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(Derek) Welcome to Hope Sabbath School,
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an in-depth, interactive study
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of the Word of God.
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We're in a series entitled
Rest in Christ.
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I need that rest today,
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and I'm sure you do, as well.
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Today, we're talking
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about The Roots of Restlessness.
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We discovered in our last study
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that restlessness can lead to rebellion,
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which can lead to violence
and destruction.
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God wants us to experience rest
for our souls,
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so we're really glad you joined us today
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and glad to see the team here.
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And we're excited that we're
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now having some of our team members
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joining us remotely.
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We've got Shaina joining us from Maine.
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Shaina, great to see you
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as part of the team today.
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And also Puia joining us from Hawaii.
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Great to see you, Puia,
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as part of our team.
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We're always happy to hear from you,
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our Hope Sabbath School members
around the world.
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You can always write to us
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at sshope@hopetv.org.
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We get excited, don't we, when we hear
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what God's doing in your life
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and how He's blessing you
through His Word.
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Here's a note from Cherryl
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in Illinois here in the United States,
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"Hope Sabbath School
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has been such a blessing.
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I've been watching for several years
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and look forward to doing so every week
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and sharing with family and friends,"
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that's good, right?
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"Thank God for the outreach
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of Hope Sabbath School.
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Be blessed, keep up the good work."
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Well, Cherryl, thanks for writing
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to us from Illinois,
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and we're excited that you're sharing
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what you're learning
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with family and friends.
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Roger writes to us from Guyana;
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that's South America, right?
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He writes and says,
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"Ever since I was introduced
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to Hope Sabbath School
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about four years ago,
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it has become part
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of my welcoming of the Sabbath.
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I love how the study
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is made simple by your team.
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You stir an excitement in me
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to study and know more about God."
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(Team) Praise God. Amen.
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(Derek) "My mother loves
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the Scripture songs.
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I'm all the way from Guyana,
South America.
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May God continue to bless
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and have mercy on us all."
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Well, Roger, thanks for writing
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to us from Guyana,
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lovely to hear from you.
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Here's a hand-written note from a donor;
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we still get hand-written notes.
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From a donor in New Jersey
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in the United States of America,
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and the donor writes, "I watch
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Hope Sabbath School every Saturday
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and have now become
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your 81-year-old student."
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(Team) Wow.
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(Derek) Wow, you know who you are;
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we won't greet you by name
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because you're a generous donor.
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We thank you for your support, though.
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"I love how the lessons are explained
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and personal testimonies
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of the team are given.
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May God continue to bless your ministry,"
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and a donation of 25 dollars
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for Hope Sabbath School.
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Well, God bless you.
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We all can be a part
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of the great miracle.
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This is a donor-supported ministry.
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If you'd like to give, you can
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just go to hopetv.org/donate,
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or you can go to our website
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and click that yellow donate button.
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Here's a note from Terrena, a Jamaican
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living in the United Arab Emirates,
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and Terrena writes and says,
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"Greetings in the name
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of the Lord Jesus."
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Well, Terrena, you got a wave there.
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(Team) Greetings.
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(Derek) "Thank you for your great work
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in spreading the gospel
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and encouraging us
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to study the Word of God.
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I watch your program all the time.
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It's been a blessing,
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especially during this pandemic.
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Keep up the great work.
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May God bless you and your team. Amen."
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Well, thank you, Terrena,
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writing from the United Arab Emirates.
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And here is one last email,
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from Amanuel, Amanuel, spelt
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a little differently with an A, Amanuel.
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"I'm writing from Ethiopia,"
Amanuel writes.
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"I am a university teacher in my country.
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I've been watching
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Hope Sabbath School since 2017,"
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listen to this, "when I was a student
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at the very university
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where I'm now a professor."
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Congratulations, Amanuel, for graduating
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and now becoming a professor
at your university.
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"Thank you for making the Bible
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so simple and clear.
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I feel as if I'm with you literally.
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I smile with you; I'm touched
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by your testimonies; I love you all.
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May God continue to bless you,
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speak to you and through you." Amen?
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) Well, Amanuel, thank you
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for writing to us from Ethiopia.
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We're glad each one of you are part
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of our Hope Sabbath School family.
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Right now we'd love to invite you
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to sing our theme song.
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It's taken from Matthew, chapter 11.
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It's the words of Jesus, verses 28 to 30,
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"Come to Me, all you who labor
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and are heavy laden,
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and I will give you rest,"
let's sing together.
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♪ music ♪
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(Derek) I love that song,
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and, you know, I love it so much
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I want to speak to you
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as our Hope Sabbath School family.
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We'd like to give you a copy of the song
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plus 11 other Scripture songs
in a collection.
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All you have to do
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is go to our website, hopetv.org/hopess.
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You'll see a button
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that says, "Free Gift."
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Go to our website, click
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on the Free Gift button,
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and you'll get a link to download,
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not only this theme song,
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but 11 other beautiful Scripture songs
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so you can hide God's Word in your heart.
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That's our gift to you
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from Hope Sabbath School.
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Let's pray together now.
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Our Father in Heaven,
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we've already seen in this series
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on Rest in Christ
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how much we need that rest for our souls.
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And we've seen the damaging effect
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of restlessness and rebellion.
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I pray today, as we study
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about The Roots of Restlessness,
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that we might be convicted even more
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to find rest for our souls in Jesus.
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Guide each one in our study today.
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We pray in the powerful name
of Jesus. Amen.
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) We're going to start
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our study today in Luke, chapter 12,
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with a story about a restless individual.
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Now, we're going to look
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at three roots of restlessness.
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Maybe you'll say, "Well, Derek,
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I can think of four or five,"
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and we can share those together,
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but I'm suggesting that selfishness
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is one of the roots
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of a restless spirit.
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Let's pick up the story
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in Luke, chapter 12,
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and, Nicole, if you could begin
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our study today, verses 13 through 19.
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A restless young man
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actually interrupts Jesus who's preaching
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and interrupts Him with a demand.
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Let's pick up the story
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in Luke 12:13-19.
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(Nicole) And the New International
Version says:
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(Derek) Now, let's take this man,
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he has a barn; it's too small.
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What are some options
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if he wasn't driven by a selfish spirit?
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He's had a great crop. Jason?
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(Jason) He could give away
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some of it to other people.
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(Derek) He could find some other people
that didn't have
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such a good year. Brittany?
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(Brittany) I was going to say
what Jason said, that, yeah,
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he should look for those who are needy
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or like they had in Israel,
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they had this law that they would let
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the reapers go through,
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and then they would leave some behind
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for those who are widowed and poor.
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So, he should do the same with his stuff.
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(Derek) That's a great example.
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I think they call that gleaning,
don't they?
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We heard about that
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in the story of Ruth
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in the Old Testament.
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In fact, with Ruth, Boaz gives permission
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to leave extra piles, doesn't he?
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I think he's already realized
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what a precious person she is.
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So, one option would be to give away
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rather than tear down a barn,
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which caused more expense for him.
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What indications are there, though,
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that this man is driven
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by a selfish spirit? Sabina?
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(Sabina) I think that we can look
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at verse, let's see, verse 19; it says:
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So, it sounds like he has
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a very great plan for his own life
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and his own self, too,
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to care for his own problems
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and not anybody else's.
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(Derek) That's right.
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He's certainly not talking to God.
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He's kind of praying to himself.
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And he's not talking to anyone else around
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saying, "Does anyone else have any needs?"
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He's saying, "Self, eat,
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drink and be merry."
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How does the Lord...By the way,
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this is a parable, though it may have been
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a true story, who knows?
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Jesus may have actually seen
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something like that,
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certainly the interruption
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that Nicole read was real.
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Someone just interrupted Him.
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How does Jesus respond, Pedro,
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in verses 20 and 21 of Luke, chapter 12?
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(Pedro) I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version,
and it says:
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(Derek) In another place,
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I think it's in Matthew 16, Jesus says,
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"What does it profit a person
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if she or he gains the whole world,"
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like super big barn,
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"and lose your soul," right?
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But the whole point is,
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when this man dies,
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how much do you take with you?
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(Team) Nothing.
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(Derek) Only your relationship
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or lack of relationship with God, right?
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If you're resting in Christ,
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well, death is just a sleep, right?
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But you can't change, you certainly
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can't take things with you.
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So here's an unnamed selfish man.
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Can you think of other Bible characters,
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do a little scan in your Bible memory,
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some other Bible characters
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that they were just driven by selfishness,
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and of course underlying this theme
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of Rest in Christ,
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you're restless when you're driven
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by selfishness. Nicole?
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(Nicole) I would say Jacob
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before his encounter with God,
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when he took the inheritance and ran away.
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I would say that was a bit of restlessness
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in terms of self, and, "I want
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what my brother has."
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But then when he encountered God,
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his whole life changed.
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(Derek) So, grabbing for that birthright,
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which technically would have been Esau's,
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but God had promised him, right?
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So, there's a selfish grab, if you will.
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(Nicole) It's a struggle.
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(Derek) Alright, Brittany.
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(Brittany) I was thinking of Balaam.
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He was supposedly a prophet of God,
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and God told him to go...
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Well, actually a king came and said,
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"Hey, will you curse
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the children of Israel for me
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because God is blessing them."
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So, Balaam at first was like, "No,
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I'm not going to do it."
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But then when the king
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offered him a large sum of money,
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he was like, "Oh, sure, I'll do it."
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And on his way, an angel of the Lord came
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and blocked his way, and it took a donkey,
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God using the donkey to speak to him
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to open his eyes to his danger
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and what he was doing against God.
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(Derek) And, of course, when he
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finally does open his mouth,
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he blesses the people of God
rather than curses them,
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but those are two examples.
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Another one, Jason?
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(Jason) So, I think of Ahab and Jezebel.
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I think it's particularly Jezebel,
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with a vineyard - Naboth's,
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I think, was the name - that she wanted.
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And she actually had the guy
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falsely accused and murdered,
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and both her and her husband
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were part of a conspiracy
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because they wanted a vineyard.
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(Derek) Sure. I'm seeing
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Shaina's hand and Puia's hand
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raised there in Maine and in Hawaii.
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Shaina, another example of someone
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driven by selfishness, which, of course,
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creates a lot of restlessness
in our hearts.
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(Shaina) I'm thinking of King Saul.
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Saul was anointed by God
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to become the first king of Israel,
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but when he saw that...
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I mean, he had done a bunch of things
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that were wrong in the sight of the Lord,
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and when he saw that the Spirit
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of the Lord was instead on David,
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the rest of his life was somewhat
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spent in pursuing David.
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And it was a restless pursuit,
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even to the point where there was
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a time when Saul
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was right in front of David, and David
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had the opportunity to take his life.
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But David was, like, "No,
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I'm not touching the Lord's anointed."
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So, that's another example
of restlessness.
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(Derek) Sure, and selfishness, for sure.
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You know, while Shaina was sharing
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(Puia, I'll come to your point),
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while Shaina was sharing,
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I thought, instead of spending
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the rest of his life pursuing David,
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what if he had spent
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the rest of his life pursuing God, right?!
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It would mean a totally different story.
Puia.
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(Puia) Yes, I was thinking of Satan,
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Lucifer in Heaven.
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His selfishness drove him
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to rebel against God
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as he wanted more and more power,
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even above his own Creator.
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And he, of course,
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is the originator of sin, in Heaven,
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and later brought it into this planet.
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And so, I believe Satan is a good example
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of what selfishness does to someone
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when you allow that selfishness
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to continue to drive you forward.
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(Derek) Thank you.
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He's also a great example
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of the second root of restlessness,
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which we'll come to in a minute.
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Going to come to you, Pedro.
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It seems like we don't have
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much difficulty finding examples
of people.
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Selfishness is kind of a natural attitude
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of a sinful heart, right? Pedro?
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(Pedro) I was trying to find
the name here,
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and I found it in 1 Samuel 25 - Nabal.
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He was helped by David and his men,
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and he refused to reward him.
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He said, "I don't know who David is."
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And Abigail, his wife, had to intervene,
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and we saw what greed caused
in his life,
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similar to the parable of Jesus.
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(Derek) Sure, and that's right.
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Eventually Nabal dies in a drunken stupor.
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We don't know; his heart
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stopped for whatever reason.
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And it shows the futility of living a life
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simply driven by selfishness.
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Well, like I said, we didn't have trouble
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finding many examples.
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Confession time, oh, was there
ever a time -
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Puia and Shaina, you're
joining us remotely,
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and here we've got the team -
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when, if you're honest with yourself,
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you were being driven
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a little bit by a selfish spirit
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(notice I'm trying to tone it down
just a little bit),
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but it didn't satisfy the restlessness
inside?
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Anybody can relate to that in any way?
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Well, we've got a few brave souls.
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Sabina and then Nicole.
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(Sabina) I have a sister;
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she's older than me.
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And I think that if she watches us,
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she will be able to agree
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with what I am going to share.
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I think that we both
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were selfish, usually, when we
were not willing to share
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our clothes with each other.
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And I think that sometimes
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in our relationship growing up,
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just the fact that I wanted
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to hoard my things to myself,
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or she wanted to hoard
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her things to herself,
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made us sometimes to be in conflict.
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So, I could give other examples
in my life,
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but I'm just sharing this one.
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(Derek) Just that one, and I'm assuming
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that that didn't result
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in a very restful environment.
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(Sabina) No, eventually, you know,
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we grew up in learning
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how to divide things with each other,
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but I remember situations
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in which we had fights as girls, you know,
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not willing to share, just selfish.
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(Derek) Sure. Nicole.
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(Nicole) When I was in medical school,
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I was very much driven
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for a particular path
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that I wanted to take in my life.
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And it was really driven on myself
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in wanting to be in a particular position.
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And it was a very restless time,
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because I was fighting against God
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and what He wanted me to do,
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and I wanted to do "X."
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And so, when I finally gave in and said,
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"Okay, where do you want me to go, Lord?"
I found the rest I needed and was able
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to choose the career that He
wanted me to be in.
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But before that, there was definitely
a struggle
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between my desire for my ego
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to be stroked and my selfishness
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versus what He wanted and saw for my life.
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(Derek) So, we found many examples,
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and we could probably all
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find examples in our own lives
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of how a selfish attitude
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created a restlessness for us.
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But have you ever seen,
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either in the Scripture
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or maybe even in your life,
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someone that really models
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an unselfish spirit which results
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in rest for our souls?
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Anybody? Is there an individual
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that comes to your mind?
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Puia, anybody that you know
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that comes to your mind
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that just models that unselfish spirit?
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(Puia) Yes, I believe Jesus
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is the prime example of Someone
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who showed the opposite of selfishness
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as He came to this planet as a babe
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and then grew up as a man and suffered
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to the point of death on the cross.
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And so, Jesus showed us
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what the opposite side of selfishness is,
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and through love He was able
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to accomplish the plan of salvation
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to give us that rest in Him.
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(Derek) Beautiful, it's hard
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to find a better example, isn't it?
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Anybody think of a family member,
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a loved one, a friend?
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Can I share someone?
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I went on an assignment
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to a refugee camp
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on the Thai-Myanmar border.
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Oh, Puia, that's getting close
to home country.
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And there in a refugee camp
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were about 35,000 refugees
in no man's land.
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And there was a godly woman,
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she's still there, named Helen Hall,
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who started a school
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called Eden Valley Academy.
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And at times, there were
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up to 1,000 students
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in this refugee camp in the school,
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and she's in her 80s now.
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She could be somewhere
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very safe in Australia,
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which is her homeland,
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but she said, "This is
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where God's called me to serve."
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I have never personally seen
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a more unselfish spirit
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than I saw in this precious lady.
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And maybe we should just remember
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Helen Hall and Eden Valley Academy
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in our prayers because things
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are quite unstable there on the border.
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And yet, she's really kind of modeling
what Jesus taught,
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willing to lay down her life for others.
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Anybody else, someone you've seen?
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If not, let's move on, shall we?
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One root of restlessness is what?
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(Team) Selfishness.
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(Derek) Selfishness, but you notice,
00:23:38.422 --> 00:23:40.561
when we were talking about selfishness,
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I think, Puia, you talked about Lucifer,
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now called Satan, he's lost his place
00:23:45.811 --> 00:23:47.524
in the heavenly courts,
00:23:47.524 --> 00:23:52.421
is also that desire to exalt self.
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Self-exaltation is also
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a root cause of restlessness.
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We don't have to go all the way
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back to Lucifer and the rebellion.
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Jason, we could find it
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even among the disciples of Jesus.
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Take a look with us, if you would,
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at Mark 10, verses 35 to 40.
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(Jason) Alright, I have
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the New King James Version here,
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Mark, chapter 10, verses 35 through 40:
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(Derek) Now, while Jason was reading that,
Nicole, you were
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just kind of shaking your head.
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There's definitely a root
00:25:26.825 --> 00:25:29.027
of selfishness there, too, isn't there,
00:25:29.027 --> 00:25:31.910
but this self-exaltation,
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what are your thoughts
00:25:33.004 --> 00:25:35.271
as you see these two...
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They were fishermen right, James and John,
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they were just asking
00:25:38.422 --> 00:25:42.546
to be two vice presidents in the Kingdom?
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(Nicole) It's a human tendency for us
00:25:45.533 --> 00:25:47.555
to want people to praise us
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and to give us honor and to give us glory.
00:25:50.084 --> 00:25:52.209
And I think that we, if we're not careful,
00:25:52.209 --> 00:25:54.626
will want that more than we want
00:25:54.626 --> 00:25:55.885
to actually glorify God.
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And so this is just us having to fight
00:25:58.304 --> 00:25:59.721
against our natural tendency
00:25:59.721 --> 00:26:01.706
to want things that Christ knows
00:26:01.706 --> 00:26:03.489
are not good for us.
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(Derek) Brittany.
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(Brittany) When I read the story,
00:26:06.277 --> 00:26:07.946
since we know the end of the story,
00:26:07.946 --> 00:26:09.877
we know why Jesus came,
00:26:09.877 --> 00:26:11.626
it's like they completely missed out
00:26:11.626 --> 00:26:13.154
on His whole mission.
00:26:13.154 --> 00:26:14.163
His whole mission was
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not to raise Himself up
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except to die for us.
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(Derek) Doesn't He say,
00:26:18.498 --> 00:26:20.458
"I've come, not to be served but to serve
00:26:20.458 --> 00:26:21.377
and to give My life
00:26:21.377 --> 00:26:22.527
for the ransom of many"?
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(Brittany) And if they had known,
if they had understood
00:26:25.195 --> 00:26:26.632
He was going to give His life,
00:26:26.632 --> 00:26:28.283
they wouldn't have asked for this.
00:26:28.283 --> 00:26:31.204
They wouldn't have said, "We want
what You are going to have."
00:26:31.204 --> 00:26:33.735
He was like, "Yeah, you're going
to receive the grief
00:26:33.735 --> 00:26:36.009
and the suffering that I am
going to experience,
00:26:36.009 --> 00:26:38.309
but what you are asking,
you don't understand."
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(Derek) It's interesting
00:26:39.461 --> 00:26:40.554
just thinking about it,
00:26:40.554 --> 00:26:41.946
and, Pedro, then I'd like you
00:26:41.946 --> 00:26:44.024
to read the next verse,
00:26:44.024 --> 00:26:46.301
that one of them, James,
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is beheaded by Herod, right?
00:26:48.915 --> 00:26:51.414
And Peter almost is beheaded, right?
00:26:51.414 --> 00:26:54.027
And then, John, well, he gets
00:26:54.027 --> 00:26:56.949
put on a desolate island called Patmos,
00:26:56.949 --> 00:26:59.118
but God works with him even there.
00:26:59.118 --> 00:27:01.182
But you're right; they had no idea.
00:27:01.182 --> 00:27:03.226
They were thinking of an earthly kingdom.
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But that desire to exalt self
is very strong.
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Pedro, how did the other disciples
respond and why?
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Let's take a look, if you can read for us
00:27:13.344 --> 00:27:15.680
in Mark 10, verse 41.
00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:16.856
(Pedro) I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version,
Mark 10:41:
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(Derek) Alright, Shaina, I'm going
00:27:28.053 --> 00:27:29.171
to ask you a question.
00:27:29.171 --> 00:27:30.942
Shaina, I know you're
00:27:30.942 --> 00:27:33.005
a student of human behavior.
00:27:33.005 --> 00:27:34.601
You've taught and you've seen
00:27:34.601 --> 00:27:37.054
a lot of different character traits.
00:27:37.054 --> 00:27:40.223
So, let me ask you, Shaina,
up there in Maine,
00:27:40.223 --> 00:27:43.725
why do you think the other disciples
00:27:43.725 --> 00:27:47.276
were so upset with James and John?
00:27:47.276 --> 00:27:48.954
(Shaina) They may have been feeling
00:27:48.954 --> 00:27:50.112
like, "Do you guys think
00:27:50.112 --> 00:27:51.786
that you're better than any of us?"
00:27:51.786 --> 00:27:55.294
Like, "We're all on this same walk
together; we've all
00:27:55.294 --> 00:27:58.369
been through most of the same experiences
together.
00:27:58.369 --> 00:27:59.974
None of you are better than that,
00:27:59.974 --> 00:28:01.909
so why would you be subject
00:28:01.909 --> 00:28:05.067
to the next highest position in Heaven,
00:28:05.067 --> 00:28:06.669
which is on the right hand
00:28:06.669 --> 00:28:08.217
and on the left hand of Jesus?"
00:28:08.217 --> 00:28:10.893
(Derek) Yeah, so let me paraphrase that.
00:28:10.893 --> 00:28:12.571
They could be feeling a sense
00:28:12.571 --> 00:28:15.469
of, "Who are you to push yourselves
00:28:15.469 --> 00:28:17.438
over the top of us?"
00:28:17.438 --> 00:28:21.056
But it may be actually something
more than that.
00:28:21.056 --> 00:28:22.373
We've got three hands here;
00:28:22.373 --> 00:28:24.408
who would like to share. Brittany?
00:28:24.408 --> 00:28:26.193
(Brittany) They might have been upset
00:28:26.193 --> 00:28:28.686
that they hadn't thought to ask
that question first.
00:28:28.686 --> 00:28:32.026
"How come they got to ask that question?
I wish I had thought of that."
00:28:32.026 --> 00:28:33.782
(Derek) Anybody agree with Brittany?
00:28:33.782 --> 00:28:36.549
Okay, well, I'm going to raise my hand.
00:28:36.549 --> 00:28:39.358
What evidence, Puia, is there
00:28:39.358 --> 00:28:45.022
that they were also contentious,
can you think of...?
00:28:45.022 --> 00:28:47.855
(Puia) Right, yes, in another chapter
00:28:47.855 --> 00:28:50.048
we find them arguing on the topic
00:28:50.048 --> 00:28:52.311
of who is the greatest among us,
00:28:52.311 --> 00:28:54.960
like, who is the greatest in our group.
00:28:54.960 --> 00:28:59.688
And even today in our church settings,
00:28:59.688 --> 00:29:02.029
we may not say out loud
00:29:02.029 --> 00:29:04.252
as to who is the greatest among us.
00:29:04.252 --> 00:29:06.211
But, truth be told, I believe
00:29:06.211 --> 00:29:08.086
we all think about it sometimes,
00:29:08.086 --> 00:29:10.552
even in our church settings, even today,
00:29:10.552 --> 00:29:12.464
as to who among our members
00:29:12.464 --> 00:29:13.651
make the most money,
00:29:13.651 --> 00:29:15.321
who among our members
00:29:15.321 --> 00:29:18.385
is the most influential or the greatest.
00:29:18.385 --> 00:29:20.425
It seems that this is human tendency,
00:29:20.425 --> 00:29:22.129
not just for James and John,
00:29:22.129 --> 00:29:24.452
but for the rest of us as well.
00:29:24.452 --> 00:29:26.487
(Derek) So, lest we sit in judgment
00:29:26.487 --> 00:29:30.878
on James and John for being so brash...
00:29:30.878 --> 00:29:32.785
By the way, the reference here, I think,
00:29:32.785 --> 00:29:34.539
was Luke, at least one reference,
00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:37.443
Luke 22:24, where they're arguing
00:29:37.443 --> 00:29:39.503
who's going to be the greatest. Sabina?
00:29:39.503 --> 00:29:40.953
(Sabina) And I'm thinking also
00:29:40.953 --> 00:29:42.695
of Jesus' reaction to the confusion
00:29:42.695 --> 00:29:45.489
that is triggered by this comment
00:29:45.489 --> 00:29:49.636
because the Bible says in verse 41
00:29:49.636 --> 00:29:50.666
that the ten heard,
00:29:50.666 --> 00:29:53.146
and they began to discuss about it.
00:29:53.146 --> 00:29:55.119
And the way that Jesus intervenes
00:29:55.119 --> 00:29:56.721
is by reminding them
00:29:56.721 --> 00:29:59.860
that they were called to be servants,
00:29:59.860 --> 00:30:01.624
and that even though we need
00:30:01.624 --> 00:30:03.387
to look at authorities in the world,
00:30:03.387 --> 00:30:04.465
that they look at them
00:30:04.465 --> 00:30:05.753
as being the greatest ones,
00:30:05.753 --> 00:30:06.942
that, in our case, it was
00:30:06.942 --> 00:30:08.283
not going to be so,
00:30:08.283 --> 00:30:09.879
with them and with us.
00:30:09.879 --> 00:30:11.804
In the Kingdom of God,
00:30:11.804 --> 00:30:13.823
the last shall be the first.
00:30:13.823 --> 00:30:15.892
So, I think that the way
that Jesus responds
00:30:15.892 --> 00:30:17.720
makes us believe that all of them
00:30:17.720 --> 00:30:18.918
were having the same sort
00:30:18.918 --> 00:30:21.470
of heart issue going on.
00:30:21.470 --> 00:30:22.813
(Derek) Well, before we come
00:30:22.813 --> 00:30:24.248
to confession time when we've
00:30:24.248 --> 00:30:26.667
ever felt like exalting ourselves,
00:30:26.667 --> 00:30:29.450
there's a story of an ancient monarch,
00:30:29.450 --> 00:30:31.259
"ancient," not being old himself
00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:33.872
but many, many generations ago.
00:30:33.872 --> 00:30:39.405
In fact, what, 2,600 years ago,
00:30:39.405 --> 00:30:42.419
a monarch who had a problem
00:30:42.419 --> 00:30:44.187
with self-exaltation,
00:30:44.187 --> 00:30:46.560
and it's clear from the story
00:30:46.560 --> 00:30:48.630
that he was restless.
00:30:48.630 --> 00:30:49.702
You know, when you're
00:30:49.702 --> 00:30:51.075
always wanting to be first,
00:30:51.075 --> 00:30:54.800
if anybody drives faster than you do
or jumps faster
00:30:54.800 --> 00:30:57.268
or gets a higher score on a test
00:30:57.268 --> 00:30:59.975
or gets the position you were hoping for,
00:30:59.975 --> 00:31:03.426
you're never going to be at rest, right,
if your desire
00:31:03.426 --> 00:31:05.477
is to always exalt yourself.
00:31:05.477 --> 00:31:07.009
Who's that ancient monarch
00:31:07.009 --> 00:31:08.459
we're thinking about?
00:31:08.459 --> 00:31:09.849
(Team) Nebuchadnezzar.
00:31:09.849 --> 00:31:10.979
(Derek) Nebuchadnezzar.
00:31:10.979 --> 00:31:12.960
Now there is a story about Nebuchadnezzar
00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:16.715
in chapter 4 of his book.
00:31:16.715 --> 00:31:17.664
Would you just read
00:31:17.664 --> 00:31:22.945
a few verses for us, verses 28 to 32?
00:31:22.945 --> 00:31:24.023
(Jason) Sure, I've got
00:31:24.023 --> 00:31:25.728
the New King James Version here;
00:31:25.728 --> 00:31:30.125
it's Daniel 4:28-32; it says:
00:32:29.717 --> 00:32:31.727
(Derek) So, what happens to Nebuchadnezzar
00:32:31.727 --> 00:32:36.112
after this declaration of this messenger?
Yes, Brittany.
00:32:36.112 --> 00:32:38.081
(Brittany) He is driven from his kingdom,
00:32:38.081 --> 00:32:41.003
and seven years he spends outside.
00:32:41.003 --> 00:32:43.486
He's getting wet; he's living
like an animal.
00:32:43.486 --> 00:32:46.301
It even says that his hair grew
00:32:46.301 --> 00:32:48.563
like feathers of a bird, almost,
00:32:48.563 --> 00:32:49.618
and his nails grew
00:32:49.618 --> 00:32:51.433
long like eagle's claws.
00:32:51.433 --> 00:32:54.729
He became like an animal.
00:32:54.729 --> 00:32:55.802
(Derek) And that was
00:32:55.802 --> 00:32:58.835
the end of the story, right? Wrong?
00:32:58.835 --> 00:33:00.493
How does the story end?
00:33:00.493 --> 00:33:02.930
I think it ends hopefully,
00:33:02.930 --> 00:33:06.908
with some kind of rest for his soul.
00:33:06.908 --> 00:33:08.352
Who would like to read for us,
00:33:08.352 --> 00:33:13.461
Daniel, chapter 4, verses 33 to 37? Pedro.
00:33:13.461 --> 00:33:14.580
(Pedro) I'll be reading
00:33:14.580 --> 00:33:18.139
from the New King James Version,
Daniel 4:33-37:
00:34:52.807 --> 00:34:54.107
(Derek) Now, if you've read
00:34:54.107 --> 00:34:55.503
the book of Daniel,
00:34:55.503 --> 00:34:57.852
he has some things to say about the God
00:34:57.852 --> 00:34:59.617
of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego,
00:34:59.617 --> 00:35:01.163
or the God of Daniel,
00:35:01.163 --> 00:35:03.534
in Daniel 2 and in Daniel 3.
00:35:03.534 --> 00:35:04.955
But what's the difference
00:35:04.955 --> 00:35:06.324
in Daniel, chapter 4?
00:35:06.324 --> 00:35:09.248
Did you notice a difference? Nicole.
00:35:09.248 --> 00:35:11.215
(Nicole) He's actually internalizing
00:35:11.215 --> 00:35:13.278
the God of Shadrach, Meshach,
and Abed-Nego.
00:35:13.278 --> 00:35:15.443
It's not just their God anymore;
it's his God.
00:35:15.443 --> 00:35:16.974
He gives the praise to this God,
00:35:16.974 --> 00:35:19.381
and so he makes it personal at this point
00:35:19.381 --> 00:35:21.327
because of his experience with God.
00:35:21.327 --> 00:35:23.422
(Derek) So, why is it so important...
00:35:23.422 --> 00:35:25.101
Shaina, let me take your point,
00:35:25.101 --> 00:35:26.167
and then I want to ask
00:35:26.167 --> 00:35:27.621
why it's so important.
00:35:27.621 --> 00:35:29.255
I mean, I guess we could find hope
00:35:29.255 --> 00:35:31.210
in the story of Nebuchadnezzar, right?
00:35:31.210 --> 00:35:32.597
That if you have been living
00:35:32.597 --> 00:35:34.457
trying to just exalt yourself,
00:35:34.457 --> 00:35:36.798
you don't have to die that way.
00:35:36.798 --> 00:35:38.248
You can change. Shaina?
00:35:38.248 --> 00:35:39.885
(Shaina) I also find it amazing
00:35:39.885 --> 00:35:43.990
that this king, who built a statue
00:35:43.990 --> 00:35:45.604
all of gold because he was like,
00:35:45.604 --> 00:35:47.775
"My kingdom is going to last forever,"
00:35:47.775 --> 00:35:50.186
in verse 37, he says,
00:35:50.186 --> 00:35:52.029
"Honor the King of Heaven,"
00:35:52.029 --> 00:35:57.030
so it's a complete shift in character
00:35:57.030 --> 00:36:00.358
or language, vocabulary, that he's using
00:36:00.358 --> 00:36:02.836
to say, "This is the King; this is
00:36:02.836 --> 00:36:06.442
the real deal that we're dealing with."
00:36:06.442 --> 00:36:08.269
(Derek) Beautiful. Well, we're talking
00:36:08.269 --> 00:36:09.853
about Roots of Restlessness,
00:36:09.853 --> 00:36:10.915
and we know that God
00:36:10.915 --> 00:36:13.395
doesn't want us to be restless, right,
00:36:13.395 --> 00:36:15.600
but to find rest in Christ.
00:36:15.600 --> 00:36:17.527
Selfishness doesn't work.
00:36:17.527 --> 00:36:20.034
Why doesn't self-exaltation work?
00:36:20.034 --> 00:36:21.879
Why don't we find rest?
00:36:21.879 --> 00:36:23.207
When do we finally get
00:36:23.207 --> 00:36:25.039
to the place, Brittany,
00:36:25.039 --> 00:36:26.792
when do we finally get to the place
00:36:26.792 --> 00:36:29.834
where we go, "Oh, rest, because I'm
00:36:29.834 --> 00:36:31.722
finally at the top of the pile!
00:36:31.722 --> 00:36:35.949
I've left all of these broken people
in climbing up"?
00:36:35.949 --> 00:36:37.998
Why doesn't that ever work?
00:36:37.998 --> 00:36:40.064
(Brittany) Well, we were
created to worship.
00:36:40.064 --> 00:36:41.753
When we read throughout the Bible,
00:36:41.753 --> 00:36:43.213
we realize that God
00:36:43.213 --> 00:36:44.498
created us in His image,
00:36:44.498 --> 00:36:48.085
and He created us with this desire
to worship.
00:36:48.085 --> 00:36:49.502
And we're never fulfilled
00:36:49.502 --> 00:36:52.481
until we worship the One who made us.
00:36:52.481 --> 00:36:53.892
(Derek) Alright, so actually,
00:36:53.892 --> 00:36:55.648
back to Puia, what you said earlier,
00:36:55.648 --> 00:36:57.243
and then I'll come to your point.
00:36:57.243 --> 00:36:59.730
Actually, this desire for self-exaltation
00:36:59.730 --> 00:37:03.445
finds its original root in Lucifer,
00:37:03.445 --> 00:37:06.016
the rebellious angel,
00:37:06.016 --> 00:37:09.091
where, if I keep wanting to exalt myself
00:37:09.091 --> 00:37:11.199
as the driving force in my life,
00:37:11.199 --> 00:37:13.169
I'll want to be above God.
00:37:13.169 --> 00:37:14.923
I want to be God, right,
00:37:14.923 --> 00:37:18.388
which, of course, will never work. Puia?
00:37:18.388 --> 00:37:19.868
(Puia) Yes, picking up
00:37:19.868 --> 00:37:21.561
on what Brittany said,
00:37:21.561 --> 00:37:22.655
I believe the reason
00:37:22.655 --> 00:37:24.918
why self-exaltation doesn't
00:37:24.918 --> 00:37:27.513
lead us to actual rest
00:37:27.513 --> 00:37:29.509
is because it completely goes
00:37:29.509 --> 00:37:31.636
against the nature of God.
00:37:31.636 --> 00:37:34.268
And as God is our Creator
00:37:34.268 --> 00:37:35.708
and the Author of our lives,
00:37:35.708 --> 00:37:37.342
He designs our life in such a way
00:37:37.342 --> 00:37:39.678
that our lives will flourish
00:37:39.678 --> 00:37:41.115
when we follow His principles.
00:37:41.115 --> 00:37:43.486
And God's principles are
00:37:43.486 --> 00:37:45.747
never about self-exaltation
00:37:45.747 --> 00:37:47.430
but rather about humility
00:37:47.430 --> 00:37:49.732
and serving others rather than self.
00:37:49.732 --> 00:37:52.802
And so, when we try to exalt ourselves,
00:37:52.802 --> 00:37:54.693
we're going against the way
00:37:54.693 --> 00:37:58.407
God designed us to function best.
00:37:58.407 --> 00:38:00.352
And so, we're not able to find rest
00:38:00.352 --> 00:38:01.692
as long as we are going
00:38:01.692 --> 00:38:05.050
against God's original plan.
00:38:05.050 --> 00:38:06.599
(Derek) We found some examples
00:38:06.599 --> 00:38:08.502
of people trying to find rest
00:38:08.502 --> 00:38:11.124
in self-exaltation; it doesn't work.
00:38:11.124 --> 00:38:13.193
Nebuchadnezzar does become an example
00:38:13.193 --> 00:38:14.682
of someone who says, "I'm going
00:38:14.682 --> 00:38:16.441
to exalt God rather than myself,"
00:38:16.441 --> 00:38:17.628
and he finds rest.
00:38:17.628 --> 00:38:19.563
Any other examples in the Bible
00:38:19.563 --> 00:38:21.686
of people, Pedro, who find rest
00:38:21.686 --> 00:38:24.346
by saying, "I'm just going to exalt God"?
00:38:24.346 --> 00:38:25.518
(Pedro) Well, one thing
00:38:25.518 --> 00:38:26.931
that got my attention when we
00:38:26.931 --> 00:38:28.672
were reading in Mark was Bartimaeus
00:38:28.672 --> 00:38:31.258
because the same question
00:38:31.258 --> 00:38:35.219
that Jesus made to James and John
00:38:35.219 --> 00:38:37.190
was the question He made to him.
00:38:37.190 --> 00:38:38.926
But we see that Bartimaeus,
00:38:38.926 --> 00:38:40.712
he heard that Jesus was passing by.
00:38:40.712 --> 00:38:43.198
He was blind, this multitude
was coming up,
00:38:43.198 --> 00:38:45.294
and he was calling upon Jesus,
00:38:45.294 --> 00:38:47.518
"Son of David," "Son of David,"
00:38:47.518 --> 00:38:49.807
exalting God as who He is.
00:38:49.807 --> 00:38:51.213
Everybody thought that He was
00:38:51.213 --> 00:38:53.272
Jesus of Nazareth; He was just, you know,
00:38:53.272 --> 00:38:54.201
He was the prophet.
00:38:54.201 --> 00:38:56.082
But he recognized who Jesus was.
00:38:56.082 --> 00:38:57.914
And Jesus came to him and said,
00:38:57.914 --> 00:39:00.212
"What do you want me to do for you?"
00:39:00.212 --> 00:39:01.783
And what happened to him?
00:39:01.783 --> 00:39:05.283
He had an encounter with God,
and God blessed him.
00:39:05.283 --> 00:39:06.981
(Derek) Beautiful. And, by the way,
00:39:06.981 --> 00:39:08.997
"Son of David" was a Messiah term, right?
00:39:08.997 --> 00:39:10.042
And so I just thought
00:39:10.042 --> 00:39:12.167
of that beautiful thing, "I want to see,"
00:39:12.167 --> 00:39:15.383
and the first thing he sees is Jesus!
00:39:15.383 --> 00:39:16.957
It's like, "I want to see Jesus.
00:39:16.957 --> 00:39:19.408
I want to see the Son of David."
00:39:19.408 --> 00:39:21.010
What a beautiful picture. Sabina?
00:39:21.010 --> 00:39:22.857
(Sabina) I'm thinking of the apostles.
00:39:22.857 --> 00:39:25.357
After Jesus departed, they were all
00:39:25.357 --> 00:39:27.465
given great authority
00:39:27.465 --> 00:39:28.950
by the power of the Holy Spirit
00:39:28.950 --> 00:39:30.629
to heal, to preach, to teach,
00:39:30.629 --> 00:39:31.868
and to do things that were
00:39:31.868 --> 00:39:33.363
even greater than those things
00:39:33.363 --> 00:39:34.339
that Jesus had made.
00:39:34.339 --> 00:39:35.317
And they could have
00:39:35.317 --> 00:39:38.048
eventually desired or placed themselves
00:39:38.048 --> 00:39:40.401
in the space of being the authority,
00:39:40.401 --> 00:39:44.022
doing those things, and not bringing
glory to God.
00:39:44.022 --> 00:39:46.158
And I believe that they surely were able
00:39:46.158 --> 00:39:47.788
to succeed in their mission
00:39:47.788 --> 00:39:50.028
because they were putting
00:39:50.028 --> 00:39:51.849
the name of Jesus ahead
00:39:51.849 --> 00:39:52.895
and not their own.
00:39:52.895 --> 00:39:54.333
(Derek) There was one example,
00:39:54.333 --> 00:39:55.603
and I see your hand, Puia,
00:39:55.603 --> 00:39:56.803
raised there in Hawaii,
00:39:56.803 --> 00:39:58.854
there was one example of someone
00:39:58.854 --> 00:40:00.789
in the book of Acts who wanted
00:40:00.789 --> 00:40:03.097
the power to exalt self.
00:40:03.097 --> 00:40:05.829
Anybody remember what his name was?
00:40:05.829 --> 00:40:08.061
Was it Simon the sorcerer?
00:40:08.061 --> 00:40:10.263
He wanted to buy the Holy Spirit, right,
00:40:10.263 --> 00:40:12.203
"Boy, I could be really famous
00:40:12.203 --> 00:40:15.125
if I had this power." Puia?
00:40:15.125 --> 00:40:17.036
(Puia) Another person that came to mind
00:40:17.036 --> 00:40:19.377
is Daniel in the story
00:40:19.377 --> 00:40:22.354
where King Nebuchadnezzar forgot his dream
00:40:22.354 --> 00:40:25.168
and was trying to find out
what his dream was
00:40:25.168 --> 00:40:28.164
and inquired from all the magicians
and the wise men,
00:40:28.164 --> 00:40:29.658
and nobody could tell
00:40:29.658 --> 00:40:32.536
the forgotten dream of the king.
00:40:32.536 --> 00:40:33.807
And Daniel came along,
00:40:33.807 --> 00:40:35.301
God answered his prayer,
00:40:35.301 --> 00:40:38.311
but Daniel did not take the credit
00:40:38.311 --> 00:40:40.407
when he explained it to the king
00:40:40.407 --> 00:40:41.801
that the dream came from God.
00:40:41.801 --> 00:40:43.942
So, I believe Daniel is a good example
00:40:43.942 --> 00:40:46.900
of someone who gave the credit to God
00:40:46.900 --> 00:40:49.258
rather than exalt himself.
00:40:49.258 --> 00:40:50.566
(Derek) Great illustration,
00:40:50.566 --> 00:40:53.068
and that's repeated in Daniel 5
00:40:53.068 --> 00:40:56.297
in his interaction with Belshazzar.
00:40:56.297 --> 00:40:58.693
And it's repeated in his interaction
00:40:58.693 --> 00:41:01.231
with Kind Darius where he says,
00:41:01.231 --> 00:41:03.697
"My God sent an angel,"
00:41:03.697 --> 00:41:05.280
rather than saying, "Well, I was
00:41:05.280 --> 00:41:07.495
able to tame these lions, O King."
00:41:07.495 --> 00:41:09.971
He's always exalting God
rather than himself.
00:41:09.971 --> 00:41:11.263
Well, we want to move
00:41:11.263 --> 00:41:14.870
on to a third root of restlessness.
00:41:14.870 --> 00:41:16.393
Is selfishness going to help us
00:41:16.393 --> 00:41:17.688
find rest for our souls?
00:41:17.688 --> 00:41:18.438
(Team) No.
00:41:18.438 --> 00:41:21.200
(Derek) No. Self-exaltation, is it
going to help us?
00:41:21.200 --> 00:41:22.745
(Derek, Team) No.
00:41:22.745 --> 00:41:26.824
(Derek) There is a third root
of restlessnes,
00:41:26.824 --> 00:41:30.782
and that is hypocrisy.
00:41:30.782 --> 00:41:31.921
What is hypocrisy?
00:41:31.921 --> 00:41:34.184
Can someone give me a definition?
00:41:34.184 --> 00:41:36.369
What is hypocrisy?
00:41:36.369 --> 00:41:37.739
Shaina, could you give us
00:41:37.739 --> 00:41:39.217
a brief definition
00:41:39.217 --> 00:41:41.976
or maybe a definition of a hypocrite?
00:41:41.976 --> 00:41:43.421
Unfortunately, Jesus calls
00:41:43.421 --> 00:41:44.800
some people hypocrites.
00:41:44.800 --> 00:41:48.154
What's the definition of a hypocrite?
00:41:48.154 --> 00:41:51.420
(Shaina) In a very simplified version,
00:41:51.420 --> 00:41:54.645
it's a person who says one thing,
00:41:54.645 --> 00:41:57.960
or they preach one thing, and their lives,
00:41:57.960 --> 00:42:00.044
their actions, preach another thing.
00:42:00.044 --> 00:42:03.498
So, there is an inconsistency
00:42:03.498 --> 00:42:06.981
between their words and their actions.
00:42:06.981 --> 00:42:10.584
(Derek) So, let's go back; Jesus calls
00:42:10.584 --> 00:42:12.123
some of the religious leaders...
00:42:12.123 --> 00:42:13.837
We need to be careful here,
00:42:13.837 --> 00:42:16.131
because there were some religious leaders
00:42:16.131 --> 00:42:19.841
who were very devoted, godly people.
00:42:19.841 --> 00:42:20.983
In fact, they're willing
00:42:20.983 --> 00:42:22.160
to identify with Jesus
00:42:22.160 --> 00:42:25.599
and even lay down all of their resources,
00:42:25.599 --> 00:42:27.963
namely, who comes to mind?
00:42:27.963 --> 00:42:29.400
(Derek, Team) Nicodemus.
00:42:29.400 --> 00:42:31.173
(Sabina) I was thinking of Nicodemus.
00:42:31.173 --> 00:42:33.608
(Derek) Joseph of Arimathea and others,
00:42:33.608 --> 00:42:37.663
so not all of the religious leaders agreed
00:42:37.663 --> 00:42:42.805
with the majority Jesus called hypocrites.
00:42:42.805 --> 00:42:44.523
Let's look at that passage.
00:42:44.523 --> 00:42:46.498
It's very strong language.
00:42:46.498 --> 00:42:49.016
And, Brittany, if you could read for us
00:42:49.016 --> 00:42:54.637
in Matthew 23, beginning with verse 1.
00:42:54.637 --> 00:42:56.747
I don't think I've ever heard
00:42:56.747 --> 00:43:00.772
Jesus speak more strongly than this.
00:43:00.772 --> 00:43:03.022
And so while Brittany's reading,
00:43:03.022 --> 00:43:06.743
ask the question, why is Jesus speaking
00:43:06.743 --> 00:43:09.797
in such, what appears
00:43:09.797 --> 00:43:12.147
to be such harsh language
00:43:12.147 --> 00:43:14.150
to these religious leaders?
00:43:14.150 --> 00:43:15.545
And it must have something
00:43:15.545 --> 00:43:17.545
to do with, that hypocrisy
00:43:17.545 --> 00:43:19.671
will never give us the rest
00:43:19.671 --> 00:43:21.868
for our souls that we need.
00:43:21.868 --> 00:43:25.117
Starting in verse 1 of chapter 23,
00:43:25.117 --> 00:43:26.902
down through verse 13.
00:43:26.902 --> 00:43:28.169
(Brittany) I'll be reading
00:43:28.169 --> 00:43:29.732
from the New King James Version,
00:43:29.732 --> 00:43:33.130
Matthew, chapter 23, verses 1 through 13:
00:45:24.445 --> 00:45:26.032
(Derek) As you were reading that,
00:45:26.032 --> 00:45:27.861
there seems to be a strong correlation
00:45:27.861 --> 00:45:33.133
between hypocrisy and self-exaltation
and selfishness.
00:45:33.133 --> 00:45:35.069
Maybe it's all one root.
00:45:35.069 --> 00:45:37.486
It's all kind of woven together.
00:45:37.486 --> 00:45:39.229
Why would a person
00:45:39.229 --> 00:45:41.723
make a profession of something
00:45:41.723 --> 00:45:43.183
but live differently?
00:45:43.183 --> 00:45:45.230
What do you think? Anybody?
00:45:45.230 --> 00:45:47.854
Why would they make a profession
00:45:47.854 --> 00:45:49.709
but not follow it? Shaina?
00:45:49.709 --> 00:45:52.490
(Shaina) I can say I am these things
00:45:52.490 --> 00:45:54.233
to look good to people.
00:45:54.233 --> 00:45:57.376
And if no one is really checking my life
00:45:57.376 --> 00:46:00.607
to ensure that I am living like that,
00:46:00.607 --> 00:46:03.080
then, you know, my appearance looks good.
00:46:03.080 --> 00:46:07.077
But really, well, Jesus knows.
00:46:07.077 --> 00:46:08.531
(Derek) But that ties in
00:46:08.531 --> 00:46:10.470
to wanting to exalt myself
00:46:10.470 --> 00:46:12.012
beyond where I actually am.
00:46:12.012 --> 00:46:14.333
Jason, why would a person do that?
00:46:14.333 --> 00:46:16.689
"Hypocrite," Jesus said, "hypocrite,
00:46:16.689 --> 00:46:18.733
you say one thing, but you don't do it."
00:46:18.733 --> 00:46:20.310
(Jason) Sure, so sometimes people
00:46:20.310 --> 00:46:22.524
want the benefits of a certain way
00:46:22.524 --> 00:46:23.817
or a certain expression,
00:46:23.817 --> 00:46:26.477
but they don't actually want
the responsibility
00:46:26.477 --> 00:46:28.415
or the things that may not
00:46:28.415 --> 00:46:29.646
make them feel as good.
00:46:29.646 --> 00:46:30.650
So, they kind of want
00:46:30.650 --> 00:46:32.917
an external good feeling,
00:46:32.917 --> 00:46:35.043
but internally they still want to do
00:46:35.043 --> 00:46:36.759
what they want to do themselves.
00:46:36.759 --> 00:46:38.598
So, they kind of want this
00:46:38.598 --> 00:46:40.050
for their own purposes
00:46:40.050 --> 00:46:43.027
and not really for anyone else.
00:46:43.027 --> 00:46:43.989
(Derek) Nicole?
00:46:43.989 --> 00:46:45.785
(Nicole) I recently heard someone say
00:46:45.785 --> 00:46:47.993
that hypocrisy is the enemy of love,
00:46:47.993 --> 00:46:49.727
because if you don't have love,
00:46:49.727 --> 00:46:51.759
you're going to present yourself in a way
00:46:51.759 --> 00:46:53.142
so you can appear to have it,
00:46:53.142 --> 00:46:54.225
but you really don't.
00:46:54.225 --> 00:46:58.782
Because love is authentic,
love is transparent.
00:46:58.782 --> 00:47:00.213
And hypocrisy, there's clearly
00:47:00.213 --> 00:47:01.960
a shadow and a wall there.
00:47:01.960 --> 00:47:04.441
So, I heard that, and it really
kind of stuck to me;
00:47:04.441 --> 00:47:07.264
it's the enemy of love, and that's
why Christ can't have it.
00:47:07.264 --> 00:47:08.644
(Derek) And it's interesting,
00:47:08.644 --> 00:47:09.896
because the rest in Christ
00:47:09.896 --> 00:47:11.044
is resting in His love.
00:47:11.044 --> 00:47:12.824
I think it's all related, isn't it?
00:47:12.824 --> 00:47:15.491
What a beautiful thought.
00:47:15.491 --> 00:47:17.042
You know, some people might hear
00:47:17.042 --> 00:47:18.695
these stern rebukes, Pedro,
00:47:18.695 --> 00:47:20.025
that Jesus is giving
00:47:20.025 --> 00:47:23.400
and think, "Jesus, You're a hypocrite.
00:47:23.400 --> 00:47:27.811
I mean, don't be so hard on these people;
nobody's perfect."
00:47:27.811 --> 00:47:30.240
But in the same chapter, we see
00:47:30.240 --> 00:47:34.074
that Jesus actually, He's so hard on them
00:47:34.074 --> 00:47:36.998
because He loves them.
00:47:36.998 --> 00:47:39.428
That's an interesting thought,
00:47:39.428 --> 00:47:42.651
because hypocrisy will always lead to...?
00:47:42.651 --> 00:47:43.906
(Team) Destruction.
00:47:43.906 --> 00:47:44.884
(Derek) Destruction.
00:47:44.884 --> 00:47:46.980
Look at a revelation of His character
00:47:46.980 --> 00:47:50.770
there in Matthew 23 and verse 37.
00:47:50.770 --> 00:47:51.919
(Pedro) I'll be reading
00:47:51.919 --> 00:47:56.671
from the New King James Version,
Matthew 23:37:
00:48:16.795 --> 00:48:18.480
(Derek) You see the love of Jesus,
00:48:18.480 --> 00:48:19.501
which is a revelation
00:48:19.501 --> 00:48:20.681
of the Father's love.
00:48:20.681 --> 00:48:22.944
Well, did anyone here,
00:48:22.944 --> 00:48:26.336
either here in the studio or Shaina, Puia,
00:48:26.336 --> 00:48:29.033
find yourself acting like a hypocrite,
00:48:29.033 --> 00:48:32.213
and you're going to testify today
00:48:32.213 --> 00:48:34.620
to the world, "Whoops, that didn't give me
00:48:34.620 --> 00:48:37.471
the rest I was looking for." Jason.
00:48:37.471 --> 00:48:42.377
(Jason) Sure, so, these days,
00:48:42.377 --> 00:48:44.432
or at least over my life
00:48:44.432 --> 00:48:47.253
I've spent a lot of time on social media,
00:48:47.253 --> 00:48:49.223
particularly certain sites like Facebook.
00:48:49.223 --> 00:48:51.236
And people get into arguments
00:48:51.236 --> 00:48:52.552
and discussions there.
00:48:52.552 --> 00:48:54.036
And there were times in my life
00:48:54.036 --> 00:48:55.271
when I was in discussions
00:48:55.271 --> 00:48:57.532
with people, friends, professors.
00:48:57.532 --> 00:48:59.364
And even though people knew
00:48:59.364 --> 00:49:00.395
I was a Christian,
00:49:00.395 --> 00:49:03.745
knew I studied the Bible,
00:49:03.745 --> 00:49:06.554
I was saying things and attacking people
00:49:06.554 --> 00:49:08.998
and acting, well, very ungodly
00:49:08.998 --> 00:49:11.974
in a public forum, even though people knew
00:49:11.974 --> 00:49:12.841
I was a Christian.
00:49:12.841 --> 00:49:14.921
So, I clearly was doing things publicly
00:49:14.921 --> 00:49:16.670
that didn't match, you know,
00:49:16.670 --> 00:49:18.672
my relationship with God, or showed
00:49:18.672 --> 00:49:21.023
that there was a disconnect there.
00:49:21.023 --> 00:49:23.818
(Derek) I'm hoping you're going
to tell me you changed!
00:49:23.818 --> 00:49:25.471
(Jason) Yes, well, by God's grace,
00:49:25.471 --> 00:49:28.040
I spend a lot less time on Facebook
and social media,
00:49:28.040 --> 00:49:30.657
and I decided to turn my Facebook page,
00:49:30.657 --> 00:49:32.188
not so much into debates
00:49:32.188 --> 00:49:33.958
and discussions anymore.
00:49:33.958 --> 00:49:35.978
(Derek) Well, thank you for sharing that.
00:49:35.978 --> 00:49:37.894
I remember a time I was going to church.
00:49:37.894 --> 00:49:40.222
I was 18; I looked, and a friend
00:49:40.222 --> 00:49:42.010
from high school was across the road,
00:49:42.010 --> 00:49:43.908
and I turned my head so he wouldn't
00:49:43.908 --> 00:49:47.774
see me go into the church - hypocrite.
00:49:47.774 --> 00:49:50.571
And I still feel the pain of that day,
00:49:50.571 --> 00:49:54.362
because Jesus was not ashamed of me.
00:49:54.362 --> 00:49:57.303
Fortunately, Jesus saved me.
00:49:57.303 --> 00:49:58.696
But, we all contend,
00:49:58.696 --> 00:50:00.528
if we're not connected, we could all
00:50:00.528 --> 00:50:02.595
tend towards hypocrisy, right?
00:50:02.595 --> 00:50:04.227
We could tend towards selfishness
00:50:04.227 --> 00:50:06.029
and self-exaltation.
00:50:06.029 --> 00:50:10.903
So Puia, would you read to us John 14:1-5,
00:50:10.903 --> 00:50:13.500
because embedded in this story
00:50:13.500 --> 00:50:16.276
we see both restlessness
00:50:16.276 --> 00:50:17.455
from the disciples
00:50:17.455 --> 00:50:18.959
but also the secret,
00:50:18.959 --> 00:50:21.301
the antidote for restlessness,
00:50:21.301 --> 00:50:23.354
whether it's caused by selfishness
00:50:23.354 --> 00:50:27.891
or a desire for self-exaltation
or hypocrisy.
00:50:27.891 --> 00:50:31.063
Read to us John 14:1-5.
00:50:31.063 --> 00:50:32.623
(Puia) Sure, and I'll be reading
00:50:32.623 --> 00:50:34.657
from the New King James Version:
00:51:10.400 --> 00:51:12.353
(Derek) So, why are they restless?
00:51:12.353 --> 00:51:14.329
Why are they at least tempted
00:51:14.329 --> 00:51:16.259
to be anxious? Brittany.
00:51:16.259 --> 00:51:17.730
(Brittany) Well, their Master,
00:51:17.730 --> 00:51:20.206
who they've been following
for three and a half years
00:51:20.206 --> 00:51:21.599
is saying He's leaving them.
00:51:21.599 --> 00:51:22.699
And so, they don't know
00:51:22.699 --> 00:51:24.883
where He's going, from what Thomas said,
00:51:24.883 --> 00:51:26.034
and they don't know
00:51:26.034 --> 00:51:27.104
how to get to Him.
00:51:27.104 --> 00:51:28.808
They're worried; they're concerned,
00:51:28.808 --> 00:51:30.553
"Now what is our life going to be?"
00:51:30.553 --> 00:51:32.440
They had left everything to follow Him,
00:51:32.440 --> 00:51:34.663
and now, "What are we going to do next?"
00:51:34.663 --> 00:51:36.359
(Derek) And what is the answer
00:51:36.359 --> 00:51:38.442
to their restlessness?
00:51:38.442 --> 00:51:40.048
Next verse, Sabina,
00:51:40.048 --> 00:51:43.837
chapter 14 of John, verse 6.
00:51:43.837 --> 00:51:44.850
(Sabina) It says:
00:51:51.850 --> 00:51:53.567
(Derek) "Rest in Me."
00:51:53.567 --> 00:51:55.847
That reminds us of our Scripture song.
00:51:55.847 --> 00:51:58.999
Can someone sing it for us?
Well, no, don't sing.
00:51:58.999 --> 00:52:03.074
Could you read it for us, someone?
Matthew 11:28-30.
00:52:03.074 --> 00:52:04.841
Jason, do you have it?
00:52:04.841 --> 00:52:07.211
Because really, the rest
00:52:07.211 --> 00:52:10.636
is not found in selfish grabbing,
00:52:10.636 --> 00:52:13.204
self-exaltation, or trying
00:52:13.204 --> 00:52:17.080
to project a life that you're not living.
00:52:17.080 --> 00:52:18.967
It's found by resting in Christ.
00:52:18.967 --> 00:52:20.883
What's the beautiful invitation there
00:52:20.883 --> 00:52:23.186
in Matthew 11:28-30?
00:52:23.186 --> 00:52:25.103
(Jason) The New King James Version says,
00:52:25.103 --> 00:52:28.222
Matthew, chapter 11, verses 28 through 30:
00:52:49.399 --> 00:52:51.382
(Derek) So, you finally come to the place
00:52:51.382 --> 00:52:53.324
where you say, "I am going
00:52:53.324 --> 00:52:55.413
to surrender my life
00:52:55.413 --> 00:52:58.098
wholly to Jesus and rest in Him.
00:52:58.098 --> 00:53:02.302
Whether I live, whether I die,
00:53:02.302 --> 00:53:05.464
whether the result from this test
00:53:05.464 --> 00:53:09.666
I just had is negative or positive,
00:53:09.666 --> 00:53:12.144
I'm going to choose to rest in Christ
00:53:12.144 --> 00:53:16.347
and be secure there."
00:53:16.347 --> 00:53:18.159
Do you know there are some people
00:53:18.159 --> 00:53:20.482
that, when they make that decision,
00:53:20.482 --> 00:53:23.669
not everybody supports them.
00:53:23.669 --> 00:53:27.398
Sometimes even friends and family members
00:53:27.398 --> 00:53:29.391
criticize them for saying...
00:53:29.391 --> 00:53:31.813
You know, it's like the survival
00:53:31.813 --> 00:53:36.132
of the fittest, Jason, "Keep climbing up,
00:53:36.132 --> 00:53:38.418
even if you have to climb over people.
00:53:38.418 --> 00:53:41.280
You're just going to get," we have
an expression in English,
00:53:41.280 --> 00:53:43.615
"eaten alive if you just think
00:53:43.615 --> 00:53:45.044
you can rest in Christ
00:53:45.044 --> 00:53:48.243
and life will go well."
00:53:48.243 --> 00:53:50.505
What would you say to someone like that?
00:53:50.505 --> 00:53:52.025
Once you've made your decision,
00:53:52.025 --> 00:53:55.952
"I'm just going to rest my life," Puia,
"rest in Christ,"
00:53:55.952 --> 00:53:57.364
what would you say to someone
00:53:57.364 --> 00:54:00.333
who says, "You'll just be eaten alive.
00:54:00.333 --> 00:54:04.763
You'll get trampled on by everybody"?
00:54:04.763 --> 00:54:06.398
(Puia) I would say, continue
00:54:06.398 --> 00:54:08.452
to look at the cross
00:54:08.452 --> 00:54:10.623
and how much Jesus suffered
00:54:10.623 --> 00:54:11.846
to give us that rest.
00:54:11.846 --> 00:54:12.789
And once we have
00:54:12.789 --> 00:54:16.048
that personal relationship with Jesus
00:54:16.048 --> 00:54:17.763
and we are being persecuted,
00:54:17.763 --> 00:54:18.932
either by our family
00:54:18.932 --> 00:54:21.624
or friends or other people,
00:54:21.624 --> 00:54:24.351
it means that we are sharing
00:54:24.351 --> 00:54:25.778
in the journey of Jesus,
00:54:25.778 --> 00:54:27.172
and we are carrying the cross
00:54:27.172 --> 00:54:28.876
as Jesus calls us to.
00:54:28.876 --> 00:54:30.137
And at the end of the day,
00:54:30.137 --> 00:54:32.223
as we read earlier, Jesus said,
00:54:32.223 --> 00:54:33.352
"I will give you rest."
00:54:33.352 --> 00:54:36.018
And the yoke, Jesus said the word "yoke,"
00:54:36.018 --> 00:54:37.484
and in some ways the yoke
00:54:37.484 --> 00:54:39.940
would seem to be like a problem
00:54:39.940 --> 00:54:41.924
for an animal that they often used
00:54:41.924 --> 00:54:43.607
to drive the animal to work.
00:54:43.607 --> 00:54:46.225
But, according to Jesus, His yoke is easy,
00:54:46.225 --> 00:54:47.236
meaning, even when we
00:54:47.236 --> 00:54:49.581
go through problems because of Jesus,
00:54:49.581 --> 00:54:53.140
we find joy and rest and happiness inside.
00:54:53.140 --> 00:54:54.530
(Derek) I've heard stories...
00:54:54.530 --> 00:54:55.841
And I see a couple of hands
00:54:55.841 --> 00:54:57.521
in the couple of minutes remaining.
00:54:57.521 --> 00:54:59.437
I've heard stories, when Christians
00:54:59.437 --> 00:55:02.093
are facing great hardship,
00:55:02.093 --> 00:55:05.150
and yet the rest in their souls
00:55:05.150 --> 00:55:08.120
is a powerful witness to people,
00:55:08.120 --> 00:55:11.084
and to unbelievers, even who come
00:55:11.084 --> 00:55:12.688
to conviction that they need
00:55:12.688 --> 00:55:14.573
rest in God, too. Nicole?
00:55:14.573 --> 00:55:16.166
(Nicole) I would say rest is not
00:55:16.166 --> 00:55:18.093
just lying down and letting life happen.
00:55:18.093 --> 00:55:19.587
Rest is allowing Christ to work
00:55:19.587 --> 00:55:21.258
through you and in you to give you
00:55:21.258 --> 00:55:22.548
what you need to accomplish
00:55:22.548 --> 00:55:24.250
and deal with whatever situation
00:55:24.250 --> 00:55:26.468
is presented in front of you.
00:55:26.468 --> 00:55:28.462
(Derek) And your life can be a testimony,
00:55:28.462 --> 00:55:32.031
that you found rest for your soul. Jason?
00:55:32.031 --> 00:55:33.893
(Jason) And one thing also I would say
00:55:33.893 --> 00:55:36.587
is the whole idea of, you can get
00:55:36.587 --> 00:55:38.212
ahead of others, you know,
00:55:38.212 --> 00:55:40.267
by fighting for yourself,
00:55:40.267 --> 00:55:42.380
Jesus said, if you live by the sword,
00:55:42.380 --> 00:55:43.530
you'll die by the sword.
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So, one, that you're
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kind of setting your destiny.
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And then I would ask that person,
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"Do you really want to live this way?
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Does this way truly make you happy?"
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Because, at least in my experience,
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pushing over others doesn't really
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make a person happy.
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(Derek) Shaina, closing thought.
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(Shaina) I also find that when we
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truly rest in Christ,
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we also get His promise,
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that peace that passes all understanding,
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and we're able to make
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more coherent decisions.
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So, it's the comparisons of being stressed
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and worrying, and, you know,
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being in that 24/7 society
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versus taking that peace
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and being able to maneuver
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life's situations much better.
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(Derek) And what a powerful testimony
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from Shaina who not many months ago
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went through a really tough accident.
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And she had to decide
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to rest her life wholly in Christ.
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Praise God, Shaina, for the miracle
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that you're experiencing
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through resting in Jesus every day.
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And you know, that's what Jesus
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wants for all of us.
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He wants us to learn to let it go,
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the selfishness, the desire
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for self-exaltation, the hypocrisy,
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and say, "I'm just going
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to surrender to Jesus and rest in Him."
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And like Nicole said, it doesn't mean
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you just don't do anything,
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but whatever you're facing,
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you're facing it with Jesus by your side.
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Let's pray; Father in Heaven,
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what a way to live,
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instead of these restless ways,
to rest in You.
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And may our rest in Christ
be a witness,
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that others might seek rest in You, too.
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In Jesus' name. Amen.
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) Well, thanks for joining us
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Jesus wants to give you
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rest for your soul.
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And as you rejoice in His presence,
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go out and be a blessing
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to those around you.
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