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Still Don't Believe Me? Listen to this · Off The Kirb Ministries

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  Watch very carefully because this. £10.
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  Note is you. At the beginning of the video,
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  the note was worth 10 British pounds.
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  Now it's been trodden on, now it's been swept around, and now
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  it is covered in mud. So how much is it worth?
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  Right now? It's still 10 lbs.
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  My dear precious believer, you might have been trodden on, you
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  might have been swept around, and people might even say that
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  you are trash, but you still haven't lost your value in God's
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  eyes. Why?
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  Because man looks at the outward appearance.
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  But God. Looks.
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  At the. Heart.
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  But when you and me when I was 15, I watched a movie that left
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  a lasting impression on me. It was called The Pursuit of
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  Happiness, and it's based on a true story about a struggle of
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  one single dad called Chris Gardner, who is played by Will
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  Smith. Some of you are probably like
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  me, and you think that you've had a tough day.
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  But imagine this Chris's wife left him.
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  He could not pay his rent, so one night he and his young son
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  had to sleep on a bathroom floor.
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  So here Gardner is. He's got $21.00 to his name, but
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  he has one opportunity to make something of his life.
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  He has a job interview. At a.
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  Prestigious stockbroker firm. But on the night of his
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  interview, whilst he was painting his apartment, he got a
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  knock on the door. This then led him to being kept
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  overnight in an unfortunate situation.
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  His interview was the next day at 10:15 and so as you can see
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  he had no time to change his clothes.
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  Now hands down for me, this is the most powerful line in the
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  entire A movie. Somehow Chris Gardner managed to
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  make it to the interview on time, but when his potential
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  employer looked down at his paint splattered outfit, he said
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  Chris. What would?
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  You say if a guy walked into an interview without a shirt on and
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  I hired him. Chris paused.
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  For a few moments and said he must have had on some really
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  nice pants. The interview panel let out a
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  roar of laughter and amazingly, Gardner was hired.
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  But what goes through your mind when you hear that?
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  I'll tell you what I think. For once, these men weren't so
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  quick to write someone off because of his appearance.
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  They realized that it's what's on the inside that counts.
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  Now I'm going to make a very strong statement, so you listen
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  carefully. It doesn't matter what the world
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  says about you. It only matters what does.
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  God. Say about you in the Bible, we
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  read the most fascinating story of when God sent his prophet
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  Samuel to a man called Jesse's house to find the next king.
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  Once Samuel had looked at all seven of the young men lined up
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  before him, He said, I think it's the oldest Eliab.
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  Surely that is the Lord's anointed king.
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  Now to everyone else, he was the obvious choice.
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  He looked strong, tall, with a royal stature.
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  But God said that's not the man. In fact, he puts it even
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  stronger. He said do not look at his
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  appearance, at his physical stature, because I have refused
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  him. For the Lord does not see as man
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  sees. The man looks at the outward
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  appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.
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  Jesse at this point was a little confused, so he called yet again
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  all of his sons to pass before Samuel.
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  Samuel looked at one and said, no, that's not him.
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  He looked at another, no, that's not him.
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  He looked at another 1/3, a fourth, a fifth, a 6th, a 7th.
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  No, that's not him. None of them are him.
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  Then he said, Is that all of your sons before me?
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  Well, not exactly. Jesse said.
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  The youngest David, he's actually out in the fields
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  watching the sheep. The prophet said, OK, send for
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  him. And so they went and got David.
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  And what did Samuel see but a simple Ruddy shepherd boy?
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  And the Lord said, arise, anoint him, for this is the one.
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  I imagine in his whole life David had been overlooked,
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  ignored. But that doesn't matter because
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  men might have looked at David and seen a simple shepherd boy,
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  but when God looked at David, he saw a king.
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  Here is the big question, what does God see when he looks at
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  you? You might be the last to be
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  picked in your sports team, but if you're washed in the blood of
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  Christ, the Lord says the last shall be 1st and the 1st shall
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  be last. You might not be very strong and
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  people look at you and say you'll never amount to anything,
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  but if you're on the Lord's side, He will use you.
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  Why? Because God uses the weak things
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  of this world to confound the mighty.
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  You might think that you're not pretty enough.
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  Perhaps you've. Even been teased about the way
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  you look. Well if you remember one thing,
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  remember this. It doesn't matter what anyone
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  says about you because you are beautiful to God.
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  You are made in his image. You might be insignificant,
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  significant, unemployed or boring to everyone in your town,
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  but if you are a Christian, you have unimaginable value.
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  You are clothed in the riches of the Lord Jesus Christ and you
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  are a son of the Most High. You are a daughter of the King.
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  Oh. My dear friend, if you read the
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  Bible from beginning to end, you will really see that man looks
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  at the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart.
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  Do you remember Gideon, who was the least in all the clans and
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  yet God said to him, You are a mighty man of valor?
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  Do you remember Moses, the guy who struggled to speak normally
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  and God made him into one of the world's most powerful leaders?
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  Then there was that unknown girl from Nazareth.
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  Mary wasn't a queen. She wasn't a noble.
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  Woman. And yet.
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  God chose her to be the mother of Jesus Christ, the Saviour of
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  the world. The fact is this our Vas God,
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  who is so big that the universe cannot contain him, He cares
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  about the small things of the world.
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  He cares about small people like you and like me.
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  What do you think when I tell? You that that here is this God
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  who cares about the widow's mite.
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  He sees a huge banquet when men just see 5 loaves and two
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  fishes. He sees a Kingdom when we see
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  just a tiny mustard seed. And this is the God who is
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  prepared. To leave the 90. 9:00 to go
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  after. One little.
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  Sheep, is that the God you worship?
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  Because as encouraging as this message is, I am going to have
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  to change gears a little. If you are one of those people
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  who refuses to humble yourself before this great big God who
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  thinks that you are OK on your own and believes that you are
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  going to heaven because you are a good person.
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  My dear friend, if that's you, never forget the words of the
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  Lord Jesus Christ. He said no man is good.
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  Do you remember the £10 note that I showed you at the
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  beginning? This was legit money.
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  But supposing it was fake, it doesn't matter how clean or how
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  crisp it looks, it has zero value.
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  OK, now please don't misunderstand me when I say
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  this. Everyone who can hear my voice,
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  everyone in this world has value, has worth, has purpose
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  and meaning because God created you perfectly and he put you on
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  this earth for a reason. But when it comes to heaven's
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  economy, if you haven't come to the cross of the Lord Jesus
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  Christ, if you haven't asked for your debt of sin to be
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  transferred into his account and for His perfect track record of
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  righteousness to be transferred into your account, unless you've
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  actually done that, the harsh reality is you are spiritually
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  bankrupt. You might go to church, you
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  might sing in the choir, you might look like a Christian.
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  But if you have rejected the Lord Jesus Christ, even though
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  your outward appearance looks great, God sees your heart.
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  So please, please, whoever you are, if you haven't asked Jesus
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  to be your Lord and Saviour, if you haven't asked Him to wash
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  away your sins with His very blood and give you eternal life
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  because He rose from the dead, do it now.
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  It's really not that complicated.
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  It's so easy that even a little one could do it.
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  So please tell him right now that you are a Sinner who needs
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  to be saved. You need to be saved by the Son
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  of God, and you need to ask Him right now to have mercy on you.
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  And if you ask Him with all sincerity in your heart, he will
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  save you. OK, two quick things before we
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  part ways. The first thing is this.
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  For anyone concerned, my £10 note is absolutely fine.
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  He'll tell you himself he's completely OK.
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  UK money has become invincible. Right now it's basically
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  plastic. And lastly, I am.
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  Really interested to know what do you think about this new
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  style of videos that I've been making.
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