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Christianity is radical.
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It is not an add-on to your life.
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It changes your entire life.
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It is a new pair of glasses
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where you see everything new.
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When I was saved, I went outside
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and I saw the trees and I saw the flowers
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and I broke down weeping,
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because for the first time I realized
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that those were creations from our God.
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How do I say this without being impolite?
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How many of you are playing church?
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You need to wake up.
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Before it's too late.
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And you need to be shaken awake.
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Many people are doing church.
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Many people think that their
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church attendance merits them something.
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Many people are just
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adding on this Sunday service begrudgingly
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for the sake of their reputation
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or because their parents say that they should,
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or because polite company says that they should.
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But many people in these churches,
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I have appealed for missionaries
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from many people that don't need
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to think about becoming missionaries.
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You need to think about
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repenting and believing.
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And when that happens,
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when the Lord grabs you,
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He grabs you drastically.
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And I don't know any other salvation
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besides a radical salvation.
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So I was going this way,
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and the Lord made me go this way.
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When I was younger, I talked to a preacher
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and he said, "you just need to choose heaven or hell."
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And that's not it at all.
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What idiot would make the wrong choice then?
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You need to see that Christ is the most beautiful thing
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in the universe.
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You need to see the attractiveness,
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the beauty of Christ.
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In everything you do,
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you should try to make Christ glorious.
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And you should love Him closer than a brother.
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And when that happens...
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David Livingston, the missionary to Africa,
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he said if the commission of an earthly king
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is to be considered an honor,
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why would we consider the commission of
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our heavenly King to be considered a sacrifice?
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And so this, it sounds crazy,
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but my life is the logical outcome of the Christian faith.
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So I'm not a wild-eyed zealot.
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I'm not a wild-eyed fanatic.
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I'm living logical Christianity.
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I'm not a second tier Christian.
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I am a very average person,
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but I serve an extraordinary God.
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And I'm living out just what the faith
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should logically have us do.
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In Acts 13, you had the church fasting and praying
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deliberately to send out people
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to the Gentiles.
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They sold their property and divided it among the church.
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How many of you have done that?
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The Moravians sent out 1 out of every 12 of their people.
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How many people are here?
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You owe me a few people.
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So, let's get zealous.
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Let's pray for a holy ambition.
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Let's pray that the Lord would make us
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wide-eyed zealots for His cause.
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Maybe I ought to end on that.