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When Jesus Goes to Church - 3/12/26 - Bro. Josh Montgomery - Meadows Baptist Church · Meadows Baptist Church Podcast

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  Welcome to the podcast of Meadows
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  Baptist Church of Walnut Cove, North
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  Carolina. We're so glad you joined us
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  today. If you enjoy today's message, be
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  sure to subscribe, follow, and share
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  with your friends. Now, let's join
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  Pastor Charlie Branch with a word from
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  God.
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  And I appreciate the reality of that
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  tonight. And it's good to be in the
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  house of the Lord this evening. Amen.
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  Appreciate you being here on a Thursday
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  night. I don't remember what day of the
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  week it was. And it's good to be in
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  church tonight. Thank you, preacher, for
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  the invitation to come. I got to be
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  here. I guess it was sometime last year
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  when brother Jarvis is here and meeting.
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  And it's good to be back here with you
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  at Meadows. And we appreciate your
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  pastor and his friendship. I just like
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  to hear him talk. I really do. And uh
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  and I appreciate that. And uh I tell
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  you, he is the countryest boy I've ever
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  heard from Delaware in my life. Amen.
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  And uh but I appreciate him. Appreciate
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  his family. And it's just a joy to be
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  here. Then I appreciate Brother Austin.
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  And uh we are Are we friends?
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  >> Yeah, we're brothers. Uh I don't know if
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  we're friends, but uh no, I I don't have
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  a closer friend in the world than
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  Brother Austin Elkins. He's one of my
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  good buddies. We um we've come up
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  preaching together thanks to brother
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  Davey Shelton. He kind of made us be
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  friends and I'm glad that he did. And
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  I'll tell you there ain't nothing I
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  wouldn't do for brother Austin and there
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  ain't nothing he wouldn't do for me. So
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  we just go around doing nothing for each
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  other.
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  And uh but uh I know you've had good
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  preaching the last few nights.
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  >> But all good things must come to an end.
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  So take your the word of God with me
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  tonight and find the Gospel of Luke
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  chapter number two. The Gospel of Luke
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  chapter number two. Preacher, once
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  again, thank you for letting me come.
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  I'm looking forward to these nights
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  together. I've been in meeting in
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  Monroe, North Carolina the last three
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  nights. And if I'm not and then we got
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  revival meeting starting Monday night at
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  our church, brother Jimbo seat. So, if
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  I'm not right with God by next Thursday
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  night, I'm just going to quit, okay?
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  Because being in church five night,
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  eight nights straight plus Sunday. If
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  that don't do it, ain't nothing going to
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  do it. But, uh, we try to give you the
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  burden of our heart tonight and be a be
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  a blessing to you. And it's good to see
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  brother Dakota and his wife here tonight
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  as well. They came through our church
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  when they was in missions and it's good
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  to see him tonight as well. And we're
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  thankful for the Lord's kindness and his
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  mercy in our lives. Amen. The Gospel of
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  Luke, chapter number two tonight. And
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  I'm going to begin our reading in verse
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  number 21. And I'm going to read several
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  verses. So, if you'll bear with me, I'll
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  read down through verse number 38
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  tonight for our text. But do not worry,
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  I am a 30-minute preacher. We will
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  synchronize our watches together because
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  uh I have been taught, brother Jimbo
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  taught us it pays by the job, not by the
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  hour. Amen. But I know you've worked
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  hard all day. You've been in church all
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  night or all week, not all night, all
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  week. And uh yeah, I get picked on more
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  for my time limit than I do anything. So
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  I said, don't put a time limit on the
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  Holy Spirit. I'm like, I don't I put a
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  time limit on preachers that can't tell
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  time. Okay? And uh so let's stand
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  together for for the reading of his word
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  tonight. Luke chapter 2 verse number 21.
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  And when eight days were accomplished
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  for the circumcising of the child, his
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  name was called Jesus. I know who that
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  is. Amen.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> Which was so named of the angel before
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  he was conceived in the womb. And when
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  the days of her purification according
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  to the law of Moses were accomplished,
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  they brought him to Jerusalem to present
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  him to the Lord. As it is written in the
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  law of the Lord, every male that openeth
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  the womb shall be called holy to the
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  Lord, and offer a sacrifice according to
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  that which is said in the law of the
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  Lord, a pair of turtle doves or two
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  young pigeons. And behold, there was a
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  man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon.
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  The same man was just and devout,
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  waiting for the consolation of Israel.
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  And the Holy Ghost was upon him. And it
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  was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost
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  that he should not see death before he
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  had seen the Lord's Christ. And he came
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  by the spirit of the Lord into the
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  temple. And when his parents brought in
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  the child Jesus to do for him after the
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  custom of the law, then took he up he
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  then took he him up in his arms, and
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  said, Blessed be God, and said, Lord,
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  now let us thy servant depart in peace
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  according to thy word. FOR MINE EYES
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  HAVE SEEN THY SALVATION, which thou has
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  prepared before all the face of the
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  people, a light to lighten the Gentiles,
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  and the glory of thy people Israel. And
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  Joseph and his mother marveled at those
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  things which were spoken of him. And
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  Simeon blessed them and said unto Mary
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  his mother, "Behold, this child is set
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  for the fall and rising again of many in
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  Israel. For a sign which shall be spoken
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  against, yeah, a sword shall pierce
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  through thine own soul, that the
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  thoughts of many hearts may be
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  revealed." And there was one Anna, a
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  prophetist, the daughter of Thaniel, the
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  tribe of Asher, and she was a great age,
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  and had lived with an husband seven
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  years from her virginity. And she was a
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  widow of four four score and four years.
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  And she departed not from the temple,
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  but served God with fasting and prayers
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  night and day. And she coming in that
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  instant gave thanks likewise unto the
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  Lord and spake of him to all of them
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  that look for redemption in Jerusalem.
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  Heavenly Father, I thank you one more
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  time tonight for the opportunity we have
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  to stand and preach the word of God.
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  Thank you Lord for this pastor in this
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  church and their desire to have a
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  meeting in these days. Thank you, Lord,
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  for what you've already done this week.
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  The good reports we've heard. We give
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  you glory for that. We do not want to
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  just assume that you're going to help us
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  tonight. But we ask you that you'd be so
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  kind to cleanse me of sin, Lord, to
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  empty me of self, fill us with the
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  spirit of God tonight. May we see no man
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  save Jesus only. And what you do, we'll
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  thank you and give you glory for it. For
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  we ask these things in Jesus' name.
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  Amen. Thank you for standing. You can be
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  seated tonight. When we come to Luke
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  chapter number two, there are a few
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  things that we see in the text. By way
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  of introduction, I note in verse number
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  21, there is a what I call a
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  certification. We note in this text that
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  Mary and Joseph, they they have brought
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  Jesus to the temple to fulfill uh the
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  custom of the law. There's a
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  certification. There is a custom in
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  verse 22, verse 23, and verse 24. They
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  are offering according to the law of
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  Moses what Moses declared that when a
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  male child was born, they were to bring
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  that baby UH TO THE TEMPLE on the eighth
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  day to offer the sacrifices in the law
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  of Moses. SOMEBODY SAID, "PREACHER, WHY
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  ARE THESE VERSES IMPORTANT?" WELL,
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  they're important to remind us that
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  Jesus did not come to destroy the law,
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  but he came to fulfill the law. AND
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  THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE DID. HE HE FILLED
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  THE LAW TO THE FULL. WHAT MAN COULD NOT
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  DO. I'M GLAD Jesus did. AND I'M GLAD
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  TONIGHT I'M NOT SAVED BY MY
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  RIGHTEOUSNESS. I'M NOT SAVED BASED ON
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  WHO I AM OR WHAT I'VE DONE. BUT THANK
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  GOD I'M SAVED BECAUSE HERE'S WHAT PAUL
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  SAID. HE HATH MADE HIM TO BE SIN FOR US
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  WHO KNEW NO SIN THAT WE MIGHT BE MADE
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  THE RIGHTEOUS OF GOD IN HIM. I TELL YOU,
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  IF YOU GET TO HEAVEN TONIGHT, it won't
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  be because of your good works. IT WON'T
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  BE BECAUSE OF YOUR WATER BAPTISM. AND IT
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  WON'T BE BECAUSE OF YOUR CHURCH
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  MEMBERSHIP. BUT OLD SYDNEY COBALT SAID
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  IF SOMEONE ASKKED ME HOW I MADE IT
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  QUICKLY I'LL SAY IT BY THE BLOOD OF THE
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  LAMB I made it through. And so there is
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  a custom and there is certification. But
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  I'm interested in these verses. We note
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  the church in these verses. Now we
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  understand I'm using the term church in
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  a subjective manner. We understand that
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  and that the New Testament assembly of a
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  church was not yet a meeting yet. We
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  understand that Jesus has not said I
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  will build my church in the gates of
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  hell. We understand all that. We
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  understand the church is still a mystery
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  that has not been revealed uh to the
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  APOSTLE PAUL YET. WE GET THAT. But
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  here's what I want us to think about.
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  The temple uh to those Jews was a place
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  where they would come together and
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  worship the Lord. IT WAS A PLACE THEY
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  WOULD COME and assemble together and
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  they would read the scriptures and
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  reason. You'll recall later in our
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  Lord's ministry in Luke chapter 4 that
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  he would go in that synagogue and he
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  would read from the Torah. He would read
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  from THE OLD TESTAMENT. YOU KNOW WHAT
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  CHURCH OUGHT TO BE? IT'S A PLACE WHERE
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  WE OUGHT TO SACRIFICE. It's a place
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  where we ought to have the scriptures
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  preached. IT'S A PLACE OF WORSHIP. THEY
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  WOULD SING PSALMS. PSALMS UH IN THAT
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  TEMPLE. IT REMINDS ME OF WHAT WE DO IN
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  THE CHURCH. Can I get amen out of that?
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  >> And so, here's what I'm saying by a
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  practical application of this. This is
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  the first time in our Bible where Jesus
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  physically enters the temple in his
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  human body. Would you agree with that? I
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  understand the glory of God falls in the
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  in the tabernacle and in the temple in
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  the Old Testament. I UNDERSTAND THAT.
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  WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN OUR MIND'S EYE.
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  THE FIRST TIME JESUS EVER ENTERED the
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  temple, he's 8 days old
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  >> and he enters that temple. I want to
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  preach very simply for just a few
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  moments on Jesus goes to church. When
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  Jesus goes to church, I don't know about
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  you tonight, I want to go to church
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  where Jesus goes to church.
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  >> I WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN A CHURCH WHERE
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  JESUS IS WELCOMED.
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  I know that all sinners ought to be
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  welcome and we ought to welcome sinners
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  because they need the gospel. BUT I TELL
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  YOU, OUGHT TO INVITE PEOPLE TO CHURCH.
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  BUT IF WE GO TO CHURCH AND HE'S NOT
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  THERE, all is vain. UNLESS THE SPIRIT OF
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  THE HOLY ONE COMES DOWN. WE NEED JESUS
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  MORE THAN WE NEED anything else in our
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  services. We need his touch. WE NEED HIS
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  POWER. WE NEED HIM WORK IN OUR LIVES.
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  AND WE NEED WHAT THIS TEMPLE HAVE. WE
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  NEED JESUS TO SHOW UP IN OUR SERVICES.
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  All about you. I'm tired of dead
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  religion. I'M TIRED OF DEAD CHURCH. I
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  WANT GOD'S TOUCH. I WANT GOD'S PRESENCE.
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  I WANT GOD'S BLESSINGS AND HIS POWER UH
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  TO BE MANIFESTED in the church.
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  >> Well, it's interesting. Jesus goes to
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  church and there are some people, if you
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  will, there are some people in this
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  temple. And there are three things I
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  want to emphasize about the about these
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  folks when Jesus went to church. And I
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  believe we can take these principles and
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  these lessons tonight, and I believe
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  it'll help us when we go to church.
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  FIRST OF ALL, WHEN JESUS WENT TO CHURCH,
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  there was someone expecting him.
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  >> I'm going to back that up and SAY IT
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  AGAIN. WHEN JESUS WENT TO CHURCH, THERE
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  WAS SOMEONE THERE THAT WAS EXPECTING
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  HIM. We read in verses 25, 26, and 27,
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  we was introduced TO A MAN BY THE NAME
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  OF SIMEON. YOU KNOW WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS,
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  PREACHER, ABOUT SIMEON? HE WAS waiting
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  for him.
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  >> He was wait Praise God. I feel good
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  about it now. HE WAS WAITING FOR THE
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  CONSOLATION OF ISRAEL. WAS YOU EXPECTING
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  JESUS TO SHOW UP WHEN YOU GOT THE CHURCH
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  TONIGHT? WELL, DON'T EXPECT HIM TO SHOW
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  UP. AND DON'T EXPECT HIM TO SHOW UP IF
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  YOU'RE NOT LOOKING FOR HIM. SIMEON HAD
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  BEEN SERVING GOD for many years. AND THE
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  HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD HAS SPOKE TO HIM AND
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  SAID HE WOULD NOT DIE TILL HE SAW THE
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  CONSOLATION OF ISRAEL. SIMEON DIDN'T
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  KNOW WHAT DAY HE WAS GOING TO SHOW UP,
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  PASTOR. BUT HE KEPT ON GOING. HE KEPT ON
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  BEING FAITHFUL. SOMEBODY SAY, "WELL,
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  PREACHER, OUR SERVICES ARE DEAD." AND IT
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  WASN'T A SHOUTED OUT SERVICE. WELL, YOU
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  KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO? IF HE DON'T
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  SHOW UP SUNDAY MORNING, I'M GOING TO GO
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  BACK SUNDAY NIGHT. AND IF HE DON'T SHOW
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  UP SUNDAY NIGHT, I'M GOING TO GO BACK
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  WEDNESDAY NIGHT. YOU KNOW WHY? I WANT TO
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  EXPECT JESUS TO SHOW UP IN MY CHURCH.
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  >> There's that old story that small church
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  that had planned a special prayer
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  meeting because they had been in a time
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  of drought. And they got together to
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  pray and this one little boy showed up
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  at the prayer meeting and he had an
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  umbrella and they all began to laugh at
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  him, make fun of him. They said, "WHY'D
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  YOU BRING AN UMBRELLA?" HE SAID, "CUZ
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  I'm expecting rain." I'm going to tell
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  there's A LOT OF PEOPLE. THEY SAY,
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  "WE'RE GOING TO GO TO CHURCH AND
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  WORSHIP, BUT THEY DON'T BRING AN
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  UMBRELLA. THEY'RE not expecting JESUS TO
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  SHOW UP." OH, BUT THANK GOD FOR SIMEON
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  HERE. HE HAD BEEN THROUGH 400 YEARS.
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  THERE'S BEEN 400 YEARS OF SPIRITUAL
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  DARKNESS AND NO WORD FROM GOD. BUT THAT
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  HADN'T KNOCKED SIMEON OUT OF CHURCH.
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  HE'S STILL STAYING FAITHFUL. HE'S STILL
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  SERVING GOD. HE'S JUST WAITING FOR THE
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  DAY UH THAT THE SON OF GOD WALKS THROUGH
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  THOSE DOORS. HEY, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE A
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  CHILD OF GOD. YOU STAY FAITHFUL IN THE
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  CHURCH. YOU STAY EXPECTING CUZ IT MIGHT
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  BE ONE DAY THE DOORS OPEN AND THE SON OF
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  GOD WILL MANIFEST HIS PRESENCE AND WILL
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  MANIFEST HIS TOUCH IN OUR midst this
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  evening.
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  >> I see. H how did how did how was Simeon
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  expected him? Well, his expectation was
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  based on the scriptures.
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  >> Watch what he said in verse 25. He's
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  waiting for the consolation of Israel.
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  How did Simeon know that Christ was
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  coming? I'm This will be real deep. You
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  have to back up. You really got to
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  think, put your thinking cap on here.
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  I've been to Bible college. You really
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  got to think with me right here. You
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  know how Simeon knew that Jesus is GOING
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  TO SHOW UP?
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  >> COME ON.
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  >> He'd been reading the book,
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  >> right?
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  HE'D BEEN LISTENING TO WHAT THEM OLD
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  TESTAMENT PROPHETS SAID.
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  >> HE HAD READ ISAIAH'S SCROLL.
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  >> HE KNEW UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN AND
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  UNLESS A SON IS GIVEN. HE KNEW THAT HE
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  HATH BELIEVED OUR REPORT. HE KNEW ONE
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  DAY JUST SOMEBODY SAID, "PREACHER, HOW
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  DO YOU KNOW THAT JESUS WANTS TO SHOW UP
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  IN OUR CHURCH?" HERE'S WHAT HE SAID. HE
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  HE REMINDS US NOT TO FORSAKE THE ASSEMB
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  OF OURSELVES TOGETHER. HERE'S WHAT HE
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  SAID IN PSALM 22. HE INHABITS THE
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  PRAISES OF ISRAEL. AND I'M TELLING YOU
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  TONIGHT, I'M EXPECTING JESUS TO SHOW UP
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  AT CHURCH CUZ I'VE BEEN IN THE BOOK.
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  >> THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, they want to
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  have a they want to have a Sunday only
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  religion. They don't pick up their Bible
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  all week. They don't pray. They don't
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  study. They don't ask GOD TO MOVE. BUT
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  PREACHER, THEY EXPECT THEM TO SHOW UP ON
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  SUNDAY, BUT THEY AIN'T been in the BOOK
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  ALL WEEK.
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  >> DON'T EXPECT HIM TO SHOW UP IF YOU AIN'T
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  BEEN IN THE BOOK. SIMEON'S EXPECTATION
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  WAS BASED ON THE FACT THAT HE KNEW THE
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  SCRIPTURES.
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  >> If you ain't spend time in the book,
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  don't expect them to show up.
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  >> Amen. That's right.
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  Bible said, "Blessed are they which
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  hunger and thirst after righteousness,
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  for they shall be filled."
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  >> His expectation was based on the
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  scriptures. His expectation was based on
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  the spirit. Notice what your text says
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  in verse 26. I'm just a Bible preacher.
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  And it was revealed to him by the Holy
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  Ghost that he should not see death
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  before he'd seen the Lord's Christ.
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  Watch verse 27, PLEASE. AND HE CAME BY
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  THE SPIRIT INTO THE TEMPLE.
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  >> Let's get theological for a second. This
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  is still Old Testament economy because
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  you don't have a New Testament without
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  the death of the testator. So, we're
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  still in the Old Testament economy here
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  in Luke chapter number two. And so, we
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  understand that the Holy Ghost did not
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  indwell the believer until after the day
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  of Pentecost. SO SIMEON DOES NOT HAVE
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  THE INDDWELLING SPIRIT. Ain't that
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  right? The spirit would come ON A MAN
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  AND COME OFF a man in the Old Testament.
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  But here's Simeon that don't HAVE THE
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  HOLY SPIRIT IN HIM. HE'S JUST GOT THE
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  HOLY SPIRIT ON HIM.
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  >> And and he got TO THE TEMPLE.
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  >> BUT WE GOT PEOPLE THAT SAY THEY'RE
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  SAVED.
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  >> THEY SAY THE SPIRIT OF GOD LIVES IN
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  THEM,
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  >> BUT HE DON'T GET THEM TO CHURCH ON
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  SUNDAY.
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  >> I WISH I HAD SOMEBODY. I MEAN, WE GOT
• 15:08
  PEOPLE THEY SAY THEY'RE SAVED AND THEY
• 15:10
  AND I AIN'T FUSSING AT Y'ALL. YOU'RE
• 15:11
  HERE on a Thursday night, but I'm We
• 15:13
  talking about all them other people that
• 15:14
  just show up on Sunday morning. Y'all
• 15:15
  don't want somebody said, "You talking
• 15:17
  about people?" You better believe I'm
• 15:18
  talking about that crowd. Amen.
• 15:20
  >> I'm 34 years old, BEEN IN CHURCH ALL MY
• 15:22
  LIFE. I have no I'm a preacher's kid,
• 15:24
  been pastoring 13 years. I have no shame
• 15:26
  left.
• 15:26
  >> I love it.
• 15:29
  >> WELL, I LOVE JESUS AND EVERYTHING, but
• 15:31
  we ain't going to be back Sunday night.
• 15:33
  >> YOU MEAN THE SPIRIT OF GOD INDWELLS YOU?
• 15:36
  I'M TALKING ABOUT THE HOLY GHOST OF GOD.
• 15:38
  YOU SAY LIVES IN YOUR HEART AND HE CAN'T
• 15:41
  GET YOU BACK ON SUNDAY NIGHT. HE CAN'T
• 15:43
  GET YOU TO PRAYER MEETING ON WEDNESDAY
• 15:44
  NIGHT. HE CAN'T GET YOU TO REVIVAL
• 15:46
  MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT. I KNOW IT'S
• 15:48
  WALMART NIGHT TOMORROW NIGHT. I KNOW
• 15:50
  IT'S BASKETBALL NIGHT. BUT YOU SAY THE
• 15:52
  HOLY SPIRIT LIVES IN YOU AND HE DON'T
• 15:54
  GET YOU TO CHURCH. I AIN'T BUYING IF
• 15:56
  YOU'RE SELLING, FRIEND.
• 15:59
  >> HEY, this is preaching better than I
• 16:00
  thought it would.
• 16:02
  >> HE WAS EXPECTING HIM CUZ THE SCRIPTURES
• 16:05
  TOLD him to look for him. He is
• 16:06
  expecting him because the spirit led him
• 16:09
  there.
• 16:11
  >> I uh I've been pastoring 13 years, but I
• 16:14
  was faithful to church before I started
• 16:15
  pastoring.
• 16:16
  >> I mean, at 6:30 on Sunday mornings, my
• 16:19
  eyes open. MY TRUCK STARTS, MY SUIT
• 16:23
  FLOATS TO ME. MY TRUCK IMMEDIATELY
• 16:26
  ALREADY GOES IN DRIVE. YOU KNOW WHERE
• 16:27
  IT'S HEADED ON SUNDAY MORNING?
• 16:29
  BOJANGLES.
• 16:32
  >> And then I GO TO CHURCH. SOMEBODY HELP
• 16:33
  ME. AMEN.
• 16:35
  I mean, you got to have a little bit of
• 16:37
  help on Sunday morning. Amen. I go, you
• 16:39
  know what I do, pastor? I go by Bo James
• 16:41
  on Sunday morning, get me a country
• 16:43
  fried ham biscuit, AND THANK GOD I'm not
• 16:45
  under the law. I'm under grace. Amen.
• 16:47
  Praise. AND I EAT THAT HAM BISCUIT, AND
• 16:49
  I GO TO THE HOUSE OF GOD. BUT YOU KNOW
• 16:50
  WHAT? MY TRUCK WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO
• 16:52
  IF IT WASN'T IN MY CHURCH PARKING LOT on
• 16:54
  Sunday. YOU KNOW WHY? CUZ THAT'S WHERE
• 16:56
  I'M SUPPOSED TO BE. HEY, DAVID SAID,
• 16:58
  "I'D RATHER BE A DOORKEEPER IN THE HOUSE
• 17:01
  OF MY GOD THAN TO DWELL IN THE TENTS OF
• 17:03
  THE WICKED." EVERYTHING GOOD HAS EVER
• 17:05
  HAPPENED IN MY LIFE. IT HAPPENED IN THE
• 17:07
  HOUSE OF GOD. I GOT SAVED IN CHURCH. I
• 17:10
  GOT CALLED TO PREACH IN CHURCH. I MET MY
• 17:13
  WIFE AT CHURCH. I PROPOSED TO HER AT
• 17:15
  CHURCH. SHE AIN'T BEEN BACK SINCE. I GOT
• 17:17
  MARRIED AT CHURCH. AMEN. I JUST THANK
• 17:20
  GOD FOR CHURCH.
• 17:22
  >> YES.
• 17:23
  >> His expectation was based on the spirit.
• 17:25
  His expectation was based on the
• 17:27
  scriptures. His expectation was based on
• 17:30
  the saints. Right.
• 17:32
  >> He's not the only one there looking for
• 17:33
  Jesus. You're
• 17:34
  >> right.
• 17:34
  >> Cuz Anna's there.
• 17:36
  >> Right.
• 17:37
  >> You know, one of the reasons I like to
• 17:38
  go to church cuz I got my brothers and
• 17:40
  sisters there.
• 17:41
  >> And the Hebrew writer said, I quoted a
• 17:43
  minute ago, we're not to forsake the
• 17:45
  assembling of ourselves together. Now,
• 17:48
  watch how somebody said, "Well, you
• 17:49
  shouldn't talk about them people don't
• 17:51
  go to church." Well, somebody forgot to
• 17:54
  tell Paul because Paul said, "As the
• 17:56
  manner of some is."
• 17:59
  >> He's talking about them people laid out
• 18:00
  church, TOO.
• 18:02
  >> BUT EXHORTING one another. WHAT IS THAT?
• 18:05
  SO MUCH THE MORE. YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS
• 18:07
  WHEN WE GO TO CHURCH? IT ENCOURAGES ME
• 18:10
  TO SEE, THANK GOD, THAT FAMILY'S NOT
• 18:12
  QUIT. THEY'RE STILL SERVING GOD. WE'RE
• 18:14
  STILL IN THIS THING TOGETHER. AND I'LL
• 18:16
  TELL YOU, SIMEON, HE MIGHT HAVE GOT
• 18:17
  TIRED ONE DAY AND DIDN'T FEEL LIKE
• 18:19
  GOING, BUT HE KNEW SISTER ANNA'S GOING
• 18:21
  TO BE THERE. AND SO, I DON'T WANT TO
• 18:22
  DISCOURAGE HER, SO I'M GOING TO GO. AND
• 18:24
  SISTER ANNA MIGHT HAVE GOT UP ONE
• 18:26
  MORNING AND SAY, "YOU KNOW WHAT? I
• 18:27
  REALLY DON'T FEEL LIKE GOING, BUT SHE
• 18:28
  KNEW, BUT SIMEON'S GOING TO BE THERE."
• 18:30
  AND SO, BECAUSE THEY WANT TO ENCOURAGE
• 18:32
  ONE ANOTHER. HIS EXPECTATION WAS BASED
• 18:34
  ON THE SCRIPTURES, BASED ON THE SAINTS,
• 18:36
  AND BASED on the spirit of God.
• 18:39
  >> Y'all picking up what I'm throwing down
• 18:40
  tonight?
• 18:41
  >> When Jesus went to church, somebody was
• 18:43
  expecting him. Number two, when Jesus
• 18:46
  went to church, someone was embracing
• 18:48
  him.
• 18:50
  >> Look at verse 28, SPEAKING OF SIMEON.
• 18:53
  THEN TOOK HE UP IN his arms.
• 18:57
  >> Woo.
• 18:59
  SIMEON WAS JUST NOT JUST SATISFIED WITH
• 19:02
  JUST SHOWING UP AND KEEPING JESUS at arm
• 19:04
  distance.
• 19:06
  >> BUT WHEN JESUS SHOWED UP, I NOTICED THEY
• 19:09
  CAME. Verse 28 and verse 29. THEY DIDN'T
• 19:11
  COME TO CHURCH JUST TO SIT THERE, BUT
• 19:13
  THEY CAME WITH A DESIRE TO SEE JESUS.
• 19:16
  >> You know, they could have made reasons
• 19:18
  to not go.
• 19:19
  >> You're right.
• 19:20
  >> Their age didn't stop them. They're both
• 19:21
  old.
• 19:22
  >> Yeah.
• 19:23
  >> But they didn't allow their age to stop
• 19:24
  them. They didn't allow their
• 19:26
  afflictions to stop them.
• 19:29
  >> They didn't allow their attitudes to
• 19:30
  stop them.
• 19:32
  >> They didn't allow the atmosphere of the
• 19:33
  day. Remember, no word from God for 400
• 19:35
  years. They just kept on going.
• 19:37
  >> They came. They got closer.
• 19:41
  >> Verse 28 and verse 38, when they both
• 19:43
  saw Jesus, both Anna and Simeon.
• 19:46
  They ran right where he is at.
• 19:49
  >> You know, you got that crowd. You got
• 19:51
  that crowd. They they want to go to
• 19:53
  church because it's the right thing to
• 19:54
  do socially in the south.
• 19:57
  >> But then you got that other crowd.
• 19:59
  They're not satisfied with just sitting
• 20:01
  on a church pew.
• 20:03
  >> They want to get closer to Jesus.
• 20:06
  When when Jesus showed up at church,
• 20:07
  there was somebody expecting him and
• 20:08
  there was somebody embracing him. Simeon
• 20:11
  took him up in his arms. The American
• 20:14
  church mostly has a mentality they just
• 20:15
  want to attend church enough to make
• 20:17
  themselves feel better. Y
• 20:19
  >> we're living in a day and and I know
• 20:21
  it's the first time I preached here and
• 20:23
  I've only got one more night left and I
• 20:25
  don't want to make y'all mad at me, but
• 20:26
  we're living in a day and age where
• 20:28
  people have a kid rock church mentality
• 20:32
  >> brother
• 20:32
  >> or a jelly roll mentality
• 20:36
  >> where you know you can still drink and
• 20:38
  cuss and dope and run around and be
• 20:40
  immoral but still claim the name of
• 20:42
  Jesus. I'M NOT BUYING THAT, FRIEND.
• 20:45
  I don't see how I CAN'T GET AWAY WITH
• 20:47
  THINKING A bad thought without the Holy
• 20:49
  Spirit convicting me. But they CAN TAKE
• 20:51
  GOD'S NAME IN VAIN AND DRINK ALCOHOL AND
• 20:53
  PROMOTE THAT WICKEDNESS AND EVERYBODY
• 20:55
  THINKS THEY'RE SAVED AND RIGHT WITH GOD
• 20:57
  AND FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST.
• 20:58
  >> Come on.
• 21:00
  >> Amen.
• 21:02
  >> We got an American church today that,
• 21:04
  you know, when Aussie Osborne died, he's
• 21:06
  in heaven now, but he cursed God his
• 21:08
  whole life.
• 21:11
  >> Come on now. Help me.
• 21:13
  AND
• 21:13
  >> I'M TELLING YOU, WE DON'T NEED THAT KIND
• 21:14
  OF RELIGION. WE NEED PEOPLE SAYING, "I'M
• 21:16
  NOT GOING TO STAND ON THE BACK BURNER. I
• 21:18
  JUST DON'T WANT TO HAVE ENOUGH TO GET ME
• 21:20
  IN, BUT DRAW ME NEAR. DRAW ME NEAR."
• 21:24
  HEY, THE JAMES SAID THEY THAT DRAW N OF
• 21:26
  GOD, HE'LL DRAW N OF YOU. PRAISE GOD.
• 21:29
  AND I'M GLAD TONIGHT THAT HIS STEPS ARE
• 21:32
  A WHOLE LOT BIGGER THAN MY STEPS.
• 21:35
  >> You know, that's what revival meetings
• 21:37
  about. It's about getting closer to
• 21:39
  Jesus.
• 21:40
  You know, a lot of people have a
• 21:42
  different definition of revival. Thank
• 21:44
  God for souls getting saved in revival.
• 21:46
  >> But brother Gentry, you brother Gentry,
• 21:48
  right? Well, you don't know me, but I've
• 21:49
  know your name, preacher, I think you
• 21:50
  testify this. Revival's for the saved.
• 21:53
  >> You're right.
• 21:54
  >> And if the saved get right with God,
• 21:55
  sinners will start getting saved. That's
• 21:56
  what Psalm 51 said. And so, here's what
• 21:58
  WE NEED IN THE CHURCH. WE NEED GOD'S
• 22:01
  PEOPLE TO GET CLOSER to Jesus. So, the
• 22:03
  sinners WILL SEE SAY, "HUH, THERE'S
• 22:05
  SOMETHING DIFFERENT ABOUT THEM." RIGHT.
• 22:08
  >> Is that not what DAVID SAID IN PSALM 51
• 22:09
  WHEN HE GOT RIGHT? THEN WILL I teach
• 22:11
  transgressors your ways and sinners
• 22:13
  shall be converted UNTO THEE. IF GOD'S
• 22:15
  PEOPLE GET RIGHT, sinners will start
• 22:17
  getting saved. I believe that tonight.
• 22:20
  >> I'm talking about on Sunday morning when
• 22:22
  the doors of the Meadows Baptist Church
• 22:24
  are open, will there be anybody here
• 22:26
  expecting him?
• 22:27
  >> You're right. Come on.
• 22:30
  >> We're not preaching to I appreciate our
• 22:32
  guests being here. We're not preaching
• 22:33
  to the church down the road. my burden
• 22:35
  in these two nights, my responsibility
• 22:37
  to preach to this church. Will there be
• 22:39
  anybody here Sunday expecting Jesus?
• 22:41
  >> Come on.
• 22:42
  >> Will there be anybody here Sunday
• 22:45
  willing to embrace Jesus?
• 22:47
  >> They came. They were close. They were
• 22:49
  changed.
• 22:51
  >> I guarantee you they never
• 22:54
  >> they never forgot the day
• 22:56
  >> when Jesus
• 22:58
  >> walked IN THEIR CHURCH.
• 23:00
  >> IT CHANGED THEIR LIVES FOREVER. RIGHT.
• 23:04
  >> AND I'LL TELL YOU, IF YOU EVER GET IN A
• 23:05
  MEETING WITH JESUS AND THE HOLY SPIRIT
• 23:07
  OF GOD BEGINS TO MOVE AND THE HOLY
• 23:09
  SPIRIT OF GOD BEGINS TO WORK, YOU'LL
• 23:11
  NEVER GET OVER IT.
• 23:14
  >> OH, you can think back in your mind, and
• 23:16
  I can too, of some services where God
• 23:18
  showed up.
• 23:20
  >> And you tried to explain it, but it you
• 23:22
  couldn't explain it.
• 23:24
  >> One Feder said it was just better felt
• 23:25
  than felt. All right? I mean, you tried
• 23:27
  to explain, you tried, you you tried to
• 23:29
  say, "You should have been there." And
• 23:30
  they said, "What happened?" Well, you
• 23:32
  just should have been there. You're
• 23:34
  right.
• 23:34
  >> You can't explain it. I'll tell you,
• 23:36
  they never forgot it.
• 23:38
  >> Well, preacher, that was real good. And
• 23:40
  days gone by.
• 23:42
  >> I got 10 minutes left. And
• 23:44
  >> I'm going to be honest with you tonight.
• 23:46
  I thank God. Now, I love my heritage.
• 23:49
  All right. My oldest boy, his middle
• 23:50
  name is Maize after Maize Jackson.
• 23:52
  >> My bum boy is named Sitler after Dr.
• 23:54
  Harold B. Sitler. And my little girl is
• 23:56
  named Joyce Myers. I mean, we we name
• 23:58
  our kids after preachers. I'm just
• 24:01
  kidding. Her name's Judah. All right.
• 24:03
  Just wanted to see if you were awake to
• 24:04
  see if you were listening. Okay. All
• 24:06
  right.
• 24:08
  My little girl name is Judah Rain. My
• 24:10
  boys I named them after preachers. I'm
• 24:12
  going to tell you something
• 24:13
  respectfully. God didn't die when Harold
• 24:14
  Sitler died.
• 24:16
  >> And God didn't die when Percy Ray died.
• 24:19
  >> God didn't die when these great men of
• 24:21
  God thank God for the ministries. BUT
• 24:23
  THEY'LL be the FIRST ONE TO TELL YOU,
• 24:24
  DON'T THINK ABOUT US. GOD'S STILL GOD.
• 24:27
  YEAH.
• 24:28
  >> HERE'S WHAT MADE THE difference in those
• 24:30
  days. There are people in them churches
• 24:31
  and revival meetings that was expecting
• 24:32
  Jesus. And there are people in them
• 24:33
  revival that was embracing Jesus.
• 24:36
  >> You're right.
• 24:37
  >> There was somebody there expecting him.
• 24:39
  There was somebody there embracing him.
• 24:41
  But number three, when Jesus stood up at
• 24:43
  church, there was somebody there
• 24:44
  exalting him.
• 24:46
  >> Amen.
• 24:48
  >> Look, look, look at the text. Look at
• 24:50
  the text. Verse 29 through 40. Simeon
• 24:53
  and Anna both begin to exalt the Lord in
• 24:55
  these verses. THEY BOTH BEGAN TO LIFT
• 24:58
  HIM UP and brag on him.
• 25:01
  >> Amen.
• 25:02
  >> THE PSALMIST SAID, "OH, MAGNIFY the Lord
• 25:05
  with me." That's
• 25:06
  >> right.
• 25:06
  >> And here's where we get in trouble. We
• 25:09
  expect the preacher to magnify the Lord.
• 25:11
  >> You're right.
• 25:13
  >> We expect the preacher to have church
• 25:15
  all by himself.
• 25:16
  >> But that ain't what David said. AND LET
• 25:19
  US EXALT HIS NAME TOGETHER. DAVID'S
• 25:23
  SAYING, "I'M GOING TO NEED SOME HELP
• 25:24
  WITH THIS. I'M GOING TO NEED HELP EXON.
• 25:26
  SO, I NEED HELP FROM THE CHOIR AND I
• 25:28
  NEED HELP FROM THE SPECIAL MUSIC AND I
• 25:30
  NEED HELP FROM THE CONGREGATION AND I
• 25:32
  NEED HELP FROM THE MEN AND I NEED HELP
• 25:34
  FROM THE LADIES AND I NEED HELP FROM THE
• 25:35
  YOUNG PEOPLE. LET US EXALT HIS NAME
• 25:38
  TOGETHER.
• 25:40
  >> NOW, here's the interesting thing about
• 25:41
  this. They're magnifying and exalting
• 25:44
  Jesus in this passage
• 25:47
  and he's only eight days old.
• 25:51
  >> He ain't done nothing yet.
• 25:52
  >> You're right. Come on.
• 25:54
  He ain't done nothing yet.
• 25:57
  I mean, he's not confounded the doctors
• 25:59
  and the lawyers in the temple at age 12.
• 26:02
  He's not been baptized in the River
• 26:03
  Jordan yet. And the Holy Ghost come down
• 26:05
  on the dove. And God said, "It's my
• 26:07
  beloved son and whom I'M WELL PLEASED."
• 26:09
  HE HASN'T defeated temptation OVER THE
• 26:11
  DEVIL BY SAYING, "IT IS WRITTEN. HE HAS
• 26:13
  NOT YET walked by the Sea of Galilee and
• 26:15
  called out TO THOSE FISHERMEN, SAYING,
• 26:17
  follow me, and I'll make YOU FISHERS OF
• 26:19
  MEN." HE HAS NOT YET TURNED THE WATER TO
• 26:21
  WINE. HE'S NOT TOLD NICODEMUS, YOU MUST
• 26:23
  BE BORN AGAIN. HE'S NOT SAVED THE SOUL
• 26:25
  OF THE WOMAN AT THE WELL. HE'S NOT
• 26:26
  HEALED THE MAN OF THE POOL OF BETHESDA.
• 26:28
  HE'S NOT PREACHED THE SERMON ON THE
• 26:30
  MOUNTAIN. HE'S NOT CLEANSED THE LEPERS.
• 26:32
  HE'S NOT OPEN THE BLINDED EYES. HE'S NOT
• 26:34
  SAVED THE TAX COLLECTOR. HE'S NOT HEALED
• 26:36
  THE DEAF. HE'S NOT HEALED THE LAME. HE'S
• 26:38
  NOT RAISED THE DEAD. HE'S NOT BLESSED
• 26:40
  THE CHILDREN. HE'S NOT WALKED UP
• 26:42
  CALVAR'S HEEL, LAID DOWN HIS LIFE. HE'S
• 26:44
  NOT YET KICKED THAT STONE AWAY AND
• 26:46
  WALKED OUT ON RESURRECTION MORNING. HE'S
• 26:48
  NOT YET ASCENDED BACK TO THE FATHER UH
• 26:50
  TO BE OUR MEDIATOR AND OUR INTERCESSOR.
• 26:53
  HE AIN'T DONE NOTHING YET.
• 26:55
  >> RIGHT.
• 26:57
  >> But they still thought he was worthy to
• 27:00
  exalt
• 27:01
  >> and magnify.
• 27:02
  >> You know what this teaches us? We are
• 27:05
  not to worship the Lord for what he
• 27:07
  does.
• 27:08
  >> We are to WORSHIP THE LORD FOR WHO HE
• 27:11
  IS.
• 27:14
  >> Somebody say, "Well, when the Lord does
• 27:16
  something good, I'll praise him. He done
• 27:17
  has
• 27:19
  >> if Simeon and Anna thought he was worthy
• 27:22
  enough to brag on when he was only 8
• 27:24
  days old.
• 27:26
  >> He hadn't answered their prayers.
• 27:28
  >> He hadn't met their needs.
• 27:30
  >> HE'S NOT YET WENT TO CALVARY YET.
• 27:32
  >> HE'S NOT YET DONE EVERYTHING HE SAID
• 27:34
  HE'D DO. BUT THEY SAID HE'S STILL WORTHY
• 27:36
  AND HE'S STILL WONDERFUL. WELL, I'M
• 27:38
  LOOKING AT A CROWD TONIGHT. IF YOU'VE
• 27:40
  BEEN SAVED BY THE GRACE OF GOD AND BEEN
• 27:42
  WASHED IN THE BLOOD, JESUS HAS DONE MORE
• 27:45
  FOR YOU THAN HE DONE FOR SIMEON AND
• 27:47
  ANNA. AND I'LL TELL YOU TONIGHT, IT'S
• 27:49
  TIME THAT GOD'S PEOPLE GET OFF THE STOOL
• 27:51
  AND DO NOTHING AND SAY, "BLESS THE LORD,
• 27:54
  OH MY SOUL, AND ALL THAT'S WITHIN ME.
• 27:56
  BLESS HIS HOLY NAME." WHEN JESUS SHOWED
• 27:59
  UP, SOMEBODY WAS EXALTING HIM.
• 28:03
  >> AMEN.
• 28:05
  >> Somebody was exalting him. You know what
• 28:07
  they were exalting him about? I'm done.
• 28:11
  They were exalting him because he was
• 28:14
  sufficient.
• 28:15
  >> Verse 29, Simeon says, "Lord, now let us
• 28:19
  thy servant depart in peace according to
• 28:21
  thy word." You know what Simeon said?
• 28:23
  I've seen him. That's all I need to see.
• 28:25
  I don't need I DON'T NEED TO SEE
• 28:27
  ANYTHING ELSE. JESUS IS ENOUGH.
• 28:33
  >> HALLELUJAH.
• 28:34
  >> JESUS IS ENOUGH. THAT'S ALL I NEED TO
• 28:38
  SEE WAS HIM. AND I'LL TELL YOU, WHEN
• 28:40
  JESUS SHOWS UP, IT'LL GO BEYOND THE
• 28:42
  PREACHER. IT'LL GO BEYOND THE CHOIR.
• 28:44
  IT'LL BE ALL BEYOND THE SPECIAL. BUT
• 28:46
  JESUS WILL BE ENOUGH.
• 28:57
  a wife only because of what she does for
• 29:00
  him. He loves the meals that she cooks.
• 29:03
  He loves the laundry she does. She loves
• 29:05
  the house that he cleans. But suppose
• 29:08
  one day she becomes sick
• 29:10
  >> and no can no longer do those things. If
• 29:13
  his love disappears, it proves he never
• 29:16
  loved her. He only loved what she did.
• 29:19
  >> That's how a lot of people treat Jesus.
• 29:21
  >> You're right. Come on. But I'll tell
• 29:24
  you, if he never answered another
• 29:25
  prayer,
• 29:26
  >> if he had another need,
• 29:28
  >> if he never put another breath in my
• 29:30
  body,
• 29:31
  >> oh, Micah Henson said, "If this were my
• 29:33
  last day,
• 29:34
  >> I'd shout Jesus all the way."
• 29:36
  >> AMEN.
• 29:36
  >> IF HE NEVER BLESSED ME AGAIN, HE'S
• 29:38
  WORTHY TO WORSHIP FROM NOW TO ETERNITY.
• 29:41
  >> AMEN.
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  >> He was sufficient. You remember there?
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  I've got I got four minutes. He didn't
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  put no time on, but I do that. Okay.
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  You remember there Joseph is in Egypt.
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  Genesis 45. He sends them wagons to
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  Jacob to go get his daddy. Jacob don't
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  believe the word of his brethren. I
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  mean, they do have a habit of lying.
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  Y'all remember that story?
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  >> And when Jacob saw the wagons that
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  Joseph sent, he said, "It is enough.
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  I'll go and see Joseph before I die."
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  And when he got there, Brother Gentry,
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  you know what Jacob said to Joseph? Now
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  let me die
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  >> now that I've seen thy face. He didn't
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  ask He didn't ask Joseph, "Well, can you
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  take me on a tour of Egypt?"
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  >> That's right.
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  >> Can you take me to see the pyramids? No.
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  He said, "All I wanted to see was you."
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  >> We got a lot of people, they talk about
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  heaven, way I can't wait to see walls of
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  Jasper. I can't wait to see gates of
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  pearl. I can't wait to see a street of
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  gold. I'm going to tell you, honey, if
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  that's all you think about heaven is the
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  material things you have a carnal
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  mindset about heaven. HEAVEN'S NOT WALLS
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  OF JASPER. HEAVEN'S NOT GATES OF PEARL.
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  BUT HEAVENS, WHAT SIMEON SAW WHEN HE SAW
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  HIS FACE,
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  >> he was sufficient.
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  >> He was seen. In verse 30, and 32, my
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  eyes have seen thy salvation.
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  >> He was supreme. I'm cutting a lot of
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  this out. Verse 33, 34, and 35. You what
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  Simeon's talking about there? He said,
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  "This child is set for the fall and rise
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  again of many in Israel." He's going to
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  die, but he's going to rise.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> How'd he know that? He'd been reading
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  the book.
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  He was supreme.
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  >> Amen. I'm done. Verse 36, 37, 38. He was
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  shared.
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  >> Anna comes in. Look at verse 7. Verse
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  38. I'm done. And she coming in in that
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  instant gave thanks likewise to the
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  Lord. When she saw Jesus, she said,
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  "Praise God, he's here."
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  >> But watch what she did. And spake of him
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  to all them that look for redemption in
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  Jerusalem. Yeah.
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  >> You see, when Jesus showed up, she
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  wasn't satisfied keeping it to herself.
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  >> But she began to tell everybody else,
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  >> right?
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  >> He's here.
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  >> He's here. In fact, Mark 2 said it was
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  noised that he was in the house.
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  >> Right.
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  >> I wonder Sunday morning
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  >> here at Meadows Baptist Church. You know
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  in that temple there were many priests,
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  many worshippers, many religious people,
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  but only a couple people that day was
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  expecting Jesus. Only a couple people
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  embraced him. Only a couple people
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  exalted him.
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  Are you going to be in that crowd?
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  >> Come on.
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  >> Are you going to be on that crowd that's
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  expecting Jesus?
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  >> You're looking for him to show up in the
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  singing. You're looking for him to show
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  up in the testimony.
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  >> You're looking for him to show up in the
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  preaching. You're looking for him to
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  show up in the prayer time. Are you
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  expecting? And when he shows up, are you
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  going to stay where you're at? Are you
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  going to embrace him? Are you going to
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  get closer?
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  >> Yeah.
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  >> And then are you going to exalt him
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  >> for who he is?
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  >> That's what ought to happen when Jesus
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  comes to church. Let's stand together. I
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  appreciate your attention. Father, I
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  thank you tonight for the liberty to
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  preach the word of God. Thank you, Lord,
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  for helping us tonight. Lord, I pray
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  that there'd be somebody here tonight
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  that say, "I want to expect Jesus. I
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  want to embrace him. I want to exalt
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  him." Lord, if there's one here tonight
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  that doesn't know you as their savior, I
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  pray God that you deal with their heart
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  and conviction. save them by your grace.
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  But help all of us to draw closer
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  tonight in Christ's name. The sisters,
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  play it. If God's touched your heart
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  tonight,
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  are you going to be that one expecting
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  him? Are you going to be that one
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  embracing him? Are you going to be that
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  one that'll exalt him?
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  Folks are praying, you mind the Lord
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  tonight
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  when Jesus goes to church?
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  Thank you for joining our service today.
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  We'd love it if you'd join us in person
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  the next time you are able at Meadows
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  Baptist Church. Our physical address is
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  2988 Stewart Road in Walnut Cove, North
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  Carolina. Our service times are Sunday
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  school at 10:00 a.m., Sunday morning
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  worship at 11:00 a.m., Sunday evening
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  worship at 6:00 p.m., and Wednesday
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  evening Bible study at 7:00 p.m. For
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  more information, visit us at
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  meadowsbaptisturch.com.
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  Thanks again for tuning in.