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Redeeming the Time – Part 2 · Providence Baptist Church - Sermons

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  These next two things are means of doing that.
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  Okay?
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  So, redeem the time for knowing Christ.
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  You know, college students, a lot of you are just now figuring out what a lot of you believe.
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  Was this what my parents taught me?
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  Is this what I believe?
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  It's a great time to grow.
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  So, redeem that kairos to really know Christ.
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  But number two, redeem the time for growing in relationship with God's people.
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  In other words, the church.
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  The covenant fellowship of believers.
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  The Bible has some really great metaphors for the church.
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  It's called a body.
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  In 1 Corinthians 12.
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  So, to be a part of a body means to belong to a living, functioning, you know, community.
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  A flock, which can sound degrading because you don't ever want to be compared to a sheep.
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  But, belonging to a flock means belonging to a community dependent on Christ for food and protection and direction.
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  A temple, Ephesians 2.
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  To be a stone in His temple means to belong to a worshiping community.
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  And then a household, a family.
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  That's 1 Timothy 3.15.
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  Like we have a common fatherhood.
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  And we will be together for eternity.
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  So, this is a rehearsal for what is to come.
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  So, understand.
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  I don't think most of us in here would be guilty of this.
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  Maybe at some point in our lives we were.
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  But there's a lot of people who say, yeah, I love Christ.
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  I'm all about Jesus.
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  But I can't stand the church.
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  You've heard people say that before.
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  Me and Jesus.
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  That's like all I need.
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  The last place, I think.
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  Yeah, no.
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  Just kidding.
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  Just write it down or log it away in your head.
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  I had to preach on it yesterday at this wedding.
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  Ephesians 5.
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  It talks about the love that Christ has for His church.
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  And it gives us an example.
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  It says, husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her.
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  So, then it goes down in verse 29.
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  Christ loves His church.
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  He nourishes and cherishes His church.
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  Because we are members of His body.
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  So, you can observe that.
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  Christ loves His church and died for it.
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  He cares for the purity of His church.
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  And He is one with His church.
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  So much so that if you attack the church, you're attacking Christ.
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  Any good done to the church is a good done to Christ.
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  So, the church, in one of those images, is called the Bride of Christ.
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  So, how many of you husbands would get it on if someone called your wife ugly and deplorable?
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  Jesus could take some people to the cleaners if He wanted to.
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  Don't insult His bride.
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  If you love Christ, then you will love what Christ loves.
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  Christ loves His church.
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  With all its problems, He loves His church.
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  And He died for the sake of His bride, the church.
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  And so, we are to redeem the time by growing in relationship with God's people.
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  Amazingly, for some reason, God has determined that so much of what we need as believers comes through.
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  This is just His design.
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  It comes through the fellowship of the body.
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  We need our brothers and sisters.
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  There are rich deposits of Christ in every single believer.
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  That's 2 Corinthians 4-7.
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  The treasure of treasures is hidden inside the believer.
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  Christ takes up residence inside the believer.
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  And if that's true, there are things that we can learn about God and know Him by,
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  by getting to know the body of Christ better.
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  By getting to know and understand our brothers and sisters better.
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  And God has designed for us not to face all the crud and trials of this world alone.
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  But to be there for one another.
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  To help each other along as we go.
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  But we've been saved.
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  We belong to the body.
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  We belong to Jesus.
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  Jesus suffered and died, it says in the Scripture.
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  The church of God.
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  That He had pained with His own blood.
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  He died for His wife, the church.
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  And so, I pray that as time goes by, we are known here, first and foremost, we are known.
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  I won't mess with other churches.
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  I'm just going to really talk about ours.
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  Like, I hope we are known as a people who love God, who worship Him with fear and reverence and joy,
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  in spirit and in truth.
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  So, what are one of the first things people talk about when they're asked about their church?
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  What pops out of their mouth?
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  Will it be something other than Christ?
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  What is the gathering component of a local church?
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  That's a good litmus test.
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  Why do certain churches gather and why does ours gather?
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  And often you'll see an age demographic.
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  We like being with old people, so we're with old people.
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  We like being with young people, so we're with a bunch of young people.
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  It could be affinity-driven.
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  There's a bunch of singles at this church.
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  There's a bunch of married people at this church.
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  But more than likely, it's program-driven.
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  This church has a great children's ministry.
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  This church has a great youth ministry.
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  This church has incredible music.
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  And that's what people talk about, right?
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  When you ask them about their church,
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  Oh, we just love our music.
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  We just love our worship service.
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  We have both a traditional and a contemporary service,
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  so we can fit everybody in.
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  And that just feeds the consumer mindset the opposite of what Christ would have us do,
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  which is to unite around Him, right?
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  I heard on a local Christian radio station several years ago,
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  and it's not a bad station.
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  I won't hate on it.
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  It's not a bad station at all.
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  But for 20 minutes, I had people call in and explain,
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  answer the question,
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  How do you do church?
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  But that whole time, no one said,
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  What does Jesus say about the church?
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  Isn't He the head of the church?
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  Didn't He die for the church?
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  That was the whole point.
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  And a lot of well-meaning people just sort of missed that.
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  So what is our church going to be known for?
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  We do a lot of good things here.
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  We're about a lot of good things.
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  So these aren't bad things when I say this,
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  but we don't want to be known as the homeschool church.
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  We plan on homeschooling our kids, Lord willing.
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  So you know I'm not hating on that,
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  but we don't want to be known for that.
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  We don't want to be known as a church
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  that each family has to have X number of kids.
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  We don't want to be known for that either.
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  We do want to be known for the fact that we love children.
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  But is Christ the gathering component of our church,
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  or does it become something else?
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  Here's how you know.
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  If that one component is removed,
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  sometimes that church falls apart.
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  There's nothing else there.
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  If it's a pastor personality or a certain style of music,
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  it just vanishes.
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  When that is gone, that church falls apart.
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  And that happens with a lot of megachurches out there,
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  with a cool pastor.
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  When he's gone, like, no one knows what to do
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  because they haven't been functioning.
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  But I pray that our church is known for its love for Christ
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  and love for one another
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  and not allow good things to become the main thing.
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  So the Scripture teaches us that we have unity already in Christ.
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  We don't have to create unity.
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  We don't have to make it up out of thin air
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  and unify over some, you know, worldly thing
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  like this ministry or that program or this style of music.
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  We are united in Christ.
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  And so we need each other in discipleship.
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  We need each other for accountability and discipline,
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  encouragement and prayer and leadership.
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  I could go on and on.
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  So that's why this is really more of a bigger thing,
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  but you'll just have to maybe talk to me later
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  if you can handle any more.
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  But we're all gifted, too.
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  When you are saved, you are given gifts by the Holy Spirit.
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  We just read that, which is so cool.
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  You are given gifts.
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  And just because you can't stand up here and do something,
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  it doesn't matter.
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  There are tons of ways that you can serve the body
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  that are special and that have eternal value.
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  So, quick word to students, you know,
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  campus ministries are amazing.
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  I was a part of one, campus outreach,
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  for a little over three years.
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  Loved it.
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  It's not in North Georgia anymore, unfortunately.
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  But understand, as cool as campus ministries are,
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  they don't replace the church.
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  They just don't.
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  And a good one, in fact, will point you to the church.
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  They'll say, we're just here to kind of help serve the body.
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  And we see sort of a movement in that now,
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  which I'm thankful for.
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  So just to kind of remember,
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  just come and be a part of a fellowship.
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  We hope it's here, but it's not.
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  There's some other healthy churches out there.
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  And then lastly,
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  whew, man, maybe a few more minutes here.
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  That water looks really good to me right now.
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  But lastly, number three,
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  to redeem the time,
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  to redeem the Kairos,
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  redeem it for obedience to God's mission.
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  Obedience to God's mission.
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  We are called by Jesus in Matthew 28
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  to go and to make disciples of all nations.
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  And what is the goal of that?
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  Read in Revelation.
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  The large myriad of myriad and thousands of thousands
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  from every nation, tribe, and tongue
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  worshiping Christ at His throne
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  at the end of time.
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  And that's only going to happen if we go.
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  Most of the men who heard Jesus say that
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  didn't even make it out of Judea.
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  So we know that that wasn't the plan.
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  It was meant for the disciples that they made
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  to continue that good work,
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  to go to the ends of the earth.
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  And so Paul says,
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  walk in wisdom toward outsiders,
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  making the best use of the time.
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  That's Colossians 4, same word.
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  Walk in wisdom toward outsiders.
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  So we all have neighbors,
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  coworkers, family members
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  that are still walking in darkness.
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  And it's hard.
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  It hurts to watch.
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  But we have the message.
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  We can't save them,
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  but we know the one who can.
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  All right?
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  And students,
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  you will never have,
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  probably most of you,
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  some of you going to the army
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  may have as much opportunity,
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  but you'll never have as many chances
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  to connect with unbelievers as you do now.
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  Like just the relationships,
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  it's just a sea of relationships,
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  of needy people.
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  It's that depressed guy
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  that never leaves his room,
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  who just plays video games
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  and sits on his phone
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  because he's scared to go
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  and like face the world.
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  Right?
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  It's that person
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  in the gym
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  just trying to always exercise
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  like crazy
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  because they want people
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  to give them glory
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  for how they look.
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  It's that girl
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  that spends two hours
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  putting makeup on
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  because she's afraid
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  to go out
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  and afraid that people
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  will think that she's unattractive.
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  She's being evaluated
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  by the people
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  that are around her.
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  And a special heart
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  for these guys,
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  the ones who just got hammered
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  and partied
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  and went crazy.
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  They need the Lord too.
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  You've got to find ways
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  to get them through their life
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  safely, of course.
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  And so,
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  redeem the time.
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  Make the best use of it.
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  The scripture says,
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  rescue those
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  who are being taken away to death.
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  Hold back
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  those who are stumbling
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  to slaughter.
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  Understand that
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  as we bear witness to Christ,
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  he's going to use you
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  to reach those
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  who are around you.
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  And in closing,
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  a couple things.
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  I thought it was worth mentioning.
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  There's some good clips
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  on YouTube
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  if you want to go watch this.
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  I thought,
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  wouldn't that be a shocker
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  if I played a video here
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  on Sunday morning?
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  I've done that here
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  in probably 100 years.
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  But,
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  the movie,
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  Schindler's List,
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  is a movie
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  I just can't watch.
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  Like,
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  I watched it a long time ago.
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  I can't turn it back on.
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  But,
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  it's about
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  the Nazi death camps,
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  the Holocaust.
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  A true story,
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  though,
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  of a German
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  named
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  Oskar Schindler.
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  And he was
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  broken
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  over what
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  Germany was doing.
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  And he
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  took it personally
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  to, like,
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  work.
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  And he ended up
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  saving about
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  the lives
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  of 1,100 Jews
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  from the Nazi
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  death camps.
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  And at the very
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  end of the movie,
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  this is what you can
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  actually go and watch.
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  It's,
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  after all his
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  sacrifice,
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  all the stuff he did,
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  all his labor,
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  he's there
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  with all those
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  people that
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  he was able
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  to deliver
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  and save.
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  And he's with
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  his really close
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  Jewish friend,
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  Stern.
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  And,
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  he's looking around
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  at all of them.
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  He says,
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  he looks at his body
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  and says,
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  I could have gotten
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  more out.
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  I could have
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  gotten more out.
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  If I had just
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  done this,
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  I could have
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  done more.
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  And his friend
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  is so gracious.
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  He's like,
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  look,
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  you did so much.
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  There will be
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  generations of
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  people because
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  of what you did.
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  And he looks
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  at his car
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  and he goes,
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  what about this
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  car?
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  This car could
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  have been 10
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  more people.
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  Why did I keep
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  this car?
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  And then he said,
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  I had so much
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  money.
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  If I just had
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  a little bit
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  more money,
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  I could have
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  gotten more
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  people out.
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  And he says,
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  I wasted
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  so much money.
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  And he just
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  breaks down
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  crying unconsolably
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  like in front
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  of all these
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  people.
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  And his friend
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  picks him up
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  and he's like,
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  hey,
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  you did this.
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  Look at their
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  faces.
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  Like,
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  they're here.
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  He pulls
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  off his Nazi
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  party pen.
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  Like,
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  this is gold.
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  And he gives
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  it to him.
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  Like,
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  this could be
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  two more
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  people.
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  Use this
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  to get
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  them out.
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  But he was
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  so,
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  you know,
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  as you know,
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  in that time,
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  Germans were
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  taught not to
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  show emotion,
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  but he just
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  loses it.
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  And he kept
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  just saying,
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  I haven't done
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  enough.
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  I didn't do
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  enough.
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  And I'm not
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  trying to
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  produce some
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  form of
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  ungodly
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  guilt on
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  you,
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  ungodly
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  conviction.
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  ungodly
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  but none
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  of us
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  want to
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  get to
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  the
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  finish
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  line
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  before
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  the
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  throne
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  and
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  just
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  say,
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  look at
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  all my
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  stuff.
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  And look at
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  all my
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  possessions.
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  You'll just
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  say,
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  why didn't I
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  do more?
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  Sort of a,
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  I think John
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  Piper calls it a
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  heavenly regret.
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  So not a
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  sinful regret,
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  a heavenly
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  regret of like,
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  ah,
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  like,
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  if I knew
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  that this was
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  where things
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  were going,
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  like,
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  I just
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  would not
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  have
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  squandered
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  so much.
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  But Jesus
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  says,
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  do not lay
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  for yourselves
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  treasures on
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  the earth
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  where moth
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  and dust
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  destroy
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  and where
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  thieves break
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  in and steal,
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  but lay up
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  for yourselves
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  treasures that
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  are in heaven.
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  That is the
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  goal.
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  But then he
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  says,
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  where your
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  treasure is,
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  there your
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  heart's going
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  to be also.
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  You're going
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  to see it
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  on display.
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  So,
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  as I said
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  last week
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  from that one
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  missionary,
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  he said,
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  only one
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  life,
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  and it
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  will soon
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  be passed
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  and only
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  what's done
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  for Christ
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  will last.
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  And then
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  lastly,
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  in application
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  of this,
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  we can rest
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  bringing it
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  all into
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  Christ,
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  okay?
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  We see
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  in the
• 16:15
  Gospels
• 16:15
  that Jesus
• 16:16
  was very
• 16:17
  aware of
• 16:17
  the providential
• 16:18
  time that
• 16:19
  he was here
• 16:19
  on earth.
• 16:20
  He was
• 16:21
  aware of
• 16:21
  the Kairos.
• 16:22
  He said,
• 16:23
  there were
• 16:23
  times that
• 16:23
  people wanted
• 16:24
  to kill
• 16:24
  him and
• 16:24
  he said,
• 16:25
  my hour
• 16:25
  has not
• 16:26
  yet come.
• 16:27
  My Kairos,
• 16:28
  my time
• 16:28
  has not
• 16:29
  yet come.
• 16:30
  And then
• 16:32
  eventually,
• 16:33
  when he
• 16:35
  had died
• 16:36
  and breathed
• 16:37
  his last,
• 16:38
  he said,
• 16:38
  it is
• 16:39
  finished.
• 16:40
  It is
• 16:40
  done.
• 16:42
  And like
• 16:42
  this one
• 16:43
  verse in
• 16:43
  John 17
• 16:44
  is one
• 16:45
  that I,
• 16:45
  man,
• 16:46
  I really
• 16:46
  hope on
• 16:46
  my deathbed,
• 16:48
  if I make it
• 16:48
  to a deathbed
• 16:49
  and don't
• 16:49
  die in some
• 16:50
  crazy other
• 16:50
  way,
• 16:52
  that I think
• 16:53
  this verse
• 16:53
  haunts me
• 16:54
  just about
• 16:55
  more than
• 16:55
  any.
• 16:55
  But Jesus
• 16:57
  says,
• 16:57
  Father,
• 16:58
  he's praying
• 16:58
  like the
• 16:59
  hour has
• 16:59
  come,
• 17:00
  glorify your
• 17:00
  son,
• 17:01
  the son
• 17:01
  may glorify
• 17:02
  you,
• 17:04
  having
• 17:04
  accomplished
• 17:05
  the work
• 17:06
  that you
• 17:07
  gave me
• 17:07
  to do.
• 17:08
  He was
• 17:09
  done so
• 17:09
  he could
• 17:09
  go and
• 17:10
  rest,
• 17:12
  right?
• 17:13
  So even
• 17:14
  though we
• 17:15
  have squandered
• 17:16
  so much
• 17:16
  time,
• 17:17
  ridiculous
• 17:18
  things that
• 17:18
  we do
• 17:19
  with our
• 17:19
  time,
• 17:19
  me too,
• 17:21
  our cell
• 17:22
  phones don't
• 17:22
  help.
• 17:23
  So if
• 17:24
  you drop
• 17:24
  it in
• 17:25
  the
• 17:25
  commode,
• 17:25
  just rejoice
• 17:26
  for the
• 17:26
  30 minutes
• 17:27
  that you're
• 17:27
  going to
• 17:28
  have before
• 17:28
  you fix
• 17:28
  it with
• 17:29
  rice.
• 17:31
  The good
• 17:32
  news is
• 17:32
  that all
• 17:33
  the time
• 17:33
  we've
• 17:33
  wasted is
• 17:35
  not going
• 17:36
  to bear
• 17:36
  witness against
• 17:37
  us on
• 17:37
  the judgment
• 17:38
  day if
• 17:38
  we have
• 17:38
  Christ,
• 17:39
  because he
• 17:40
  was faithful.
• 17:41
  He saved
• 17:42
  us.
• 17:43
  We don't
• 17:44
  have to pay
• 17:44
  him back
• 17:45
  for what
• 17:45
  he did,
• 17:46
  but if we
• 17:47
  do belong
• 17:48
  to Christ,
• 17:48
  it's going
• 17:49
  to create
• 17:49
  a holy
• 17:51
  desire in
• 17:51
  us to
• 17:52
  want,
• 17:52
  to redeem
• 17:53
  the time
• 17:53
  for eternity.
• 17:55
  We're going
• 17:55
  to desire
• 17:55
  that.
• 17:56
  Make the
• 17:57
  best use
• 17:58
  of the
• 17:58
  time and
• 17:59
  strive for
• 17:59
  that daily.
• 18:02
  It's not
• 18:03
  about the
• 18:03
  here and
• 18:03
  now.
• 18:04
  So just
• 18:05
  prepare
• 18:05
  yourself
• 18:06
  for the
• 18:07
  bigger picture,
• 18:08
  for us
• 18:08
  going to
• 18:09
  be in
• 18:10
  the Father's
• 18:11
  presence
• 18:11
  forever.
• 18:14
  I'll stop
• 18:15
  there.
• 18:17
  Yeah.
• 18:18
  So much
• 18:19
  more to say
• 18:20
  on all that.
• 18:20
  Each one of
• 18:21
  those could
• 18:21
  be its own
• 18:22
  thing,
• 18:23
  but let's
• 18:24
  pray together
• 18:24
  and then
• 18:25
  we'll respond
• 18:25
  in song.
• 18:26
  Let's pray
• 18:26
  together and
• 18:29
  respond in song.