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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
<i>Rest in Christ.</i>

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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 <i>The Roots of Restlessness.</i>

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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
and destruction.

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God wants us to experience rest
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
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
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,
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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Hope Sabbath School every Saturday

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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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just go to hopetv.org/donate,

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or you can go to our website

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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,"
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
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,"
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
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 <i>Rest in Christ</i>

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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 <i>The Roots of Restlessness,</i>

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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
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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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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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
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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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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
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such a good year. Brittany?

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(Brittany) I was going to say
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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,
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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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what a precious person she is.

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rather than tear down a barn,

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which caused more expense for him.

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that this man is driven

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by a selfish spirit? Sabina?

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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,
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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,

275
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do a little scan in your Bible memory,

276
00:14:47,179 --> 00:14:48,725
some other Bible characters

277
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that they were just driven by selfishness,

278
00:14:52,651 --> 00:14:55,861
and of course underlying this theme

279
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of <i>Rest in Christ,</i>

280
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you're restless when you're driven

281
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by selfishness. Nicole?

282
00:15:01,215 --> 00:15:02,483
(Nicole) I would say Jacob

283
00:15:02,483 --> 00:15:04,058
before his encounter with God,

284
00:15:04,058 --> 00:15:06,459
when he took the inheritance and ran away.

285
00:15:06,459 --> 00:15:08,457
I would say that was a bit of restlessness

286
00:15:08,457 --> 00:15:09,986
in terms of self, and, "I want

287
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what my brother has."

288
00:15:11,330 --> 00:15:12,930
But then when he encountered God,

289
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his whole life changed.

290
00:15:14,820 --> 00:15:18,645
(Derek) So, grabbing for that birthright,

291
00:15:18,645 --> 00:15:21,594
which technically would have been Esau's,

292
00:15:21,594 --> 00:15:24,204
but God had promised him, right?

293
00:15:24,204 --> 00:15:27,587
So, there's a selfish grab, if you will.

294
00:15:27,587 --> 00:15:28,825
(Nicole) It's a struggle.

295
00:15:28,825 --> 00:15:30,074
(Derek) Alright, Brittany.

296
00:15:30,074 --> 00:15:31,820
(Brittany) I was thinking of Balaam.

297
00:15:31,820 --> 00:15:34,124
He was supposedly a prophet of God,

298
00:15:34,124 --> 00:15:35,805
and God told him to go...

299
00:15:35,805 --> 00:15:37,784
Well, actually a king came and said,

300
00:15:37,784 --> 00:15:39,770
"Hey, will you curse

301
00:15:39,770 --> 00:15:41,763
the children of Israel for me

302
00:15:41,763 --> 00:15:43,293
because God is blessing them."

303
00:15:43,293 --> 00:15:45,981
So, Balaam at first was like, "No,

304
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I'm not going to do it."

305
00:15:47,137 --> 00:15:48,215
But then when the king

306
00:15:48,215 --> 00:15:49,820
offered him a large sum of money,

307
00:15:49,820 --> 00:15:51,672
he was like, "Oh, sure, I'll do it."

308
00:15:51,672 --> 00:15:54,544
And on his way, an angel of the Lord came

309
00:15:54,544 --> 00:15:57,300
and blocked his way, and it took a donkey,

310
00:15:57,300 --> 00:15:59,029
God using the donkey to speak to him

311
00:15:59,029 --> 00:16:00,683
to open his eyes to his danger

312
00:16:00,683 --> 00:16:04,333
and what he was doing against God.

313
00:16:04,333 --> 00:16:05,822
(Derek) And, of course, when he

314
00:16:05,822 --> 00:16:07,174
finally does open his mouth,

315
00:16:07,174 --> 00:16:09,645
he blesses the people of God
rather than curses them,

316
00:16:09,645 --> 00:16:10,982
but those are two examples.

317
00:16:10,982 --> 00:16:11,912
Another one, Jason?

318
00:16:11,912 --> 00:16:13,897
(Jason) So, I think of Ahab and Jezebel.

319
00:16:13,897 --> 00:16:15,534
I think it's particularly Jezebel,

320
00:16:15,534 --> 00:16:17,142
with a vineyard - Naboth's,

321
00:16:17,142 --> 00:16:19,050
I think, was the name - that she wanted.

322
00:16:19,050 --> 00:16:20,423
And she actually had the guy

323
00:16:20,423 --> 00:16:23,201
falsely accused and murdered,

324
00:16:23,201 --> 00:16:24,583
and both her and her husband

325
00:16:24,583 --> 00:16:25,990
were part of a conspiracy

326
00:16:25,990 --> 00:16:27,792
because they wanted a vineyard.

327
00:16:27,792 --> 00:16:29,814
(Derek) Sure. I'm seeing

328
00:16:29,814 --> 00:16:31,604
Shaina's hand and Puia's hand

329
00:16:31,604 --> 00:16:33,775
raised there in Maine and in Hawaii.

330
00:16:33,775 --> 00:16:36,138
Shaina, another example of someone

331
00:16:36,138 --> 00:16:38,896
driven by selfishness, which, of course,

332
00:16:38,896 --> 00:16:42,095
creates a lot of restlessness
in our hearts.

333
00:16:42,095 --> 00:16:44,431
(Shaina) I'm thinking of King Saul.

334
00:16:44,431 --> 00:16:45,932
Saul was anointed by God

335
00:16:45,932 --> 00:16:48,021
to become the first king of Israel,

336
00:16:48,021 --> 00:16:50,035
but when he saw that...

337
00:16:50,035 --> 00:16:51,831
I mean, he had done a bunch of things

338
00:16:51,831 --> 00:16:53,809
that were wrong in the sight of the Lord,

339
00:16:53,809 --> 00:16:55,282
and when he saw that the Spirit

340
00:16:55,282 --> 00:16:59,014
of the Lord was instead on David,

341
00:16:59,014 --> 00:17:01,027
the rest of his life was somewhat

342
00:17:01,027 --> 00:17:03,154
spent in pursuing David.

343
00:17:03,154 --> 00:17:05,983
And it was a restless pursuit,

344
00:17:05,983 --> 00:17:07,590
even to the point where there was

345
00:17:07,590 --> 00:17:09,436
a time when Saul

346
00:17:09,436 --> 00:17:11,482
was right in front of David, and David

347
00:17:11,482 --> 00:17:14,110
had the opportunity to take his life.

348
00:17:14,110 --> 00:17:15,356
But David was, like, "No,

349
00:17:15,356 --> 00:17:17,213
I'm not touching the Lord's anointed."

350
00:17:17,213 --> 00:17:20,711
So, that's another example
of restlessness.

351
00:17:20,711 --> 00:17:22,646
(Derek) Sure, and selfishness, for sure.

352
00:17:22,646 --> 00:17:24,298
You know, while Shaina was sharing

353
00:17:24,298 --> 00:17:25,828
(Puia, I'll come to your point),

354
00:17:25,828 --> 00:17:27,031
while Shaina was sharing,

355
00:17:27,031 --> 00:17:28,671
I thought, instead of spending

356
00:17:28,671 --> 00:17:31,513
the rest of his life pursuing David,

357
00:17:31,513 --> 00:17:32,496
what if he had spent

358
00:17:32,496 --> 00:17:36,128
the rest of his life pursuing God, right?!

359
00:17:36,128 --> 00:17:40,399
It would mean a totally different story.
Puia.

360
00:17:40,399 --> 00:17:43,034
(Puia) Yes, I was thinking of Satan,

361
00:17:43,034 --> 00:17:44,747
Lucifer in Heaven.

362
00:17:44,747 --> 00:17:46,381
His selfishness drove him

363
00:17:46,381 --> 00:17:48,091
to rebel against God

364
00:17:48,091 --> 00:17:50,971
as he wanted more and more power,

365
00:17:50,971 --> 00:17:53,236
even above his own Creator.

366
00:17:53,236 --> 00:17:54,414
And he, of course,

367
00:17:54,414 --> 00:17:56,563
is the originator of sin, in Heaven,

368
00:17:56,563 --> 00:17:59,726
and later brought it into this planet.

369
00:17:59,726 --> 00:18:02,209
And so, I believe Satan is a good example

370
00:18:02,209 --> 00:18:05,116
of what selfishness does to someone

371
00:18:05,116 --> 00:18:07,005
when you allow that selfishness

372
00:18:07,005 --> 00:18:09,608
to continue to drive you forward.

373
00:18:09,608 --> 00:18:10,488
(Derek) Thank you.

374
00:18:10,488 --> 00:18:11,695
He's also a great example

375
00:18:11,695 --> 00:18:13,862
of the second root of restlessness,

376
00:18:13,862 --> 00:18:16,158
which we'll come to in a minute.

377
00:18:16,158 --> 00:18:17,547
Going to come to you, Pedro.

378
00:18:17,547 --> 00:18:18,896
It seems like we don't have

379
00:18:18,896 --> 00:18:21,474
much difficulty finding examples
of people.

380
00:18:21,474 --> 00:18:24,367
Selfishness is kind of a natural attitude

381
00:18:24,367 --> 00:18:27,286
of a sinful heart, right? Pedro?

382
00:18:27,286 --> 00:18:29,333
(Pedro) I was trying to find
the name here,

383
00:18:29,333 --> 00:18:31,436
and I found it in 1 Samuel 25 - Nabal.

384
00:18:31,436 --> 00:18:35,366
He was helped by David and his men,

385
00:18:35,366 --> 00:18:37,152
and he refused to reward him.

386
00:18:37,152 --> 00:18:39,257
He said, "I don't know who David is."

387
00:18:39,257 --> 00:18:42,296
And Abigail, his wife, had to intervene,

388
00:18:42,296 --> 00:18:45,342
and we saw what greed caused
in his life,

389
00:18:45,342 --> 00:18:47,242
similar to the parable of Jesus.

390
00:18:47,242 --> 00:18:48,745
(Derek) Sure, and that's right.

391
00:18:48,745 --> 00:18:51,381
Eventually Nabal dies in a drunken stupor.

392
00:18:51,381 --> 00:18:52,694
We don't know; his heart

393
00:18:52,694 --> 00:18:54,618
stopped for whatever reason.

394
00:18:54,618 --> 00:19:00,138
And it shows the futility of living a life

395
00:19:00,138 --> 00:19:02,647
simply driven by selfishness.

396
00:19:02,647 --> 00:19:05,828
Well, like I said, we didn't have trouble

397
00:19:05,828 --> 00:19:07,585
finding many examples.

398
00:19:07,585 --> 00:19:11,901
Confession time, oh, was there
ever a time -

399
00:19:11,901 --> 00:19:14,101
Puia and Shaina, you're
joining us remotely,

400
00:19:14,101 --> 00:19:16,345
and here we've got the team -

401
00:19:16,345 --> 00:19:19,182
when, if you're honest with yourself,

402
00:19:19,182 --> 00:19:20,805
you were being driven

403
00:19:20,805 --> 00:19:22,788
a little bit by a selfish spirit

404
00:19:22,788 --> 00:19:25,677
(notice I'm trying to tone it down
just a little bit),

405
00:19:25,677 --> 00:19:30,095
but it didn't satisfy the restlessness
inside?

406
00:19:30,095 --> 00:19:33,765
Anybody can relate to that in any way?

407
00:19:33,765 --> 00:19:35,539
Well, we've got a few brave souls.

408
00:19:35,539 --> 00:19:37,255
Sabina and then Nicole.

409
00:19:37,255 --> 00:19:39,248
(Sabina) I have a sister;

410
00:19:39,248 --> 00:19:40,851
she's older than me.

411
00:19:40,851 --> 00:19:43,009
And I think that if she watches us,

412
00:19:43,009 --> 00:19:45,544
she will be able to agree

413
00:19:45,544 --> 00:19:47,000
with what I am going to share.

414
00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:47,965
I think that we both

415
00:19:47,965 --> 00:19:50,613
were selfish, usually, when we
were not willing to share

416
00:19:50,613 --> 00:19:52,457
our clothes with each other.

417
00:19:52,457 --> 00:19:54,301
And I think that sometimes

418
00:19:54,301 --> 00:19:56,044
in our relationship growing up,

419
00:19:56,044 --> 00:19:57,661
just the fact that I wanted

420
00:19:57,661 --> 00:19:59,397
to hoard my things to myself,

421
00:19:59,397 --> 00:20:00,532
or she wanted to hoard

422
00:20:00,532 --> 00:20:01,823
her things to herself,

423
00:20:01,823 --> 00:20:04,135
made us sometimes to be in conflict.

424
00:20:04,135 --> 00:20:07,677
So, I could give other examples
in my life,

425
00:20:07,677 --> 00:20:09,710
but I'm just sharing this one.

426
00:20:09,710 --> 00:20:11,580
(Derek) Just that one, and I'm assuming

427
00:20:11,580 --> 00:20:12,689
that that didn't result

428
00:20:12,689 --> 00:20:15,458
in a very restful environment.

429
00:20:15,458 --> 00:20:17,108
(Sabina) No, eventually, you know,

430
00:20:17,108 --> 00:20:18,997
we grew up in learning

431
00:20:18,997 --> 00:20:20,907
how to divide things with each other,

432
00:20:20,907 --> 00:20:22,390
but I remember situations

433
00:20:22,390 --> 00:20:25,269
in which we had fights as girls, you know,

434
00:20:25,269 --> 00:20:28,185
not willing to share, just selfish.

435
00:20:28,185 --> 00:20:29,688
(Derek) Sure. Nicole.

436
00:20:29,688 --> 00:20:31,552
(Nicole) When I was in medical school,

437
00:20:31,552 --> 00:20:33,274
I was very much driven

438
00:20:33,274 --> 00:20:34,600
for a particular path

439
00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:36,184
that I wanted to take in my life.

440
00:20:36,184 --> 00:20:37,801
And it was really driven on myself

441
00:20:37,801 --> 00:20:40,325
in wanting to be in a particular position.

442
00:20:40,325 --> 00:20:41,850
And it was a very restless time,

443
00:20:41,850 --> 00:20:43,467
because I was fighting against God

444
00:20:43,467 --> 00:20:44,874
and what He wanted me to do,

445
00:20:44,874 --> 00:20:46,904
and I wanted to do "X."

446
00:20:46,904 --> 00:20:48,825
And so, when I finally gave in and said,

447
00:20:48,825 --> 00:20:52,607
"Okay, where do you want me to go, Lord?"
I found the rest I needed and was able

448
00:20:52,607 --> 00:20:54,858
to choose the career that He
wanted me to be in.

449
00:20:54,858 --> 00:20:57,100
But before that, there was definitely
a struggle

450
00:20:57,100 --> 00:20:59,439
between my desire for my ego

451
00:20:59,439 --> 00:21:01,467
to be stroked and my selfishness

452
00:21:01,467 --> 00:21:04,581
versus what He wanted and saw for my life.

453
00:21:04,581 --> 00:21:06,292
(Derek) So, we found many examples,

454
00:21:06,292 --> 00:21:08,297
and we could probably all

455
00:21:08,297 --> 00:21:09,990
find examples in our own lives

456
00:21:09,990 --> 00:21:13,011
of how a selfish attitude

457
00:21:13,011 --> 00:21:15,557
created a restlessness for us.

458
00:21:15,557 --> 00:21:17,726
But have you ever seen,

459
00:21:17,726 --> 00:21:19,514
either in the Scripture

460
00:21:19,514 --> 00:21:21,193
or maybe even in your life,

461
00:21:21,193 --> 00:21:23,275
someone that really models

462
00:21:23,275 --> 00:21:27,802
an unselfish spirit which results

463
00:21:27,802 --> 00:21:30,160
in rest for our souls?

464
00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:32,344
Anybody? Is there an individual

465
00:21:32,344 --> 00:21:33,618
that comes to your mind?

466
00:21:33,618 --> 00:21:35,714
Puia, anybody that you know

467
00:21:35,714 --> 00:21:37,080
that comes to your mind

468
00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:42,624
that just models that unselfish spirit?

469
00:21:42,624 --> 00:21:44,374
(Puia) Yes, I believe Jesus

470
00:21:44,374 --> 00:21:47,341
is the prime example of Someone

471
00:21:47,341 --> 00:21:50,236
who showed the opposite of selfishness

472
00:21:50,236 --> 00:21:53,207
as He came to this planet as a babe

473
00:21:53,207 --> 00:21:56,153
and then grew up as a man and suffered

474
00:21:56,153 --> 00:21:58,946
to the point of death on the cross.

475
00:21:58,946 --> 00:22:00,854
And so, Jesus showed us

476
00:22:00,854 --> 00:22:03,207
what the opposite side of selfishness is,

477
00:22:03,207 --> 00:22:05,675
and through love He was able

478
00:22:05,675 --> 00:22:07,545
to accomplish the plan of salvation

479
00:22:07,545 --> 00:22:10,967
to give us that rest in Him.

480
00:22:10,967 --> 00:22:12,317
(Derek) Beautiful, it's hard

481
00:22:12,317 --> 00:22:14,002
to find a better example, isn't it?

482
00:22:14,002 --> 00:22:16,404
Anybody think of a family member,

483
00:22:16,404 --> 00:22:18,379
a loved one, a friend?

484
00:22:18,379 --> 00:22:20,664
Can I share someone?

485
00:22:20,664 --> 00:22:22,904
I went on an assignment

486
00:22:22,904 --> 00:22:25,531
to a refugee camp

487
00:22:25,531 --> 00:22:28,398
on the Thai-Myanmar border.

488
00:22:28,398 --> 00:22:31,949
Oh, Puia, that's getting close
to home country.

489
00:22:31,949 --> 00:22:34,502
And there in a refugee camp

490
00:22:34,502 --> 00:22:39,072
were about 35,000 refugees
in no man's land.

491
00:22:39,072 --> 00:22:40,803
And there was a godly woman,

492
00:22:40,803 --> 00:22:43,343
she's still there, named Helen Hall,

493
00:22:43,343 --> 00:22:45,440
who started a school

494
00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:47,214
called Eden Valley Academy.

495
00:22:47,214 --> 00:22:48,415
And at times, there were

496
00:22:48,415 --> 00:22:50,613
up to 1,000 students

497
00:22:50,613 --> 00:22:53,491
in this refugee camp in the school,

498
00:22:53,491 --> 00:22:55,341
and she's in her 80s now.

499
00:22:55,341 --> 00:22:56,401
She could be somewhere

500
00:22:56,401 --> 00:22:57,841
very safe in Australia,

501
00:22:57,841 --> 00:22:59,115
which is her homeland,

502
00:22:59,115 --> 00:23:00,432
but she said, "This is

503
00:23:00,432 --> 00:23:02,181
where God's called me to serve."

504
00:23:02,181 --> 00:23:04,233
I have never personally seen

505
00:23:04,233 --> 00:23:06,850
a more unselfish spirit

506
00:23:06,850 --> 00:23:08,427
than I saw in this precious lady.

507
00:23:08,427 --> 00:23:11,021
And maybe we should just remember

508
00:23:11,021 --> 00:23:13,189
Helen Hall and Eden Valley Academy

509
00:23:13,189 --> 00:23:14,887
in our prayers because things

510
00:23:14,887 --> 00:23:19,132
are quite unstable there on the border.

511
00:23:19,132 --> 00:23:22,969
And yet, she's really kind of modeling
what Jesus taught,

512
00:23:22,969 --> 00:23:26,942
willing to lay down her life for others.

513
00:23:26,942 --> 00:23:28,771
Anybody else, someone you've seen?

514
00:23:28,771 --> 00:23:31,839
If not, let's move on, shall we?

515
00:23:31,839 --> 00:23:35,736
One root of restlessness is what?

516
00:23:35,736 --> 00:23:36,649
(Team) Selfishness.

517
00:23:36,649 --> 00:23:38,422
(Derek) Selfishness, but you notice,

518
00:23:38,422 --> 00:23:40,561
when we were talking about selfishness,

519
00:23:40,561 --> 00:23:43,036
I think, Puia, you talked about Lucifer,

520
00:23:43,036 --> 00:23:45,811
now called Satan, he's lost his place

521
00:23:45,811 --> 00:23:47,524
in the heavenly courts,

522
00:23:47,524 --> 00:23:52,421
is also that desire to exalt self.

523
00:23:52,421 --> 00:23:55,934
Self-exaltation is also

524
00:23:55,934 --> 00:23:59,306
a root cause of restlessness.

525
00:23:59,306 --> 00:24:00,803
We don't have to go all the way

526
00:24:00,803 --> 00:24:03,324
back to Lucifer and the rebellion.

527
00:24:03,324 --> 00:24:04,659
Jason, we could find it

528
00:24:04,659 --> 00:24:07,343
even among the disciples of Jesus.

529
00:24:07,343 --> 00:24:09,134
Take a look with us, if you would,

530
00:24:09,134 --> 00:24:13,372
at Mark 10, verses 35 to 40.

531
00:24:13,372 --> 00:24:14,531
(Jason) Alright, I have

532
00:24:14,531 --> 00:24:16,284
the New King James Version here,

533
00:24:16,284 --> 00:24:20,620
Mark, chapter 10, verses 35 through 40:

534
00:25:20,318 --> 00:25:23,086
(Derek) Now, while Jason was reading that,
Nicole, you were

535
00:25:23,086 --> 00:25:25,372
just kind of shaking your head.

536
00:25:25,372 --> 00:25:26,825
There's definitely a root

537
00:25:26,825 --> 00:25:29,027
of selfishness there, too, isn't there,

538
00:25:29,027 --> 00:25:31,910
but this self-exaltation,

539
00:25:31,910 --> 00:25:33,004
what are your thoughts

540
00:25:33,004 --> 00:25:35,271
as you see these two...

541
00:25:35,271 --> 00:25:37,401
They were fishermen right, James and John,

542
00:25:37,401 --> 00:25:38,422
they were just asking

543
00:25:38,422 --> 00:25:42,546
to be two vice presidents in the Kingdom?

544
00:25:42,546 --> 00:25:45,533
(Nicole) It's a human tendency for us

545
00:25:45,533 --> 00:25:47,555
to want people to praise us

546
00:25:47,555 --> 00:25:50,084
and to give us honor and to give us glory.

547
00:25:50,084 --> 00:25:52,209
And I think that we, if we're not careful,

548
00:25:52,209 --> 00:25:54,626
will want that more than we want

549
00:25:54,626 --> 00:25:55,885
to actually glorify God.

550
00:25:55,885 --> 00:25:58,304
And so this is just us having to fight

551
00:25:58,304 --> 00:25:59,721
against our natural tendency

552
00:25:59,721 --> 00:26:01,706
to want things that Christ knows

553
00:26:01,706 --> 00:26:03,489
are not good for us.

554
00:26:03,489 --> 00:26:04,698
(Derek) Brittany.

555
00:26:04,698 --> 00:26:06,277
(Brittany) When I read the story,

556
00:26:06,277 --> 00:26:07,946
since we know the end of the story,

557
00:26:07,946 --> 00:26:09,877
we know why Jesus came,

558
00:26:09,877 --> 00:26:11,626
it's like they completely missed out

559
00:26:11,626 --> 00:26:13,154
on His whole mission.

560
00:26:13,154 --> 00:26:14,163
His whole mission was

561
00:26:14,163 --> 00:26:15,624
not to raise Himself up

562
00:26:15,624 --> 00:26:17,402
except to die for us.

563
00:26:17,402 --> 00:26:18,498
(Derek) Doesn't He say,

564
00:26:18,498 --> 00:26:20,458
"I've come, not to be served but to serve

565
00:26:20,458 --> 00:26:21,377
and to give My life

566
00:26:21,377 --> 00:26:22,527
for the ransom of many"?

567
00:26:22,527 --> 00:26:25,195
(Brittany) And if they had known,
if they had understood

568
00:26:25,195 --> 00:26:26,632
He was going to give His life,

569
00:26:26,632 --> 00:26:28,283
they wouldn't have asked for this.

570
00:26:28,283 --> 00:26:31,204
They wouldn't have said, "We want
what You are going to have."

571
00:26:31,204 --> 00:26:33,735
He was like, "Yeah, you're going
to receive the grief

572
00:26:33,735 --> 00:26:36,009
and the suffering that I am
going to experience,

573
00:26:36,009 --> 00:26:38,309
but what you are asking,
you don't understand."

574
00:26:38,309 --> 00:26:39,461
(Derek) It's interesting

575
00:26:39,461 --> 00:26:40,554
just thinking about it,

576
00:26:40,554 --> 00:26:41,946
and, Pedro, then I'd like you

577
00:26:41,946 --> 00:26:44,024
to read the next verse,

578
00:26:44,024 --> 00:26:46,301
that one of them, James,

579
00:26:46,301 --> 00:26:48,915
is beheaded by Herod, right?

580
00:26:48,915 --> 00:26:51,414
And Peter almost is beheaded, right?

581
00:26:51,414 --> 00:26:54,027
And then, John, well, he gets

582
00:26:54,027 --> 00:26:56,949
put on a desolate island called Patmos,

583
00:26:56,949 --> 00:26:59,118
but God works with him even there.

584
00:26:59,118 --> 00:27:01,182
But you're right; they had no idea.

585
00:27:01,182 --> 00:27:03,226
They were thinking of an earthly kingdom.

586
00:27:03,226 --> 00:27:06,918
But that desire to exalt self
is very strong.

587
00:27:06,918 --> 00:27:10,642
Pedro, how did the other disciples
respond and why?

588
00:27:10,642 --> 00:27:13,344
Let's take a look, if you can read for us

589
00:27:13,344 --> 00:27:15,680
in Mark 10, verse 41.

590
00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:16,856
(Pedro) I'll be reading

591
00:27:16,856 --> 00:27:19,641
from the New King James Version,
Mark 10:41:

592
00:27:26,428 --> 00:27:28,053
(Derek) Alright, Shaina, I'm going

593
00:27:28,053 --> 00:27:29,171
to ask you a question.

594
00:27:29,171 --> 00:27:30,942
Shaina, I know you're

595
00:27:30,942 --> 00:27:33,005
a student of human behavior.

596
00:27:33,005 --> 00:27:34,601
You've taught and you've seen

597
00:27:34,601 --> 00:27:37,054
a lot of different character traits.

598
00:27:37,054 --> 00:27:40,223
So, let me ask you, Shaina,
up there in Maine,

599
00:27:40,223 --> 00:27:43,725
why do you think the other disciples

600
00:27:43,725 --> 00:27:47,276
were so upset with James and John?

601
00:27:47,276 --> 00:27:48,954
(Shaina) They may have been feeling

602
00:27:48,954 --> 00:27:50,112
like, "Do you guys think

603
00:27:50,112 --> 00:27:51,786
that you're better than any of us?"

604
00:27:51,786 --> 00:27:55,294
Like, "We're all on this same walk
together; we've all

605
00:27:55,294 --> 00:27:58,369
been through most of the same experiences
together.

606
00:27:58,369 --> 00:27:59,974
None of you are better than that,

607
00:27:59,974 --> 00:28:01,909
so why would you be subject

608
00:28:01,909 --> 00:28:05,067
to the next highest position in Heaven,

609
00:28:05,067 --> 00:28:06,669
which is on the right hand

610
00:28:06,669 --> 00:28:08,217
and on the left hand of Jesus?"

611
00:28:08,217 --> 00:28:10,893
(Derek) Yeah, so let me paraphrase that.

612
00:28:10,893 --> 00:28:12,571
They could be feeling a sense

613
00:28:12,571 --> 00:28:15,469
of, "Who are you to push yourselves

614
00:28:15,469 --> 00:28:17,438
over the top of us?"

615
00:28:17,438 --> 00:28:21,056
But it may be actually something
more than that.

616
00:28:21,056 --> 00:28:22,373
We've got three hands here;

617
00:28:22,373 --> 00:28:24,408
who would like to share. Brittany?

618
00:28:24,408 --> 00:28:26,193
(Brittany) They might have been upset

619
00:28:26,193 --> 00:28:28,686
that they hadn't thought to ask
that question first.

620
00:28:28,686 --> 00:28:32,026
"How come they got to ask that question?
I wish I had thought of that."

621
00:28:32,026 --> 00:28:33,782
(Derek) Anybody agree with Brittany?

622
00:28:33,782 --> 00:28:36,549
Okay, well, I'm going to raise my hand.

623
00:28:36,549 --> 00:28:39,358
What evidence, Puia, is there

624
00:28:39,358 --> 00:28:45,022
that they were also contentious,
can you think of...?

625
00:28:45,022 --> 00:28:47,855
(Puia) Right, yes, in another chapter

626
00:28:47,855 --> 00:28:50,048
we find them arguing on the topic

627
00:28:50,048 --> 00:28:52,311
of who is the greatest among us,

628
00:28:52,311 --> 00:28:54,960
like, who is the greatest in our group.

629
00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:59,688
And even today in our church settings,

630
00:28:59,688 --> 00:29:02,029
we may not say out loud

631
00:29:02,029 --> 00:29:04,252
as to who is the greatest among us.

632
00:29:04,252 --> 00:29:06,211
But, truth be told, I believe

633
00:29:06,211 --> 00:29:08,086
we all think about it sometimes,

634
00:29:08,086 --> 00:29:10,552
even in our church settings, even today,

635
00:29:10,552 --> 00:29:12,464
as to who among our members

636
00:29:12,464 --> 00:29:13,651
make the most money,

637
00:29:13,651 --> 00:29:15,321
who among our members

638
00:29:15,321 --> 00:29:18,385
is the most influential or the greatest.

639
00:29:18,385 --> 00:29:20,425
It seems that this is human tendency,

640
00:29:20,425 --> 00:29:22,129
not just for James and John,

641
00:29:22,129 --> 00:29:24,452
but for the rest of us as well.

642
00:29:24,452 --> 00:29:26,487
(Derek) So, lest we sit in judgment

643
00:29:26,487 --> 00:29:30,878
on James and John for being so brash...

644
00:29:30,878 --> 00:29:32,785
By the way, the reference here, I think,

645
00:29:32,785 --> 00:29:34,539
was Luke, at least one reference,

646
00:29:34,539 --> 00:29:37,443
Luke 22:24, where they're arguing

647
00:29:37,443 --> 00:29:39,503
who's going to be the greatest. Sabina?

648
00:29:39,503 --> 00:29:40,953
(Sabina) And I'm thinking also

649
00:29:40,953 --> 00:29:42,695
of Jesus' reaction to the confusion

650
00:29:42,695 --> 00:29:45,489
that is triggered by this comment

651
00:29:45,489 --> 00:29:49,636
because the Bible says in verse 41

652
00:29:49,636 --> 00:29:50,666
that the ten heard,

653
00:29:50,666 --> 00:29:53,146
and they began to discuss about it.

654
00:29:53,146 --> 00:29:55,119
And the way that Jesus intervenes

655
00:29:55,119 --> 00:29:56,721
is by reminding them

656
00:29:56,721 --> 00:29:59,860
that they were called to be servants,

657
00:29:59,860 --> 00:30:01,624
and that even though we need

658
00:30:01,624 --> 00:30:03,387
to look at authorities in the world,

659
00:30:03,387 --> 00:30:04,465
that they look at them

660
00:30:04,465 --> 00:30:05,753
as being the greatest ones,

661
00:30:05,753 --> 00:30:06,942
that, in our case, it was

662
00:30:06,942 --> 00:30:08,283
not going to be so,

663
00:30:08,283 --> 00:30:09,879
with them and with us.

664
00:30:09,879 --> 00:30:11,804
In the Kingdom of God,

665
00:30:11,804 --> 00:30:13,823
the last shall be the first.

666
00:30:13,823 --> 00:30:15,892
So, I think that the way
that Jesus responds

667
00:30:15,892 --> 00:30:17,720
makes us believe that all of them

668
00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:18,918
were having the same sort

669
00:30:18,918 --> 00:30:21,470
of heart issue going on.

670
00:30:21,470 --> 00:30:22,813
(Derek) Well, before we come

671
00:30:22,813 --> 00:30:24,248
to confession time when we've

672
00:30:24,248 --> 00:30:26,667
ever felt like exalting ourselves,

673
00:30:26,667 --> 00:30:29,450
there's a story of an ancient monarch,

674
00:30:29,450 --> 00:30:31,259
"ancient," not being old himself

675
00:30:31,259 --> 00:30:33,872
but many, many generations ago.

676
00:30:33,872 --> 00:30:39,405
In fact, what, 2,600 years ago,

677
00:30:39,405 --> 00:30:42,419
a monarch who had a problem

678
00:30:42,419 --> 00:30:44,187
with self-exaltation,

679
00:30:44,187 --> 00:30:46,560
and it's clear from the story

680
00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:48,630
that he was restless.

681
00:30:48,630 --> 00:30:49,702
You know, when you're

682
00:30:49,702 --> 00:30:51,075
always wanting to be first,

683
00:30:51,075 --> 00:30:54,800
if anybody drives faster than you do
or jumps faster

684
00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:57,268
or gets a higher score on a test

685
00:30:57,268 --> 00:30:59,975
or gets the position you were hoping for,

686
00:30:59,975 --> 00:31:03,426
you're never going to be at rest, right,
if your desire

687
00:31:03,426 --> 00:31:05,477
is to always exalt yourself.

688
00:31:05,477 --> 00:31:07,009
Who's that ancient monarch

689
00:31:07,009 --> 00:31:08,459
we're thinking about?

690
00:31:08,459 --> 00:31:09,849
(Team) Nebuchadnezzar.

691
00:31:09,849 --> 00:31:10,979
(Derek) Nebuchadnezzar.

692
00:31:10,979 --> 00:31:12,960
Now there is a story about Nebuchadnezzar

693
00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:16,715
in chapter 4 of his book.

694
00:31:16,715 --> 00:31:17,664
Would you just read

695
00:31:17,664 --> 00:31:22,945
a few verses for us, verses 28 to 32?

696
00:31:22,945 --> 00:31:24,023
(Jason) Sure, I've got

697
00:31:24,023 --> 00:31:25,728
the New King James Version here;

698
00:31:25,728 --> 00:31:30,125
it's Daniel 4:28-32; it says:

699
00:32:29,717 --> 00:32:31,727
(Derek) So, what happens to Nebuchadnezzar

700
00:32:31,727 --> 00:32:36,112
after this declaration of this messenger?
Yes, Brittany.

701
00:32:36,112 --> 00:32:38,081
(Brittany) He is driven from his kingdom,

702
00:32:38,081 --> 00:32:41,003
and seven years he spends outside.

703
00:32:41,003 --> 00:32:43,486
He's getting wet; he's living
like an animal.

704
00:32:43,486 --> 00:32:46,301
It even says that his hair grew

705
00:32:46,301 --> 00:32:48,563
like feathers of a bird, almost,

706
00:32:48,563 --> 00:32:49,618
and his nails grew

707
00:32:49,618 --> 00:32:51,433
long like eagle's claws.

708
00:32:51,433 --> 00:32:54,729
He became like an animal.

709
00:32:54,729 --> 00:32:55,802
(Derek) And that was

710
00:32:55,802 --> 00:32:58,835
the end of the story, right? Wrong?

711
00:32:58,835 --> 00:33:00,493
How does the story end?

712
00:33:00,493 --> 00:33:02,930
I think it ends hopefully,

713
00:33:02,930 --> 00:33:06,908
with some kind of rest for his soul.

714
00:33:06,908 --> 00:33:08,352
Who would like to read for us,

715
00:33:08,352 --> 00:33:13,461
Daniel, chapter 4, verses 33 to 37? Pedro.

716
00:33:13,461 --> 00:33:14,580
(Pedro) I'll be reading

717
00:33:14,580 --> 00:33:18,139
from the New King James Version,
Daniel 4:33-37:

718
00:34:52,807 --> 00:34:54,107
(Derek) Now, if you've read

719
00:34:54,107 --> 00:34:55,503
the book of Daniel,

720
00:34:55,503 --> 00:34:57,852
he has some things to say about the God

721
00:34:57,852 --> 00:34:59,617
of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego,

722
00:34:59,617 --> 00:35:01,163
or the God of Daniel,

723
00:35:01,163 --> 00:35:03,534
in Daniel 2 and in Daniel 3.

724
00:35:03,534 --> 00:35:04,955
But what's the difference

725
00:35:04,955 --> 00:35:06,324
in Daniel, chapter 4?

726
00:35:06,324 --> 00:35:09,248
Did you notice a difference? Nicole.

727
00:35:09,248 --> 00:35:11,215
(Nicole) He's actually internalizing

728
00:35:11,215 --> 00:35:13,278
the God of Shadrach, Meshach,
and Abed-Nego.

729
00:35:13,278 --> 00:35:15,443
It's not just their God anymore;
it's his God.

730
00:35:15,443 --> 00:35:16,974
He gives the praise to this God,

731
00:35:16,974 --> 00:35:19,381
and so he makes it personal at this point

732
00:35:19,381 --> 00:35:21,327
because of his experience with God.

733
00:35:21,327 --> 00:35:23,422
(Derek) So, why is it so important...

734
00:35:23,422 --> 00:35:25,101
Shaina, let me take your point,

735
00:35:25,101 --> 00:35:26,167
and then I want to ask

736
00:35:26,167 --> 00:35:27,621
why it's so important.

737
00:35:27,621 --> 00:35:29,255
I mean, I guess we could find hope

738
00:35:29,255 --> 00:35:31,210
in the story of Nebuchadnezzar, right?

739
00:35:31,210 --> 00:35:32,597
That if you have been living

740
00:35:32,597 --> 00:35:34,457
trying to just exalt yourself,

741
00:35:34,457 --> 00:35:36,798
you don't have to die that way.

742
00:35:36,798 --> 00:35:38,248
You can change. Shaina?

743
00:35:38,248 --> 00:35:39,885
(Shaina) I also find it amazing

744
00:35:39,885 --> 00:35:43,990
that this king, who built a statue

745
00:35:43,990 --> 00:35:45,604
all of gold because he was like,

746
00:35:45,604 --> 00:35:47,775
"My kingdom is going to last forever,"

747
00:35:47,775 --> 00:35:50,186
in verse 37, he says,

748
00:35:50,186 --> 00:35:52,029
"Honor the King of Heaven,"

749
00:35:52,029 --> 00:35:57,030
so it's a complete shift in character

750
00:35:57,030 --> 00:36:00,358
or language, vocabulary, that he's using

751
00:36:00,358 --> 00:36:02,836
to say, "This is the King; this is

752
00:36:02,836 --> 00:36:06,442
the real deal that we're dealing with."

753
00:36:06,442 --> 00:36:08,269
(Derek) Beautiful. Well, we're talking

754
00:36:08,269 --> 00:36:09,853
about <i>Roots of Restlessness,</i>

755
00:36:09,853 --> 00:36:10,915
and we know that God

756
00:36:10,915 --> 00:36:13,395
doesn't want us to be restless, right,

757
00:36:13,395 --> 00:36:15,600
but to find rest in Christ.

758
00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:17,527
Selfishness doesn't work.

759
00:36:17,527 --> 00:36:20,034
Why doesn't self-exaltation work?

760
00:36:20,034 --> 00:36:21,879
Why don't we find rest?

761
00:36:21,879 --> 00:36:23,207
When do we finally get

762
00:36:23,207 --> 00:36:25,039
to the place, Brittany,

763
00:36:25,039 --> 00:36:26,792
when do we finally get to the place

764
00:36:26,792 --> 00:36:29,834
where we go, "Oh, rest, because I'm

765
00:36:29,834 --> 00:36:31,722
finally at the top of the pile!

766
00:36:31,722 --> 00:36:35,949
I've left all of these broken people
in climbing up"?

767
00:36:35,949 --> 00:36:37,998
Why doesn't that ever work?

768
00:36:37,998 --> 00:36:40,064
(Brittany) Well, we were
created to worship.

769
00:36:40,064 --> 00:36:41,753
When we read throughout the Bible,

770
00:36:41,753 --> 00:36:43,213
we realize that God

771
00:36:43,213 --> 00:36:44,498
created us in His image,

772
00:36:44,498 --> 00:36:48,085
and He created us with this desire
to worship.

773
00:36:48,085 --> 00:36:49,502
And we're never fulfilled

774
00:36:49,502 --> 00:36:52,481
until we worship the One who made us.

775
00:36:52,481 --> 00:36:53,892
(Derek) Alright, so actually,

776
00:36:53,892 --> 00:36:55,648
back to Puia, what you said earlier,

777
00:36:55,648 --> 00:36:57,243
and then I'll come to your point.

778
00:36:57,243 --> 00:36:59,730
Actually, this desire for self-exaltation

779
00:36:59,730 --> 00:37:03,445
finds its original root in Lucifer,

780
00:37:03,445 --> 00:37:06,016
the rebellious angel,

781
00:37:06,016 --> 00:37:09,091
where, if I keep wanting to exalt myself

782
00:37:09,091 --> 00:37:11,199
as the driving force in my life,

783
00:37:11,199 --> 00:37:13,169
I'll want to be above God.

784
00:37:13,169 --> 00:37:14,923
I want to <i>be</i> God, right,

785
00:37:14,923 --> 00:37:18,388
which, of course, will never work. Puia?

786
00:37:18,388 --> 00:37:19,868
(Puia) Yes, picking up

787
00:37:19,868 --> 00:37:21,561
on what Brittany said,

788
00:37:21,561 --> 00:37:22,655
I believe the reason

789
00:37:22,655 --> 00:37:24,918
why self-exaltation doesn't

790
00:37:24,918 --> 00:37:27,513
lead us to actual rest

791
00:37:27,513 --> 00:37:29,509
is because it completely goes

792
00:37:29,509 --> 00:37:31,636
against the nature of God.

793
00:37:31,636 --> 00:37:34,268
And as God is our Creator

794
00:37:34,268 --> 00:37:35,708
and the Author of our lives,

795
00:37:35,708 --> 00:37:37,342
He designs our life in such a way

796
00:37:37,342 --> 00:37:39,678
that our lives will flourish

797
00:37:39,678 --> 00:37:41,115
when we follow His principles.

798
00:37:41,115 --> 00:37:43,486
And God's principles are

799
00:37:43,486 --> 00:37:45,747
never about self-exaltation

800
00:37:45,747 --> 00:37:47,430
but rather about humility

801
00:37:47,430 --> 00:37:49,732
and serving others rather than self.

802
00:37:49,732 --> 00:37:52,802
And so, when we try to exalt ourselves,

803
00:37:52,802 --> 00:37:54,693
we're going against the way

804
00:37:54,693 --> 00:37:58,407
God designed us to function best.

805
00:37:58,407 --> 00:38:00,352
And so, we're not able to find rest

806
00:38:00,352 --> 00:38:01,692
as long as we are going

807
00:38:01,692 --> 00:38:05,050
against God's original plan.

808
00:38:05,050 --> 00:38:06,599
(Derek) We found some examples

809
00:38:06,599 --> 00:38:08,502
of people trying to find rest

810
00:38:08,502 --> 00:38:11,124
in self-exaltation; it doesn't work.

811
00:38:11,124 --> 00:38:13,193
Nebuchadnezzar does become an example

812
00:38:13,193 --> 00:38:14,682
of someone who says, "I'm going

813
00:38:14,682 --> 00:38:16,441
to exalt God rather than myself,"

814
00:38:16,441 --> 00:38:17,628
and he finds rest.

815
00:38:17,628 --> 00:38:19,563
Any other examples in the Bible

816
00:38:19,563 --> 00:38:21,686
of people, Pedro, who find rest

817
00:38:21,686 --> 00:38:24,346
by saying, "I'm just going to exalt God"?

818
00:38:24,346 --> 00:38:25,518
(Pedro) Well, one thing

819
00:38:25,518 --> 00:38:26,931
that got my attention when we

820
00:38:26,931 --> 00:38:28,672
were reading in Mark was Bartimaeus

821
00:38:28,672 --> 00:38:31,258
because the same question

822
00:38:31,258 --> 00:38:35,219
that Jesus made to James and John

823
00:38:35,219 --> 00:38:37,190
was the question He made to him.

824
00:38:37,190 --> 00:38:38,926
But we see that Bartimaeus,

825
00:38:38,926 --> 00:38:40,712
he heard that Jesus was passing by.

826
00:38:40,712 --> 00:38:43,198
He was blind, this multitude
was coming up,

827
00:38:43,198 --> 00:38:45,294
and he was calling upon Jesus,

828
00:38:45,294 --> 00:38:47,518
"Son of David," "Son of David,"

829
00:38:47,518 --> 00:38:49,807
exalting God as who He is.

830
00:38:49,807 --> 00:38:51,213
Everybody thought that He was

831
00:38:51,213 --> 00:38:53,272
Jesus of Nazareth; He was just, you know,

832
00:38:53,272 --> 00:38:54,201
He was the prophet.

833
00:38:54,201 --> 00:38:56,082
But he recognized who Jesus was.

834
00:38:56,082 --> 00:38:57,914
And Jesus came to him and said,

835
00:38:57,914 --> 00:39:00,212
"What do you want me to do for you?"

836
00:39:00,212 --> 00:39:01,783
And what happened to him?

837
00:39:01,783 --> 00:39:05,283
He had an encounter with God,
and God blessed him.

838
00:39:05,283 --> 00:39:06,981
(Derek) Beautiful. And, by the way,

839
00:39:06,981 --> 00:39:08,997
"Son of David" was a Messiah term, right?

840
00:39:08,997 --> 00:39:10,042
And so I just thought

841
00:39:10,042 --> 00:39:12,167
of that beautiful thing, "I want to see,"

842
00:39:12,167 --> 00:39:15,383
and the first thing he sees is Jesus!

843
00:39:15,383 --> 00:39:16,957
It's like, "I want to see Jesus.

844
00:39:16,957 --> 00:39:19,408
I want to see the Son of David."

845
00:39:19,408 --> 00:39:21,010
What a beautiful picture. Sabina?

846
00:39:21,010 --> 00:39:22,857
(Sabina) I'm thinking of the apostles.

847
00:39:22,857 --> 00:39:25,357
After Jesus departed, they were all

848
00:39:25,357 --> 00:39:27,465
given great authority

849
00:39:27,465 --> 00:39:28,950
by the power of the Holy Spirit

850
00:39:28,950 --> 00:39:30,629
to heal, to preach, to teach,

851
00:39:30,629 --> 00:39:31,868
and to do things that were

852
00:39:31,868 --> 00:39:33,363
even greater than those things

853
00:39:33,363 --> 00:39:34,339
that Jesus had made.

854
00:39:34,339 --> 00:39:35,317
And they could have

855
00:39:35,317 --> 00:39:38,048
eventually desired or placed themselves

856
00:39:38,048 --> 00:39:40,401
in the space of being the authority,

857
00:39:40,401 --> 00:39:44,022
doing those things, and not bringing
glory to God.

858
00:39:44,022 --> 00:39:46,158
And I believe that they surely were able

859
00:39:46,158 --> 00:39:47,788
to succeed in their mission

860
00:39:47,788 --> 00:39:50,028
because they were putting

861
00:39:50,028 --> 00:39:51,849
the name of Jesus ahead

862
00:39:51,849 --> 00:39:52,895
and not their own.

863
00:39:52,895 --> 00:39:54,333
(Derek) There was one example,

864
00:39:54,333 --> 00:39:55,603
and I see your hand, Puia,

865
00:39:55,603 --> 00:39:56,803
raised there in Hawaii,

866
00:39:56,803 --> 00:39:58,854
there was one example of someone

867
00:39:58,854 --> 00:40:00,789
in the book of Acts who wanted

868
00:40:00,789 --> 00:40:03,097
the power to exalt self.

869
00:40:03,097 --> 00:40:05,829
Anybody remember what his name was?

870
00:40:05,829 --> 00:40:08,061
Was it Simon the sorcerer?

871
00:40:08,061 --> 00:40:10,263
He wanted to buy the Holy Spirit, right,

872
00:40:10,263 --> 00:40:12,203
"Boy, I could be really famous

873
00:40:12,203 --> 00:40:15,125
if I had this power." Puia?

874
00:40:15,125 --> 00:40:17,036
(Puia) Another person that came to mind

875
00:40:17,036 --> 00:40:19,377
is Daniel in the story

876
00:40:19,377 --> 00:40:22,354
where King Nebuchadnezzar forgot his dream

877
00:40:22,354 --> 00:40:25,168
and was trying to find out
what his dream was

878
00:40:25,168 --> 00:40:28,164
and inquired from all the magicians
and the wise men,

879
00:40:28,164 --> 00:40:29,658
and nobody could tell

880
00:40:29,658 --> 00:40:32,536
the forgotten dream of the king.

881
00:40:32,536 --> 00:40:33,807
And Daniel came along,

882
00:40:33,807 --> 00:40:35,301
God answered his prayer,

883
00:40:35,301 --> 00:40:38,311
but Daniel did not take the credit

884
00:40:38,311 --> 00:40:40,407
when he explained it to the king

885
00:40:40,407 --> 00:40:41,801
that the dream came from God.

886
00:40:41,801 --> 00:40:43,942
So, I believe Daniel is a good example

887
00:40:43,942 --> 00:40:46,900
of someone who gave the credit to God

888
00:40:46,900 --> 00:40:49,258
rather than exalt himself.

889
00:40:49,258 --> 00:40:50,566
(Derek) Great illustration,

890
00:40:50,566 --> 00:40:53,068
and that's repeated in Daniel 5

891
00:40:53,068 --> 00:40:56,297
in his interaction with Belshazzar.

892
00:40:56,297 --> 00:40:58,693
And it's repeated in his interaction

893
00:40:58,693 --> 00:41:01,231
with Kind Darius where he says,

894
00:41:01,231 --> 00:41:03,697
"My God sent an angel,"

895
00:41:03,697 --> 00:41:05,280
rather than saying, "Well, I was

896
00:41:05,280 --> 00:41:07,495
able to tame these lions, O King."

897
00:41:07,495 --> 00:41:09,971
He's always exalting God
rather than himself.

898
00:41:09,971 --> 00:41:11,263
Well, we want to move

899
00:41:11,263 --> 00:41:14,870
on to a third root of restlessness.

900
00:41:14,870 --> 00:41:16,393
Is selfishness going to help us

901
00:41:16,393 --> 00:41:17,688
find rest for our souls?

902
00:41:17,688 --> 00:41:18,438
(Team) No.

903
00:41:18,438 --> 00:41:21,200
(Derek) No. Self-exaltation, is it
going to help us?

904
00:41:21,200 --> 00:41:22,745
(Derek, Team) No.

905
00:41:22,745 --> 00:41:26,824
(Derek) There is a third root
of restlessnes,

906
00:41:26,824 --> 00:41:30,782
and that is hypocrisy.

907
00:41:30,782 --> 00:41:31,921
What is hypocrisy?

908
00:41:31,921 --> 00:41:34,184
Can someone give me a definition?

909
00:41:34,184 --> 00:41:36,369
What is hypocrisy?

910
00:41:36,369 --> 00:41:37,739
Shaina, could you give us

911
00:41:37,739 --> 00:41:39,217
a brief definition

912
00:41:39,217 --> 00:41:41,976
or maybe a definition of a hypocrite?

913
00:41:41,976 --> 00:41:43,421
Unfortunately, Jesus calls

914
00:41:43,421 --> 00:41:44,800
some people hypocrites.

915
00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:48,154
What's the definition of a hypocrite?

916
00:41:48,154 --> 00:41:51,420
(Shaina) In a very simplified version,

917
00:41:51,420 --> 00:41:54,645
it's a person who says one thing,

918
00:41:54,645 --> 00:41:57,960
or they preach one thing, and their lives,

919
00:41:57,960 --> 00:42:00,044
their actions, preach another thing.

920
00:42:00,044 --> 00:42:03,498
So, there is an inconsistency

921
00:42:03,498 --> 00:42:06,981
between their words and their actions.

922
00:42:06,981 --> 00:42:10,584
(Derek) So, let's go back; Jesus calls

923
00:42:10,584 --> 00:42:12,123
some of the religious leaders...

924
00:42:12,123 --> 00:42:13,837
We need to be careful here,

925
00:42:13,837 --> 00:42:16,131
because there were some religious leaders

926
00:42:16,131 --> 00:42:19,841
who were very devoted, godly people.

927
00:42:19,841 --> 00:42:20,983
In fact, they're willing

928
00:42:20,983 --> 00:42:22,160
to identify with Jesus

929
00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:25,599
and even lay down all of their resources,

930
00:42:25,599 --> 00:42:27,963
namely, who comes to mind?

931
00:42:27,963 --> 00:42:29,400
(Derek, Team) Nicodemus.

932
00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:31,173
(Sabina) I was thinking of Nicodemus.

933
00:42:31,173 --> 00:42:33,608
(Derek) Joseph of Arimathea and others,

934
00:42:33,608 --> 00:42:37,663
so not all of the religious leaders agreed

935
00:42:37,663 --> 00:42:42,805
with the majority Jesus called hypocrites.

936
00:42:42,805 --> 00:42:44,523
Let's look at that passage.

937
00:42:44,523 --> 00:42:46,498
It's very strong language.

938
00:42:46,498 --> 00:42:49,016
And, Brittany, if you could read for us

939
00:42:49,016 --> 00:42:54,637
in Matthew 23, beginning with verse 1.

940
00:42:54,637 --> 00:42:56,747
I don't think I've ever heard

941
00:42:56,747 --> 00:43:00,772
Jesus speak more strongly than this.

942
00:43:00,772 --> 00:43:03,022
And so while Brittany's reading,

943
00:43:03,022 --> 00:43:06,743
ask the question, why is Jesus speaking

944
00:43:06,743 --> 00:43:09,797
in such, what appears

945
00:43:09,797 --> 00:43:12,147
to be such harsh language

946
00:43:12,147 --> 00:43:14,150
to these religious leaders?

947
00:43:14,150 --> 00:43:15,545
And it must have something

948
00:43:15,545 --> 00:43:17,545
to do with, that hypocrisy

949
00:43:17,545 --> 00:43:19,671
will never give us the rest

950
00:43:19,671 --> 00:43:21,868
for our souls that we need.

951
00:43:21,868 --> 00:43:25,117
Starting in verse 1 of chapter 23,

952
00:43:25,117 --> 00:43:26,902
down through verse 13.

953
00:43:26,902 --> 00:43:28,169
(Brittany) I'll be reading

954
00:43:28,169 --> 00:43:29,732
from the New King James Version,

955
00:43:29,732 --> 00:43:33,130
Matthew, chapter 23, verses 1 through 13:

956
00:45:24,445 --> 00:45:26,032
(Derek) As you were reading that,

957
00:45:26,032 --> 00:45:27,861
there seems to be a strong correlation

958
00:45:27,861 --> 00:45:33,133
between hypocrisy and self-exaltation
and selfishness.

959
00:45:33,133 --> 00:45:35,069
Maybe it's all one root.

960
00:45:35,069 --> 00:45:37,486
It's all kind of woven together.

961
00:45:37,486 --> 00:45:39,229
Why would a person

962
00:45:39,229 --> 00:45:41,723
make a profession of something

963
00:45:41,723 --> 00:45:43,183
but live differently?

964
00:45:43,183 --> 00:45:45,230
What do you think? Anybody?

965
00:45:45,230 --> 00:45:47,854
Why would they make a profession

966
00:45:47,854 --> 00:45:49,709
but not follow it? Shaina?

967
00:45:49,709 --> 00:45:52,490
(Shaina) I can say I am these things

968
00:45:52,490 --> 00:45:54,233
to look good to people.

969
00:45:54,233 --> 00:45:57,376
And if no one is really checking my life

970
00:45:57,376 --> 00:46:00,607
to ensure that I am living like that,

971
00:46:00,607 --> 00:46:03,080
then, you know, my appearance looks good.

972
00:46:03,080 --> 00:46:07,077
But really, well, Jesus knows.

973
00:46:07,077 --> 00:46:08,531
(Derek) But that ties in

974
00:46:08,531 --> 00:46:10,470
to wanting to exalt myself

975
00:46:10,470 --> 00:46:12,012
beyond where I actually am.

976
00:46:12,012 --> 00:46:14,333
Jason, why would a person do that?

977
00:46:14,333 --> 00:46:16,689
"Hypocrite," Jesus said, "hypocrite,

978
00:46:16,689 --> 00:46:18,733
you say one thing, but you don't do it."

979
00:46:18,733 --> 00:46:20,310
(Jason) Sure, so sometimes people

980
00:46:20,310 --> 00:46:22,524
want the benefits of a certain way

981
00:46:22,524 --> 00:46:23,817
or a certain expression,

982
00:46:23,817 --> 00:46:26,477
but they don't actually want
the responsibility

983
00:46:26,477 --> 00:46:28,415
or the things that may not

984
00:46:28,415 --> 00:46:29,646
make them feel as good.

985
00:46:29,646 --> 00:46:30,650
So, they kind of want

986
00:46:30,650 --> 00:46:32,917
an external good feeling,

987
00:46:32,917 --> 00:46:35,043
but internally they still want to do

988
00:46:35,043 --> 00:46:36,759
what they want to do themselves.

989
00:46:36,759 --> 00:46:38,598
So, they kind of want this

990
00:46:38,598 --> 00:46:40,050
for their own purposes

991
00:46:40,050 --> 00:46:43,027
and not really for anyone else.

992
00:46:43,027 --> 00:46:43,989
(Derek) Nicole?

993
00:46:43,989 --> 00:46:45,785
(Nicole) I recently heard someone say

994
00:46:45,785 --> 00:46:47,993
that hypocrisy is the enemy of love,

995
00:46:47,993 --> 00:46:49,727
because if you don't have love,

996
00:46:49,727 --> 00:46:51,759
you're going to present yourself in a way

997
00:46:51,759 --> 00:46:53,142
so you can appear to have it,

998
00:46:53,142 --> 00:46:54,225
but you really don't.

999
00:46:54,225 --> 00:46:58,782
Because love is authentic,
love is transparent.

1000
00:46:58,782 --> 00:47:00,213
And hypocrisy, there's clearly

1001
00:47:00,213 --> 00:47:01,960
a shadow and a wall there.

1002
00:47:01,960 --> 00:47:04,441
So, I heard that, and it really
kind of stuck to me;

1003
00:47:04,441 --> 00:47:07,264
it's the enemy of love, and that's
why Christ can't have it.

1004
00:47:07,264 --> 00:47:08,644
(Derek) And it's interesting,

1005
00:47:08,644 --> 00:47:09,896
because the rest in Christ

1006
00:47:09,896 --> 00:47:11,044
is resting in His love.

1007
00:47:11,044 --> 00:47:12,824
I think it's all related, isn't it?

1008
00:47:12,824 --> 00:47:15,491
What a beautiful thought.

1009
00:47:15,491 --> 00:47:17,042
You know, some people might hear

1010
00:47:17,042 --> 00:47:18,695
these stern rebukes, Pedro,

1011
00:47:18,695 --> 00:47:20,025
that Jesus is giving

1012
00:47:20,025 --> 00:47:23,400
and think, "Jesus, You're a hypocrite.

1013
00:47:23,400 --> 00:47:27,811
I mean, don't be so hard on these people;
nobody's perfect."

1014
00:47:27,811 --> 00:47:30,240
But in the same chapter, we see

1015
00:47:30,240 --> 00:47:34,074
that Jesus actually, He's so hard on them

1016
00:47:34,074 --> 00:47:36,998
because He loves them.

1017
00:47:36,998 --> 00:47:39,428
That's an interesting thought,

1018
00:47:39,428 --> 00:47:42,651
because hypocrisy will always lead to...?

1019
00:47:42,651 --> 00:47:43,906
(Team) Destruction.

1020
00:47:43,906 --> 00:47:44,884
(Derek) Destruction.

1021
00:47:44,884 --> 00:47:46,980
Look at a revelation of His character

1022
00:47:46,980 --> 00:47:50,770
there in Matthew 23 and verse 37.

1023
00:47:50,770 --> 00:47:51,919
(Pedro) I'll be reading

1024
00:47:51,919 --> 00:47:56,671
from the New King James Version,
Matthew 23:37:

1025
00:48:16,795 --> 00:48:18,480
(Derek) You see the love of Jesus,

1026
00:48:18,480 --> 00:48:19,501
which is a revelation

1027
00:48:19,501 --> 00:48:20,681
of the Father's love.

1028
00:48:20,681 --> 00:48:22,944
Well, did anyone here,

1029
00:48:22,944 --> 00:48:26,336
either here in the studio or Shaina, Puia,

1030
00:48:26,336 --> 00:48:29,033
find yourself acting like a hypocrite,

1031
00:48:29,033 --> 00:48:32,213
and you're going to testify today

1032
00:48:32,213 --> 00:48:34,620
to the world, "Whoops, that didn't give me

1033
00:48:34,620 --> 00:48:37,471
the rest I was looking for." Jason.

1034
00:48:37,471 --> 00:48:42,377
(Jason) Sure, so, these days,

1035
00:48:42,377 --> 00:48:44,432
or at least over my life

1036
00:48:44,432 --> 00:48:47,253
I've spent a lot of time on social media,

1037
00:48:47,253 --> 00:48:49,223
particularly certain sites like Facebook.

1038
00:48:49,223 --> 00:48:51,236
And people get into arguments

1039
00:48:51,236 --> 00:48:52,552
and discussions there.

1040
00:48:52,552 --> 00:48:54,036
And there were times in my life

1041
00:48:54,036 --> 00:48:55,271
when I was in discussions

1042
00:48:55,271 --> 00:48:57,532
with people, friends, professors.

1043
00:48:57,532 --> 00:48:59,364
And even though people knew

1044
00:48:59,364 --> 00:49:00,395
I was a Christian,

1045
00:49:00,395 --> 00:49:03,745
knew I studied the Bible,

1046
00:49:03,745 --> 00:49:06,554
I was saying things and attacking people

1047
00:49:06,554 --> 00:49:08,998
and acting, well, very ungodly

1048
00:49:08,998 --> 00:49:11,974
in a public forum, even though people knew

1049
00:49:11,974 --> 00:49:12,841
I was a Christian.

1050
00:49:12,841 --> 00:49:14,921
So, I clearly was doing things publicly

1051
00:49:14,921 --> 00:49:16,670
that didn't match, you know,

1052
00:49:16,670 --> 00:49:18,672
my relationship with God, or showed

1053
00:49:18,672 --> 00:49:21,023
that there was a disconnect there.

1054
00:49:21,023 --> 00:49:23,818
(Derek) I'm hoping you're going
to tell me you changed!

1055
00:49:23,818 --> 00:49:25,471
(Jason) Yes, well, by God's grace,

1056
00:49:25,471 --> 00:49:28,040
I spend a lot less time on Facebook
and social media,

1057
00:49:28,040 --> 00:49:30,657
and I decided to turn my Facebook page,

1058
00:49:30,657 --> 00:49:32,188
not so much into debates

1059
00:49:32,188 --> 00:49:33,958
and discussions anymore.

1060
00:49:33,958 --> 00:49:35,978
(Derek) Well, thank you for sharing that.

1061
00:49:35,978 --> 00:49:37,894
I remember a time I was going to church.

1062
00:49:37,894 --> 00:49:40,222
I was 18; I looked, and a friend

1063
00:49:40,222 --> 00:49:42,010
from high school was across the road,

1064
00:49:42,010 --> 00:49:43,908
and I turned my head so he wouldn't

1065
00:49:43,908 --> 00:49:47,774
see me go into the church - hypocrite.

1066
00:49:47,774 --> 00:49:50,571
And I still feel the pain of that day,

1067
00:49:50,571 --> 00:49:54,362
because Jesus was not ashamed of me.

1068
00:49:54,362 --> 00:49:57,303
Fortunately, Jesus saved me.

1069
00:49:57,303 --> 00:49:58,696
But, we all contend,

1070
00:49:58,696 --> 00:50:00,528
if we're not connected, we could all

1071
00:50:00,528 --> 00:50:02,595
tend towards hypocrisy, right?

1072
00:50:02,595 --> 00:50:04,227
We could tend towards selfishness

1073
00:50:04,227 --> 00:50:06,029
and self-exaltation.

1074
00:50:06,029 --> 00:50:10,903
So Puia, would you read to us John 14:1-5,

1075
00:50:10,903 --> 00:50:13,500
because embedded in this story

1076
00:50:13,500 --> 00:50:16,276
we see both restlessness

1077
00:50:16,276 --> 00:50:17,455
from the disciples

1078
00:50:17,455 --> 00:50:18,959
but also the secret,

1079
00:50:18,959 --> 00:50:21,301
the antidote for restlessness,

1080
00:50:21,301 --> 00:50:23,354
whether it's caused by selfishness

1081
00:50:23,354 --> 00:50:27,891
or a desire for self-exaltation
or hypocrisy.

1082
00:50:27,891 --> 00:50:31,063
Read to us John 14:1-5.

1083
00:50:31,063 --> 00:50:32,623
(Puia) Sure, and I'll be reading

1084
00:50:32,623 --> 00:50:34,657
from the New King James Version:

1085
00:51:10,400 --> 00:51:12,353
(Derek) So, why are they restless?

1086
00:51:12,353 --> 00:51:14,329
Why are they at least tempted

1087
00:51:14,329 --> 00:51:16,259
to be anxious? Brittany.

1088
00:51:16,259 --> 00:51:17,730
(Brittany) Well, their Master,

1089
00:51:17,730 --> 00:51:20,206
who they've been following
for three and a half years

1090
00:51:20,206 --> 00:51:21,599
is saying He's leaving them.

1091
00:51:21,599 --> 00:51:22,699
And so, they don't know

1092
00:51:22,699 --> 00:51:24,883
where He's going, from what Thomas said,

1093
00:51:24,883 --> 00:51:26,034
and they don't know

1094
00:51:26,034 --> 00:51:27,104
how to get to Him.

1095
00:51:27,104 --> 00:51:28,808
They're worried; they're concerned,

1096
00:51:28,808 --> 00:51:30,553
"Now what is our life going to be?"

1097
00:51:30,553 --> 00:51:32,440
They had left everything to follow Him,

1098
00:51:32,440 --> 00:51:34,663
and now, "What are we going to do next?"

1099
00:51:34,663 --> 00:51:36,359
(Derek) And what is the answer

1100
00:51:36,359 --> 00:51:38,442
to their restlessness?

1101
00:51:38,442 --> 00:51:40,048
Next verse, Sabina,

1102
00:51:40,048 --> 00:51:43,837
chapter 14 of John, verse 6.

1103
00:51:43,837 --> 00:51:44,850
(Sabina) It says:

1104
00:51:51,850 --> 00:51:53,567
(Derek) "Rest in Me."

1105
00:51:53,567 --> 00:51:55,847
That reminds us of our Scripture song.

1106
00:51:55,847 --> 00:51:58,999
Can someone sing it for us?
Well, no, don't sing.

1107
00:51:58,999 --> 00:52:03,074
Could you read it for us, someone?
Matthew 11:28-30.

1108
00:52:03,074 --> 00:52:04,841
Jason, do you have it?

1109
00:52:04,841 --> 00:52:07,211
Because really, the rest

1110
00:52:07,211 --> 00:52:10,636
is not found in selfish grabbing,

1111
00:52:10,636 --> 00:52:13,204
self-exaltation, or trying

1112
00:52:13,204 --> 00:52:17,080
to project a life that you're not living.

1113
00:52:17,080 --> 00:52:18,967
It's found by resting in Christ.

1114
00:52:18,967 --> 00:52:20,883
What's the beautiful invitation there

1115
00:52:20,883 --> 00:52:23,186
in Matthew 11:28-30?

1116
00:52:23,186 --> 00:52:25,103
(Jason) The New King James Version says,

1117
00:52:25,103 --> 00:52:28,222
Matthew, chapter 11, verses 28 through 30:

1118
00:52:49,399 --> 00:52:51,382
(Derek) So, you finally come to the place

1119
00:52:51,382 --> 00:52:53,324
where you say, "I am going

1120
00:52:53,324 --> 00:52:55,413
to surrender my life

1121
00:52:55,413 --> 00:52:58,098
wholly to Jesus and rest in Him.

1122
00:52:58,098 --> 00:53:02,302
Whether I live, whether I die,

1123
00:53:02,302 --> 00:53:05,464
whether the result from this test

1124
00:53:05,464 --> 00:53:09,666
I just had is negative or positive,

1125
00:53:09,666 --> 00:53:12,144
I'm going to choose to rest in Christ

1126
00:53:12,144 --> 00:53:16,347
and be secure there."

1127
00:53:16,347 --> 00:53:18,159
Do you know there are some people

1128
00:53:18,159 --> 00:53:20,482
that, when they make that decision,

1129
00:53:20,482 --> 00:53:23,669
not everybody supports them.

1130
00:53:23,669 --> 00:53:27,398
Sometimes even friends and family members

1131
00:53:27,398 --> 00:53:29,391
criticize them for saying...

1132
00:53:29,391 --> 00:53:31,813
You know, it's like the survival

1133
00:53:31,813 --> 00:53:36,132
of the fittest, Jason, "Keep climbing up,

1134
00:53:36,132 --> 00:53:38,418
even if you have to climb over people.

1135
00:53:38,418 --> 00:53:41,280
You're just going to get," we have
an expression in English,

1136
00:53:41,280 --> 00:53:43,615
"eaten alive if you just think

1137
00:53:43,615 --> 00:53:45,044
you can rest in Christ

1138
00:53:45,044 --> 00:53:48,243
and life will go well."

1139
00:53:48,243 --> 00:53:50,505
What would you say to someone like that?

1140
00:53:50,505 --> 00:53:52,025
Once you've made your decision,

1141
00:53:52,025 --> 00:53:55,952
"I'm just going to rest my life," Puia,
"rest in Christ,"

1142
00:53:55,952 --> 00:53:57,364
what would you say to someone

1143
00:53:57,364 --> 00:54:00,333
who says, "You'll just be eaten alive.

1144
00:54:00,333 --> 00:54:04,763
You'll get trampled on by everybody"?

1145
00:54:04,763 --> 00:54:06,398
(Puia) I would say, continue

1146
00:54:06,398 --> 00:54:08,452
to look at the cross

1147
00:54:08,452 --> 00:54:10,623
and how much Jesus suffered

1148
00:54:10,623 --> 00:54:11,846
to give us that rest.

1149
00:54:11,846 --> 00:54:12,789
And once we have

1150
00:54:12,789 --> 00:54:16,048
that personal relationship with Jesus

1151
00:54:16,048 --> 00:54:17,763
and we are being persecuted,

1152
00:54:17,763 --> 00:54:18,932
either by our family

1153
00:54:18,932 --> 00:54:21,624
or friends or other people,

1154
00:54:21,624 --> 00:54:24,351
it means that we are sharing

1155
00:54:24,351 --> 00:54:25,778
in the journey of Jesus,

1156
00:54:25,778 --> 00:54:27,172
and we are carrying the cross

1157
00:54:27,172 --> 00:54:28,876
as Jesus calls us to.

1158
00:54:28,876 --> 00:54:30,137
And at the end of the day,

1159
00:54:30,137 --> 00:54:32,223
as we read earlier, Jesus said,

1160
00:54:32,223 --> 00:54:33,352
"I will give you rest."

1161
00:54:33,352 --> 00:54:36,018
And the yoke, Jesus said the word "yoke,"

1162
00:54:36,018 --> 00:54:37,484
and in some ways the yoke

1163
00:54:37,484 --> 00:54:39,940
would seem to be like a problem

1164
00:54:39,940 --> 00:54:41,924
for an animal that they often used

1165
00:54:41,924 --> 00:54:43,607
to drive the animal to work.

1166
00:54:43,607 --> 00:54:46,225
But, according to Jesus, His yoke is easy,

1167
00:54:46,225 --> 00:54:47,236
meaning, even when we

1168
00:54:47,236 --> 00:54:49,581
go through problems because of Jesus,

1169
00:54:49,581 --> 00:54:53,140
we find joy and rest and happiness inside.

1170
00:54:53,140 --> 00:54:54,530
(Derek) I've heard stories...

1171
00:54:54,530 --> 00:54:55,841
And I see a couple of hands

1172
00:54:55,841 --> 00:54:57,521
in the couple of minutes remaining.

1173
00:54:57,521 --> 00:54:59,437
I've heard stories, when Christians

1174
00:54:59,437 --> 00:55:02,093
are facing great hardship,

1175
00:55:02,093 --> 00:55:05,150
and yet the rest in their souls

1176
00:55:05,150 --> 00:55:08,120
is a powerful witness to people,

1177
00:55:08,120 --> 00:55:11,084
and to unbelievers, even who come

1178
00:55:11,084 --> 00:55:12,688
to conviction that they need

1179
00:55:12,688 --> 00:55:14,573
rest in God, too. Nicole?

1180
00:55:14,573 --> 00:55:16,166
(Nicole) I would say rest is not

1181
00:55:16,166 --> 00:55:18,093
just lying down and letting life happen.

1182
00:55:18,093 --> 00:55:19,587
Rest is allowing Christ to work

1183
00:55:19,587 --> 00:55:21,258
through you and in you to give you

1184
00:55:21,258 --> 00:55:22,548
what you need to accomplish

1185
00:55:22,548 --> 00:55:24,250
and deal with whatever situation

1186
00:55:24,250 --> 00:55:26,468
is presented in front of you.

1187
00:55:26,468 --> 00:55:28,462
(Derek) And your life can be a testimony,

1188
00:55:28,462 --> 00:55:32,031
that you found rest for your soul. Jason?

1189
00:55:32,031 --> 00:55:33,893
(Jason) And one thing also I would say

1190
00:55:33,893 --> 00:55:36,587
is the whole idea of, you can get

1191
00:55:36,587 --> 00:55:38,212
ahead of others, you know,

1192
00:55:38,212 --> 00:55:40,267
by fighting for yourself,

1193
00:55:40,267 --> 00:55:42,380
Jesus said, if you live by the sword,

1194
00:55:42,380 --> 00:55:43,530
you'll die by the sword.

1195
00:55:43,530 --> 00:55:44,888
So, one, that you're

1196
00:55:44,888 --> 00:55:46,282
kind of setting your destiny.

1197
00:55:46,282 --> 00:55:47,874
And then I would ask that person,

1198
00:55:47,874 --> 00:55:49,636
"Do you really want to live this way?

1199
00:55:49,636 --> 00:55:51,428
Does this way truly make you happy?"

1200
00:55:51,428 --> 00:55:53,859
Because, at least in my experience,

1201
00:55:53,859 --> 00:55:55,573
pushing over others doesn't really

1202
00:55:55,573 --> 00:55:57,178
make a person happy.

1203
00:55:57,178 --> 00:55:59,688
(Derek) Shaina, closing thought.

1204
00:55:59,688 --> 00:56:02,544
(Shaina) I also find that when we

1205
00:56:02,544 --> 00:56:04,018
truly rest in Christ,

1206
00:56:04,018 --> 00:56:06,496
we also get His promise,

1207
00:56:06,496 --> 00:56:08,922
that peace that passes all understanding,

1208
00:56:08,922 --> 00:56:10,815
and we're able to make

1209
00:56:10,815 --> 00:56:12,464
more coherent decisions.

1210
00:56:12,464 --> 00:56:17,501
So, it's the comparisons of being stressed

1211
00:56:17,501 --> 00:56:20,542
and worrying, and, you know,

1212
00:56:20,542 --> 00:56:22,799
being in that 24/7 society

1213
00:56:22,799 --> 00:56:25,202
versus taking that peace

1214
00:56:25,202 --> 00:56:26,911
and being able to maneuver

1215
00:56:26,911 --> 00:56:29,755
life's situations much better.

1216
00:56:29,755 --> 00:56:31,540
(Derek) And what a powerful testimony

1217
00:56:31,540 --> 00:56:34,223
from Shaina who not many months ago

1218
00:56:34,223 --> 00:56:36,421
went through a really tough accident.

1219
00:56:36,421 --> 00:56:37,662
And she had to decide

1220
00:56:37,662 --> 00:56:39,704
to rest her life wholly in Christ.

1221
00:56:39,704 --> 00:56:41,402
Praise God, Shaina, for the miracle

1222
00:56:41,402 --> 00:56:42,880
that you're experiencing

1223
00:56:42,880 --> 00:56:45,222
through resting in Jesus every day.

1224
00:56:45,222 --> 00:56:46,789
And you know, that's what Jesus

1225
00:56:46,789 --> 00:56:48,570
wants for all of us.

1226
00:56:48,570 --> 00:56:51,035
He wants us to learn to let it go,

1227
00:56:51,035 --> 00:56:52,800
the selfishness, the desire

1228
00:56:52,800 --> 00:56:56,017
for self-exaltation, the hypocrisy,

1229
00:56:56,017 --> 00:56:57,238
and say, "I'm just going

1230
00:56:57,238 --> 00:56:59,723
to surrender to Jesus and rest in Him."

1231
00:56:59,723 --> 00:57:01,490
And like Nicole said, it doesn't mean

1232
00:57:01,490 --> 00:57:03,631
you just don't do anything,

1233
00:57:03,631 --> 00:57:05,501
but whatever you're facing,

1234
00:57:05,501 --> 00:57:08,480
you're facing it with Jesus by your side.

1235
00:57:08,480 --> 00:57:10,365
Let's pray; Father in Heaven,

1236
00:57:10,365 --> 00:57:11,594
what a way to live,

1237
00:57:11,594 --> 00:57:16,601
instead of these restless ways,
to rest in You.

1238
00:57:16,601 --> 00:57:20,298
And may our rest in Christ
be a witness,

1239
00:57:20,298 --> 00:57:23,165
that others might seek rest in You, too.

1240
00:57:23,165 --> 00:57:25,373
In Jesus' name. Amen.

1241
00:57:25,373 --> 00:57:26,315
(Team) Amen.

1242
00:57:26,315 --> 00:57:29,424
(Derek) Well, thanks for joining us
for Hope Sabbath School today.

1243
00:57:29,424 --> 00:57:30,965
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1244
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1245
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1246
00:57:36,549 --> 00:57:38,219
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1247
00:57:38,219 --> 00:57:39,539
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1248
00:57:39,539 --> 00:57:41,506
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1249
00:57:41,506 --> 00:57:42,897
Jesus wants to give you

1250
00:57:42,897 --> 00:57:44,502
rest for your soul.

1251
00:57:44,502 --> 00:57:46,812
And as you rejoice in His presence,

1252
00:57:46,812 --> 00:57:48,252
go out and be a blessing

1253
00:57:48,252 --> 00:57:49,547
to those around you.

1254
00:57:49,547 --> 00:58:29,453
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