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 Welcome to the Lansdale Life Church podcast.

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 If you're seeking a closer relationship with Jesus Christ, this podcast is for you.

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 Thank you for joining us today.

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 So today's message is exercising your senses to discern both good and evil,

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 which is obviously a verse in this section we're going to be reading.

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 And as I was thinking about this, you know, discerning good and evil and

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 suddenly the Lord said, but isn't that how you all got in trouble?

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 And I said, what do you mean?

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 Well, remember in the garden of Eden, okay, what did they do?

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 They ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

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 And that's where the fall happened.

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 And yet we're being told today to discern good from evil.

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 So what's the difference?

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 The difference is at that time, they were so innocent.

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 All they could do is just respond to the words of God.

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 They didn't have any alternative route to their own pleasure or lust or anything

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 else. They just said, follow what God says.

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 And everything he told them was great for them too, wasn't it?

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 They didn't have to toil.

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 They didn't have to struggle.

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 They didn't have to by the sweat of their brow, you know, dig into the

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 barren soil.

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 Instead, everything was provided.

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 And and that was all they needed is just to say yes to the Lord and to respond to

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 him. And yet when the enemy came in and convinced them, then they ate from the

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 tree of knowledge of good and evil and all of a sudden they saw the whole world

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 differently. They saw their nakedness differently with a perversion.

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 Everything they saw was through a perverted lens.

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 And yet now we're being told to discern both good and evil.

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 What's the difference?

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 Well, the difference is now that the veil and now that the genie came out of

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 the bottle, I guess you'd say there's a saying that goes like that.

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 Once once you know something, you can't unknow it.

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 What now?

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 Well, by the power of God, we can discern it through the lens of Christ.

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 We can discern everything through God's mind.

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 We have the mind of God.

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 Amen.

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 I have another graphic I found just poking around and it shows this tree

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 of knowledge of good and evil.

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 But now it's rooted in the words.

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 And now we can trust what God says about everything.

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 And now we can have dominion in this fallen world.

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 And so that's the idea.

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 So we're being told to exercise our senses and he's going to show us how

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 You know, in this passage, we're going to be talking about how it's

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 important to keep progressing in the Lord.

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 You know, you've heard of an analogy of faith being like a muscle.

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 If you're not working it out, it's falling into atrophy.

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 You know, there's many people have been bed laden for a long time

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 through sicknesses.

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 And when they come out, they can barely walk.

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 Because of the muscle atrophy in the same way.

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 Faith atrophizes.

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 Is that even a word?

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 Someone fact check me.

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 It is now.

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 Thank you, Ken.

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 You know, but we atrophy sets in when we're not using things and

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 exercising it in the same way, our faith and our knowledge of

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 the word and using the word exercises that us because if we're

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 not progressing, we're regressing.

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 We're falling backwards.

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 There's no just saying steady.

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 We have to be advancing or we're reverting, you know, and once

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 you start reverting, it's a slippery slope to climb back up.

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 backslidden, right, for someone who just starts to slide back

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 down the hill because they they aren't advancing.

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 We have a destiny, right?

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 We don't have to look at the past.

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 Praise the Lord for that.

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 He makes all things new.

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 That means we don't have to look backwards.

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 Why study something from the past?

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 you, or if you've been in any kind of field of different

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 I had to every year take a continuing education course

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 and all that, you know, stuff.

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 You just don't realize it, but it's, you have to stay fresh.

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 sharp and to progress in him so that we could be effective

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 in this world and not backslide, right?

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 We're almost finished chapter five, and we're going to

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 So Hebrews chapter five, verse 12.

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 who received this letter and kind of rebuked them.

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 teachers, you need someone to teach you again, the

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 first principles of the oracles of God, and you have

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 who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the

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 senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

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 Chapter six, therefore, leaving the discussion of

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 perfection, not laying again the foundation of

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 repentance from dead works and a faith toward God of

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 the resurrection of the dead and of eternal

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 judgment, and this we will do if God permits.

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 it is why it's said, you know, you ever hear in

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 spirit just starts to say, Hey, where are you

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 food, okay, the milk and, and so forth.

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 Christendom about the milk and the meat.

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 And I'm sure you've heard it.

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 And even like, even in a message, you

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 know, when I'm like, you know, just

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 getting ready for the word, I want to

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 make sure I have lots of milk and meat,

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 you know, because you, you really do

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 need both and not just for this

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 seasoned Christian milk is good.

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 right?

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 the beginning years or months, at

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 least, you know, there's so many

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 nutrients, vitamins, autoimmune

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 buildup and all these chemicals in

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 this milk that the babies need to be

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 drinking to be fortified and to be

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 prepared, right, so that their body

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 can stay healthy as vulnerable

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 infants, right?

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 if you've been converted to a bottle,

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 you know, it's still about the milk.

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 We all have to start there.

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 So milk is great.

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 of the milk, that the basics of our

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 faith is important.

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 It really is.

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 I remember sometimes, you know, I've

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 been saved for years, but sometimes

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 I'll just come across like Billy

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 Graham, given the gospel, and I'll

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 just start tearing up.

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 Like I heard it like, not for the

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 first time, but probably the second

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 time, like, and just like welling

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 up like, wow, something about this,

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 this man of God and the voice and,

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 and the truth, you know, the simple

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 gospel, if you're a believer, that's

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 like, that's like rejuvenating, but

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 it's milk.

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 It's the basics of our faith.

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 Yet we always need the milk, right?

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 But then we can also build up, build

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 words, I like to throw in some

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 stories or tidbits that some of

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 you have studied before, you're

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 like, oh, I remember that story.

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 reread it and so forth, because

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 it's those meaty things sometimes

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 that like really makes you even

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 more want to dive into the gospel,

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 not just to stay with the milk, but

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 to really build up your knowledge

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 of the word, because the more you

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 know, if you're always taking in

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 the milk also, and always keeping

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 it about the simplicity of Jesus

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 Christ, you can use everything you

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 learn about God for his glory, you

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 know, so there's nothing wrong

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 with milk and there's nothing

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 wrong with meat.

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 It's really we need both, but

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 really it's wanting more.

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 It's wanting more like I even

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 like when I encourage you, you

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 know, as far as when you're doing

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 your daily reading, you know,

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 move beyond just the daily bread

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 or one little devotional.

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 rebuke, but it's like, if

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 you're reading one little thing

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 and what someone says about it,

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 you're kind of almost getting

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 regurgitated milk in a sense, no

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 offense. But if you're just

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 saying, Lord, your spirit's in

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 me, I want to, I want to dive

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 it and really dig in. And

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 commentaries are great because

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 they've done even more study

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 than you're going to do.

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 Right. And looking at what

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 they say about it through the

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 generations, you know, and it's

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 just, wow, this is such

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 tremendous meat. So we really

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 do want to be built up in this.

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 look again at verse one to

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 three in chapter six.

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 Therefore, leaving the

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 discussion of elementary

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 principles of Christ, let us go

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 on to perfection, not laying

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 again the foundation of

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 repentance from dead works and

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 of faith toward God, of the

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 doctrine of baptisms, of the

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 laying on of hands, of the

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 resurrection of the dead and

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 of eternal judgment. And this

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 we will do if God permits. Let

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 us go on. He says to

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 perfection. Now, wait a minute.

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 I'm never going to be perfect

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 this side of heaven. Right.

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 Can I get an amen? And you're

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 talking about me. I know you're,

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 you might be, but I'm not.

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 Okay. Jill said an especially

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 loud amen up here. I don't

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 know if you heard it. Amen.

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 Like that kind of thing. But

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 no, really, we aren't going

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 to be perfect down here. Okay.

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 And we just aren't. But

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 you know, this word

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 perfection, and I'm not going

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 to put it up there, but this

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 Greek word for perfection is

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 a tele of taste. Aren't you

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 glad I shared it? To lay out

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 taste. But it's, it's more

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 about, it's more about like

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 keeping a perspective of

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 maturity. In other words, even

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 the word tele in the beginning

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 of it has to do with a

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 telescope, you know, and like

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 when you're looking at

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 something through a

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 telescope, you could suddenly

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 see, see it in a way you

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 haven't been able to see it

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 before. Because it's a

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 telescope. Tele means

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 bringing you to an end or an

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 object. And so we know that

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 when we study the Lord, keep

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 our eyes fixed on Jesus

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 Christ, the author and

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 finisher of our faith,

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 right? We become more like

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 him, right? The more you

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 study his word and study

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 his character and nature and

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 the way he is operated

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 throughout the ages with

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 his people, Israel, and with

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 his believers, the more you

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 grasp all that, the more

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 you become like him. James

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 talks about that. When you

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 look in the mirror, don't

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 look at yourself. Look at

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 him. And when you step

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 away from the mirror, you

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 will look more like him and

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 you will be blessed in all

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 you do. So we keep our

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 eyes fixed on him. That's

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 the idea. And the more

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 that happens, the more you

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 become perfected. I love

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 in Colossians it says, and

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 beyond all things put on

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 love, which is the bond of

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 perfection. You know, so

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 we're not going to be

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 perfect, but the more you

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 pursue him, the more

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 perfect you are becoming.

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 And perfection really

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 resonates maturity,

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 spiritual and moral

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 maturity. Okay. And I know

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 like, uh, in many ways, I

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 still think, I'm so immature

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 in some ways, you know, and

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 Joe can attest to that. And

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 but sometimes when I look

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 back and I'm realized, but

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 like, I can't believe I

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 did that 10 years ago, or

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 five years ago, or even

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 yesterday. Okay. Like, I

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 can't believe like, that

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 was me because we are

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 being perfected because

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 Christ is perfect. And

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 we're becoming more like

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 the prince of perfection,

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 right? We become more

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 like him. And then he's

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 going to give us things

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 that are considered basics

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 of Christianity. And when

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 I'm reading them, sometimes

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 I'm thinking it's pretty

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 amazing because some of

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 these things aren't basic

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 in Christianity, what we're

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 about to read, they really

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 aren't. They're like, Oh,

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 we never do that. Or I

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 sometimes do that, or I've

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 never even seen that done.

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 Right? But these are

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 basics. Like, the word is

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 telling us, let's move

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 past this stuff. Because

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 this is basic. Don't stop

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 doing it. But keep it in

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 your quiver and move on

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 and do even more. Right?

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 So he's saying like, move

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 beyond this towards

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 perfection, because the

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 things we're about to read

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 are just the basics, the

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 elements, you know, the

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 elements of the basic

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 breakdown of Christianity.

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 These are things that you

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 just do every day and in

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 and out. So let's take a

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 look at them. The first

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 thing he says is

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 repentance from dead

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 works, if we could put

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 that slide up towards faith

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 in God. Okay. Faith

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 towards God. So the first

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 thing is repentance. And

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 the word metanoia is

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 really the word met means

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 to with or to go with. In

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 fact, meta, you know, where

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 you get the Facebook is

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 meta. And all these words

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 of branding, like goes

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 way beyond just a word.

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 They've really researched

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 them like Nike means

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 victory in Greek and they

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 love Greek words. Yeah.

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 But so we see this, this

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 is like this idea of

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 repentance, right? And

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 what it really means is

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 changing our mind, right?

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 And you've heard this

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 before, I'm sure, but what

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 are dead works? Dead

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 works are done not in the

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 spirit of God, you know,

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 so the dead works are done

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 what before you're a

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 believer. You know, I

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 remember sharing, I was at

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 a, I was at a Bible

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 study and I had just

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 gotten saved. And they

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 were talking and they said

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 the question was, give an

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 example of when you did

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 something unusually nice to

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 someone and you knew that

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 it was just not something

545
00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:28,559
 you would normally do. And

546
00:21:28,559 --> 00:21:29,579
 I said, Oh, I have one.

547
00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:30,940
 And I shared about how when

548
00:21:30,940 --> 00:21:32,859
 I saw this old lady

549
00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:34,599
 walking, literally walking

550
00:21:34,599 --> 00:21:36,200
 across the street, it's

551
00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:37,599
 like a typical, but I

552
00:21:37,599 --> 00:21:38,640
 did, I saw her walk across

553
00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:39,279
 the sea and I said, where

554
00:21:39,279 --> 00:21:39,980
 are you going? You want

555
00:21:39,980 --> 00:21:41,420
 to, so I gave her a lift

556
00:21:41,420 --> 00:21:43,819
 to this bus stop and it's

557
00:21:43,819 --> 00:21:44,660
 like, I went out of my

558
00:21:44,660 --> 00:21:46,099
 way and somebody said,

559
00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:46,960
 ah, that's great. And I

560
00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:48,140
 said, Oh, well, okay,

561
00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:49,000
 that's great. And when did

562
00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:49,859
 that happen? He goes, Oh,

563
00:21:49,900 --> 00:21:50,799
 that was a while ago.

564
00:21:51,299 --> 00:21:52,980
 Like, Oh, what were you?

565
00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:53,920
 Were you a believer then?

566
00:21:54,059 --> 00:21:56,259
 I said, well, no, well,

567
00:21:56,279 --> 00:21:57,079
 it's not really what

568
00:21:57,079 --> 00:21:58,099
 we're talking about, you

569
00:21:58,099 --> 00:21:59,200
 know, because, because

570
00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:00,299
 that was, believe it or

571
00:22:00,299 --> 00:22:01,140
 not, kind of a dead

572
00:22:01,140 --> 00:22:02,759
 work because it was not

573
00:22:02,759 --> 00:22:04,519
 done in the spirit of

574
00:22:04,519 --> 00:22:05,500
 God, like everything we

575
00:22:05,500 --> 00:22:06,619
 do before coming to

576
00:22:06,619 --> 00:22:08,460
 Christ, really, because

577
00:22:08,460 --> 00:22:09,519
 we're still spiritually

578
00:22:09,519 --> 00:22:10,700
 dead as a dead work,

579
00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:12,259
 just like, you know,

580
00:22:12,900 --> 00:22:14,319
 dead works also have to

581
00:22:14,319 --> 00:22:16,099
 do with, remember he's

582
00:22:16,099 --> 00:22:17,480
 writing primarily to the

583
00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:18,700
 Jews who are now born

584
00:22:18,700 --> 00:22:20,240
 again. And he's saying,

585
00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:20,960
 you know, all those

586
00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:21,980
 dead works of the

587
00:22:21,980 --> 00:22:23,420
 sacrifices and all those

588
00:22:23,420 --> 00:22:24,559
 things, they were a

589
00:22:24,559 --> 00:22:25,740
 picture of Christ, but

590
00:22:25,740 --> 00:22:26,680
 they didn't produce

591
00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:28,119
 righteousness in you.

592
00:22:28,380 --> 00:22:29,220
 They were dead works.

593
00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:30,200
 Everything you did up

594
00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:31,279
 to this point was

595
00:22:31,279 --> 00:22:32,740
 pointing at Christ, but

596
00:22:32,740 --> 00:22:33,940
 it didn't make you

597
00:22:33,940 --> 00:22:35,440
 righteous. Only Christ

598
00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:37,720
 can do that. Right. And

599
00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:38,839
 so that's the idea. So

600
00:22:38,839 --> 00:22:41,660
 repentance is turning from

601
00:22:41,660 --> 00:22:44,480
 our old life and turning

602
00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:46,599
 towards faith in God.

603
00:22:46,759 --> 00:22:48,819
 It's having a change of

604
00:22:48,819 --> 00:22:50,640
 mind. And all of you

605
00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:51,559
 hopefully had gone

606
00:22:51,559 --> 00:22:52,339
 through that when you

607
00:22:52,339 --> 00:22:54,000
 accepted Christ, you

608
00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:55,799
 repented. You said, that

609
00:22:55,799 --> 00:22:58,539
 is not me anymore. I

610
00:22:58,539 --> 00:23:00,900
 have a change of mind.

611
00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:03,000
 Right. A total change of

612
00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,140
 mindset. And that is no

613
00:23:05,140 --> 00:23:06,980
 longer who I am any

614
00:23:06,980 --> 00:23:08,900
 longer. You know, and

615
00:23:08,900 --> 00:23:10,059
 the important thing,

616
00:23:10,079 --> 00:23:12,299
 though, is repentance. We

617
00:23:12,299 --> 00:23:13,759
 turn to God and we see

618
00:23:13,759 --> 00:23:14,960
 his goodness. And that's

619
00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:16,380
 really what drives us even

620
00:23:16,380 --> 00:23:17,960
 further into his arms.

621
00:23:18,559 --> 00:23:19,440
 We were singing a song

622
00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:20,980
 about surrounded by the

623
00:23:20,980 --> 00:23:22,200
 arms of God. You know,

624
00:23:22,279 --> 00:23:23,640
 that's the idea is like

625
00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:24,759
 when you turn from your

626
00:23:24,759 --> 00:23:26,640
 dead works, your old

627
00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:27,799
 life and you realize how

628
00:23:27,799 --> 00:23:29,299
 wretched that was and

629
00:23:29,299 --> 00:23:30,400
 you turn to God and you

630
00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:32,240
 say, wow, this is

631
00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:33,779
 amazing. Everything.

632
00:23:34,279 --> 00:23:35,920
 He's so good. He's

633
00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:37,539
 always good. You are

634
00:23:37,539 --> 00:23:39,599
 good. He's always good

635
00:23:39,599 --> 00:23:41,200
 to us, isn't he? You

636
00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:42,680
 know, he just does

637
00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:44,220
 everything good for us.

638
00:23:44,359 --> 00:23:45,460
 He's he's perfect.

639
00:23:46,220 --> 00:23:46,740
 And that's what we're

640
00:23:46,740 --> 00:23:47,519
 doing. That's the idea of

641
00:23:47,519 --> 00:23:49,140
 repentance. And then the

642
00:23:49,140 --> 00:23:51,099
 next thing he shares

643
00:23:52,299 --> 00:23:53,599
 about repentance. And you

644
00:23:53,599 --> 00:23:54,299
 know, before we get in

645
00:23:54,299 --> 00:23:55,279
 that, well, that's right.

646
00:23:55,359 --> 00:23:57,059
 Let's move on. So the

647
00:23:57,059 --> 00:23:58,700
 next thing is the

648
00:23:58,700 --> 00:24:00,559
 doctrine of baptisms.

649
00:24:02,420 --> 00:24:04,180
 Now, baptisms, OK,

650
00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:06,099
 are, you know, for

651
00:24:06,099 --> 00:24:07,759
 normal for us. Right.

652
00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:08,940
 As born again,

653
00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:10,220
 believers, when you

654
00:24:10,220 --> 00:24:12,000
 accept Christ as your

655
00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:13,700
 Lord and Savior and

656
00:24:13,700 --> 00:24:16,099
 you receive Him, you

657
00:24:16,099 --> 00:24:17,359
 could be baptized on the

658
00:24:17,359 --> 00:24:18,599
 spot like we saw with

659
00:24:18,599 --> 00:24:19,700
 the Ethiopian eunuch.

660
00:24:19,900 --> 00:24:20,799
 Right. You could be

661
00:24:20,799 --> 00:24:21,940
 baptized right then and

662
00:24:21,940 --> 00:24:23,079
 there. And that's what

663
00:24:23,079 --> 00:24:23,799
 happened a lot of times

664
00:24:23,799 --> 00:24:24,940
 with the jailer.

665
00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:26,099
 You know, they just say,

666
00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:27,140
 yeah, what do I got to

667
00:24:27,140 --> 00:24:29,299
 do? Accept Christ and

668
00:24:29,299 --> 00:24:30,180
 let's be baptized. And

669
00:24:30,180 --> 00:24:32,759
 it was literal baptism in

670
00:24:32,759 --> 00:24:34,720
 water. Right. Well, over

671
00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:36,079
 the years, it was kind

672
00:24:36,079 --> 00:24:37,720
 of minimalized down to

673
00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:39,059
 trickling some water on a

674
00:24:39,059 --> 00:24:40,680
 baby's head who has no

675
00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:42,339
 idea what they're even

676
00:24:42,339 --> 00:24:43,519
 going through. Now, I

677
00:24:43,519 --> 00:24:44,500
 don't want to be a that's

678
00:24:44,500 --> 00:24:45,420
 not an offense.

679
00:24:45,500 --> 00:24:47,640
 OK, but that's not the

680
00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:49,099
 picture of baptism in the

681
00:24:49,099 --> 00:24:50,799
 Bible. It's someone who

682
00:24:50,799 --> 00:24:53,579
 understands I just died

683
00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:55,539
 and now I'm alive.

684
00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:57,500
 Right. That's baptism.

685
00:24:57,500 --> 00:24:58,599
 Right. And you get

686
00:24:58,599 --> 00:24:59,779
 engulfed in the water.

687
00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:01,799
 Now, I see baptism, baby

688
00:25:01,799 --> 00:25:03,400
 baptism if they treat

689
00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:05,339
 it like a dedication and

690
00:25:05,339 --> 00:25:06,700
 we dedicate children, you

691
00:25:06,700 --> 00:25:08,059
 know, because it's like I

692
00:25:08,059 --> 00:25:08,960
 am going to raise them up

693
00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:09,819
 to know the Lord.

694
00:25:09,819 --> 00:25:10,900
 They're not getting saved

695
00:25:10,900 --> 00:25:11,740
 right now by this

696
00:25:11,740 --> 00:25:13,400
 trickling of water, but

697
00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:14,680
 they're being in a sense

698
00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:17,519
 Christened to know that

699
00:25:17,519 --> 00:25:19,880
 they are in a family who

700
00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:21,220
 are going to raise this

701
00:25:21,220 --> 00:25:23,299
 child to know the Lord.

702
00:25:23,519 --> 00:25:24,400
 So if it's treated as a

703
00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:26,180
 dedication, God bless them.

704
00:25:26,559 --> 00:25:27,140
 But if they think

705
00:25:27,140 --> 00:25:28,980
 somehow this baptism is

706
00:25:28,980 --> 00:25:30,759
 saving them or doing

707
00:25:30,759 --> 00:25:32,480
 something else, you know,

708
00:25:32,559 --> 00:25:33,759
 or casting the belief,

709
00:25:34,339 --> 00:25:35,339
 the faith of the parents

710
00:25:35,339 --> 00:25:37,420
 onto the child, none of

711
00:25:37,420 --> 00:25:38,099
 that happens.

712
00:25:38,099 --> 00:25:39,880
 Someone has to receive

713
00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:41,400
 Christ and then be

714
00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:42,220
 baptized. That's why the

715
00:25:42,220 --> 00:25:43,220
 great commission is go

716
00:25:43,220 --> 00:25:44,359
 and make disciples and

717
00:25:44,759 --> 00:25:46,160
 baptizing them in the name

718
00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:47,160
 of the Father, Son, the

719
00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:48,119
 Holy Spirit. Right.

720
00:25:48,740 --> 00:25:49,519
 But then there's even

721
00:25:49,519 --> 00:25:51,500
 another baptism, right, of

722
00:25:51,500 --> 00:25:53,259
 the Holy Spirit.

723
00:25:54,779 --> 00:25:56,000
 And John the Baptist

724
00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:57,880
 even shared that when he

725
00:25:57,880 --> 00:25:58,500
 says, you know, right

726
00:25:58,500 --> 00:25:59,640
 now I'm baptizing you

727
00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:01,220
 in this Jordan River.

728
00:26:01,559 --> 00:26:02,700
 OK, I don't know that

729
00:26:02,700 --> 00:26:03,380
 you're getting cleaner

730
00:26:03,380 --> 00:26:04,240
 when you come out of it,

731
00:26:04,259 --> 00:26:05,059
 but you're you're

732
00:26:05,059 --> 00:26:06,460
 getting baptized, symbolically

733
00:26:06,460 --> 00:26:08,079
 washing away your

734
00:26:08,079 --> 00:26:09,900
 sins. But there is one

735
00:26:09,900 --> 00:26:11,039
 coming after this.

736
00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:12,299
 We have this slide up

737
00:26:12,839 --> 00:26:14,180
 that speaks into this

738
00:26:14,180 --> 00:26:15,200
 and said, I indeed

739
00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:17,180
 baptize you with water

740
00:26:17,180 --> 00:26:18,180
 unto repentance.

741
00:26:18,460 --> 00:26:19,420
 But he who is coming

742
00:26:19,420 --> 00:26:21,559
 after me is mightier

743
00:26:21,559 --> 00:26:23,259
 than I who sandals

744
00:26:23,259 --> 00:26:24,960
 I am not worthy to carry.

745
00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:26,720
 He will baptize you

746
00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:29,460
 with the Holy Spirit and fire.

747
00:26:30,220 --> 00:26:31,920
 So these are baptisms.

748
00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:33,079
 And yet when you speak

749
00:26:33,079 --> 00:26:34,140
 to some people, I don't

750
00:26:34,140 --> 00:26:35,299
 know about that baptism.

751
00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:36,740
 I I don't know if I've

752
00:26:36,740 --> 00:26:37,619
 ever been baptized.

753
00:26:38,079 --> 00:26:39,420
 In the Holy Spirit.

754
00:26:40,460 --> 00:26:41,079
 And if that's you,

755
00:26:41,180 --> 00:26:42,240
 come on up after the service.

756
00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:43,000
 We're not going to do it

757
00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:43,940
 right here right now.

758
00:26:44,500 --> 00:26:45,460
 But if that's you,

759
00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:46,039
 if you want to know

760
00:26:46,039 --> 00:26:47,240
 more about this,

761
00:26:47,799 --> 00:26:48,680
 because I know

762
00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:49,960
 when I was baptized

763
00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:51,160
 in the Holy Spirit

764
00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:53,759
 and it was in Tyler State Park

765
00:26:53,759 --> 00:26:55,200
 while I was jogging along

766
00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:57,619
 and I finally totally surrendered

767
00:26:58,159 --> 00:26:59,779
 and I was yelling at God

768
00:26:59,779 --> 00:27:01,980
 saying, I thought you saved me.

769
00:27:02,119 --> 00:27:02,740
 Why do I feel like

770
00:27:02,740 --> 00:27:04,339
 I'm trying to save myself?

771
00:27:05,319 --> 00:27:06,220
 And it was at that time

772
00:27:06,220 --> 00:27:07,680
 suddenly the Lord

773
00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:09,160
 just came upon me

774
00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:11,680
 and I was just overwhelmed

775
00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:13,619
 and I had to run into the woods

776
00:27:13,619 --> 00:27:15,079
 and just ball my eyes out.

777
00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:15,619
 I probably shared

778
00:27:15,619 --> 00:27:16,819
 that story before with you.

779
00:27:17,339 --> 00:27:18,319
 But it was from then on

780
00:27:18,319 --> 00:27:19,200
 I was never the same.

781
00:27:19,299 --> 00:27:20,019
 And I knew that.

782
00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:21,920
 But, you know, there's baptisms.

783
00:27:22,599 --> 00:27:23,759
 You know, the Lord baptizes

784
00:27:23,759 --> 00:27:25,779
 us sometimes to do great things

785
00:27:25,779 --> 00:27:26,460
 on his behalf.

786
00:27:26,619 --> 00:27:27,279
 He even did that with

787
00:27:27,279 --> 00:27:28,779
 the patriarchs of faith

788
00:27:28,779 --> 00:27:29,960
 in the Old Testament.

789
00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:32,539
 And he still does that to us today.

790
00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:34,099
 So there's this baptism

791
00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:36,039
 of the Holy Spirit.

792
00:27:36,039 --> 00:27:37,900
 Now, when you get saved,

793
00:27:38,099 --> 00:27:40,119
 you are sealed by the Holy Spirit.

794
00:27:40,799 --> 00:27:42,299
 A deposit of the Holy Spirit

795
00:27:42,299 --> 00:27:44,140
 has been placed into your soul

796
00:27:44,140 --> 00:27:45,839
 and you are now sealed,

797
00:27:45,940 --> 00:27:47,579
 OK, to the day of your redemption.

798
00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:50,200
 But there's also baptisms

799
00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:52,779
 upon you of the Holy Spirit

800
00:27:52,779 --> 00:27:54,640
 to equip you to do the things

801
00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:56,119
 that only Christ can do

802
00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:57,140
 through you.

803
00:27:57,519 --> 00:27:59,059
 And that's these baptisms.

804
00:27:59,420 --> 00:28:00,539
 I just want to share

805
00:28:00,539 --> 00:28:03,240
 a couple of examples of this baptism.

806
00:28:05,219 --> 00:28:06,519
 First of all,

807
00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:11,019
 when the apostles, OK,

808
00:28:11,660 --> 00:28:13,720
 were going about and they were

809
00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:17,319
 laying hands on people

810
00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:19,380
 and baptizing them.

811
00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:20,440
 Well, let's move on.

812
00:28:20,500 --> 00:28:21,299
 Let's get to the next one.

813
00:28:21,579 --> 00:28:22,259
 We're going to incorporate

814
00:28:22,259 --> 00:28:23,019
 that with the next.

815
00:28:23,539 --> 00:28:24,839
 So the next thing he says

816
00:28:24,839 --> 00:28:27,359
 is, you know, after baptisms,

817
00:28:27,500 --> 00:28:28,519
 another principle

818
00:28:29,120 --> 00:28:31,400
 is the laying on of hands.

819
00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:33,799
 Now, if you're new here

820
00:28:33,799 --> 00:28:35,220
 and have never experienced that,

821
00:28:35,299 --> 00:28:36,960
 they're a touchy-feely group here.

822
00:28:37,500 --> 00:28:38,480
 What's that all about?

823
00:28:38,940 --> 00:28:40,640
 OK, if you're not used to that,

824
00:28:40,859 --> 00:28:42,759
 I feel for you because I wasn't either.

825
00:28:43,420 --> 00:28:45,019
 OK, when I started going to church

826
00:28:45,019 --> 00:28:45,680
 and people were saying,

827
00:28:45,900 --> 00:28:46,960
 here, let me touch you.

828
00:28:47,599 --> 00:28:48,160
 You know, it's like,

829
00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:49,640
 you know, it's kind of gives me

830
00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:50,940
 the cringes, you know,

831
00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:51,539
 like people just,

832
00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:52,680
 I don't even know you

833
00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:53,640
 and you're touching me.

834
00:28:53,980 --> 00:28:54,940
 You know, get your hand off me.

835
00:28:55,019 --> 00:28:55,799
 It's hot and moist.

836
00:28:56,420 --> 00:28:57,099
 You know, but anyway.

837
00:28:58,660 --> 00:29:00,359
 But no, like we're not

838
00:29:00,359 --> 00:29:02,440
 we're and if you're not used to that,

839
00:29:02,559 --> 00:29:03,119
 you come in and say,

840
00:29:03,259 --> 00:29:04,539
 well, why are they laying hands

841
00:29:04,539 --> 00:29:05,019
 and touching?

842
00:29:05,380 --> 00:29:06,559
 Well, it's very biblical.

843
00:29:07,039 --> 00:29:09,039
 OK, it's very biblical.

844
00:29:09,579 --> 00:29:11,420
 OK, in fact, lift up holy hands

845
00:29:11,420 --> 00:29:12,640
 everywhere we're told to do.

846
00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:14,380
 Right. Because we are we have

847
00:29:14,380 --> 00:29:17,259
 we are equipped with an anointing

848
00:29:17,259 --> 00:29:19,240
 and we're told to lay hands

849
00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:22,279
 on people for a variety of reasons.

850
00:29:22,539 --> 00:29:24,059
 OK, and I'm going to share

851
00:29:24,059 --> 00:29:26,740
 just some of them as we go along.

852
00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:29,339
 And the first is,

853
00:29:29,339 --> 00:29:31,640
 do you remember when Philip

854
00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:33,279
 went to Samaritan was after

855
00:29:34,139 --> 00:29:34,839
 they're in?

856
00:29:35,359 --> 00:29:36,420
 Well, I want to get all the deals.

857
00:29:36,599 --> 00:29:36,819
 But anyway,

858
00:29:37,220 --> 00:29:38,440
 Philip goes to Samaria

859
00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:40,119
 and he's preaching to the Samaritans

860
00:29:40,119 --> 00:29:41,240
 and they're all getting saved.

861
00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:42,680
 And it's like, whoa, what's going on?

862
00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:43,799
 You know, this is amazing.

863
00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:44,819
 They're Samaritans

864
00:29:44,819 --> 00:29:46,259
 and they're coming to Christ.

865
00:29:46,579 --> 00:29:47,420
 We didn't know that this was,

866
00:29:47,420 --> 00:29:48,799
 you know, possible.

867
00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:50,819
 And they're surprised

868
00:29:50,819 --> 00:29:51,779
 even if they saw it,

869
00:29:51,839 --> 00:29:53,059
 the woman at the well with Jesus,

870
00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:54,680
 but they're still like shocked, you know.

871
00:29:55,259 --> 00:29:56,119
 And so all of a sudden

872
00:29:56,119 --> 00:29:57,720
 Peter and John went down

873
00:29:57,720 --> 00:29:58,980
 and before they knew it,

874
00:29:58,980 --> 00:30:00,779
 they were dispensing the Holy Spirit,

875
00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:02,200
 laying hands on people

876
00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:05,400
 who were receiving the Holy Spirit.

877
00:30:05,500 --> 00:30:07,180
 And we see this in

878
00:30:07,180 --> 00:30:09,940
 in Acts chapter eight, verse 17.

879
00:30:11,279 --> 00:30:12,240
 They laid hands on them

880
00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:15,059
 and they received the Holy Spirit.

881
00:30:15,539 --> 00:30:17,140
 So this was like a purpose

882
00:30:17,140 --> 00:30:19,779
 of laying hands and still is

883
00:30:19,779 --> 00:30:21,619
 is to receiving the

884
00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:25,700
 impartation of the Holy Spirit.

885
00:30:26,579 --> 00:30:28,099
 Another reason to lay hands

886
00:30:28,099 --> 00:30:29,579
 is for healing.

887
00:30:30,259 --> 00:30:30,940
 And we lay hands

888
00:30:30,940 --> 00:30:32,460
 and Jesus said to do this.

889
00:30:32,880 --> 00:30:33,660
 And these are the signs

890
00:30:33,660 --> 00:30:34,940
 that will follow those who believe

891
00:30:34,940 --> 00:30:37,039
 they will lay hands on the sick

892
00:30:37,039 --> 00:30:38,259
 and they will recover.

893
00:30:39,220 --> 00:30:40,460
 We do that constantly.

894
00:30:40,619 --> 00:30:43,559
 If you ever watch people come forward

895
00:30:43,559 --> 00:30:45,420
 and people are laying hands on them

896
00:30:45,420 --> 00:30:46,240
 and praying sometimes

897
00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:47,920
 even putting oil on them,

898
00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:49,279
 because that's all biblical,

899
00:30:49,759 --> 00:30:50,980
 because we believe that this

900
00:30:50,980 --> 00:30:53,180
 that the Lord will heal them.

901
00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:55,200
 Well, what if he doesn't?

902
00:30:55,779 --> 00:30:56,660
 Well, what if he doesn't?

903
00:30:57,279 --> 00:30:59,660
 And that's between God and God.

904
00:31:00,299 --> 00:31:02,299
 OK, he is greater than any other

905
00:31:02,299 --> 00:31:04,200
 spirit or force

906
00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:05,259
 that can prevent someone

907
00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:06,980
 from being healed.

908
00:31:07,140 --> 00:31:08,599
 So I'm not going to try to discern

909
00:31:09,100 --> 00:31:11,819
 why he's healing and why he's not.

910
00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:12,920
 You know, I just spoke

911
00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:16,200
 about

912
00:31:17,460 --> 00:31:19,740
 what last week to Steve Simpson.

913
00:31:21,019 --> 00:31:22,059
 And, you know,

914
00:31:22,299 --> 00:31:23,500
 you know, about my long issue

915
00:31:23,500 --> 00:31:24,980
 that I've been having for a while

916
00:31:25,700 --> 00:31:27,519
 and going in and out of

917
00:31:27,519 --> 00:31:29,140
 prednisone, I think I can't

918
00:31:29,140 --> 00:31:30,059
 just take it every day.

919
00:31:30,759 --> 00:31:31,680
 And I know you can't.

920
00:31:31,779 --> 00:31:33,240
 Right. So finally, you know,

921
00:31:33,500 --> 00:31:35,480
 I reached out to my buddy Steve

922
00:31:36,019 --> 00:31:37,579
 because he had been on

923
00:31:37,579 --> 00:31:38,660
 prednisone a ton.

924
00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:40,160
 I hope he didn't mind me sharing

925
00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:42,180
 his humda or whatever.

926
00:31:42,819 --> 00:31:45,779
 Anyway, but but he would share

927
00:31:45,779 --> 00:31:49,099
 because so he had major issues.

928
00:31:49,099 --> 00:31:51,779
 Right. And with sinus

929
00:31:51,779 --> 00:31:53,420
 infection since he was a child,

930
00:31:53,579 --> 00:31:54,180
 a little kid.

931
00:31:54,820 --> 00:31:56,059
 And the things they would have to

932
00:31:56,059 --> 00:31:57,740
 do to release this,

933
00:31:57,859 --> 00:31:58,839
 I don't even want to discuss

934
00:31:58,839 --> 00:31:59,700
 because it's pretty

935
00:32:00,819 --> 00:32:01,259
 nasty.

936
00:32:01,819 --> 00:32:03,240
 So and so he had always

937
00:32:03,240 --> 00:32:04,640
 been on this and not to mention

938
00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:06,140
 also on top of that,

939
00:32:06,740 --> 00:32:08,359
 he had asbestos

940
00:32:08,359 --> 00:32:10,579
 issues because of where he worked,

941
00:32:10,660 --> 00:32:11,119
 you know.

942
00:32:11,900 --> 00:32:12,640
 And so anyway,

943
00:32:13,539 --> 00:32:14,920
 and I remember him sharing this

944
00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:16,119
 and, you know, and just you just

945
00:32:16,119 --> 00:32:17,839
 ever sense that this is

946
00:32:17,839 --> 00:32:19,960
 a time that God's

947
00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:20,579
 going to do something.

948
00:32:20,779 --> 00:32:22,200
 I remember just like tearing up

949
00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:24,000
 and just feeling really connected.

950
00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:25,680
 And I said, you know, let's pray.

951
00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:27,940
 And and I laid hands

952
00:32:27,940 --> 00:32:29,240
 on I prayed for him.

953
00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:31,720
 And so anyway, this was about

954
00:32:33,379 --> 00:32:34,900
 12, 15 years ago.

955
00:32:35,519 --> 00:32:36,900
 Well, I called him because I knew

956
00:32:36,900 --> 00:32:38,220
 he had been on prednisone all the

957
00:32:38,220 --> 00:32:40,380
 time because of this issue.

958
00:32:41,039 --> 00:32:43,119
 And I said, all right, listen, so

959
00:32:44,719 --> 00:32:46,240
 how long were you on it?

960
00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:47,619
 Did you ever have any bad side

961
00:32:47,619 --> 00:32:48,400
 effects, all this stuff?

962
00:32:48,599 --> 00:32:49,299
 He used used.

963
00:32:49,420 --> 00:32:50,980
 Well, I haven't had any episodes

964
00:32:50,980 --> 00:32:52,319
 since you prayed for me.

965
00:32:52,319 --> 00:32:53,880
 No, I'm not kidding.

966
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:55,500
 I mean, like, and that's not me.

967
00:32:57,380 --> 00:32:59,420
 And just like, it's so humbling.

968
00:32:59,559 --> 00:33:00,759
 He had shared that before,

969
00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:01,619
 but I didn't know if it was still

970
00:33:01,619 --> 00:33:03,319
 the case, but I share.

971
00:33:03,519 --> 00:33:05,220
 And I'm like, like, wow.

972
00:33:05,599 --> 00:33:07,640
 Right. Why doesn't he always do that?

973
00:33:08,779 --> 00:33:10,240
 Like, I just want to be bam, bam,

974
00:33:10,319 --> 00:33:11,319
 bam, bam, bam, bam.

975
00:33:11,380 --> 00:33:11,720
 You're healed.

976
00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:13,480
 You're I wish so much.

977
00:33:13,579 --> 00:33:14,619
 Wouldn't you love that?

978
00:33:15,359 --> 00:33:16,160
 Wouldn't you love if you could

979
00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:17,119
 just go into the hospitals

980
00:33:17,119 --> 00:33:18,140
 and clear the house?

981
00:33:18,579 --> 00:33:19,740
 All right, everybody go home.

982
00:33:20,039 --> 00:33:20,839
 Nurses, you're all fired.

983
00:33:21,639 --> 00:33:23,339
 Doctors, go heal somewhere else

984
00:33:23,339 --> 00:33:25,319
 because this is a house of healing.

985
00:33:26,380 --> 00:33:28,720
 I don't understand why these things.

986
00:33:28,859 --> 00:33:30,900
 I'm not going to try to pretend that I do,

987
00:33:31,119 --> 00:33:33,480
 but we're just told to keep on going.

988
00:33:34,439 --> 00:33:37,799
 Assuming what God wants to do is to heal.

989
00:33:38,319 --> 00:33:39,579
 And maybe he will someday.

990
00:33:40,019 --> 00:33:41,019
 Maybe he will today.

991
00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:42,500
 Maybe he will that very second.

992
00:33:43,099 --> 00:33:43,859
 But assume it.

993
00:33:44,180 --> 00:33:45,119
 I love when he healed,

994
00:33:45,420 --> 00:33:47,660
 when he said, go to the lepers, he says,

995
00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:49,299
 go and show yourselves to the high priest.

996
00:33:49,299 --> 00:33:50,579
 And they all left.

997
00:33:51,539 --> 00:33:53,599
 Assuming, you know, that they've been healed,

998
00:33:53,759 --> 00:33:55,039
 I guess, you know, he's telling me

999
00:33:55,039 --> 00:33:56,160
 it's going to be pretty embarrassing

1000
00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:57,220
 if I get there and they tell me

1001
00:33:57,220 --> 00:33:58,220
 to get out, you're unclean.

1002
00:33:58,599 --> 00:33:59,660
 But anyway, they're going all of a sudden.

1003
00:34:00,779 --> 00:34:02,859
 Whoa, I haven't seen skin

1004
00:34:02,859 --> 00:34:04,500
 like this in years, right?

1005
00:34:05,059 --> 00:34:07,299
 Like, wow, they left just assuming.

1006
00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:08,659
 And then the one ran back

1007
00:34:08,659 --> 00:34:10,179
 to Samaritan to Jesus

1008
00:34:10,179 --> 00:34:11,780
 and just humbled himself.

1009
00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:13,940
 And he received the full package

1010
00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:16,659
 being made whole in salvation.

1011
00:34:17,159 --> 00:34:17,860
 Right. And, you know,

1012
00:34:17,860 --> 00:34:19,320
 maybe we just need to assume

1013
00:34:19,320 --> 00:34:20,179
 that we've been healed

1014
00:34:20,179 --> 00:34:23,079
 and continue on serving God.

1015
00:34:23,599 --> 00:34:25,380
 And in the midst of serving,

1016
00:34:25,860 --> 00:34:27,260
 we will be healed.

1017
00:34:27,780 --> 00:34:30,340
 Right. You know, so I can't discern that.

1018
00:34:30,539 --> 00:34:31,920
 And I don't want to get trapped into

1019
00:34:33,699 --> 00:34:35,039
 pessimism because the last

1020
00:34:35,039 --> 00:34:36,900
 10 people I prayed for weren't healed.

1021
00:34:37,559 --> 00:34:38,380
 That's up to God.

1022
00:34:39,340 --> 00:34:41,059
 Right. I can't figure him out.

1023
00:34:41,420 --> 00:34:43,099
 You know, I can figure some things out.

1024
00:34:43,300 --> 00:34:45,099
 But he, you know, I have the mind of Christ,

1025
00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:46,280
 but I don't know everything

1026
00:34:46,280 --> 00:34:47,300
 he's saying and doing.

1027
00:34:47,300 --> 00:34:49,280
 And if he wants to heal, he can heal.

1028
00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:50,780
 And so this is the idea

1029
00:34:50,780 --> 00:34:52,760
 of just laying hands and assuming.

1030
00:34:53,420 --> 00:34:54,579
 Right now.

1031
00:34:55,039 --> 00:34:56,239
 And then I, as he was told

1032
00:34:56,239 --> 00:34:58,440
 to go to Saul and lay hands on him

1033
00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:00,480
 for healing and to receive

1034
00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:02,039
 the Holy Spirit, you remember that?

1035
00:35:02,380 --> 00:35:03,860
 So we're called to lay hands

1036
00:35:03,860 --> 00:35:05,059
 for a lot of reasons.

1037
00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:07,360
 I love when Paul wrote to Timothy

1038
00:35:07,900 --> 00:35:09,760
 and he said, don't neglect

1039
00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:11,539
 the gift that was given you

1040
00:35:11,539 --> 00:35:13,760
 when I laid hands on you.

1041
00:35:14,039 --> 00:35:15,579
 So we see this idea

1042
00:35:15,579 --> 00:35:17,599
 of the gift of the spirit

1043
00:35:17,599 --> 00:35:20,019
 are also imparted

1044
00:35:20,019 --> 00:35:22,739
 through the laying on of hands.

1045
00:35:23,619 --> 00:35:24,960
 Now, I know I can get out

1046
00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:26,119
 of the practice of this.

1047
00:35:26,679 --> 00:35:28,480
 I can. I'm being honest with you

1048
00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:30,059
 because I get more and more

1049
00:35:30,059 --> 00:35:32,019
 into other areas of Christianity

1050
00:35:32,539 --> 00:35:33,460
 and I could suddenly forget.

1051
00:35:33,539 --> 00:35:35,019
 Wait, you got to be laying hands

1052
00:35:35,019 --> 00:35:37,619
 and like, you know, imparting things,

1053
00:35:37,780 --> 00:35:39,079
 imparting the Holy Spirit,

1054
00:35:39,579 --> 00:35:41,539
 imparting what God wants to impart

1055
00:35:41,539 --> 00:35:42,800
 because that's what

1056
00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:44,099
 the Lord is calling us to do.

1057
00:35:44,099 --> 00:35:45,340
 That's a basic thing.

1058
00:35:45,579 --> 00:35:47,239
 That's an elemental teacher

1059
00:35:47,239 --> 00:35:49,239
 teaching in Christianity.

1060
00:35:49,940 --> 00:35:50,860
 And yet how often are we

1061
00:35:50,860 --> 00:35:52,400
 actually moving in it?

1062
00:35:52,699 --> 00:35:54,400
 Right. And what we're learning

1063
00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:56,179
 is if you're not moving in it,

1064
00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:57,780
 you're moving away from it.

1065
00:35:58,139 --> 00:36:00,039
 Right. And so this is the idea.

1066
00:36:00,440 --> 00:36:01,119
 Now, a little bit more

1067
00:36:01,119 --> 00:36:02,500
 about this laying on of hands.

1068
00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:05,719
 There's something even represented

1069
00:36:05,719 --> 00:36:06,980
 in the Old Testament

1070
00:36:06,980 --> 00:36:10,079
 because, you know, when the high priest, OK.

1071
00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:14,619
 He would cast the sins of the people

1072
00:36:15,380 --> 00:36:18,340
 upon the innocent sacrifice.

1073
00:36:18,579 --> 00:36:19,320
 Do you remember that?

1074
00:36:20,300 --> 00:36:23,880
 OK, so this innocent animal did nothing.

1075
00:36:24,579 --> 00:36:25,480
 He was just chewing the

1076
00:36:25,480 --> 00:36:26,340
 cut a minute ago.

1077
00:36:27,059 --> 00:36:28,500
 OK, and now guess what?

1078
00:36:28,639 --> 00:36:29,800
 He's about to be slaughtered.

1079
00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:31,780
 Right. And the sins

1080
00:36:31,780 --> 00:36:35,199
 of the sacrifice are being laid.

1081
00:36:36,079 --> 00:36:37,079
 I mean, I'm sorry, the sins

1082
00:36:37,079 --> 00:36:38,480
 of the people are being laid

1083
00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:39,780
 on the sacrifice.

1084
00:36:40,159 --> 00:36:41,239
 OK, does that make sense?

1085
00:36:42,019 --> 00:36:43,920
 And now that animal was killed

1086
00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:46,539
 and the blood that flows out

1087
00:36:46,539 --> 00:36:48,619
 is to atone for the sins

1088
00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:51,440
 of the people, the nation Israel.

1089
00:36:52,059 --> 00:36:54,960
 Well, we are called royal priesthood.

1090
00:36:55,659 --> 00:36:57,460
 OK, we are the priests

1091
00:36:57,460 --> 00:36:58,800
 on the earth today

1092
00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:00,400
 on behalf of Christ, right?

1093
00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:02,219
 And we are the royal priesthood.

1094
00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:06,239
 Right. And so now we lay hands

1095
00:37:06,239 --> 00:37:07,840
 on the sinner.

1096
00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:11,639
 With the grace of the sacrifice,

1097
00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:12,679
 Jesus Christ,

1098
00:37:12,679 --> 00:37:14,000
 that's why we lay hands.

1099
00:37:14,079 --> 00:37:14,940
 In fact, I have a little picture

1100
00:37:14,940 --> 00:37:16,380
 of just laying hands.

1101
00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:18,739
 And that's why we do it,

1102
00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:21,019
 because now the sacrifice

1103
00:37:21,019 --> 00:37:23,219
 was already paid for in Jesus Christ.

1104
00:37:24,099 --> 00:37:26,039
 Now we're anointing people

1105
00:37:26,039 --> 00:37:27,400
 and laying hands on them

1106
00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:30,159
 with the grace of the sacrifice.

1107
00:37:30,340 --> 00:37:32,840
 The sinlessness of the sacrifice

1108
00:37:32,840 --> 00:37:34,800
 is now being laid upon

1109
00:37:35,740 --> 00:37:37,179
 someone who is a sinner.

1110
00:37:37,500 --> 00:37:39,219
 Now, I do not call myself

1111
00:37:39,219 --> 00:37:40,280
 a sinner any longer

1112
00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:42,219
 because I'm not identified

1113
00:37:42,219 --> 00:37:44,039
 by my sins, but I will sin.

1114
00:37:45,239 --> 00:37:46,420
 I'll never be sinless

1115
00:37:46,420 --> 00:37:47,420
 this side of heaven.

1116
00:37:47,980 --> 00:37:49,840
 I just would attest to that, right?

1117
00:37:50,780 --> 00:37:53,340
 But I have the sinless sacrifices

1118
00:37:53,340 --> 00:37:56,420
 grace that was laid upon me.

1119
00:37:56,719 --> 00:37:57,440
 And so do you.

1120
00:37:58,920 --> 00:38:01,000
 And so this is why we lay hands.

1121
00:38:01,420 --> 00:38:03,800
 But you know, we are also warned.

1122
00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:07,940
 OK, because Paul also warned Timothy.

1123
00:38:08,099 --> 00:38:10,159
 Don't be so hasty to lay hands

1124
00:38:10,159 --> 00:38:13,179
 on people because in a sense

1125
00:38:13,179 --> 00:38:14,920
 you are sharing in their sins

1126
00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:16,500
 because if you don't know their story,

1127
00:38:16,880 --> 00:38:18,360
 like if someone just says, you know,

1128
00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:22,579
 I have this I have this issue, OK,

1129
00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:26,400
 and I need prayer for it

1130
00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:28,539
 and you don't know any of this story,

1131
00:38:28,780 --> 00:38:30,380
 you can pray for them and so forth.

1132
00:38:30,940 --> 00:38:32,820
 But you have to realize that they're

1133
00:38:32,820 --> 00:38:34,539
 whatever they're involved in

1134
00:38:34,539 --> 00:38:36,519
 may be perpetuating those sins.

1135
00:38:37,039 --> 00:38:37,940
 So just be careful.

1136
00:38:38,059 --> 00:38:39,219
 It also has to do with

1137
00:38:39,860 --> 00:38:40,980
 laying hands on people

1138
00:38:40,980 --> 00:38:42,039
 for the recruitment

1139
00:38:42,540 --> 00:38:44,079
 or the assignment of offices

1140
00:38:44,079 --> 00:38:44,760
 in the church.

1141
00:38:45,239 --> 00:38:46,260
 So those are some of the reasons

1142
00:38:46,260 --> 00:38:47,679
 that we lay hands

1143
00:38:47,679 --> 00:38:48,659
 and they're all considered

1144
00:38:48,659 --> 00:38:52,179
 basic elemental things in Christianity.

1145
00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:53,739
 All right, we're almost done.

1146
00:38:54,739 --> 00:38:55,480
 The next thing is

1147
00:38:55,480 --> 00:38:57,219
 the resurrection of the dead.

1148
00:38:58,720 --> 00:39:01,280
 OK, this is elemental, you know,

1149
00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:03,860
 that that everyone is going to die.

1150
00:39:04,460 --> 00:39:07,679
 OK, and we are all going to rise again.

1151
00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:10,420
 And even the people of the Old Testament,

1152
00:39:10,719 --> 00:39:13,480
 well, the Sadducees, they didn't believe it,

1153
00:39:13,659 --> 00:39:14,960
 but the Pharisees did.

1154
00:39:15,179 --> 00:39:16,099
 And they they understood

1155
00:39:16,099 --> 00:39:17,880
 there is going to be a resurrection.

1156
00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:19,639
 And it was spoken of in Isaiah.

1157
00:39:20,159 --> 00:39:22,460
 It was spoken of in in Daniel

1158
00:39:22,460 --> 00:39:24,199
 that we will rise again.

1159
00:39:24,500 --> 00:39:26,159
 OK, because when we

1160
00:39:26,159 --> 00:39:27,980
 everyone rises from the dead,

1161
00:39:28,519 --> 00:39:29,960
 they will be then be judged.

1162
00:39:30,340 --> 00:39:31,980
 OK, and we will be judged

1163
00:39:31,980 --> 00:39:34,440
 according to our salvation

1164
00:39:35,319 --> 00:39:37,000
 and the works we did in the spirit.

1165
00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:38,780
 But those who do not come to Christ

1166
00:39:38,780 --> 00:39:41,940
 will be judged in their dead works.

1167
00:39:42,940 --> 00:39:44,840
 And unfortunately, it's not going to be

1168
00:39:44,840 --> 00:39:47,300
 a joy filled destiny for them.

1169
00:39:47,340 --> 00:39:48,300
 And that's the truth.

1170
00:39:49,139 --> 00:39:49,940
 And that's a basic.

1171
00:39:50,219 --> 00:39:50,940
 But you know how many

1172
00:39:51,779 --> 00:39:54,699
 how many churches are not preaching that?

1173
00:39:55,739 --> 00:39:56,659
 Because it's uncomfortable.

1174
00:39:58,059 --> 00:39:58,800
 It's uncomfortable.

1175
00:39:59,139 --> 00:39:59,800
 You know, in fact,

1176
00:39:59,880 --> 00:40:01,519
 a lot of Christianity is

1177
00:40:01,519 --> 00:40:03,539
 moving towards universalism.

1178
00:40:03,699 --> 00:40:04,440
 Do you know what I mean by that?

1179
00:40:05,119 --> 00:40:05,659
 In other words,

1180
00:40:05,659 --> 00:40:07,599
 everyone is somehow saved

1181
00:40:07,599 --> 00:40:08,780
 through the grace of God.

1182
00:40:09,440 --> 00:40:11,019
 Everyone, even people that never believe.

1183
00:40:11,860 --> 00:40:13,340
 Well, that's not biblical at all.

1184
00:40:13,619 --> 00:40:15,099
 It's it's it's it's

1185
00:40:15,099 --> 00:40:17,059
 that's false teaching, you know,

1186
00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:19,519
 but people don't want to talk about hell

1187
00:40:20,420 --> 00:40:22,659
 as a real place, a real destiny.

1188
00:40:23,260 --> 00:40:24,320
 And then the final thing

1189
00:40:24,320 --> 00:40:26,059
 is eternal judgment.

1190
00:40:26,619 --> 00:40:29,280
 Everyone will be judged someday.

1191
00:40:30,739 --> 00:40:32,420
 As the worship team comes forward

1192
00:40:33,379 --> 00:40:34,360
 and we close out.

1193
00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:37,780
 I just want to say like if you

1194
00:40:38,539 --> 00:40:42,139
 if you have never just fallen.

1195
00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:48,300
 To the mercies of Jesus Christ,

1196
00:40:48,440 --> 00:40:49,719
 if you've never surrendered

1197
00:40:49,719 --> 00:40:51,480
 your life to Jesus.

1198
00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:53,659
 I just want to

1199
00:40:54,820 --> 00:40:56,900
 implore you to do that today.

1200
00:40:58,179 --> 00:40:59,820
 Like if you sense the spirit

1201
00:40:59,820 --> 00:41:01,400
 is working on your heart.

1202
00:41:02,340 --> 00:41:04,280
 Right now, he's calling you,

1203
00:41:04,280 --> 00:41:06,519
 he's he's drawing you in.

1204
00:41:08,139 --> 00:41:09,940
 And you've heard his voice before,

1205
00:41:10,079 --> 00:41:12,039
 you've probably heard his call before.

1206
00:41:14,900 --> 00:41:16,559
 And yet something happens,

1207
00:41:16,739 --> 00:41:18,500
 you just start to resist it.

1208
00:41:18,619 --> 00:41:19,380
 You start to say, well,

1209
00:41:19,400 --> 00:41:20,420
 I'm not ready yet.

1210
00:41:21,099 --> 00:41:22,059
 I have a few things

1211
00:41:22,059 --> 00:41:23,460
 I have to take care of,

1212
00:41:23,800 --> 00:41:25,440
 like the rich young ruler, like

1213
00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:27,059
 get rid of all the things

1214
00:41:27,059 --> 00:41:28,099
 that are keeping you bound.

1215
00:41:28,199 --> 00:41:30,920
 And he walked away sorrowful.

1216
00:41:31,139 --> 00:41:32,539
 And Jesus loved him.

1217
00:41:32,579 --> 00:41:33,699
 He was sad to see him.

1218
00:41:33,699 --> 00:41:35,400
 No, and turn away

1219
00:41:35,400 --> 00:41:37,559
 because he wanted him to be saved, too.

1220
00:41:37,920 --> 00:41:39,300
 If that's you, if you know

1221
00:41:39,300 --> 00:41:41,239
 the Lord is calling you today,

1222
00:41:41,619 --> 00:41:44,239
 don't walk out of here right now

1223
00:41:44,239 --> 00:41:45,380
 with surrendering,

1224
00:41:45,500 --> 00:41:47,099
 without surrendering to the Lord.

1225
00:41:47,179 --> 00:41:47,760
 It's time.

1226
00:41:48,719 --> 00:41:50,440
 In fact, we read weeks ago.

1227
00:41:50,679 --> 00:41:51,820
 Today, if you hear his voice,

1228
00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:53,940
 do not harden your heart.

1229
00:41:55,139 --> 00:41:56,860
 Don't rebel any longer.

1230
00:41:57,000 --> 00:41:57,980
 Say yes, Lord.

1231
00:41:58,199 --> 00:42:00,139
 Today, I want to be saved.

1232
00:42:01,059 --> 00:42:03,539
 I want to be delivered from myself.

1233
00:42:04,519 --> 00:42:06,719
 This is the basics of Christianity.

1234
00:42:06,900 --> 00:42:08,659
 If no one ever told you that before,

1235
00:42:09,059 --> 00:42:09,940
 it's time.

1236
00:42:10,860 --> 00:42:12,019
 It's time to just say,

1237
00:42:12,199 --> 00:42:13,340
 I need salvation.

1238
00:42:13,679 --> 00:42:14,860
 My life is running out.

1239
00:42:15,019 --> 00:42:16,380
 I don't have forever.

1240
00:42:18,119 --> 00:42:19,320
 This life is but a mist,

1241
00:42:19,480 --> 00:42:21,340
 regardless of how old you are,

1242
00:42:21,460 --> 00:42:22,659
 the time will fly.

1243
00:42:23,260 --> 00:42:25,659
 It's time to just come to Jesus.

1244
00:42:26,539 --> 00:42:28,659
 It's time to give your life to Jesus.

1245
00:42:29,420 --> 00:42:30,119
 And if that's you,

1246
00:42:30,199 --> 00:42:31,519
 I'm not going to ask you to raise your hand,

1247
00:42:31,659 --> 00:42:33,559
 but just in the quietness of your heart

1248
00:42:33,559 --> 00:42:36,199
 with all of our heads bowed and eyes closed,

1249
00:42:36,300 --> 00:42:38,360
 you could just pray something like this.

1250
00:42:41,320 --> 00:42:43,619
 Father God, I know I'm a sinner.

1251
00:42:45,619 --> 00:42:47,579
 And I cannot save myself.

1252
00:42:49,900 --> 00:42:51,340
 I want to be saved.

1253
00:42:52,900 --> 00:42:54,119
 I want a new life.

1254
00:42:55,380 --> 00:42:56,960
 I want a new identity.

1255
00:42:57,980 --> 00:42:59,119
 I want to restart.

1256
00:43:01,099 --> 00:43:02,460
 I need forgiveness.

1257
00:43:04,139 --> 00:43:06,519
 Today, I give you my life.

1258
00:43:07,599 --> 00:43:09,360
 I surrender it to you.

1259
00:43:10,059 --> 00:43:13,059
 Because you died on the cross for my sins.

1260
00:43:14,539 --> 00:43:16,480
 You became my sin on the cross.

1261
00:43:18,619 --> 00:43:20,179
 And today, I want to receive that gift

1262
00:43:20,179 --> 00:43:21,920
 that you did through your sacrifice

1263
00:43:22,559 --> 00:43:23,780
 on the cross.

1264
00:43:24,639 --> 00:43:26,800
 Today, I receive that from you.

1265
00:43:28,380 --> 00:43:30,260
 And Lord, I ask you to forgive me

1266
00:43:30,260 --> 00:43:32,860
 of all my sins, past, present and future.

1267
00:43:33,940 --> 00:43:37,059
 And I ask you to fill me with your Holy Spirit.

1268
00:43:37,820 --> 00:43:40,000
 In Jesus' name, amen.

1269
00:43:40,320 --> 00:43:43,860
 If you did that, the word says that you are born again.

1270
00:43:44,219 --> 00:43:45,659
 That means you have a new life,

1271
00:43:46,079 --> 00:43:47,780
 regardless of how you feel.

1272
00:43:48,880 --> 00:43:50,659
 Sometimes the feelings come later.

1273
00:43:51,260 --> 00:43:51,980
 For me, they did.

1274
00:43:53,219 --> 00:43:55,199
 For me, they took like a year later

1275
00:43:55,920 --> 00:44:00,920
 to finally be baptized in the Holy Spirit.

1276
00:44:04,159 --> 00:44:07,400
 You know, this is a short life that we're living here.

1277
00:44:07,900 --> 00:44:10,420
 We want to live it to the fullest.

1278
00:44:10,699 --> 00:44:14,179
 We want to run that race without regret,

1279
00:44:14,420 --> 00:44:15,599
 without stumbling.

1280
00:44:15,699 --> 00:44:17,719
 We just want to live it for Him.

1281
00:44:18,920 --> 00:44:22,099
 So we need to be able to exercise our senses

1282
00:44:22,099 --> 00:44:24,059
 to know good and evil

1283
00:44:26,159 --> 00:44:29,840
 and to overcome evil with good, with love.

1284
00:44:30,159 --> 00:44:31,139
 Amen, amen.

1285
00:44:31,139 --> 00:44:35,059
 Let's all stand up and give the Lord a round of applause.

1286
00:44:35,380 --> 00:44:35,940
 Hallelujah.

1287
00:44:38,659 --> 00:44:39,739
 Father God, we thank you

1288
00:44:40,259 --> 00:44:43,500
 that you are mighty and powerful, Lord.

1289
00:44:44,500 --> 00:44:46,880
 And you've called us to be your priests, Lord God.

1290
00:44:49,139 --> 00:44:50,559
 We thank you for that.

1291
00:44:52,460 --> 00:44:53,099
 And you know what?

1292
00:44:53,139 --> 00:44:55,639
 I'm gonna ask something unusual right now.

1293
00:44:57,259 --> 00:44:58,360
 Let me finish praying first.

1294
00:44:59,420 --> 00:45:03,039
 Father God, we thank you that you've chosen us

1295
00:45:03,039 --> 00:45:04,940
 for such a time as this

1296
00:45:04,940 --> 00:45:08,119
 to do mighty things in the power of the Holy Spirit.

1297
00:45:09,039 --> 00:45:12,119
 We thank you in Jesus' name, amen.

1298
00:45:16,579 --> 00:45:19,460
 Thanks for joining us at Lansdale Life Church

1299
00:45:19,460 --> 00:45:21,960
 as we praise God and discuss His word.

1300
00:45:22,699 --> 00:45:25,739
 Don't forget to join us for worship lives Sunday mornings

1301
00:45:25,739 --> 00:45:28,119
 at 10 a.m. Eastern on YouTube.

1302
00:45:28,360 --> 00:45:31,239
 Be blessed and have a great day.