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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.45,0:00:03.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've had some neat \Nopportunities in my life
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.74,0:00:08.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to preach in some different places,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.08,0:00:10.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different countries,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.03,0:00:12.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different venues.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.12,0:00:14.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I regard getting to be here
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.28,0:00:15.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the weekend as perhaps
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.62,0:00:18.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the highest honor of my life
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.14,0:00:21.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get to participate and have this pulpit
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.85,0:00:26.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to proclaim God's Word to a church
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.05,0:00:30.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has been so massively influential
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.16,0:00:32.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.04,0:00:35.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I thank God deeply
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.81,0:00:37.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the privilege of getting to open
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.66,0:00:40.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God's Word to you this morning.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.68,0:00:42.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I thank you specifically Garrett,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.52,0:00:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for giving me this opportunity.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.50,0:00:49.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope it won't be one that you regret.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.76,0:00:51.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you'll know whether it is
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.23,0:00:55.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in just a short hour.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.82,0:00:58.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yesterday, I found myself "amen-ing"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.93,0:01:02.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the faithfulness of Charles and Dick;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.73,0:01:05.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that God had given grace to them
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.32,0:01:08.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to keep them faithful all of these years,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.38,0:01:10.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I found myself filled with tears.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.79,0:01:12.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a 13 year old daughter,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.42,0:01:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so she kept giving that embarrassed look,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.46,0:01:21.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like would you stop \Ngulping back those sobs?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.57,0:01:24.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I've pastored the church I pastor now
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.51,0:01:26.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for twelve years,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.85,0:01:30.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I've gone a quarter of the distance
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.27,0:01:32.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of these men.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.80,0:01:37.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I suspect that the next three legs,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.04,0:01:38.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the next three decades
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.87,0:01:41.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are harder, not easier.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.38,0:01:43.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I just amass and think
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.64,0:01:46.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about all the difficulties
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.99,0:01:49.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a person goes through \Nin the course of a year,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.64,0:01:51.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to keep preaching the Word
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.18,0:01:53.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and keep loving the people,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.46,0:01:55.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it just gives me tremendous
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.98,0:01:59.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,respect and love for Charles and Dick.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.58,0:02:01.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where is Dick this morning?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.05,0:02:02.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to be able to look at him.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.82,0:02:07.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There you are.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.68,0:02:10.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have the privilege of having served -
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.50,0:02:12.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a number of co-pastors,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.02,0:02:13.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I have the privilege of serving
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.81,0:02:15.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beside one co-pastor in particular,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.72,0:02:18.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jeff King, who is one \Nof my dearest friends
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.88,0:02:20.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the planet
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.32,0:02:23.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is the opposite of me in every way.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.80,0:02:25.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Steve Welch, who's a friend
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.39,0:02:26.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of this congregation says that
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.82,0:02:28.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he looks like Dick.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.04,0:02:29.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't look like Charles,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.65,0:02:34.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that's where the similarities end.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.72,0:02:40.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I know what it takes to put up with me
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.78,0:02:43.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the course of a week or a year.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.08,0:02:44.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think if he were here would say
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.67,0:02:48.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he knows what it takes to put up with him.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.20,0:02:52.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a miracle when \Npeople can stay friends
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.45,0:02:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and stay side-by-side in the ministry,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.01,0:03:00.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when Mack Tomlinson got up yesterday
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.92,0:03:04.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and said: think about church history.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.12,0:03:05.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many have labored side by side
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.91,0:03:06.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for forty years.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.81,0:03:08.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm not expert in church history,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.59,0:03:09.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I kind of thought -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.83,0:03:11.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my first initial reaction was, well Mack,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.78,0:03:17.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's easy - there must be a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.20,0:03:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I couldn't think of any.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.18,0:03:24.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, no small task.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.59,0:03:28.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you ought to pray fervently
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.68,0:03:30.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in an informed way
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.96,0:03:33.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the four men who are graced
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.28,0:03:34.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be your elders,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.34,0:03:35.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the Lord would give them
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.76,0:03:38.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a supernatural unity.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.06,0:03:40.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have the privilege of laboring aside
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.09,0:03:41.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some very faithful brothers,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.52,0:03:43.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I know that unity among the pastors -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.91,0:03:45.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even pastors as like-minded
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.39,0:03:47.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as godly as the ones \NI serve alongside of -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.76,0:03:51.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it takes work.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.29,0:03:53.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nothing short of work.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.34,0:03:55.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have spent way more time in Denny's
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.62,0:03:59.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than I ever wanted to working
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.78,0:04:02.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to keep that unity at times.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.60,0:04:06.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's a miracle that it's kept.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.93,0:04:08.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was delighted to be here yesterday
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.81,0:04:11.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just because what you did yesterday
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.11,0:04:14.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for your pastors was right.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.01,0:04:16.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was just right at so many levels.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.42,0:04:19.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're to respect those who labor among us
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.76,0:04:21.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and are over us in the Lord
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.40,0:04:23.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and admonish us and esteem them
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.98,0:04:26.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very highly because of their work.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.89,0:04:29.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And people are afraid of doing \Nthings like you did yesterday
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.29,0:04:31.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it might make the pastor proud.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.77,0:04:33.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm not denying that \Nthere are proud pastors,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.95,0:04:35.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'll be honest with you,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.33,0:04:37.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think the general tendency of pastors
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.65,0:04:39.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not to be proud,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.35,0:04:42.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to be discouraged.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.43,0:04:44.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of the pastors I meet
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.38,0:04:48.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are mildly to severely depressed
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.99,0:04:52.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about who they are.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.15,0:04:53.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so for them to get a season
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.68,0:04:55.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they get to hear what God's grace
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.53,0:04:56.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is doing in their life,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.64,0:04:59.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is a sweet, sweet thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.02,0:05:00.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't make it every Sunday.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.39,0:05:01.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll spoil them,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.43,0:05:03.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it can be a really great treat,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.40,0:05:16.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,say, every forty years or so.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.71,0:05:21.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The gift I want to give you
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.45,0:05:25.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this morning is a text.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.68,0:05:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's a text that I believe
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.02,0:05:34.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that if it's heard and obeyed,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.35,0:05:36.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will give, I hope, another forty years
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.47,0:05:42.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of tremendous blessing to the church.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.03,0:05:44.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dick and Charles are probably not hoping
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.12,0:05:46.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for another forty years,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.97,0:05:53.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I'm talking about even beyond them.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.16,0:05:54.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm hoping that this passage
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.84,0:05:56.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I'm going to share with you
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.80,0:06:00.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,becomes a catalyst;
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.47,0:06:03.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,becomes a spur;
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.35,0:06:05.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,becomes an encouragement
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.66,0:06:07.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that sets a culture
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.99,0:06:11.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the pastors of Lake Road Chapel
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.81,0:06:15.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are full of joy,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.04,0:06:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and where the people of Lake Road Chapel
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.00,0:06:20.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are benefiting from them
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.18,0:06:22.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and profiting from them
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.06,0:06:26.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a very, very long time.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.41,0:06:29.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I'm aware that whenever I \Nspeak at Lake Road Chapel,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.38,0:06:31.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that James Jennings is going to make sure
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.48,0:06:32.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it goes all over the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.96,0:06:37.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let me just say it's my hope
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.11,0:06:38.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this message, this verse,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.92,0:06:41.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would be used by God
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.29,0:06:45.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to fill more and more \Npastor's lives with joy,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.66,0:06:47.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to see more and more people
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.57,0:06:50.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,profiting, taking advantage of,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.03,0:06:55.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reaping a harvest from their pastors.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.32,0:07:00.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Would you open your \NBibles to Hebrews 13:17?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.05,0:07:04.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hebrews 13:17
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.65,0:07:05.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like most of you,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.76,0:07:10.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew nothing about what \Nwas going to unfold yesterday.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.35,0:07:13.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just got the emails that promised me
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.95,0:07:19.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wouldn't get any more emails.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.69,0:07:21.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I had no idea this was going to be
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.96,0:07:25.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a theme verse yesterday.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.56,0:07:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think it's a good verse
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.00,0:07:30.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for an occasion like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.80,0:07:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It comes in the book of Hebrews.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.36,0:07:33.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It comes in the last chapter,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.82,0:07:35.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is the chapter that covers
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.49,0:07:37.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all kinds of exhortations
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.65,0:07:39.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from not being covetous,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.62,0:07:42.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to not letting your \Nmarriage bed by defiled,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.78,0:07:45.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to remembering past leaders,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.55,0:07:47.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in the midst of all these
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.31,0:07:50.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,various exhortations in \Nthe book of Hebrews,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.58,0:07:52.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the author to the book of Hebrews
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.47,0:07:53.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,says these words,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.97,0:07:56.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Obey your leaders and submit to them,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.90,0:07:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for they are keeping watch over your souls
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.92,0:08:02.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as those who will have to give an account.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.32,0:08:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let them do this with joy
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.08,0:08:10.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not with groaning,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.21,0:08:16.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for that would be of no advantage to you."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.91,0:08:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's pray.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.90,0:08:21.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Father, we want to ask \NYou that this one verse
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.43,0:08:23.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would be impressed;
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.96,0:08:25.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would be branded;
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.13,0:08:26.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would be tattooed;
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.24,0:08:28.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would be glued to the very fabric
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.83,0:08:30.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our souls, Lord God.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.41,0:08:33.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That You'd shed light on this Word
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.65,0:08:35.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that it sticks with us through life
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.78,0:08:38.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Lord, that even \Npastors who are not here
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.84,0:08:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this morning, but who may pastor
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.80,0:08:42.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lake Road in the future,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.41,0:08:44.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or maybe children in this very room
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.16,0:08:46.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who may grow up to be some \Nof the future shepherds,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.87,0:08:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they would inherit a culture
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.50,0:08:51.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of joyful pastoring.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.46,0:08:53.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Lord God, we pray for Charles and Dick
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.93,0:08:57.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the gift that they receive\Nfrom this congregation would not be
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.66,0:09:02.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a special day once every few decades,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.11,0:09:06.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but a joyful congregation to pastor.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.96,0:09:09.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We pray, Lord God, that You would create
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.24,0:09:12.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Charles and in Dick
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.82,0:09:15.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in Garrett and in Mason
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.85,0:09:18.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the kind of ministry that would be
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.34,0:09:21.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tremendously profitable -
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.72,0:09:24.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eternally profitable
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.81,0:09:29.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Your people knowing Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.08,0:09:31.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I pray this in Christ's name,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.62,0:09:33.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Amen.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.41,0:09:35.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you were going to give \Nthis sermon a name,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.58,0:09:36.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you could call it:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.46,0:09:38.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How To Get the Most Out of Your Pastors."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.63,0:09:41.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you were going to give it \Na cynical name, you could call it:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.67,0:09:44.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How to Take Advantage of Them."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.06,0:09:46.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I say that because the word advantage
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.40,0:09:47.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is right there in the text.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.99,0:09:50.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The whole idea is that the writer
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.70,0:09:53.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the book of Hebrews wants you -
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.53,0:09:56.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,each one of you individually -
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.06,0:09:57.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get some advantage;
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.99,0:10:00.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get some - the NASB translates it
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.32,0:10:03.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some profit, from the men
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.42,0:10:06.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who God places over His church.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.38,0:10:08.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it says, "obey your leaders
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.03,0:10:09.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and submit to them,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.17,0:10:11.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for they are keeping watch over your souls
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.35,0:10:13.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as those who will have \Nto give an account.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.23,0:10:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let them do this with joy\Nand not with groaning,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.80,0:10:18.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for that would be of no advantage to you."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.82,0:10:21.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so the very simple idea
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.36,0:10:24.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pulsing at the core of this passage
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.05,0:10:27.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that when pastors are finding joy
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.32,0:10:29.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in their congregations;
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.36,0:10:31.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when their joy is maintained
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.60,0:10:33.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they are strengthened
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.04,0:10:34.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the joy of the Lord,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.49,0:10:38.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then the congregation is benefited.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.30,0:10:39.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are given a tremendous
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.83,0:10:43.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and eternal advantage.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.12,0:10:45.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes we come at this \Nfrom the pastor's end.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.88,0:10:47.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We remember the verse that says,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.77,0:10:51.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"watch your life and \Nyour doctrine carefully,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.37,0:10:53.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by so doing, you will save
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.73,0:10:56.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both yourselves and your hearers."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.21,0:10:57.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That passage says, hey, pastor,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.98,0:11:00.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you watch yourself,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.05,0:11:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then you'll be of eternal advantage
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.54,0:11:03.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to your people.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.64,0:11:06.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This passage comes at \Nit from another angle
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.21,0:11:08.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and says, hey, congregation;
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.12,0:11:09.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hey, sheep;
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.08,0:11:10.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hey, people of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.73,0:11:13.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,watch your pastors.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.27,0:11:15.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Watch your attitude towards them
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.30,0:11:16.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your actions towards them,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.96,0:11:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that they may be filled with joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.90,0:11:21.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you do that, it will benefit you.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.66,0:11:23.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It will help you
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.60,0:11:28.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they are full of joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.15,0:11:31.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this passage is not like some passages
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.21,0:11:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Bible.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.88,0:11:35.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some passages in the Bible are
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.01,0:11:39.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very hard to understand.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.09,0:11:41.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, like when the Gospel was
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.22,0:11:44.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,preached to those \Nwho were dead in 1 Peter.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.37,0:11:46.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You kind of scratch your head.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.57,0:11:48.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or when it speaks of baptism for the dead
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.99,0:11:50.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 1 Corinthians 15.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.16,0:11:51.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think I read recently there's
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.70,0:11:55.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something like 52 possible interpretations
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.43,0:11:56.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of that passage.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.82,0:11:58.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I understand that passage,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.34,0:12:00.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there are 51 other people who don't.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.60,0:12:06.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so it's a difficult \Nsituation sometimes.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.83,0:12:08.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This passage isn't like that though.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.65,0:12:12.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's easy to understand.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.05,0:12:15.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just hard to hear.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.22,0:12:17.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's got that four-letter word in it
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.66,0:12:20.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that our culture loves so much:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.43,0:12:23.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,obey.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.80,0:12:28.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Obey your leaders
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.46,0:12:31.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and submit to them,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.34,0:12:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for they are keeping watch over
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.50,0:12:35.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your souls as those..."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.89,0:12:38.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's easy to understand.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.05,0:12:40.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It means submit yourself to;
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.24,0:12:44.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,obey your leaders.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.46,0:12:46.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And come up under them.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.85,0:12:48.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's not hard to figure out.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.70,0:12:50.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't really need a massive
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.53,0:12:52.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bible commentary lesson this morning
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.90,0:12:54.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on exactly what this means.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.61,0:12:57.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's abundantly plain what this means.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.08,0:13:01.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's difficult though is doing it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.32,0:13:02.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And not just doing it,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.98,0:13:07.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but loving it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.33,0:13:09.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's hard for many in our day
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.41,0:13:10.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to value a call to obedience,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.86,0:13:12.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if we're honest,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.06,0:13:16.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's even often hard \Nfor a mature Christian
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.67,0:13:19.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to value obeying their pastors.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.31,0:13:21.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of my co-pastors says
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.22,0:13:24.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everybody loves being elder-led
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.03,0:13:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until they don't.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.28,0:13:31.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a sense in which everybody loves
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.74,0:13:34.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this idea of good, strong leadership
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.46,0:13:35.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the church.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.41,0:13:37.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need strong leadership in the church,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.87,0:13:41.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until the leadership gets \Nall up in your business.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.77,0:13:44.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then somebody else \Nneeds strong leadership.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.14,0:13:48.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That leadership needs leadership.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.92,0:13:51.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet the passage tells us
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.82,0:13:54.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we are to obey our leaders -
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.29,0:13:57.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the leaders of our local congregation,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.60,0:13:59.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and submit to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.88,0:14:01.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I want to begin by just giving you
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.98,0:14:05.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,six reasons why this is hard.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.43,0:14:07.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not six explanations of \Nwhat the passage means.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.69,0:14:09.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's easy.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.66,0:14:12.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But six explanations for why we can
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.51,0:14:15.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,find this hard to hear.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.06,0:14:16.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the first is there simply are
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.82,0:14:19.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many churches that abuse.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.63,0:14:22.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There simply are many churches
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.08,0:14:23.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have abusive leaders.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.77,0:14:26.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one of the things we heard last night
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.39,0:14:28.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was how many people found in Lake Road
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.72,0:14:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a kind of leadership they \Nhadn't experienced before.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.44,0:14:33.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They had experienced overbearing
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.66,0:14:37.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or distant or lording-\Nit-over-you leadership,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.24,0:14:40.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when they experienced\Na different kind of leadership,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.06,0:14:42.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was like a breath of fresh air to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.58,0:14:44.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the simple fact is
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.06,0:14:46.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that many people have a hard time\Nbeing told to obey their leaders,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.75,0:14:48.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they've experienced \Nabusive leaders.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.97,0:14:50.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the congregation I pastor,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.36,0:14:52.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are women who have
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.05,0:14:53.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,literally been physically abused
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.80,0:14:56.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by pastors.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.94,0:14:58.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so to come without any explanation
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.93,0:15:02.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and say, now obey us,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.02,0:15:04.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be hard to hear.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.67,0:15:06.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second reason it's hard to hear
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.47,0:15:08.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,obey your leaders and submit to them
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.25,0:15:09.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is because we are -
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.46,0:15:11.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you've spent any time \Nin North America;
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.29,0:15:13.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many of you have spent all \Nyour lives in North America;
Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.74,0:15:15.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of us have spent some of your time
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.91,0:15:17.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in North America -
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.17,0:15:20.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you weren't aware, you're in \NNorth America this morning.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.02,0:15:23.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so if you spent any \Ntime in North America,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.05,0:15:25.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have been infected by
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.16,0:15:29.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some degree of the radical individualism
Dialogue: 0,0:15:29.88,0:15:33.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is dominant in our entire culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.12,0:15:35.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So our culture is just full
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.48,0:15:38.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of reinforcing radical individualism.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.29,0:15:40.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Burger King says "have it your way."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.44,0:15:42.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anne of Green Gables says,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.08,0:15:43.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"just follow your heart."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.66,0:15:45.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yoda says, "trust your feelings."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.79,0:15:48.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Frank Sinatra says, "I did it my way."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.40,0:15:49.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You didn't know that Yoda
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.92,0:15:51.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Anne of Green Gables
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.16,0:15:55.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had the same worldview, but they do.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.66,0:16:01.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's this basic: you follow you.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.06,0:16:03.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're going to be properly led,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.62,0:16:09.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you need to be true to your own heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.51,0:16:15.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Enter: people who are \Nimpossible to pastor.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.01,0:16:17.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if your highest authority
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.27,0:16:19.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is whatever you're feeling right now,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.82,0:16:22.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you cannot be led.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.34,0:16:24.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it will never sound \Nlike good news to you
Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.94,0:16:26.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to obey someone else
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.90,0:16:28.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even worse, it will never
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.82,0:16:30.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sound like good news to you
Dialogue: 0,0:16:30.65,0:16:35.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to obey God.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.01,0:16:37.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Robert Bella, the sociologist,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:37.67,0:16:39.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tells of a story where he was
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.40,0:16:41.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,interviewing people about their religion.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:41.50,0:16:43.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He interviewed a woman named Sheila.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.63,0:16:45.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he said, "Sheila, \Nwhat's your religion?"
Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.80,0:16:48.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she said, "It's Sheila-ism."
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.19,0:16:50.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just basically \Nwhatever Sheila believes
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.69,0:16:52.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,becomes her religion.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:52.18,0:16:54.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So one of the reasons \Nwe have a hard time
Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.19,0:16:55.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hearing, "obey your leaders,"
Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.63,0:16:57.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is first, we know churches that abuse;
Dialogue: 0,0:16:57.49,0:16:59.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,second, because of radical individualism.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:59.48,0:17:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Third is superstar religion.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:03.10,0:17:04.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We live in a day and age
Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.61,0:17:07.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of mega superstar religion.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.98,0:17:09.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not entirely new.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.17,0:17:10.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were famous preachers
Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.57,0:17:12.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the New Testament.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:17:12.13,0:17:13.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We even heard about one brother
Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.80,0:17:15.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was famous among all the churches.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.75,0:17:17.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There have always been godly preachers
Dialogue: 0,0:17:17.99,0:17:19.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that rose to the top.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:19.68,0:17:21.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not always a bad thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:21.28,0:17:23.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One person when D.L. Moody was chosen
Dialogue: 0,0:17:23.97,0:17:27.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to preach a particular set of \Nmeetings or crusades said,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.24,0:17:29.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Why does D.L. Moody
Dialogue: 0,0:17:29.35,0:17:31.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,always have the corner on God's work?"
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.72,0:17:32.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one person responded,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.100,0:17:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No, no. It's not that D.L. Moody
Dialogue: 0,0:17:34.60,0:17:36.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has the corner on God's work.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.07,0:17:39.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's that God has the \Ncorner on D.L. Moody."
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.87,0:17:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's ok that there have always been
Dialogue: 0,0:17:41.86,0:17:45.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,men who have been raised up by God
Dialogue: 0,0:17:45.85,0:17:48.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be tremendous bright lights
Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.80,0:17:51.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the Kingdom.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:51.14,0:17:53.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the problem can be that you fill
Dialogue: 0,0:17:53.08,0:17:54.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your iPod with them
Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.35,0:17:56.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you fill your radio with them
Dialogue: 0,0:17:56.05,0:17:57.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you fill your DVD player with them,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:57.95,0:18:00.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all of a sudden, you can't hear
Dialogue: 0,0:18:00.55,0:18:05.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the man who's been \Nentrusted with your soul.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:05.31,0:18:07.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the critical difference between
Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.24,0:18:09.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the best iPod preacher -
Dialogue: 0,0:18:09.42,0:18:10.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I like iPod preachers;
Dialogue: 0,0:18:10.84,0:18:12.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I listen to iPod preachers.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:12.26,0:18:14.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Later, just to prove how balanced I am,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:14.22,0:18:16.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll quote one of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:16.13,0:18:20.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, the problem is we can start to listen
Dialogue: 0,0:18:20.11,0:18:22.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to these men so much
Dialogue: 0,0:18:22.68,0:18:24.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we begin to believe that the ministry
Dialogue: 0,0:18:24.76,0:18:29.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is only about getting \Nthe Word to our ears.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:29.24,0:18:30.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But beloved, the ministry
Dialogue: 0,0:18:30.49,0:18:34.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is having someone's eyes on your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:34.02,0:18:36.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's something that \Nyour pastors can do -
Dialogue: 0,0:18:36.58,0:18:39.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's something that Garrett and Mason
Dialogue: 0,0:18:39.70,0:18:41.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Charles and Dick,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:41.91,0:18:43.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or whoever your home pastor is
Dialogue: 0,0:18:43.48,0:18:45.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're visiting this weekend;
Dialogue: 0,0:18:45.14,0:18:47.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's something they can do
Dialogue: 0,0:18:47.71,0:18:51.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that no Internet preacher can do.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:51.02,0:18:54.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is they can know you.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:54.69,0:18:57.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can watch you.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:57.21,0:19:00.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can know where you're disobeying.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:00.56,0:19:03.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can know where you \Nhaven't yet submitted.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:03.65,0:19:05.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they're able to speak into that
Dialogue: 0,0:19:05.100,0:19:08.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a clarity and a precision
Dialogue: 0,0:19:08.100,0:19:14.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the Internet does not afford.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:14.14,0:19:17.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fourth thing that can keep us -
Dialogue: 0,0:19:17.42,0:19:20.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the fourth thing that can
Dialogue: 0,0:19:20.19,0:19:21.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really make it hard for us to hear
Dialogue: 0,0:19:21.84,0:19:23.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the call to obey your pastors
Dialogue: 0,0:19:23.77,0:19:26.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the Bible.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:26.58,0:19:28.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Bible makes us nervous
Dialogue: 0,0:19:28.01,0:19:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about just listening to men, doesn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:30.48,0:19:32.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, it's not just like it's this
Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.34,0:19:35.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,superstar culture that we live in,\Nor the radical individualism we live in.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:35.61,0:19:36.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul the apostle said,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:36.82,0:19:39.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"even if I or an angel
Dialogue: 0,0:19:39.08,0:19:42.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,come preaching to you another gospel,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:42.08,0:19:43.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let him be accursed."
Dialogue: 0,0:19:43.42,0:19:45.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so the Bible itself says,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:45.89,0:19:49.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do not make the authority of men ultimate.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:49.59,0:19:51.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just because a guy gets called an overseer
Dialogue: 0,0:19:51.94,0:19:54.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a bishop or a pastor
Dialogue: 0,0:19:54.13,0:19:55.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or whatever you call him;
Dialogue: 0,0:19:55.59,0:19:57.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just because a man has an office
Dialogue: 0,0:19:57.45,0:20:00.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,does not mean he has \Nan ultimate authority.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:00.87,0:20:03.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He always has an authority \Nthat must be tested
Dialogue: 0,0:20:03.62,0:20:05.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to the Scriptures.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:05.11,0:20:06.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so there's a right sense
Dialogue: 0,0:20:06.57,0:20:08.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which the Bible makes us nervous
Dialogue: 0,0:20:08.33,0:20:09.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of human authority.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:09.77,0:20:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the Bible's authority
Dialogue: 0,0:20:11.50,0:20:13.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gives us human authority.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:13.96,0:20:15.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't make it ultimate,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:15.99,0:20:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it makes it real.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:18.00,0:20:19.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a real authority
Dialogue: 0,0:20:19.89,0:20:24.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which the Bible gives to your pastor
Dialogue: 0,0:20:24.02,0:20:29.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to call you and me to obey.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:29.82,0:20:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm just going to do five of these.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:31.88,0:20:33.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then the fifth is -
Dialogue: 0,0:20:33.88,0:20:35.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the fifth thing that would keep us
Dialogue: 0,0:20:35.50,0:20:36.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from obeying our pastors
Dialogue: 0,0:20:36.94,0:20:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and finding that easy to hear
Dialogue: 0,0:20:39.60,0:20:41.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is our flesh.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:41.80,0:20:44.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even if we've had a \Ngreat church experience;
Dialogue: 0,0:20:44.69,0:20:47.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if we limit how \Nmany all-star preachers
Dialogue: 0,0:20:47.74,0:20:49.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we listen to so we \Ncan always give attention
Dialogue: 0,0:20:49.98,0:20:53.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to our local church preachers;
Dialogue: 0,0:20:53.53,0:20:56.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nonetheless, whatever \Nthe Spirit desires to do,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:56.53,0:20:59.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the flesh desires the opposite.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:59.41,0:21:01.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the flesh is present \Nin every believer,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:01.74,0:21:04.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,always giving a backwards pull
Dialogue: 0,0:21:04.19,0:21:05.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against everything good and godly
Dialogue: 0,0:21:05.100,0:21:07.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you ever want to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:07.34,0:21:09.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So even though there \Nmay be part of you -
Dialogue: 0,0:21:09.33,0:21:10.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's called the Spirit -
Dialogue: 0,0:21:10.66,0:21:12.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that rises up and says yes,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:12.17,0:21:13.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to obey these leaders;
Dialogue: 0,0:21:13.60,0:21:15.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to submit to these leaders.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:15.34,0:21:18.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The flesh is like a backwards pull;
Dialogue: 0,0:21:18.08,0:21:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like a weight,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:19.18,0:21:21.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,though it drag you \Nin the other direction.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:21.32,0:21:22.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we need the Word of God
Dialogue: 0,0:21:22.64,0:21:25.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to beat down the work of the flesh
Dialogue: 0,0:21:25.48,0:21:27.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to allow us to walk in the power
Dialogue: 0,0:21:27.48,0:21:29.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Spirit, and to cherish
Dialogue: 0,0:21:29.57,0:21:31.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Word of God's call on our life
Dialogue: 0,0:21:31.38,0:21:37.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to obey your leaders and submit to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:37.07,0:21:41.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, that is what we're called to
Dialogue: 0,0:21:41.50,0:21:43.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we're called to obey our leaders.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:43.42,0:21:45.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're called to obey \Nthem and submit to them,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:45.60,0:21:47.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there's a difficulty \Nbecause of our flesh,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:47.86,0:21:49.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of all-star preachers,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:49.40,0:21:51.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of the world in which we live
Dialogue: 0,0:21:51.43,0:21:52.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how individualistic it is
Dialogue: 0,0:21:52.100,0:21:55.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of the abuses that \Nhave been out of there,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:55.29,0:21:56.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and because of the Bible -
Dialogue: 0,0:21:56.62,0:22:00.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of these things \Nmake this hard to hear.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:00.60,0:22:02.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now, we've identified what makes it
Dialogue: 0,0:22:02.61,0:22:05.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hard to hear. Let's try to hear it.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:05.24,0:22:08.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's try to hear what's being said here.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:08.73,0:22:10.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what's being said here
Dialogue: 0,0:22:10.54,0:22:14.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is obey and submit.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:14.76,0:22:18.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here's what John Piper says
Dialogue: 0,0:22:18.87,0:22:20.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about this passage.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:20.64,0:22:22.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's so good, that no one could
Dialogue: 0,0:22:22.38,0:22:24.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ever say it as well as this.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:24.71,0:22:29.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is just perfect.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:29.15,0:22:31.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(That's a joke.)
Dialogue: 0,0:22:31.73,0:22:35.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, it is really good though.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:35.28,0:22:37.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He goes, "what then does obey your leaders
Dialogue: 0,0:22:37.45,0:22:40.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and submit to them mean?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:40.29,0:22:42.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The word for "obey," - peithesthe,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:42.82,0:22:43.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a very broad word.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:43.86,0:22:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It means to be persuaded by.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:46.30,0:22:48.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hebrews 6:9
Dialogue: 0,0:22:48.42,0:22:51.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It means trust. Hebrews 2:13
Dialogue: 0,0:22:51.76,0:22:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It means rely on. Luke 11:22
Dialogue: 0,0:22:55.04,0:22:56.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It comes to mean obey because
Dialogue: 0,0:22:56.75,0:23:00.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is what you do when \Nyou trust somebody.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:00.70,0:23:03.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you might say it's \Na soft word for obey.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:03.30,0:23:05.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It encourages a good \Nrelationship of trust,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:05.91,0:23:08.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but still calls for people to be swayed
Dialogue: 0,0:23:08.51,0:23:11.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by leaders.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:11.03,0:23:13.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The word for "submit," hupeikó,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:13.60,0:23:15.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,occurs only here in the New Testament.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:15.51,0:23:17.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a more narrow words that means
Dialogue: 0,0:23:17.32,0:23:19.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make room for by retiring from a seat
Dialogue: 0,0:23:19.36,0:23:22.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or yield to or submit to.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:22.22,0:23:23.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So with all this background,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:23.74,0:23:25.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I would try to \Ndistill as the meaning
Dialogue: 0,0:23:25.95,0:23:27.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would be something like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:27.63,0:23:29.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hebrews 13:17 means that a church
Dialogue: 0,0:23:29.86,0:23:32.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,should have a bent towards \Ntrusting its leaders.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:32.44,0:23:34.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You should have a \Ndisposition to be supportive
Dialogue: 0,0:23:34.88,0:23:36.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in your attitudes and actions
Dialogue: 0,0:23:36.59,0:23:38.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards their goals and directions.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:38.92,0:23:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You should want to imitate their faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:40.80,0:23:43.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You should have a happy \Ninclination to comply
Dialogue: 0,0:23:43.96,0:23:47.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with their instructions.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:47.36,0:23:50.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When my daughter was younger,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:50.16,0:23:51.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I knew I was going to have to
Dialogue: 0,0:23:51.81,0:23:53.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ask her to do something that I knew
Dialogue: 0,0:23:53.86,0:23:55.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was going to be harder -
Dialogue: 0,0:23:55.77,0:23:57.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, I don't know, I told her
Dialogue: 0,0:23:57.25,0:23:59.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we'd be at Dairy Queen later today
Dialogue: 0,0:23:59.15,0:24:00.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now we were going \Nto have to go tomorrow,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:00.96,0:24:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was going to \Nbreak the news to her.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:03.10,0:24:05.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or I wanted her to \Nwear something different
Dialogue: 0,0:24:05.29,0:24:06.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or whatever it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:06.33,0:24:08.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something that I knew was going to
Dialogue: 0,0:24:08.16,0:24:12.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,provoke her and be \Ndifficult for her to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:12.03,0:24:14.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would get down with \Nher and sit with her,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:14.29,0:24:17.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and before I would ask her to obey me,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:17.24,0:24:18.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would say to her:
Dialogue: 0,0:24:18.28,0:24:20.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Jordana, may I have your heart?"
Dialogue: 0,0:24:20.50,0:24:22.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so she was a little \Ngirl - it was so cute.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:22.77,0:24:24.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She'd take her heart and she'd put it
Dialogue: 0,0:24:24.66,0:24:26.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:26.19,0:24:27.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I'd say, "Here.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:27.36,0:24:28.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can have my heart."
Dialogue: 0,0:24:28.47,0:24:29.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I would \Ngive her my heart
Dialogue: 0,0:24:29.99,0:24:31.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and put it in her hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:31.13,0:24:32.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I would say,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:32.27,0:24:34.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Now I have something \Nhard to ask you to do,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:34.69,0:24:36.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I need you to trust me.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:36.01,0:24:38.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do I have your heart?"
Dialogue: 0,0:24:38.96,0:24:40.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what she did when everything worked
Dialogue: 0,0:24:40.96,0:24:45.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with my parenting, it always did work,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:45.76,0:24:49.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she would respond that she was ready
Dialogue: 0,0:24:49.80,0:24:51.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to obey.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:51.76,0:24:54.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what a sweet, sweet moment that is.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:54.60,0:24:56.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what a sweet thing it is when
Dialogue: 0,0:24:56.32,0:24:58.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's happening in a church;
Dialogue: 0,0:24:58.54,0:25:00.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when there's a sense in which
Dialogue: 0,0:25:00.07,0:25:01.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the people know they're loved,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:01.96,0:25:04.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so sometimes the \Nleaders can come to them
Dialogue: 0,0:25:04.21,0:25:06.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with very middle-of-the-\Nroad kinds of things
Dialogue: 0,0:25:06.92,0:25:08.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and people have an inclination to obey.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:08.99,0:25:10.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Other times, the people come
Dialogue: 0,0:25:10.60,0:25:12.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with really risky things
Dialogue: 0,0:25:12.76,0:25:14.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that God wants them to do,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:14.76,0:25:16.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the people have a general inclination
Dialogue: 0,0:25:16.97,0:25:18.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that these leaders will show it to me
Dialogue: 0,0:25:18.83,0:25:20.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Word, and when they show it to me
Dialogue: 0,0:25:20.76,0:25:23.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Word, I will obey it.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:23.69,0:25:26.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember when I was at Immanuel
Dialogue: 0,0:25:26.22,0:25:27.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the early days -
Dialogue: 0,0:25:27.24,0:25:29.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember lots of unbiblical things
Dialogue: 0,0:25:29.39,0:25:30.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going on.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:30.60,0:25:32.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the things that kept Immanuel
Dialogue: 0,0:25:32.60,0:25:34.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,changing and growing was that
Dialogue: 0,0:25:34.55,0:25:37.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oakley Beldon, one of the \Ndeacons at that time,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:37.35,0:25:39.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you could show it to him in the Bible,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:39.75,0:25:41.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he would do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:41.71,0:25:43.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It could be hard. It could be easy.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:43.42,0:25:45.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you could show it to him there,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:45.31,0:25:46.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he would do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:46.61,0:25:49.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when there's that kind of a sense
Dialogue: 0,0:25:49.02,0:25:51.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from a congregation to their pastors,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:51.39,0:25:52.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's the sweetest season
Dialogue: 0,0:25:52.88,0:25:54.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a church's life.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:54.56,0:25:56.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When there's a readiness to do
Dialogue: 0,0:25:56.26,0:26:01.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whatever the Word of God calls them to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:01.11,0:26:02.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, what I want to do now
Dialogue: 0,0:26:02.42,0:26:04.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is I want to give you three reasons
Dialogue: 0,0:26:04.22,0:26:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to stoke and inflame your desires
Dialogue: 0,0:26:06.98,0:26:10.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to obey and to submit to your pastors.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:10.100,0:26:13.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to give you three reasons why
Dialogue: 0,0:26:13.11,0:26:16.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you should not just do this begrudgingly,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:16.03,0:26:17.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but do this joyfully,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:17.31,0:26:18.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do this zealously;
Dialogue: 0,0:26:18.59,0:26:20.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pursue this.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:20.31,0:26:22.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And again, I want you to see this
Dialogue: 0,0:26:22.12,0:26:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be the reality for the rest of
Dialogue: 0,0:26:24.96,0:26:27.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Duck and Chick's ministry
Dialogue: 0,0:26:27.10,0:26:29.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also for the entirety of
Dialogue: 0,0:26:29.40,0:26:31.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Marret and Gason's ministry,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:31.85,0:26:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and really for whoever God will give
Dialogue: 0,0:26:35.82,0:26:37.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Lake Road.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:37.06,0:26:40.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want to see them inherit
Dialogue: 0,0:26:40.87,0:26:44.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a spirit of obedience and \Njoyful submission
Dialogue: 0,0:26:44.79,0:26:47.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the congregation.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:47.26,0:26:49.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are three areas
Dialogue: 0,0:26:49.13,0:26:50.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I want to show you.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:50.60,0:26:52.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here's where we dive into
Dialogue: 0,0:26:52.14,0:26:53.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the theology of the matter.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:53.98,0:26:55.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reason you should obey and submit
Dialogue: 0,0:26:55.81,0:26:57.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to your leaders is that they are
Dialogue: 0,0:26:57.37,0:27:01.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,watching out for the good of your souls.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:01.29,0:27:04.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are watching out for the good
Dialogue: 0,0:27:04.55,0:27:07.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of your souls.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:07.11,0:27:09.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Notice the text gives us a reason:
Dialogue: 0,0:27:09.22,0:27:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Obey your leaders and submit to them,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:11.10,0:27:14.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for they are keeping watch
Dialogue: 0,0:27:14.52,0:27:16.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over your souls."
Dialogue: 0,0:27:16.31,0:27:18.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, my experience is that most Americans
Dialogue: 0,0:27:18.40,0:27:19.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have a pretty independent streak.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:19.100,0:27:22.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm from Canada, so I get to \Nsay this every now and then.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:22.62,0:27:24.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have a pretty libertarian streak.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:24.50,0:27:26.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't like the idea of anyone
Dialogue: 0,0:27:26.17,0:27:28.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,watching over their souls,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:28.78,0:27:31.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of telling them what to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:31.02,0:27:33.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so the question becomes,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:33.53,0:27:36.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how can this be good news?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:36.33,0:27:38.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That you should actually want someone
Dialogue: 0,0:27:38.42,0:27:40.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,watching you?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:40.85,0:27:43.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is this not like Big Brother?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:43.88,0:27:46.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is this not something invasive?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:46.17,0:27:48.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is this not like a police state?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:48.33,0:27:52.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is it good to be having someone
Dialogue: 0,0:27:52.10,0:27:56.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,watch over your soul?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:56.59,0:28:00.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's because of \Nthree biblical realities
Dialogue: 0,0:28:00.48,0:28:03.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we should want someone
Dialogue: 0,0:28:03.54,0:28:05.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,watching our souls.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:05.46,0:28:07.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the first biblical reality is
Dialogue: 0,0:28:07.46,0:28:12.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our souls can drift from God.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:12.97,0:28:16.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our souls are not like a mighty mountain
Dialogue: 0,0:28:16.93,0:28:21.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's never moved.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:21.36,0:28:22.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As one person has put it,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:22.81,0:28:25.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our souls are not like a boat on a lake.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:25.57,0:28:27.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're like a boat on a river
Dialogue: 0,0:28:27.70,0:28:30.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that need to go upstream.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:30.45,0:28:32.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our souls are not set in orbit.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:32.78,0:28:35.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are prone to wander, Lord, I feel it.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:35.14,0:28:38.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prone to leave the God I love.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:38.56,0:28:41.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is a theme throughout \Nthe book of Hebrews that we're in.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:41.15,0:28:42.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can look at it if you will.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:42.72,0:28:48.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hebrews 2:1
Dialogue: 0,0:28:48.62,0:28:55.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Therefore we must pay \Nmuch closer attention
Dialogue: 0,0:28:55.65,0:28:58.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the things we have heard
Dialogue: 0,0:28:58.04,0:29:00.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lest we drift away from it."
Dialogue: 0,0:29:00.96,0:29:03.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there's a tendency \Nin the Christian life
Dialogue: 0,0:29:03.48,0:29:05.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to drift if you don't keep
Dialogue: 0,0:29:05.32,0:29:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,listening to the preaching \Nthat you've been given.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:07.74,0:29:10.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's interesting. \NThis tendency to drift
Dialogue: 0,0:29:10.35,0:29:11.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,isn't just for the riff raff
Dialogue: 0,0:29:11.69,0:29:13.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the edges of the church.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:13.02,0:29:15.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's for the mightiest and the \Nstrongest in the church.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:15.72,0:29:18.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Notice the writer to the Hebrews says
Dialogue: 0,0:29:18.05,0:29:22.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We." I could drift.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:22.15,0:29:23.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not above drifting
Dialogue: 0,0:29:23.57,0:29:25.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,says the writer to the Hebrews.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:25.10,0:29:27.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We must give all the more attention
Dialogue: 0,0:29:27.43,0:29:29.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the things we have heard,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:29.20,0:29:32.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lest we drift away.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:32.12,0:29:37.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hebrews 3:12-14
Dialogue: 0,0:29:37.36,0:29:40.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Take care brothers,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:40.39,0:29:41.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lest there be in any of you
Dialogue: 0,0:29:41.94,0:29:44.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an evil, unbelieving heart,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:44.43,0:29:46.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leading you to fall away
Dialogue: 0,0:29:46.38,0:29:48.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the living God,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:48.85,0:29:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but exhort one another every day
Dialogue: 0,0:29:53.06,0:29:55.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as long as it is called today,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:55.32,0:29:57.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that none of you may be hardened
Dialogue: 0,0:29:57.33,0:30:00.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the deceitfulness of sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:00.05,0:30:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For we share in Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:30:02.64,0:30:05.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(and I'm going to come back to this -
Dialogue: 0,0:30:05.63,0:30:09.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the most neglected two \Nletters in the New Testament)
Dialogue: 0,0:30:09.67,0:30:14.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...if indeed we continue
Dialogue: 0,0:30:14.89,0:30:18.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our original confidence firm to the end."
Dialogue: 0,0:30:18.72,0:30:23.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got a tendency to drift.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:23.19,0:30:25.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We see it again in Hebrew 10:23.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:25.87,0:30:27.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a theme throughout this book.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:27.57,0:30:32.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really the reason \Nthe book was written.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:32.18,0:30:34.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hebrews 10:23
Dialogue: 0,0:30:34.25,0:30:37.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Let us hold fast the \Nconfession of our hope
Dialogue: 0,0:30:37.76,0:30:40.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without wavering, for He \Nwho promised is faithful."
Dialogue: 0,0:30:40.26,0:30:42.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't just say it will be ok
Dialogue: 0,0:30:42.57,0:30:44.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as long as you stay near the hope;
Dialogue: 0,0:30:44.35,0:30:45.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as long as you sort of stay
Dialogue: 0,0:30:45.68,0:30:47.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the vicinity of the hope;
Dialogue: 0,0:30:47.34,0:30:50.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just stick around the hope...
Dialogue: 0,0:30:50.21,0:30:53.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hold on to the hope.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:53.93,0:30:56.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't drift.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:56.28,0:31:00.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't play in the waves.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:00.23,0:31:05.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't play in the current.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:05.22,0:31:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it will take you away from God.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:08.62,0:31:11.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only can our souls drift from God -
Dialogue: 0,0:31:11.29,0:31:12.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's the first point.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:12.46,0:31:16.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the world encourages such drifting.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:16.47,0:31:19.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The world encourages such drifting.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:19.49,0:31:24.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hebrews 10:32-34 shows us
Dialogue: 0,0:31:24.49,0:31:26.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the drifting that is encouraged
Dialogue: 0,0:31:26.86,0:31:29.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by persecution.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:29.48,0:31:32.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hebrews 10:32 "Recall the former days
Dialogue: 0,0:31:32.50,0:31:34.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when after you were enlightened,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:34.25,0:31:35.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(after you became Christians),
Dialogue: 0,0:31:35.73,0:31:37.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you endured a hard \Nstruggle with sufferings;
Dialogue: 0,0:31:37.90,0:31:40.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes being publicly exposed
Dialogue: 0,0:31:40.13,0:31:42.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to reproach and affliction,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:42.54,0:31:44.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sometimes being partners with
Dialogue: 0,0:31:44.56,0:31:46.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those so treated,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:46.20,0:31:48.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for you had compassion on those in prison,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:48.80,0:31:50.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you joyfully accepted
Dialogue: 0,0:31:50.67,0:31:52.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the plundering of your property
Dialogue: 0,0:31:52.26,0:31:54.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since you knew that you yourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:31:54.15,0:31:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had a better possession
Dialogue: 0,0:31:55.84,0:31:58.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and an abiding one."
Dialogue: 0,0:31:58.49,0:32:02.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Getting your stuff stolen \Nbecause you're a Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:02.24,0:32:06.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't even like getting \Nour stuff stolen just because.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:06.92,0:32:08.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But who wants to have their stuff stolen
Dialogue: 0,0:32:08.96,0:32:11.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they're a Christian?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:11.16,0:32:14.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be exposed to public reproach?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:14.90,0:32:16.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew a young man in Louisville.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:16.79,0:32:18.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He went to the orientation
Dialogue: 0,0:32:18.20,0:32:20.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the University of Louisville campus
Dialogue: 0,0:32:20.59,0:32:22.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in his first year in college,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:22.48,0:32:24.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they said, ok, we're going to do
Dialogue: 0,0:32:24.22,0:32:26.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some orientation games \Nto get to know everyone.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:26.75,0:32:31.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone for gay marriage \Nline up on this wall.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:31.62,0:32:34.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone against it line up on this wall.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:34.03,0:32:39.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he stood there alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:39.08,0:32:44.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Public reproach that makes it hard
Dialogue: 0,0:32:44.97,0:32:46.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not to drift away.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:46.14,0:32:50.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You just think I'd like to \Ndrift over to that wall.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:50.30,0:32:54.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want to be outside \Nthe camp anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:54.07,0:32:58.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just want to drift over to that wall.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:58.89,0:33:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And some of you are \Ndrifting here this morning.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:06.56,0:33:11.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The world has temptations to drift.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:11.89,0:33:14.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The world offers persecution \Nto help you drift.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:14.98,0:33:18.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The world has false teachings \Nthat will help you drift.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:18.02,0:33:20.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are wolves we heard about yesterday
Dialogue: 0,0:33:20.12,0:33:21.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that break in to the flock
Dialogue: 0,0:33:21.85,0:33:23.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and want to rip her to shreds
Dialogue: 0,0:33:23.37,0:33:25.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and draw her away to false teachings
Dialogue: 0,0:33:25.64,0:33:27.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get her to drift away from God.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:27.74,0:33:30.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The cross always makes you feel
Dialogue: 0,0:33:30.47,0:33:33.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like a loser and God is the winner.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:33.33,0:33:34.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there are false teachings
Dialogue: 0,0:33:34.92,0:33:37.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that will make you both winners.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:37.55,0:33:39.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't have to feel as bad.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:39.94,0:33:42.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God doesn't look as good.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:42.98,0:33:48.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's a lot easier to believe.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:48.66,0:33:50.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then of course,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:50.69,0:33:52.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the number one things that destroys
Dialogue: 0,0:33:52.86,0:33:54.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the seed of the Gospel -
Dialogue: 0,0:33:54.24,0:33:55.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the number one things
Dialogue: 0,0:33:55.59,0:33:57.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that makes us drift from the Gospel
Dialogue: 0,0:33:57.30,0:33:58.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is just the cares of this world
Dialogue: 0,0:33:58.79,0:34:00.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the deceitfulness of riches.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:00.82,0:34:03.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm just so busy paying the paycheck
Dialogue: 0,0:34:03.30,0:34:05.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and taking the kids to soccer
Dialogue: 0,0:34:05.13,0:34:10.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I haven't been in \Nthe Word in a month.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:10.23,0:34:18.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not everything that can \Nkill you looks deadly.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:18.24,0:34:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our souls can drift from God. Amen?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:24.08,0:34:28.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The world wants you to drift from God.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:28.97,0:34:31.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you do, you will not be saved.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:31.29,0:34:33.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the third truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:33.46,0:34:34.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you drift away,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:34.58,0:34:39.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will not go to heaven.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:39.62,0:34:42.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Bible is clear
Dialogue: 0,0:34:42.24,0:34:45.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that salvation comes to us in a moment
Dialogue: 0,0:34:45.94,0:34:48.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we believe on the Lord Jesus Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:48.97,0:34:51.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but those who believe \Nin the Lord Jesus Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:34:51.34,0:34:57.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,truly keep on believing until they die.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:57.32,0:35:03.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The elect endure until the end.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:03.64,0:35:10.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's go back to that word \N"if" in Hebrews 3:12-14.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:10.23,0:35:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hebrews 3:14
Dialogue: 0,0:35:15.80,0:35:17.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There the writer of the Hebrews says,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:17.86,0:35:20.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"For we have come to share in Christ."
Dialogue: 0,0:35:20.15,0:35:21.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what it is to be a Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:21.100,0:35:23.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To share in Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:23.26,0:35:24.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To share in His destiny.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:24.60,0:35:25.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to heaven.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:25.61,0:35:26.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's going to heaven.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:26.75,0:35:28.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's got the power of God on Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:28.41,0:35:30.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've got the power of God on me.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:30.44,0:35:33.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am sharing in Christ...
Dialogue: 0,0:35:33.29,0:35:35.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"...if indeed I work really hard."
Dialogue: 0,0:35:35.72,0:35:38.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No. The Bible's abundantly clear,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:38.58,0:35:41.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're not going to heaven \Nby working really hard.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:41.40,0:35:44.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"...but we must hold \Nour original confidence
Dialogue: 0,0:35:44.63,0:35:47.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,firm until the end."
Dialogue: 0,0:35:47.23,0:35:49.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Salvation is not to those who
Dialogue: 0,0:35:49.72,0:35:53.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had a "religious spasm," \NSpurgeon called them;
Dialogue: 0,0:35:53.14,0:35:56.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where for a moment they held on to Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:56.84,0:35:59.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's for those who say with Peter,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:59.25,0:36:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Where shall we go?
Dialogue: 0,0:36:00.80,0:36:03.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You alone have the words of eternal life."
Dialogue: 0,0:36:03.32,0:36:05.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It goes to people who hold fast,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:05.58,0:36:07.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who won't let go,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:07.14,0:36:09.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are faithful until the end,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:09.05,0:36:11.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who cannot let go of Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:36:11.26,0:36:12.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they keep sensing
Dialogue: 0,0:36:12.74,0:36:14.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their need of grace.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:14.74,0:36:15.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, back up.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:15.79,0:36:18.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that you?
Dialogue: 0,0:36:18.49,0:36:21.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that how you see yourself?
Dialogue: 0,0:36:21.90,0:36:25.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you see yourself as \Nsomeone prone to drift?
Dialogue: 0,0:36:25.99,0:36:29.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:29.34,0:36:31.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you see the world
Dialogue: 0,0:36:31.67,0:36:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a place that tempts you to drift?
Dialogue: 0,0:36:35.18,0:36:37.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you see your own flesh pulling you
Dialogue: 0,0:36:37.34,0:36:40.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards drifting?
Dialogue: 0,0:36:40.16,0:36:42.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know that if you drift away,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:42.16,0:36:44.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will not be saved?
Dialogue: 0,0:36:44.14,0:36:46.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If that's the way you see the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:46.32,0:36:50.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an overseer is a very precious gift.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:50.67,0:36:53.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someone outside of your soul
Dialogue: 0,0:36:53.40,0:36:56.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,watching your soul.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:56.10,0:36:59.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someone outside of you watching you.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:59.83,0:37:02.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someone while you, who are being
Dialogue: 0,0:37:02.74,0:37:05.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lured away by all the siren songs
Dialogue: 0,0:37:05.66,0:37:08.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the world, who is tied to the mast,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:08.24,0:37:10.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and declaring the Word of God to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:10.46,0:37:13.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and calling you to stay in the ship
Dialogue: 0,0:37:13.29,0:37:15.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is on its way to heaven.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:15.65,0:37:17.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you look at yourself like that,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:17.59,0:37:20.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then an overseer is a \Nsweet and precious gift.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:20.92,0:37:22.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not invasive.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:22.64,0:37:24.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like get to know me.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:24.14,0:37:26.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ask me questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:26.02,0:37:27.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me show you what I've got.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:27.67,0:37:29.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the things my co-pastor Jeff King
Dialogue: 0,0:37:29.84,0:37:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,always prays is,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:30.92,0:37:33.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Lord, would You just \Nhelp Ryan believe..."
Dialogue: 0,0:37:33.56,0:37:34.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or help whoever believe,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:34.84,0:37:37.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"that there is grace for the real Ryan."
Dialogue: 0,0:37:37.58,0:37:39.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not the Ryan that he thinks he should be;
Dialogue: 0,0:37:39.67,0:37:41.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the Ryan that he wants to be,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:41.44,0:37:43.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but for who he is now.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:43.68,0:37:44.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You need to know -
Dialogue: 0,0:37:44.81,0:37:46.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pastors will help you know -
Dialogue: 0,0:37:46.43,0:37:52.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there is grace for you as you are.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:52.30,0:37:54.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's so glorious.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:54.74,0:37:56.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when you look at life like that,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:56.68,0:37:59.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an overseer is not an invader.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:59.48,0:38:02.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An overseer is a shepherd and a friend
Dialogue: 0,0:38:02.32,0:38:05.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to your soul.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:05.75,0:38:08.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obey your leaders,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:08.100,0:38:17.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for they are watching over your soul.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:17.67,0:38:19.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if I could just say one word
Dialogue: 0,0:38:19.30,0:38:23.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Garrett and to Mason as brothers,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:23.63,0:38:28.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to Charles and Dick \Nas fathers in the faith,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:28.94,0:38:31.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,watch your life
Dialogue: 0,0:38:31.82,0:38:35.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your doctrine carefully.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:35.91,0:38:38.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Watch your purity.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:38.87,0:38:40.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Watch that you hold on to truths
Dialogue: 0,0:38:40.85,0:38:43.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of heaven and hell and sin
Dialogue: 0,0:38:43.77,0:38:46.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and salvation earnestly.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:46.37,0:38:47.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if you lose those things,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:47.96,0:38:52.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you cannot watch over anyone else's soul.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:52.88,0:38:54.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because your eye's not clear
Dialogue: 0,0:38:54.99,0:38:58.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see what every soul needs.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:58.71,0:39:01.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The miracle of 40 years of ministry
Dialogue: 0,0:39:01.92,0:39:05.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the miracle of men \Nwho are prone to wander
Dialogue: 0,0:39:05.64,0:39:09.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not wandering.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:09.34,0:39:10.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And not only not wandering,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:10.73,0:39:14.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but watching out that others don't wander.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:14.81,0:39:17.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's incredible.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:17.36,0:39:19.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second reason I would give you
Dialogue: 0,0:39:19.60,0:39:24.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to inflame and encourage your desire
Dialogue: 0,0:39:24.57,0:39:28.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to obey and submit to your leaders
Dialogue: 0,0:39:28.19,0:39:31.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is they will have to give an account.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:31.56,0:39:34.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's always hard to obey leadership
Dialogue: 0,0:39:34.47,0:39:38.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we think they're \Ngetting away with something.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:38.67,0:39:40.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's always hard to obey the government
Dialogue: 0,0:39:40.62,0:39:42.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it feels like it's gone rogue.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:42.63,0:39:44.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When it feels like it's not accountable -
Dialogue: 0,0:39:44.58,0:39:46.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the courts aren't \Naccountable to anything,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:46.34,0:39:48.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the president's not \Naccountable to anything,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:48.23,0:39:50.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Congress isn't \Naccountable to anything,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:50.12,0:39:52.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it just gets bitter in your soul.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:52.51,0:39:55.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't want to do what they say.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:55.24,0:39:58.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're not going to be held to account.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:58.06,0:40:00.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you feel like the \Nprincipal of your school
Dialogue: 0,0:40:00.40,0:40:02.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the boss at work has no accountability,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:02.94,0:40:04.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they have just gone -
Dialogue: 0,0:40:04.60,0:40:05.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are just doing things
Dialogue: 0,0:40:05.96,0:40:07.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to their own dictates,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:07.52,0:40:12.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it tempts us towards a bitterness of soul.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:12.90,0:40:14.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we're here reminded,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:14.58,0:40:16.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your pastors aren't going to get away
Dialogue: 0,0:40:16.99,0:40:19.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:19.37,0:40:22.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're going to face a stricter account,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:22.21,0:40:25.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,James says.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:25.12,0:40:27.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I heard a pastor tell a story
Dialogue: 0,0:40:27.55,0:40:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of one time at their church,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:29.12,0:40:30.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were starting \Nsome new initiatives;
Dialogue: 0,0:40:30.98,0:40:32.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were doing \Nsome new things,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:32.68,0:40:35.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they went to the congregation \Nto talk to them about it,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:35.06,0:40:37.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I imagine a lot of people\Nreally liked these things,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:37.66,0:40:40.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but one person was kind of nervous.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:40.20,0:40:41.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he walked up to the pastor
Dialogue: 0,0:40:41.90,0:40:46.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he said, "you know, \NI don't like what you're doing,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:46.79,0:40:50.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the Bible tells me to trust you,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:50.34,0:40:53.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're going to be held to account
Dialogue: 0,0:40:53.02,0:40:56.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I'm going to completely \Nsubmit to you and follow you."
Dialogue: 0,0:40:56.75,0:40:57.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know about you,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:57.93,0:40:59.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I've been a pastor - I am a pastor.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:59.95,0:41:02.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I hear that, I'm like, \Noh Lord, I want to do it right, now.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:02.99,0:41:05.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to do it right.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:05.43,0:41:11.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because you're being given trust.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:11.64,0:41:15.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want to freak out \Nyour husband later today?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:15.19,0:41:17.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just tell him I am willing to follow you
Dialogue: 0,0:41:17.34,0:41:20.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and submit to you in anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:20.91,0:41:23.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You will watch him get more careful,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:23.77,0:41:31.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if he's got any ounce \Nof the Spirit of God in him.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:31.46,0:41:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Same thing is true with leaders.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:35.82,0:41:37.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other thing about this idea
Dialogue: 0,0:41:37.65,0:41:39.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of they're going to be held to account,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:39.66,0:41:43.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is it sort of helps you \Nunderstand pastors.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:43.60,0:41:47.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes people don't \Nreally understand pastors.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:47.38,0:41:49.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was driving in my truck the other day
Dialogue: 0,0:41:49.36,0:41:51.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a friend of ours from our church,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:51.33,0:41:53.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he was talking about one \Nof the leaders of the church
Dialogue: 0,0:41:53.62,0:41:55.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kept confronting him about something.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:55.36,0:41:56.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why does he keep doing that?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:56.50,0:41:58.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He just keeps confronting \Nme with this thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:58.92,0:42:01.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, I've told him \NI'm going to deal with it,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:01.24,0:42:02.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I haven't dealt with it,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:02.47,0:42:03.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he keeps confronting me about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:03.94,0:42:06.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why does he keep doing this to me?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:06.36,0:42:09.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was quite distressed about this.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:09.46,0:42:10.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I said,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:10.97,0:42:14.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"have you ever considered
Dialogue: 0,0:42:14.37,0:42:16.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he would probably like to stop
Dialogue: 0,0:42:16.39,0:42:18.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,confronting you about it?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:18.70,0:42:20.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That it would certainly \Nmake his life easier
Dialogue: 0,0:42:20.96,0:42:23.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to stop confronting you about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:23.93,0:42:25.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that he feels that he cannot
Dialogue: 0,0:42:25.83,0:42:27.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stand before the Lord
Dialogue: 0,0:42:27.87,0:42:32.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless he keeps confronting you about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:32.87,0:42:35.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And pretty soon my friend was on the phone
Dialogue: 0,0:42:35.03,0:42:37.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,apologizing to the leader in our church.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:37.57,0:42:43.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they were in the \Nmidst of reconciliation.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:43.35,0:42:45.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I tell you all this because
Dialogue: 0,0:42:45.20,0:42:46.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes people wonder,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:46.52,0:42:49.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why do pastors have to \Nget all up in my business?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:49.62,0:42:52.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why can't they just keep their distance?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:52.57,0:42:54.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why do they have to push into the details?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:54.74,0:42:56.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's talk about modesty,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:56.41,0:42:58.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if we're going to be \Nlike Timothy and Peter
Dialogue: 0,0:42:58.69,0:43:01.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we'll talk about it in detail.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:01.58,0:43:03.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's talk about your finances.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:03.11,0:43:05.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And since we're going to talk about\Nthem in a New Testament way,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:05.37,0:43:10.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that means we're going \Nto talk about them a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:10.20,0:43:12.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's talk about secret sins
Dialogue: 0,0:43:12.08,0:43:15.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the motives of the heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:15.14,0:43:18.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And let's press in on these things.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:18.75,0:43:20.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pastors are not doing this -
Dialogue: 0,0:43:20.52,0:43:23.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,godly pastors are not doing this
Dialogue: 0,0:43:23.27,0:43:25.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they are arrogant,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:25.69,0:43:29.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,egotistical, pushy, power hungry men.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:29.16,0:43:31.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Accountable pastors are not arrogant,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:31.39,0:43:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but humble.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:33.98,0:43:36.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not egotistical, but loving.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:36.40,0:43:39.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not pushy, but obedient.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:39.08,0:43:41.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They may look like what our culture says
Dialogue: 0,0:43:41.37,0:43:42.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is arrogant and egotistical.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:42.78,0:43:44.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyone who's got an opinion
Dialogue: 0,0:43:44.15,0:43:45.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and want you to live by it,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:45.52,0:43:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, in our culture, is called:
Dialogue: 0,0:43:47.28,0:43:48.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,arrogant.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:48.71,0:43:50.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what if you're a man who's going to
Dialogue: 0,0:43:50.69,0:43:52.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be held accountable for enforcing
Dialogue: 0,0:43:52.41,0:43:54.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God's opinions?
Dialogue: 0,0:43:54.69,0:43:58.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And by the way, God doesn't have opinions.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:58.33,0:44:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's just got truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:03.00,0:44:04.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your pastors are those who are
Dialogue: 0,0:44:04.59,0:44:13.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to be held to an account.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:13.20,0:44:15.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Last point.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:15.46,0:44:17.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But before you get your hopes up,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:17.35,0:44:18.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's a lot of applications
Dialogue: 0,0:44:18.81,0:44:20.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I don't call points,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:20.08,0:44:22.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because then I have to say \Nthere's a lot more points.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:22.40,0:44:23.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there's a last point,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:23.68,0:44:30.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then there's applications.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:30.30,0:44:32.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pastors are worth more to you
Dialogue: 0,0:44:32.28,0:44:36.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when their joy is contagious.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:36.21,0:44:38.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're just worth more.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:38.91,0:44:41.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They just get more done.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:41.93,0:44:43.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They will help you more
Dialogue: 0,0:44:43.57,0:44:44.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in your spiritual walk
Dialogue: 0,0:44:44.88,0:44:47.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they're happy in Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:47.50,0:44:48.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,End of story.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:48.38,0:44:51.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just an absolute rule
Dialogue: 0,0:44:51.15,0:44:53.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of life and ministry
Dialogue: 0,0:44:53.01,0:44:54.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that if the pastor always
Dialogue: 0,0:44:54.75,0:44:57.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and continually feels \Nlike he'd rather die -
Dialogue: 0,0:44:57.65,0:44:59.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there have been godly men in the Bible
Dialogue: 0,0:44:59.74,0:45:01.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who asked God to kill them,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:01.73,0:45:04.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they would have \Nrather died than go on -
Dialogue: 0,0:45:04.88,0:45:06.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the simple fact is
Dialogue: 0,0:45:06.13,0:45:08.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when your pastors are full of joy,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:08.07,0:45:11.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they just help you a lot more.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:11.65,0:45:12.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They help you a lot more.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:12.94,0:45:14.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let them do this...
Dialogue: 0,0:45:14.14,0:45:16.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let them do this leading,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:16.48,0:45:18.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this watching over your souls,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:18.13,0:45:19.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this commanding you.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:19.54,0:45:21.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Let them do this with joy
Dialogue: 0,0:45:21.22,0:45:22.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not with groaning,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:22.53,0:45:29.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for that would be of no advantage to you."
Dialogue: 0,0:45:29.31,0:45:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was walking with one of my co-pastors
Dialogue: 0,0:45:31.96,0:45:34.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through Home Depot
Dialogue: 0,0:45:34.56,0:45:37.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe 12 years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:37.31,0:45:39.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He and his wife were struggling
Dialogue: 0,0:45:39.61,0:45:41.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with infertility.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:41.56,0:45:43.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was not making them, at this point,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:43.44,0:45:45.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,soft towards the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:45.13,0:45:47.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was making them hard towards the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:47.18,0:45:48.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was making them angry at God.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:48.72,0:45:51.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They couldn't understand why they \Nwanted this good thing - children.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:51.76,0:45:54.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Bible says, "be \Nfruitful and multiply."
Dialogue: 0,0:45:54.23,0:45:56.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They wanted to be fruitful and multiply.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:56.39,0:45:59.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They couldn't multiply \Nto save their lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:59.14,0:46:01.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're walking through Home Depot\Nand he's basically telling me
Dialogue: 0,0:46:01.98,0:46:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to leave the faith;
Dialogue: 0,0:46:05.14,0:46:06.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to just go,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:06.21,0:46:08.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,buy a house on the beach in Florida,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:08.54,0:46:10.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just try to live a normal life
Dialogue: 0,0:46:10.18,0:46:12.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because this whole idea of following God
Dialogue: 0,0:46:12.11,0:46:13.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through difficult seasons like this
Dialogue: 0,0:46:13.84,0:46:18.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is doing me in.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:18.59,0:46:20.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now what happens if at that moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:20.46,0:46:25.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I go, "me too?"
Dialogue: 0,0:46:25.99,0:46:32.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We may both be on the \Nbeach in Florida right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:32.29,0:46:33.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The simple fact is
Dialogue: 0,0:46:33.100,0:46:36.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are all going to come \Nto difficult moments
Dialogue: 0,0:46:36.19,0:46:37.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:37.63,0:46:38.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:38.84,0:46:40.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one of the most precious gifts
Dialogue: 0,0:46:40.65,0:46:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God can ever give to us in that moment
Dialogue: 0,0:46:42.62,0:46:45.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a pastor who is full of joy,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:45.91,0:46:48.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who says, no, no, no, no...
Dialogue: 0,0:46:48.03,0:46:52.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At His right hand are \Npleasures forevermore.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:52.25,0:46:53.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, this is hard,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:53.88,0:46:56.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and weeping is going to last for a night,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:56.12,0:46:58.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there is joy in the morning.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:58.81,0:47:00.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's just something about
Dialogue: 0,0:47:00.54,0:47:04.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,somebody else believing it
Dialogue: 0,0:47:04.93,0:47:07.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's like the four friends who
Dialogue: 0,0:47:07.25,0:47:08.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lowered their paralyzed friend
Dialogue: 0,0:47:08.94,0:47:11.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,down into Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:11.05,0:47:12.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A joyful pastor -
Dialogue: 0,0:47:12.31,0:47:13.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might not have faith right now,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:13.98,0:47:16.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'm taking you down through the roof
Dialogue: 0,0:47:16.11,0:47:20.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Jesus to see Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:20.17,0:47:21.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you've done everything
Dialogue: 0,0:47:21.64,0:47:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to undermine your pastor's ministry -
Dialogue: 0,0:47:23.52,0:47:25.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything to make sure there's a nice,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:25.49,0:47:28.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,humbling email each Monday morning...
Dialogue: 0,0:47:28.36,0:47:30.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, the board of deacons
Dialogue: 0,0:47:30.01,0:47:31.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the small town church.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:31.27,0:47:32.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their motto was:
Dialogue: 0,0:47:32.97,0:47:36.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Lord, You keep them humble,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:36.30,0:47:39.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we'll keep them poor."
Dialogue: 0,0:47:39.93,0:47:42.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you've done everything to undermine him
Dialogue: 0,0:47:42.86,0:47:44.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hurt him,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:44.55,0:47:47.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then all of a sudden \Nyou're hospitalized,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:47.47,0:47:49.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the man who walks in to comfort you
Dialogue: 0,0:47:49.60,0:47:54.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has not got any comfort to bring,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:54.50,0:47:57.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you've hurt your own soul.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:57.58,0:47:59.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And many people have done that
Dialogue: 0,0:47:59.05,0:48:01.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to pastors in the name \Nof biblical faithfulness.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:01.86,0:48:04.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were just trying to help the pastor
Dialogue: 0,0:48:04.13,0:48:05.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be biblically faithful
Dialogue: 0,0:48:05.68,0:48:11.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by criticizing his every move
Dialogue: 0,0:48:11.32,0:48:18.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and making him of no advantage to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:18.45,0:48:19.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the other hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:19.80,0:48:21.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you stoke the fires in your pastor;
Dialogue: 0,0:48:21.84,0:48:23.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you encourage your pastor;
Dialogue: 0,0:48:23.08,0:48:25.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you generally obey your pastor;
Dialogue: 0,0:48:25.26,0:48:27.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and follow along in his lead,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:27.76,0:48:29.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you seek to obey the Word of God
Dialogue: 0,0:48:29.63,0:48:31.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he preaches and you delight in it,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:31.50,0:48:32.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you rejoice with him
Dialogue: 0,0:48:32.75,0:48:34.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on how God is using him,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:34.12,0:48:36.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how the Spirit is helping the church.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:36.11,0:48:38.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You do that, and then \Nyou come into crisis,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:38.32,0:48:39.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he will be right there
Dialogue: 0,0:48:39.96,0:48:42.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,full of joy,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:42.87,0:48:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ready to help you out;
Dialogue: 0,0:48:45.04,0:48:49.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ready to encourage you.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:49.84,0:48:53.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, here's a few applications.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:53.18,0:48:54.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's a few applications,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:54.84,0:48:58.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I really am done.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:58.72,0:49:01.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And these range from \Nthe incredibly practical
Dialogue: 0,0:49:01.84,0:49:06.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the deeply theological.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:06.51,0:49:10.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Write notes
Dialogue: 0,0:49:10.36,0:49:14.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and give real substantive encouragements
Dialogue: 0,0:49:14.77,0:49:16.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to your pastor,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:16.95,0:49:22.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and "good message" doesn't count.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:22.10,0:49:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ok?
Dialogue: 0,0:49:23.52,0:49:24.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Good message" means
Dialogue: 0,0:49:24.83,0:49:27.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I cannot think a coherent sentence
Dialogue: 0,0:49:27.86,0:49:30.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that amounts to more than two words
Dialogue: 0,0:49:30.07,0:49:33.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about what you just said.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:33.81,0:49:35.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not encouraging.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:35.25,0:49:36.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I always tell people,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:36.35,0:49:38.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"what was it that helped you?"
Dialogue: 0,0:49:38.37,0:49:43.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(unintelligible)
Dialogue: 0,0:49:43.74,0:49:47.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm glad that was helpful for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:47.37,0:49:51.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've just had someone pour out
Dialogue: 0,0:49:51.58,0:49:55.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the studied Word of God onto your soul.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:55.88,0:49:59.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can sit down for five seconds
Dialogue: 0,0:49:59.73,0:50:02.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and write an email that relates
Dialogue: 0,0:50:02.39,0:50:07.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something that was helpful.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:07.09,0:50:08.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I tell you what, any pastor -
Dialogue: 0,0:50:08.98,0:50:11.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and don't ask twenty questions,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:11.15,0:50:13.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because if all of you \Nask twenty questions:
Dialogue: 0,0:50:13.60,0:50:15.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"here's something helpful \Nand here's 20 questions,"
Dialogue: 0,0:50:15.98,0:50:17.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Charles and Dick will die this Monday.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:17.89,0:50:19.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It will happen just like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:19.40,0:50:22.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Boom. Oh, no, I preached, \Nso I'll die on Monday.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:22.98,0:50:25.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But a general attitude of I'm going to say
Dialogue: 0,0:50:25.42,0:50:28.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something substantive to let them know
Dialogue: 0,0:50:28.10,0:50:30.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I was gleaning from the Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:30.39,0:50:31.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of you say,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:31.39,0:50:32.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, that will make them proud.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:32.93,0:50:34.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It does not make you proud.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:34.40,0:50:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, if you're a good pastor,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:36.04,0:50:38.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're not preaching your own ideas.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:38.16,0:50:39.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when someone comes to you
Dialogue: 0,0:50:39.64,0:50:41.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and says, hey, that \Nidea that wasn't yours,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:41.97,0:50:43.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was really helpful to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:43.38,0:50:44.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not making you proud.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:44.83,0:50:47.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's making you rejoice that they love
Dialogue: 0,0:50:47.29,0:50:52.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God's Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:52.39,0:50:54.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Second, and I have not talked to any
Dialogue: 0,0:50:54.49,0:50:56.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,single pastor about this.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:56.07,0:50:59.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one has paid me to do this.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:59.21,0:51:01.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pay your pastors.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:01.85,0:51:02.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pay them.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:02.80,0:51:04.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Double honor in 1 Timothy 5
Dialogue: 0,0:51:04.47,0:51:06.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a financial term
Dialogue: 0,0:51:06.94,0:51:08.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to care for your pastors.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:08.21,0:51:09.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They won't all be paid evenly.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:09.75,0:51:11.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's all kinds of different factors.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:11.74,0:51:14.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But make sure they are cared for.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:14.68,0:51:16.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that you all find it easy
Dialogue: 0,0:51:16.22,0:51:17.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to keep your joy when you're broke,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:17.97,0:51:21.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but pastors are different.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:21.92,0:51:23.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, there is a sense in which
Dialogue: 0,0:51:23.58,0:51:26.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the people of God should be not
Dialogue: 0,0:51:26.30,0:51:29.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reviewing a pastor's salary every 25 years
Dialogue: 0,0:51:29.34,0:51:32.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether he needs it or not.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:32.71,0:51:35.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there should be a \Nregular, constant care
Dialogue: 0,0:51:35.25,0:51:41.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to provide for God's man.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:41.61,0:51:44.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I think I'm going to \Nspend a little more time
Dialogue: 0,0:51:44.10,0:51:46.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on this next point.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:46.34,0:51:47.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I had it in my notes,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:47.88,0:51:50.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but honestly, my wife wrote this point
Dialogue: 0,0:51:50.30,0:51:52.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during the songs this morning.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:52.53,0:51:54.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe that men only should preach,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:54.57,0:51:56.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I believe the things my wife whispers
Dialogue: 0,0:51:56.69,0:51:59.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into my ear during some services
Dialogue: 0,0:51:59.03,0:52:02.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are some of the most spiritual \Nthings I've ever heard.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:02.41,0:52:07.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I'll preach them to you right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:07.73,0:52:12.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are men.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:12.92,0:52:14.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the most significant things
Dialogue: 0,0:52:14.80,0:52:17.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can do - and I'm talking to
Dialogue: 0,0:52:17.24,0:52:18.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,children here,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:18.40,0:52:20.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm talking to those who \Nhave been here 40 years,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:20.81,0:52:22.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those who have been here 10 years -
Dialogue: 0,0:52:22.54,0:52:25.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the most significant \Nthings you can do with your pastor
Dialogue: 0,0:52:25.29,0:52:32.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to realize that they are just a person;
Dialogue: 0,0:52:32.43,0:52:35.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they are not cut from another cloth
Dialogue: 0,0:52:35.14,0:52:37.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of humanity,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:37.27,0:52:42.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they are a finite, limited person.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:42.56,0:52:46.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that has so many implications,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:46.36,0:52:48.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's ridiculous.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:48.40,0:52:51.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It means that even if \Nthey could be with you
Dialogue: 0,0:52:51.87,0:52:55.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the time every time you needed them,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:55.67,0:52:58.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they couldn't satisfy your soul.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:58.12,0:53:00.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It would not work.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:00.74,0:53:02.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even if they could be there
Dialogue: 0,0:53:02.04,0:53:03.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as much as you wanted
Dialogue: 0,0:53:03.77,0:53:05.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as often as you wanted,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:05.45,0:53:07.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once they showed up that often,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:07.64,0:53:12.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they would turn out to be disappointing,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:12.06,0:53:16.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they are only people.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:16.88,0:53:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, it also means they can't
Dialogue: 0,0:53:20.06,0:53:22.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,show up all the time every time
Dialogue: 0,0:53:22.64,0:53:25.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be with everyone,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:25.28,0:53:26.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they are people.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:26.89,0:53:29.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this doesn't make \Nthem different than Jesus,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:29.24,0:53:32.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this makes them like Jesus,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:32.57,0:53:34.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who would get ministry opportunities
Dialogue: 0,0:53:34.55,0:53:37.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and would leave,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:37.06,0:53:40.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because He simply could not meet
Dialogue: 0,0:53:40.07,0:53:43.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the needs - that's a \Nstunning thing to say, isn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:53:43.30,0:53:45.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Could not meet all the needs?
Dialogue: 0,0:53:45.36,0:53:46.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At one level, that's true.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:46.77,0:53:49.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was a finite man.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:49.03,0:53:51.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He needed sleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:51.42,0:53:53.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He needed a break.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:53.49,0:53:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He needed to eat.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:56.02,0:53:57.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:53:57.89,0:54:01.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus ministered in one very limited
Dialogue: 0,0:54:01.58,0:54:04.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,geographic area, and He moved
Dialogue: 0,0:54:04.04,0:54:05.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from town to town
Dialogue: 0,0:54:05.39,0:54:07.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and did not spend infinite time,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:07.28,0:54:09.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,though there would have been many
Dialogue: 0,0:54:09.02,0:54:10.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who would have wished He'd stayed
Dialogue: 0,0:54:10.70,0:54:14.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one more day.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:14.03,0:54:18.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was limited in that way.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:18.18,0:54:20.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your pastors are limited in gifts.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:20.96,0:54:23.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I basically find that the \Nlonger I'm in ministry,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:23.57,0:54:27.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my tenure in ministry \Nis the joyful discovery
Dialogue: 0,0:54:27.03,0:54:30.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of how many things I'm bad at.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:30.39,0:54:32.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Preaching - some gifts.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:32.34,0:54:34.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Administration - no gifts.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:34.39,0:54:36.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Counseling - moderate gifts.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:36.82,0:54:39.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gifts of service - I hope \NI have a servant's heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:39.65,0:54:41.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not particularly good at it.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:41.67,0:54:43.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's just all kinds of things
Dialogue: 0,0:54:43.60,0:54:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I am bad at.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:46.50,0:54:48.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You should expect your pastors
Dialogue: 0,0:54:48.10,0:54:51.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to not only be not \Nexcellent at everything,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:51.27,0:54:54.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but actually bad at some things.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:54.30,0:54:55.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it will be good for you
Dialogue: 0,0:54:55.96,0:55:01.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to recognize their sanctified badness
Dialogue: 0,0:55:01.24,0:55:02.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at many, many things,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:02.66,0:55:04.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you were not meant
Dialogue: 0,0:55:04.23,0:55:05.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be built up by a pastor.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:05.98,0:55:09.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You were meant to be built up by a body.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:09.65,0:55:12.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A body that ministers the presence
Dialogue: 0,0:55:12.01,0:55:14.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:14.96,0:55:17.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, if only my pastor was as hospitable
Dialogue: 0,0:55:17.54,0:55:18.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as so-and-so.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:18.68,0:55:20.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if only my pastor made as emotional
Dialogue: 0,0:55:20.82,0:55:22.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,connections like so-and-so.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:22.39,0:55:23.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if only my pastor could be
Dialogue: 0,0:55:23.87,0:55:25.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a mentor like so-and-so.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:25.25,0:55:27.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if only my pastor could be there
Dialogue: 0,0:55:27.13,0:55:28.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like so-and-so.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:28.10,0:55:29.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if only my pastor could duck down
Dialogue: 0,0:55:29.87,0:55:31.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a phone booth and come up
Dialogue: 0,0:55:31.27,0:55:32.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with an "S" on his chest
Dialogue: 0,0:55:32.70,0:55:34.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and fly off into the sunset
Dialogue: 0,0:55:34.38,0:55:39.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with kryptonite in his hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:39.26,0:55:43.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not happening.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:43.09,0:55:46.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the expectation actually diminishes
Dialogue: 0,0:55:46.07,0:55:50.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the effectiveness of your pastor.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:50.96,0:55:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You try living with the expectation
Dialogue: 0,0:55:53.72,0:55:58.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of super humanness for five minutes,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:58.76,0:56:01.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ten minutes,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:01.49,0:56:04.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ten years,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:04.17,0:56:06.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,twenty years,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:06.27,0:56:10.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thirty years,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:10.36,0:56:14.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,forty years.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:14.21,0:56:16.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I preached at a women's ministry event
Dialogue: 0,0:56:16.13,0:56:17.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Friday night before I came,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:17.64,0:56:19.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I said one of the traps I feel -
Dialogue: 0,0:56:19.49,0:56:21.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's always two pushes to me:
Dialogue: 0,0:56:21.41,0:56:22.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got to grow. We've got to grow.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:22.98,0:56:24.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's not just like a \Nchurch growth grow,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:24.82,0:56:26.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's we want to see the lost saved;
Dialogue: 0,0:56:26.55,0:56:27.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we want to grow.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:27.80,0:56:28.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you've got,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:28.83,0:56:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're getting big, \Nand if you get real big
Dialogue: 0,0:56:30.82,0:56:32.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can't disciple people.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:32.30,0:56:34.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then the pastor's kind \Nof in the middle like,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:34.32,0:56:40.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so what you're saying is \Nit's failure either way.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:40.16,0:56:43.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we grow, we get big.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:43.55,0:56:46.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what happens when you grow.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:46.95,0:56:49.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when you get big, you have less time.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:49.57,0:56:52.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what happens when you grow.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:52.03,0:56:54.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's no way to \Nkeep it perfectly balanced.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:54.55,0:56:56.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They couldn't keep it perfectly balanced
Dialogue: 0,0:56:56.66,0:56:59.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the Holy Spirit decided\Nthey would boost their church
Dialogue: 0,0:56:59.44,0:57:02.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from 120 to 3,000 on the first day.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:02.48,0:57:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can see the people going,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:04.02,0:57:10.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember when we \Ngot more time with Peter.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:10.39,0:57:14.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He'd be there for the all \Nnight prayer meetings.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:14.23,0:57:15.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now where is he?
Dialogue: 0,0:57:15.33,0:57:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Preaching all over.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:22.18,0:57:23.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the end of the day,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:23.95,0:57:29.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your pastors will 100%, I guarantee it,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:29.61,0:57:31.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can take it to the bank,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:31.40,0:57:34.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disappoint you.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:34.75,0:57:36.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm not talking vague,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:36.11,0:57:37.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,abstract disappoint you;
Dialogue: 0,0:57:37.33,0:57:42.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm talking like it-will-\Nhurt disappoint you.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:42.73,0:57:46.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's because all pastors can do
Dialogue: 0,0:57:46.72,0:57:48.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they're doing their job well
Dialogue: 0,0:57:48.28,0:57:49.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to point you to the One
Dialogue: 0,0:57:49.76,0:57:54.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who will never disappoint you.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:54.01,0:57:55.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul helped the churches he pastored
Dialogue: 0,0:57:55.80,0:57:57.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rely on God
Dialogue: 0,0:57:57.94,0:57:59.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by preaching in the power of the Spirit
Dialogue: 0,0:57:59.90,0:58:02.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so their trust would not be in man,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:02.27,0:58:04.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in the power of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:04.07,0:58:05.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because at the end of the day,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:05.53,0:58:08.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's only One Man who can sustain
Dialogue: 0,0:58:08.21,0:58:12.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the expectations \Nof all of His children,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:12.04,0:58:14.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's the man Christ Jesus
Dialogue: 0,0:58:14.01,0:58:16.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who died on the cross \Nto satisfy His children
Dialogue: 0,0:58:16.71,0:58:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with living water and living bread,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:19.18,0:58:21.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who can feed their souls for eternity.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:21.45,0:58:23.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He can be there every moment
Dialogue: 0,0:58:23.16,0:58:24.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of every day,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:24.24,0:58:26.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He can be infinitely interesting
Dialogue: 0,0:58:26.33,0:58:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and glorious every minute of every day
Dialogue: 0,0:58:29.06,0:58:31.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now enthroned in Heaven,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:31.14,0:58:32.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He needs no sleep,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:32.60,0:58:34.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He needs no rest,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:34.36,0:58:36.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He lives to make intercession
Dialogue: 0,0:58:36.55,0:58:38.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for His people.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:38.01,0:58:43.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is the Shepherd of the sheep.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:43.48,0:58:45.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you destroy your pastor's joy,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:45.42,0:58:47.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he won't even be able to point you
Dialogue: 0,0:58:47.06,0:58:51.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to that great Shepherd.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:51.19,0:58:54.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, it's a great thing to honor
Dialogue: 0,0:58:54.99,0:58:59.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Charles and Dick
Dialogue: 0,0:58:59.69,0:59:01.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Garrett and Mason,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:01.63,0:59:04.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and whoever else God would make you.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:04.77,0:59:06.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's also probably a really good thing
Dialogue: 0,0:59:06.84,0:59:10.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right now to acknowledge \Nlegitimate disappointments
Dialogue: 0,0:59:10.29,0:59:18.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have accumulated over 40 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:18.61,0:59:20.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to apply those beautiful words
Dialogue: 0,0:59:20.59,0:59:23.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Ephesians that say that we are to be
Dialogue: 0,0:59:23.25,0:59:25.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,forgiving one another
Dialogue: 0,0:59:25.86,0:59:30.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even as God in Christ forgave us.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:30.67,0:59:32.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To apply those beautiful words of
Dialogue: 0,0:59:32.29,0:59:34.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ephesians 4:1 that says
Dialogue: 0,0:59:34.92,0:59:37.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we are to bear \Nwith one another in love.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:37.34,0:59:39.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does that mean?\NThat means that other Christians
Dialogue: 0,0:59:39.65,0:59:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are the kind of people \Nyou have to bear with.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:45.33,0:59:47.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people get into their devotions;
Dialogue: 0,0:59:47.30,0:59:49.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they pray themselves up;\Nthey come up full of the Spirit,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:49.64,0:59:52.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they actually rub you the wrong way.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:52.13,0:59:53.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like when they're at their best,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:53.71,0:59:56.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they rub you the wrong way.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:56.61,0:59:58.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then you need to be filled with the Spirit
Dialogue: 0,0:59:58.92,1:00:02.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and bear with them in love.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:02.40,1:00:04.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So now is probably a good time
Dialogue: 0,1:00:04.32,1:00:06.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at a forty year mark to say, ok,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:06.26,1:00:08.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what kind of baggage is there
Dialogue: 0,1:00:08.13,1:00:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that might really undermine the future
Dialogue: 0,1:00:10.14,1:00:12.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Lake Road?
Dialogue: 0,1:00:12.36,1:00:13.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's there?
Dialogue: 0,1:00:13.99,1:00:15.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can I just lay that before the Lord
Dialogue: 0,1:00:15.94,1:00:20.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ask for His forgiveness for me;
Dialogue: 0,1:00:20.98,1:00:24.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,remember how He bears with me;
Dialogue: 0,1:00:24.57,1:00:28.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,remember His kindness towards me,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:28.40,1:00:31.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then to pray for yourself
Dialogue: 0,1:00:31.04,1:00:32.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you'd be able to make
Dialogue: 0,1:00:32.55,1:00:35.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these men's ministry a joy;
Dialogue: 0,1:00:35.98,1:00:37.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to care for them,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:37.04,1:00:39.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to spur them on for the next five,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:39.16,1:00:41.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ten, fifteen years.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:41.63,1:00:44.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then to pray to God
Dialogue: 0,1:00:44.50,1:00:46.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they would be
Dialogue: 0,1:00:46.01,1:00:48.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all that God would have them to be.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:48.10,1:00:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There may be legitimate disappointments,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:50.02,1:00:53.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can pray for the growth in grace
Dialogue: 0,1:00:53.12,1:00:57.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of all of those who \Nare ministering to you.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:57.86,1:00:59.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my goal in all of this
Dialogue: 0,1:00:59.43,1:01:00.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that you would say,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:00.54,1:01:03.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yes, I have a positive heart to obey
Dialogue: 0,1:01:03.03,1:01:05.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these men and I want to make their job
Dialogue: 0,1:01:05.90,1:01:08.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a joy so that they will be
Dialogue: 0,1:01:08.84,1:01:15.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of great and eternal advantage to me.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:15.08,1:01:40.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's pray.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:40.79,1:01:47.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Father, You alone can sustain the church.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:47.45,1:01:48.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You alone by Your Word are able
Dialogue: 0,1:01:48.100,1:01:53.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to build the church up.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:53.76,1:01:55.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord God, You alone are able
Dialogue: 0,1:01:55.52,1:01:58.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to keep the rifts and the difficulties
Dialogue: 0,1:01:58.42,1:02:00.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the troubles and the insufficiencies
Dialogue: 0,1:02:00.36,1:02:03.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and inadequacies
Dialogue: 0,1:02:03.17,1:02:05.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the sins that we \Nbring into the church -
Dialogue: 0,1:02:05.28,1:02:08.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You alone are able to keep them at bay,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:08.17,1:02:10.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cover them by Your blood,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:10.01,1:02:14.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and build up the body of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:14.40,1:02:19.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we ask You to come today, Lord.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:19.09,1:02:23.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We ask You, Lord, to fill Charles and Dick
Dialogue: 0,1:02:23.27,1:02:25.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Garrett and Mason afresh
Dialogue: 0,1:02:25.33,1:02:28.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the power of the Holy Spirit
Dialogue: 0,1:02:28.01,1:02:31.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for another season of ministry.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:31.17,1:02:33.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We ask You, Lord, to fill the congregation
Dialogue: 0,1:02:33.34,1:02:37.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a spirit of love, joy, forgiveness,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:37.01,1:02:41.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,patience, bearing with \None another in love,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:41.37,1:02:43.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Spirit's power for their ministry
Dialogue: 0,1:02:43.92,1:02:48.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one to another and to their pastors.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:48.19,1:02:50.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We ask You, Lord, that hordes of people
Dialogue: 0,1:02:50.41,1:02:53.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Kirksville would be \Nsaved this coming year.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:53.70,1:02:55.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That those who don't know \NYou would be saved.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:55.98,1:02:57.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That more missionaries would be
Dialogue: 0,1:02:57.58,1:03:00.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sent out from here.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:00.63,1:03:02.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we want to ask You, Lord,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:02.52,1:03:06.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that You would get all the glory,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:06.80,1:03:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first for being the great \NShepherd of the sheep,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:11.28,1:03:14.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then for equipping Charles and Dick
Dialogue: 0,1:03:14.12,1:03:18.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for 40 years along with \Ntheir precious wives
Dialogue: 0,1:03:18.37,1:03:21.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to shepherd the sheep.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:21.94,1:03:23.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to pray finally
Dialogue: 0,1:03:23.19,1:03:24.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for Garrett and Mason, Lord God,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:24.99,1:03:28.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that You would give them grace
Dialogue: 0,1:03:28.25,1:03:30.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be good shepherds;
Dialogue: 0,1:03:30.75,1:03:34.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be like Timothy's \Nwho learn from Paul's.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:34.58,1:03:36.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that Father, You would just secure
Dialogue: 0,1:03:36.62,1:03:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lake Road in the arms of good, godly men
Dialogue: 0,1:03:41.70,1:03:43.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for yet another generation
Dialogue: 0,1:03:43.96,1:03:46.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to hear Your praise,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:46.37,1:03:48.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to see Your glory.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:48.77,1:03:50.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We pray this in Jesus' name,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:50.32,1:03:51.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Amen.