.43,0:07:26.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is a very, very \Ndangerous place to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.59,0:07:29.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, we're going to begin.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.21,0:07:32.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've gone through several pages of notes.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.06,0:07:34.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we've seen a lot of things,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.27,0:07:36.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but now we're going to turn our attention
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.81,0:07:39.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to something that is extremely important.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.67,0:07:41.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As we look at our text, we see something.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.88,0:07:44.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That ten different times \Nin this short text,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.39,0:07:45.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's a word that appears.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.85,0:07:48.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the word "abide."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.28,0:07:49.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I have said over and over
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.89,0:07:51.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the only way that the Christian
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.82,0:07:54.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be fruitful in the Christian life
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.12,0:07:58.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to abide in Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.76,0:08:01.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, if I tell you this, \Nit's very important
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.100,0:08:03.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I explain to you what that means.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.83,0:08:05.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, preachers are famous
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.39,0:08:06.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for telling people what to do
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.84,0:08:09.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then not telling them how to do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.03,0:08:11.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember one time as a young Christian,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.05,0:08:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this man, he preached for something \Nlike an hour and a half
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.86,0:08:17.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the necessity to walk in the Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.02,0:08:19.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was a fabulous sermon.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.04,0:08:20.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it proved to my young heart
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.79,0:08:22.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I needed to walk in the Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.57,0:08:25.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The only problem is he never \Ntold us what that meant.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.36,0:08:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I went up to him after the service,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.00,0:08:29.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not intending to wrangle.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.86,0:08:31.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was happy with what I heard.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.92,0:08:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought it was very edifying.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.43,0:08:35.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just thought I'm a very \Nimmature Christian,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.62,0:08:38.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't have a clue what it \Nmeans to walk in the Spirit,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.40,0:08:40.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I went before him and I said,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.30,0:08:43.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Sir, wow, that was just wonderful!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.01,0:08:44.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see that in the Scriptures.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.52,0:08:47.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need to walk in the Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.34,0:08:50.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But sir, I don't know what that means."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.88,0:08:56.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That man became very put out with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.51,0:08:58.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said every manner of thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.01,0:08:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he never told me what it meant
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.82,0:09:01.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to walk in the Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.17,0:09:03.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I walked away as the young Christian
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.19,0:09:05.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saying that man just \Ntold us to do something
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.83,0:09:08.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he himself does not know how to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.59,0:09:10.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And therefore, he just \Ntold us to do something
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.94,0:09:13.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he himself is not practicing.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.26,0:09:14.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we always want to be careful
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.97,0:09:17.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whenever we're exhorting people
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.12,0:09:20.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do a certain thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.14,0:09:23.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to actually be able to explain \Nto them what it means.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.14,0:09:25.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I have told you that the only way
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.16,0:09:27.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can be fruitful in the Christian life
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.26,0:09:29.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to abide in Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.36,0:09:30.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now what does that mean?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.70,0:09:34.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First of all, the word abide is \Nnot that complex in Greek.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.13,0:09:34.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's "meno."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.98,0:09:39.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's to remain, to abide, to stay.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.88,0:09:42.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now when we bring in the \Nmetaphor of a branch,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.98,0:09:45.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can see that a branch \Nmust be connected
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.86,0:09:49.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,vitally to a vine in order for that branch
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.29,0:09:51.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to continue with life and even bear fruit.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.88,0:09:54.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So somehow you and I must be
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.50,0:09:58.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,vitally connected with Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.07,0:10:00.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now herein lies two sides of a coin,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.60,0:10:03.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's often the case in Christianity
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.37,0:10:04.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have two sides of a coin.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.97,0:10:07.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One is positional,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.22,0:10:09.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the other is our actual experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.94,0:10:12.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I want to say \Npositionally first of all
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.89,0:10:15.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I was explaining in the last session.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.35,0:10:18.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you are truly a Christian -
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.82,0:10:20.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I don't say that lightly
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.22,0:10:21.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because most people in America
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.92,0:10:23.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who call themselves Christian
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.68,0:10:24.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are not Christian,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.81,0:10:27.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some of you who call \Nyourselves Christians
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.07,0:10:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are possibly not Christians.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.06,0:10:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very important to understand.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.92,0:10:32.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me put it this way,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.33,0:10:34.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you consider yourself \Na carnal Christian,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.54,0:10:36.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're lost.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.50,0:10:39.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're just lost.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.48,0:10:41.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do Christians sin? Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.41,0:10:44.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can Christians fall into \Ngrievous sin? Absolutely.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.06,0:10:47.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can Christians live a \Ncontinuously carnal lifestyle
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.21,0:10:51.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without fruit? Absolutely not.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.60,0:10:54.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so if you are a true believer,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.17,0:10:57.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are vitally connected to Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.15,0:11:00.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is the vine. You are a branch.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.68,0:11:04.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is the Head. You are the body.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.15,0:11:05.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have many metaphors like that
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.78,0:11:07.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to indicate this unique position
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.93,0:11:09.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we now have with Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.71,0:11:11.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another is the Bible talks oftentimes
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.92,0:11:14.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in spheres locatively.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.74,0:11:18.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, you're in the sphere of Adam.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.13,0:11:21.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or you're in the sphere of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.62,0:11:24.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're in the sphere of condemnation.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.64,0:11:28.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're in the sphere of justification.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.91,0:11:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are in the sphere of the flesh.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.36,0:11:34.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are in the sphere of the Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.70,0:11:36.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you're genuinely a Christian,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.58,0:11:38.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are a branch
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.07,0:11:40.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're vitally connected.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.24,0:11:42.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But here's what we need to understand:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.25,0:11:44.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this position that we have
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.16,0:11:47.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,does not lead us ever in the New Testament
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.02,0:11:49.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to being passive.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.69,0:11:54.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it always promotes \Na zealous application
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.76,0:11:56.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of this truth;
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.71,0:12:00.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a desire for this truth to \Nbe worked out in our life,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.22,0:12:01.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to become manifest.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.59,0:12:04.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And let me use a word that \Nmany people are afraid of:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.15,0:12:06.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be experienced.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.100,0:12:09.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That it's an actual reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.48,0:12:12.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the men that was so very key
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.44,0:12:14.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my discipleship until today
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.90,0:12:17.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,uses a word all the time
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.94,0:12:20.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that always brings me back to center.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.98,0:12:22.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he'll say this:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.71,0:12:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, Paul, but is it a \Nreality in your life?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.50,0:12:31.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When he listens to a sermon,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.15,0:12:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he'll say: there was reality there.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.74,0:12:36.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's kind of what \Nwe're talking about.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.10,0:12:38.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not just a theological supposition
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.69,0:12:40.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a theological or propositional truth,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.98,0:12:44.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but is it a growing reality?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.84,0:12:48.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it the experience of your life?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.84,0:12:51.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you experience fruit-bearing?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.86,0:12:56.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you experience communion with Christ?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.20,0:12:58.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can quote all my favorite creeds,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.42,0:13:00.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that does not guarantee
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.44,0:13:06.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you experience the \Ntruths that are found there.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.50,0:13:09.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, as a Christian, we \Nare united with Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.39,0:13:14.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in the Christian life, \Nsanctification is progressive.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.40,0:13:16.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think you all would agree with that.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.78,0:13:18.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's progressive.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.31,0:13:20.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, let me explain what that means.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.95,0:13:23.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you think of \Nprogressive sanctification,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.12,0:13:25.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you probably think that as \Nyou grow in your Christian life,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.100,0:13:28.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you become more holy, \Nmore holy, more holy -
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.42,0:13:30.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's true. That's true.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.30,0:13:32.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But a lot of times we leave \Nthings out of that formula
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.98,0:13:34.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that ought to be included.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.36,0:13:36.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, repentance.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.47,0:13:39.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did you know repentance is \Nsubject to sanctification?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.59,0:13:42.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a sense in which \NI repented unto salvation,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.45,0:13:44.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I am growing in repentance -
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.28,0:13:45.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,did you know that?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.57,0:13:47.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm growing in saving repentance.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.84,0:13:50.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I repent more now.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.09,0:13:52.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see more sin now.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.32,0:13:53.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm growing in faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.97,0:13:56.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My faith is subject to sanctification.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.74,0:14:00.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a time when \NI believed unto salvation,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.17,0:14:03.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that faith has become \Nsubject to sanctification
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.55,0:14:05.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over the last thirty years. It's deeper.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.75,0:14:07.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's stronger.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.24,0:14:08.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the same way -
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.23,0:14:12.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a new believer immediately \Nstarts bearing fruit.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.36,0:14:13.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Really.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.35,0:14:16.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And many times, the first \Nfew months of our life,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.10,0:14:20.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we see abundant amount of fruit.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.72,0:14:23.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, we ought to be growing
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.04,0:14:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our fruit-bearing.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.96,0:14:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A believer, the moment that they believe,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.08,0:14:28.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they enter into communion with Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.90,0:14:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they experience that.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.48,0:14:33.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The love of God is shed \Nabroad in their heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.23,0:14:36.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as they grow in Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.67,0:14:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this initial experience \Nof the love of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.60,0:14:41.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the indwelling of the Spirit,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.15,0:14:44.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it ought to increase.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.01,0:14:46.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It ought to become more mature.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.65,0:14:48.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that doesn't mean that they go
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.42,0:14:50.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from experience to experience,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.22,0:14:53.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or this greater manifestation \Nto greater manifestation.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.07,0:14:57.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's referring to reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.27,0:15:01.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every one of these things that \Nhappen to us at salvation,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.41,0:15:05.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they become a deeper reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.59,0:15:07.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they begin to manifest themselves
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.71,0:15:11.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a greater way in our life.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.93,0:15:15.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I'm going to take a definition
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.38,0:15:16.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from D.A. Carson.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.51,0:15:19.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to quote him \Na few different times
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.28,0:15:22.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,throughout the teaching that \Nwe're going to do tonight
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.07,0:15:24.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he says some things \Nthat are absolutely marvelous.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.93,0:15:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,D.A. Carson is a well known \NNew Testament scholar
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.46,0:15:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he has been very \Nhelpful to almost every minister
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.02,0:15:31.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who cares about the Word of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.91,0:15:35.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he defines "abiding" in this way:
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.13,0:15:37.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says, "the imagery of the vine
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.59,0:15:39.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is stretched a little
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.05,0:15:41.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the branches are \Ngiven the responsibility
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.32,0:15:43.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to remain in the vine."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.42,0:15:44.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now if you notice, He says:
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.86,0:15:47.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I am the vine. You are the branches."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.40,0:15:49.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then He goes outside of this metaphor
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.85,0:15:52.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He tells us that we \Nneed to do something
Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.18,0:15:54.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to continue abiding.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.37,0:15:57.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, branches just \Nkind of sit there, don't they.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.65,0:16:00.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there is something that we must do.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.12,0:16:02.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And basically, it's we must cultivate
Dialogue: 0,0:16:02.26,0:16:04.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this relationship which we have.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.32,0:16:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now he says this, "The point is clear.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.00,0:16:13.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Continuous dependence upon the vine,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.26,0:16:17.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,constant reliance upon Him,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.42,0:16:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,persistent spiritual imbibing..."
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.18,0:16:23.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does imbibing mean?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.78,0:16:28.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It means to drink, to absorb.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.23,0:16:31.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"...Continuous persistent spiritual
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.26,0:16:33.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,imbibing of His life -
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.70,0:16:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is the indispensable
Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.54,0:16:40.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and essential action, \Ncondition, or ingredient
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.93,0:16:44.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of spiritual fruitfulness."
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.22,0:16:46.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, up to this point, you \Nrealize what I've been doing?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.96,0:16:48.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been building up to this moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.75,0:16:50.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been trying to show you
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.69,0:16:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you cannot do anything
Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.10,0:16:59.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,apart from the life and power of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:59.12,0:17:00.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've also talked a great deal
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.61,0:17:02.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the providence of God -
Dialogue: 0,0:17:02.06,0:17:04.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how God in His providence
Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.32,0:17:06.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will send trials our way,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.12,0:17:09.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,difficulties, things we cannot overcome,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.43,0:17:13.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,obstacles that we ourselves cannot endure.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.15,0:17:14.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now why does He do this?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.54,0:17:15.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it because He hates us?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.91,0:17:16.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Absolutely not.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.100,0:17:20.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All these strong winds are designed
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.30,0:17:23.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to convince you and me
Dialogue: 0,0:17:23.70,0:17:29.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we simply cannot.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:29.22,0:17:30.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the Christian Manifesto,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.84,0:17:33.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is of course the \NSermon on the Mount,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.06,0:17:36.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first virtue that is given us is this:
Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.60,0:17:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Blessed are the poor in spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.60,0:17:42.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Blessed are those who live
Dialogue: 0,0:17:42.10,0:17:51.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a profound dependence upon God.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:51.04,0:17:55.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is the most God-honoring \Nthing that we can do?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.55,0:18:00.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To live in a profound dependence upon God.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:00.17,0:18:01.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is the most dishonoring thing
Dialogue: 0,0:18:01.99,0:18:04.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Israel ever did? Independence.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:04.90,0:18:06.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that not true?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:06.93,0:18:08.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The most dishonoring thing
Dialogue: 0,0:18:08.44,0:18:10.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Israel did under the old covenant
Dialogue: 0,0:18:10.31,0:18:12.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was independence.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:12.16,0:18:14.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We don't need You. \NWe can do this on our own."
Dialogue: 0,0:18:14.96,0:18:16.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you realize that almost every
Dialogue: 0,0:18:16.82,0:18:18.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saving activity of God
Dialogue: 0,0:18:18.73,0:18:23.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,does not begin until first He empties men
Dialogue: 0,0:18:23.77,0:18:26.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of all hope of saving themselves?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:26.46,0:18:29.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether it's Israel in Egypt;
Dialogue: 0,0:18:29.11,0:18:31.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether it's Joseph in the prison;
Dialogue: 0,0:18:31.67,0:18:34.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether it's Gideon \Nagainst the Midianites -
Dialogue: 0,0:18:34.05,0:18:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is He constantly doing?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:35.52,0:18:38.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's constantly emptying us
Dialogue: 0,0:18:38.78,0:18:41.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of ourselves, of self-confidence,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:41.52,0:18:43.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of self-reliance.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:43.36,0:18:44.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:44.28,0:18:46.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that we will live in absolute
Dialogue: 0,0:18:46.26,0:18:48.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or full dependence upon Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:48.52,0:18:50.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you see how vital this is?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:50.45,0:18:52.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now you may be thinking to yourself,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:52.22,0:18:53.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Brother Paul, just go on."
Dialogue: 0,0:18:53.69,0:18:56.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, I can't.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:56.69,0:18:59.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like I used the example two nights ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:59.71,0:19:03.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was necessary that Peter fall.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:03.47,0:19:04.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:04.51,0:19:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He made that self-reliant, independent,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:08.20,0:19:12.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John Wayne type of declaration there
Dialogue: 0,0:19:12.24,0:19:14.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the supper, in the Passover:
Dialogue: 0,0:19:14.31,0:19:16.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Though all deny You, I will not.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:16.96,0:19:18.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He had to fall.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:18.51,0:19:22.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was necessary that Satan sift him
Dialogue: 0,0:19:22.11,0:19:23.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that he fall. Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:23.92,0:19:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To rid him of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:27.42,0:19:28.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(unintelligible)
Dialogue: 0,0:19:28.88,0:19:30.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at this! The great Peter,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:30.85,0:19:32.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the rock, denies Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.33,0:19:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before a little servant girl.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:35.82,0:19:39.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was necessary.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:39.04,0:19:41.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of the old preachers used to say
Dialogue: 0,0:19:41.04,0:19:43.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ spent three years
Dialogue: 0,0:19:43.13,0:19:45.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,emptying the disciples so that He could
Dialogue: 0,0:19:45.34,0:19:50.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fill them in a second \Non the day of Pentecost.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:50.14,0:19:52.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, God can fill you like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:52.96,0:19:56.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The emptying part is problematic.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:56.85,0:19:58.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so He's constantly doing this,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:58.57,0:20:03.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,constantly sending things \Nour way to empty us.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:03.16,0:20:06.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But to cause us to cling to Him;
Dialogue: 0,0:20:06.69,0:20:07.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to cling to Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:07.89,0:20:12.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, there are three aspects of abiding
Dialogue: 0,0:20:12.08,0:20:13.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I've just told you,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:13.46,0:20:14.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you need to cling to Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:14.93,0:20:18.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You need to lay aside self-\Nreliance and independence,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:18.11,0:20:19.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you need to cling to Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:19.75,0:20:21.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now you're probably saying
Dialogue: 0,0:20:21.21,0:20:22.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're a thinker,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:22.43,0:20:25.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,okay, but again, how do you do that?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:25.71,0:20:27.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, there are three aspects to this.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:27.71,0:20:30.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm going to take part \Nof D.A. Carson's definition
Dialogue: 0,0:20:30.68,0:20:33.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and use it within these three aspects.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:33.38,0:20:36.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First of all,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:36.08,0:20:40.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,abiding in Christ is through
Dialogue: 0,0:20:40.43,0:20:45.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,continuous dependence on His Word,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:45.19,0:20:48.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,constant submission to His Word,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:48.61,0:20:55.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,persistent spiritual imbibing of His Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:55.22,0:20:58.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now look in verse 7.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:58.22,0:21:01.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chapter 15:7, "If you abide in Me
Dialogue: 0,0:21:01.92,0:21:07.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and My words abide in you..."
Dialogue: 0,0:21:07.14,0:21:08.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now look at verse 10,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:08.50,0:21:10.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If you keep My commandments,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:10.46,0:21:11.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will abide in My love,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:11.93,0:21:14.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just as I have kept My \NFather's commandments
Dialogue: 0,0:21:14.38,0:21:19.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and abide in His love."
Dialogue: 0,0:21:19.15,0:21:24.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, you know the old song that says:
Dialogue: 0,0:21:24.84,0:21:27.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Trust and obey, for there's no other way,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:27.10,0:21:29.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be happy in Jesus,\Nbut to trust and obey"?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:29.72,0:21:31.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, that might sound kind of trite,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:31.77,0:21:35.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but let me just share with you something.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:35.77,0:21:37.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Trust and obey. There's no other way
Dialogue: 0,0:21:37.91,0:21:40.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be happy in Jesus. I'm sorry.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:40.19,0:21:42.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that you live in a culture
Dialogue: 0,0:21:42.33,0:21:44.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you can go into \Nevery Christian bookstore
Dialogue: 0,0:21:44.79,0:21:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and find one thousand books
Dialogue: 0,0:21:46.30,0:21:49.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on ten steps to do this. I'm sorry.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:49.60,0:21:51.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Quick fixes here and there,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:51.17,0:21:52.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,microwave Christianity,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:52.86,0:21:55.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instantaneous this and \Nthat - no, my friend.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:55.36,0:21:59.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have been given a book
Dialogue: 0,0:21:59.18,0:22:05.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I dare say most of us despise.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:05.97,0:22:07.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, "I don't despise it."
Dialogue: 0,0:22:07.51,0:22:09.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me share with you something.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:09.52,0:22:11.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you ever been a street preacher?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:11.60,0:22:13.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know there's something worse
Dialogue: 0,0:22:13.18,0:22:14.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than the crowd turning around
Dialogue: 0,0:22:14.81,0:22:17.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all of them getting really mad at you?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:17.47,0:22:19.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what's worse than that?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:19.26,0:22:21.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They neglect you altogether.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:21.66,0:22:23.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're standing there preaching
Dialogue: 0,0:22:23.30,0:22:25.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they all walk by you for hours
Dialogue: 0,0:22:25.82,0:22:27.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like you're not even there.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:27.55,0:22:29.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a time in my life
Dialogue: 0,0:22:29.44,0:22:34.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I actually thought I was invisible.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:34.79,0:22:36.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, the worst thing you can do to me
Dialogue: 0,0:22:36.82,0:22:39.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to despise me is neglect;
Dialogue: 0,0:22:39.82,0:22:44.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I'm not even worth arguing with.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:44.86,0:22:46.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now do you see
Dialogue: 0,0:22:46.31,0:22:48.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the neglect of God's Word?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:48.54,0:22:50.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, we're always wondering,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:50.14,0:22:51.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where is the power?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:51.26,0:22:52.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or you see a man or a woman
Dialogue: 0,0:22:52.97,0:22:54.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who seems to be fruit bearing
Dialogue: 0,0:22:54.38,0:22:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and full of power and zeal
Dialogue: 0,0:22:55.78,0:22:57.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you want to find their secret.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:57.41,0:22:59.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The problem is there is no secret
Dialogue: 0,0:22:59.06,0:23:00.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when they give you the answer
Dialogue: 0,0:23:00.64,0:23:02.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're not going to like it.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:02.86,0:23:05.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is it?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:05.49,0:23:13.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have no wisdom or \Nunderstanding of my own.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:13.56,0:23:15.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do not know how to walk
Dialogue: 0,0:23:15.85,0:23:18.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the bedroom to the bathroom
Dialogue: 0,0:23:18.27,0:23:22.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,apart from the Word of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:22.62,0:23:28.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This world is a minefield full of danger.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:28.41,0:23:33.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have no telepathic ability to discern
Dialogue: 0,0:23:33.41,0:23:35.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where all the mines are hidden.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:35.59,0:23:39.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I have a map.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:39.81,0:23:42.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do not know how to \Ndiscern the things of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:42.76,0:23:47.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I have been given truth in Scripture.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:47.08,0:23:48.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm sorry, my dear friend, if you were
Dialogue: 0,0:23:48.93,0:23:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,waiting to find out something
Dialogue: 0,0:23:50.50,0:23:53.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would really just be brand new to you
Dialogue: 0,0:23:53.36,0:23:55.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about how to abide in Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:55.58,0:23:57.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm sorry!
Dialogue: 0,0:23:57.99,0:24:01.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it is this first and foremost,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:01.72,0:24:06.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He has given you His Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:06.44,0:24:09.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And again, I go back to old John Bunyan.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:09.55,0:24:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They said of him if you cut his veins
Dialogue: 0,0:24:11.66,0:24:15.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he would bleed the Bible.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:15.97,0:24:18.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The old story that's been told \Nin several different ways
Dialogue: 0,0:24:18.91,0:24:20.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about Stoneface;
Dialogue: 0,0:24:20.29,0:24:22.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about supposedly a man who would come
Dialogue: 0,0:24:22.93,0:24:25.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and visit a town and be \Na blessing to the town,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:25.40,0:24:26.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he would have a face
Dialogue: 0,0:24:26.90,0:24:29.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the face that was carved \Ninto a natural formation
Dialogue: 0,0:24:29.74,0:24:30.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on a stone.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:30.63,0:24:32.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And everyone waited for that person
Dialogue: 0,0:24:32.40,0:24:34.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one time a little boy was born
Dialogue: 0,0:24:34.08,0:24:35.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he kept hearing the story
Dialogue: 0,0:24:35.53,0:24:38.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about one day someone \Nwould come to save the town,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:38.04,0:24:39.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he kept looking at that stone
Dialogue: 0,0:24:39.79,0:24:41.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and looking at that stone
Dialogue: 0,0:24:41.05,0:24:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and looking at that stone,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:42.48,0:24:44.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until at the end of his life he realized
Dialogue: 0,0:24:44.60,0:24:46.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he had become that face
Dialogue: 0,0:24:46.06,0:24:49.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he was the one \Nwho had helped the town.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:49.55,0:24:52.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is just us going into the Word,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:52.27,0:24:53.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going into the Word,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:53.43,0:24:54.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going into the Word,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:54.52,0:24:55.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going into the Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:55.65,0:24:58.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not even seeking to be \Ntransformed by the Word,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:58.70,0:25:01.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just recognizing the \Nimportance of the Word
Dialogue: 0,0:25:01.33,0:25:02.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and living in the Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:02.95,0:25:05.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And eventually, without \Nus even knowing it,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:05.09,0:25:09.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we begin to take on its characteristics.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:09.43,0:25:11.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you see that?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:11.58,0:25:13.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me give you an example -
Dialogue: 0,0:25:13.51,0:25:16.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a rather, vulgar, trite, common example.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:16.62,0:25:18.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's say that you come to me
Dialogue: 0,0:25:18.06,0:25:20.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you have a big spot on your forehead
Dialogue: 0,0:25:20.13,0:25:21.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's just a bloody mass.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:21.39,0:25:22.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you say to me, Brother Paul,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:22.92,0:25:24.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been to every doctor in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:24.83,0:25:26.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one can figure out why I have this.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:26.76,0:25:29.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Could you please try to pray to the Lord
Dialogue: 0,0:25:29.19,0:25:30.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that He would give you wisdom
Dialogue: 0,0:25:30.62,0:25:33.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with regard to why I have \Nthis on my forehead?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:33.35,0:25:35.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I say, well, I'm no doctor,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:35.28,0:25:37.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but sure, I'll pray about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:37.39,0:25:39.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I decide one day to be even practical,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:39.97,0:25:42.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I decide to follow \Nyou around for 24 hours.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:42.57,0:25:46.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I notice that at 1:00 in the morning -
Dialogue: 0,0:25:46.75,0:25:48.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the clock strikes 1,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:48.52,0:25:50.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you get up out of bed
Dialogue: 0,0:25:50.74,0:25:53.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you hit your forehead \Nagainst a brick wall one time
Dialogue: 0,0:25:53.74,0:25:54.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and go back to bed.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:54.98,0:25:57.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I watch, it's 2:00.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:57.05,0:25:59.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You get up precisely at 2:00
Dialogue: 0,0:25:59.10,0:26:00.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the bell strikes,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:00.38,0:26:02.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you hit your forehead twice
Dialogue: 0,0:26:02.15,0:26:04.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on a stone wall and go back to bed.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:04.21,0:26:06.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I notice as you go through the day,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:06.25,0:26:07.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every turn of the hour,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:07.52,0:26:10.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you hit your head against a wall
Dialogue: 0,0:26:10.18,0:26:11.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that many times.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:11.46,0:26:13.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the end of 24 hours, I come to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:13.30,0:26:14.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I say this:
Dialogue: 0,0:26:14.30,0:26:17.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, I'm no doctor,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:17.77,0:26:21.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I think I figured out your problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:21.46,0:26:23.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you will stop banging your head
Dialogue: 0,0:26:23.39,0:26:24.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against a brick wall
Dialogue: 0,0:26:24.94,0:26:28.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every time the clock strikes the hour,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:28.40,0:26:31.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think your head will heal.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:31.02,0:26:32.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, that's absurd.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:32.41,0:26:34.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say the same thing to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:34.58,0:26:36.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You neglect the Scriptures.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:36.92,0:26:38.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm sorry.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:38.35,0:26:40.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, do you know what evangelicalism
Dialogue: 0,0:26:40.90,0:26:42.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has done in America?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:42.77,0:26:47.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has conformed itself to your flesh.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:47.45,0:26:48.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I have heard it one time,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:48.100,0:26:50.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've heard it a thousand times,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:50.61,0:26:52.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people and teacher and pastors
Dialogue: 0,0:26:52.96,0:26:55.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and supposedly educators in Christianity
Dialogue: 0,0:26:55.45,0:26:57.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saying: we don't live in a culture anymore
Dialogue: 0,0:26:57.64,0:27:00.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where people can even \Npay attention for five minutes,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:00.30,0:27:02.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we've got to give \Nthem little soundbites
Dialogue: 0,0:27:02.37,0:27:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with regard to Christianity.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:04.42,0:27:05.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what we've done?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:05.67,0:27:07.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're the first group of Christians
Dialogue: 0,0:27:07.40,0:27:08.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who believe the Bible -
Dialogue: 0,0:27:08.59,0:27:09.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first group in history
Dialogue: 0,0:27:09.90,0:27:12.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that no longer believe that our culture
Dialogue: 0,0:27:12.25,0:27:14.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to conform itself to the book.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:14.42,0:27:19.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're now trying to conform \NChristianity to the culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:19.33,0:27:22.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say if our culture has become too dumb
Dialogue: 0,0:27:22.34,0:27:24.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to read for half an hour,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:24.69,0:27:27.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that in the church we \Ndo not give in to that,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:27.41,0:27:31.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we start teaching people how to think
Dialogue: 0,0:27:31.65,0:27:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how to read
Dialogue: 0,0:27:33.24,0:27:34.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how to meditate,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:34.79,0:27:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to turn off televisions,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:37.14,0:27:39.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to turn off vain conversations
Dialogue: 0,0:27:39.26,0:27:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to get into the book.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:41.86,0:27:44.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me share with you \Nsomething about western culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:44.46,0:27:45.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to be very careful here,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:45.98,0:27:48.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I just want to make a few observations
Dialogue: 0,0:27:48.09,0:27:49.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that may help you understand you.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:49.98,0:27:53.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know everyone says western \Nculture this, western culture that.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:53.28,0:27:56.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We shouldn't try to take western culture\Nand apply it to other cultures.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:56.60,0:27:58.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me share with you something \Nabout western culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:58.82,0:28:00.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Western culture has to \Ndo with the Americas
Dialogue: 0,0:28:00.86,0:28:02.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also Western Europe.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:02.13,0:28:04.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I guess you're all familiar \Nwith that - Western culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:04.61,0:28:06.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prior to the advent of Christianity,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:06.45,0:28:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,western culture meant we were \Na bunch of tribal people
Dialogue: 0,0:28:09.10,0:28:11.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,living in Northern Europe \Nrunning around naked
Dialogue: 0,0:28:11.46,0:28:14.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,painting ourselves blue \Nand eating one another.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:14.15,0:28:16.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's western culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:16.19,0:28:18.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what changed western culture?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:18.98,0:28:22.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The advent of Christianity.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:22.13,0:28:23.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:23.45,0:28:24.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because of Christianity,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:24.99,0:28:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we stopped worshiping twigs
Dialogue: 0,0:28:27.42,0:28:30.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and streams and crickets
Dialogue: 0,0:28:30.24,0:28:33.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hatchets and horns.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:33.41,0:28:35.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We came to understand the living God
Dialogue: 0,0:28:35.23,0:28:37.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we came to understand creation
Dialogue: 0,0:28:37.33,0:28:39.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in light of that living God.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:39.25,0:28:41.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our culture began to change.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:41.99,0:28:43.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The very height of literature and art
Dialogue: 0,0:28:43.88,0:28:45.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and music and everything in Europe
Dialogue: 0,0:28:45.52,0:28:47.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,owes itself to the advent of Christianity
Dialogue: 0,0:28:47.74,0:28:49.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming in and changing a group
Dialogue: 0,0:28:49.27,0:28:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of blue-painted barbarians.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:53.72,0:28:55.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what Christianity did.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:55.97,0:28:58.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now, because we have \Nrejected Christianity,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:58.61,0:29:01.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have rejected the God of Christianity,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:01.23,0:29:04.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're becoming cannibalistic \Nbarbarians once again.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:04.71,0:29:06.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh yes, we can do all kinds of things
Dialogue: 0,0:29:06.52,0:29:08.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with computers and technology.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:08.58,0:29:12.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are fabulous in IT,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:12.06,0:29:15.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we're becoming immoral beasts.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:15.89,0:29:18.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now the point that I'm \Ntrying to make is this:
Dialogue: 0,0:29:18.29,0:29:20.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want some quick fix.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:20.59,0:29:22.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The quick fix is this:
Dialogue: 0,0:29:22.11,0:29:25.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spend your life renewing your mind
Dialogue: 0,0:29:25.21,0:29:26.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Word of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:26.71,0:29:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cling to the Word of God
Dialogue: 0,0:29:28.56,0:29:30.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as though your very life depends on it
Dialogue: 0,0:29:30.63,0:29:38.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because, sir, I can assure you, it does!
Dialogue: 0,0:29:38.84,0:29:40.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll put it this way,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:40.72,0:29:43.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,D.A. Carson writes this,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:43.39,0:29:44.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"'If you remain in Me'
Dialogue: 0,0:29:44.81,0:29:46.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is equivalent to doing
Dialogue: 0,0:29:46.35,0:29:50.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all that Jesus commands.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:50.99,0:29:53.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Such words must so (and I love this)
Dialogue: 0,0:29:53.41,0:29:57.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such words must so lodge
Dialogue: 0,0:29:57.91,0:30:00.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the disciple's mind and heart,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:00.95,0:30:02.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that conformity to Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:02.95,0:30:04.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,obedience to Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:30:04.71,0:30:07.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the most natural thing in the world."
Dialogue: 0,0:30:07.82,0:30:09.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, see, you can't get there
Dialogue: 0,0:30:09.91,0:30:11.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,apart from the Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:11.84,0:30:14.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me read that again.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:14.44,0:30:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Such words..."
Dialogue: 0,0:30:15.50,0:30:18.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the teachings of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:18.78,0:30:21.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"...Must so lodge
Dialogue: 0,0:30:21.90,0:30:25.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the disciple's mind and heart
Dialogue: 0,0:30:25.07,0:30:26.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that conformity to Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:26.87,0:30:28.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,obedience to Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:30:28.59,0:30:31.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the most natural thing in the world."
Dialogue: 0,0:30:31.26,0:30:33.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now how is that going to happen?
Dialogue: 0,0:30:33.28,0:30:36.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, let's go back to \Nsomething I greatly love -
Dialogue: 0,0:30:36.30,0:30:39.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Law of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:39.91,0:30:41.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The books of wisdom.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:41.87,0:30:43.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what do we see over and over?
Dialogue: 0,0:30:43.70,0:30:45.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What should the king do in Deuteronomy?
Dialogue: 0,0:30:45.84,0:30:48.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He should write out all \Nthe words of this Law.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:48.30,0:30:49.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:30:49.18,0:30:51.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To work on his penmanship? Absolutely not.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:51.29,0:30:54.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That those words might be firmly lodged
Dialogue: 0,0:30:54.55,0:30:56.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in his heart and mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:56.64,0:30:58.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an interesting thing when you go
Dialogue: 0,0:30:58.49,0:31:01.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the Bible and you do \Nthis kind of study:
Dialogue: 0,0:31:01.67,0:31:05.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you study the Bible \Naccording to the Bible?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:05.11,0:31:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know you will actually find
Dialogue: 0,0:31:07.06,0:31:11.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only a few references to study?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:11.57,0:31:12.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did you know that?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:12.76,0:31:15.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know what the great portion is?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:15.13,0:31:17.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Memorization and meditation.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:17.58,0:31:19.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lodging the Word of God in your heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:19.76,0:31:22.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As one old preacher I know \Nwho I dearly love says:
Dialogue: 0,0:31:22.31,0:31:25.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Folks, this isn't rocket surgery."
Dialogue: 0,0:31:25.82,0:31:28.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It means rocket science or brain surgery,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:28.09,0:31:29.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he combines the two things.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:29.79,0:31:31.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He goes, "this isn't rocket surgery."
Dialogue: 0,0:31:31.55,0:31:33.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's simple. You take the Word of God
Dialogue: 0,0:31:33.76,0:31:35.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you read it and you read it
Dialogue: 0,0:31:35.35,0:31:36.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you read it and you read it
Dialogue: 0,0:31:36.95,0:31:37.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you study it,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:37.97,0:31:39.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you don't understand it,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:39.46,0:31:41.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't care, you keep working on it
Dialogue: 0,0:31:41.41,0:31:46.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because your life depends upon it.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:46.25,0:31:47.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I said the other night,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:47.99,0:31:49.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of you who would say,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:49.34,0:31:51.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, I'm not a reader."
Dialogue: 0,0:31:51.31,0:31:53.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, but if your company \Noffered you a job
Dialogue: 0,0:31:53.59,0:31:56.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,paying twice or three times \Nwhat you're now making,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:56.20,0:31:58.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you have a 600 page \Nmanual to memorize,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:58.90,0:32:00.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I guarantee you'd stay up night and day
Dialogue: 0,0:32:00.96,0:32:02.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to memorize that.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:02.10,0:32:03.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your wife would be with you
Dialogue: 0,0:32:03.44,0:32:05.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pouring you coffee and encouraging you
Dialogue: 0,0:32:05.33,0:32:08.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because she wants a new bedroom set.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:08.86,0:32:10.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your children would be going
Dialogue: 0,0:32:10.35,0:32:14.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"hip, hip, hooray dad! Go dad! Go dad!"
Dialogue: 0,0:32:14.62,0:32:16.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we would do something like that
Dialogue: 0,0:32:16.57,0:32:21.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for something as pathetic as money.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:21.48,0:32:22.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To buy silly clothes
Dialogue: 0,0:32:22.97,0:32:27.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with important designers' names on them.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:27.64,0:32:30.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What a pathetic people.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:30.13,0:32:31.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet, we'll let eternity
Dialogue: 0,0:32:31.90,0:32:34.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,escape right through our hands
Dialogue: 0,0:32:34.90,0:32:40.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not even move a finger.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:40.56,0:32:45.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, what does this look like?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:45.14,0:32:47.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to read you some texts
Dialogue: 0,0:32:47.10,0:32:48.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have been very helpful for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:48.91,0:32:51.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now, I want you to \Nlisten to these texts
Dialogue: 0,0:32:51.17,0:32:53.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as though you'd never heard them before.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:53.17,0:32:54.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's often very helpful.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:54.46,0:32:56.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew of one old pastor \Nthat every three years
Dialogue: 0,0:32:56.83,0:32:58.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he would change his Bible.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:58.15,0:33:00.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He would spend three years
Dialogue: 0,0:33:00.26,0:33:02.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going through his entire Bible
Dialogue: 0,0:33:02.20,0:33:03.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and writing notes, filling the pages
Dialogue: 0,0:33:03.91,0:33:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with notes and notes and notes,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:05.34,0:33:06.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then he would take that Bible
Dialogue: 0,0:33:06.85,0:33:08.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and put it on the shelf \Nand get a new Bible
Dialogue: 0,0:33:08.89,0:33:11.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he wanted to hear \Nthe Word afresh again
Dialogue: 0,0:33:11.31,0:33:12.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without his notes.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:12.33,0:33:14.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wanted God to speak to him afresh.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:14.22,0:33:16.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, listen to this as though
Dialogue: 0,0:33:16.21,0:33:17.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you've never heard it before.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:17.82,0:33:19.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because right now you probably
Dialogue: 0,0:33:19.72,0:33:21.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,treat it like a cliche -
Dialogue: 0,0:33:21.39,0:33:23.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a meaningless piece
Dialogue: 0,0:33:23.04,0:33:25.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of New Testament poetry.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:25.95,0:33:27.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I want you to listen to it
Dialogue: 0,0:33:27.44,0:33:30.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as though you had to take it seriously.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:30.27,0:33:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now this is the incarnate God speaking -
Dialogue: 0,0:33:32.36,0:33:34.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:34.34,0:33:36.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"But He answered and said,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:36.64,0:33:38.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'It is written,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:38.27,0:33:41.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man shall not live on bread alone,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:41.85,0:33:44.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but on every word that proceeds
Dialogue: 0,0:33:44.64,0:33:46.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out of the mouth of God.'"
Dialogue: 0,0:33:46.75,0:33:49.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a sense in which \NI know you believe this.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:49.28,0:33:54.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a sense in which you \Ndon't believe this at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:54.18,0:33:56.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's saying every aspect of your life
Dialogue: 0,0:33:56.75,0:34:00.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to be governed, fueled, conformed,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:00.49,0:34:03.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,empowered by the Word of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:03.02,0:34:04.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me ask you a question,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:04.39,0:34:05.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those of you who are married.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:05.96,0:34:07.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How much time have you spent
Dialogue: 0,0:34:07.33,0:34:08.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,studying marriage in the Scriptures?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:08.90,0:34:10.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, it's the most \Nimportant relationship
Dialogue: 0,0:34:10.60,0:34:12.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have on this earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:12.91,0:34:14.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you doing what it says here?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:14.88,0:34:16.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That your marriage, you're seeking
Dialogue: 0,0:34:16.65,0:34:18.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it be conformed to every word
Dialogue: 0,0:34:18.41,0:34:21.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that proceeds out of the mouth of God?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:21.03,0:34:23.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now marriage is tough \Nenough when you do know
Dialogue: 0,0:34:23.35,0:34:25.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what God's Word says.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:25.43,0:34:27.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How much more difficult is it
Dialogue: 0,0:34:27.07,0:34:31.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you don't even know \Nwhat God's Word says?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:31.66,0:34:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes I'll ask music directors.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:33.50,0:34:34.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, I'll go to a church,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:34.77,0:34:37.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's got a big music \Nprogram and all this,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:37.02,0:34:38.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'll ask them this one question:
Dialogue: 0,0:34:38.86,0:34:40.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're the worship leader? Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:40.78,0:34:42.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you studied worship
Dialogue: 0,0:34:42.56,0:34:44.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beginning in the book of Genesis 1
Dialogue: 0,0:34:44.69,0:34:47.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the way through the \Nbook of Revelation?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:47.82,0:34:49.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, no.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:49.39,0:34:50.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, then how do you know
Dialogue: 0,0:34:50.83,0:34:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that what you're doing is pleasing to God?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:53.06,0:34:55.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:55.92,0:34:57.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sad thing is now they say
Dialogue: 0,0:34:57.71,0:34:59.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, it doesn't even matter.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:59.60,0:35:02.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just basically left up \Nto what you feel like.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:02.21,0:35:05.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, it's not. No, it's not.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:05.10,0:35:06.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The way you dress -
Dialogue: 0,0:35:06.97,0:35:09.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know I sound now like a 1950's
Dialogue: 0,0:35:09.33,0:35:10.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fundamentalist preacher, don't I?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:10.95,0:35:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But let me ask you a question:
Dialogue: 0,0:35:12.48,0:35:13.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the way you dress -
Dialogue: 0,0:35:13.56,0:35:16.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have you gone to Scripture to ask God:
Dialogue: 0,0:35:16.51,0:35:18.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what am I supposed to do?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:18.13,0:35:19.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The way you talk,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:19.21,0:35:21.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your relationships,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:21.29,0:35:23.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what you participate in \Nand don't participate in?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:23.94,0:35:25.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look what He says:
Dialogue: 0,0:35:25.36,0:35:28.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You do not live on bread alone,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:28.59,0:35:31.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you live on every word
Dialogue: 0,0:35:31.32,0:35:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that proceeds out of the mouth of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:34.94,0:35:37.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what the Puritan genius was?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:37.08,0:35:38.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I don't agree with the Puritans
Dialogue: 0,0:35:38.95,0:35:40.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on absolutely everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:40.20,0:35:44.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're men, but you know \Nwhat their genius was?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:44.63,0:35:48.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They honestly sought to conform
Dialogue: 0,0:35:48.01,0:35:51.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every aspect of their life \Nto the Word of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:51.37,0:35:52.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, like all of us men,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:52.88,0:35:54.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they failed in some areas.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:54.29,0:35:56.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They went too far or not \Nfar enough in some areas.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:56.93,0:35:58.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they are one of the few peoples
Dialogue: 0,0:35:58.62,0:36:00.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that ever walked on this planet
Dialogue: 0,0:36:00.12,0:36:02.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that said every aspect of life
Dialogue: 0,0:36:02.72,0:36:05.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,must be conformed to the \Nwritten Word of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:05.94,0:36:08.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't believe that!
Dialogue: 0,0:36:08.97,0:36:11.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a matter of fact, we \Nlive in a culture now
Dialogue: 0,0:36:11.27,0:36:13.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where it's just sort of believe
Dialogue: 0,0:36:13.37,0:36:15.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in an undefined Jesus
Dialogue: 0,0:36:15.02,0:36:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then do whatever is \Nright in your own eyes.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:18.90,0:36:21.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, my dear friend, listen!
Dialogue: 0,0:36:21.51,0:36:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, you don't fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:25.50,0:36:27.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you do trust in yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:27.51,0:36:29.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You prove it every day
Dialogue: 0,0:36:29.25,0:36:31.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by just walking according to
Dialogue: 0,0:36:31.35,0:36:35.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what you think is right.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:35.05,0:36:36.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't do that!
Dialogue: 0,0:36:36.94,0:36:38.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Abiding in Christ is asking,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:38.74,0:36:42.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, I am in a fallen world.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:42.20,0:36:44.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a sense in which even though
Dialogue: 0,0:36:44.14,0:36:45.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have been regenerated,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:45.31,0:36:47.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I still have fallen members of my body -
Dialogue: 0,0:36:47.69,0:36:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even a fallen mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:50.18,0:36:51.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I live in a fallen world.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:51.59,0:36:53.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm behind enemy lines.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:53.91,0:36:55.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wisdom was not born with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:55.44,0:36:57.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It will not die with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:57.29,0:37:00.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I must take this book.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:00.33,0:37:03.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, I go back to Pilgrim's Progress.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:03.32,0:37:05.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the book.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:05.57,0:37:08.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The book that guided him.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:08.85,0:37:12.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The book.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:12.52,0:37:14.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen to this text.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:14.64,0:37:17.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He tells Joshua, "Only be \Nstrong and very courageous.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:17.29,0:37:20.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be careful to do according to all the Law
Dialogue: 0,0:37:20.40,0:37:23.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which Moses My servant commanded you.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:23.08,0:37:24.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do not turn from it
Dialogue: 0,0:37:24.37,0:37:27.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the right or to the left."
Dialogue: 0,0:37:27.04,0:37:28.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know the average evangelical
Dialogue: 0,0:37:28.72,0:37:30.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't know enough of the Law
Dialogue: 0,0:37:30.75,0:37:35.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to determine whether he's \Neven turned from it or not.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:35.90,0:37:37.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Really. We talk about obedience,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:37.63,0:37:39.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but before obedience can come
Dialogue: 0,0:37:39.25,0:37:40.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there must be knowledge.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:40.84,0:37:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's such a neglect \Nof the Word of God
Dialogue: 0,0:37:42.62,0:37:43.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we don't even know
Dialogue: 0,0:37:43.61,0:37:45.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we're walking in disobedience.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:45.57,0:37:48.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why we can do horrendous things
Dialogue: 0,0:37:48.37,0:37:52.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within the context of \Nthe so-called local church
Dialogue: 0,0:37:52.18,0:37:54.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not even be convicted about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:54.75,0:37:58.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't even know \Nwhat the will of God is.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:58.95,0:38:01.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"So that you may have \Nsuccess wherever you go.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:01.86,0:38:03.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This book of the Law..."
Dialogue: 0,0:38:03.65,0:38:07.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, let's just take this \Nliterally for a moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:07.53,0:38:12.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not absurdedly, but literally.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:12.15,0:38:16.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This book of the Law shall \Nnot depart from your mouth,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:16.15,0:38:22.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you shall meditate \Non it day and night."
Dialogue: 0,0:38:22.20,0:38:24.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, let me ask you a question.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:24.81,0:38:27.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does your ten minute quiet time
Dialogue: 0,0:38:27.45,0:38:31.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fulfill this command?
Dialogue: 0,0:38:31.40,0:38:33.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, people boast because
Dialogue: 0,0:38:33.35,0:38:35.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I had my quiet time."
Dialogue: 0,0:38:35.53,0:38:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, describe it to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:37.16,0:38:40.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, you know, 15 minutes in the Word."
Dialogue: 0,0:38:40.22,0:38:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"15 minutes in prayer."
Dialogue: 0,0:38:43.10,0:38:46.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I applaud you for whatever \Nattempt you're making,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:46.17,0:38:51.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but don't pat yourself on the back.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:51.62,0:38:53.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's saying this Word,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:53.84,0:38:55.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"it shall not depart from your mouth,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:55.81,0:38:58.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you shall meditate on it day and night
Dialogue: 0,0:38:58.05,0:39:00.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that you may be careful to do
Dialogue: 0,0:39:00.96,0:39:03.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to all that is written in it.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:03.48,0:39:06.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For then you will make your way prosperous
Dialogue: 0,0:39:06.12,0:39:07.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then you will succeed."
Dialogue: 0,0:39:07.62,0:39:09.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now this is not to be interpreted
Dialogue: 0,0:39:09.25,0:39:11.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the context of televangelists.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:11.48,0:39:12.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not talking about:
Dialogue: 0,0:39:12.83,0:39:14.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you will prosper financially.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:14.50,0:39:16.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It means then you will prosper
Dialogue: 0,0:39:16.17,0:39:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the will of your God
Dialogue: 0,0:39:18.10,0:39:21.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and be a useful servant to Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:21.50,0:39:24.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what being fruitful means.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:24.64,0:39:29.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So abiding in Christ is to take this gift
Dialogue: 0,0:39:29.20,0:39:31.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of His teaching
Dialogue: 0,0:39:31.29,0:39:34.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and learning to follow it.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:34.20,0:39:37.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now as we see here in verse 12,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:37.25,0:39:38.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This is My commandment
Dialogue: 0,0:39:38.40,0:39:39.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you love one another
Dialogue: 0,0:39:39.62,0:39:40.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just as I have loved you."
Dialogue: 0,0:39:40.90,0:39:42.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now let me say a few things,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:42.42,0:39:43.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to draw a balance here.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:43.98,0:39:46.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want to throw the baby \Nout with the bathwater.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:46.66,0:39:49.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to explain this.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:49.69,0:39:51.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The end of everything that has to do
Dialogue: 0,0:39:51.95,0:39:55.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with God's commands is this:
Dialogue: 0,0:39:55.18,0:39:56.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To love the Lord your God
Dialogue: 0,0:39:56.42,0:39:58.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with all your heart, soul, \Nmind, and strength
Dialogue: 0,0:39:58.59,0:40:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to love your neighbor as yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:00.50,0:40:02.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the end of it all.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:02.62,0:40:06.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I said awhile back,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:06.06,0:40:08.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christianity is not primarily
Dialogue: 0,0:40:08.06,0:40:10.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an ethical or moralistic religion.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:10.03,0:40:12.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're not about just keeping rules.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:12.32,0:40:13.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're not.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:13.55,0:40:16.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're about an intimate \Nrelationship with the living God,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:16.57,0:40:18.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,loving Him with all our heart
Dialogue: 0,0:40:18.21,0:40:21.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and entering into intimate \Nrelationships with people
Dialogue: 0,0:40:21.32,0:40:23.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and loving them with all our heart
Dialogue: 0,0:40:23.14,0:40:27.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and showing them the \Nmercy that God shows us.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:27.09,0:40:30.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the fulfillment of the Law.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:30.25,0:40:33.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then again, we are a people
Dialogue: 0,0:40:33.26,0:40:36.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a very distorted culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:36.53,0:40:39.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And wisdom was not born with you
Dialogue: 0,0:40:39.86,0:40:40.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at your physical birth,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:40.75,0:40:41.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I want to tell you,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:41.98,0:40:43.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wisdom was not born with you
Dialogue: 0,0:40:43.40,0:40:44.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in your spiritual birth.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:44.96,0:40:46.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wisdom is something that is acquired.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:46.95,0:40:48.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now that you have become a Christian,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:48.78,0:40:50.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have the capabilities
Dialogue: 0,0:40:50.03,0:40:52.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of acquiring wisdom.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:52.37,0:40:55.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But wisdom is necessary.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:55.52,0:40:58.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, every time I talk
Dialogue: 0,0:40:58.84,0:41:00.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the last few years
Dialogue: 0,0:41:00.45,0:41:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the Law of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:02.64,0:41:04.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the commands of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:04.21,0:41:05.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everyone screws up their face
Dialogue: 0,0:41:05.80,0:41:07.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and gets really mad.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:07.59,0:41:09.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They go, "We're free from the Law."
Dialogue: 0,0:41:09.97,0:41:12.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We're free from the Law."
Dialogue: 0,0:41:12.68,0:41:14.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm thinking, does anybody even know
Dialogue: 0,0:41:14.72,0:41:16.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what that means anymore?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:16.65,0:41:18.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Free from the Law.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:18.38,0:41:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The Law has nothing to do with us.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:21.02,0:41:24.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Absolutely nothing! We're free!"
Dialogue: 0,0:41:24.67,0:41:25.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Free to what?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:25.98,0:41:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Free to do whatever we want.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:27.46,0:41:28.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We believe in Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:28.51,0:41:30.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're free to do whatever we want."
Dialogue: 0,0:41:30.54,0:41:32.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, hold on.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:32.57,0:41:35.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First of all, a person \Nwho is unconverted -
Dialogue: 0,0:41:35.70,0:41:38.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which most people who call \Nthemselves Christians are -
Dialogue: 0,0:41:38.42,0:41:40.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they have that kind of teaching,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:40.45,0:41:42.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(I'm free to do whatever I want),
Dialogue: 0,0:41:42.16,0:41:43.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but their heart's not been changed
Dialogue: 0,0:41:43.85,0:41:46.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so their heart is filled with \Nworldly, carnal desires.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:46.41,0:41:47.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they go to church every Sunday
Dialogue: 0,0:41:47.68,0:41:49.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and worship God in the praise service
Dialogue: 0,0:41:49.61,0:41:51.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then they live like an abomination
Dialogue: 0,0:41:51.52,0:41:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,throughout the week.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:53.20,0:41:55.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's figure out what we're saying here.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:55.52,0:41:57.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now let me ask you a question,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:57.06,0:41:59.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it says that we're free from the Law,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:59.87,0:42:02.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what do you think that means?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:02.79,0:42:05.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That we no longer have to obey God?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:05.99,0:42:08.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or does it mean we're just \Nsupposed to love one another?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:08.84,0:42:10.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But herein lies a big problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:10.69,0:42:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People have some really \Ndistorted views on love.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:15.50,0:42:17.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what are we talking about?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:17.99,0:42:21.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we say that we don't even need the Law,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:21.51,0:42:23.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't need to think about it,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:23.22,0:42:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't need to read it or anything,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:24.98,0:42:26.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you know what we have to do?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:26.69,0:42:29.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to literally cut \Nout the book of Psalms
Dialogue: 0,0:42:29.10,0:42:30.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and throw it away.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:30.81,0:42:31.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you realize that?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:31.77,0:42:33.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the book of Psalms - look at it.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:33.79,0:42:35.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I delight in Your Law."
Dialogue: 0,0:42:35.62,0:42:37.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Your precepts are true."
Dialogue: 0,0:42:37.60,0:42:41.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are we going to do?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:41.36,0:42:43.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or as one person said one time
Dialogue: 0,0:42:43.44,0:42:45.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a meeting I was holding.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:45.76,0:42:47.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a meeting in a conference thing
Dialogue: 0,0:42:47.82,0:42:49.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was talking about the Law,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:49.42,0:42:51.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this person raised \Ntheir hand and said,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:51.40,0:42:52.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We're free from the Law
Dialogue: 0,0:42:52.91,0:42:54.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're trying to put us under
Dialogue: 0,0:42:54.64,0:42:56.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the bondage of the Law
Dialogue: 0,0:42:56.13,0:42:58.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that oppresses us..."
Dialogue: 0,0:42:58.34,0:43:00.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I said,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:00.21,0:43:02.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Wow."
Dialogue: 0,0:43:02.69,0:43:07.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "Okay, let me ask you a question.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:07.14,0:43:09.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You just told me that the Law of God
Dialogue: 0,0:43:09.90,0:43:13.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is oppressive, it's restricting,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:13.27,0:43:14.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,restrains you
Dialogue: 0,0:43:14.82,0:43:16.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and puts you in bondage.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:16.43,0:43:18.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:18.45,0:43:21.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's just go over some of the laws
Dialogue: 0,0:43:21.23,0:43:23.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you tell me which one of these
Dialogue: 0,0:43:23.71,0:43:25.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is restraining you from doing
Dialogue: 0,0:43:25.25,0:43:26.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what you want to do."
Dialogue: 0,0:43:26.66,0:43:30.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's see: You shall have \Nno other gods before Me.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:30.37,0:43:32.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you mad about that?
Dialogue: 0,0:43:32.24,0:43:36.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because that's restraining \Nyou from having other gods?
Dialogue: 0,0:43:36.05,0:43:37.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's try another one.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:37.62,0:43:41.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not to steal your neighbor's wife.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:41.14,0:43:43.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that oppressive to you?
Dialogue: 0,0:43:43.89,0:43:47.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You shall not lie.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:47.47,0:43:50.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I just went down through \Nall the laws of God
Dialogue: 0,0:43:50.13,0:43:51.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I could remember,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:51.24,0:43:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in the end I'm sitting there
Dialogue: 0,0:43:53.06,0:43:55.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the man starts to \Nkind of slump in his chair
Dialogue: 0,0:43:55.38,0:43:57.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he knew what was happening.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:57.74,0:44:01.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said if these beautiful laws
Dialogue: 0,0:44:01.21,0:44:02.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are oppressive to you
Dialogue: 0,0:44:02.90,0:44:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and restraining what \Nyou really want to do,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:05.50,0:44:11.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what kind of evil person are you?
Dialogue: 0,0:44:11.45,0:44:13.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see?
Dialogue: 0,0:44:13.04,0:44:15.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now when He says we're free \Nfrom the bondage of the Law,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:15.79,0:44:20.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what it means is all those \Ndetailed laws of sacrifice,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:20.04,0:44:22.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all those things have \Nbeen fulfilled in Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:22.58,0:44:25.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's part of it, but the \Nbig part of it is just this:
Dialogue: 0,0:44:25.58,0:44:29.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Law says do this and live.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:29.43,0:44:32.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I want to tell you \Nsomething. That's not bad.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:32.27,0:44:35.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not sinful - that statement.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:35.01,0:44:36.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you see, we're under bondage
Dialogue: 0,0:44:36.56,0:44:38.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we can't do those things.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:38.98,0:44:40.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And therefore we can't live.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:40.88,0:44:42.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And therefore, we should die.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:42.63,0:44:45.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we have violated all the Law.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:45.16,0:44:48.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're free from that curse of the Law.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:48.37,0:44:50.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not because the Law is bad,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:50.08,0:44:51.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's because we were bad.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:51.40,0:44:52.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're free from it because Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:44:52.97,0:44:54.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has fulfilled the Law
Dialogue: 0,0:44:54.24,0:44:56.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and died in our place.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:56.60,0:44:58.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we're not justified by the Law.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:58.90,0:45:02.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we shouldn't be legalistic people
Dialogue: 0,0:45:02.24,0:45:03.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or trying to kill other people
Dialogue: 0,0:45:03.86,0:45:05.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with all our rules.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:05.10,0:45:06.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the fact of the matter is
Dialogue: 0,0:45:06.60,0:45:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I delight in the Law of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:08.30,0:45:10.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love the book of Proverbs.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:10.11,0:45:12.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I get excited even about the commandment
Dialogue: 0,0:45:12.29,0:45:14.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Old Testament that says
Dialogue: 0,0:45:14.05,0:45:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you ought to build a fence
Dialogue: 0,0:45:15.54,0:45:17.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around the roof of your house.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:17.12,0:45:18.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And someone says, well, do you
Dialogue: 0,0:45:18.69,0:45:20.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have a fence around \Nthe roof of your house?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:20.79,0:45:22.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:22.85,0:45:25.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, are you disobeying that law? No.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:25.95,0:45:28.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, you have to \Nunderstand what it's saying.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:28.46,0:45:30.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You build a fence around \Nthe roof of your house
Dialogue: 0,0:45:30.75,0:45:32.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because in that time, most people -
Dialogue: 0,0:45:32.56,0:45:33.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially in the summer -
Dialogue: 0,0:45:33.90,0:45:36.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lived on the roof of their house.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:36.50,0:45:39.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you build a fence around \Nthe roof of your house
Dialogue: 0,0:45:39.58,0:45:41.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you love your neighbor
Dialogue: 0,0:45:41.04,0:45:44.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you don't want \Nhim to fall off your roof.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:44.11,0:45:45.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And actually, some of our common laws
Dialogue: 0,0:45:45.96,0:45:48.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this country
Dialogue: 0,0:45:48.05,0:45:49.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with regard to property
Dialogue: 0,0:45:49.99,0:45:51.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the welfare of others
Dialogue: 0,0:45:51.41,0:45:54.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are based upon that law.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:54.12,0:45:56.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't find anything in the law
Dialogue: 0,0:45:56.70,0:45:59.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's displeasing.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:59.54,0:46:01.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can delight in it.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:01.43,0:46:03.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The wisdom that's found
Dialogue: 0,0:46:03.67,0:46:06.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Proverbs and in the Law itself
Dialogue: 0,0:46:06.27,0:46:09.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,protects my marriage,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:09.06,0:46:11.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shows me how to raise my children.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:11.56,0:46:12.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you're telling me:
Dialogue: 0,0:46:12.99,0:46:14.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Washer, don't put me under
Dialogue: 0,0:46:14.39,0:46:15.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the bondage of the Law,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:15.81,0:46:21.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going, just exactly \Nwhat do you want to do?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:21.17,0:46:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you see?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:30.02,0:46:33.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So how do we abide in Christ?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:33.16,0:46:37.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Abiding in Christ is not completed
Dialogue: 0,0:46:37.52,0:46:39.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by just our obedience
Dialogue: 0,0:46:39.82,0:46:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the Word of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:41.46,0:46:44.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because our relationship \Nis much more than that.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:44.47,0:46:46.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But abiding in Christ cannot be separated
Dialogue: 0,0:46:46.92,0:46:48.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from His Word, His commands,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:48.75,0:46:51.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and obedience to Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:51.87,0:46:55.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is it? Romans 12:2?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:55.52,0:47:00.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Renewing our mind in the Word of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:00.40,0:47:01.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't it amazing?
Dialogue: 0,0:47:01.63,0:47:03.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of you came here this week
Dialogue: 0,0:47:03.65,0:47:08.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you probably have not \Nbeen in this church before
Dialogue: 0,0:47:08.85,0:47:10.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're going man,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:10.89,0:47:13.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they read the Bible too much
Dialogue: 0,0:47:13.79,0:47:15.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in their services.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:15.35,0:47:17.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's kind of boring just sitting there
Dialogue: 0,0:47:17.23,0:47:19.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,listening to them read a whole chapter.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:19.52,0:47:22.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does that say about you?
Dialogue: 0,0:47:22.46,0:47:26.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does it say about \Ncontemporary Christianity?
Dialogue: 0,0:47:26.46,0:47:28.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That the Scriptures aren't even read
Dialogue: 0,0:47:28.29,0:47:31.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when exactly in 1 Timothy \Nit says they should be.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:31.34,0:47:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Publicly.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:33.43,0:47:36.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See? The reason why we're so weak
Dialogue: 0,0:47:36.48,0:47:38.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Christianity today
Dialogue: 0,0:47:38.23,0:47:40.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is because we have a neglect of the Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:40.23,0:47:43.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now listen to this. Psalm 1:2-3.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:43.85,0:47:46.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"But his delight - (the righteous man) -
Dialogue: 0,0:47:46.04,0:47:48.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his delight is in the Law of the Lord,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:48.29,0:47:51.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in His Law he meditates day and night.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:51.46,0:47:54.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He will be like a tree firmly planted
Dialogue: 0,0:47:54.36,0:47:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by streams of water
Dialogue: 0,0:47:55.84,0:47:57.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which yields its fruit in its season,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:57.65,0:47:59.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and its leaf does not wither,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:59.37,0:48:02.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and whatever he does, he prospers."
Dialogue: 0,0:48:02.94,0:48:05.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fruit-bearing - do you see this?
Dialogue: 0,0:48:05.38,0:48:09.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Jesus is teaching, \Nplease understand me,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:09.08,0:48:11.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not plagiarism, okay?
Dialogue: 0,0:48:11.56,0:48:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because He wrote the Old Testament.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:13.40,0:48:15.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But most of His Gospel teaching
Dialogue: 0,0:48:15.32,0:48:17.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is drawn right out of what He said
Dialogue: 0,0:48:17.08,0:48:18.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Old Testament.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:18.79,0:48:20.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you understand that?
Dialogue: 0,0:48:20.94,0:48:22.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's been talking about fruit-bearing
Dialogue: 0,0:48:22.73,0:48:24.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a long time.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:24.78,0:48:26.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And every time He talks about it,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:26.46,0:48:29.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it has something to do with His Word,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:29.67,0:48:31.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the Word of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:31.37,0:48:32.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Young people, you come to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:32.79,0:48:34.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you say, you know, Brother Paul,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:34.39,0:48:35.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been listening to your sermons.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:35.57,0:48:37.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to grow. I want to be used of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:37.12,0:48:38.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What should I do?
Dialogue: 0,0:48:38.18,0:48:41.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I always tell them Robert Murray McCheyne.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:41.60,0:48:44.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They go, "Robert Murray \NMcCheyne. Who is that?"
Dialogue: 0,0:48:44.34,0:48:46.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's a young man who died when he was 28.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:46.33,0:48:48.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Probably had progressed more in holiness
Dialogue: 0,0:48:48.51,0:48:51.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than just about anybody at that age.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:51.41,0:48:52.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he has a reading list.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:52.92,0:48:54.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He read through the New \NTestament twice a year
Dialogue: 0,0:48:54.88,0:48:58.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Old Testament once a year.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:58.11,0:48:59.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:59.29,0:49:00.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Get his reading list. Do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:00.61,0:49:01.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Read through the Scriptures
Dialogue: 0,0:49:01.87,0:49:03.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over and over and over.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:03.15,0:49:05.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you are a brand new believer,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:05.02,0:49:06.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, I'm not going to tell you
Dialogue: 0,0:49:06.77,0:49:08.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you should read a little.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:08.05,0:49:09.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man, if you're a new believer,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:09.57,0:49:11.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're probably on fire.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:11.41,0:49:14.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Read the Bible hours a day.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:14.04,0:49:17.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Consume it.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:17.36,0:49:19.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want to be used of God?
Dialogue: 0,0:49:19.16,0:49:21.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prove it.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:21.11,0:49:22.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want to be fruitful?
Dialogue: 0,0:49:22.72,0:49:25.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prove it.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:25.31,0:49:26.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, my dear friend, my only regret
Dialogue: 0,0:49:26.96,0:49:28.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the last thirty years
Dialogue: 0,0:49:28.21,0:49:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not that I studied the Bible too much,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:30.08,0:49:31.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as that I allowed myself to be
Dialogue: 0,0:49:31.75,0:49:37.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,distracted from it so much.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:37.09,0:49:40.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So abiding in Christ is \Nabiding in His Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:40.19,0:49:42.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Saturating our lives in His Word
Dialogue: 0,0:49:42.29,0:49:43.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and seeking to obey Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:43.63,0:49:46.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, we come to a second thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:46.20,0:49:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Abiding in Christ is through continuous -
Dialogue: 0,0:49:49.74,0:49:51.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now get ready -
Dialogue: 0,0:49:51.22,0:49:55.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,continuous dependence on prayer,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:55.83,0:49:58.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,constant reliance upon prayer,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:58.90,0:50:02.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,persistent spiritual imbibing
Dialogue: 0,0:50:02.74,0:50:06.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the life and power of Jesus Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:50:06.59,0:50:08.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:08.50,0:50:11.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now let me quote D.A. Carson.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:11.30,0:50:15.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The text suggests (this is unbelievable -
Dialogue: 0,0:50:15.15,0:50:16.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is powerful)
Dialogue: 0,0:50:16.84,0:50:18.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The text suggests
Dialogue: 0,0:50:18.99,0:50:22.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the fruit in the vine imagery
Dialogue: 0,0:50:22.09,0:50:25.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,represents everything that is the product
Dialogue: 0,0:50:25.73,0:50:31.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of effective prayer in Jesus' name."
Dialogue: 0,0:50:31.58,0:50:36.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I want us to look at verse 7.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:36.24,0:50:37.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very interesting. He says,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:37.77,0:50:39.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If you abide in Me,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:39.40,0:50:41.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and My words abide in you,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:41.52,0:50:44.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ask whatever you wish
Dialogue: 0,0:50:44.94,0:50:48.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it will be done for you."
Dialogue: 0,0:50:48.56,0:50:49.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look in verse 16.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:49.88,0:50:51.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You did not choose Me, but I chose you
Dialogue: 0,0:50:51.87,0:50:54.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and appointed you that you \Nwould go and bear fruit
Dialogue: 0,0:50:54.31,0:50:56.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that your fruit would remain,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:56.44,0:51:01.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that whatever you ask \Nof the Father in My name,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:01.58,0:51:07.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He may give to you."
Dialogue: 0,0:51:07.01,0:51:08.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, let's look at this.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:08.54,0:51:11.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is extremely important.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:11.03,0:51:12.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a lot of mystery here
Dialogue: 0,0:51:12.97,0:51:14.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I cannot explain to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:14.42,0:51:15.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one can.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:15.31,0:51:17.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a matter of fact, if you \Nmeet someone who can,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:17.65,0:51:19.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,run from them. They're a heretic.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:19.42,0:51:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's some mystery in this passage.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:23.88,0:51:25.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is one of those texts
Dialogue: 0,0:51:25.82,0:51:28.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you're just going to \Nhave to take God at His Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:28.55,0:51:30.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if you try to make this fit
Dialogue: 0,0:51:30.65,0:51:33.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into some system of thought,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:33.54,0:51:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're going to explain the passage away.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:35.82,0:51:37.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you don't want to do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:37.68,0:51:43.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, isn't it amazing \Nthat in both passages
Dialogue: 0,0:51:43.72,0:51:45.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's talking about prayer
Dialogue: 0,0:51:45.38,0:51:48.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's in the context of bearing fruit.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:48.28,0:51:51.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That to be a fruitful Christian,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:51.68,0:51:55.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prayer is absolutely essential -
Dialogue: 0,0:51:55.42,0:51:57.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prayer in the name of Jesus;
Dialogue: 0,0:51:57.70,0:52:01.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prayer believing that God
Dialogue: 0,0:52:01.21,0:52:03.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(unintelligible).
Dialogue: 0,0:52:03.43,0:52:06.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I also want you to notice something.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:06.72,0:52:09.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In verse 7, He says, "Abide in Me
Dialogue: 0,0:52:09.24,0:52:12.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and My words abide in you."
Dialogue: 0,0:52:12.85,0:52:15.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what are we seeing here?
Dialogue: 0,0:52:15.46,0:52:18.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:52:18.13,0:52:19.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're not seeing this -
Dialogue: 0,0:52:19.65,0:52:20.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're not seeing a person
Dialogue: 0,0:52:20.89,0:52:23.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who neglects the Word of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:23.44,0:52:26.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose mind is not renewed at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:26.35,0:52:28.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're not talking about a person
Dialogue: 0,0:52:28.84,0:52:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who doesn't have the mind of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:33.43,0:52:35.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay? We're not talking about a person
Dialogue: 0,0:52:35.31,0:52:37.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who neglects the Word of God
Dialogue: 0,0:52:37.27,0:52:40.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then just asks a whole bunch of stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:40.03,0:52:43.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because usually the stuff they ask for
Dialogue: 0,0:52:43.44,0:52:47.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are carnal and outside of God's will.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:47.86,0:52:49.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what we're talking about
Dialogue: 0,0:52:49.99,0:52:53.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a person who is abiding in Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:52:53.08,0:52:55.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he is abiding in the Word of Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:55.32,0:52:57.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Word of Christ is abiding in him.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:57.45,0:53:00.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is it? We're talking about a person
Dialogue: 0,0:53:00.11,0:53:02.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who through their constant imbibing
Dialogue: 0,0:53:02.73,0:53:03.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,upon the Word of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:03.100,0:53:06.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their constant feeding \Nupon the Word of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:06.27,0:53:08.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Word of God constantly \Nrenewing their mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:08.96,0:53:12.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are beginning to develop what?
Dialogue: 0,0:53:12.38,0:53:18.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The mind of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:18.05,0:53:20.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are beginning to know,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:20.09,0:53:22.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as Romans 12:1-2 says,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:22.02,0:53:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are beginning to know
Dialogue: 0,0:53:23.52,0:53:26.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what the will of God is.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:26.32,0:53:27.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't that amazing?
Dialogue: 0,0:53:27.29,0:53:28.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says you may renew your mind
Dialogue: 0,0:53:28.80,0:53:33.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you may know what the will of God is.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:33.08,0:53:34.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay?
Dialogue: 0,0:53:34.38,0:53:41.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now...
Dialogue: 0,0:53:41.76,0:53:43.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is prayer?
Dialogue: 0,0:53:43.43,0:53:45.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John Piper refers to it
Dialogue: 0,0:53:45.11,0:53:47.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a warfare walkie-talkie.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:47.85,0:53:49.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I agree with him.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:49.93,0:53:51.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a matter of fact,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:51.02,0:53:54.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's very difficult for me \Nto see prayer at all
Dialogue: 0,0:53:54.84,0:53:59.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,apart from our place in \Nthe Kingdom of Heaven.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:59.74,0:54:01.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most people see prayer
Dialogue: 0,0:54:01.43,0:54:05.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a completely wrong way.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:05.03,0:54:07.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see prayer as:
Dialogue: 0,0:54:07.05,0:54:11.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think I have a need and \NI ask God to meet it.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:11.83,0:54:15.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not the context of prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:15.30,0:54:19.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The context of prayer is \Nset forth for us where?
Dialogue: 0,0:54:19.74,0:54:22.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Matthew 6.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:22.05,0:54:24.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus says: pray this way.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:24.01,0:54:25.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now listen very carefully.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:25.67,0:54:27.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't turn it into cliche.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:27.16,0:54:30.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our Father, Who art in Heaven...
Dialogue: 0,0:54:30.40,0:54:32.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, let's just take a look at that.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:32.70,0:54:36.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You talk about the perfect \Npsychology of prayer?
Dialogue: 0,0:54:36.51,0:54:38.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at the way He's addressing God.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:38.40,0:54:40.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our Father.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:40.02,0:54:42.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wow!
Dialogue: 0,0:54:42.86,0:54:45.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It demonstrates the intimacy, doesn't it.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:45.93,0:54:48.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then He goes: Who art in Heaven.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:48.87,0:54:51.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your Father happens to be \Nthe God of the universe
Dialogue: 0,0:54:51.84,0:54:54.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you ought to treat Him as such.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:54.70,0:54:56.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of you young people were raised
Dialogue: 0,0:54:56.54,0:54:59.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with no respect whatsoever for age,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:59.34,0:55:01.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,authority, or anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:01.81,0:55:06.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was out at a school of a \Nvery, very famous preacher.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:06.18,0:55:07.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:55:07.38,0:55:08.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to mention his name.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:08.82,0:55:10.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John MacArthur.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:10.32,0:55:12.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was out there and I was teaching
Dialogue: 0,0:55:12.26,0:55:15.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at Master's College for two days.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:15.24,0:55:18.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was walking around going:
Dialogue: 0,0:55:18.53,0:55:21.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wow! John MacArthur's here.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:21.82,0:55:23.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wonder if I'll get to see him.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:23.58,0:55:25.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm fifty years old!
Dialogue: 0,0:55:25.59,0:55:28.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm going I hope I get to see him.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:28.10,0:55:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What a privilege!
Dialogue: 0,0:55:30.46,0:55:32.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And little 17 year old students
Dialogue: 0,0:55:32.45,0:55:33.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that walk up to me and go:
Dialogue: 0,0:55:33.73,0:55:37.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hey! Brother Paul! Have you met John?"
Dialogue: 0,0:55:37.53,0:55:40.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'd go, "What?"
Dialogue: 0,0:55:40.26,0:55:41.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"John!"
Dialogue: 0,0:55:41.78,0:55:43.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"John who?"
Dialogue: 0,0:55:43.58,0:55:46.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, John! John MacArthur."
Dialogue: 0,0:55:46.24,0:55:49.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'd look at them and I'd go,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:49.10,0:55:51.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I am fifty years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:51.74,0:55:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have walked through hell with Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:57.72,0:56:01.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have suffered for the cause of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:01.92,0:56:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I bear so many wounds from battles,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:05.50,0:56:10.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I would never call \Nhim by his first name."
Dialogue: 0,0:56:10.15,0:56:18.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have no sense of honor anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:18.34,0:56:20.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we go to God, this whole idea
Dialogue: 0,0:56:20.77,0:56:23.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Abba, Father meaning "Daddy,"
Dialogue: 0,0:56:23.05,0:56:24.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be very careful.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:24.16,0:56:26.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That interpretation's not really correct.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:26.92,0:56:29.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It does demonstrate intimacy,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:29.20,0:56:31.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it doesn't demonstrate "daddy."
Dialogue: 0,0:56:31.55,0:56:32.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't. I'm sorry.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:32.71,0:56:34.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the language, it doesn't work.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:34.36,0:56:37.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It may be really good for a \Ncontemporary Christian song,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:37.09,0:56:38.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it doesn't work.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:38.56,0:56:40.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not biblical
Dialogue: 0,0:56:40.01,0:56:41.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it does not denote
Dialogue: 0,0:56:41.41,0:56:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the other aspects of that intimacy
Dialogue: 0,0:56:43.20,0:56:46.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is reverence.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:46.05,0:56:49.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, He says, "Our Father, \NWho art in Heaven..."
Dialogue: 0,0:56:49.22,0:56:51.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this perfect balance \Nof intimacy and fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:51.93,0:56:53.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then He says -
Dialogue: 0,0:56:53.89,0:56:56.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is the context of all praying -
Dialogue: 0,0:56:56.30,0:56:58.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"hallowed be Thy name."
Dialogue: 0,0:56:58.75,0:57:00.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What He's saying there is:
Dialogue: 0,0:57:00.11,0:57:01.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,special be Your name.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:01.60,0:57:03.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unique be Your name.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:03.39,0:57:05.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's basically Malachi.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:05.52,0:57:07.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That His name be great among the nations
Dialogue: 0,0:57:07.66,0:57:09.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the rising to the setting of the sun.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:09.32,0:57:10.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There you go again - Jesus drawing
Dialogue: 0,0:57:10.58,0:57:11.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the Old Testament,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:11.91,0:57:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's okay, He wrote it.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:14.46,0:57:16.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the whole idea is:
Dialogue: 0,0:57:16.01,0:57:17.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my whole prayer,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:17.48,0:57:18.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my whole prayer life,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:18.70,0:57:20.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything I'm ever going to ask You
Dialogue: 0,0:57:20.38,0:57:22.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is going to be in the context
Dialogue: 0,0:57:22.15,0:57:23.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that my greatest desire
Dialogue: 0,0:57:23.68,0:57:25.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that Your name be set apart
Dialogue: 0,0:57:25.70,0:57:27.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as supreme above all things;
Dialogue: 0,0:57:27.89,0:57:30.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Your Kingdom come
Dialogue: 0,0:57:30.54,0:57:31.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that Your will be done.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:31.99,0:57:33.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the context of all praying.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:33.67,0:57:35.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you don't have that context,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:35.20,0:57:36.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're not praying.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:36.96,0:57:40.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, when we talk about \Nasking the Father for things -
Dialogue: 0,0:57:40.100,0:57:42.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for many, many years, as some of you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:42.82,0:57:43.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've had my hips replaced,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:43.95,0:57:45.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my wrist is made of metal,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:45.31,0:57:47.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've lived in great deals of pain
Dialogue: 0,0:57:47.47,0:57:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everything else
Dialogue: 0,0:57:48.50,0:57:49.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I want to be honest with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:49.70,0:57:51.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have prayed for God to heal me.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:51.20,0:57:52.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to some degree, He has.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:52.64,0:57:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He has really helped me in this last year.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:55.78,0:57:57.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But here's what I want you to see.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:57.14,0:57:59.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The context of that praying: God heal me.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:59.79,0:58:01.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hurt so bad.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:01.36,0:58:04.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Was this:
Dialogue: 0,0:58:04.12,0:58:07.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If through my healing
Dialogue: 0,0:58:07.82,0:58:10.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your name will be held supreme
Dialogue: 0,0:58:10.74,0:58:13.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Your kingdom will come
Dialogue: 0,0:58:13.16,0:58:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a greater degree,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:14.60,0:58:16.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the will of God will be advanced
Dialogue: 0,0:58:16.92,0:58:18.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and submitted to,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:18.16,0:58:20.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then heal my body.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:20.21,0:58:23.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if not, then let me die in this pain
Dialogue: 0,0:58:23.96,0:58:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so long as Your kingdom come.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:27.42,0:58:30.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So all our asking from God
Dialogue: 0,0:58:30.16,0:58:33.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is in the context of our greatest desire
Dialogue: 0,0:58:33.12,0:58:34.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is His glory
Dialogue: 0,0:58:34.99,0:58:38.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the advancement of His kingdom.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:38.28,0:58:42.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now you're praying.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:42.24,0:58:44.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not just: I have a want.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:44.34,0:58:45.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a need.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:45.34,0:58:47.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a desire.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:47.17,0:58:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's: whatever will bring You glory.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:53.06,0:58:55.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's in that context
Dialogue: 0,0:58:55.22,0:58:57.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with that mind of Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:58:57.41,0:59:01.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we begin to pray.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:01.79,0:59:04.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And notice, this praying: \N"Ask in My name."
Dialogue: 0,0:59:04.61,0:59:05.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are you asking for?
Dialogue: 0,0:59:05.88,0:59:07.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're asking to bear fruit.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:07.57,0:59:09.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're asking for things
Dialogue: 0,0:59:09.24,0:59:11.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are genuine fruit.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:11.46,0:59:13.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what begins to happen
Dialogue: 0,0:59:13.11,0:59:14.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is you sort of start disappearing
Dialogue: 0,0:59:14.79,0:59:17.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the whole equation.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:17.33,0:59:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, I'm an instrument.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:19.12,0:59:20.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not about me.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:20.66,0:59:23.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is about You.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:23.14,0:59:26.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, if through this trial
Dialogue: 0,0:59:26.28,0:59:27.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your kingdom will advance,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:27.69,0:59:29.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,allow me to continue in it.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:29.68,0:59:32.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take it away only until the work is done.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:32.19,0:59:35.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, everything in my \Nlife is about one thing:
Dialogue: 0,0:59:35.51,0:59:38.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the advancement of Your kingdom.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:38.94,0:59:42.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so in that context, we pray.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:42.94,0:59:46.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, I've gone to \Nprayer meetings in churches,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:46.48,0:59:49.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'll be honest with you,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:49.68,0:59:52.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's enough to break your heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:52.88,0:59:56.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's enough to break your heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:56.47,1:00:00.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It sounds literally like \Na medical convention.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:00.43,1:00:02.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It literally does.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:02.21,1:00:04.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I know that we \Nneed to pray for the sick.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:04.60,1:00:06.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that, but I have \Nsat in prayer meetings
Dialogue: 0,1:00:06.68,1:00:08.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the United States of America
Dialogue: 0,1:00:08.07,1:00:10.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and watched while 45 minutes, \Nthey didn't even pray.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:10.65,1:00:13.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just people stood up and shared
Dialogue: 0,1:00:13.78,1:00:15.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about people who were sick.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:15.86,1:00:17.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a big part of it was just gossip.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:17.72,1:00:20.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People wanted to talk about stuff.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:20.80,1:00:24.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I think, four billion people
Dialogue: 0,1:00:24.03,1:00:26.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have not heard a clear Gospel.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:26.82,1:00:30.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have believers who are \Nbeing massacred in Iran.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:30.16,1:00:33.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have all these things \Ngoing on in the kingdom.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:33.69,1:00:37.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the only thing that we can \Npray about are gallbladders.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:37.88,1:00:41.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, there's something terribly wrong.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:41.82,1:00:44.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we wonder why doesn't God \Nvisit us in our prayer meetings?
Dialogue: 0,1:00:44.85,1:00:48.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not kingdom-praying.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:48.20,1:00:49.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you'll seek first the kingdom,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:49.87,1:00:52.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He'll take care of all \Nthese other little things
Dialogue: 0,1:00:52.32,1:00:56.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're so preoccupied about.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:56.43,1:00:58.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so if you're going to be fruitful,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:58.69,1:01:00.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you must pray.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:00.70,1:01:02.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You must read the Word and pray,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:02.50,1:01:04.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God, make me fruitful, make me fruitful.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:04.81,1:01:06.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as you begin to understand
Dialogue: 0,1:01:06.76,1:01:08.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the will of God -
Dialogue: 0,1:01:08.40,1:01:11.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for example, it is God's will
Dialogue: 0,1:01:11.12,1:01:14.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that every creature under heaven
Dialogue: 0,1:01:14.03,1:01:16.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hear the Word of God,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:16.47,1:01:18.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hear the Gospel.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:18.13,1:01:20.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you pray and you fast,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:20.65,1:01:22.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one day you get a phone call
Dialogue: 0,1:01:22.39,1:01:24.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you find that an entire country
Dialogue: 0,1:01:24.21,1:01:27.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has just opened unto you to \Nsupport their missionaries.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:27.92,1:01:31.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's praying.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:31.86,1:01:34.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You pray for your family who's \Nhardened to the Gospel.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:34.89,1:01:37.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You pray and you fast and then one day
Dialogue: 0,1:01:37.30,1:01:39.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to Colossians 4:1-4,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:39.72,1:01:44.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a magnificent door's been opened unto you.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:44.57,1:01:47.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The church has a need. It can't go.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:47.20,1:01:48.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's got a problem.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:48.53,1:01:50.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something has some kind of need.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:50.27,1:01:52.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You hit your face on the floor.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:52.58,1:01:54.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You cry out to God
Dialogue: 0,1:01:54.07,1:01:56.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you look for a \Nmagnificent deliverance.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:56.82,1:01:58.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got a sin in your life
Dialogue: 0,1:01:58.28,1:01:59.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is a besetting sin
Dialogue: 0,1:01:59.85,1:02:01.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can't be set free from it.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:01.53,1:02:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You attack it head on with prayer,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:04.40,1:02:06.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with fasting, with reading the Word,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:06.57,1:02:09.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you see victory come.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:09.90,1:02:13.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the kind of praying \Nthat we're talking about.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:13.53,1:02:16.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Never diminishing needs,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:16.84,1:02:19.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when you go in to \Nhear people pray today
Dialogue: 0,1:02:19.67,1:02:21.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's all about them.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:21.91,1:02:23.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's all about their needs.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:23.75,1:02:28.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like one old saint, \NRavenhill, used to say,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:28.98,1:02:32.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we spend more time \Npraying saints out of heaven
Dialogue: 0,1:02:32.54,1:02:37.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than praying sinners into heaven.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:37.34,1:02:41.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I said that God answers our prayers
Dialogue: 0,1:02:41.04,1:02:43.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we're praying in the \Ncontext of the kingdom
Dialogue: 0,1:02:43.53,1:02:46.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when our mind is being renewed
Dialogue: 0,1:02:46.65,1:02:48.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we know what the will of God is,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:48.57,1:02:51.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I want to be very cautious here
Dialogue: 0,1:02:51.78,1:02:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you could misunderstand me.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:55.84,1:02:57.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a basic idea out there
Dialogue: 0,1:02:57.34,1:03:00.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially among \Nreformed guys that's this:
Dialogue: 0,1:03:00.55,1:03:06.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God answers every prayer \Naccording to His will,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:06.05,1:03:08.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's not the will of \NGod to do anything.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:08.36,1:03:09.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now they wouldn't say that,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:09.71,1:03:11.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that's basically what's practiced.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:11.91,1:03:14.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything is written off \Nto the providence of God.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:14.25,1:03:16.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the providence of God, \Nprovidence of God.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:16.27,1:03:18.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, that nation is \Nentirely without Christ?
Dialogue: 0,1:03:18.13,1:03:20.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Providence of God, because if God \Nwanted something to happen,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:20.10,1:03:21.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He'd have done something.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:21.39,1:03:23.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not the language \Nof the New Testament.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:23.92,1:03:27.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now that might be language \Nof a very precise camp
Dialogue: 0,1:03:27.40,1:03:28.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and system of theology,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:28.78,1:03:31.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it is not the language \Nof the New Testament
Dialogue: 0,1:03:31.32,1:03:34.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nor is it the language of our forefathers
Dialogue: 0,1:03:34.95,1:03:37.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we claim to be a part of.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:37.59,1:03:39.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not the language of Edwards.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:39.03,1:03:40.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not the language of Whitefield.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:40.34,1:03:41.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not the language of Spurgeon.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:41.39,1:03:42.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not the language of William Carey.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:42.75,1:03:45.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not the language of the Puritans.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:45.57,1:03:46.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to tell you something,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:46.97,1:03:50.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is a mystery in prayer
Dialogue: 0,1:03:50.42,1:03:52.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I don't care if by saying this
Dialogue: 0,1:03:52.22,1:03:54.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this becomes the last reformed meeting
Dialogue: 0,1:03:54.30,1:03:56.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I ever have in my life,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:56.44,1:03:58.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because if you reject this,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:58.28,1:04:02.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're not reformed - you're deformed.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:02.14,1:04:04.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's this:
Dialogue: 0,1:04:04.24,1:04:06.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God has decreed everything
Dialogue: 0,1:04:06.04,1:04:08.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before the foundation of the world.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:08.40,1:04:10.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He knows the end of all things
Dialogue: 0,1:04:10.28,1:04:12.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not because He looked
Dialogue: 0,1:04:12.04,1:04:13.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the corridors of time
Dialogue: 0,1:04:13.72,1:04:15.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and saw how it was going to turn out.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:15.56,1:04:16.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know who invented that -
Dialogue: 0,1:04:16.83,1:04:18.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would like to see his corridors of time
Dialogue: 0,1:04:18.56,1:04:21.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's not in the Bible.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:21.25,1:04:23.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God knows the end of all things
Dialogue: 0,1:04:23.89,1:04:26.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exactly how everything \Nis going to come out
Dialogue: 0,1:04:26.34,1:04:28.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's not because He looked through
Dialogue: 0,1:04:28.04,1:04:29.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the corridors of time.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:29.19,1:04:31.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's because He's the Author
Dialogue: 0,1:04:31.61,1:04:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of history.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:33.24,1:04:35.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's going to come out \Njust like He decreed it.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:35.48,1:04:38.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay?
Dialogue: 0,1:04:38.16,1:04:40.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, wow, that's a \Npretty strong statement.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:40.39,1:04:44.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, it is, and I believe it's biblical.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:44.60,1:04:47.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I also believe that \Nwhat James says is true.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:47.45,1:04:51.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You have not because you ask not."
Dialogue: 0,1:04:51.94,1:04:53.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That king was given a set of arrows
Dialogue: 0,1:04:53.73,1:04:55.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to smash against the floor.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:55.92,1:04:58.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if he had smashed \Nthem against that floor
Dialogue: 0,1:04:58.19,1:05:01.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and shown some zeal for Yahweh,
Dialogue: 0,1:05:01.01,1:05:04.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something better would have \Nhappened than what happened.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:04.16,1:05:06.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I can't put those two things together
Dialogue: 0,1:05:06.20,1:05:08.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and guess what, it's not my job.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:08.41,1:05:09.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nor is it yours.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:09.82,1:05:11.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am called upon to live
Dialogue: 0,1:05:11.62,1:05:13.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whatever truth is given to me
Dialogue: 0,1:05:13.51,1:05:16.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,realizing that if there is a God out there
Dialogue: 0,1:05:16.55,1:05:17.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there is
Dialogue: 0,1:05:17.98,1:05:21.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He is infinitely above \Nme in His way of thinking,
Dialogue: 0,1:05:21.12,1:05:22.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He is,
Dialogue: 0,1:05:22.20,1:05:24.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then why should I think I should be able
Dialogue: 0,1:05:24.34,1:05:27.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to figure out everything He's told me?
Dialogue: 0,1:05:27.30,1:05:29.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know this,
Dialogue: 0,1:05:29.15,1:05:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is sovereign over all things.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:31.52,1:05:33.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I know this,
Dialogue: 0,1:05:33.05,1:05:36.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have not because we ask not.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:36.41,1:05:38.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I can honestly tell you this
Dialogue: 0,1:05:38.88,1:05:40.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in good conscience,
Dialogue: 0,1:05:40.68,1:05:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are many times when I'm dealing
Dialogue: 0,1:05:42.48,1:05:44.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a country or a people group
Dialogue: 0,1:05:44.53,1:05:46.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has no Gospel,
Dialogue: 0,1:05:46.17,1:05:48.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm crying out to God:
Dialogue: 0,1:05:48.19,1:05:50.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God, what do You want to do?
Dialogue: 0,1:05:50.87,1:05:52.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do You want to do?
Dialogue: 0,1:05:52.01,1:05:54.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do You want me to do?
Dialogue: 0,1:05:54.53,1:05:59.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll do anything, just tell me \Nwhat You want me to do.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:59.63,1:06:01.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The thing that's most \Nimpressed upon my heart
Dialogue: 0,1:06:01.97,1:06:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and more so as I grow older -
Dialogue: 0,1:06:04.00,1:06:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I'm not talking about youthful zeal -
Dialogue: 0,1:06:06.56,1:06:09.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I go: Lord, what do \NYou want me to do?
Dialogue: 0,1:06:09.59,1:06:12.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seems like the answer is this:
Dialogue: 0,1:06:12.01,1:06:14.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, what can you believe Me for?
Dialogue: 0,1:06:14.37,1:06:16.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you want to do?
Dialogue: 0,1:06:16.50,1:06:21.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How far do you want to take this thing?
Dialogue: 0,1:06:21.55,1:06:23.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I told you, I'm a wild man.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:23.57,1:06:24.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's almost like God says:
Dialogue: 0,1:06:24.90,1:06:26.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want to get nuts?
Dialogue: 0,1:06:26.11,1:06:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want to take this as far as it can go?
Dialogue: 0,1:06:28.92,1:06:31.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm with you. Let's go.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:31.15,1:06:33.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that a lot of reformed \Npeople are thinking
Dialogue: 0,1:06:33.88,1:06:35.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God doesn't want to do anything
Dialogue: 0,1:06:35.43,1:06:36.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if we get Him to do anything,
Dialogue: 0,1:06:36.94,1:06:38.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've got to pull Him into it.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:38.36,1:06:39.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to tell you \Nsomething, my friend,
Dialogue: 0,1:06:39.93,1:06:43.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God is running so much \Nfaster than the church.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:43.30,1:06:45.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not trying to get \NHim to catch up to you,
Dialogue: 0,1:06:45.63,1:06:48.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's trying to get you to catch up to Him.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:48.65,1:06:52.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But see, there's a sense of faith.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:52.44,1:06:55.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a sense of faith that comes
Dialogue: 0,1:06:55.66,1:06:57.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with reading the Scriptures.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:57.30,1:06:58.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a sense of faith
Dialogue: 0,1:06:58.49,1:07:00.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that comes with studying the old men
Dialogue: 0,1:07:00.90,1:07:02.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their ways.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:02.13,1:07:03.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember one time I \Nwas a young missionary.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:03.85,1:07:05.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I came back off the field. \NI was very tired.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:05.52,1:07:07.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was invited to a church. \NThey wanted me to speak.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:07.67,1:07:08.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They did a question and answer.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:08.91,1:07:11.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They had a microphone in the \Ndifferent aisles of the church.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:11.13,1:07:12.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was answering questions.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:12.89,1:07:15.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A young red-headed boy - \NI'll never forget this -
Dialogue: 0,1:07:15.60,1:07:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he couldn't have been \Nmore than 10, 12, whatever.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:18.90,1:07:20.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He comes up to the microphone.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:20.58,1:07:22.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He'd been standing in line all night
Dialogue: 0,1:07:22.53,1:07:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is the question he asked.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:24.18,1:07:25.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "Mr. Washer?"
Dialogue: 0,1:07:25.41,1:07:27.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "Yes?"
Dialogue: 0,1:07:27.31,1:07:30.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "After you win \Neverybody in Peru to Jesus,
Dialogue: 0,1:07:30.88,1:07:33.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then what are you going to do?"
Dialogue: 0,1:07:33.81,1:07:37.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And everybody laughed except me and him.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:37.22,1:07:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I said, "Well, son, I suppose
Dialogue: 0,1:07:38.82,1:07:40.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I win everybody to Christ in Peru
Dialogue: 0,1:07:40.81,1:07:45.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll just have to go find \Nme another country, won't I?"
Dialogue: 0,1:07:45.22,1:07:46.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't see anywhere in the Bible
Dialogue: 0,1:07:46.89,1:07:48.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where there can't be a worldwide revival.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:48.83,1:07:50.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sorry, I don't.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:50.22,1:07:51.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't see anywhere in the Bible
Dialogue: 0,1:07:51.71,1:07:53.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where an entire people group
Dialogue: 0,1:07:53.44,1:07:55.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can't come to Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:55.88,1:07:58.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't see anywhere in the Bible
Dialogue: 0,1:07:58.26,1:08:01.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I have to die \Nwithout seeing everybody
Dialogue: 0,1:08:01.98,1:08:06.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at least hear the Gospel one time.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:06.81,1:08:10.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything I have contrived -
Dialogue: 0,1:08:10.38,1:08:12.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I know that behind that contriving
Dialogue: 0,1:08:12.64,1:08:14.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was the sovereignty of God;
Dialogue: 0,1:08:14.86,1:08:19.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know the 1689 and the Westminster -
Dialogue: 0,1:08:19.23,1:08:22.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is nothing I have ever contrived
Dialogue: 0,1:08:22.76,1:08:24.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and prayed for
Dialogue: 0,1:08:24.43,1:08:26.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was turned down by God
Dialogue: 0,1:08:26.05,1:08:32.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it was too big.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:32.16,1:08:35.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can believe Him for anything
Dialogue: 0,1:08:35.20,1:08:37.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when in the context you're looking
Dialogue: 0,1:08:37.55,1:08:39.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the advancement of the kingdom
Dialogue: 0,1:08:39.49,1:08:40.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're renewing your mind,
Dialogue: 0,1:08:40.97,1:08:44.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can believe Him for anything.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:44.62,1:08:46.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me give you an example: HeartCry.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:46.49,1:08:49.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People ask me to give \Npresentations on HeartCry.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:49.01,1:08:50.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to make this real,
Dialogue: 0,1:08:50.26,1:08:51.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this isn't some antiquated guy
Dialogue: 0,1:08:51.96,1:08:53.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who used to do these things in the past.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:53.92,1:08:57.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't tell you how many \Ntimes He's delivered us.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:57.28,1:08:59.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At HeartCry, our financial principles
Dialogue: 0,1:08:59.34,1:09:01.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are based upon George Mueller's princples
Dialogue: 0,1:09:01.60,1:09:02.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of his orphanage.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:02.92,1:09:05.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We do not raise funds.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:05.09,1:09:06.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We do not ask for money.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:06.65,1:09:08.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We do not make our needs known.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:08.15,1:09:10.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If a church asks us to come explain
Dialogue: 0,1:09:10.04,1:09:11.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what we do in the mission,
Dialogue: 0,1:09:11.34,1:09:14.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we will come and explain \Nwhat we are currently doing,
Dialogue: 0,1:09:14.47,1:09:19.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not what we would do if we had more money.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:19.70,1:09:22.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not this Christmas, but last Christmas,
Dialogue: 0,1:09:22.62,1:09:25.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nobody knew it except me,
Dialogue: 0,1:09:25.19,1:09:27.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the financial guy,
Dialogue: 0,1:09:27.23,1:09:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one board member.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:30.10,1:09:32.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was December 31st.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:32.68,1:09:35.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had a $150,000 deficit.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:35.30,1:09:36.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now that doesn't mean
Dialogue: 0,1:09:36.92,1:09:40.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we owed somebody $150,000.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:40.70,1:09:43.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It just meant we had spent
Dialogue: 0,1:09:43.49,1:09:44.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that much beyond our budget
Dialogue: 0,1:09:44.96,1:09:48.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and basically almost had nothing.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:48.58,1:09:52.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay? Nobody knew. Nobody knew.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:52.73,1:09:54.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But God had told us
Dialogue: 0,1:09:54.09,1:09:56.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just a few days before we felt
Dialogue: 0,1:09:56.04,1:09:57.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we were supposed to do something
Dialogue: 0,1:09:57.85,1:10:00.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really wild in Asia, and we did it.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:00.44,1:10:01.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We took on something like,
Dialogue: 0,1:10:01.86,1:10:03.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know what it was,
Dialogue: 0,1:10:03.18,1:10:05.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,45 more missionaries
Dialogue: 0,1:10:05.47,1:10:09.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knowing this was the case.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:09.23,1:10:12.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we knew, God wants to reach Asia.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:12.36,1:10:15.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God desires that everybody \Nin Asia hears the Gospel.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:15.13,1:10:16.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This has opened up. It's biblical.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:16.89,1:10:17.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These men are sound.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:17.97,1:10:19.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going to do it.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:19.88,1:10:22.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody knew.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:22.17,1:10:25.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm in my study.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:25.12,1:10:26.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's December 31st.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:26.84,1:10:28.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the last day of the year.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:28.72,1:10:30.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's 10:00 in the morning.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:30.12,1:10:31.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm studying the Word of God
Dialogue: 0,1:10:31.56,1:10:36.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and lifting up my worries in prayer.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:36.48,1:10:38.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kevin comes in (our financial guy).
Dialogue: 0,1:10:38.21,1:10:39.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's kind of teary-eyed.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:39.100,1:10:42.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "Kevin, what's wrong?"
Dialogue: 0,1:10:42.30,1:10:46.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "Um, somebody just sent -
Dialogue: 0,1:10:46.13,1:10:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know who this is - $60,000."
Dialogue: 0,1:10:53.20,1:10:55.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "Really?" He said, "Yes."
Dialogue: 0,1:10:55.20,1:10:58.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "One check. It's $60,000."
Dialogue: 0,1:10:58.24,1:10:59.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we got down on our knees.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:59.70,1:11:00.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We thanked God.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:00.83,1:11:02.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went back to my Bible study.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:02.30,1:11:04.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He went back to his computer.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:04.65,1:11:07.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Twelve o'clock he comes in.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:07.90,1:11:09.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't have the figures exactly right,
Dialogue: 0,1:11:09.76,1:11:12.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but (unintelligible) it's been awhile.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:12.65,1:11:14.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He comes in.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:14.56,1:11:16.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's teary-eyed.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:16.60,1:11:21.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "Kevin, what's wrong?"
Dialogue: 0,1:11:21.13,1:11:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someone just sent $100,000.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:26.00,1:11:27.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "You're kidding."
Dialogue: 0,1:11:27.54,1:11:29.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "No, someone just sent..."
Dialogue: 0,1:11:29.27,1:11:30.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "You mean, 60 and 40."
Dialogue: 0,1:11:30.83,1:11:33.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He goes, "No. 60 and 100 thousand.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:33.25,1:11:34.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somebody just sent $100,000."
Dialogue: 0,1:11:34.93,1:11:37.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "Who?" He goes, "I don't know."
Dialogue: 0,1:11:37.29,1:11:38.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alright.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:38.40,1:11:41.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We go back. Two o'clock he comes in.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:41.78,1:11:43.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's really looking pale.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:43.54,1:11:45.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "Kevin, what's going on?"
Dialogue: 0,1:11:45.50,1:11:48.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "Well, we \Ngot a check for $60,000."
Dialogue: 0,1:11:48.76,1:11:51.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I know." "No, we got \Nanother check for $60,000."
Dialogue: 0,1:11:51.83,1:11:53.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "You're kidding." "No."
Dialogue: 0,1:11:53.45,1:11:55.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the end of the day,
Dialogue: 0,1:11:55.20,1:11:57.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,$326,000 came in.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:57.57,1:12:01.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody knew at all what was going on.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:01.37,1:12:02.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I can tell you that
Dialogue: 0,1:12:02.66,1:12:05.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over and over and over.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:05.87,1:12:07.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This last year, a similar thing happened.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:07.82,1:12:09.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It didn't happen in one day,
Dialogue: 0,1:12:09.29,1:12:11.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it happened in one month.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:11.31,1:12:13.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I want you to think about something.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:13.27,1:12:19.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God chose the last day of the year.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:19.60,1:12:21.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Because He wanted to show everybody
Dialogue: 0,1:12:21.64,1:12:23.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He doesn't need 365 days.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:23.66,1:12:26.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He doesn't even need 24 hours.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:26.63,1:12:28.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I'm saying is the more you
Dialogue: 0,1:12:28.57,1:12:31.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cut yourself off from \Nthe arm of the flesh,
Dialogue: 0,1:12:31.30,1:12:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more you desire the \Nadvancement of His kingdom,
Dialogue: 0,1:12:34.00,1:12:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the more you live \Ndependent on Him in prayer,
Dialogue: 0,1:12:37.14,1:12:38.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will see more miracles
Dialogue: 0,1:12:38.59,1:12:43.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than you could ever imagine!
Dialogue: 0,1:12:43.47,1:12:48.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Caleb. There's just all \Nkinds of mountains to conquer.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:48.79,1:12:52.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pick one out!
Dialogue: 0,1:12:52.01,1:12:53.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And go for it!
Dialogue: 0,1:12:53.75,1:12:55.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Knock down some walls.\N
Dialogue: 0,1:12:55.38,1:12:56.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Climb a mountain,
Dialogue: 0,1:12:56.61,1:12:59.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but don't do it in the arm of the flesh.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:59.41,1:13:01.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more you cut yourself off
Dialogue: 0,1:13:01.15,1:13:02.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the help of men,
Dialogue: 0,1:13:02.92,1:13:05.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more you will have the help of God.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:05.79,1:13:08.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more you make \Npronouncements to men
Dialogue: 0,1:13:08.29,1:13:10.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that you may gather \Ntheir strength for you,
Dialogue: 0,1:13:10.92,1:13:15.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the less you will seek God.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:15.58,1:13:18.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh my dear friend, there's no end
Dialogue: 0,1:13:18.77,1:13:22.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to what God will do.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:22.96,1:13:24.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a dear man says,
Dialogue: 0,1:13:24.92,1:13:26.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God delights in vindicating
Dialogue: 0,1:13:26.70,1:13:29.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the confidence of His children.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:29.80,1:13:32.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought) Prayer.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:32.95,1:13:33.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prayer.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:33.88,1:13:35.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But not just prayer for ministry,
Dialogue: 0,1:13:35.47,1:13:36.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prayer for your own life.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:36.69,1:13:38.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got besetting sin.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:38.49,1:13:39.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You wallow in it.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:39.38,1:13:41.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You go get all kinds of counsel.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:41.05,1:13:42.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can never get any release.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:42.61,1:13:44.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But do you go to Him?
Dialogue: 0,1:13:44.32,1:13:46.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you spent all night tarrying
Dialogue: 0,1:13:46.17,1:13:47.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before Him in prayer?
Dialogue: 0,1:13:47.27,1:13:49.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you cried out to Him? \NHave you fasted?
Dialogue: 0,1:13:49.45,1:13:50.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you sought Him?
Dialogue: 0,1:13:50.41,1:13:55.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you grabbed a hold \Nof the horns of the altar
Dialogue: 0,1:13:55.46,1:13:57.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saying I will not let You go
Dialogue: 0,1:13:57.58,1:13:59.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until you bless me?
Dialogue: 0,1:13:59.06,1:14:02.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many of you have wrestled
Dialogue: 0,1:14:02.33,1:14:07.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the Nazarene all night?
Dialogue: 0,1:14:07.89,1:14:10.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Saying I will not let You go
Dialogue: 0,1:14:10.84,1:14:14.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless You bless me.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:14.67,1:14:17.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I always tell people,
Dialogue: 0,1:14:17.02,1:14:19.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jacob was a better fighter than me.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:19.44,1:14:20.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They say why?
Dialogue: 0,1:14:20.39,1:14:21.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He only got touched in one hip.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:21.93,1:14:32.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got both of mine replaced.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:32.32,1:14:34.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm no scholar.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:34.97,1:14:36.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not up here telling you things
Dialogue: 0,1:14:36.84,1:14:40.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I read in a book.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:40.44,1:14:42.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But to kneel before your God, like I said,
Dialogue: 0,1:14:42.70,1:14:47.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kneeling before an F5 \Ntornado three feet away.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:47.62,1:14:52.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what will leave \Nan imprint on a man.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:52.58,1:14:57.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To wrestle with the Nazarene -
Dialogue: 0,1:14:57.02,1:14:59.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just find out how strong \Nthat Carpenter's arm
Dialogue: 0,1:14:59.31,1:15:04.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happens to be.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:04.22,1:15:05.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When He grabs you with it
Dialogue: 0,1:15:05.73,1:15:07.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and throws you to the ground,
Dialogue: 0,1:15:07.12,1:15:09.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'll know His strength.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:09.12,1:15:11.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in His blessing, \NHe turns that arm around
Dialogue: 0,1:15:11.30,1:15:13.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and fights for you.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:13.55,1:15:17.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll know His strength \Nto a greater degree.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:17.05,1:15:19.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm talking about experience,
Dialogue: 0,1:15:19.23,1:15:22.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just reading the Puritans -
Dialogue: 0,1:15:22.59,1:15:28.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,following them in their life.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:28.93,1:15:31.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we must pray. We must pray.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:31.70,1:15:34.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We must pray.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:34.66,1:15:36.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does it look like?
Dialogue: 0,1:15:36.03,1:15:38.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1 Thessalonians: Pray without ceasing.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:38.68,1:15:40.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ephesians 6:18,
Dialogue: 0,1:15:40.01,1:15:41.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"With all prayers and petitions,
Dialogue: 0,1:15:41.62,1:15:43.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pray at all times in the Spirit,"
Dialogue: 0,1:15:43.59,1:15:44.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the power of the Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:44.97,1:15:46.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not referring to tongues.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:46.66,1:15:49.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's referring to being empowered
Dialogue: 0,1:15:49.38,1:15:51.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the Spirit of God to pray.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:51.80,1:15:53.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"With this in view, be on the alert
Dialogue: 0,1:15:53.87,1:15:56.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with all perseverance and \Npetition for the saints."
Dialogue: 0,1:15:56.94,1:15:58.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Psalm 105:4,
Dialogue: 0,1:15:58.31,1:16:00.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Seek the Lord in His strength;
Dialogue: 0,1:16:00.04,1:16:03.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seek His face continually."
Dialogue: 0,1:16:03.40,1:16:05.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hear people today and I say do you pray?
Dialogue: 0,1:16:05.53,1:16:07.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They go, well, I kind of pray as I go.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:07.37,1:16:09.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say, no, you don't.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:09.71,1:16:11.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, you don't.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:11.84,1:16:13.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a lot of wisdom handed down
Dialogue: 0,1:16:13.57,1:16:15.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the Tozers and the Ravenhills,
Dialogue: 0,1:16:15.40,1:16:17.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and here's what one of them is:
Dialogue: 0,1:16:17.98,1:16:19.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You learn to pray continuously
Dialogue: 0,1:16:19.82,1:16:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only by praying with Him alone.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:24.96,1:16:26.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The practicing of the presence of God
Dialogue: 0,1:16:26.86,1:16:28.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,does not come by just walking around
Dialogue: 0,1:16:28.64,1:16:29.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thinking you're doing it.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:29.93,1:16:31.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have found out that the men and women
Dialogue: 0,1:16:31.84,1:16:33.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who can most dwell with God
Dialogue: 0,1:16:33.35,1:16:34.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,throughout their day
Dialogue: 0,1:16:34.54,1:16:36.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no matter how mundane it is
Dialogue: 0,1:16:36.22,1:16:38.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are people who spend \Ncopious amount of time
Dialogue: 0,1:16:38.50,1:16:42.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,alone with God in their prayer closet.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:42.65,1:16:44.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And from that, you begin to develop
Dialogue: 0,1:16:44.88,1:16:47.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a sense of the presence of God
Dialogue: 0,1:16:47.04,1:16:48.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and praying.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:48.80,1:16:50.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that as you're walking
Dialogue: 0,1:16:50.20,1:16:51.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the church after you preach
Dialogue: 0,1:16:51.95,1:16:53.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you see a face that turns toward you
Dialogue: 0,1:16:53.94,1:16:56.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you know that person \Nis seeking your counsel,
Dialogue: 0,1:16:56.36,1:16:58.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,immediately you head towards them
Dialogue: 0,1:16:58.40,1:16:59.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lifting up prayers to God:
Dialogue: 0,1:16:59.97,1:17:02.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Give me wisdom to discern this need
Dialogue: 0,1:17:02.28,1:17:05.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and give an answer from Your Scriptures.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:05.36,1:17:06.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You wake up in the morning
Dialogue: 0,1:17:06.76,1:17:09.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you know that your \Nwife is a bit distraught:
Dialogue: 0,1:17:09.60,1:17:11.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, how to deal with this?
Dialogue: 0,1:17:11.19,1:17:13.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or a wife to a husband.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:13.56,1:17:17.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Constantly crying out to Him, \Nthis communion.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:17.26,1:17:23.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Frank Laubach. Frank Laubach.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:23.47,1:17:25.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know who I'm talking about?
Dialogue: 0,1:17:25.76,1:17:27.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you ever heard the statement:
Dialogue: 0,1:17:27.44,1:17:30.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's so heavenly minded, \Nhe's no earthy good?
Dialogue: 0,1:17:30.84,1:17:32.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, most people are so earthly-minded,
Dialogue: 0,1:17:32.93,1:17:34.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're no heavenly good.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:34.82,1:17:39.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Frank Laubach is a very unique individual.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:39.32,1:17:41.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what his goal was in his journal?
Dialogue: 0,1:17:41.34,1:17:42.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It comes out very clear.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:42.65,1:17:44.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His one goal in life was to spend
Dialogue: 0,1:17:44.47,1:17:46.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one entire day
Dialogue: 0,1:17:46.54,1:17:49.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with uninterrupted thoughts of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:49.43,1:17:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was the great goal of his life.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:52.00,1:17:54.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, yeah, one of \Nthose spiritual kooks
Dialogue: 0,1:17:54.71,1:17:55.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's so heavenly-minded
Dialogue: 0,1:17:55.97,1:17:57.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he's no earthly good.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:57.24,1:18:02.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Frank Laubach taught the \Nentire Philippines to read
Dialogue: 0,1:18:02.50,1:18:04.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that they could read the Bible.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:04.26,1:18:06.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can go to the Philippines right now
Dialogue: 0,1:18:06.16,1:18:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and talk to people about Frank Laubach.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:08.00,1:18:09.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They'll say, "Frank Laubach, \Nyeah, I know about him.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:09.95,1:18:11.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I studied about him in history."
Dialogue: 0,1:18:11.43,1:18:13.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's a Christian man
Dialogue: 0,1:18:13.14,1:18:15.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who taught all the islands \Nof the Philippines to read
Dialogue: 0,1:18:15.65,1:18:17.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that they could read the Bible.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:17.86,1:18:19.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I guess being heavenly minded
Dialogue: 0,1:18:19.92,1:18:22.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is pretty earthly good, isn't it?
Dialogue: 0,1:18:22.16,1:18:23.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just think of it, this man taught
Dialogue: 0,1:18:23.90,1:18:26.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all these islands to read,
Dialogue: 0,1:18:26.54,1:18:27.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet his greatest goal
Dialogue: 0,1:18:27.76,1:18:30.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was to have uninterrupted \Nthoughts of Christ
Dialogue: 0,1:18:30.67,1:18:35.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and communion with Christ.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:35.46,1:18:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, we're not a meditative people.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:38.00,1:18:40.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're not a contemplative people.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:40.11,1:18:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're not a people who sit quietly.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:42.50,1:18:44.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are a people of noise.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:44.03,1:18:46.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are a people that every 20 minutes
Dialogue: 0,1:18:46.17,1:18:47.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to have a commercial
Dialogue: 0,1:18:47.67,1:18:52.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or we can't even watch a TV program.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:52.44,1:18:56.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in Christ, we can \Nregain what's been lost.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:56.13,1:18:58.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a professor, and I \Nknow it sounds really funny,
Dialogue: 0,1:18:58.52,1:18:59.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he told me one time, he said,
Dialogue: 0,1:18:59.75,1:19:01.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Washer, I want to bring you to a point
Dialogue: 0,1:19:01.88,1:19:04.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you can sit in the \Nmiddle of a hundred acre field
Dialogue: 0,1:19:04.97,1:19:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and be so quiet before God,
Dialogue: 0,1:19:06.56,1:19:09.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can hear a caterpillar \Ncrawling across a leaf.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:09.72,1:19:12.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I know that sounds \Na little mystic to you.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:12.51,1:19:14.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fact of the matter is how many times
Dialogue: 0,1:19:14.94,1:19:20.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do you sit before the Lord in silence?
Dialogue: 0,1:19:20.19,1:19:22.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just quiet.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:22.93,1:19:24.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People say, "I never hear from God."
Dialogue: 0,1:19:24.80,1:19:26.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you listen?
Dialogue: 0,1:19:26.16,1:19:29.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, you wouldn't walk in \Nfront of the president talking.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:29.21,1:19:31.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You would keep your mouth \Nshut until he addressed you.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:31.80,1:19:33.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you go before God, before \Nyou even hit your knees,
Dialogue: 0,1:19:33.81,1:19:35.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're already telling Him stuff.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:35.59,1:19:38.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you ever think about listening?
Dialogue: 0,1:19:38.89,1:19:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meditating on the Word of God?
Dialogue: 0,1:19:40.60,1:19:45.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listening?
Dialogue: 0,1:19:45.29,1:19:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An illustration I heard a long time ago:
Dialogue: 0,1:19:49.04,1:19:51.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A man worked in this big, noisy factory -
Dialogue: 0,1:19:51.25,1:19:53.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just wheels grinding and everything else -
Dialogue: 0,1:19:53.43,1:19:55.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he lost his watch.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:55.20,1:19:56.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a very important watch
Dialogue: 0,1:19:56.70,1:19:57.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that his father gave him.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:57.95,1:19:59.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He lost it while he was working there
Dialogue: 0,1:19:59.63,1:20:01.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the factory during the day.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:01.42,1:20:03.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, how are you \Ngoing to find this thing?
Dialogue: 0,1:20:03.40,1:20:04.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The factory's full of men,
Dialogue: 0,1:20:04.57,1:20:05.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wheels are grinding,
Dialogue: 0,1:20:05.68,1:20:08.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything's going on, \Nnoise, smoke, steam -
Dialogue: 0,1:20:08.29,1:20:10.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's no way to recover that watch.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:10.96,1:20:13.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The next day though he showed the workman
Dialogue: 0,1:20:13.32,1:20:15.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his watch - he had found it.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:15.71,1:20:19.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they said how did you find the watch?
Dialogue: 0,1:20:19.22,1:20:24.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said I waited till the \Nfactory was shut down
Dialogue: 0,1:20:24.48,1:20:27.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all the wheels stopped
Dialogue: 0,1:20:27.10,1:20:29.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all the men were gone,
Dialogue: 0,1:20:29.85,1:20:32.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I laid quietly on the floor
Dialogue: 0,1:20:32.96,1:20:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I listened...
Dialogue: 0,1:20:36.54,1:20:39.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tick... tick... tick... tick...
Dialogue: 0,1:20:39.90,1:20:43.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I found my watch.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:43.96,1:20:46.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about it. We're \Nnot a people like that.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:46.10,1:20:48.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you walked into a church
Dialogue: 0,1:20:48.35,1:20:50.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which for 5 minutes, \Neveryone was silent,
Dialogue: 0,1:20:50.65,1:20:53.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'd probably call it a cult.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:53.67,1:20:55.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You walk in a church
Dialogue: 0,1:20:55.09,1:20:57.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's media blaring at you.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:57.51,1:20:59.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's pictures on screens.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:59.39,1:21:01.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People talking, everything going on.
Dialogue: 0,1:21:01.62,1:21:04.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about it.
Dialogue: 0,1:21:04.23,1:21:10.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the noise?
Dialogue: 0,1:21:10.33,1:21:13.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know if I correctly \Nremember the poem.
Dialogue: 0,1:21:13.02,1:21:14.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What was it?
Dialogue: 0,1:21:14.98,1:21:16.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Weak from the journey,
Dialogue: 0,1:21:16.41,1:21:17.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the long passing days,
Dialogue: 0,1:21:17.82,1:21:21.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hungry to worship, to join in the praise.
Dialogue: 0,1:21:21.14,1:21:22.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ coming in from the wilderness
Dialogue: 0,1:21:22.99,1:21:26.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He goes into the temple.
Dialogue: 0,1:21:26.13,1:21:31.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And instead of finding \Nsilence in the temple,
Dialogue: 0,1:21:31.41,1:21:33.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it says, shock met with anger
Dialogue: 0,1:21:33.35,1:21:34.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that burned on His face
Dialogue: 0,1:21:34.79,1:21:36.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as He entered the wasteland
Dialogue: 0,1:21:36.45,1:21:38.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of that barren place.
Dialogue: 0,1:21:38.03,1:21:39.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That the temple had become
Dialogue: 0,1:21:39.38,1:21:40.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more like a wilderness
Dialogue: 0,1:21:40.65,1:21:43.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than the wilderness itself.
Dialogue: 0,1:21:43.07,1:21:45.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then it talks about how He makes a cord,
Dialogue: 0,1:21:45.64,1:21:48.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a whip.
Dialogue: 0,1:21:48.41,1:21:50.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It says they'll flee from the harm
Dialogue: 0,1:21:50.42,1:21:53.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Carpenter's strong arm.
Dialogue: 0,1:21:53.37,1:21:54.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then the poem says,
Dialogue: 0,1:21:54.71,1:21:57.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at last the noise and confusion
Dialogue: 0,1:21:57.26,1:21:59.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gave way to His Word,
Dialogue: 0,1:21:59.42,1:22:02.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at last sacred silence
Dialogue: 0,1:22:02.42,1:22:05.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so God could be heard.
Dialogue: 0,1:22:05.71,1:22:10.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know anything of a night watch?
Dialogue: 0,1:22:10.18,1:22:12.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know about a night watch?
Dialogue: 0,1:22:12.84,1:22:15.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you ever wake in the night
Dialogue: 0,1:22:15.22,1:22:18.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to watch and pray?
Dialogue: 0,1:22:18.26,1:22:22.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just to sit alone with God in the night?
Dialogue: 0,1:22:22.49,1:22:29.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the dark?
Dialogue: 0,1:22:29.07,1:22:33.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are not a very \Nspiritual people, are we.
Dialogue: 0,1:22:33.94,1:22:35.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to pray.
Dialogue: 0,1:22:35.07,1:22:38.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, the last thing that I want to say
Dialogue: 0,1:22:38.20,1:22:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we'll quit here.
Dialogue: 0,1:22:40.80,1:22:42.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We must abide in His Word.
Dialogue: 0,1:22:42.27,1:22:44.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We must abide in prayer.
Dialogue: 0,1:22:44.06,1:22:49.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is one that is \Nmost beautiful to me.
Dialogue: 0,1:22:49.06,1:22:51.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Abiding in Christ is synonymous
Dialogue: 0,1:22:51.39,1:22:55.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with abiding in Christ's love.
Dialogue: 0,1:22:55.07,1:22:56.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,D.A. Carson writes,
Dialogue: 0,1:22:56.39,1:22:58.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The imagery is now changed
Dialogue: 0,1:22:58.48,1:23:00.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the agricultural metaphor
Dialogue: 0,1:23:00.73,1:23:02.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has its limitations.
Dialogue: 0,1:23:02.71,1:23:05.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It does not depict the unfathomable love
Dialogue: 0,1:23:05.31,1:23:06.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that sets the disciples
Dialogue: 0,1:23:06.91,1:23:11.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this new intimacy."
Dialogue: 0,1:23:11.19,1:23:14.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You must abide in the love of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,1:23:14.94,1:23:17.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I want us to look \Nat this in two ways:
Dialogue: 0,1:23:17.28,1:23:20.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,positionally and actively.
Dialogue: 0,1:23:20.50,1:23:22.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The language here's really important.
Dialogue: 0,1:23:22.47,1:23:24.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It really is. I want you to listen.
Dialogue: 0,1:23:24.47,1:23:27.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says, "Just as the \NFather has loved Me,"
Dialogue: 0,1:23:27.60,1:23:28.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in verses 9 and 10,
Dialogue: 0,1:23:28.89,1:23:30.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I have also loved you."
Dialogue: 0,1:23:30.83,1:23:32.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, Greek scholars tell us
Dialogue: 0,1:23:32.34,1:23:33.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the aorist tense here
Dialogue: 0,1:23:33.89,1:23:35.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,probably suggests completeness
Dialogue: 0,1:23:35.98,1:23:38.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or perfection.
Dialogue: 0,1:23:38.48,1:23:39.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what He's saying is
Dialogue: 0,1:23:39.59,1:23:41.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the Father has completely
Dialogue: 0,1:23:41.80,1:23:44.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and perfectly loved Me,
Dialogue: 0,1:23:44.13,1:23:50.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I perfectly and completely love you.
Dialogue: 0,1:23:50.01,1:23:51.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I've written here,
Dialogue: 0,1:23:51.30,1:23:53.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is the first side of the coin
Dialogue: 0,1:23:53.05,1:23:54.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the foundation of the building.
Dialogue: 0,1:23:54.72,1:23:57.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To be fruitful, we must \Nbe utterly convinced
Dialogue: 0,1:23:57.63,1:24:00.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or persuaded of Christ's love for us.
Dialogue: 0,1:24:00.16,1:24:03.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then we must live in continuous dependence
Dialogue: 0,1:24:03.30,1:24:05.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,upon Christ's love,
Dialogue: 0,1:24:05.22,1:24:07.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,constant reliance upon Christ's love,
Dialogue: 0,1:24:07.84,1:24:10.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,constant, persistent imbibing
Dialogue: 0,1:24:10.88,1:24:13.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Christ's love.
Dialogue: 0,1:24:13.81,1:24:21.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, what do I mean by all that?
Dialogue: 0,1:24:21.27,1:24:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jude says this:
Dialogue: 0,1:24:23.00,1:24:26.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Keep yourself in the love of God."
Dialogue: 0,1:24:26.86,1:24:29.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, Paul says this:
Dialogue: 0,1:24:29.72,1:24:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That he is constrained
Dialogue: 0,1:24:32.20,1:24:34.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the love of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,1:24:34.67,1:24:36.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Keep yourself in the love of God.
Dialogue: 0,1:24:36.27,1:24:38.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul is constrained by the love of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,1:24:38.31,1:24:41.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now many people think \Nwrongly about this.
Dialogue: 0,1:24:41.26,1:24:44.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Paul says that he is \Nconstrained by the love of Christ,
Dialogue: 0,1:24:44.16,1:24:45.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many think that Paul is saying
Dialogue: 0,1:24:45.87,1:24:47.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm constrained by the great love
Dialogue: 0,1:24:47.85,1:24:51.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I have for Christ.
Dialogue: 0,1:24:51.08,1:24:53.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me share with you something.
Dialogue: 0,1:24:53.03,1:24:55.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know the song - just any song
Dialogue: 0,1:24:55.12,1:24:59.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that says, "Oh, how I love Jesus..."
Dialogue: 0,1:24:59.88,1:25:01.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When everyone's singing that -
Dialogue: 0,1:25:01.32,1:25:03.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's true to sing that; \Nthat's a good song -
Dialogue: 0,1:25:03.91,1:25:06.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I kind of change the words
Dialogue: 0,1:25:06.01,1:25:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I'm a terrible singer anyway.
Dialogue: 0,1:25:08.20,1:25:10.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I go: Oh, how Jesus loves me.
Dialogue: 0,1:25:10.55,1:25:13.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reason why is I look \Nat my love for Christ
Dialogue: 0,1:25:13.01,1:25:16.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I really don't see anything \Nworth singing about.
Dialogue: 0,1:25:16.11,1:25:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I look at the love of Christ for me,
Dialogue: 0,1:25:18.90,1:25:21.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see a whole lot worth singing about.
Dialogue: 0,1:25:21.97,1:25:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now don't say it's unbiblical to sing
Dialogue: 0,1:25:23.88,1:25:25.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, How I Love Jesus."
Dialogue: 0,1:25:25.22,1:25:27.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The psalmist says that \Nhe loves the Lord, okay?
Dialogue: 0,1:25:27.92,1:25:29.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should love the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,1:25:29.31,1:25:30.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The point I'm trying to make is
Dialogue: 0,1:25:30.91,1:25:35.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the strength of Paul Washer's life
Dialogue: 0,1:25:35.31,1:25:41.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not how much he loves Jesus;
Dialogue: 0,1:25:41.20,1:25:44.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's how much Jesus loves him.
Dialogue: 0,1:25:44.30,1:25:49.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That little change there \Nwill change everything.
Dialogue: 0,1:25:49.83,1:25:51.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me share with you \Nsomething that happened.
Dialogue: 0,1:25:51.63,1:25:53.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I said in my testimony this morning,
Dialogue: 0,1:25:53.37,1:25:56.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a father that was very demanding.
Dialogue: 0,1:25:56.03,1:25:58.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you scored a 98, \Nwhy didn't you score 100?
Dialogue: 0,1:25:58.06,1:26:00.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you scored 20 points \Nin the basketball game,
Dialogue: 0,1:26:00.34,1:26:01.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you could have scored 30.
Dialogue: 0,1:26:01.60,1:26:03.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On and on...
Dialogue: 0,1:26:03.13,1:26:06.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was kind of never in the \Ninner circle of anything.
Dialogue: 0,1:26:06.16,1:26:08.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, I wasn't one of the \Ncool guys when I was young.
Dialogue: 0,1:26:08.29,1:26:10.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasn't this. I wasn't that.
Dialogue: 0,1:26:10.05,1:26:11.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's what happened.
Dialogue: 0,1:26:11.21,1:26:12.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I got saved, I thought
Dialogue: 0,1:26:12.75,1:26:15.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is going to be my one chance.
Dialogue: 0,1:26:15.70,1:26:18.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to be in God's inner circle.
Dialogue: 0,1:26:18.75,1:26:20.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want God to love me
Dialogue: 0,1:26:20.51,1:26:22.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like He loves His favorites.
Dialogue: 0,1:26:22.77,1:26:25.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that's wrong, \Nbut that was my mentality.
Dialogue: 0,1:26:25.02,1:26:27.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I know it was \Nfleshly and full of pride,
Dialogue: 0,1:26:27.07,1:26:30.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'm just telling you the facts.
Dialogue: 0,1:26:30.20,1:26:32.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I decided this is the one place
Dialogue: 0,1:26:32.34,1:26:34.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you can really go all out
Dialogue: 0,1:26:34.34,1:26:35.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if you're not the smartest
Dialogue: 0,1:26:35.90,1:26:37.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even if you're not the prettiest
Dialogue: 0,1:26:37.68,1:26:40.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even if you don't \Nhave the most muscles.
Dialogue: 0,1:26:40.34,1:26:41.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, there's nothing to hinder you
Dialogue: 0,1:26:41.96,1:26:44.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this endeavor except your own passion.
Dialogue: 0,1:26:44.28,1:26:47.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you want to be one \Nof the top guys in this
Dialogue: 0,1:26:47.07,1:26:49.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and really be loved by \NGod and appreciated,
Dialogue: 0,1:26:49.52,1:26:50.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is it.
Dialogue: 0,1:26:50.64,1:26:52.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All you have to do is have passion.
Dialogue: 0,1:26:52.49,1:26:55.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And buddy, I had it. I went to Peru.
Dialogue: 0,1:26:55.36,1:26:57.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Worked 18 hours a day.
Dialogue: 0,1:26:57.82,1:26:59.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lived on nothing.
Dialogue: 0,1:26:59.01,1:27:03.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just wild.
Dialogue: 0,1:27:03.59,1:27:07.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And every day became more of a grind.
Dialogue: 0,1:27:07.20,1:27:09.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every day I would see more failure,
Dialogue: 0,1:27:09.29,1:27:11.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more failure, year after year,
Dialogue: 0,1:27:11.47,1:27:13.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until finally one day as a young man -
Dialogue: 0,1:27:13.94,1:27:15.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll never forget it -
Dialogue: 0,1:27:15.06,1:27:16.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was in the town of Mia Flores
Dialogue: 0,1:27:16.63,1:27:18.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up on the third floor of this old building
Dialogue: 0,1:27:18.56,1:27:20.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we were renting during the war
Dialogue: 0,1:27:20.14,1:27:21.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we were using it for a church
Dialogue: 0,1:27:21.42,1:27:22.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to help street kids.
Dialogue: 0,1:27:22.77,1:27:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was on the third floor.
Dialogue: 0,1:27:24.18,1:27:26.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a few steps from the third floor
Dialogue: 0,1:27:26.30,1:27:30.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the half other part of the \Nthird floor where I slept.
Dialogue: 0,1:27:30.22,1:27:32.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And right there, I crashed.
Dialogue: 0,1:27:32.87,1:27:36.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Totally exhausted every possible way
Dialogue: 0,1:27:36.30,1:27:39.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after years of just full bore,
Dialogue: 0,1:27:39.85,1:27:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out of my mind serving Christ.
Dialogue: 0,1:27:42.62,1:27:43.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I crashed.
Dialogue: 0,1:27:43.96,1:27:45.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I crashed in all my failure
Dialogue: 0,1:27:45.71,1:27:46.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right on those steps
Dialogue: 0,1:27:46.68,1:27:47.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I laid down there
Dialogue: 0,1:27:47.68,1:27:51.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I cried and I cried and I cried.
Dialogue: 0,1:27:51.31,1:27:55.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said I don't want to go to hell
Dialogue: 0,1:27:55.80,1:27:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I know something of what is there.
Dialogue: 0,1:27:59.00,1:28:00.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want to go to hell,
Dialogue: 0,1:28:00.42,1:28:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I don't want to go to heaven.
Dialogue: 0,1:28:04.40,1:28:08.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am so ashamed of my performance.
Dialogue: 0,1:28:08.69,1:28:12.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've not been able to \Ndo any of this right.
Dialogue: 0,1:28:12.26,1:28:14.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know You have servants.
Dialogue: 0,1:28:14.02,1:28:15.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know You have your Spurgeons.
Dialogue: 0,1:28:15.67,1:28:17.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know You have all these kind of people
Dialogue: 0,1:28:17.77,1:28:19.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they pleased You,
Dialogue: 0,1:28:19.32,1:28:21.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I know when You look at my life,
Dialogue: 0,1:28:21.30,1:28:22.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it just must be a joke.
Dialogue: 0,1:28:22.97,1:28:25.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just want to go somewhere when I die
Dialogue: 0,1:28:25.76,1:28:27.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I don't have to suffer,
Dialogue: 0,1:28:27.31,1:28:29.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I don't have to look at You
Dialogue: 0,1:28:29.21,1:28:31.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and be so disappointed
Dialogue: 0,1:28:31.10,1:28:34.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and see the disappointment in Your face.
Dialogue: 0,1:28:34.34,1:28:35.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that's insane.
Dialogue: 0,1:28:35.81,1:28:37.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know theologically it's incorrect.
Dialogue: 0,1:28:37.56,1:28:40.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's where I was.
Dialogue: 0,1:28:40.04,1:28:43.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was there
Dialogue: 0,1:28:43.05,1:28:45.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that in one moment
Dialogue: 0,1:28:45.40,1:28:48.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sin and vileness of \Neverything I was saying
Dialogue: 0,1:28:48.05,1:28:49.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was made known to me.
Dialogue: 0,1:28:49.44,1:28:51.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you would think \Nthat that would grind me
Dialogue: 0,1:28:51.55,1:28:53.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even more to powder. No.
Dialogue: 0,1:28:53.22,1:28:54.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God should have struck me down
Dialogue: 0,1:28:54.91,1:28:57.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for those kinds of attitudes.
Dialogue: 0,1:28:57.70,1:29:00.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it was there, empty,
Dialogue: 0,1:29:00.05,1:29:05.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,empty of any hope of ever pleasing God -
Dialogue: 0,1:29:05.63,1:29:07.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because not only had I failed
Dialogue: 0,1:29:07.12,1:29:08.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in what I intended to do,
Dialogue: 0,1:29:08.67,1:29:15.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I intended to do was actually evil.
Dialogue: 0,1:29:15.06,1:29:18.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That in one moment, I began to understand
Dialogue: 0,1:29:18.77,1:29:22.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am loved.
Dialogue: 0,1:29:22.94,1:29:25.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do not have to move a \Nquarter of an inch this way,
Dialogue: 0,1:29:25.43,1:29:26.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a quarter of an inch that way.
Dialogue: 0,1:29:26.100,1:29:28.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do not have to perform.
Dialogue: 0,1:29:28.47,1:29:32.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do not have to do it. \NI am loved in Christ.
Dialogue: 0,1:29:32.06,1:29:34.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The very moment when God \Nshould have most judged me,
Dialogue: 0,1:29:34.55,1:29:36.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He most showed me His love.
Dialogue: 0,1:29:36.53,1:29:39.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What a God!
Dialogue: 0,1:29:39.83,1:29:42.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brothers, you are so wrong
Dialogue: 0,1:29:42.95,1:29:45.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in what you think about men of God.
Dialogue: 0,1:29:45.58,1:29:47.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, hopefully, they are sincere
Dialogue: 0,1:29:47.11,1:29:48.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in that we do pray
Dialogue: 0,1:29:48.17,1:29:50.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we do want to be following
Dialogue: 0,1:29:50.56,1:29:51.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hard after Christ,
Dialogue: 0,1:29:51.92,1:29:54.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but men of God in their best moment
Dialogue: 0,1:29:54.11,1:29:58.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are only worthy of hell.
Dialogue: 0,1:29:58.83,1:30:00.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what you need to see
Dialogue: 0,1:30:00.37,1:30:03.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the thing that can \Nreally make you strong
Dialogue: 0,1:30:03.48,1:30:05.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not that you look at your life
Dialogue: 0,1:30:05.94,1:30:07.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're able to see
Dialogue: 0,1:30:07.22,1:30:09.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the things you're doing right.
Dialogue: 0,1:30:09.41,1:30:12.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, you give up looking at your life
Dialogue: 0,1:30:12.02,1:30:14.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to find something that you're doing right
Dialogue: 0,1:30:14.15,1:30:16.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and worthy of being loved for,
Dialogue: 0,1:30:16.19,1:30:19.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you look at the \Nfinished work of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,1:30:19.56,1:30:21.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you look at Christ.
Dialogue: 0,1:30:21.15,1:30:24.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just Christ and all that He's done.
Dialogue: 0,1:30:24.22,1:30:26.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you understand He loves you.
Dialogue: 0,1:30:26.48,1:30:27.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you don't have to perform.
Dialogue: 0,1:30:27.99,1:30:30.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And no, you were not saved to serve.
Dialogue: 0,1:30:30.83,1:30:32.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You weren't even saved to love God.
Dialogue: 0,1:30:32.54,1:30:35.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You were saved so God could love you.
Dialogue: 0,1:30:35.72,1:30:37.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then out of that great love for you
Dialogue: 0,1:30:37.93,1:30:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and His empowering Spirit,
Dialogue: 0,1:30:39.60,1:30:43.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you would be able to \Ngive some return on that.
Dialogue: 0,1:30:43.60,1:30:45.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that you are loved!
Dialogue: 0,1:30:45.75,1:30:47.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a magnificent thing!
Dialogue: 0,1:30:47.18,1:30:50.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you realize all that you can attempt
Dialogue: 0,1:30:50.33,1:30:53.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you no longer fear failure?
Dialogue: 0,1:30:53.98,1:30:57.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you no longer fear disappointment?
Dialogue: 0,1:30:57.23,1:30:59.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So many believers, after talking to them,
Dialogue: 0,1:30:59.49,1:31:02.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is what I'll tell them:
Dialogue: 0,1:31:02.33,1:31:04.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So many believers - I'll go,
Dialogue: 0,1:31:04.07,1:31:06.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have discerned your problem.
Dialogue: 0,1:31:06.31,1:31:08.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You honestly think that the first time
Dialogue: 0,1:31:08.32,1:31:09.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you look into the face of Christ,
Dialogue: 0,1:31:09.91,1:31:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're going to see a scowl.
Dialogue: 0,1:31:13.22,1:31:14.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about it.
Dialogue: 0,1:31:14.68,1:31:17.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, I know there's a judgment \Nthrone for believers.
Dialogue: 0,1:31:17.18,1:31:18.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know all these doctrines.
Dialogue: 0,1:31:18.61,1:31:20.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't think I don't. I do.
Dialogue: 0,1:31:20.32,1:31:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I want to tell you, believer,
Dialogue: 0,1:31:22.18,1:31:25.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He didn't shed His own blood on that tree
Dialogue: 0,1:31:25.26,1:31:27.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that the first time He sees you
Dialogue: 0,1:31:27.31,1:31:36.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He would be able to show \Nyou His disappointment.
Dialogue: 0,1:31:36.01,1:31:38.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see that?
Dialogue: 0,1:31:38.81,1:31:42.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, it's the love of God.
Dialogue: 0,1:31:42.25,1:31:46.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's what God did for us in Christ
Dialogue: 0,1:31:46.42,1:31:50.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that sets us free and empowers us
Dialogue: 0,1:31:50.46,1:31:52.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to know that you're loved,
Dialogue: 0,1:31:52.12,1:31:56.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to know that you're loved.
Dialogue: 0,1:31:56.86,1:31:59.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember when my son Ian,
Dialogue: 0,1:31:59.04,1:32:00.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was just a little boy
Dialogue: 0,1:32:00.47,1:32:03.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he's always been very confident.
Dialogue: 0,1:32:03.24,1:32:04.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's always been like:
Dialogue: 0,1:32:04.56,1:32:06.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, I'm here. The party can begin.
Dialogue: 0,1:32:06.81,1:32:09.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, he's just always \Nbeen very confident.
Dialogue: 0,1:32:09.09,1:32:11.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I remember when he was a little boy
Dialogue: 0,1:32:11.36,1:32:13.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he was laying on my bed asleep
Dialogue: 0,1:32:13.72,1:32:15.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I walked in,
Dialogue: 0,1:32:15.20,1:32:17.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he woke up when I walked in.
Dialogue: 0,1:32:17.56,1:32:19.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is what he did:
Dialogue: 0,1:32:19.05,1:32:20.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He woke up -
Dialogue: 0,1:32:20.69,1:32:23.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was always afraid of my father.
Dialogue: 0,1:32:23.56,1:32:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He woke up. He turned around
Dialogue: 0,1:32:26.00,1:32:28.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he went:
Dialogue: 0,1:32:28.43,1:32:30.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There wasn't a doubt in his mind
Dialogue: 0,1:32:30.47,1:32:32.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what should happen here.
Dialogue: 0,1:32:32.78,1:32:35.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is loved
Dialogue: 0,1:32:35.50,1:32:37.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and his dad's going to run over there
Dialogue: 0,1:32:37.40,1:32:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and give him the biggest hug in the world.
Dialogue: 0,1:32:41.70,1:32:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What a joy!
Dialogue: 0,1:32:45.33,1:32:46.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To know that you are loved.
Dialogue: 0,1:32:46.92,1:32:48.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, oh, but I failed.
Dialogue: 0,1:32:48.20,1:32:51.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why do you think He died?
Dialogue: 0,1:32:51.81,1:32:53.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is this death all about?
Dialogue: 0,1:32:53.84,1:32:56.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just so He can say that He forgave you
Dialogue: 0,1:32:56.49,1:32:58.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then show you constantly
Dialogue: 0,1:32:58.09,1:33:02.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the reasons why He shouldn't?
Dialogue: 0,1:33:02.06,1:33:04.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He saved you to put that all away
Dialogue: 0,1:33:04.56,1:33:06.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that He could have brothers
Dialogue: 0,1:33:06.08,1:33:07.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that He would not be ashamed
Dialogue: 0,1:33:07.52,1:33:09.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to announce them to the congregation;
Dialogue: 0,1:33:09.49,1:33:11.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to say that they are His brothers.
Dialogue: 0,1:33:11.19,1:33:14.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He has set you free to be loved.
Dialogue: 0,1:33:14.88,1:33:17.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't matter how big \Nyour ministry is or isn't.
Dialogue: 0,1:33:17.43,1:33:19.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't matter what you do or don't.
Dialogue: 0,1:33:19.36,1:33:21.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are loved if you are in Christ.
Dialogue: 0,1:33:21.87,1:33:24.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now the unconverted \Nchurch person hears that
Dialogue: 0,1:33:24.33,1:33:26.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and goes, well, great, \NI'll just keep sinning.
Dialogue: 0,1:33:26.96,1:33:29.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't matter what I do.\NI'll just keep sinning.
Dialogue: 0,1:33:29.42,1:33:31.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the person who's \Nbeen truly regenerated
Dialogue: 0,1:33:31.70,1:33:33.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the Spirit of God,
Dialogue: 0,1:33:33.06,1:33:34.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what does he do?
Dialogue: 0,1:33:34.14,1:33:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If God loves me this way,
Dialogue: 0,1:33:35.82,1:33:41.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I so desire much more to be holy.
Dialogue: 0,1:33:41.37,1:33:42.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the most pathetic things
Dialogue: 0,1:33:42.85,1:33:44.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a preacher has to do
Dialogue: 0,1:33:44.06,1:33:47.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is tell believers that \Nthey're loved of God
Dialogue: 0,1:33:47.75,1:33:49.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because there's no way for us to describe
Dialogue: 0,1:33:49.95,1:33:53.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the greatness of that love for His people.
Dialogue: 0,1:33:53.15,1:33:58.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes when I'm preaching pastorally,
Dialogue: 0,1:33:58.43,1:34:00.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was a pastor
Dialogue: 0,1:34:00.69,1:34:03.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or when a few times \NI've taken over a church
Dialogue: 0,1:34:03.02,1:34:06.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a few months in order to help it
Dialogue: 0,1:34:06.27,1:34:09.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it was struggling,
Dialogue: 0,1:34:09.01,1:34:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everybody hears me \Npreaching on YouTube.
Dialogue: 0,1:34:13.40,1:34:16.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The meanest man in the world.
Dialogue: 0,1:34:16.52,1:34:18.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I've had those same people show up
Dialogue: 0,1:34:18.40,1:34:20.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I've come into their area
Dialogue: 0,1:34:20.01,1:34:21.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help a church.
Dialogue: 0,1:34:21.09,1:34:22.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I've had young men show up
Dialogue: 0,1:34:22.56,1:34:24.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and listen to me preach to that church
Dialogue: 0,1:34:24.53,1:34:26.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it be a very backward church -
Dialogue: 0,1:34:26.15,1:34:27.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a church with a lot of problems,
Dialogue: 0,1:34:27.69,1:34:29.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of sin.
Dialogue: 0,1:34:29.10,1:34:31.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And some young men \Nkept showing up and coming,
Dialogue: 0,1:34:31.29,1:34:34.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and finally they went to one of my friends
Dialogue: 0,1:34:34.41,1:34:36.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after hearing me preach for several weeks,
Dialogue: 0,1:34:36.73,1:34:38.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they came to one of my friends
Dialogue: 0,1:34:38.20,1:34:39.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they said this:
Dialogue: 0,1:34:39.53,1:34:41.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We've got a question."
Dialogue: 0,1:34:41.41,1:34:42.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "Yeah?"
Dialogue: 0,1:34:42.88,1:34:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They said, "We respect Brother Paul a lot,
Dialogue: 0,1:34:45.62,1:34:49.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but has he compromised?"
Dialogue: 0,1:34:49.36,1:34:51.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The guy says, "Well, what do you mean?"
Dialogue: 0,1:34:51.32,1:34:52.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He goes, "Well, everybody knows
Dialogue: 0,1:34:52.79,1:34:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this church has a lot of problems
Dialogue: 0,1:34:55.78,1:34:58.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all he's done for weeks is taught
Dialogue: 0,1:34:58.04,1:35:01.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the love of God.
Dialogue: 0,1:35:01.89,1:35:04.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We expected to get some \NYouTube stuff, you know?
Dialogue: 0,1:35:04.56,1:35:05.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sermon jam?
Dialogue: 0,1:35:05.90,1:35:08.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Having smoke coming out of his ears
Dialogue: 0,1:35:08.14,1:35:10.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,preaching really hard?
Dialogue: 0,1:35:10.62,1:35:16.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, here's what \Nyou need to understand.
Dialogue: 0,1:35:16.36,1:35:19.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If someone has been truly converted -
Dialogue: 0,1:35:19.09,1:35:21.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,truly converted -
Dialogue: 0,1:35:21.23,1:35:24.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you do not have to \Nmanipulate them with fear.
Dialogue: 0,1:35:24.72,1:35:28.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You do not have to coerce them.
Dialogue: 0,1:35:28.44,1:35:30.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If they've truly been regenerated
Dialogue: 0,1:35:30.49,1:35:32.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the Holy Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,1:35:32.02,1:35:34.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more they come to understand
Dialogue: 0,1:35:34.06,1:35:36.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the glories of God in the face of Christ,
Dialogue: 0,1:35:36.47,1:35:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more they come to understand
Dialogue: 0,1:35:38.00,1:35:39.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the love of God on their behalf,
Dialogue: 0,1:35:39.67,1:35:41.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more they'll be driven to holiness.
Dialogue: 0,1:35:41.87,1:35:44.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if they're not, it's \Nbecause they're not sheep.
Dialogue: 0,1:35:44.62,1:35:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're goats.
Dialogue: 0,1:35:46.00,1:35:47.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I come to Christians -
Dialogue: 0,1:35:47.95,1:35:49.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yes, sometimes Christians
Dialogue: 0,1:35:49.47,1:35:50.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,need to be rebuked and warned
Dialogue: 0,1:35:50.92,1:35:52.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all kinds of things,
Dialogue: 0,1:35:52.09,1:35:54.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but basically, when I'm \Ndealing with the Christian,
Dialogue: 0,1:35:54.68,1:35:57.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my greatest desire is to explain to them
Dialogue: 0,1:35:57.19,1:36:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how much they are loved by God in Christ.
Dialogue: 0,1:36:00.80,1:36:02.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I find that when people
Dialogue: 0,1:36:02.34,1:36:04.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,come to understand - \Ntruly regenerate people -
Dialogue: 0,1:36:04.62,1:36:08.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how much they are loved,
Dialogue: 0,1:36:08.40,1:36:10.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they seem to blossom.
Dialogue: 0,1:36:10.05,1:36:12.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Keep yourselves, Jude said, \Nin the love of God.
Dialogue: 0,1:36:12.86,1:36:13.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That doesn't mean:
Dialogue: 0,1:36:13.95,1:36:16.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,live in such a way so \Nthat God will love you.
Dialogue: 0,1:36:16.58,1:36:18.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It means this:
Dialogue: 0,1:36:18.16,1:36:20.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Keep yourself basking in His love.
Dialogue: 0,1:36:20.95,1:36:22.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you tell me to come to your house
Dialogue: 0,1:36:22.53,1:36:25.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you've got a \Nplant that isn't growing,
Dialogue: 0,1:36:25.08,1:36:26.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's wilting and dying,
Dialogue: 0,1:36:26.76,1:36:28.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you say, Brother Paul,
Dialogue: 0,1:36:28.16,1:36:29.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what do you think the problem is?
Dialogue: 0,1:36:29.69,1:36:30.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say, well, show me the plant.
Dialogue: 0,1:36:30.85,1:36:32.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You take me into a closet
Dialogue: 0,1:36:32.38,1:36:35.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you've kept the \Nplant for six months.
Dialogue: 0,1:36:35.07,1:36:36.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, I'm going to go,
Dialogue: 0,1:36:36.22,1:36:38.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, I'm not really an expert
Dialogue: 0,1:36:38.15,1:36:39.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at growing plants,
Dialogue: 0,1:36:39.91,1:36:41.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I think if you put this thing
Dialogue: 0,1:36:41.67,1:36:44.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out in the sun,
Dialogue: 0,1:36:44.20,1:36:46.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it might do better.
Dialogue: 0,1:36:46.89,1:36:48.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The devil is constantly trying
Dialogue: 0,1:36:48.64,1:36:50.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to convince the believer
Dialogue: 0,1:36:50.36,1:36:55.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that God's love isn't as the Bible says.
Dialogue: 0,1:36:55.23,1:36:57.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we begin to believe that
Dialogue: 0,1:36:57.02,1:36:59.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we wilt, we die.
Dialogue: 0,1:36:59.68,1:37:03.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Keep yourself believing the truth
Dialogue: 0,1:37:03.14,1:37:05.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the love of God
Dialogue: 0,1:37:05.20,1:37:08.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it will cause you to prosper.
Dialogue: 0,1:37:08.98,1:37:11.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It will cause you to grow.
Dialogue: 0,1:37:11.21,1:37:14.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It will cause you to bear fruit.
Dialogue: 0,1:37:14.22,1:37:21.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sunshine of God's love upon you.
Dialogue: 0,1:37:21.50,1:37:24.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Last night, a young man came to me
Dialogue: 0,1:37:24.49,1:37:26.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and was talking about \NI feel bad sometimes.
Dialogue: 0,1:37:26.54,1:37:29.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are so passionate
Dialogue: 0,1:37:29.52,1:37:32.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,talking about Christ the way that you did
Dialogue: 0,1:37:32.07,1:37:34.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sometimes my heart is dead.
Dialogue: 0,1:37:34.95,1:37:36.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I said, "Young man,
Dialogue: 0,1:37:36.37,1:37:40.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes my heart is dead."
Dialogue: 0,1:37:40.95,1:37:43.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes my zeal wanes.
Dialogue: 0,1:37:43.21,1:37:45.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even last night, the tears I shed
Dialogue: 0,1:37:45.40,1:37:48.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were not: Oh, this man \Nloves Jesus so much.
Dialogue: 0,1:37:48.25,1:37:51.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The tears were: God, how \Ncan You love me so much
Dialogue: 0,1:37:51.80,1:37:54.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet my heart be so cold?
Dialogue: 0,1:37:54.99,1:37:57.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, it's not our love for God
Dialogue: 0,1:37:57.95,1:38:01.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that keeps us on an even keel.
Dialogue: 0,1:38:01.61,1:38:05.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is God's constant love for us.
Dialogue: 0,1:38:05.62,1:38:07.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a young man come to me one time
Dialogue: 0,1:38:07.40,1:38:09.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he was a very godly man - young man -
Dialogue: 0,1:38:09.67,1:38:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pursuing Christ.
Dialogue: 0,1:38:11.70,1:38:14.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he actually wrote me an email
Dialogue: 0,1:38:14.19,1:38:15.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he said this.
Dialogue: 0,1:38:15.90,1:38:17.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "Brother Paul,
Dialogue: 0,1:38:17.16,1:38:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am so unrighteous
Dialogue: 0,1:38:19.18,1:38:21.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so ungodly
Dialogue: 0,1:38:21.24,1:38:23.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so ignorant of God."
Dialogue: 0,1:38:23.45,1:38:24.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I wrote him back, I said,
Dialogue: 0,1:38:24.91,1:38:27.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Dear brother, you are much more ungodly
Dialogue: 0,1:38:27.25,1:38:28.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and much more unrighteous
Dialogue: 0,1:38:28.93,1:38:31.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than you now know. Signed, Paul."
Dialogue: 0,1:38:31.04,1:38:33.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have the gift of encouragement.
Dialogue: 0,1:38:33.01,1:38:36.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he called me back up and he was like,
Dialogue: 0,1:38:36.42,1:38:38.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Thank you?"
Dialogue: 0,1:38:38.44,1:38:41.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Why did you write that?"
Dialogue: 0,1:38:41.51,1:38:44.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "Because I want to \Nprove to you something, son."
Dialogue: 0,1:38:44.40,1:38:46.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've watched your life.
Dialogue: 0,1:38:46.01,1:38:48.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're following hard after Christ.
Dialogue: 0,1:38:48.58,1:38:50.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In many ways, when I look at you,
Dialogue: 0,1:38:50.15,1:38:51.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I seem to think of myself
Dialogue: 0,1:38:51.60,1:38:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I lost my first love.
Dialogue: 0,1:38:54.00,1:38:56.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said you're following \Nharder after Christ
Dialogue: 0,1:38:56.14,1:38:57.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than I appear to be,
Dialogue: 0,1:38:57.54,1:39:00.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'm much happier than you.
Dialogue: 0,1:39:00.10,1:39:01.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he said how can that be?
Dialogue: 0,1:39:01.67,1:39:04.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, son, I've given up
Dialogue: 0,1:39:04.50,1:39:06.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on trying to earn my own keep
Dialogue: 0,1:39:06.99,1:39:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the kingdom of heaven.
Dialogue: 0,1:39:09.10,1:39:12.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, son, when you \Nget up in the morning
Dialogue: 0,1:39:12.65,1:39:16.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you have a five hour time of prayer
Dialogue: 0,1:39:16.33,1:39:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you read the Word for 25 hours
Dialogue: 0,1:39:19.10,1:39:21.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just in that morning,
Dialogue: 0,1:39:21.11,1:39:23.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you go out, you witness to everybody,
Dialogue: 0,1:39:23.38,1:39:25.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're even nice to cats.
Dialogue: 0,1:39:25.10,1:39:26.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're a testimony to Christ.
Dialogue: 0,1:39:26.61,1:39:28.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're just walking in the Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,1:39:28.74,1:39:30.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, and you come home at night,
Dialogue: 0,1:39:30.43,1:39:31.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how do you feel?
Dialogue: 0,1:39:31.54,1:39:34.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says I feel good.
Dialogue: 0,1:39:34.13,1:39:35.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said what about the next morning
Dialogue: 0,1:39:35.99,1:39:37.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you get up,
Dialogue: 0,1:39:37.29,1:39:38.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you slept in too late,
Dialogue: 0,1:39:38.45,1:39:41.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you missed your time with the Lord,
Dialogue: 0,1:39:41.37,1:39:43.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you kicked the cat,
Dialogue: 0,1:39:43.01,1:39:44.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you had an opportunity to witness,
Dialogue: 0,1:39:44.79,1:39:47.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you didn't do that, \Nand so on and so forth,
Dialogue: 0,1:39:47.05,1:39:48.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how do you feel?
Dialogue: 0,1:39:48.28,1:39:52.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said horrible.
Dialogue: 0,1:39:52.66,1:39:53.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now there's a sense,
Dialogue: 0,1:39:53.91,1:39:55.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I want to be very careful
Dialogue: 0,1:39:55.41,1:39:58.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so someone doesn't pick me \Napart on this sermon -
Dialogue: 0,1:39:58.07,1:40:00.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's a sense in which \Nyes, there was sin,
Dialogue: 0,1:40:00.23,1:40:01.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(unintelligible).
Dialogue: 0,1:40:01.95,1:40:04.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I rebuked him of idolatry.
Dialogue: 0,1:40:04.94,1:40:07.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he said why idolatry?
Dialogue: 0,1:40:07.60,1:40:09.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said your performance
Dialogue: 0,1:40:09.68,1:40:12.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the source of your joy.
Dialogue: 0,1:40:12.26,1:40:14.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said son, even when you got up
Dialogue: 0,1:40:14.15,1:40:16.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and had the 25 hour quiet time
Dialogue: 0,1:40:16.25,1:40:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you did all the stuff you did,
Dialogue: 0,1:40:18.10,1:40:20.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you still only earned enough
Dialogue: 0,1:40:20.47,1:40:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to find maybe a cooler spot in hell.
Dialogue: 0,1:40:24.10,1:40:26.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said a man at his best
Dialogue: 0,1:40:26.81,1:40:29.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,does not deserve the love of God.
Dialogue: 0,1:40:29.97,1:40:33.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said I've come to realize \Nthat over the years.
Dialogue: 0,1:40:33.05,1:40:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said your joy is based \Non your performance.
Dialogue: 0,1:40:37.14,1:40:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said son, my joy is based on
Dialogue: 0,1:40:39.50,1:40:41.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the finished work of Jesus Christ
Dialogue: 0,1:40:41.29,1:40:44.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's the difference \Nbetween me and you.
Dialogue: 0,1:40:44.20,1:40:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you see that?
Dialogue: 0,1:40:47.28,1:40:48.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is the Christian life like?
Dialogue: 0,1:40:48.96,1:40:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is like this:
Dialogue: 0,1:40:51.10,1:40:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has to do with revelation,
Dialogue: 0,1:40:53.30,1:40:55.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brokenness, and joy.
Dialogue: 0,1:40:55.34,1:40:57.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, well, what do you mean?
Dialogue: 0,1:40:57.34,1:40:59.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A man is walking - he doesn't know Christ,
Dialogue: 0,1:40:59.33,1:41:00.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's unconverted.
Dialogue: 0,1:41:00.31,1:41:02.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He hears a Gospel preacher one day
Dialogue: 0,1:41:02.02,1:41:03.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Spirit of God renews his heart.
Dialogue: 0,1:41:03.90,1:41:05.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the first time in his life,
Dialogue: 0,1:41:05.46,1:41:10.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he sees a glimpse of how God truly is.
Dialogue: 0,1:41:10.32,1:41:12.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in seeing that,
Dialogue: 0,1:41:12.47,1:41:14.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he sees a glimpse of how he truly is,
Dialogue: 0,1:41:14.87,1:41:17.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something of his sin.
Dialogue: 0,1:41:17.02,1:41:21.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it breaks him and he repents,
Dialogue: 0,1:41:21.91,1:41:24.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he's not left to despair. Why?\N
Dialogue: 0,1:41:24.67,1:41:27.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because he also sees in that revelation
Dialogue: 0,1:41:27.21,1:41:29.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the grace of God in the face of Christ
Dialogue: 0,1:41:29.34,1:41:32.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he's filled with joy as he believes.
Dialogue: 0,1:41:32.27,1:41:33.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see that?
Dialogue: 0,1:41:33.89,1:41:35.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then he gets up the next day,
Dialogue: 0,1:41:35.67,1:41:36.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what happens?
Dialogue: 0,1:41:36.94,1:41:38.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As he's walking through his Christian life
Dialogue: 0,1:41:38.81,1:41:41.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he sees a greater \Nrevelation of who God is,
Dialogue: 0,1:41:41.92,1:41:43.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a greater revelation of God's holiness.
Dialogue: 0,1:41:43.89,1:41:44.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what does it do?
Dialogue: 0,1:41:44.87,1:41:47.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It breaks him deeper than the day before.
Dialogue: 0,1:41:47.74,1:41:49.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It causes his repentance to be deeper
Dialogue: 0,1:41:49.72,1:41:51.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he sees himself
Dialogue: 0,1:41:51.04,1:41:52.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even in a greater light now,
Dialogue: 0,1:41:52.93,1:41:55.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sees the need for \Nbrokenness and repentance.
Dialogue: 0,1:41:55.27,1:41:57.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he's not left to despair.
Dialogue: 0,1:41:57.17,1:42:00.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he looks at the grace of \NGod in the face of Christ
Dialogue: 0,1:42:00.12,1:42:02.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and his joy is greater than \Nthe joy he had the day before.
Dialogue: 0,1:42:02.97,1:42:06.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you walk through your \Nentire Christian life that way
Dialogue: 0,1:42:06.06,1:42:08.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until you're 90 years old
Dialogue: 0,1:42:08.24,1:42:09.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at 90 years old
Dialogue: 0,1:42:09.60,1:42:11.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you see more of the holiness of God
Dialogue: 0,1:42:11.56,1:42:13.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than you ever could have imagined.
Dialogue: 0,1:42:13.25,1:42:15.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see more of the \Ndarkness of your own soul
Dialogue: 0,1:42:15.97,1:42:17.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than you ever could have imagined.
Dialogue: 0,1:42:17.60,1:42:18.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're more broken
Dialogue: 0,1:42:18.96,1:42:20.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than you could have ever imagined,
Dialogue: 0,1:42:20.63,1:42:22.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet your joy is greater
Dialogue: 0,1:42:22.68,1:42:24.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than you could have ever imagined.
Dialogue: 0,1:42:24.38,1:42:25.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what happens is
Dialogue: 0,1:42:25.77,1:42:28.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's been a holy transaction.
Dialogue: 0,1:42:28.29,1:42:30.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you started, your joy was coming
Dialogue: 0,1:42:30.44,1:42:32.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from who you were and what you could do.
Dialogue: 0,1:42:32.65,1:42:34.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now at 90, you're empty of that,
Dialogue: 0,1:42:34.91,1:42:37.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your joy only comes from Christ.
Dialogue: 0,1:42:37.68,1:42:39.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's the way it's supposed to be.
Dialogue: 0,1:42:39.87,1:42:41.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All our joy, all our hope -
Dialogue: 0,1:42:41.92,1:42:45.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything in Christ.
Dialogue: 0,1:42:45.89,1:42:48.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, now that I've summed \Nup the entire Christian life,
Dialogue: 0,1:42:48.83,1:42:54.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I guess we can close the conference.
Dialogue: 0,1:42:54.47,1:42:58.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be blessed in what God has \Ndone for you in Christ.
Dialogue: 0,1:42:58.05,1:42:59.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be blessed.
Dialogue: 0,1:42:59.88,1:43:02.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rejoice! Look unto Him!
Dialogue: 0,1:43:02.26,1:43:05.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look unto Him.
Dialogue: 0,1:43:05.49,1:43:07.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Inward looks are necessary,
Dialogue: 0,1:43:07.36,1:43:09.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to hold your gaze inwardly
Dialogue: 0,1:43:09.74,1:43:11.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only leads to death.
Dialogue: 0,1:43:11.76,1:43:14.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look to Christ.
Dialogue: 0,1:43:14.47,1:43:16.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because He is greater
Dialogue: 0,1:43:16.64,1:43:19.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than every one of your failures
Dialogue: 0,1:43:19.62,1:43:23.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your weaknesses and your sins.
Dialogue: 0,1:43:23.32,1:43:26.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I sing because I'm happy.
Dialogue: 0,1:43:26.75,1:43:32.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I sing because I'm free.
Dialogue: 0,1:43:32.18,1:43:34.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was all finished at Calvary.
Dialogue: 0,1:43:34.64,1:43:36.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was all finished at Calvary.
Dialogue: 0,1:43:36.85,1:43:39.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's pray.
Dialogue: 0,1:43:39.77,1:43:42.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Father, thank You for Your Word.
Dialogue: 0,1:43:42.88,1:43:45.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I pray, Lord, that out of this,
Dialogue: 0,1:43:45.63,1:43:50.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Your people will be helped,
Dialogue: 0,1:43:50.30,1:43:54.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Jesus' name, Amen.
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