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♪ theme music ♪
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(Derek) Welcome to Hope Sabbath School,
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an in-depth, interactive study
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of the Word of God.
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We're in a series entitled[br]Rest in Christ.
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I need that rest today,
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and I'm sure you do, as well.
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Today, we're talking
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about The Roots of Restlessness.
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We discovered in our last study
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that restlessness can lead to rebellion,
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which can lead to violence[br]and destruction.
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God wants us to experience rest[br]for our souls,
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so we're really glad you joined us today
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and glad to see the team here.
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And we're excited that we're
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now having some of our team members
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joining us remotely.
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We've got Shaina joining us from Maine.
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Shaina, great to see you
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as part of the team today.
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And also Puia joining us from Hawaii.
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Great to see you, Puia,
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as part of our team.
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We're always happy to hear from you,
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our Hope Sabbath School members[br]around the world.
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You can always write to us
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at sshope@hopetv.org.
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We get excited, don't we, when we hear
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what God's doing in your life
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and how He's blessing you[br]through His Word.
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Here's a note from Cherryl
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in Illinois here in the United States,
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"Hope Sabbath School
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has been such a blessing.
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I've been watching for several years
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and look forward to doing so every week
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and sharing with family and friends,"
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that's good, right?
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"Thank God for the outreach
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of Hope Sabbath School.
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Be blessed, keep up the good work."
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Well, Cherryl, thanks for writing
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to us from Illinois,
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and we're excited that you're sharing
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what you're learning
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with family and friends.
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Roger writes to us from Guyana;
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that's South America, right?
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He writes and says,
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"Ever since I was introduced
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to Hope Sabbath School
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about four years ago,
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it has become part
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of my welcoming of the Sabbath.
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I love how the study
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is made simple by your team.
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You stir an excitement in me
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to study and know more about God."
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(Team) Praise God. Amen.
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(Derek) "My mother loves
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the Scripture songs.
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I'm all the way from Guyana,[br]South America.
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May God continue to bless
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and have mercy on us all."
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Well, Roger, thanks for writing
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to us from Guyana,
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lovely to hear from you.
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Here's a hand-written note from a donor;
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we still get hand-written notes.
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From a donor in New Jersey
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in the United States of America,
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and the donor writes, "I watch
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and have now become
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your 81-year-old student."
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(Team) Wow.
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(Derek) Wow, you know who you are;
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we won't greet you by name
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because you're a generous donor.
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We thank you for your support, though.
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"I love how the lessons are explained
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and personal testimonies
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of the team are given.
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May God continue to bless your ministry,"
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and a donation of 25 dollars
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for Hope Sabbath School.
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Well, God bless you.
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We all can be a part
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of the great miracle.
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This is a donor-supported ministry.
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If you'd like to give, you can
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Here's a note from Terrena, a Jamaican
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living in the United Arab Emirates,
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and Terrena writes and says,
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"Greetings in the name
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of the Lord Jesus."
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Well, Terrena, you got a wave there.
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(Team) Greetings.
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(Derek) "Thank you for your great work
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in spreading the gospel
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and encouraging us
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to study the Word of God.
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I watch your program all the time.
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It's been a blessing,
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especially during this pandemic.
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Keep up the great work.
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May God bless you and your team. Amen."
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Well, thank you, Terrena,
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writing from the United Arab Emirates.
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And here is one last email,
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from Amanuel, Amanuel, spelt
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a little differently with an A, Amanuel.
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"I'm writing from Ethiopia,"[br]Amanuel writes.
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"I am a university teacher in my country.
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I've been watching
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Hope Sabbath School since 2017,"
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listen to this, "when I was a student
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at the very university
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where I'm now a professor."
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Congratulations, Amanuel, for graduating
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and now becoming a professor[br]at your university.
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"Thank you for making the Bible
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so simple and clear.
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I feel as if I'm with you literally.
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I smile with you; I'm touched
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by your testimonies; I love you all.
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May God continue to bless you,
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speak to you and through you." Amen?
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) Well, Amanuel, thank you
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for writing to us from Ethiopia.
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We're glad each one of you are part
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of our Hope Sabbath School family.
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Right now we'd love to invite you
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to sing our theme song.
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It's taken from Matthew, chapter 11.
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It's the words of Jesus, verses 28 to 30,
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"Come to Me, all you who labor
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and are heavy laden,
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and I will give you rest,"[br]let's sing together.
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♪ music ♪
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(Derek) I love that song,
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and, you know, I love it so much
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I want to speak to you
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as our Hope Sabbath School family.
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We'd like to give you a copy of the song
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plus 11 other Scripture songs[br]in a collection.
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All you have to do
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is go to our website, hopetv.org/hopess.
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You'll see a button
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that says, "Free Gift."
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Go to our website, click
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on the Free Gift button,
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and you'll get a link to download,
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not only this theme song,
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but 11 other beautiful Scripture songs
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so you can hide God's Word in your heart.
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That's our gift to you
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from Hope Sabbath School.
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Let's pray together now.
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Our Father in Heaven,
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we've already seen in this series
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on Rest in Christ
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how much we need that rest for our souls.
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And we've seen the damaging effect
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of restlessness and rebellion.
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I pray today, as we study
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about The Roots of Restlessness,
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that we might be convicted even more
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to find rest for our souls in Jesus.
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Guide each one in our study today.
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We pray in the powerful name[br]of Jesus. Amen.
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) We're going to start
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our study today in Luke, chapter 12,
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with a story about a restless individual.
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Now, we're going to look
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at three roots of restlessness.
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Maybe you'll say, "Well, Derek,
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I can think of four or five,"
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and we can share those together,
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but I'm suggesting that selfishness
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is one of the roots
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of a restless spirit.
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Let's pick up the story
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in Luke, chapter 12,
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and, Nicole, if you could begin
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our study today, verses 13 through 19.
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A restless young man
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actually interrupts Jesus who's preaching
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and interrupts Him with a demand.
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Let's pick up the story
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in Luke 12:13-19.
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(Nicole) And the New International[br]Version says:
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(Derek) Now, let's take this man,
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he has a barn; it's too small.
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What are some options
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if he wasn't driven by a selfish spirit?
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He's had a great crop. Jason?
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(Jason) He could give away
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some of it to other people.
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(Derek) He could find some other people[br]that didn't have
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such a good year. Brittany?
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(Brittany) I was going to say[br]what Jason said, that, yeah,
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he should look for those who are needy
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or like they had in Israel,
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they had this law that they would let
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the reapers go through,
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and then they would leave some behind
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for those who are widowed and poor.
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So, he should do the same with his stuff.
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(Derek) That's a great example.
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I think they call that gleaning,[br]don't they?
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We heard about that
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in the story of Ruth
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in the Old Testament.
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In fact, with Ruth, Boaz gives permission
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to leave extra piles, doesn't he?
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I think he's already realized
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what a precious person she is.
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So, one option would be to give away
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rather than tear down a barn,
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which caused more expense for him.
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What indications are there, though,
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that this man is driven
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by a selfish spirit? Sabina?
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(Sabina) I think that we can look
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at verse, let's see, verse 19; it says:
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So, it sounds like he has
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a very great plan for his own life
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and his own self, too,
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to care for his own problems
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and not anybody else's.
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(Derek) That's right.
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He's certainly not talking to God.
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He's kind of praying to himself.
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And he's not talking to anyone else around
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saying, "Does anyone else have any needs?"
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He's saying, "Self, eat,
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drink and be merry."
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How does the Lord...By the way,
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this is a parable, though it may have been
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a true story, who knows?
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Jesus may have actually seen
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something like that,
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certainly the interruption
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that Nicole read was real.
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Someone just interrupted Him.
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How does Jesus respond, Pedro,
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in verses 20 and 21 of Luke, chapter 12?
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(Pedro) I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version,[br]and it says:
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(Derek) In another place,
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I think it's in Matthew 16, Jesus says,
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"What does it profit a person
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if she or he gains the whole world,"
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like super big barn,
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"and lose your soul," right?
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But the whole point is,
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when this man dies,
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how much do you take with you?
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(Team) Nothing.
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(Derek) Only your relationship
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or lack of relationship with God, right?
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If you're resting in Christ,
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well, death is just a sleep, right?
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But you can't change, you certainly
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can't take things with you.
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So here's an unnamed selfish man.
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Can you think of other Bible characters,
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do a little scan in your Bible memory,
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some other Bible characters
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that they were just driven by selfishness,
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and of course underlying this theme
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of Rest in Christ,
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you're restless when you're driven
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by selfishness. Nicole?
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(Nicole) I would say Jacob
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before his encounter with God,
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when he took the inheritance and ran away.
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I would say that was a bit of restlessness
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in terms of self, and, "I want
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what my brother has."
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But then when he encountered God,
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his whole life changed.
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(Derek) So, grabbing for that birthright,
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which technically would have been Esau's,
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but God had promised him, right?
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So, there's a selfish grab, if you will.
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(Nicole) It's a struggle.
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(Derek) Alright, Brittany.
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(Brittany) I was thinking of Balaam.
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He was supposedly a prophet of God,
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and God told him to go...
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Well, actually a king came and said,
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"Hey, will you curse
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the children of Israel for me
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because God is blessing them."
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So, Balaam at first was like, "No,
0:15:45.981,0:15:47.137
I'm not going to do it."
0:15:47.137,0:15:48.215
But then when the king
0:15:48.215,0:15:49.820
offered him a large sum of money,
0:15:49.820,0:15:51.672
he was like, "Oh, sure, I'll do it."
0:15:51.672,0:15:54.544
And on his way, an angel of the Lord came
0:15:54.544,0:15:57.300
and blocked his way, and it took a donkey,
0:15:57.300,0:15:59.029
God using the donkey to speak to him
0:15:59.029,0:16:00.683
to open his eyes to his danger
0:16:00.683,0:16:04.333
and what he was doing against God.
0:16:04.333,0:16:05.822
(Derek) And, of course, when he
0:16:05.822,0:16:07.174
finally does open his mouth,
0:16:07.174,0:16:09.645
he blesses the people of God[br]rather than curses them,
0:16:09.645,0:16:10.982
but those are two examples.
0:16:10.982,0:16:11.912
Another one, Jason?
0:16:11.912,0:16:13.897
(Jason) So, I think of Ahab and Jezebel.
0:16:13.897,0:16:15.534
I think it's particularly Jezebel,
0:16:15.534,0:16:17.142
with a vineyard - Naboth's,
0:16:17.142,0:16:19.050
I think, was the name - that she wanted.
0:16:19.050,0:16:20.423
And she actually had the guy
0:16:20.423,0:16:23.201
falsely accused and murdered,
0:16:23.201,0:16:24.583
and both her and her husband
0:16:24.583,0:16:25.990
were part of a conspiracy
0:16:25.990,0:16:27.792
because they wanted a vineyard.
0:16:27.792,0:16:29.814
(Derek) Sure. I'm seeing
0:16:29.814,0:16:31.604
Shaina's hand and Puia's hand
0:16:31.604,0:16:33.775
raised there in Maine and in Hawaii.
0:16:33.775,0:16:36.138
Shaina, another example of someone
0:16:36.138,0:16:38.896
driven by selfishness, which, of course,
0:16:38.896,0:16:42.095
creates a lot of restlessness[br]in our hearts.
0:16:42.095,0:16:44.431
(Shaina) I'm thinking of King Saul.
0:16:44.431,0:16:45.932
Saul was anointed by God
0:16:45.932,0:16:48.021
to become the first king of Israel,
0:16:48.021,0:16:50.035
but when he saw that...
0:16:50.035,0:16:51.831
I mean, he had done a bunch of things
0:16:51.831,0:16:53.809
that were wrong in the sight of the Lord,
0:16:53.809,0:16:55.282
and when he saw that the Spirit
0:16:55.282,0:16:59.014
of the Lord was instead on David,
0:16:59.014,0:17:01.027
the rest of his life was somewhat
0:17:01.027,0:17:03.154
spent in pursuing David.
0:17:03.154,0:17:05.983
And it was a restless pursuit,
0:17:05.983,0:17:07.590
even to the point where there was
0:17:07.590,0:17:09.436
a time when Saul
0:17:09.436,0:17:11.482
was right in front of David, and David
0:17:11.482,0:17:14.110
had the opportunity to take his life.
0:17:14.110,0:17:15.356
But David was, like, "No,
0:17:15.356,0:17:17.213
I'm not touching the Lord's anointed."
0:17:17.213,0:17:20.711
So, that's another example[br]of restlessness.
0:17:20.711,0:17:22.646
(Derek) Sure, and selfishness, for sure.
0:17:22.646,0:17:24.298
You know, while Shaina was sharing
0:17:24.298,0:17:25.828
(Puia, I'll come to your point),
0:17:25.828,0:17:27.031
while Shaina was sharing,
0:17:27.031,0:17:28.671
I thought, instead of spending
0:17:28.671,0:17:31.513
the rest of his life pursuing David,
0:17:31.513,0:17:32.496
what if he had spent
0:17:32.496,0:17:36.128
the rest of his life pursuing God, right?!
0:17:36.128,0:17:40.399
It would mean a totally different story.[br]Puia.
0:17:40.399,0:17:43.034
(Puia) Yes, I was thinking of Satan,
0:17:43.034,0:17:44.747
Lucifer in Heaven.
0:17:44.747,0:17:46.381
His selfishness drove him
0:17:46.381,0:17:48.091
to rebel against God
0:17:48.091,0:17:50.971
as he wanted more and more power,
0:17:50.971,0:17:53.236
even above his own Creator.
0:17:53.236,0:17:54.414
And he, of course,
0:17:54.414,0:17:56.563
is the originator of sin, in Heaven,
0:17:56.563,0:17:59.726
and later brought it into this planet.
0:17:59.726,0:18:02.209
And so, I believe Satan is a good example
0:18:02.209,0:18:05.116
of what selfishness does to someone
0:18:05.116,0:18:07.005
when you allow that selfishness
0:18:07.005,0:18:09.608
to continue to drive you forward.
0:18:09.608,0:18:10.488
(Derek) Thank you.
0:18:10.488,0:18:11.695
He's also a great example
0:18:11.695,0:18:13.862
of the second root of restlessness,
0:18:13.862,0:18:16.158
which we'll come to in a minute.
0:18:16.158,0:18:17.547
Going to come to you, Pedro.
0:18:17.547,0:18:18.896
It seems like we don't have
0:18:18.896,0:18:21.474
much difficulty finding examples[br]of people.
0:18:21.474,0:18:24.367
Selfishness is kind of a natural attitude
0:18:24.367,0:18:27.286
of a sinful heart, right? Pedro?
0:18:27.286,0:18:29.333
(Pedro) I was trying to find[br]the name here,
0:18:29.333,0:18:31.436
and I found it in 1 Samuel 25 - Nabal.
0:18:31.436,0:18:35.366
He was helped by David and his men,
0:18:35.366,0:18:37.152
and he refused to reward him.
0:18:37.152,0:18:39.257
He said, "I don't know who David is."
0:18:39.257,0:18:42.296
And Abigail, his wife, had to intervene,
0:18:42.296,0:18:45.342
and we saw what greed caused[br]in his life,
0:18:45.342,0:18:47.242
similar to the parable of Jesus.
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(Derek) Sure, and that's right.
0:18:48.745,0:18:51.381
Eventually Nabal dies in a drunken stupor.
0:18:51.381,0:18:52.694
We don't know; his heart
0:18:52.694,0:18:54.618
stopped for whatever reason.
0:18:54.618,0:19:00.138
And it shows the futility of living a life
0:19:00.138,0:19:02.647
simply driven by selfishness.
0:19:02.647,0:19:05.828
Well, like I said, we didn't have trouble
0:19:05.828,0:19:07.585
finding many examples.
0:19:07.585,0:19:11.901
Confession time, oh, was there[br]ever a time -
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Puia and Shaina, you're[br]joining us remotely,
0:19:14.101,0:19:16.345
and here we've got the team -
0:19:16.345,0:19:19.182
when, if you're honest with yourself,
0:19:19.182,0:19:20.805
you were being driven
0:19:20.805,0:19:22.788
a little bit by a selfish spirit
0:19:22.788,0:19:25.677
(notice I'm trying to tone it down[br]just a little bit),
0:19:25.677,0:19:30.095
but it didn't satisfy the restlessness[br]inside?
0:19:30.095,0:19:33.765
Anybody can relate to that in any way?
0:19:33.765,0:19:35.539
Well, we've got a few brave souls.
0:19:35.539,0:19:37.255
Sabina and then Nicole.
0:19:37.255,0:19:39.248
(Sabina) I have a sister;
0:19:39.248,0:19:40.851
she's older than me.
0:19:40.851,0:19:43.009
And I think that if she watches us,
0:19:43.009,0:19:45.544
she will be able to agree
0:19:45.544,0:19:47.000
with what I am going to share.
0:19:47.000,0:19:47.965
I think that we both
0:19:47.965,0:19:50.613
were selfish, usually, when we[br]were not willing to share
0:19:50.613,0:19:52.457
our clothes with each other.
0:19:52.457,0:19:54.301
And I think that sometimes
0:19:54.301,0:19:56.044
in our relationship growing up,
0:19:56.044,0:19:57.661
just the fact that I wanted
0:19:57.661,0:19:59.397
to hoard my things to myself,
0:19:59.397,0:20:00.532
or she wanted to hoard
0:20:00.532,0:20:01.823
her things to herself,
0:20:01.823,0:20:04.135
made us sometimes to be in conflict.
0:20:04.135,0:20:07.677
So, I could give other examples[br]in my life,
0:20:07.677,0:20:09.710
but I'm just sharing this one.
0:20:09.710,0:20:11.580
(Derek) Just that one, and I'm assuming
0:20:11.580,0:20:12.689
that that didn't result
0:20:12.689,0:20:15.458
in a very restful environment.
0:20:15.458,0:20:17.108
(Sabina) No, eventually, you know,
0:20:17.108,0:20:18.997
we grew up in learning
0:20:18.997,0:20:20.907
how to divide things with each other,
0:20:20.907,0:20:22.390
but I remember situations
0:20:22.390,0:20:25.269
in which we had fights as girls, you know,
0:20:25.269,0:20:28.185
not willing to share, just selfish.
0:20:28.185,0:20:29.688
(Derek) Sure. Nicole.
0:20:29.688,0:20:31.552
(Nicole) When I was in medical school,
0:20:31.552,0:20:33.274
I was very much driven
0:20:33.274,0:20:34.600
for a particular path
0:20:34.600,0:20:36.184
that I wanted to take in my life.
0:20:36.184,0:20:37.801
And it was really driven on myself
0:20:37.801,0:20:40.325
in wanting to be in a particular position.
0:20:40.325,0:20:41.850
And it was a very restless time,
0:20:41.850,0:20:43.467
because I was fighting against God
0:20:43.467,0:20:44.874
and what He wanted me to do,
0:20:44.874,0:20:46.904
and I wanted to do "X."
0:20:46.904,0:20:48.825
And so, when I finally gave in and said,
0:20:48.825,0:20:52.607
"Okay, where do you want me to go, Lord?"[br]I found the rest I needed and was able
0:20:52.607,0:20:54.858
to choose the career that He[br]wanted me to be in.
0:20:54.858,0:20:57.100
But before that, there was definitely[br]a struggle
0:20:57.100,0:20:59.439
between my desire for my ego
0:20:59.439,0:21:01.467
to be stroked and my selfishness
0:21:01.467,0:21:04.581
versus what He wanted and saw for my life.
0:21:04.581,0:21:06.292
(Derek) So, we found many examples,
0:21:06.292,0:21:08.297
and we could probably all
0:21:08.297,0:21:09.990
find examples in our own lives
0:21:09.990,0:21:13.011
of how a selfish attitude
0:21:13.011,0:21:15.557
created a restlessness for us.
0:21:15.557,0:21:17.726
But have you ever seen,
0:21:17.726,0:21:19.514
either in the Scripture
0:21:19.514,0:21:21.193
or maybe even in your life,
0:21:21.193,0:21:23.275
someone that really models
0:21:23.275,0:21:27.802
an unselfish spirit which results
0:21:27.802,0:21:30.160
in rest for our souls?
0:21:30.160,0:21:32.344
Anybody? Is there an individual
0:21:32.344,0:21:33.618
that comes to your mind?
0:21:33.618,0:21:35.714
Puia, anybody that you know
0:21:35.714,0:21:37.080
that comes to your mind
0:21:37.080,0:21:42.624
that just models that unselfish spirit?
0:21:42.624,0:21:44.374
(Puia) Yes, I believe Jesus
0:21:44.374,0:21:47.341
is the prime example of Someone
0:21:47.341,0:21:50.236
who showed the opposite of selfishness
0:21:50.236,0:21:53.207
as He came to this planet as a babe
0:21:53.207,0:21:56.153
and then grew up as a man and suffered
0:21:56.153,0:21:58.946
to the point of death on the cross.
0:21:58.946,0:22:00.854
And so, Jesus showed us
0:22:00.854,0:22:03.207
what the opposite side of selfishness is,
0:22:03.207,0:22:05.675
and through love He was able
0:22:05.675,0:22:07.545
to accomplish the plan of salvation
0:22:07.545,0:22:10.967
to give us that rest in Him.
0:22:10.967,0:22:12.317
(Derek) Beautiful, it's hard
0:22:12.317,0:22:14.002
to find a better example, isn't it?
0:22:14.002,0:22:16.404
Anybody think of a family member,
0:22:16.404,0:22:18.379
a loved one, a friend?
0:22:18.379,0:22:20.664
Can I share someone?
0:22:20.664,0:22:22.904
I went on an assignment
0:22:22.904,0:22:25.531
to a refugee camp
0:22:25.531,0:22:28.398
on the Thai-Myanmar border.
0:22:28.398,0:22:31.949
Oh, Puia, that's getting close[br]to home country.
0:22:31.949,0:22:34.502
And there in a refugee camp
0:22:34.502,0:22:39.072
were about 35,000 refugees[br]in no man's land.
0:22:39.072,0:22:40.803
And there was a godly woman,
0:22:40.803,0:22:43.343
she's still there, named Helen Hall,
0:22:43.343,0:22:45.440
who started a school
0:22:45.440,0:22:47.214
called Eden Valley Academy.
0:22:47.214,0:22:48.415
And at times, there were
0:22:48.415,0:22:50.613
up to 1,000 students
0:22:50.613,0:22:53.491
in this refugee camp in the school,
0:22:53.491,0:22:55.341
and she's in her 80s now.
0:22:55.341,0:22:56.401
She could be somewhere
0:22:56.401,0:22:57.841
very safe in Australia,
0:22:57.841,0:22:59.115
which is her homeland,
0:22:59.115,0:23:00.432
but she said, "This is
0:23:00.432,0:23:02.181
where God's called me to serve."
0:23:02.181,0:23:04.233
I have never personally seen
0:23:04.233,0:23:06.850
a more unselfish spirit
0:23:06.850,0:23:08.427
than I saw in this precious lady.
0:23:08.427,0:23:11.021
And maybe we should just remember
0:23:11.021,0:23:13.189
Helen Hall and Eden Valley Academy
0:23:13.189,0:23:14.887
in our prayers because things
0:23:14.887,0:23:19.132
are quite unstable there on the border.
0:23:19.132,0:23:22.969
And yet, she's really kind of modeling[br]what Jesus taught,
0:23:22.969,0:23:26.942
willing to lay down her life for others.
0:23:26.942,0:23:28.771
Anybody else, someone you've seen?
0:23:28.771,0:23:31.839
If not, let's move on, shall we?
0:23:31.839,0:23:35.736
One root of restlessness is what?
0:23:35.736,0:23:36.649
(Team) Selfishness.
0:23:36.649,0:23:38.422
(Derek) Selfishness, but you notice,
0:23:38.422,0:23:40.561
when we were talking about selfishness,
0:23:40.561,0:23:43.036
I think, Puia, you talked about Lucifer,
0:23:43.036,0:23:45.811
now called Satan, he's lost his place
0:23:45.811,0:23:47.524
in the heavenly courts,
0:23:47.524,0:23:52.421
is also that desire to exalt self.
0:23:52.421,0:23:55.934
Self-exaltation is also
0:23:55.934,0:23:59.306
a root cause of restlessness.
0:23:59.306,0:24:00.803
We don't have to go all the way
0:24:00.803,0:24:03.324
back to Lucifer and the rebellion.
0:24:03.324,0:24:04.659
Jason, we could find it
0:24:04.659,0:24:07.343
even among the disciples of Jesus.
0:24:07.343,0:24:09.134
Take a look with us, if you would,
0:24:09.134,0:24:13.372
at Mark 10, verses 35 to 40.
0:24:13.372,0:24:14.531
(Jason) Alright, I have
0:24:14.531,0:24:16.284
the New King James Version here,
0:24:16.284,0:24:20.620
Mark, chapter 10, verses 35 through 40:
0:25:20.318,0:25:23.086
(Derek) Now, while Jason was reading that,[br]Nicole, you were
0:25:23.086,0:25:25.372
just kind of shaking your head.
0:25:25.372,0:25:26.825
There's definitely a root
0:25:26.825,0:25:29.027
of selfishness there, too, isn't there,
0:25:29.027,0:25:31.910
but this self-exaltation,
0:25:31.910,0:25:33.004
what are your thoughts
0:25:33.004,0:25:35.271
as you see these two...
0:25:35.271,0:25:37.401
They were fishermen right, James and John,
0:25:37.401,0:25:38.422
they were just asking
0:25:38.422,0:25:42.546
to be two vice presidents in the Kingdom?
0:25:42.546,0:25:45.533
(Nicole) It's a human tendency for us
0:25:45.533,0:25:47.555
to want people to praise us
0:25:47.555,0:25:50.084
and to give us honor and to give us glory.
0:25:50.084,0:25:52.209
And I think that we, if we're not careful,
0:25:52.209,0:25:54.626
will want that more than we want
0:25:54.626,0:25:55.885
to actually glorify God.
0:25:55.885,0:25:58.304
And so this is just us having to fight
0:25:58.304,0:25:59.721
against our natural tendency
0:25:59.721,0:26:01.706
to want things that Christ knows
0:26:01.706,0:26:03.489
are not good for us.
0:26:03.489,0:26:04.698
(Derek) Brittany.
0:26:04.698,0:26:06.277
(Brittany) When I read the story,
0:26:06.277,0:26:07.946
since we know the end of the story,
0:26:07.946,0:26:09.877
we know why Jesus came,
0:26:09.877,0:26:11.626
it's like they completely missed out
0:26:11.626,0:26:13.154
on His whole mission.
0:26:13.154,0:26:14.163
His whole mission was
0:26:14.163,0:26:15.624
not to raise Himself up
0:26:15.624,0:26:17.402
except to die for us.
0:26:17.402,0:26:18.498
(Derek) Doesn't He say,
0:26:18.498,0:26:20.458
"I've come, not to be served but to serve
0:26:20.458,0:26:21.377
and to give My life
0:26:21.377,0:26:22.527
for the ransom of many"?
0:26:22.527,0:26:25.195
(Brittany) And if they had known,[br]if they had understood
0:26:25.195,0:26:26.632
He was going to give His life,
0:26:26.632,0:26:28.283
they wouldn't have asked for this.
0:26:28.283,0:26:31.204
They wouldn't have said, "We want[br]what You are going to have."
0:26:31.204,0:26:33.735
He was like, "Yeah, you're going[br]to receive the grief
0:26:33.735,0:26:36.009
and the suffering that I am[br]going to experience,
0:26:36.009,0:26:38.309
but what you are asking,[br]you don't understand."
0:26:38.309,0:26:39.461
(Derek) It's interesting
0:26:39.461,0:26:40.554
just thinking about it,
0:26:40.554,0:26:41.946
and, Pedro, then I'd like you
0:26:41.946,0:26:44.024
to read the next verse,
0:26:44.024,0:26:46.301
that one of them, James,
0:26:46.301,0:26:48.915
is beheaded by Herod, right?
0:26:48.915,0:26:51.414
And Peter almost is beheaded, right?
0:26:51.414,0:26:54.027
And then, John, well, he gets
0:26:54.027,0:26:56.949
put on a desolate island called Patmos,
0:26:56.949,0:26:59.118
but God works with him even there.
0:26:59.118,0:27:01.182
But you're right; they had no idea.
0:27:01.182,0:27:03.226
They were thinking of an earthly kingdom.
0:27:03.226,0:27:06.918
But that desire to exalt self[br]is very strong.
0:27:06.918,0:27:10.642
Pedro, how did the other disciples[br]respond and why?
0:27:10.642,0:27:13.344
Let's take a look, if you can read for us
0:27:13.344,0:27:15.680
in Mark 10, verse 41.
0:27:15.680,0:27:16.856
(Pedro) I'll be reading
0:27:16.856,0:27:19.641
from the New King James Version,[br]Mark 10:41:
0:27:26.428,0:27:28.053
(Derek) Alright, Shaina, I'm going
0:27:28.053,0:27:29.171
to ask you a question.
0:27:29.171,0:27:30.942
Shaina, I know you're
0:27:30.942,0:27:33.005
a student of human behavior.
0:27:33.005,0:27:34.601
You've taught and you've seen
0:27:34.601,0:27:37.054
a lot of different character traits.
0:27:37.054,0:27:40.223
So, let me ask you, Shaina,[br]up there in Maine,
0:27:40.223,0:27:43.725
why do you think the other disciples
0:27:43.725,0:27:47.276
were so upset with James and John?
0:27:47.276,0:27:48.954
(Shaina) They may have been feeling
0:27:48.954,0:27:50.112
like, "Do you guys think
0:27:50.112,0:27:51.786
that you're better than any of us?"
0:27:51.786,0:27:55.294
Like, "We're all on this same walk[br]together; we've all
0:27:55.294,0:27:58.369
been through most of the same experiences[br]together.
0:27:58.369,0:27:59.974
None of you are better than that,
0:27:59.974,0:28:01.909
so why would you be subject
0:28:01.909,0:28:05.067
to the next highest position in Heaven,
0:28:05.067,0:28:06.669
which is on the right hand
0:28:06.669,0:28:08.217
and on the left hand of Jesus?"
0:28:08.217,0:28:10.893
(Derek) Yeah, so let me paraphrase that.
0:28:10.893,0:28:12.571
They could be feeling a sense
0:28:12.571,0:28:15.469
of, "Who are you to push yourselves
0:28:15.469,0:28:17.438
over the top of us?"
0:28:17.438,0:28:21.056
But it may be actually something[br]more than that.
0:28:21.056,0:28:22.373
We've got three hands here;
0:28:22.373,0:28:24.408
who would like to share. Brittany?
0:28:24.408,0:28:26.193
(Brittany) They might have been upset
0:28:26.193,0:28:28.686
that they hadn't thought to ask[br]that question first.
0:28:28.686,0:28:32.026
"How come they got to ask that question?[br]I wish I had thought of that."
0:28:32.026,0:28:33.782
(Derek) Anybody agree with Brittany?
0:28:33.782,0:28:36.549
Okay, well, I'm going to raise my hand.
0:28:36.549,0:28:39.358
What evidence, Puia, is there
0:28:39.358,0:28:45.022
that they were also contentious,[br]can you think of...?
0:28:45.022,0:28:47.855
(Puia) Right, yes, in another chapter
0:28:47.855,0:28:50.048
we find them arguing on the topic
0:28:50.048,0:28:52.311
of who is the greatest among us,
0:28:52.311,0:28:54.960
like, who is the greatest in our group.
0:28:54.960,0:28:59.688
And even today in our church settings,
0:28:59.688,0:29:02.029
we may not say out loud
0:29:02.029,0:29:04.252
as to who is the greatest among us.
0:29:04.252,0:29:06.211
But, truth be told, I believe
0:29:06.211,0:29:08.086
we all think about it sometimes,
0:29:08.086,0:29:10.552
even in our church settings, even today,
0:29:10.552,0:29:12.464
as to who among our members
0:29:12.464,0:29:13.651
make the most money,
0:29:13.651,0:29:15.321
who among our members
0:29:15.321,0:29:18.385
is the most influential or the greatest.
0:29:18.385,0:29:20.425
It seems that this is human tendency,
0:29:20.425,0:29:22.129
not just for James and John,
0:29:22.129,0:29:24.452
but for the rest of us as well.
0:29:24.452,0:29:26.487
(Derek) So, lest we sit in judgment
0:29:26.487,0:29:30.878
on James and John for being so brash...
0:29:30.878,0:29:32.785
By the way, the reference here, I think,
0:29:32.785,0:29:34.539
was Luke, at least one reference,
0:29:34.539,0:29:37.443
Luke 22:24, where they're arguing
0:29:37.443,0:29:39.503
who's going to be the greatest. Sabina?
0:29:39.503,0:29:40.953
(Sabina) And I'm thinking also
0:29:40.953,0:29:42.695
of Jesus' reaction to the confusion
0:29:42.695,0:29:45.489
that is triggered by this comment
0:29:45.489,0:29:49.636
because the Bible says in verse 41
0:29:49.636,0:29:50.666
that the ten heard,
0:29:50.666,0:29:53.146
and they began to discuss about it.
0:29:53.146,0:29:55.119
And the way that Jesus intervenes
0:29:55.119,0:29:56.721
is by reminding them
0:29:56.721,0:29:59.860
that they were called to be servants,
0:29:59.860,0:30:01.624
and that even though we need
0:30:01.624,0:30:03.387
to look at authorities in the world,
0:30:03.387,0:30:04.465
that they look at them
0:30:04.465,0:30:05.753
as being the greatest ones,
0:30:05.753,0:30:06.942
that, in our case, it was
0:30:06.942,0:30:08.283
not going to be so,
0:30:08.283,0:30:09.879
with them and with us.
0:30:09.879,0:30:11.804
In the Kingdom of God,
0:30:11.804,0:30:13.823
the last shall be the first.
0:30:13.823,0:30:15.892
So, I think that the way[br]that Jesus responds
0:30:15.892,0:30:17.720
makes us believe that all of them
0:30:17.720,0:30:18.918
were having the same sort
0:30:18.918,0:30:21.470
of heart issue going on.
0:30:21.470,0:30:22.813
(Derek) Well, before we come
0:30:22.813,0:30:24.248
to confession time when we've
0:30:24.248,0:30:26.667
ever felt like exalting ourselves,
0:30:26.667,0:30:29.450
there's a story of an ancient monarch,
0:30:29.450,0:30:31.259
"ancient," not being old himself
0:30:31.259,0:30:33.872
but many, many generations ago.
0:30:33.872,0:30:39.405
In fact, what, 2,600 years ago,
0:30:39.405,0:30:42.419
a monarch who had a problem
0:30:42.419,0:30:44.187
with self-exaltation,
0:30:44.187,0:30:46.560
and it's clear from the story
0:30:46.560,0:30:48.630
that he was restless.
0:30:48.630,0:30:49.702
You know, when you're
0:30:49.702,0:30:51.075
always wanting to be first,
0:30:51.075,0:30:54.800
if anybody drives faster than you do[br]or jumps faster
0:30:54.800,0:30:57.268
or gets a higher score on a test
0:30:57.268,0:30:59.975
or gets the position you were hoping for,
0:30:59.975,0:31:03.426
you're never going to be at rest, right,[br]if your desire
0:31:03.426,0:31:05.477
is to always exalt yourself.
0:31:05.477,0:31:07.009
Who's that ancient monarch
0:31:07.009,0:31:08.459
we're thinking about?
0:31:08.459,0:31:09.849
(Team) Nebuchadnezzar.
0:31:09.849,0:31:10.979
(Derek) Nebuchadnezzar.
0:31:10.979,0:31:12.960
Now there is a story about Nebuchadnezzar
0:31:12.960,0:31:16.715
in chapter 4 of his book.
0:31:16.715,0:31:17.664
Would you just read
0:31:17.664,0:31:22.945
a few verses for us, verses 28 to 32?
0:31:22.945,0:31:24.023
(Jason) Sure, I've got
0:31:24.023,0:31:25.728
the New King James Version here;
0:31:25.728,0:31:30.125
it's Daniel 4:28-32; it says:
0:32:29.717,0:32:31.727
(Derek) So, what happens to Nebuchadnezzar
0:32:31.727,0:32:36.112
after this declaration of this messenger?[br]Yes, Brittany.
0:32:36.112,0:32:38.081
(Brittany) He is driven from his kingdom,
0:32:38.081,0:32:41.003
and seven years he spends outside.
0:32:41.003,0:32:43.486
He's getting wet; he's living[br]like an animal.
0:32:43.486,0:32:46.301
It even says that his hair grew
0:32:46.301,0:32:48.563
like feathers of a bird, almost,
0:32:48.563,0:32:49.618
and his nails grew
0:32:49.618,0:32:51.433
long like eagle's claws.
0:32:51.433,0:32:54.729
He became like an animal.
0:32:54.729,0:32:55.802
(Derek) And that was
0:32:55.802,0:32:58.835
the end of the story, right? Wrong?
0:32:58.835,0:33:00.493
How does the story end?
0:33:00.493,0:33:02.930
I think it ends hopefully,
0:33:02.930,0:33:06.908
with some kind of rest for his soul.
0:33:06.908,0:33:08.352
Who would like to read for us,
0:33:08.352,0:33:13.461
Daniel, chapter 4, verses 33 to 37? Pedro.
0:33:13.461,0:33:14.580
(Pedro) I'll be reading
0:33:14.580,0:33:18.139
from the New King James Version,[br]Daniel 4:33-37:
0:34:52.807,0:34:54.107
(Derek) Now, if you've read
0:34:54.107,0:34:55.503
the book of Daniel,
0:34:55.503,0:34:57.852
he has some things to say about the God
0:34:57.852,0:34:59.617
of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego,
0:34:59.617,0:35:01.163
or the God of Daniel,
0:35:01.163,0:35:03.534
in Daniel 2 and in Daniel 3.
0:35:03.534,0:35:04.955
But what's the difference
0:35:04.955,0:35:06.324
in Daniel, chapter 4?
0:35:06.324,0:35:09.248
Did you notice a difference? Nicole.
0:35:09.248,0:35:11.215
(Nicole) He's actually internalizing
0:35:11.215,0:35:13.278
the God of Shadrach, Meshach,[br]and Abed-Nego.
0:35:13.278,0:35:15.443
It's not just their God anymore;[br]it's his God.
0:35:15.443,0:35:16.974
He gives the praise to this God,
0:35:16.974,0:35:19.381
and so he makes it personal at this point
0:35:19.381,0:35:21.327
because of his experience with God.
0:35:21.327,0:35:23.422
(Derek) So, why is it so important...
0:35:23.422,0:35:25.101
Shaina, let me take your point,
0:35:25.101,0:35:26.167
and then I want to ask
0:35:26.167,0:35:27.621
why it's so important.
0:35:27.621,0:35:29.255
I mean, I guess we could find hope
0:35:29.255,0:35:31.210
in the story of Nebuchadnezzar, right?
0:35:31.210,0:35:32.597
That if you have been living
0:35:32.597,0:35:34.457
trying to just exalt yourself,
0:35:34.457,0:35:36.798
you don't have to die that way.
0:35:36.798,0:35:38.248
You can change. Shaina?
0:35:38.248,0:35:39.885
(Shaina) I also find it amazing
0:35:39.885,0:35:43.990
that this king, who built a statue
0:35:43.990,0:35:45.604
all of gold because he was like,
0:35:45.604,0:35:47.775
"My kingdom is going to last forever,"
0:35:47.775,0:35:50.186
in verse 37, he says,
0:35:50.186,0:35:52.029
"Honor the King of Heaven,"
0:35:52.029,0:35:57.030
so it's a complete shift in character
0:35:57.030,0:36:00.358
or language, vocabulary, that he's using
0:36:00.358,0:36:02.836
to say, "This is the King; this is
0:36:02.836,0:36:06.442
the real deal that we're dealing with."
0:36:06.442,0:36:08.269
(Derek) Beautiful. Well, we're talking
0:36:08.269,0:36:09.853
about Roots of Restlessness,
0:36:09.853,0:36:10.915
and we know that God
0:36:10.915,0:36:13.395
doesn't want us to be restless, right,
0:36:13.395,0:36:15.600
but to find rest in Christ.
0:36:15.600,0:36:17.527
Selfishness doesn't work.
0:36:17.527,0:36:20.034
Why doesn't self-exaltation work?
0:36:20.034,0:36:21.879
Why don't we find rest?
0:36:21.879,0:36:23.207
When do we finally get
0:36:23.207,0:36:25.039
to the place, Brittany,
0:36:25.039,0:36:26.792
when do we finally get to the place
0:36:26.792,0:36:29.834
where we go, "Oh, rest, because I'm
0:36:29.834,0:36:31.722
finally at the top of the pile!
0:36:31.722,0:36:35.949
I've left all of these broken people[br]in climbing up"?
0:36:35.949,0:36:37.998
Why doesn't that ever work?
0:36:37.998,0:36:40.064
(Brittany) Well, we were[br]created to worship.
0:36:40.064,0:36:41.753
When we read throughout the Bible,
0:36:41.753,0:36:43.213
we realize that God
0:36:43.213,0:36:44.498
created us in His image,
0:36:44.498,0:36:48.085
and He created us with this desire[br]to worship.
0:36:48.085,0:36:49.502
And we're never fulfilled
0:36:49.502,0:36:52.481
until we worship the One who made us.
0:36:52.481,0:36:53.892
(Derek) Alright, so actually,
0:36:53.892,0:36:55.648
back to Puia, what you said earlier,
0:36:55.648,0:36:57.243
and then I'll come to your point.
0:36:57.243,0:36:59.730
Actually, this desire for self-exaltation
0:36:59.730,0:37:03.445
finds its original root in Lucifer,
0:37:03.445,0:37:06.016
the rebellious angel,
0:37:06.016,0:37:09.091
where, if I keep wanting to exalt myself
0:37:09.091,0:37:11.199
as the driving force in my life,
0:37:11.199,0:37:13.169
I'll want to be above God.
0:37:13.169,0:37:14.923
I want to be God, right,
0:37:14.923,0:37:18.388
which, of course, will never work. Puia?
0:37:18.388,0:37:19.868
(Puia) Yes, picking up
0:37:19.868,0:37:21.561
on what Brittany said,
0:37:21.561,0:37:22.655
I believe the reason
0:37:22.655,0:37:24.918
why self-exaltation doesn't
0:37:24.918,0:37:27.513
lead us to actual rest
0:37:27.513,0:37:29.509
is because it completely goes
0:37:29.509,0:37:31.636
against the nature of God.
0:37:31.636,0:37:34.268
And as God is our Creator
0:37:34.268,0:37:35.708
and the Author of our lives,
0:37:35.708,0:37:37.342
He designs our life in such a way
0:37:37.342,0:37:39.678
that our lives will flourish
0:37:39.678,0:37:41.115
when we follow His principles.
0:37:41.115,0:37:43.486
And God's principles are
0:37:43.486,0:37:45.747
never about self-exaltation
0:37:45.747,0:37:47.430
but rather about humility
0:37:47.430,0:37:49.732
and serving others rather than self.
0:37:49.732,0:37:52.802
And so, when we try to exalt ourselves,
0:37:52.802,0:37:54.693
we're going against the way
0:37:54.693,0:37:58.407
God designed us to function best.
0:37:58.407,0:38:00.352
And so, we're not able to find rest
0:38:00.352,0:38:01.692
as long as we are going
0:38:01.692,0:38:05.050
against God's original plan.
0:38:05.050,0:38:06.599
(Derek) We found some examples
0:38:06.599,0:38:08.502
of people trying to find rest
0:38:08.502,0:38:11.124
in self-exaltation; it doesn't work.
0:38:11.124,0:38:13.193
Nebuchadnezzar does become an example
0:38:13.193,0:38:14.682
of someone who says, "I'm going
0:38:14.682,0:38:16.441
to exalt God rather than myself,"
0:38:16.441,0:38:17.628
and he finds rest.
0:38:17.628,0:38:19.563
Any other examples in the Bible
0:38:19.563,0:38:21.686
of people, Pedro, who find rest
0:38:21.686,0:38:24.346
by saying, "I'm just going to exalt God"?
0:38:24.346,0:38:25.518
(Pedro) Well, one thing
0:38:25.518,0:38:26.931
that got my attention when we
0:38:26.931,0:38:28.672
were reading in Mark was Bartimaeus
0:38:28.672,0:38:31.258
because the same question
0:38:31.258,0:38:35.219
that Jesus made to James and John
0:38:35.219,0:38:37.190
was the question He made to him.
0:38:37.190,0:38:38.926
But we see that Bartimaeus,
0:38:38.926,0:38:40.712
he heard that Jesus was passing by.
0:38:40.712,0:38:43.198
He was blind, this multitude[br]was coming up,
0:38:43.198,0:38:45.294
and he was calling upon Jesus,
0:38:45.294,0:38:47.518
"Son of David," "Son of David,"
0:38:47.518,0:38:49.807
exalting God as who He is.
0:38:49.807,0:38:51.213
Everybody thought that He was
0:38:51.213,0:38:53.272
Jesus of Nazareth; He was just, you know,
0:38:53.272,0:38:54.201
He was the prophet.
0:38:54.201,0:38:56.082
But he recognized who Jesus was.
0:38:56.082,0:38:57.914
And Jesus came to him and said,
0:38:57.914,0:39:00.212
"What do you want me to do for you?"
0:39:00.212,0:39:01.783
And what happened to him?
0:39:01.783,0:39:05.283
He had an encounter with God,[br]and God blessed him.
0:39:05.283,0:39:06.981
(Derek) Beautiful. And, by the way,
0:39:06.981,0:39:08.997
"Son of David" was a Messiah term, right?
0:39:08.997,0:39:10.042
And so I just thought
0:39:10.042,0:39:12.167
of that beautiful thing, "I want to see,"
0:39:12.167,0:39:15.383
and the first thing he sees is Jesus!
0:39:15.383,0:39:16.957
It's like, "I want to see Jesus.
0:39:16.957,0:39:19.408
I want to see the Son of David."
0:39:19.408,0:39:21.010
What a beautiful picture. Sabina?
0:39:21.010,0:39:22.857
(Sabina) I'm thinking of the apostles.
0:39:22.857,0:39:25.357
After Jesus departed, they were all
0:39:25.357,0:39:27.465
given great authority
0:39:27.465,0:39:28.950
by the power of the Holy Spirit
0:39:28.950,0:39:30.629
to heal, to preach, to teach,
0:39:30.629,0:39:31.868
and to do things that were
0:39:31.868,0:39:33.363
even greater than those things
0:39:33.363,0:39:34.339
that Jesus had made.
0:39:34.339,0:39:35.317
And they could have
0:39:35.317,0:39:38.048
eventually desired or placed themselves
0:39:38.048,0:39:40.401
in the space of being the authority,
0:39:40.401,0:39:44.022
doing those things, and not bringing[br]glory to God.
0:39:44.022,0:39:46.158
And I believe that they surely were able
0:39:46.158,0:39:47.788
to succeed in their mission
0:39:47.788,0:39:50.028
because they were putting
0:39:50.028,0:39:51.849
the name of Jesus ahead
0:39:51.849,0:39:52.895
and not their own.
0:39:52.895,0:39:54.333
(Derek) There was one example,
0:39:54.333,0:39:55.603
and I see your hand, Puia,
0:39:55.603,0:39:56.803
raised there in Hawaii,
0:39:56.803,0:39:58.854
there was one example of someone
0:39:58.854,0:40:00.789
in the book of Acts who wanted
0:40:00.789,0:40:03.097
the power to exalt self.
0:40:03.097,0:40:05.829
Anybody remember what his name was?
0:40:05.829,0:40:08.061
Was it Simon the sorcerer?
0:40:08.061,0:40:10.263
He wanted to buy the Holy Spirit, right,
0:40:10.263,0:40:12.203
"Boy, I could be really famous
0:40:12.203,0:40:15.125
if I had this power." Puia?
0:40:15.125,0:40:17.036
(Puia) Another person that came to mind
0:40:17.036,0:40:19.377
is Daniel in the story
0:40:19.377,0:40:22.354
where King Nebuchadnezzar forgot his dream
0:40:22.354,0:40:25.168
and was trying to find out[br]what his dream was
0:40:25.168,0:40:28.164
and inquired from all the magicians[br]and the wise men,
0:40:28.164,0:40:29.658
and nobody could tell
0:40:29.658,0:40:32.536
the forgotten dream of the king.
0:40:32.536,0:40:33.807
And Daniel came along,
0:40:33.807,0:40:35.301
God answered his prayer,
0:40:35.301,0:40:38.311
but Daniel did not take the credit
0:40:38.311,0:40:40.407
when he explained it to the king
0:40:40.407,0:40:41.801
that the dream came from God.
0:40:41.801,0:40:43.942
So, I believe Daniel is a good example
0:40:43.942,0:40:46.900
of someone who gave the credit to God
0:40:46.900,0:40:49.258
rather than exalt himself.
0:40:49.258,0:40:50.566
(Derek) Great illustration,
0:40:50.566,0:40:53.068
and that's repeated in Daniel 5
0:40:53.068,0:40:56.297
in his interaction with Belshazzar.
0:40:56.297,0:40:58.693
And it's repeated in his interaction
0:40:58.693,0:41:01.231
with Kind Darius where he says,
0:41:01.231,0:41:03.697
"My God sent an angel,"
0:41:03.697,0:41:05.280
rather than saying, "Well, I was
0:41:05.280,0:41:07.495
able to tame these lions, O King."
0:41:07.495,0:41:09.971
He's always exalting God[br]rather than himself.
0:41:09.971,0:41:11.263
Well, we want to move
0:41:11.263,0:41:14.870
on to a third root of restlessness.
0:41:14.870,0:41:16.393
Is selfishness going to help us
0:41:16.393,0:41:17.688
find rest for our souls?
0:41:17.688,0:41:18.438
(Team) No.
0:41:18.438,0:41:21.200
(Derek) No. Self-exaltation, is it[br]going to help us?
0:41:21.200,0:41:22.745
(Derek, Team) No.
0:41:22.745,0:41:26.824
(Derek) There is a third root[br]of restlessnes,
0:41:26.824,0:41:30.782
and that is hypocrisy.
0:41:30.782,0:41:31.921
What is hypocrisy?
0:41:31.921,0:41:34.184
Can someone give me a definition?
0:41:34.184,0:41:36.369
What is hypocrisy?
0:41:36.369,0:41:37.739
Shaina, could you give us
0:41:37.739,0:41:39.217
a brief definition
0:41:39.217,0:41:41.976
or maybe a definition of a hypocrite?
0:41:41.976,0:41:43.421
Unfortunately, Jesus calls
0:41:43.421,0:41:44.800
some people hypocrites.
0:41:44.800,0:41:48.154
What's the definition of a hypocrite?
0:41:48.154,0:41:51.420
(Shaina) In a very simplified version,
0:41:51.420,0:41:54.645
it's a person who says one thing,
0:41:54.645,0:41:57.960
or they preach one thing, and their lives,
0:41:57.960,0:42:00.044
their actions, preach another thing.
0:42:00.044,0:42:03.498
So, there is an inconsistency
0:42:03.498,0:42:06.981
between their words and their actions.
0:42:06.981,0:42:10.584
(Derek) So, let's go back; Jesus calls
0:42:10.584,0:42:12.123
some of the religious leaders...
0:42:12.123,0:42:13.837
We need to be careful here,
0:42:13.837,0:42:16.131
because there were some religious leaders
0:42:16.131,0:42:19.841
who were very devoted, godly people.
0:42:19.841,0:42:20.983
In fact, they're willing
0:42:20.983,0:42:22.160
to identify with Jesus
0:42:22.160,0:42:25.599
and even lay down all of their resources,
0:42:25.599,0:42:27.963
namely, who comes to mind?
0:42:27.963,0:42:29.400
(Derek, Team) Nicodemus.
0:42:29.400,0:42:31.173
(Sabina) I was thinking of Nicodemus.
0:42:31.173,0:42:33.608
(Derek) Joseph of Arimathea and others,
0:42:33.608,0:42:37.663
so not all of the religious leaders agreed
0:42:37.663,0:42:42.805
with the majority Jesus called hypocrites.
0:42:42.805,0:42:44.523
Let's look at that passage.
0:42:44.523,0:42:46.498
It's very strong language.
0:42:46.498,0:42:49.016
And, Brittany, if you could read for us
0:42:49.016,0:42:54.637
in Matthew 23, beginning with verse 1.
0:42:54.637,0:42:56.747
I don't think I've ever heard
0:42:56.747,0:43:00.772
Jesus speak more strongly than this.
0:43:00.772,0:43:03.022
And so while Brittany's reading,
0:43:03.022,0:43:06.743
ask the question, why is Jesus speaking
0:43:06.743,0:43:09.797
in such, what appears
0:43:09.797,0:43:12.147
to be such harsh language
0:43:12.147,0:43:14.150
to these religious leaders?
0:43:14.150,0:43:15.545
And it must have something
0:43:15.545,0:43:17.545
to do with, that hypocrisy
0:43:17.545,0:43:19.671
will never give us the rest
0:43:19.671,0:43:21.868
for our souls that we need.
0:43:21.868,0:43:25.117
Starting in verse 1 of chapter 23,
0:43:25.117,0:43:26.902
down through verse 13.
0:43:26.902,0:43:28.169
(Brittany) I'll be reading
0:43:28.169,0:43:29.732
from the New King James Version,
0:43:29.732,0:43:33.130
Matthew, chapter 23, verses 1 through 13:
0:45:24.445,0:45:26.032
(Derek) As you were reading that,
0:45:26.032,0:45:27.861
there seems to be a strong correlation
0:45:27.861,0:45:33.133
between hypocrisy and self-exaltation[br]and selfishness.
0:45:33.133,0:45:35.069
Maybe it's all one root.
0:45:35.069,0:45:37.486
It's all kind of woven together.
0:45:37.486,0:45:39.229
Why would a person
0:45:39.229,0:45:41.723
make a profession of something
0:45:41.723,0:45:43.183
but live differently?
0:45:43.183,0:45:45.230
What do you think? Anybody?
0:45:45.230,0:45:47.854
Why would they make a profession
0:45:47.854,0:45:49.709
but not follow it? Shaina?
0:45:49.709,0:45:52.490
(Shaina) I can say I am these things
0:45:52.490,0:45:54.233
to look good to people.
0:45:54.233,0:45:57.376
And if no one is really checking my life
0:45:57.376,0:46:00.607
to ensure that I am living like that,
0:46:00.607,0:46:03.080
then, you know, my appearance looks good.
0:46:03.080,0:46:07.077
But really, well, Jesus knows.
0:46:07.077,0:46:08.531
(Derek) But that ties in
0:46:08.531,0:46:10.470
to wanting to exalt myself
0:46:10.470,0:46:12.012
beyond where I actually am.
0:46:12.012,0:46:14.333
Jason, why would a person do that?
0:46:14.333,0:46:16.689
"Hypocrite," Jesus said, "hypocrite,
0:46:16.689,0:46:18.733
you say one thing, but you don't do it."
0:46:18.733,0:46:20.310
(Jason) Sure, so sometimes people
0:46:20.310,0:46:22.524
want the benefits of a certain way
0:46:22.524,0:46:23.817
or a certain expression,
0:46:23.817,0:46:26.477
but they don't actually want[br]the responsibility
0:46:26.477,0:46:28.415
or the things that may not
0:46:28.415,0:46:29.646
make them feel as good.
0:46:29.646,0:46:30.650
So, they kind of want
0:46:30.650,0:46:32.917
an external good feeling,
0:46:32.917,0:46:35.043
but internally they still want to do
0:46:35.043,0:46:36.759
what they want to do themselves.
0:46:36.759,0:46:38.598
So, they kind of want this
0:46:38.598,0:46:40.050
for their own purposes
0:46:40.050,0:46:43.027
and not really for anyone else.
0:46:43.027,0:46:43.989
(Derek) Nicole?
0:46:43.989,0:46:45.785
(Nicole) I recently heard someone say
0:46:45.785,0:46:47.993
that hypocrisy is the enemy of love,
0:46:47.993,0:46:49.727
because if you don't have love,
0:46:49.727,0:46:51.759
you're going to present yourself in a way
0:46:51.759,0:46:53.142
so you can appear to have it,
0:46:53.142,0:46:54.225
but you really don't.
0:46:54.225,0:46:58.782
Because love is authentic,[br]love is transparent.
0:46:58.782,0:47:00.213
And hypocrisy, there's clearly
0:47:00.213,0:47:01.960
a shadow and a wall there.
0:47:01.960,0:47:04.441
So, I heard that, and it really[br]kind of stuck to me;
0:47:04.441,0:47:07.264
it's the enemy of love, and that's[br]why Christ can't have it.
0:47:07.264,0:47:08.644
(Derek) And it's interesting,
0:47:08.644,0:47:09.896
because the rest in Christ
0:47:09.896,0:47:11.044
is resting in His love.
0:47:11.044,0:47:12.824
I think it's all related, isn't it?
0:47:12.824,0:47:15.491
What a beautiful thought.
0:47:15.491,0:47:17.042
You know, some people might hear
0:47:17.042,0:47:18.695
these stern rebukes, Pedro,
0:47:18.695,0:47:20.025
that Jesus is giving
0:47:20.025,0:47:23.400
and think, "Jesus, You're a hypocrite.
0:47:23.400,0:47:27.811
I mean, don't be so hard on these people;[br]nobody's perfect."
0:47:27.811,0:47:30.240
But in the same chapter, we see
0:47:30.240,0:47:34.074
that Jesus actually, He's so hard on them
0:47:34.074,0:47:36.998
because He loves them.
0:47:36.998,0:47:39.428
That's an interesting thought,
0:47:39.428,0:47:42.651
because hypocrisy will always lead to...?
0:47:42.651,0:47:43.906
(Team) Destruction.
0:47:43.906,0:47:44.884
(Derek) Destruction.
0:47:44.884,0:47:46.980
Look at a revelation of His character
0:47:46.980,0:47:50.770
there in Matthew 23 and verse 37.
0:47:50.770,0:47:51.919
(Pedro) I'll be reading
0:47:51.919,0:47:56.671
from the New King James Version,[br]Matthew 23:37:
0:48:16.795,0:48:18.480
(Derek) You see the love of Jesus,
0:48:18.480,0:48:19.501
which is a revelation
0:48:19.501,0:48:20.681
of the Father's love.
0:48:20.681,0:48:22.944
Well, did anyone here,
0:48:22.944,0:48:26.336
either here in the studio or Shaina, Puia,
0:48:26.336,0:48:29.033
find yourself acting like a hypocrite,
0:48:29.033,0:48:32.213
and you're going to testify today
0:48:32.213,0:48:34.620
to the world, "Whoops, that didn't give me
0:48:34.620,0:48:37.471
the rest I was looking for." Jason.
0:48:37.471,0:48:42.377
(Jason) Sure, so, these days,
0:48:42.377,0:48:44.432
or at least over my life
0:48:44.432,0:48:47.253
I've spent a lot of time on social media,
0:48:47.253,0:48:49.223
particularly certain sites like Facebook.
0:48:49.223,0:48:51.236
And people get into arguments
0:48:51.236,0:48:52.552
and discussions there.
0:48:52.552,0:48:54.036
And there were times in my life
0:48:54.036,0:48:55.271
when I was in discussions
0:48:55.271,0:48:57.532
with people, friends, professors.
0:48:57.532,0:48:59.364
And even though people knew
0:48:59.364,0:49:00.395
I was a Christian,
0:49:00.395,0:49:03.745
knew I studied the Bible,
0:49:03.745,0:49:06.554
I was saying things and attacking people
0:49:06.554,0:49:08.998
and acting, well, very ungodly
0:49:08.998,0:49:11.974
in a public forum, even though people knew
0:49:11.974,0:49:12.841
I was a Christian.
0:49:12.841,0:49:14.921
So, I clearly was doing things publicly
0:49:14.921,0:49:16.670
that didn't match, you know,
0:49:16.670,0:49:18.672
my relationship with God, or showed
0:49:18.672,0:49:21.023
that there was a disconnect there.
0:49:21.023,0:49:23.818
(Derek) I'm hoping you're going[br]to tell me you changed!
0:49:23.818,0:49:25.471
(Jason) Yes, well, by God's grace,
0:49:25.471,0:49:28.040
I spend a lot less time on Facebook[br]and social media,
0:49:28.040,0:49:30.657
and I decided to turn my Facebook page,
0:49:30.657,0:49:32.188
not so much into debates
0:49:32.188,0:49:33.958
and discussions anymore.
0:49:33.958,0:49:35.978
(Derek) Well, thank you for sharing that.
0:49:35.978,0:49:37.894
I remember a time I was going to church.
0:49:37.894,0:49:40.222
I was 18; I looked, and a friend
0:49:40.222,0:49:42.010
from high school was across the road,
0:49:42.010,0:49:43.908
and I turned my head so he wouldn't
0:49:43.908,0:49:47.774
see me go into the church - hypocrite.
0:49:47.774,0:49:50.571
And I still feel the pain of that day,
0:49:50.571,0:49:54.362
because Jesus was not ashamed of me.
0:49:54.362,0:49:57.303
Fortunately, Jesus saved me.
0:49:57.303,0:49:58.696
But, we all contend,
0:49:58.696,0:50:00.528
if we're not connected, we could all
0:50:00.528,0:50:02.595
tend towards hypocrisy, right?
0:50:02.595,0:50:04.227
We could tend towards selfishness
0:50:04.227,0:50:06.029
and self-exaltation.
0:50:06.029,0:50:10.903
So Puia, would you read to us John 14:1-5,
0:50:10.903,0:50:13.500
because embedded in this story
0:50:13.500,0:50:16.276
we see both restlessness
0:50:16.276,0:50:17.455
from the disciples
0:50:17.455,0:50:18.959
but also the secret,
0:50:18.959,0:50:21.301
the antidote for restlessness,
0:50:21.301,0:50:23.354
whether it's caused by selfishness
0:50:23.354,0:50:27.891
or a desire for self-exaltation[br]or hypocrisy.
0:50:27.891,0:50:31.063
Read to us John 14:1-5.
0:50:31.063,0:50:32.623
(Puia) Sure, and I'll be reading
0:50:32.623,0:50:34.657
from the New King James Version:
0:51:10.400,0:51:12.353
(Derek) So, why are they restless?
0:51:12.353,0:51:14.329
Why are they at least tempted
0:51:14.329,0:51:16.259
to be anxious? Brittany.
0:51:16.259,0:51:17.730
(Brittany) Well, their Master,
0:51:17.730,0:51:20.206
who they've been following[br]for three and a half years
0:51:20.206,0:51:21.599
is saying He's leaving them.
0:51:21.599,0:51:22.699
And so, they don't know
0:51:22.699,0:51:24.883
where He's going, from what Thomas said,
0:51:24.883,0:51:26.034
and they don't know
0:51:26.034,0:51:27.104
how to get to Him.
0:51:27.104,0:51:28.808
They're worried; they're concerned,
0:51:28.808,0:51:30.553
"Now what is our life going to be?"
0:51:30.553,0:51:32.440
They had left everything to follow Him,
0:51:32.440,0:51:34.663
and now, "What are we going to do next?"
0:51:34.663,0:51:36.359
(Derek) And what is the answer
0:51:36.359,0:51:38.442
to their restlessness?
0:51:38.442,0:51:40.048
Next verse, Sabina,
0:51:40.048,0:51:43.837
chapter 14 of John, verse 6.
0:51:43.837,0:51:44.850
(Sabina) It says:
0:51:51.850,0:51:53.567
(Derek) "Rest in Me."
0:51:53.567,0:51:55.847
That reminds us of our Scripture song.
0:51:55.847,0:51:58.999
Can someone sing it for us?[br]Well, no, don't sing.
0:51:58.999,0:52:03.074
Could you read it for us, someone?[br]Matthew 11:28-30.
0:52:03.074,0:52:04.841
Jason, do you have it?
0:52:04.841,0:52:07.211
Because really, the rest
0:52:07.211,0:52:10.636
is not found in selfish grabbing,
0:52:10.636,0:52:13.204
self-exaltation, or trying
0:52:13.204,0:52:17.080
to project a life that you're not living.
0:52:17.080,0:52:18.967
It's found by resting in Christ.
0:52:18.967,0:52:20.883
What's the beautiful invitation there
0:52:20.883,0:52:23.186
in Matthew 11:28-30?
0:52:23.186,0:52:25.103
(Jason) The New King James Version says,
0:52:25.103,0:52:28.222
Matthew, chapter 11, verses 28 through 30:
0:52:49.399,0:52:51.382
(Derek) So, you finally come to the place
0:52:51.382,0:52:53.324
where you say, "I am going
0:52:53.324,0:52:55.413
to surrender my life
0:52:55.413,0:52:58.098
wholly to Jesus and rest in Him.
0:52:58.098,0:53:02.302
Whether I live, whether I die,
0:53:02.302,0:53:05.464
whether the result from this test
0:53:05.464,0:53:09.666
I just had is negative or positive,
0:53:09.666,0:53:12.144
I'm going to choose to rest in Christ
0:53:12.144,0:53:16.347
and be secure there."
0:53:16.347,0:53:18.159
Do you know there are some people
0:53:18.159,0:53:20.482
that, when they make that decision,
0:53:20.482,0:53:23.669
not everybody supports them.
0:53:23.669,0:53:27.398
Sometimes even friends and family members
0:53:27.398,0:53:29.391
criticize them for saying...
0:53:29.391,0:53:31.813
You know, it's like the survival
0:53:31.813,0:53:36.132
of the fittest, Jason, "Keep climbing up,
0:53:36.132,0:53:38.418
even if you have to climb over people.
0:53:38.418,0:53:41.280
You're just going to get," we have[br]an expression in English,
0:53:41.280,0:53:43.615
"eaten alive if you just think
0:53:43.615,0:53:45.044
you can rest in Christ
0:53:45.044,0:53:48.243
and life will go well."
0:53:48.243,0:53:50.505
What would you say to someone like that?
0:53:50.505,0:53:52.025
Once you've made your decision,
0:53:52.025,0:53:55.952
"I'm just going to rest my life," Puia,[br]"rest in Christ,"
0:53:55.952,0:53:57.364
what would you say to someone
0:53:57.364,0:54:00.333
who says, "You'll just be eaten alive.
0:54:00.333,0:54:04.763
You'll get trampled on by everybody"?
0:54:04.763,0:54:06.398
(Puia) I would say, continue
0:54:06.398,0:54:08.452
to look at the cross
0:54:08.452,0:54:10.623
and how much Jesus suffered
0:54:10.623,0:54:11.846
to give us that rest.
0:54:11.846,0:54:12.789
And once we have
0:54:12.789,0:54:16.048
that personal relationship with Jesus
0:54:16.048,0:54:17.763
and we are being persecuted,
0:54:17.763,0:54:18.932
either by our family
0:54:18.932,0:54:21.624
or friends or other people,
0:54:21.624,0:54:24.351
it means that we are sharing
0:54:24.351,0:54:25.778
in the journey of Jesus,
0:54:25.778,0:54:27.172
and we are carrying the cross
0:54:27.172,0:54:28.876
as Jesus calls us to.
0:54:28.876,0:54:30.137
And at the end of the day,
0:54:30.137,0:54:32.223
as we read earlier, Jesus said,
0:54:32.223,0:54:33.352
"I will give you rest."
0:54:33.352,0:54:36.018
And the yoke, Jesus said the word "yoke,"
0:54:36.018,0:54:37.484
and in some ways the yoke
0:54:37.484,0:54:39.940
would seem to be like a problem
0:54:39.940,0:54:41.924
for an animal that they often used
0:54:41.924,0:54:43.607
to drive the animal to work.
0:54:43.607,0:54:46.225
But, according to Jesus, His yoke is easy,
0:54:46.225,0:54:47.236
meaning, even when we
0:54:47.236,0:54:49.581
go through problems because of Jesus,
0:54:49.581,0:54:53.140
we find joy and rest and happiness inside.
0:54:53.140,0:54:54.530
(Derek) I've heard stories...
0:54:54.530,0:54:55.841
And I see a couple of hands
0:54:55.841,0:54:57.521
in the couple of minutes remaining.
0:54:57.521,0:54:59.437
I've heard stories, when Christians
0:54:59.437,0:55:02.093
are facing great hardship,
0:55:02.093,0:55:05.150
and yet the rest in their souls
0:55:05.150,0:55:08.120
is a powerful witness to people,
0:55:08.120,0:55:11.084
and to unbelievers, even who come
0:55:11.084,0:55:12.688
to conviction that they need
0:55:12.688,0:55:14.573
rest in God, too. Nicole?
0:55:14.573,0:55:16.166
(Nicole) I would say rest is not
0:55:16.166,0:55:18.093
just lying down and letting life happen.
0:55:18.093,0:55:19.587
Rest is allowing Christ to work
0:55:19.587,0:55:21.258
through you and in you to give you
0:55:21.258,0:55:22.548
what you need to accomplish
0:55:22.548,0:55:24.250
and deal with whatever situation
0:55:24.250,0:55:26.468
is presented in front of you.
0:55:26.468,0:55:28.462
(Derek) And your life can be a testimony,
0:55:28.462,0:55:32.031
that you found rest for your soul. Jason?
0:55:32.031,0:55:33.893
(Jason) And one thing also I would say
0:55:33.893,0:55:36.587
is the whole idea of, you can get
0:55:36.587,0:55:38.212
ahead of others, you know,
0:55:38.212,0:55:40.267
by fighting for yourself,
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Jesus said, if you live by the sword,
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you'll die by the sword.
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So, one, that you're
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kind of setting your destiny.
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And then I would ask that person,
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"Do you really want to live this way?
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Does this way truly make you happy?"
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Because, at least in my experience,
0:55:53.859,0:55:55.573
pushing over others doesn't really
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make a person happy.
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(Derek) Shaina, closing thought.
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(Shaina) I also find that when we
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truly rest in Christ,
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we also get His promise,
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that peace that passes all understanding,
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and we're able to make
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more coherent decisions.
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So, it's the comparisons of being stressed
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and worrying, and, you know,
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being in that 24/7 society
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versus taking that peace
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and being able to maneuver
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life's situations much better.
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(Derek) And what a powerful testimony
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from Shaina who not many months ago
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went through a really tough accident.
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And she had to decide
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to rest her life wholly in Christ.
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Praise God, Shaina, for the miracle
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that you're experiencing
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through resting in Jesus every day.
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And you know, that's what Jesus
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wants for all of us.
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He wants us to learn to let it go,
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the selfishness, the desire
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for self-exaltation, the hypocrisy,
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and say, "I'm just going
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to surrender to Jesus and rest in Him."
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And like Nicole said, it doesn't mean
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you just don't do anything,
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but whatever you're facing,
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you're facing it with Jesus by your side.
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Let's pray; Father in Heaven,
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what a way to live,
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instead of these restless ways,[br]to rest in You.
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And may our rest in Christ[br]be a witness,
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that others might seek rest in You, too.
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In Jesus' name. Amen.
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) Well, thanks for joining us[br]for Hope Sabbath School today.
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Hide those words in your heart.
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Jesus wants to give you
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rest for your soul.
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And as you rejoice in His presence,
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go out and be a blessing
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to those around you.
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