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5/24/26 Sunday School - Pastor Charlie Branch - Meadows Baptist Church · Meadows Baptist Church Podcast

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All right, we'll go ahead and get
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started.
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Give everybody a minute to get in here.
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All right. Thank you for being here
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today. Appreciate each one of you. And
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uh it's good to see you. And uh
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this rainy weather has got us all out of
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whack, but uh it's been a while since
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we've seen it, but I'm sure thankful for
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it, aren't you?
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>> And it's good to see it. Appreciate it.
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And glad to be back this morning. just a
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couple of things we'll go over and then
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we'll uh get into our prayer request
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time
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and uh
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if there's more than three or four out
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there go out somebody go out there and
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run them in here and two of them is good
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enough.
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are not going to avoid me today.
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All righty. I hope you had a good week
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this week. Thank the Lord for his
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blessings. I do appreciate Brother Wayne
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uh coming this past Wednesday night and
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filling in for us. And he's always such
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a blessing and I appreciate him very
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much. Did a great job on Wednesday. and
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I appreciate you being faithful and
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being in your place on Wednesday night.
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Um do do uh uh remember him and his
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family in prayer. He's preaching a whole
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lot and thankful for that. Um but pray
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the Lord will continue to give him the
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open door as he goes forth preaching. Uh
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but I do appreciate you uh being here on
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Wednesday night and appreciate your
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prayers for us in our travels. We had a
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good time this week and a great time of
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rest and so I appreciate that and your
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prayers for us. It's a blessing. So, all
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right, announcements here uh this
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morning. Today is friends and family
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day. So, I hope you've invited uh some
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folk to come out and be with us. Already
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heard good reports about that. So,
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looking forward to seeing everybody
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today, but do be much in prayer um for
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the service today and everything that'll
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go on after that. Just pray God will get
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glory. I tell you what, we need more
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than anything, more than them bouncy
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houses, more than the food, we need to
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see somebody get saved today. And uh
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that's burden the Lord put on my heart
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um this this past week and really would
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love to see somebody get saved today. So
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remember that uh if you would please
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pray that God will just have his way and
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we'll have the singing this afternoon
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and then the service will be outside um
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weather permitting at 4:30 and brother
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Anderson will be here preaching this
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afternoon. So remember that as he comes
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in. He's preaching in Reedsville this
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morning and then he'll be in uh this
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afternoon to be with us tonight. So pray
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for him. Uh Safe Travels and By Grace
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will be here with us singing. So pray
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for them as they come in this afternoon
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as well. Remember that. And then I will
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make mention of this. We were going to
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have Youth Sunday on next Sunday. Um but
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just due to certain things, we're going
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to postpone that for the time being.
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When I get that uh worked out, let you
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I'll let you know when we're going to do
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that. Um but we're going to move that
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back for the time being. And so um with
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that being said, uh youth Sunday is
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postponed, but we are going to be having
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our men's and ladies fellowships there
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that week. Uh so remember that the 1st
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and the fourth and then um the the uh
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multiplicity of camps that we're
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involved in is going to be starting off
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um there the week of the eth junior camp
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there at Gospelite. And so don't forget
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about that. if you signed your uh kids
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up to go to junior camp. Um that'll be
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the 8th through uh the 11th there of
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June. And then Bible school will be
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kicking off on the 14th. All right. And
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we're going to try to have visitation uh
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up coming up to these these days and
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where the summer nights are longer. We
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probably are going to do them in the
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evening looking like a Thursday evening,
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something like that. And so I know busy
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things of that nature some be gone.
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We're just going to be doing that
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periodically. I'll let you know um by
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way of text message uh church message
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what days we're going to be doing that
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and just be inviting people. All right.
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Just be inviting people to our Bible
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school and pray the Lord. Uh we'll bless
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that and touch it as it's getting
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closer. And then homecoming and Father's
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Day will be on the 21st, the weekend
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after that. And so we'll have a meal
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that day immediately following uh the
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morning service. And then there'll be no
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evening service that night. Okay. Um so
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remember that if you would please. All
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right. You can put this in your calendar
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as well. We didn't put it on the church
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page, but we are going to be having red,
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white, and blue Sunday. Uh on July the
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5th. All right. July the 5th. We'll be
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having uh our patriotic uh Huh. It is on
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there. Okay. Um we're going to be having
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that on that Sunday. And brother Todd
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McKon will be here with us. Aby's dad.
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And uh um is this is live stream already
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on? It is. Well, he ain't going to see
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it anyway. We're going to give him a
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gift that day um the 25th. Um he's been
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this was it this month? This month? 25
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years he's been preaching the gospel um
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this month. And we're going to give him
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a gift that day. He'll be here w with us
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preaching. And so we're going to put
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together some things for him uh from our
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family. And then if the if you want to
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do something from the church, if you
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want to give, we'll take up an offering
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for him um that day. But uh I appreciate
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his faithfulness. And you say, "Why is
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that?" Well, I appreciate it because
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it's his faithfulness, the reason I got
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a wife. Amen. And uh I appreciate it
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very much. And that's the best thing
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he's done for me. Amen. But uh anyway,
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we we will do that on that Sunday. And
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I'm looking forward to that day. It's
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going to be a good day in the Lord's
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house. So remember that if you would
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please. And then youth camp there in uh
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Georgia. Uh brother Straoud's camp uh
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teen camp power of two will be the 6th
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through uh the 9th there will come back
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on that Friday the 10th. So be praying
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about that uh as it gets closer as well.
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All right. Remember these dates coming
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up. I do will let you know this as well.
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um our missions meeting and it's crazy
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it's going to be here before we know it
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but August the 30th through September
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the 2nd is missions conference and
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brother Gary Chris will be here with us
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I've got two missionaries going to be
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here with us that week um one of them um
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brother Brian Stout missionary uh
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they're going to Scotland um he's going
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to be here with us uh that week um he
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was here during the prayer Baptist uh
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missions conference we had a year ago
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and he'll be here with us that week
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presenting his work as well as brother
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Jonathan Ed um he's a missionary church
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planner to South Dakota and na Nebraska
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um with Macedonia World Baptist Missions
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and he'll be with us here on that Monday
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night and I've got one more I've got to
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get in contact with for that week but
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I'm looking forward to having them and
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so you be praying about that as it gets
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closer as well and just praying the Lord
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will supply um all the needs for that as
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it gets here we want to be a blessing to
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And the reason why I've kind of wanted
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to narrow it down to that week is I
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really want to just channel all of our
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energy into those few days. Um, you
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know, I want you to be praying about
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what the Lord would have you to give.
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We'll take up a special offering um for
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the missionaries and the man of God will
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be brother Gary will take care of him
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from the church. Um, but we are going to
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take up a special offering um for those
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missionaries that week. And if the Lord
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leads us to take them on, we'll do that
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as well. And so just be praying about
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that uh as it gets closer. Okay. All
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right. Uh I'll make mention of some
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other stuff here a little bit later. The
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cleaning schedule is out there in the
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forer and so you can pick that up for
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this coming month. Sign up for that um
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if you would please. All right. Okay.
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Prayer request this morning. Um several
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here want to make mention of this
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morning. Continue if you would to pray
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for Chase Guford. Brother, you got an
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update this morning?
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Okay.
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>> That is wonderful news.
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>> Amen.
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>> Amen. Amen. And uh that's I don't I I
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don't say this to be u insensitive, but
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I've never heard anybody that had a
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brain bleed to come out of it. And so
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that's a miracle. And I know some others
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probably have, but I've never heard
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that. And so I'm thankful.
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She had
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>> Amen. Praise God.
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>> God took care of that.
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>> Yeah. That's good. He's able to, ain't
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he? Amen. And I appreciate that. Do
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continue to pray for them. Pray for
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Chase and I pray for his soul. Amen.
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Pray for that. God will help him and the
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family there there with him as well. Uh
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let's continue. Remember um Miss Janet.
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Did anybody hear from Miss Janet this
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week? I didn't get to hear from her. It
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was put out on the church message that
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she's doing. She did well come through
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it all for what I've seen her group text
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and so let's pray continue to pray um
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for her if you would please and remember
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them in prayer. I got several other here
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but I think we'll just let y'all give us
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an update on these. So has anybody got a
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special request to prayer this morning
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an update? Yes ma'am.
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>> Oh no. Is he Is he home?
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Let's remember brother Mike in prayer
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and uh bathe him in prayer.
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>> Amen.
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>> And uh
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been burdened for him this week. Let's
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please pray for him. And Miss Carolyn,
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brother Mike had a fall this week. Um
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you said you said he fell on his back.
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Fell on his backwards.
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All right. Let's Let's please please
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pray for them.
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He had a doctor's appointment coming up
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pretty soon, too, to get checked out
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again. What he told me last time I spoke
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with him, I thought, but he don't.
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Let's remember them in prayer and pray
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God will touch them. Someone else got a
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request this morning.
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>> Amen.
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Let's continue to remember Miss Haley in
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prayer.
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>> Someone else.
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>> Yes.
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>> Amen.
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>> Someone else.
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Let's remember that.
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Let's do remember that this morning.
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Someone else. Yes, ma'am.
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Let's remember that. That be at Baptist.
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>> Okay.
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>> All right. Let's remember that this
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morning.
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someone else.
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Yes, ma'am.
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>> Yes. Yes. We need to do that this
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morning. I was thinking tonight um the
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tabernacle children's home. We we uh
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mentioned it on uh ne last week about
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taking up an offering for them and I
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think we had right around $2,500 that
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was taken up last week. That's not that
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ain't got nothing to do with what the
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church said we was going to put on. That
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was what was given. And so there were
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several people that asked me um if they
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could give today. And so if you want to
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give to that, make sure you give that to
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Miss Stacy today and let her know what
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that's for. And we're going to send the
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offering as well as an amount out of the
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church mission fund to them. And uh if
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you have questions about that, you can
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see me or Miss Stacy about that and
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we'll just let you know what it is. But
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pretty sure everybody knows what we was
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did talking about when we mentioned that
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they're going into a building project is
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what they're doing. And so they have to
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mandatory by code uh code change
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violations, things of that nature. So um
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if you want to give to that, just make
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sure you get that to her today. And I'll
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let me let's do it this way because I
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think if we do it this way, it might be
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better. After this morning's service,
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immediately following the morning
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service, we'll we'll have an offering
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plate up here at the front and I'll have
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one of the men standing by it. If you've
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got something you want to give to it,
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just bring it and put it in that
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offering plate and we'll make sure that
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it gets to that. Okay? And so remember
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that this morning and we're going to get
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that sent out this week. Um if everybody
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gets that turned in. All right. So, all
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right. Thank you for reminding me of
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that. Amen.
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>> Um my wife had a blood clock. He didn't
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have
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>> Yeah.
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>> But you know what? I still think about
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>> how God been in my family and brother
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had stage four canc
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still checking good
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hear somebody in stage four and all of a
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sudden Amen.
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>> Amen.
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>> And my wife they about gave her up at
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Turnerville time they got her to full
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sight. Full sight was waiting on when
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she got there man they couldn't believe
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what a change she had from there to
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there. See, I know.
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>> The phone started ringing. People
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started calling and praying. And I'm
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telling you, that's what it is.
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>> You're right.
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>> My God to do anything,
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>> but I I just thank God.
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>> And I know this Paul time, but anytime
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to thank God when you think I'm behind,
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Brother Charlie. I should have been
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thank God. Why does it take something
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>> to remind me of what God has done? He's
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done so much for my family. And I just
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thank God. Hey, I thank him and I thank
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you for reminding me how blessed I am
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when even I don't think I am and I just
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love him this morning. I love
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>> He is good. Yes, ma'am.
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>> Amen.
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>> Yeah.
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Amen.
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>> Amen.
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>> It's wonderful.
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>> Yeah. Yeah. That's wonderful.
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>> Amen.
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>> Right.
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>> Yeah.
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>> That's right.
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Amen.
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>> Amen.
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>> Right.
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>> I believe that.
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>> God is good. Right.
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>> He just touched
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>> her.
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>> He is able.
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He is most certainly able. That blessed
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my heart last Sunday, too. That blessed
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me. I've thought about that all week.
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And
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man, I'm thankful.
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>> Amen.
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>> There's nothing too hard for him. Amen.
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Amen. Not a fame too hard for him. Amen.
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Is anything else this morning before we
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pray?
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>> Yes.
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>> Amen. We do. Amen. Love you all.
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Appreciate you. Amen. I love all of you.
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Amen. Appreciate you. Let's continue.
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Remember Mac in prayer. pray for him and
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uh pray God be with them and let's
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continue to remember Miss Anne and their
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family as well. Pray God be with them
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these days and let's remember brother
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Eric and sister Donan continue to pray
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for them. God will give them strength.
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And uh I tell you this, you know, um we
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we ought to always thank God for what he
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does for us. We ought to always praise
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him. We ought to always worship him.
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I'll tell you this. You ought to realize
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where you're at in your life. You've got
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the opportunity. God convicted me about
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this this week. Lord's blessed me and uh
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our family, two healthy babies, and and
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my wife, we have a good marriage. Lord's
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blessed us.
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>> And uh God convicted me this week and
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said, you know, I've given you the
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opportunity to pray for the people that
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don't have and are not enjoying what you
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are right now.
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>> And we ought to give him thanks. We
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ought to. And I'm not telling you that
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you shouldn't give him thanks. But there
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is people that are hurting.
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>> Amen.
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>> And if you're not hurting, you ought to
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be ringing the bells of heaven for those
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that are. Amen. And let's pray. Pray for
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these families. It's lost loved ones and
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pray that God would be with them and
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strengthen them during these days and
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give them what they stand in need of.
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Amen. And so, let's remember that. Any
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Is there anything else before we pray?
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Amen. Let's pray for those that'll be
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here lost today. Amen. And I'm
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anticipating a a good crowd today and
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thankful for that and thankful for all
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the people that's told me they've
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reached out and invited folk and you
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know we don't have to. We do special
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days so they'll come but you ought to
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invite them constantly. Amen. And don't
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quit doing that and um and keep inviting
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them. Keep praying for them and praying
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that God will deal with their heart.
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Amen. All right. Is there any other
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requests before we pray?
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Let's continue. remember Miss Maryl as
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well. Pray for her. And good to see you
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this morning, Brother Todd. Appreciate
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you very much. And uh I love each one of
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you. Let's come pray and ask the Lord to
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help us this morning. Be with us.
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>> Amen.
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Goodbye.
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Father, thank you for this day, for your
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grace and your mercy towards us, for
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your kindness. Lord, you've been so good
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to us. God, I thank you today, Father,
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Lord, for this church. Father, for the
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sweet spirit, God, for the thankful
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hearts this morning, God, I want to say
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thank you for saving my soul from hell
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this morning. God, I know that's what I
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deserve where I should be, but God,
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you've been so good, and I bless your
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name for it today. God, I thank you for
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allowing me the privilege, Lord, to be
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the pastor of this church. God, I don't
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take it lightly. Lord, you've done so
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much for us, Lord. your presence, God,
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seemingly, Lord, every service, Lord, is
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has moved and worked in hearts. And I
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just I just praise you for that. And
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God, I ask you humbly that you would
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help us this morning. I pray you'll
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bless everything that will be said and
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done. That you'll get glory and honor
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unto yourself. Lord, I pray, Father,
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that you'll give us strength, Lord, to
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obey the word this morning, to be
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hearers, Lord. But not just to be
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hearers, but to be doers. God, I ask
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you, Father, you'll cleanse us of sin
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and of self. Draw us near unto you, God.
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I ask you, Father, today for the many
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requests of prayer, God, I pray your
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will would be done in every heart and
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life. God, I ask you humbly this
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morning, God, that you would be exalted
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in every situation. God, we know you're
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able to do exceedingly abundantly above
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all that we ask or think according to
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the power that workketh in us. And God,
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I just pray, Father, that you would
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magnify your son today and edify the
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church, Lord, and exalt yourself, God. I
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pray, Father, you'd move us out of the
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way, Father, and we'd see no man save
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Jesus only. Lord, you have been so good
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to us, God. But Lord, we say thank you
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most of all for who you are. Lord, you
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are wonderful, high and holy, righteous,
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perfect, separate from sinners. Lord, we
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love you. And thank you today for being
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sovereign, Lord. You're in control,
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Lord, in every part of life. And Lord,
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we know today, Father, we can trust you,
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God. There's nothing, Lord, that's
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outside of your reach, Lord, or out of
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your hand, God, today. And Lord, I thank
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you, Father, that you're able today to
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do exceedingly abundantly above all that
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we ask or think. God, I pray you'd do
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it, Lord, today. Save the sinners that
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are nearest hell today and do a mighty
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work, God. We ask it, Lord. We pray,
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Father, Lord, for every heart that'll be
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here. I pray, God, that we'll be
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challenged and changed by the word of
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God. I pray you'll bless the singing,
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bless the offering, Lord, this special
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offering we're taking up, Lord, for the
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children's home, God. We pray that you
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would take that and bless it, multiply
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it, God, and use it, Father, for your
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glory and honor, God, as it'll go to the
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building, Lord, of that home. And Lord,
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for those children, God, I pray that
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you'll bless them. And Lord, we ask you,
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God, for those that have procedures
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coming up, that you would be with them.
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And Lord, for the many other needs. We
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pray for Brother Mike and sister
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Carolyn, God, you would please be with
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them today. God, we pray, Father Lord,
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that you'd help him find some answers,
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God, about his condition. We pray for
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these others, Lord. Many not able to be
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here today. Lord, because of ailments of
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the mind and ailments of the body. And
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Lord, these bodies, their lives are so
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frail. Lord, you said, "What is your
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life that's even a vapor that appearth
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for a little time then vanishth away?"
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God, I pray you'd help us to remember,
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Lord, how frail we are to make good use
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of the time that you've given us, Lord,
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this day. Lord, that we might worship
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you, God, because we don't know, Father,
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if it'll be our last opportunity. God, I
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pray you'll help us to give our all
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today. We'll thank you for what you do
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cause. We ask it in Jesus name. Amen.
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>> Amen.
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Where?
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All right, take God's word. If you would
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please turn with me to the book of
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Matthew. Matthew's Gospel, chapter 26.
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Matthew's Gospel 20, chapter number 26.
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And uh we're going to look here at some
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verses today. I I dealt last week in
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Sunday school with the transfiguration.
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Now, and Lord lines all this up. He puts
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us exactly where he wants us to be. But
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I want to deal with another event in the
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life of Christ in Sunday school this
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morning. And uh correlation being those
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who are present um at this event here in
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chapter 26. And we'll be preaching out
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of this chapter in the worship service.
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And so this is going to kind of lead us
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up again uh into the message. and I've
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enjoyed doing this. I hope it's been a
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help and kind of give you a little more
30:06
background on what's going on in the
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text um before we get to the message.
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Now, Matthew 26 is a powerp packed
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chapter. There's a lot that transpires
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in this chapter when you look at it um
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in its uh I guess you would say the
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value of it vocabulary
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wise. Um, this is the longest chapter in
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the New Testament by number of words.
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The longest chapter by verses is Luke
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chapter 1. And so, Matthew 26 covers a
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lot of ground. It covers a lot of ground
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uh in the life of Christ. Covers several
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days. And we're going to deal um with a
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portion of it out of this text. I I wish
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that I had time to elaborate the whole
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thing, but I'm just going to give you
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some highlights here and then we will
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deal with the thought here out of the
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text. Now, I preached this before at the
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church, but some of you may have not
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been here uh when I preach this. And so,
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I'm not going to give you the outline
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that I preach, but I am going to deal
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with the subject. So, let's look at the
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text. Matthew chapter number 26. And
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I'll do my best to hurry this morning.
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Matthew 26. Let's begin reading in verse
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number 36. Uh, then cometh Jesus with
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them unto a place called Gethsemane, and
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saith unto the disciples, sit you here
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while I go and pray yonder. And he took
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with him Peter the and the two sons of
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Zebedeem began to be very began to be
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sorrowful and very heavy. Then saith he
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unto them, "My soul is exceeding
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sorrowful even unto death, tear ye here
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and watch with me." And he went a little
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farther and fell on his face and prayed,
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saying, Oh my father, if it be possible,
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let this cup pass from me. Nevertheless,
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not as I will, but as thou wilt. And he
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cometh unto the disciples, and findeth
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them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What
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could you not watch with me one hour?
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Watch and pray that you enter not into
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temptation, the spirit indeed is
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willing, but the flesh is weak. He went
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away again the second time and prayed,
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saying, Oh my father, if this cup may
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not pass away from me, except I drink
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it, thy will be done. And he came and
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found them asleep again, for their eyes
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were heavy. And he left them, and went
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away again, and prayed the third time,
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saying the same words. Then cometh he to
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his disciples, and saith unto them,
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Sleep on now, and take your rest.
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Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son
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of man is betrayed into the hands of
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sinners. Rise, let us be going. Behold,
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he is at hand that doth betray me. Now,
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Father, I ask humbly this morning that
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you would help us in this Sunday school
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hour. God, I realize I have nothing to
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say, God, if you do not speak through
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us. And so, Lord, I ask you to give us
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wisdom this morning. And uh Lord, give
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us the tongue of the learn. Father, I
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pray, Lord, the ignorance of our youth
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may not show this morning. But God, I
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pray that the wisdom of the Holy Spirit
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of God would be on display uh from these
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scriptures. Help us. I pray this
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morning. We ask it in Jesus' name and
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for his sake. Amen. This text here this
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morning, of course, deals with the
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garden prayer. Uh Gethsemane here is
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that garden the three G's that are
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mentioned leading up to the death of
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Christ is Gethsemane there. That garden
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that he prayed in Gabatha would be the
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place where Jesus was beaten there. The
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pavement it's called Pilot's hall of
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judgment and then from there he would
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exit Jerusalem to the hill called
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Galtha. So this begins the trip of
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Christ to the cross. And the Bible says
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that he has come to this garden with his
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disciples. There in the text, the Bible
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reveals to us that Jesus has told them
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what is going to transpire in verse 31
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that the shepherd is going to be smitten
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in the text. And he tells them that he
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is going to rise again in verse number
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32. And so he is assured he is he has he
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is at peace with the fact that he is
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going to the cross. It's his purpose.
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Amen. and uh he is headed to where God
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had designed for him to be from the
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moment that he was found in Mary's womb
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in conception. And so the Bible tells us
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that Peter there, they respond to him
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and we often throw Peter under the bus
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for his brashness. But this gospel
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account tells us uh in verse number 33
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that Peter answers first. But in verse
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number 35, Peter said unto him after
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Jesus tells him he's going to deny him.
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He says, "Though I should die with thee,
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yet will I not deny thee." And then you
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notice that little phrase in the end of
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verse 35, "Likewise also said all the
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disciples." And so we throw Peter under
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the bus. He's the spokesman for the
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group. Amen. But you realize the same
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issue is found in all of these men. You
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say, "What does that derive from?" Well,
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it deres from them making a commitment
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in the power of their flesh. That's what
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it is. And anytime you commit to
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something in your flesh, you can just be
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sure of it. You're going to fall
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through. Amen. It just does not happen.
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And we've got to make sure we live and
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walk in the power of the spirit of God.
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But remember, these men are not indwelt
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with the spirit of God. And so, when the
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person of Jesus leaves them, they lose
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all of their strength in the text. But
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that's not what I want to deal with this
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morning. But I want you to notice what
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happens. Verse 36, Jesus comes to this
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place called Gethsemane. He saith to the
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disciples, sit you here while I go and
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pray yonder. So there is the the eight
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in this text that are given here. Judas
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has done departed according to uh
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chapter number 25 or chapter 26 and
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verse number 25. Judas there in the text
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which betrayed him answered and said,
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"Master, is it I?" And Jesus said unto
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him, "Thou has said according to John's
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account, we know that Judas then leaves
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there u the upper room." And so he has
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left with the 11 disciples. So in the
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text, the Bible tells us in verse 37, he
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took with him Peter and the two sons of
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Zebedee. Now, who are those two sons?
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That's James and John. All right? So
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these three men, just like on the
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mountain of transfiguration, he tells
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the eight, "You stay outside of the
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garden. you pray as we're going to go in
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and pray. So Jesus takes these three
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with him. And the Bible says in verse 37
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that he began to be sorrowful and very
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heavy. Now I want to dispel something
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right here when we get into this.
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There's a lot of disagreement about this
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text. What transpires? I'm going to try
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to put to rest some of this this morning
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if I may. But uh you need to realize
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Jesus in the garden is not yet bearing
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the sin weight of humanity. You say,
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"How is that?" Well, the when you think
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about the sacrifice of Christ and you
36:50
think about all that that entails, if
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Jesus presently would have had the sin
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weight of humanity on him, he would not
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have been able to pray. In this text, we
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find Jesus is going in the garden to do
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what?
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>> To pray. Jesus bears the sin weight in
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that moment of separation on the cross
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when he said, "My father, my father, why
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hast thou forsaken me?" So the sin
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weight is not present on Christ. Some
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would say uh the agony that he's
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experiencing is that sin weight. But I
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don't don't believe that in the text
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because Jesus is able to pray in this
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text. And the Bible tells us here verse
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38, he saith unto them, Peter, James,
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and John, my soul is exceeding sorrowful
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even unto death, tear ye here and watch
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with me. And so it it emphasizes the
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heaviness because we know that Jesus
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knows all things. Amen. And so the the
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the period that he is in here, of
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course, he is looking to the cross, but
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he knows what is to befall him. And when
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I think about his sorrow in the text, I
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think about his supplication. And then I
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think about also this cup here that's
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mentioned in verse number 39 when he
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says, "Oh my father, if it be possible,
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let this cup pass from me. Nevertheless,
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not as I will, but as thou wil." The
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question comes to my mind as it as many
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uh Bible students have over the years.
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What does this cup represent? And so
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when I think about the sorrow that Jesus
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is experiencing, when I think about the
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fact that he in the text is making
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supplication to his father, he is even
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emphasizing the struggle to his
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disciples. Now you think about that.
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Jesus is showing them just how heavy he
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is.
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>> You're right.
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>> I'm thankful for what Paul said. He
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said, "We have not an high priest which
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cannot be touched with the feelings of
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our infirmities." Wherever you're at
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this morning, he's been there. Amen.
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>> He's been there. Amen. And so he's been
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touched by that. And and and when I
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think about this text, what is it that
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made Jesus so sorrowful? And what is it
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that drove Jesus to pray in this text?
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Now, I would be honest with you this
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morning when I when I talk about this
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cup, there's many different avenues that
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we could go down. There's one particular
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uh thing that I believe concerning this
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I'm going to try to give to you in this
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amount of time. But when I think about
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Jesus, what if you if you in your mind
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if we we can't fathom this. All right.
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But I want to ask you this question.
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When you think about Jesus, what do you
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think in him? Did what did Jesus dread
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the most when he faced Calvary?
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What was the thing that
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he was most fearful of?
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>> Separation.
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>> Preach my sermon for me. All right.
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But there's no doubt in my mind that's
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not all that's all of you wouldn't have
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the same answer if we were to ask that
39:47
question. All right? Not not knock knock
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knock knocking you, brother. That's what
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I'm going to talk about in a minute. All
39:52
right? But when I think about Christ, I
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think about the sin weight that he was
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going to bear. Of course, it would be
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grievious to him because he was perfect,
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pure, and holy. I think, you know, we
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think about his death as he was 100% God
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and 100% man. Death it had a sting. And
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Jesus took that sting. That's what Paul
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said in Corinthians. He said, "The
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strength of of of death is sin, and the
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strength of sin is the law." He said,
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"But thanks be unto God which giveth us
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the victory through Christ Jesus our
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Lord." So, he took the sting of death,
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but I don't think it's the sting of
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death. I don't think it was the strength
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of sin that weighed on Jesus in this
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text. But as brother Paul has already
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said, I believe it was the separation
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from his father. And then that brings
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about another question when I look at
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this text. Now, if you've heard me
40:41
preach this before, you just just listen
40:43
to it again, okay? It'll be all right.
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But when I think about this cup, if this
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cup is not the cup of sin, if it's not
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the cup of death, the cup of that sting
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of death, if it's the cup of separation,
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what do we know about Christ? When
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Christ was on the cross, what happened
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to him? He bore the sin of all mankind.
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He experienced the sting of death, the
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sting of death. And what else happened
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to him? He was separated from his
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father. Was he
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>> right?
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>> My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken
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me? So Christ experienced all of those
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things on the cross. And so if we ask
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that question, Jesus prays three times
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in this text. Oh my father, if it be
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possible, let this cup pass from me.
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Verse 42, he prayed and saying, Oh my
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father, if this cup may not pass away
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from me, except I drink it, thy will be
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done. Verse 44, he went and prayed the
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third time, saying the same words. And
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this is the question that I posed to you
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in this. All right. Did Jesus ever pray
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a prayer that God did not answer?
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Did Jesus ever pray a prayer that God
41:49
did not say, "All right, I'll do it."
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And let me ask you this. Would Jesus the
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better question is this. Would Jesus
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ever pray a prayer that would contradict
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the will of God? Come on.
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>> Jesus was 100% God
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>> and 100% man. You cannot separate the
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two. That's
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>> right.
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>> Jesus in this text, many people say that
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he was operating in his humanity, in his
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fear and dread of the cross. In his
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humanity, he was wanting to get out of
42:19
the cross. But we know too many verses
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to know that Jesus didn't want to get
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out of the cross.
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>> It was his purpose.
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>> It was why he came. He came to what? to
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die. It was his purpose. And so Jesus,
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it tells us that he he tells John 12,
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the famous account, except a corn of
42:38
wheat fall on the ground and die, it
42:39
abideth alone. But if it die, it
42:41
bringeth forth much fruit. Jesus was not
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trying to get out of death. He was not
42:46
trying to get out of bearing our sin. He
42:48
was not trying to get out of even the
42:50
separation because we know on Calvary he
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was separated from the father. But when
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you look at this verse, all right, I
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want to give you this and I don't want
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you to miss this. Okay? The Bible says
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in verse 39, he went a little farther
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and fell on his face, saying, "Oh my
43:05
father, if it be possible, let this cup
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pass from me." Now, when you think about
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the wording that's used in this text,
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when he says, "Let this cup pass from
43:15
me," you look up that word pass in the
43:17
Greek, and this is what it means. It
43:19
means to come and then go by. So when
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Jesus prays this prayer in the text, he
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is not praying that he would not drink
43:27
the cup, but he is praying that he does
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not have to drink this cup eternally.
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Now you say, what why would he have to
43:35
do that eternally? Well, to for Jesus to
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die on the cross, his death was not so
43:40
much physical as it was a spiritual
43:43
death.
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>> What do we know about Adam? Bible says
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God told Adam he said in the day that
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you eat of the tree he said in the day
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the same day he said in the day that you
43:54
eat thereof you shall what surely die.
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You say preacher but Adam didn't die
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when he ate of the tree. Oh, but he did.
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>> You're right.
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>> You see the very moment that Adam
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parttook of that forbidden fruit in the
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garden, he did not die physically.
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>> You're right.
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>> But Adam died spiritually.
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>> Adam was alive unto God. And really when
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we think about the scripture, God was
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living in Adam,
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>> right,
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>> in the garden. I'm not got time to
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preach all that, but but Adam was alive
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unto God. And when he parttook of the
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fruit, he died spiritually unto God. And
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then 900 some odd years later, he would
44:32
die physically as a result of his
44:35
spiritual death. And so it is that
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spiritual life that equates eternal
44:39
life. You're right.
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>> Nobody's ever going to live eternally in
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the flesh.
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>> You're right.
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Adam when he died spiritually he lost
44:46
the privilege of living eternally and so
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because of that his flesh became corrupt
44:52
and he had to die but you see Jesus the
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Bible says without the shedding of blood
44:56
there's no remission so there must be a
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sacrifice and so for Jesus to die and be
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an eternal sacrifice what did he have to
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do he had to die spiritually
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>> you're right
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>> and I submit to you on Calvar's cross
45:11
when Jesus was hanging there When he
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said, "My God, my God, why hast thou
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forsaken me?" Jesus was alive
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physically. But in that moment, he died
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spiritually. You say, "How is that?"
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Well, the Bible says that the sky went
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black.
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>> The earth shook. God the father, what do
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we know it as? He turned his back on his
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son
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>> because he could not look at him as he
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bore the weight of yours and my sin.
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>> So Jesus suffered that separation from
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the father on the cross. That is
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spiritual death. It's separation from
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God. And so on the cross, he suffered
45:47
that separation from the father at the
45:50
while he was there, he hung there. And
45:52
then at the ending, just before he died
45:54
physically, what does the Bible say?
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Jesus said, the last saying of the
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cross, father, into thy hands I commend
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my spirit. So you know what had
46:05
happened? That spiritual death had what?
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It had passed,
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>> right? Jesus. You say, "Preacher, how is
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it that a man when he dies goes to hell
46:15
and suffers spiritual death eternally?"
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Because we are already dead spiritually.
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>> You're right.
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>> When Jesus died, you know what happened
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to him? His sacrifice was a spiritual
46:26
sacrifice. So in about 2 or three hours
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time, Jesus offered an eternal sacrifice
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>> for sin. And his prayer was this in the
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text. Notice it. Oh my father, if it be
46:37
possible, let this cup pass from me.
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Nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou
46:43
wilt. Now, if you've heard me preach
46:44
this, you know the driving force of the
46:46
message is this. That Jesus was willing
46:48
to be eternally separated from the
46:50
father,
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>> right?
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>> So that you and I could be saved.
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>> So when I look at this text, you say,
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"Well, what does that have to do with
46:59
this cup?" Jesus is asking that God
47:01
would allow him to live with him again.
47:06
You say, "Well, God answered that
47:07
prayer." He did. number one in his
47:09
resurrection because he got up again.
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Amen.
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>> But you know what? He also answered his
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prayer. What he prayed in John 17. We'll
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turn there and look at this in a minute.
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But he also ascended. He didn't just
47:21
raise He wasn't just resurrected to live
47:24
on the earth, but he was raised to live
47:26
in glory. I want you to listen to what
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Jesus said. Now, mind you, this is
47:30
before the cross. John 17.
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John chapter 17. Listen to what he says.
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John 17 23
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Jesus says in his great intercessory
47:45
prayer for the church, the disciples,
47:48
Christians of all ages, he said in verse
47:50
23, I am them, thou and me. Or verse 22,
47:53
notice this. And the glory which thou
47:56
gavest me, I have given them that they
47:57
may be one even as we are one. I in them
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and thou in me, that they may be made
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perfect in one, and that the world may
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know that thou has sent me and hast
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loved them as thou hast loved me. Now
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listen to what Jesus said in verse 24.
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Father, I will that they also whom thou
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has given me, notice this, be with me.
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What's that say? Where I am, that they
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may behold my glory which thou has given
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me. For thou loved me before the
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foundation of the world. Oh righteous
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father, the world hath not known thee,
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but I have known thee. And these have
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known that thou has sent me. And I have
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declared unto them thy name and will
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declare it that the love wherewith thou
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hast loved me may be in them and I in
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them. So Jesus in his prayer reveals
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that his purpose of going to the cross
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was that when he would die there, he
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would bring eternal life to the souls of
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men that would believe in him. And then
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what would he do? He would ascend first.
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He would be what? The first begotten of
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the dead, the firstborn among many
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brethren. the Bible says. And so the
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first resurrection was Christ. The
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second resurrection will be at the
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rapture. Amen. When the church is
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raptured out, the dead in Christ shall
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what? Rise first. Then we which are
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alive remain shall we caught up together
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with him in the clouds to meet the Lord
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in the air. And so shall we ever be with
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the Lord. And this is made possible
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because God answered Jesus prayer.
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>> Amen.
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>> In Matthew chapter number 26. You say,
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"Well preacher, that raises a greater
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question. And if Jesus already knew God
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would answer his prayer, why did he pray
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it?
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Let me ask you, how many prayers do you
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pray and get answered? And you think
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God's not going to answer them? Go
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ahead.
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>> Amen.
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>> James said it this way. He said, "If any
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of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God.
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>> He giveth all men liberty that breathe
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not, and it shall be given to him." He
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But then he said after that, he said,
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"But let him ask in faith."
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>> Right?
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>> Nothing wavering. What does that mean?
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When you pray, what do you do? You
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believe.
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>> Amen. And our belief is founded upon
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what God has done. But more than that,
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it's founded upon who he is. And when we
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pray, believe and God will answer that
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prayer. You're
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>> right.
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>> So Jesus prayer was answered in the
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text. Notice this. And we'll be done
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this morning. I know that's a quick
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synopsis of that, but if you have
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questions about it, feel free to ask.
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Jesus invites his disciples in the text.
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Verse number 41. Listen to what he says.
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Watch and pray that you enter not into
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temptation. The spirit indeed is willing
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but the flesh is weak. Now I might
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remind you of this. All right. These men
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are not indwelt by the Holy Ghost of
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God. And so what is he saying in this
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text? He is saying all right in within
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you you are you you are willing to pray
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but the flesh your flesh you're robed
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in. Man is what? Body, soul and spirit.
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And so Jesus, his influence on them,
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they were not indwelt by the spirit, but
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Jesus influence on them was an influence
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on their human spirit. You're
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>> right.
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>> Remember what Paul said in Romans? He
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said, "For the spirit, big S, the Holy
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Spirit, bears witness with our spirit."
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That's man's spirit. That we are what?
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The children of God. God consciousness
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comes through the human spirit. So Jesus
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says in the text, "Watch and pray that
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you enter not into temptation." The
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spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh
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is weak. Now, what interests me about
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this is that the function of this is the
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same way because we want this is what we
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want. All right? And this I didn't want
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to veer off in this, but God is going to
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let me do this. Okay.
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What we want, we want the Holy Spirit to
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tell us to pray.
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>> You're right.
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>> We want a supernatural force every day
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of our life to say, "All right, you got
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to get down and pray." And pretty much
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put his the spirit of God's hand on the
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back of our neck and push us down.
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You're right.
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>> That's what we want.
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>> But Jesus says this.
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>> Look what he says. Watch and pray. Now,
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who what is Jesus? He's the word. That's
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>> right.
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>> The only thing we are going to have to
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influence us to pray.
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>> You're right. Go ahead.
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>> He said, "Watch and pray that you enter
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not in temptation. Your spirit,
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what I put in you is willing, but what?
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The flesh is weak." You know what
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hinders you from prayer?
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>> The flesh.
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>> You're right. forgive you.
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>> You don't want to.
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>> Look what Jesus says in the text. Look
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what happens to him. He went away again
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and prayed the second time. Prayed
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saying, "Oh my father, this cup may not
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pass away from me except I drink it. Thy
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will be done." Verse 43. And he came and
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found them what? Asleep again.
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What is this because of? It's because of
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the weakness of their flesh. The Bible
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says, "For their eyes were heavy." You
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notice that Jesus doesn't speak to them
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again. Verse 44, he left them and went
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away again and prayed the third time
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saying the same words. Now you say,
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"Preacher, why is Jesus pressing them to
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watch and pray because he knows what's
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coming."
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>> You're right.
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>> And when the master is taken, when Jesus
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would be taken from them, you know what
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was going to happen? The influence that
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they had of his life would be removed.
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>> You know what? There's going to be
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periods in your life where you're going
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to have to pray because you know it's
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the only thing you can do. You're right.
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>> But you're going to have to choose to do
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that.
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>> You're right.
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>> You're not going to want to.
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>> It's not going to be something you're
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like, well, you know, I I just, you
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know, this this urge on the inside just
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like I've got to go pray. No, you just
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have to make a conscious choice.
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>> It's time to pray.
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>> You're right.
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>> And Jesus says this in the text, verse
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45, then cometh he to his disciples, and
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saith unto them, sleep on, and take your
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rest. Be the hour is at hand, and the
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Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of
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sinners. Now, what I'll be dealing with
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in the worship service today is the next
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several verses in this text. But I want
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to take this time to point out and
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remind you again, the Bible says, "We
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have not high priests cannot be touched
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with the feelings of our infirmities."
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And so Jesus saw the sorrow of these
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boys. And you remember Luke's account,
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Luke 23, the Bible says when Jesus came
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back to him, remember what it's the text
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literally says, preached a message on
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here one time says he found them
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sleeping for sorrow.
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Their sorrow had become so great that
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they couldn't weep. They couldn't cry.
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But you know what? It had become so
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heavy that all they could do was sleep.
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>> You're right.
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>> And Jesus says this, verse 45, look what
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he says. Sleep on. Now, you know what?
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Sometimes the most spiritual thing you
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can do is sleep.
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>> Go ahead.
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>> You say, "Preacher, were they being
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spiritual at this time? That's all they
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could do.
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>> They couldn't do anything else." And you
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know what Bible said in verse 46, he
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tells them, "Behold, the hour is at
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hand. The son of man has betrayed the
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hands of sinners." Verse 46, "Rise, let
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us be going. Behold, he is at hand that
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doth betray me." So Jesus comes to him
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and wakes them up again. Remember these
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men are at the order of the Lord. And
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what they were doing is they were
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faithful to follow him. But you know
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what? They went, they had to go to a
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place in this text, you'll find in the
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next chapter, they went with him as far
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as they could go. And you know what?
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Because of the cross, because of that
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judgment, what did they do? They forsook
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him.
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>> Right?
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>> And here's what'll happen. All right? I
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know sometimes prayer,
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sleep, those types of things, when we
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think about the spiritual man, you need
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to sleep. Amen. And this is this is
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something you can learn about in health.
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I I did a study on this a while back.
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I'm not here to give you a health
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lesson, but somebody said that the best
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sleep, the best the people that have the
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most mental stability and are best
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spiritually are people who get between
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about 6 hours to 8 hours of sleep a
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night. And the reason why I brought that
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up is this. These boys hadn't slept at
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all. You're
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>> right.
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>> Where they have come to in this text,
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what you look at in this chapter,
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they've been in the upper room. It's
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evening time. It's actually going on up
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into the night. Really, I believe it's
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on up in the night when they come and
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get Jesus in this text. And so, they're
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sleeping because their body is shutting
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down. Sometimes you have to do that.
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>> But here's what they missed. All right.
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In that upper room, the fellowship that
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they have with Christ and and really all
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this comes back to the fact that they
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were not yet indwelt with the Holy
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Spirit. But the truth is that there were
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people, there was just a a couple, amen,
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that did not walk away from Christ at
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the cross. There was that one man on the
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cross that did believe. But you remember
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Mary of Bethany, she stood there at the
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cross and she believed. You're
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>> right.
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>> And all the disciples forsook him and
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fled. Why was that? Because they were
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too tired to remain faithful. If I could
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say anything to a church this to the
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church this morning in a day of
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busyness, and this is a really loose
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application, but if I could say anything
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to you in a day of busyness like we're
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living in today, don't get too busy to
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pray.
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>> You're right.
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>> Because here's what'll happen.
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You'll you'll find that your sleep is
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taking up your prayer time.
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>> Because everything else is taking up
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your sleep time.
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>> You're right.
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need to make sure that you're balancing
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your life right. I don't know why the
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Lord told me to put that in there, but
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I'll be honest with you. I've been
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convicted this past week. I mentioned it
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this morning, prayer time, convicted
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about the fact that God has blessed.
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He's been good in my life. And I ought
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to be praying for those that don't enjoy
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the same blessings that I do.
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>> You're right.
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>> They're not in the same stage of life.
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Because here's the thing about it. When
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I get to the place where you are, in a
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place of brokenness and sadness and
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sorrow, I'm going to want you to be
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praying for me.
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>> Amen.
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>> And it's going to require us to have our
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life balanced, right?
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>> Know that's probably more I don't not
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trying to give you a psychological
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sermon, but truth is this morning our
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prayer life suffers because we're too
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busy.
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>> You're right.
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>> Maybe if you back off a little bit and
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get a little more sleep, maybe you have
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some time to pray. So, amen. I hope to
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take that for what it's worth.