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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.01,0:00:08.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well you can open up \Nyour Bibles to Ecclesiastes.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.38,0:00:09.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't intend to stay there
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.84,0:00:11.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only make a point from there;
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.42,0:00:18.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only draw forth a principle \Nfrom there actually.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.23,0:00:22.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ecclesiastes chapter 4.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.02,0:00:24.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Father, I pray that You would feed us
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.63,0:00:32.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Your Word,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.72,0:00:35.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,totally dependent upon You
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.93,0:00:39.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make it convicting,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.31,0:00:40.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make it powerful,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.58,0:00:41.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to reach our hearts,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.74,0:00:46.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reach our consciences.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.40,0:00:49.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, please reach our hearts,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.44,0:00:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our souls,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.72,0:00:57.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with this message.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.06,0:00:58.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I pray in Christ's name.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.84,0:01:04.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Amen.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.29,0:01:09.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was really thinking about 2018,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.46,0:01:13.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that if that if I could \Npreach a message today
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.97,0:01:19.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would somehow \Nflavor this year for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.91,0:01:25.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's what went into my thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.81,0:01:31.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ecclesiastes 4:9
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.39,0:01:40.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really a proverb.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.35,0:01:44.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ecclesiastes 4:9
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.28,0:01:48.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Two are better than one."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.97,0:01:53.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the preacher Solomon.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.76,0:01:56.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Two are better than one,"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.48,0:01:57.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he's going to tell us why.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.97,0:02:00.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"...because they have a good reward
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.28,0:02:03.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for their toil."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.99,0:02:09.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even like the Geneva translation
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.50,0:02:13.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually brings out that the good reward
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.15,0:02:17.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is probably that they have a better reward
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.86,0:02:21.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than they would have \Nif they stayed separate.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.78,0:02:24.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's kind of the idea there.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.94,0:02:28.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,V. 10 "For if they fall,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.49,0:02:31.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one will lift up his fellow."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.61,0:02:34.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now you can see the reality of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.04,0:02:35.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If these two guys are separate,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.94,0:02:40.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one falls and can't get back up,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.34,0:02:43.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,obviously when you're \Ntogether with somebody else
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.52,0:02:45.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they can come help \Nyou and pick you up,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.92,0:02:47.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's been accomplished -
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.29,0:02:48.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the greater good -
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.45,0:02:50.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is far beyond what the two could have
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.54,0:02:51.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,achieved separate,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.58,0:02:53.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because if they're separate and they fall,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.98,0:02:55.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they can't get back up,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.28,0:03:00.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they've lost everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.82,0:03:04.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They've lost the whole day.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.82,0:03:06.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If they fall, one will \Nlift up his fellow,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.94,0:03:09.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but woe to him who is alone when he falls
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.69,0:03:11.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and has not another to lift him up."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.42,0:03:13.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know that could be spiritually.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.37,0:03:15.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Undoubtedly, that's why the Lord has
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.16,0:03:16.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put us all together in the church
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.77,0:03:19.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to lift up one another.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.40,0:03:22.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, "if two lie together,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.72,0:03:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they keep warm,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.98,0:03:32.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but how can one keep warm alone?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.26,0:03:34.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And though a man might prevail
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.44,0:03:37.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against one who is alone..."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.28,0:03:38.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here you have adversaries.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.84,0:03:41.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One guy against another guy.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.94,0:03:44.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you might be prevailed \Nagainst by one guy,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.73,0:03:46.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if there's two of you,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.51,0:03:49.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"two will withstand him."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.87,0:03:53.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then he throws in \Nthe proverbial saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.32,0:03:55.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"a threefold cord is not quickly broken."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.58,0:03:57.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He actually takes it from one to two,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.74,0:04:01.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then three.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.38,0:04:03.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A threefold cord.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.14,0:04:05.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The title of my sermon:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.15,0:04:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"A Threefold Cord."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.50,0:04:09.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Solomon's point is clear.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.57,0:04:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two are better than one.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.10,0:04:12.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not two separate, but when they're
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.91,0:04:14.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brought together,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.17,0:04:15.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get the advantage,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.71,0:04:20.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the two must be working together.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.55,0:04:22.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their bodies must be close together
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.70,0:04:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to retain the heat.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.10,0:04:25.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They must withstand a foe together.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.92,0:04:28.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even more, if you take three strands -
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.87,0:04:30.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like if you braided hair
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.78,0:04:33.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you took three threads
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.60,0:04:35.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you wound them all together
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.12,0:04:37.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to create one cord,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.54,0:04:39.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the reality is it's even better than two.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.96,0:04:44.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the thing is it's not quickly broken.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.22,0:04:46.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a strength.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.44,0:04:51.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I totally intend to spiritualize
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.61,0:04:54.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this truth today.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.15,0:04:55.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Totally.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.31,0:05:00.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The threefold cord is your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.32,0:05:07.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One strand in that cord: secret prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.20,0:05:10.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Craig came very close to that one today.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.45,0:05:13.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's right there with secret fasting.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.46,0:05:17.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's one strand.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.72,0:05:20.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because one of the things \NI want to emphasize today,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.79,0:05:22.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,look, this prayer and fasting
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.30,0:05:25.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,isn't just for a week \Nof prayer and fasting.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.48,0:05:27.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.84,0:05:29.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is our life.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.74,0:05:34.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One strand: secret prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.51,0:05:38.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But wrapped, brought close together,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.70,0:05:44.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the second strand: doing good.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.28,0:05:50.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Third strand wound in there:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.32,0:05:56.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,self-denial.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.26,0:05:57.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.83,0:06:00.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, prayer without doing good
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.73,0:06:02.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and without self-denial
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.71,0:06:08.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has no feet.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.37,0:06:11.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's no good to pray that God
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.80,0:06:14.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make the Gospel advantageous to souls
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.50,0:06:16.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our community if we're not willing
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.40,0:06:22.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take that message to \Nthose ears of those people.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.72,0:06:24.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know what happens
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.17,0:06:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you have works without self-denial?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.12,0:06:31.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just cheap.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.56,0:06:36.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All it will result in is cheap, little
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.68,0:06:44.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,demonstrations of religion.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.07,0:06:48.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, if you try to do \Nworks without prayer,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.69,0:06:50.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they'll just be powerless.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.89,0:06:56.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It will be a demonstration of the flesh.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.59,0:06:58.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prayer is our dependence on the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.68,0:07:02.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You wrap all three of these together.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.11,0:07:04.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You wrap them all together.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.55,0:07:07.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, the principle here is
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.64,0:07:12.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they need to lie together
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.51,0:07:15.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to really produce the warmth.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.30,0:07:19.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They need to be close.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.47,0:07:21.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, the thing here is
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.26,0:07:22.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if an adversary comes
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.67,0:07:24.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or if you're working and one of you falls,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.77,0:07:26.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the other one lifts up the other.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.48,0:07:28.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These lift each other up.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.90,0:07:32.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These bring strength to one another.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.91,0:07:35.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They prevail together.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.35,0:07:36.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.62,0:07:37.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They fail otherwise.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.70,0:07:39.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But God helping us,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.28,0:07:41.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I want us to do is -
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.96,0:07:44.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,look, I'm going to show you from Scripture
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.89,0:07:49.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this threefold cord is absolutely
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.21,0:07:51.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something that God wants us
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.52,0:07:53.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the hand of faith
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.48,0:07:59.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to reach up and grab hold of.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.30,0:08:00.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, I just think
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.95,0:08:05.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how fruitful we might be;
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.46,0:08:08.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what a church we might be
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.17,0:08:14.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you really take this threefold cord
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.58,0:08:18.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the grips of your own faith;
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.63,0:08:20.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lay hold on this
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.38,0:08:26.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and seek to live this out.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.53,0:08:32.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first strand in this threefold cord:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.90,0:08:34.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,secret prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.73,0:08:35.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's look at it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.76,0:08:37.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Matthew 6:6
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.46,0:08:39.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's go to Matthew 6
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.45,0:08:41.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a second time this morning -
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.40,0:08:45.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now this afternoon.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.64,0:08:55.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Matthew 6:6
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.95,0:08:59.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"But when you pray,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.05,0:09:05.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go into your room..."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.94,0:09:09.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,King James: "enter into thy closet."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.67,0:09:11.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you ever wonder where that idea
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.44,0:09:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the prayer closet - it's right there.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.08,0:09:19.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Enter into thy closet."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.23,0:09:21.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, again, just like with Craig
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.26,0:09:22.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the first message,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.48,0:09:26.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is something that Jesus assumes
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.71,0:09:30.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is going to be a reality in your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.53,0:09:33.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The closet. The secret place.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.26,0:09:34.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And notice: "shut the door."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.91,0:09:36.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why do you shut the door?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.57,0:09:38.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, not just so that you're
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.16,0:09:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not the hypocrite;
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.24,0:09:42.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that the people in the \Nother room can't see you.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.55,0:09:45.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's because this is about
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.54,0:09:48.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shutting out the disturbances,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.36,0:09:51.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shutting out the distractions,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.34,0:09:53.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just your soul
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.82,0:09:56.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,alone with the living God.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.24,0:09:57.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Go into your room..."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.77,0:09:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Enter into thy closet..."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.82,0:10:03.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Shut the door and pray."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.34,0:10:04.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't get on your phone.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.93,0:10:06.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't get on your computer.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.51,0:10:08.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you don't have a place
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.01,0:10:10.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you can go to get away from those,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.59,0:10:14.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you need to have one.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.50,0:10:16.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of you know
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.35,0:10:17.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Susannah Wesley -
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.90,0:10:24.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her secret place was under her apron.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.25,0:10:25.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She put it over her head
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.98,0:10:27.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the children knew,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.09,0:10:30.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't go there.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.28,0:10:37.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Pray to your Father Who is in secret,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.34,0:10:40.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your Father Who sees in secret
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.90,0:10:43.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will reward you..."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.53,0:10:47.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'll just add openly.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.14,0:10:48.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, we're talking about
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.68,0:10:53.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shutting ourselves away to God;
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.69,0:10:56.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to where God and your soul
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.05,0:10:59.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.23,0:11:03.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where we depart from here;
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.15,0:11:06.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we go into the presence where
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.59,0:11:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our own soul flies away to where He is;
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.14,0:11:12.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where there's a connection.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.03,0:11:13.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what I was talking about
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.83,0:11:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was talking about fasting.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.90,0:11:21.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, I find there are seasons
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.24,0:11:24.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when something happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.20,0:11:26.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a connection with the Lord -
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.59,0:11:29.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yes, there are times when it's difficult,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.17,0:11:30.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I feel cold.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.86,0:11:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are times when connecting with God
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.50,0:11:37.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just - it seems like He's far away.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.01,0:11:39.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seems like my thoughts are wandering.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.78,0:11:42.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I start to pray and then \NI wander off here.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.23,0:11:43.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or I'm out walking somewhere,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.70,0:11:44.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I see something,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.90,0:11:46.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my mind's gone over there.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.60,0:11:48.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or I start thinking about some situation
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.71,0:11:49.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I need to deal with
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.90,0:11:51.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's difficult.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.64,0:11:53.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there are other seasons,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.02,0:11:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is a connection with the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.04,0:11:56.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.45,0:11:59.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your Father - He sees in secret.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.16,0:12:00.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's there in secret.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.94,0:12:04.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, secret prayer is not to be
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.80,0:12:07.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some mere duty of the Christian,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.78,0:12:09.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like taking out the garbage
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.72,0:12:11.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or getting the oil changed on your car
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.82,0:12:13.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where it's this check list.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.16,0:12:15.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, all the things \NI've got to do today.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.13,0:12:17.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I need to make sure that I do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.08,0:12:18.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you run over and you pray,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.48,0:12:20.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Lord, I want this, this, this, this..."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.55,0:12:22.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, yeah, I did my prayer thing today.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.54,0:12:24.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, that isn't it.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.55,0:12:26.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We must consider secret prayer
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.58,0:12:29.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be one of the great works of our life.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.30,0:12:30.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you think about your life,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.78,0:12:32.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do you even think that way?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.92,0:12:34.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does that enter into your mind?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.93,0:12:36.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That when you think about the things
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.74,0:12:38.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you want to do well in life -
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.42,0:12:40.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you know this,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.09,0:12:41.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.52,0:12:46.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're ever going to \Ndo anything well in life -
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.68,0:12:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, somebody's a chess champion.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.50,0:12:50.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did that just happen?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.11,0:12:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or they play the violin extremely well.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.00,0:13:00.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somebody can play a sport.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.100,0:13:02.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you cook well?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.90,0:13:04.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sew well?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.77,0:13:08.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Weld well?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.41,0:13:10.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you problem solve
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.52,0:13:12.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,issues on your computer?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.01,0:13:13.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, that's well and great,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.34,0:13:16.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the question is can you pray?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.91,0:13:18.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you even regard this
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.73,0:13:21.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the great work of your life?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.95,0:13:23.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, listen, when you have
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.77,0:13:25.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the great apostle himself
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.93,0:13:27.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming along to those Gentile churches
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.87,0:13:30.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and saying 1 Thessalonians,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.60,0:13:33.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Pray without ceasing."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.36,0:13:36.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Craig's been dealing \Nwith the Colossian letter.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.07,0:13:37.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To the Colossians, he says,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.50,0:13:40.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Continue steadfastly in prayer."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.08,0:13:42.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To the Romans, "be constant in prayer."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.37,0:13:44.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen to what God is telling you.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.12,0:13:46.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This man is under inspiration.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.21,0:13:47.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God is telling you,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.52,0:13:49.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be constant in this.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.26,0:13:51.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know the words of Jesus Christ Himself
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.42,0:13:53.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there in Luke 18.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.64,0:14:01.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says (yeah, you can grab that brother);
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.30,0:14:02.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does He say?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.96,0:14:08.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says that we need to be
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.10,0:14:10.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,steadfast in prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.47,0:14:15.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Men ought always to pray and not faint."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.53,0:14:18.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are the calls of our Savior,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.06,0:14:19.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this apostle.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.46,0:14:20.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.71,0:14:22.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like to everyone \Nof the Gentile churches,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.90,0:14:24.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he needed to say this to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.88,0:14:26.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You need to pray.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.17,0:14:27.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not just a little.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.37,0:14:29.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You need to pray constantly.\NYou need to persevere in it.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.89,0:14:31.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You need to be about it.\NYou need to not faint in it.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.96,0:14:34.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is something that we need\Nto give ourselves to.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.23,0:14:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How often do you think this way?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.00,0:14:40.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the great work \Nof the Christian's life
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.86,0:14:43.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we pray, we pray, we pray.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.34,0:14:45.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Secret prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.10,0:14:49.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The desire of secret communion with God.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.46,0:14:53.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, it's one of the great evidences
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.51,0:14:56.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you've become a Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.71,0:14:58.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen. I prayed some
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.52,0:15:03.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was a nominal Catholic.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.33,0:15:04.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when God saved me,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.92,0:15:06.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to commune with Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.76,0:15:09.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I spent hours communing with Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.25,0:15:10.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Something happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.53,0:15:12.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something in the desires happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.26,0:15:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you don't have a desire to be
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.34,0:15:16.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,communing with the Father in secret,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.58,0:15:18.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you need to go back and start over again,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.74,0:15:20.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because something's wrong
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.11,0:15:21.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and something's broken.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.91,0:15:23.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But see, I know with a lot of you,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.91,0:15:27.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's a desire there.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.80,0:15:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.08,0:15:33.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The longer we go on \Nin the history of mankind,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.15,0:15:35.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the more gadgets we develop
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.07,0:15:37.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and devise and the way technology is
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.54,0:15:39.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the distractions of this world,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.52,0:15:41.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are in the communication age,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.51,0:15:42.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the problem with it is
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.84,0:15:45.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all this communication floods us.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.84,0:15:48.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I know there's a desire \Nin some of your hearts,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.43,0:15:50.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but listen, if you're going to be
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.09,0:15:51.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,men or women of prayer,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.47,0:15:53.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you've got to be disciplined.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.25,0:15:55.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you've got to learn \Nto say no to things.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.60,0:15:58.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are going to have to make time
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.92,0:16:00.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in your day.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.99,0:16:02.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you this,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:02.45,0:16:04.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when something is important to somebody
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.94,0:16:06.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can typically see
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.81,0:16:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the level of importance that it holds
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.20,0:16:11.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a person's life by the sacrifices
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.07,0:16:15.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they are willing to \Nmake for it to happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.11,0:16:17.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you're not willing \Nto make those sacrifices,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.61,0:16:20.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that says an enormous amount
Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.28,0:16:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about how important you think this is.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.52,0:16:27.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Strive, brethren, strive
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.24,0:16:29.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make this one of the great works
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.66,0:16:31.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.25,0:16:33.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is your life: Prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.100,0:16:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Constant. Always.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.90,0:16:39.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Secret place.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.21,0:16:44.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do any of you not even have that place?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.42,0:16:51.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether it's under the apron, ladies...
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.79,0:16:55.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether you actually find \Na closet somewhere,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.42,0:16:58.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or whether it's out \Nunder the stars at night.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.49,0:17:01.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is there that place in your life
Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.28,0:17:06.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you go and shut the door?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.88,0:17:10.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If that's foreign to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.53,0:17:14.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,listen, then stop.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.05,0:17:17.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Forsake your way.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:17.54,0:17:19.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if that's foreign to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:19.83,0:17:22.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the way that you are on
Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.44,0:17:24.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,needs to be forsaken
Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.41,0:17:25.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's a bad way.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:25.60,0:17:26.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a wrong way.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:26.58,0:17:27.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a backward way.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.83,0:17:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a powerless way.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:29.50,0:17:37.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It may be very likely an un-Christian way.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:37.12,0:17:44.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The secret place.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.40,0:17:47.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Men ought always to pray."
Dialogue: 0,0:17:47.79,0:17:49.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This needs to be our life's work,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:49.70,0:17:51.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no matter what else God has called you to.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:51.83,0:17:55.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, God has called me to \Ndo this and this and the other.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.70,0:17:57.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's ok.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:57.62,0:17:59.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But God has called you to this.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:59.90,0:18:02.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so matter what else \NHe's called you to,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:02.04,0:18:07.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He has called you to \Nmake this a life's work.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.25,0:18:10.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because, brethren, this is where
Dialogue: 0,0:18:10.05,0:18:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your life derives power.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:18.90,0:18:20.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you watch people
Dialogue: 0,0:18:20.90,0:18:23.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Christian life,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:23.46,0:18:25.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you marvel,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:25.76,0:18:30.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wow... what patience!
Dialogue: 0,0:18:30.88,0:18:34.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What holiness!
Dialogue: 0,0:18:34.54,0:18:37.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What power they have in their lives!
Dialogue: 0,0:18:37.12,0:18:39.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What power they have
Dialogue: 0,0:18:39.81,0:18:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,demonstrated in some way!
Dialogue: 0,0:18:42.80,0:18:44.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, the power of God
Dialogue: 0,0:18:44.73,0:18:47.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is channeled into the Christian life
Dialogue: 0,0:18:47.49,0:18:48.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:48.66,0:18:52.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prayerlessness does not produce power,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:52.32,0:18:55.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because prayerlessness is basically
Dialogue: 0,0:18:55.70,0:18:56.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,avoiding God.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:56.84,0:18:58.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not going to God in the secret place.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:58.88,0:19:03.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you're not going to \Nexperience the reward.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:03.42,0:19:06.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, you know very well this reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:06.92,0:19:13.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Moses' face shined only when
Dialogue: 0,0:19:13.01,0:19:15.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was in the presence of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:15.98,0:19:17.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I can use that.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:17.37,0:19:19.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, well, that's an \NOld Testament thing
Dialogue: 0,0:19:19.48,0:19:21.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we don't actually \Ngo into His presence
Dialogue: 0,0:19:21.13,0:19:23.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Shekinah glory like he did.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:23.36,0:19:25.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, if that's what you \Nthink, you think wrong,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:25.93,0:19:28.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because Paul used that very example
Dialogue: 0,0:19:28.86,0:19:32.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and brought it out in \N2 Corinthians 3 for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.30,0:19:33.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For you and I.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:33.79,0:19:36.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because there's a reality in that truth
Dialogue: 0,0:19:36.34,0:19:39.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that when we behold the glory of the Lord
Dialogue: 0,0:19:39.71,0:19:41.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when we're standing in this presence,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:41.81,0:19:44.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is where the change takes place.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:44.66,0:19:46.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People that spend much time
Dialogue: 0,0:19:46.26,0:19:47.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the presence of God
Dialogue: 0,0:19:47.57,0:19:51.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,end up unlike people that don't
Dialogue: 0,0:19:51.98,0:19:54.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spend that time.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:54.59,0:19:57.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is where we derive that power.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:57.70,0:20:00.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, you know what happens
Dialogue: 0,0:20:00.15,0:20:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you go into the secret place?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:05.14,0:20:08.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, if you go and your mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:08.22,0:20:13.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your heart, your spirit lifts up to God -
Dialogue: 0,0:20:13.43,0:20:15.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:15.51,0:20:17.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you one thing that happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:17.29,0:20:18.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's an awareness
Dialogue: 0,0:20:18.57,0:20:19.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you're speaking to God.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:19.93,0:20:21.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And oftentimes what that does is
Dialogue: 0,0:20:21.56,0:20:24.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it produces an awareness of yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:24.80,0:20:26.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it's a place where you come
Dialogue: 0,0:20:26.78,0:20:28.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you put your conscience
Dialogue: 0,0:20:28.61,0:20:32.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under the very gaze of omniscience -
Dialogue: 0,0:20:32.45,0:20:34.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One Who knows it all.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:34.31,0:20:35.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you find that happens?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:35.97,0:20:38.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You go to Him and it's like
Dialogue: 0,0:20:38.09,0:20:44.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're trying to talk to \NHim about something,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:44.94,0:20:47.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but suddenly your conscience is there
Dialogue: 0,0:20:47.63,0:20:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beneath His gaze,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:49.08,0:20:51.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's saying something's not right.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:51.28,0:20:52.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, when we're regular
Dialogue: 0,0:20:52.83,0:20:54.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the secret places of prayer,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:54.52,0:20:55.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know what it does?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:55.67,0:20:57.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what it does with your life
Dialogue: 0,0:20:57.43,0:20:59.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as far as purity and holiness?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:59.54,0:21:01.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:21:01.69,0:21:03.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The secret place is the place
Dialogue: 0,0:21:03.72,0:21:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we come and we confess.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:06.02,0:21:07.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the place where we come
Dialogue: 0,0:21:07.44,0:21:09.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we lay down our pride,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:09.26,0:21:10.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our lack of gentleness,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:10.87,0:21:13.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our lack of faith,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:13.03,0:21:14.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our irritability,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:14.18,0:21:16.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our lack of patience.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:16.95,0:21:19.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's that place where \Nyou cry out for help.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:19.25,0:21:21.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Lord, take that away."
Dialogue: 0,0:21:21.55,0:21:22.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you ever been there?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:22.97,0:21:24.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where it's like, "Lord,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:24.23,0:21:25.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have promised in Your Word
Dialogue: 0,0:21:25.82,0:21:28.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to conform us to the image of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:28.45,0:21:30.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, that's Your promise!
Dialogue: 0,0:21:30.35,0:21:31.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's right there.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:31.19,0:21:32.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I read it in the pages of Romans 8.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:32.93,0:21:36.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have promised that I'm predestinated
Dialogue: 0,0:21:36.20,0:21:37.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be conformed to the image
Dialogue: 0,0:21:37.79,0:21:41.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of this firstborn Son.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:41.42,0:21:44.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have promised in Your Word
Dialogue: 0,0:21:44.62,0:21:45.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make us blameless
Dialogue: 0,0:21:45.83,0:21:47.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and make us holy.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:47.11,0:21:49.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have promised that by degrees
Dialogue: 0,0:21:49.11,0:21:50.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we are going to be conformed
Dialogue: 0,0:21:50.80,0:21:53.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the image of this Lord
Dialogue: 0,0:21:53.27,0:21:55.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whose glory that we see.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:55.06,0:21:56.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've promised that."
Dialogue: 0,0:21:56.26,0:21:57.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the place where you go there
Dialogue: 0,0:21:57.87,0:21:59.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you ask for power.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:59.51,0:22:00.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the place there, brethren,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:00.96,0:22:03.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where your heart is lifted up
Dialogue: 0,0:22:03.50,0:22:05.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you adore Him for not dealing with you
Dialogue: 0,0:22:05.92,0:22:07.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to your sins.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:07.07,0:22:08.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you ever go there
Dialogue: 0,0:22:08.22,0:22:10.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're just struck \Nby all the blessings
Dialogue: 0,0:22:10.80,0:22:11.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you have?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:11.62,0:22:13.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And by the fact that He has not
Dialogue: 0,0:22:13.10,0:22:14.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dealt with you according to the things
Dialogue: 0,0:22:14.93,0:22:16.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you've done in your life?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:16.40,0:22:19.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you're lifted up to the cross?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:19.92,0:22:23.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Lord, thank You! Thank You!
Dialogue: 0,0:22:23.85,0:22:26.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's that place of adoration.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:26.29,0:22:29.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, brethren, it's \Na place of weeping -
Dialogue: 0,0:22:29.03,0:22:30.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,weeping over your failures,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:30.53,0:22:34.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but weeping over just gratitude.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:34.19,0:22:36.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a place where you connect
Dialogue: 0,0:22:36.13,0:22:38.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the living God.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:38.77,0:22:40.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, secret prayer
Dialogue: 0,0:22:40.31,0:22:43.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is where we meet God.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:43.21,0:22:46.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't let the busyness of this world
Dialogue: 0,0:22:46.80,0:22:49.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rob you of your God.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:49.29,0:22:50.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, don't you recognize
Dialogue: 0,0:22:50.70,0:22:52.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the greatest thing \Nwe have in salvation
Dialogue: 0,0:22:52.97,0:22:54.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is our God?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:54.65,0:22:56.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like what are you going to do?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:56.41,0:22:57.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Live on the broken cisterns
Dialogue: 0,0:22:57.83,0:23:01.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you have this fullness that is there?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:01.95,0:23:04.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, the rewards that come
Dialogue: 0,0:23:04.33,0:23:06.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when God says:
Dialogue: 0,0:23:06.66,0:23:08.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You go into that secret place.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:08.52,0:23:11.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to reward you.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:11.19,0:23:12.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, you better believe it.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:12.64,0:23:13.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He created us.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:13.80,0:23:16.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He knows what the greatest rewards are.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:16.24,0:23:18.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He knows what most satisfies.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:18.12,0:23:20.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He knows what most brings joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:20.15,0:23:22.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He knows what's for our greatest good.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:22.96,0:23:26.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rewards - the reward of the Father.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:26.29,0:23:30.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't let the cares of \Nthis world encroach.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:30.33,0:23:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I'll tell you this,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:31.88,0:23:33.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know what happens -
Dialogue: 0,0:23:33.01,0:23:34.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have you ever read in Scripture
Dialogue: 0,0:23:34.57,0:23:37.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about those who get encroached upon
Dialogue: 0,0:23:37.67,0:23:42.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the cares of the world?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:42.78,0:23:45.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Both places I read about it in Scripture,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:45.10,0:23:47.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not a good thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:47.86,0:23:49.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One is the cares of this world,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:49.79,0:23:54.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they encroach and there's no fruitfulness.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:54.04,0:23:55.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other one is a steward
Dialogue: 0,0:23:55.41,0:23:57.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who goes about getting drunk
Dialogue: 0,0:23:57.08,0:23:59.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and beating his fellow servants,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:59.97,0:24:02.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the cares of this world come upon him
Dialogue: 0,0:24:02.14,0:24:04.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then the Lord Jesus returns,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:04.99,0:24:07.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he's not ready.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:07.01,0:24:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what the cares of the world do?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:10.14,0:24:12.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They make you fruitless.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:12.85,0:24:14.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you think Jesus is saying?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:14.86,0:24:17.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You think that guy was \Nready to meet his Lord?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:17.14,0:24:19.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You think it's like he's just going to
Dialogue: 0,0:24:19.32,0:24:20.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get a pat on the back?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:20.42,0:24:22.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well done, good and faithful servant?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:22.37,0:24:24.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although, there were these minor things
Dialogue: 0,0:24:24.43,0:24:27.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like you were getting drunk all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:27.29,0:24:30.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the thing that all of this
Dialogue: 0,0:24:30.78,0:24:36.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is couched in the midst of \Nis the cares of the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:36.44,0:24:39.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We may think, oh, the cares of this world,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:39.15,0:24:41.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be distracted sometimes away from
Dialogue: 0,0:24:41.20,0:24:45.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,secret prayer a minor thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:45.38,0:24:47.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Uh uh.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:47.99,0:24:52.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not ready to meet the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:52.60,0:24:54.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not ready.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:54.64,0:24:55.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't let the cares of the world
Dialogue: 0,0:24:55.96,0:25:01.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rob you of God or of His reward.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:01.79,0:25:05.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen to this. Just listen.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:05.21,0:25:08.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know these words, but listen.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:08.19,0:25:17.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Every one who asks receives.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:17.31,0:25:19.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The one who seeks finds.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:19.38,0:25:25.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The one who knocks, it will be opened."
Dialogue: 0,0:25:25.27,0:25:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know what the reality is?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:27.42,0:25:32.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those who pray most, receive most.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:32.78,0:25:34.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, if you look at your life
Dialogue: 0,0:25:34.75,0:25:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you wonder, why don't \NI have what they have?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:39.00,0:25:43.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ok, I'm not saying this \Nworks all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:43.37,0:25:45.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are times we ask for things
Dialogue: 0,0:25:45.10,0:25:47.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Lord doesn't give them to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:47.80,0:25:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I can tell you this,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:49.04,0:25:50.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you have promises like this,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:50.73,0:25:52.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that if you ask, you will receive -
Dialogue: 0,0:25:52.47,0:25:55.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everyone who asks receives -
Dialogue: 0,0:25:55.92,0:25:59.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you notice that in \Nthe spiritual kingdom,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:59.51,0:26:03.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are some people \Nthat have a lot more,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:03.63,0:26:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is a good likelihood \Nthat they pray more.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:11.18,0:26:13.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You take Brainerd -
Dialogue: 0,0:26:13.60,0:26:18.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was a missionary to \Nthe American Indians.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:18.57,0:26:19.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You look at his life.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:19.77,0:26:21.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, wow...
Dialogue: 0,0:26:21.85,0:26:26.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he reached heights.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:26.20,0:26:29.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But look how he prayed; \Nlook how he fasted.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:29.01,0:26:31.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Edwards could say,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:31.07,0:26:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe not a single time
Dialogue: 0,0:26:32.20,0:26:33.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he wasn't rewarded -
Dialogue: 0,0:26:33.96,0:26:35.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even sometimes the same day.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:35.72,0:26:37.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, you know what's happening
Dialogue: 0,0:26:37.60,0:26:39.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're not in that secret place
Dialogue: 0,0:26:39.34,0:26:40.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,praying every single day?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:40.90,0:26:44.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're robbing yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:44.04,0:26:45.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're robbing yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:26:45.97,0:26:49.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of how those times with the Lord
Dialogue: 0,0:26:49.19,0:26:51.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would transform you
Dialogue: 0,0:26:51.23,0:26:53.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into a greater likeness of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:53.21,0:26:55.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're robbing yourself of beholding
Dialogue: 0,0:26:55.68,0:26:57.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more of the glory of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:57.38,0:27:01.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're robbing yourself of the rewards.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:01.34,0:27:05.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're robbing yourself \Nof answered prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:05.73,0:27:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those who pray the most,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:07.74,0:27:12.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stand in the presence of God the most.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:12.17,0:27:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And just like it was with Moses,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:16.08,0:27:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're going to have the most
Dialogue: 0,0:27:17.52,0:27:19.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,glory of God shining from their faces.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:19.60,0:27:21.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those who pray most walk where
Dialogue: 0,0:27:21.47,0:27:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other men don't walk.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:24.52,0:27:26.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They experience what other men
Dialogue: 0,0:27:26.45,0:27:28.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:28.66,0:27:34.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, Jesus says if you love Me,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:34.78,0:27:36.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says My Father will love you
Dialogue: 0,0:27:36.32,0:27:37.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I will love you,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:37.48,0:27:43.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He says I will manifest Myself to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:43.08,0:27:46.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you're not showing much love for Him
Dialogue: 0,0:27:46.21,0:27:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you don't care to spend time with Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:50.02,0:27:51.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But He says if you love Me,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:51.69,0:27:53.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's going to be rewarded
Dialogue: 0,0:27:53.38,0:27:57.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with manifestations of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:57.73,0:27:59.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's valuable.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:59.57,0:28:03.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, the great commandment
Dialogue: 0,0:28:03.89,0:28:07.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Jesus gives to us:
Dialogue: 0,0:28:07.96,0:28:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Follow Me.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:09.88,0:28:12.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, oh, I thought it was love...
Dialogue: 0,0:28:12.62,0:28:15.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, it's hard to separate those two.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:15.27,0:28:18.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Follow Me. Follow Me.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:18.53,0:28:22.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said if you would be My disciple,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:22.58,0:28:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you must follow Me.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:25.63,0:28:27.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You notice when He came \Naround to everybody,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:27.81,0:28:30.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,James and John: Follow Me.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:30.13,0:28:32.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Peter and Andrew: Follow Me.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:32.64,0:28:35.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Matthew: Follow Me.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:35.37,0:28:37.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rich, young ruler: Follow Me.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:37.96,0:28:39.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was always it.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:39.08,0:28:40.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Follow Me.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:40.79,0:28:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you see Him out there?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:42.60,0:28:44.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those of you that have read your Gospels?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:44.64,0:28:47.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why it's so important to \Nbe in the Gospel all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:47.64,0:28:48.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because you see Christ -
Dialogue: 0,0:28:48.93,0:28:51.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the One we're supposed to follow.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:51.19,0:28:53.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's follow Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:53.48,0:28:56.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you see Him?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:56.06,0:28:58.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Follow Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:58.39,0:29:00.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"He went up on the mountains...
Dialogue: 0,0:29:00.40,0:29:01.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Matthew 14:23
Dialogue: 0,0:29:01.90,0:29:03.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"...by Himself to pray.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:03.75,0:29:07.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When evening came, He was there alone."
Dialogue: 0,0:29:07.63,0:29:09.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now think with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:09.52,0:29:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"He was there alone."
Dialogue: 0,0:29:12.80,0:29:15.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where? On the mountain.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:15.04,0:29:17.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was His closet.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:17.58,0:29:18.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:18.57,0:29:23.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what shutting the door is: alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:23.48,0:29:28.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not alone today,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:28.57,0:29:30.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if you shut the door
Dialogue: 0,0:29:30.54,0:29:41.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you've got this \Nbuzzing in your pocket.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:41.97,0:29:43.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know how the King James says
Dialogue: 0,0:29:43.68,0:29:46.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"quit yourself like men?"
Dialogue: 0,0:29:46.49,0:29:51.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be a man!
Dialogue: 0,0:29:51.30,0:29:56.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't be some little \Nslave of a cell phone.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:56.31,0:30:00.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be a man.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:00.86,0:30:02.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're going to have to be one
Dialogue: 0,0:30:02.42,0:30:04.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're going to be familiar
Dialogue: 0,0:30:04.48,0:30:08.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and make it the great object of your life
Dialogue: 0,0:30:08.25,0:30:13.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to pray like some of the \Nmen and women of old,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:13.56,0:30:17.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose lives we cherish.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:17.92,0:30:21.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're moved on when we read them.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:21.21,0:30:25.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But how do you think \Nthey lived lives like that?
Dialogue: 0,0:30:25.12,0:30:27.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, if you looked at their prayer lives,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:27.02,0:30:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'd have some idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:31.44,0:30:35.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mark 1:35 "Rising very early
Dialogue: 0,0:30:35.39,0:30:37.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the morning while it was still dark,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:37.79,0:30:39.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus departed and went out
Dialogue: 0,0:30:39.62,0:30:44.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a desolate place and there He prayed."
Dialogue: 0,0:30:44.88,0:30:46.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hear Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:46.44,0:30:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A mountain by Himself.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:50.02,0:30:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A desolate place all alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:54.20,0:30:55.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hear His words.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:55.71,0:30:57.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you see Him out there?
Dialogue: 0,0:30:57.60,0:30:59.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what He's saying to you?
Dialogue: 0,0:30:59.32,0:31:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Follow Me. Follow Me.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:05.50,0:31:07.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Luke 5:16 "He would withdraw
Dialogue: 0,0:31:07.16,0:31:11.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to desolate places and pray."
Dialogue: 0,0:31:11.42,0:31:13.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Luke 6:12 "In these days,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:13.78,0:31:17.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He went out to the mountain to pray
Dialogue: 0,0:31:17.68,0:31:21.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all night He continued \Nin prayer to God."
Dialogue: 0,0:31:21.94,0:31:24.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You find Him in these places
Dialogue: 0,0:31:24.70,0:31:27.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before the sun rises in the morning.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:27.48,0:31:29.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You find Him there in the afternoon
Dialogue: 0,0:31:29.36,0:31:31.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the way till night.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:31.90,0:31:34.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You find Him there all through the night.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:34.79,0:31:39.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Desolate places.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:39.03,0:31:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, if you want to excel at this,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:43.84,0:31:48.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you need to arrange your life around this.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:48.39,0:31:50.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not going to happen by magic.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:50.61,0:31:51.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be resolute about this.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:51.99,0:31:54.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Make the sacrifices that are necessary
Dialogue: 0,0:31:54.90,0:31:58.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to maintain one or two or three times
Dialogue: 0,0:31:58.43,0:32:00.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of secret prayer every single day.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:00.37,0:32:02.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, two or three times?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:02.72,0:32:05.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't even do it once a day!
Dialogue: 0,0:32:05.30,0:32:07.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then repent!
Dialogue: 0,0:32:07.75,0:32:10.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not praying constantly.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:10.16,0:32:12.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not showing up in the secret place.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:12.57,0:32:16.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not imitating Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:16.32,0:32:20.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Follow Me. Follow Me.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:20.56,0:32:25.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Follow Me.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:25.14,0:32:28.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, I thought about this.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:28.60,0:32:30.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I could take every moment
Dialogue: 0,0:32:30.68,0:32:34.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I've ever wasted in my life,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:34.63,0:32:38.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and could have given it to secret prayer,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:38.17,0:32:44.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how different my life would be.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:44.56,0:32:47.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean just think of the \Ngreater sanctification
Dialogue: 0,0:32:47.03,0:32:53.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you and I might have in our lives
Dialogue: 0,0:32:53.08,0:32:56.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we took some of the needless,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:56.66,0:33:01.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unnecessary wastes of time out of our life
Dialogue: 0,0:33:01.36,0:33:05.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and replaced it with secret \Ncommunion with God,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:05.57,0:33:07.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just how our lives would be different.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:07.40,0:33:12.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More answers to prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:12.26,0:33:14.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't let your friends;
Dialogue: 0,0:33:14.66,0:33:16.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't let your family;
Dialogue: 0,0:33:16.22,0:33:17.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't let the cares of this world;
Dialogue: 0,0:33:17.87,0:33:19.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't let your business;
Dialogue: 0,0:33:19.35,0:33:23.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't let your pleasure rob you of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:23.55,0:33:28.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the greatest gift of all.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:28.27,0:33:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you this,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:30.48,0:33:35.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those who have experienced God come close,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:35.12,0:33:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they know it.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:36.54,0:33:37.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They know it.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:37.92,0:33:40.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's nothing in this \Nworld that compares.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:40.61,0:33:42.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's nothing better.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:42.99,0:33:46.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you say, I don't know that,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:46.16,0:33:50.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,listen, if you love Him
Dialogue: 0,0:33:50.51,0:33:54.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you give yourself to seeking Him,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:54.02,0:33:58.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says He'll manifest Himself.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:58.65,0:34:02.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you're not knowing \Nthese manifestations,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:02.96,0:34:08.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not because He hasn't \Npromised to give them.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:08.67,0:34:13.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, spend the time to find God.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:13.94,0:34:17.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Spend time - the time necessary -
Dialogue: 0,0:34:17.03,0:34:21.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to find God in ways that thrill your soul;
Dialogue: 0,0:34:21.69,0:34:24.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that cause you to drop on your face
Dialogue: 0,0:34:24.53,0:34:25.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because He's come
Dialogue: 0,0:34:25.95,0:34:27.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the sense of His holiness
Dialogue: 0,0:34:27.82,0:34:32.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is enough to put you on the floor.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:32.52,0:34:34.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because brethren, I'll tell you,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:34.16,0:34:41.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have experiences like Isaiah had.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:41.95,0:34:43.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, I know he went to the temple;
Dialogue: 0,0:34:43.79,0:34:45.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he saw the Lord; he actually had a vision.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:45.84,0:34:47.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when you have experiences
Dialogue: 0,0:34:47.57,0:34:49.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where God comes close,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:49.24,0:34:51.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's life changing.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:51.82,0:34:53.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You ask how to pray?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:53.84,0:34:57.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, I'll tell you from \Nmy own experience,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:57.31,0:35:00.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have the Word of God involved with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:00.34,0:35:02.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oftentimes, going out -
Dialogue: 0,0:35:02.30,0:35:04.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like to pray outside -
Dialogue: 0,0:35:04.09,0:35:08.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,walking and begin to recite Scripture
Dialogue: 0,0:35:08.21,0:35:09.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I'm memorizing.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:09.73,0:35:14.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, that so primes the pump for prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:14.20,0:35:17.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mack Tomlinson - and I'm \Nstarting to do this now -
Dialogue: 0,0:35:17.47,0:35:22.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he has told me about \Npraying through the Psalms.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:22.72,0:35:24.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm beginning to do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:24.04,0:35:26.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tremendous help.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:26.31,0:35:29.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about the promises of God
Dialogue: 0,0:35:29.67,0:35:31.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you pray.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:31.36,0:35:33.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about reasons as to why
Dialogue: 0,0:35:33.64,0:35:36.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God should give you \Nwhat you're asking for.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:36.95,0:35:45.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, instead of \Nstarting your secret prayer
Dialogue: 0,0:35:45.26,0:35:48.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just running headlong into God's presence
Dialogue: 0,0:35:48.66,0:35:53.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with all the things that you want.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:53.14,0:35:55.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, I don't know what to pray for.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:55.94,0:35:57.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just go and get in the presence of God
Dialogue: 0,0:35:57.96,0:36:02.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and begin to admit your faults.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:02.77,0:36:06.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Confess your sins.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:06.09,0:36:08.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have a fresh look at the cross.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:08.78,0:36:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I'll tell you,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:09.88,0:36:11.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you begin to go out
Dialogue: 0,0:36:11.14,0:36:13.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you begin to confess,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:13.35,0:36:20.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're being transparent \Nbefore the Lord,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:20.88,0:36:24.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you start to look to the cross afresh -
Dialogue: 0,0:36:24.78,0:36:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ's sufferings and His death for me -
Dialogue: 0,0:36:29.12,0:36:37.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're right where the \NSpirit will help you pray.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:37.29,0:36:39.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, that's one strand.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:39.83,0:36:42.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But hear me, don't get impatient here.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:42.68,0:36:50.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Second strand: doing good.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:50.44,0:36:55.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, Galatians 6:9.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:55.54,0:36:57.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't turn to these texts,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:57.05,0:36:58.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but just listen,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:58.23,0:36:59.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I'm going to move through
Dialogue: 0,0:36:59.80,0:37:02.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of these quickly.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:02.17,0:37:05.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Scripture says, the apostle says,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:05.62,0:37:10.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Let us not grow weary of doing good."
Dialogue: 0,0:37:10.18,0:37:11.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or, "well doing."
Dialogue: 0,0:37:11.37,0:37:14.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are to be well-doers.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:14.50,0:37:17.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"For in due season, we will reap
Dialogue: 0,0:37:17.01,0:37:19.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we do not give up."
Dialogue: 0,0:37:19.23,0:37:21.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you remember what \Nwas said about our Lord?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:21.81,0:37:28.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"He went about doing good."
Dialogue: 0,0:37:28.44,0:37:32.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, He says, follow Me.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:32.45,0:37:33.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, if we watch Him,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:33.84,0:37:35.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we find Him up on the mountain.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:35.38,0:37:37.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We find Him out in desolate places.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:37.74,0:37:39.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But keep watching Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:39.20,0:37:40.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, that's good in itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:40.69,0:37:44.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's doing good, but \Nwatch Him in between.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:44.01,0:37:45.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Watch what He's up there
Dialogue: 0,0:37:45.93,0:37:48.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting fresh grace to do;
Dialogue: 0,0:37:48.48,0:37:50.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,communing with His Father.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:50.83,0:37:52.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because then He comes down
Dialogue: 0,0:37:52.91,0:37:55.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the mountain.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:55.11,0:37:57.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He comes away from the desolate place.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:57.71,0:37:59.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what does He do?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:59.38,0:38:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A life just full of good.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:04.02,0:38:05.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's it.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:05.22,0:38:07.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what it is to be His disciple.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:07.01,0:38:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you His follower?
Dialogue: 0,0:38:08.30,0:38:09.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what a Christian is:
Dialogue: 0,0:38:09.74,0:38:11.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a follower of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:11.19,0:38:12.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do we follow Him?
Dialogue: 0,0:38:12.26,0:38:14.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do we follow Him to the secret place
Dialogue: 0,0:38:14.06,0:38:18.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then follow Him among the people?
Dialogue: 0,0:38:18.46,0:38:22.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To do good. Doing good.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:22.05,0:38:23.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know what sort of Jesus
Dialogue: 0,0:38:23.78,0:38:31.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you do not find in your Bibles?
Dialogue: 0,0:38:31.01,0:38:34.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We do not find the sort of Jesus
Dialogue: 0,0:38:34.10,0:38:36.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who didn't smoke, didn't drink,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:36.36,0:38:38.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,didn't watch R-rated movies,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:38.21,0:38:40.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,didn't send His children to public school,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:40.23,0:38:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,didn't come late to church.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:42.00,0:38:44.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't find that Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:44.66,0:38:46.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say what?
Dialogue: 0,0:38:46.96,0:38:50.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, my emphasis is this:
Dialogue: 0,0:38:50.22,0:38:56.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't find this Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:38:56.31,0:38:58.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of negative emphasis
Dialogue: 0,0:38:58.81,0:39:02.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the pages of your Bible.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:02.86,0:39:05.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Acts 10:38 doesn't say that Jesus
Dialogue: 0,0:39:05.98,0:39:12.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,went about not doing evil.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:12.29,0:39:14.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not the Jesus of the Bible.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:14.91,0:39:17.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, what? You're saying He did evil?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:17.29,0:39:23.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, I'm just saying that's not the issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:23.08,0:39:27.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So often you find religious people -
Dialogue: 0,0:39:27.30,0:39:29.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,professing Christians -
Dialogue: 0,0:39:29.69,0:39:31.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"well, what's wrong with that?"
Dialogue: 0,0:39:31.72,0:39:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, I don't do that."
Dialogue: 0,0:39:34.48,0:39:37.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, the typical \Nfundamentalist attitude:
Dialogue: 0,0:39:37.09,0:39:38.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I don't drink. I don't smoke.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:38.55,0:39:41.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't dance."
Dialogue: 0,0:39:41.88,0:39:45.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:45.14,0:39:50.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, what, the \Npastor's saying you can?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:50.35,0:39:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm saying this:
Dialogue: 0,0:39:52.56,0:39:56.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're called to be followers of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:56.77,0:39:59.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you do spiritual inventory,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:59.39,0:40:00.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sure, it's good if you haven't
Dialogue: 0,0:40:00.90,0:40:03.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,viewed pornography this week.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:03.21,0:40:07.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's great if you haven't \Nbeaten your wife this week.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:07.41,0:40:12.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But brethren, those things are a given.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:12.02,0:40:13.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If that's the level at which
Dialogue: 0,0:40:13.53,0:40:15.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're trying to live your Christian life,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:15.57,0:40:19.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my friend, you are missing the whole point
Dialogue: 0,0:40:19.74,0:40:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of why Jesus Christ saved a people.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:23.88,0:40:25.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you ever read?
Dialogue: 0,0:40:25.46,0:40:29.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He saved a people
Dialogue: 0,0:40:29.04,0:40:32.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for His own possession.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:32.12,0:40:35.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what would chiefly characterize them?
Dialogue: 0,0:40:35.11,0:40:37.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fact that they don't do bad?
Dialogue: 0,0:40:37.87,0:40:41.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, that they be \Nzealous of good works.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:41.58,0:40:44.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's it.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:44.17,0:40:46.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Get away from this negative-oriented
Dialogue: 0,0:40:46.47,0:40:51.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kind of Christianity.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:51.89,0:40:53.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know you ask some people
Dialogue: 0,0:40:53.97,0:40:55.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about their Christianity,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:55.68,0:41:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's like it's all the negative.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:00.62,0:41:02.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's all about what they don't do.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:02.99,0:41:04.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, Jesus didn't save us
Dialogue: 0,0:41:04.74,0:41:06.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to stop doing the bad things.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:06.93,0:41:08.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course He did that.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:08.40,0:41:10.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, by the Spirit to put to death
Dialogue: 0,0:41:10.39,0:41:11.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the deeds of the body.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:11.76,0:41:15.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course that.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:15.15,0:41:17.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But doing good,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:17.14,0:41:20.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doing good -
Dialogue: 0,0:41:20.05,0:41:21.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is the will of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:21.62,0:41:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that by doing good, you should
Dialogue: 0,0:41:24.10,0:41:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put to silence the \Nignorance of foolish people.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:26.80,0:41:28.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the same way, doesn't Scripture say,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:28.96,0:41:31.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Let your light so shine before men
Dialogue: 0,0:41:31.74,0:41:33.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they may see your good works
Dialogue: 0,0:41:33.46,0:41:35.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and give glory to your \NFather Who is in Heaven?"
Dialogue: 0,0:41:35.86,0:41:37.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right there in Ephesians,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:37.19,0:41:38.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we came across it:
Dialogue: 0,0:41:38.32,0:41:39.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We are His workmanship,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:39.97,0:41:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,created in Christ Jesus for good works."
Dialogue: 0,0:41:42.62,0:41:44.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, this is the heart and soul.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:44.66,0:41:46.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, when we talk about making it
Dialogue: 0,0:41:46.56,0:41:49.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a primary endeavor of your life to pray -
Dialogue: 0,0:41:49.32,0:41:51.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the primary endeavors of our lives
Dialogue: 0,0:41:51.63,0:41:53.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is doing good.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:53.94,0:41:55.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with so many people it's:
Dialogue: 0,0:41:55.51,0:41:57.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I didn't miss church on Sunday.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:57.97,0:42:00.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, church going - well, that's good.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:00.64,0:42:03.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not forsaking the assembling \Ntogether of yourselves is good.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:03.78,0:42:06.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But why do we come together?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:06.06,0:42:10.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To stir up one another \Nto love and good works.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:10.01,0:42:11.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, that's the issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:11.75,0:42:14.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You being here - that's only to equip you
Dialogue: 0,0:42:14.66,0:42:16.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the real work.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:16.61,0:42:20.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To go out these doors
Dialogue: 0,0:42:20.22,0:42:22.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and among one another
Dialogue: 0,0:42:22.14,0:42:23.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and among the world
Dialogue: 0,0:42:23.81,0:42:25.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out here in the midst of all this.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:25.72,0:42:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brothers, sisters,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:28.56,0:42:30.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do good.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:30.61,0:42:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let that be the banner \Nthat flies over your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:33.78,0:42:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do good.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:35.18,0:42:38.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't just live your life \Nnot getting drunk,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:38.47,0:42:39.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then selfishly seeking
Dialogue: 0,0:42:39.91,0:42:42.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to live for your own profit
Dialogue: 0,0:42:42.19,0:42:43.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your own good.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:43.93,0:42:45.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look for every occasion to do good.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:45.93,0:42:47.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look for opportunities.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:47.30,0:42:48.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In your secret prayer,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:48.80,0:42:51.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ask God, please, open doors.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:51.40,0:42:52.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's amazing how many times
Dialogue: 0,0:42:52.80,0:42:54.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my wife has said
Dialogue: 0,0:42:54.08,0:42:55.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I asked the Lord for an opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:42:55.81,0:42:57.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to evangelize and He brought it -
Dialogue: 0,0:42:57.76,0:42:59.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,almost instantaneously,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:59.25,0:43:00.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like that day.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:00.84,0:43:02.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right away.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:02.07,0:43:03.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I find that to be true too.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:03.48,0:43:06.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You ask the Lord for \Nopportunities to do good,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:06.05,0:43:08.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the door will swing open.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:08.53,0:43:10.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just ask Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:10.23,0:43:12.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ask Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:12.88,0:43:16.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, we are one \Nof the richest countries
Dialogue: 0,0:43:16.67,0:43:17.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has ever lived.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:17.82,0:43:19.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, you say, there are oil countries
Dialogue: 0,0:43:19.71,0:43:20.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over in the Middle East.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:20.87,0:43:21.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That doesn't matter.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:21.88,0:43:25.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In light of all of human history,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:25.90,0:43:28.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are one of the richest countries
Dialogue: 0,0:43:28.52,0:43:33.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has ever existed.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:33.21,0:43:35.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The average person in this country
Dialogue: 0,0:43:35.79,0:43:38.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is so incredibly wealthy
Dialogue: 0,0:43:38.27,0:43:40.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,compared to the poverty you find
Dialogue: 0,0:43:40.36,0:43:42.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in other places.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:42.59,0:43:45.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know why you've \Nbeen given those riches?
Dialogue: 0,0:43:45.30,0:43:47.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To do good with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:47.09,0:43:51.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The rich are told to do good.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:51.44,0:43:53.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look for every opportunity.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:53.54,0:43:55.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethen, look around you.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:55.29,0:43:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are needs everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:57.01,0:43:58.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know the Gospel.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:58.69,0:44:00.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What a mess of good you might do
Dialogue: 0,0:44:00.61,0:44:03.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knowing the Gospel!
Dialogue: 0,0:44:03.01,0:44:04.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, we have that message
Dialogue: 0,0:44:04.34,0:44:05.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that men need to hear.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:05.49,0:44:06.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How are they going to believe
Dialogue: 0,0:44:06.88,0:44:08.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a Christ that they've never heard of.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:08.84,0:44:10.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the message that empowered by God
Dialogue: 0,0:44:10.94,0:44:12.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is salvation unto men.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:12.59,0:44:15.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus Christ - think \Nabout the good He did.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:15.23,0:44:16.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He went to the cross.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:16.45,0:44:17.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He laid down His life.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:17.61,0:44:18.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He's actually made it
Dialogue: 0,0:44:18.82,0:44:21.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that with all that good that was done,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:21.10,0:44:23.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yet people will not believe
Dialogue: 0,0:44:23.05,0:44:25.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless we do the good of taking
Dialogue: 0,0:44:25.10,0:44:27.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the message of that cross to their ears.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:27.66,0:44:30.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Otherwise, they die in their sin
Dialogue: 0,0:44:30.05,0:44:31.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they perish.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:31.27,0:44:33.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about all the good we can do.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:33.48,0:44:35.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have the Gospel.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:35.37,0:44:37.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You walk through this world
Dialogue: 0,0:44:37.60,0:44:39.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you come back here,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:39.39,0:44:41.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one week, come back,\None week, come back...
Dialogue: 0,0:44:41.62,0:44:44.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you're not taking
Dialogue: 0,0:44:44.14,0:44:46.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that fragrance of the Gospel out there,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:46.35,0:44:48.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,look at all the missed opportunities
Dialogue: 0,0:44:48.38,0:44:50.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of enlightening the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:50.68,0:44:53.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, do good to men's souls.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:53.04,0:44:54.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:44:54.91,0:44:56.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know James was saying
Dialogue: 0,0:44:56.50,0:44:59.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to order some more business cards,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:59.09,0:45:00.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we've got tracts.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:00.38,0:45:01.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's use them up.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:01.84,0:45:03.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No matter what the financial situation is,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:03.99,0:45:06.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,use up tracts and we'll buy more.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:06.46,0:45:09.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Keep those things flowing.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:09.50,0:45:10.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do good, brethren.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:10.91,0:45:13.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do good at work, at play, \Nat home, at school.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:13.65,0:45:16.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Relieve people's poverty.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:16.27,0:45:18.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, if you see suffering,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:18.39,0:45:19.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,try to meet it.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:19.87,0:45:22.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Use the spiritual gifts that \NGod has given to you
Dialogue: 0,0:45:22.32,0:45:23.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help one another,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:23.99,0:45:25.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to serve one another.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:25.79,0:45:27.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take what God has given to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:27.88,0:45:29.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look for opportunities.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:29.42,0:45:31.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look for the widow.\NLook for the orphan.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:31.75,0:45:33.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look for missions.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:33.09,0:45:34.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, brethren, look.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:34.66,0:45:36.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Get your eyes opened.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:36.29,0:45:38.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to open up our eyes.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:38.44,0:45:40.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, this is not about \Nyou being comfortable.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:40.96,0:45:43.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God did not give you the \Nriches that He gave you
Dialogue: 0,0:45:43.35,0:45:45.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this world so that you can just
Dialogue: 0,0:45:45.06,0:45:47.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,keep increasing your standard of living
Dialogue: 0,0:45:47.04,0:45:48.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and standard of living, and it goes up,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:48.95,0:45:50.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can wear nicer clothes
Dialogue: 0,0:45:50.42,0:45:52.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and live in nicer houses,\Nand drive nicer cars.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:52.67,0:45:53.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:53.97,0:45:56.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The rich need to be liberal.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:56.83,0:45:58.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Give and give more.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:58.65,0:45:59.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go to the jails,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:59.53,0:46:00.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go to the college campuses,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:00.88,0:46:02.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go to the nursing homes,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:02.04,0:46:04.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get involved with this crisis pregnancy.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:04.31,0:46:07.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, pray for the \Nwomen's Grace House.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:07.11,0:46:09.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be involved in that as you're able to.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:09.96,0:46:11.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But have compassion on people.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:11.83,0:46:15.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Try to disseminate some sort of love
Dialogue: 0,0:46:15.41,0:46:16.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to everyone you meet.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:16.65,0:46:17.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're just thinking
Dialogue: 0,0:46:17.96,0:46:19.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how can I just show kindness?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:19.79,0:46:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, sometimes it may just be
Dialogue: 0,0:46:24.18,0:46:27.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,greeting somebody.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:27.91,0:46:29.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, I'm not saying you have to
Dialogue: 0,0:46:29.91,0:46:33.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do a full three point sermon
Dialogue: 0,0:46:33.34,0:46:38.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the guy that you meet at HEB,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:38.22,0:46:42.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it might just be greeting him
Dialogue: 0,0:46:42.51,0:46:44.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and being nice to people.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:44.65,0:46:52.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's good if Christians are just nice.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:52.03,0:46:53.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But see what happens is
Dialogue: 0,0:46:53.94,0:46:55.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you begin to intertwine
Dialogue: 0,0:46:55.58,0:46:57.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those secret prayers with the doing good,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:57.94,0:46:59.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what happens is,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:59.86,0:47:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God brings power to that doing good.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:03.98,0:47:05.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, He begins to bless it.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:05.46,0:47:10.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There begins to become a reward in it.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:10.53,0:47:12.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, brethren, there are some things
Dialogue: 0,0:47:12.60,0:47:15.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we do that don't touch men's hearts.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:15.68,0:47:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there are some things that do.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:18.10,0:47:19.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the difference is God.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:19.82,0:47:20.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The difference is Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:20.90,0:47:22.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it may have to \Ndo with the difference
Dialogue: 0,0:47:22.65,0:47:25.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being in us, but He's able \Nto make that difference.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:25.28,0:47:26.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It comes back to Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:26.74,0:47:29.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, you only get one life here.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:29.05,0:47:30.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the reality is,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:30.01,0:47:31.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,look, if we had two or three
Dialogue: 0,0:47:31.46,0:47:32.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or five or ten lives,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:32.55,0:47:34.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we might waste one of two of them,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:34.23,0:47:36.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you don't have that.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:36.48,0:47:37.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're to be zealous.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:37.88,0:47:39.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you remember how it is on the end.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:39.95,0:47:42.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, what was Jesus looking at?
Dialogue: 0,0:47:42.10,0:47:44.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was looking at the \Ngood that people did.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:44.38,0:47:46.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was hungry and you fed Me.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:46.12,0:47:49.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, go do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:49.03,0:47:52.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was in jail; you came.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:52.25,0:47:54.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, go do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:54.34,0:47:56.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:56.41,0:47:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what He's going to be looking for.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:58.50,0:47:59.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:47:59.65,0:48:01.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's just like the things He did.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:01.93,0:48:03.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He did good.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:03.42,0:48:04.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He tells us: follow Me.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:04.88,0:48:06.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was zealous of good works
Dialogue: 0,0:48:06.25,0:48:07.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He wants you to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:07.35,0:48:08.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not mediocre, brethren.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:08.59,0:48:10.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not mediocre in good works.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:10.31,0:48:14.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He really wants you to \Npour yourself out that way.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:14.80,0:48:16.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't live your life so cheaply
Dialogue: 0,0:48:16.62,0:48:18.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you're just going around
Dialogue: 0,0:48:18.14,0:48:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,asking all the time:
Dialogue: 0,0:48:19.12,0:48:21.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's wrong with this?\Nwhat's wrong with that?
Dialogue: 0,0:48:21.53,0:48:26.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just so cheap.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:26.71,0:48:29.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, you know what the reality is?
Dialogue: 0,0:48:29.24,0:48:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you go into that secret place,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:31.12,0:48:32.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can pray,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:32.69,0:48:36.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Lord, I know it.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:36.89,0:48:38.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know I can be insensitive.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:38.29,0:48:40.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take away this hard, selfish,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:40.48,0:48:44.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,insensitive heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:44.89,0:48:51.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Make my heart full of love for people."
Dialogue: 0,0:48:51.16,0:48:53.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, the last one.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:53.34,0:48:54.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The last thread.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:54.96,0:48:55.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bear with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:55.90,0:48:57.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't get impatient here,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:57.15,0:48:59.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because this is critical.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:59.07,0:49:01.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Threefold cord - it's when \Nthey're all wrapped around.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:01.89,0:49:05.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, if there's not self-denial,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:05.88,0:49:08.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will not make the disciplined
Dialogue: 0,0:49:08.36,0:49:12.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,decisions necessary to get \Ninto that prayer closet.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:12.95,0:49:15.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there's not self-denial,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:15.10,0:49:16.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like I said before,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:16.85,0:49:19.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,any good works you do will be cheap
Dialogue: 0,0:49:19.65,0:49:20.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought).
Dialogue: 0,0:49:20.86,0:49:22.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know the greatest good that Jesus did
Dialogue: 0,0:49:22.89,0:49:25.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was laying down His life at that cross.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:25.95,0:49:28.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The greatest good are the things
Dialogue: 0,0:49:28.12,0:49:30.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that cost us the most,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:30.96,0:49:33.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,usually.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:33.67,0:49:34.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Self-denial.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:34.71,0:49:39.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Craig brought up: it's dangerous.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:39.11,0:49:42.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is dangerous.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:42.25,0:49:45.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he hit it right on the head: motive.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:45.22,0:49:48.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Self-denial is dangerous
Dialogue: 0,0:49:48.02,0:49:53.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because on the one hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:53.16,0:49:55.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Apostle Paul actually said
Dialogue: 0,0:49:55.86,0:50:02.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people who are seduced by demonic spirits
Dialogue: 0,0:50:02.50,0:50:08.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are going to preach abstinence -
Dialogue: 0,0:50:08.05,0:50:10.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether that be marriage or food.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:10.73,0:50:12.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, you know what \Nthe interesting thing is,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:12.95,0:50:15.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,abstinence from food
Dialogue: 0,0:50:15.83,0:50:18.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is like lent,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:18.91,0:50:22.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or Catholics who can't \Neat meat on Friday's.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:22.30,0:50:23.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We look at that and we say,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:23.96,0:50:25.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, that's demonic.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:25.71,0:50:27.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then here's Jesus over here saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:27.52,0:50:30.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"when you fast..."
Dialogue: 0,0:50:30.65,0:50:35.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think you know that's not demonic.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:35.08,0:50:39.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But isn't it close?
Dialogue: 0,0:50:39.31,0:50:42.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Abstain from food is what people teach
Dialogue: 0,0:50:42.33,0:50:43.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who have been influenced
Dialogue: 0,0:50:43.79,0:50:47.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by these seducing spirits.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:47.68,0:50:54.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Abstaining from food is \Nalso taught by Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:54.42,0:50:59.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do we bridge that gap?
Dialogue: 0,0:50:59.78,0:51:01.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because there's self-denial involved.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:01.78,0:51:04.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, Craig alluded to the passage
Dialogue: 0,0:51:04.90,0:51:06.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Colossians 2.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:06.30,0:51:08.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what Paul warns about?
Dialogue: 0,0:51:08.90,0:51:10.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He warns about man-made religion.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:10.99,0:51:14.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't taste. Don't touch.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:14.90,0:51:16.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you ever read that?
Dialogue: 0,0:51:16.44,0:51:18.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He warns against asceticism.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:18.76,0:51:22.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who knows what asceticism is?
Dialogue: 0,0:51:22.21,0:51:24.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's self-denial. It's self-mortification
Dialogue: 0,0:51:24.43,0:51:26.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the body.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:26.65,0:51:29.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he's actually warning against it.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:29.37,0:51:31.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet the same apostle comes along
Dialogue: 0,0:51:31.80,0:51:34.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the Corinthians and says
Dialogue: 0,0:51:34.30,0:51:37.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right at the end of 1 Corinthians 9,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:37.54,0:51:47.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I beat my body and I keep it under.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:47.36,0:51:50.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you see brethren, the thing is here,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:50.14,0:51:54.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's all got to do with motive.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:54.12,0:51:56.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Self-denial.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:56.35,0:51:59.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the last strand \Nthat I want to bring out.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:59.20,0:52:01.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This needs to be interwoven
Dialogue: 0,0:52:01.05,0:52:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with secret prayer, with doing good.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:04.08,0:52:06.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, it's fraught with dangers,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:06.14,0:52:10.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the reality is, brethren,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:10.34,0:52:13.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus Christ said this to us -
Dialogue: 0,0:52:13.73,0:52:16.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in fact, I want to read you Paul's words
Dialogue: 0,0:52:16.01,0:52:18.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before I tell you what Jesus said.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:18.08,0:52:20.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "I do not run aimlessly.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:20.17,0:52:22.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do not box as one beating the air,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:22.62,0:52:24.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I discipline my body
Dialogue: 0,0:52:24.58,0:52:26.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and keep it under control,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:26.32,0:52:28.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lest after preaching to others,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:28.01,0:52:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I myself should be disqualified."
Dialogue: 0,0:52:30.46,0:52:32.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,King James says "cast away."
Dialogue: 0,0:52:32.34,0:52:38.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reality of that is \Nnot standing the test.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:38.16,0:52:40.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what he's saying?
Dialogue: 0,0:52:40.42,0:52:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's saying that I beat my body
Dialogue: 0,0:52:42.62,0:52:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I bring it under control
Dialogue: 0,0:52:44.02,0:52:45.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I say no to it
Dialogue: 0,0:52:45.35,0:52:49.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I don't let it master me,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:49.24,0:52:51.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because in the end, I \Ndon't want to be cast away.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:51.74,0:52:54.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the end, I don't want to perish.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:54.28,0:52:57.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, you know what I love about Paul?
Dialogue: 0,0:52:57.20,0:52:59.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's never the hyper-Calvinist.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:59.75,0:53:03.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, well, I'm saved, so \Nit doesn't really matter."
Dialogue: 0,0:53:03.49,0:53:06.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, if I'm one of the elect, \NI'm in, no matter what I do."
Dialogue: 0,0:53:06.60,0:53:09.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, he didn't think that way.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:09.11,0:53:11.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He recognized this,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:11.49,0:53:14.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you need to recognize what he's saying.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:14.64,0:53:18.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's saying I recognize that my body
Dialogue: 0,0:53:18.54,0:53:22.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has such appetites that if I give myself
Dialogue: 0,0:53:22.11,0:53:26.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into those I may perish at last.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:26.90,0:53:31.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, Jesus said this:
Dialogue: 0,0:53:31.03,0:53:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If anyone would come after Me,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:33.43,0:53:39.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let him deny himself,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:39.55,0:53:42.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,take up his cross daily..."
Dialogue: 0,0:53:42.98,0:53:44.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That means die.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:44.81,0:53:47.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cross - death instrument.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:47.09,0:53:49.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Die daily.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:49.88,0:53:52.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"...and follow Me."
Dialogue: 0,0:53:52.45,0:53:55.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, we keep coming back to that.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:55.30,0:53:58.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Follow Me.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:58.94,0:54:00.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Follow Him to the secret place.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:00.78,0:54:03.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Follow Him in being zealous of good works.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:03.29,0:54:10.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Follow Him in - you \Ntalk about self-denial -
Dialogue: 0,0:54:10.62,0:54:13.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wasn't born into a wealthy family.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:13.91,0:54:17.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He could have been.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:17.77,0:54:25.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was born into some degree of poverty.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:25.93,0:54:30.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He went to the cross.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:30.23,0:54:32.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His own ease?
Dialogue: 0,0:54:32.65,0:54:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, I did not come to be served.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:35.18,0:54:36.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I came to serve.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:36.37,0:54:39.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I came to pour Myself out for others.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:39.98,0:54:41.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the example that we have.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:41.96,0:54:43.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John said, "Truly, truly, I say to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:43.85,0:54:46.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless a grain of wheat falls \Ninto the earth and dies,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:46.46,0:54:47.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it remains alone."
Dialogue: 0,0:54:47.51,0:54:50.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want to be fruitful? There's dying.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:50.43,0:54:52.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Death brings fruitfulness.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:52.88,0:54:54.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dying to self.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:54.15,0:54:55.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Deny self.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:55.41,0:54:57.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Carry the cross daily.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:57.42,0:54:59.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, let's face it.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:59.74,0:55:03.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By nature - I'm talking \Nabout our lost states -
Dialogue: 0,0:55:03.82,0:55:06.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're soft. We love pleasure.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:06.63,0:55:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:55:07.56,0:55:10.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You could say, what about
Dialogue: 0,0:55:10.09,0:55:11.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the guy that goes into the military
Dialogue: 0,0:55:11.82,0:55:13.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he becomes a seal.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:13.27,0:55:15.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does he like just soft things?
Dialogue: 0,0:55:15.59,0:55:17.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, he likes the honor.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:17.43,0:55:20.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He likes the attention.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:20.32,0:55:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But see, we're like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:22.18,0:55:24.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it makes us look good,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:24.97,0:55:26.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we'll make some denials
Dialogue: 0,0:55:26.16,0:55:28.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if it makes us look good;
Dialogue: 0,0:55:28.20,0:55:29.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we'll make the denials to be
Dialogue: 0,0:55:29.62,0:55:31.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this kind of athlete over there,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:31.22,0:55:32.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we want that applause.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:32.74,0:55:37.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But by nature, we are honor seeking.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:37.78,0:55:39.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are the kind of people
Dialogue: 0,0:55:39.84,0:55:43.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we seek self-gratification
Dialogue: 0,0:55:43.50,0:55:45.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and applause and pleasure.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:45.86,0:55:50.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what we are.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:50.49,0:55:53.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, the reality is
Dialogue: 0,0:55:53.49,0:55:56.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that when we get saved,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:56.51,0:56:00.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that the cross of Jesus Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:56:00.63,0:56:04.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has dealt our selfishness a mortal blow,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:04.20,0:56:07.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you and I know it's not dead yet.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:07.80,0:56:10.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That principal is still -
Dialogue: 0,0:56:10.39,0:56:12.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's in operation within us,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:12.09,0:56:14.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's why Paul has \Nto come along and say,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:14.74,0:56:16.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I beat my body.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:16.25,0:56:17.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I give it a black eye.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:17.83,0:56:22.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I keep it under.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:22.06,0:56:23.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's why you get Jesus
Dialogue: 0,0:56:23.64,0:56:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming along and saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:24.96,0:56:25.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you need to die.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:25.95,0:56:27.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You need to deny yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:27.70,0:56:30.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Because, brethren, I'm telling you
Dialogue: 0,0:56:30.87,0:56:33.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like I mentioned that \Nin regards to Paul,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:33.61,0:56:35.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is something in our appetites
Dialogue: 0,0:56:35.94,0:56:37.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is willing to carry us away
Dialogue: 0,0:56:37.80,0:56:40.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we give place to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:40.48,0:56:42.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what it is about the Spirit of God
Dialogue: 0,0:56:42.94,0:56:45.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and putting to death \Nthe deeds of the body.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:45.38,0:56:46.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is by this Spirit,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:46.58,0:56:48.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are putting to death something
Dialogue: 0,0:56:48.70,0:56:50.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that needs to be put to death.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:50.60,0:56:53.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's something in our mortal bodies.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:53.43,0:56:55.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It likes softness.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:55.40,0:56:57.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, one of the things today
Dialogue: 0,0:56:57.74,0:57:00.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with all the wealth that we have,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:00.58,0:57:04.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have so much softness.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:04.87,0:57:07.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we don't really even think about it,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:07.40,0:57:11.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm afraid.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:11.46,0:57:16.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are able to keep the temperature
Dialogue: 0,0:57:16.62,0:57:22.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within very narrow bands 99% of our life.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:22.30,0:57:24.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we scream like -
Dialogue: 0,0:57:24.69,0:57:26.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know it's graphic -
Dialogue: 0,0:57:26.21,0:57:28.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just think of Bob Jennings talking about
Dialogue: 0,0:57:28.40,0:57:30.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people screaming like stuck pigs.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:30.76,0:57:35.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we scream bloody murder,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:35.33,0:57:36.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like my mom used to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:36.75,0:57:38.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we just have to walk from the door
Dialogue: 0,0:57:38.56,0:57:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out to our cars and it's 30 degrees.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:42.50,0:57:45.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, it's so cold out here.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:45.70,0:57:48.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are so soft.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:48.22,0:57:50.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The temperature, the humidity...
Dialogue: 0,0:57:50.74,0:57:54.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And our food.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:54.03,0:57:57.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are a pampered people.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:57.91,0:58:00.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's just a reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:00.14,0:58:01.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My great uncle came back from
Dialogue: 0,0:58:01.66,0:58:03.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fighting in the Battle of the Bulge.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:03.61,0:58:06.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He came in on like day four or five
Dialogue: 0,0:58:06.16,0:58:09.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after D-day,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:09.32,0:58:12.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he fought behind Patton.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:12.44,0:58:14.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I went and talked to him -
Dialogue: 0,0:58:14.51,0:58:16.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he and his wife were in their 90's,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:16.21,0:58:17.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sharing the Gospel with him
Dialogue: 0,0:58:17.58,0:58:18.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over in Tennessee.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:18.43,0:58:19.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His wife said when he came home
Dialogue: 0,0:58:19.94,0:58:21.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the war, he slept on the ground
Dialogue: 0,0:58:21.81,0:58:23.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the backyard.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:23.61,0:58:25.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because he had been so used to that
Dialogue: 0,0:58:25.51,0:58:26.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during the war,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:26.93,0:58:31.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that getting in a bed was unheard of.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:31.83,0:58:34.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need some of that in us.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:34.99,0:58:36.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because brethren, we're soft.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:36.66,0:58:38.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Doesn't it seem like they're figuring out
Dialogue: 0,0:58:38.61,0:58:41.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to make clothes softer?
Dialogue: 0,0:58:41.18,0:58:43.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And towels softer?
Dialogue: 0,0:58:43.98,0:58:45.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you would have heard
Dialogue: 0,0:58:45.44,0:58:48.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how we cried when we went to Mexico
Dialogue: 0,0:58:48.01,0:58:50.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the water wasn't exactly
Dialogue: 0,0:58:50.12,0:58:53.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the right temperature in the showers?
Dialogue: 0,0:58:53.32,0:58:54.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right, Pete?
Dialogue: 0,0:58:54.62,0:58:56.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, we are soft.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:56.64,0:58:59.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And brethren, if we're going to
Dialogue: 0,0:58:59.32,0:59:00.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,live this Christian life
Dialogue: 0,0:59:00.86,0:59:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the kind of sacrifices that
Dialogue: 0,0:59:04.36,0:59:06.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to be making,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:06.19,0:59:09.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brethren, you need to deny the self.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:09.60,0:59:12.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And listen, motive has \Neverything to do with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:12.42,0:59:15.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If the motive is, oh yeah,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:15.10,0:59:16.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to make these sacrifices -
Dialogue: 0,0:59:16.89,0:59:19.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it comes back to the fasting thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:19.48,0:59:21.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, fasting fits right in
Dialogue: 0,0:59:21.09,0:59:23.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with all this self-denial.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:23.01,0:59:25.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you do it because you \Nwant to be seen of people,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:25.52,0:59:27.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you want to put a notch\Nin your spiritual belt,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:27.91,0:59:29.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you want to make \Nsure everybody knows.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:29.92,0:59:32.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, I have a friend I \Nwent to high school with.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:32.40,0:59:33.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's now a Jesuit priest.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:33.62,0:59:35.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He let the whole world know,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:35.50,0:59:37.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right on the Internet - I saw it there.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:37.41,0:59:39.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was kind of finding out what's going on
Dialogue: 0,0:59:39.43,0:59:40.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with his life.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:40.29,0:59:42.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He tells the story publicly\Nin front of the whole audience
Dialogue: 0,0:59:42.98,0:59:44.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about how when he was \Na kid in elementary school,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:44.76,0:59:46.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he'd walk - this is back when I knew him.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:46.73,0:59:48.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to be his neighbor.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:48.12,0:59:51.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he put rocks in his shoes.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:51.36,0:59:53.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Well, that's what Catholics do.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:53.13,0:59:54.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This self-mortification.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:54.40,0:59:57.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the thing is, he \Nhad to tell everybody.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:57.23,0:59:58.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not talking about the things
Dialogue: 0,0:59:58.85,1:00:00.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you go and broadcast.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:00.24,1:00:02.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul was setting himself forth
Dialogue: 0,1:00:02.49,1:00:04.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as an example, but he didn't tell us
Dialogue: 0,1:00:04.29,1:00:06.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exactly how he did, what he did -
Dialogue: 0,1:00:06.93,1:00:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's not the issue.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:08.20,1:00:09.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But brethren, we need to
Dialogue: 0,1:00:09.60,1:00:13.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,look at our lives.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:13.12,1:00:14.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, I'll tell you this.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:14.90,1:00:18.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't help us to make things
Dialogue: 0,1:00:18.30,1:00:21.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more comfortable, more soft.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:21.55,1:00:24.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So often we can get this, you know,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:24.15,1:00:26.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're in this day where we have
Dialogue: 0,1:00:26.40,1:00:27.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so much wealth.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:27.53,1:00:30.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can eat exactly these right things.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:30.09,1:00:31.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All these diets, well,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:31.54,1:00:33.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's in the name of health,\Nand I'm going to live longer
Dialogue: 0,1:00:33.97,1:00:35.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm going to be healthy.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:35.48,1:00:37.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'll tell you this, \Nif all the pampering
Dialogue: 0,1:00:37.89,1:00:39.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,makes you soft spiritually,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:39.53,1:00:40.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not helping you.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:40.65,1:00:42.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You might live a little bit longer,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:42.51,1:00:44.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that's not what we need.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:44.30,1:00:45.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't need to live longer.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:45.71,1:00:49.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to live better while we live.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:49.22,1:00:52.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, don't go after
Dialogue: 0,1:00:52.44,1:00:55.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the self-pampering in this life.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:55.05,1:00:56.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't do that.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:56.64,1:00:57.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hudson Taylor.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:57.73,1:00:59.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, there was a reason
Dialogue: 0,1:00:59.17,1:01:00.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before he went to China,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:00.70,1:01:02.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he went into the inner city.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:02.44,1:01:05.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he was eating the \Nvery meagerest of diets.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:05.53,1:01:07.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know this. You've heard it.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:07.44,1:01:09.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He slept on boards.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:09.06,1:01:11.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he lived in poor housing
Dialogue: 0,1:01:11.44,1:01:12.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the slums.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:12.62,1:01:14.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? He was preparing
Dialogue: 0,1:01:14.63,1:01:15.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go to China.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:15.93,1:01:17.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he recognized this.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:17.08,1:01:18.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He recognized that if he's going to
Dialogue: 0,1:01:18.84,1:01:20.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make it over there
Dialogue: 0,1:01:20.15,1:01:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being all lavished with the best food
Dialogue: 0,1:01:23.06,1:01:24.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the softest clothes
Dialogue: 0,1:01:24.29,1:01:25.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the nice house,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:25.40,1:01:29.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which really is how he grew up;
Dialogue: 0,1:01:29.03,1:01:40.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he wasn't going to do well over there.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:40.38,1:01:41.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,1:01:41.82,1:01:44.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, well, Hudson \NTaylor did those things.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:44.46,1:01:45.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not a Hudson Taylor.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:45.68,1:01:47.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, but the thing that \Nwe have to recognize
Dialogue: 0,1:01:47.89,1:01:49.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is how did Hudson Taylor get to be
Dialogue: 0,1:01:49.59,1:01:51.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where he was a Hudson Taylor
Dialogue: 0,1:01:51.21,1:01:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and accomplish the things that he did?
Dialogue: 0,1:01:53.10,1:01:54.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a lot of self-sacrifice;
Dialogue: 0,1:01:54.84,1:02:00.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of self-denial.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:00.36,1:02:03.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I don't know where \NI came across this,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:03.35,1:02:06.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I believe that this was John Piper
Dialogue: 0,1:02:06.06,1:02:08.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that basically pointed out -
Dialogue: 0,1:02:08.97,1:02:13.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was taking fasting, again,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:13.35,1:02:18.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is a form of self-denial,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:18.47,1:02:21.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he put fasting
Dialogue: 0,1:02:21.63,1:02:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and young people
Dialogue: 0,1:02:23.52,1:02:28.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,struggling with pornography
Dialogue: 0,1:02:28.03,1:02:31.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the same little message.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:31.83,1:02:36.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I made a slight \Nlittle effort to find it,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:36.01,1:02:39.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I just don't know where it's at.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:39.39,1:02:41.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know what he said?
Dialogue: 0,1:02:41.55,1:02:47.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said you take young people today
Dialogue: 0,1:02:47.20,1:02:52.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are so wired
Dialogue: 0,1:02:52.45,1:02:56.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to just gratify everything.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:56.04,1:02:57.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We get sick. We take the medicine.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:57.96,1:03:02.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Get sick. Go to the doctor.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:02.94,1:03:06.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Soft.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:06.01,1:03:07.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're supposed to get out of bed.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:07.76,1:03:09.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know the Scripture says,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:09.25,1:03:14.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"consider the ant."
Dialogue: 0,1:03:14.22,1:03:15.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ants often out there -
Dialogue: 0,1:03:15.90,1:03:17.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these fire ants around here are often
Dialogue: 0,1:03:17.69,1:03:18.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out there - you wonder,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:18.92,1:03:21.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how did all those piles get out there?
Dialogue: 0,1:03:21.47,1:03:22.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, the reality is,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:22.83,1:03:24.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were at work
Dialogue: 0,1:03:24.11,1:03:27.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when a lot of us were still in bed.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:27.58,1:03:29.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Get out of bed.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:29.42,1:03:30.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's one of the self-denials.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:30.100,1:03:33.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just get out of bed.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:33.22,1:03:35.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't need to sleep ten hours a day.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:35.41,1:03:37.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Get out of bed.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:37.88,1:03:40.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stop with all the softness.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:40.09,1:03:41.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take up the cross.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:41.39,1:03:45.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Piper said these young people -
Dialogue: 0,1:03:45.86,1:03:48.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instant gratification;
Dialogue: 0,1:03:48.76,1:03:50.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instant.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:50.83,1:03:52.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, again, I've been reading
Dialogue: 0,1:03:52.83,1:03:54.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Adoniram Judson.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:54.17,1:03:56.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He oftentimes would board a ship
Dialogue: 0,1:03:56.57,1:03:58.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and because of tides and winds,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:58.52,1:04:00.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they would often sit there for three days.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:00.54,1:04:03.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you imagine if you got on an airplane
Dialogue: 0,1:04:03.15,1:04:04.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you had to sit on the airplane
Dialogue: 0,1:04:04.86,1:04:07.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for three days before it took off?
Dialogue: 0,1:04:07.53,1:04:10.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, we'd all be screaming like...
Dialogue: 0,1:04:10.19,1:04:11.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's going on?
Dialogue: 0,1:04:11.22,1:04:12.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'd get off the airplane.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:12.88,1:04:14.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'd find some other way.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:14.85,1:04:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't have patience \Nfor that kind of thing.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:17.04,1:04:18.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want our food now.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:18.51,1:04:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want it the way it is.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:20.00,1:04:21.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Send it back.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:21.44,1:04:23.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not cooked just like I want it.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:23.35,1:04:25.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not the right temperature.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:25.96,1:04:27.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what?
Dialogue: 0,1:04:27.32,1:04:29.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you have young people\Nthat are wired that way,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:29.88,1:04:31.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have parents that \Ngive them everything.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:31.81,1:04:34.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, you want those clothes?\NHere, have those clothes.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:34.39,1:04:37.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, you want that cell phone?\NHere, have that cell phone.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:37.73,1:04:38.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And more and more,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:38.70,1:04:40.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know we get away \Nfrom agricultural life,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:40.91,1:04:43.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is one of the struggles \NI've had in the city.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:43.74,1:04:46.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like putting the \Nchildren to work is hard.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:46.62,1:04:49.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so you grow up with \Nthis pampered generation,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:49.20,1:04:51.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that knows very little about hard work,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:51.47,1:04:54.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about getting out in rough conditions,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:54.05,1:04:56.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what happens?
Dialogue: 0,1:04:56.87,1:05:00.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've so trained those young people
Dialogue: 0,1:05:00.57,1:05:03.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to say yes to their appetites,
Dialogue: 0,1:05:03.67,1:05:05.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that when their body says:
Dialogue: 0,1:05:05.86,1:05:07.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I want sexual gratification."
Dialogue: 0,1:05:07.63,1:05:09.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just like, "yep!"
Dialogue: 0,1:05:09.56,1:05:14.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just right there.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:14.82,1:05:17.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, if I could desire something
Dialogue: 0,1:05:17.08,1:05:22.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of this church that there would be -
Dialogue: 0,1:05:22.39,1:05:23.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not the kind of self-denial
Dialogue: 0,1:05:23.83,1:05:25.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you want to parade,
Dialogue: 0,1:05:25.04,1:05:26.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that you could tell people
Dialogue: 0,1:05:26.45,1:05:28.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like putting stones in your shoes.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:28.52,1:05:32.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But brethren, you don't \Nneed the softest towel
Dialogue: 0,1:05:32.13,1:05:34.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't need the softest clothes.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:34.07,1:05:36.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't need the most comfortable shoes.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:36.25,1:05:39.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't need the most comfortable\Ntemperature in your house.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:39.18,1:05:42.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't always need to eat\Nall the fancy food.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:42.86,1:05:45.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't need to live in the nicer house,
Dialogue: 0,1:05:45.48,1:05:49.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or have the more comfortable car.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:49.92,1:05:51.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, it can almost be like,
Dialogue: 0,1:05:51.73,1:05:54.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that automobile doesn't \Nhave air conditioning.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:54.59,1:05:55.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to fix it!
Dialogue: 0,1:05:55.89,1:05:58.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, you know, that \Nisn't necessarily something
Dialogue: 0,1:05:58.23,1:05:59.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that needs to be fixed
Dialogue: 0,1:05:59.36,1:06:01.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for your automobile to do
Dialogue: 0,1:06:01.02,1:06:03.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what automobiles are supposed to do.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:03.46,1:06:05.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, I'm the first one \Nto like air conditioning.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:05.90,1:06:08.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know the heat down about kills me.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:08.76,1:06:13.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But brethren, we are soft.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:13.06,1:06:14.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the truth is that
Dialogue: 0,1:06:14.62,1:06:17.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's decisions that we can make
Dialogue: 0,1:06:17.31,1:06:20.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to keep our body under,
Dialogue: 0,1:06:20.15,1:06:21.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like Paul did.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:21.86,1:06:26.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take up your cross daily.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:26.62,1:06:30.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Adopt a course of habitual self-denial.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:30.68,1:06:35.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Basically, what Piper \Nwas getting at is this:
Dialogue: 0,1:06:35.61,1:06:40.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When young people
Dialogue: 0,1:06:40.58,1:06:46.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually develop the habits of fasting -
Dialogue: 0,1:06:46.07,1:06:49.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that kind of self-denial -
Dialogue: 0,1:06:49.77,1:06:52.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it makes it a whole lot easier to say no
Dialogue: 0,1:06:52.03,1:06:54.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to these bodily appetites when it comes
Dialogue: 0,1:06:54.46,1:06:56.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to sexual problems.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:56.62,1:06:59.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I just wondered hearing that,
Dialogue: 0,1:06:59.93,1:07:04.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,huh, I wonder if a poll could be taken
Dialogue: 0,1:07:04.17,1:07:05.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everybody was totally honest
Dialogue: 0,1:07:05.84,1:07:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we knew all the facts,
Dialogue: 0,1:07:08.30,1:07:10.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if the young people most likely
Dialogue: 0,1:07:10.22,1:07:14.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to fall into some kind \Nof sexual temptation
Dialogue: 0,1:07:14.52,1:07:16.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are likewise the ones that are least given
Dialogue: 0,1:07:16.74,1:07:18.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to fasting.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:18.92,1:07:21.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wonder if that correlation is real.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:21.15,1:07:27.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I suspect there's reality to it.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:27.03,1:07:28.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, the fat guy
Dialogue: 0,1:07:28.46,1:07:36.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who says, "oh, my stomach hurts," -
Dialogue: 0,1:07:36.13,1:07:38.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, that's one thing.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:38.01,1:07:41.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being overweight - that's \Na good indication
Dialogue: 0,1:07:41.41,1:07:43.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you're not saying no
Dialogue: 0,1:07:43.49,1:07:45.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to these bodily appetites.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:45.65,1:07:46.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, the thing is,
Dialogue: 0,1:07:46.74,1:07:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you have secret prayer
Dialogue: 0,1:07:49.04,1:07:50.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and doing good
Dialogue: 0,1:07:50.89,1:07:53.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and self-denial,
Dialogue: 0,1:07:53.45,1:07:57.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oh, brethren, that is a threefold cord
Dialogue: 0,1:07:57.03,1:08:00.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is not easily broken \Nin the Christian life.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:00.53,1:08:02.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because what it will do
Dialogue: 0,1:08:02.05,1:08:04.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is it will free you to make sacrifices
Dialogue: 0,1:08:04.70,1:08:07.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even when it's uncomfortable to do good.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:07.26,1:08:09.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you surround all that with prayer
Dialogue: 0,1:08:09.62,1:08:11.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and bringing down the power of God,
Dialogue: 0,1:08:11.39,1:08:13.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brethren, I'll tell you \Nwhat it will produce,
Dialogue: 0,1:08:13.63,1:08:17.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it'll produce the kind of life \Nthat we find in Christ.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:17.18,1:08:18.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And may God help us to have
Dialogue: 0,1:08:18.48,1:08:19.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as much of the life of Christ
Dialogue: 0,1:08:19.86,1:08:21.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the strength of His life in our lives
Dialogue: 0,1:08:21.96,1:08:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is mortally possible
Dialogue: 0,1:08:24.10,1:08:28.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for men and women like \Nus who've been saved
Dialogue: 0,1:08:28.19,1:08:32.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make us as much like Him as possible.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:32.40,1:08:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Deny yourselves.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:33.78,1:08:35.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what Scripture says.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:35.23,1:08:37.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sell your possessions \Nand give to the poor.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:37.34,1:08:38.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that a denial?
Dialogue: 0,1:08:38.45,1:08:40.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:40.23,1:08:41.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Make time for prayer.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:41.48,1:08:42.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that a denial?
Dialogue: 0,1:08:42.45,1:08:44.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rather than doing the \Npleasurable things?
Dialogue: 0,1:08:44.33,1:08:45.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:45.21,1:08:46.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take more time in fasting
Dialogue: 0,1:08:46.64,1:08:47.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even beyond this week.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:47.80,1:08:50.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Make this a year of prayer and fasting.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:50.12,1:08:51.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that a denial?
Dialogue: 0,1:08:51.03,1:08:52.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is a denial.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:52.48,1:08:55.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus talked about all forms of denial.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:55.23,1:08:56.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take the lowest seat.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:56.60,1:08:58.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't seek the places of honor.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:58.45,1:09:02.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Serve the Lord in ways \Nthat nobody else will know.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:02.89,1:09:04.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Die to yourself that way.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:04.46,1:09:05.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Die.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:05.42,1:09:06.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go do good things.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:06.67,1:09:10.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Give in ways that people \Ndon't even know you do it.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:10.50,1:09:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Make sacrifices that nobody else sees
Dialogue: 0,1:09:12.50,1:09:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you and the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:14.46,1:09:16.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Saying no to your flesh,
Dialogue: 0,1:09:16.83,1:09:19.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even when by all rights,
Dialogue: 0,1:09:19.52,1:09:21.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you could pamper it.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:21.24,1:09:23.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not saying eating a bowl of ice cream,
Dialogue: 0,1:09:23.59,1:09:25.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having a piece of lemon meringue pie...
Dialogue: 0,1:09:25.57,1:09:26.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you know what?
Dialogue: 0,1:09:26.77,1:09:29.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There can be times and places
Dialogue: 0,1:09:29.47,1:09:32.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you say no.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:32.39,1:09:34.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're not going to that party.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:34.79,1:09:38.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're not going to that get-together.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:38.77,1:09:41.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, several years back,
Dialogue: 0,1:09:41.33,1:09:42.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an Assemblies of God church
Dialogue: 0,1:09:42.65,1:09:44.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just south of Monterey asked me
Dialogue: 0,1:09:44.44,1:09:47.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come down and preach \Nat a missions conference.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:47.04,1:09:49.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew that was risky going in.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:49.32,1:09:52.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, I had a group of people there
Dialogue: 0,1:09:52.21,1:09:54.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they all wanted to jump and shout
Dialogue: 0,1:09:54.54,1:09:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and clap and scream,
Dialogue: 0,1:09:55.76,1:09:58.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I kind of killed that right off.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:58.82,1:10:00.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I said to them -
Dialogue: 0,1:10:00.79,1:10:03.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this was a bunch of people
Dialogue: 0,1:10:03.28,1:10:05.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that didn't even have their Bibles.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:05.85,1:10:07.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And look, I had to be honest with them.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:07.80,1:10:09.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said we're having a missions conference
Dialogue: 0,1:10:09.80,1:10:11.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you don't even have your Bibles.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:11.58,1:10:13.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said you're not fit to go.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:13.52,1:10:16.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This group at large is not fit to go.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:16.66,1:10:18.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said you know the people that end up
Dialogue: 0,1:10:18.57,1:10:20.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making a difference is when
Dialogue: 0,1:10:20.05,1:10:21.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the other young \Npeople are over here
Dialogue: 0,1:10:21.94,1:10:23.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hooting and hollering\Nand having a good time;
Dialogue: 0,1:10:23.86,1:10:26.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's the person that makes the sacrifice.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:26.75,1:10:28.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They go grab their Bibles
Dialogue: 0,1:10:28.30,1:10:31.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they go off by themselves.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:31.42,1:10:33.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the person who's going to
Dialogue: 0,1:10:33.52,1:10:36.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,end up turning the world upside down.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:36.14,1:10:38.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Self-denial.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:38.63,1:10:40.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sacrifice.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:40.93,1:10:43.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Threefold cord.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:43.09,1:10:46.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, brethren...
Dialogue: 0,1:10:46.05,1:10:48.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Make an immediate beginning.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:48.62,1:10:52.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here it is 2018. A good mile marker.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:52.25,1:10:54.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there's something that resonates
Dialogue: 0,1:10:54.06,1:10:56.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in your own conscience,
Dialogue: 0,1:10:56.24,1:10:59.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't procrastinate.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:59.23,1:11:01.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Immediately. Immediately,
Dialogue: 0,1:11:01.82,1:11:03.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make the determination.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:03.64,1:11:06.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Monday morning - different.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:06.99,1:11:08.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Re-order.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:08.91,1:11:12.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, this is our life.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:12.56,1:11:14.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Threefold cord.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:14.49,1:11:15.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not easily broken.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:15.94,1:11:18.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Strong life.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:18.26,1:11:19.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Father, I pray,
Dialogue: 0,1:11:19.55,1:11:20.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,help us.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:20.32,1:11:21.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Give us grace,
Dialogue: 0,1:11:21.82,1:11:25.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the name of Jesus Christ, I pray.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:25.95,1:11:26.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Amen.