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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.05,0:00:19.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ theme music ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.64,0:00:21.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Welcome to Hope Sabbath School,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.50,0:00:23.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an in-depth, interactive study
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.33,0:00:24.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Word of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.55,0:00:28.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're in a series entitled\N{\i1}Rest in Christ.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.30,0:00:29.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need that rest today,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.54,0:00:30.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm sure you do, as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.98,0:00:31.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, we're talking
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.94,0:00:35.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about {\i1}The Roots of Restlessness.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.28,0:00:37.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We discovered in our last study
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.30,0:00:39.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that restlessness can lead to rebellion,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.92,0:00:42.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which can lead to violence\Nand destruction.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.36,0:00:45.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God wants us to experience rest\Nfor our souls,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.25,0:00:47.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we're really glad you joined us today
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.69,0:00:49.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and glad to see the team here.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.90,0:00:51.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're excited that we're
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.83,0:00:53.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now having some of our team members
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.66,0:00:55.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,joining us remotely.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.29,0:00:57.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got Shaina joining us from Maine.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.67,0:00:59.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shaina, great to see you
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.01,0:01:00.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as part of the team today.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.72,0:01:03.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And also Puia joining us from Hawaii.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.52,0:01:05.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Great to see you, Puia,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.22,0:01:06.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as part of our team.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.54,0:01:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're always happy to hear from you,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.42,0:01:11.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our Hope Sabbath School members\Naround the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.06,0:01:12.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can always write to us
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.32,0:01:14.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at sshope@hopetv.org.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.40,0:01:16.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We get excited, don't we, when we hear
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.33,0:01:18.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what God's doing in your life
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.42,0:01:20.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how He's blessing you\Nthrough His Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.98,0:01:22.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's a note from Cherryl
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.65,0:01:26.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Illinois here in the United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.05,0:01:27.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hope Sabbath School
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.04,0:01:29.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been such a blessing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.40,0:01:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been watching for several years
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.20,0:01:34.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and look forward to doing so every week
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.06,0:01:36.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sharing with family and friends,"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.06,0:01:37.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's good, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.58,0:01:38.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Thank God for the outreach
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.89,0:01:39.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Hope Sabbath School.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.100,0:01:42.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be blessed, keep up the good work."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.52,0:01:44.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, Cherryl, thanks for writing
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.11,0:01:45.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to us from Illinois,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.56,0:01:47.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're excited that you're sharing
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.34,0:01:48.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what you're learning
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.44,0:01:50.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with family and friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.34,0:01:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Roger writes to us from Guyana;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.20,0:01:55.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's South America, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.59,0:01:57.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He writes and says,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.10,0:01:59.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Ever since I was introduced
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.21,0:02:00.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Hope Sabbath School
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.77,0:02:02.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about four years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.57,0:02:03.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it has become part
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.95,0:02:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of my welcoming of the Sabbath.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.98,0:02:08.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love how the study
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.18,0:02:11.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is made simple by your team.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.48,0:02:13.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You stir an excitement in me
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.36,0:02:15.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to study and know more about God."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.41,0:02:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team) Praise God. Amen.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.04,0:02:18.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) "My mother loves
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.20,0:02:20.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Scripture songs.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.04,0:02:22.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm all the way from Guyana,\NSouth America.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.55,0:02:24.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,May God continue to bless
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.74,0:02:26.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have mercy on us all."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.90,0:02:28.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, Roger, thanks for writing
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.48,0:02:30.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to us from Guyana,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.93,0:02:33.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lovely to hear from you.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.28,0:02:36.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's a hand-written note from a donor;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.01,0:02:38.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we still get hand-written notes.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.03,0:02:39.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From a donor in New Jersey
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.58,0:02:42.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the United States of America,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.06,0:02:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the donor writes, "I watch
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.84,0:02:46.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hope Sabbath School every Saturday
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.92,0:02:48.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have now become
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.57,0:02:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your 81-year-old student."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.10,0:02:51.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team) Wow.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.96,0:02:53.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Wow, you know who you are;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.59,0:02:54.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we won't greet you by name
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.83,0:02:56.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you're a generous donor.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.87,0:02:58.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We thank you for your support, though.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.88,0:03:02.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I love how the lessons are explained
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.19,0:03:04.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and personal testimonies
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.09,0:03:05.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the team are given.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.86,0:03:08.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,May God continue to bless your ministry,"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.79,0:03:11.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a donation of 25 dollars
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.31,0:03:12.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for Hope Sabbath School.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.75,0:03:14.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, God bless you.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.19,0:03:15.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all can be a part
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.14,0:03:16.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the great miracle.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.22,0:03:18.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a donor-supported ministry.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.78,0:03:20.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you'd like to give, you can
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.21,0:03:23.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just go to hopetv.org/donate,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.87,0:03:25.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you can go to our website
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.52,0:03:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and click that yellow donate button.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.26,0:03:31.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's a note from Terrena, a Jamaican
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.89,0:03:35.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,living in the United Arab Emirates,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.88,0:03:38.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Terrena writes and says,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.06,0:03:39.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Greetings in the name
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.13,0:03:40.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Lord Jesus."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.66,0:03:42.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, Terrena, you got a wave there.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.39,0:03:43.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team) Greetings.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.57,0:03:45.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) "Thank you for your great work
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.40,0:03:46.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in spreading the gospel
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.93,0:03:49.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and encouraging us
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.12,0:03:51.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to study the Word of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.40,0:03:53.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I watch your program all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.64,0:03:55.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's been a blessing,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.02,0:03:58.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially during this pandemic.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.38,0:04:00.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Keep up the great work.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.09,0:04:03.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,May God bless you and your team. Amen."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.02,0:04:04.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, thank you, Terrena,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.50,0:04:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,writing from the United Arab Emirates.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.06,0:04:09.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here is one last email,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.55,0:04:14.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Amanuel, Amanuel, spelt
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.08,0:04:17.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little differently with an A, Amanuel.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.39,0:04:21.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm writing from Ethiopia,"\NAmanuel writes.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.17,0:04:25.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I am a university teacher in my country.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.89,0:04:26.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been watching
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.77,0:04:30.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hope Sabbath School since 2017,"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.04,0:04:33.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,listen to this, "when I was a student
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.32,0:04:35.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the very university
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.11,0:04:38.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I'm now a professor."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.08,0:04:40.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Congratulations, Amanuel, for graduating
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.54,0:04:43.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now becoming a professor\Nat your university.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.90,0:04:45.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Thank you for making the Bible
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.86,0:04:48.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so simple and clear.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.80,0:04:51.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel as if I'm with you literally.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.42,0:04:53.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I smile with you; I'm touched
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.79,0:04:57.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by your testimonies; I love you all.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.05,0:04:59.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,May God continue to bless you,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.16,0:05:02.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,speak to you and through you." Amen?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.60,0:05:03.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team) Amen.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.36,0:05:04.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Well, Amanuel, thank you
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.90,0:05:07.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for writing to us from Ethiopia.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.12,0:05:09.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're glad each one of you are part
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.23,0:05:11.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our Hope Sabbath School family.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.19,0:05:13.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right now we'd love to invite you
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.17,0:05:14.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to sing our theme song.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.38,0:05:16.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's taken from Matthew, chapter 11.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.82,0:05:19.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the words of Jesus, verses 28 to 30,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.86,0:05:22.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Come to Me, all you who labor
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.46,0:05:24.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and are heavy laden,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.09,0:05:27.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I will give you rest,"\Nlet's sing together.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.85,0:05:41.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ music ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.45,0:08:41.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) I love that song,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.64,0:08:43.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, you know, I love it so much
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.17,0:08:44.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to speak to you
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.22,0:08:45.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as our Hope Sabbath School family.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.84,0:08:48.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'd like to give you a copy of the song
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.24,0:08:52.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,plus 11 other Scripture songs\Nin a collection.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.60,0:08:54.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All you have to do
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.03,0:08:59.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is go to our website, hopetv.org/hopess.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.49,0:09:00.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll see a button
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.40,0:09:02.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that says, "Free Gift."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.53,0:09:04.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go to our website, click
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.22,0:09:06.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the Free Gift button,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.24,0:09:08.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you'll get a link to download,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.66,0:09:10.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only this theme song,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.35,0:09:12.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but 11 other beautiful Scripture songs
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.56,0:09:15.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you can hide God's Word in your heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.21,0:09:16.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's our gift to you
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.78,0:09:17.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Hope Sabbath School.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.100,0:09:19.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's pray together now.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.76,0:09:20.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our Father in Heaven,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.99,0:09:22.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've already seen in this series
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.77,0:09:24.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on {\i1}Rest in Christ{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.68,0:09:27.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how much we need that rest for our souls.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.76,0:09:29.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we've seen the damaging effect
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.57,0:09:33.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of restlessness and rebellion.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.17,0:09:34.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I pray today, as we study
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.72,0:09:37.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about {\i1}The Roots of Restlessness,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.70,0:09:40.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we might be convicted even more
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.98,0:09:44.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to find rest for our souls in Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.28,0:09:46.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Guide each one in our study today.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.23,0:09:50.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We pray in the powerful name\Nof Jesus. Amen.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.51,0:09:51.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team) Amen.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.48,0:09:52.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) We're going to start
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.85,0:09:56.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our study today in Luke, chapter 12,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.10,0:09:59.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a story about a restless individual.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.71,0:10:00.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, we're going to look
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.92,0:10:02.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at three roots of restlessness.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.88,0:10:05.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe you'll say, "Well, Derek,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.31,0:10:06.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can think of four or five,"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.71,0:10:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can share those together,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.10,0:10:12.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'm suggesting that selfishness
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.39,0:10:14.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is one of the roots
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.40,0:10:16.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a restless spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.11,0:10:17.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's pick up the story
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.44,0:10:19.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Luke, chapter 12,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.81,0:10:21.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, Nicole, if you could begin
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.33,0:10:25.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our study today, verses 13 through 19.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.53,0:10:27.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A restless young man
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.39,0:10:31.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually interrupts Jesus who's preaching
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.51,0:10:34.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and interrupts Him with a demand.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.40,0:10:36.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's pick up the story
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.19,0:10:38.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Luke 12:13-19.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.65,0:10:41.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nicole) And the New International\NVersion says:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.85,0:11:34.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Now, let's take this man,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.42,0:11:37.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he has a barn; it's too small.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.55,0:11:38.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are some options
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.83,0:11:42.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if he wasn't driven by a selfish spirit?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.07,0:11:43.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's had a great crop. Jason?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.87,0:11:45.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jason) He could give away
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.16,0:11:46.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of it to other people.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.53,0:11:49.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) He could find some other people\Nthat didn't have
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.17,0:11:50.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such a good year. Brittany?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.48,0:11:53.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Brittany) I was going to say\Nwhat Jason said, that, yeah,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.22,0:11:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he should look for those who are needy
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.04,0:11:56.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or like they had in Israel,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.36,0:11:59.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they had this law that they would let
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.40,0:12:00.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the reapers go through,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.56,0:12:02.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then they would leave some behind
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.33,0:12:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for those who are widowed and poor.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.02,0:12:06.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, he should do the same with his stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.06,0:12:07.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) That's a great example.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.59,0:12:09.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think they call that gleaning,\Ndon't they?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.67,0:12:10.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We heard about that
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.61,0:12:11.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the story of Ruth
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.57,0:12:13.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Old Testament.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.49,0:12:16.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, with Ruth, Boaz gives permission
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.47,0:12:18.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to leave extra piles, doesn't he?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.59,0:12:20.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think he's already realized
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.15,0:12:21.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what a precious person she is.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.90,0:12:25.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, one option would be to give away
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.66,0:12:27.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than tear down a barn,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.27,0:12:32.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which caused more expense for him.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.30,0:12:34.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What indications are there, though,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.35,0:12:36.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this man is driven
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.48,0:12:39.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by a selfish spirit? Sabina?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.71,0:12:41.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Sabina) I think that we can look
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.30,0:12:48.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at verse, let's see, verse 19; it says:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.77,0:12:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, it sounds like he has
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.00,0:12:59.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a very great plan for his own life
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.52,0:13:01.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and his own self, too,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.21,0:13:03.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to care for his own problems
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.31,0:13:04.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not anybody else's.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.97,0:13:05.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) That's right.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.99,0:13:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's certainly not talking to God.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.62,0:13:10.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's kind of praying to himself.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.35,0:13:12.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he's not talking to anyone else around
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.35,0:13:14.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saying, "Does anyone else have any needs?"
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.76,0:13:17.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's saying, "Self, eat,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.86,0:13:19.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,drink and be merry."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.33,0:13:20.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How does the Lord...By the way,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.99,0:13:23.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is a parable, though it may have been
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.19,0:13:25.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a true story, who knows?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.20,0:13:27.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus may have actually seen
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.84,0:13:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something like that,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.02,0:13:30.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,certainly the interruption
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.27,0:13:31.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Nicole read was real.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.69,0:13:33.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someone just interrupted Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.54,0:13:35.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How does Jesus respond, Pedro,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.32,0:13:38.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in verses 20 and 21 of Luke, chapter 12?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.89,0:13:39.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Pedro) I'll be reading
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.99,0:13:42.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the New King James Version,\Nand it says:
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.95,0:14:05.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) In another place,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.20,0:14:07.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it's in Matthew 16, Jesus says,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.65,0:14:09.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What does it profit a person
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.79,0:14:12.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if she or he gains the whole world,"
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.64,0:14:15.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like super big barn,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.37,0:14:18.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"and lose your soul," right?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.05,0:14:19.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the whole point is,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.14,0:14:21.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when this man dies,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.53,0:14:23.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how much do you take with you?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.21,0:14:24.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team) Nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.73,0:14:26.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Only your relationship
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.18,0:14:28.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or lack of relationship with God, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.46,0:14:30.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're resting in Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.23,0:14:33.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, death is just a sleep, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.53,0:14:35.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you can't change, you certainly
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.87,0:14:37.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can't take things with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.52,0:14:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here's an unnamed selfish man.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.24,0:14:43.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you think of other Bible characters,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.78,0:14:47.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do a little scan in your Bible memory,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.18,0:14:48.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some other Bible characters
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.72,0:14:52.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they were just driven by selfishness,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.65,0:14:55.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and of course underlying this theme
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.86,0:14:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of {\i1}Rest in Christ,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.00,0:14:59.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're restless when you're driven
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.56,0:15:01.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by selfishness. Nicole?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.22,0:15:02.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nicole) I would say Jacob
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.48,0:15:04.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before his encounter with God,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.06,0:15:06.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when he took the inheritance and ran away.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.46,0:15:08.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would say that was a bit of restlessness
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.46,0:15:09.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in terms of self, and, "I want
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.99,0:15:11.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what my brother has."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.33,0:15:12.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then when he encountered God,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.93,0:15:14.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his whole life changed.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.82,0:15:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) So, grabbing for that birthright,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.64,0:15:21.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which technically would have been Esau's,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.59,0:15:24.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but God had promised him, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.20,0:15:27.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, there's a selfish grab, if you will.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.59,0:15:28.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nicole) It's a struggle.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.82,0:15:30.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Alright, Brittany.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.07,0:15:31.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Brittany) I was thinking of Balaam.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.82,0:15:34.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was supposedly a prophet of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.12,0:15:35.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and God told him to go...
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.80,0:15:37.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, actually a king came and said,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.78,0:15:39.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hey, will you curse
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.77,0:15:41.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the children of Israel for me
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.76,0:15:43.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because God is blessing them."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.29,0:15:45.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, Balaam at first was like, "No,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.98,0:15:47.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not going to do it."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.14,0:15:48.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then when the king
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.22,0:15:49.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,offered him a large sum of money,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.82,0:15:51.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was like, "Oh, sure, I'll do it."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.67,0:15:54.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And on his way, an angel of the Lord came
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.54,0:15:57.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and blocked his way, and it took a donkey,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.30,0:15:59.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God using the donkey to speak to him
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.03,0:16:00.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to open his eyes to his danger
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.68,0:16:04.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what he was doing against God.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.33,0:16:05.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) And, of course, when he
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.82,0:16:07.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,finally does open his mouth,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.17,0:16:09.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he blesses the people of God\Nrather than curses them,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.64,0:16:10.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but those are two examples.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.98,0:16:11.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another one, Jason?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.91,0:16:13.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jason) So, I think of Ahab and Jezebel.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.90,0:16:15.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it's particularly Jezebel,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.53,0:16:17.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a vineyard - Naboth's,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.14,0:16:19.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think, was the name - that she wanted.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.05,0:16:20.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she actually had the guy
Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.42,0:16:23.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,falsely accused and murdered,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.20,0:16:24.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and both her and her husband
Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.58,0:16:25.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were part of a conspiracy
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.99,0:16:27.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they wanted a vineyard.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.79,0:16:29.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Sure. I'm seeing
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.81,0:16:31.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shaina's hand and Puia's hand
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.60,0:16:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,raised there in Maine and in Hawaii.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.78,0:16:36.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shaina, another example of someone
Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.14,0:16:38.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,driven by selfishness, which, of course,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.90,0:16:42.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,creates a lot of restlessness\Nin our hearts.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.10,0:16:44.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Shaina) I'm thinking of King Saul.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.43,0:16:45.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Saul was anointed by God
Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.93,0:16:48.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to become the first king of Israel,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.02,0:16:50.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when he saw that...
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.04,0:16:51.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, he had done a bunch of things
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.83,0:16:53.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that were wrong in the sight of the Lord,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.81,0:16:55.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when he saw that the Spirit
Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.28,0:16:59.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Lord was instead on David,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:59.01,0:17:01.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the rest of his life was somewhat
Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.03,0:17:03.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spent in pursuing David.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:03.15,0:17:05.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was a restless pursuit,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.98,0:17:07.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even to the point where there was
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.59,0:17:09.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a time when Saul
Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.44,0:17:11.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was right in front of David, and David
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.48,0:17:14.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had the opportunity to take his life.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.11,0:17:15.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But David was, like, "No,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.36,0:17:17.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not touching the Lord's anointed."
Dialogue: 0,0:17:17.21,0:17:20.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, that's another example\Nof restlessness.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.71,0:17:22.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Sure, and selfishness, for sure.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.65,0:17:24.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, while Shaina was sharing
Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.30,0:17:25.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Puia, I'll come to your point),
Dialogue: 0,0:17:25.83,0:17:27.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while Shaina was sharing,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.03,0:17:28.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought, instead of spending
Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.67,0:17:31.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the rest of his life pursuing David,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.51,0:17:32.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what if he had spent
Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.50,0:17:36.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the rest of his life pursuing God, right?!
Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.13,0:17:40.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It would mean a totally different story.\NPuia.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:40.40,0:17:43.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Puia) Yes, I was thinking of Satan,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:43.03,0:17:44.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lucifer in Heaven.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.75,0:17:46.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His selfishness drove him
Dialogue: 0,0:17:46.38,0:17:48.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to rebel against God
Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.09,0:17:50.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as he wanted more and more power,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:50.97,0:17:53.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even above his own Creator.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:53.24,0:17:54.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he, of course,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.41,0:17:56.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the originator of sin, in Heaven,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:56.56,0:17:59.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and later brought it into this planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:59.73,0:18:02.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, I believe Satan is a good example
Dialogue: 0,0:18:02.21,0:18:05.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what selfishness does to someone
Dialogue: 0,0:18:05.12,0:18:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you allow that selfishness
Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.00,0:18:09.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to continue to drive you forward.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:09.61,0:18:10.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:10.49,0:18:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's also a great example
Dialogue: 0,0:18:11.70,0:18:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the second root of restlessness,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:13.86,0:18:16.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which we'll come to in a minute.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:16.16,0:18:17.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Going to come to you, Pedro.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:17.55,0:18:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seems like we don't have
Dialogue: 0,0:18:18.90,0:18:21.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much difficulty finding examples\Nof people.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:21.47,0:18:24.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Selfishness is kind of a natural attitude
Dialogue: 0,0:18:24.37,0:18:27.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a sinful heart, right? Pedro?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:27.29,0:18:29.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Pedro) I was trying to find\Nthe name here,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:29.33,0:18:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I found it in 1 Samuel 25 - Nabal.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:31.44,0:18:35.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was helped by David and his men,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:35.37,0:18:37.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he refused to reward him.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:37.15,0:18:39.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "I don't know who David is."
Dialogue: 0,0:18:39.26,0:18:42.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Abigail, his wife, had to intervene,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:42.30,0:18:45.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we saw what greed caused\Nin his life,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:45.34,0:18:47.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,similar to the parable of Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:47.24,0:18:48.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Sure, and that's right.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:48.74,0:18:51.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eventually Nabal dies in a drunken stupor.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:51.38,0:18:52.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't know; his heart
Dialogue: 0,0:18:52.69,0:18:54.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stopped for whatever reason.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:54.62,0:19:00.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it shows the futility of living a life
Dialogue: 0,0:19:00.14,0:19:02.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,simply driven by selfishness.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:02.65,0:19:05.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, like I said, we didn't have trouble
Dialogue: 0,0:19:05.83,0:19:07.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,finding many examples.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:07.58,0:19:11.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Confession time, oh, was there\Never a time -
Dialogue: 0,0:19:11.90,0:19:14.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Puia and Shaina, you're\Njoining us remotely,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:14.10,0:19:16.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and here we've got the team -
Dialogue: 0,0:19:16.34,0:19:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when, if you're honest with yourself,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:19.18,0:19:20.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you were being driven
Dialogue: 0,0:19:20.80,0:19:22.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little bit by a selfish spirit
Dialogue: 0,0:19:22.79,0:19:25.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(notice I'm trying to tone it down\Njust a little bit),
Dialogue: 0,0:19:25.68,0:19:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it didn't satisfy the restlessness\Ninside?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:30.10,0:19:33.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anybody can relate to that in any way?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:33.76,0:19:35.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, we've got a few brave souls.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:35.54,0:19:37.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sabina and then Nicole.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:37.26,0:19:39.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Sabina) I have a sister;
Dialogue: 0,0:19:39.25,0:19:40.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she's older than me.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:40.85,0:19:43.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think that if she watches us,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:43.01,0:19:45.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she will be able to agree
Dialogue: 0,0:19:45.54,0:19:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with what I am going to share.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:47.00,0:19:47.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that we both
Dialogue: 0,0:19:47.96,0:19:50.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were selfish, usually, when we\Nwere not willing to share
Dialogue: 0,0:19:50.61,0:19:52.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our clothes with each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:52.46,0:19:54.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think that sometimes
Dialogue: 0,0:19:54.30,0:19:56.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our relationship growing up,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:56.04,0:19:57.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just the fact that I wanted
Dialogue: 0,0:19:57.66,0:19:59.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to hoard my things to myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:59.40,0:20:00.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or she wanted to hoard
Dialogue: 0,0:20:00.53,0:20:01.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her things to herself,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:01.82,0:20:04.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made us sometimes to be in conflict.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:04.14,0:20:07.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I could give other examples\Nin my life,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:07.68,0:20:09.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'm just sharing this one.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:09.71,0:20:11.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Just that one, and I'm assuming
Dialogue: 0,0:20:11.58,0:20:12.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that that didn't result
Dialogue: 0,0:20:12.69,0:20:15.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a very restful environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:15.46,0:20:17.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Sabina) No, eventually, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:17.11,0:20:18.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we grew up in learning
Dialogue: 0,0:20:18.100,0:20:20.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to divide things with each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:20.91,0:20:22.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I remember situations
Dialogue: 0,0:20:22.39,0:20:25.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which we had fights as girls, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:25.27,0:20:28.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not willing to share, just selfish.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:28.18,0:20:29.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Sure. Nicole.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:29.69,0:20:31.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nicole) When I was in medical school,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:31.55,0:20:33.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was very much driven
Dialogue: 0,0:20:33.27,0:20:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a particular path
Dialogue: 0,0:20:34.60,0:20:36.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I wanted to take in my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:36.18,0:20:37.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was really driven on myself
Dialogue: 0,0:20:37.80,0:20:40.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in wanting to be in a particular position.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:40.32,0:20:41.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was a very restless time,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:41.85,0:20:43.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I was fighting against God
Dialogue: 0,0:20:43.47,0:20:44.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what He wanted me to do,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:44.87,0:20:46.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I wanted to do "X."
Dialogue: 0,0:20:46.90,0:20:48.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, when I finally gave in and said,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:48.82,0:20:52.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Okay, where do you want me to go, Lord?"\NI found the rest I needed and was able
Dialogue: 0,0:20:52.61,0:20:54.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to choose the career that He\Nwanted me to be in.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:54.86,0:20:57.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But before that, there was definitely\Na struggle
Dialogue: 0,0:20:57.10,0:20:59.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between my desire for my ego
Dialogue: 0,0:20:59.44,0:21:01.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be stroked and my selfishness
Dialogue: 0,0:21:01.47,0:21:04.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,versus what He wanted and saw for my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:04.58,0:21:06.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) So, we found many examples,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:06.29,0:21:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we could probably all
Dialogue: 0,0:21:08.30,0:21:09.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,find examples in our own lives
Dialogue: 0,0:21:09.99,0:21:13.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of how a selfish attitude
Dialogue: 0,0:21:13.01,0:21:15.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,created a restlessness for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:15.56,0:21:17.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But have you ever seen,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:17.73,0:21:19.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,either in the Scripture
Dialogue: 0,0:21:19.51,0:21:21.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or maybe even in your life,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:21.19,0:21:23.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,someone that really models
Dialogue: 0,0:21:23.28,0:21:27.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an unselfish spirit which results
Dialogue: 0,0:21:27.80,0:21:30.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in rest for our souls?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:30.16,0:21:32.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anybody? Is there an individual
Dialogue: 0,0:21:32.34,0:21:33.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that comes to your mind?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:33.62,0:21:35.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Puia, anybody that you know
Dialogue: 0,0:21:35.71,0:21:37.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that comes to your mind
Dialogue: 0,0:21:37.08,0:21:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that just models that unselfish spirit?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:42.62,0:21:44.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Puia) Yes, I believe Jesus
Dialogue: 0,0:21:44.37,0:21:47.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the prime example of Someone
Dialogue: 0,0:21:47.34,0:21:50.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who showed the opposite of selfishness
Dialogue: 0,0:21:50.24,0:21:53.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as He came to this planet as a babe
Dialogue: 0,0:21:53.21,0:21:56.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then grew up as a man and suffered
Dialogue: 0,0:21:56.15,0:21:58.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the point of death on the cross.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:58.95,0:22:00.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, Jesus showed us
Dialogue: 0,0:22:00.85,0:22:03.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what the opposite side of selfishness is,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:03.21,0:22:05.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and through love He was able
Dialogue: 0,0:22:05.68,0:22:07.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to accomplish the plan of salvation
Dialogue: 0,0:22:07.54,0:22:10.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give us that rest in Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:10.97,0:22:12.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Beautiful, it's hard
Dialogue: 0,0:22:12.32,0:22:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to find a better example, isn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:14.00,0:22:16.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anybody think of a family member,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:16.40,0:22:18.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a loved one, a friend?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:18.38,0:22:20.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can I share someone?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:20.66,0:22:22.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went on an assignment
Dialogue: 0,0:22:22.90,0:22:25.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a refugee camp
Dialogue: 0,0:22:25.53,0:22:28.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the Thai-Myanmar border.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:28.40,0:22:31.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, Puia, that's getting close\Nto home country.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:31.95,0:22:34.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there in a refugee camp
Dialogue: 0,0:22:34.50,0:22:39.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were about 35,000 refugees\Nin no man's land.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:39.07,0:22:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there was a godly woman,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:40.80,0:22:43.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she's still there, named Helen Hall,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:43.34,0:22:45.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who started a school
Dialogue: 0,0:22:45.44,0:22:47.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called Eden Valley Academy.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:47.21,0:22:48.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at times, there were
Dialogue: 0,0:22:48.42,0:22:50.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up to 1,000 students
Dialogue: 0,0:22:50.61,0:22:53.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this refugee camp in the school,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:53.49,0:22:55.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she's in her 80s now.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:55.34,0:22:56.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She could be somewhere
Dialogue: 0,0:22:56.40,0:22:57.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very safe in Australia,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:57.84,0:22:59.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is her homeland,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:59.12,0:23:00.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but she said, "This is
Dialogue: 0,0:23:00.43,0:23:02.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where God's called me to serve."
Dialogue: 0,0:23:02.18,0:23:04.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have never personally seen
Dialogue: 0,0:23:04.23,0:23:06.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a more unselfish spirit
Dialogue: 0,0:23:06.85,0:23:08.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than I saw in this precious lady.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:08.43,0:23:11.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And maybe we should just remember
Dialogue: 0,0:23:11.02,0:23:13.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Helen Hall and Eden Valley Academy
Dialogue: 0,0:23:13.19,0:23:14.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our prayers because things
Dialogue: 0,0:23:14.89,0:23:19.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are quite unstable there on the border.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:19.13,0:23:22.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet, she's really kind of modeling\Nwhat Jesus taught,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:22.97,0:23:26.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,willing to lay down her life for others.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:26.94,0:23:28.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anybody else, someone you've seen?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:28.77,0:23:31.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If not, let's move on, shall we?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:31.84,0:23:35.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One root of restlessness is what?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:35.74,0:23:36.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team) Selfishness.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:36.65,0:23:38.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Selfishness, but you notice,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:38.42,0:23:40.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we were talking about selfishness,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:40.56,0:23:43.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think, Puia, you talked about Lucifer,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:43.04,0:23:45.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now called Satan, he's lost his place
Dialogue: 0,0:23:45.81,0:23:47.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the heavenly courts,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:47.52,0:23:52.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is also that desire to exalt self.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:52.42,0:23:55.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Self-exaltation is also
Dialogue: 0,0:23:55.93,0:23:59.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a root cause of restlessness.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:59.31,0:24:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't have to go all the way
Dialogue: 0,0:24:00.80,0:24:03.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back to Lucifer and the rebellion.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:03.32,0:24:04.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jason, we could find it
Dialogue: 0,0:24:04.66,0:24:07.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even among the disciples of Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:07.34,0:24:09.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take a look with us, if you would,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:09.13,0:24:13.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at Mark 10, verses 35 to 40.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:13.37,0:24:14.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jason) Alright, I have
Dialogue: 0,0:24:14.53,0:24:16.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the New King James Version here,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:16.28,0:24:20.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mark, chapter 10, verses 35 through 40:
Dialogue: 0,0:25:20.32,0:25:23.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Now, while Jason was reading that,\NNicole, you were
Dialogue: 0,0:25:23.09,0:25:25.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just kind of shaking your head.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:25.37,0:25:26.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's definitely a root
Dialogue: 0,0:25:26.82,0:25:29.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of selfishness there, too, isn't there,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:29.03,0:25:31.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but this self-exaltation,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:31.91,0:25:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what are your thoughts
Dialogue: 0,0:25:33.00,0:25:35.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as you see these two...
Dialogue: 0,0:25:35.27,0:25:37.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were fishermen right, James and John,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:37.40,0:25:38.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were just asking
Dialogue: 0,0:25:38.42,0:25:42.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be two vice presidents in the Kingdom?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:42.55,0:25:45.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nicole) It's a human tendency for us
Dialogue: 0,0:25:45.53,0:25:47.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to want people to praise us
Dialogue: 0,0:25:47.56,0:25:50.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to give us honor and to give us glory.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:50.08,0:25:52.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think that we, if we're not careful,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:52.21,0:25:54.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will want that more than we want
Dialogue: 0,0:25:54.63,0:25:55.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to actually glorify God.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:55.88,0:25:58.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so this is just us having to fight
Dialogue: 0,0:25:58.30,0:25:59.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against our natural tendency
Dialogue: 0,0:25:59.72,0:26:01.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to want things that Christ knows
Dialogue: 0,0:26:01.71,0:26:03.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are not good for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:03.49,0:26:04.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Brittany.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:04.70,0:26:06.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Brittany) When I read the story,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:06.28,0:26:07.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since we know the end of the story,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:07.95,0:26:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we know why Jesus came,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:09.88,0:26:11.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's like they completely missed out
Dialogue: 0,0:26:11.63,0:26:13.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on His whole mission.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:13.15,0:26:14.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His whole mission was
Dialogue: 0,0:26:14.16,0:26:15.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not to raise Himself up
Dialogue: 0,0:26:15.62,0:26:17.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except to die for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:17.40,0:26:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Doesn't He say,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:18.50,0:26:20.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I've come, not to be served but to serve
Dialogue: 0,0:26:20.46,0:26:21.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to give My life
Dialogue: 0,0:26:21.38,0:26:22.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the ransom of many"?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:22.53,0:26:25.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Brittany) And if they had known,\Nif they had understood
Dialogue: 0,0:26:25.20,0:26:26.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was going to give His life,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:26.63,0:26:28.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they wouldn't have asked for this.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:28.28,0:26:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They wouldn't have said, "We want\Nwhat You are going to have."
Dialogue: 0,0:26:31.20,0:26:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was like, "Yeah, you're going\Nto receive the grief
Dialogue: 0,0:26:33.74,0:26:36.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the suffering that I am\Ngoing to experience,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:36.01,0:26:38.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what you are asking,\Nyou don't understand."
Dialogue: 0,0:26:38.31,0:26:39.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) It's interesting
Dialogue: 0,0:26:39.46,0:26:40.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just thinking about it,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:40.55,0:26:41.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, Pedro, then I'd like you
Dialogue: 0,0:26:41.95,0:26:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to read the next verse,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:44.02,0:26:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that one of them, James,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:46.30,0:26:48.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is beheaded by Herod, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:48.92,0:26:51.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Peter almost is beheaded, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:51.41,0:26:54.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, John, well, he gets
Dialogue: 0,0:26:54.03,0:26:56.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put on a desolate island called Patmos,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:56.95,0:26:59.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but God works with him even there.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:59.12,0:27:01.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you're right; they had no idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:01.18,0:27:03.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were thinking of an earthly kingdom.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:03.23,0:27:06.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that desire to exalt self\Nis very strong.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:06.92,0:27:10.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pedro, how did the other disciples\Nrespond and why?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:10.64,0:27:13.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's take a look, if you can read for us
Dialogue: 0,0:27:13.34,0:27:15.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Mark 10, verse 41.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:15.68,0:27:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Pedro) I'll be reading
Dialogue: 0,0:27:16.86,0:27:19.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the New King James Version,\NMark 10:41:
Dialogue: 0,0:27:26.43,0:27:28.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Alright, Shaina, I'm going
Dialogue: 0,0:27:28.05,0:27:29.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to ask you a question.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:29.17,0:27:30.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shaina, I know you're
Dialogue: 0,0:27:30.94,0:27:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a student of human behavior.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:33.00,0:27:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've taught and you've seen
Dialogue: 0,0:27:34.60,0:27:37.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of different character traits.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:37.05,0:27:40.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, let me ask you, Shaina,\Nup there in Maine,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:40.22,0:27:43.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why do you think the other disciples
Dialogue: 0,0:27:43.72,0:27:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were so upset with James and John?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:47.28,0:27:48.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Shaina) They may have been feeling
Dialogue: 0,0:27:48.95,0:27:50.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, "Do you guys think
Dialogue: 0,0:27:50.11,0:27:51.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you're better than any of us?"
Dialogue: 0,0:27:51.79,0:27:55.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, "We're all on this same walk\Ntogether; we've all
Dialogue: 0,0:27:55.29,0:27:58.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,been through most of the same experiences\Ntogether.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:58.37,0:27:59.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,None of you are better than that,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:59.97,0:28:01.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so why would you be subject
Dialogue: 0,0:28:01.91,0:28:05.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the next highest position in Heaven,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:05.07,0:28:06.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is on the right hand
Dialogue: 0,0:28:06.67,0:28:08.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on the left hand of Jesus?"
Dialogue: 0,0:28:08.22,0:28:10.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Yeah, so let me paraphrase that.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:10.89,0:28:12.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They could be feeling a sense
Dialogue: 0,0:28:12.57,0:28:15.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of, "Who are you to push yourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:28:15.47,0:28:17.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over the top of us?"
Dialogue: 0,0:28:17.44,0:28:21.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it may be actually something\Nmore than that.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:21.06,0:28:22.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got three hands here;
Dialogue: 0,0:28:22.37,0:28:24.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who would like to share. Brittany?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:24.41,0:28:26.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Brittany) They might have been upset
Dialogue: 0,0:28:26.19,0:28:28.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they hadn't thought to ask\Nthat question first.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:28.69,0:28:32.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How come they got to ask that question?\NI wish I had thought of that."
Dialogue: 0,0:28:32.03,0:28:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Anybody agree with Brittany?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:33.78,0:28:36.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, well, I'm going to raise my hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:36.55,0:28:39.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What evidence, Puia, is there
Dialogue: 0,0:28:39.36,0:28:45.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they were also contentious,\Ncan you think of...?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:45.02,0:28:47.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Puia) Right, yes, in another chapter
Dialogue: 0,0:28:47.86,0:28:50.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we find them arguing on the topic
Dialogue: 0,0:28:50.05,0:28:52.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of who is the greatest among us,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:52.31,0:28:54.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, who is the greatest in our group.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:54.96,0:28:59.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even today in our church settings,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:59.69,0:29:02.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we may not say out loud
Dialogue: 0,0:29:02.03,0:29:04.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as to who is the greatest among us.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:04.25,0:29:06.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, truth be told, I believe
Dialogue: 0,0:29:06.21,0:29:08.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we all think about it sometimes,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:08.09,0:29:10.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even in our church settings, even today,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:10.55,0:29:12.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as to who among our members
Dialogue: 0,0:29:12.46,0:29:13.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make the most money,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:13.65,0:29:15.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who among our members
Dialogue: 0,0:29:15.32,0:29:18.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the most influential or the greatest.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:18.38,0:29:20.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seems that this is human tendency,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:20.42,0:29:22.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just for James and John,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:22.13,0:29:24.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but for the rest of us as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:24.45,0:29:26.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) So, lest we sit in judgment
Dialogue: 0,0:29:26.49,0:29:30.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on James and John for being so brash...
Dialogue: 0,0:29:30.88,0:29:32.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the way, the reference here, I think,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:32.78,0:29:34.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was Luke, at least one reference,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:34.54,0:29:37.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Luke 22:24, where they're arguing
Dialogue: 0,0:29:37.44,0:29:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who's going to be the greatest. Sabina?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:39.50,0:29:40.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Sabina) And I'm thinking also
Dialogue: 0,0:29:40.95,0:29:42.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Jesus' reaction to the confusion
Dialogue: 0,0:29:42.70,0:29:45.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is triggered by this comment
Dialogue: 0,0:29:45.49,0:29:49.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the Bible says in verse 41
Dialogue: 0,0:29:49.64,0:29:50.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the ten heard,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:50.67,0:29:53.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they began to discuss about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:53.15,0:29:55.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the way that Jesus intervenes
Dialogue: 0,0:29:55.12,0:29:56.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is by reminding them
Dialogue: 0,0:29:56.72,0:29:59.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they were called to be servants,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:59.86,0:30:01.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that even though we need
Dialogue: 0,0:30:01.62,0:30:03.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to look at authorities in the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:03.39,0:30:04.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they look at them
Dialogue: 0,0:30:04.46,0:30:05.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as being the greatest ones,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:05.75,0:30:06.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that, in our case, it was
Dialogue: 0,0:30:06.94,0:30:08.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not going to be so,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:08.28,0:30:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with them and with us.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:09.88,0:30:11.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the Kingdom of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:11.80,0:30:13.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the last shall be the first.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:13.82,0:30:15.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I think that the way\Nthat Jesus responds
Dialogue: 0,0:30:15.89,0:30:17.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,makes us believe that all of them
Dialogue: 0,0:30:17.72,0:30:18.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were having the same sort
Dialogue: 0,0:30:18.92,0:30:21.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of heart issue going on.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:21.47,0:30:22.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Well, before we come
Dialogue: 0,0:30:22.81,0:30:24.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to confession time when we've
Dialogue: 0,0:30:24.25,0:30:26.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ever felt like exalting ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:26.67,0:30:29.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's a story of an ancient monarch,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:29.45,0:30:31.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"ancient," not being old himself
Dialogue: 0,0:30:31.26,0:30:33.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but many, many generations ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:33.87,0:30:39.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, what, 2,600 years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:39.40,0:30:42.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a monarch who had a problem
Dialogue: 0,0:30:42.42,0:30:44.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with self-exaltation,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:44.19,0:30:46.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's clear from the story
Dialogue: 0,0:30:46.56,0:30:48.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he was restless.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:48.63,0:30:49.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, when you're
Dialogue: 0,0:30:49.70,0:30:51.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,always wanting to be first,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:51.08,0:30:54.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if anybody drives faster than you do\Nor jumps faster
Dialogue: 0,0:30:54.80,0:30:57.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or gets a higher score on a test
Dialogue: 0,0:30:57.27,0:30:59.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or gets the position you were hoping for,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:59.98,0:31:03.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're never going to be at rest, right,\Nif your desire
Dialogue: 0,0:31:03.43,0:31:05.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to always exalt yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:05.48,0:31:07.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who's that ancient monarch
Dialogue: 0,0:31:07.01,0:31:08.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're thinking about?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:08.46,0:31:09.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team) Nebuchadnezzar.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:09.85,0:31:10.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Nebuchadnezzar.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:10.98,0:31:12.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now there is a story about Nebuchadnezzar
Dialogue: 0,0:31:12.96,0:31:16.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in chapter 4 of his book.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:16.72,0:31:17.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Would you just read
Dialogue: 0,0:31:17.66,0:31:22.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a few verses for us, verses 28 to 32?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:22.94,0:31:24.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jason) Sure, I've got
Dialogue: 0,0:31:24.02,0:31:25.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the New King James Version here;
Dialogue: 0,0:31:25.73,0:31:30.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's Daniel 4:28-32; it says:
Dialogue: 0,0:32:29.72,0:32:31.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) So, what happens to Nebuchadnezzar
Dialogue: 0,0:32:31.73,0:32:36.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after this declaration of this messenger?\NYes, Brittany.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:36.11,0:32:38.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Brittany) He is driven from his kingdom,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:38.08,0:32:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and seven years he spends outside.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:41.00,0:32:43.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's getting wet; he's living\Nlike an animal.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:43.49,0:32:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It even says that his hair grew
Dialogue: 0,0:32:46.30,0:32:48.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like feathers of a bird, almost,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:48.56,0:32:49.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and his nails grew
Dialogue: 0,0:32:49.62,0:32:51.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,long like eagle's claws.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:51.43,0:32:54.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He became like an animal.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:54.73,0:32:55.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) And that was
Dialogue: 0,0:32:55.80,0:32:58.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the end of the story, right? Wrong?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:58.84,0:33:00.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How does the story end?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:00.49,0:33:02.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it ends hopefully,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:02.93,0:33:06.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with some kind of rest for his soul.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:06.91,0:33:08.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who would like to read for us,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:08.35,0:33:13.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Daniel, chapter 4, verses 33 to 37? Pedro.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:13.46,0:33:14.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Pedro) I'll be reading
Dialogue: 0,0:33:14.58,0:33:18.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the New King James Version,\NDaniel 4:33-37:
Dialogue: 0,0:34:52.81,0:34:54.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Now, if you've read
Dialogue: 0,0:34:54.11,0:34:55.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the book of Daniel,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:55.50,0:34:57.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he has some things to say about the God
Dialogue: 0,0:34:57.85,0:34:59.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:59.62,0:35:01.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the God of Daniel,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:01.16,0:35:03.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Daniel 2 and in Daniel 3.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:03.53,0:35:04.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what's the difference
Dialogue: 0,0:35:04.96,0:35:06.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Daniel, chapter 4?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:06.32,0:35:09.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did you notice a difference? Nicole.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:09.25,0:35:11.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nicole) He's actually internalizing
Dialogue: 0,0:35:11.22,0:35:13.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the God of Shadrach, Meshach,\Nand Abed-Nego.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:13.28,0:35:15.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not just their God anymore;\Nit's his God.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:15.44,0:35:16.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He gives the praise to this God,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:16.97,0:35:19.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so he makes it personal at this point
Dialogue: 0,0:35:19.38,0:35:21.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of his experience with God.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:21.33,0:35:23.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) So, why is it so important...
Dialogue: 0,0:35:23.42,0:35:25.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shaina, let me take your point,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:25.10,0:35:26.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I want to ask
Dialogue: 0,0:35:26.17,0:35:27.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why it's so important.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:27.62,0:35:29.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, I guess we could find hope
Dialogue: 0,0:35:29.26,0:35:31.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the story of Nebuchadnezzar, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:31.21,0:35:32.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That if you have been living
Dialogue: 0,0:35:32.60,0:35:34.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to just exalt yourself,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:34.46,0:35:36.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't have to die that way.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:36.80,0:35:38.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can change. Shaina?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:38.25,0:35:39.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Shaina) I also find it amazing
Dialogue: 0,0:35:39.88,0:35:43.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this king, who built a statue
Dialogue: 0,0:35:43.99,0:35:45.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of gold because he was like,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:45.60,0:35:47.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"My kingdom is going to last forever,"
Dialogue: 0,0:35:47.78,0:35:50.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in verse 37, he says,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:50.19,0:35:52.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Honor the King of Heaven,"
Dialogue: 0,0:35:52.03,0:35:57.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it's a complete shift in character
Dialogue: 0,0:35:57.03,0:36:00.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or language, vocabulary, that he's using
Dialogue: 0,0:36:00.36,0:36:02.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to say, "This is the King; this is
Dialogue: 0,0:36:02.84,0:36:06.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the real deal that we're dealing with."
Dialogue: 0,0:36:06.44,0:36:08.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Beautiful. Well, we're talking
Dialogue: 0,0:36:08.27,0:36:09.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about {\i1}Roots of Restlessness,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:36:09.85,0:36:10.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we know that God
Dialogue: 0,0:36:10.92,0:36:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't want us to be restless, right,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:13.40,0:36:15.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to find rest in Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:15.60,0:36:17.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Selfishness doesn't work.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:17.53,0:36:20.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why doesn't self-exaltation work?
Dialogue: 0,0:36:20.03,0:36:21.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why don't we find rest?
Dialogue: 0,0:36:21.88,0:36:23.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When do we finally get
Dialogue: 0,0:36:23.21,0:36:25.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the place, Brittany,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:25.04,0:36:26.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when do we finally get to the place
Dialogue: 0,0:36:26.79,0:36:29.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we go, "Oh, rest, because I'm
Dialogue: 0,0:36:29.83,0:36:31.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,finally at the top of the pile!
Dialogue: 0,0:36:31.72,0:36:35.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've left all of these broken people\Nin climbing up"?
Dialogue: 0,0:36:35.95,0:36:37.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why doesn't that ever work?
Dialogue: 0,0:36:37.100,0:36:40.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Brittany) Well, we were\Ncreated to worship.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:40.06,0:36:41.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we read throughout the Bible,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:41.75,0:36:43.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we realize that God
Dialogue: 0,0:36:43.21,0:36:44.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,created us in His image,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:44.50,0:36:48.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He created us with this desire\Nto worship.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:48.08,0:36:49.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're never fulfilled
Dialogue: 0,0:36:49.50,0:36:52.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until we worship the One who made us.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:52.48,0:36:53.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Alright, so actually,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:53.89,0:36:55.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back to Puia, what you said earlier,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:55.65,0:36:57.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I'll come to your point.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:57.24,0:36:59.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, this desire for self-exaltation
Dialogue: 0,0:36:59.73,0:37:03.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,finds its original root in Lucifer,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:03.44,0:37:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the rebellious angel,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:06.02,0:37:09.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where, if I keep wanting to exalt myself
Dialogue: 0,0:37:09.09,0:37:11.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the driving force in my life,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:11.20,0:37:13.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll want to be above God.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:13.17,0:37:14.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to {\i1}be{\i0} God, right,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:14.92,0:37:18.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which, of course, will never work. Puia?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:18.39,0:37:19.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Puia) Yes, picking up
Dialogue: 0,0:37:19.87,0:37:21.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on what Brittany said,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:21.56,0:37:22.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe the reason
Dialogue: 0,0:37:22.66,0:37:24.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why self-exaltation doesn't
Dialogue: 0,0:37:24.92,0:37:27.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lead us to actual rest
Dialogue: 0,0:37:27.51,0:37:29.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is because it completely goes
Dialogue: 0,0:37:29.51,0:37:31.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against the nature of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:31.64,0:37:34.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as God is our Creator
Dialogue: 0,0:37:34.27,0:37:35.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Author of our lives,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:35.71,0:37:37.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He designs our life in such a way
Dialogue: 0,0:37:37.34,0:37:39.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that our lives will flourish
Dialogue: 0,0:37:39.68,0:37:41.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we follow His principles.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:41.12,0:37:43.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And God's principles are
Dialogue: 0,0:37:43.49,0:37:45.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,never about self-exaltation
Dialogue: 0,0:37:45.75,0:37:47.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but rather about humility
Dialogue: 0,0:37:47.43,0:37:49.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and serving others rather than self.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:49.73,0:37:52.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, when we try to exalt ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:52.80,0:37:54.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're going against the way
Dialogue: 0,0:37:54.69,0:37:58.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God designed us to function best.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:58.41,0:38:00.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, we're not able to find rest
Dialogue: 0,0:38:00.35,0:38:01.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as long as we are going
Dialogue: 0,0:38:01.69,0:38:05.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against God's original plan.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:05.05,0:38:06.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) We found some examples
Dialogue: 0,0:38:06.60,0:38:08.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of people trying to find rest
Dialogue: 0,0:38:08.50,0:38:11.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in self-exaltation; it doesn't work.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:11.12,0:38:13.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nebuchadnezzar does become an example
Dialogue: 0,0:38:13.19,0:38:14.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of someone who says, "I'm going
Dialogue: 0,0:38:14.68,0:38:16.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to exalt God rather than myself,"
Dialogue: 0,0:38:16.44,0:38:17.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he finds rest.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:17.63,0:38:19.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any other examples in the Bible
Dialogue: 0,0:38:19.56,0:38:21.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of people, Pedro, who find rest
Dialogue: 0,0:38:21.69,0:38:24.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by saying, "I'm just going to exalt God"?
Dialogue: 0,0:38:24.35,0:38:25.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Pedro) Well, one thing
Dialogue: 0,0:38:25.52,0:38:26.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that got my attention when we
Dialogue: 0,0:38:26.93,0:38:28.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were reading in Mark was Bartimaeus
Dialogue: 0,0:38:28.67,0:38:31.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the same question
Dialogue: 0,0:38:31.26,0:38:35.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Jesus made to James and John
Dialogue: 0,0:38:35.22,0:38:37.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was the question He made to him.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:37.19,0:38:38.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we see that Bartimaeus,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:38.93,0:38:40.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he heard that Jesus was passing by.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:40.71,0:38:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was blind, this multitude\Nwas coming up,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:43.20,0:38:45.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he was calling upon Jesus,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:45.29,0:38:47.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Son of David," "Son of David,"
Dialogue: 0,0:38:47.52,0:38:49.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exalting God as who He is.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:49.81,0:38:51.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody thought that He was
Dialogue: 0,0:38:51.21,0:38:53.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus of Nazareth; He was just, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:53.27,0:38:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was the prophet.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:54.20,0:38:56.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he recognized who Jesus was.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:56.08,0:38:57.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Jesus came to him and said,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:57.91,0:39:00.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What do you want me to do for you?"
Dialogue: 0,0:39:00.21,0:39:01.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what happened to him?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:01.78,0:39:05.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He had an encounter with God,\Nand God blessed him.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:05.28,0:39:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Beautiful. And, by the way,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:06.98,0:39:08.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Son of David" was a Messiah term, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:08.100,0:39:10.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I just thought
Dialogue: 0,0:39:10.04,0:39:12.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of that beautiful thing, "I want to see,"
Dialogue: 0,0:39:12.17,0:39:15.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the first thing he sees is Jesus!
Dialogue: 0,0:39:15.38,0:39:16.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like, "I want to see Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:16.96,0:39:19.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to see the Son of David."
Dialogue: 0,0:39:19.41,0:39:21.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What a beautiful picture. Sabina?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:21.01,0:39:22.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Sabina) I'm thinking of the apostles.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:22.86,0:39:25.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After Jesus departed, they were all
Dialogue: 0,0:39:25.36,0:39:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,given great authority
Dialogue: 0,0:39:27.46,0:39:28.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the power of the Holy Spirit
Dialogue: 0,0:39:28.95,0:39:30.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to heal, to preach, to teach,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:30.63,0:39:31.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to do things that were
Dialogue: 0,0:39:31.87,0:39:33.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even greater than those things
Dialogue: 0,0:39:33.36,0:39:34.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Jesus had made.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:34.34,0:39:35.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they could have
Dialogue: 0,0:39:35.32,0:39:38.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eventually desired or placed themselves
Dialogue: 0,0:39:38.05,0:39:40.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the space of being the authority,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:40.40,0:39:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doing those things, and not bringing\Nglory to God.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:44.02,0:39:46.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I believe that they surely were able
Dialogue: 0,0:39:46.16,0:39:47.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to succeed in their mission
Dialogue: 0,0:39:47.79,0:39:50.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they were putting
Dialogue: 0,0:39:50.03,0:39:51.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the name of Jesus ahead
Dialogue: 0,0:39:51.85,0:39:52.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not their own.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:52.90,0:39:54.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) There was one example,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:54.33,0:39:55.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I see your hand, Puia,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:55.60,0:39:56.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,raised there in Hawaii,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:56.80,0:39:58.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was one example of someone
Dialogue: 0,0:39:58.85,0:40:00.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the book of Acts who wanted
Dialogue: 0,0:40:00.79,0:40:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the power to exalt self.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:03.10,0:40:05.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anybody remember what his name was?
Dialogue: 0,0:40:05.83,0:40:08.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Was it Simon the sorcerer?
Dialogue: 0,0:40:08.06,0:40:10.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wanted to buy the Holy Spirit, right,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:10.26,0:40:12.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Boy, I could be really famous
Dialogue: 0,0:40:12.20,0:40:15.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I had this power." Puia?
Dialogue: 0,0:40:15.12,0:40:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Puia) Another person that came to mind
Dialogue: 0,0:40:17.04,0:40:19.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is Daniel in the story
Dialogue: 0,0:40:19.38,0:40:22.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where King Nebuchadnezzar forgot his dream
Dialogue: 0,0:40:22.35,0:40:25.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and was trying to find out\Nwhat his dream was
Dialogue: 0,0:40:25.17,0:40:28.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and inquired from all the magicians\Nand the wise men,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:28.16,0:40:29.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and nobody could tell
Dialogue: 0,0:40:29.66,0:40:32.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the forgotten dream of the king.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:32.54,0:40:33.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Daniel came along,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:33.81,0:40:35.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God answered his prayer,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:35.30,0:40:38.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but Daniel did not take the credit
Dialogue: 0,0:40:38.31,0:40:40.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when he explained it to the king
Dialogue: 0,0:40:40.41,0:40:41.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the dream came from God.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:41.80,0:40:43.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I believe Daniel is a good example
Dialogue: 0,0:40:43.94,0:40:46.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of someone who gave the credit to God
Dialogue: 0,0:40:46.90,0:40:49.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than exalt himself.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:49.26,0:40:50.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Great illustration,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:50.57,0:40:53.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's repeated in Daniel 5
Dialogue: 0,0:40:53.07,0:40:56.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in his interaction with Belshazzar.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:56.30,0:40:58.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's repeated in his interaction
Dialogue: 0,0:40:58.69,0:41:01.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with Kind Darius where he says,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:01.23,0:41:03.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"My God sent an angel,"
Dialogue: 0,0:41:03.70,0:41:05.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than saying, "Well, I was
Dialogue: 0,0:41:05.28,0:41:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,able to tame these lions, O King."
Dialogue: 0,0:41:07.50,0:41:09.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's always exalting God\Nrather than himself.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:09.97,0:41:11.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, we want to move
Dialogue: 0,0:41:11.26,0:41:14.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on to a third root of restlessness.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:14.87,0:41:16.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is selfishness going to help us
Dialogue: 0,0:41:16.39,0:41:17.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,find rest for our souls?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:17.69,0:41:18.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team) No.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:18.44,0:41:21.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) No. Self-exaltation, is it\Ngoing to help us?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:21.20,0:41:22.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek, Team) No.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:22.74,0:41:26.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) There is a third root\Nof restlessnes,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:26.82,0:41:30.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is hypocrisy.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:30.78,0:41:31.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is hypocrisy?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:31.92,0:41:34.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can someone give me a definition?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:34.18,0:41:36.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is hypocrisy?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:36.37,0:41:37.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shaina, could you give us
Dialogue: 0,0:41:37.74,0:41:39.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a brief definition
Dialogue: 0,0:41:39.22,0:41:41.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or maybe a definition of a hypocrite?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:41.98,0:41:43.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately, Jesus calls
Dialogue: 0,0:41:43.42,0:41:44.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some people hypocrites.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:44.80,0:41:48.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's the definition of a hypocrite?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:48.15,0:41:51.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Shaina) In a very simplified version,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:51.42,0:41:54.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a person who says one thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:54.64,0:41:57.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or they preach one thing, and their lives,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:57.96,0:42:00.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their actions, preach another thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:00.04,0:42:03.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, there is an inconsistency
Dialogue: 0,0:42:03.50,0:42:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between their words and their actions.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:06.98,0:42:10.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) So, let's go back; Jesus calls
Dialogue: 0,0:42:10.58,0:42:12.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of the religious leaders...
Dialogue: 0,0:42:12.12,0:42:13.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to be careful here,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:13.84,0:42:16.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because there were some religious leaders
Dialogue: 0,0:42:16.13,0:42:19.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who were very devoted, godly people.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:19.84,0:42:20.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, they're willing
Dialogue: 0,0:42:20.98,0:42:22.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to identify with Jesus
Dialogue: 0,0:42:22.16,0:42:25.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even lay down all of their resources,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:25.60,0:42:27.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,namely, who comes to mind?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:27.96,0:42:29.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek, Team) Nicodemus.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:29.40,0:42:31.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Sabina) I was thinking of Nicodemus.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:31.17,0:42:33.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Joseph of Arimathea and others,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:33.61,0:42:37.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so not all of the religious leaders agreed
Dialogue: 0,0:42:37.66,0:42:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the majority Jesus called hypocrites.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:42.80,0:42:44.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's look at that passage.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:44.52,0:42:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very strong language.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:46.50,0:42:49.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, Brittany, if you could read for us
Dialogue: 0,0:42:49.02,0:42:54.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Matthew 23, beginning with verse 1.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:54.64,0:42:56.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't think I've ever heard
Dialogue: 0,0:42:56.75,0:43:00.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus speak more strongly than this.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:00.77,0:43:03.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so while Brittany's reading,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:03.02,0:43:06.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ask the question, why is Jesus speaking
Dialogue: 0,0:43:06.74,0:43:09.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in such, what appears
Dialogue: 0,0:43:09.80,0:43:12.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be such harsh language
Dialogue: 0,0:43:12.15,0:43:14.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to these religious leaders?
Dialogue: 0,0:43:14.15,0:43:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it must have something
Dialogue: 0,0:43:15.54,0:43:17.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do with, that hypocrisy
Dialogue: 0,0:43:17.54,0:43:19.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will never give us the rest
Dialogue: 0,0:43:19.67,0:43:21.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for our souls that we need.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:21.87,0:43:25.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Starting in verse 1 of chapter 23,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:25.12,0:43:26.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,down through verse 13.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:26.90,0:43:28.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Brittany) I'll be reading
Dialogue: 0,0:43:28.17,0:43:29.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the New King James Version,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:29.73,0:43:33.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Matthew, chapter 23, verses 1 through 13:
Dialogue: 0,0:45:24.44,0:45:26.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) As you were reading that,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:26.03,0:45:27.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there seems to be a strong correlation
Dialogue: 0,0:45:27.86,0:45:33.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between hypocrisy and self-exaltation\Nand selfishness.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:33.13,0:45:35.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe it's all one root.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:35.07,0:45:37.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's all kind of woven together.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:37.49,0:45:39.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why would a person
Dialogue: 0,0:45:39.23,0:45:41.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make a profession of something
Dialogue: 0,0:45:41.72,0:45:43.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but live differently?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:43.18,0:45:45.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you think? Anybody?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:45.23,0:45:47.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why would they make a profession
Dialogue: 0,0:45:47.85,0:45:49.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but not follow it? Shaina?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:49.71,0:45:52.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Shaina) I can say I am these things
Dialogue: 0,0:45:52.49,0:45:54.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to look good to people.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:54.23,0:45:57.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if no one is really checking my life
Dialogue: 0,0:45:57.38,0:46:00.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to ensure that I am living like that,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:00.61,0:46:03.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then, you know, my appearance looks good.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:03.08,0:46:07.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But really, well, Jesus knows.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:07.08,0:46:08.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) But that ties in
Dialogue: 0,0:46:08.53,0:46:10.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to wanting to exalt myself
Dialogue: 0,0:46:10.47,0:46:12.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beyond where I actually am.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:12.01,0:46:14.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jason, why would a person do that?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:14.33,0:46:16.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hypocrite," Jesus said, "hypocrite,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:16.69,0:46:18.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you say one thing, but you don't do it."
Dialogue: 0,0:46:18.73,0:46:20.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jason) Sure, so sometimes people
Dialogue: 0,0:46:20.31,0:46:22.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,want the benefits of a certain way
Dialogue: 0,0:46:22.52,0:46:23.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a certain expression,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:23.82,0:46:26.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they don't actually want\Nthe responsibility
Dialogue: 0,0:46:26.48,0:46:28.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the things that may not
Dialogue: 0,0:46:28.42,0:46:29.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make them feel as good.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:29.65,0:46:30.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, they kind of want
Dialogue: 0,0:46:30.65,0:46:32.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an external good feeling,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:32.92,0:46:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but internally they still want to do
Dialogue: 0,0:46:35.04,0:46:36.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what they want to do themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:36.76,0:46:38.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, they kind of want this
Dialogue: 0,0:46:38.60,0:46:40.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for their own purposes
Dialogue: 0,0:46:40.05,0:46:43.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not really for anyone else.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:43.03,0:46:43.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Nicole?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:43.99,0:46:45.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nicole) I recently heard someone say
Dialogue: 0,0:46:45.78,0:46:47.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that hypocrisy is the enemy of love,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:47.99,0:46:49.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because if you don't have love,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:49.73,0:46:51.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're going to present yourself in a way
Dialogue: 0,0:46:51.76,0:46:53.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you can appear to have it,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:53.14,0:46:54.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you really don't.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:54.22,0:46:58.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because love is authentic,\Nlove is transparent.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:58.78,0:47:00.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And hypocrisy, there's clearly
Dialogue: 0,0:47:00.21,0:47:01.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a shadow and a wall there.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:01.96,0:47:04.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I heard that, and it really\Nkind of stuck to me;
Dialogue: 0,0:47:04.44,0:47:07.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's the enemy of love, and that's\Nwhy Christ can't have it.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:07.26,0:47:08.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) And it's interesting,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:08.64,0:47:09.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the rest in Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:47:09.90,0:47:11.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is resting in His love.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:11.04,0:47:12.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it's all related, isn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:47:12.82,0:47:15.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What a beautiful thought.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:15.49,0:47:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, some people might hear
Dialogue: 0,0:47:17.04,0:47:18.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these stern rebukes, Pedro,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:18.70,0:47:20.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Jesus is giving
Dialogue: 0,0:47:20.02,0:47:23.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and think, "Jesus, You're a hypocrite.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:23.40,0:47:27.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, don't be so hard on these people;\Nnobody's perfect."
Dialogue: 0,0:47:27.81,0:47:30.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in the same chapter, we see
Dialogue: 0,0:47:30.24,0:47:34.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Jesus actually, He's so hard on them
Dialogue: 0,0:47:34.07,0:47:36.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because He loves them.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:36.100,0:47:39.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's an interesting thought,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:39.43,0:47:42.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because hypocrisy will always lead to...?
Dialogue: 0,0:47:42.65,0:47:43.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team) Destruction.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:43.91,0:47:44.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Destruction.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:44.88,0:47:46.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at a revelation of His character
Dialogue: 0,0:47:46.98,0:47:50.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there in Matthew 23 and verse 37.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:50.77,0:47:51.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Pedro) I'll be reading
Dialogue: 0,0:47:51.92,0:47:56.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the New King James Version,\NMatthew 23:37:
Dialogue: 0,0:48:16.80,0:48:18.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) You see the love of Jesus,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:18.48,0:48:19.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is a revelation
Dialogue: 0,0:48:19.50,0:48:20.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Father's love.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:20.68,0:48:22.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, did anyone here,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:22.94,0:48:26.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,either here in the studio or Shaina, Puia,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:26.34,0:48:29.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,find yourself acting like a hypocrite,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:29.03,0:48:32.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're going to testify today
Dialogue: 0,0:48:32.21,0:48:34.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the world, "Whoops, that didn't give me
Dialogue: 0,0:48:34.62,0:48:37.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the rest I was looking for." Jason.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:37.47,0:48:42.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jason) Sure, so, these days,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:42.38,0:48:44.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or at least over my life
Dialogue: 0,0:48:44.43,0:48:47.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've spent a lot of time on social media,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:47.25,0:48:49.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,particularly certain sites like Facebook.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:49.22,0:48:51.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And people get into arguments
Dialogue: 0,0:48:51.24,0:48:52.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and discussions there.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:52.55,0:48:54.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there were times in my life
Dialogue: 0,0:48:54.04,0:48:55.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was in discussions
Dialogue: 0,0:48:55.27,0:48:57.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with people, friends, professors.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:57.53,0:48:59.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even though people knew
Dialogue: 0,0:48:59.36,0:49:00.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a Christian,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:00.40,0:49:03.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knew I studied the Bible,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:03.74,0:49:06.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was saying things and attacking people
Dialogue: 0,0:49:06.55,0:49:08.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and acting, well, very ungodly
Dialogue: 0,0:49:08.100,0:49:11.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a public forum, even though people knew
Dialogue: 0,0:49:11.97,0:49:12.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:12.84,0:49:14.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I clearly was doing things publicly
Dialogue: 0,0:49:14.92,0:49:16.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that didn't match, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:16.67,0:49:18.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my relationship with God, or showed
Dialogue: 0,0:49:18.67,0:49:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there was a disconnect there.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:21.02,0:49:23.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) I'm hoping you're going\Nto tell me you changed!
Dialogue: 0,0:49:23.82,0:49:25.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jason) Yes, well, by God's grace,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:25.47,0:49:28.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I spend a lot less time on Facebook\Nand social media,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:28.04,0:49:30.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I decided to turn my Facebook page,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:30.66,0:49:32.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not so much into debates
Dialogue: 0,0:49:32.19,0:49:33.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and discussions anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:33.96,0:49:35.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Well, thank you for sharing that.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:35.98,0:49:37.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember a time I was going to church.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:37.89,0:49:40.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was 18; I looked, and a friend
Dialogue: 0,0:49:40.22,0:49:42.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from high school was across the road,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:42.01,0:49:43.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I turned my head so he wouldn't
Dialogue: 0,0:49:43.91,0:49:47.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,see me go into the church - hypocrite.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:47.77,0:49:50.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I still feel the pain of that day,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:50.57,0:49:54.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because Jesus was not ashamed of me.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:54.36,0:49:57.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fortunately, Jesus saved me.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:57.30,0:49:58.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, we all contend,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:58.70,0:50:00.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we're not connected, we could all
Dialogue: 0,0:50:00.53,0:50:02.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tend towards hypocrisy, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:50:02.60,0:50:04.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We could tend towards selfishness
Dialogue: 0,0:50:04.23,0:50:06.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and self-exaltation.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:06.03,0:50:10.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Puia, would you read to us John 14:1-5,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:10.90,0:50:13.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because embedded in this story
Dialogue: 0,0:50:13.50,0:50:16.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we see both restlessness
Dialogue: 0,0:50:16.28,0:50:17.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the disciples
Dialogue: 0,0:50:17.46,0:50:18.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also the secret,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:18.96,0:50:21.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the antidote for restlessness,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:21.30,0:50:23.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether it's caused by selfishness
Dialogue: 0,0:50:23.35,0:50:27.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a desire for self-exaltation\Nor hypocrisy.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:27.89,0:50:31.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Read to us John 14:1-5.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:31.06,0:50:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Puia) Sure, and I'll be reading
Dialogue: 0,0:50:32.62,0:50:34.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the New King James Version:
Dialogue: 0,0:51:10.40,0:51:12.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) So, why are they restless?
Dialogue: 0,0:51:12.35,0:51:14.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why are they at least tempted
Dialogue: 0,0:51:14.33,0:51:16.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be anxious? Brittany.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:16.26,0:51:17.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Brittany) Well, their Master,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:17.73,0:51:20.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who they've been following\Nfor three and a half years
Dialogue: 0,0:51:20.21,0:51:21.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is saying He's leaving them.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:21.60,0:51:22.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, they don't know
Dialogue: 0,0:51:22.70,0:51:24.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where He's going, from what Thomas said,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:24.88,0:51:26.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they don't know
Dialogue: 0,0:51:26.03,0:51:27.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to get to Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:27.10,0:51:28.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're worried; they're concerned,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:28.81,0:51:30.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Now what is our life going to be?"
Dialogue: 0,0:51:30.55,0:51:32.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They had left everything to follow Him,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:32.44,0:51:34.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now, "What are we going to do next?"
Dialogue: 0,0:51:34.66,0:51:36.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) And what is the answer
Dialogue: 0,0:51:36.36,0:51:38.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to their restlessness?
Dialogue: 0,0:51:38.44,0:51:40.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Next verse, Sabina,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:40.05,0:51:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,chapter 14 of John, verse 6.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:43.84,0:51:44.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Sabina) It says:
Dialogue: 0,0:51:51.85,0:51:53.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) "Rest in Me."
Dialogue: 0,0:51:53.57,0:51:55.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That reminds us of our Scripture song.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:55.85,0:51:58.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can someone sing it for us?\NWell, no, don't sing.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:58.100,0:52:03.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Could you read it for us, someone?\NMatthew 11:28-30.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:03.07,0:52:04.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jason, do you have it?
Dialogue: 0,0:52:04.84,0:52:07.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because really, the rest
Dialogue: 0,0:52:07.21,0:52:10.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not found in selfish grabbing,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:10.64,0:52:13.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,self-exaltation, or trying
Dialogue: 0,0:52:13.20,0:52:17.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to project a life that you're not living.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:17.08,0:52:18.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's found by resting in Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:18.97,0:52:20.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's the beautiful invitation there
Dialogue: 0,0:52:20.88,0:52:23.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Matthew 11:28-30?
Dialogue: 0,0:52:23.19,0:52:25.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jason) The New King James Version says,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:25.10,0:52:28.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Matthew, chapter 11, verses 28 through 30:
Dialogue: 0,0:52:49.40,0:52:51.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) So, you finally come to the place
Dialogue: 0,0:52:51.38,0:52:53.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you say, "I am going
Dialogue: 0,0:52:53.32,0:52:55.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to surrender my life
Dialogue: 0,0:52:55.41,0:52:58.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wholly to Jesus and rest in Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:58.10,0:53:02.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether I live, whether I die,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:02.30,0:53:05.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether the result from this test
Dialogue: 0,0:53:05.46,0:53:09.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just had is negative or positive,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:09.67,0:53:12.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to choose to rest in Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:53:12.14,0:53:16.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and be secure there."
Dialogue: 0,0:53:16.35,0:53:18.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know there are some people
Dialogue: 0,0:53:18.16,0:53:20.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that, when they make that decision,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:20.48,0:53:23.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not everybody supports them.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:23.67,0:53:27.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes even friends and family members
Dialogue: 0,0:53:27.40,0:53:29.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,criticize them for saying...
Dialogue: 0,0:53:29.39,0:53:31.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, it's like the survival
Dialogue: 0,0:53:31.81,0:53:36.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the fittest, Jason, "Keep climbing up,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:36.13,0:53:38.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if you have to climb over people.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:38.42,0:53:41.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're just going to get," we have\Nan expression in English,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:41.28,0:53:43.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"eaten alive if you just think
Dialogue: 0,0:53:43.62,0:53:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can rest in Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:53:45.04,0:53:48.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and life will go well."
Dialogue: 0,0:53:48.24,0:53:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What would you say to someone like that?
Dialogue: 0,0:53:50.50,0:53:52.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once you've made your decision,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:52.02,0:53:55.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm just going to rest my life," Puia,\N"rest in Christ,"
Dialogue: 0,0:53:55.95,0:53:57.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what would you say to someone
Dialogue: 0,0:53:57.36,0:54:00.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who says, "You'll just be eaten alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:00.33,0:54:04.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll get trampled on by everybody"?
Dialogue: 0,0:54:04.76,0:54:06.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Puia) I would say, continue
Dialogue: 0,0:54:06.40,0:54:08.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to look at the cross
Dialogue: 0,0:54:08.45,0:54:10.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how much Jesus suffered
Dialogue: 0,0:54:10.62,0:54:11.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give us that rest.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:11.85,0:54:12.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And once we have
Dialogue: 0,0:54:12.79,0:54:16.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that personal relationship with Jesus
Dialogue: 0,0:54:16.05,0:54:17.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we are being persecuted,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:17.76,0:54:18.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,either by our family
Dialogue: 0,0:54:18.93,0:54:21.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or friends or other people,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:21.62,0:54:24.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it means that we are sharing
Dialogue: 0,0:54:24.35,0:54:25.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the journey of Jesus,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:25.78,0:54:27.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we are carrying the cross
Dialogue: 0,0:54:27.17,0:54:28.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as Jesus calls us to.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:28.88,0:54:30.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at the end of the day,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:30.14,0:54:32.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we read earlier, Jesus said,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:32.22,0:54:33.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I will give you rest."
Dialogue: 0,0:54:33.35,0:54:36.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the yoke, Jesus said the word "yoke,"
Dialogue: 0,0:54:36.02,0:54:37.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in some ways the yoke
Dialogue: 0,0:54:37.48,0:54:39.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would seem to be like a problem
Dialogue: 0,0:54:39.94,0:54:41.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for an animal that they often used
Dialogue: 0,0:54:41.92,0:54:43.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to drive the animal to work.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:43.61,0:54:46.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, according to Jesus, His yoke is easy,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:46.22,0:54:47.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meaning, even when we
Dialogue: 0,0:54:47.24,0:54:49.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go through problems because of Jesus,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:49.58,0:54:53.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we find joy and rest and happiness inside.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:53.14,0:54:54.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) I've heard stories...
Dialogue: 0,0:54:54.53,0:54:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I see a couple of hands
Dialogue: 0,0:54:55.84,0:54:57.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the couple of minutes remaining.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:57.52,0:54:59.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've heard stories, when Christians
Dialogue: 0,0:54:59.44,0:55:02.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are facing great hardship,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:02.09,0:55:05.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet the rest in their souls
Dialogue: 0,0:55:05.15,0:55:08.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a powerful witness to people,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:08.12,0:55:11.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to unbelievers, even who come
Dialogue: 0,0:55:11.08,0:55:12.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to conviction that they need
Dialogue: 0,0:55:12.69,0:55:14.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rest in God, too. Nicole?
Dialogue: 0,0:55:14.57,0:55:16.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nicole) I would say rest is not
Dialogue: 0,0:55:16.17,0:55:18.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just lying down and letting life happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:18.09,0:55:19.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rest is allowing Christ to work
Dialogue: 0,0:55:19.59,0:55:21.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through you and in you to give you
Dialogue: 0,0:55:21.26,0:55:22.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what you need to accomplish
Dialogue: 0,0:55:22.55,0:55:24.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and deal with whatever situation
Dialogue: 0,0:55:24.25,0:55:26.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is presented in front of you.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:26.47,0:55:28.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) And your life can be a testimony,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:28.46,0:55:32.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you found rest for your soul. Jason?
Dialogue: 0,0:55:32.03,0:55:33.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jason) And one thing also I would say
Dialogue: 0,0:55:33.89,0:55:36.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the whole idea of, you can get
Dialogue: 0,0:55:36.59,0:55:38.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ahead of others, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:38.21,0:55:40.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by fighting for yourself,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:40.27,0:55:42.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus said, if you live by the sword,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:42.38,0:55:43.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'll die by the sword.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:43.53,0:55:44.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, one, that you're
Dialogue: 0,0:55:44.89,0:55:46.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kind of setting your destiny.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:46.28,0:55:47.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I would ask that person,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:47.87,0:55:49.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Do you really want to live this way?
Dialogue: 0,0:55:49.64,0:55:51.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does this way truly make you happy?"
Dialogue: 0,0:55:51.43,0:55:53.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because, at least in my experience,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:53.86,0:55:55.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pushing over others doesn't really
Dialogue: 0,0:55:55.57,0:55:57.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make a person happy.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:57.18,0:55:59.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Shaina, closing thought.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:59.69,0:56:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Shaina) I also find that when we
Dialogue: 0,0:56:02.54,0:56:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,truly rest in Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:04.02,0:56:06.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we also get His promise,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:06.50,0:56:08.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that peace that passes all understanding,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:08.92,0:56:10.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're able to make
Dialogue: 0,0:56:10.82,0:56:12.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more coherent decisions.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:12.46,0:56:17.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, it's the comparisons of being stressed
Dialogue: 0,0:56:17.50,0:56:20.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and worrying, and, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:20.54,0:56:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being in that 24/7 society
Dialogue: 0,0:56:22.80,0:56:25.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,versus taking that peace
Dialogue: 0,0:56:25.20,0:56:26.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and being able to maneuver
Dialogue: 0,0:56:26.91,0:56:29.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,life's situations much better.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:29.76,0:56:31.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) And what a powerful testimony
Dialogue: 0,0:56:31.54,0:56:34.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Shaina who not many months ago
Dialogue: 0,0:56:34.22,0:56:36.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,went through a really tough accident.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:36.42,0:56:37.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she had to decide
Dialogue: 0,0:56:37.66,0:56:39.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to rest her life wholly in Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:39.70,0:56:41.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Praise God, Shaina, for the miracle
Dialogue: 0,0:56:41.40,0:56:42.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you're experiencing
Dialogue: 0,0:56:42.88,0:56:45.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through resting in Jesus every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:45.22,0:56:46.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know, that's what Jesus
Dialogue: 0,0:56:46.79,0:56:48.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wants for all of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:48.57,0:56:51.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wants us to learn to let it go,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:51.04,0:56:52.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the selfishness, the desire
Dialogue: 0,0:56:52.80,0:56:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for self-exaltation, the hypocrisy,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:56.02,0:56:57.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and say, "I'm just going
Dialogue: 0,0:56:57.24,0:56:59.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to surrender to Jesus and rest in Him."
Dialogue: 0,0:56:59.72,0:57:01.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And like Nicole said, it doesn't mean
Dialogue: 0,0:57:01.49,0:57:03.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you just don't do anything,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:03.63,0:57:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but whatever you're facing,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:05.50,0:57:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're facing it with Jesus by your side.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:08.48,0:57:10.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's pray; Father in Heaven,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:10.36,0:57:11.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what a way to live,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:11.59,0:57:16.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of these restless ways,\Nto rest in You.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:16.60,0:57:20.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And may our rest in Christ\Nbe a witness,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:20.30,0:57:23.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that others might seek rest in You, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:23.16,0:57:25.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Jesus' name. Amen.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:25.37,0:57:26.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team) Amen.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:26.32,0:57:29.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Well, thanks for joining us\Nfor Hope Sabbath School today.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:29.42,0:57:30.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't forget that free gift!
Dialogue: 0,0:57:30.96,0:57:33.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go to hopetv.org/hopess,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:33.80,0:57:36.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,click on "Free Gift!" button.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:36.55,0:57:38.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'll send you some Scripture songs
Dialogue: 0,0:57:38.22,0:57:39.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including our theme song.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:39.54,0:57:41.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hide those words in your heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:41.51,0:57:42.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus wants to give you
Dialogue: 0,0:57:42.90,0:57:44.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rest for your soul.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:44.50,0:57:46.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as you rejoice in His presence,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:46.81,0:57:48.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go out and be a blessing
Dialogue: 0,0:57:48.25,0:57:49.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to those around you.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:49.55,0:58:29.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ theme music ♪