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How long ago I

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went to visit a city and it's a

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very strange place.

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The streets are dark, just two or three

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feet wide in places.

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And it's better not to look anyway up,

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because although the houses are built very, very

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close together, strange things drip out of the

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windows.

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And when I first went, there was only

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one toilet for the 50,000 people.

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Everything else went into the open stairs.

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But I was walking down there some time

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ago and I trapped a couple of drug

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pushers down a street.

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And normally they managed to get away from

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me.

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And this time I backed them into a

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shear.

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And so I said to them, because we

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found this is the quickest way of preaching

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the Gospel, can I pray for you?

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And so they said, well, a bit embarrassed

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really, but all right.

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So I said, well, you don't have to

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do any praying.

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I'm going to pray in Jesus' name.

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And so they shut their eyes.

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I said to them, please open your hands,

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because he's going to give you things.

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And I prayed for them both.

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And I saw the Holy Spirit come upon

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them both.

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He's very indiscriminate.

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And he came down on them both.

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And one of them began to cry.

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And the other one said, Oh, God, that

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was so, oh, that was so bad.

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I feel very loose.

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I don't know why they very often say

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this.

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I feel very loose.

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Old ladies say it too when they get

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prayed for, because it seems to be that

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God heals them in their chests.

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Where they've been constricted.

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This is the most normal reply after praying

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for people.

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I feel loose.

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I feel set free.

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And he said, I never would have guessed.

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I never would have guessed.

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I'd heard that he loved other people.

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But I never would have guessed he would

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come to me.

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He knew that it was unfair.

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Because he knew he was pushing drugs.

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You see, they understand grace.

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And I said, Well, would you like to

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follow Jesus?

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You know, he is the Son of God.

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And one of them said, If he's the

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true God, who else?

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They often reply like that.

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So I prayed again for them.

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And then I went up to a little

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house.

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Up the staircase.

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And up the staircase, you have to go

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one by one.

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I went into a little room there, which

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is divided up into bed spaces.

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Just one room.

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And they've got sort of cardboard partitions inside.

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And there was a couple that lived there.

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One was a butcher.

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And he lived with an old prostitute.

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She must have been 65 or so.

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And still working.

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Because there's nothing you're going to retire on

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when you can't work anymore.

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And she took heroin.

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So you could see the needle marks in

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the back of her hands.

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And he had very bad asthma.

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And I went into their house.

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And I was with a friend who used

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to be a very famous triad fighter.

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And they recognized him.

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And they said, Oh, hi, A-Ping.

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And I said to them, Can I pray

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for you?

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And they said, Would you?

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You know, nearly everyone in the world will

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let you pray for them.

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Most people feel that it's kind of flattery.

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You know, if you ask if you can

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pray for them, try.

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And so they looked awfully pleased that we'd

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pray for them.

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And I said, Oh, I'm going to pray

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for you in Jesus' name.

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And they looked even more pleased.

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Because they'd heard that when people got prayed

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for in Jesus' name, they got healed and

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set free.

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So I prayed for them.

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And the man's asthma got healed.

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And every time we prayed for him, his

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breathing got completely clear.

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And he said, I'd heard, I'd heard that

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he did this for other people.

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But I never guessed he would come to

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me.

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Now, it's that easy to preach the gospel.

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It's no more difficult than that.

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If it were, Jesus would never have entrusted

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the task to you and me.

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And I don't know how he could dare.

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I often think what a nerve Jesus had

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to leave the world at the time he

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did.

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In the hands of his disciples.

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I mean, a really rotten bunch.

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He trained them Wimber style.

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They'd done the stuff.

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They'd been with him.

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And they let him down when he died.

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They fled.

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And yet he dared to leave the world

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to them.

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Because he trusted his father.

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And because he promised that they were not

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to do the job alone.

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But they were to do this job with

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the Holy Spirit.

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To keep him company.

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And that's what the Lord's been saying to

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us tonight.

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I think he said rather clearly, Go.

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That's what I'm supposed to be doing.

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That's what you're supposed to be doing.

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And it doesn't seem to be optional.

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Well, would you long for a time when

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you could walk into the streets and see

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people healed?

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Would you long for the time when you

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could squash 60 people into a small room

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like we do and wait?

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And we rarely wait longer than 5 minutes

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before seeing people come to Jesus.

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Would you long for a time?

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Do you long for revival?

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Well, we heard a little bit about this

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yesterday.

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Or does it just happen?

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Is it that it's a special time of

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God that these things are happening in Hong

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Kong?

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Could it and should it happen in Essex

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here?

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Well, we heard yesterday that various men of

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God have been praying for this.

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And some have prophesied that it would be

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so.

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In England, maybe even Essex.

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Is it going to happen anyway?

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I believe some of you went to Phil's

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talk this afternoon.

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Does it in any way depend on me?

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And I want to answer a little bit

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this evening how I believe that for some

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reason we have a part to play.

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Now, if anybody asks me why these things

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have happened in Hong Kong, I would immediately

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say, straight away, with no hesitation, it's God's

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business.

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We don't see miracles because we've been faithful.

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No, we have not.

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We don't see miracles because we've suddenly learned

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a secret of how to get revival.

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I don't know those secrets.

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I feel that, for me, I've been there

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just 20, nearly 23 years now, I feel

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actually I was planted, that's all.

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I was just put in a set-up

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job.

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The whole thing was fixed.

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For me, it's been the greatest privilege of

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my whole life to be somewhere in God's

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set-up.

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I believe that completely.

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The whole thing was His idea.

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He's sovereign and He's done it not because

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of me but despite me.

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And in His mercy, He's let me be

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somewhere in it.

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But...

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He gave me that privilege.

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And the privilege was of choosing to obey

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or not.

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I believe God wanted to do it anyway.

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But in His mercy, He let me be

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in it.

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And so, this evening, He's offered the same

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privilege to all of us here.

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And He said, go.

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And He said, don't worry because I'm going

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to go with you.

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And He said, don't worry.

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I'll never leave you.

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I'm going to empower you.

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But I want to tell you something about

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this privilege of preaching the gospel.

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It kills you.

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And I wish that tonight, everything I could

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share would be only miracles.

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I wish everything that I could share would

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be as simple as how to go out

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and pray for those in the streets in

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the name of Jesus and see His Spirit

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come upon them.

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See them healed and set free.

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I wish it were that simple.

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But I'm sorry if you want to experience

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that.

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If you want to be part of what

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I believe God is offering this country.

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I'm afraid there's only one way.

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And it'll kill you.

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Have you ever listened to somebody challenging you

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and replied I couldn't do that.

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I could never do that.

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It would kill me.

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It's meant to.

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So the message that we have tonight is

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this.

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If you would preach the gospel in the

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power of the resurrection you must know death.

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You must know death in your own life

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that you may see life in others.

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I want to read you from Hebrews 11.

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Hebrews 11, 32.

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And what more shall I say?

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I do not have time to tell you

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about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel and

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the prophets who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered

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justice and gained what was promised.

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So we have a list here of men

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who gained what was promised and a following

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list of many who gained for others what

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was promised but died themselves in the gaining.

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How much part did those men play in

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God's purpose and how much was it a

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set up?

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We could look at Samuel's life so if

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you have bibles turn to 1 Samuel because

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I want to have a quick look at

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his life to understand the part that we

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play in God's purpose.

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Here we are in 1 Samuel 1 and

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we read about a lady called Hannah verse

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6 Because the Lord had closed her womb

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her rival kept provoking her in order to

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irritate her an unhappy woman.

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In verse 10 She wept much and prayed

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to the Lord well she took it to

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the right place and she made a vow

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saying, O Lord God Almighty if you'll only

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look upon your servant's misery and remember me

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and not forget your servant but give her

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a son then I'll give him to the

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Lord for all the days of his life.

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So here is Samuel born as the result

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of a vow and Eli the priest hearing

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the woman said in verse 17 Go in

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peace and may the God of Israel grant

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you what you've asked of him and she

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went away and her face was no longer

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downcast verse 20 in the course of time

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she conceived and gave birth to a son

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and she named him Samuel verse 20 5

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She brought the boy to Eli and said

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to him, Surely as you live my Lord,

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I'm the woman who stood here beside you,

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praying to the Lord I prayed for this

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child and the Lord has granted me what

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I asked of him It's a pretty set

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up job so far Here's a boy Samuel

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who was born obviously by the design of

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the Lord and in answer to prayer he's

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dedicated even before his birth and so in

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his very early childhood he grows up ministering

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to the Lord chapter 2 verse 11 The

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boy ministered before the Lord under Eli the

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priest but we learn in verse 12 that

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Eli's sons were wicked, they had no regard

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for the Lord and their sin was very

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great in the Lord's sight, verse 17 for

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they were treating the Lord's offering with contempt

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So we learn that Samuel was born at

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a time when men needed the move of

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God in their land for those who should

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have been ministering to the Lord and ministering

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the Lord's heart and word to them were

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treating offerings with contempt and living unholy lives

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verse 18 but Samuel was ministering before the

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Lord a boy wearing a linen ephod and

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then we hear that Eli's sons in verse

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22 were doing terrible things and Eli spoke

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to them and knew how they slept with

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the women who served at the entrance to

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the tent of meeting and he said to

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them why do you do such things I

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hear from all the people about these wicked

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deeds of yours know my sons it's not

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a good report that I hear spreading amongst

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the Lord's people if a man sins against

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another man God may mediate for him but

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if a man sins against the Lord who

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will intercede for him his sons however did

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not listen to their father's rebuke for it

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was the Lord's will to put them to

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death and the boy Samuel continued to grow

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in stature and in favor with the Lord

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and with men have you got it yet

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you see Samuel is awfully like Jesus very

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similar very similar he continued to grow in

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stature and in favor with the Lord and

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with men so here he is a man

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whom God has chosen for a purpose because

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the land of Israel is filled with unholiness

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and wickedness and the priests of God are

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living sinful lives so Samuel's in place and

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he's being trained even before he knows it

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and I want to read quite a lot

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of chapter 3 chapter 3 the boy Samuel

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ministered before the Lord under Eli in those

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days the word of the Lord was rare

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there were not many visions so it seems

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that for a long time there had been

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silence Eli had been a priest but he

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had not observed what his sons were doing

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he had not called them to order and

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they had not feared the Lord and the

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land was in a mess it could be

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fairly similar to our own countries except I

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believe that there may be many more people

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sent by God such as Samuel in answer

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to prayers of their mothers or the saints

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who have been praying down the ages for

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this country I'll dedicate my son Lord send

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your servants to this country because there's wickedness

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there's unholiness there's bad living even from amongst

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the people of God Lord in your mercy

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send servants into this land that it might

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be cleaned up and the people can enjoy

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your favour so Samuel's in place so Jesus

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was in place sent by his father into

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the world to rescue the world from sin

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because God in his mercy didn't want anyone

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to perish and although the priests of God

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in Jesus' time were busy with the wrong

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things sadly they were not busy with the

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hearts of men they were not busy with

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mercy they were not busy with the love

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of God they were busy with law they

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were busy with judgement they were busy with

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things that condemned other men so God in

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his mercy sent a saviour and now he

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sends you and me with the same message

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of freedom of holiness of righteousness of forgiveness

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of God's heart for his people I was

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five I think when I decided to be

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a missionary and I didn't know what they

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were but we had a proper one came

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to our Sunday school and she was wearing

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a bun and I can remember her she

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looked down at us and I've got a

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twin sister and we were sitting on our

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baby seats and she pointed at each one

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of us and said and could God want

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you on the mission field and I can

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remember thinking well the answer to that question

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can't be no I wasn't very happy about

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it but I thought you couldn't reply negative

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you know I'm sure God wanted everyone on

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the mission field whatever the mission field was

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and I didn't know what it was it

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looked like a rugby pitch in my mind

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so after that I used to go around

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telling people I'm going to be a missionary

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and except as I grew up I learnt

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this wasn't too smart because people expected you

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to behave better than other people if you're

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going to be a missionary so I thought

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this was very unfair and kept quiet and

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I learnt that in England you know speaking

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about God's like underwear it's close

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to you and it's personal so so I

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had this knowledge about God and the fact

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that he called me all the way through

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my childhood and I was very much not

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looking forward to meeting God because I had

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this picture of him in heaven with a

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large book and in which all my sins

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were it looked like the school register and

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I knew I'd got a lot of tics

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in the book and I was not looking

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forward to having to explain about the tics

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because we sang a very unfortunate chorus at

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our Sunday school which went God has blotted

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them out if you know the old CSSM

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ones it was in there and it went

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God's blotted them out I'm happy and glad

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and free God has blotted them out let's

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turn to Isaiah and see chapter I can't

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remember the chapter 44 22 and 3 you

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were brought up proper he's blotted them out

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so now I can shout that means me

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well unfortunately when I sang that chorus we

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were still using blotting paper at school and

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I didn't know that blotting out meant that

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he'd wiped them away and I had a

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picture of God in heaven with a large

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piece of blotting paper blotting my sins in

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so I couldn't see why we should rejoice

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at that and not at all I was

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looking forward to seeing him to explaining why

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my tics were longer than someone else's and

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I was always about to do the last

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you know God this will be the last

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one I ever do but my my list

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just got longer so there I was called

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by God knowing I was sentenced as I

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thought to the mission field and not recognizing

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Jesus one night Eli whose eyes were becoming

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so weak that he could barely see was

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lying down in his usual place the lamp

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of God had not yet gone out and

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Samuel was lying down in the temple of

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the Lord where the ark of God was

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and then the Lord called Samuel Samuel answered

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here I am and he ran to Eli

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and said here I am you called me

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but Eli said I didn't call go back

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and lie down so he went back and

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lay down and again the Lord called Samuel

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Samuel got up and went to Eli and

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said here I am you called me my

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son Eli said I didn't call go back

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and lie down now Samuel did not yet

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know the Lord the word of the Lord

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had not yet been revealed to him he

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had served him he was ministering before him

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since he was a baby but he didn't

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yet know him the Lord called Samuel a

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third time and Samuel got up and went

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to Eli and said here I am you

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called me and then Eli got the point

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he realized that the Lord was calling the

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boy and so Eli told Samuel go and

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lie down and if he calls you say

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speak Lord for your servant is listening so

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Samuel went and lay down in his place

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I can't tell you how many times the

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Lord called me and I heard wrong I

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went off to the wrong place and it

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was not until I was half way through

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my college training in London that I realized

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who was calling it was quite a surprise

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I remember I was on a train going

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back from a party one night and I

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must have looked very dreary I used to

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go to terrible parties and my school friends

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saw me on the plane and they nudged

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one another and said to one another oh

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Jackie you really need Jesus mercifully they didn't

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say that to me they said oh look

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every week in London you know we have

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these wonderful coffee parties and this is terribly

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good looking cure it and so I said

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when and went I always say that I

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went to meet nice men and in his

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mercy I met Jesus and my motives were

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all wrong but the desire of my heart

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was right and so I never mind people

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coming to Jesus for the wrong reasons you

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know he's absolutely indiscriminate you know he hooks

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them in for all kinds of reasons and

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then they meet him it's lovely you know

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just like that crowd of neighbors that ran

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back with a Samaritan woman after she said

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come and meet a man who told me

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all I ever did you know and she'd

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done a lot that lady so they all

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came and they said to Jesus we believed

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because we heard what the woman said but

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now we've seen you we believe for ourselves

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so it doesn't matter what your motives are

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God gets you anyway if the desire of

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your heart is for him so I found

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myself in these Bible studies in London and

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I was surprised by Jesus it really was

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a surprise first of all I was extremely

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upset because they read a verse there you

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know from the Bible which I'd read before

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in fact Billy Graham was around in those

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days and he used to write it up

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quite a lot and it went I am

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the way and the truth and the life

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no one comes to the father but by

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me well I was very upset to find

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that in the Bible because I thought the

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Baptists made it up and they used to

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put it outside on a on a thing

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called wayside pulpit you know when I was

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running down to the station so I was

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very upset to find that Jesus said I

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am the way and the life and the

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truth because if he said it I was

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going to have to make up my mind

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about it I mean it was either true

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or it wasn't and if he isn't the

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only way to the father he's a liar

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so I said to him Jesus I don't

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like this much because I was brought up

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to be very broad minded and I think

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this is very narrow but I can see

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I'm going to have to accept this because

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I don't think you're telling lies and that

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was a terrible prayer to make what a

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way to get into heaven but it was

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the way in I was at least honest

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and then I realized that it wasn't a

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narrow way at all it was the most

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generous and wide invitation that anyone's ever made

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you may all come into the kingdom of

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heaven you may all have life you may

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all have forgiveness and it's through my son

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Jesus he's the way so it was a

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surprise for me knowing Jesus much as I

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think it must have been a surprise for

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Samuel when he ran to Eli all those

546
00:29:40,770 --> 00:29:44,130
times and then Eli realized no it's the

547
00:29:44,130 --> 00:29:49,430
Lord calling you and what does the Lord

548
00:29:49,430 --> 00:29:59,510
say each time he says Samuel Samuel and

549
00:29:59,510 --> 00:30:01,770
the reason that I've chosen this story today

550
00:30:02,570 --> 00:30:06,010
is that I am absolutely certain that there

551
00:30:06,010 --> 00:30:09,550
are 4 or 5 people here that God's

552
00:30:09,550 --> 00:30:14,910
been calling and he's calling you by name

553
00:30:16,130 --> 00:30:17,750
and I don't mind about the other people

554
00:30:17,750 --> 00:30:21,410
here I'm just speaking for you and he's

555
00:30:21,410 --> 00:30:24,430
saying your name now I get into a

556
00:30:24,430 --> 00:30:26,630
flap every time I'm going to talk to

557
00:30:26,630 --> 00:30:28,410
God well not every time but quite often

558
00:30:28,410 --> 00:30:30,310
you know I still haven't quite got over

559
00:30:30,310 --> 00:30:31,990
the idea that he's angry with me you

560
00:30:31,990 --> 00:30:34,210
know and I'm always getting into a lather

561
00:30:34,210 --> 00:30:38,650
and every time I get into a lather

562
00:30:39,330 --> 00:30:41,450
and I come before God he always says

563
00:30:41,450 --> 00:30:49,030
to me Jackie calm down just calm down

564
00:30:50,090 --> 00:30:56,990
Jackie it's alright I know why I'm expecting

565
00:30:56,990 --> 00:30:59,690
him to tell me off I'm expecting him

566
00:30:59,690 --> 00:31:01,810
to give me loads of instructions about what

567
00:31:01,810 --> 00:31:03,370
I'm to do next and he always says

568
00:31:04,870 --> 00:31:09,430
calm down always saying calm down to me

569
00:31:09,430 --> 00:31:11,750
you think I've got the message just calm

570
00:31:11,750 --> 00:31:18,410
down Jackie Jackie you know what he said

571
00:31:18,410 --> 00:31:25,730
to to Mary in the garden when she'd

572
00:31:25,730 --> 00:31:32,910
lost him when she lost his body and

573
00:31:32,910 --> 00:31:37,570
in distress she started speaking to the gardener

574
00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:41,390
said they've taken his body away and he

575
00:31:41,390 --> 00:31:48,280
said to her Mary and as he said

576
00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:54,580
her name she recognised who he was it's

577
00:31:54,580 --> 00:31:58,540
that simple and there are some here now

578
00:32:01,060 --> 00:32:10,360
and you've got a list of things to

579
00:32:10,360 --> 00:32:13,880
say sorry for or a list of excuses

580
00:32:14,620 --> 00:32:18,140
or you're waiting for a list of instructions

581
00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:21,540
actually all he's going to say to you

582
00:32:21,540 --> 00:32:32,320
is Jill Bernard Andrew Jocelyn

583
00:32:33,140 --> 00:32:38,680
I think those are your names actually because

584
00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:42,620
he cares about you that's how we begin

585
00:32:43,840 --> 00:32:48,820
that's how we begin our service there's no

586
00:32:48,820 --> 00:32:52,180
way any of us can preach the gospel

587
00:32:52,180 --> 00:32:55,800
whether we're called at five or before birth

588
00:32:55,800 --> 00:33:00,820
or even like Jesus sent by his father

589
00:33:00,820 --> 00:33:04,700
there's no way that we can do that

590
00:33:05,660 --> 00:33:11,200
until we practice our relationship with him it's

591
00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:13,780
very interesting one of the first things that

592
00:33:13,780 --> 00:33:16,320
most of the men say when they come

593
00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:19,580
into the walled city one of the very

594
00:33:19,580 --> 00:33:22,140
first things I've never quite understood why they

595
00:33:22,140 --> 00:33:25,360
say it because nobody's taught them but they

596
00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:27,000
come into the walled city they're still on

597
00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:30,880
heroin someone introduces them to Jesus they pray

598
00:33:32,300 --> 00:33:35,000
they receive Jesus they pray in tongues they've

599
00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:37,480
got very little understanding about what's going on

600
00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:39,860
and the first thing they'll then start to

601
00:33:39,860 --> 00:33:44,340
say is I was chosen I got chosen

602
00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:49,200
and they'll start prophesying they'll say it was

603
00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:51,740
no accident it was no accident you came

604
00:33:51,740 --> 00:33:55,260
here tonight it was not your design it

605
00:33:55,260 --> 00:33:57,860
was the plan of God for you were

606
00:33:57,860 --> 00:34:00,380
chosen they've got wonderful theology they then go

607
00:34:00,380 --> 00:34:01,720
out and tell their friends you can get

608
00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:10,760
chosen too very good so you see God

609
00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:14,760
does have a plan and in his mercy

610
00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:19,719
we play a part he gives us the

611
00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:24,639
privilege and we answer the privilege when we

612
00:34:24,639 --> 00:34:30,800
hear him calling our name it's you and

613
00:34:30,800 --> 00:34:36,020
it's you and it's you oh yes everybody's

614
00:34:36,020 --> 00:34:37,380
supposed to go out and preach the gospel

615
00:34:37,699 --> 00:34:40,219
oh yes Jesus died for everyone but actually

616
00:34:40,219 --> 00:34:47,199
it's different and it's you so today I

617
00:34:47,199 --> 00:34:50,260
want to get down to the ones because

618
00:34:50,260 --> 00:34:53,139
I get terribly muddled at missionary conferences I've

619
00:34:53,139 --> 00:34:54,300
been to a few and I have to

620
00:34:54,300 --> 00:34:57,240
confess I get more and more muddled the

621
00:34:57,240 --> 00:34:58,620
more I go to because you see I

622
00:34:58,620 --> 00:35:03,440
simply don't understand numbers I can't conceive I

623
00:35:03,440 --> 00:35:07,240
don't understand graphs and percentages and nations and

624
00:35:07,240 --> 00:35:08,200
things I don't understand I don't understand them

625
00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:12,440
at all but I have begun to understand

626
00:35:13,660 --> 00:35:18,560
my Lord's love for me and all I

627
00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:21,800
can do is try and share that with

628
00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:24,160
one other see I think that's preaching the

629
00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:29,360
gospel very simple he died for me and

630
00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:31,240
I have the privilege of telling one other

631
00:35:31,240 --> 00:35:35,660
person he died for you too so here's

632
00:35:35,660 --> 00:35:42,260
Samuel recognizing the voice of the Lord speak

633
00:35:42,260 --> 00:35:44,580
for your servant is listening ah but it's

634
00:35:44,580 --> 00:35:47,280
not so nice what he's going to say

635
00:35:49,720 --> 00:35:52,600
not about Samuel but about the state of

636
00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:54,580
the land because the Lord says to Samuel

637
00:35:54,580 --> 00:35:58,100
in verse 11 see I'm about to do

638
00:35:58,100 --> 00:36:00,100
something in Israel that will make the ears

639
00:36:00,100 --> 00:36:04,440
of everyone who hears it tingle at that

640
00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:07,160
time I will carry out against Eli everything

641
00:36:07,160 --> 00:36:09,560
I spoke against his family from beginning to

642
00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:12,200
end for I told him that I would

643
00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:14,700
judge his family forever because of the sin

644
00:36:14,700 --> 00:36:18,440
he knew about his sons made themselves contemptible

645
00:36:18,440 --> 00:36:23,160
and he failed to restrain them therefore I

646
00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:25,360
swore to the house of Eli the guilt

647
00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:27,320
of Eli's house will never be atoned for

648
00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:30,220
by sacrifice or offering now this is a

649
00:36:30,220 --> 00:36:34,140
bit much I mean here's the first time

650
00:36:35,580 --> 00:36:39,820
Samuel gets to talk to God and he's

651
00:36:39,820 --> 00:36:43,460
got this loaded message so he lay down

652
00:36:43,460 --> 00:36:45,480
till morning and then he opened the doors

653
00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:48,620
of the house of the Lord he was

654
00:36:48,620 --> 00:36:51,640
afraid to tell Eli the vision no wonder

655
00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:57,240
but Eli called him and said Samuel my

656
00:36:57,240 --> 00:37:04,300
son and Samuel answered here I am what

657
00:37:04,300 --> 00:37:06,740
was it he said to you Eli asked

658
00:37:06,740 --> 00:37:09,740
don't hide it from me may God deal

659
00:37:09,740 --> 00:37:12,260
with you be it ever so severely if

660
00:37:12,260 --> 00:37:14,420
you hide from me anything he told you

661
00:37:15,520 --> 00:37:19,680
so Samuel told him everything hiding nothing from

662
00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:23,400
him and then Eli said he is the

663
00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:27,520
Lord let him do what is good in

664
00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:32,020
his eyes so what poor Samuel was asked

665
00:37:32,020 --> 00:37:36,140
to do as soon as he knew the

666
00:37:36,140 --> 00:37:41,300
Lord was what I would call to die

667
00:37:42,420 --> 00:37:45,380
oh God couldn't you have given me a

668
00:37:45,380 --> 00:37:48,960
nice you'll be blessed prophecy I mean you

669
00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:51,480
know something sort of like most people start

670
00:37:51,480 --> 00:37:53,220
with like I love you my children you

671
00:37:53,220 --> 00:37:55,780
know oh do I have to start out

672
00:37:55,780 --> 00:37:57,940
with one like this I mean this is

673
00:37:57,940 --> 00:38:01,700
really not nice and he's got to tell

674
00:38:01,700 --> 00:38:06,660
their dad he's the priest of the Lord

675
00:38:06,660 --> 00:38:10,620
Samuel's only an apprentice and he has to

676
00:38:10,620 --> 00:38:13,020
tell the priest of the Lord that God

677
00:38:13,020 --> 00:38:17,100
has given this message about his sons and

678
00:38:17,100 --> 00:38:21,740
that they're going to be judged and that

679
00:38:21,740 --> 00:38:24,680
sacrifice will not atone for what they've done

680
00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:27,060
for they've taken the things of God lightly

681
00:38:28,120 --> 00:38:31,840
I mean what a way to start I

682
00:38:31,840 --> 00:38:37,820
think Samuel began by having to die last

683
00:38:37,820 --> 00:38:41,260
night one of the words that we had

684
00:38:42,340 --> 00:38:50,260
was take up your cross every day and

685
00:38:50,260 --> 00:39:00,850
die Samuel was afraid of dying he

686
00:39:00,850 --> 00:39:03,430
was afraid of what would happen the first

687
00:39:03,430 --> 00:39:07,210
time he shares words from God they're of

688
00:39:07,210 --> 00:39:12,950
that nature but he obeyed he hid nothing

689
00:39:16,450 --> 00:39:20,710
and therefore God blessed him and a revival

690
00:39:20,710 --> 00:39:24,550
was to come to that land when I

691
00:39:24,550 --> 00:39:27,030
was in Canada a few weeks ago people

692
00:39:27,030 --> 00:39:29,710
were praying about revival much as you have

693
00:39:29,710 --> 00:39:34,570
been and God gave someone a picture they've

694
00:39:34,570 --> 00:39:36,450
been getting quite a lot of pictures about

695
00:39:36,450 --> 00:39:39,370
waves I don't know if you've had any

696
00:39:39,370 --> 00:39:42,990
yet but there was a picture of this

697
00:39:44,010 --> 00:39:47,990
wave that was going to come and it

698
00:39:47,990 --> 00:39:51,350
was a wave of revival and nobody was

699
00:39:51,350 --> 00:39:53,790
quite sure when it was coming but it

700
00:39:53,790 --> 00:39:56,250
was going to be an enormous sweeping wave

701
00:39:56,250 --> 00:40:01,170
of the power of God now who in

702
00:40:01,170 --> 00:40:04,010
their right senses wants to pray for that

703
00:40:05,870 --> 00:40:07,250
you want revival?

704
00:40:08,450 --> 00:40:10,450
you want revival in Essex?

705
00:40:11,350 --> 00:40:17,570
no no well I don't know what you

706
00:40:17,570 --> 00:40:20,530
discussed when you went to the seminar about

707
00:40:20,530 --> 00:40:23,550
revival was it this morning or this afternoon

708
00:40:23,550 --> 00:40:28,310
but surely he dissuaded you, surely surely we

709
00:40:28,310 --> 00:40:32,550
don't want revival surely not you see the

710
00:40:32,550 --> 00:40:36,790
problem about a wave of revival is there's

711
00:40:36,790 --> 00:40:39,690
two things that can happen with that wave

712
00:40:39,690 --> 00:40:42,850
one is you can ride it and the

713
00:40:42,850 --> 00:40:50,310
other is you'll get crushed by it that's

714
00:40:50,310 --> 00:40:55,150
it you get killed by it or you

715
00:40:55,150 --> 00:41:02,790
ride it now you want revival so what

716
00:41:02,790 --> 00:41:04,670
was going to happen here as a result

717
00:41:04,670 --> 00:41:10,370
of Samuel's obedience to the Lord was that

718
00:41:10,370 --> 00:41:14,670
holiness would be restored to the nation but

719
00:41:14,670 --> 00:41:19,390
the sons of Eli died for when revival

720
00:41:19,390 --> 00:41:23,110
comes there will not be room for unholiness

721
00:41:23,110 --> 00:41:27,470
amongst the people of God and those of

722
00:41:27,470 --> 00:41:31,050
us who've been coasting by will be crushed

723
00:41:32,290 --> 00:41:35,070
when this person had the picture of the

724
00:41:35,070 --> 00:41:40,530
wave they had a picture also of a

725
00:41:40,530 --> 00:41:46,730
man watching someone on a surfboard and he

726
00:41:46,730 --> 00:41:50,610
thought oh wonderful oh wish I could surf

727
00:41:50,610 --> 00:41:54,090
like that oh wonderful oh wish I could

728
00:41:54,090 --> 00:41:57,910
surf like that so all he did was

729
00:41:57,910 --> 00:42:00,430
to sit on the shore and wish he

730
00:42:00,430 --> 00:42:03,890
could surf like that such a big wave

731
00:42:03,890 --> 00:42:06,310
he didn't think he could manage that and

732
00:42:06,310 --> 00:42:08,950
the Lord said to him yes you can

733
00:42:09,750 --> 00:42:13,470
why not start with the little waves I'll

734
00:42:13,470 --> 00:42:15,790
give you a little board you can get

735
00:42:15,790 --> 00:42:19,050
on the little waves in the shallow end

736
00:42:20,870 --> 00:42:26,390
practice surfing so that when the wave comes

737
00:42:26,390 --> 00:42:29,830
the big one you'll be able to ride

738
00:42:29,830 --> 00:42:33,770
it and there are many of us here

739
00:42:34,550 --> 00:42:37,210
and we say oh Lord move oh Lord

740
00:42:37,210 --> 00:42:39,390
we want to break through no no but

741
00:42:39,390 --> 00:42:43,930
we can't mean it for we'd be crushed

742
00:42:45,310 --> 00:42:51,110
be careful what we ask I'll tell you

743
00:42:51,110 --> 00:42:54,070
what we can do for the wave's surely

744
00:42:54,070 --> 00:42:58,850
gonna come we can practice with our surfboards

745
00:43:00,670 --> 00:43:05,410
we can practice riding the waves that's going

746
00:43:05,410 --> 00:43:10,510
with the Holy Spirit okay and this is

747
00:43:10,510 --> 00:43:12,950
what I long for in the people of

748
00:43:12,950 --> 00:43:16,730
God it's what we see very very rarely

749
00:43:17,450 --> 00:43:20,130
anywhere in the world it's what we look

750
00:43:20,130 --> 00:43:22,230
for in our helpers it's what we look

751
00:43:22,230 --> 00:43:24,990
for in our workers we find very few

752
00:43:27,110 --> 00:43:29,250
we look for men and women of God

753
00:43:30,990 --> 00:43:34,090
who will work for him in spiritual ways

754
00:43:35,410 --> 00:43:39,990
and in practical ways we look for men

755
00:43:39,990 --> 00:43:41,710
and women of God who will pray for

756
00:43:41,710 --> 00:43:45,890
miracles and we look for men and women

757
00:43:45,890 --> 00:43:49,210
of God who will give everything that they've

758
00:43:49,210 --> 00:43:53,810
got you don't need to pray for a

759
00:43:53,810 --> 00:43:56,650
miracle you see if you haven't given everything

760
00:43:56,650 --> 00:44:00,910
that you've got they would never have been

761
00:44:00,910 --> 00:44:04,090
able to feed 5,000 if one boy

762
00:44:04,690 --> 00:44:10,830
hadn't given his fish sandwiches never but he

763
00:44:10,830 --> 00:44:13,330
gave all that he had and that was

764
00:44:13,330 --> 00:44:17,910
why it was multiplied you see we'll never

765
00:44:17,910 --> 00:44:20,890
be part of the revival if we haven't

766
00:44:20,890 --> 00:44:24,910
learned to part with everything of course what

767
00:44:24,910 --> 00:44:29,390
I'm talking about is dying so we can

768
00:44:29,390 --> 00:44:33,730
practice dying I want to read you a

769
00:44:33,730 --> 00:44:40,580
few scriptures about dying preaching the gospel means

770
00:44:40,580 --> 00:44:44,080
taking of our cross Luke 9 it says

771
00:44:44,080 --> 00:44:46,480
if anyone would follow me he must deny

772
00:44:46,480 --> 00:44:51,240
himself take up his cross daily and follow

773
00:44:51,240 --> 00:44:54,660
me well we all know about that don't

774
00:44:54,660 --> 00:44:57,140
we I mean the day we come to

775
00:44:57,140 --> 00:44:59,240
know Jesus we say thank you for dying

776
00:44:59,240 --> 00:45:01,000
on the cross for me and for some

777
00:45:01,000 --> 00:45:02,740
of us that's the last time we died

778
00:45:05,660 --> 00:45:10,740
but he says take up your cross daily

779
00:45:11,860 --> 00:45:17,340
now I want to give some practical examples

780
00:45:17,340 --> 00:45:22,320
of taking up one's cross because I think

781
00:45:22,320 --> 00:45:26,840
it's central to preaching the gospel taking up

782
00:45:26,840 --> 00:45:31,580
one's cross very simply means I die to

783
00:45:31,580 --> 00:45:35,560
my way of doing things and I choose

784
00:45:36,520 --> 00:45:39,980
to do things the way of my father

785
00:45:41,640 --> 00:45:46,520
see Jesus practiced dying before he died on

786
00:45:46,520 --> 00:45:48,460
the cross that's what it says so in

787
00:45:48,460 --> 00:45:51,460
Hebrews 5 7 to 9 during the days

788
00:45:51,460 --> 00:45:54,060
of Jesus' life on earth he offered up

789
00:45:54,060 --> 00:45:56,820
prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears

790
00:45:56,820 --> 00:45:58,840
to the one who could save him from

791
00:45:58,840 --> 00:46:01,820
death and he was hurt because of his

792
00:46:01,820 --> 00:46:06,820
reverent submission I like that he was hurt

793
00:46:06,820 --> 00:46:10,820
by his father because of his reverent submission

794
00:46:10,820 --> 00:46:14,320
but he still had to die although he

795
00:46:14,320 --> 00:46:18,060
was a son and in the story we've

796
00:46:18,060 --> 00:46:22,500
got to so far as Samuel's were sons

797
00:46:24,300 --> 00:46:28,400
were invited to die although he was a

798
00:46:28,400 --> 00:46:32,140
son he learned obedience from what he suffered

799
00:46:33,860 --> 00:46:37,240
and once made perfect he became the source

800
00:46:37,240 --> 00:46:41,180
of eternal salvation for all who obey him

801
00:46:41,180 --> 00:46:47,920
how did Jesus practice dying he practiced listening

802
00:46:47,920 --> 00:46:52,180
to his father and he practiced having his

803
00:46:52,180 --> 00:46:56,980
own plans overruled that's why I like St.

804
00:46:57,060 --> 00:46:59,620
Mark's Gospel you keep looking through St. Mark's

805
00:46:59,620 --> 00:47:01,720
Gospel you see that on Jesus' day off

806
00:47:01,720 --> 00:47:03,940
I mean he got it awfully well planned

807
00:47:04,440 --> 00:47:05,720
I don't know if he got a final

808
00:47:05,720 --> 00:47:08,160
fax or not but he sure got a

809
00:47:08,160 --> 00:47:10,640
date with the father all marked out and

810
00:47:10,640 --> 00:47:11,780
he got to the other side of the

811
00:47:11,780 --> 00:47:14,600
lake and there's a crowd of people and

812
00:47:14,600 --> 00:47:15,880
he said I'm sorry I've got a date

813
00:47:15,880 --> 00:47:18,820
with the father well no he didn't he

814
00:47:18,820 --> 00:47:25,520
ministered to the crowd amazing amazing it was

815
00:47:25,520 --> 00:47:28,780
always happening to him he was on his

816
00:47:28,780 --> 00:47:33,100
way one place there were people there in

817
00:47:33,100 --> 00:47:37,940
need and he didn't say sorry I plan

818
00:47:37,940 --> 00:47:39,600
to go up the mountain and talk to

819
00:47:39,600 --> 00:47:45,300
father he healed the sick he touched all

820
00:47:45,300 --> 00:47:48,300
those who came and when his disciples said

821
00:47:49,140 --> 00:47:51,960
oh come on one night with the telly

822
00:47:51,960 --> 00:47:54,320
at least get rid of the kids he

823
00:47:54,320 --> 00:47:56,800
said no don't stop them for if such

824
00:47:56,800 --> 00:47:59,460
is the kingdom of heaven don't prevent them

825
00:47:59,460 --> 00:48:06,040
from coming he didn't take his comfort or

826
00:48:06,040 --> 00:48:10,500
his day off or even his prearranged time

827
00:48:10,500 --> 00:48:16,400
with the father no he laid down his

828
00:48:16,400 --> 00:48:18,940
life for the sake of those that he

829
00:48:18,940 --> 00:48:21,800
was sent into the world to minister to

830
00:48:23,080 --> 00:48:25,640
and I believe that very few of us

831
00:48:26,340 --> 00:48:28,440
have begun to learn how to do that

832
00:48:30,320 --> 00:48:34,400
we even in the church sadly we've been

833
00:48:34,400 --> 00:48:38,380
taught the opposite we have a lot of

834
00:48:38,380 --> 00:48:41,340
what passes for Christian teaching it's not Christian

835
00:48:41,340 --> 00:48:46,680
at all it's very sensible but it's not

836
00:48:46,680 --> 00:48:52,940
Christian Christian teaching is sell everything that you

837
00:48:52,940 --> 00:48:56,840
have and give to the poor Christian teaching

838
00:48:56,840 --> 00:48:58,920
is lend to those who ask you I

839
00:48:58,920 --> 00:49:03,020
know it's not sensible Christian teaching is if

840
00:49:03,020 --> 00:49:05,600
you've got a coat and a cloak give

841
00:49:05,600 --> 00:49:11,960
one away don't expect it back Christian teaching

842
00:49:11,960 --> 00:49:16,340
is you give up all your rights happily

843
00:49:16,340 --> 00:49:19,960
until death that's Christian we don't hear much

844
00:49:19,960 --> 00:49:25,560
of that we hear the opposite we hear

845
00:49:26,740 --> 00:49:30,100
guard your day off you need it you

846
00:49:30,100 --> 00:49:34,440
poor servant of God rubbish don't need to

847
00:49:34,440 --> 00:49:36,560
guard your day off at all need to

848
00:49:36,560 --> 00:49:40,660
guard your relationship with the Lord he knows

849
00:49:40,660 --> 00:49:43,680
you need time off he's very good at

850
00:49:43,680 --> 00:49:45,960
religion Jesus had a nap in the boat

851
00:49:55,580 --> 00:49:59,780
he sure got it many of us are

852
00:49:59,780 --> 00:50:03,520
too inflexible we have got our rights as

853
00:50:03,520 --> 00:50:06,500
Christians as a son of God I deserve

854
00:50:06,500 --> 00:50:08,380
this it's my right to have this even

855
00:50:08,380 --> 00:50:10,820
some places they teach it's my right to

856
00:50:10,820 --> 00:50:12,680
have the best car or the best house

857
00:50:12,680 --> 00:50:14,160
or the best garden or the best school

858
00:50:14,160 --> 00:50:15,840
for my children all this stuff, I don't

859
00:50:15,840 --> 00:50:17,680
see that's in scripture it's not my right

860
00:50:17,680 --> 00:50:21,100
at all I lay down all my rights

861
00:50:22,720 --> 00:50:24,660
if in God's mercy I get any of

862
00:50:24,660 --> 00:50:28,240
those things they're presents, they're not rights then

863
00:50:28,240 --> 00:50:31,960
I enjoy them because I don't insist on

864
00:50:31,960 --> 00:50:34,380
having them they're just things that come my

865
00:50:34,380 --> 00:50:36,840
way and God's very generous he's always sending

866
00:50:36,840 --> 00:50:40,520
things they're not my rights at all if

867
00:50:40,520 --> 00:50:44,460
anyone had rights, Jesus did and he laid

868
00:50:44,460 --> 00:50:47,200
them down that's what it says in Philippians

869
00:50:47,960 --> 00:50:51,580
that lovely lovely chapter, I'll read you some

870
00:50:51,580 --> 00:51:00,290
of Philippians 2 your attitude should be the

871
00:51:00,290 --> 00:51:02,710
same as Christ Jesus who being in the

872
00:51:02,710 --> 00:51:06,310
very nature God, did not consider equality with

873
00:51:06,310 --> 00:51:10,030
God something to be grasped but made himself

874
00:51:10,030 --> 00:51:13,010
nothing taking the very nature of a servant

875
00:51:13,890 --> 00:51:17,310
and being made in human likeness being found

876
00:51:17,310 --> 00:51:20,230
in appearance as a man, he humbled himself

877
00:51:21,410 --> 00:51:26,010
and became obedient to death even death upon

878
00:51:26,010 --> 00:51:29,910
a cross therefore God exalted him to the

879
00:51:29,910 --> 00:51:34,530
highest place he had all the rights of

880
00:51:34,530 --> 00:51:37,570
a son of God he had a comfortable

881
00:51:37,570 --> 00:51:40,870
chair by dad he had all the animals

882
00:51:40,870 --> 00:51:45,090
to play with in heaven and he gave

883
00:51:45,090 --> 00:51:48,890
them up and chose in obedience to his

884
00:51:48,890 --> 00:51:51,630
father to come to a rotten, smoky, smoke

885
00:51:51,630 --> 00:51:56,810
filled world which cursed him I mean who'd

886
00:51:56,810 --> 00:52:00,330
swap heaven for here and he did so

887
00:52:00,330 --> 00:52:08,330
voluntarily and practiced doing so daily and practiced

888
00:52:09,230 --> 00:52:14,230
humbling himself and doing without the rights which

889
00:52:14,230 --> 00:52:20,890
were surely his that we might live if

890
00:52:20,890 --> 00:52:24,050
anyone would come after me he must deny

891
00:52:24,050 --> 00:52:28,090
himself and take up his cross daily and

892
00:52:28,090 --> 00:52:33,430
follow me I don't know of anything in

893
00:52:33,430 --> 00:52:37,450
this world that will preach the gospel quicker

894
00:52:38,790 --> 00:52:43,010
and I hear it so rarely if you

895
00:52:43,010 --> 00:52:49,430
want revival practice dying because I'll tell you

896
00:52:49,430 --> 00:52:52,830
something the non-Christian world has been waiting

897
00:52:52,830 --> 00:52:55,850
to see this and if we don't know

898
00:52:55,850 --> 00:52:58,230
how Christians are supposed to be behaving the

899
00:52:58,230 --> 00:53:01,910
world sure does they do do you know

900
00:53:01,910 --> 00:53:05,510
what I heard once not long ago I

901
00:53:05,510 --> 00:53:08,470
won't tell you which country they were actually

902
00:53:08,470 --> 00:53:12,270
preaching this they said you can pray for

903
00:53:12,270 --> 00:53:14,650
a I don't know what kind of car,

904
00:53:14,810 --> 00:53:19,090
let's say a Mercedes you can pray and

905
00:53:19,090 --> 00:53:20,590
you can name what kind of thing you

906
00:53:20,590 --> 00:53:24,370
need this house and this garden and this

907
00:53:24,370 --> 00:53:28,410
and this this and God will give them

908
00:53:28,410 --> 00:53:30,570
to you because you're a son of God

909
00:53:32,410 --> 00:53:34,850
and then your neighbors will see how blessed

910
00:53:34,850 --> 00:53:40,610
you are and they'll become Christians now that's

911
00:53:40,610 --> 00:53:44,070
the opposite to the gospel, absolutely the opposite

912
00:53:44,070 --> 00:53:47,030
to the gospel they'll become Christians because they're

913
00:53:47,030 --> 00:53:51,290
jealous of your car let me tell you

914
00:53:51,290 --> 00:53:57,410
about a man that I met and this

915
00:53:57,410 --> 00:54:00,990
man this man was the gang leader of

916
00:54:00,990 --> 00:54:03,290
the walled city he was head of a

917
00:54:03,290 --> 00:54:08,970
gang called the 14K and he controlled several

918
00:54:08,970 --> 00:54:12,010
thousand what's called silo, younger brothers in the

919
00:54:12,010 --> 00:54:15,710
gang and he watched me for years and

920
00:54:15,710 --> 00:54:18,650
years and years and the first time we

921
00:54:18,650 --> 00:54:24,050
went out to tea he said he said

922
00:54:24,050 --> 00:54:26,470
I've watched you and he said lots of

923
00:54:26,470 --> 00:54:30,090
people come and he said they strut around

924
00:54:30,090 --> 00:54:33,830
on platforms with guitars they sing about the

925
00:54:33,830 --> 00:54:36,390
love of Jesus he said fine, give me

926
00:54:36,390 --> 00:54:39,410
a plane ticket and I'll do that he

927
00:54:39,410 --> 00:54:45,890
said he said doesn't touch us he said

928
00:54:45,890 --> 00:54:48,170
they go away they've got our photographs in

929
00:54:48,170 --> 00:54:52,670
their book us poor underprivileged people and he

930
00:54:52,670 --> 00:54:56,690
said they're there and we're here so what

931
00:54:56,690 --> 00:54:59,990
you may think this is cynical but it's

932
00:54:59,990 --> 00:55:04,450
true you see he wasn't touched by the

933
00:55:04,450 --> 00:55:10,030
visiting preachers because they didn't stay they didn't

934
00:55:10,030 --> 00:55:14,450
care about him he felt so he said

935
00:55:14,450 --> 00:55:16,390
we watched you and he said we didn't

936
00:55:16,390 --> 00:55:19,170
care if you were giving out rice judo

937
00:55:20,190 --> 00:55:23,670
needlework or hymn singing he said we just

938
00:55:23,670 --> 00:55:25,250
want to know if you care about us

939
00:55:28,090 --> 00:55:29,790
and they weren't listening to what I was

940
00:55:29,790 --> 00:55:35,550
saying, thank God you know people don't not

941
00:55:35,550 --> 00:55:37,770
much reason why they should but they are

942
00:55:37,770 --> 00:55:40,950
watching and he said when you've been here

943
00:55:40,950 --> 00:55:42,830
four years we thought you meant what you

944
00:55:42,830 --> 00:55:47,470
said imagine he was watching all the time

945
00:55:47,470 --> 00:55:50,870
and when they beat up my place and

946
00:55:50,870 --> 00:55:52,370
when they broke all the windows and all

947
00:55:52,370 --> 00:55:56,910
the chairs my reaction was well if they

948
00:55:56,910 --> 00:55:58,510
do that to my place I'm going to

949
00:55:58,510 --> 00:55:59,810
close it and then they'll be sorry that

950
00:55:59,810 --> 00:56:03,510
was my reaction and he said to his

951
00:56:03,510 --> 00:56:06,670
people you have to go back and they

952
00:56:06,670 --> 00:56:10,090
said we can't she'll never forgive us and

953
00:56:10,090 --> 00:56:11,730
he said you go back because she's a

954
00:56:11,730 --> 00:56:17,110
Christian she has to you see he knew

955
00:56:17,110 --> 00:56:21,510
how Christians were supposed to behave and he

956
00:56:21,510 --> 00:56:25,570
said I've seen so many people changed by

957
00:56:25,570 --> 00:56:29,510
Jesus I cannot not believe in Jesus but

958
00:56:29,510 --> 00:56:32,470
he said I can't be a Christian because

959
00:56:32,470 --> 00:56:35,070
he said I've watched you he said none

960
00:56:35,070 --> 00:56:36,370
of you seem to have very much money

961
00:56:36,370 --> 00:56:38,870
and you have quite poor jobs and he

962
00:56:38,870 --> 00:56:40,070
said I don't think I could afford to

963
00:56:40,070 --> 00:56:43,010
be a Christian he said if you could

964
00:56:43,010 --> 00:56:46,250
offer me he mentioned the sum of $20

965
00:56:46,250 --> 00:56:48,630
,000 a month he said I'd be a

966
00:56:48,630 --> 00:56:51,550
Christian well thank God I hadn't heard of

967
00:56:51,550 --> 00:56:59,850
that doctrine then so I said no no

968
00:57:00,540 --> 00:57:03,690
no guarantees the only guarantee is that if

969
00:57:03,690 --> 00:57:07,170
you seek the Lord first he'll give you

970
00:57:07,170 --> 00:57:11,110
everything you need but we're not making bargains

971
00:57:11,110 --> 00:57:13,850
with God he promised he'll look after you

972
00:57:13,850 --> 00:57:15,410
and he'll look after the people you look

973
00:57:15,410 --> 00:57:20,010
after years later he landed up in prison

974
00:57:20,890 --> 00:57:22,990
and I went to see him I'd missed

975
00:57:22,990 --> 00:57:25,430
his trial but I'd managed to get to

976
00:57:25,430 --> 00:57:27,110
see him just a week before he was

977
00:57:27,110 --> 00:57:29,230
sentenced and I only had two minutes with

978
00:57:29,230 --> 00:57:31,630
him gave him a Bible and said pray

979
00:57:32,710 --> 00:57:35,510
and came back then he was sentenced to

980
00:57:35,510 --> 00:57:37,470
four and a half years prison for having

981
00:57:37,470 --> 00:57:39,310
a large amount of opium I went down

982
00:57:39,310 --> 00:57:41,750
to see him in the cells and the

983
00:57:41,750 --> 00:57:46,030
prison officer said do you wish to see

984
00:57:46,030 --> 00:57:48,090
him privately and I said yes because we

985
00:57:48,090 --> 00:57:49,650
want to pray he said I'll give you

986
00:57:49,650 --> 00:57:54,270
five minutes so this gang leader came in

987
00:57:54,270 --> 00:57:56,570
I said we've only got five minutes I

988
00:57:56,570 --> 00:57:58,390
said we're not going to talk we're going

989
00:57:58,390 --> 00:58:01,430
to pray and he began to pray as

990
00:58:01,430 --> 00:58:04,410
I've heard few people pray and he said

991
00:58:04,410 --> 00:58:06,990
Jesus I'm just ready now I want to

992
00:58:06,990 --> 00:58:09,370
give up my whole gang I want to

993
00:58:09,370 --> 00:58:11,510
give up my whole life I renounce it

994
00:58:11,510 --> 00:58:12,990
all and he began to weep when I

995
00:58:12,990 --> 00:58:14,510
got out my handkerchief we got through a

996
00:58:14,510 --> 00:58:17,050
whole packet then he began to speak in

997
00:58:17,050 --> 00:58:19,210
tongues and then he began to prophesy and

998
00:58:19,210 --> 00:58:20,670
then he began to share with me how

999
00:58:20,670 --> 00:58:22,650
lovely Jesus was and he called out to

1000
00:58:22,650 --> 00:58:24,510
him and he got off opium painlessly in

1001
00:58:24,510 --> 00:58:27,410
prison he got through withdrawal just through saying

1002
00:58:27,410 --> 00:58:32,850
Jesus name himself and he gave up all

1003
00:58:32,850 --> 00:58:35,410
his power in the gang for no guarantee

1004
00:58:35,410 --> 00:58:41,050
of anything except the promise of forgiveness and

1005
00:58:41,050 --> 00:58:45,270
eternal life he came into the kingdom of

1006
00:58:45,270 --> 00:58:49,490
God knowing that in man's terms he may

1007
00:58:49,490 --> 00:58:54,390
be poor but knowing that in God's terms

1008
00:58:55,250 --> 00:58:59,170
he would reap eternal life and be richer

1009
00:58:59,170 --> 00:59:01,850
than any man you can think of I

1010
00:59:01,850 --> 00:59:07,110
do believe we've been taught wrong about riches

1011
00:59:08,490 --> 00:59:14,630
we've misunderstood perhaps what they are for we

1012
00:59:14,630 --> 00:59:20,050
as children of God have been promised that

1013
00:59:20,050 --> 00:59:23,070
we will be made rich in every way

1014
00:59:23,070 --> 00:59:30,630
in heart in spirit and in physical ways

1015
00:59:31,310 --> 00:59:33,870
so that we can give it all away

1016
00:59:36,030 --> 00:59:41,470
so why not start practicing why not I

1017
00:59:41,470 --> 00:59:43,590
suppose one of the best revivals there ever

1018
00:59:43,590 --> 00:59:46,830
was must have been fairly near the beginning

1019
00:59:46,830 --> 00:59:48,550
of the church I mean that was a

1020
00:59:48,550 --> 00:59:52,170
pretty good percentage really if you multiply how

1021
00:59:52,170 --> 00:59:54,710
quickly it went up in those first few

1022
00:59:54,710 --> 00:59:57,290
weeks and then those first few months and

1023
00:59:57,290 --> 00:59:59,670
then those first few years but you saw

1024
00:59:59,670 --> 01:00:03,090
of course what they did as soon as

1025
01:00:03,090 --> 01:00:06,970
they came to the Lord they gave everything

1026
01:00:06,970 --> 01:00:09,030
away they started sharing everything with each other

1027
01:00:09,030 --> 01:00:10,570
they must have thought Jesus was coming back

1028
01:00:10,570 --> 01:00:15,630
or something but they didn't seem to need

1029
01:00:15,630 --> 01:00:18,610
to hang on to things it was a

1030
01:00:18,610 --> 01:00:23,230
natural result of knowing Jesus and I believe

1031
01:00:23,850 --> 01:00:26,650
that it should be and I believe that

1032
01:00:26,650 --> 01:00:28,190
every single one of us when we come

1033
01:00:28,190 --> 01:00:31,250
to know Jesus knows it I believe it's

1034
01:00:31,250 --> 01:00:34,510
planted into us and I think someone else

1035
01:00:34,510 --> 01:00:38,230
has taught us differently not the Lord, not

1036
01:00:38,230 --> 01:00:40,270
the Holy Spirit but I believe you see

1037
01:00:40,270 --> 01:00:44,370
it's completely natural to any man as soon

1038
01:00:44,370 --> 01:00:46,930
as he knows Jesus to want to share

1039
01:00:46,930 --> 01:00:51,350
with the poor I believe it's a natural

1040
01:00:51,350 --> 01:00:54,910
outcome of knowing Jesus and I dare to

1041
01:00:54,910 --> 01:00:56,970
say and I'll go on more about this

1042
01:00:56,970 --> 01:01:00,930
tomorrow that if we don't we probably don't

1043
01:01:00,930 --> 01:01:05,850
know Jesus I dare to say that because

1044
01:01:05,850 --> 01:01:08,750
I believe it's planted into the heart of

1045
01:01:08,750 --> 01:01:14,570
man with his salvation is a longing to

1046
01:01:14,570 --> 01:01:17,610
give that away to the poor to give

1047
01:01:17,610 --> 01:01:20,050
away the love of Jesus to give away

1048
01:01:20,050 --> 01:01:23,970
our material possessions, to give away all that

1049
01:01:23,970 --> 01:01:28,370
we had to hold on so that those

1050
01:01:29,150 --> 01:01:31,510
who have less will be blessed I believe

1051
01:01:31,510 --> 01:01:35,690
it's entirely natural and somewhere people have trained

1052
01:01:35,690 --> 01:01:38,050
us out of it maybe it's what we

1053
01:01:38,050 --> 01:01:40,370
expected when we first became Christians and nobody

1054
01:01:40,370 --> 01:01:43,130
ever preached about it they preached all kinds

1055
01:01:43,130 --> 01:01:44,490
of other things and we sort of laid

1056
01:01:44,490 --> 01:01:46,050
it by but I bet it's in you,

1057
01:01:47,070 --> 01:01:50,110
almost sure because you see it's in non

1058
01:01:50,110 --> 01:01:53,070
-Christians they know that's how Christians are supposed

1059
01:01:53,070 --> 01:01:55,110
to be behaving so they watch, why do

1060
01:01:55,110 --> 01:01:59,790
you think Mother Teresa's message reaches so many

1061
01:01:59,790 --> 01:02:05,610
people she is behaving as people expect Christians

1062
01:02:05,610 --> 01:02:09,590
to behave and so few do I mean

1063
01:02:09,590 --> 01:02:11,450
we actually, most of us do the opposite

1064
01:02:11,850 --> 01:02:15,210
of the gospel, don't we exactly the opposite

1065
01:02:15,930 --> 01:02:18,090
and we say in order to go and

1066
01:02:18,090 --> 01:02:19,910
preach the gospel in that country for three

1067
01:02:19,910 --> 01:02:21,870
months, I've got to put all this by

1068
01:02:21,870 --> 01:02:23,150
in the bank so I'll have something to

1069
01:02:23,150 --> 01:02:27,070
live on when I come back and people

1070
01:02:27,070 --> 01:02:28,230
say to me, it's all very well, you

1071
01:02:28,230 --> 01:02:30,310
can preach the gospel you're single, well silly

1072
01:02:32,870 --> 01:02:37,610
I mean why not everyone else it's a

1073
01:02:37,610 --> 01:02:41,090
universal commission isn't it, doesn't say go and

1074
01:02:41,090 --> 01:02:44,330
preach the gospel except those with family responsibilities

1075
01:02:44,330 --> 01:02:51,410
or mortgages or jobs tied into pensions no

1076
01:02:51,410 --> 01:02:55,650
we may all have the privilege of parting

1077
01:02:55,650 --> 01:03:03,030
with all like Jesus just a few examples

1078
01:03:03,030 --> 01:03:09,110
of dying we have to die to our

1079
01:03:09,110 --> 01:03:16,170
own comforts culture comforts die to the things

1080
01:03:16,170 --> 01:03:20,450
that we think are our minimum survival props

1081
01:03:20,450 --> 01:03:22,790
and it's very interesting to see people coming

1082
01:03:22,790 --> 01:03:28,890
to Hong Kong and many people arrive and

1083
01:03:28,890 --> 01:03:31,050
they say well, as long as I can

1084
01:03:31,050 --> 01:03:32,630
have my glass of orange juice in the

1085
01:03:32,630 --> 01:03:36,650
morning I can survive I used to think

1086
01:03:36,650 --> 01:03:39,850
it had to be toast and marmalade because

1087
01:03:39,850 --> 01:03:41,710
we eat a very nasty kind of breakfast

1088
01:03:41,710 --> 01:03:44,250
in Hong Kong it's not my idea of

1089
01:03:44,250 --> 01:03:45,730
breakfast at all but we have to die

1090
01:03:47,930 --> 01:03:50,530
you may have to die right now in

1091
01:03:50,530 --> 01:03:56,170
your church to more simple things, say washing

1092
01:03:56,170 --> 01:04:00,930
your hair on Tuesday nights if there's someone

1093
01:04:00,930 --> 01:04:05,170
who needs to know about Jesus you may

1094
01:04:05,170 --> 01:04:07,590
have to die to your right to a

1095
01:04:07,590 --> 01:04:10,730
room to yourself do you know all the

1096
01:04:10,730 --> 01:04:14,310
people here from Hong Kong they've been brought

1097
01:04:14,310 --> 01:04:15,890
up in one room for a whole family

1098
01:04:15,890 --> 01:04:17,070
where do you think they have their quiet

1099
01:04:17,070 --> 01:04:17,510
times?

1100
01:04:17,670 --> 01:04:21,330
not on the loo because they haven't got

1101
01:04:21,330 --> 01:04:25,410
a loo for their family either now I

1102
01:04:25,410 --> 01:04:26,850
have to read my letters on the loo

1103
01:04:26,850 --> 01:04:30,130
sometimes because I get so little peace but

1104
01:04:30,130 --> 01:04:33,090
unfortunately in our place we've only got plastic

1105
01:04:33,090 --> 01:04:36,450
curtains so I get caught sometimes you have

1106
01:04:36,450 --> 01:04:40,750
to die I mean die that's dying who

1107
01:04:40,750 --> 01:04:42,210
wants to get caught on the loo reading

1108
01:04:42,210 --> 01:04:46,810
their letters it's the only peaceful place I

1109
01:04:46,810 --> 01:04:51,550
can find and even that's not peaceful yes

1110
01:04:52,230 --> 01:04:54,390
that's what St Paul said, I die everyday

1111
01:04:54,390 --> 01:04:59,170
brothers he said I mean that yeah we

1112
01:04:59,170 --> 01:05:01,350
die to the things that we think are

1113
01:05:01,350 --> 01:05:04,910
our minimum props for survival we die to

1114
01:05:04,910 --> 01:05:08,730
our right to Tuesdays off we die to

1115
01:05:08,730 --> 01:05:10,510
our right to a quiet time by ourselves

1116
01:05:10,510 --> 01:05:11,670
do you know I had to share a

1117
01:05:11,670 --> 01:05:16,670
bedroom for 20 years and I hate sharing

1118
01:05:16,670 --> 01:05:20,490
a bedroom I'm not interested in what girls

1119
01:05:20,490 --> 01:05:23,250
talk about with girls and I don't like

1120
01:05:23,250 --> 01:05:26,210
it but I thank God that I had

1121
01:05:26,210 --> 01:05:30,210
someone in my room for 20 years you

1122
01:05:30,210 --> 01:05:30,670
know why?

1123
01:05:31,090 --> 01:05:35,470
it was a means of continual grace I

1124
01:05:35,470 --> 01:05:39,370
mean it I really mean it everyday I

1125
01:05:39,370 --> 01:05:42,510
said God oh God I hate this you

1126
01:05:42,510 --> 01:05:43,970
know even when I got flu I wanted

1127
01:05:43,970 --> 01:05:47,550
to be by myself I have to die

1128
01:05:47,550 --> 01:05:51,550
to that right you see most people I

1129
01:05:51,550 --> 01:05:55,970
know can never have the luxury even of

1130
01:05:55,970 --> 01:05:58,650
lying in bed in a room where nobody's

1131
01:05:58,650 --> 01:06:02,870
looking at them die to things like that

1132
01:06:02,870 --> 01:06:04,550
I died to my right to wear night

1133
01:06:04,550 --> 01:06:07,890
clothes for years I went to sleep with

1134
01:06:07,890 --> 01:06:11,910
my clothes on because policemen were always knocking

1135
01:06:11,910 --> 01:06:13,990
on the door at night or gangsters one

1136
01:06:13,990 --> 01:06:15,950
man rang me up once and said I

1137
01:06:15,950 --> 01:06:17,570
think I've killed my wife and I dare

1138
01:06:17,570 --> 01:06:21,210
not look will you please come so I

1139
01:06:21,210 --> 01:06:22,990
had to scoot across town in the middle

1140
01:06:22,990 --> 01:06:24,490
of the night well after a while you

1141
01:06:24,490 --> 01:06:26,670
give up wearing a night dress I mean

1142
01:06:29,570 --> 01:06:31,990
you like to be found looking alright so

1143
01:06:33,410 --> 01:06:34,990
I used to go to bed at night

1144
01:06:34,990 --> 01:06:36,610
in clothes I used to wash and then

1145
01:06:36,610 --> 01:06:39,670
put on clothes you know it's really nice

1146
01:06:40,650 --> 01:06:43,590
going back to England or some other place

1147
01:06:43,590 --> 01:06:45,350
and I can have the luxury of lying

1148
01:06:45,350 --> 01:06:48,130
in a room by myself in a night

1149
01:06:48,130 --> 01:06:51,930
dress that's great you see that's a blessing

1150
01:06:51,930 --> 01:06:53,630
I bet you don't think about things like

1151
01:06:53,630 --> 01:06:57,370
that you probably take it for granted but

1152
01:06:57,370 --> 01:07:01,670
for me it's a gift laying down our

1153
01:07:01,670 --> 01:07:10,120
lives means laying down those things which we

1154
01:07:10,120 --> 01:07:13,020
may have thought were our rights or necessary

1155
01:07:13,020 --> 01:07:15,500
for our survival because you see it's dying

1156
01:07:15,500 --> 01:07:19,600
and we need to die and there are

1157
01:07:19,600 --> 01:07:24,400
many many poor in Essex I suppose you've

1158
01:07:24,400 --> 01:07:29,140
got eyes to see and the frustrating thing

1159
01:07:29,920 --> 01:07:31,860
that we find when we go around the

1160
01:07:31,860 --> 01:07:36,420
world is this when we're in Germany they

1161
01:07:36,420 --> 01:07:39,760
bring the poor people to us when I've

1162
01:07:39,760 --> 01:07:41,200
just been to Canada what did they do?

1163
01:07:41,280 --> 01:07:44,460
they brought the poor people to us they

1164
01:07:44,460 --> 01:07:46,280
brought the street sleepers they brought the drug

1165
01:07:46,280 --> 01:07:49,840
addicts they brought them to us why should

1166
01:07:49,840 --> 01:07:50,800
we be able to help?

1167
01:07:50,900 --> 01:07:52,920
we're only visitors why?

1168
01:07:54,540 --> 01:07:59,360
because we're practiced you see because we're practiced

1169
01:07:59,360 --> 01:08:01,100
at giving up our lives they think we

1170
01:08:01,100 --> 01:08:02,800
know what to do with them and the

1171
01:08:02,800 --> 01:08:05,800
people that live in those places don't because

1172
01:08:05,800 --> 01:08:08,100
they haven't started practicing so they hand all

1173
01:08:08,100 --> 01:08:11,280
those people to us we haven't got homes

1174
01:08:11,280 --> 01:08:13,480
to put them in we haven't got time

1175
01:08:13,480 --> 01:08:16,120
to stay and pray through with them we're

1176
01:08:16,120 --> 01:08:17,620
not going to be here next week to

1177
01:08:17,620 --> 01:08:19,240
go and visit them when they sleep under

1178
01:08:19,240 --> 01:08:22,620
the bridge but you can if you give

1179
01:08:22,620 --> 01:08:24,540
up your Tuesday and your Wednesday and your

1180
01:08:24,540 --> 01:08:33,899
Thursday and your Friday practice dying because in

1181
01:08:33,899 --> 01:08:43,760
dying you win the world Samuel's first job

1182
01:08:44,939 --> 01:08:50,140
as a servant of the Lord was dying

1183
01:08:50,840 --> 01:08:56,840
and then we're back in 1 Samuel 3

1184
01:08:56,840 --> 01:08:59,939
verse 19 the Lord was with Samuel as

1185
01:08:59,939 --> 01:09:02,640
he grew up and let none of his

1186
01:09:02,640 --> 01:09:05,899
words fall to the ground and all Israel

1187
01:09:05,899 --> 01:09:09,439
from Dan to Beersheba recognized that Samuel was

1188
01:09:09,439 --> 01:09:12,319
attested as a prophet of the Lord and

1189
01:09:12,319 --> 01:09:15,020
the Lord continued to appear at Shiloh and

1190
01:09:15,020 --> 01:09:18,200
there he revealed himself to Samuel through his

1191
01:09:18,200 --> 01:09:22,420
word and Samuel's word came to all Israel

1192
01:09:22,420 --> 01:09:25,060
and so we've been taught to preach the

1193
01:09:25,060 --> 01:09:30,279
gospel to the ends of the earth Samuel's

1194
01:09:30,279 --> 01:09:33,920
word came to all Israel because he was

1195
01:09:33,920 --> 01:09:37,500
faithful in doing what must have been very

1196
01:09:37,500 --> 01:09:42,819
unpleasant he died to his own embarrassment to

1197
01:09:42,819 --> 01:09:45,620
his own will he was obedient to the

1198
01:09:45,620 --> 01:09:48,319
will of the Father even as Jesus was

1199
01:09:48,319 --> 01:09:52,779
obedient until death and the Lord said well

1200
01:09:52,779 --> 01:09:58,880
done I'll be with you and he was

1201
01:09:58,880 --> 01:10:02,300
recognized and attested as a prophet of the

1202
01:10:02,300 --> 01:10:05,400
word of the Lord and the Lord revealed

1203
01:10:05,400 --> 01:10:10,240
himself through his word and I believe that

1204
01:10:10,240 --> 01:10:13,460
if we practice dying if we actually start

1205
01:10:13,460 --> 01:10:17,040
practicing doing what the gospels say about sharing

1206
01:10:17,040 --> 01:10:19,640
our lives and dying for the sake of

1207
01:10:19,640 --> 01:10:23,060
those who don't yet know life then I

1208
01:10:23,060 --> 01:10:26,100
think our preaching will go out to the

1209
01:10:26,100 --> 01:10:27,980
ends of the earth I don't think there's

1210
01:10:27,980 --> 01:10:30,580
a quicker way I don't think having bigger

1211
01:10:30,580 --> 01:10:32,380
and bigger meetings like this will do it

1212
01:10:32,860 --> 01:10:34,340
because you see I don't think the poor

1213
01:10:34,340 --> 01:10:36,320
are going to listen to them I don't

1214
01:10:36,320 --> 01:10:40,900
think the poor will come if you go

1215
01:10:40,900 --> 01:10:43,960
to where they are you feed them, you

1216
01:10:43,960 --> 01:10:47,880
open up your house you pray for those

1217
01:10:47,880 --> 01:10:49,560
who are demonized and you see them set

1218
01:10:49,560 --> 01:10:54,200
free you visit the uncomfortable old women and

1219
01:10:54,200 --> 01:10:58,400
the fratchy grandpas and you minister to those

1220
01:10:58,400 --> 01:11:02,160
who are uncomfortable and unlovely and you do

1221
01:11:02,160 --> 01:11:05,560
so again and again whether they accept Christ

1222
01:11:05,560 --> 01:11:07,360
or not if you do this the world

1223
01:11:07,360 --> 01:11:09,620
will be one because they're watching this is

1224
01:11:09,620 --> 01:11:11,280
the quickest way I know of preaching the

1225
01:11:11,280 --> 01:11:14,440
gospel die and the word will be preached

1226
01:11:17,600 --> 01:11:19,420
now there is a word which is going

1227
01:11:19,420 --> 01:11:22,680
around the world and it's called Kairos and

1228
01:11:22,680 --> 01:11:24,780
I heard about this word when I was

1229
01:11:24,780 --> 01:11:28,020
in the States and somebody had decided that

1230
01:11:28,020 --> 01:11:30,760
now was a Kairos or apparently coming up

1231
01:11:30,760 --> 01:11:33,460
to a Kairos it's a Greek word which

1232
01:11:33,460 --> 01:11:38,380
means it is the time they say apparently

1233
01:11:38,380 --> 01:11:42,480
travel conditions political conditions, geographical conditions spiritual

1234
01:11:42,480 --> 01:11:45,180
conditions have all come together now to make

1235
01:11:45,180 --> 01:11:50,860
this a time ripe for revival restoration in

1236
01:11:50,860 --> 01:11:53,260
gathering I'm sure you know all about this

1237
01:11:53,260 --> 01:11:56,400
they said the time is approaching what they

1238
01:11:56,400 --> 01:12:01,480
did not say when they mentioned this Kairos

1239
01:12:02,180 --> 01:12:05,460
and mentioned that at the same time Paul

1240
01:12:06,140 --> 01:12:10,680
had preached during a Kairos and had won

1241
01:12:11,360 --> 01:12:13,880
more men than any other man to Christ

1242
01:12:13,880 --> 01:12:17,580
through his preaching, what they did not say

1243
01:12:17,580 --> 01:12:21,280
about his Kairos and the present approaching Kairos

1244
01:12:21,280 --> 01:12:26,280
is this the reason that Paul won more

1245
01:12:26,280 --> 01:12:31,460
men than any other was because he died

1246
01:12:31,460 --> 01:12:35,960
daily he got shipwrecked, he got imprisoned he

1247
01:12:35,960 --> 01:12:37,760
got beaten and if you were to look

1248
01:12:37,760 --> 01:12:40,000
at his back you'd see why he won

1249
01:12:40,000 --> 01:12:41,720
men to Christ it was because he did

1250
01:12:41,720 --> 01:12:45,440
not love his own life he laid it

1251
01:12:45,440 --> 01:12:47,820
down until death do you know that there

1252
01:12:47,820 --> 01:12:50,080
are more people today all over the world

1253
01:12:50,080 --> 01:12:53,340
dying for Christ daily than any other time

1254
01:12:53,340 --> 01:13:03,240
in history now do you understand Essex why

1255
01:13:03,240 --> 01:13:07,480
Africa and South America and China are so

1256
01:13:07,480 --> 01:13:11,660
rich in revival right now it's because people

1257
01:13:11,660 --> 01:13:17,040
are dying daily and they love to preach

1258
01:13:17,040 --> 01:13:18,720
the gospel they do not care for their

1259
01:13:18,720 --> 01:13:23,500
own lives and we have the privilege too

1260
01:13:24,100 --> 01:13:27,200
we can practice dying by getting on the

1261
01:13:27,200 --> 01:13:31,640
surfboard or we can be swept away by

1262
01:13:31,640 --> 01:13:36,000
the wave when it comes for it will

1263
01:13:36,000 --> 01:13:45,280
come and the result of not practicing the

1264
01:13:45,280 --> 01:13:51,320
result of not preaching the word by our

1265
01:13:51,320 --> 01:14:02,560
death and by our life is sin and

1266
01:14:02,560 --> 01:14:07,720
if you look at Jesus' treatment of men

1267
01:14:07,720 --> 01:14:12,680
and women he's so generous to sinners adulterers

1268
01:14:13,420 --> 01:14:16,120
go your way, you're forgiven go in peace

1269
01:14:16,120 --> 01:14:19,720
and sin no more I don't condemn you

1270
01:14:20,440 --> 01:14:22,560
all kinds of sins that we think are

1271
01:14:22,560 --> 01:14:26,480
the worst he forgives but who does he

1272
01:14:26,480 --> 01:14:31,440
have strong words for those in the church

1273
01:14:31,440 --> 01:14:36,800
that said I'll be there and did not

1274
01:14:37,900 --> 01:14:40,480
care for the people of God, he said

1275
01:14:40,480 --> 01:14:45,920
you'll never get to taste my banquet those

1276
01:14:48,220 --> 01:14:50,440
who didn't use the talents they were given

1277
01:14:53,280 --> 01:14:55,920
he said you're to go out to darkness

1278
01:14:59,420 --> 01:15:02,180
and those who did not minister to the

1279
01:15:02,180 --> 01:15:06,640
hungry or the naked or those in prison

1280
01:15:06,640 --> 01:15:10,360
or those in hospital he sent them to

1281
01:15:10,360 --> 01:15:14,020
eternal fire and he said I never knew

1282
01:15:14,020 --> 01:15:16,880
you this is terribly strong isn't it, I

1283
01:15:16,880 --> 01:15:18,260
don't want to bring up this whole subject

1284
01:15:18,260 --> 01:15:21,640
but I have to say that it's clear

1285
01:15:21,640 --> 01:15:23,660
from scripture that for those of us who

1286
01:15:23,660 --> 01:15:27,000
know what to do and do not do

1287
01:15:27,000 --> 01:15:35,220
it there's no excuse it's sin and Jesus

1288
01:15:35,220 --> 01:15:39,080
deals very sternly with those of us who

1289
01:15:39,080 --> 01:15:40,600
know what to do and don't do it

1290
01:15:41,020 --> 01:15:44,940
I mean eternal fire out of darkness and

1291
01:15:44,940 --> 01:15:46,980
no taste at the eternal banquet, that's pretty

1292
01:15:46,980 --> 01:15:53,000
plain terrible isn't it and most of us

1293
01:15:53,520 --> 01:16:00,860
don't move because we're lazy but I've got

1294
01:16:00,860 --> 01:16:04,580
hope if you feel convicted of laziness because

1295
01:16:04,580 --> 01:16:08,640
I'm naturally lazy truly there is an answer

1296
01:16:08,640 --> 01:16:14,620
to laziness and it's a lovely word it's

1297
01:16:14,620 --> 01:16:18,440
actually it's a magic word it's called God's

1298
01:16:18,440 --> 01:16:23,480
energy and he gives it to lazy people

1299
01:16:23,480 --> 01:16:27,980
very nice so Paul says to this end

1300
01:16:27,980 --> 01:16:31,160
I labor struggling with all his energy which

1301
01:16:31,160 --> 01:16:35,080
so powerfully works in me, we can we

1302
01:16:35,080 --> 01:16:39,400
can if we will and we have to

1303
01:16:39,400 --> 01:16:42,200
do it because it's no good coming up

1304
01:16:42,200 --> 01:16:44,560
and getting prayed for and then going back

1305
01:16:44,560 --> 01:16:48,340
and sitting down it doesn't work it's going

1306
01:16:48,340 --> 01:16:50,240
out in the name of the Lord to

1307
01:16:50,240 --> 01:16:51,840
do the things he's told us to do

1308
01:16:53,100 --> 01:16:57,440
preaching the gospel to the poor visiting the

1309
01:16:57,440 --> 01:17:00,740
sick visiting those in prison casting out demons

1310
01:17:01,880 --> 01:17:05,340
opening up our homes giving away our coats

1311
01:17:05,340 --> 01:17:08,280
all of that stuff if we do it,

1312
01:17:08,540 --> 01:17:11,760
we get anointed as we go and that

1313
01:17:11,760 --> 01:17:13,400
was another of the words of the Lord

1314
01:17:13,400 --> 01:17:15,700
that we had tonight if we do those

1315
01:17:15,700 --> 01:17:18,900
things we get the anointing as we go

1316
01:17:18,900 --> 01:17:21,040
to this end I labor struggling with all

1317
01:17:21,040 --> 01:17:24,900
his energy nobody can do it in their

1318
01:17:24,900 --> 01:17:29,680
own strength not possible but it is possible

1319
01:17:30,760 --> 01:17:33,580
when in obedience to his command we go

1320
01:17:33,580 --> 01:17:37,700
for he gives us miraculous energy through his

1321
01:17:37,700 --> 01:17:43,700
Holy Spirit so we decide and we decide

1322
01:17:46,020 --> 01:17:49,060
as Philippians 2 goes on it is God

1323
01:17:49,060 --> 01:17:51,460
who works in you to will and to

1324
01:17:51,460 --> 01:17:55,420
act according to his good purpose so we

1325
01:17:55,420 --> 01:17:59,360
may decide I need to do the works

1326
01:17:59,360 --> 01:18:02,500
of God not to prove that I am

1327
01:18:02,500 --> 01:18:06,000
worthy, no I need to out of gratitude

1328
01:18:07,120 --> 01:18:11,700
in obedience to the Father yes I am

1329
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afraid like Samuel was, even Jesus was you

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01:18:16,920 --> 01:18:20,740
know before he died he struggled real hard

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01:18:22,100 --> 01:18:26,700
in case there was another way and then

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01:18:26,700 --> 01:18:30,620
finally not my way but yours and then

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01:18:30,620 --> 01:18:31,680
he had to go away and make the

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01:18:31,680 --> 01:18:38,060
decision all over again, three times yeah the

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01:18:38,060 --> 01:18:44,580
deciding is the agony but the doing is

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01:18:44,580 --> 01:18:47,800
in his grace with his strength, the doing

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01:18:47,800 --> 01:18:51,620
is not the hard bit the deciding is

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but when we decide he will honor that

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01:18:56,960 --> 01:19:00,800
by giving his energy, his anointing and his

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01:19:00,800 --> 01:19:04,140
grace otherwise he would never have asked us

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to do it in the first place so

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there is a set up there is the

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01:19:11,180 --> 01:19:15,620
nation of Israel waiting for a servant like

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01:19:15,620 --> 01:19:19,760
Samuel who was picked but he had to

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01:19:19,760 --> 01:19:24,180
come to know the Lord for himself he

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01:19:24,180 --> 01:19:27,300
had to go through embarrassment and we'll see

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01:19:27,300 --> 01:19:28,680
in the next few days that he's got

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01:19:28,680 --> 01:19:31,020
to die a bit more it's not just

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01:19:31,020 --> 01:19:35,900
the once and then as he died as

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01:19:35,900 --> 01:19:38,180
he in obedience did the will of God

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01:19:39,160 --> 01:19:44,980
the word went out to all Israel and

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01:19:44,980 --> 01:19:47,760
that's what I'm inviting all of us to

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01:19:47,760 --> 01:19:49,740
take part in tonight, so will you stand

1354
01:19:53,400 --> 01:19:55,300
and they worshipped the Lord now they haven't

1355
01:19:55,300 --> 01:19:58,820
seen a single victory yet but they had

1356
01:19:58,820 --> 01:20:00,580
heard the voice of God and so they

1357
01:20:00,580 --> 01:20:04,240
worshipped by faith I remember once on an

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01:20:04,240 --> 01:20:06,200
occasion I had a phone call on a

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01:20:06,200 --> 01:20:07,920
Saturday night with a dear friend of mine,

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01:20:08,120 --> 01:20:09,980
we were friends in Germany and he rang

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01:20:09,980 --> 01:20:11,240
me up and he was looking on the

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01:20:11,240 --> 01:20:12,720
phone and he said Norm, Norm, he said

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01:20:12,720 --> 01:20:14,980
please please pray, I said what's that, he

1364
01:20:14,980 --> 01:20:17,720
said my little, he called me he said

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01:20:17,720 --> 01:20:19,420
my children, I wish for that but I

1366
01:20:19,420 --> 01:20:23,960
don't know and my wife went to answer

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01:20:23,960 --> 01:20:25,640
the phone and she came back into the

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01:20:25,640 --> 01:20:28,040
room with tears streaming down her face and

1369
01:20:28,040 --> 01:20:30,880
a big grin from the Holy Spirit receive

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01:20:30,880 --> 01:20:33,000
the power of the Holy Spirit to do

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01:20:33,000 --> 01:20:39,280
this and in the name of Jesus I

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01:20:39,280 --> 01:20:43,240
impart to you what I know of dying

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01:20:44,980 --> 01:20:48,060
and ask in God's mercy that he would

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01:20:48,060 --> 01:20:52,960
impart Jesus' heart to me and to you

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01:20:53,660 --> 01:21:05,940
even more abundantly it's

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01:21:05,940 --> 01:21:12,390
your privilege it's what you always expected to

1377
01:21:14,790 --> 01:21:25,170
so answer this call blindly now

1378
01:21:25,170 --> 01:21:26,730
as we're praying for those who have come

1379
01:21:26,730 --> 01:21:31,230
forward there are some people who came here

1380
01:21:31,230 --> 01:21:35,690
tonight even you may have been in the

1381
01:21:35,690 --> 01:21:37,350
service of the Lord and I called out

1382
01:21:37,350 --> 01:21:42,630
four names earlier and the Lord is calling

1383
01:21:42,630 --> 01:21:46,910
you to himself by name those of you

1384
01:21:46,910 --> 01:21:50,450
who haven't yet known the Lord to have

1385
01:21:50,450 --> 01:21:57,950
a relationship with him in your hearts just

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01:21:57,950 --> 01:22:01,930
answer him now and say Lord speak for

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01:22:01,930 --> 01:22:13,340
your servant is listening thank

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01:22:13,340 --> 01:22:15,420
Jesus for dying for you on the cross

1389
01:22:15,420 --> 01:22:20,580
tell him you'd love to serve him tell

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01:22:20,580 --> 01:22:22,240
him you do want to be his child

1391
01:22:22,940 --> 01:22:34,520
you're glad he's chosen you bless you those

1392
01:22:34,520 --> 01:22:36,980
of you who just made that decision and

1393
01:22:36,980 --> 01:22:38,860
I think as well as the four or

1394
01:22:38,860 --> 01:22:41,300
five there's probably twelve of you here who's

1395
01:22:41,300 --> 01:22:46,280
done that we'd like you to make yourself

1396
01:22:46,280 --> 01:22:50,060
known to one of the people with yellow

1397
01:22:50,060 --> 01:22:57,020
badges on immediately after this you can come

1398
01:22:57,020 --> 01:22:58,860
forward in a minute if you like find

1399
01:22:58,860 --> 01:23:00,840
someone with a yellow badge and say I

1400
01:23:00,840 --> 01:23:05,640
heard the Lord calling me today make yourself

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01:23:05,640 --> 01:23:07,860
known to them and they'll help you to

1402
01:23:07,860 --> 01:23:10,480
know how to go on knowing Jesus better

1403
01:23:13,400 --> 01:23:15,080
now we'd like some people to come down

1404
01:23:15,080 --> 01:23:16,560
and pray with these people who are down

1405
01:23:16,560 --> 01:23:24,990
here and we have some sick people to

1406
01:23:24,990 --> 01:23:28,190
pray for go on receiving if you've come

1407
01:23:28,190 --> 01:23:29,850
forward because the Holy Spirit is going to

1408
01:23:29,850 --> 01:23:33,890
go on working this in you and as

1409
01:23:33,890 --> 01:23:36,750
you stand here pray for a specific way

1410
01:23:36,750 --> 01:23:40,710
to start it may be very small it

1411
01:23:40,710 --> 01:23:44,390
may be a spare bedroom or your extra

1412
01:23:44,390 --> 01:23:47,890
set of knives and forks or whatever whatever

1413
01:23:47,890 --> 01:23:50,510
it is ask the Lord to show you

1414
01:23:51,530 --> 01:23:57,530
how to start parting with your life and

1415
01:23:57,530 --> 01:24:00,690
your rights it may be as small as

1416
01:24:00,690 --> 01:24:03,630
that but he'll give you that specific way

1417
01:24:07,350 --> 01:24:09,510
now there are some of you out there

1418
01:24:09,510 --> 01:24:11,630
you haven't come forward and we'd like to

1419
01:24:11,630 --> 01:24:13,590
pray for somebody who's got a pain sharp

1420
01:24:13,590 --> 01:24:14,990
pain on the left hand side of your

1421
01:24:14,990 --> 01:24:17,230
chest could you put your hand up if

1422
01:24:17,230 --> 01:24:22,450
that's you who's got the sharp pain left

1423
01:24:22,450 --> 01:24:33,550
hand side of your chest over there we've

1424
01:24:33,550 --> 01:24:36,070
got two keep your hand up until someone

1425
01:24:36,070 --> 01:24:45,870
comes to pray for you and someone who

1426
01:24:45,870 --> 01:24:48,710
has a pain right now in your abdomen

1427
01:24:52,150 --> 01:24:55,430
can someone go pray with this sister here

1428
01:24:55,430 --> 01:25:02,180
yeah she's got her hand up and somebody

1429
01:25:02,180 --> 01:25:04,280
has a pain right now above your right

1430
01:25:04,280 --> 01:25:08,380
eye it's round about your eyebrow it's between

1431
01:25:08,380 --> 01:25:17,050
your eyebrow and your temple who's that ok

1432
01:25:18,610 --> 01:25:22,190
ok can you see her Andy, do you

1433
01:25:22,190 --> 01:25:27,780
want to go pray with her somebody who's

1434
01:25:27,780 --> 01:25:31,720
got an itchy skin condition I don't know

1435
01:25:31,720 --> 01:25:35,100
if it's an allergy ok do you want

1436
01:25:35,100 --> 01:25:39,120
to come forward somebody can mark that brother

1437
01:25:39,120 --> 01:25:43,280
coming down here and pray with him where's

1438
01:25:43,280 --> 01:25:48,160
the lady good ok why don't the people

1439
01:25:48,160 --> 01:25:50,640
round about just go over towards us stretch

1440
01:25:50,640 --> 01:25:52,820
out your hand and bless her with healing

1441
01:25:52,820 --> 01:25:55,140
and someone who has a problem with your

1442
01:25:55,140 --> 01:26:04,720
right hip ok ok the girl in the

1443
01:26:04,720 --> 01:26:09,040
white t-shirt blonde hair can you turn

1444
01:26:09,040 --> 01:26:11,180
around and pray for the lady behind you

1445
01:26:11,180 --> 01:26:16,520
keep your hand up right hip so you

1446
01:26:16,520 --> 01:26:19,200
three in front of her turn around ask

1447
01:26:19,200 --> 01:26:22,220
the Holy Spirit to come and watch God

1448
01:26:22,220 --> 01:26:26,400
touch her ok it's alright to open your

1449
01:26:26,400 --> 01:26:28,700
eyes when you're praying for people so you

1450
01:26:28,700 --> 01:26:31,520
can see what God's doing and bless because

1451
01:26:31,520 --> 01:26:38,480
he does the healing ok bless you Lord

1452
01:26:38,480 --> 01:26:39,960
what you're doing and we invite you to

1453
01:26:39,960 --> 01:26:44,160
continue and if nobody's praying with you don't

1454
01:26:44,160 --> 01:26:51,920
worry Holy Spirit's ministering thank you Father thank

1455
01:26:51,920 --> 01:26:55,540
you Father thank you Jesus thank you Holy

1456
01:26:55,540 --> 01:27:00,620
Spirit in your mercy don't stop this work

1457
01:27:00,620 --> 01:27:03,540
in our hearts in your mercy don't stop

1458
01:27:03,540 --> 01:27:06,280
this work in our lives in your mercy

1459
01:27:06,280 --> 01:27:09,240
don't stop this work in your church in

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01:27:09,240 --> 01:27:14,100
your mercy don't stop this in Essex bless

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01:27:14,100 --> 01:28:04,820
you Lord Francesca you